Showing posts with label Marion County Alabama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marion County Alabama. Show all posts

Monday, November 20, 2023

Friendship North Cemetery


Location:

County Road 15

Marion County, Alabama

34.05901° N 88.18925° 

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 22921


Date of Visit: November 2, 2023



Corp

A.P. Gilliand

Reed’s Regiment

CSA


H.S. McKenzie

Co. I 

1 Regt Ga Res

CSA

July 8 1845

April 12, 1936

Sunday, February 19, 2023

Ireland Free Will Baptist Church


Location:

County Road143

Marion County, Alabama

N 34° 09.345   W087° 49.041

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 23634


Date of Visit: November 5, 2022



John B Barnett

Pvt Co D 17 Ala Infantry

Confederate States Army

Nov 29 1826     Feb 10 1927

Saturday, December 10, 2022

Lower Cemetery (Middle Cemetery)

Location:
State Highway 253
Hackleburg, Marion County, Alabama
N 34° 15.851   W087° 49.642
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 24099

Date of Visit: November 5, 2022


James R. Yielding
Pvt Co C   29 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Mar 23 1832       Jun 17 1922

William R. Whitehead
1822 1900

Served in Company B of the 5th Alabama Cavalry.

  • Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for W.R. Whitehead, 5th Alabama Calvary and 19th Alabama Infantry, retrieved from Ancestry.com, October 3, 2021,  (http://www.ancestry.com)


Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:
State Highway 172
Marion County, Alabama
N 34° 18.350   W087° 54.599
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 24700

Date of Visit: November 5, 2022


Henry Caldwell
Pvt Co L   2 SC Rifles
Confederate States Army
1816    1911

Lindsey Cemetery

Location:
County Road 53
Marion County, Alabama
N 34° 18.127   W087° 51.904
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 24024

Date of Visit: November 5, 2022


Winston Dilmus Stidham II
Co B.  5 Ala Cav
Confederate States Army
Jul 2 1838     Apr 8 1912


Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Guin City Cemetery

Location:
11th Avenue
Guin, Marion County, Alabama
33.965218 -87.909691
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 23174

Date of Visit: March 14, 2015


James A McCowan
Co A. 1 Ala Cav
Confederate States Army
Feb 18 1842     Dec 26 1899


Dr. Jeremiah Guin
Company I
43 Ala Infantry

Dr. Guin was the man for whom the town of Guin was named after he gave the railroad the right of way through his land, and negotiated a train stop there. He was a county physician, farmer, and business owner. Dr. Guin does not have a government issued marker. Information about this man is inscribed in a series of three panels in a brick monument. 

  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6656240/jeremiah-m-guin : accessed 05 July 2022), memorial page for Dr Jeremiah M. Guin Sr. (13 Nov 1831–20 Jan 1890), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6656240, citing Guin City Cemetery, Guin, Marion County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Janie Spencer (contributor 46546614) .


Sunday, May 29, 2022

New Hope Baptist Church

Location:
State Road 129
Marion County, Alabama
N 34° 11.471   W087° 40.196
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 24935

Date of Visit: August 26, 2012

John Green
Capt Co L
9 (Malone’s) Ala Cavalry
Confederate States Army
Apr 1827   Oct 8 1902

Friday, May 27, 2022

Thornhill Church of Christ Cemetery


Location:
County Road 19
Marion County, Alabama
N 34° 29.344   W087° 17.781
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 26671

Date of Visit: August 26, 2012

Larkin J Craft
Co B
40 Ga Inf
CSA



Thursday, September 2, 2021

New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:
County Road 61 (New Hope Cemetery Road)
Winfield, Marion County, Alabama
N33. 58.844  W087 49.241

FAG: 24936

Date of Visit: July 31, 2021

Newman C. Williams has a non military headstone with the following inscription in this cemetery. : 

N.C. Williams
Born Aug 15 1836
Died Mar 5 1915
CG Vol 1861-1865

It is believed that this is NC Williams on ann 1862 muster roll of Company A, 5th Alabama Cavalry. He enlisted in Moulton with a horse worth 210 dollars. 


  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Newman C. Williams, 5th Alabama Calvary, retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 2, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51925195/newman-c-williams : accessed 02 September 2021), memorial page for Newman C. Williams (15 Aug 1836–5 Mar 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51925195, citing New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, Winfield, Marion County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by rebekahpaw (contributor 47146422) .



