Jabez Sidney Gaulding, son of a soldier of the Revolution was killed at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Catherine Gauldin
- Jun 18
- 17 min read
In 1841, Jabez Gaulding received a full share of the distribution of his deceased father William T. Gaulding. The following is from Chancery Causes: Heirs of William T. Gaulding v Elizabeth Woodall, Widow, etc, 1852-023 Pittsylvania County. (1)
Heir Chart – 1853 Chancery Case of William T. Gauldin, Deceased Propositus (Deceased): William T. Gauldin Born ca. 1750s–1760s • Died before 1841 Resident of Pittsylvania County, Virginia Widow (Dower Recipient): Decia (Docia) Gauldin Received 129½ acres + enslaved persons Essex, Rose & children Nat & Ben, Becca, America, Lucy, and Docia for life.
Children of William T. Gauldin (as recognized by the Court) (Each child or child’s heirs received a distributive share of the estate.) 1. Andy (Andrew) Gauldin - Received a full heir’s share. 2. Samuel Gauldin - Received a full heir’s share. 3. Moses Gauldin - Received a full heir’s share. 4. Thomas Gauldin - Received a full heir’s share. 5. Jabez Gauldin - Received a full heir’s share. 6. Elizabeth Gauldin - Received a full heir’s share. 7. Elizabeth (Gauldin) Woodall - Received a full heir’s share. 8. William Gauldin (deceased) - His heirs received his share, reduced by court costs.
Important Legal Finding (1853) Not an Heir: Nancy (Gaulding) Elliott Wife of James Elliott The court ruled she was not a child of William T. Gauldin and not entitled to inherit. This ruling was based on sworn testimony—later confirmed in the 1853 case—that Margaret Lane, not William T. Gauldin, was Nancy’s parent.
William T. Gauldin had eight recognized children. One child (William Jr.) was deceased, so his heirs inherited his portion. The widow, Decia, received her dower and lifetime rights to certain enslaved persons. Nancy (Gaulding) Elliott was explicitly excluded as an heir. This heir chart reflects the exact family structure used by the court to divide the estate.
Note that Mary, the sister of Jabez is conspicuously missing from the Heir Chart.
What Mary’s Omission Reveals About Her Legal Status
When the Pittsylvania County chancery court divided the estate of William T. Gaulding in the 1852–1853 case Heirs of William T. Gaulding v. Elizabeth Woodall, it produced a formal heir structure listing every person the court legally recognized as William’s child. This list was exhaustive and determinative: each heir was entitled to a distributive share, and each had to be named so the court could apportion the estate correctly. The chart includes William’s adult children from his earlier marriage, the heirs of his deceased son, and even explicitly excludes Nancy Gaulding Elliott, whose paternity was disproven by sworn testimony. Yet Mary S. A. Gaulding, the daughter who appears with her mother Malissa in the 1850 census, is entirely absent.
In chancery practice, silence is never accidental. If Mary had been legally recognized as William’s daughter, she would have appeared in the heir list just as her brother Jabez did. Jabez received a full heir’s share, confirming the court’s acceptance of him as William’s biological son. Mary’s omission, by contrast, shows that the court did not treat her as an heir and therefore did not recognize her as William’s legal child for purposes of inheritance. This does not prove she was not his biological daughter, but it does prove that—whether because of testimony, timing, or community knowledge—the court did not consider her eligible to inherit from William’s estate.
Her exclusion places her in the same legal category as Nancy Elliott, though without the explicit testimony that accompanied Nancy’s case. In the eyes of the court, Mary was not an heir, and therefore she had no legal standing in the distribution of William’s property. The legal record is unambiguous: Jabez was recognized as William’s son; Mary was not. This distinction shaped the way the estate was divided and reveals how the law, the community, and the court understood the Gaulding family structure at mid‑century.[i]
Jabez, on the other hand, was considered to be a full heir, meaning the court recognized him to be the biological son of William T. Gaulding and his second wife Melissa Burnett Gaulding.
