CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS
BURIED IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE

 
Compiled by Kim Denny, Smyrna, TN
October 2002


Capt Nat(N.R.) Allen
Killed at Battle of Stones River
recorded as being buried here
but there is no marker for him
Templeton Grove Cemetery

note: 23rd TENN Inf Co E; Is mentioned by Brig-Gen BR Johnson as having been distinguished for his valor and coolness, and then fallen mortally wounded(Official Records of Union and Confederate Armies, Ser I, Vol 20, Pt I, page 879)
Pvt Henry Dennis
Oct 17, 1838-May 15, 1915
8 TENN Cav Co D
Wards Grove Cemetery
Robert Payne Edmondson
4 TENN Cav Co F
Cannon Cemetery(relocated to Mt Juliet)
James Clay Espey
20 TENN Inf Co E
Espey Cemetery
Lt Col J S Gooch
June 7, 1842-Dec 23, 1915
20 TENN Inf Co E
Maple View Cemetery
1st LT John C Harris
45 TENN Inf
Harris Cemetery(relocated to Mt Juliet)
Capt T C Hibbett
Feb 2, 1834-Dec 13, 1918
served four years in Confederate Army
Maple View Cemetery
Cpl Thomas J McClaran
Aug 6, 1843-Feb 4, 1912
23 TENN Inf Co E
Vaughn-McClaran Cemetery
Andrew M McKnight
8 TENN Cav Co G
Wards Grove Cemetery
Henry Murfree
1 TENN Inf Co I
Evergreen Cemetery
William D Nelson
2 TENN Inf Co A
White-Lowry Cemetery
John Watson Parker
45 TENN Inf Co C
Murfreesboro Old City Cemetery
William Pope
1840-1905
Pvt 45 TENN Inf Co B
Pope Cemetery
Christopher Henry Ridley
son of Granville G & Rebecca B
Born Oct 7, 1842
Fell in Battle July 22, 1864 at Atlanta, GA
Maple View Cemetery
Thomas Marion Sanders
1834-1925
Confederate Soldier Quartermaster
Forty-fifth Tenn Volunteers
Maple View Cemetery
Leiut Jesse W Sikes Jr
son of J & ML Sikes
died at Decatur, AL Sept 10, 1863
Sikes Cemetery
note: enlisted as Private, Co A 1st TN Cav Batt(McNairy's Cav); Co reorganized into the 22nd Cav(Bateau's Cav); served in northern Miss; Died of Typhoid Fever while in Alabama(per letter from "Dan" to "Nannie" in correspondence, Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: Ser I Vol 31 Part III page 210). (info from relative, Jean Vaughn Hendricks)
George W Webb
35 Tenn Inf Co A
Mullins Hill Cemetery
Pvt Thomas Andrew Weeks
Dec 12, 1826-Sep 12, 1911
1 TENN Cav Co A
Mexican War Cpl 4 Reg Co H
Coleman Cemetery
Levi B White
45 TENN Inf Co K
White-Lowry Cemetery
Unknown
Batey Cemetery

This list does not include names from the Confederate Circle Heroes at Evergreen Cemetery in Murfreesobo

Not found or Not photographed yet
NameRankUnitDeathCemetery
J W BowmanSgt8th TN Cav Co K MacGowan
Sam Davis  Murdered as a spyDavis Family
William Henry Epps 45 TN Inf Co KunkCarter
Dewey L HarrisPvt1 TN InfMar 5, 1917Harris
Dewitt Smith JobeCpl20 TN Inf Co DMurdered as a spyJobe Family
William Pulley Wheeler Cavalrywounded near house, died soon afterMaple View
Samuel C RusswurmCapt17 MISS InfAug 28, 1866MacGowan
Thomas ES RusswurmCapt9 TN Cav Co BOct 10, 1873MacGowan
James W Watkins 45 TN InfKilled at Stones RiverWatkins
**MANY MORE TO COME-MORE HAVE BEEN FOUND!**

  all photos ©Kim Denny 2002/2003
created August 31, 2002
page created July 19, 2003