Showing posts with label 49th Alabama Inf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 49th Alabama Inf. Show all posts

Saturday, March 25, 2023

Hudson-Brown Cemetery


Find A Grave Survey

Location:

Warren Road

Locust Grove, Blount County, Alabama

33.91530, -86.60560

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 21831

Date Completion of Survey:

April 30, 2020



Protocol for conducting a Find A Grave Survey:


  1. 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).
  2. Confederate soldiers are automatically recorded if they are marked with a VA tombstone.
  3. Service of those marked with a Confederate flag or Southern Cross of Honor is are recorded if their service records can be established. 
  4. 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 the Hudson-Brown Family Cemetery near Locust Grove, Alabama using the Find A Grave memorial page for the cemetery. The cemetery page contains 24 memorials of which 92%  have been photographed. 


Description of Cemetery: This is an old cemetery with multiple stacked stone graves. Nine individuals were buried in the cemetery prior to the Civil War. There are two veterans of the War of 1812 buried here.


James C Glascock

Serb  Co I 49 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1839    1917

Monday, February 27, 2023

Pratt City Fraternal Cemetery

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:


  1. 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).
  2. Confederate soldiers are automatically recorded if they are marked with a VA tombstone.
  3. Service of those marked with a Confederate flag or Southern Cross of Honor is are recorded if their service records can be established. 
  4. 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).


Thursday, December 16, 2021

Greenwood Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:
Little Wills Valley Road
Keener, Etowah County, Alabama
N 34° 10.319   W085° 56.596
FAG: 23141

Date of Visit: October 15, 2013

Near the edge of the cemetery there are military markers for five soldiers: Robert F. Tabor, William Bethel Tabor, James Richard Crump, Wesley A. Keener, and Reuben Hammett. These are cenotaphs for men buried in northern Alabama and Virginia. War was hard for families of the Duck Springs area of DeKalb County.  These men and their families were kin and neighbors. 



Pvt
Reuben Hamett
Co G
49 Ala Inf
CSA
1824
1862

Pvt 
Wesley A Keener
Co G 
49 Ala Inf
CSA
1843
1862

Pvt
Robert F Tabor
Co I 
10 Ala Inf
CSA
1843
1862

Pvt 
William Bethel Tabor
Co I 
10 Ala Inf
CSA
1840
1861

Pvt
James Richard Crump
Co I 
10 Ala Inf
CSA
1841
1863

Wesley Keener enlisted in Captain J. Edward’s Company February 10, 1862. He was the son of Lavinia Hamitt who was married to Reuben Hamett. Wesley’s father-in-laww Rueben joined the same company on February 25, 1862.  Reuben’s brother Jesse Hamett was already a member of Captain Edwards company when Reuben and Wesley enlisted. 

In June of 1862, T.L. Battles and John Thomas signed affidavits attesting to Wesley and Reuban Hamitt joining Company G of the 31st Alabama.  According a card in Jesse’s records Captain Edward’s the 49th Regiment of Alabama Infantry, was successively designated as the 53rd (Hale’s) Alabama Infantry, 31st Regiment (Edward’s) and finally the 49th Alabama.

Wesley and Reuben both died in the hospital in Huntsville, Alabama. Reuben died on March 10, 1862 and Wesley died March 13, 1862. 

Jesse’s Hamett’s wife Emma signed an affidavit on May 16, 1862 stating that Jesse died of pneumonia in route home on March 10, 1862. His burial place is not known however,  there is a recent Confederate military marker at Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville. There are there are 187 unknown Confederate soldiers buried in this cemetery. My thoughts are that Wesley and Reuban are likely buried here also. 

On Wesley’s Find A Grave memorial page Charlie Hammett explains that these three men died of measles that was rampant in the camps in Nashville. The 49th was organized in Nashville in January of 1862.

William Bethel Tabor and Robert F. Tabor were sons of John Francis Tabor and Agnes Crump. Bethel enlisted in Company I of the 10th Alabama in Montgomery on June 4, 1861. Shortly afterwards the regiment was sent to Virginia where it was brigaded under General E.K. Smith with the 9th and 11th Alabama and the 19th Mississippi near Manassas and Centerville.  In September Bethel was sick with Febris Typhoides (Typhoid Fever). He died September 5 in Camp near Bristow Station.  His burial spot is not known. 

