Jane Yates Smith Goelet
(Washington County)
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W.H. Rogers and Edward Buncombe Goelet
Courtesy of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Southern Historical Collection, Goelet/Buncombe Papers #1112A and Chris Barber
John Edward Buncombe and Jane Yates
Smith had six children, three
of which served in the Civil War.
The
Goelets lived at Buncombe Hall in
John "Bunk" or
"Jack" Buncombe Goelet was born in 1836 and enlisted in the 3rd
Alabama Infantry during the Civil War.
He died of wounds received at the Battle of Malvern Hill,
Virginia in
1862.
Edward Buncombe Goelet was born in 1840 and enlisted in 1861 at
Francis
“Frank” Heath Goelet joined the Confederate Army in 1864 in