Showing posts with label 3rd Confederate Cav. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 3rd Confederate Cav. Show all posts

Saturday, May 14, 2022

Cedar Grove Cemetery

South Cedar Lane
Walker County, Georgia
 34.6880989, -85.4449997
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 33185

Date of Visit: February 8, 2022


There are no traditional or modern Confederate markers in this cemetery. However, there are graves marked with iron South Cross of Honor. 

A.J. 
Holland
Born
Apr 5 1842

Andrew Jackson Holland Find a Grave Memorial states that he served in Company D, 6th Georgia Calvary. Holland appears on the muster rolls of Captain William Mahan’s company Culberson Battalion Calvary. This unit became the 6th Battalion Calvary, State Guard. Andrew enlisted August 1, 1863. At some point he transferred to a unit in Gilmer County, Georgia. 

  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16742750/andrew-jackson-holland : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for Andrew Jackson Holland (5 Apr 1842–10 Mar 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16742750, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Robie Merritt Loriaux-Roberts (contributor 47189425) .
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for A.J. Holland, 6th Battalion of Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

H.W. Rogers
Born
Nov. 9, 1822
Died
Apr 5 1898

Harvey Wilson Rogers Find a Grave Memorial states that he served in Company I of the 12th Georgia Calvary. 

A man identified as H. Rogers enlisted September 1, 1863 at Varnell Station in Whitfield County, Georgia in Company I 4th Regiment of Georgia Calvary. This regiment became the 12th Georgia Cavalry. 
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32026224/harvey-wilson-rogers : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for Harvey Wilson Rogers (9 Nov 1822–5 Apr 1896), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32026224, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) 
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for H.W. Rogers, 12th Georgia Calvary Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).


P.H. Shankle
Born
June 8 1830
Died
Feb 5, 1898


The Find a Grave Memorial for Peter Holland Shankle states that he served in Company A, 3rd Georgia Calvary. His name appears of the rolls of Camp Chickamauga of Confederate veterans. A Holland Shankle does appear on the rolls of Company A of the 3rd Regiment of Confederate Calvary. 

  • James Alfred Sartain, The History of Walker County, Georgia, (Dalton: The A.J. Showalter Company, 1932), 150. Ancestry.com: accessed February 24, 2022. 
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32036579/peter-holland-shankle : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for Peter Holland Shankle (8 Jun 1830–5 Feb 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32036579, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) .
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the Confederate Government.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Holland Shankles, 3rd Confederate Calvary Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).



T.N. Jones
Born
Apr. 18, 1839
Died
Jan 1, 1900


The Find a Grave Memorial for Thomas Newton Jones states that he served in Company D, 1st Confederate Regiment Volunteers, Infantry. He appears on the muster roll of Company D of the 1st Georgia Volunteer Infantry that appears in Sartain’s History of Walker County, Georgia. Jones enlisted in Captain Dodson’s Walker and Catoosa County company May 1, 1862 and was discharged October 25, 1862 because he furnished a substitute. While on duty he was sick in his quarters during one company muster. Uncited sources posted on his Find A Grave Memorial indicate that his wife sold a slave in order to have the money needed to hire a substitute. 

  • James Alfred Sartain, The History of Walker County, Georgia, (Dalton: The A.J. Showalter Company, 1932), 138. Ancestry.com: accessed February 24, 2022. 
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16742801/thomas-newton-jones : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for Pvt Thomas Newton Jones (18 Apr 1839–1 Jan 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16742801, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) 
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the Confederate Government.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for T.N. Jones, 1st Confederate Regiment, Georgia Volunteers. Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).


Nimrod I. 
Kell
Born
July 2, 1837
Died 
Mar. 7, 1910


The Find a Grave Memorial for Nimrod Kell states that he served in Company A, 3rd Georgia Calvary. In 1937 Nimrod’s widow applied for a Widows Pension from the U.S. Government. His military records had been summarized in this application. Nimrod had enlisted as a private in Company A, 3rd Regiment Confederate Calvary in Dunlap, Tennessee in September of 1862. He transferred to Company A on August 1, 1863 and was captured on August 10, 1863. During this time the regiment was picketing the Tennessee River at Caperton Ferry and retreating in the face of the enemy’s movement into northwestern Georgia.  He never returned to his command. 

