SECOND GENERATION

3. John Floyd FAULK ⁽⁶⁾⁽⁵⁾ was born on 16 Jul 1820 in West of Clio, Barbour Co., Alabama.⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾ In his book, "Descendants of Some Twiggs County, Georgia Faulk Families" Charles B. Schweizer gives the birth year as 1821. However, the stone in Union Cemetery gives the year as 1820.
He died on 24 Nov 1897 in Ozark, Dale Co., Alabama.⁽⁶⁾ He was buried in Union Cemetery, Ozark, Dale Co., Alabama.⁽⁸⁾ He served in the military in CSA, Co D, 57th Alabama Regiment, Scott's Brigade, Loring's Div., Stewart's Corps., Army of Tennesse.⁽⁹⁾
57th Alabama Infantry Regiment

The 57th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Troy, in Pike County, in March, 1863, as part of the brigade of Gen'l James H. Clanton of Montgomery. It was stationed at Mobile and Pollard until January 1864, when it moved to Demopolis. Brigaded there under Gen'l Abraham Buford (who was soon succeeded by Gen'l Thomas M. Scott) with the 12th Louisiana, 27th, 35th, and 55th Alabama, and another Louisiana regiment, the 57th joined the Army of the Tennessee in time to share fully the hardships of the Dalton-Atlanta campaign. The casualties of the regiment, however, were not severe until the Battle of Peach Tree Creek, when it was cut to pieces. The 57th participated in the movement into Tennessee, and at Franklin and Nashville, its losses were again large. Transferred to North Carolina, the regiment fought at Bentonville with severe loss. It surrendered there.

Field officers: Cols. J. P. W. Amerine (Pike County, superseded; C. J. L. Cunningham (Pike County, wounded at Franklin). Majors C. J. L. Cunningham (promoted); W. R. Arnold (Pike County, killed at Peachtree); J. Horatio Wiley (Pike County)

History: "Autobiography and Civil War letters of Joel Dyer Murphree," in Alabama Historical Quarterly, XIX (1957), pp. 170-208. J. F. (John Floyd) Faulk belonged to Company "D", 57th Alabama Regiment, Scott's Brigade, Loring's Division, Stewart's Corps, Tenessee Army. He surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, on April 26th, 1865.

This is given by: W. P. Windham, 1st Sergeant, Company D......
J. S. Bruner, Captain
(J. F. Faulk) was honorably discharged.

The above information was provided to David Whitt Dorsey on August 11, 1995, by Mary Frances Faulk Kaye. It was given to her many years ago by her Aunt, Bonnie Mae Faulk Parker.

This is the text of a letter written by John Floyd Faulk,to his wife, Smitha Martha Martin Faulk:

Pollard, Ala. Nov. 20, 1863

Dear Wife,

I seat myself this evening to inform you that I am well and hearty and
Haywood is well. Hoping these lines will go safe to you and find you and the
children all enjoying the same blessings of God.

Dear wife, I have no news to you. We received your letter this morning
and was glad to hear from you all. We got the clothing and we have aplenty of
clothing now. We don't want you to send any more until we write for it.

There is talk here of our leaving in two or three days, perhaps towards
Pensacola.

Dear wife, I wrote to father to hire some negroes and I want you to tend
to it if we leave here. I shall have no chance to know much about (it),
perhaps, and I will leave it with you to do as you please about hiring.

If your hogs die so that you want two hands, you must let father know
what you want to do about it. If you think you can take one, do so, and if
you want two, let him know. So I will leave the hiring of negroes to you. I
think there will be a great many hungry negroes that will have to eat bread
next year. So, I will be satisfied with what you do.

I want you to write to me when your hogs quit dying, how many you have
left, and if you think you better keep your little steers for beef. You
must try to do so if your hogs die. So, you won't have meat enough when your
hogs stop dying, you better put up the best of them and fatten a few of
them, and keep taking up, as they improve, a few at a time.

But you will know the best, so nothing more at present, only I remain
your truly companion,

John F. Faulk.

To his wife, Smitha Faulk

On 10 January 1864 he wrote to his wife from Pollard, Alabama:

"Dear Wife, I seat myself this morning to inform you that we are both well and hearty. Hope these few lines may reach you and find you and the children enjoying the same blessings. Dear Wife, I have no good news to write. Times are bad here and the weather is very cold. I have been looking for Haywood to come back and he has not gotten here yet. We want him to get back so we can hear from home. Wife, I want you to hire a negro at any price if you can, and I want you to write to me and give me all the news. So I will close for this time by saying I remain your truly companion, John F. Faulk"

The 57th joined the Army of the Tennessee and endured the hardships of the Dalton-Atlanta campaign, suffered severe casualties at Peach Tree Creek, Franklin, Nashville and Bentonville, North Carolina, where they were surrendered 26 April 1865.