Jabez Gaulding
Jabez Gaulding, the son of Malissa Burnett and William T. Gaulding, a soldier of the Revolution was born about 1837 in Pittsylvania County. His birth is not recorded anywhere, so that date is an approximation based on the census records. He married Synthia (Cinthia) Dodd and their marriage bond is dated October 3, 1857. They had two children, Benjamin and George (2) and a son Thomas who was evidently born after the death of his father.
Cinthia was born about 1836 in Virginia, the daughter of Benjamin Dodd (1782-1856) and Betsy Elizabeth Harris (1795-1856) and she died sometime after 1870 because she appears for the last time in the 1870 US Census. She was not the same Cynthia Dodd who married Rev. Ausburn Scott. That Cynthia was her niece and Tennessee Deaths and Burials lists the younger Cynthia Dodd born about 1854 in Tennessee. (2)
Also recorded on the same page were: (2)
Eliza Jane Gauldin m Westley Powell Nov. 9, 1854,
Matilda Ann Galloway m John R. Gauldin Jan. 1, 1855
Wm Gauldin m Conny Gauldin Nov. 20, 1856
Thomas D. Gaulding m Marth Ann Scarce April 18, 1858
Virginia C. Gaulden m John G Agrant Jan 23, 1859
Wm. D. Gaulding m Tabith Ann Burnett April 21, 1859
The birth of Benjamin is recorded in the Register of Births, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He was born in August 1858 in Bearskin, Pittsylvania County.
Register of Births, Benjamin Gaulding, the son of Jabez Sidney Gaulding and Synthia his wife (2)
The family is recorded together for the last time in the 1860 Census of Pittsylvania County, Virginia and they were living near Chatham.
Jabez S. Gauldin was a soldier of the Confederacy
Virginia Bond send me this document in about the year 2000. It reads “November 2, 1940
IN REPLY
REFER TO OR-s jr
Respectfully returned to
Mrs. Virginia G. Bond
697 Stimson Street
Detroit, Michigan
The records show that one Jabez S. Gaulden, surname also borne as Gaulding, Private, Company B, 38th Regiment Virginia Infantry (Pittsylvania Regiment), Confederate States Army, enlisted June 4, 1861 at Calland, Pittsylvania County, age 24 years.
Gaulden, Jabez S - Page 1
Military Unit: Thirty-eighth Infantry (Pittsylvania Regiment)
Full Name: Gaulden, Jabez S
Age 24
Year 1861
Estimated Birth Year 1836 - 1837
Conflict Period: Civil War (Confederate)
Branch: Confederate Army
Served For: Confederate States
Roll Name: 0843
Below is a transcription of the entire packet (7)
Gaulden, Jabez S. Co. B., 38 Virginia Inf'y (Pittsylvania Regiment) (CONFEDERATE) Private/Private Card Numbers 51541787 1870 1953 2025 2237 2886 2359 2396 | (CONFEDERATE) G, 38, Va. Jabez s. Gaulding Pvt, Co. B, 38 Reg't Va. Infantry Appears on Company Muster Roll of the organization named above for June 30 to Aug 30, 1861 Enlisted When: June 4, 186- Where: Callands, Pittva Co By whom: John Roy Cabell Period: 1 year Last paid: By whom: Col. Hill To what time June 30, 186_ Present or absent: Present | Jabez S. Gauldin Pvt, Co. B, 38 Reg't Va. Infantry Appears on Company Muster roll of the organization named above for Jan & Feb, 1862, dated Aug. 4, 1862 Enlisted: When June 4, 186_ To what time Oct. 30, 186_ Present or absent: Absent Remarks: Sent to hospital Febry 27 Name appears in col Record --- Jabez S. Gauldin | Jabez S Gaulden, Pvt, Co B, 38 Reg't Va Infantry Appears on Company Muster Roll of the organization named above for Mar & Apr 1863, dated May 19 Enlisted: When: June 4, 1861 Where: Callands By whom: Capt. Caball Period: 1 year Last paid: By whom: Capt. Averett to what time: March 1, 186_ Present or absent: Present |
