Resided in Haywood County where he enlisted at age 19, June 29, 1861. Present or accounted for until he deserted on September 05, 1862. Returned to duty on November 19, 1862. Present or accounted for through February, 1863. Deserted on an unsp ecified date but returned to duty on April 27, 1863. Present or accounted for until he deserted on or about August 01, 1864. Went over to the enemy on an unspecified date. Took the Oath of Allegiance in eastern TN on December, 1864. (from rec ords of NC Troops, p. 413. Co. F, 25th Regiment. Vol. VII.)

Hezzie and Ervin Inman were together in Virginia. Thomas Erwin said that Ervin Inman was fatally wounded and was nursed by his brother Hezekiah until his death. Hezzie then made a wooden coffin and buried him in Virginia. "The Roster of Nort h Carolina Troops, 1861-1865, Vol. VII, Infantry, does not mention the death of Ervin Inman. It states that he enlisted at age 23 on June 29, 1861, and that he was present or accounted for through February 1864. It also states that the North Car olina Divison of Archives and History has no further record of Ervin Inman. There is not doubt that Mr. Erwin's account is correct, however. We know that Ervin Inman did not return from the war and that his wife, Vilinda, later married a man nam ed Estrige. In 1880, at age 46, she had children named William Inman, Sallie Inman, and Addie Estrige, according to census records. (from History of the Inman Family, page 11)

The "blow-up" at Petersburg, VA, referred to by Mr. Erwin as witnessed by Hezekiah Inman, was the Battle of the Petersburg Crater on July 30, 1864. Northern troops from PA had dug a tunnel underneath a Confederate earthworks fort near Cemetery Hi ll and loaded it with 8,000 lbs. of gunpowder. The charge was exploded before daylight on July 30, killing a number of southern troops and creating a craater thirty feet deep, sixty feet wide, and one hundred seventy ft. long. The Northern troop s then attempted to advance through the crater and were caught in a defeat for the Union forces under the command of General Burnside. (from History of the Inman Family, page 11)

1860 CENSUS - Division 37, Haywood, NC roll 901 p 281 fam 12; next to father.
1870 CENSUS - Pigeon Forks, Haywood, NC roll 1142 p 208 fam 118.
1880 CENSUS - Pigeon Forks, Haywood, NC roll 967p 148A fam 113.
1900 CENSUS - Pigeon, Haywood, NC roll 1200 p 7A.

• Married: 30 APR 1858 in Haywood Co., NC ^{3 4}

1. Mariah Elizabeth INMAN b: DEC 1859 in Haywood Co., NC
2. Margaret Marie INMAN b: 12 JAN 1860 in Haywood Co., NC
3. William Harrison INMAN b: 12 FEB 1862 in Haywood Co., NC
4. Martha Caroline INMAN b: abt MAY 1865 in Haywood Co., NC
5. Louisa Elizabeth INMAN b: 15 APR 1868 in Haywood Co., NC
6. Joshua Ervin INMAN b: 05 JAN 1870 in Haywood Co., NC
7. James L. INMAN b: 05 JUN 1872 in Haywood Co., NC
8. Andrew Jackson INMAN b: 30 APR 1875 in Haywood Co., NC

1. Title: Census records.
2. Title: Headstone.
3. Title: Marriage Index: MD, NC, VA, 1624-1915.
4. Title: NC Marriage Collection, 1741-2004