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 > >