Oscar Ripley Rand was born 1833 on the Rand Plantation in St. Mary's (Garner), near Swift Creek in Wake County, NC, the 6th of 11 known surviving children (5 boys/6 girls) born to wealthy planter Nathaniel Greene Rand and his (1st) wife, Pherabe Parker Mial. Oscar was about 10 years old when his mother died in 1843, and within two years, his father married (2nd) to Nancy Hinton Jewell who became his stepmother and gave birth to 6 more children.
He was the paternal grandchild of Walter Rand Sr. and Mary Ann Parker of Isle of Wight, VA, who inherited the Rand Plantation in Wake County from his brother, John Rand (1750-1781), a prominent attorney and statesman in the county prior to and during the Revolutinary War. He was great-grandson of William Rand, Sr. of England and his (2nd) wife, Sophia Almand, a noted builder and architect in Colonial Virginia, who erected buildings in Williamsburg and Smithfield, VA that still survive today. He was the maternal grandson of wealthy Wake County planter, Thomas Mial Sr. and Pherabe Parker.
Oscar was educated at UNC, and like many in his family before him, became an attorney; although like most in his family, his interests and financial gains came from the land. He was 21 years old when he married in June 1854 to Sarah M. Hart of Alabama, who was also 21. His wife was the daughter of W. D. (William?) Hart and Sarah Fort of Franklin County, Al, who both died sometime before 1850. Sarah and her older brother then came to North Carolina where she resided in Panther Branch, Wake County, with their eldest sister Charlotte (Mrs. Simon S. Turner).
The couple resided in Panther Branch were they became parents to 7 known children: Oscar Ripley II (1855-1931), Sarah Jane Hart (1857-1942), Walter (1860-1930), John (1865-1897), Pherebee Mial (c. 1866-1942), Charlotte Ann (1869-1928), and Nathaniel Green (1872-1965).
When Civil War broke out, the 28-year old father of 3 enlisted as a private on May 29, 1861 with the NC 26th, Co. D., and almost immiediatley was promoted to Captain. Oscar was known to have recruited others in the County to join the 26th, led by future Governor Zebulon Baird Vance. He saw action at the Battle of New Bern in 1862, which was the baptism of fire for the 26th North Carolina. Capt Rand was captured in New Bern on March 3, 1862, taken as a POW and imprisoned at Fort Columbus, NY. He was later released in an exchange of prisoners. Later, in July 1863, at the battle of Gettysburg during the assault known as "Pickett's Charge", the 26th sustained the largest numerical losses of any unit, North or South, during the entire course of the war. In all, the regiment lost 588 of it's 800 men, including 13 of the 14 commanding officers. By war's end, only 81 men of the NC 26th remained alive to tell its story.
When Oscar Rand got home after the war, he found that his house had been burned by the Yankees, who had slaughtered all off his cattle and hogs, and stolen his horses and mules. The couple remained for a time, but then Oscar took the family to Johnston County where he bought 3,000 acres on the Neuse River near Smithfield, at a dollar an acre. This move began the Johnston County branch of the Rand family. It took the family years to pay off the farm and recoup their finances, but it seems Oscar never did forgive the Yankees. According to an article on the Rand family appearing in the Raleigh NEWS & OBSERVER in 1955, they stated, ""Oscar Rand was a lawyer and sometime after the war, he was offered a job in Washington at a good salary. He hated Yankees so bad, however, that he refused the job."
Oscar Ripley Rand was widowed in 1901 when his wife of 47 years passed at about age 68. He survived 3 years, passing in 1904, a few weeks shy of his 71st birthday. He, his wife, and 3 of his sons (Oscar Jr, Walter, and John) are buried here.
Two of his sns, Oscar Jr. and Walter Rand, married and had children. Son, John Rand, never married and died tragically at age 32 in a sawmill accident at Holt Lake in June 1897. A board being trimmed from a log fell atop the large circular blade, propelling the board into John's abdomen. The accident happened on a Saturday and he died the following Monday. Oscar's youngest son, Nathaniel G. Rand, married and lived in the Smithfield area all his life, but never had children. He is buried in the Rand Family cemetery in Wake County. Daughter Charlotte died in 1923; and daughters Sarah Jane Hart Rand and Pherabe Mial Rand both died in 1942.
