Confederate Veterans buried at Riverside.

 

Pope Cemetery

GPS 30.721°N 84.923°W
Sneads, Florida

Mississippi Rifle

VETERANS BURIED AT POPE CEMETERY

Atkinson, Thomas Boykin, James C. Burke, B. E. Burke, Michael F. Fielder, Terrell M.
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Forrester, Thomas Forman, William Ham, Pat Hardwick, James Kemp, Calhoun
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Kemp, Frank M. King, John I. Lanier, Floyd Lanier, George A. Lanier, John
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Malloy, James E. McKeown, W. J. Pope, Henry Renew, John H. Sanson, Bennett T.
Smith, Gabriel Stone, Shade S. Pope Cemetery Watson, Alexander Wooldridge, A. J.

SECTION II
Atkinson, Thomas Elmore 1846 1930 Private - Company I, 57th Alabama Infantry
Boykin, James C. 1843 1885 Private - Company A, 6th Florida Infantry
Burke, Barthus E. 1837 1909 Private - Company A, 10th Battalion Ga Inf.
Burke, Rev. Michael F. 1830 1906 Private - Company A, 57th Georgia Infantry
Fielder, Terrell M. 1840 1887 Private - Company E, 1st Georgia Reserves
Forrester, Thomas R. 1829 1908 Private - Company E, 31st Georgia Infantry
Forman, William Booth 1840 1913 1st Lieutenant - Company C, 6th Florida Inf.
Ham, Patrick "Pat" 1845 1899 Private - Company E, 6th Florida Infantry
Hardwick, James 1834 1901 Private - Company H, 50th Georgia Infantry
Kemp, J. Calhoun 1845 1906 Private - F, 6th Florida Infantry Regiment
Kemp, Francis M. 1842 1886 Private - Company F, 2nd Florida Infantry
King, John I. 1828 1896 Private - Company G, 5th Florida Infantry
Lanier, Floyd   1938 Private - 1st Florida Infantry
Lanier, George A. 1847 1921 Private - Company C, 1st Florida Reserves
Lanier, John 1818 1870 Private - Company C, 1st Florida Reserves
Mallory, James E. 1838 1919 Private - Company A, Milton's Light Artillery
McKeown, W. J. 1826 1912 Private - Home Guard
Pope, Henry 1826 1861 Company D, 7th Mississippi Infantry
Renew, John H. 1853 1922 Private - Company B, 5th Battalion Cavalry
Sanson, Bennett T. 1827 1892 2nd Sgt. - Company H, 5th Florida Infantry
Smith, Gabriel 1835 1903 Private - Company G, 1st Florida Infantry
Stone, Shade S. 1839 1910 Private - Company H, 5th Florida Infantry
Watson, Alexander T. 1842 1915 Private - Company K, 61st Georgia Infantry
Wooldridge, A. J. 1848 1915 Private - Company A, 5th Kentucky Cavalry

Photos By Compatriot Larry Clere.


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Private Thomas Elmore Atkinson
 Company I, 57th Alabama Infantry

N30° 43.217' W84° 55.426'

Thomas Elmore Atkinson was born 3 May 1846, in Randolph County, Georgia, and died 15 Sep 1930, in Jackson County, Florida. He enlisted as a Corporal, 15 Mar 1864, in Company I, 57th Alabama Infantry and was captured and discharged at Camp Chase, Ohio, 13 Jun 1865. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION #A07030]

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Private James C. Boykin
Company A, 6th Florida Infantry Regiment

N30° 43.248' W84° 55.417'

James C. Boykin enlisted in Company A, 6th Florida Infantry Regiment on 12 mar 1862 at Quincy, Florida. He was absent sick for some time and was listed absent without leave on one muster roll. In Apr 1863, he was detailed to the City Police Knoxville, Tennessee. He was wounded and on 10 Oct 1863 he was furloughed from a Confederate Hospital in Macon, Georgia, for thirty days. He was surrendered at Quincy, Florida on 11 May 1865. [NARA M251 REEL 69]

