Charles LITTLEJOHN, II (Ignatius3, Charles2, Marcellus1) was born May 22, 1803 in Spartanburg District, South Carolina. He married Vianna DRAPER on September 30, 1827 in Spartanburg District, South Carolina. Vianna was born on April 4, 1810 in Union District, South Carolina. She is the daughter of Joshua and Nancy Wilkins DRAPER.
Charles and Vianna had the following children in Spartanburg District, South Carolina: Adaline LITTLEJOHN, Joshua LITTLEJOHN, Harriet LITTLEJOHN, William LITTLEJOHN, Chester LITTLEJOHN, Lucinda LITTLEJOHN and Daniel Draper LITTLEJOHN. Their children Joshua (6 months old) and Lucinda (1 year and 10 months) died while they still lived in Spartanburg District.
Charles, Vianna and their children moved to Union District in about 1840. They had the following children in Union District, South Carolina: Robertson LITTLEJOHN, Thomas LITTLEJOHN, Morris Augustus LITTLEJOHN, Mary Catharine LITTLEJOHN and Nancy Elizabeth LITTLEJOHN. Their daughter Harriet (10 years and 5 months) died while they lived in Union District.
Charles, Vianna, their children and his mother moved to Benton (now Calhoun) County, Alabama in 1849. Their last two children where born in Benton County, Alabama: James Calvin LITTLEJOHN and Sarah Caroline LITTLEJOHN.
Charles and Vianna lost five sons during the Civil War. Their sons William LITTLEJOHN, Chester LITTLEJOHN, Daniel Draper LITTLEJOHN and Robertson LITTLEJOHN all served in Company D "The Dudley Snow Rangers" of the 51st Alabama Cavalry "Partisan Rangers" Regiment, CSA. Chester and Robertson enlisted as Privates on May 27, 1862 at Oxford, Calhoun County, Alabama. They were recruited by their uncle Robert Wilkins DRAPER (1820-1894) who was the Captain of the company. Dudley SNOW, a local pioneer, was instrumental in the Companies organization. The Company assembled and camped on Mr. SNOW's land while training . The regiment was organized at Oxford on August 11, 1862. The regiment was commanded by Colonel John T. MORGAN of Dallas County, Alabama.
The regiment was ordered to Tennesse to join the Army of the Tennesse CSA. It was placed in the Brigade of Brigader General James HAGAN. HAGAN's brigade was in Brigader General Nathan B. FORREST'S Cavalry Corp of the Army of the Tennessee C. S. A. The Fifty-first arrived in the wake of Bragg's abortive offensive into Kentucky and experienced its first action on November 5, 1862 near La Vergne, Tennessee where they fought well in a Confederate victory. Robertson was killed in action on June 27, 1863 at the Battle of Shelbyville in Tennessee. Chester was captured on October 7, 1863 during an engagment with Union forces at Farmington, Tennessee. He was held at Nashville, Tennessee until October 14, 1863. He was then transfered to the Military Prison at Louisville, Kentucky. The next day, October 15, 1863, he was sent on to the Prisoner of War Camp called Camp Morton. Camp Morton is located near Indianapolis, Indiana. Chester died of pneumonia on February 1, 1864 at the Camp. He is buried in the Green Lawn Cemetery near Indianapolis.
Charles died on October 13, 1868 near Cross Plains (now Piedmont), Calhoun County, Alabama. According to family tradition the loss of his sons broke his health. He is buried at the Littlejohn Cemetery near Piedmont. Vianna died on October 4, 1877 near Cross Plains, Calhoun County, Alabama. She is also buried at the Littlejohn Cemetery.
Absalom LITTLEJOHN (Ignatius3, Charles2, Marcellus1) was born about 1811 in Spartanburg District, South Carolina. He married Harriet (THOMPSON?) circa 1838 in Spartanburg District, South Carolina. Harriet was born about 1822 in South Carolina. They had the following (known) children: James W. LITTLEJOHN, William J. LITTLEJOHN, Cornelius LITTLEJOHN, Thompson LITTLEJOHN, John LITTLEJOHN, Mary E. LITTLEJOHN, Nancy C. LITTLEJOHN and Miller LITTLEJOHN.
It appears from census records that Absalom and family moved to Union District by 1840 and moved to Benton County, Alabama by 1850. Some records indicate that Absalom was a sheriff in Calhoun County, Alabama.