Location:
Alabama Highway 227/Duck Springs Road
Etowah County, Alabama
N 34° 11.888 W085° 57.343
Date of Visit: December 11, 2011
Daniel Fur
Pvt
Co E Ala Cav Res
Confederate States Army
1817 1879
Walter D. Furr
Pvt Co G 6 Ga Calvary
Confederate States Army
July 9 1845 May
9 1916
SO Reeves
Serg. Co I 9 Regt 7
Ala Cav
Confederate States Army
Apr 17 1830 May 22
1906
On August 30, 1862 Reeves
enlisted in Captain Lea’s Company of Thomas’ Battalion of Calvary which became
Company I of the 7th Alabama Calvary. The 7th was
reorganized as Malones 9th Alabama Calvary.
- Compiled
Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from
the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives,
Entry for S.O. Reeves, Malones 9th Alabama Calvary, Retrieved
from at 3-Fold February 17, 2020 (http://www.fold3.com).
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies:
Alabama. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2007.
MP Waldrop
Pvt Co G 49 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Nov 4 1844 Mar 2
1911
Martin D Waldrop
Pvt Co K 3 Conf Cav
Confederate States Army
Nov 4 1844 Dec 6
1882
Thomas F. Smith
Ord Serg Co G. 49 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Jun 2 1833 Dec 17
1867
John F Sizemore
Lieut
Co F
9 Regt 7 Ala Cav
Oct 10 1827 Oct 20
1875
On September 21, 1862 Sizemore
enlisted in as 3rd Lieutenant in Captain Davenport’s Company of Thomas’ Battalion of Calvary which
became Company F of the 7th Alabama Calvary. The 7th was
reorganized as Malones 9th Alabama Calvary. He resigned by
recommendation of Colonel Malone in lieu of facing a Board of Examiners for incompetence.
- Compiled
Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from
the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives,
entry for John F. Sizemore, Malones 9th Alabama Calvary, Retrieved
from at 3-Fold February 17, 2020 (http://www.fold3.com).
Jasper Waldrop
Pvt Co G. 49 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Jun 24 1839 Mar 11
1901
Rev Alfred W Mintz
Pvt Co A
Cobbs Legion Ga Cav
1844 1915
CSA
Pvt Elisha T. Bristow
Co B
48 Ala Inf
CSA
1818
1863
Elisha Bristow was the son of
the noted Methodist preacher Warrick Brister who settled in Blout County,
Alabama in the early 1800’s. He contracted pneumonia and died at the American
Hotel Hospital in Staunton, Virginia on November 21, 1862.
- Compiled
Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from
the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives,
entry for E.T. Bristow, 48th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from
at 3-Fold February 17, 2020 (http://www.fold3.com).
- West, Anson. A History of Methodism in Alabama. Nashville,
Tennessee, Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1893.
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/26434/.
Edwards Brothers
Francis Marion Edwards
Co E
12 Ala Inf
1840 1862
Serg
Charles P Edwards
Co C
24 Bn Ala Cav
1839
1862
Their Confederate headstones
set at right angles to the tombstone of John and Arnette Edwards. Census records indicate that Francis Marion
Edwards and Charles Pickney Edwards were sons of John and Nettie Edwards.
Francis enlisted in Richmond,
Virginia on July 20, 1861. In September he was admitted to a General Hospital
in Culpeper Court House, Virginia. He died in Richmond in 1862.
There is no record of a
Pickney Edwards in the 24th Battalion of Alabama Cavalry. A Charles
B. Edwards enlisted in Company C in 1863 and was absent without leave in 1864.
A Sargent Pickney Edwards enlisted Janurary13, 1862 in Captain Edwards Company
that became Company G 49th Alabama Infantry. This sergeant Edwards
died of unknown reason February 25, 1862.
I believe the headstones are cenotaphs.
- 1850 U.S. Census, Alabama, DeKalb County, Population Schedule,
Enumeration District : Division 25, p.366B, dwelling 560, family 560, John
Edwards: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed 16 Feb
2020); image 69, NARA Roll M432_5
- 1860 U.S. Census, DeKalb County, Alabama, Population Schedule,
Census Place: Division 2, Post Office: Lebanon, p.133, dwelling 296, family
303, John Edwards: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed 17
Feb 2020), NARA Roll M653_9, Family
History Library Film: 803009.
- Compiled
Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from
the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives,
Entry for Francis Marion Edwards, 12 Ala Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 17, 2020
(http://www.fold3.com).
- Compiled
Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from
the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives,
Entry for Charles Edwards, 24th Alabama Calvary Battalion, Retrieved
from at 3-Fold February 17, 2020 (http://www.fold3.com).
- Compiled
Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from
the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives,
Entry for Pinkney Edwards, 49th Alabama Infrantry, Retrieved
from at 3-Fold February 17, 2020 (http://www.fold3.com)
Dalrymple Brothers
Pvt
John D Dalrymple
Co G
49 Ala Inf
CSA
1932
1862
Pvt. Berry H. Dalrymple
Co G
49 Ala Inf
1831
1862
Pvt
Leuda Dalrymple
Co G
49 Ala Inf
CSA
1838
1862
Berry H. and John Drayton
Edwards were two sons of Henry Hitt and Hannah Dalrymple. Henry was dead by the
time of war, but Hannah lived to see her sons go off to war and not return. John
and Berry markers are side by side in the cemetery.