He was the paternal grandchild of Walter Rand Sr. and Mary Ann Parker of Isle of Wight, VA, who inherited the Rand Plantation in Wake County from his brother, John Rand (1750-1781), a prominent attorney and statesman in the county prior to and during the Revolutinary War. He was great-grandson of William Rand, Sr. of England and his (2nd) wife, Sophia Almand, a noted builder and architect in Colonial Virginia, who erected buildings in Williamsburg and Smithfield, VA that still survive today. He was the maternal grandson of wealthy Wake County planter, Thomas Mial Sr. and Pherabe Parker.
Oscar was educated at UNC, and like many in his family before him, became an attorney; although like most in his family, his interests and financial gains came from the land. He was 21 years old when he married in June 1854 to Sarah M. Hart of Alabama, who was also 21. His wife was the daughter of W. D. (William?) Hart and Sarah Fort of Franklin County, Al, who both died sometime before 1850. Sarah and her older brother then came to North Carolina where she resided in Panther Branch, Wake County, with their eldest sister Charlotte (Mrs. Simon S. Turner).
The couple resided in Panther Branch were they became parents to 7 known children: Oscar Ripley II (1855-1931), Sarah Jane Hart (1857-1942), Walter (1860-1930), John (1865-1897), Pherebee Mial (c. 1866-1942), Charlotte Ann (1869-1928), and Nathaniel Green (1872-1965).
When Civil War broke out, the 28-year old father of 3 enlisted as a private on May 29, 1861 with the NC 26th, Co. D., and almost immiediatley was promoted to Captain. Oscar was known to have recruited others in the County to join the 26th, led by future Governor Zebulon Baird Vance. He saw action at the Battle of New Bern in 1862, which was the baptism of fire for the 26th North Carolina. Capt Rand was captured in New Bern on March 3, 1862, taken as a POW and imprisoned at Fort Columbus, NY. He was later released in an exchange of prisoners. Later, in July 1863, at the battle of Gettysburg during the assault known as "Pickett's Charge", the 26th sustained the largest numerical losses of any unit, North or South, during the entire course of the war. In all, the regiment lost 588 of it's 800 men, including 13 of the 14 commanding officers. By war's end, only 81 men of the NC 26th remained alive to tell its story.
When Oscar Rand got home after the war, he found that his house had been burned by the Yankees, who had slaughtered all off his cattle and hogs, and stolen his horses and mules. The couple remained for a time, but then Oscar took the family to Johnston County where he bought 3,000 acres on the Neuse River near Smithfield, at a dollar an acre. This move began the Johnston County branch of the Rand family. It took the family years to pay off the farm and recoup their finances, but it seems Oscar never did forgive the Yankees. According to an article on the Rand family appearing in the Raleigh NEWS & OBSERVER in 1955, they stated, ""Oscar Rand was a lawyer and sometime after the war, he was offered a job in Washington at a good salary. He hated Yankees so bad, however, that he refused the job."
Oscar Ripley Rand was widowed in 1901 when his wife of 47 years passed at about age 68. He survived 3 years, passing in 1904, a few weeks shy of his 71st birthday. He, his wife, and 3 of his sons (Oscar Jr, Walter, and John) are buried here.
Two of his sns, Oscar Jr. and Walter Rand, married and had children. Son, John Rand, never married and died tragically at age 32 in a sawmill accident at Holt Lake in June 1897. A board being trimmed from a log fell atop the large circular blade, propelling the board into John's abdomen. The accident happened on a Saturday and he died the following Monday. Oscar's youngest son, Nathaniel G. Rand, married and lived in the Smithfield area all his life, but never had children. He is buried in the Rand Family cemetery in Wake County. Daughter Charlotte died in 1923; and daughters Sarah Jane Hart Rand and Pherabe Mial Rand both died in 1942.
