Jackson County Confederate Veteran Graves
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St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery
St Luke's Church Cemetery is part of the Marianna, Florida, Battlefield. Fierce hand-to-hand fighting occurred between the headstones of the cemetery on 27 Sep 1864. Nine Jackson County citizens and two soldiers from Jackson County died here. Seventeen citizens and soldiers were wounded and ninety-six were captured. The casualty rate for the defenders of Marianna, Florida was 38% of those engaged. The church was set on fire and several Confederate soldiers and citizens were shot as they ran from the building. [SOURCE THE BATTLE OF MARIANNA, FLORIDA]
Benjamin F. Alderman -
Sidney S Alderman - Beverly Baker - Jack
Backer - James S. Baker
George A.
Baltzell - William D. Barnes - Angus F.
Blount - Henry O. Bassett -
Allen Henry Bush - Seaborn A. Calhoun
John H. Callaway - Charles W. Davis -
John Davis, Sr. - James Baker Dickson
John Myrick Gorrie - Moses Guyton -
Dr. Thaddeus W. H. Hentz - Dr. Julius Thomas Holden
Stephen G. Kincey
- John F. Edward McKay - William W. McKay
- Alexander Merritt
Governor John Milton - John Milton -
William Henry Milton
Littleton Myrick -
Frank Phillips - John D. Pitman - Robert
J. Pitman - Joseph B. G. Roulhac
Joseph Washington Russ - Richard Lawrence
Smith - Unknown West
Charles A. White - Joseph M. White, Jr.
- Thomas M. White
Isaac J. Williams - William S. Wilson -
Colbert Baker Wynn
Private Benjamin F. Alderman
Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry
Benjamin F. Alderman is listed in the 1850 Jackson County census as being four years old. He is in the household of his father Benjamin F. Alderman Sr., who was listed as a merchant in Marianna. Benjamin’s pension records list his birth date as 8 Dec 1844, and he was born in Jackson County. He enlisted 4 Feb 1863, in Captain Richard Lawrence Smith’s Marianna Dragoons. The Marianna Dragoons was an independent company until 24 Sep 1863, when it became Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry. His company surrendered at Claborn, Alabama, in April 1865. Benjamin survived the war and is buried at St Luke's Episcopal Cemetery, Marianna, Jackson County, Florida. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION #A12027 - NARA M251 REEL 19]
Private Sidney S. Alderman
Company E, 2nd Battalion Florida Infantry
Sidney S. Alderman is listed in the 1850 Jackson County census as being fifteen years old. He is in the household of his father Benjamin F. Alderman, Sr., who was listed as a merchant in Marianna in the same census. Sidney was born in 1835 and he died in 1922. He enlisted in the 2nd Battalion Florida Infantry on August 11, 1862, at Merritt’s Bridge, Florida. Records indicate he furnished an alternate and he was discharged on August 11, 1862. Some web postings indicate an enlistment in the 6th Florida Infantry, but his name is not found on published rosters. He married Ellen Butler Hunter on January 13, 1859, in Jackson County, Florida. The 1860 census lists him as a merchant in the town of Marianna. [ANCESTORY.COM – NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SOLDIERS DATABASE]
1st Sergeant Beverly Baker
Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry
Beverly Baker, son of Simmons Jones Baker and Elizabeth M. Hawkins, was born in Florida in 1835. He is listed in the 1860 Calhoun County census, in the household of Simmons Baker. Beverly Baker enlisted in Company E, 1st Florida Infantry Regiment, on 5 May 1861, and was mustered out on 4 Apr 1862. He re-enlisted 20 Apr 1862, in Captain Richard Lawrence Smith’s Marianna Dragoons. The Marianna Dragoons was an independent company until 24 Sep 1863, when it became Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry. He was promoted to sergeant prior to 31 Aug 1862. The last Company Roster on file has him listed as 4th Sergeant. Beverly Baker was captured at Mt. Pleasant (also shown as Claborn), Alabama on 11 Apr 1865, and was forwarded to Ship Island, Mississippi. After the war, he married Jennie M. Roulac and continued to live in Jackson County until his death on 9 Dec 1895. [ANCESTORY.COM – FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION # A02572 - NARA M252 REEL 19]
Private Jack Baker
5th Florida Cavalry Battalion
Jack Baker was born in 1841 and died in 1871.
