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Greenwood Baptist Church Cemetery
The biological and military information on the Greenwood Baptist Church Cemetery page came from searching the internet. The majority of the biological information came from Ancestory.com and from the Florida Confederate Pension Applications found on The State Library and Archives site. Photos from Historian Ashley Pollette. GPS readings from Adjutant Larry Clere. Contact Ashley Pollette if you have information to add or if you see any mistakes.
Dr. Marcus A. Butler
VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CEMETERY
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Private Henry Applewhite GPS N30° 52.020' W85° 9.709' Henry Applewhite was born in 1829. He enlisted in Captain Robinson's Home Guards sometime in 1864 and was discharged at the close of the war. In his wife's Widow Pension Application, it indicates he enlisted in J. B. Brown's Home Guard and Captain Robinson's Home Guard. William F. Arnold and Judge A. E. Singleton witness he was a member of Robinson's Home Guard. RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
Captain Joseph B. Barnes GPS GPS N30° 52.038' W85° 9.718'
Joseph B. Barnes, son of Thomas Barnes, was born 16 Nov 1839, in North Carolina, and died 1920 in Jackson County, Florida. was elected Captain of Company I, 4th Florida Infantry in early 1861. His enlistment date is listed as April 1861, 3 Jul 1861, 9 Sep 1861 and 25 Sep 1861. In 1862 he was defeated in election and was transferred to Company G, 2nd Florida Cavalry. Company A, 5th Battalion Florida Cavalry was organized on 21 Sep 1863, by the division of Company G, 2nd Florida Cavalry. Joseph was promoted thru the ranks to 1st Sergeant, 2nd Lieutenant, and finally to 1st Lieutenant. His pension records indicated he was never wounded or captured. He was discharged at Marianna, Florida at the end of the war. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION #A06472 - NARA M251 REELS 16 & 53 - ANCESTRY.COM] See record from War Department, Washington, D.C. RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
Private Thomas Barnes GPS N30° 52.038' W85° 9.716' Thomas Barnes was born in North Carolina about 1804, and was lynched by a group of armed blacks on 2 Jun 1872. Thomas was one of the original organizers of the Greenwood Baptist Church. He enlisted at Way Key, Florida, in Company C, 3rd Regiment Florida Infantry 1 Mar 1862. He spent a great deal of time in Confederate hospitals in Tallahassee, Florida, Dallas, Georgia & Dalton, Georgia, with Pneumonia. He was dropped from the rolls on 1 Mar 1863 due to illness. During the raid on Marianna, he was serving as a private in Captain Robinson's Club Cavalry. Thomas escaped capture by crossing the Chipola River. [ WEST FLORIDA WAR - NARA M251 REELS 46 - ANCESTRY.COM] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
Hospital Stewart Alford John Bevis GPS N30° 52.044' W85° 9.704' Alfred John Bevis, son of William Langley Bevis and Jane Virginia Palmer, was born 9 Sep 1823 in South Carolina, and died 26 Apr 1896, in Bascom, Jackson County, Florida. He enlisted in Company G, 2nd Florida Cavalry at Chattahoochee, Florida, on 5 Aug 1862. He was transferred to Company A, 5th Battalion Florida Cavalry on 1 Sep 1863. Alfred John Bevis was promoted from Private to Hospital Stewart on 1 Jul 1864.[ANCESTRY.COM - NARA M251 REEL 6 & 16] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
Private Andrew
Jefferson
Bevis GPS N30° 52.043' W85° 9.698' Andrew Jefferson Bevis, son of William Langley Bevis and Jane Virginia Palmer, was born 16 Apr 1845, in Heard County, Georgia, and died 21 May 1825 at Bascom, Jackson County, Florida. He enlisted in Company G, 2nd Florida Cavalry on 25 May 1862. This Company became Company A, 5th Battalion Florida Cavalry in 1863. Andrew was discharged at Marianna, Florida on 10 May 1865. He married Mary Jane Bridges on 1 Nov 1865 in Jackson County, Florida. [ANCESTRY.COM - NARA M251 REEL 6 & 16] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH Private Martin Luther Bevis GPS N30° 52.042' W85° 9.698' Martin Luther Bevis, son of William Langley Bevis and Jane Virginia Palmer, was born 30 Jun 1842, and died 14 Sep 1869. He enlisted in Company E, 8th Florida Infantry on 13 Mar 1862, at Marianna, Florida. Martin was taken prisoner on 3 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Martin Luther took "The Oath" on 10 Jun 1865, after two years as a Prisoner of War. Martin was twenty-seven years old when he died in 1869. [ANCESTRY.COM - NARA M251 REEL 81] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
