Pratt City Fraternal Cemetery

Find A Grave Survey

Location:

Sheridan Road

Pratt City, Jefferson  County, Alabama

33.54250 -86.88610

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 22882

Date Completion of Survey: December 1, 2022

Protocol for conducting a Find A Grave Survey:

1. There must be evidence of Confederate service in a picture on the memorial page (VA tombstone, inscription on a non-military tombstone, Confederate flag, Southern Cross of Honor).
2. Confederate soldiers are automatically recorded if they are marked with a VA tombstone.
3. Service of those marked with a Confederate flag or Southern Cross of Honor is are recorded if their service records can be established. 
4. Soldiers whose service is described in their Find a Grave memorial are recorded if the information given can be corroborated. 

This is a survey of Fraternal Cemetery in Pratt City using the Find A Grave memorial page for the cemetery. The cemetery page contains 2950 memorials and 55 % have been photographed. 

Description of Cemetery: At the beginning of the 20th century, the Greenwood Cemetery, formerly known as the Sam Foley Cemetery, adjoined the Pratt Mines Cemetery which was also called the United Mine Workers Cemetery. The combined cemeteries are now known as the Fraternal Cemetery, which is owned by the Fraternal Order of Pratt City. The newer section, originally called the Pratt Mines Cemetery, includes about 13 acres. The older section, known as the Greenwood Cemetery, covers about 1.5 acres and includes about 200 graves on the southwest corner of the lot. The Greenwood Cemetery is in the thick woods to the left of the main entrance. These cemeteries include the graves of English, Scottish, and German immigrants who worked in the Pratt coal mines and other early 20th century industrial operations in this area. (Find A Grave)

2nd Lieut

James S. Atkins

Co H

21 Ga Inf

CSA

Perry Jordan Powell

Jun 4 1841

Jul 8, 1908

Perry served in Company K of the 33rd Alabama Infantry.

• Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA. Census or Enumeration of Confederate Soldiers Residing in Alabama, 1907-1908. Alabama Department of Archives & History, Montgomery, Alabama. Entry for Perry Jordan Powell.. 

James Martin Poe

Dec. 25, 1845

Sept. 19, 1897

Father

James served in Company I of the 49th Alabama Infantry.

• Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for J.M. Poe, 49th Alabama  Infantry, retrieved from Ancestry.com, February 27, 20231,  (http://www.ancestry.com)

Samuel Coleman “Lum” Perkins

October 10, 1839

March 2, 1906

Lum Perkins served in Company C of the 21st Alabama Infantry. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47849071/samuel-columbus_%22lum%22-perkins: accessed 26 February 2023), memorial page for Samuel Columbus "Lum" Perkins (10 Oct 1839–2 Mar 1906), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47849071, citing Fraternal Cemetery, Pratt City, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Debbie McPherson (contributor 48520572).

Nathaniel W. Howell

June 18, 1844

Feb. 1, 1824

Nathaniel Wiggins Howell was a member of Company K, 13th Georgia Infantry.

• Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for N.W. Howell, 13^th Georgia  Infantry, retrieved from Ancestry.com, February 26, 20231,  (http://www.ancestry.com)

John Outlaw

John is buried new an Outlaw Family tombstone. He served in Company G, 64th Georgia Infantry. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191686926/john-outlaw: accessed 26 February 2023), memorial page for John Outlaw (12 Nov 1827–12 Feb 1909), Find a Grave Memorial ID 191686926, citing Fraternal Cemetery, Pratt City, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Outlaw Genealogy (contributor 49413134).

Lorenzon Monroe Lacey

June 7, 1841

July 27, 1930 

From a Birmingham News obituary posted on Find A Graver memorial page::

“…enlisted in the Confederate Army at Seale, Ala., in Company F, Sixth Alabama Regiment, under Capt. Baker and Col. Seibels. He participated in the Battles of the Pines, Seven Days and Bull Run and was taken prisoner July 4, 1863, was confined in Fort Delaware and paroled March, 1865.”

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79796178/lorenzo-monroe-lacey: accessed 26 February 2023), memorial page for Lorenzo Monroe Lacey (7 Jun 1841–27 Jul 1930), Find a Grave Memorial ID 79796178, citing Fraternal Cemetery, Pratt City, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Rachel Dobson (contributor 47613669).