  • Ancestry.com. Georgia, U.S., Confederate Pension Applications, 1879-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Original data: Confederate Pension Applications, Georgia Confederate Pension Office, RG 58-1-1, Georgia Archives.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16742815/nimrod-i-kell : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for Nimrod I. Kell (2 Jul 1837–7 Mar 1910), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16742815, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 48858087) .
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the Confederate Government  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Nimrod J. Kell, 3rd Confederate Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Organizations from the Confederate Government  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for 3rd Confederate Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Wesley Hobbs
Born
Dec 24, 1839
Died
Dec 25, 1914

The following is posted on the David Wesley Hobbs Find a Grave Memorial:

Son of David and Nancy (Williams) Hobbs.
1st Corporal, C.S.A., in Co. "E" - 39th Regiment, GA Vol. Infantry, "Walker Co. Light Guards"; enlisted March 04, 1862.
Gun shot wound to left knee in "Battle of Baker's Creek"; was part of a prisoner exchange while hospitalized in Washington, D.C.. Discharged at Vicksburg, Miss. July 17, 1863. Received civil war pension.
Married Elizabeth Jane Smith, 24 Sept. 1859. They were farmers and had eleven children together.

  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22694867/david-wesley-hobbs : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for Corp David Wesley Hobbs (24 Dec 1839–25 Dec 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22694867, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by K. Johnston (contributor 46950050) .
  • Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Citing Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Wesley Hoabs, 39th  Georgia Infantry. Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

James 
Henson
Born
Sept 29, 1834
Died
Sept 27, 1889

The Find a Grave Memorial for James states that he served in Company E, 52nd Georgia Infantry. There was a James Henson that enlisted in Company D of the 52nd Georgia on March 4, 1862 in Hiwassee, Georgia. This James Henson died at Vicksburg in 1863. 
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16743071/james-henson : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for James Henson (29 Sep 1834–27 Sep 1889), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16743071, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) .
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for James Henson, 52nd  Georgia Infantry. Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

William B. Moore
Born 
July 11, 1848
Died
Oct 26, 1901

The Find a Grave Memorial for William B. Moore states that he served in Company G, 6th Georgia Calvary. A William Moore appears on muster rolls of Captain William Hawkins’s company Culberson Battalion Calvary. This unit became the 6th Battalion Calvary, State Guard. 

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William Moore, 6 Batt’n Calvary (State Guards). Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 29, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32027671/william-b-moore : accessed 29 March 2022), memorial page for William B. Moore (11 Jul 1848–26 Oct 1901), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32027671, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) .

J.H. Looney
Born
Feb 9 1833
Died
Mar 22 1907

The Find a Grave Memorial for J.H. Looney states that he served in Company K, 25th Tennessee Infantry. 

  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32026897/john-h-looney : accessed 14 May 2022), memorial page for John H. Looney (9 Feb 1833–22 Mar 1907), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32026897, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) .

A.J. McDaniel
Born
Mar 11 1837
Died
Oct 2 1914

The Find a Grave  Memorial for Andrew Jackson McDaniel states that he served in Company E, 39th Georgia Infantry. He enlisted in Lafayette on march 4, 1862. The 39th was surrendered at Vicksburg on July 4, 1863. McDonald signed a parole. In Louisville, Kentucky he took an oath of allegiance in December and was released north of the Ohio River. There is no record of him returning to the southern army. 
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32027347/andrew-jackson-mcdaniel : accessed 14 May 2022), memorial page for Andrew Jackson McDaniel (11 Mar 1837–2 Oct 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32027347, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) .
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for A.J. McDaniel, 39th Georgia Infantry. Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 29, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).