Cadet Elijah J. Bryan GPS N30° 52.038' W85° 9.705'
Elijah J. Bryan, son of Elijah & Elizabeth Bryan, was born 9 Nov 1848, in Jackson County, Florida. He was attending the West Florida Seminary, a military school in Tallahassee, Florida, when ordered into service to defend the Capitol. On 6 Mar 1865 He took part in the Battle of Natural Bridge and was then ordered back to school. The West Florida Seminary is today's Florida State University. [EGS DATABASE - FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION #A12277] See a Copy of Elijah's Pension Application. RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
Corporal Green Lewis
Bryan GPS N30° 52.050' W85° 9.967'
Green Lewis Bryan, son of John Bryan and Susan Dykes, was born in Barbour County, Florida on 10 Jan 1838, and he died on 20 Nov 1899. He married Mary E. Weston on 12 Dec 1857, in Jackson County, Florida. Green enlisted in Company I, 4th Florida Infantry Regiment, at Greenwood, Florida, on 3 July 1861.Green Lewis Bryan was appointed 4th Corporal on 5 may 1863. Roll of Prisoner of War lists him as Sergeant and indicates he was taken prisoner at Stone's River, Tennessee, 7 Dec 1864. His pension records state he was the company Color Bearer. [EGS DATABASE - FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION #A00649 - NARA M251 REEL 53]] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH Private
Hamilton G. Bryan GPS GPS N30° 52.039' W85° 9.712'
Hamilton G. Bryan enlisted in Company H, 2nd Florida Infantry in July 1861. He was captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on July 5, 1863. He took the Oath and was released on 7 Jun 1865, almost two full years after his capture. [NARA M251 REEL 35] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH Bugler
Joseph N. Bryan
Joseph N. Bryan enlisted at White Springs, Florida, as a Bugler on 14 Nov 1861 in Company E, 1st Florida Cavalry. [NARA M251 REEL 1] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH Private
Stephen Z. Butler GPS N30° 52.037' W85° 9.709'
Stephen Z. Butler was born about 1844. He enlisted in Company F, 2nd Florida Infantry on 10 May 1861 in Jackson County, Florida. He died of disease on 18 Dec 1861 at Wynn's Mills, VA. [NARA M251 REEL 35] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
Private John Andrew Byrd Has John Andrew Byrd, son of John Andrew Byrd, was born 20 Dec 1822, in South Carolina. He enlisted as a Private in Company A, 5th Battalion Florida Cavalry, on 1 Nov 1863. He was captured on St. Andrews Bay, 1 Dec 1864 and sent to New Orleans, Louisiana. He is found listed on the rolls as a prisoner and being admitted in the St. Louis USA Hospital at New Orleans on 20 Mar 1865, with diarrhea. On 10 May 1865 he was paroled to return to Marianna, Florida. A little over a month later, on 28 Jun 1865, he would die at home in Greenwood, Florida. [EGS DATABASE - ANCESTRY.COM - NARA PUB M251 REEL 16] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
Private Edward Thomas Cola Dickerson GPS N30° 52.035' W85° 9.709'
Edward Thomas Cola Dickerson was born in Leon County, Florida, on 12 Dec 1845, and died in Jackson County, Florida, on 9 Apr 1933. He enlisted in Battery B, Dunham's Light Artillery on 18 Dec 1863 at Camp Cedar Creek. He was paroled at Greensboro North Carolina in 1865. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION #A10332 - NARA M251 REEL 19 - ANCESTRY.COM] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
Private Charles Mallory Dunaway GPS N30° 52.013' W85° 9.704'
Charles Mallory Dunaway was born 5 Sep 1847, in Stewart County, Georgia. He enlisted at Columbus, Georgia, in Company E, 11th Georgia Militia on 1 Jul 1864. This company was made up of men from Stewart County, Georgia, with Charles Christian Hunter as Captain. This company saw action around Atlanta and at Griswoldville, Georgia, in 1864. Charles is listed as wounded in left side at the Battle of Griswoldville, Georgia. His name appears as C. A. Dunaway on the roster. He was discharged on 12 Apr 1865, at savannah, Georgia, on account of his wound. He died 9 Mar 1933. [JOE BROWN's PETS - FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATION A08479] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
Private James Lumpkin Dunaway GPS N30° 52.015' W85° 9.701'
