ZION
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY-MAURY COUNTY TENNESSEE
Compiled & submitted by Mary Bob McClain Richardson.
CIVIL
WAR SOLDIERS
BURIED
AT ZION PRESYBERTIAN CHURCH
CEMETERY
and
"THE
BATTLE OF ZION"
ARMSTRONG,
Samuel Henry, Jr., 27 Jun 1842 - 3
Jul 1902. (Son Samuel H. &
Martha Frierson Armstrong; 19th Cav., C.S.A. MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESYBERTIAN CHURCH CEMETERY. There is a S.H. ARMSTRONG listed
in the 19th Calvary, Co. A, who
is the father of Samuel H. ARMSTRONG, Jr. The
only other listing I could find in Sailor and Soldiers Systems is Samuel
ARMSTRONG, that served in the 4th Calvary. (NARA)"I
remember the morning that General Wheeler's cavalry filed by our brigade, and of
their telling us, "Good-bye, boys, good-bye, boys."The First Tennessee
Cavalry and Ninth Battalion were both made up in Maury county. I saw John J.
Stephenson, my friend and step-brother, and David F. Watkins my own dear
brother, and Arch Lipscomb, Joe Fussell, Captain Kinzer, Jack Gordon, George
Martin, Major Dobbins, Colonel Lewis, Captain Galloway, Aaron and Sims Latta,
Major J. H. Akin, S.H. ARMSTONG,
Albert Dobbins, Alex Dobbins, Jim Cochran, Rafe Grisham, Captain Jim Polk, and
many others with whom I was acquainted. They all said, "Good-bye,Sam,
good-bye, Sam." I cried.... ("Co. Atych" by Watkins, Samuel R.
pg 92)
ARMSTRONG,
Samuel Henry, Sr., 25 Aug
1800 - 29 May 1869. "
C.S.A.; Elder Zion Church, 35
years.; MCTC). Buried Zion
Cemetery. 19th Reg Tn Calvary (Biffle's)
Co. E & Co. F, Confederate side, rank in Sgt. rank out Sgt.
(NARA)
ARMSTRONG,
Capt. James Gray, 25
Dec 1829 - 4 Jan 1863. (Son Samuel
H. & Martha Frierson Armstrong; Co.
A, 23 Tenn Inf., C.S.A.; never
married; MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESYBERTIAN CHURCH CEMETERY. 23rd Tennessee Infantry Martin's Regiment Co. 1A, Confederate
side, rank in Capt. rank out Capt. (NARA)
ARMSTRONG,
Moses Gordon, 14 Nov 1832 -
d. 11 Dec 1895. (Son Samuel H. & Martha Frierson Armstrong;
23rd Inf, C.S.A.; MCTC). Buried
ZION PRESYBERTIAN CHURCH CEMETERY. 23rd
Tennessee Infantry (Martin's Reg), Co. 1A,
rank in Pvt. rank out Pvt. (NARA)
ARMSTRONG,
George D., 13 Mar 1829 - 3
May 1962. (Son Wm. Gordon &
Susannah A. Frierson Armstrong; Sgt. Co. C, 48th Inf, C.S.A.;
d. prisoner of war; MCTC). Buried
ZION PRESYBERTIAN CHURCH CEMETERY. 48th Reg (Voorhies) Co. E, Tennessee Infantry, Confederate
side, rank in Pvt. rank out Sgt. (NARA)
ARNELL,
William Lewis, d. no date. "C.S.A.,
Lawyer, Soldier". (Son Rev.
James M. & Jean F. Mayes Arnell; d.
from illness in 1863, while in army.; MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY. No listing in Sailors and Soldiers Systems site.
(NARA)
BARNES,
Thomas, d.
no date. C.S.A.; (MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESYBTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY. No listing in Sailors and
Soldiers Systems site. (NARA)
BARNES,
William, d.
no date. C.S.A.; (MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
No listing in Sailors and Soldiers Systems site.
(NARA).
BRANK,
Robert H., 1827 - d. 1904.