John and Berry enlisted in Captain
Jeptha Edwards Dekalb County Company that became Company G of the 49th
Alabama. Berry enlisted on February 10, 1862 and it is thought that his brother
followed suit. March was a time of
sickness and both brothers contracted measles and died. Berry died on March 24
and John died on March 23rd or 24th. A Captain Beason
reported that their personal affects were sent to their wives – Nancy, the wife
of Berry and Elizabeth, the wife of John.
Leuda Dalrymple is also buried
at Bristow Cemetery. He is identified as a brother of John and Berry in an
unsourced family tree at Ancestry. He does not appear in census records
for this family or in DeKalb County, Alabama. Louda enlisted in Captain Jeptha
Edwards company of volunteers on January 13, 1862. This company became Company
G of the 49th Alabama. was killed at Shiloh on April 7, 1862.
Captain Beeson stated that the body and personal effects fell into the hands of
the enemy. A wife, Maranda, applied for any due pay in 1862.
- Compiled
Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from
the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives,
Entry for John D. Dalrymple, 49th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 17, 2020
(http://www.fold3.com).
- Compiled
Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from
the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives,
Entry for Berry H. Dalrymple, 49th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 17, 2020
(http://www.fold3.com).
- Compiled
Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from
the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives,
Entry for Leuda Dalrymple, 49th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 17, 2020
(http://www.fold3.com).
- 1850 U.S. Census, Alabama, DeKalb
County, Population Schedule, Enumeration District : Division 25, p.359A,
dwelling 452, family 452, Henry Dalrymple: digital images, Ancestry
(http://ancestry.com:accessed 16 Feb 2020); image 74, NARA Roll M432_5.
Coats Brothers
Pvt
Terrell Jehu Coats
Co I
10 Ala Inf
CSA
1835
1864
Corp
William S Coats
Co I
10 Ala Inf
CSA
1830
1864
Pvt John S Coats
Co I
10 Ala Inf
CSA
1837
1862
Serg
James A Coats
Co G
49 Ala Inf
CSA
1939
4-1-1862
Shiloh
In Bristow Cemetery there are
Confederate headstones for John S. Coats, James A. Coats, Terrel J. Coats, and
William S. Coats. The headstones for John, Terrel, and William are side by side
suggesting some relationship. I do not have a picture of James’ headstone. A
Find a Grave memorial for James was added in 2013. The headstone pictured in
his memorial appears to be which leads me to believe that it was added since my
visit in 2011. It is clear from census
records that James, John, and Terrell Coats are sons of Jehu and Mary Coats. I cannot
find any records linking William to the family.
Terell enlisted March 1,
1862. He was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital Number 1 in Richmond on August 30,
1862. This illness resulted in a 35 day furlough. He would eventually return to
duty. In May of 1863 he was in the Pratt Hospital in Lynchburg, Virginia. He was able to return to duty again, however
he would get sick one more time. He was admitted to Howards Grove Hospital in
Richmond on June 13 with rubeola and typhoid fever and died June 20, 1864.
William enlisted in
Montgomery on June 4, 1861. He was in Chimborazo Hospital Number 3 for illness
in May of 1862. In the summer of 1864, he was reported missing since May 12,
1864 and presumed dead. In May the 10th Alabama was involved in the
battles around Spotsylvania Court House and was in action on 12th of
May.
John enlisted June 4, 1861.
He was admitted to the Chimborazo Hospital Number 3 May 17 sick with pneumonia.
He died June 15, 1862.
James enlisted January 13,
1862 in Captain Edwards Dekalb County company. James was killed at Shiloh on
April 6, 1862.
- Compiled
Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from
the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives,
entry for James A Coats, 49th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from
at 3-Fold February 17, 2020 (http://www.fold3.com).
- Compiled
Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from
the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives,
entry for William S. Coats, 10th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at
3-Fold February 17, 2020 (http://www.fold3.com).
- Compiled
Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from
the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives,
entry for Terrel Jehu Coats, 10th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at
3-Fold February 17, 2020 (http://www.fold3.com).
- Compiled
Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from
the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives,
entry for John S. Coats, 10th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold
February 17, 2020 (http://www.fold3.com).
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com :
accessed 18 February 2020), memorial page for Sgt James A Coats
(1839–1 Apr 1862), Find A Grave Memorial no. 102958049,
citing Bristow Cemetery, Duck Springs, Etowah County, Alabama, USA ;
Maintained by Maria Gilliland (Headstone Hunter) (contributor 47958320) .
- 1850 U.S. Census, Alabama, DeKalb County, Population Schedule,
Enumeration District : Division 25, p.351A, dwelling 345, family 345, Jehu
Coats: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed 16 Feb 2020); image 58, NARA Roll M432_5.
- 1860 U.S. Census, DeKalb County, Alabama, Population Schedule,
Census Place: Division 3, Post Office: Duck Springs, p.133, dwelling 19, family
19, Mary Coates: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed 17
Feb 2020), NARA Roll M653_9, Family
History Library Film: 803009.
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies:
Alabama. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2007.
