Aurora Cemetery

Location:

Lawson Gap Road

Aurora, Etowah County, Alabama

34.116535   -86.190254

Find A Grave Cemetery ID:1976894

Date of Visit: March 12, 2014

Memorial/Epitaph

Brothers Together

Again With Family

                                                                                                        James W. 

Humphrey

1836-24 Jan 1863

Pvt Co D 34 Ga Inf

John Humphrey

1838 - 3 Oct 1864

Co K 21 Ga Vol Inf

David Crockett

Humphrey

1841 - 7 Oct 1862

Co K 21 Ga Vol Inf

Andrew Jackson 

Humphrey

1844 - 14 Dec 1865

Co K 21 Ga Vol Inf

Co F 1 Reg US Vol

The memorial is to four brothers. These men were the children of David and Martha Humphrey. In 1860 John, David, and Andrew were living with their parents in Chattooga County, Georgia. James, the oldest son, was living near Alpine Georgia across the state line in Cherokee County, Alabama. When war came brothers enlisted the Confederate Army. None would make it back home. 

James enlisted in Company D of the 34th Georgia Infantry in 1862. This company raised was in Chattanooga County. James died June 24, 1863 in a hospital in Strawberry Plains, Tennessee. Surgeon Green reported that James died of chronic diarrhea with 62 dollars, a knife and a comb in his pockets. It is believed that he is buried at Strawberry Plains in an unmarked grave. Soldiers that died in hospitals were buried in the Strawberry Plains Cemetery and were later moved to the Confederate Cemetery in Knoxville. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for James W. Humphrey, 34th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 9, 2025,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89889797/james_w-humphrey: accessed August 9, 2025), memorial page for James W Humphrey (1836–24 Jan 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 89889797, citing Aurora Cemetery, Aurora, Etowah County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by: Find a Grave.
• "Jefferson County in the Civil War," Jefferson County, Tennessee Genealogy& History, The U.S. Genweb Project, https://jefferson.tngenealogy.net/about-jefferson-county/44-history/491-jefferson-county-in-the-civil-war

John enlisted in Company K of the 21st Georgia Infantry in Summerville, Georgia in March of 1862.  John was furloughed home in the spring of 1863. Returning to Virginia he was admitted to a hospital at Camp Winder in Richmond in June of 1863.  He remained in the hospital until at least October. John died in Christian's Factory hospital in Lynchburg on March 20, 1864.  This was one 40 tobacco warehouses in this town that were converted to hospitals during the war.  Its is thought that John was buried near the hospital. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John Humphrey, 21st Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 12, 2025,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89889905/john-humphrey: accessed August 12, 2025), memorial page for John Humphrey (1838–3 Oct 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 89889905, citing Aurora Cemetery, Aurora, Etowah County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by: Find a Grave.
• "Confederate Hospitals in Lynchburg," Old City Cemetery Museums and Arboretum, https://www.gravegarden.org/confederate-hospitals-in-lynchburg

David Crockett Humphrey's was the first brother to enlist. He joined Company K of the 21st Georgia in June of 1861. The musters in the winter of 1861 found David sick at various places. In February of 1862 he was back home in Summerville on sick leave. He returned to Virginia only to contract phthisis pulmonalis (tuberculosis) and died in General Hospital #2 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He was buried in the Confederate Cemetery in town.  Later his body was sent home and buried at Alpine Church in Mentone. In 2015 his grave was marked with a metal funeral home marker. I did not find this marker in 2022. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for David Crockett Humphrey, 21st Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 12, 2025,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125393763/david_crockett-humphrey: accessed August 12, 2025), memorial page for David Crockett Humphrey (1839–10 Jul 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 125393763, citing Alpine Community Church Cemetery, Menlo, Chattooga County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Larry A. McCoy (contributor 47342488).
• Georgia. State Division of Confederate Pensions and Records, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, compiled by Lillian Henderson (Hapeville, GA: Longino & Porter, 1959-1964), 2: 931.

