Love Joy Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Love Joy Road

Beaverton, Lamar County, Alabama

N 33° 53.732   W087° 59.436

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 24091 

Date of Visit: January 9, 2017

Moses Fletcher Gosa

Pvt Co H 4 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Jan 7, 1839   Nov 24 1914

Moses entered into the service of the 4th Alabama Calvary in Chickasaw, Alabama in 1862. This was likely Roddy's or Russell's Calvary. In the fall he was captured at Holly Springs. At some point he was paroled and in March of 1863 he re-listed in the 4th Mississippi Calvary. He was captured and paroled in Selma in 1865. 

His Find a Grave memorial states:

Moses applied for a Civil War - Union pension and was denied same as no such unit existed.Moses later applied for a Civil War - Confederate pension and was accepted on statements from others - there is no record of him serving in the Confederate Army.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24798840/moses_fletcher-gosa: accessed March 9, 2024), memorial page for Moses Fletcher Gosa (1 Jan 1833–29 Nov 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24798840, citing Love Joy Cemetery, Beaverton, Lamar County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Bryan Winter (contributor 46975843).

• Alabama Department of Archives & History; Montgomery, Alabama; Alabama Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907 and 1921; Roll: Multiple Regiments (Lamar County #38); Roll Number: 202. Entry for Moses Fletcher Gosa, retrieved from Ancestry.com, March 9, 2024,. (http://www.ancestry.com)

Montgomery Cemetery

Location:

State Road 33 

Moulton, Lawrence County, Alabama

N 34° 26.635   W087° 17.605

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 24488

Date of Visit: July 15, 2012

William Joseph Norton

Pvt Co A. 4 Ala Reg

Confederate States Army

Aug 10 1843      Sep 15 1920

Larkin D Coffey

Serg Co F 48 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Oct 18 1824   Oct 10 1887

Samiel Joseph Stewart

Pvt Co C  22 Ga Inf

May 6 1845    Feb 12 1921

Robert C Montgomery

Co A  Roddy’s Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Aug 20 1833     Jun 24 1914

Pvt John R. Montgomery

Pvt Co A Roddy’s 4 Ala Cav Regt

Confederate States Army

May 28 1839  Nov 11 1905

Old Union Cemetery

Location:

Crown Road

Spring Hill, Walker County, Alabama

N 33° 59.820   W087° 34.846

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2136747

Date of Visit: May 1, 2021

George M Bonner

Co I

4 Ala Cav

CSA

John McGough

Co K

4 Ala Cav

CSA 

Feb 9 1834

Aug 1 1919

JM Clowers

Co K 

4 Ala Cav

CSA

Pvt

Robert Downey

Co H 43 Inf

CSA

Mar 24 1844

Aug 23 1919

Robert enlisted in April 1862 as a private in Company H, 43rd Alabama Infantry. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31930140/robert-johnson-downey : accessed 17 May 2022), memorial page for Robert Johnson Downey (24 Mar 1844–23 Aug 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31930140, citing Old Union Cemetery, Spring Hill, Walker County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by MEMORIES (contributor 47230964) .

Old Town Creek Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Old State Route 24

Lawrence County, Alabama

N 34° 28.186   W087° 25.959

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2179006

Date of Visit: June 16, 2016

Joseph Nicholas Sandlin

Serg Co A 4 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Mar 4 1828    Sep 28 1874

William M. Latham

Co G

5 Miss Cav

CSA

1823

1904

Erby Fretwell

Co G

1 Ala Regt

Confederate States Army

Mar 22 1831

Jan 7 1911

Erby actually served in Company G of the 1st Alabama Calvary, United States Volunteers (Union). 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52843530/erby-fretwell : accessed 16 January 2022), memorial page for Erby Fretwell (22 Mar 1827–7 Jan 1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID 52843530, citing Old Town Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Landersville, Lawrence County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by WSALMOND (contributor 47006647) .

• Ryan Dupree “1st Alabama Cavalry Searchable Roster” 1st Alabama Calvary, accessed January 16, 2022.  http://www.1stalabamacavalryusv.com/Roster/Troopers.aspx?trooperid=688

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) .

