Monday, May 27, 2024

New Hope UMC Cemetery

Location:
State Highway 79
New Hope, Washington County, Florida
N 30° 34.5144   W085° 48.4626
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 1994204

Date of Visit: July 21, 2014

William Wilbur Howell
Wagn  Co A 3 Fla Inf
Confederate States Army
1836      1910

John Wesley Miller
Co G
2 Fla Cav
CSA
1825
1885

William Wright
Pvt Co D. 2 Fla Inf
Confederate States Army
1851   1908

Jesse William Hare
Co G. 57 Ala Inf
CSA
1834       1919

E.P. Skipper
Jones Fla H G
CSA


Pvt
Henry T Jones
Co H. 6 Ga Inf
CSA
Jul 4 1838       July 9 1863

Henry Jones enlisted in Company H of the 6th Georgia Infantry  on September 18, 1861. It is reported that he died from disease near Fredericksburg, Virginia on December 28, 1862. 

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Henry Jones, 6th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, May 27, 2024,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Fairview #2 Cemetery

AKA Beulah Cemetery

Location:

State Highway 23

St. Clair County, Alabama

N 33° 46.786   W065° 21.687

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2304977


Date of Visit: January 8, 2017


Pvt

William W. Hill

Co F  29 Ala Inf

CSA

Oct 1834     Sep 11 1906


William M. McBrayer

Co E

62 Ala Inf

CSA


Elisha A Dickert

Co D

8 Ga Inf

CSA


Thursday, May 23, 2024

Goggin Cemetery

Location:

County Road 33

Marion County, Alabama

34° 12.684'N   82° 6.366W

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 23039


Date of Visit: April 19, 2024


Albert T. Goggin

Born 

July 8, 1838

Died

Sept. 3, 1906


Albert enlisted in Company K of the 42nd Alabama Infantry in Aberdeen, Mississippi on May 13, 1862.  After the Battle of Corinth he was reported as missing. He was paroled on October 13 by Union troops in Bolivar, Tennessee. No other records were found.


  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Albert T. Goggan, 42nd Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, May 23, 2024,  (http://www.fold3.com).


Friday, May 17, 2024

Oak Ridge Cemetery

Location:

North Meeting Street

Madison, Madison County, Florida

N 30° 28.43766'  W 83° 24.98382'

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 72366


Date of Visit: June 29, 2014


Confederate Cemetery - in this cemetery there are 31 markers/grave of unknown Confederate soldiers killed at the Battle of Olustee in 1865.















1st Sgt

John Fraser Livingston

Co F. 1 Fla Inf

CSA


Sgt Major

Charles A. Whitlock

Co E

5 Fla Inf


Corp Francis M. Stebbin

Co G

3 Fla Inf

CSA

Apr 7 1841

Feb 7 1886


F Starr Gregory

Co A 2 Ga Res 

CSA


Archibald Livingston

Oct 1836 - Apr 1916

Marked with iron Southern Cross of Honor


He served in Company G of 3rd Florida Infantry. He was captured at Nashville and sent to Camp Chase Ohio.


  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17158721/archibald_a-livingston: accessed May 13, 2024), memorial page for Sgt Archibald A. Livingston (10 Oct 1836–22 Apr 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 17158721, citing Oak Ridge Cemetery, Madison, Madison County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Lauren's Mom (contributor 47547915).


Capt. S.A. Parramore

Born

Jan 21, 1835

Died

Aug.18, 1906


Became sergeant in Company I of the 2nd Florida Calvary. By October of 1862 he had been promoted to 3rd Lieutenant and in 1863 he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant. He surrendered at Baldwin, Florida on May 17, 1965.


  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Florida.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for S.A. Parramore, 2nd Florida Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, May 17, 20241,  (http://www.fold3.com).



To the Memory

Of 

Don Fraser Livingston

Eldest son of 

Major and Margaret Watson Livingston

Born in Abbeville, S.C.

April 25, 1823

An Earnest Faith Baptist

Died March 13, 1865

In Madison, Fl. 


Donald Fraser Livingston was elected 1st Lieutenant of Company F, 1st Florida Infantry. He resigned his commission on August 2, 1861. 