Andrew Jackson Humphries joined his brothers in Company K of the 21st Georgia 1861. In July of 1863 on the retreat from Gettysburg he was captured in Williamsport, Virginia. On July 12 he arrived at Fort Delaware as prisoner of war.  On February 22, 1864 was released from prison and volunteered for service in the 1st Regiment of U.S. Volunteers.  This regiment was composed of Confederate prisoner This regiment was sent west to campaign against the Sioux on the Dakota Frontier. On a march in Kansas from Fort Leavenworth to  Fort Fletcher in November of 1865 Andrew deserted. There is no other record of him.  The cenotaph has a date of death as December 14, 1865. This date is the date of death for Andrew Jackson Humphrey buried in Grave #2490 in Section 5 of the Fort Smith Arkansas National Cemetery. This Andrew Jackson Humphrey was from Missouri. So, I do not know what happened to Andrew from Chattooga County. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Andrew Jackson Humphrey, 21st Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 12, 2025,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• Compiled Service Records of Former Confederate Soldiers who Served in the 1st Through 6th U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments, 1864-1866, 1861-1865 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/45/us-civil-war-service-records-cmsr-union-former-confederate-csa-1861-1865 : accessed Sep 1, 2025), entry for A.J. Humphreys, 1st U.S. Volunteers.
• U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Maryland: Point Lookout, Military Prison, v.. 374-375: Civilian passes, enlistment papers, hospital transfers, financial records, 1863-1865. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for A.J. Humphrey, 21st Georgia Infantry, retrieved from Ancestry.com, 1 September 2025.  (http://www.ancestry.com)

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143190247/andrew_james-humphrey: accessed September 1, 2025), memorial page for Pvt Andrew James Humphrey (1833–14 Dec 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 143190247, citing Fort Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by Karen Winters (contributor 48123293).

• Michele T. Butts, "Trading Gray for Blue: Ex-Confederates Hold the Upper Missouri for the Union," Prologue Magazine 37, no.4, 2005. https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2005/winter/galvanized.html

For more on the Galvanized Yankees of the 1st U.S. Volunteers see the Michele Butt's "Trading Gray for Blue: Ex-Confederates Hold the Upper Missouri for the Union," published by the National Archives in 1905. 

Fairview Church Cemetery

Location:

Tabor Road

Etowah  County, Alabama

34.09110 -85.99420

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 1670583

Date of Visit: May 9, 2025

Eli Lankford

Corp Co L 48 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Mar 3 1842    Mar 19 1921

John W Sauls

2nd Serg Co B  48 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Mar 29 1845   Nov 11 1912

Henry M Sauls

Pvt Co G 49 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1840  1862

This is a cenotaph placed by his family. Henry M Sauls is buried in an unknown grave at Vicksburg NMP, per the Park records. They have his death but no location of his burial.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51368778/henry_m-sauls: accessed May 27, 2025), memorial page for Henry M Sauls (1840–28 Jul 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51368778, citing Fairview Cemetery, Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Johnny L. Williams (contributor 47222056).

Pvt Co C   49 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Jun 29 1831   Aug 22 1912

Gabriel M Richards

Co A 

62 Ala Inf

CSA

Gabriel Madison Richards

Put Co A 1 Ala Res

Confederate States Army

May 15 1846  May 12 1925

PB Means

Co C

48 All Inf

CSA

Cecil Devine

Co A

31 Ala Inf

CSA

Aug 18 1932   Feb 2 1898

 

Greenwood Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Little Wills Valley Road

Keener, Etowah County, Alabama

N 34° 10.319   W085° 56.596

FAG: 23141

Date of Visit: October 15, 2013

Near the edge of the cemetery there are military markers for five soldiers: Robert F. Tabor, William Bethel Tabor, James Richard Crump, Wesley A. Keener, and Reuben Hammett. These are cenotaphs for men buried in northern Alabama and Virginia. War was hard for families of the Duck Springs area of DeKalb County.  These men and their families were kin and neighbors. 

Pvt

Reuben Hamett

Co G

49 Ala Inf

CSA

1824

1862

Pvt 

Wesley A Keener

Co G 

49 Ala Inf

CSA

1843

1862

Pvt

Robert F Tabor

Co I 

10 Ala Inf

CSA

1843

1862

Pvt 

William Bethel Tabor

Co I 

10 Ala Inf

CSA

1840

1861

Pvt

James Richard Crump

Co I 

10 Ala Inf

CSA

1841

1863

Wesley Keener enlisted in Captain J. Edward’s Company February 10, 1862. He was the son of Lavinia Hamitt who was married to Reuben Hamett. Wesley’s father-in-laww Rueben joined the same company on February 25, 1862.  Reuben’s brother Jesse Hamett was already a member of Captain Edwards company when Reuben and Wesley enlisted. 

In June of 1862, T.L. Battles and John Thomas signed affidavits attesting to Wesley and Reuban Hamitt joining Company G of the 31st Alabama.  According a card in Jesse’s records Captain Edward’s the 49th Regiment of Alabama Infantry, was successively designated as the 53rd (Hale’s) Alabama Infantry, 31st Regiment (Edward’s) and finally the 49th Alabama.