Oscar Ripley Rand was born 1833 on the Rand Plantation in St. Mary's (Garner), near Swift Creek in Wake County, NC, the 6th of 11 known surviving children (5 boys/6 girls) born to wealthy planter Nathaniel Greene Rand and his (1st) wife, Pherabe Parker Mial. Oscar was about 10 years old when his mother died in 1843, and within two years, his father married (2nd) to Nancy Hinton Jewell who became his stepmother and gave birth to 6 more children.
He was the paternal grandchild of Walter Rand Sr. and Mary Ann Parker of Isle of Wight, VA, who inherited the Rand Plantation in Wake County from his brother, John Rand (1750-1781), a prominent attorney and statesman in the county prior to and during the Revolutinary War. He was great-grandson of William Rand, Sr. of England and his (2nd) wife, Sophia Almand, a noted builder and architect in Colonial Virginia, who erected buildings in Williamsburg and Smithfield, VA that still survive today. He was the maternal grandson of wealthy Wake County planter, Thomas Mial Sr. and Pherabe Parker.
Oscar was educated at UNC, and like many in his family before him, became an attorney; although like most in his family, his interests and financial gains came from the land. He was 21 years old when he married in June 1854 to Sarah M. Hart of Alabama, who was also 21. His wife was the daughter of W. D. (William?) Hart and Sarah Fort of Franklin County, Al, who both died sometime before 1850. Sarah and her older brother then came to North Carolina where she resided in Panther Branch, Wake County, with their eldest sister Charlotte (Mrs. Simon S. Turner).
The couple resided in Panther Branch were they became parents to 7 known children: Oscar Ripley II (1855-1931), Sarah Jane Hart (1857-1942), Walter (1860-1930), John (1865-1897), Pherebee Mial (c. 1866-1942), Charlotte Ann (1869-1928), and Nathaniel Green (1872-1965).
When Civil War broke out, the 28-year old father of 3 enlisted as a private on May 29, 1861 with the NC 26th, Co. D., and almost immiediatley was promoted to Captain. Oscar was known to have recruited others in the County to join the 26th, led by future Governor Zebulon Baird Vance. He saw action at the Battle of New Bern in 1862, which was the baptism of fire for the 26th North Carolina. Capt Rand was captured in New Bern on March 3, 1862, taken as a POW and imprisoned at Fort Columbus, NY. He was later released in an exchange of prisoners. Later, in July 1863, at the battle of Gettysburg during the assault known as "Pickett's Charge", the 26th sustained the largest numerical losses of any unit, North or South, during the entire course of the war. In all, the regiment lost 588 of it's 800 men, including 13 of the 14 commanding officers. By war's end, only 81 men of the NC 26th remained alive to tell its story.
When Oscar Rand got home after the war, he found that his house had been burned by the Yankees, who had slaughtered all off his cattle and hogs, and stolen his horses and mules. The couple remained for a time, but then Oscar took the family to Johnston County where he bought 3,000 acres on the Neuse River near Smithfield, at a dollar an acre. This move began the Johnston County branch of the Rand family. It took the family years to pay off the farm and recoup their finances, but it seems Oscar never did forgive the Yankees. According to an article on the Rand family appearing in the Raleigh NEWS & OBSERVER in 1955, they stated, ""Oscar Rand was a lawyer and sometime after the war, he was offered a job in Washington at a good salary. He hated Yankees so bad, however, that he refused the job."
Oscar Ripley Rand was widowed in 1901 when his wife of 47 years passed at about age 68. He survived 3 years, passing in 1904, a few weeks shy of his 71st birthday. He, his wife, and 3 of his sons (Oscar Jr, Walter, and John) are buried here.
Two of his sns, Oscar Jr. and Walter Rand, married and had children. Son, John Rand, never married and died tragically at age 32 in a sawmill accident at Holt Lake in June 1897. A board being trimmed from a log fell atop the large circular blade, propelling the board into John's abdomen. The accident happened on a Saturday and he died the following Monday. Oscar's youngest son, Nathaniel G. Rand, married and lived in the Smithfield area all his life, but never had children. He is buried in the Rand Family cemetery in Wake County. Daughter Charlotte died in 1923; and daughters Sarah Jane Hart Rand and Pherabe Mial Rand both died in 1942.
