Fairview #2 Cemetery

AKA Beulah Cemetery

Location:

State Highway 23

St. Clair County, Alabama

N 33° 46.786   W065° 21.687

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2304977

Date of Visit: January 8, 2017

Pvt

William W. Hill

Co F  29 Ala Inf

CSA

Oct 1834     Sep 11 1906

William M. McBrayer

Co E

62 Ala Inf

CSA

Elisha A Dickert

Co D

8 Ga Inf

CSA

Crook Cemetery

Location:

State Highway 144

Calhoun County, Alabama

N 33° 47.016   W085° 55.998

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 22352

Date of Visit: April 21, 2024

AJ McCurdy

Corp. Co F 62 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Jan 22 1833   May 26 1926

Robert J Huggins

Serg

SC Infantry (maybe Company H, 26th South Carolina Infantry)

Confederate States Army

1834   1908

William H Sheid

Pvt Co A Turney's Tenn Infantry

Confederate States Army

Dec 23 1840   Sep 20 1904

Thomas H Martin

Serg Co D 10 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Aug 22 1838    Apr 17 1909

William J Martin

Pvt  Co G 10 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army 

Dec 18 1844    Sept 17 1862

In Crook Cemetery there is a tombstone that was likely erected by the parents or family of William J. Martin. 

The inscription:

In Memory of 

William J. Martin

Son of Irvin and Annie Martin

Born Dec 18, 1844

A Confederate Solider Who Died

In the Battle of Sharpsburg, MD

Sept 17, 1862 and Sleeps In 

Unknown Northern Grave.

William J. Martin was an 18 year old student in Alexandria who enlisted on March 1, 1862 as a member of Company D "The Alexandria Rifles" of the 10th Alabama Infantry regiment.  At the Battle of Sharpsburg or Antietam the 10th Alabama was in Wilcox's Brigade of R.H. Anderson's Division. The 10th was thrown into battle along the Sunken Road where they lost half their strength. This is where William was likely killed. 

• "Tenth Alabama Infantry," Gem of the Hills Historian (website), accessed April 26, 2024. https://www.gemofthehillshistorian.com/about-4-2
• "William J. Martin (1844-1862)" Antietam on the Web (website), accessed April 26, 2024. https://antietam.aotw.org/officers.php?officer_id=20723
• "Antietam Battlefield Historical Tablet No. 386: Anderson's Division, Longstreet's Command (5 AM 17 September to 1 PM 17 September), Antietam on the Web (website), accessed April 26, 2024.
• 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) Montomery, Alabama: Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48178920/william_j-martin: accessed April 26, 2024), memorial page for William J Martin (18 Dec 1844–17 Sep 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 48178920, citing Crook Cemetery, Ohatchee, Calhoun County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Richard Finch (contributor 47087379).

Seale United Methodist Church

Location:

Courthouse Street

Seale, Russell County, Alabama

N 32° 17.931   W085° 09.967

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2268877

Date of Visit: July 13, 2013

NOTE: The Confederate soldiers in the graveyard at Seale United Methodist Church were marked by the local James Canty Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.  Most of these marks are engraved in the following fashion: 

Name (initials and last name)

Erected BY

Jas. Cantey Chapter

No 548 U.D.C.

J.H. Bickerstaff

James Henry Bickerstaff was a Lieutenant in Company I, 34th Alabama Infantry. His father William, Jefferson Bickerstaff, commanded Company I until killed at the Battle of Stone River. In 1864 in Atlanta Lieutenant Bickerstaff received a severe arm wound that resulted in amputation of the arm. In December he was retired from the army. 

Robert Humber Bickerstaff was a brother of James who died of measles in Virginia in 1861. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for J.H. Bickerstaff, 34th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54000948/james-henry-bickerstaff: accessed 24 August 2022), memorial page for James Henry Bickerstaff (17 May 1844–18 Mar 1906), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54000948, citing Seale United Methodist Church Cemetery, Seale, Russell County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by J Lowery (contributor 47089151).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98775117/william-jefferson-bickerstaff: accessed 24 August 2022), memorial page for Capt William Jefferson Bickerstaff (1819–Dec 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 98775117, ; Maintained by BHC (contributor 46852820)Burial Details Unknown, who reports a Burial place unknown.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232667147/robert-humber-bickerstaff: accessed 24 August 2022), memorial page for Pvt Robert Humber Bickerstaff (1841–30 Jun 1861), Find a Grave Memorial ID 232667147, ; Maintained by Dig Up (contributor 47525629)Lost at War.

