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

Saturday, August 26, 2023

Unity Grove Methodist Church Upper Cemetery


Location:

Hap Hammond Road

Palmetto, Pickens County, Alabama

N 33° 28.789 W087° 58.560 

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 268441


Date of Visit: September 9, 2018


Jesse Humphrey Brazeale

Co A 

19 Ala Inf

CSA


Adam A.A. Richardson

Co B

41st Ala Inf

CSA

Feb 6, 1845     

Jun 29 1908


I believe that the next three soldiers were children of Hebert (Herbert) Hawkins and wife Amina. 


Ezekiel Hawkins

Pvt

Co H 5 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1832   1914


In Memory 

of Samuel Hawkins 

Co D

41 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

March 4 1830      Nov 7 1862


Samuel enlisted in 1861 in the Pickens Planters, a local company that mustered into the 41st Alabama Infantry. He died in Murfreesboro on November 9, 1862.th is  Cause of dea is unknown. 

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Samuel Hawkins, 41stAlabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 2, 2023,  (http://www.fold3.com).
  • Rigdon, John C. Historical Sketch & Roster Alabama 41st Infantry Regiment (Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 2015.




Aaron Hawkins

1st Lieut

Co D  41st Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Mar 20 1835   Sept 20, 1863


A member of the original Pickens Grays Aaron Hawkins was elected by his company as there Second Lieutenant on June 2, 1862. He was promoted to First Lieutenant by the end of the month. First Lieutenant Hawkins was killed at Chickamauga. Martin Luther Stancel, Colonel of the 41st Alabama, said that Hawkins fell while bravely leading his men on the works of the enemy. On the morning of September 20 Stancel’s regiment was in the line of battle in Helm’s Brigade of Breckinridge’s Division on Bragg’s right. 


  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Aaron Hawkins, 41th Alabama Infantry, retrieved from at 3-Fold, September 24, 2018,  (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. 30, Part II, 197-207, Report of Major Gen. John C. Breckinridge, October 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. 30, Part II, 207-208, Report of Col. Martin L. Stancel, September 27, 1863. 



Thursday, December 31, 2015

Old Bethany Church Cemetery


Location:
Lower Vienne Road
Pickens County, Alabama
N 33° 02.944  W088° 07.514

Date of Visit: October 17, 2015

James Harper
Fowlers Btry
Lt Arty
CSA

A Note to Visitors