Monday, November 16, 2020

Brown’s Gap Cemetery

Location:
US Highway 301
Dade County, Georgia
N 34° 50.574   W085° 33.597

Date of Visit: April 13, 2013

Wm Henry Daniel
Co D
39 Ga Inf
CSA

Nathaniel Gass
Co A
3 Confederate
Cav


Elias Craig (Non-military tombstone)

Born 1829
Died
Aug 22 1863

Elias was born in 1829 and died August 22, 1863. He was son of James and Annie Craig, also buried here. It appears he joined Company C of the 2nd Battalion of Alabama Infantry in 1862. This company became Company H of the 7th Alabama Calvary. This was later known as the 9th Alabama Calvary (Malone’s). During the summer of 1863 Malones regiment was in Wheeler’s Calvary, Army of Tennessee and in numerous operations and engagements. Record of Elias’ death has not been found. 

Brewer, Willis. 1962. Brief Historical Sketches of Military Organizations Raised In Alabama During the Civil War : reproduced from Willis Brewer's Alabama: her history, resources, war record, and public men, from 1540 to 1872 (1872) Montomery, Alabama: Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission. https://archives.alabama.gov/referenc/alamilor/mil_org.html.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Elias Craig, Malones 9th Alabama Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold November 16, 2020 (http://www.fold3.com).

Stewart Sifakis, Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1992), 37.

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Bristow Cemetery


Location:
Alabama Highway 227/Duck Springs Road
Etowah County, Alabama
N 34° 11.888     W085° 57.343

Date of Visit: December 11, 2011

Daniel Fur
Pvt
Co E Ala Cav Res
Confederate States Army
1817    1879

Walter D. Furr
Pvt Co G 6 Ga Calvary
Confederate States Army
July 9 1845       May 9 1916

SO Reeves
Serg. Co I  9 Regt 7 Ala Cav
Confederate States Army
Apr 17 1830   May 22 1906


On August 30, 1862 Reeves enlisted in Captain Lea’s Company of Thomas’ Battalion of Calvary which became Company I of the 7th Alabama Calvary. The 7th was reorganized as Malones 9th Alabama Calvary.

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for S.O. Reeves, Malones 9th Alabama Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 17, 2020 (http://www.fold3.com).
  • Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2007.

MP Waldrop
Pvt Co G 49 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Nov 4 1844     Mar 2 1911

Martin D Waldrop
Pvt Co K  3 Conf Cav
Confederate States Army
Nov 4 1844   Dec 6 1882


Thomas F. Smith
Ord Serg Co G. 49 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Jun 2 1833  Dec 17 1867

John F Sizemore
Lieut
Co F
9 Regt 7 Ala Cav
Oct 10 1827   Oct 20 1875

On September 21, 1862 Sizemore enlisted in as 3rd Lieutenant  in Captain Davenport’s  Company of Thomas’ Battalion of Calvary which became Company F of the 7th Alabama Calvary. The 7th was reorganized as Malones 9th Alabama Calvary. He resigned by recommendation of Colonel Malone in lieu of facing a Board of Examiners for incompetence.

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, entry for John F. Sizemore, Malones 9th Alabama Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 17, 2020 (http://www.fold3.com).

Jasper Waldrop
Pvt Co G. 49 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Jun 24 1839   Mar 11 1901

Rev Alfred W Mintz
Pvt Co A
Cobbs Legion Ga Cav
1844   1915
CSA


Pvt Elisha T. Bristow
Co B
48 Ala Inf
CSA
1818
1863

Elisha Bristow was the son of the noted Methodist preacher Warrick Brister who settled in Blout County, Alabama in the early 1800’s. He contracted pneumonia and died at the American Hotel Hospital in Staunton, Virginia on November 21, 1862.

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, entry for E.T. Bristow, 48th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 17, 2020 (http://www.fold3.com).
  • West, Anson. A History of Methodism in Alabama. Nashville, Tennessee, Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1893. https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/26434/.




Edwards Brothers


Francis Marion Edwards
Co E
12 Ala Inf
1840    1862

Serg
Charles P Edwards
Co C
24 Bn Ala Cav
1839
1862

Their Confederate headstones set at right angles to the tombstone of John and Arnette Edwards.  Census records indicate that Francis Marion Edwards and Charles Pickney Edwards were sons of John and Nettie Edwards.

