In the "Heritage History of Chester County, South Carolina 1982"
(cover title: "Chester County Heritage History" spine: "Chester County,S.C.
History") Vol. 1,
in the article "Confederate Soldiers from Chester County" page 486:
Alex R. Banks Co. E 3rd Bn. State Reserves
Samuel Banks Co. D 1st S.C. Rgmt.
Samuel Bank [That is the way the Chester Hert. spells Banks.] Co. D 1st S.C. Rgmt. Butler Brig.
In the "History of Fairfield County South Carolina
from 'Before the White Man Came' to 1942"
(cover & spine: "History of Fairfield County South Carolina")
by Fitz Hugh McMaster:
p.128 J.W.Banks Pvt. Little River Guards
p.134 John Banks Pvt. Co.B 17th Regt Inf. SCV
p.135 John Banks Pvt. Co.H 6th SCV
p.141 E.F.Banks Pvt. Co.F 12th SCV
Donna Stroud says
(in email to James Green 3 Jan 1998) that this is Ephram F. Banks, son of
Dorcas and the late Samuel Banks (Sam Jr.) & has a copy of his
obit.
Nina W. Barrett says
(in email to James Green 6 Jan 1998) that
Ephraim F. and John William Banks were the 2
eldest sons of Sam Jr. and Dorcas. They died 2 days
apart. Ephraim on 15 Sept. 1862 in Gregg Hospital in
VA of wounds received at the Battle of Manassas at age
17. John William died on 17 Sept. 1862 at the Battle of
Sharpsburg on his 21st birthday. The joint obituary was
published in the Nov. 4th issue of "Confederate Baptist".
John William is listed as a member of the Buckland
Guards.
William Banks Chaplain, Field & Staff (F&S) 6th Regt. SC Reserves was
appointed on 27 Dec 1862 for 90 days service & joined Regt. 16 Jan 1863.
per photostats of James Green,
webmaster.
Surely this is Reverend William Banks b.26 Apr 1814 son of the immigrant
Samuel Banks Sr. b.1770. Rev. William Banks would have been 48 when
this appointment was made. He was married in 1841 & did not die until
1875.
All men descended from Samuel Banks b.1770 can join not only the
Sons of Confederate Veterans on Reverend
William Banks but also the
Military Order of the Stars & Bars (MOSB).
The Membership Requirements
for the Military Order of the Stars & Bars are:
"limited to male descendants, either lineal or collateral, of the
Confederate Officer Corps, members of the Confederate Congress, or any
elected or appointed member of the Executive Branch of the Confederate
Government. All members must be at least sixteen years old and maintain
active membership in the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Ancestral
documentation must accompany all applications for membership." A
collateral descendant of an officer is one who descends from a sibling
of an officer. All the descendants of Samuel Banks descend from either
Reverend William Banks or one of his siblings. I think the chaplain is
defined as an officer. My reason for thinking so is I think that was
what I've been told & because he is not attached to any company but
instead to the Regt. as a whole (under the Regimental commander -- a
colonel). Let us know if I am wrong. MOSB is the Confederate Officers'
Club just as the Society of the Cincinatti is the Officers' club for
descendants of Patriot Officers of the Continental Line.
SCV above stands for South Carolina Volunteers of the CSA Army.
