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