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

Unity Grove Methodist Church Upper Cemetery

Location:

Hap Hammond Road

Palmetto, Pickens County, Alabama

N 33° 28.789 W087° 58.560 

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 268441

Date of Visit: September 9, 2018

Jesse Humphrey Brazeale

Co A 

19 Ala Inf

CSA

Adam A.A. Richardson

Co B

41st Ala Inf

CSA

Feb 6, 1845     

Jun 29 1908

I believe that the next three soldiers were children of Hebert (Herbert) Hawkins and wife Amina. 

Ezekiel Hawkins

Pvt

Co H 5 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1832   1914

In Memory 

of Samuel Hawkins 

Co D

41 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

March 4 1830      Nov 7 1862

Samuel enlisted in 1861 in the Pickens Planters, a local company that mustered into the 41st Alabama Infantry. He died in Murfreesboro on November 9, 1862.th is  Cause of dea is unknown. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Samuel Hawkins, 41stAlabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 2, 2023,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Rigdon, John C. Historical Sketch & Roster Alabama 41st Infantry Regiment (Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 2015.

Aaron Hawkins

1st Lieut

Co D  41st Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Mar 20 1835   Sept 20, 1863

A member of the original Pickens Grays Aaron Hawkins was elected by his company as there Second Lieutenant on June 2, 1862. He was promoted to First Lieutenant by the end of the month. First Lieutenant Hawkins was killed at Chickamauga. Martin Luther Stancel, Colonel of the 41st Alabama, said that Hawkins fell while bravely leading his men on the works of the enemy. On the morning of September 20 Stancel’s regiment was in the line of battle in Helm’s Brigade of Breckinridge’s Division on Bragg’s right. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Aaron Hawkins, 41^th Alabama Infantry, retrieved from at 3-Fold, September 24, 2018,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (128 vol., Washington: Printing Office, 1880-1901), Ser.1 Vol. 30, Part II, 197-207, Report of Major Gen. John C. Breckinridge, October 1863. 

• The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (128 vol., Washington: Printing Office, 1880-1901), Ser.1 Vol. 30, Part II, 207-208, Report of Col. Martin L. Stancel, September 27, 1863. 

Carmel Cemetery

Location:

County Road 587

Spring Garden, Cherokee County, County, Alabama

N 33° 57.597   W085° 34.532

FAG: 21978

Date of Visit: September 27, 2021

Note: There were over 25 graves marked by new Confederate battle flags. Each of these men are being researched in order to determine the unit they served with. Many of these men have death dates that indicate they likely died in service of the Confederacy.

Jesse E. McCain

1845-1899

Pvt Co A

Hillard’s Legion

CSA

John Craig

November 13 1836

Oct 26 1927

Co I 19 Ala CSA

Jackson B Whorton

Co C

1 Ga 

CSA

G.L. Dobbs

Pvt Co I 8 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Sep 19 1838     Jun 5 1918

Pvt

James M. Akins

Co I

19 Ala Inf

CSA

1826     1870

Pvt William A Akins

Co I

19 Ala Inf

CSA

1832       

1880

Pvt Archibald N Atkins

Co I

19 Ala Inf

CSA

1840

1907

Pvt 

John T. Atkins, Jr. 

Co I

19 Ala Inf

CSA

1836

1890

Pvt Newton C Akins

Co I

19 Ala Inf

CSA

1839

1861

Pvt Milton E Akins

Co I

19 Ala Inf

CSA

1843

1899

Pvt John Davis Akins

Co I

19 Ala Inf

CSA

1836

1920

Serg

William E Akins

Co I

19 Ala Inf

CSA

1825

1862

John Calvin Stewart

Co I

19 Ala Inf

CSA

John Glover Mitchell

Co D. 7 Regt

SC Cav

CSA

Jul 19 1821

Mar 15 1898

E.J. Stephens

Co G

40 Ga Inf

CSA

Oct 13, 1845       Aug 2 1931

For autobiographical biography see his memorial at Find-A Grave. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14077910/elijah-john-stephens : accessed 01 January 2022), memorial page for Elijah John Stephens (13 Oct 1845–26 Aug 1931), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14077910, citing Carmel Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Spring Garden, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by William Gorman (contributor 47658044) .

David F.

Smith

Died 

February 8, 1864

Private Co. K

4th Alabama 

Regiment

Calvary

According to his Find A Grave memorial he died of typhoid fever in 1864. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87238661/david-f-smith : accessed 01 January 2022), memorial page for David F. Smith (unknown–8 Feb 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 87238661, citing Carmel Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Spring Garden, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by DWA (contributor 47598545) .

