| 1. First Row | unknown
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| 2. First Row |
Mr. Whitehead The Cedar Hill Cemetery project
(by Bruce Saunders)
shows two Confederate veterans buried in that cemetery. One was in the 16th
VA Inf.; the other in the 41st VA Inf. |
| 3.
Second Row | James Harrison Butler
(identified by the book's author, Kermit Hobbs, since it was published) (Note:
Corp. Butler is the grandfather of Compatriot Stephen
Harrison Butler, Jr. of the Tom Smith Camp, SCV. He was able to identify this
veteran with other family pictures.) Name:
James H Butler ,
Enlistment Date: 06 June 1861
Distinguished Service:
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Virginia
Birth Date: 07 September 1839
Death Date: 19 July 1916
Death Place:
Isle of Wight County, VA
Unit Numbers: 799 799
Service Record: On rolls
at Appomattox Court House, VA
Enlisted as a Private on 06 June 1861
Enlisted
in Company K, 41st Infantry Regiment Virginia on 06 June 1861.
Received pay
on 15 April 1862
Reenlisted in Company K, 41st Infantry Regiment Virginia
on 15 April 1862
Hospitalized on 15 August 1862 at Chimborazo Hospl, Richmond,
VA (Pneumonia)
Hospitalized on 02 November 1862 at Danville, VA
Promoted
to Full Corporal on 01 March 1863
Wounded on 03 May 1863 at Chancellorsville,
VA
Hospitalized on 04 May 1863 at Richmond, VA (Sick)
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| 4. Second Row |
Mr. Barnes (Note:
This listing is only a "best guess" as to the correct "Mr. Barnes") Name:
William H Barnes ,
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side
Served: Confederacy
State Served: North Carolina
Unit Numbers: 141
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private
Wounded
Transferred Company C, 17th
Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 01 February 1863
Transferred in Company
G, 31st Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 01 February 1863.
Hospitalized
on 16 May 1864 at Richmond, VA
POW on 30 September 1864 at Fort Harrison,
VA
Confined on 05 October 1864 at Point Lookout, MD
Paroled on 17 March
1865 at Point Lookout, MD
Exchanged on 19 March 1865 at Boulware's Wharf,
VA
"Mr. Barnes" could be any of an infinite number
of people by that name. The Cedar Hill Cemetery project (by Bruce
Saunders) shows the following inscription, and should only be considered to
be a "best guess" that this is the correct "Mr. Barnes". WILLIAM
HENRY BARNES
08-21-1843
03-21-1923
CSA 31ST N.C. INF.,
CLINGMANþS
BRIGADE; HOKEþS DIVISION, JOHNSONþS ARMY, PVT.
BLOCK O, LOT 102 From
Nansemond County Civil
War Veterans, by Bruce Saunders, there is this report:
William
Henry Barnes
31st N.C.Regiment, Clingman's Brigade, Hoke's Division, Johnson's
Army, Private
William was born August 21, 1843. He married Eliezenia S.
(1841-1915). He was in the construction business after the war
and built the
clerk's office on Main St. He lived on North
Street. William died March 21,
1923 and is buried in Cedar Hill
Cemetery Block O, Lot 102. |
| 5 .Second Row | Mr.
Oliver
(Note: "Mr.
Oliver" may be Alexander W. Oliver because the Trask information states that
he was in the Tom Smith Camp UCV.) Name: Alexander
W Oliver ,
Occupation: Farmer
Enlistment Date: 17 April 1861
Distinguished
Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served:
Virginia
Birth Date: 20 July 1843
Death Date: 16 November 1898
Unit Numbers: 765 765
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 17 April 1861
Enlisted in Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 17 April 1861.