Saturday, August 7, 2021

Zion Missionary Baptist Cemetery

Location:
Alabama Highway 253
Winfield, Marion County, Alabama
33.9500008 -87.8324966

FAG: 27237

Date of Visit: July 31, 2021

Pvt
Jasper C. Markham
Co A 5 Ala Cav
CSA
Sept 24, 1844
Jul 22 1924

Abraham Alviane Shirey
Pvt Co A 
5 Ala Cav
Confederate States Army
Aug 5 1834    Apr 18 1914

Thomas J Berryhill
Co 5 Ala Cav
Confederate States Army
Jan 27 1840     Dec 24 1928


Liberty Cemetery

Location:
County Road 72
Marion County, Alabama
N 33° 57.696   W087° 43.338

FAG: 23974

Date of Visit: July 31, 2021

James F. Harbin
Aug 30, 1836
Sept 26, 1903

James T. Hardin has a non-military headstone. His grave was marked with a Confederate flag on July 31, 2021. 

His wife Margaret E. Harbin applied for a military pension in 1904. She stated that he served in Company D of the 14th Regiment on the pension application. This is Company D of the 14th Georgia Infantry Regiment. James and Margaret moved from Cherokee County, Georgia to Marion County between 1870 and 1880. 

James enlisted in Company D in Calhoun, Georgia on August 27, 1862. In January of 1863 a medical examining board in Lynchburg, Virginia declared James incapable of performing the duties of a soldier due to a double inguinal hernia. They stated that he had been unfit for duty sixty days out of the past two months. 


  • Ancestry.com. Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Citing Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, Alabama; Confederate Pension Applications, 1880-1940; Collection #: Microfilm in the Research Room; Roll Description: Hannah, A. H. - Hardwick, Wm. Henry
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for James F. Harbin, 14th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 7, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
  • 1870 U.S. Census, Cherokee County, Georgia population schedule, Bells, 817th District, p. 181 (stamped), dwelling 228, family 228, James Harbin, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: 7 August 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 143.
  • 1880 U.S. Census, population schedule, Monroe County, Mississippi, Beat #10, ED 244, p.287 (stamped), family 3; dwelling 3, James F. Harbin; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 7 August 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 23.





Thomas J. Beasley
1937 -1920

Thomas J. Beasley has a non-military headstone. His grave was marked with a Confederate flag on July 31, 2021. 

In 1913 the State of Alabama Pension Bureau notified Thomas that he did not appear on any rolls of the 4th Alabama Calvary. In 1914 E.F. Tucker signed an affidavit stating that Thomas Beasley was a member of Company K of the 4th Alabama Calvary for two years. In 1915 and 1916 Thomas received U.S. Confederate pension payments. 

  • Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Confederate Pension and Service Records, 1862-1947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.  Original data: Alabama Confederate Pension Applications and Service Records, 1865-1940. Montgomery, Alabama: Alabama Department of Archives and History. 
  • Ancestry.com. Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Citing Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, Alabama; Confederate Pension Applications, 1880-1940; Collection #: Microfilm in the Research Room; Roll Description: Beasley, F.B. – Bell, F.M.

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Cedar Tree Cemetery

Location:
Cedar Tree Street
Hackleburg, Marion County, Alabama
N 34° 16.685   W087° 49.465
FAG: 22039

Date of Visit: December 10, 2017


Sgt S.A.C. Walker
Co E
5 Ala Cav
1828 – 1919

Samuel Addison Gardner Walker, who was deaf, was killed on the main street of Hackleburg.  Mr. Quillen, a local store owner, backed over Walker with his automobile.

  • Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/42612318/samuel_addison-gardner-walker : accessed 14 July 2021), memorial page for Samuel Addison Gardner Walker (22 Jan 1828–2 Aug 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42612318, citing Cedar Tree Cemetery, Hackleburg, Marion County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by RiverMiss (contributor 49181046) .



Pvt
Jesse G Wood
Co K 
15 Ala Cav
CSA
July 1837
Aug 1902


Henry T. Gann
Pvt Co G 30 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Jan 7 1839
Feb 8 1908

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Nesmith Cemetery

Location:
Crump Road
Guin, Marion County, Alabama
33.971756   – 87 928642
Find-A-Grave: #24869

Original Visit: February 23, 2014


Martin Nesmith
Co B  22Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Aug 13 1843         Mar 15 1884

Sunday, February 23, 2020

Captain A.J. Hamilton Memorial Cemetery/ Hamilton City Cemetery


Location:
2nd Street Northwest
Hamilton, Marion County, Alabama
N 34° 08.622     W087° 59.399
Find a Grave Cemetery: 23223

Date of Visit: September 17, 2017


Thomas W Carpenter
Pvt Co K  42 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Apr 23 1932.  Feb 8 1889

Archibald M Mosley
Co G
16 Ala Inf
CSA


K.E.F. McKenzie
1839-1921

K.E.F McKenzie, Civil War, Veteran Lee’s
 Second Army of Tennessee, Co. K 16 Ala.  Hardees Corps,
Clayburn’s Division, Lowery’s Brigade, 1861-1865


His name was Kenneth Felix Ebenezer McKenzie.

  • Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 February 2020), memorial page for Kenneth Felix Ebenezer McKenzie (27 Jul 1839–2 Jun 1921), Find A Grave Memorial no. 24707814, citing Hamilton City Cemetery, Hamilton, Marion County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by 4losthistory (contributor 46983562) .


Capt.
A.J. Hamilton
December 7, 1838.  Jan 9, 1901

Inscription:

Born and Reared in
Marion Co. Ala. Enlisted
in Company G 16th Ala
Infantry in 1861. Four
months later assisted in
organizing Co. F 5th Miss
Cavalry and elected 3rd
Lieut. And wounded at
Thompson’s Station while leading his Co. Later he
raised a Co in Marion
County, Ala. Of which he
was made Capt which
 became Co F 7 Ala Reg.
This Co he led until the
close of war. Paroled at
Decatur returned to
Marion Co. Ala and
settled for life.


Thursday, January 30, 2020

Rudicell Cemetery


Location:
County Road 19
Marion County, Alabama
N 34° 07.044     W088° 07.663
Find a Grave: 25933

Date of Visit: December 24, 2011

Marquis L Crane
Pvt Co H  30 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Jan 28 1834      Nov 5 1904


George Washington Karr
Pvt Co A 10 Conf Cav
Confederate States Army
1849    1913

W.J. Mills
Co B
26 Ala inf
CSA
Mar 20 1842      Sept 3 1917


Monday, January 20, 2020

Smyrna United Methodist Church Cemetery


Location:
Alabama State Highway 19
Barnesville, Marion County, Alabama
N 34° 08.486     W088° 05.885
Find a Grave: 26357

Date of Visit: December 24, 2011

Benjamin F Todd
Co G
6 Ala Cav
CSA
1824   1907

Pvt
Jesse H Hanson
Co B 26 Ala Inf
CSA
Jun 6 1841
Sep 30 1910

Berry M Cantrell
Pvt Co H 26 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Oct 17 1839.   Mar 27 1925

Elijah Asbury Brown
Pvt K Co
46 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Feb 14 1833     Dec 26 1895

Cary M Goggans
Pvt Co K.   42 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Jan 11 1842    Mar 1 1914

Richard Dupree
Co K
42 Ala Inf
CSA




Thursday, November 14, 2019

Newburg Cemetery


Location:
State Road 19
Marion County, Alabama
N 34° 17.249     W088° 03.600
Find a Grave: 24983

Date of Visit: August 16, 2019

Isham J Loyd
Pvt Co I 42 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Jan 23 1831         Nov 7 1915


James T. Young
Pvt Co B 1 Miss Bn
Confederate States Army
June 10, 1840.  Nov 22 1910




Buttahatchee School Cemetery (Burleson)


Location:
State Road 253
Marion County, Alabama
N 34° 10.150     W087° 49.183
Find a Grave: 21869

Date of Visit: December 20, 2011

Benjamin W. Howell
Pvt Robertson MS Batt Arty
Civil War
Aug 20 1832.   Feb 10 1910

William C. Gregg
Pvt Co E 13 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Oct 13 1841    Jul 31 1912

Elisha D Leon
Co K
5 Ala Inf
CSA

Monday, November 4, 2019

Bethlehem UMC Cemetery


Location:
Highway 19
Marion  County, Alabama
N 33° 13.288     W088° 04.498
Find a Grave: 21555

Date of Visit: August 16, 2019

Isaac A. Ballard
Co K
42 Ala Inf
CSA
1841 - 1912


Winfield City Cemetery


Location:
Cemetery Street
Winfield, Marion  County, Alabama
N 33° 56.181     W087° 48.848
Find a Grave: 27163

Date of Visit: August 16, 2019

Joseph L. McGaha
2nd Lieut    Co. A
5 Ala Calvary
Confederate States Army
Jun 4 1828.     Jan 14 1895


The following were marked with Confederate Flags:
S.W. Moss                  1845 - 1916
W.J. Trull                    1835 – 1908
Nathan Musgrove       1839 – 1921
Henry Price Odum     


A Note to Visitors