Find A Grave Survey
Location:
Sheridan Road
Pratt City, Jefferson County, Alabama
33.54250 -86.88610
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 22882
Date Completion of Survey: December 1, 2022
Protocol for conducting a Find A Grave Survey:
- There must be evidence of Confederate service in a picture on the memorial page (VA tombstone, inscription on a non-military tombstone, Confederate flag, Southern Cross of Honor).
- Confederate soldiers are automatically recorded if they are marked with a VA tombstone.
- Service of those marked with a Confederate flag or Southern Cross of Honor is are recorded if their service records can be established.
- Soldiers whose service is described in their Find a Grave memorial are recorded if the information given can be corroborated.
This is a survey of Fraternal Cemetery in Pratt City using the Find A Grave memorial page for the cemetery. The cemetery page contains 2950 memorials and 55 % have been photographed.
Description of Cemetery: At the beginning of the 20th century, the Greenwood Cemetery, formerly known as the Sam Foley Cemetery, adjoined the Pratt Mines Cemetery which was also called the United Mine Workers Cemetery. The combined cemeteries are now known as the Fraternal Cemetery, which is owned by the Fraternal Order of Pratt City. The newer section, originally called the Pratt Mines Cemetery, includes about 13 acres. The older section, known as the Greenwood Cemetery, covers about 1.5 acres and includes about 200 graves on the southwest corner of the lot. The Greenwood Cemetery is in the thick woods to the left of the main entrance. These cemeteries include the graves of English, Scottish, and German immigrants who worked in the Pratt coal mines and other early 20th century industrial operations in this area. (Find A Grave)
2nd Lieut
James S. Atkins
Co H
21 Ga Inf
CSA
Perry Jordan Powell
Jun 4 1841
Jul 8, 1908
Perry served in Company K of the 33rd Alabama Infantry.
- Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA. Census or Enumeration of Confederate Soldiers Residing in Alabama, 1907-1908. Alabama Department of Archives & History, Montgomery, Alabama. Entry for Perry Jordan Powell..
James Martin Poe
Dec. 25, 1845
Sept. 19, 1897
Father
James served in Company I of the 49th Alabama Infantry.
- Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for J.M. Poe, 49th Alabama Infantry, retrieved from Ancestry.com, February 27, 20231, (http://www.ancestry.com)
Samuel Coleman “Lum” Perkins
October 10, 1839
March 2, 1906
Lum Perkins served in Company C of the 21st Alabama Infantry.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47849071/samuel-columbus_%22lum%22-perkins: accessed 26 February 2023), memorial page for Samuel Columbus "Lum" Perkins (10 Oct 1839–2 Mar 1906), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47849071, citing Fraternal Cemetery, Pratt City, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Debbie McPherson (contributor 48520572).
Nathaniel W. Howell
June 18, 1844
Feb. 1, 1824
Nathaniel Wiggins Howell was a member of Company K, 13th Georgia Infantry.
- Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for N.W. Howell, 13th Georgia Infantry, retrieved from Ancestry.com, February 26, 20231, (http://www.ancestry.com)
John Outlaw
John is buried new an Outlaw Family tombstone. He served in Company G, 64th Georgia Infantry.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191686926/john-outlaw: accessed 26 February 2023), memorial page for John Outlaw (12 Nov 1827–12 Feb 1909), Find a Grave Memorial ID 191686926, citing Fraternal Cemetery, Pratt City, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Outlaw Genealogy (contributor 49413134).
Lorenzon Monroe Lacey
June 7, 1841
July 27, 1930
From a Birmingham News obituary posted on Find A Graver memorial page::
“…enlisted in the Confederate Army at Seale, Ala., in Company F, Sixth Alabama Regiment, under Capt. Baker and Col. Seibels. He participated in the Battles of the Pines, Seven Days and Bull Run and was taken prisoner July 4, 1863, was confined in Fort Delaware and paroled March, 1865.”
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79796178/lorenzo-monroe-lacey: accessed 26 February 2023), memorial page for Lorenzo Monroe Lacey (7 Jun 1841–27 Jul 1930), Find a Grave Memorial ID 79796178, citing Fraternal Cemetery, Pratt City, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Rachel Dobson (contributor 47613669).