Louisville United Methodist Church

Location:

Planar Mill Road

Louisville, Barbour County, Alabama

N31.77940  W085.55727

FAG: 2305086

Date of Visit: July 25, 2015

Richard Abner Pickett

Pvt Co D 63 Ala Regt

Confederate States Army

Mar 18 1845        Feb 16 1926

Alexander McRae

Co G

57 Ala Inf

CSA

Captain

James Lang

Co D 59 Ala Inf

CSA

Worthy J. Grubbs

1st Lieut Co B

4 Ala Cavalry

Confederate States Army

Jan 1 1820      Aug 24, 1890

James Colbert Bryan

Major – Battle’s Brigade – CSA

June 4, 1861 Corinth, Miss

Apr. 9, 1865 Appomattox, Va

Born Tarboro, N.C. Dec.27, 1831

Died January 15, 1895

Interred Wewahitckka, Fla. 

James Bryan enlisted in the Columbia Blues which was to become Company A of the 6th Alabama Infantry.  He was commissioned a second Lieutenant and appears to have served the regiment in a Commissary capacity. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for JJames Colbert Bryan, 6th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 27, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62858952/james-colbert-bryan : accessed 27 August 2021), memorial page for James Colbert “Bert” Bryan (27 Dec 1831–15 Jan 1895), Find a Grave Memorial ID 62858952, citing Jehu Cemetery, Wewahitchka, Gulf County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Ray Peeler (contributor 47295080) .

Liberty Cemetery

Location:

County Road 72

Marion County, Alabama

N 33° 57.696   W087° 43.338

FAG: 23974

Date of Visit: July 31, 2021

James F. Harbin

Aug 30, 1836

Sept 26, 1903

James T. Hardin has a non-military headstone. His grave was marked with a Confederate flag on July 31, 2021. 

His wife Margaret E. Harbin applied for a military pension in 1904. She stated that he served in Company D of the 14th Regiment on the pension application. This is Company D of the 14th Georgia Infantry Regiment. James and Margaret moved from Cherokee County, Georgia to Marion County between 1870 and 1880. 

James enlisted in Company D in Calhoun, Georgia on August 27, 1862. In January of 1863 a medical examining board in Lynchburg, Virginia declared James incapable of performing the duties of a soldier due to a double inguinal hernia. They stated that he had been unfit for duty sixty days out of the past two months. 

• Ancestry.com. Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Citing Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, Alabama; Confederate Pension Applications, 1880-1940; Collection #: Microfilm in the Research Room; Roll Description: Hannah, A. H. - Hardwick, Wm. Henry
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for James F. Harbin, 14th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 7, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• 1870 U.S. Census, Cherokee County, Georgia population schedule, Bells, 817th District, p. 181 (stamped), dwelling 228, family 228, James Harbin, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: 7 August 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 143.
• 1880 U.S. Census, population schedule, Monroe County, Mississippi, Beat #10, ED 244, p.287 (stamped), family 3; dwelling 3, James F. Harbin; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 7 August 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 23.

Thomas J. Beasley

1937 -1920

Thomas J. Beasley has a non-military headstone. His grave was marked with a Confederate flag on July 31, 2021. 

In 1913 the State of Alabama Pension Bureau notified Thomas that he did not appear on any rolls of the 4th Alabama Calvary. In 1914 E.F. Tucker signed an affidavit stating that Thomas Beasley was a member of Company K of the 4th Alabama Calvary for two years. In 1915 and 1916 Thomas received U.S. Confederate pension payments. 

• Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Confederate Pension and Service Records, 1862-1947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.  Original data: Alabama Confederate Pension Applications and Service Records, 1865-1940. Montgomery, Alabama: Alabama Department of Archives and History. 

• Ancestry.com. Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Citing Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, Alabama; Confederate Pension Applications, 1880-1940; Collection #: Microfilm in the Research Room; Roll Description: Beasley, F.B. – Bell, F.M.

New River Baptist Church Cemetery

AKA: Killingsworth Family Cemetery

Location:

County Road 44

Fayette County, Alabama

N 33° 50.092   W087° 39.458

Date of Visit: May 1, 2021

J.M. Wakefield

Co K

4 Ala Cav

CSA

Apr 12 1846

Aug 8 1920

Belgreen United Methodist Church Cemetery (AKA Old Belgreen Cemetery)

Location:

Co Road 524

Belgreen, Franklin County, Alabama

N 34° 28.763     W087° 51.948

Find a Grave: 21261

Date of Visit: August 16, 2019

Rufus Clark Hughes

Pvt Confederate States Army

1845  2939

James Runnells Malone

Co F 4 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Sept 19 1838.  Dec 31 1923

Carl Almonte Britton

Co L  4 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Wiley R Hester

Pvt Co E. 16 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

WR Petree

2d Lieut.  Co E

4 (Roddy’s) Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Aug 9 1841.  Dec 19 1920

Robert N Waldrip

Co L

4 Ala Cavalry

Confederate States Army

1838                1901

James M Ezzell

Cpt Co D

Phillips Legion Ga Vol Inf

Confederate States Army

1817   1888

In Memory

John William Ezzell

Pvt Co I  25 Ala Vol

Confederate States Army

1834   1864 or 1864

Private Ezzell was wounded in battle on December 3, 1862. He died in hospital in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on January 3, 1863.