(Son Robert H. & Ruth Davidson Brank;
Co. H, 1st Tenn Inf., C.S.A.; MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESYBERTIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
lst/27th Consolidated Regiment Tn Infantry Co. H rank unknown/ 1st Reg Tn
Infantry (Feild's) Co. H. Rank
in Pvt. rank out Pvt. (NARA).
(This is a relative of Ephraim McLean b. 1730, Scotland.
mb)
BRATTON,
Samuel H. 20 Feb 1837 - 13
Mar 1885. (Co G.; 9th Tenn Cav
Bat., C.S.A.; TS broken.; MCTC). Buried ZION PRESYBERTIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
9th (Gantt's) Battalion, Tennessee Calvary, Co. C & Co. G.
Confederate side, rank in Pvt. rank out Pvt.
(NARA)
BROWN,
Samuel Tennant, 14 Sep 1835 - 7 Jan 1897.
(Son of David C. & Clotilda Stephenson Brown;
Co. K, 48th Tenn Inf., C.S.A.; MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESYBERTIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
48th (Voorhies) Reg., Tennessee Infantry Co. E, Confederate side, rank in
Sgt. rank out Sgt. (NARA)
BUNCH,
Sol H., 1830 - d. 1905. (Son
Solomon & Anna Bunch; Co. A,
9th Tenn Cav, C.S.A.; MCTC). Buried
ZION CEMETERY. 9th Battalion
(Gantt's) Tennessee Calvary, Co. A, Confederate side, rank in Pvt. rank out
Pvt., Alternate name S.H./BUNCH. (NARA)
BURTON,
Charles E., 24 Mar 1811 - 25 Jun
1898. (C.S.A.; MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH No
listing in Sailors and Soldiers Systems site.
(NARA)
CARTHEL,
Thomas Joseph, ( d. 22 Jul
1864 in Atlanta; Capt. Co. G, 47th Tenn Inf., C.S.A.; no tombstone; MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
47th Regiment Tennessee Infantry Co. G, Confederate side, rank in Captain
rank out Captain. (NARA)
CECIL,
Gordon, 1845 - d.
1915. (Co. E, 6th Tenn Inf.;
MCTC). Buried ZION
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY. No listing in the Sailors and Soldiers Systems site.
COOPER,
Addison, no dates.
C.S.A.; MCTC). Buried ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
Cooper's Regiment Tennessee Calvary, Co. A, Confederate side, rank in
Pvt. rank out Pvt. (NARA)
COOPER,
Col. Duncan Brown, 21 Apr 1845 - d. 4
Nov 1923. "Son of Matthew
Delamere & Marion Brown Cooper; C.S.A.;
Concrete slab with Confederate flag.; MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
Col. Duncan Brown Cooper, was born April 21, 1845 - Columbia, Maury Co.,
Tennessee the son of Matthew Delamere Cooper and Marian Witherspoon Brown.
He was born at "Mulberry Hill" and reared as the son of rach
and well-known business man and planter, growing up in the society of Columbia,
and Nashville, Tennessee and New Orleans, Louisianna. "Dunc" Cooper
enlisted at the organization of Capt. John B. Hamilton's Co. A, 2nd Battalion,
Tennessee Calvary (later lst Tennessee Calvary) as Third Corporal;
promoted to 2nd Lieut; joined Co. G, 9th Tennessee Regiment under his
cousin, Lt. Col. Albert Gallatin Cooper and promoted to 1st Lieut; on October
23, 1863 under General G.J. Pillow, promoted to major and raised a regiment of
Confederate guerrillas; captured February 1864 in Lewis Co., Tennessee with ten
of his men; imprisoned at Fort Delaware;
escaped; recaptured;
was in last exchange of prisoners between the North and South.
Promoted to Colonel, Maury County, Tennessee national Guards became know
as "Cooper Rifles" on April 19, 1988 in his honor.
Paroled at Jackson on May 23 1865.
COOPER,
Thomas Simpson, 5 Sep 1834 -
d. 6 Feb.
