Location:
4362 Lafayette Street
Marianna, Jackson County, Florida
N 30° 46.562 W085° 13.914
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 1969331
Date of Visit: July 13, 2013
Note: Governor John Milton is buried in this cemetery. He was the Govnor of Florida during the Civil War years.
There are several veterans buried he who lost their life in the Battle of Marianna in 1864 buried in this cemetery. The battle occurred around this church and cemetery.
Thaddeus W. Hentz
Pvt Capt Dykes Co
Fla Light Artillery
Confederate States Army
Jan 20 1830 Jun 13 1878
He also may have served in Norwood Company of Home Guards known as the Cradle to grave Militia. The following is from The West Florida War, Dale Cox, 1990 and posted at the webpage Confederate Participants in the Battle of Marianna, Sept. 27, 1864.
Hentz,Thaddeus W. Gamble's Light Artillery. The 30-year old dentist
was also a member of a company of state artillery reservists. Suffering
the loss of a finger during the fighting, he was captured and
imprisoned at New Orleans, Ship Island and Elmira. Hospitalized during
his stay at Elmira, he was released on March 2, 1865. Again
hospitalized at a Confederate hospital in Richmond, Virginia, until
March 14, 1865, he returned home and resumed his dentistry practice.
- “Confederate Participants in the Battle of Marianna” USGenWeb, accessed January 16, 2022. http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/jackson/military/marianna.txt
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43081740/thaddeus-william_harris-hentz : accessed 16 January 2022), memorial page for Dr Thaddeus William Harris Hentz (20 Jan 1830–13 Jun 1878), Find a Grave Memorial ID 43081740, citing Saint Lukes Episcopal Cemetery, Marianna, Jackson County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Brian Hodges (contributor 47116130) .
Pvt
Allen H Bush
Home Guards
Fla
CSA
1809
Sep 27 1878
The back of his tombstone has the following inscribed:
Cradle to Grave Militia
Taken Prisoner
At The Battle of Marianna
September 27, 1864
Bush served in Norwood Company of Home Guards known as the Cradle to Grave Militia. Hw as local judge and an adviser to Governor John Milton.
The following is from The West Florida War, Dale Cox, 1990 and posted at the webpage “Confederate Participants in the Battle of Marianna, Sept. 27, 1864” on USGenWeb.
Bush, Allen Henry. Fifty-five years old, Bush was the local circuit
judge and had been a practicing Marianna attorney since the early
1840's. Imprisoned at New Orleans, Ship Island and Elmira, he returned
home after the war and resumed his law practice. Judge Bush was
delegated to the ill-fated state constitutional convention on October
25, 1865, and was listed a year later as being friendly to the
Carpetbaggers then controlling local politics.
- “Confederate Participants in the Battle of Marianna” USGenWeb, accessed January 16, 2022. http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/jackson/military/marianna.txt
John C Carter
Co E
6 Fla Inf
CSA
1841
Sept 27, 1864
Carter enlisted May 2, 1862. He was wounded in the Battle of Chickamauga. Furloughed after being wounded he returned to Florida. His military record ends there, but his service did not. He was discharged but when war came to Florida he was serving in Norwood’s Cradle to Grave militia. After the battle his family found his body in the burned St. Lukes church. He was probably wounded in battle and brought to the church. Armstrong Purdee was an eyewitness to the burning of the church by Union soldiers. He reported that they shot down men as they exited the church.
The following is from The West Florida War, Dale Cox, 1990 and posted at the webpage “Confederate Participants in the Battle of Marianna, Sept. 27, 1864” on USGenWeb:
Carter, John C. A private in Company E., 6th Florida Infantry, Carter
was given a medical discharge after being wounded at Chickamauga, but
volunteered for service. Twenty-two years old, he was killed in the
fighting and his body burned in St. Luke's Church.
- “Black History Month: Eye Witness recounts the Civil War burning of St. Luke Episcopal Church” Dothan Eagle, February 9, 2017.
- https://dothaneagle.com/jcfloridan/news/black-history-month-eye-witness-recounts-the-civil-war-burning-of-st-luke-s-episcopal/article_357fb922-5ace-5290-b184-c2b7120aec79.html.
- “Confederate Participants in the Battle of Marianna” USGenWeb, accessed January 16, 2022. http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/jackson/military/marianna.txt
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Florida. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John Carter, 6th Florida Infantry retrieved from at 3-Fold, January 16, 2022. (http://www.fold3.com).
Littleton, son
J.T. & R.L. Myrick
Born
Dec 2nd, 1843
Killed in a battle
Sept 27, 1864.
Littleton mustered into Captain Richard Smith’s Dragoon Company May 3, 1862 in Jackson County. In 1863 the company became a part of Company H, 15th Florida Calvary. He disappeared from the companies muster rolls in summer of 1863. During the Battle of Marianna he was killed. He father was a local politician and an Unionist.
- “Confederate Participants in the Battle of Marianna” USGenWeb, accessed January 16, 2022. http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/jackson/military/marianna.txt
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42795199/littleton-myrick : accessed 16 January 2022), memorial page for PVT Littleton Myrick (2 Dec 1843–27 Sep 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42795199, citing Saint Lukes Episcopal Cemetery, Marianna, Jackson County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Brian Hodges (contributor 47116130) .
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56227380/john-t-myrick : accessed 16 January 2022), memorial page for John T. Myrick (14 Dec 1810–17 Sep 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56227380, citing Old Jacksonville City Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Cousins by the Dozens (contributor 46904925) .
Sacred to the Memory of
Stephen G. Kincey,
who fell in defense of Sout
hern Rights at the Battle of
Sharpesburg, Md.
Sept 17, 1862
Aged 24 y’s & 20 d’s.
Enlisted in Company A, 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment on 11 May 1861 at Abbeville, Alabama by A. C. Gordon for 12 months, mustard out on the 16th as a private, and was promoted to 1st Sergeant of Company K. Stephen was killed at Sharpsburg, Maryland, on 17 Sep 1862.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42795420/stephen-g-kincey : accessed 16 January 2022), memorial page for Sgt Stephen G Kincey (1838–17 Sep 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42795420, citing Saint Lukes Episcopal Cemetery, Marianna, Jackson County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Linda Davis (contributor 46609907) .
Pvt
William W McCay
Co K
46 Ga Inf
CSA
Thomas M White Jr.
Pvt Co B 15 Confederate Calvary
Confederate State Army
Feb 28 1842. Mar 11 1871