After his brother died in service of the Confederacy 18 year old Robert F. Tabor enlisted in Company I in the spring of 1862 in Gadsden. After reporting to camp in Virginia he became sick and was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #3 in Richmond. He died on May 8, 1862. John is buried in Sec D, Row 34, Grave 5 in Oakwood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. 

James Crump enlisted in Gadsden by Captain A.A. Hughes on March 1, 1862. In April he was present for the siege of Yorktown. On May 4, 1862 he was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #2 with rubeola (measles). He was transferred supposedly to another hospital in Lynchburg on May 9. In late August he was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital No. 11 in Richmond with Cholera Morbus. On September 16 he was sent to a Huguenot Springs Hospital in Powhatan County, Virginia. He remained healthy until wounded in battle at Salem Church where the regiment lost over a fourth of it’s strength. In June he was admitted to 2nd Alabama Hospital in Richmond and he died June 28, 1863. He is buried in Section A, Row J, Grave 124 of Oakwood Cemetery.

Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1860-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Citing Historical Record Roll data to Jan 1, 1865
, Civil War Soldiers. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.


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) Montgomery, Alabama: Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission. Google Play https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=QogshH4pd50C&pg=GBS.PP4.


  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Reuben Hamett, 49th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 16, 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 Wesley A. Keener, 49th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 16, 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 Jesse Hammet,  49th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 16, 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 William B. Tabor, 10th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 16, 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 Robert F. Tabor, 10th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 16, 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 James R. Crump, 10th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 16, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61656180/jesse-m-hammett : accessed 16 December 2021), memorial page for Pvt Jesse M Hammett (1821–10 Mar 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 61656180, citing Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Nancy E. Collins (contributor 47113696) .
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23397061/wesley-a-keener : accessed 16 December 2021), memorial page for Pvt Wesley A. Keener (1843–1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23397061, citing Greenwood Baptist Church Cemetery, Keener, Etowah County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by . (contributor 46544255) .
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9926274/robert-f-tabor : accessed 16 December 2021), memorial page for PVT Robert F. Tabor (1843–7 Jun 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9926274, citing Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Scott Hutchison (contributor 46635174) .
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37887615/william-bethel-tabor : accessed 16 December 2021), memorial page for Pvt William Bethel Tabor (1840–1861), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37887615, citing Greenwood Baptist Church Cemetery, Keener, Etowah County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by ausomeair (contributor 46934731) .
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37887586/robert-f-tabor : accessed 16 December 2021), memorial page for Pvt Robert F Tabor (1843–1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37887586, citing Greenwood Baptist Church Cemetery, Keener, Etowah County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by ausomeair (contributor 46934731) .
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9740328/james-r-crump : accessed 16 December 2021), memorial page for Pvt James R. Crump (1840–28 Jun 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9740328, citing Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Scott Hutchison (contributor 46635174) .
  • 1860 U.S. Census, DeKalb County, Alabama, Population Schedule, Census Place: District 3, Post Office: Duck Springs, p.224, dwelling 234, family 200, Memory Crump: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed 16 December 2021),  NARA Roll M653_9, Family History Library Film: 803009.
  • 1860 U.S. Census, DeKalb County, Alabama, Population Schedule, Census Place: District 3, Post Office: Duck Springs, p.224, dwelling 233, family 199, John Tabor: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed 16 December 2021),  NARA Roll M653_9, Family History Library Film: 803009.
  • 1860 U.S. Census, DeKalb County, Alabama, Population Schedule, Census Place: District 3, Post Office: Duck Springs, p.205, dwelling 103, family 90, Reuben Hammet: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed 16 December 2021),  NARA Roll M653_9, Family History Library Film: 803009.
  • 1860 U.S. Census, DeKalb County, Alabama, Population Schedule, Census Place: District 3, Post Office: Duck Springs, p.205, dwelling 104, family 91, William Edwards: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed 16 December 2021),  NARA Roll M653_9, Family History Library Film: 803009.


