[VAcourier] Seeking information to locate graves of VMI New Market Cadets

Thu May 10 22:20:15 EDT 2007

I am leading the efforts of a very small group of VMI alumni who for the 
past two years have been searching for the graves of all of the famed 
New Market Corps.  Of the 290 some individuals comprising the corps  in 
the New Market campaign, we have had remarkable success in locating all 
but about thirty of the cadets' graves.  We have managed to photograph 
nearly 200 of the graves.  A database of our efforts may be found at 
http://www.augustagavmiaa.info/new_market_database.htm and a more 
embellished display at http://www.picturetrail.com:80/vminewmarket 
<http://www.picturetrail.com/vminewmarket>

Unfortunately, with myself located in Georgia, another researcher in 
Texas, and only one of us in Virginia, we are hard pressed to 
photograph all of the graves, and as you might guess many of these are 
in Virginia.  Also, of the 30 cadet graves remaining to be located, 
eighteen are likely to be found in Virginia.

Numerous SCV camps and UDC chapters have helped us in this effort.  I 
have attempted to email a number of other camps to solicit their 
assistance.  Unfortunately, I suspect that many camps do not monitor 
their email on a regular basis or have changed addresses.  So if you 
could distribute this to the Virginia camps, it would be a big help.

We are lacking photographs for these cadets:

Cadet Name

Rank & Co.

Born

Died

Location

Cemetery

State

Maury, Reuben (1867)

Private, Co. C

Charlottesville, Va.

January 2, 1923.

Albemarle Co. Va.

"Piedmont" near Fry's Spring

VA
Goodwin, James Hugh (1867)

Private, Co. C

Louisa County, Va.

9-Feb-06

at home near Mitchells, Culpepper Co., Va.

at his home

VA
McCorkle, James William (1867)

Private in Co. B

Fairfield, Rockbridge Co. Va.

Oct. 27, 1914

Roanoke, Va.

Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Augusta County, Virginia

VA
Crichton, John Ashton (1866)

Private, Co. C

June 26, 1880

Petersburg, Va.

Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, VA

VA
Blundon, Robert Montague (1867)

Private, Co. A

Northumberland Co., Va.

24-Jun-02

Baltimore, Md.

Blundon Cemetery, Northumberland Co. VA ??

VA
Wood, Martin Birney (1867)

Private in Co. D

Pleasant Hill, Scott Co. VA

Nov. 17, 1908

Bristol, VA

East Hill Cemetery, Bristol, VA

VA
King, Henry Dent (1867)

Private, Co. D

19-Jul-04

Sullivan County, Tenn.

East Hill Cemetery, Bristol, Va.

VA
Turner, Etheldred Lundy (1867)

Private, Co. B

Greensville Co., Va

24-Jan-00

Greensville Co., Va.

Emporia Cemetery, Lot 01 Section A, Brunswick Ave., Emporia, Va.

VA
Fry, Hugh Walker (1867)

Private, Co. C

Charlottesville, Va.

9-Jul-19

Roanoke, Va.

Fairview Cemetery, Salem, Roanoke County, Va.

VA
Echols, Joseph Rowland (1865)

Sergeant, Co. D

Rockbridge County, Va.

September 9, 1889

Lowell Station, W.Va

Falling Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery,Glasgow, Va. ?

VA
Witt, James Etchison (1867)

Private in Co. D

Bedford Co. Va.

8-May-36

Lynchburg, Va.

family cemetery in Bedford, Co. Va.

VA
Penn, James Gabriel (1866)

Private, Co. B

Patrick Co., Va.

27-Aug-07

Danville, Va.

Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, VA

VA
Phelps, Thomas Key (1867)

Private, Co. D

Bedford County, Va.

27-Dec-25

Roanoke, Va.

Key-Phelps Family Cemetery, Bedford County, Virginia

VA
Roane, John (1867)

Private, Co. B

King William County, Virginia

June 1867

Richmond, Va.

Lexington, Va. ?? 

VA
Marks, Charles Harrison (1867)

Private, Co. D

Prince George County, Va.

June 23, 1896

Aberdeen, Va.
	_ _
_Marks Cemetery, near Disputanta, Prince George Co., VA_
	_ _
_VA_
Dillard, John Lea (1867)

Private, Co. B

Martinsville, Va.

March 16, 1875

Orlando, Florida

Marrowborne, Va.

VA
Wimbish, Lewis Williams (1867)

Private, Co. A

Boydton, Va.

Aug. 22, 1914

Phillis, Va.

Mays Chapel near Phillis, Va.

VA
Merritt, James Love (1867)

Private, Co. C

18-Mar-11

Lawrenceville, Va.

Merritt Family Cemetery, Brunswick County, VA ??

VA
Thompson, Knox (1867)

Private, Co. C

Dinwiddie Co. Va.

March 19, 1894

Dinwiddie Court House Va.

