tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79926472008-07-22T19:47:48.037-07:00Civil War Veterans Buried in Stephens County, OklahomaInfo on Civil War veterans buried in Stephens Co., OK.David Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1114866159780526962005-02-14T06:01:00.000-08:002006-01-24T18:11:02.340-08:00Blog on breakThis blog is on break until Jan. 28, 2006 at which time I resume posting several times each week.David Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1108094216925597772005-02-10T19:56:00.000-08:002005-02-10T19:56:56.926-08:00Nigh - USA, 44th MODavid Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1108094150783939642005-02-10T19:55:00.000-08:002005-02-10T19:55:50.783-08:00Jonathan C. Nigh - veteranDavid Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1108093569623194772005-02-10T19:44:00.000-08:002005-02-10T19:51:20.206-08:00Jonathan Cook NighNigh, Jonathan Cook
b.5/29/1837; d.7/10/1916
USA, 4th Missouri Militia, Co.H &
the 44th Missouri Militia, Co.F,H
Old Fairlawn cemetery; Stephens County, OK
J.C. Nigh was born in Fairfield County, Ohio to Adam
O. & Martha Jane (Cook) Nigh. Just a month before his
twenty-first birthday he married Married “Martha Ann
(Williams) Nigh" (b.8/20/1841 in Grundy Co., MO;
d.9/29/1931) in April 1858 in David Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1103428717008875172004-12-18T19:58:00.000-08:002005-02-10T19:52:59.496-08:00Blog on breakI plan to resume posting on this blog in the month
of February. Starting then, posts will be on something
more like a once-a-month schedule rather than on
a once-a-week basis as has been the case in the past.David Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1102779000927859382004-12-11T07:30:00.000-08:002004-12-11T07:30:00.926-08:00Gee - CSA, 1st MO Cav.David Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1102778847834925682004-12-10T05:24:00.000-08:002004-12-11T07:28:11.913-08:00Lewis R. GeeGee, Lewis R.
b.4/11/1844; d.1/31/1903.
CSA, 1st Missouri Cavalry Regiment, Co.G; Private.
Sandy Bear (Winter) Cemetery; Stephens County, OK.
Though Lewis was born in Carter County, Kentucky,
I know nothing of his youth or years prior to the Civil
War. And I don't know when Lewis' military service began,
but following is a brief history of his unit taken from the
National Park Service'sDavid Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1102169904125386032004-12-04T05:18:00.000-08:002004-12-04T06:24:49.806-08:00Farris - CSA, 16th TX CavDavid Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1102169859394381042004-12-03T04:17:00.000-08:002004-12-04T06:22:20.060-08:00Farris - CSA, 16th TX Cav.David Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1102169577065910352004-12-02T04:41:00.000-08:002004-12-04T06:34:15.956-08:00Thomas FarrisFarris, Thomas
b.1/14/1841; d.9/20/1925.
CSA, 16th Texas Cavalry (Fitzhugh's)
Regiment, Co.G, Private.
Old Fairlawn cemetery; Stephens County, OK.
Thomas was born in Moniteau County, Missouri.
I know nothing of his twenty years of life prior to the
start of the Civil War.
A year after the war broke out, Thomas enlisted in the
Confederate army on 3/1/1862 in Grayson County,
Texas forDavid Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1101679164732010422004-11-27T05:02:00.000-08:002004-11-28T14:00:54.100-08:00Proctor - CSADavid Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1101679050683975282004-11-26T19:56:00.000-08:002004-11-28T13:57:30.683-08:00John H. ProctorProctor, John Haywood
b.1/9/1843; d.2/10/1908
CSA, Sergeant
Dixie cemetery; Stephens County, OK
I know virtually nothing about this veteran except for
the information on his flush-to-the-ground grave
marker which records his full name, birth date,
death date, allegience and rank. His wife's grave
("Ruth Jane;" b.1849; d.1925) is located nearby.
If you can tell me more about this David Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1101130316201648452004-11-20T05:31:00.000-08:002004-11-22T05:33:10.830-08:00Burnes - CSADavid Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1101088231868657132004-11-19T19:47:00.000-08:002004-11-21T18:31:20.263-08:00Thomas J. BurnesBurnes, Thomas Jefferson
b.3/20/1843; d.11/21/1937.