1923. (Son of Col. Robert Melville Cooper & Catherine Cooper Cooper;
C.S.A.; mbmcr) Buried ZION
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY. 48th
(Voorhies) Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, Co. C, Confederate side, rank in Pvt.
rank out Pvt. Alternate names T.L/COOPER.
(NARA)
DIXON,
Dr. J. E.., (Joseph E.), 14
Aug 1831 - d.. 7 Apr 1902.
(Son Adam & Hannah Ervin Dixon Surgeon,
Co. B, 9th Tenn Cav, C.S.A.; physician
at Ashwood; MCTC). Buried ZION
PRESBYTERAIN CHURCH CEMETERY. 9th
Battalion (Gantt's) Co. B, Tennessee Calvary, Confederate side, rank in Pvt.
rank out Surgeon. (NARA)
DOBBINS,
Albert Newton, 1840 - 1893.
"C.S.A., 1861-1865." (Son
James G. & Martha E. Bills Dobbins.; MCTC). Buried ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
6th (Wheeler's) Tenn Calvary, co. E, Confederate side,
rank in Bugler, rank out Chief Bugler, Alternate name A.H./DOBBINS.
(NARA)
Samuel
Watkins says in his book: )"I
remember the morning that General Wheeler's cavalry filed by our brigade, and of
their telling us, "Good-bye, boys, good-bye, boys."The First Tennessee
Cavalry and Ninth Battalion were both made up in Maury county. I saw John J.
Stephenson, my friend and step-brother, and David F. Watkins my own dear
brother, and Arch Lipscomb, Joe Fussell, Captain Kinzer, Jack Gordon, George
Martin, Major Dobbins, Colonel Lewis, Captain Galloway, Aaron and Sims Latta,
Major J. H. Akin, S. H. Armstrong, ALBERT
DOBBINS, Alex Dobbins, Jim Cochran, Rafe Grisham, Captain Jim Polk, and many
others with whom I was acquainted. They all said, "Good-bye,Sam, good-bye,
Sam." I cried.... ("Co.
Atych" by Watkins, Samuel R. pg 92)
DOBBINS,
Alexander, 11 Jan 1840 - d.
23 Dec 1887. (Son Robert W. & Rebecca F.;
Lt., Co. E, 6th Tenn Cav., C.S.A.; MCTC). Buried ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
6th (Wheeler's) Tennessee Calvary, Co. E, Confederate side. (NARA))"I
remember the morning that General Wheeler's cavalry filed by our brigade, and of
their telling us, "Good-bye, boys, good-bye, boys."The First Tennessee
Cavalry and Ninth Battalion were both made up in Maury county. I saw John J.
Stephenson, my friend and step-brother, and David F. Watkins my own dear
brother, and Arch Lipscomb, Joe Fussell, Captain Kinzer, Jack Gordon, George
Martin, Major Dobbins, Colonel Lewis, Captain Galloway, Aaron and Sims Latta,
Major J. H. Akin, S. H. Armstrong, Albert Dobbins, ALEX DOBBINS, Jim Cochran, Rafe Grisham, Captain Jim Polk, and many
others with whom I was acquainted. They all said, "Good-bye,Sam, good-bye,
Sam." I cried.... ("Co.
Atych" by Watkins, Samuel R. pg
92)
EMBRY,
Willis B., 20 Aug 1825 - 11
Aug 1864. (Co G, 9th Tenn Cav.,
C.S.A.; KIA;
mar. Emily Frierson.)
Buried ZION
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY. 19th
(Biffle's) Tennessee Calvary, Co. G, Confederate side, rank in Pvt. rank out
Comsy Sgt., Alternate name W.B./EMBRY. (NARA)
FLEMING,
William Stewart, 23 Apr 1816
- 13 Jul 1896. "Elder in lst Prsby. Church, Columbia; Chancellor,
1870-1886." (MCTC). Buried
ZION PRESYBERTIAN CHURCH CEMETERY. Home
Guard. JUDGE WILLIAM STUART
FLEMING, born 23 Apr 1816, oldest
of the children of Thomas & Margaret Armstrong Fleming.
