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Greenwood Methodist Church Cemetery
Private Samuel Frank Peacock The biological and military information on the Greenwood Methodist Church Cemetery page came from searching the internet. The majority of the biological information came from the Ancestory.com and from the Florida Confederate Pension Applications found on The State Library and Archives site. Photos from Commander Max Basford, Adjutant Larry Clere, & Historian Ashley Pollette. GPS readings from Adjutant Larry Clere. Contact Historian Ashley Pollette if you have information to add or if you see any mistakes.
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Private Richard B. Bellamy Richard B. Bellamy enlisted in Captain Smith's independent Cavalry Company "Marianna Dragoons" * on 24 Feb 1863, at Marianna, Florida. The Marianna Dragoons became Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry. [NARA Pun M251 REEL 19 - NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS SYSTEM] * This company became Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry on 24 Sep 1863. RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD METHODIST CEMETERY
2nd Sergeant William Davis
William Davis enlisted as a 2nd Sergeant in Company C, 6th Florida Infantry Regiment on 11 Jan 1862. He was discharged on 4 Feb 1863, after providing James Sadler as a substitute. It appears he returned to Jackson County, where the Governor appointed him to oversee several farms for soldiers who died or were killed in service. His pension records indicate he had some type of relationship with Governor Milton and that he was called up for military duty when the Federal Army was advancing on Tallahassee in 1865. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION #D09538 - NARA Pub M251 Reel 70 Ch-F] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD METHODIST CEMETERY
Private Wilber F. Jenkins
Wilber F. Jenkins was nineteen years old when he enlisted in Company E, 8th Florida Infantry Regiment at Marianna, on 13 May 1862. He was wounded at Culpeper, Virginia, 1 Aug 1863. He was listed as absent from Aug 1863 until Dec 1863 on wounded furlough. Wilber was captured at Petersburg, Virginia, 3 Apr 1865. He was sent to Hart's Island, New York, where he was released on 19 Jun 1865. He is listed as being 5' 9and 1/2" tall with dark hair and hazel eyes. His complexion was fair. Wilber was born in North Carolina on 3 Oct 1843, and he died in Jackson County, Florida, in 1895. [NARA M251 REEL83 - ANCESTRY.COM] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD METHODIST CEMETERY
Sheriff Whitman Hill Kimball
Has Whitman Hill Kimbell (Kimball), son of William Kimbell and Mary Hinton, was born 15 Jul 1825 and died 21 Feb 1905. He enlisted in Company G, 2nd Florida Cavalry at Camp Johnston, Florida on 28 Feb 1863. On 1 Sep 1863 he transferred from Company G, to Company A, 2nd Florida Cavalry. He was discharged Company A, on 22 Nov 1863, when he was elected Sheriff of Jackson County. Sheriff Kimbell also served in Captain Robinson's Company of Home Guards. He was Sheriff of Jackson County when he was captured during the Marianna Raid and imprisoned at New Orleans, Ship Island and Elmira. He was released from Elmira on 29 May 1865. He is listed as being 6'1" tall, with grey eyes, light hair, and light complexion. He returned home and resumed his duties as sheriff. [WEST FLORIDA WAR - ANCESTRY.COM - NARA Pub M251 Reel 9 H-K] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD METHODIST CEMETERY
Private Henry Knapp 30°52.632' W85°9.757'
Henry Knapp enlisted in Company A, 5th Florida Cavalry Battalion on 24 Feb 1864. He was captured 20 March 1865. No later record found. [NARA Pub M251 Reel 17 G-0] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD METHODIST CEMETERY
Private Samuel F. Peacock
30°52.626' W85°9.653' Samuel F. Peacock was born in Jackson County, Florida on 5 May 1845*, and he died in Jackson County, Florida on 9 May 1922. Samuel F. Peacock was known as Frank Peacock. He enlisted in Company A, 5th Battalion Florida Cavalry 27 Aug 1863.** [ANCESTRY.COM - FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION #A08558 - NARA Pub M251 Reel 11 and Reel 18]
* Date from Confederate Pension Record #A08558 RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD METHODIST CEMETERY
Private Robert R. Pender 30°52.624' W85°9.656' Robert R. Pender enlisted in Company A, 5th Battalion Florida Cavalry on 27 Apr 1864. He was surrendered at Quincy, Florida, on 11 May 1865, and paroled at that same place on 23 May 1865. He died on 4 Mar 1898. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION #A01767 - NARA Pub M251 Reel 18 P-Y] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD METHODIST CEMETERY
Private Andrew Scott
30°52.608' W85°9.662' Andrew Scott enlisted in Captain Robinson's Company of Home Guards. He was at the Battle of Marianna, but escaped capture by crossing the Chipola River. After the war he was elected sheriff for three terms. He died on 17 Aug 1906 [WEST FLORIDA WAR - FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION #A01533] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD METHODIST CEMETERY
Private William Dennis Sorey 30°52.617' W85°9.639'
William D. Sorey enlisted in Captain Robinson's Company of Home Guards. He was at the Battle of Marianna, but escaped capture by crossing the Chipola River. [WEST FLORIDA WAR - FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION #A01535] RETURN TO VETERANS BURIED AT GREENWOOD METHODIST CEMETERY
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