In his book, "Descendants of Some Twiggs County, Georgia Faulk Families" Charles B. Schweizer recounts the following:

This is another amazing family. John Floyd Faulk owned land beside his father but moved to Dale County, Alabama where he settled about two miles south of Ozark. John Henry Faulk wrote in 1932 that John Floyd worked hard and accumulated quite a fortune for his day but did not ever have much to do with the other members of the family. He is reported to have buried a cache of gold coins under the fireplace before the civil War. Through the years numerous night callers removed stones searching for the lost gold.

John Floyd and his oldest son served in the 54th and 57th Alabama Infantry Regiments, CSA. He was paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina after the war and walked all the way home. His son Martin Lee Faulk recalled, "Henry and I were playing in the yard in the late afternoon. Mama came to the front porch and sat in a chair. She was hardly seated before she ran down the steps and went running up the road with outstretched arms. We could see a man walking down the road in the shadows made by the trees. We stood and watched in amazement. They walked to us and Mama announced Boys, this is your father, home from the war."
Martin Lee's wife, Isabelle Blackman, said, "Mr. Faulk said that in walking home from the war he had gone about as far as his strength would let him. One afternoon he saw a home and asked for lodging for the night. He was turned away. He said he made a pledge that no one would ever be turned from his door, tired hungry, or cold. He kept that pledge. Never a week we didn't have a free lodger, sometimes a whole family. All the tramps learned of his generosity."

References are: Letters from Mrs. Lucy Faulk Berkman, 1602 Raleigh Ave. Austin, Texas 76703; Miss Mary Alice Faulk, 493 Timberidge Road, Edgewood, Kentucky 41017; Mrs. Smytha M. Darden, 3155 Vista Circle, Macon, Georgia 31204 and Dale County, Alabama census' 1850 p 209, 1860 p 7l9 and 1880 p565.

He was married to Smitha Martha MARTIN in 1842 in Ozark, Dale Co., Alabama.⁽¹⁰⁾ Smitha Martha MARTIN ⁽⁵⁾⁽¹¹⁾ was born on 16 Sep 1822 in ____, Johnston Co., North Carolina.⁽⁶⁾⁽¹²⁾ She died on 22 Jan 1885 in Ozark, Dale Co., Alabama.⁽⁶⁾⁽¹³⁾ She was buried in Union Cemetery, Ozark, Dale Co., Alabama.⁽¹⁴⁾ John Floyd FAULK and Smitha Martha MARTIN had the following children:

8 i. Jack J. FAULK⁽⁵⁾ was born on 11 May 1849.⁽⁶⁾ He died on 1 Apr 1877.⁽⁶⁾ He served in the military in CSA.⁽⁶⁾
+9 ii. Alex FAULK.
+10 iii. Martin Lee FAULK.
+11 iv. Henry F. FAULK.
12 v. James (Jim) FAULK⁽⁵⁾.
13 vi. William Haywood FAULK⁽⁵⁾⁽¹⁵⁾ was born on 16 Oct 1845 in ____, Dale/Pike Co., Alabama.⁽¹⁶⁾ He served in the military from Mar 1863 to 20 Jul 1863 in CSA, Co. D, 54th Ala. Regt..⁽¹⁷⁾⁽¹⁸⁾ Fifty-Fourth Alabama
Infantry Regiment

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This regiment was made up of six Alabama companies of the First Alabama-Miss-Tenn. Regiment of Col. Baker of Barbour, and four Alabama companies of the regiment of Col. L. M. Walker of Tennessee. These companies had been captured at Island Ten, after nearly a year's arduous service above Memphis. Organized at Jackson, Miss, October 1862, the Fifty-fourth operated in the vicinity of Vicksburg during the winter. It fought at Fort Pemberton with light loss, and at Baker's Creek with equal result. Having escaped Vicksburg by moving with Gen. Loring from Baker's Creek, the Fifty-fourth was soon after at the siege of Jackson. It was then transferred to the army of Gen. Bragg. The regiment wintered at Dalton, and was engaged in the campaign from there to Atalnta, when the Army of Tennessee disputed the ground inch by inch, and stained those inches with blood. The regiment lost severely at Resaca, and at Atlanta July 22. The loss was very heavy at Atlanta July 28, more than half the regiment being killled and wounded, and the flag perforated by forty bullets. Having moved with Hood into middle Tennessee, the Fifty-fourth shared the privations and disasters of that campaign. Transferred to North Carolina, its colors waved defiantly at Bentonville, its last battlefield. A remnant only were surrendered with the forces of Gen. Johnston.