Pvt
Noah Alverson
Co D
58 Ala Inf
CSA
1845
1925

John D Alverson
Pvt Co I 18 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
1835    1925


John B. Rogers
Pvt Co I 9 Regt 7 Ala Cav
Confederate States Army
Dec 10 1845      Feb 3 1892

John Bell Rogers enlisted I. Captain A. Lea’s Company in Thomason’s Battalion of Alabama Calvary on August 30, 1862 in Head Springs, Alabama. In April of 1863 Thomason Battalion was consolidated with Malone Battalion of Calvary to form the 7th Alabama Calvary and the company became Company I of the regiment. Subsequently the 7th became the 9th Alabama Calvary (Malones).  Thus the reason for the “Co. I 9 Regiment 7 Ala Cav” inscription. 

In Chattanooga on November 27, 1862 Rogers was furloughed sick for 40 days. Sometime in early December of 1863 John B. Rogers crossed over to Union lines at Nashville, took the oath of allegiances at the military prison in Louisville, Kentucky. He was sent north of the Ohio River. 

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John B. Rogers, 9th  Alabama Calvary (Malones), Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 16, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).


AS Hairsten
Co G
44 Ga Inf
CSA

BC Campbell
Pvt Co K 3 Conf Cav
Confederate States Army
Nov 20 1843   Sep 15 1905

Thomas B Knight
Co F
35 Ga Inf
CSA
Mar 25 1839
Oct 2 1918

Francis M Taylor
Pvt. Co I 
3 Conf Cav
Confederate States Army
Aug 24 1844      Oct 25 1918

Jacob Seaborn Keener
Pvt Co G 49 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
May 31 1842     Mar 18 1908

David Washington Keener
Pvt. Co I 
3 Conf Cav
Confederate States Army
Oct 20 1825      Nov 2 1910

James P  Keener
Pvt Co I   3 Conf Cav
Confederate States Army
Dec 10 1844    Sep 24 1907

Pvt 
Gabriel Hill
Co B 11Ala Inf
CSA
1836      1899

Pvt
James M Patrick
Co I
10 Ala Inf
CSA
1841       1888


Pvt James F. Bullard
Co I
10 Ala Inf
CSA
1843
1863

Private Bullard enlisted in Captain Abner Hughes' DeKalb County company in Gadsden on March 14, 1862 at age 19. He was present from the siege on Yorktown to the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 2, 1863. He was killed in battle at the Battle of Salem Church near Fredericksburg on May 3, 1863.  The regiment lost 120 killed or wounded of 400 men taken into battle. 

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for James F.W. Bullard, 10th Alabama Infantry and 19th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 16, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
  • Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1860-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Citing Historical Record Roll data to Jan 1, 1865 Civil War Soldiers. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.
  • 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) Montgomery, Alabama: Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission. Kindle Book














Monday, November 1, 2021

Berry-Brookshire Cemetery

Location:
Berry Road
Marshall County, Alabama
N 34° 15.329   W086° 26.146
Find a Grave: 

Date: September 21, 2013

Arthur B Johnson
Corp   Co H   4 Ala Regt
Confederate States Army
Dec 11 1836   Jul 7 1912

He was a member of Russell’s 4th Alabama Calvary.

  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57524637/arthur-b-johnson : accessed 01 November 2021), memorial page for Pvt Arthur B Johnson (11 Dec 1836–16 Jul 1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57524637, citing Berry-Brookshire Cemetery, Marshall County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Hutch (contributor 47312109) .


EPK Berry
Pvt Co E  49 Ala Inf
Civil War
Aug 24 1835   May 15 1924



Photo from Find a Grave Memorial #31144462

Berry enlisted in 1862 and served in engagements at Shiloh, Corinth, Baton Rouge, and Port Hudson. He was wounded at Port Hudson in the heal and never returned to the army.  
  • Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Citing Census or Enumeration of Confederate Soldiers Residing in Alabama, 1921. Alabama Department of Archives & History, Montgomery, Alabama.. 
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31144462/ervin-peter_kilfoyle-berry : accessed 01 November 2021), memorial page for Ervin Peter Kilfoyle “Cheat” Berry (24 Aug 1835–15 May 1924), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31144462, citing Berry-Brookshire Cemetery, Marshall County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Karen G. Hill (contributor 47312871) .





Sunday, October 3, 2021

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. 

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.







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