Clay Cemetery

Location:

County Road 509

Princeton, Jackson County, Alabama

34.84702  - 86.24408

Find A Grave Cemetery ID:22141

Date of Visit: February 3, 2025

Benjamin Phillips

Born

Oct. 20, 1834

Died

Mar. 11, 1904

Benjamin is identified  member of Company C, 32nd Alabama Infantry on his Find A Grave Memorial. The 32nd was made upon of companies from the southern part of Alabama. The Benjamin Phillips of the 32nd Alabama enlisted in Company C in Mobile.  The Ben Phillips buried here was living in Jackson County in 1860. His family is from Jackson County. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84536848/benjamin_f-phillips: accessed March 11, 2025), memorial page for Benjamin F. Phillips (20 Oct 1834–11 Mar 1904), Find a Grave Memorial ID 84536848, citing Clay Cemetery, Princeton, Jackson County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Annette Bradford (contributor 47187281).

Dr. Felix R. 

Grant

Born

Aug 10, 1832

Died

Feb 21, 1906

Dr. Grant was identified as a surgeon during the war on his Find A Grave memorial.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86299528/felix_r-grant: accessed March 11, 2025), memorial page for Dr Felix R. Grant (10 Aug 1822–21 Feb 1906), Find a Grave Memorial ID 86299528, citing Clay Cemetery, Princeton, Jackson County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Annette Bradford (contributor 47187281).

Taliaferro Cemetery

Location:

County Road 509

Princeton, Jackson  County, Alabama

34.84707  - 86.24491

Find A Grave Cemetery ID:2167863

Note: This cemetery is adjacent to the Clay Cemetery. 

Date of Visit: February 3, 2025

Richard H. Taliaferro

Born 

Aug 28, 1845

Died Dec. 5, 1884

He served in Company K of the 4th Tennessee Calvary (likely McLemore's regiment). 

• Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for Richard Taliaferro, 4 Tennessee Calvary, retrieved from Ancestry.com, 11 March 2025,  (http://www.ancestry.com)

John R. 

Bostick

Born

Sept. 22, 1832

Died

Apr. 14, 1901

John served in Company K of the 4th (Mclemore's) Calvary. He lost an arm on March 16, 1863. He may have received the wound in a skirmish at Thompson Station on March 5. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John R. Bostic, 4 Tennessee Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, 11 March 2025,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• "4th (Mclemore's) Tennessee C Calvary Regiment, " American Civil War Forums, accessed 11 March 2025, https://civilwartalk.com/attachments/4th-mclemore%E2%80%99s-tennessee-cavalry-regiment-pdf.499931/

Peters Cove Cemetery

Location:

County Road 30

Jackson County, Alabama

34.66530  - 86.24030

Find A Grave Cemetery ID:25359

Date of Visit: February 3, 2025

Rollins Whittaker

Pvt Co D

49 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Aug 5 1818     Dec 11 1902

John B. Evans

Co C

8 Tenn Cav

CSA

John B. Evans served in the 4th Tennessee Calvary. This unit became the 8th Tennessee. He was wounded in April of 1863 and again at Chickamauga in September of 1863. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Jon. B Evans, 8 Tennessee Calvary (Smiths), Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 4, 2024.,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for Jon.B Evans, 4th Tennessee retrieved from Ancestry.com, October 3, 2021,  (http://www.ancestry.com)

James M Peters

Co G

4 Regt

Ala Cav

CSA

Mar 31 1859

Dec 31, 1923

Reuben Chatmas Rousseau

Oct 7 1842     Sep 22 1904

Pvt Co A   25 Ala Cav

CSA

Husband of Lydia Ann Houck

Pvt

William M. Houck

Co A

25 Ala Cav

July 12 1845

Jun 28 1931

Houck and Rousseau were both members of a calvary unit raised in northern Alabama later in the war by Lemuel Green Mead.  This unit was known as the 25th Alabama Calvary Battalion.   

Flanagan Cemetery

Location:

County Road 503

Jackson  County, Alabama

34.73390  - 86.27000

Find A Grave Cemetery ID22804

Date of Visit: February 3, 2025

Thomas M Culver

Co K

4 Ala Inf

CSA

Thomas was wounded at First Manassas.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97122046/thomas_milton-culver: accessed March 4, 2025), memorial page for Thomas Milton Culver (1840–22 Nov 1905), Find a Grave Memorial ID 97122046, citing Flanagan Cemetery, Trenton, Jackson County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Hutch (contributor 47312109).

Smith Cemetery

Location:
State Road 65
Paint Rock, Jackson  County, Alabama
34.73280 - 86.26640
Find A Grave Cemetery ID:26727
Date of Visit: February 3, 2025

Unknown Confederate Solider

This marker is located beside the grave of E.J. Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick has a Federal style marker. According to his marker Kilpatrick served in Company A of the 1st Alabama Vid Calvary. This unit is also known as the 1st Alabama & Tennessee Vidette Calvary. It was made up of men from DeKalb, Marshall and Jackson Counties and organized in Bridgeport Alabama in September 1863. Later companies from Tennessee were added.