Showing posts with label 8th Mississippi Inf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 8th Mississippi Inf. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Puckett- Scott Cemetery (Update January 18, 2021


Location:
US Highway 278
Monroe County, Mississippi
No Coordinates

Date of Visit: May 11, 2013

In Memory of John T. Holloway
Born March 26 1825
Died at Okalona
A Volunteer in Confederate Service
August 14, 1862




John enlisted in Company C of Moore’s Regiment of Mississippi Volunteers on April 1, 1862 in Aberdeen. This regiment became the 43rd Mississippi Infantry and John was elected 3rd Lieutenant of Company C, Whitfield Guards commanded by John W. Vesay. He died in hospital in Okolona, Mississippi, August 14, 1862. There is no record of cause of death.  He was married to Mary W. Holloway of Athens in Monroe County.   

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of MIssissippi. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John T. Holloway, 43rd Mississippi Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 17, 2020 (http://www.fold3.com).

The following was found at Mississippi Confederate Grave Registry (http://mscgr.homestead.com/) on January 29, 2013. However, I found not other record of John T. Holloway serving in the 8th Mississippi. 
 
Holloway, John T.                        

 Pvt; Co. F, 8th MS Inf                              
 Enlisted:        Jul 27, 1861                 Chickasaw County, MS                     
 Born:  Mar 26, 1825    
 Died:  Aug 14, 1862
 Died in Service:  Aug 14, 1862             
 Buried Puckett Cemetery  , Monroe County, Mississippi.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Henson Springs Cemetery

Henson Springs Cemetery
Location:
River Road
Lamar County, Alabama
N 34° 00.781 W088° 03.892

Date of Visit: April 6, 2010

John T. Harmon
Co A
8 Miss Inf
CSA3 1910

James H. Real
Co B
26 Ala Inf
CSA

Theo Scott Collier
Pvt Co. H 6 Regt Miss Cav
Confederate States Army
Jul 6 1849 Aug

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