J.S. Gaulden, Pvt. Co B, 38 Reg't Va. Infantry Age 24 years Appears on a Bounty Pay and Receipt Roll for enlisted men of the organization named above. Roll dated: Not dated, 1864 How retained: By act of Congress Bounty: $50.00 Signer's name: Jabez S. Gaulden Endorsment shows Bounty paid Co B June 9, 62 | Jabez S. Gauldin, Pvt Co B, 38 Reg't Va Infantry Appears on Company Return of the organization named above for the month of March 1862 Absent enlisted men accounted for: Sent to hospital at Richmond (over) | Jabez S. Gauldin appears on Company Return for the month of February 1862. Absent enlisted men accounted for: Sent to hospital Feb. 27 | J.S. Gaulden...appears on Company Return of the organization named above for the month of Not dated. Absent enlisted men accounted for: In hospital. Entry cancelled. |
J.S. Galdin, Pvt. Co B, 38 Rgt Va appears on a Register of General Hospital No 18, formerly Greaner's Hospital), Richmond, Virginia Admitted: Mar 2, 1862 Disease: Diarrhoea Remarks: Gone home for 7 days Apr 24 |
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The surviving muster cards of Jabez S. Gaulding, a private in Company B, 38th Virginia Infantry (Pittsylvania Regiment), trace the outline of a young Pittsylvania County man who entered Confederate service early in the war and whose military experience reflected the hardships and instability common among rural recruits.
Jabez enlisted on June 4, 1861, at Callands, Pittsylvania County, under Capt. John Roy Cabell, committing himself for one year of service. His first muster roll, covering June 30 to August 30, 1861, lists him as present for duty, indicating that he joined his regiment at the very beginning of its organization and early training period. This was a time when the 38th Virginia was still forming, drilling, and preparing for the campaigns that would soon engulf the region.
By the winter of 1862, however, Jabez’s service was interrupted. The muster roll for January–February 1862, dated August 4 of that year, records him as absent, with the notation that he was “sent to hospital Febry 27.” This brief remark is significant. The winter of 1861–1862 was one of the deadliest disease seasons of the entire war, with measles, pneumonia, and typhoid sweeping through Confederate camps. Many Pittsylvania recruits—young men from rural communities with little prior exposure to infectious disease—fell ill during this period. Jabez’s hospitalization places him squarely within this broader pattern of early‑war sickness that weakened regiments long before they faced battle.
Despite this setback, Jabez returned to duty. A later muster roll for March–April 1863, dated May 19, shows him once again present with his company. By this time, the 38th Virginia had already seen significant action, including the Peninsula Campaign and the Seven Days Battles, and was moving toward the campaigns of 1863. His reappearance on the rolls suggests that he recovered sufficiently to resume active service and remained with his regiment into the middle years of the war.
Across these scattered records, Jabez’s name appears with variant spellings—Gaulding, Gauldin, Gaulden—a common occurrence in Confederate paperwork, especially for soldiers from rural counties whose names clerks spelled phonetically. Yet the continuity of enlistment date, company, and regiment confirms that all these entries refer to the same man.
Taken together, the muster cards portray Jabez S. Gaulding as a young Pittsylvania soldier who enlisted early, endured the disease‑ridden winter of 1862, spent time hospitalized, and ultimately returned to his regiment. His service reflects the experience of many Confederate soldiers from Pittsylvania County—men who faced illness as often as combat and whose wartime paths were shaped as much by the hardships of camp life as by the battlefield.