Private James S. Baker
Robinson's Greenwood Club Cavalry
James S. Baker is listed in the 1860 Jackson County census as being twenty-four years old and living in the household of James L. G. Baker, a wealthy Jackson County planter. He enlisted in Captain Robinson’s Club Cavalry Home Guard and was at the Battle of Marianna, Florida. He was lucky enough to escape across the Chipola River during the battle and survive the war. He married Sarah L. Robinson on 8 Oct 1884. James died on 18 Dec 1893. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATION # A01501]
2nd Trumpeter George A. Baltzell
Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry
George A. Baltzell was born in 1845 and he died on March 29, 1903. He enlisted 14 Mar 1862, in Captain Richard Lawrence Smith’s Marianna Dragoons. The Marianna Dragoons was an independent company until 24 Sep 1863, when it became Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry. He was appointed 2nd Trumpeter on 31 Sep 1862. On 21 Dec 1870, he married Rachel Robinson in Glynn County, Georgia. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATION # A00932- NARA M252 REEL 19]
Lieutenant Colonel William D. Barnes
1st Regiment Florida Reserves
William D. Barnes is listed in the 1860 Jackson County census as a twenty-nine year old lawyer, born in North Carolina. He is listed in some records as being born on 27 Aug 1830. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in Company G, 2nd Florida Cavalry on 5 Aug 1862, at Chattahoochee, Florida. William Barnes was promoted to 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant on 8 Sep 1862. He was discharged for promotion in the 1st Florida Reserves on 5 Jan 1865. He served in the 1st Florida Reserves as a Lieutenant Colonel. He was 5' 11" tall with hazel hazel eyes, auburn hair, and a light complexion. [ONE WORLD TREE – ANCESTRY.COM]
Captain Henry O. Bassett
Company E, 6th Florida Infantry Regiment
Henry O. Bassett was born in Georgia about 1825 and is listed in the 1860 Jackson County census as Sheriff of Jackson County, Florida. His age is listed as thirty-five and his wife Sarah as nineteen. He had five slaves and a great deal of property. Henry married Sarah E. Wilson on 15 Mar 1860, in Gadsden County, Florida. He entered service as Captain of Company E, 6th Florida Infantry on 28 Mar 1862. Captain Bassett was home on leave at the time of the Marianna Raid and he volunteered his service to Norwood’s “Cradle to Grave” Home Guard. The thirty-nine year old captain was captured, taken to the banks of Stage Creek and brutally murdered by Black Union Troops. He is buried in St Luke’s Cemetery. [ANCESTRY.COM – WEST FLORIDA WAR]
1st Lieutenant Angus F. Blount
Captain Norwood's Company of Home Guards
Dr. Angus F. Blount was born in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1818. He was the 1st Lieutenant of Norwood's Marianna Militia when he was wounded in the shoulder on 27 Sept 1864 during the fight at St. Luke's. He was carried to the home of Dr. W. S. Wilson where he eventually recovered. His family states he never fully recovered and died from complications of his wound in 1869. He is buried at St. Luke's Church Cemetery. [ANCESTORY.COm - The Battle of Marianna, Florida]
Private Allen Henry Bush
Captain Norwood's Company of Home Guards
Allen Henry Bush was born in Georgia in 1809. He practiced law in Marianna from the early 1840s until his death. For some years he was the local circuit judge and during the Civil War, he was a legal advisor for Governor John Milton. At fifty-five years of age, he was listed as a private in Captain Norwood’s "Cradle to Grave" Militia Company. Private Allen Bush was taken captive during the Marianna Raid on 27 Sep 1864. He was imprisoned at New Orleans, Ship Island, and Elmira. Private Allen Bush returned home after the war and resumed his law practice.