Wounded
on 19 August 1864 at Davis Farm, VA
Surrendered Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment
Virginia on 09 April 1865 in Appomattox Court House, VA
Postwar:
Farmer, res. Nansemond Co., member Tom Smith Camp UCV in Suffolk, died Nov. 16,
1898, bur. at Cedar Hill Cem. in Suffolk. The Cedar Hill Cemetery
project (by Bruce Saunders)
shows the following inscription: ALEXANDER WASHINGTON
OLIVER
07-20-1843
11-16-1898
S/O SYLVESTER & MARY ELIZABETH
FLUHART OLIVER
CSA 16TH VA.INF., CO.A, PRIVATE
BLOCK C, LOT 97
O-A.W.OLIVER However,
Compatriot Russ Dail says that "Mr. Oliver" is the following
soldier: Name:
Mathew E Oliver ,
Enlistment Date: 23 May 1862
Distinguished Service:
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Virginia
Death Date: 20 February 1912
Death Place: Magnolia, VA
Unit Numbers:
760 760
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 23 May 1862
Enlisted
in Company B, 12th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 23 May 1862.
Surrendered
Company B, 12th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 09 April 1865 in Appomattox Court
House, VA |
| 6. Second Row |
Exum Britt Name:
Exum Britton Britt ,
Residence: Suffolk, Virginia
Occupation: Clerk
& Lumber Deale
Enlistment Date: 17 April 1861
Distinguished Service:
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Virginia
Birth Date: 08 February 1831
Death Date: 04 March 1916
Unit Numbers:
765 765
Service Record: Enlisted as a Lieutenant 3rd Class on 17 April 1861
Commission in Company B, 16th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 17 April 1861.
Promoted to Full Lieutenant 2nd Class on 20 August 1861
Promoted to Full Captain
on 13 January 1862
Absent, sick on 01 September 1862
Returned on 15 October
1862 (Estimated day)
Resigned, disability Company B, 16th Infantry Regiment
Virginia on 19 February 1863
Postwar: continued
in lumber trade until he retired in 1903, served 32 years on the Suffolk School
Board sometimes as chairman, member of the Masons, Knights of Pythias and Methodist
Episcopal Church, died March 4, 1916, bur. at Cedar Hill in Suffolk. The
Cedar Hill Cemetery project (by Bruce
Saunders) shows the following inscription: CAPT.
EXUM BRITTON BRITT
02-08-1831
03-01-1916
16TH VA.REG.INF.,MAHONE'S
BRIG.
S/O EXUM O. & MIRANDA BRITT
BLOCK D, LOT 24
O-EXUM BRITT
From Nansemond
County Civil War Veterans, by Bruce Saunders, there is this report: Exum
Britton Britt
16th Virginia Infantry, Company B, Captain
Britt was born
February 8, 1831 the son of Exum O. and Miranda
Britt. In his youth he moved
to Suffolk and was working as a
clerk before the war. After the war he entered
the lumber trade
and was an accountant living in Suffolk. Britt served thirty-two
years on the Suffolk School Board, was a member of the Masons,
Knights of
Pythias, American Legion and of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Britt was
also active in politics, served
as Commissioner of Revenue, and was a postmaster
of Suffolk from
1893 to 1896. He married Eudora Porter Riddick (1833-1865)
and
later Ellen Custine Riddick (1845-1888) both daughters of
Benjamin
and Eliza Jerusha Porter Riddick. Britt died March 1,
1916 and was buried
in Cedar Hill Cemetery Block D. Lot 24. |
| 7.
Second Row | unknown |
| 8. Third Row | Dr.
Barnes Name: Thomas H. Barnes
born
May 28, 1831, son of James Barnes, and Elizabeth Barnes, his wife, and a descendant
of immigrants who settled at an early date in Hertford county, North Carolina,
and from thence removed to Nansemond county, Virginia, James Barnes was a well-known
citizen of Nansemond county, and for many years was a magistrate and a member
of the county court. Thomas H. Barnes was a student at Kinsale Academy in Nansemond
county, Virginia; Buckhorn Academy, Hertford Academy, North Carolina; matriculated
at the University of Virginia in 1849, studying there three years; then took up
the study of medicine at the Medical College of Virginia, and graduated with the
class of 1853. In 1854 he commenced the active practice of his profession, with
which he was occupied until 1888, at the homestead where he was born. He was for
a long time chairman of the county Democratic committee, and was for many years
a member of the house of delegates and the senate of Virginia. He was of imposing
height and dignity in bearing, and was known as the "tall sycamore of Nansemond."