Francis enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on July 20, 1861. In September he was admitted to a General Hospital in Culpeper Court House, Virginia. He died in Richmond in 1862.

There is no record of a Pickney Edwards in the 24th Battalion of Alabama Cavalry. A Charles B. Edwards enlisted in Company C in 1863 and was absent without leave in 1864. A Sargent Pickney Edwards enlisted Janurary13, 1862 in Captain Edwards Company that became Company G 49th Alabama Infantry. This sergeant Edwards died of unknown reason February 25, 1862.

I believe the headstones are cenotaphs.
  • 1850 U.S. Census, Alabama, DeKalb County, Population Schedule, Enumeration District : Division 25, p.366B, dwelling 560, family 560, John Edwards: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed 16 Feb 2020);  image 69, NARA Roll M432_5
  • 1860 U.S. Census, DeKalb County, Alabama, Population Schedule, Census Place: Division 2, Post Office: Lebanon, p.133, dwelling 296, family 303, John Edwards: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed 17 Feb 2020),  NARA Roll M653_9, Family History Library Film: 803009.
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Francis Marion Edwards, 12 Ala Infantry,  Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 17, 2020 (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 Charles Edwards, 24th Alabama Calvary Battalion, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 17, 2020 (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 Pinkney Edwards, 49th Alabama Infrantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 17, 2020 (http://www.fold3.com)



Dalrymple Brothers

Pvt
John D Dalrymple
Co G
49 Ala Inf
CSA
1932
1862

Pvt. Berry H. Dalrymple
Co G
49 Ala Inf
1831
1862

Pvt
Leuda Dalrymple
Co G
49 Ala Inf
CSA
1838
1862


Berry H. and John Drayton Edwards were two sons of Henry Hitt and Hannah Dalrymple. Henry was dead by the time of war, but Hannah lived to see her sons go off to war and not return. John and Berry markers are side by side in the cemetery.


John and Berry enlisted in Captain Jeptha Edwards Dekalb County Company that became Company G of the 49th Alabama. Berry enlisted on February 10, 1862 and it is thought that his brother followed suit.  March was a time of sickness and both brothers contracted measles and died. Berry died on March 24 and John died on March 23rd or 24th. A Captain Beason reported that their personal affects were sent to their wives – Nancy, the wife of Berry and Elizabeth, the wife of John.

Leuda Dalrymple is also buried at Bristow Cemetery. He is identified as a brother of John and Berry in an unsourced family tree at Ancestry. He does not appear in census records for this family or in DeKalb County, Alabama. Louda enlisted in Captain Jeptha Edwards company of volunteers on January 13, 1862. This company became Company G of the 49th Alabama. was killed at Shiloh on April 7, 1862. Captain Beeson stated that the body and personal effects fell into the hands of the enemy. A wife, Maranda, applied for any due pay in 1862.

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John D. Dalrymple, 49th Alabama Infantry,  Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 17, 2020 (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 Berry H. Dalrymple, 49th Alabama Infantry,  Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 17, 2020 (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 Leuda Dalrymple, 49th Alabama Infantry,  Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 17, 2020 (http://www.fold3.com).
  • 1850 U.S. Census, Alabama, DeKalb County, Population Schedule, Enumeration District : Division 25, p.359A, dwelling 452, family 452, Henry Dalrymple: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed 16 Feb 2020);  image 74, NARA Roll M432_5.


Coats Brothers


Pvt
Terrell Jehu Coats
Co I
10 Ala Inf
CSA
1835
1864


Corp
William S Coats
Co I
10 Ala Inf
CSA
1830
1864

Pvt John S Coats
Co I
10 Ala Inf
CSA
1837
1862


Serg
James A Coats
Co G
49 Ala Inf
CSA
1939
4-1-1862
Shiloh


In Bristow Cemetery there are Confederate headstones for John S. Coats, James A. Coats, Terrel J. Coats, and William S. Coats. The headstones for John, Terrel, and William are side by side suggesting some relationship. I do not have a picture of James’ headstone. A Find a Grave memorial for James was added in 2013. The headstone pictured in his memorial appears to be which leads me to believe that it was added since my visit in 2011.  It is clear from census records that James, John, and Terrell Coats are sons of Jehu and Mary Coats. I cannot find any records linking William to the family.

