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C.H. Erwin - <br />Charles Harris Erwin was born 6 May 1822 in Cabarrus County Rocky River community. He enlisted in Co F "Cabarrus Rangers" <br />in Concord and was mustered into service with Co F, 11t NC Cavalry, 9th NC State Troops in Raleigh on 15 June 1861. Camp <br />Mangum was the large North Carolina military training camp that was located on the grounds of where the NC State Fair and <br />NC State football stadium sits and also the surrounding area to include Meredith College. Charles served with Co F "Cabarrus <br />Rangers" throughout the war. Charles was married prior to the war to Mary Elizabeth Bost who died 19 October 1867 at age <br />30 years. Charles and Mary had two sons, John C. 1861-1866 and Edward S. 1863 — 1927. Elizabeth, John C. and Edwards S. <br />are all buried in the Rocky River Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Charles married a second time to Sarah Virginia Pharr <br />Johnston. She was first married in 1861 to Capt. William Johnston Co B, 20th NC Infantry who was killed at Chancelorsville, <br />Virginia on 4 May 1863. He is buried in the Rocky River Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Sarah and William Johnston had one <br />daughter Willie E. Johnston who married John C. Wadsworth, occupation Hardware Merchant. John was one of the two <br />partners in the York and Wadsworth Hardware Company in Concord. <br />Charles Harris Erwin died 20 October 1885. His will was probated on 26 October 1885 in the new Cabarrus County courthouse <br />by Probate Judge James C. Gibson who had served in Co A "Cabarrus Guards", 20th NC infantry. Among the property Charles <br />owned was 140 acres bordering Coddle Creek known as "Russell Place", 136 acres on the other side of Coddle Creek known as <br />"Morrison Place', and 140 acres along Rocky River known as "Old Sam Erwin Place". Charles is buried in the Rocky River <br />Presbyterian Church Cemetery. <br />H.C. McAllister - <br />1st Lt. Harvey Caswell McAllister Co H "Cabarrus Phalanx" 8th NC Infantry, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery, see previous <br />information on page 3. <br />Cabarrus County Sheriff: <br />Richard S. Harris, Sheriff - <br />Richard Sadler Harris held this elected position from 1872 to 1877. Born in Rock Hill, South Carolina on 4 Jan 1835 he was living <br />in Concord in 1861 when North Carolina seceded from the Union. He volunteered in 1861 to serve with Co B which was formed <br />in Concord. Co B was initially assigned to the 10th NC Regiment and soon redesignated the 20th North Carolina Infantry <br />Regiment. Richard was elected 3,d Lt. of Company B. He rose through the ranks of Co B and when he reached the rank of 1st Lt. <br />his abilities were needed elsewhere and he was reassigned as AQM "Adjutant Quartermaster" of 20th Regiment and later <br />promoted to Captain AQM of Gen. R.D. Johnston's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The 20th NC had served in the Brigades <br />of Gen. Garland, Gen. Iverson, and Gen. R.D. Johnston and had fought at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. <br />When the war was over, Richard S. Harris returned to Concord and later in 1871 he decided to use the administrative abilities <br />and talents he had learned as a Confederate Adjutant Quartermaster Officer and ran for Sheriff of Cabarrus County. He was <br />elected and took office in 1872. <br />Since the old courthouse had burned and Cabarrus County needed a new courthouse and jail, he was the first Sheriff of <br />Cabarrus County to manage this new jail and deputies and work closely with the administrators and judiciary of Cabarrus <br />County. On 6 Jul 1911, Sheriff Harris died and he was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Sect. D-31. <br />Page 5 <br />Page 20 <br />