Crook Cemetery

Location:

State Highway 144

Calhoun County, Alabama

N 33° 47.016   W085° 55.998

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 22352

Date of Visit: April 21, 2024

AJ McCurdy

Corp. Co F 62 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Jan 22 1833   May 26 1926

Robert J Huggins

Serg

SC Infantry (maybe Company H, 26th South Carolina Infantry)

Confederate States Army

1834   1908

William H Sheid

Pvt Co A Turney's Tenn Infantry

Confederate States Army

Dec 23 1840   Sep 20 1904

Thomas H Martin

Serg Co D 10 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Aug 22 1838    Apr 17 1909

William J Martin

Pvt  Co G 10 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army 

Dec 18 1844    Sept 17 1862

In Crook Cemetery there is a tombstone that was likely erected by the parents or family of William J. Martin. 

The inscription:

In Memory of 

William J. Martin

Son of Irvin and Annie Martin

Born Dec 18, 1844

A Confederate Solider Who Died

In the Battle of Sharpsburg, MD

Sept 17, 1862 and Sleeps In 

Unknown Northern Grave.

William J. Martin was an 18 year old student in Alexandria who enlisted on March 1, 1862 as a member of Company D "The Alexandria Rifles" of the 10th Alabama Infantry regiment.  At the Battle of Sharpsburg or Antietam the 10th Alabama was in Wilcox's Brigade of R.H. Anderson's Division. The 10th was thrown into battle along the Sunken Road where they lost half their strength. This is where William was likely killed. 

• "Tenth Alabama Infantry," Gem of the Hills Historian (website), accessed April 26, 2024. https://www.gemofthehillshistorian.com/about-4-2
• "William J. Martin (1844-1862)" Antietam on the Web (website), accessed April 26, 2024. https://antietam.aotw.org/officers.php?officer_id=20723
• "Antietam Battlefield Historical Tablet No. 386: Anderson's Division, Longstreet's Command (5 AM 17 September to 1 PM 17 September), Antietam on the Web (website), accessed April 26, 2024.
• Brewer, Willis. 1962. Brief Historical Sketches of Military Organizations Raised In Alabama During the Civil War : reproduced from Willis Brewer's Alabama: her history, resources, war record, and public men, from 1540 to 1872 (1872) Montomery, Alabama: Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48178920/william_j-martin: accessed April 26, 2024), memorial page for William J Martin (18 Dec 1844–17 Sep 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 48178920, citing Crook Cemetery, Ohatchee, Calhoun County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Richard Finch (contributor 47087379).

Ten Island Cemetery

Location:

State Highway 77

Morrisville, Calhoun County, Alabama

N 33° 48.0094   W086° 02.2252

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 26629

Date of Visit: April 21, 2024

Corp

W. Henry Wolfe

Co B

30 Ala

CSA

1836

1899

James M. South

Co G

56 Ga Inf

CSA

Alfred H Sutley

Pvt Co D

53 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

1828  1904

John W. Putnam

Pvt Co 3 30 Ala Regt

Confederate States Army

Sept 4 1831

Nov 29 1907

The inscription for John's company is in error. He was a member of Company B. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John Putnam, 30^th Alabama Infantry, retrieved from at 3-Fold April 24, 2024. (http://www.fold3.com).

Providence Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Providence Baptist Church Road

Ila, Madison County, Georgia

N 34° 12.597   W083° 17.1091

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2168674

Date of Visit: October 24, 2017

HP White

Co I

66 Ga Inf

CSA

1819-1885

Nectar Cemetery

Location:

State Highway 160

Nectar, Blount County, Alabama

N 33° 57.700   W086° 38.041

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 1969279

Date of Visit: May 19, 2017

John T. Green

Pvt Co H. 66 Ala Inf

Confederate State Army

1833    1911

Zachariah T. Adams

Pvt Co B 68 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1835     1910

Richard H Smith

Corp Co C. 29 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Mar 10 1836     Dec 13 1916

William W Marsh

Pvt Co K  6 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

July 18 1864

William enlisted in Company K in 1863 in Virginia. He was killed July 18, 1864. He was likely killed at the Battle of Cool Springs in Clarke County, Virginia. 

• Brewer, Willis. 1962. Brief Historical Sketches of Military Organizations Raised In Alabama During the Civil War : reproduced from Willis Brewer's Alabama: her history, resources, war record, and public men, from 1540 to 1872 (1872) Montomery, Alabama: Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission. Kindle

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William Marsh, 6^th Alabama Infantr, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, April 3, 2024,  (http://www.fold3.com).

David Doty

Born

Apr 13 1835

Died

Nov 26 1911

David served in Company D of the 8th Texas Calvary. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17492252/david_alphus-doty: accessed April 3, 2024), memorial page for David Alphus “Dave” Doty (13 Apr 1836–26 Nov 1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID 17492252, citing Nectar Cemetery, Nectar, Blount County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Irene Williams (contributor 47358667).