Jabez S. Gaulden, Pvt, Co B, 38 Reg't Va. Infantry appears on a Muster Roll of enlisted men of the organization named above for April 1, 1864, made in obedience to G.O. No. 27, A.&I.G.O. 1864 Enlisted: When: June 4, 1861 Where: Callands By whom: Capt. Cabell Period: 1 yr Last paid: By whom: Capt Averett To what time: May 31, 1863 Remarks: Wounded and taken prisoner at Gettysburg. Supposed to be dead. | Jabez S. Gaulding Pvt Co B 38 Regt Va Inf Name appears on a Register of Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Confederate States who were killed in battle or who died of wounds or disease. When deceases: July 3, 1863 Where and from what cause: Gettysburg, Pa, killed When received: April 28, 1864 Number of certificate: 905 Confed. Arch., Chap. 10, File No. 8, page 97 | Jabez S. Gaulding, Pvt Co B, 38 Va Inf Name appears on a Register of Claims of Deceased Officers and Soldiers from Virginia which were filed for settlement in the Office of the Confederate States Auditor for the War Department By whom presented: Col. Henry Hill, Atty. When filed: May 23, 1864 Where died: Gettysburg, Pa. Comptroller: When reported to: March 1, 1865 When returned: March 3, 1865 Number of settlements: Certificates 23391 Amount found due $110.63 |
The Military Fate of Jabez S. Gaulden
The final surviving records of Private Jabez S. Gaulden of Company B, 38th Virginia Infantry, trace the tragic end of a young Pittsylvania County soldier whose service began with promise in 1861 and ended abruptly on the bloodiest day of his life—July 3, 1863, at Gettysburg.
The muster roll compiled under General Orders No. 27 (1864)—a sweeping administrative effort to account for all enlisted men—records Jabez’s original enlistment on June 4, 1861, at Callands, under Captain Cabell. But the most striking entry appears in the remarks column: “Wounded and taken prisoner at Gettysburg. Supposed to be dead.”
This notation reflects the confusion and chaos that followed the Confederate defeat in Pennsylvania. Many soldiers of the 38th Virginia were left on the field during Pickett’s Charge, and the Confederate command often had no reliable information about who had been killed, captured, or hospitalized. The phrase “supposed to be dead” shows that by early 1864, the regiment had received no word of his survival and believed he had fallen during the assault on Cemetery Ridge.
A second document confirms this grim assumption. Jabez’s name appears in the Register of Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Confederate States Who Were Killed in Battle or Who Died of Wounds or Disease, listing him as killed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on July 3, 1863. This register was compiled from battlefield reports, hospital returns, and prisoner-of-war lists, and the entry for Jabez was officially received on April 28, 1864. The Confederate archive assigned his death certificate the number 905, placing him among the thousands of men whose deaths were formally recorded long after the battle.
The third document—a Register of Claims of Deceased Officers and Soldiers from Virginia—shows the administrative aftermath of his death. On May 23, 1864, attorney Col. Henry Hill filed a claim on behalf of Jabez’s estate, seeking the pay and allowances due to him at the time of his death. The Confederate Auditor processed the claim, and by March 3, 1865, the Comptroller reported that $110.63 was owed to his estate. This amount represented unpaid wages, clothing allowances, and possibly commutation for rations—funds that would have been sent to his mother, Malissa “Dicy” Gaulding, as his legal heir or to his wife Cynthia.
Together, these records tell a consistent story:
Jabez S. Gaulden fought with the 38th Virginia from the earliest days of the war, survived illness and hospitalization in 1862, returned to duty, and ultimately fell during Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg. His body was almost certainly left on the field, buried by Union burial details, and never returned home. The Confederate government, working with incomplete information, confirmed his death only months later, and his mother received the final settlement of his military pay just as the Confederacy itself was collapsing.
A Battlefield Narrative: The 38th Virginia Infantry at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863
When the 38th Virginia Infantry marched onto the fields west of Gettysburg in early July 1863, they were already veterans of the Peninsula, Seven Days, and Sharpsburg. But nothing in their past prepared them for what awaited them on the rolling farmland south of town. The regiment, part of Brigadier General Lewis A. Armistead’s Brigade in Pickett’s Division, arrived late on July 2 and bivouacked in the fields behind Seminary Ridge, listening to the distant crackle of skirmish fire and the rumble of artillery that never seemed to stop. (8)
At dawn on July 3, the men of the 38th Virginia formed their line behind the ridge, facing the long, open valley that stretched toward the Union position on Cemetery Ridge. They knew an assault was coming. Officers walked the line quietly, reminding the men to keep steady, to dress on the colors, to hold their fire until ordered. Some soldiers wrote quick notes home; others sat silently, staring across the fields that would soon become a killing ground.
