Lieut Andrew Jackson “Jack” Buttram

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Lieut Andrew Jackson “Jack” Buttram Veteran

Birth
Jasper County, Georgia, USA
Death
23 Apr 1865 (aged 48)
Munford, Talladega County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Munford, Talladega County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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Served in Capt. B. C. Raney's Randolph Co., AL reserves, Co., E. Lowes Regiment and Gen. Benjamin J. Hill's Brigade. Andrew Jackson "Jack" Buttram was killed during Croxton's raid in Munford, AL on April 23, 1865. He was the last Confederate soldier killed in action in the Civil War. A monument stands at the spot where he was killed, placed there by the U.D.O.C., November 04, 1914. This monument placed by the U.D.O.C. was moved after 1972 to a spot about 75 feet from his grave site. A new grave marker was placed on the grave by the Sons of the Confederate Veterans on May 3, 1998.

Son of James Buttram and Elizabeth Kates

Husband of Sabrina A. Patton ~ married 1845, Pike Co., GA
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Munford, Al. - Funeral service for Andrew Jackson Buttram will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 27, 2020, at Munford Methodist Church on Campbell Road with John Killian and Lt. Buttram's great grandson, Jerry Buttrum officiating. Interment will follow at Munford Veterans Park.

Lieutenant Andrew Jackson Buttram, son of James Buttram and Elizabeth Kates was born in Jasper County, Georgia in 1816. He died on April 23, 1865 during Croxton's Raid at the Battle of Munford. Lt. Buttram's son, James K. Polk Buttram, brother, James Morgan Buttram and nephew John Morgan Buttram were all taken Prisoners of War at the Battle of Munford/Croxton's Raid.

Lt. Buttram had 3 grandfathers and 2 great uncles who fought in the American Revolution. His own father James, his maternal grandfather, John Morgan Cates, brother in law, Charles Jefferson Cates and brother in law James Keith all fought in the War of 1812 with Wooten's Detachment of Jasper County Ga.

Andrew Jackson Buttram married Sabrina A. Patton in 1845 in Pike County, Georgia. Sabrina was born in 1830. They had a son, James K. Polk Buttram born in 1845, died in 1910; daughters, Nancy Rebecca Elizabeth Buttram, born 1859, died in 1930. Nancy married Jonathon "Jack" Steed, Sarah Ann Buttram, born in 1841, Unity Elizabeth Buttram, born in 1847, Chester Ann Buttram, born in 1849 and Eliza L. Buttram, born in 1851.
Served in Capt. B. C. Raney's Randolph Co., AL reserves, Co., E. Lowes Regiment and Gen. Benjamin J. Hill's Brigade. Andrew Jackson "Jack" Buttram was killed during Croxton's raid in Munford, AL on April 23, 1865. He was the last Confederate soldier killed in action in the Civil War. A monument stands at the spot where he was killed, placed there by the U.D.O.C., November 04, 1914. This monument placed by the U.D.O.C. was moved after 1972 to a spot about 75 feet from his grave site. A new grave marker was placed on the grave by the Sons of the Confederate Veterans on May 3, 1998.

Son of James Buttram and Elizabeth Kates

Husband of Sabrina A. Patton ~ married 1845, Pike Co., GA
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Munford, Al. - Funeral service for Andrew Jackson Buttram will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 27, 2020, at Munford Methodist Church on Campbell Road with John Killian and Lt. Buttram's great grandson, Jerry Buttrum officiating. Interment will follow at Munford Veterans Park.

Lieutenant Andrew Jackson Buttram, son of James Buttram and Elizabeth Kates was born in Jasper County, Georgia in 1816. He died on April 23, 1865 during Croxton's Raid at the Battle of Munford. Lt. Buttram's son, James K. Polk Buttram, brother, James Morgan Buttram and nephew John Morgan Buttram were all taken Prisoners of War at the Battle of Munford/Croxton's Raid.

Lt. Buttram had 3 grandfathers and 2 great uncles who fought in the American Revolution. His own father James, his maternal grandfather, John Morgan Cates, brother in law, Charles Jefferson Cates and brother in law James Keith all fought in the War of 1812 with Wooten's Detachment of Jasper County Ga.

Andrew Jackson Buttram married Sabrina A. Patton in 1845 in Pike County, Georgia. Sabrina was born in 1830. They had a son, James K. Polk Buttram born in 1845, died in 1910; daughters, Nancy Rebecca Elizabeth Buttram, born 1859, died in 1930. Nancy married Jonathon "Jack" Steed, Sarah Ann Buttram, born in 1841, Unity Elizabeth Buttram, born in 1847, Chester Ann Buttram, born in 1849 and Eliza L. Buttram, born in 1851.