CSA
Dixie cemetery; Stephens County, OK.
Thomas was the second of five children born to Taylor
Burnes somewhere near Atlanta, Georgia. I know
nothing of his younger years, but I do know that as to
his allegience during the Civil War, the 1910 census
indicates he was a Confederate veteran. There was
“Thomas J. Burns” who served in Co.GDavid Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1100402762923963202004-11-12T19:26:00.000-08:002004-11-13T19:27:54.480-08:00McGaughy - USA? or CSA?David Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1100402592535214582004-11-11T19:52:00.000-08:002004-11-13T19:23:12.536-08:00J.S. McGaughyMcGaughy, J. S.
b.4/27/1827; 7/6/1908.
USA? or CSA?
Marlow cemetery; Stephens County, OK.
Unfortunately, I know virtually nothing about this
veteran. All I know is his wife's name - “Mary”
(b.12/20/1831; d.1/11/1917) - and that he was a
Mason. His name is listed on the veterans' monument
in the Marlow cemetery, but there is no indication
of his military service inscribed on David Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1099758913716126232004-11-06T08:35:00.000-08:002004-11-06T08:35:13.716-08:00Bradley - portraitDavid Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1099758714788334152004-11-05T19:58:00.000-08:002004-11-06T08:33:24.260-08:00Bradley - USA, 6th TNDavid Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1099756363038538792004-11-04T04:50:00.000-08:002004-11-06T08:44:55.846-08:00John William BradleyBradley, John William
b.8/24/1842; d.11/26/1929.
USA, 6th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment
(aka: 1st West Tennessee), Co.B; Sergeant.
Marlow cemetery; Stephens County, OK.
{ I have a special interest in the unit in which this
man served in that some of my ancestors [Beckham]
served in it, too - the USA, 6th TN Cavalry. In fact,
all the Beckhams I know of who live in the area
around Marlow, David Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1099316845544711512004-10-30T05:47:00.000-07:002004-11-01T05:54:40.113-08:00Floyd - CSA, 2nd NCDavid Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1099015709161795142004-10-29T19:07:00.000-07:002004-11-01T05:51:21.493-08:00Willie D. FloydFloyd, Willie D.
b.6/27/1840; d.4/13/1921.
CSA, 2nd North Carolina Cavalry
(aka: 19th State Troops Vol. Regiment),
Co.E, Corporal.
Duncan city cemetery; Stephens County, OK.
Willie was a native of North Carolina. He enlisted in
Wilson County, NC on 6/17/1861. He mustered
in as a Private, but was appointed Corporal in January
1862. He shows up as present or accounted for
on all the David Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1098560351480879912004-10-23T12:39:00.000-07:002004-10-23T12:39:11.480-07:00Boyd - USA, 47th MODavid Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1098558259574229812004-10-23T06:02:00.000-07:002004-10-23T12:26:53.513-07:00Samuel Martin BoydBoyd, Samuel Martin
b.9/3/1844; d.10/16/1929.
USA, 47th Missouri Infantry Regiment, Co.K; Private.
Loco cemetery; Stephens County, OK.
Samuel was the middle child of five children born to
Elijah Fletcher & Elizabeth Matilda (Reynolds) Boyd.
He was born to them in St. Genevieve Co., MO near
Avon in the Sabine Township.
Five foot, ten inch, blue-eyed, blonde-haired, fair
complectioned David Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1097672902857254642004-10-16T06:08:00.000-07:002004-10-23T10:15:27.076-07:00Derr - CSA, 4th AR Inf.David Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992647.post-1097672687511434082004-10-16T06:03:00.000-07:002004-10-23T10:16:27.013-07:00William Prior DerrDerr, William Prior
b.10/15/1838; d.3/13/1908.
CSA, 4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, Co.C; Private.
Old Fairlawn cemetery; Stephens County, OK.
W.P. was born in Giles County, Tennessee.
On June 6, 1860, twenty-one year old William Prior
Derr exchanged wedding vows with eighteen year old
"Pamelia Catherine Batey" (1844; 1933) in Montgomery
County, Arkansas. However, less than a year David Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08523802637349422444noreply@blogger.com