Around 1 p.m., the Confederate artillery opened the largest cannonade of the war. The ground shook beneath the men of the 38th Virginia as more than a hundred guns fired over their heads. Union artillery answered with equal fury. Shells burst in the air, showering fragments across the waiting infantry. For nearly two hours, the men endured the bombardment, lying flat in the grass, praying, sweating, choking on powder smoke. Then the order came.
The 38th Virginia rose from the ground and stepped forward into history as part of Pickett’s Charge. Their battle flag unfurled, the line dressed itself, and the regiment moved out from the shelter of Seminary Ridge into the open fields. The heat was oppressive, the air thick with smoke, and the long line of gray stretched nearly a mile across the valley.
As they advanced, Union artillery found its range. Shells tore gaps in the Confederate ranks; men fell in clusters, and the survivors closed the line and kept moving. The 38th Virginia crossed the Emmitsburg Road under a storm of canister and rifle fire. Fences slowed their progress, forcing the men to bunch together—easy targets for the Union guns on the ridge.
Still they pressed on.
Armistead’s Brigade, including the 38th Virginia, angled toward the stone wall near the Copse of Trees—the very center of the Union line. The fire was murderous. Entire companies were cut down. Officers fell one after another. The regimental colors of the 38th Virginia went down, then rose again in another man’s hands.
Somewhere in this final, desperate advance, Private Jabez S. Gaulding was struck. The Confederate records later said he was “wounded and taken prisoner at Gettysburg—supposed to be dead.” The Union burial details recorded him simply as killed, one of the many whose bodies lay scattered across the field after the charge collapsed. Armistead’s men reached the stone wall—some even crossed it—but the attack could not be sustained. The survivors of the 38th Virginia fell back across the same deadly ground, leaving behind their wounded, their dead, and the shattered remnants of their regiment. When the roll was called after the battle, Jabez did not answer. His name was eventually entered on the Confederate register of the dead:
“Gettysburg, Pa., killed, July 3, 1863.”
For the Gaulding family in Pittsylvania County, the news came slowly, filtered through rumor, official lists, and finally the Confederate Auditor’s settlement of his unpaid wages. But the battlefield told the truth long before the paperwork did. Jabez, the son of a soldier of the Revolution, fell in the greatest assault of the Army of Northern Virginia, one of the thousands of young Virginians who never returned from the fields of Pennsylvania. (9)
What the Records Reveal About Cinthia A. Gauldin After Jabez’s Death
The documents surrounding the death of Private Jabez S. Gaulden paint a vivid picture of the difficult and bureaucratic path his widow, Cinthia A. Gauldin, had to navigate in the year following the Battle of Gettysburg. When Jabez fell on July 3, 1863, during Pickett’s Charge, his body was left on the field, and news of his fate traveled slowly back to Pittsylvania County. By early 1864, the Confederate government had finally recorded him as killed in action, and his widow was left to settle his military affairs and claim the pay he had earned before his death.
In the spring of 1864, Cinthia appeared before Langhorne Scruggs, clerk of the Pittsylvania County Court, to execute a formal power of attorney. In this document, she appointed Colonel Henry Hill, Paymaster General of Virginia, as her legal representative. The wording is typical of Confederate-era claims: she authorized Hill to “draw and receipt for all money now due my husband Jabez S. Gaulden deceased, by the Confederate States of America, for services rendered as a private soldier in Company B, 38th Regiment Virginia Infantry.” This act was necessary because widows could not directly collect military pay; they had to appoint an attorney or agent to act on their behalf. Her signature, witnessed by two local individuals, shows that she personally appeared at the courthouse.
The accompanying claim record details exactly what the government owed Jabez at the time of his death. For the period May 1, 1863 to July 3, 1863, he was entitled to $23.10 in pay and $90.50 in clothing allowances, totaling $113.60. After a deduction of $12.00, the final amount due to his widow was $101.60. This was not a pension—Confederate pensions did not exist during the war—but rather the settlement of unpaid wages and allowances that Jabez had earned before he was killed.