At a time when few people recived a good education in Maury County,
Mr. Fleming was priviledged. After
studying with his father for several years, and later tutors, he entered Yale
College, where he graduated in 1838. He
then began to read law and was admitted to the bar in 1842.
He married Frances Stephenson on 5 Sep 1839 and to them six children were
born. She died in 1849 and Mr.
Fleming married Mary Witherspoon in 1854. Four
years later Mary died and , in 1860 he married Mrs. Ruth Johnson Booker.
During the Civil War he served in the Home Guard of his home districk.
He was elected Chancellor in 1870 and held this post for the rest of his
active life. Judge Fleming died in
1889.(MCTC). (note:
The death dates differ in the book. mb)
FRIERSON,
James A., 18 May 1835
- 30 Aug 1899. (Son James A. &
Margaret A. Frierson; Co G, 9th
Tenn Cav, C.S.A.; MCTC). Buried
ZION PRESYBERTAIN CHURCH CEMETERY. There
is a J.H. and a John A. Frierson listed in the Sailors and Soldiers Systems site
with no alternate names. (NARA)
FRIERSON,
Edward C., 15 Jul 1841 - d.
4 Sep 1869. (Son John W.
& Martha Brown Frierson; Co. E, 6th Tenn Cav., C.S.A.; MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
6th (Wheeler's) Reg. Co. E, Tennessee Calvary, Confederate side,
rank in Pvt. rank out Pvt. (NARA).
FRIERSON,
Francis Legarde, (Jun 1834 -
7 Apr 1914. Son of Samuel Dodridge
& Martha Frierson; Co B, 2nd
Tenn Inf., C.S.A.; never married; (MCTC). Buried
ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY. 2nd
(Robison's) Tennessee Infantry, (Walker Legion), Co. B, Confederate side, rank
in Pvt. rank out Pvt. (NARA)
FRIERSON,
John Henry, 1839 - d. 1923.
(Son Samuel Dodridge & Martha Frierson;
Co. F, 6th Tenn Cav,
C.S.A.;
MCTC).Buried ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
6th (Wheeler's) Tennessee Calvary Co. F, Confederate side, rank in Pvt.
rank out Pvt. (NARA)
FRIERSON,
Henry, 24 Feb 1843 - 26 Feb
1865. (Son James H. & Sarah
Stephenson Frierson; Co. G, 9th
Tenn Cav., C.S.A.; died in Federal
prison; C.S.A.; MCTC). Buried ZION
PRESYBERTIAN CHURCH CEMETERY. No
listing for Henry FRIERSON in the 9th , but there was a H.J. FRIERSON in the
48th Tn Inf. and a Henry in Biffle's 19th Cav.Co. G.
(NARA)
FRIERSON,
Samuel Wickliffe, 4 Jul 1814
- 2 Jan 1865. "Son of John
Frierson; C.S.A." (Magistrate; mar.
Eliza Grant.; MCTC). Buried ZION
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY. No
listing in Sailors and Soldiers System site.
(NARA)
FRIERSON,
Theodore, M.D.,
5 Apr 1826 - 19 Mar 1898. (Son
John W., Jr. & Clotilda G. Stephenson Frierson;
C.S.A.; MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY. No listing in Sailors and Soldiers System site.
(NARA)
FRIERSON,
Franklin Weatherspoon, 23
Oct 1836 - 17 Mar 1899. (Son Robert
L. & Jane Stephenson Frierson; Co.
K, 48th Tenn Inf., C.S.A.; never married.; MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESYBERTIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
48th (Voorhies) Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Co. K & E,
Confederate side, rank in Pvt. rank out Pvt.
(NARA). "The
next day, Colonel W. M. Voorhies' Forty-eighth Tennessee Regiment took position
on our right. Now, here were all the Maury county boys got together at New Hope
church. I ate dinner with Captain Joe Love, and Frank Frierson filled my
haversack with hardtack and bacon." ("Co.
