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From: Virginia Crilley <>
Subject: Butts-Snipes Cemetery
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:30:45 -0600

Does anyone know how these two Confed soldiers happened to be buried
here? Probably there were other family members? What is the connection
between the Snipes and Butts family?

See the notes below, but I'm guessing that William is the son of Chesley
Snipes.


Butts - Snipes

Location: From Thomaston Courthouse Square go out Triune Mill Road 7.3
miles to Andrews Chapel Road, turn left, go .5 to cemetery on right of road
on Emory's Chapel Road.

Copied by Clarence Smith, February 1968

Butts, Henry
Co. F. 9th GA Reserves CSA

Snipes, William
Co A 46th GA Reg CSA

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Notes:
NOTES:
Co A 46th included:

Snipes, W. D. H.- 4th Corporal March 4, 1862 . Captured near
Jonesboro, Ga. September 2, 1864 . Exchanged. Surrendered at
Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865 .

Snipes, B. F.- 4th Sergeant March 4, 1862 . Reduced to ranks
August 1864 .

Snipes, James K.- private May 1, 1862 . Appointed Corporal.
Captured at Franklin, Tenn. December 17, 1864 . Died at Point
Lookout, Md. June 6, 1865 .

Snipes, J. B.- private May 1, 1862 . Captured. Died of pneu-
monia at Camp Chase, O. March 14, 1865 . Grave #1661, Camp
Chase Confederate Cemetery.


1850 Census
#144
Snipes, Wesley 34 m Farmer Ill.
Wealthy 32 f NC
William 11 m GA
Martha 10 f
Lucretis 7 f
Robert 4 m
Frances 4 f
Zachery T. 1 m

#159
Snipes, John T. 54 m Farmer NC
Nancy A. 52 f
John F. 21 m Student GA.
Andrew I. 15 m Laborer
Francis 14 f
Antoinette 11 f
Elizabeth 11 f
John G. 9 m
John B. 4 m
Mary J. 3 f
Adams, Dinkens 22 m Overseer
Georgia A. 11 f


#303
Snipes, Chelsey B. 51 m Farmer
Rebecca 43 f
William D. 20 m Student
Jesse G. 20 m Overseer
Manly W. 18 m laborer (1870 census)
Benjamin 15 m (1870 census)
James 11 m
Henry 9 m
Chelssey B. 5 m

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