Coosa County AlArchives Photo Tombstone.....Murrah, Charles ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ronald Bridges bridgesrd@knology.net March 18, 2007, 10:09 pm Cemetery: Bethel Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Name: Charles Murrah Date Of Photograph: March 11, 2007 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/coosa/photos/tombstones/bethelprimitiveb/murrah5129gph.jpg Image file size: 420.7 Kb CHARLES MURRAH PVT CO K 53 REGT ALA INF CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY MAR 28 1828 OCT 13 1896 Additional Comments: "Last Name: Murrah First Name: Charles MI: None Given Date of Birth: None Given Birth Information: None Given Date of Death: None Given Death Information: None Given Discharge Date: None Given Discharge Information: None Given Branch: Infantry Regimental Unit: 53rd Alabama Company Unit: K Co. Unit Name: None Given Pension Rec: None Given Authority: Pension Application Aug. 8th, 1899 Elmore County. Marital Status: None Given Occupation: None Given Enlistment Date: None Given Enlistment Information: Private Engagements: Wounded at Resaca, Ga., 1864/05/18 Remarks: Applicant: Murrah, T. A. (Widow)" (1) (1) Alabama Department of Archives and History. Alabama Civil War Service Cards File. MURRAH, CHARLES – Enl. 11/15/62, Montgomery, AL. Present on rolls through 12/63, last on file. Listed on roll of 4/30/63 as having no horse since 1/24/63. On receipt roll for clothing 1st Qr. 1864. Signed with his mark, witnessed by J. P. Streety. S. O. 125/6, Dept. and Army of Tennessee, dated 5/6/64, exempted him from military service. Disch. 6/3/64. Died 10/8/96. Widow, Mrs. T. A. Murray, applied for pension in 1898 in David, Elmore Co., AL, stating he was WIA 9/20/63, Chickamauga, GA, in left leg. Stated he was also WIA 5/18/64, Resaca Bridge, GA, by gunshot through left leg below knee. Farmer. He is buried in Bethel Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Equality, Coosa Co., AL File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/coosa/photos/tombstones/bethelprimitiveb/murrah5129gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb