Showing posts with label Jeff Davis Legion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jeff Davis Legion. Show all posts

Sunday, October 30, 2022

Giles-Nevelle Cemetery

Location:
State Highway 16
Scooba, Kemper County, Mississippi
32.831731 -88.879783
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 59489

Date of Visit: July 12, 2019

Sgt Major
William A Perrin
Co C
Jeff Davis Legion
CSA


Sunday, May 9, 2010

Brewersville Cemetery

I visited this cemetery back in the early 1980’s when I was trying to locate the graves of CSA soldiers in back roads of west Alabama. I would naturally record the standard CSA markers and those tombstones that identified the man as a Confederate soldier. I would also record the name and vitals of the men born between 1810 and 1848. I would then search for these men in company rosters, regimental accounts, and other sources.

I have chosen to preserve the original formatting that I used in the 1980’s. Unfortunately, I did not record complete dates of birth and death, so the vital information is somewhat lacking. In the case of unit designations determined by research I have included footnotes of the sources.

The cemetery locations are as I originally described them. I will also use coordinates from the GNIS database when I feel comfortable that it applies. I do not have pictures as this was also the pre-digital age.

Cemetery Location:
T18N R1W Sec 21
Near Christian Valley Church
Highway 28
Sumter County, Alabama
N 32° 31.058 W088° 05.735

Pvt. Joseph Graham 1840-1919 Co. K 40th Ala Inf
Col. Ezekial Slocum Gully 1831-1896 40th Ala Inf
Lt. John Robert Larkin 1841-1926 Co. I 38th Ala Inf
W. Dick Torry 1826-1893 Co. D Jeff Davis Legion
J. W. Blakeney 1847-1910 2nd Ala Cav
1st Lt. Abram Larkin Co. K 40th Ala Inf
Dr. B.B. Seale 1839-1909 Co. F 40th Ala Inf
21st Ala Inf

Dr. Jno. McK. Henson 1830-1894 Hospital Dept., AT[1]
Issac W. Horn 1825-1913 State Reserve[2]


[1] Roster of 1889 Reunion of Confederate Soldiers of Sumter County, Alabama
[2] Roster of 1889 Reunion of Confederate Soldiers of Sumter County, Alabama
Sumterville Cemetery

I visited this cemetery back in the early 1980’s when I was trying to locate the graves of CSA soldiers in back roads of west Alabama. I would naturally record the standard CSA markers and those tombstones that identified the man as a Confederate soldier. I would also record the name and vitals of the men born between 1810 and 1848. I would then search for these men in company rosters, regimental accounts, and other sources.

I have chosen to preserve the original formatting that I used in the 1980’s. Unfortunately, I did not record complete dates of birth and death, so the vital information is somewhat lacking. In the case of unit designations determined by research I have included footnotes of the sources.

The cemetery locations are as I originally described them. I will also use coordinates from the GNIS database when I feel comfortable that it applies. I do not have pictures as this was also the pre-digital age.

Cemetery Location:
Near Sumterville Baptist Church, T20N R3W Sec 13
Garfield Road
Sumter County, Alabama
N 32° 42.567 W088° 14.500

William Henry Brown 1839 - 1913 Co. D Jeff Davis Legion
George W. McDaniel 1837 - 1865 Co. D Jeff Davis Legion
Dr. J.M. Godfrey 1832 – 1890 Co. D Jeff Davis Legion

Lt. J. T. Jackson Co. D Jeff Davis Legion[1]

Lt. J. T. Jackson Tombstone Inscription: Son of Jacinth and Prudence Jackson. Born in Barber Co., Ala. Feb. 9, 1839, was wounded at Resaca, Ga on the 15th May 1864 while bravely discharging his duty as a soldier and died at Atlanta, Ga. June 1st same year.

[1] List Names of CSA Solider from Sumter County, Alabama Inscribed Monument on Grounds of Sumter County Courthouse, Livingston, Alabama.

A Note to Visitors