Location:
Moss Hill Road/County Road 279
Washington County, Florida
N 30° 35.048 W085° 40.641
FAG: 2165477
Date of Visit: February 22, 2021
John J. Rooks
Co C
15 Fla Cav
CSA
Aug 25 1836
Jan 11 1884
1st Serg
Jabez Bunting Wood
Co K
6 Fla Inf
CSA
Walter M. Miller
Fla Home Guards
Confederate States Army
Oct 14 1847 Feb 17 1903
Hale B Hudson
Co H
4 Fla Inf
CSA
1828 1913
Napolean B Roach
Co G
2 Fla Cav
CSA
1838
1900
Isreal R Milton
Co H
4 Fla Inf
CSA
1836
1885
Pvt
Alfred Posey
Co H
4 Fla Inf
CSA
1833
1900
Albert Posey
Co K
6 Fla Inf
CSA
1810
1892
John Collier B McKeithan
Pvt Co H 4 Fla Inf
Confederate States Army
1820 1892
Cpl
Joseph Walter Roche
Co G
2 Regt
Fla Cav
CSA
March 4 1836
Oct 30 1921
John Jackson Russ
Co H
4 Fla Inf
CSA
1809 1868
Pvt
Augustus B Horn
Co
3 Fla Cav
CSA
Nov 6 845
Apr 20 1867
Pvt
John L Jones
Co H
4 Fla Inf
CSA
1820
1890
James W Payne
Co K
11 Fla Inf
Confederate States Army
1835 1938
Alexander Stewart
Co H
4 Fla Inf
CSA
Jun 26 1838
Jul 5, 1963
Stewart enlisted in Vernon, Florida On September 13, 1861. He died July 5, 1863 in Jackson, Mississippi of disease. In the May of 1863 the regiment as a part of Stovall’s Brigade was transferred to Mississippi to support the Confederate forces at Vicksburg.
- Florida Department of Military Affairs, Florida Soldiers: CSA 1st, 3rd, 4th Florida Infantry, Special Archive Publication Number 90, (St. Augustine, Fla : State Arsenal,1980), p.119. Internet Archive, accessed June 41, 2021, University of Florida Digital Common, https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00047677/00001/59j
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Florida. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Alexander Stewart, 4 Fla Inf, Retrieved from 3-Fold, June 13, 2021, (http://www.fold3.com).
Serg
John Robert Russ
Co H
4 Fla Inf
CSA
Nov 24 1840
Jul 22 1865
The NARA cards for Sergeant Ross are very hard to read. He enlisted September 18, 1861. He died in Atlanta, Georgia. His father filed for his effects in early 1865. An entry for him in the U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, states that he was wounded in the chin at Chickamauga, mustered out of the service on August 1, 1864 due to death.
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Florida. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John R. Russ, 4 Fla Inf, Retrieved from 3-Fold, June 13, 2021, (http://www.fold3.com).
- 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.
Lieut
Lauren L Irwin
Co H
4 Fla Inf
CSA
1837 1862
Lafayette Irwin mustered into the service September 18, 1861 at Fort Williams, Florida. He died February 27, 1862 in Fernandina of disease. He was a son of Freeman Irwin (see below).
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Florida. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Lafayette Irwin, 4 Fla Inf, Retrieved from 3-Fold, June 13, 2021, (http://www.fold3.com).
Pvt Freeman B Irwin
Capt Jones 1 Fla Reserve
CSA
1811
1865
Private Irwin he was captured at Marianna on September 27, 1864. He was sent to New Orleans and then on to Ship Island, Mississippi. On November 5, he was sent north to Fort Columbus in New York harbor and he arrived at Elmira, New York on November 19. He died February 7, 1865 at Elmira Prison of general debility (lack or loss of strength) and was buried in grave 1924.
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for F.B.Freeman, Florida Militia, Retrieved from 3-Fold, June 13, 2021, (http://www.fold3.com).
In memory of
Nathaniel Miller
Cpl
8 Regt
Fla Mtd Mil
Indian Wars
CSA
1815
1865
This tombstone tells two stories. Nathaniel Miller was a corporal in John G. Russ’ company of the 8th Regiment, 1st Brigade of the Florida Mounted Militia in the Seminole Indian Wars. This unit was ordered into the field in 1837. Corporal Miller’s name appears on a muster roll taken at Cowford on March 8, 1838.
As a member of Jones Militia he was captured at Marianna on September 27, 1864. He was sent to New Orleans on the Steamer Clinton on October 4 and the on to Ship Island, Mississippi. On November 5, he was sent north to Fort Columbus in New York harbor and he arrived at Elmira, New York on November 20. He died March 11, 1865 at Elmira Prison of chronic diarrhea and was buried in grave 1949.
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Florida. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for N. Miller, Florida Militia, Retrieved from 3-Fold, June 12, 2021, (http://www.fold3.com).
- Florida Department of Military Affairs, Florida Militia Muster Rolls Seminole Indian War (Vol 9), Special Archive Publication Number 75, (St. Augustine, Fla : State Arsenal,1980), p.15-16. Internet Archive, accessed June 11, 2021, https://archive.org/details/floridamilitiamu09morr/page/n15/ This is a transcription of the original roles made. Y the Jacksonville Genealogical Society.
Gabriel F. Syfrett
Pvt Co F
4 Fla Cav
1845
1909
Syfrett’s marker is clearly Federal Style. He enlisted in the Union Army June 20, 1864 at St. Andrews. He mustered into Company E of the 2nd Florida Calvary at Cedar Key on June 30. He served as an orderly to the commander of the regiment. He mustered out of the service on November 29, 1865 at Tallahassee. He grave is marked with a Confederate flag in 2021.
- Compiled Service Records of Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Florida. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Gabriel Syfrett, 2 Florida Cavalry, Retrieved from 3-Fold, June 15, 2021, (http://www.fold3.com).