The claim was formally filed on May 23, 1864, again through Colonel Henry Hill, and processed by the Confederate Auditor’s Office. The bureaucratic trail continued into March 1865, when the Comptroller reported the settlement. By then, the Confederacy was collapsing, and many widows never received the full amount owed. Whether Cinthia ultimately received the funds is unknown, but the paperwork shows her determined effort to secure what little financial support the government could provide.
Cinthia’s appearance at the courthouse, her execution of legal documents, and her pursuit of Jabez’s final pay show the practical burdens placed on women whose husbands died far from home. They also confirm her identity, residence at Pittsylvania Court House, and her legal status as Jabez’s surviving spouse.
Please attend to this & oblige to My address is Cinthia a. Gauldin, Pittsylvania CH, Va Know all Men by These presents That I Cynthia A. Gauldin do appoint and constitute Col. Henry Hill, Paymaster General of the State of Virginia, my lawful attorney to draw and receipt for all money now due by husband Jabez S. Gaulden deceased, by the Confederate States of America, for services rendered as a private soldier in Company B, 38th Regiment Virginia Infantry. Witness my hand and seal this day of _ 1864 Cinthia A. Gauldin (seal) Witnesses sina-- Rejoralet ? R.J. Jones State of Virginia Pittsylvania County I Langhorne Scruggs clerk of this county court of Pittsylvania County -- state of Va do certify that Cinthia A. Gauldin the widow of Jabez S. Gauldin personally appeared before me in my offices said --- law forgoing power of attorney t-bs --- act as witness my hand and seal of office this 4 May 1864 | Jabez S. Gaulden Pvt Co B 38th Va Regt Claim for Services and Commendation for Clothing From 1 may 1863 to 3 July 1863, 2 mo, 3 days Pay $23.10 Clothing: $90.50 Total $113.60 Less $12.00 Total $101.60 Claimant: The widow Cinthia H. Gaulden, Pittsylvania CH Filed May 23, 1864 by Col. Henry Hill |
Cinthia and her sons appear for the last time together in the census of 1870. There is a birth record in Halifax County for both Alfred and George but there isn’t one for Thomas. If Thomas was seven years old in this census, it means he was born in 1863, the same year his father was killed.
The sons of Cinthia Ann Dodd Gauldin and Jabez Sidney Gauldin
1. Benjamin Alfred Gaulden 1857–1932 - He was born on 23 August 1857 in "Bearskin", Virginia, USA. That place was evidently in Halifax County. (16) There are no records to prove the fact, but Benjamin may have moved with his mother Cinthia to Obion, Tennessee to be with family and she may have died sometime between 1870 and 1880 because she is not listed in the 1880 census in either Pittsylvania County or Obion. On 29 May 1883 he married Ida May Rankin (1867-1963) in Obion. They had six children: William Ira Gauldin 1884–1968, Daniel Vernon "Dan" Gaulden 1885–1948, Earnest Gaulden 1889–1898, Norvin Alfred Gaulden 1892–1961, Fred Jerome Gaulden 1895–1902 and Clifton Carl Gaulden 1899–1956. Benjamin Alfred Gauldin died on 12 March 1932 in Flint, Genesee, Michigan.
2. George Sidney Gaulden 1859–1925 - He was born on 22 January 1859 in Bearskin Creek, Halifax County, Virginia and he died on 26 April 1925 in Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina. He married Pattie Elizabeth Terry (1854-1920) and they had several children Irene, Mary Frances and Thomas Terry Gaulden. The North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 lists Distributive Shares given to T.T. Gaulden, Irene McCready and Mary Peterson in the amount of $50.25 each.
3. Thomas N. Gauldin 1863–1870 – The only thing that is known about him is that he appears with his mother Cinthia and brothers in the 1870 Census of Pittsylvania County. He disappears from the records after that. He may have been born around the time his father Jabez was killed at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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17. Image of George Sidney Gauldin. ancestry.com. [Online] Image added by Patti Gaulden Santoso. https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/163174124/person/422121228085/media/a9b6802a-0b49-4fde-bccf-9cb0c8bd20e2?galleryindex=2&sort=-created.
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