Abram (Abe- Abraham) Howard was born about March 1834 and raised in Adams run/ Osborn South Carolina. Abram, along with his brothers, enlisted 1861 at Hardeeville SC with the 11th Infantry (also known as 9th Regiment) . The unit was organized during the summer of 1861 with men from Beaufort, Clarendon, and Colleton counties. The …
Category Archives: South Carolina
Rev Andrew Jackson Eddins
Rev Andrew Jackson “Jack” Eddins 6th SC Cav Birth: Feb. 3, 1826 Death: Nov. 20, 1912 Mr. and Mrs. Eddins were charter member of Pine Grove Baptist Church when it was organized in 1870. Mr. Eddins preached there for a number of years and both are buried in this cemetery. They were deeply consecrated Christians …
Robert Gill Mills Dunovant
Robert Gill Mills Dunovant Birth: May 18, 1821 Chester County South Carolina, USA Death: May 12, 1898 Edgefield Edgefield County South Carolina, USA Richard Gill Mills Dunovant, a brigadier general of South Carolina militia, was born on May 18,1821, in Chester, South Carolina. His father, Dr. John Dunovant, was a physician, slaveholder, and state senator; …
Rev William Moffatt Grier
Rev William Moffatt Grier 6th Regt. SC Inf. Birth: Feb. 11, 1843 Abbeville County South Carolina, USA Death: Sep. 3, 1899 Due West Abbeville County South Carolina, USA CSA, 6th South Carolina (special thanks to GMG for the following info) – Rev. William Moffat Grier D.D., born 11 February 1843 in Clover, Abbeville County, South …
Rev George Washington Bussey
Rev George Washington Bussey Birth: 1845 Death: 1927 Confederate States Army. Son of Joseph M. Bussey and Elizabeth Jane Vance. Family links: Parents: Joseph Bussey (1817 – 1893) Elizabeth Jane Vance Bussey (1825 – 1863) Spouses: Hattie Laura Morgan Bussey (1842 – 1871) Julia Emma Whitmire Bussey (1856 – 1929)* Inscription: Active Pastor for 50 …
Samuel Dibble
Samuel Dibble Birth: Sep. 16, 1837 Death: Sep. 16, 1913 US Congressman. Elected to represent South Carolina’s 1st and 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1881 to 1882, and 1883 to 1891. Also served as a Member of the South Carolina State Legislature. (bio by: K) Family links: Spouse: Mary …
Daniel H Martin
Sgt. Daniel H Martin Co E 26th SC Inf Birth: Feb. 18, 1842 Horry County South Carolina, USA Death: Dec. 9, 1910 Horry County South Carolina, USA Co E, 26th SC Infantry, CSA (1861-1865). Also a POW survivor from Point Lookout, MD. He was released from Pt. Lookout June 29, 1865 & walked barefoot all …
John Mitchell Grubbs
Sgt. John Mitchell Grubbs Co A 1st State Troops Birth: Mar. 1, 1815 Abbeville County South Carolina, USA Death: Mar. 17, 1893 Jefferson Marion County Texas, USA Anderson Inteligencer, May 3 1893 Townville – Mr. John M. Grubbs died recently at his home near Jefferson, Texas. He was born and reared in Anderson County and …
Joseph Jackson Todd
Sgt. Joseph Jackson Todd 1816-1901 Co G, 10th SC Infantry, CSA. He is buried at Bethlehem Baptist Church located on hwy 905 in the Shell section of Horry, SC.
Weary Clyburn
Weary Clyburn Co E 12th SC Inf. Birth: 1841 Lancaster County South Carolina, USA Death: Mar. 30, 1930 Union County North Carolina, USA Weary (aka “Wary”) lists his father as Phillip Blair on a Union County marriage license in December 1867. His bride was Viney Moore, d/o of Edman Horne. They were married Dec. 21, …