Antioch Cemetery

Location:

County Road 20

Blount County, Alabama

N 33° 56.707   W086° 23.983

FAG: 1995274

Date of Visit: September 15, 2012

John Wadsworth 

Alabama

Pvt Co F 42 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Jun 10 1845    Dec 22 1929

John C Reneau

Alabama

Pvt Co I  49 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

April 21 1836  April 3 1910

Solomon Cornelieus

Sgt  Co I 49 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1836   1910

Elijah Morton

Pvt. Co I 49th Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1836    1898

Sidney F Fulenwider

Pvt Co I    19 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Dec 29 1832    Mar 6 1906

E.A. Thornhill

Pvt Co I. 16 Regt Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Feb 15 1843   Nov 30 1908

Thomas Cornelius

Pvt  Co I 49th Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1838     1909

William E Reneau

2D Lt 12 Tenn Calvary

Confederate States Army

1838   1865

William Edward Reneau appears to have transferred from a Mississippi regiment in 1862 to the 1st Tennessee Calvary which became the 12th Tennessee Cavalry, known as Green’s Calvary, in 1863. William was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in Company F on February 13, 1863.  Lieutenant Reneau on the staff of R.V. Richardson in Forrest’s Calvary as Assistant Inspector General. He was still doing business of the regiment as late as Jun of 1864 when he wrote a letter to a Colonel Johnson. His date of death is not clear. It has been reported that he died in the Battle of Shelbyville in 1863 and his military marker’s year of death is 1865. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William E. Reneau, 17th Mississippi Infantry and 12th Tennessee Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 3, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Sterling, Robin Blount County Confederate Soldiers Volume 3: Miscellaneous (Lula Publishers, 2013), 354. 

Howell Cemetery (Old)

Location:

County Road 22

Cherokee County, Alabama

34.1730700, -85.5028700

FAG: 23569

Date of Visit: May 11, 2021

Whitfield A Vandevier

Pvt Co E 19 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Oct 1 1827     Jul 21 1901

In 1860 James M Downey and his wife Nancy lived in the 2nd District of Cherokee County, Alabama with nine children and James ninety year old mother. The four oldest of their children were boys: Ambrose F., John, William, and Joseph.  Ambrose served in Company E of the 19th Alabama Infantry with brothers John, William, and Joseph. Three of the brothers are buried or commemorated near their parents. 

John Downy

Pvt Co E 19 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Jan 5 1843      Mar 3 1924

William Downy

Pvt Co E 19 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1845    1863

In Memory of Joseph Downy

1841-1864

Pvt CSA

Ambrose was captured at Missionary Ridge in 1863 and sent to Rock Island, Illinois. John enlisted September 25, 1861 in Huntsville. 

John was wounded severely at the Battle of Stone River. He was later captured in Nashville in December of 1864 and was sent to Camp Douglass, Illinois. 

Brother William died in service in 1863. I could not find service records. 

Joseph was sick with rubeola at the Floyd House and Ocmulgee Hospitals in Macon in July of 1864. It is assumed that his disease proved fatal for young Joseph.  

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Ambrose Downey, 19th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, July 19, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John Downey, 19th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, July 19, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Joseph Downey, 19th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, July 19, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee County, Alabama, Population Schedule, Census Place: 2nd District, Post Office: Centre, p.69, dwelling 491, family 491, James M. Downey: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed July 10, 2021),  NARA Roll M653. 

Davenport Cemetery

Location:

County Road 22

Cherokee County, Alabama

N 34° 11.433   W085° 27.586

FAG: 22463

Date of Visit: May 11, 2021

William E. Kirkpatrick

Capt Co E 19 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Dec 16 1814   Sept 14 1883

Captain Kirkpatrick of Kirks Corner served until 1862 when he resigned his commission. 

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William E. Kirkpatrick, 19th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, June 1, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

In April of 2021 three documents pertaining to Captain Kirkpatrick were auctioned for 250 dollars by Cowans (see below).

Lot of 3 items

KIRKPATRICK, William E. ALS, Kirks Grove, Cherokee County, AL, Sept 23, 1865. To Andrew Johnson, U.S. President. "I was a Country Post Master under the old government & simply transferred myself to the service of the Confederate government when that ...went into operation." He goes on to request amnesty to rejoin the United States. At the bottom of the letter is a recommendation for this. Kirkpatrick seems to have been drafted later. He enlisted as Captain in the 19th AL Infy.

Signed Oath of Amnesty, 10 August 1865. This was apparently sent in with the other papers.

PARSONS, Lewis E. Provisional Governor of Alabama. LS by Lewis Parsons to Andrew Johnson stating that he has examined Mr. Kirkpatrick's application and is of the opinion that he "will prove a good and loyal citizen." on Executive Department of Alabama letterhead, Montgomery, 9 Nov. 1865.

https://www.cowanauctions.com/lot/civil-war-request-for-amnesty-and-oath-of-allegiance-of-william-kirkpatrick-4083989