Private
Company D, 16th Battalion
Georgia Cavalry State Guard
Confederate States Army
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
JOHN W. "JOHNNY" CRUMP, (1846-1865) ..... Johnny Crump was one of five children, born to Dr. John Cunningham Crump and Sarah Clifton Crump in Emanuel County, Georgia.
Their son, Johnny served near the war's end, as a Private in Company D, 16th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry State Guard, Confederate States Army. He died, aged 18-19 years, from illness while serving, and his body was shipped home to his family.
The boy had been afraid of the dark and his family did not want to bury him beneath the ground. His coffin was lashed into the fork of a favorite "climbing tree" of the boy, until a crypt could be obtained.
A large rock on the place was removed, said to have taken 38 men to lift and carry, and was transported, I believe to Augusta, where it was fashioned into the crypt and lid you see in my photo from Saturday.
After it was finished it was brought here and his body placed inside. Young Johnny's crypt rests on five stones cut from the same block, to keep it from touching the earth, and is hewn from the solid native stone of his family farm.
I suppose the young man wanted to serve, even as his older brother, Lt. Pleasant F. Crump had done, having been killed in action at the Battle of South Mountain on September 14, 1862, while serving with Company K, 28th Georgia Infantry. The fog of time obscures much ..... Wade Peebles
Company D, 16th Battalion
Georgia Cavalry State Guard
Confederate States Army
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
JOHN W. "JOHNNY" CRUMP, (1846-1865) ..... Johnny Crump was one of five children, born to Dr. John Cunningham Crump and Sarah Clifton Crump in Emanuel County, Georgia.
Their son, Johnny served near the war's end, as a Private in Company D, 16th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry State Guard, Confederate States Army. He died, aged 18-19 years, from illness while serving, and his body was shipped home to his family.
The boy had been afraid of the dark and his family did not want to bury him beneath the ground. His coffin was lashed into the fork of a favorite "climbing tree" of the boy, until a crypt could be obtained.
A large rock on the place was removed, said to have taken 38 men to lift and carry, and was transported, I believe to Augusta, where it was fashioned into the crypt and lid you see in my photo from Saturday.
After it was finished it was brought here and his body placed inside. Young Johnny's crypt rests on five stones cut from the same block, to keep it from touching the earth, and is hewn from the solid native stone of his family farm.
I suppose the young man wanted to serve, even as his older brother, Lt. Pleasant F. Crump had done, having been killed in action at the Battle of South Mountain on September 14, 1862, while serving with Company K, 28th Georgia Infantry. The fog of time obscures much ..... Wade Peebles
Private
Company D, 16th Battalion
Georgia Cavalry State Guard
Confederate States Army
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
JOHN W. "JOHNNY" CRUMP, (1846-1865) ..... Johnny Crump was one of five children, born to Dr. John Cunningham Crump and Sarah Clifton Crump in Emanuel County, Georgia.
Their son, Johnny served near the war's end, as a Private in Company D, 16th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry State Guard, Confederate States Army. He died, aged 18-19 years, from illness while serving, and his body was shipped home to his family.
The boy had been afraid of the dark and his family did not want to bury him beneath the ground. His coffin was lashed into the fork of a favorite "climbing tree" of the boy, until a crypt could be obtained.
A large rock on the place was removed, said to have taken 38 men to lift and carry, and was transported, I believe to Augusta, where it was fashioned into the crypt and lid you see in my photo from Saturday.
After it was finished it was brought here and his body placed inside. Young Johnny's crypt rests on five stones cut from the same block, to keep it from touching the earth, and is hewn from the solid native stone of his family farm.
I suppose the young man wanted to serve, even as his older brother, Lt. Pleasant F. Crump had done, having been killed in action at the Battle of South Mountain on September 14, 1862, while serving with Company K, 28th Georgia Infantry. The fog of time obscures much ..... Wade Peebles
Company D, 16th Battalion
Georgia Cavalry State Guard
Confederate States Army
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
JOHN W. "JOHNNY" CRUMP, (1846-1865) ..... Johnny Crump was one of five children, born to Dr. John Cunningham Crump and Sarah Clifton Crump in Emanuel County, Georgia.
Their son, Johnny served near the war's end, as a Private in Company D, 16th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry State Guard, Confederate States Army. He died, aged 18-19 years, from illness while serving, and his body was shipped home to his family.
The boy had been afraid of the dark and his family did not want to bury him beneath the ground. His coffin was lashed into the fork of a favorite "climbing tree" of the boy, until a crypt could be obtained.
A large rock on the place was removed, said to have taken 38 men to lift and carry, and was transported, I believe to Augusta, where it was fashioned into the crypt and lid you see in my photo from Saturday.
After it was finished it was brought here and his body placed inside. Young Johnny's crypt rests on five stones cut from the same block, to keep it from touching the earth, and is hewn from the solid native stone of his family farm.
I suppose the young man wanted to serve, even as his older brother, Lt. Pleasant F. Crump had done, having been killed in action at the Battle of South Mountain on September 14, 1862, while serving with Company K, 28th Georgia Infantry. The fog of time obscures much ..... Wade Peebles
Family Members
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