1st Sergeant Seaborn A. Calhoun
Captain Milton's Company Volunteer Cavalry
Seaborn A. Calhoun was thirty years old when he was listed in the 1860 Jackson County census. His occupation is listed as a farmer. Seaborn and his wife are listed as being born in Georgia. The 1850 Baldwin County, Georgia, census lists him as a student living in Milledgeville, Georgia. Records show he married Dorinda "Vina" McKay on 20 Jan 1852, in Harris County, Georgia. Seaborn enlisted as 1st Sergeant of Captain Milton's Company (Company G, 2nd Florida Cavalry Regiment.) He was discharged on 4 Jun 1863, after furnishing a substitute. [ANCESTRY.COM NARA M251 REEL 7]
3rd Sergeant John H. Callaway
Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry
John H. Callaway was listed in the 1860 Jackson County census as being fifteen years old and living in the household of F. B. Callaway. John was born in Jackson County, Florida, on 5 Feb 1843, and he died in Jackson County on 21 Feb 1924. He enlisted 14 Mar 1862, in Captain Richard Lawrence Smith’s Marianna Dragoons. The Marianna Dragoons was an independent company until 24 Sep 1863, when it became Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry. He was promoted thru the ranks to 3rd Sergeant on 2 Nov 1862. John H. Callaway was discharged from service at Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida, on 1 May 1865. He married Mary Thomas Virginia Giddens in Lee County, Alabama, on 30 Nov 1879. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATION # A02506 – 1860 JACKSON CO. CENSUS - NARA M251 REEL 19]
1st Lieutenant Charles W. Davis
Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry
Charles W. Davis is listed in the 1870 Jackson County as a substantial merchant. He enlisted as Jr. 2nd Lieutenant on 14 Mar 1862, in Captain Richard Lawrence Smith’s Marianna Dragoons. The Marianna Dragoons was an independent company until 24 Sep 1863 when it became Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry. Charles Davis married Mary E. Robinson on 30 Oct 1865, in Jackson County, Florida. He died on 17 Apr 1891, and is buried at St Luke’s Cemetery. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATION # A00634 – 1870 JACKSON CO. CENSUS - NARA M251 REEL 19]
Captain John Davis
Norwood's "Cradle to Grave" Home Guards
John Davis, Sr. was born in Bryon County, Georgia, on 14 Mar 1801. He was the son of John Walter Davis and Rebecca Harvey. He was captain of a state militia company during the Second Seminole War. Captain Davis was also commander of the "Jackson Guards". This company was the first company formed in Jackson County when the war started in 1861. During the attack on Marianna, he joined with Captain Norwood's Home Guards to defend his home. He was wounded during the fighting around St. Luke's Episcopal Church. [BATTLE OF MARIANNA - ANCESTRY.COM]
Private James Baker Dickson
Captain Johnson's Home Guard
James Baker Dickson, son of Marmaduke Dickson and Martha Penner, is listed in the 1850 Jackson County Census as being 5 months old. He was born 28 Jan 1850, and enlisted as a private in Captain Johnson’s Home Guard (also referred to as Captain V. M. Johnson’s Company of the State Militia of Florida) on 5 Mar 1865, at Tallahassee. James took part in the Battle of Natural Bridge on 6 Mar 1865. James served a little more than a month and was discharged at the close of the war. James married Mary Alice Edwards on 30 Nov 1926, in Jackson County, Florida. [1850 JACKSON COUNTY CENSUS - FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATION # A10019 – JACKSON COUNTY MARIAGE BOOK 14 # 357]
Captain Wesley Hampton DuBose
Company E, 8th Florida Infantry
Wesley Hampton Dubose, son of Wade Hampton Dubose and Hannah White, was born in Alabama, on 14 May 1835, and he died in Marianna, Florida, on 24 Jan 1881. He was found listed as a 22 year old salesman in the house of Thomas N. White, a wealthy Marianna farmer and merchant. Wesley enlisted as a 2nd Lieutenant 30 Mar 1861, in Company E, 1st Infantry Regiment Florida on 05 Apr 1862, he was mustered out Company E, 1st Infantry Regiment Florida. On 6 Apr 1862, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant Company E, 8th Florida Infantry Regiment. Charles was promoted to 1st Lieutenant 1 Feb 1863, and to Captain on 1 Nov 1863. [ONE WORLD TREE – ANCESTRY.COM]
Ensign John Myrick Gorrie
Field and Staff, 11th Florida Infantry Regiment
John Myrick Gorrie, son of Dr. John Gorrie and Caroline Frances Myrick, was born about 1838, and he died in 1871. Twelve year old John Gorrie is found in his fathers household in the 1850 Franklin County, Florida, census. John enlisted as a private in Company B, 1st Florida Infantry Regiment. He was mustered out in April 1862. John re-enlisted in Company E, 2nd Battalion Infantry on 16 Sep 1862. His Company became part of the 11th Florida Infantry Regiment by consolidation. He worked his way thru the ranks to 2nd Lieutenant of his company. His name is listed as a member of the Field and Staff of the 11th Florida Regiment. John was was captured at Harper’s Farm, Virginia on 6 Apr 1865, and was a POW at Johnston’s Island, Ohio. [ANCESTRY.COM]
Private Moses Guyton
Company A, 5th Regiment Georgia Reserves
Moses Guyton, son of Joseph Guyton and Hannah Whitaker, was born 30 Aug 1846, in Laurens County, Georgia. He married Anna Beman Russ on 29 Nov 1870, in Jackson County, Florida. On 27 Mar 1864, he enlisted in the Company A, 5th Regiment Georgia Reserves. Moses surrendered with his company at Greensboro, North Carolina, on 26 Apr 1865. Twenty-three year old Moses is found living in his father’s household in the 1870 Laurens County, Georgia, census. He died 2 Apr 1911, in Jackson County, Florida. [ANCESTRY.COM]
Dr. Thaddeus W. H. Hentz
Captain Norwood's Company of Home Guards
Dr. Thaddeus W. H. Hentz, was born in North Carolina on
20 Jan 1830, and died in Jackson County, Florida on 13 Jun 1878.
Twenty-six year old Thaddeus is found in the 1860 Jackson County, Florida
census listed as a dentist. Jackson County marriage records show he married
Harriett E. Godfrey on 27 Jan 1857. He enlisted in Dyke's Company, Florida
Light Artillery (Florida State Reserves). During the Marianna Raid, he was a
member of Norwood's "Cradle to Grave" Home Guards. While defending his home
he lost a finger and was captured. He was confined at Ship Island,
Mississippi, and Elmira. He was released from Elmira on 2 Mar 1865, and
admitted to a Confederate hospital at Richmond, Virginia until 14 Mar 1865.
[ANCESTRY.COM - WEST FLORIDA WAR - 1860 JACKSON COUNTY
CENSUS]
Surgeon Julius Thomas Holden
Field and Staff 6th Florida Regiment
Dr. Julius Thomas Holden was born in New Handover, North Carolina, on 23 Feb 1834. He entered service in Company D, 6th Florida Infantry Regiment on 6 Apr 1862. He was appointed Surgeon of the 6th Florida Regiment by Jefferson Davis on 1 May 1862, and he served the position until his surrender at Durham Station, North Carolina, on 26 Apr 1865. After the war he returned to Marianna to practice medicine. He is buried at St Luke’s along side his wife, Clara Winneford Roulhac. Julius died on 1 Aug 1922. Note: He is also listed as being in Company F, 6th Florida Infantry. [ANCESTRY.COM – SOLDIERS OF FLORIDA – FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATIONS # A06688]
1st Sergeant Stephen G. Kincey
Company K, 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment
Stephen G. Kincey is found living in a boarding house at
Lawrenceville, Henry County, Alabama, in the 1860 census. He mustered in old
Company A, 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment on 16 May 1861, and was promoted
to 1st Sergeant of Company K. Stephen was killed at Sharpsburg, Maryland, on
17 Sep 1862. He has a very large monument at St Luke's Cemetery.
[ANCESTRY.COM – 6th ALABAMA INFANTRY WEB SITE -
FOOTNOTE.COM]
Sergeant John F. Edward McKay
Company A, 5th Battalion Florida Cavalry
John F. Edward McKay was born 3 Nov 1837, and died 17 Sep
1873. John enlisted on 18 May 1863, at Marianna. He served in Company G
(Captain Cone’s Cavalry), 2nd Florida Cavalry Regiment and Company A
(Booth’s Company), 5th Battalion Florida Cavalry. He was a Sergeant of
Company A, 5th Battalion Cavalry. John was hospitalized at Marianna on 22
Apr 1864. John was paroled at Quincy, Florida on 23 May 1865.
[ANCESTRY.COM – SOLDIERS OF FLORIDA]
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Private William W. McKay
Company K, 46th Georgia Infantry
William W. McKay was born in Harris County, Georgia, on 28 May 1840. He enlisted, as a private in Company K, 46th Georgia Infantry on 4 Mar 1862 at Griffin, Georgia. He was paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina, on 1 May 1865. [ANCESTRY.COM – FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATIONS # A05681]
Alexander Merritt
Captain Norwood's Company of Home Guards
Alexander Merritt , son of Ethington Meritt, was born in North Carolina on 19 Nov 1831, and died in Marianna on 8 Aug 1906. He married Mary Fannie Harrell on 26 Feb 1856, in Jackson County, Florida, and later Elizabeth Lane. Twenty-eight year old Alexander is listed in the 1860 Jackson County census as a merchant. During the Marianna Raid, he was a member of Norwood's "Cradle to Grave" Home Guards. He was captured and sent to Ship Island, Mississippi, and then to Elmira. He was released on 12 Dec 1864. [ANCESTRY.COM – WEST FLORIDA WAR]
Governor John Milton
Florida's War Time Governor
Commander of Florida State Troops
Governor John Milton, son of Homer V. Milton and Eliza
Jane Roberson was born near Louisville, Jefferson County. Georgia, on 20 Apr
1807. John practiced law, in Georgia and Alabama and later in New Orleans,
Louisana.