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Private B. E. Burke
Company A, 10th Battalion Georgia Infantry

N30° 43.220' W84° 55.417'

Barthus (Boethus) E. Burke enlisted in Company A, 10th Battalion Georgia Infantry on 17 Mar 1862. He surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. [ANCESTRY.COM - NARA M226 REEL 9]

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Private Michael Forsyth Burke
Company A, 57th Georgia Infantry

N30° 43.217' W84° 55.408'

Rev. Michael Forsyth Burke, son of Robert Boethus Burke and Eleanor McCullough  was born in Richmond County, Georgia on 26 Nov 1830, and died in Gadsden County, Florida, on 4 Sep 1906. He enlisted in  Company A, 57th Georgia Infantry (formerly 2nd Georgia State Troops). [ANCESTRY.COM - FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION # A04207]

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Private Terrell M. Fielder
Company E, 1st Regiment Georgia Reserves

N30° 43.239' W84° 55.399'

Terrell Milton Fielder enlisted in Company E (Symon's), 1st Regiment Georgia Reserves. [NARA M266 REEL 20]

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Private Thomas R. Forrester
Company E, 31st Georgia Regiment

N30° 43.229' W84° 55.422'

Thomas R. Forrester enlisted as a private  1 May 1862, in Company E, 31st Georgia Regiment. He surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia 9 Apr 1865. He died on 22 Sep 1908. [HENDERSON'S ROSTER OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS]

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1st Lieutenant William Booth Forman
Company C, 6th Florida Infantry Regiment
Virginia Military Institute

N30° 43.229' W84° 55.422'

William Booth Forman enlisted and was commissioned 1st Lieutenant in Company C (Captain Evan's Company), 6th Regiment Florida Infantry on 11 Jan 1862, at Quincy, Florida. He was wounded on 20 Sep 1863, at the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia. He surrendered at Tallahassee, Florida, on 10 May 1865 and was paroled at the same place on 18 May 1865. He was born in Gadsden County, Florida on 15 Mar 1840. William was a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute when the war broke out and he was involved in drilling troops in Virginia during the first year of the war.  [NARA M251 REEL 70 - FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION #A01559]

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Private Patrick "Pat" Ham
Company F, 6th Florida Infantry

N30° 43.229' W84° 55.422'

Patrick "Pat" Ham enlisted as a private in Company F, 6th Florida Infantry Regiment on 29 Apr 1862, at Chattahoochee, Florida. He surrendered in Apr 1865, in North Carolina. [NARA M251 REEL 71 - FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION #A00658 - ANCESTRY.COM]

 

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Private James A. Hardwick
Company H, 50th Georgia Infantry Regiment

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James A. Hardwick enlisted in Company H (Colquitt Marksman), 50th Georgia Infantry Regiment on 23 May 1862. He is listed as Absent without leave in Feb 1865. Records indicate he was born 5 Aug 1834. [HENDERSON'S ROSTER OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS OF GEORGIA]

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Private John Calhoun Kemp
Company F, 6th Florida Infantry Regiment

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John Calhoun Kemp, son of Elias H. Kemp and Jincy Caroline Redick, was born in Georgia abt. 1844 or 1845. He enlisted as a private in Company F, 6th Florida Infantry Regiment at Apalachicola Arsenal, Florida . He was wounded in the right thigh at Dallas, Georgia in 1864. He was captured and sent to a military prison in late Apr 1865. [NARA M251 REEL 72 - FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION #A11612 - ANCESTRY.COM]

 

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Private Francis Marion Kemp
Company F, 2nd Florida Infantry Regiment

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Francis Marion Kemp, son of Elias H. Kemp and Jincy Caroline Redick, was born in Georgia abt. 1839, and died in 1886. He enlisted as a private in Company F, 2nd Florida Infantry Regiment on 10 May 1861. He was surrendered at Quincy, Florida on 11 May 1865 and was paroled at the same place on 24 May 1865.[EGS DATABASE - NARA M251 REEL 38]

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Private John I. King
Company G, 5th Florida Infantry Regiment

N30° 43.250' W84° 55.405'

John I (J) King enlisted at St Marks in Company G, 5th Florida Infantry Regiment as a private on 3 Mar 1862. He was wounded at the Sharpsburg, Maryland, on 17 Sep 1862. He was captured at Spotsylvania C.H., Virginia in 1864 and sent to Elmira, New York. He was released from Elmira 19 Jun 1865, after taking "The Oath". [NARA M251 REEL 64]

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Floyd Lanier
C. S. A.