Aytch" by Samuel R. Watkins of the 1st Tn Inf. Co. H., pg. 85.).
(Note: Captain Joe Love is
buried at WILKES CEMETERY. mb)
FRIERSON,
Rev. William James, 1837
1917. (Son John W. & Martha F.
Brown Frierson; C.S.A.; MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESYBERTAIN CHURCH CEMETERY.
There are two listing in Sailors and Soldiers Systems for William
FRIERSON, one in the 27th Reg Tn Inf. the other in 41st Reg Tn Inf. no
listing for William James. (NARA).
FRIERSON,
William James, Jr., 8 Jul
1841 - d.
8 Oct 1862. C.S.A.; MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
There are two WILLIAM FRIERSON'S listed and one W.B., no William J or W.J.
FRIERSON in Sailors and Soldiers Systems site.
(NARA)
FRIERSON,
Edward C., 15 Jul 1841 - d.
4 Sep 1869. (Son John W.
& Martha Brown Frierson; Co. E, 6th Tenn Cav., C.S.A.; MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
6th (Wheeler's) Reg. Co. E, Tennessee Calvary, Confederate side,
rank in Pvt. rank out Pvt. (NARA).
FRIERSON,
Luther Robert. 8 Dec 1844 -
d. 25 Feb 1863.
"Son of R.L. & Jane E.; d.
Smithville, Miss; C.S.A.";
MCTC). Buried ZION PRESYBTERIAN
CHURCH CEMETERY. No listing in
Sailors and Soldiers Systems site. (NARA)
HILL,
James, no dates,
C.S.A.; MCTC). Buried ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
There are numerous James HILL listings at Sailors and Soldiers Systems
site. (NARA)
HUNTER,
E., d.
no dates. C.S.A.
(KIA 1864; MCTC). Buried ZION PRESYBERTIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
There are two listing with the initial E. HUNTER in the Sailor and
Soldiers Systems site. (NARA)
KING, Meredith David, 30
Jul 1836 - 4 Apr 1909. (Co. A. 60th
N.C. Infantry, C.S.A.; MCTC). Buried
ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY. No
listing in Sailors and Soldiers Systems site.
(NARA)
LIPSCOMB,
Archibald A., 1839 - 1911. (Capt.
Co A, 1st Tenn Cav., C.S.A.; son
George & Clara Erwin Lipscomb; six
terms, Tenn. General Assembly; MCTC). Buried
ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY. 9th
Battalion, (Gantt's) Tennessee Calvary, Co. C & G, Confederate side, rank in
2nd Lt. rank out Capt. (NARA)"I
remember the morning that General Wheeler's cavalry filed by our brigade, and of
their telling us, "Good-bye, boys, good-bye, boys."The First Tennessee
Cavalry and Ninth Battalion were both made up in Maury county. I saw John J.
Stephenson, my friend and step-brother, and David F. Watkins my own dear
brother, and ARCH LIPSCOMB, Joe
Fussell, Captain Kinzer, Jack Gordon, George Martin, Major Dobbins, Colonel
Lewis, Captain Galloway, Aaron and Sims Latta, Major J. H. Akin, S. H.
Armstrong, Albert Dobbins, Alex Dobbins, Jim Cochran, Rafe Grisham, Captain Jim
Polk, and many others with whom I was acquainted. They all said, "Good-bye,Sam,
good-bye, Sam." I cried.... ("Co.
Atych" by Watkins, Samuel R. pg 92)
MARTIN,
Col. Matthew, d. 11 Jan 1892. promoted
General. Buried Zion
Cemetery. *. 23rd Tennessee
Infantry (Martin's Reg't), Co. F. & Co. S, Confederate side, rank in Captain
rank out Colonel. (NARA)
As we were
advancing to the attack and to support the Alabama brigade in our front, and
which had given way and were stricken with fear, some of the boys of our
regiment would laugh at them, and ask what they were running for, and would
commence to say "Flicker! flicker! flicker!"like the bird called the
yellowhammer, "Flicker! flicker! flicker!" As we advanced, on the edge
of the battlefield, we saw a big fat colonel of the 23rd Tennessee regiment
badly wounded, whose name, if I remember correctly, was Matt. Martin.
He said to us, "Give 'em goss, boys.That's right, my brave First
Tennessee. Give 'em Hail
Columbia!"We halted but a moment, and said I, "Colonel, where are you
wounded?" He answered in a deep bass voice, "My son, I am wounded in
the arm, in the leg, in the head, in the body, and in another place which I
havea delicacy in mentioning." That
is what the gallant old Colonel said. ( Co. Aytch.;
by SAMUEL R. WATKINS, who is also buried AT ZION PRESYBERTIAN CHURCH
CEMETERY. pg 20.)
MAYES,
Albert Wingfield, (8
Sep)1833 - d. (18 Nov) 1908. (Son George W. & Mary Stephenson Mayes;
Co E, 48th Tenn Inf.; C.S.A; never married; MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
48th (Voorhies) Regiment Tenn Infantry Co. E, Confederate side, rank in
Pvt. rank out Pvt. (NARA)
MAYES,
Henry S., 8 Sep 1844 - 3 Jun
1922. (6th Cav, Wheeler's Div.,
C.S.A.; MCTC). Buried ZION
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 6th
(Wheeler's) Tenn. Calvary, Co. E, Confederate side, rank in Pvt. rank out Pvt. (NARA)
MAYES,
John Junius, 9 May 1837 - d.
2 Nov 1862. "Son Geoge W. & Mary E.;
C.S.A., killed in Civil War."; (MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESYBERTIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
48th (Voorhies) Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Co. E, Confederate side,
rank in Pvt. rank out Pvt. (NARA)
McFALL,
2nd Lt. William Hamlett,
(26 Jan) 1835 - (23 Jan) 1902. (Son
David D. & Mary Dickey McFall; 2nd
Lt., Co. B, 9th Cav., C.S.A.; MCTC). Buried
ZION PRESYBTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY. 9th
Battalion (Gantt's) Co. B, Tennessee Calvary, Confederate side, rank in 2nd Lt.
rank out Bvt 2nd Lt. (NARA)
McMillian,
A.A., 2 Oct 1847 - 2 Jul
1920. (Son Angus A. & Jane
Stockard McMillian; Co H, 9th Ala
Cav. C.S.A.; MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMTERY.
Not listed in Sailors and Soldiers Systems site.
(NARA)
PORTERFIELD,
D.M., no dates.
(Co. E, 8th Tenn Cav, C.S.A.; MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESYBERTIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
No listing in Sailors and Soldiers Systems site.
(NARA)
ROBINSON,
Joseph J., 5 Dec 1842 - 21 Jan
1868. (C.S.A.; MCTC). Buried ZION PRESYBERTIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
6th (Wheeler's) Tennessee Calvary, Co. A, Confederate side, rank in Pvt.
rank out Pvt. (NARA)
SELLERS,
John James., 9 Dec 1844 - 21
Jun 1883."Son of E.H. & Sarah Sellers." (Co C, 9th Tenn Cav, C.S.A.; MCTC). Buried ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
9th Battalion (Gantt's) Tennessee Calvary, Co. C & Co. G, Confederate
side, rank in Pvt. rank out Pvt. (NARA)
SOWELL,
Augustus F., 6 Dec 1844 - d.
29 Sept 1931. (Son Henry C.
& Margaret Fleming Sowell; Co.
C, 9th Tenn Cav., C.S.A.; MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESYBERTIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
9th Battalion (Gantt's) Tennessee Calvary, Co. C and Co. G,
Confederate side, rank in Pvt. rank out Corporal
(NARA)
STEPHENSON,
1st. Lt. John James.,
26 fEB 1839 - d. 2 Oct 1915. (1st
Lt., Co. B, 9th Tenn Cav, C.S.A.; son
John J. & Margaret Frierson Stephenson; MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESYBERTIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
9th Battalion (Gantt's) Tennessee Calvary, Co. B, Confederate side,
rank in Pvt. rank out 1st Lt. (NARA).