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church

Location:

US Highway 280

Sumter County, Georgia

32.0169700  -84.1391200

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 36324

Date of Visit: March 4, 2022

James E. Richards

Co B

11 Bn Ga Arty

CSA

Feb 15 1825

Aug 29 1926

Geo W Kenmore

Taylor’s Co

11 Ga Mil

CSA

Sgt

John L Griffin

Co H

64 Ga Inf

CSA

Born July 4 1845

Died

Jan 28 1915

Thomas

Jefferson

Bowden

Sgt

10 Tenn Cav

Confederate 

States Army

Nov 12 1844

Sep 21 1923

William Tomlinson

10 Bn

Ga Inf

CSA

1835   1904

Son of Jared &

Grandson of 

Aaron

Revolutionary

Officer

Aaron Tomlinson, an officer under Greene, is buried in Jefferson County, Georgia. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23535512/aaron-tomlinson : accessed 08 May 2022), memorial page for Aaron Tomlinson (1748–12 Apr 1828), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23535512, citing Revolutionary War Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Terry Bowers (contributor 46910265) .

Andersonville Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Church Street

Andersonville, Sumter County, Georgia

32.194606 -24.142131

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2328962

Date of Visit: March 4, 2022

Wilkerson M Clark

Pvt  4 Ga Inf

CSA

October 18 1898

2d LT

John R. Williams

Co C

10 Bn

Ga Inf

CSA

Aug 25 1842

May 2 1921

James Feagin

Co H

64 Ga Inf

CSA

George P Suber

Co K

9 Ga Inf

CSA

George enlisted in Company K, the Americus Volunteer Rifles,  in Americus, on September 3, 1861. He was wounded in the ankle and captured at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863. 

At Gettysburg the 9th Georgia was Hood’s Division, Anderson’s Brigade along with 7th, 8th, and 11th Georgia Infantry regiments. It was heavily engaged the woods south of the Wheatfield afternoon of the second day of battle when Longstreet attacked the Union left. 

The regiment had a total of 189 causalities in the afternoon fight.  Captain Hillyer reported that 31 men were missing in his report after the battle. 

Super’s name appears on a roll of POW’s at Hammond General Hospital at Point Lookout, Maryland in October of 1863. He was paroled March 6, 1864 and transferred to J.E. Mulford, Assistant Agent for Exchange along with over 800 officers and enlisted men. On March 12 he was in the Jackson Hospital in Richmond, Virginia and received a 60 day furlough. In August he was admitted to the Ocmulgee Hospital in Macon and it was noted that his wounded still required care. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for George P. Suber, 9th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, April 6, 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. 27, Part 2, 399, Report of Captain George Hillyer, July 8, 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. 27, Part 2, 283, Organization of Army of Northern Virginia. 
• Edwin Coddington, The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command, (NewYork: Charles Scribner’s Son, 1968): 402-403. 

Joel W English

11 Ga Arty

CSA

Enlisted in the Sumter Flying Artillery Battery on July 6, 1861, as a private at age 17. On May 23, 1862, the SFA became Battery A of the battalion. Was on leave of indulgence from the end of February to middle of March 1864. Last roll (Jan-Feb 1865) shows him present with the battery. Appears on a list of prisoners paroled by the 10th Michigan Cavalry at Newton, North Carolina on April 19, 1865 – Find A Grave Memorial ID13377502.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13377502/joel-wenel-english : accessed 06 April 2022), memorial page for Joel Wenel English (6 Jan 1845–17 Sep 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13377502, citing Andersonville Baptist Cemetery, Andersonville, Sumter County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by C. T. Lewis (contributor 46817020) .

Allen-Lee Memorial Church

Location:

Highway 54

Lone Oak, Meriwether County, Georgia

N 33° 10.521              W084° 52.032

Date of Visit: October 16, 2011

Historical Marker: Old Prospect Methodist Church  (099-07)

Note: The Culpepper Brothers at this cemetery are well documented at the Culpepper Family Tree at Culpepper Family Tree, http://www.culpepperconnections.com/ss/p32435.htm

Wesley Sewell

Pvt  Co E  64 Ga Regt

Confederate States Army

Feb 20 1864

No military records can be found for Sewell. On Ancestry he is said to have died February 20, 1864. The family tree does not cite a source for this event.

·      Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold November 18, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)

·      Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, Vol. 6, State Division of Confederate Pensions and Records. Retrieved November 17, 2017 from http://babel.hathitrust.org/.