Oak Grove famiily cemetery, Darvills, VA

VA
Patton, John Ross (1867)

Private, Co. B

Danville, Va.

June 26, 1877

Danville, Va.

Old Grove Street Cemetery, Danville, VA

VA
Moorman, Edwin Steptoe (1867)

Private, Co. D

Campbell Co., Va.

16-Apr-12

Rustburg, Va.

Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA

VA
Chalmers, William Murray (1867)

Private, Co. C

Halifax Co., Va.

June 21, 1895

Danville, Va.

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Forest, VA

VA
Madison, Robert L. (Faculty/Staff)

Faculty/Staff

Orange Co., Virginia

May 26, 1878

Lexington, Va.

Stonewall Jackson Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia

VA
Temple, Peter Chevallie (1866)

Private, Co. A.

Chesterfield County, VA ?

9-Feb-10

Chesterfield County, VA

Temple Cemetery, Ampthill plantation, Chesterfield County, VA (now on 
DuPont's "Spruance" Plant, a secure site, 5401 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Richmond, VA 23234)

VA
Stuart, Alexander Hugh Holmes (1867)

Private, Co. D

Staunton, Va.

July 6, 1868

Staunton, Va.

Thomrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA

VA
Robinson, Thomas Beverly (1856)

Tactical Officer, Co. D

King William County, Virginia

25 Oct. 1895

Nuttsville, Va.

White Chapel, Lancaster County, Va.

VA

If someone living near these cemeteries could take a picture for us, it 
will save us much time and effort.

The following eighteen cadets have been very hard to locate and I am 
afraid it will take boots on the ground to track them down.  These 
tables provide a minimum amount of information out of necessity; however 
more detailed information on each cadet can be found by searching each 
cadet by name in the VMI Archives at: 
http://wwwvmi.edu/archives/archiverosters/Search.asp 
<http://www.vmi.edu/archives/archiverosters/Search.asp>  Help in 
locating the grave of each of these cadets would be greatly appreciated.

Cadet Name

Rank & Co.

Born

Died

Location

State

Dillard, William T. (1867)

Private, Co. D

Amherst Co, Va.

October 4, 1898

Amherst Court House, Va.

VA
Reveley, George Francis (1866)

Private, Co. D

Appomattox, Va.

October 20, 1867

Appomattox, Va.

VA
Radford, William Norvell (1867)

Private, Co. D

Lynchburg, Va.

October 4, 1872

Bedford Co. Va.

VA
Seaborn, George Andrew (1866)

Private in Co. A

Sussex Co. Va.

April 8, 1865

Dinwiddie Court House, Va.

VA
Kennedy, William H. (1867)

Private, Co. D

Westmoreland Co., Va.

December 27, 1877

Farmville, Va.

VA
Stuart, John Andrew (1865)

sergeant, Co. C

Augusta County, Va

13-Feb-08

Lowry, Va.

VA
Tunstall, John Liggat (1867)

Private, Co. D

Lynchburg, Va.

March 24, 1877

Nelson Co. Va.

VA
Davis, Andrew Jackson (1866)

Private, Co. C

Mecklenburg Co., Va.

5-Oct-15

Oakland, Mecklenburg County, Va.

VA
Jones, Thomas Williamson (1867)

Private, Co. B

Brunswick Co., Va.

19-Jan-13

Prince Edward Co., Va.

VA
Barraud, Daniel Cary (1867)

Private, Co. C

28-Jun-08

Richmond, Va.

VA
Johnson, Porter (1867)

Private, Co. B

Pruntytown, West Va.

9-Jun-17

Richmond, Va.

VA
Taylor, William Chamberlyn (1867)

Private, Co. C

Richmond, Va.

April 27, 1892

Richmond, Va.

VA
Pendleton, William Wood (1867)

Private, Co. C

Cincinnati, Ohio

1870

Rockbridge or Botetourt Co. Va. ?

VA
Fulton, Charles Montraville (1867)

Private, Co. C

Rich Valley, Smyth Co., Va.

June 27, 1870

Saltville, Va ?

VA
Mitchell, Stephen Trigg (1867)

Private, Co. C

Bedford County, Va.

May 24, 1896

Scottsville, Va.

VA
Page, Francis Walker (1866)

Private, Co. A

Albemarle County, Va.

5-Jan-01

Staunton, Va.

VA
Crenshaw, Samuel David (1867)

Private, Co. D

Liberty, VA

16-May-08

Western State Hospital, Staunton, VA

VA
Coleman, John James (1867)

Private, Co. D

Louisa County, Va.

11-Aug-14

Williamsburg, Va.

VA

It would be great if a few camps in the Virginia Division would come to 
our aide.  The members of the camps certainly know the local cemeteries 
and Confederate veterans burial sites better than we.

Respectfully,

Terry Bowers (tbowers68 at comcast.net)
VMI '68
Brigadier General E. Porter Alexander Camp #158
Augusta, Georgia

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