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Field and Staff
Colonels -- Alpheus Baker of Barbour; captured at Island Ten; wounded at Baker's Creek; promoted. John A. Minter.

Lieut. Colonels -- John A Minter of Coffee; captured at Island Ten; promoted. Thaddeus H. Shackelford.

Majors -- Thaddeus H. Shackelford of Mississippi; captured at Island Ten; promoted.

Adjutants -- Horace M. Smith of Barbour; died in service.

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Captains, and Counties from Which the Companies Came.
Coffee -- I. T. Law; captured at Island Ten, and Atlanta.

Limestone -- Charles W. Raisler; captured at Island Ten, and Baker's Creek.

Chocta -- Jonas Griffin; captured at Island Ten; resigned. Charles C. McCall.

State of Mississippi -- A. J. Evans; captured at Island Ten; wounded near Atlanta.

Coffee -- Lewis J. Laird; captured at Island Ten; wounded at New Hope.

Chocta -- Joshua Morse; till re-organized. Wm. S. Smith.

Macon -- John H. Christian; captured at Island Ten.

Blount, Morgan, Limestone -- ....Whitfield; resigned. Porter Bibb; till re-orgnized. S. C. Twitty. Lieut. G. L. Brindley commanded.

State of Mississippi --..... Wright. Lieut. Carpenter Commanded.

DeKalb -- Thomas H. Withers; captured at Island Ten and Canton. Lieut. Appleton commanded.

Camp Lee Pollard, Ala.

July 19th, 1863

Dear Father,

I seat myself this morning to write you a few lines to inform you that I
am well and hope these few lines may reach you and find you all enjoying the
same blessing.

We have been here two days. The 29th Alabama Regiment has gone to Mobile.
They got there before we left. I saw uncle LaFayette there. He was well and
hearty.

Our Company is not here yet. They are at Pascagoula. The reason I did
not go with them to Pascagoula was that I was in Mobile on Provo(?) Guard(?)
when they left. Our Regiment is on detached service now. Col. Cassienni(?)
will command this Post when Gen. Conley leaves. He will leave tomorrow.

So, I suppose if you have to go to the war you had better come to this
Regiment for I think it is as good a one as you can find anywhere. And then
the probability is that we may stay here until the war ends. And this is a
very good place to stay at....the water is very good.

Write as soon as you get this.

Direct your letter to:

W. H. Faulk
Co. D, 54th Ala. Regt.,
Care of Capt. Bethune
Pollard, Alabama

I remain your affectionate son.

W. H.(Haywood) Faulk

WILLIAM HAYWOOD Faulk was born 16 Oct 1845 in Pike County, Alabama according to his enlistment records but near Ozark, Dale County, Alabama according to his relatives. When he enlisted in Company "D" 57th Alabama Infantry CSA on Mar 1863 at Troy, Alabama he was described as five feet eight inches tall, fair complexion, blue eyes and a farmer. He and his father served in the same company which must been interesting. On 20 Jul 1663 he lost his right arm in action near Peachtree Creek, Georgia and was discharged. He lived with a Georgia family until his arm was healed after which he walked home to Ozark. He was a plantation manager. As related previously his father returned after the war and the family was reunited.

In his book, "Descendants of Some Twiggs County, Georgia Faulk Families" Charles B. Schweizer recounts the following:

He fell in love with Lacy Ann Parker Dowling, a girl who lived on the next farm. His parents opposed the marriage and his mother rode horseback to Newton, Alabama and forbade the judge to issue a license for Haywood to marry Lacy Ann. Haywood vowed he would go back to Georgia and never return, which he did. The last time Lacy Ann saw Haywood, he was waiting under a big chestnut tree. His parents always expected and awaited his return. His mother kept an extra plate at the table for Haywood. In later years they searched for him, particularly in Texas, without success. So differences between parents and children aren't new and Charles B. Schweizer wonders how often that "extra plate" brought tears to his parents eyes.

14 vii. Angus (Nin) FAULK⁽⁵⁾.
15 viii. Elizabeth (Lizzie) FAULK⁽⁵⁾.
+16 ix. Mary Frances (Fanny) FAULK.

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