VETERANS BURIED AT SHADY GROVE CEMETERY

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Henry C. Blount, son of Reddin Blount and Frances C. Martin, was born on February 23, 1845, in Holmes County, Florida. Fifteen year old Henry is found listed in his fathers household in the 1860 Walton County, Florida census. Henry enlisted in Company K, 6th Alabama Cavalry Regiment in Walton County, Florida, on April 10, 1863. He was discharged at Milton, Florida in April 1865. Henry married Ellafair L. Brannan in 1870. Henry and his wife are found living in Shady Grove, Florida, in the 1810 Jackson County census. [ancestry.com - FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION #A07557]

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Jesse Jefferson Bradley was born March 14, 1838 in Randolph County, Georgia. Pension records show him enlisting in Company A & L of the 11th Florida Infantry Regiment on October 12, 1863. He surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia, and was discharged on April 10, 1865. Jesse married Betty Simmons on December 25, 1879, in Jackson County, Florida. Jesse died on March 4, 1923. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION #A0242]

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W. B. Bryant enlisted as a 2nd Corporal in Company L, 2nd Florida Infantry. He is listed as surrendering at Appomattox Court House on 9 Apr 1865. [NARA M251 REEL 35]

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John Cloud was born June 1, 1842 in Decatur County, Georgia. He enlisted in Company A, 11th Florida Infantry Regiment, in Marianna, Florida, on August 11, 1862. He was home  sick at the end of the war. John surrendered at Quincy, Florida on May 11, 1865, and was paroled at Quincy, Florida on May 22, 1865. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION #D18251]

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Thomas Cook = No Record Found

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William Larkin Davis

James Abner Dickson, son of William Washington Dickson and Annie Cherry, was born in Florida, 13 Jan 1845 and died 20 May 1923. He enlisted as a private in Captain Robinson's Company of Florida Partisan Rangers at Merritt's Bridge, Jackson County, Florida, on 11 Aug 1862. It appears James Abner deserted and joined the Union Navy. His official records are in poor shape and his U.S. Navy records have not been located at this time. Click on picture below. [ancestry.com - NSRA Pub M251 REEL 43 A-F, - EGA DATABASE]

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William Columbus "Lum" Dickson, son of William Washington Dickson and Annie Cherry, was born in Florida, in 1839 and he died before 1880. He is found in his father's household listed as Columbus Dickson in the 1860 Jackson County, census.  He enlisted as a corporal in Captain Robinson's Company of Florida Partisan Rangers at Merritt's Bridge, Jackson County, Florida, on 11 Aug 1862. Lum was promoted thru the ranks reaching 3rd Sergeant on 1 Oct 1863. He was dropped from the rolls on 1 Jan 1864. William M. Columbus Dickson was buried in the Russ Cemetery, which was flooded by Lake Seminole. His grave along with all his father's family was moved to Shady Grove Cemetery in 1953.  [ancestry.com - NSRA Pub M251 REEL 43 A-F, - EDENFIELD DATABASE]

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William Dee Benjamin Dudley was born on 29 Dec 1820, in Jones County, Georgia, and he died IN 1912. He enlisted in Company I, 4th Florida Infantry on at Marianna, Florida, on 25 Sep 1861. He was discharged on 25 Dec 1862, at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, for being over forty years of age. [FLORIDA PENSION APPLICATION A11025 -NARA PUB. M251 REEL 54 - EDENFIELD DATABASE]

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"a good AND true sOLDIER"

John Gordon Durden married Amy Hagan on 14 Aug 1859, in Calhoun County, Florida. He was born in 10 Mar 1837, in Baker County, Georgia, and died 17 Apr 1917, in Jackson County, Florida [dates from pension application]. John enlisted on 8 Sep 1862 in Company E, 5th Battalion Florida Cavalry. His pension application indicates he was enlisted at Tallahassee, Florida and that he was discharged on 11 May 1865, at Quincy, Florida at the close of the war. [NARA PUB. M251 REEL 16 - FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATION A01967 - EDENFIELD DATABASE]