Terell enlisted March 1, 1862. He was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital Number 1 in Richmond on August 30, 1862. This illness resulted in a 35 day furlough. He would eventually return to duty. In May of 1863 he was in the Pratt Hospital in Lynchburg, Virginia.  He was able to return to duty again, however he would get sick one more time. He was admitted to Howards Grove Hospital in Richmond on June 13 with rubeola and typhoid fever and died June 20, 1864.

William enlisted in Montgomery on June 4, 1861. He was in Chimborazo Hospital Number 3 for illness in May of 1862. In the summer of 1864, he was reported missing since May 12, 1864 and presumed dead. In May the 10th Alabama was involved in the battles around Spotsylvania Court House and was in action on 12th of May.

John enlisted June 4, 1861. He was admitted to the Chimborazo Hospital Number 3 May 17 sick with pneumonia. He died June 15, 1862.

James enlisted January 13, 1862 in Captain Edwards Dekalb County company. James was killed at Shiloh on April 6, 1862.

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, entry for James A Coats, 49th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 17, 2020 (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 William S. Coats, 10th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 17, 2020 (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 Terrel Jehu Coats, 10th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 17, 2020 (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 S. Coats, 10th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 17, 2020 (http://www.fold3.com).
  • Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 February 2020), memorial page for Sgt James A Coats (1839–1 Apr 1862), Find A Grave Memorial no. 102958049, citing Bristow Cemetery, Duck Springs, Etowah County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Maria Gilliland (Headstone Hunter) (contributor 47958320) .
  • 1850 U.S. Census, Alabama, DeKalb County, Population Schedule, Enumeration District : Division 25, p.351A, dwelling 345, family 345, Jehu Coats: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed 16 Feb 2020);  image 58, NARA Roll M432_5.
  • 1860 U.S. Census, DeKalb County, Alabama, Population Schedule, Census Place: Division 3, Post Office: Duck Springs, p.133, dwelling 19, family 19, Mary Coates: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed 17 Feb 2020),  NARA Roll M653_9, Family History Library Film: 803009.
  • Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2007.


Saturday, November 11, 2017

Freeman Cemetery

Location:
Highway 69
DeKalb County, Alabama
N 34° 17.526              W085° 55.438

Date of Visit: October 8, 2011

Pvt
WH Freeman
Co G
49 Ala Inf
CSA
1843
1862

His record indicates that he died May 18, 1862. - Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold November 11, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)

According to Brewer’s History of Alabama units, the 49th was organized at Nashville, in January 1862, and attached to the Kentucky brigade of Gen. Breckinridge. It took part in the battle of Shiloh. A few weeks later, the Forty-ninth was sent to Vicksburg, with Breckinridge's brigade.  The Union bombardment of Vicksburg begin on May 18. It would seem that that he  probably died in route to or in Vicksburg before hostilties and was possibility buried there.

Brief Historical Sketches of Military Organizations
Raised In Alabama During the Civil War, Reproduced from Willis Brewer's Alabama:
Her History, Resources War Record, and Public Men From 1540 to 1872, www. archives.alabama.com

Report of Brig. Gen. M.L. Smith, Official Record War of the Rebellion, Volume 15, page 6

Pvt
David C Freeman
Co B
3 Ala Cav
1839
1863

According to his Find a Grave Memorial this marker was added as a memorial to a soldier who drowned crossing the Tennessee River with Captain Wheeler. His actual burial site is unknown. Find A Grave Memorial #102679745, accessed November 11, 2017. Private Freeman does not appear in the records of the 3rd Alabama Calvary, nor does a DeKalb County unit. There was a Company B of the 3rd Confederate Calvary from DeKalb County. I cannot confirm if he served in this regiment.



Note: These brothers were sons of Elisha and Ann Freeman and their service records were almost as problematic as locating the family cemetery. It sits on a narrow shelve on the east face of Sand Mountain.  Traveling up or down the face on Highway 69 one has to be looking in the exact “right” location to see the tombstones in the winter. Forget it in the summer.  Finding a place to park is also pretty challenging.







