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

Union Grove United Methodist Church Graveyard

Location:

County Road 45

Rock Run, Cherokee County, Alabama

N34 00.902 W085 29.752

FAG: 26819

Date of Visit: September 29, 2021

Isaac Norton

Co E 47 Ala Regt

Confederate States army

Sept 8 1832       May 2 1911

There are two military markers for on Isaacs grave. A flat footmarker shows him in the 47th Alabama.  A classic vertical and pointed headstone is inscribed 14th Alabama. His records indicate service in the 47th Alabama.

Isaac was wounded in the left arm in the 2nd Battle of  Manassas in August of 1862. For the next year he was carried on the company musters rolls as in the hospital. In August of 1863 he was noted as being detailed as a nurse in a Lynchburg, Virginia hospital. Issac apparent deserted while at Morristown, Tennessee in January, but returned to duty in the summer of 1864 and surrender with Lee at Appomattox on April 9, 1865. 

See his Find a Grave memorial for pictures. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Isaac M. Norton, 47th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, September 29, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13754408/isaac-marion-norton : accessed 29 September 2021), memorial page for Isaac Marion Norton (8 Sep 1832–2 May 1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13754408, citing Union Grove Cemetery, Rock Run, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Melody (contributor 46891027) .

Eagle Creek Cemetery

Location:

Alabama State Highway 49

Tallapoosa County, Alabama

N 32° 56.583   W085° 45.037

FAG: 22595

Date of Visit: February 19, 2021

George M. Roberts

Co F

47 Ala Inf

CSA

Pvt

Peter E Harris

Co A

47 Ala Inf

CSA

1822

1871

Pvt

Richard E. Davis

Co G

34 Ala Inf

CSA

Nov 1 1834

Nov 21 1905

James Willis McKinnon

Co G 34 Ala Regt

Civil War

1840

1919

Adam Clark Duffy

Pvt Co G 5 Ala Inf Regt

Confederate States Army

Nov 4 1836  Jun 30 1920

Pvt

Huston Coker

Co D  34 Ala Inf

CSA

1927

Mar 1 1868

John Wynn Freeman

Pvt Co G  5 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

May 15, 1834     Jun 5 1922

Orlando Tyler Shepard

Pvt Co D 1 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Jan 1 1844.   Mar 13 1924

Doctor  Bugle Boy

For Gen Joe E. Wheeler

Orlando enlisted in 1861 in Montgomery. He was detached as bugler for General Wheeler’s escort December 13, 1862. In 1864 he was still attached to the escort with this duty. After the war he was a respected doctor in Tallapoosa County. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for O.T. Shepard, 1st Alabama Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold April 21, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• “Resolutions.” The Alexander City Outlook, June 14, 1921, p. 2 https://www.newspapers.com/image/308154820

Blksmith

William S Harris

Co A 10 Conf Cav

CSA

1830    1892

HF Freeman

Pvt Co D  34 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Aug 17 1836   Mar 30 1922

George W Adair

Pvt  2 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Aug 25 1844    Mar 2 1926

CM Harkins

Co I 

8 Conf Cav

CSA

Hillabee Campground Methodist Church

Location:

Tallapoosa County Road 33/ Camp Ground Road

Tallapoosa County, Alabama

N 33° 02.973   W085° 54.272

FAG: 23434

Date of Visit: February 19, 2021

Thomas M Polk

Co B

38 Ala Inf

T Z Tate

Pvt Co I 8 Conf Cav

Confederate States Army

Mar 18 1839   May 27 1914

Bennett L. Stancil

Pvt Co A 12 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Jul 18 1842     Nov 12 1925

Andrew Champion

Co B

37 Ala Inf

CSA

George W Porter

2nd Serg. Co C  59 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

George W Pearson

Com Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Mar 1829    Feb 1876

Not sure of what “Com” means, but he enlisted in Company C of Hillard’s Legion.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 March 2021), memorial page for George Washington Pearson (16 Mar 1829–16 Feb 1876), Find a Grave Memorial no. 85050681, citing Hillabee Campground Cemetery, Tallapoosa City, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Hutch (contributor 47312109) .