For a long time he served as a member of the board of visitors of the Medical
College of Virginia, and that of William and Mary College. He was a delegate to
the constitutional convention which assembled in Richmond in 1901, was chairman
of the committee on county government, and rendered excellent service in the deliberations
of this body. In his earlier years one of his chief recreations was found in fox
hunting. He never married.
The Cedar Hill Cemetery project
(by Bruce Saunders)
shows the following inscription for the only "Dr. Barnes" in that cemetery: DR.
THOMAS H. BARNES
05-23-1831
06-04-1913
A TRUE MAN, A LOYAL FRIEND
AND
A FAITHFUL PUBLIC SERVANT
CSA
S/O JAMES & ELIZABETH
HOLLAND
BARNES
BLOCK F, LOT 52 Enlisted as a Major (date unknown).
He was
commissioned into Field & Staff VA 3rd Reserves Infantry
(date and method
of discharge not given)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
(c) Historical Data
Systems, Inc. @ www.civilwardata.com
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| 9.
Third Row | Alex Baker
(Note:
This listing is only a "best guess" as to the correct "Alex Baker".)
Name: Alexander
Baker ,
Residence: Isle Of Wight County, Virginia
Enlistment Date: 01
March 1862
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served:
Confederacy
State Served: Virginia
Death Date: 05 June 1926
Death
Place: R. E. Lee Soldier's Home, Richmond, VA
Unit Numbers: 625 625 657
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 01 March 1862
Enlisted in Surry Light
Artillery Regiment Virginia on 01 March 1862.
Detailed on 15 December 1862
(As hospital aide)
Transferred Surry Light Artillery Regiment Virginia on
01 June 1863
Transfered in Company G, 13th Cavalry Regiment Virginia on 01
June 1863.
Absent, without leave on 15 December 1864
The
following article about Gen. Laurence Simmons Baker was extracted from this site:
http://members.aol.com/jweaver303/nc/baker.htm In
1855 he was married to Elizabeth E., daughter of Dr. Alex. Henderson, of North
Carolina, and they have three children living: Alexander Baker, sheriff of
Nansemond county, Va.; Stuart A. Baker, of Richmond, and Elizabeth E. Baker. |
| 10. Third Row | Richard
Hosier
The Cedar Hill Cemetery project (by Bruce
Saunders) shows the following inscription: RICHARD HOSIER
(NAME
ONLY)
"MOSBY - CSA" From Nansemond
County Civil War Veterans, by Bruce Saunders, there is this report:
Richard Hosier
Mosby's Partisan Rangers
43rd Battalion of Virginia Cavalry
Hosier was born August 14, 1818 in
Nansemond County. After the war he
was a member of the Tom Smith Camp of
The United Confederate Veterans.
He
and his wife Sarah had seven
children. He is buried in Cedar Hill
Cemetery, Block F, Lot 113 or Block
D, Lot 32. No dates are given on his
stone only the word "Mosby". |
| 11.
Third Row | George B. Walton The
Cedar Hill Cemetery project (by Bruce
Saunders) shows the following inscription: GEORGE B. WALTON
09-13-1846
04-21-1929
CSA
BLOCK H, LOT 37
O-GEO.WALTON From Nansemond
County Civil War Veterans, by Bruce Saunders, there is this report: George
B. Walton
CSA
Walton was born ca. 1846. He was listed with the Tom
Smith Camp
of Confederate Veterans. Walton died April 21, 1929 and is
buried
in Cedar Hill Cemetery Block H, Lot 37. |
| 12.
Third Row | Philip Brinkley Name:
Philip B Brinkley ,
Occupation: Farmer
Enlistment Date: 23 July 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Virginia
Birth Date: 14 June 1844
Death Date: 29
April 1928
Unit Numbers: 799 799
Service Record: On rolls at Appomattox
Court House, VA
Enlisted as a Private on 23 July 1861
Enlisted in Company
I, 41st Infantry Regiment Virginia on 23 July 1861.
