Did any of these men serve in Florida units or receive pensions in Florida? There are several matching names (or close with initials) on the pension records at the Florida State Archives online records and also in the "Biographical Rosters of Florida's Confederate and Union Soldiers 1861-1865". Without further information I can't make a connection. If they are in either one of these categories it will more than likely be faster to obtain the records from the Florida State Archives. Pension records may be downloaded and printed from their site. You would have to order copies of the service records from them. When you start working on other cemeteries I'll be more than happy to check the books for you if they served in a Florida unit. That way you will know if your first resource should be the Florida State Archives. I'm sure their fees for copies of service records are probably lower than from the Federal government. And you can't get better than free pension records :) Leslie -----Original Message----- From: Gail Harris [mailto:peaches@strato.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 7:11 AM To: FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [FLORIDA] Subject: Bryant, Hancock & Lanier families / Polk Co, FL fyi... Boards > Localities > North America > United States > States > Florida > Counties > Polk URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=an&p=localities.northam. usa.states.florida.counties.polk&m=1014 Subject: Bryant, Hancock & Lanier families Author: Sheila Tindle Date: 26 Sep 2005 9:30 PM GMT Email: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- I am with the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Annie H. Darracott of Lakeland. My project is to mark the graves of the Confederate Veterans in the Lakeland area. I am presently working in the Bethel Baptist Church, Socrum Cemetery in North Lakeland. If anyone has the military records on the below veterans, I would appreciate it if you would share a copy. I have ordered the military records from Richmond, VA. and have been told that it will take 3 months to receive these documents. I would rather not wait 3 months before I order a marker. The Confederate Veterans are: James L. Bryant John M. Bryant William Hancock James S. Lanier Please e-mail my privately if you have any questions at STindle675@aol.com Thank you. Sheila Tindle, President United Daughters of the Confederacy, Annie H. Darracott #791 Lakeland, FL