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).

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