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for George Washington Pearson, Hillard’s Legion, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 16, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Drewry F Hooton

Pvt Co A  59 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Oct 20 1824     Dec 26 1903

James Neighbors

Co C 47 Ala Inf

CSA

Corp

James W Holdridge

Co G

14 Ala Inf

CSA

Jul 31 1840

Apr 2 1868

William Rogers

3rd Corp Ala Militia

Confederate States Army

Feb 13 1811    Oct 27  1901

John M Bailey

Pvt Alabama Militia

Confederate States Army

Jan 15, 1809   Sept 18 1882

Edmund P Horton

3rd Serg

Ala Mtd Militia

Confederate States Army

Robert J McKemie

Pvt Co A  41 Ga Regt

Confederate States Army

AJ Reid

Born Mar 22, 1831 

Died Apr 2, 1914

Back:

Member of Confederate Army

Co G Wheelers Cav. 

In the 1907 enumeration of Clay County veterans Andrew Jackson Reid of Childersburg reported that he enlisted in 1862 in  Company C of the 6th Georgia Calvary regiment. This regiment was a part of Wheeler’s Calvary. 

• 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 Andrew Jackson Reid.

•  Stewart Sifakis, Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia. (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2007), 156.

  

Mt. Carmel FCM Church

Location:

Mt. Carmel Road

Blount County, Alabama

N 34° 06.424              W086° 19.487

Date of Visit: July 22, 2011

William H Lee

Pvt Co H 16 Ky Inf

Dec 29 1840  Jun 30 1913

Joseph W Griffin

Co K

47 Ala Inf

CSA

WW Odum

Confederate States Army

Sept 3 1840

Sept 3 1917

There is a record of a W.W.F. Odum that was stationed at a Camp of Instruction in 1862 in Talladega, Alabama. - - Compiled Service Records of Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold January 20, 2016 (http://www.fold3.com).

McMillan Burial Ground

Location:

Church Street

Vidalia, Toombs County, Georgia

N 32° 12.993   W082°  24.852

Date of Visit: February 27, 2011

Pvt

Angus McQueen

Co B

22 Ga Cav

Jan 6 1822

Nov 19 1889

Pvt

AJ McIntyre

Wheaton’s Co

Ga Artillery

CSA

Jul 1 1844

Jan 9 1912

Pvt

George W Taylor

Co E

49 Ga Inf

CSA

1846

Apr 21 1897

Pvt

BF Shuman

Co F

1 Bn Ga Inf

CSA

Feb 16 1844   Aug 23 1916

Pvt

George W Peterson

Co H

47 Ga Inf

CSA

Mar 1846

Nov 9 1914

Pvt

George M T McLeod

Co B F

20 Ga Cav

CSA

Jan 1 1827

Sept 12 1901

Note: There are eleven white marble traditional Confederate –style stones inscribed unknown in the middle of the cemetery.

Hopewell Cemetery

Location:

US Highway 411

St Clair County, Alabama

Lat       33.887409

Long    -86.148239

Date of Visit: April 11, 2014

OM Samson

Co D 19^th Ala CSA

POW

Rock Island, Ill.

He was captured at Missionary Ridge on November 25, 1863. He was transferred to Louisville, Kentucky and then to Rock Island Barracks in Illinois. Here he took the oath of allegiance to the United States in 1864.  Cemetery records indicate that he died in 1888.

Sources

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 April 14, 2014 (http://www.fold3.com).

