Comerford - Pelt Cemetery

The biological and military information on the Comerford - Pelt 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 Larry Clere.  Contact Ashley Pollette if you have information to add or if you see any mistakes.

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GPS West Entrance  N30°44.678' W85°8.264'

Comerford, James E.	Comerford, Jim	Comerford John P.	Comerford, Rob. M.

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Private James Earl Comerford
Company E, 6th Florida Infantry

GPS N30°44.655' W85°8.186'

James Earl Comerford, son of John Phillip Comerford and Annis Sims, was born on 22 Jun 1838, in Jackson County and he died in 1906. James enlisted on 1 Feb 1862, in Company E (Captain H. O. Bassett's Company), 6th Florida Infantry Regiment. He also served in the State Militia in late 1861. He was captured at The Battle of Atlanta, Georgia, on 22 July 1864. Records show he was transferred to City Point, Virginia, 4 March 1865, and exchanged. His name appears on a roll of soldiers who were surrendered at Quincy, Florida, 11 May 1865, and paroled at the same place on 22 May 1865. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION A07623 - EDENFIELD DATABASE]

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Private James Comerford
Company G, 2nd Florida Cavalry

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A James Comerford is found in Company G, 2nd Florida Cavalry. This may be Jim Comerford. [NARA Pub M252:Reel 7]

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Private John Phillip (Doc) Comerford
Company G, 2nd Florida Cavalry

N30°44.660' W85°8.177'

John Phillip (Doc) Comerford, Jr., son of John Phillip Comerford and his first wife, was born in South Carolina in 1829, and he died in 1896. was a member of Captain William H. Milton's Cavalry Company. This company became Company G, 2nd Florida Cavalry. [NARA Pub M252:Reel 7 - EDENFIELD DATABASE]

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Private Robert Michael Comerford
Company G, 2nd Florida Cavalry

N30°44.657' W85°8.177'  

Robert Michael Comerford,  son of John Phillip Comerford and his first wife, was born in South Carolina in 1827, and he died in 1875. Robert was a member of Captain William H. Milton's Cavalry Company. This company became Company G, 2nd Florida Cavalry. [NARA Pub M252:Reel 7 - EDENFIELD DATABASE]

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Pete Comerford (on right) is presented a Certificate of Application by Commander Max Basford for donating the Riverside Memorial Stone.
 17 September 2007