Harrison, John A.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: HARR.J024
• _FGRAVE: 132679300
• Military Service: American Civil War, Company H., 53rd Alabama Cavalry Regiment

Notes:

John A. Harrison, Husband of Sarah Sansom, died from horse related injuries sustained during the Civil War near Kolb's farm and Kennesaw Mt. during the Atlanta campaign.He was a private in co. H. 53rd Partisan Rangers under Capt. J.E.P. Flournoy, also of Coffee county. Original belief had John Buried in Butler county in the Harrison Cemetery over there, but they were two different people, cousins, but not the same. court hearings on letter of Administration began in October of 1864 by James D. McClean after John A. died because nobody who was entitled to administer the estate had done so at that time, the proceedings lasted until 1867, Some of John's land was basically given away publicly and I am sure that the legal fees (lawyer)ate up the rest of the estate assets. It is unimaginable for me to believe that John died so close to home (64 miles),in a place full of relatives (Greenville, Butler County), in a military installation (hospital) and not make it home to be buried. He died in Greenville Alabama at the confederate hospital there and would have been given a soldiers burial in the magnolia cemetery in Greenville if his body were not claimed.No John Harrison in either of the two cemeteries used for confederate soldiers there. Some say John's wife Sarah had died around 1860 during, or as a result of childbirth of their last child (William Henry) Some of John and Sarah's minor children (Moses and William) were raised by his eldest daughter Nancy who married Christopher Columbus "Lum" Fleming (her cousin) John H. would have came of age in 1870 so it is possible he lived with them until then also because he named a son Columbus as well as William Henry had a son named Columbus.John A's son Nace was living in the home of H.E. Bowers in 1870, aged 13. John's children were Nancy Jane Elizabeth, William Edmond, Elizabeth Matilda,John H., Moses Oliver, Nace, James Russell, and William Henry Harrison. I believe he is buried near his father in the Harrison cemetery in a grave that is now unmarked