Received pay on 15 March
1862
Reenlisted in Company I, 41st Infantry Regiment Virginia on 15 March
1862
Hospitalized on 22 August 1862 at Chimborazo Hospl, Richmond, VA
Promoted to Full Sergeant 1st Class on 01 September 1862
Promoted to Full
Lieutenant 2nd Class on 01 November 1864 Also, the Cedar Hill Cemetery
project (by Bruce Saunders)
shows the following inscription:
PHILIP BEVERLY BRINKLEY
06-14-1844
04-29-1928
CSA þ 41ST VA.INF., CO.I, 2ND LT.
S/O ABRAM &
NANCY
KNIGHT BRINKLEY
BLOCK A, LOT 43 From Nansemond
County Civil War Veterans, by Bruce Saunders, there is this report: Philip
B. Brinkley
41st Virginia Infantry, Company I, 2nd Lt.
Brinkley was born
June 14, 1844 the son of Abram and Nancy Knight
Brinkley of Nansemond County.
He was a farmer and owned 193 acres
twelve miles southwest of Suffolk. He
married Armesis C. Franklin
(11/7/1848- ), daughter of Javan Riddick and Jane
Rebecca Lee
Eppes Franklin on February 22, 1866. They had seven children.
He
was a member of the Tom Smith Camp. Brinkley died April 29, 1928
and is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Block A, Lot 43E 1/2.
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| 13. Third Row | Dr.
W. D. Wood The Cedar Hill Cemetery project (by Bruce
Saunders) shows the following inscription:
WILLIAM DAVID RIDDICK
WOOD
01-14-1848
08-19-1918
CSA - DOCTOR
FOOTSTONE READS: "CSA
1861 - 1865"
S/O REV. DAVID AND JULIANNA
RIDDICK WOOD
BLOCK
E, LOT 13
O-W.D.WOOD
From Nansemond
County Civil War Veterans, by Bruce Saunders, there is this report: William
David Wood
CSA - Doctor
Wood was born January 14, 1848. He married Tallulah
Marshall Wise
(7/7/1861-4/10/1891), daughter of Marshall Melville and Mary
Ellis Wise. Wood is listed with the "Tom Smith Camp of
Confederate
Veterans". He died August 19, 1918 and is buried
in Cedar Hill Cemetery
Block E, Lot 13. Footstone reads: CSA
1861-1865. |
| 14.
Third Row | R. R. Allen The
Cedar Hill Cemetery project (by Bruce
Saunders) shows the following inscription: ROBERT RIDDICK ALLEN
12-18-1845
11-15-1920
S/O ARCHIBALD & MARY
SWEPSON ALLEN
MARRIED 01-27-1891
13TH VA. CAV., CO., PVT.
BLOCK B, LOT 44 The
following article was extracted from the following site: http://members.sitegadgets.com/jweaver300/board/1209.html
The Tom Smith Camp of United Confederate Veterans was
named in honor of Lieutenant Thomas Washington Smith (1832-1912), who was a member
of the 16th Virginia Infantry. Smith repeatedly refused promotion, due to his
devotion to the men in the ranks. After the war, he was in the mercantile business
and was the President of the Suffolk National Bank. The Tom Smith Camp was camp
#44 in the Virginia Grand Camp of United Confederate Veterans. During the
1904/05 session, R.R. Allen was the camp commander (president) and Richard
S. Boyken was the adjutant (assistant). From Nansemond
County Civil War Veterans, by Bruce Saunders, there is this report: Robert
Riddick Allen
13th Virginia Cavalry, Company C, Private
Allen was born
Dec.18,1845 in Nansemond Co. the son of Archibald
and Mary Swepson Allen.
He married Frances Jones Cosby (1859-1896)
on Jan.27,1891. Allen was believed
to have been killed in the
war but appeared at his home riding a mule after
the war. He
entered the business
world and became one of the most substantial
business men of his
day in Suffolk. He always took great interest
in the
Tom Smith Camp of Confederate Veterans and was one of the
last survivors
of that organization. He died
Nov. 15,1920 and is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery
Block B, Lot
44. |