"I
remember the morning that General Wheeler's cavalry filed by our brigade, and of
their telling us, "Good-bye, boys, good-bye, boys. "The First
Tennessee Cavalry and Ninth Battalion were both made up in Maury county. I saw JOHN
J. STEPHENSON, my friend and step-brother, and David F. Watkins my own dear
brother, and Arch Lipscomb, Joe Fussell, Captain Kinzer, Jack Gordon, George
Martin, Major Dobbins, Colonel Lewis, Captain Galloway, Aaron and Sims Latta,
Major J. H. Akin, S. H. Armstrong, Albert Dobbins, Alex Dobbins, Jim Cochran,
Rafe Grisham, Captain Jim Polk, and many others with whom I was acquainted. They
all said, "Good-bye, Sam, good-bye, Sam." I cried.... ("Co. Atych" by Watkins, Samuel R.
pg 92)
STEPHENSON,
Samuel McClelland, 8 Aug 1838 - Sep 1910. "Ruling
Elder Zion Church, 1886 - 1910; C.S.A."; (MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESYBERTAIN CHURCH CEMETERY.
48th (Voorhies) Regiment, Tennessee Infantry Co. E, Confederate side,
rank in Pvt. rank out Pvt. NARA.
STEPHENSON,
William White, 24 Sep 1844 -
d. 17 Aug 1915.
C.S.A.(Son S.H. & Sarah Frierson Stephenson; MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESYBERTIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
6th (Wheeler's) Tennessee Calvary, Co. E, Confederate side, rank in Pvt.
rank out Pvt. Alternate Names W.W.
STEPHENSON. (NARA)
THOMAS,
J.W.B., 8 Jan 1817 - 28 Jan 1892.
Mason. C.S.A. (MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
9th Tennessee Infantry, Co. B, Confederate side, rank in Pvt. rank out
Pvt. (NARA)
THOMPSON,
Major W. Vance, d.
13 Oct 1873. Age about 43 years. (Maj., Co. A, 9th Tenn Cav., C.S.A.;
MCTC). Buried ZION PRESYBERTIAN
CHURCH CEMETERY. 9th Battalion
(Gantt's) Tennessee Calvary, Co. A., Confederate side, rank in Pvt. rank out
Adjutant, Alternate name William V/THOMPSON. (NARA)
WALKER,
Robert Gale, 1847 - 1927. (Co.
E, 1st Tenn Cav., C.S.A.; MCTC). Buried
ZION PRESYBERTIAN CHURCH CEMETERY. R.G.
WALKER, 6th (Wheeler's)
Tennessee Calvary, Co. E, Confederate side, rank in Pvt. rank our Pvt.
(NARA)
WATKINS,
David Frierson, 1844 - 1929. (Son
Frederick Henry & Margaret A.F. Stephenson; Co. F, 1st Tenn Cav., C.S.A.; MCTC). Buried ZION PRESYBERTIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
D.F. FRIERSON WATKINS, 6th (Wheeler's) Tennessee Calvary, Co. F,
Confederate side, rank in Pvt. rank out Pvt.
(NARA)I
remember the morning that General Wheeler's cavalry filed by our brigade, and of
their telling us, "Good-bye, boys, good-bye, boys."The First Tennessee
Cavalry and Ninth Battalion were both made up in Maury county. I saw John J.
Stephenson, my friend and step-brother,and DAVID
F. WATKINS my own dear brother, and Arch Lipscomb, Joe Fussell, Captain
Kinzer, Jack Gordon, George Martin, Major Dobbins, Colonel Lewis, Captain
Galloway, Aaron and Sims Latta, Major J. H. Akin, S. H. Armstrong, Albert
Dobbins, Alex Dobbins, Jim Cochran, Rafe Grisham, Captain Jim Polk, and many
others with whom I was acquainted. They all said, "Good-bye, Sam, good-bye,
Sam." I cried...." ("Co.