N30° 43.250' W84° 55.401'

 

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Private George Adam Lanier
Company C, 1st Florida Reserves

 N30° 43.250' W84° 55.405'

George Adam Lanier, son of John Lanier and Virginia W. Harrison. was born 6 Jan 1847 in Gadsden County, Florida, and he died 5 Jan 1921. George enlisted as a private in Company C, 1st Florida reserves on 2 May 1864. He was paroled at Madison, Florida on 26 May 1865. [NARA M251 REEL 32 - FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION #A05365 - EGS DATABASE]

 

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Private John Lanier
Company C, 1st Florida Reserves

John Lanier was born in 1818 in Burke County, Georgia. He enlisted as a private in Company C, 1st Florida reserves on 2 May 1864. He was paroled at Quincy, Florida, on 22 May 1865. Virginia Lanier's (John's wife) pension application, lists John's death as 20 Dec 1870, in Jackson County, Florida. [EGS DATABASE - NARA M251 REEL 32 - FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION #D05537]

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James E. Mallory (Maloy) enlisted in Captain Dunham's Company, Milton Light Artillery at Apalachicola Arsenal, Florida, on 10 Mar 1862. He was given a disability discharge on 29 Jun 1862. A James E. Maloy is also listed in Company K, 11th Florida Infantry. [NARA M251 REEL 20]

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W. J. McKeown

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Henry Pope - No Record Found.

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John H. Renew enlisted as a private in Company B, 5th Battalion Florida Cavalry on 15 Apr 1863. He was listed as absent without leave on 14 Jan 1865. [ANCESTRY.COM]

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Bennett T. Sanson enlisted as 2nd Sergeant of Company H, 5th Florida Infantry, at Rico's Bluff, Florida, on 19 Apr 1862. He was 35 years old at the time. He was born on 10 Jan 1827 and died on 9 May 1892 in Jackson County, Florida.  [ANCESTRY.COM]

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Gabriel Smith enlisted in Company G (Captain Gee's Company), 1st Florida Infantry Regiment on 4 Apr 1861 at Quincy, Florida.  [NARA M251 REEL 29]

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Shade Sutton Stone was born in Calhoun County, Florida on 25 Mar 1839 (1836 one source). He enlisted as a private in Company H, 5th Florida Infantry, at Rico's Bluff, on 19 April 1862. His age is listed as 26 years old. He was captured near Appomattox Court House, Virginia on 6 April 1865, and he was released from prison on 4 Jul 1865. Records show he took "the Oath" on 24 May 1865 at New Port News, Virginia. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION # A11579 - ANCESTRY.COM - NARA M251 REEL 67]

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Alexander T. Watson enlisted in Company E, 61st Regiment Georgia Infantry as a private on 16 May 1862.  He transferred to Company  K, in 1862.  He was captured at Spotsylvania, Virginia on 12  May 1864 and sent to Elmira, New York in  July 1864.  Alexander was released from Elmira on 30 Jun 1865. [HENDERSON'S ROSTER OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS OF GEORGIA]

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Andrew Jeline Wooldridge was born 12 Jul 1847 in Woodford County, Kentucky. He enlisted in 2 Sep 1862 in Company A, 5th Kentucky Cavalry  Regiment, and he served with General John Hunt Morgan's Cavalry. Alexander  was wounded on 5 Jul 1863 at Lebanon, Kentucky.  He was captured at Buffington Island, Ohio and sent to Camp Douglas. He was exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi and served until surrendering near Greensboro, North Carolina in May 1865 [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION #A04170 - ANCESTRY.COM]

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