Sunday, November 5, 2017

Collins Cemetery

Location:
Highway 68
DeKalb County, Alabama
N 34° 16.017              W085° 51.810

Date of Visit: October 8, 2011

William E. Siniard
Pvt Co K
3 Conf Cav
Confederate States Army
Nov 15 1828   Dec 25 1893

John W Siniard
Pvt Co K
3 Conf Cav
Confederate State Army

July 23 1826  Dec 19 1892

Saturday, July 15, 2017

Missionary Grove Cemetery

Location:
County Road 1141
Cullman County, Alabama
N 34° 13.033              W086° 55.553

Date of Visit: October 8, 2011


James A Parker
US Army
Confederate States Army
1839   1918

William Canant
Pvt Co L
3 Confederate Cav
Confederate States Army
Feb 17 1843
Apr 20 1921




Sunday, September 14, 2014

Leeth Cemetery


Location:
Sand Valley Road
Etowah County, Alabama
N 34° 08.457              W086° 03.016

Date of Visit: January 15, 2012


BT Leeth
Co K
3 Conf Cav
1832
1905

Saturday, June 7, 2014

Black Creek Baptist Church



Location:
Black Creek Road
Etowah County, Alabama
N 34° 10.764   W085° 52.801

Date of Visit: December 19, 2011

Pvt
Samuel H Foster
Co D
Ga Infantry
CSA
1822
1905

William H Logan
1st Serg Co C 28 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Oct 8 1842    Mar 12 1903

Asa Gray
Pvt Co C   3 Conf Cav
Confederate States Army

William Gray
Pvt Co I  3 Ala Cav
Confederate States Army

John M Blackwell
Co G
1 Ala Cav

In Memory of
Pvt
Jacob J Kenner
Co C
49 Ala Inf
CSA
1831
1867



Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Corinth Baptist Church


Location:
Church Street
Fyffe, DeKalb County, Alabama
N 34° 24.685   W085° 43.388

Date of Visit: April 22, 2012

Henry C Willkie
Pvt Co F 3 Ga Cav
Confederate States army
Jan 1 1844  Jul 21 1913

Copr
Rial Bryant
Co K
3 Conf Cav
CSA
1832
1882

John I Bearden
Pvt Co I  3 Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Apr 25 1818    Apr 21 1901


Confederate or Union Solider:

New Flat Marble:
William Riley Garrett
Pvt Co H 12 Tenn Cavalry
Confederate States Army
Dec 6 1833   Dec 4 1926

Old Federal Style:
Wm R Garrett
Co H
12 Tenn Cav

On February 2, 1864 a twenty-seven year old William R Garrett volunteered his services as a blacksmith to the US Army in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  He was assigned to Company H of the 12th Tennessee Calvary of the US Army.  He served as company blacksmith and farrier. There is also a U.S. Army pension record for a William R. Garrett  of Company H 12th Tennessee Calvary that died December 4, 1926.


Sources:

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 11, 2014 (http://www.fold3.com).

Civil War and Later Pension Index. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 11, 2014 (http://www.fold3.com).


Thursday, January 30, 2014

Smith Chapel Cemetery



Location:
DeKalb County 51
DeKalb County, Alabama
N 34° 17.802              W085° 51.920

Date of Visits: February 18, 2013

Capt
Thaddeus M Brindley
Co D
22 Ala Inf
CSA
1822
1864

Captain Brindley was elected Captain on October 9, 1863. He was killed in the Atlanta Campaign on July 22, 1864.

Sources: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold January 30, 2014 (http://www.fold3.com).
Gardner’s – Dea’s Brigade, at www.ehistory.osu.edu, accessed January 30, 2014


Pvt
Mace Brindley
Co D
22 Ala Inf
1835
1863

Mace Brindley was killed at Chickamauga by gunshot on September 20, 1863.

Sources: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold January 30, 2014 (http://www.fold3.com).