• 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 December 8, 2019. (http://www.fold3.com)

Peter White

Serg.  Co F.  16 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1843  1885

James W Hooper

Co B

35 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

John Fletcher Hunnicutt

Pvt Co D 31 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1826   1910

Jeremiah D Ezzell

Alexander’s Home Guard

Confederate States Army

1843    1892

Halltown Cemetery

Location:

County Road 25

Franklin County, Alabama

N 34° 26.811     W088° 03.679

Find a Grave: 23212

Date of Visit: August 16, 2019

David B. Boyd

Cpl Co E Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Apr 7 1843

Dec 20 1925

Sergt

Richard W. Hall

Co E

16 Ala Inf

CSA

William H. Collum

Co E 16 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Sep 8 1837.  Feb 24 1924

R.T. Cauldwell

Co E

4 Ala Cav

CSA

Rock Springs Baptist Church

Location:

Nixon Chapel Road

Marshall County, Alabama

N 34° 14.488              W086° 19.509

Date of Visit: September 17, 2017

Part I: Soldiers That Died In Service: Details of the service and life of these men will be posted was research is completed.

Allen Y Williams

Co H

3 Tenn Cav

CSA

1826   1862

John W.B. Hughes

Co H   4 Ala Cav

CSA

Sep 11, 1831     Jul 19, 1862

Pvt

AW Morgan

Co C  48 Ala Inf  CSA

1840   1863

In Memory of

Pvt

Alexander Sims

Co H

4 Ala Regt

CSA

1824

1863

In Memory of

Pvt

Alexander Sims

Co H

4 Regt

CSA

1824

1863

In Memory of
Pvt

Issac M Parrish

Co C

48 Ala Inf

CSA

1832

1862

In memory of

Pvt

William A.T. Parrish

Co C

48 Ala Inf

CSA

Mar 15 1828

Aug 30 1862

L.W. Parrish

1826-1862

Marked with Confederate Battle Flag

In Memory of

John Abner Smith

1829-1864

Battle of Chickamauga

Father of Nancy Crow

Part II: Confederate Veterans with Markers

James M Scruggs

Co D

48 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1844-1915

William M Stewart

Pvt Co D 48 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Apr 26 1845    Apr 5 1911

Pvt

Wiley L Casley

22 Ala Inf

CSA

Aug 3 1826  Oct 9 1897

Pvt Madison F Cornelius

Co C

48 Ala Inf

CSA

1825

1890

Pvt

W.M. Martin

48 Ala Inf

CSA

Francis Marion Hatley

Corp  Co C  58 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1842  1880

James Y Moultrie

Serg   Co G  22 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Mar 4 1842    Jan 24  1910

W.G.W.C. Camp

Pvt Co F  16 Ga Inf

Jul 8 1838   Jun 17 1910

Samaria Baptist Church

Location:

Industrial Road

Jasper, Walker County, Alabama

N 33° 48.890  W087° 13.880

Date of Visit: July 20, 2011

J.T. Sherer

Co K

4 Ala Cav

CSA

Abner Files

Serg

Co G  50 Ala

Confederate States Army

Pvt

John Calvin Daniel

Co I

38 Ala Inf

CSA

May 3 1844

Nov 22 1922

David J Files

Serg Co G  50 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

May 9 1840  Oct 9 1897

Mt Pleasant UMC

Location:

County Road 724

Franklin County, Alabama

Lat                   34.48088

Long              -87.583328

Date of Visit: November 25, 2014

William Josiah Wasson

Co A 4 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Nov 7 1844   Aug 8 1931

George D Cleere

Co C   4 Ala Regt

Confederate States Army

May 20 1832    May 4 1902

David H McClellan

Co C   4 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Apr 3 1821    Jun 8 1877

George Wesley Hooker

1^st Sgt   Co A  27 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1842    1867

William D Webb

Pvt Co A 3 Batt Miss Cav

Confederate States Army

Jun 10 1828   Nov 10 1910

John Wesley Horton

Co A 11 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Aug 24 1839   Dec 25 1916

James A Montgomery

Co A 4 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Aug 21 1843   Feb 12 1912