Wesley and Reuben both died in the hospital in Huntsville, Alabama. Reuben died on March 10, 1862 and Wesley died March 13, 1862. 

Jesse’s Hamett’s wife Emma signed an affidavit on May 16, 1862 stating that Jesse died of pneumonia in route home on March 10, 1862. His burial place is not known however,  there is a recent Confederate military marker at Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville. There are there are 187 unknown Confederate soldiers buried in this cemetery. My thoughts are that Wesley and Reuban are likely buried here also. 

On Wesley’s Find A Grave memorial page Charlie Hammett explains that these three men died of measles that was rampant in the camps in Nashville. The 49th was organized in Nashville in January of 1862.

William Bethel Tabor and Robert F. Tabor were sons of John Francis Tabor and Agnes Crump. Bethel enlisted in Company I of the 10th Alabama in Montgomery on June 4, 1861. Shortly afterwards the regiment was sent to Virginia where it was brigaded under General E.K. Smith with the 9th and 11th Alabama and the 19th Mississippi near Manassas and Centerville.  In September Bethel was sick with Febris Typhoides (Typhoid Fever). He died September 5 in Camp near Bristow Station.  His burial spot is not known. 

After his brother died in service of the Confederacy 18 year old Robert F. Tabor enlisted in Company I in the spring of 1862 in Gadsden. After reporting to camp in Virginia he became sick and was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #3 in Richmond. He died on May 8, 1862. John is buried in Sec D, Row 34, Grave 5 in Oakwood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. 

James Crump enlisted in Gadsden by Captain A.A. Hughes on March 1, 1862. In April he was present for the siege of Yorktown. On May 4, 1862 he was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #2 with rubeola (measles). He was transferred supposedly to another hospital in Lynchburg on May 9. In late August he was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital No. 11 in Richmond with Cholera Morbus. On September 16 he was sent to a Huguenot Springs Hospital in Powhatan County, Virginia. He remained healthy until wounded in battle at Salem Church where the regiment lost over a fourth of it’s strength. In June he was admitted to 2nd Alabama Hospital in Richmond and he died June 28, 1863. He is buried in Section A, Row J, Grave 124 of Oakwood Cemetery.

Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1860-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Citing Historical Record Roll data to Jan 1, 1865

, Civil War Soldiers. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.

Brewer, Willis. 1962. Brief Historical Sketches of Military Organizations Raised In Alabama During the Civil War : reproduced from Willis Brewer's Alabama: her history, resources, war record, and public men, from 1540 to 1872 (1872) Montgomery, Alabama: Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission. Google Play https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=QogshH4pd50C&pg=GBS.PP4.

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Reuben Hamett, 49th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 16, 2021,  (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 Wesley A. Keener, 49th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 16, 2021,  (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 Jesse Hammet,  49th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 16, 2021,  (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 B. Tabor, 10th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 16, 2021,  (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 Robert F. Tabor, 10th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 16, 2021,  (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 James R. Crump, 10th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 16, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61656180/jesse-m-hammett : accessed 16 December 2021), memorial page for Pvt Jesse M Hammett (1821–10 Mar 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 61656180, citing Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Nancy E. Collins (contributor 47113696) .
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23397061/wesley-a-keener : accessed 16 December 2021), memorial page for Pvt Wesley A. Keener (1843–1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23397061, citing Greenwood Baptist Church Cemetery, Keener, Etowah County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by . (contributor 46544255) .
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9926274/robert-f-tabor : accessed 16 December 2021), memorial page for PVT Robert F. Tabor (1843–7 Jun 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9926274, citing Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Scott Hutchison (contributor 46635174) .
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37887615/william-bethel-tabor : accessed 16 December 2021), memorial page for Pvt William Bethel Tabor (1840–1861), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37887615, citing Greenwood Baptist Church Cemetery, Keener, Etowah County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by ausomeair (contributor 46934731) .
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37887586/robert-f-tabor : accessed 16 December 2021), memorial page for Pvt Robert F Tabor (1843–1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37887586, citing Greenwood Baptist Church Cemetery, Keener, Etowah County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by ausomeair (contributor 46934731) .
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9740328/james-r-crump : accessed 16 December 2021), memorial page for Pvt James R. Crump (1840–28 Jun 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9740328, citing Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Scott Hutchison (contributor 46635174) .
• 1860 U.S. Census, DeKalb County, Alabama, Population Schedule, Census Place: District 3, Post Office: Duck Springs, p.224, dwelling 234, family 200, Memory Crump: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed 16 December 2021),  NARA Roll M653_9, Family History Library Film: 803009.
• 1860 U.S. Census, DeKalb County, Alabama, Population Schedule, Census Place: District 3, Post Office: Duck Springs, p.224, dwelling 233, family 199, John Tabor: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed 16 December 2021),  NARA Roll M653_9, Family History Library Film: 803009.
• 1860 U.S. Census, DeKalb County, Alabama, Population Schedule, Census Place: District 3, Post Office: Duck Springs, p.205, dwelling 103, family 90, Reuben Hammet: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed 16 December 2021),  NARA Roll M653_9, Family History Library Film: 803009.
• 1860 U.S. Census, DeKalb County, Alabama, Population Schedule, Census Place: District 3, Post Office: Duck Springs, p.205, dwelling 104, family 91, William Edwards: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed 16 December 2021),  NARA Roll M653_9, Family History Library Film: 803009.

