Nixburg United Methodist Church Cemetery

Location:

Alabama Highway 19

Coosa County, Alabama

N 32° 49.172   W086° 06.726

FAG: 25003

Date of Visit: February 22, 2021

Wm Edwin Dubose Moore

Coosa County Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

July 2 1820  Aug 15 1894

Capt 

Westley D Walden

Co B

2 Batt

Hillard’s Legion

Ala Inf

CSA

Aug 1 1829    Oct 10 1863

Walden was elected Captain of a company of men from Coosa County that became Company B of the 2nd Battalion of Hilliard’s Legion in April of 1862. Captain Walden was wounded at Chickamauga and died in October in Marietta, Georgia. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for West Walden, Hilliard’s Legion. Retrieved from at 3-Fold June 3, 2021 (http://www.fold3.com).

Note: The following Robbins men were sons of Solomon Robbins. Captain Walden was their brother-in-law. 

• George E. Brewer “History of Coosa County, Part II.” Alabama Historical Quarterly 4, no. 2 (1942): 253-256. https://archive.org/details/alabama-historical-quarterly-v04n02/page/n97/mode/2up

George W Roberts

Pvt Co C 60 Ala Inf

3rd BN Hillard’s Legion

Confederate States Army

May 6, 1836  Jul 10, 1863

Private Roberts enlisted in Captain Smith’s company in Rockford, Alabama on May 6, 1862. This company became Company C of the 3rd Battalion of Hilliard’s Legion.  In the winter of 1863 he was sick and in the hospital in Knoxville. In January of 1863 Robbins was declared u fit for duty due to pulmonary consumption and discharged. Local histories state he died in the service of the CSA. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for George W. Robbin, Hillard’s Legion. Retrieved from at 3-Fold June 3, 2021 (http://www.fold3.com).

Thomas C. Robbins 

Thomas shares a tombstone with his wife Tampa. He was born in 1832 and died March 22, 1863. His epitaph is as follows: Died on the field of battle. Twas noble thus, to die. God smiles on valiant soldiers, on high. 

Thomas enlisted in Captain Smith’s company of Hilliard’s Legion in May of 1862 at the age of 30. This company subsequentially became Company C of the 3rd Battalion of Hillard’s Legion. He served until his death in Knoxville on March 21, 1863. The Legion was not engaged in March, so his death may have been sickness related. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for West Walden, Hillard’s Legion. Retrieved from at 3-Fold June 3, 2021 (http://www.fold3.com).

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/24366809/thomas-clinton-robbins : accessed 04 June 2021), memorial page for Thomas Clinton Robbins (30 Jun 1832–22 Mar 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24366809, citing Nixburg United Methodist Church Cemetery, Nixburg, Coosa County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Richard Robinson (contributor 46480518) .