Monday, March 25, 2024

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. 



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.






Friday, March 22, 2024

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. 


Saturday, March 9, 2024

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)




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