Union Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Jasper-Warrior Road

Partridge, Jefferson County, Alabama

N33° 45.821    W086° 55.895

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2160588

Date of Visit: May 19, 2017

William H. McCraig

Co D

5 Ala Inf

CSA

James E. Camp

Co C

12 Ala Cav

CSA

Mar 16 1844

Jan 25 1922

John R. Roberts

1816-1911

Veteran C.S.A.

Unity Grove Methodist Church Upper Cemetery

Location:

Hap Hammond Road

Palmetto, Pickens County, Alabama

N 33° 28.789 W087° 58.560 

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 268441

Date of Visit: September 9, 2018

Jesse Humphrey Brazeale

Co A 

19 Ala Inf

CSA

Adam A.A. Richardson

Co B

41st Ala Inf

CSA

Feb 6, 1845     

Jun 29 1908

I believe that the next three soldiers were children of Hebert (Herbert) Hawkins and wife Amina. 

Ezekiel Hawkins

Pvt

Co H 5 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1832   1914

In Memory 

of Samuel Hawkins 

Co D

41 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

March 4 1830      Nov 7 1862

Samuel enlisted in 1861 in the Pickens Planters, a local company that mustered into the 41st Alabama Infantry. He died in Murfreesboro on November 9, 1862.th is  Cause of dea is unknown. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Samuel Hawkins, 41stAlabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 2, 2023,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Rigdon, John C. Historical Sketch & Roster Alabama 41st Infantry Regiment (Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 2015.

Aaron Hawkins

1st Lieut

Co D  41st Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Mar 20 1835   Sept 20, 1863

A member of the original Pickens Grays Aaron Hawkins was elected by his company as there Second Lieutenant on June 2, 1862. He was promoted to First Lieutenant by the end of the month. First Lieutenant Hawkins was killed at Chickamauga. Martin Luther Stancel, Colonel of the 41st Alabama, said that Hawkins fell while bravely leading his men on the works of the enemy. On the morning of September 20 Stancel’s regiment was in the line of battle in Helm’s Brigade of Breckinridge’s Division on Bragg’s right. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Aaron Hawkins, 41^th Alabama Infantry, retrieved from at 3-Fold, September 24, 2018,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (128 vol., Washington: Printing Office, 1880-1901), Ser.1 Vol. 30, Part II, 197-207, Report of Major Gen. John C. Breckinridge, October 1863. 

• The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (128 vol., Washington: Printing Office, 1880-1901), Ser.1 Vol. 30, Part II, 207-208, Report of Col. Martin L. Stancel, September 27, 1863. 

Brewersville Cemetery

Location:

Christian Valley Church

State Highway 28

Brewersville, Sumter County, Alabama

N 32° 31.110   W088° 05.727

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 21785

Date of Visit: July 13, 2019

Joseph Graham

Alabama

Pvt Co K  40 Regt Ala Inf

Civil War

Nov 25 1840    Feb 16 1919

William Larkin

Corp Co B

Ala Corps of Cadets

Confederate States army

Aug 22 1845  Sep 8, 1920

John Robert Larkin

Alabama

1st Lt Co I 38 Regt Ala In

Confederate States army

June 4 1841   May 20, 1926

John R.Lee

Born

Jan 14 1831

Died

Dec 6 1861

In April of 1861 John R. Lee enlisted in the service of the Confederate Army. He was 1st Lieutenant in Blount’s Company F “Sumter Rifle Guards” of the 5th Alabama Infantry regiment. In May the regiment moved to Pensacola and then on to near Manassas Junction in Virginia. In September Captain Blount resigned and Lee was promoted to Captain. At the time of the October muster Lieutenant Lee was sick in the hospital in Richmond. He died of typhoid fever at Union Mills on December 5, 1861 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John R. Lee, 5th Alabama Infantry , Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 31, 2022.  (http://www.fold3.com).

• 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

Colonel Ezekiel Slocum Gulley

Tombstone Inscription: 

Our Father

Ezekiel Slocum

Gulley

Col. Of 40th Ala

Reg. C.S.A.

Born in

Wayne County, NC

Sep. 26, 1831

Died In

Sumter Co. Ala.

Sept 17, 1896

At 30 years of age Gulley mustered in to the Confederate service on March 4 1862. He was elected Captain of Company A of the 40th Alabama Infantry Regiment. Eventually he was promoted to Major. Major Gulley spent ten days in the 1st Mississippi Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi with anasarca. Anasarca is an abnormal accumulation of fluid in tissues and cavities of the body, resulting in swelling, related to renal or cardiopulmonary issues. In May of 1864 Colonel Thomas Stone died of pneumonia and Gulley was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the 40th Alabama. After the Battle of Bentonville in 1865 the 40th was consolidated into the 19th Alabama under Colonel M.L. Wood in Pettus’ Brigade of Carter Stevenson’s Division At some point Gulley commanded this regiment.  Carolina Campaign of 1865 he commanded the 19th 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

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for E.S. Gulley, 40th Alabama Infantry , Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 31, 2022.  (http://www.fold3.com).

• The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (128 vol., Washington: Printing Office, 1880-1901), Ser.1 Vol. 47, Part I, 1065, Organization of the Confederate Forces, commanded by General Joseph E. Johnston.

• Willett, Elbert Decatur, 1828-1890, and Joseph Jackson Willett. History of Company B (originally Pickens Planters) 40th Alabama Regiment: Confederate States Army, 1862 to 1865. [n.p.]: Colonial Press, 1963.

Colonel Gulley’s Kepi at Auction in 2012