Brittan Mathis Chapman--Father of Sarah Elizabeth Chapman who married Charles Moore, Sr.  Mr. Chapman is buried at Magnolia Cemetery in the Moore Family Plot along with his first and second wives.

• Mr. Chapman entered Confederate service on December 14, 1861 at Camp Hampton in Columbia, S. C.
• He was a private in Company B, 17th South Carolina Infantry (Fairfield County unit)
• He was admitted to the General Hospital at Camp Winder, Richmond, Virginia, August 29, 1862 with typhoid fever.  He returned to duty on October 17, 1862.
• He transferred to Company H, 6th SCV by special order 218/11 on September 14, 1863.
• He was wounded on May 9, 1864; burned on the left ankle.
• He was wounded by minie balls in both knees and thighs on Sept. 30, 1864.
• Last on company rolls September/October 1864.

Company H, 6th SCV was under the command of his son-in-law's nephew, Capt. James Petty Moore.  Hugh Moore, brother of Capt. Moore also served in the company.

South Carolina Archives and History

Compiled Service Records, NARS Microcopy #267; Roll # CW739 and CW 826.