Lieut
Jasper Brindley
Co B
4 Ala Cav
1833
1864

Lieutenant Brindley was a member of Company B of Russell’s 4th Alabama Calvary. He was captured at Shelbyville Tennessee on June 27, `863. He was sent to Nashville, Louisville, Kentucky, Johnson Island, and Pt. Lookout, Maryland as a prisoner of war. On March 10, 1864 he was exchanged and then there was not another record.

Sources: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold January 30, 2014 (http://www.fold3.com).


Pvt Alonzo B Brindley
Co E
12 Ala Inf
CSA
1824
1862

Pvt Brindley was detailed as a nurse at the General Hospital at Mt. Jackson, Virginina November 29, 1861. He died January 12, 1862 of dysentery at the hospital at Mt. Jackson.

Sources: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold January 30, 2014 (http://www.fold3.com).


Robert H Appleton
2nd Lieut Co K 54 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Aug 27 1836  Dec 18 1898

James W Smith
Pvt Co E  48 Ala Inf
1831  1915

James P Morgan
Co F  28 Ala Inf
CSA
Nov 25 1843
Aug 18 1924


Cpl
John S. Withrow
Co E
12 Ala Inf
CSA
1841
1863

Corporal Withrow was wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 21863. In October of 1864 he is still listed as on leave/wounded on the company muster roll.

Sources: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold January 30, 2014 (http://www.fold3.com).


GM Watson
Pvt Co I 3 Conf Cav
Confederate States Army
1827   1911


Pvt
Joseph W Appleton
Co E
12 Ala Inf
CSA
1833
1862

Private Appleton was a patient in Chimborazo Hospital No 3 in Richmond, Virginia. Later he was transferred to the General Hosptial in Lynchburg, Virginia where died June 29, 1862.

Sources: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold January 30, 2014 (http://www.fold3.com).


James A Watson
Co B
6 Ala Inf
CSA

Pvt
W.A. Yancy
Company K
3 Conf Cavalry
CSA
1821
1897


Sunday, December 15, 2013

Collinsville Cemetery


Location:
Cemetery Circle
Collinsville, DeKalb County, Alabama
N 34° 15.354   W085° 52.250

Date of Visit: October 5, 2011


In Memory of
Pvt
Calvin Turner
Co B
30 Ala Inf
1833
1863
KIA
Buried
Vicksburg, Miss

Beverley A Nowlin
Pvt  Co K  3 Conf Cav
Confederate States Army
1847  1931

Abel Bond
Pvt  Co I  61 Ala Inf
CSA
1832   1921

James B Cook
Pvt   Co A  48 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
June 2 1834   May 23 1915

TJ Pullen
Pvt Co H  19 Ala Inf
CSA
1844   1908


Saturday, December 14, 2013

Rocky Mount Cemetery


Location:
DeKalb County 530
DeKalb County, Alabama
N 34° 14.075              W085° 52.747

Date of Visits: August 14, 2011

Pvt
Francis P Patterson
Co E
12 Ala Inf
CSA

MB Cunningham
Pvt Co I  3 Conf Cav
Confederate States Army
Sep 30 1846   Mar 21 1939

Pvt
Stephen L Patterson
Co C
51 Ala Cav
CSA
1834
1864

Note: A Stephen L Patterson of Company C of the 51st Alabama Partisan Rangers died  and was buried at Finn’s Point National Cemetery in Salem, New Jersey. This solider died October 3, 1863. Source: Confederate Military Men, Their Units and Where They Are Buried, Statewide, Alabama
Surname Pace – Payton  http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/statewide/cemetery/csa_pa.txt, accessed December 14, 2013

Pvt
Ben Reed
Co R
31 Ala Inf
CSA
1801
1865


Sgt
John G Reed
Co G
49 Ala Inf
CSA
Dec 3 1842
Mar 6 1862

Capt
Benjamin Boone
Co K
41 Tenn Inf
CSA
Mar 2 1830
Jan 26 1864

Note: Find a Grave Memorial #7354008 states that Captain Boone died while on the way home and was buried in Dekalb County, Alabama. In January of 1864 the 41st Tennessee was in winter quarters in the Dalton, Georgia vicinity.




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