Barton's in the 1st ALA. CAV. USA COMPANY "L"

Barton Brothers


1. James Alexander Barton Priv.
          b:  12-26-1825  Hall Co., GA.
          d:  04-06-1914   Winston Co., AL.
         bd:  Mount Zion Cemetery  Rte 2 Mississippi, 6 miles from Red Bay, Al.
Description:  6 feet 1 inch tall, blue eyes, dark hair and fair complexion.

2. Jonathan Marion Barton  Sergt.
          b:  12-06-1830   Hall Co., GA.
          d:  04-17-1910   Winston Co., AL.
         bd:  Sardis Baptist Cemetery,  Lynn, AL.
Description:   5 feet 8 inch tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, and dark hair.

3. William H. Barton Pvt
          b:  CA 1835-36   GA.
          d:   09-01-1864   Andersonville, GA.
         bd:  Grave #524, Andersonville pow cemetery .
Description:  5 feet 7 inch tall, Fair complexion, blue eyes And dark hair.

4. Madison Mathew Barton Segt.
          b:   Ca.1836 Ga.  
          d:    
         bd:   Baughn Cemetery near Lynn, Winston Co., AL.
Description:   6 feet, dark complexion, blue eyes and dark hair.

5.  Gilford Barton  Pvt
	  b:   1-1841  Hall Co., GA.
	  d:   08-01-1915   Tuscaloosa, AL.
Description:   6 feet tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, and dark hair.

Barton Brothers-in-law

1. Thomas H. Blackstock Corp.
	  b:   
	  d:    10-26-1863 Andersonville, GA. 
         bd:   Andersonville pow Cemetery 
Description:   Tom was the brother Hanna Blacksock Barton wife of Jonathan M. Barton.

2.  Francis Gerry Harris  Sergt
	   b:   02-21-1826 S.C.
	   d:   03-01-1897
	  bd:
 Description:  Husband of Delila Barton sister of  James, Jonathan, William , Mathew, and
Gilford Barton.

All of the above enlisted in the Union Army in Glendale, Miss. on 09-25-1863


3. Jesse  Daniel Hyde Pvt
	   b:   06-11-1825 GA.
	   d:   05-10-1883  ALA.
          bd:   Sardis Baptist Cemetery Lynn, AL.
 description: Husband of Sarah Jerome Barton sister of James, Jonathan, William, Madisn,
and Gilford Barton.

"William H. Barton and Thomas H. Blackstock were captured by the confederate troops at Jones Cross roads, Mississippi on 10-26-1863 and were taken to the pow camp in Andersonville, GA, Both died from exposure to the cold and starvation."

This comes from the book, "Winston, An Antebellum and the Civil War History of a Hill County of Alabama," Copyright 1972, by Carl Elliott of Jasper, Alabama.

Submitted by Jim Gilbert