J.M. Brannon

John Manson Brannon enlisted in Company E of the 39th Alabama Infrantry in Opelika in May of 1862. In November he was home sic. In 1863 he was still at home sick and he resigned in April of 1863. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry J.H. Brannon, 39thAlabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54041145/john-manson-brannon: accessed 24 August 2022), memorial page for COL John Manson Brannon (1 Feb 1833–20 Apr 1904), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54041145, citing Seale United Methodist Church Cemetery, Seale, Russell County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Lloyd Paul Brannon, II (contributor 47672485).

J.W. Boykin

James William Boykin was a member of Company I, 34th Alabama Infantry.  He was captured at Nashville in 1864 and sent to Camp Douglass, Illinois.

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for James W. Boykin, 34th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

W.A. Bellamy

William Alexander Bellamy enlisted in as a private in Captain Waddell’s Company of Light Artillery in February of 1862. This unit was eventually designated as the 20th Battalion Alabama Light Artillery. At Vicksburg he was paroled with the sick and wounded at General Hospital No. 2 He was appointed 5th Sergeant in 1863 and was still serving in August of 1864 when he received clothing.   

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for W.A. Bellamy, 20th Battalion Alabama Light Artillery, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Capt S.S. Brinson

S.S. Brinson was a corporal and sergeant in Company G of the 7th Alabama Cavalry. Captain could be a local militia rank or an honorary title. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for S.S. Brinson, 7th Alabama Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 25, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

J.S. Burch

John Samuel Burch joined Captain Bickerstaff’s Company of Volunteers as a 2nd Lieutenant on April 21, 1862. This company became Company I of the 34th Alabama Infantry. In February of 1863 Burch took command of the company after Captain Bickerstaff was killed at Stone River. During the Atlanta Campaign of 1864 Captain Burch was wounded in battle. This would plague him for the remainder of his life and lead him to apply for and receive a disability pension. 

• Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for John S. Burch, 34th Alabama Infantry. 

• 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

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for J.S. Burch, 34th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 30, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

E.H. Glenn

Eugene Herndon Glenn joined Company C ‘Carter’s Guards” of the 45th Alabama Infantry in June of 1862 at Auburn, Alabama.. He served as sergeant major and regimental adjutant at surrender in North Carolina. 

• Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921 [database on-line]. 
• 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

P.A. Green

Peter Alexander Greene was a member of Co G, 31st Georgia Infantry. He was wounded several times during the war and was also a prisoner of war. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57892629/peter-alexander-greene: accessed 24 August 2022), memorial page for Peter Alexander Greene (8 Aug 1838–23 Nov 1902), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57892629, citing Seale United Methodist Church Cemetery, Seale, Russell County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Jim Nelson (contributor 47275092).

W. H. Holland

William H. Holland enlisted in Company E of the 39th Alabama infantry in Opelika, Alabama on April 18, 1862. He was discharged for disability. On February 1, 1863 he enlisted in Virginia in Captain’s Hardaway’s Battery of Light Alabama Artillery. In October he was wounded at Bristow Station. He was paroled at Appomattox Court House in 1865. 

• Ancestry.com Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line].. Entry for William H. Holland 39th Alabama Infantry, retrieved from Ancestry.com, August 30, 2022 2021,  (http://www.ancestry.com)

• Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for W.H. Holland

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William H. Holland, 39th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

H.B. Perry

Hartwell Bass Perry enlisted in Emory’s Battery of Waddell’s Battalion in Columbus, Georgia in 1864. He surrendered in Columbus in 1865. 

• Ancestry.com Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Entry for Hartwell B. Perry, Emory’s Battery, retrieved from Ancestry.com, September 18, 2021,  (http://www.ancestry.com)

T.W. Perry

Thomas Watkins Perry elicited in Company E of the 39th Alabama infantry in 1862. IN December of 1863 he was appointed 2nd Lieutenant of the company.  He was wounded in battle near Lovejoy Station on June 22, 1864. Near the end of the war he was captured on the Flint River bridge. 