Peter Baker

Capt Co A 27 Ala Vol

Confederate States Army

Sep 2 1819    Jun 22 1896

Edward S Jones

Co A  11 Ala Cav

May 12 1844   Apr 7 1915

Confederate States Army

James W C Smith

Capt Co H  16 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Apr 24 1837   Aug 12 1897

William W Green

Co C 4 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Feb 28 1845   Nov 12 1916

John Thomas Lee

Co F

12 Ky Cav

Confederate States Army

Nov 10 1847   Feb 20 1919

George R Wimberly

Co I

41 Ala Inf

CSA

Robert C Gasque

3^rd Serg   Co E  7 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Nov 5 1831   Nov 8 1902

Andrew Bluefort Reed

Pvt Co H 16 Ala Infantry

Confederate States Army

Jan 4 1833   Oct 2 1911

James Polk Cleere

Sgt  Co A  11 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Apr 25 1845   Nov 8 1916

Yellow Creek Baptist Church

Location:

Cherokee County Highway 562

Winston County, Alabama

Lat            34.189625

Long       -85.746597

Date of Visit: April 7, 2014

Pvt

William D Glenn

Co B

4 Ala Cav

CSA

Apr 3, 1842

Nov 29 1873

Leander J Mackey

Co B 4 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Jul 10 1841   Jun 6 1936

Lebanon Cemetery

Location:

Coats Bend Road

Etowah County, Alabama

N 34° 03.987              W085° 52.034

Date of Visits: February 5, 2012

Benjamin O Shelly

Co D

14 Ga Inf

CSA

Plesant Garrett

Corp Co E  3 Tenn Cav

Confederate States Army

1808 1862

Pvt

William Edwin Brown

Co I

10 Ala Inf

CSA

1843

1925

JJ Purcell

Co A

4 Ala Cav

CSA

SR Hood

Capt Co D  22 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

May 22 1818  Sept 13 1883

Nobles-Red Hills Cemetery

Location:

Warrenton Road

Marshall County, Alabama

N 34° 15.638              W086° 25.209

Date of Visits: August 4, 2013

Thomas W Whitman

Co D

7 Ala Inf

CSA

Ruben Noble

Co I

4 Ala Cav

CSA

James R Stanley

Co B

46 Ala Inf

CSA

Henry Weaver

Dents

Btry

Lt Art

CSA

Smyrna Baptist Church

Location:

Lawrence County 375

Lawrence County, Alabama

N 34° 35.868              W087° 15.081

Date of Visits: August 3, 2013

Pvt

Reuben D Lang

Co F  8 Ala Cav

CSA

June 1847

Dec 8 1916

George Henry Peeples

Pvt  Co F  4 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

1842   1928

Pvt

George W Terry

Co I  16 Ala Inf

CSA

1834   1903

George John Letson

Pvt  Co C  6 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Apr 18 1922   July 1904

Samuel N Burke

Pvt  Co F

5 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

May 6 1847   Apr 29 1920

Rocks Spring Cemetery

Location:

Lawrence County 23

Lawrence County, Alabama

N 34° 26.560              W087° 29.116

Date of Visits: June 16, 2013

Jessy Thomas Counts

Pvt Co D 11 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Apr 29 1842   Sep 13 1927

John Blevins Bean

Capt  Co H 16 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

James S Smith

Co G

4 Ala Cav

1840  1921

Abraham Milton Howell

Pvt Co I  25 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Sept 7 1840   Oct 15 1918

David Josiaha Davis

Co A  4 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Nov 1 1838   Oct 11 1922

William N Almon – Marked CSA

James Cemetery

Location:

Jackson County Road 393

Jackson County, Alabama

N 34° 58.463              W085° 39.721

Date of Visit: April 13, 2013

William H Bennett

Co E

4 Ala Cav

CSA

Tucker Cemetery

Location:

Fire Tower Road

Eldridge, Walker County, Alabama

N 33° 54.334              W087° 37.712

Date of Visits: March 25, 2013

Luke R Ganey

Pvt  Co E  28 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Aug 27 1837    Feb 16  1905

Sgt

Samuel A Reed

Co K

26 Ala Inf

CSA

1^st Lieut

James M Kelley

Co B

10 Ala Cav

CSA

In Memory of 1^st Lieut

Philemon B Kelley

4 Ala Cav

CSA

1840

1863

Capt ED Kelley is buried here. He was a Captain in Roddy’s 4^th Alabama Cavalry. He is not marked with a Confederate marker.