Aytch"; Watkins, Samuel R.,
pg 92.)
WATKINS,
Samuel R., 26 Jun 1839
- 20 Jul 1901. (Son Fredrick H. & Penelope W. Watkins;
Co. H, 1st Tenn Inf, C.S.A.; author of "Co. Aytch."; MCTC).
Buried ZION PRESYBERTIAN CHURCH CEMETERY.
1st (Feild's) Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, Co. H, Confederate side, rank
in Pvt. rank out Pvt. (NARA)
WILSON,
John James, 18 Jul 1830 - 10
Oct 1907. (Son Robert &
Charlotte Armstrong Wilson; C.S.A.;
MCTC). Buried ZION PRESYBTERIAN
CHURCH CEMETERY. 3rd (Forrest's)
Tennessee Calvary Co. A, Confederate side, rank in Corporal, rank out Corporal.
There were several J.J. WILSON's. (NARA)
YOUREE,
F., d.
no date. Buried ZION
PRESYBERTIAN CHURCH CEMETERY. C.S.A. (MCTC).
(F.W. Youree - 22nd (Barteau's)
Tennessee Calvary, Co D, Confederate side, rank in Pvt. rank out Pvt.
(NARA)
BATTLE OF ZION CHURCH, JULY 4TH, 1864
The
4th day of July, twelve months before, Pemberton had surrendered twenty-five
thousand soldiers, two hundred pieces of artillery, and other munitions of war
in proportion, at Vicksburg. The Yankees wanted to celebrate the day. They
thought it was their lucky day; but old Joe thought he had as much right to
celebrate the Sabbath day of American Independence as the Yankees had, and we
celebrated it. About dawn, continued boom of cannon reverberated over the hills
as if firing a Fourth of July salute. I was standing on top of our works,
leveling them off with a spade. A sharpshooter fired at me, but the ball missed
me and shot William A. Graham through the heart. He was as noble and brave a
soldier as ever drew the breath of life, and lacked but a few votes of being
elected captain of Company H, at the reorganization. He was smoking his pipe
when he was shot. We started to carry him to the rear, but he remarked,
"Boys, it is useless; please lay me down and let me die." I have never
in my life seen any one meet death more philosophically.
He was dead in a moment. General A. J. Vaughan, commanding General
Preston Smith's brigade, had his foot shot off by a cannon ball a few minutes
afterwards. PG 85
It
seemed that both Confederate and Federal armies were celebrating the Fourth of
July. I cannot now remember a more severe artillery duel. Two hundred cannon
were roaring and belching like blue blazes. It was but a battle of cannonade all
day long. It seemed as though the Confederate and Federal cannons were talking
to each other. Sometimes a ball passing over would seem to be mad, then again
some would seem to be laughing, some would be mild, some sad, some gay, some
sorrowful, some rollicking and jolly; and then again some would scream like the
ghosts of the dead. In fact, they gave forth every kind of sound that you could
imagine. It reminded one of when two storms meet in mid-ocean--the mountain
billows of waters coming from two directions, lash against the vessel's side,
while the elements are filled with roaring, thundering and lightning. You could
almost feel the earth roll and rock like a drunken man, or a ship, when she
rides the billows in an awful storm. It seemed that the earth was frequently
moved from its foundations, and you could hear it grate as it moved. But all
through that storm of battle, every soldier stood firm, for we knew that old Joe
was at the helm. ("Co. Aytch"; Watkins, Samuel R.; pg 86).
Ref:
(MCTC) Maury County
Tennessee Cemeteries, by Fred L. Hawkins. HUGH
COOPER 1720-1793 SO. CAROLINA AND HIS DESCENDANTS; Roberts, Lillian Lesbia Word;
McElhany Publishing Co., Ft. Worth Tx., 1976. (NARA),
http;//www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.html, "Co. Aytch";
Watkins, Samuel R.; http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=87767.
Mr. Rick Gray
of Mt. Pleasant, Tn.