• Ancestry.com Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Entry for Thomas W. Perry, 39th Alabama Infantry, retrieved from Ancestry.com, September 18, 2022,  (http://www.ancestry.com).
• Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for Thomas W. Perry, 39th Alabama Infantry.
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Thomas W. Perry, 39th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, September 18, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

S.H. Pitts

Samuel Hardy Pitts mustered into service in 1862 in Company I of the 34th Alabama Infantry. He was captured during the fall of 1862 and was exchanged in Chattanooga in January of 1863. He was admitted to the Floyd House-Ocmulgee Hospital in Macon on November 28, 1863. His wife stated that he was wounded in the head and thigh in July of 1864 during the Battle of Atlanta. 

• Ancestry.com Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Entry for Samuel Pitts, 34th Alabama Infantry, retrieved from Ancestry.com, September 18, 2022,  (http://www.ancestry.com).
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Samuel Pitts, 34th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, September 18, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

W.B. Prather

In 1864 William Butler Prather enlisted as a private in Scott’s Company, Reserve Corps in Bastrop, Louisiana. He was paroled in Monroe, Louisiana on May 26, 1865 and returned home to Alabama. 

• Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for W.B. Prather, Scott’s Company, Reserve Corps. 

W.D. Tadlock

William David Tadlock enlisted in the Company G of the 62nd Alabama Infantry in 1862. He states that he was discharged by parole. 

• Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for William David Tadlock, 62nd Alabama

J.J. Ware

Judson J. Ware was a member of Co I of the 34th Alabama Infantry. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Judson Ware, 34th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

The following men are buried the stone provided by the James Canty Chapter of the UDC, however military records could not be found. 

W.T. Anderson

G. W. Fuller

W.J. Henry

C. McDewitt

J.W.W. Smith

J.W. Smith

R.A. Strong

T. Tucker

Valley Head Cemetery

Location:

State Highway 117

DeKalb County, Alabama

34.57690, -85.62170

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 1862069

Date of Visit: April 13, 2013

EP Nicholson

Corp Co F 1 Ark Mtd Rifles

Confederate States Army

1839    1909

Aaron Center Dean

Co C  62 Ala Regt

Confederate States Army

1835   1915

Lieut

Hugh David Wilson

Co I

12 Ky Cav

CSA

1844  1917

Zachary T Davenport

Pvt Co A Davenport’s 

Ala Cal

Confederate States Army

1845    1922

Davenport’s obituary is posted on his Find a Grave memorial:

"Z. T. Davenport was born near Valley Head, Ala., November 17, 1845, and died January 6, 1922. Early in 1863 he enlisted in the service of his country and was a member of Company A, 1st Alabama Battalion Cavalry, in which he served faithfully to the end of the struggle. He was in the battle of Selma, Ala., under General Forrest, which was fought after the surrender at Appomattox.

"He was married to Miss Amanda Alman, December 14,, 1871. To this union were born two children, a son and daughter. The daughter, Mrs. Jesse Barnard, is still living.

"In 1883 Comrade Davenport joined the M. E. Church, South. He and the writer because attached to each other when small boys and had been lifelong friends. He was a man of veracity, industry, economy -- true to his family, true to his Church, and true to his country. He was always cheerful and spread sunshine wherever he went. He was a member of Camp Estes No. 1659, U. C. V., was a regular in his attendance, and was always the life of the occasion. For several months prior to his death he was a great sufferer, but he bore it all patiently and died peacefully and triumphantly.

He leaves a daughter, two grandsons, several brothers, and a host of friends to mourn his loss.

"Clothed in his Confederate uniform, he was laid to rest in the Valley Head Cemetery, there to await the resurrection morn."

Obituary by J. M. Price, Adjutant Camp Estes No. 1659, Fort Payne, Ala., published in The Confederate Veteran Magazine, Vol. 30, 1922.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58418111/zachary-taylor-davenport: accessed 24 July 2022), memorial page for Zachary Taylor Davenport (17 Nov 1845–6 Jan 1922), Find a Grave Memorial ID 58418111, citing Valley Head Cemetery, Valley Head, DeKalb County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by sassytazzy (contributor 46808807).