  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Florida.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Donald F. Livingston, 1st Florida Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, May 17, 2024,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Friday, April 26, 2024

Crook Cemetery

Location:

State Highway 144

Calhoun County, Alabama

N 33° 47.016   W085° 55.998

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 22352


Date of Visit: April 21, 2024



AJ McCurdy

Corp. Co F 62 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Jan 22 1833   May 26 1926


Robert J Huggins

Serg

SC Infantry (maybe Company H, 26th South Carolina Infantry)

Confederate States Army

1834   1908


William H Sheid

Pvt Co A Turney's Tenn Infantry

Confederate States Army

Dec 23 1840   Sep 20 1904


Thomas H Martin

Serg Co D 10 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Aug 22 1838    Apr 17 1909



William J Martin

Pvt  Co G 10 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army 

Dec 18 1844    Sept 17 1862


In Crook Cemetery there is a tombstone that was likely erected by the parents or family of William J. Martin. 


The inscription:

In Memory of 

William J. Martin

Son of Irvin and Annie Martin

Born Dec 18, 1844

A Confederate Solider Who Died

In the Battle of Sharpsburg, MD

Sept 17, 1862 and Sleeps In 

Unknown Northern Grave.


William J. Martin was an 18 year old student in Alexandria who enlisted on March 1, 1862 as a member of Company D "The Alexandria Rifles" of the 10th Alabama Infantry regiment.  At the Battle of Sharpsburg or Antietam the 10th Alabama was in Wilcox's Brigade of R.H. Anderson's Division. The 10th was thrown into battle along the Sunken Road where they lost half their strength. This is where William was likely killed. 


  • "Tenth Alabama Infantry," Gem of the Hills Historian (website), accessed April 26, 2024. https://www.gemofthehillshistorian.com/about-4-2
  • "William J. Martin (1844-1862)" Antietam on the Web (website), accessed April 26, 2024. https://antietam.aotw.org/officers.php?officer_id=20723
  • "Antietam Battlefield Historical Tablet No. 386: Anderson's Division, Longstreet's Command (5 AM 17 September to 1 PM 17 September), Antietam on the Web (website), accessed April 26, 2024.
  • 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) Montomery, Alabama: Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48178920/william_j-martin: accessed April 26, 2024), memorial page for William J Martin (18 Dec 1844–17 Sep 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 48178920, citing Crook Cemetery, Ohatchee, Calhoun County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Richard Finch (contributor 47087379).

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Ten Island Cemetery


Location:

State Highway 77

Morrisville, Calhoun County, Alabama

N 33° 48.0094   W086° 02.2252

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 26629


Date of Visit: April 21, 2024


Corp

W. Henry Wolfe

Co B

30 Ala

CSA

1836

1899


James M. South

Co G

56 Ga Inf

CSA


Alfred H Sutley

Pvt Co D

53 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

1828  1904




John W. Putnam

Pvt Co 3 30 Ala Regt

Confederate States Army

Sept 4 1831

Nov 29 1907


The inscription for John's company is in error. He was a member of Company B. 


  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John Putnam, 30th Alabama Infantry, retrieved from at 3-Fold April 24, 2024. (http://www.fold3.com).


Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Providence Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Providence Baptist Church Road

Ila, Madison County, Georgia

N 34° 12.597   W083° 17.1091

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2168674


Date of Visit: October 24, 2017



HP White

Co I

66 Ga Inf

CSA

1819-1885



Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Nectar Cemetery

Location:

State Highway 160

Nectar, Blount County, Alabama

N 33° 57.700   W086° 38.041

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 1969279


Date of Visit: May 19, 2017


John T. Green

Pvt Co H. 66 Ala Inf

Confederate State Army

1833    1911



Zachariah T. Adams

Pvt Co B 68 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1835     1910


Richard H Smith

Corp Co C. 29 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Mar 10 1836     Dec 13 1916


William W Marsh

Pvt Co K  6 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

July 18 1864


William enlisted in Company K in 1863 in Virginia. He was killed July 18, 1864. He was likely killed at the Battle of Cool Springs in Clarke County, Virginia. 

  • 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) Montomery, Alabama: Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission. Kindle
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William Marsh, 6th Alabama Infantr, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, April 3, 2024,  (http://www.fold3.com).

David Doty
Born
Apr 13 1835
Died
Nov 26 1911

David served in Company D of the 8th Texas Calvary. 

  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17492252/david_alphus-doty: accessed April 3, 2024), memorial page for David Alphus “Dave” Doty (13 Apr 1836–26 Nov 1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID 17492252, citing Nectar Cemetery, Nectar, Blount County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Irene Williams (contributor 47358667).

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