John Wall Norwood (born ca. 1844) resided with his widowed mother and four siblings in Haywood County. The family owned substantial real property and nine slaves. John volunteered on May 31, 1861, for service in the “Haywood Invincibles,”…
Lewis Jasper Smith of Haywood County enlisted at Waynesville on May 31, 1861, in a company known as the “Haywood Invincibles,” subsequently Company C, 25th Regiment N.C. Troops. Smith was appointed sergeant and served until he was promoted to third…