James Lumpkin Dunaway enlisted as a Private in the Company E ( Bartow Guards ), 31st Georgia Volunteer Infantry on 1 may 1862. James was killed at Spotsylvania, Virginia, on 12 May 1864. [HENDERSON’S ROSTER OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
Private Thomas Reed Dunaway GPS N30° 52.038' W85° 9.705'
Thomas Reed Dunaway enlisted as a Private in the Company E ( Bartow Guards ), 31st Georgia Volunteer Infantry on 1 may 1862. Thomas was killed at Cold Harbor, Virginia, 27 Jun 1862. [HENDERSON’S ROSTER OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
1st Lieutenant John M. F. Erwin
John M. F. Erwin enlisted and was commissioned a 1st Lieutenant at Merritt's Bridge, Florida, in Company E, 2nd Battalion Florida infantry. This Company became Company A, 11th Florida Infantry in June 1864. John resigned his commission on 9 Nov 1864, after winning a Civil Office in Jackson County, Florida. He died at his residence in Greenwood, Florida, on 5 Nov 1879. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION #A12026 - NARA M251 REELS 43 & 104 - ANCESTRY.COM] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
Private James W. Godwin
James W. Godwin enlisted in Captain Smith's Marianna Dragoons on 6 May 1862. The Marianna Dragoons became Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry in 1863. James received a disability discharge on 23 April 1863. James was born 16 May 1840 and died 13 Dec 1904. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION #A00639 - ANCESTRY.COM - NARA M251 REEL 19 - EGS DATABASE] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
Private James E. Hearn GPS N30° 52.045' W85° 9.717' James E. Hearn enlisted in Company A, 5th Battalion Cavalry and was paroled at Quincy, Florida, on 22 May 1865. [NARA M251 REEL 17 - ANCESTRY.COM] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
Private Riley Cicero Long
Riley Cicero Long enlisted in Captain Gwynn's Independent cavalry Company at Newport, Florida, on 23 May 1863. This Company became Company A, 5th Battalion Florida Cavalry. He was was paroled at Quincy, Florida, on 22 May 1865. [NARA M251 REEL 17 - ANCESTRY.COM] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
Private Louis H. Smith GPS N30° 52.034' W85° 9.718' Louis H. Smith was born in Warren County, North Carolina, 12 Jun 1836, and died in Jackson County, Florida on 28 Nov 1908. He enlisted at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, in Company K (Lenoir Braves), 32nd North Carolina Infantry. His pension records indicate he was captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and exchanged. he was paroled at Petersburg, Virginia, in Apr 1865. [NARA M230 REEL 36 - ANCESTRY.COM] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
1st Sergeant John R. Steed GPS N30° 52.046' W85° 9.703'
John R. Steed, son of Agrippa Alexander Steed and Caroline Mae Roberson, was born in Georgia, on 27 Nov 1834, and died in Jackson County, Florida 2 Jan 1891. John enlisted as a Private Company D, (Captain Finley's Company), 6th Florida Infantry on 18 March 1862 at the age of 27. John was promoted to Full 2nd Sergeant on 16 May 1862, and then Full 1st Sergeant on 1 Nov 1863. He is listed as being 5'8' with brown eyes, dark hair, and dark complexion. [ANCESTRY.COM - NARA M251 REEF 75] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
Corporal Jacob Holsworth Stephens
Jacob Holsworth Stephens, son of Jesse Stephens and Mary Polly Dykes, was born in Decatur County, Georgia, on 7 may 1833, and died in Jackson County, Florida, on 27 Apr 1910. He enlisted in captain Richard Smith's Mariana Dragoons on 14 Mar 1862. This company became Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry in 1863. He was paroled at Claiborne, Alabama in 1865. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION #A01181 - NARA M251 REEL 17 - ANCESTRY.COM] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
Private William H. Taylor GPS N30° 52.035' W85° 9.729' William H. Taylor was born in Jackson County, Florida, on 5 Dec 1840, and died in Jackson County, Florida 22 May 1917. He enlisted in Company I, 4th Florida Infantry on 9 Sep 1862, at St. Vincent island, Florida. He was wounded in the ankle at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on 3 Jan 1863 and was in the hospital and wounded leave for some time. [NARA M251 REEL 55 - FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION #A01968] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
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