Monday, October 7, 2019

Anthony Collins Cemetery


Location:
Stevens Road
Collinsville, DeKalb County, Alabama
N 34° 16.813     W085° 52.101
Find a Grave: 21261

Date of Visit: December 11, 2011

Sgt
Andrew L. Cline
Co F
46 Va Cav
Confederate States Army





Mt. Vernon Cemetery (DeKalb County Alabama)



Location:
Intersection of DeKalb County 83 and 176
DeKalb County, Alabama
N 34° 17.504     W085° 47.360

Date of Visit: December 11, 2011

William Bradley Berry
Pvt Co A 8th Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Jan 5 1827.    Dec 28 1880

John M. Jackson
Pvt Co C Merkinson’s BN
Ga Calvary
Confederate States Army
1846.   1927

Zadock Clanton
Pvt 5 SC State Troops
Confederate States Army
1822.    July 4 1893

William H Jones
Pvt Co G 1 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Mar 16 1840     Jan 30 1912


M.B. Pruitt
Hunt’s Btry
McIntosh’s L. Arty
Confederate States Army

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Rueben Harrison Nations


Rueben Harrison Nations
Co. I
12 La Inf
CSA
Age 62




           
Rueben was born in Murray County, Georgia on Jun 10, 1842. He died in Whitfield County, Georgia on April 16 1903. He is buried in Swamp Creek Cemetery Carbondale, Whitfield County, Georgia (Blogged 9/12/2010).

He enlisted at Camp Moore, Louisiana on August 13, 1861. His military records indicate service until 1864. He was severely wounded by a shell during the Battle of Decatur on October 20, 1864. The wounds resulted in both legs being amputated between the knee and hip.


Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Louisiana. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold September 25, 2019 (http://www.fold3.com)


Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 September 2019), memorial page for Reuben Harrison Nations (10 Jun 1842–16 Apr 1903), Find A Grave Memorial no. 31069755, citing Swamp Creek Cemetery, Carbondale, Whitfield County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Becky (contributor 46794867) .



Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Zebulon United Methodist Church Cemetery


Location:
US Highway 19
Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia
N 33° 05.896     W084° 20.453
Find A Grave: 37905

Date of Visit: November 27, 2011

Zachriah T. Beckham
Co G
1 Ga Res
CSA

Burrell Banks
Co G
1 Ga Reserves
CSA

J.H. Beckham
Co A
13 Ga Inf
CSA

Sgt
O.K. Pierce
Co H
44 Ga Inf
CSA

Joseph W. Ford
Co H 53 Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Feb 22 1832         Oct 24, 1911

Cpl
Stephen A Beckham
Co G
1 Fannin’s Ga Res
CSA
1847
1864

  • Corporeal Beckham was a six foot stall eventeen year old that enlisted in May 1864 in Atlanta. Fannin's 1st Georgia Reserve was sent to Camp Sumter the prisoner of war camp in Andersonville, Georgia.  Beckham died at Camp Sumter on June 14, 1864.  - 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 September 24, 2019. (http://www.fold3.com)















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