·      Avant, Sewell, Hines, Young Family Tree, acestry.com, accessed November 18, 2017

John R. Sewell

Pvt Co B 2 Ga Vol Inf

Confederate States Army

June 2 1864

John R. Sewell enlisted at Grantville in Coweta County, Georgia on July 12, 1861. He was wounded at Garnett’s Farm or Malvern Hill in 1862. He spent time in General Hospital #13 in Richmond, Virginia. He returned to duty on September 2, 1862.  Sick again in May he was in Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond for several days with debility (weakness or feebleness). He listed as killed in action casualty in Bennings Brigade on June 20, 1864. This would be during the siege of Petersburg. His date of death given on his tombstone would match up with the Battle of Cold Harbor

·      Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold December 9, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)

William J Culpepper

Serg  Co C  17 Texas Cav

Confederate States Army

Dec 23 1837  April 4 1864

William Jefferson Culpepper military record is for service in Company F of the 17^th Texas Calvary. He was killed in the Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana He was killed in a cavalry charge.  In an earlier charge he was knocked down by a ball to the chest that was stopped by his Bible. He is thought to be buried on the battlefield.

·      Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold November 18, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)

·      Culpepper Family Tree, http://www.culpepperconnections.com/ss/p32435.htm

John W Culpepper

Georgia

Pvt Co D  8 Regt Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

July 8, 1835    August 16 1864

John Wesley Culpepper enlisted in Meriwether County Georgia on May 18, 1861. He was elected 2^nd Lieutenant of Company D on January 126, 1862. His records suggest that at some point he was commanding the company with his Lieutenant rank. He was killed at the Battle of  Mill in Henrico County, Virginian on August 16, 1864. He died in the arms of his brother Simeon. Simeon buried him near the battlefield.

·      Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold November 18, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)

·      Culpepper Family Treee, http://www.culpepperconnections.com/ss/p32435.htm

Simeon F Culpepper

Georgia

Sgt  Co D  8 Regt Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Oct 11 1842    June 22 1929

Thomas Joel Culpepper

Pvt 2 Ga State GDS

Confederate States Army

Jun 5 1847    Sep 20 1920

Noah Smith Culpepper

Georgia

Captain Co G  7 Regt Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

May 17 1840   Apr 25 1929

Cash Willingham Jr.

Pvt Co K   55 Ga Regt

Confederate States Army

Sep 1 1843    June 28 1862

William Parker Sewell

Pvt Co K 55 Regt Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

August 21, 1841   Oct 19, 1918

Henry A White

Co K

55 Ga INf

CSA

Jacob Albright

Co B

2 Ga Inf

CSA

William Morgan Fling

Georgia

Sgt Co E 1 Regt Ga Res

Confederate States Army

March 4 1847  Sept 2 1906

John M Powerledge

Co D 8 Ga Regt

Confederate States Army

1843      1867

Thomas Joel Culpepper

Pvt 2 Ga State GDS

Confederate States Army

Jun 5 1847    Sep 20 1920

Noah Smith Culpepper

Georgia

Captain Co G  7 Regt Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

May 17 1840   Apr 25 1929

James D Culpepper

Georgia

Pvt Co B  1 Regt Ga Cav

Confederate States Army

March 26 1834    Nov 1 1903

JJ Hunt

Co H

4 Ga Cav

CSA

Samuel D Ellis

Georgia

Pvt Co B  1 Regt Ga Cav

Confederate States Army

March 16 1834   March 8 1893

JS Willingham

Georgia

Pvt Co B  1 Regt Cav

Confederate States Army

Feb 13 1845    Dec 15 1932

Elko Cemetery

Location:

4^th Street

Elko, Houston County, Georgia

Lat            34.644501

Long              -84.389847

Date of Visit: June 25, 2014

Green Fitzgerald

Pvy Co H 45 Ga Infantry

Confederate States Army

Apr 10 1830  Jan 19 1899

JR Gaines

Pvt Co E  27 Bn Ga Inf

Confederate States army

1828    1897

Benjamin Redding

Pvt Co C  11 Ga Arty

Confederate States Army

1844  1912

Charles D Dennard

Pvt Co B  14 Ga Infantry

Confederate States army

Mar 17 1841   Jun 12 1914

Thomas R Redding

Pvt  Co H  64 Ga Infantry

Confederate States Army

Sep 11 8145   Aug 6 1912

Pvt

Thomas D.A. Phillips

Co C

12 Ga Inf

CSA

Jan 9 1835

Apr 12 1885

James J Smith

Pvt Co H 12 Ga Infantry

Apr 23 1846   May 18 1924

George F Clark

Pvt  Co C

28 BN Ga Siege Arty

Nov 16 1836    Aug 18  1908