Bascom Methodist Church Cemetery

3 Band Enfield

The biological and military information on the Bascom Methodist Church Cemetery page came from searching the internet.  The majority of the biological information came from the Ancestory.com,  Edenfield Genealogical Society, Compiled Military Records, and from the Florida Confederate Pension Applications found on The State Library and Archives site. Photos from Commander Max Basford.  Contact Historian Ashley Pollette if you have information to add or if you see any mistakes.

Center GPS N30° 55.443' W85°7.089'

Click on photo for large view.
Click on name of veteran to view a short biographical sketch.

Rev. Isaac J. Etheridge

Arnold, Chesley	Bevis, Joshua	Bevis, William	Edwards, John G.	Grant, Frances M.
Has No Headstone	Has No Headstone
Grubb, Henry W.	O'Neal, John W.

BACK TO CEMETERY INDEX AND LIST PAGE

Private Chesley Arnold
Company I, 4th Infantry Regiment

GPS N30° 55.435' W85°7.089'

Chesley Arnold was born 15 Mar 1838 in Herd County, Georgia, and died 13 Mar 1897 in Jackson County, Florida. He married Margaret Bevins on 22 Dec 1865. On 25 Sep 1861, he enlisted in Captain Barnes' Company. This company became Company I, 4th Florida Infantry and Chesley remained with Company I until he was captured at Dallas, Georgia (one record states Dalton, Georgia) on 27 May 1864. He remained at Rock Island, Illinois until the end of the war. Chesley took 'The Oath" on 17 Jun 1865, before being released from prison.  [ANCESTRY.COM - NARA PUB M251 REEL 53 A-Ch. - EGS DATABASE]

RETURN TO LIST OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS BURIED AT BASCOM METHODIST CHURCH

Private Joshua Pinckney Bevis
Company E, 8th Florida Infantry Regiment

GPS N30° 55.428' W85°7.080'

Joshua Pinckney Bevis was born in Lawrence, South Carolina, on 13 Apr 1840. He enlisted in Company E, 8th Florida Infantry Regiment, at Marianna, Florida, on 13 may 1862. He was 22 years old at the time of his enlistment. Joshua was taken prisoner at Fredrick, Maryland on 12 Sep 1862 and was exchanged at Aiken's landing, Virginia, on 10 Nov 1862. He was captured a second time at Farmville, Virginia, while on picket duty by Union cavalry, on 6 April 1865. Joshua was confined at Newport News, Virginia on 8 Apr 1865.  He took "The oath" on 24 June 1865 and was released.  [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION # A11597 - ANCESTRY.COM - NARA PUB M251 REEL 81 A-B. - EGS DATABASE]

RETURN TO LIST OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS BURIED AT BASCOM METHODIST CHURCH

Private William Bevis
Company C, 1st Florida Reserves

GPS N30° 55.432' W85°7.090'

William M. Bevis was born in Henry County, Georgia, on 22 Nov 1842. He enlisted at Marianna, Florida in Company C, 1st Florida Reserves on 2 May 1864, as a private. He was surrendered By General Sam Jones and was paroled at Quincy, Florida, on 20 May 1865. he is listed as taking "The Oath" on 20 May 1865. [ANCESTRY.COM - NARA PUB M251 REEL 31 A - G. - EGS DATABASE]

RETURN TO LIST OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS BURIED AT BASCOM METHODIST CHURCH

Private John Gabriel Edwards
Captain Dunham's Light Artillery

GPS N30° 55.443' W85°7.098'

John Gabriel Edwards was born 11 Dec 1841 in Henry County, Alabama. He enlisted in 1861 at Apalachicola, Florida in Captain A. B. Hamilton's Black Hawk State troops. When this company was disbanded he enlisted in  in Captain Dunham's Light Artillery on 10 Mar 1862. He was surrendered by General Sam Jones and was discharged at Quincy, Florida. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION # A10032 - NARA PUB M251 REEL 20]

RETURN TO LIST OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS BURIED AT BASCOM METHODIST CHURCH

Private Isaac J. Etheridge
21st South Carolina Infantry Regiment

GPS N30° 55.432' W85°7.070'

The Rev. Isaac J. Etheridge was born in Georgetown, South Carolina in 1834. He enlisted as a private in the 21st South Carolina Infantry regiment on 19 Apr 1861 and was surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, on 9 Apr 1865. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION # A11373]

RETURN TO LIST OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS BURIED AT BASCOM METHODIST CHURCH

Private Francis Marion Grant
Company H, 48th Alabama Infantry Regiment

GPS N30° 55.443' W85°7.088'

Francis Marion Grant, son of Benjamin Andrew Grant and Sarah McAnulty, was born in Chester County, South Carolina on 19 Aug 1841. He enlisted at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in Company H, 48th Alabama Infantry Regiment, on 9 May 1862. He was discharged at Jasper, Alabama, on 25 Apr 1865. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION # A06258 - ANCESTRY.COM]

RETURN TO LIST OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS BURIED AT BASCOM METHODIST CHURCH

Private Henry W. Grubb
Company B, Captain Abell's Light Artillery
30 Jan 1848 - 25 Jun 1912

RETURN TO LIST OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS BURIED AT BASCOM METHODIST CHURCH

3rd Sererant John W. O'Neal
Company F, 5th battalion Florida Cavalry
1843 - 1913

RETURN TO LIST OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS BURIED AT BASCOM METHODIST CHURCH

BACK TO CEMETERY HOME PAGE