Find a Grave Memorial #96974418

Capt

JW Maddox

Co C 55 Ala Inf

CSA

Jul 21 1812

May 28 1876

John W Ford

Co G

1 Ala Cav

CSA

WH Thompson

Pvt Co D 51 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Dec 10 1840  Mar 12 1917

John Andrew Thompson

Serg  Co G 22 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Washington Green Thompson

Serg Co G 22 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Feb 20 1837  Oct 17 1917

Serg

William M Downs

Co K

38 Tenn Inf

CSA

Hillard D Bridges

Co A

47 Ala Inf

CSA

Oct 30 1838

Aug 12 1911

LD Edwards

Co I

17 Regt

Ala Inf

CSA

Aug 8 1827

Dec 24 1880

James P Dill

51 Ala Partisan Rangers CSA

Mar 4 1845   Jul 2 1904

WHH Riddle

Co D

51 Ala

Partisan

Rangers

CSA

Hokes Bluff Cemetery

Location:

Main Street

Hokes Bluff, Etowah County,

N 33° 59.683               W085° 52.574

Date of Visits: August 26, 2012

Francis M Boozer

Pvt

Co I  19 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Feb 18 1843   Sep 30 1916

Pvt

Julian Newton

Nail

C Hardee’s Battalion

Cavalry Reserve

29^th Division

Sept 9 1814

Nov 27 1906

James Burton Brown

Pvt  Co G  3 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Jun 20 1833  Feb 22 1912

Henry J Hamilton

Pvt Co K 48 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

May 13 1838  Dec 29 1910

Robert N Johnson

Pvt  Co E  47 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1832    Nov 18 1897

John H Coleman

Co E

1 Ga Cav

CSA

Reuben T Griffith

Pvt  Co D 19Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Aug 30, 1825  Oct 31 1863

Thomas J Wofford

ACS  Co A 18 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Jun 6 1812   Oct 17  1900

Marcus Jones

Sept 20 1846

Nov 3 1929

Co B  4 Ala Vol

C.A.V.  C.S.A.

Pvt

James Milton Walden

Co G  3 Ala Cav

CSA

Sep 7 1832  May 18 1863

Etowah County AlArchives Military Records.....Walden, James Milton April 30, 1863

Civilwar Co G 3rd Regiment Alabama Calvary

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:

David Norton dnorton.cp75@gtalumni.org May 27, 2008, 12:59 pm

Ala. Confederate Soldiers Call No. A 929.3761

JAMES MILTON WALDEN, pvt Co G 3rd Regiment Alabama Calvary, Capt Forney's Company; Bush's Ranger's Alabama Vols.; muster-in, Camp Floyd Bush on Sep 24, 1862; duty & enrolled August 27, 1862 at Jacksonville, AL, DP Forney, Inspector General; period 3 years of war. Paid for horse $3.00, a white mule. Discharged April 30, 1863 by order of Lt. General Braxton Bragg, signed by C.E.McLaughlin. Continuation Apr 30 to June 30, 1863. (severely wounded in battle and sent home

to die)

Additional Comments:

James M. Walden was born Sep 7, 1832 in Gwinnett County Georgia and died on May 18, 1863 at Hokes Bluff, Etowah County, Alabama. (see: Confed. soldiers-Ala.,

3rd Cav., R-Z, call no. A 929.3761, microcopy n. 311, roll no. 12; Alabama Confederate Pension Applications, Walden, Abel A. to Walker, Isham D., roll no.

254, call no. S 929.3761.)

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/etowah/military/civilwar/other/walden452gmt.txt

Accessed: September 15, 2013

Enmondfield Baptist Church

Location:

Winston County Road 41

Winston County, Alabama

N 34°  14.700              W087°  11.409

Date of Visit: August 5, 2011

William H Hunter

Co G

47 Ala Inf

CSA

Isaac Towers

7 Ga Cav

Confederate States Army

Mar 21 1829  Apr 7 1890

Corp

W.C. Elam

Co F

1 Ga Res

CSA

Pvt

Ace D Hightower

Bell Btry

Ga State Trp

CSA

June 16 1848

Jan 26 1913

Harris Cemetery

Location:
Cherokee County Road 44
Cedar Bluff, Cherokee County, Alabama
N 34° 14.566  W085° 37.926

Date of Visit:  December 28, 2010

James M P Coker
Serg Maj Co E 47 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Oct 15 1845  Apr 26 1874

Peter Williamson McGee
Pvt  Co K 9 Ala Inf
May 23 1835  June 2 1863

Francis M Clifton
Lieut  Co H  48 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Dec 17 1836  Feb 4 1909


George Clifton
Pvt  Co H  48 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army