He moved to Florida in 1846. He entered politics and became Florida’s
wartime Governor, serving from 1861 to 1865, when he died, at home, in
Jackson County, Florida. [FLORIDA ARCHIVES -
ANCESTRY.COM] MORE >>>
Private John Milton
Captain Johnson's Company, State Militia
John Milton, son of Governor John Milton and Caroline Howze, was born 25 Dec 1850, and died 22 May 1922. He enlisted as a private in Captain Johnson’s Company, State Militia, on 5 Mar 1865, at Tallahassee, Florida. He took part in the Battle of Natural Bridge on 6 Mar 1865, and was with the company until the end of the war. He married on 16 Dec 1864. John is buried at St Luke’s Cemetery, Marianna, Florida. [ANCESTRY.COM – FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATIONS # A02401]
Major William Henry Milton
Field & Staff 5th Battalion Florida Cavalry
William Henry Milton, son of Governor John Milton and
Susan Amanda Cobb, was born 4 Dec 1829, in Jefferson County, Georgia, and
died 6 Aug 1900, at Dry Point, Illinois. He married Lucy Hall Heorn on 3 Dec
1857. William entered service as Captain of Company G, 2nd Cavalry Regiment
on 5 Aug 1862. He was promoted to Major and transferred to the Staff of 5th
Battalion Florida Cavalry on 20 Jul 1863. He was paroled at Tallahassee,
Florida on 13 May 1865. [ANCESTRY.COM]
Private Littleton Myrick
Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry
Littleton Myrick, son of John T. Myrick, was born 2 Dec 1843, and died
27 Sep 1864, in the Battle of Marianna. He enlisted
14 Mar 1862, in Captain Richard Lawrence Smith’s Marianna Dragoons.
The Marianna Dragoons was an independent company until 24 Sep 1863, when it
became Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry. He was killed during the Battle
of Marianna and his body was burned in St Luke’s. Little Myrick is buried in
St Luke’s Cemetery. [ANCESTRY.COM – WEST FLORIDA WAR]
Adjutant Frank Phillips
Field & Staff 6th Florida Infantry Regiment
Frank Phillips was born on 15 Jul 1843, and died 29 Sep1901. He enlisted in Captain Henry O. Bassett’s Company (Company E, 6th Florida Infantry) on 14 April 1862, as a private. He was promoted to a 1st Lieutenant on 16 May 1862. His records list him as a POW on 14 Oct 1862, at Salvisa, Kentucky. He was exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi, on 1 Dec 1862. Frank was promoted to Adjutant of the 6th Florida Regiment on 19 Feb 1864. He surrendered at Durham Station, North Carolina on 26 Apr 1865. Frank Philips took the Oath on 1 May 1865, at Greensboro, North Carolina. [ANCESTRY.COM]
Private John D. Pitman
Company E, 8th Florida Infantry Regiment
John D. Pitman is listed as being eight years old in the household of James J. Pitman in the 1850 Jackson county census. John was born on 22 Jan 1843. He enlisted as a Sergeant in Company E, 8th Florida Infantry Regiment on 13 May 1862, and was killed on 30 Aug 1862, at the 2nd Battle of Manassas, Virginia. [ANCESTRY.COM - NARA M251 REEL 85]
2nd Lieutenant Robert J. Pitman
Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry
Robert J. Pitman was born 21 Jun 1840, and died on 21 Oct
1880. Twenty year old Robert J. Pitman is listed in the household of F. R.
and A. A. Pitman, in the 1860 Jackson County, Florida census. Robert
married Charlotte M. Daffin on 23 Sep 1873, in Jackson County, Florida.
Robert enlisted in Captain Smith's Marianna Dragoons on 14
Mar 1862, as a 4th Sergeant. The Marianna Drogoons became Company B, 15th Confederate
Cavalry on 24 Sep 1863. He was promoted 2nd Lieutenant on 15 Aug 1864.
