Jo Ann, Thanks so much for writing! The information I need--or as much as you can document--is below in my original post. If you can, fill in as much as you know for sure. Anything you don't know for sure, just put a question mark beside it in parentheses (?). Be sure and give me permission to use this information. Look forward to hearing from you again! Ceya Minder **************************************************************************** *************************************** At 09:16 AM 9/23/99 -0500, you wrote: >My father took me to my great grandfather's grave who was in the Civil >War a long time ago. I don't know that much about the area and hope I >wrote it down right. His name was Charles C. F. Harris and the >cemetery was the Clopton Cemetery in Dale County, I believe. He did >have a civil war marker but I don't know who put it there. I remember >there was a church there but don't know if the name was Clopton or >what. My father is now deceased and I'm going only by memory. I do >have the name of his company and I will look that up and send that >along with any other info you may need. Just let me know what all you >need. > >Jo Ann Meadows >256-922-0306, Huntsville, AL > >----- Original Message ----- >From: minder <Reminder@snowhill.com> >To: <ALHENRY-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 7:43 AM >Subject: CSA new grave marked... > > > > Have just discovered that there is a recently marked CSA soldiers >grave in > > the Blackwood Cemetery on County Road 83 out of Headland going NW. > > > > George W. Searcy, CSA > > Blackwood Cemetery > > Private, Company D > > 12 Regiment AL Inf. Confederate States Army > > b. June 13 1828 > > d. August 15, 1914 > > Grave has a new marker with gold lettering. > > > > I need the name of his wife, children, marker placed by >whom; and > > I also want to know if this cemetery is the Blackwood Congregational > > Methodist Church Cemetery. I understand that the original church is >now > > defunct; and, that the building was purchased and moved from this > > site. The cemetery is the only thing that remains; but, I really >need to > > be sure that this was the denomination of the church--if anyone >knows??? > > > > The General Willliam C. Oates AL #1342 Chapter of United Daughters >of the > > Confederacy (Dothan, Alabama) has as one of its projects this year: >the > > recording of CSA soldiers graves--the marked ones; and, locating and > > identifying "unmarked" ones. > > > > If you can send me your knowledge of any CSA soldiers graves in any >of the > > southeast Alabama counties, we will fill out a form and send it to >Richmond > > to be placed in the UDC Archives. Many of these graves get >vandalized and > > eventually destroyed and this would--at least--provide a permanent >record > > of this soldier and his final resting place. This is the data that >is > > needed--as much of it as one can provide: > > > > NAME OF SOLDIER > > NAME OF CEMETERY > > MANAGER > > ADDRESS > > RANK OF CSA SOLDIER > > COMPANY > > REGIMENT > > REFERENCE (SOURCE OF RECORD oF MILITARY SERVICE) > > DATE OF BIRTH > > PLACE OF BIRTH > > DATE OF DEATH > > IS GRAVE MARKED? > > (IF UNMARKED, PLEASE GIVE LOCATION IN CEMETERY) > > IS CONFEDERATE SERVICE NOTED ON MARKER? > > IS IT A GOVERNMENT MARKER? > > IS IT A MEMORIAL MARKER (NO REMAINS BURIED)? > > IS THERE AN IRON CROSS? > > PLACED BY WHOM? > > PLEASE ADD ANY INFORMATION KNOWN ABOUT VETERAN'S: SPOUSE, CHILDREN, >LIVING > > DESCENDANTS, ETC. > > > > If you send these to me, give me a statement (in your >email) > > stating that I have your permission to send this to the UDC Business >Office > > in Richmond and/or to any other museum that is preserving these CSA > > soldier's burial records. > > > > Looking forward to receiving your information to compile >and send > > to Richmond by May, 2000. > > Be sure to include your name, address, phone, etc. If you have >anything > > you want to attach to the form, write and I'll send you my mailing >address. > > > > Feel free to forward this to other southeast Alabama > > researchers--whether in-state or out-of-state. > > > > Ceya Minder, President > > Gen. William C. Oates AL #1342 > > Dothan, Alabama > > > > >