Jackson County Confederate Veteran Graves
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Chesley Arnold - Joshua Pinckney Bevis -
William Bevis - John Gabriel Edwards
Rev. Isaac J. Etheridge - Francis Marion Grant
- Henry W. Grubb - John W. O'Neal
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, 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]
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 Apr 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]
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]
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 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]
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]
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]
Is also listed as being buried at Bascom Baptist Church Cemetery.
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