He was captured at Claborn, Alabama, in April 1865 and was paroled at Mobile,
Alabama, in April 1865. [ANCESTRY.COM – FLORIDA
CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATIONS # A01920 - NARA M251 REEL 19]
1st Lieutenant Joseph B. G. Roulhac
Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry
Joseph B. G. Roulhac is listed in the 1860 Jackson County
census as a wealthy planter and merchant. He was born on 13 Mar 1825, in
North Carolina. On 31 Jul 1850, he married Martha Hines Dixon in Talbot
County, Georgia. In 1864 he was on detached duty from Company B, 15th
Confederate Cavalry serving as a quartermaster/purchasing agent. He was
captured during the raid on Marianna and was imprisoned at Ship Island,
Mississippi and Elmira, New York. He was released from Elmira on 12 Dec 1864,
and he returned home to Marianna. Joseph died on 5 Jun 1865, and is buried at
St Luke’s cemetery. [ANCESTRY.COM – WEST FLORIDA WAR]
Joseph Washington Russ
C. S. A.
Joseph Washington Russ, son of Joseph Russ and Sarah Ann
Lewis, was born 1 Jul 1813, and died 21 Jun 1883. He is listed in the 1860
Jackson County census as a forty-five year old wealthy farmer who was born
in North Carolina. Joseph served in the Florida Indian Wars. He enlisted 14
Dec 1835, and was discharged Jan 1836. He was a member of Bean’s Company,
Florida Volunteers. NOTE: Joseph is listed on some St Luke's cemetery
records as serving in the Confederate service. No record has been found.
[ANCESTRY.COM]
Captain Richard Lawrence Smith
Marianna Dragoons
Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry
Captain Richard Lawrence Smith was born in North Carolina on 3 Mar 1817. He married Elizabeth Hunter in Wake County, North Carolina, and later migrated to Marianna, Florida, with his wife’s family. He is found in the 1860 Jackson County census listed as a thirty-one years old lawyer. He was the Captain of the Marianna Dragoons, which became Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry. [ANCESTRY. COM – WEST FLORIDA WAR]
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Private Charles A. White
Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry
Charles A. White is listed in the 1860 Jackson County,
Florida,
census as a fifteen year old in the household of Joseph M. White. Charles
enlisted 13 Feb 1863, in Captain Richard Lawrence Smith’s Marianna
Dragoons. The Marianna Dragoons was an independent company until 24 Sep
1863, when it became Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry.
[ANCESTRY.COM - NARA M251 REEL 19]
Captain Joseph M. White, Jr.
Company B, 6th Florida Infantry Regiment
Joseph M. White, Jr. was born on 22 Apr 1837, and died 4 Dec 1867. He is listed in the 1860 Jackson County, Florida, census as twenty-three years old. He enlisted as the 1st Lieutenant of Company B, 6th Florida Infantry Regiment, on 11 Feb 1862, and was promoted to Captain on 9 Jul 1862. Joseph was wounded 9 Sep 1863, in the Battle of Chickamauga. [ANCESTRY.COM - NARA M251 REEL 75]
Private Thomas M. White
Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry
Thomas M. White is listed in the 1860 Jackson County census as eighteen year old in the household of Joseph M. White. Thomas enlisted 14 Mar 1862, in Captain Richard Lawrence Smith’s Marianna Dragoons. The Marianna Dragoons was an independent company until 24 Sep 1863, when it became Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry. [ANCESTRY.COM - NARA M251 REEL 19]
Isaac J. Williams
Florida Home Guard
Isaac J. Williams is listed as a twenty-seven year old engineer in the 1860 Jackson County, Florida, census. Some St Luke's cemetery records list him as a member of the Home Guard. No service record located. [ANCESTRY.COM]
Doctor William S. Wilson
Captain Norwood's Home Guards
William S. Wilson was born about 1829 and is listed in the 1860 Jackson County census as a thirty-one year old physician. During the Marianna Raid, he was a member of Norwood's "Cradle to Grave" Home Guards. It is reported he participated in the fighting, but managed not to be taken prisoner. He help care for the wounded after the fight. [ANCESTRY.COM – WEST FLORIDA WAR]
Private Colbert Baker Wynn(s)
Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry
Colbert Baker Wynn, son of Benjamin Wynn and Caroline Baker, was born in 1843 and died 12 May 1899. Colbert enlisted 14 Mar 1862, in Captain Richard Lawrence Smith’s Marianna Dragoons. The Marianna Dragoons was an independent company until 24 Sep 1863, when it became Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry. Colbert surrendered 11 May 1865 at Quincy, Florida, and was paroled there 22 May 1865. On 13 Dec 1876, Colbert married Mary Bornes in Jackson County, Florida. [ANCESTRY.COM – FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATIONS # A01920 - NARA M251 REEL 19]
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