Cullen Wesley Edenfield was born 12 May 1827,in Emanuel County, Georgia, and he died 27 Dec 1910, in Jackson County, Florida. He enlisted in 4 Jun 1862 in Company C, 6th Florida Infantry Regiment. He was surrendered on 10 May 1865 at Tallahassee, Florida. [NARA PUB. M251 REEL 70 - FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATION A01201 - EDENFIELD DATABASE]

Richard Franklin Edenfield was born 18 Jun 1836, in Gadsden County, Florida, and died  29 Feb 1908, in Jackson County, Florida. He enlisted 8 sep 1862 in Captain Milton's Independent Cavalry Company. This company became Company G, 2nd Florida Cavalry. He later transferred to Company E, 2nd Florida Cavalry. [NARA PUB. M251 REEL 8 - FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATION A00779 - EDENFIELD DATABASE]

Benjamin Franklin Grantham, son of Nathan Grantham and Susannah Strickland, was born July 7, 1823 in Dooly County, Georgia. He enlisted as a private in Company F, 31st Georgia Infantry Regiment on October  27, 1861, and was paroled at Quincy, Florida on May  22, 1865. He married (1) Mary Ann Weldon and (2) Amanda V. Marshall. [ancestry.com - ROSTER OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS OF GEORGIA 1861-1865]

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Private Jefferson Griffin
Company E, 6th Florida Infantry

Jefferson Griffin was born 24 Dec 1830, in Warren County, Georgia. He enlisted as a private in Captain H. O Bassett’s Company of the 6^th Florida Infantry. He was wounded twice and captured at Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He was released from Camp Chase, Ohio on 13 June 1865. Jefferson married Elizabeth (Lizzie) McDaniel on 10 Apr 1854. Jefferson griffin died on 1 May 1914. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION A05364 - EDENFIELD DATABASE]

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Private Isaac King
Captain Smith's Marianna Dargoons

Isaac King, son of Isaac and Elizabeth King, was born in Florida on 19 May 1836. He enlisted in Captain Smith's Marianna Dragoons on 14 Mar 1862. This company became Company B, 15th Confederate Cavalry. In September 1864, Isaac was on detached duty in Marianna when the Marianna Raid occurred.　 During the fighting he was cut off from escape across the Chipola River and was later wounded when he encountered a Union guard. Isaac survived the war and married Elizabeth Fulgham in Jackson County on 28 Jun 1894. Isaac died on 12 Mar 1903. [FLORIDA CONFEDERAT PENSION A00638 - EDENFIELD DATADASE - THE BATTLE OF MARIANNA, FLORIDA]

Private David James Mears
Company E, 6th Florida Infantry

James Mears, son of Levin Mears, was born in North Carolina, on 17 Aug 1819. He died in Jackson County, Florida, on 1 Mar 1888. David enlisted in Company E, 6th Florida Infantry Regiment on 14 Apr 1862, at Mt. Vernon, Florida.　 David married Mary Ann Davis on 17 Dec 1848, in Jackson County, Florida. He married a second time to Mary Jane Cook on 28 Sep 1873. [ANCESTRY.COM]

Corporal William Riley McClellan
Company B, 10th Georgia Infantry Battalion

William Riley McClellan, son of John Hiram McClellan and Eliza Alexander, was born in Irwin County, Georgia on 15 Jan 1844. He died on 24 Dec 1939 and was buried at Shady Grove Cemetery, Grand Ridge, Florida. He enlisted in the Captain David Henderson's Company, 10th Georgia Battalion,  on 4 Mar 1862. He was eighteen years of age at the time of his enlistment. On 14 Mar 1862, he was mustered into Company B, 10th Battalion Georgia Infantry. He was appointed 4th Corporal on 21 Jul 1863, and by Nov 1863, he was 3rd Corporal.  On 1 Jul 1864 he was promoted to 1st Corporal. He was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, 9 Apr 1865. William married Josephine Folsom in 1869. He died 24 Dec 1939, in Jackson County, Florida. [ANCESTRY.COM - FOOTNOTE.COM]