David Dean

Co A

1st Ala Cav

CSA

Dean’s application for government tombstone is labeled in red ink with “Capt Davenport’s 1st Ala Cav Bn”. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15568771/david-dean: accessed 24 July 2022), memorial page for David Dean (26 Jun 1836–2 Dec 1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15568771, citing Valley Head Cemetery, Valley Head, DeKalb County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Evening Blues (contributor 46587085).

Pvt John G Whited

Co H

21 Ga Inf

CSA

1825

1862

Whited entered service in DeKalb County in Marcy of 1862. He died in June of diseases of disease in Stanardsville, Virginia. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John Whited, 21st Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, July 24, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• Georgia State Division of Confederate Pensions and Records, and Lillian Henderson. Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865. Vol. 2(Hapeville, Ga.: Longina & Porter, 1959), 918. Retrieved July 24, 2022 from http://babel.hathitrust.org/.

Kenard-Mathis Cemetery

Location:
Alabama Highway 25
Bibb County, Alabama
N 32° 54.341   W087° 15.403
Find A Grave # 24246

Date of Visit: July 13, 2019

John H Palmer
Co A
62 Ala Inf

Thomas LeGrone
Co F
3 Ala Cav
CSA

Luther Cemetery

Location:

Highway 68

DeKalb County, Alabama

N 34° 16.185              W086° 03.281

Date of Visit: October 5, 2011

Robert D Garvin

Pvt Lee Btry Al Lt Arty

Confederate States Army

May 17 1834   Jan 5 1896

Adolphus H Glenn

Pvt  Co H  62 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Jan 8 1845   Jul 22 1899

Liberty Cemetery

Location:

US 411

St. Clair County, Alabama

Lat       33.692413

Long    -86.390282

Date of Visit: April 11,  2014

Oliver Hazard P. Venable Sr.

Co D  8 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Dec 23 1827   Aug 26 1913

William F Vandegrift

Born Dec 1 1844

Was Killed at the Battle of Resaca GA

May 15 1864

Member of Co G 32 & 58^th Ala Regt CSA

William’s military record records a wound at Chickamauga in 1863.. There is no record of his death at Resaca.

Source: 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 11,2014 (http://www.fold3.com).

Allen P Mize

Co E 62 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

In Memory of Thomas Ash

Sept 1 1839

May 14, 1862

Buried in Corinth, Miss.

Ash was appointed Second Lieutenant of Company C of the 18th Alabama Infantry on August 31, 1861. His record ends with his death in Corinth on May 14, 1862.

Source: 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 11,2014 (http://www.fold3.com).

West Main Street Cemetery

Location:

West Main Street

Albertville, Marshall County, Alabama

N 34° 16.179   W086° 12.912

Date of Visit: April 23, 2012

Alford L Waddell

Pvt  1 Ga Cav

Confederate States Army

Pvt S.E. Finney

Co A

62 Ala Inf

CSA

Aug 16 1847

Aug 4 1906

Pvt

W.A Darnell

Co H

27 Ga Inf CSA

Pvt

Hugh P Berry

Newman’s

Home Guard

CSA

1847

1905

William Marion Bollinger

Pvt Co F  3 Batt SC Inf

Confederate States Army

May 1838    Aug 15 1896

F.T. Stephenson

Co A  24 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

In Memory of

Serg

James Cicero

Miller

Co K

9 Ala Vol Inf

CSA

Feb 25 1833

Jun 27 1862

Enlisted May 19, 1861 in Guntersville, Alabama. Killed June 27, 1862 at the Battle of Gaines Mill in Virginia.

Source:

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 February 11, 2014 (http://www.fold3.com).

Walker’s Chapel UMC

Location:

Walkers Chapel Road

Fultondale, Jefferson County, Alabama

N 33° 36.319              W086° 49.060

Date of Visits: October 7, 2013

MB Parvin

Co E

Stewart’s Bn

CSA

Robert Garner Hamlett Sr

Born Eutaw, ALA. 1835

Died B’ham, ALA. 1906

Member Co. B  11^th Ala Reg

Wilcox Brig Army of Northern Va

Corp

James C Howell

Co G

3 Ga Cav

CSA

Pvt

Samuel Burford

Co D

62 Ala Inf

CSA

1847    1916