He was the paternal grandchild of Walter Rand Sr. and Mary Ann Parker of Isle of Wight, VA, who inherited the Rand Plantation in Wake County from his brother, John Rand (1750-1781), a prominent attorney and statesman in the county prior to and during the Revolutinary War. He was great-grandson of William Rand, Sr. of England and his (2nd) wife, Sophia Almand, a noted builder and architect in Colonial Virginia, who erected buildings in Williamsburg and Smithfield, VA that still survive today. He was the maternal grandson of wealthy Wake County planter, Thomas Mial Sr. and Pherabe Parker.
Oscar was educated at UNC, and like many in his family before him, became an attorney; although like most in his family, his interests and financial gains came from the land. He was 21 years old when he married in June 1854 to Sarah M. Hart of Alabama, who was also 21. His wife was the daughter of W. D. (William?) Hart and Sarah Fort of Franklin County, Al, who both died sometime before 1850. Sarah and her older brother then came to North Carolina where she resided in Panther Branch, Wake County, with their eldest sister Charlotte (Mrs. Simon S. Turner).
The couple resided in Panther Branch were they became parents to 7 known children: Oscar Ripley II (1855-1931), Sarah Jane Hart (1857-1942), Walter (1860-1930), John (1865-1897), Pherebee Mial (c. 1866-1942), Charlotte Ann (1869-1928), and Nathaniel Green (1872-1965).
When Civil War broke out, the 28-year old father of 3 enlisted as a private on May 29, 1861 with the NC 26th, Co. D., and almost immiediatley was promoted to Captain. Oscar was known to have recruited others in the County to join the 26th, led by future Governor Zebulon Baird Vance. He saw action at the Battle of New Bern in 1862, which was the baptism of fire for the 26th North Carolina. Capt Rand was captured in New Bern on March 3, 1862, taken as a POW and imprisoned at Fort Columbus, NY. He was later released in an exchange of prisoners. Later, in July 1863, at the battle of Gettysburg during the assault known as "Pickett's Charge", the 26th sustained the largest numerical losses of any unit, North or South, during the entire course of the war. In all, the regiment lost 588 of it's 800 men, including 13 of the 14 commanding officers. By war's end, only 81 men of the NC 26th remained alive to tell its story.
When Oscar Rand got home after the war, he found that his house had been burned by the Yankees, who had slaughtered all off his cattle and hogs, and stolen his horses and mules. The couple remained for a time, but then Oscar took the family to Johnston County where he bought 3,000 acres on the Neuse River near Smithfield, at a dollar an acre. This move began the Johnston County branch of the Rand family. It took the family years to pay off the farm and recoup their finances, but it seems Oscar never did forgive the Yankees. According to an article on the Rand family appearing in the Raleigh NEWS & OBSERVER in 1955, they stated, ""Oscar Rand was a lawyer and sometime after the war, he was offered a job in Washington at a good salary. He hated Yankees so bad, however, that he refused the job."
Oscar Ripley Rand was widowed in 1901 when his wife of 47 years passed at about age 68. He survived 3 years, passing in 1904, a few weeks shy of his 71st birthday. He, his wife, and 3 of his sons (Oscar Jr, Walter, and John) are buried here.
Two of his sns, Oscar Jr. and Walter Rand, married and had children. Son, John Rand, never married and died tragically at age 32 in a sawmill accident at Holt Lake in June 1897. A board being trimmed from a log fell atop the large circular blade, propelling the board into John's abdomen. The accident happened on a Saturday and he died the following Monday. Oscar's youngest son, Nathaniel G. Rand, married and lived in the Smithfield area all his life, but never had children. He is buried in the Rand Family cemetery in Wake County. Daughter Charlotte died in 1923; and daughters Sarah Jane Hart Rand and Pherabe Mial Rand both died in 1942.
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