Pvt

Noah Alverson

Co D

58 Ala Inf

CSA

1845

1925

John D Alverson

Pvt Co I 18 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1835    1925

John B. Rogers

Pvt Co I 9 Regt 7 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Dec 10 1845      Feb 3 1892

John Bell Rogers enlisted I. Captain A. Lea’s Company in Thomason’s Battalion of Alabama Calvary on August 30, 1862 in Head Springs, Alabama. In April of 1863 Thomason Battalion was consolidated with Malone Battalion of Calvary to form the 7th Alabama Calvary and the company became Company I of the regiment. Subsequently the 7th became the 9th Alabama Calvary (Malones).  Thus the reason for the “Co. I 9 Regiment 7 Ala Cav” inscription. 

In Chattanooga on November 27, 1862 Rogers was furloughed sick for 40 days. Sometime in early December of 1863 John B. Rogers crossed over to Union lines at Nashville, took the oath of allegiances at the military prison in Louisville, Kentucky. He was sent north of the Ohio River. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John B. Rogers, 9th  Alabama Calvary (Malones), Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 16, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

AS Hairsten

Co G

44 Ga Inf

CSA

BC Campbell

Pvt Co K 3 Conf Cav

Confederate States Army

Nov 20 1843   Sep 15 1905

Thomas B Knight

Co F

35 Ga Inf

CSA

Mar 25 1839

Oct 2 1918

Francis M Taylor

Pvt. Co I 

3 Conf Cav

Confederate States Army

Aug 24 1844      Oct 25 1918

Jacob Seaborn Keener

Pvt Co G 49 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

May 31 1842     Mar 18 1908

David Washington Keener

Pvt. Co I 

3 Conf Cav

Confederate States Army

Oct 20 1825      Nov 2 1910

James P  Keener

Pvt Co I   3 Conf Cav

Confederate States Army

Dec 10 1844    Sep 24 1907

Pvt 

Gabriel Hill

Co B 11Ala Inf

CSA

1836      1899

Pvt

James M Patrick

Co I

10 Ala Inf

CSA

1841       1888

Pvt James F. Bullard

Co I

10 Ala Inf

CSA

1843

1863

Private Bullard enlisted in Captain Abner Hughes' DeKalb County company in Gadsden on March 14, 1862 at age 19. He was present from the siege on Yorktown to the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 2, 1863. He was killed in battle at the Battle of Salem Church near Fredericksburg on May 3, 1863.  The regiment lost 120 killed or wounded of 400 men taken into battle. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for James F.W. Bullard, 10th Alabama Infantry and 19th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 16, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1860-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Citing Historical Record Roll data to Jan 1, 1865 Civil War Soldiers. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.
• Brewer, Willis. 1962. Brief Historical Sketches of Military Organizations Raised In Alabama During the Civil War : reproduced from Willis Brewer's Alabama: her history, resources, war record, and public men, from 1540 to 1872 (1872) Montgomery, Alabama: Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission. Kindle Book

Bristow Cemetery

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 7^th Alabama Calvary. The 7^th was reorganized as Malones 9^th 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 9^th 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 3^rd Lieutenant  in Captain Davenport’s  Company of Thomas’ Battalion of Calvary which became Company F of the 7^th Alabama Calvary. The 7^th was reorganized as Malones 9^th 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 9^th 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, 48^th 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 24^th 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 49^th 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, 24^th 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, 49^th 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 49^th 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 23^rd or 24^th. 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 49^th 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, 49^th 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, 49^th 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, 49^th 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 10^th Alabama was involved in the battles around Spotsylvania Court House and was in action on 12^th 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, 49^th 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.