Sims Cemetery
Marianna, Jackson County, Florida
Veteran information came from the Edenfield Database, Ancestry.com, Florida Confederate Pension Applications, Footnote.com, Civil War Microfilm, and the Anderson Family History. Thanks to Mr. Kenneth Anderson for his help with this project. Thanks to the Anderson Family for their work on preserving the Hays Cemetery. Photos and GPS readings by Adjutant Larry Clere and Historian Ashley Pollette. Contact Ashley Pollette if you have information to add or if you see any mistakes.
GPS: N30°43.822' - W85°21.236'
Adkins, John R. - Brock, Cincinnatus D.,
Dykes,
William H., Folsom, James Y.
Folsom, Thomas - Henderson, John B. -
Sims, Isaac - Stewart, John
PHOTO NOT AVAILABLE
John R. Adkins
CSA
No information on this Confederate.
1st Corporal Cincinnatus D. Brock
Company G, 60th Georgia Infantry Regiment
Cincinnatus D. Brock enlisted as a 2nd corporal in Captain Colding's Dooly Guards, on 11 Oct 1861, at Savannah, Georgia. He was wounded at 2nd Manassas, Virginia, on 28 Aug 1862. In late 1863, he was promoted to 1st Corporal. He transferred as a private to Company B, 8th Florida Infantry Regiment on 1 Jan 1864. He was wounded at Petersburg, Virginia, on 2 Apr 1865, and was captured at a Confederate Hospital at Danville, Virginia. [FOOTNOTE.COM - FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION A010382]
3rd Corporal William H. Dykes
Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry
William H. Dykes enlisted in Captain Richard L. Smith's Marianna Dragoons on 20 Mar 1862. In June 1862, he was promoted to 3rd Corporal. The Marianna Dragoons became Company B, 15th Confederate cavalry on 24 Sep 1863. William was promoted to 3rd Corporal on 1Nov 1863, and hw was surrendered at Quincy, Florida, on 22 may 1865. [FOOTNOTE.COM]
Private James Y. Folsom
Company A, 11th Florida Infantry Regiment
No record found.
Private Thomas Folsom
Company K, 6th Florida Infantry Regiment
Thomas Folsom enlisted in Company K, 6th Florida Infantry on 8 Mar 1862. He was in "the Ditches" at Lynchburg, Virginia when the war ended. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION A01253]
Private John B. Henderson
Company E, 8th Florida Infantry Regiment
Twenty-two year old John Henderson enlisted in Company
E, 8th Florida Infantry on 13 May 1862. He spent a great deal of time in
the hospital from 1863 thru 1865, and was home on sick furlough at the
end of the war. He surrendered at Tallahassee, Florida on 16 May 1865.
[FOOTNOTE.COM - FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION A01275]
Private Isaac Sims
Company F, 6th Florida Infantry Regiment
Isaac Sims was seventeen years old when he enlisted in
Captain Attaway's Infantry Company in 1861. This Company became Company
F, Company F, 6th Florida Infantry Regiment on 11 Mar 1862. Isaac did
not miss a day of service for over four years. He was surrendered at
Quincy, Florida, on 11 May 1865.Isaac Sims is the father of our "Real
Son" Buford Sims. [FOOTNOTE.COM - FLORIDA
CONFEDERATE PENSION A10107]
Private John Stewart
Company E, 6th Florida Infantry Regiment
John T. Stewart enlisted in Company E, 6th Florida Regiment on 3, May 1862. He was wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, but Union troops left him on the field for dead. He was in a Confederate Hospital for a while then furloughed home for the rest of the war. He was captured by "deserters" while making salt at St. Andrews Bay. He states he was held prisoner until the end of the war, but no record has been found. [FOOTNOTE.COM - CONFEDERATE PENSION A02191]
Sons of Confederate Veterans
National -
Army of Tennessee
Florida Division
