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Oleen Pollard copollard@vci.net April 9, 2004, 11:04 am

Source: Oleen Pollard
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This is a photo of the monument from Camp Beauregard, Feliciana Kentucky.
It was shared by Oleen Pollard who has been seeking to find those men who were 
buried there. Meredith Thrower from Chambers Co. is one who died and is buried 
in that cemetery. If anyone knows of others who are buried there, please let 
Oleen or myself (Debra Crosby poohbos@poohbos.com) know.
Below is what Oleen had to say about the monument:

"We have been trying to find the names of the men that died at Camp.  It was 
Menengitis that swept through the camp with a vengence.
We have some history that the SCV published in the 80's. It was the work a 
lady with the UDC had done and mainly correspondence with those still living 
that were in camp here.  The UDC erected a monument to the memory of those 
who died here.  I have attached a picture.  Meredith Thrower from Chambers Co. 
Al was one who died here and it is in memory of him also. They erected the 
monument about 1920.  

The following is a quote from the book History of Camp Beauregard. It describes 
the monument a bit 
"The confederate flag falls gracefully over the top of the boulder,  with the 
following inscription, worded by Gen. A. B. Booth, Adjutant General and Chief 
of Staff, United States Confederate Veterans, New Orleans, Louisiana on the 
front side.  
CAMP BEAUREGARD MEMORIAL

IN MEMORY OF THE LOYAL MEN WHO DIED HERE SEPTEMBER 1861 TO MARCH 1862 FOR THE 
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, AND WERE THUS DENIED THE GLORY OF HEROIC SERVICE 
IN BATTLE.  
Erected by the Kentucky Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy and the 
Beauregard Monument Association of Louisiana. "
 
After the local Tilghman-Beauregard SCV Camp was formed in 1988 they published 
the book and used the proceeds from the sale of it to redo the step base around 
the monument.  They were chipped and flaked and really in need of repair."
 


Additional Comments:
1850 Chambers Co. Al page 297
457 Meredith Thrower 28 GA Carpenter
    Martha           26 GA
    Thomas           10 Ga
    Abigail           6 Ga
    Sarah             2 GA
    Richard Shearer  59 Unknown Miller

1860 Chambers Co. AL Dudleyville page 787
510 James Thrower 46 GA
    Jane          45 Ga
    Hezekiah      16 GA
    Merida        14 GA male
    Jane          12 AL
    Sarah         10 AL
    Elizabeth      4 AL
    Sarah         67 SC
512 Merida Thrower 37 GA Miller
    Martha         37 GA
    Thomas         18 GA
    Abigail        16 GA
    Sarah          14 Al
    Nancy          11 Al
    Jane            6 Al
    James           3 AL
Meredith Thrower married Martha Whitaker March 18, 1841 Henry Co. GA
He died February 07, 1862 at Camp Beauregard, Feliciana KY.

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