Blountsville Cemetery

AKA Blountsville First United Methodist Cemetery

Location:

Church Street

Blountsville, Blount County, Alabama

N34° 04.839   W086° 35.338

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 433813

Date of Visit: April 27, 2017

Pickney A. Westbrook

Pvt Co E 47 Ala Inf

Confederate Staates Army

July 24 1834   Mar 21, 1906

Robert D Duncan

Pvt Dews Ala Co

Confederate States Army

Jun 24, 1833  Dec 25 1872

William W. Born

Co D

9 Ga Arty

CSA

Absolom W. Duncan

Pvt  Dews Company 

Confederate States Army

May 5 1840   Aug 19 1864

Duncan enlisted  in Captains Dew's Company in September of 1861 in Bloiuntsville, Alabama. This company became Company B of the 29th Alabama Infantry. Between 1862 and April of 1864 the saw duty in in the panhandle of Florida and in Mobile. In April the 29th joined the Army of Tennessee in Resaca, Georgia and took part in the Atlanta Campaign. The 29th took heavy losses at Resaca, Kennasaw, and while in the line around Atlanta. He died on August 22, 1864. There is no record of the cause of his death. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for A.W. Duncan, 29th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 25, 2024,  (http://www.fold3.com)
• Brewer, Willis. 1872. Alabama: Her History, Resources War Record, and Public Men From 1540 to 1872. Montgomery, Alabama: Barrett & Brown. https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=QogshH4pd50C&pg=GBS.PP4.

Thomas F. Duncan

Co C. 19 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Oct 17 1831  May 27,1865

Thomas enlisted at Mt. Pinson in 1861. He was captured at Chicamauga in 1863 and sent to Camp Douglas in Chicago, Illinois. In March of 1865 he was forwarded to City Point, Virginia on March 14, 1865 for exchange. He was admitted to a hospital at Camp Lee in Richmond after being exchanged. Family trees put his place of death as Blountsville.

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Thomas F. Duncan, 19th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 25, 2024,  (http://www.fold3.com)
• Finch, Peggy Dean, "Dean-Finch-Blair-Sapp-Stephens-Grigsby-McCarty-Blackwood-Bolding Family Tree," Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed March 25, 2024),.Family profile for Thomas F. Duncan  (1831-1865)

Capt

William Graves

Graves Co

Ala Cav

May 13, 1865

Graves, William, (Captain), born 10 Mar 1818 near Blountsville; served Captain of Grave's Company of Alabama Cavalry. Entered the army in 1862 at Blountsville in the Barbierie Battalion. Just after the surrender, he was shot and killed by "Tories" of Blount County 3 May 1865 and was buried in the First Methodist Church Cemetery at Blountsville. William married Martha Pullen 27 Nov 1839, Blount County Children included: Milton T., Nancy, Marcus D.L., Mary J., Monroe, Susan, Lena, and William D. Graves.

• Fosdyck, James C., "John Dunklin Sullivan, AlGenWeb - Blount Aounty, Accessed March 25, 2024. https://algenweb.org/blount/CivilWar/jdsullivan.html

Greer Family Cemetery

Location:

Juliette Road

Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia

33° 3.26946'N   83° 53.376'W

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2509089

Date of Visit: March 12, 2016

Leonard Forsyth Greer

Born

May 10, 1828

Died

Dec 14, 1896

Served in Company K, 53rd Georgia Infantry. He was wounded at the Battle of Sharpesburg. He would return to duty and serve until being captured at the end of the war. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115751463/leonard_forsyth-greer: accessed March 22, 2024), memorial page for Dr Leonard Forsyth Greer (10 May 1828–14 Dec 1896), Find a Grave Memorial ID 115751463, citing Greer Family Cemetery, Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Rich Dohm (contributor 47091329).

Love Joy Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Love Joy Road

Beaverton, Lamar County, Alabama

N 33° 53.732   W087° 59.436

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 24091 

Date of Visit: January 9, 2017

Moses Fletcher Gosa

Pvt Co H 4 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Jan 7, 1839   Nov 24 1914

Moses entered into the service of the 4th Alabama Calvary in Chickasaw, Alabama in 1862. This was likely Roddy's or Russell's Calvary. In the fall he was captured at Holly Springs. At some point he was paroled and in March of 1863 he re-listed in the 4th Mississippi Calvary. He was captured and paroled in Selma in 1865. 

His Find a Grave memorial states:

Moses applied for a Civil War - Union pension and was denied same as no such unit existed.Moses later applied for a Civil War - Confederate pension and was accepted on statements from others - there is no record of him serving in the Confederate Army.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24798840/moses_fletcher-gosa: accessed March 9, 2024), memorial page for Moses Fletcher Gosa (1 Jan 1833–29 Nov 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24798840, citing Love Joy Cemetery, Beaverton, Lamar County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Bryan Winter (contributor 46975843).

• Alabama Department of Archives & History; Montgomery, Alabama; Alabama Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907 and 1921; Roll: Multiple Regiments (Lamar County #38); Roll Number: 202. Entry for Moses Fletcher Gosa, retrieved from Ancestry.com, March 9, 2024,. (http://www.ancestry.com)