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| Appendix 5: Works Project Administration Project 1937-38 |
During the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was created by the Federal government to address the massive unemployment problem plaguing the Nation. In 1937, the WPA came to Camden County to begin a project to ascertain and verify burial records. Under WPA Project #354-4 4445-4, the task was completed and the resulting records are on file at the Camden County Historical Society. This is not to say that the records are complete and accurate, but the information contained therein does give added information about the pre-1937 population. For purposes of this research, a random selection of black soldiers' and sailors' names found in the cemeteries of Camden County was used. In most instances, very little information was contained on the WPA card with the exception of a date of birth, possible place of birth and cemetery information. Sometimes, parents names are listed and the decedent's occupation. This appendix will set forth the information given on the individual cards, for each confirmed veteran found. Adams. James H. Born: 1844 Place:Mt. Pisgah Sec.l, Row 1, Grave 15 Alston, Anthony Born: 1845 Place:Johnson Sec. 5, Row 1, Grave 72 Anderson, John Born: 1847 Place:Johnson Sec. 5, Row 1, Grave 2 Enlisted May, 1863 - Discharged May 2, 1865 Armstrong, Joseph T. Born: 1837 Place: United States Died: 1/30/17 Arthur, Charles Born: 8/18/1836 Place: Baley, George Born: 1846 Place: Mt. Peace Lot 373, Grave 1 Barnes, Charles Born: 1842 Place: Beckett, Andrew Born: 1830 Place: Mt. Pisgah Sec. H, Row 7, Grave 16 Beckett, Charles Born: 1843 Benson, William Born: 1845 Place: Mt. Zion Sec. E, Lot/Row 2, Bk. 11 Berry, Christopher Born: 1835 Place: U.S. Bishop, George (Note: 2 different cards with same name) #1 Born: 1839 Died: 12/4/24 #2 Born: 1836 Died: 1906 Same regiment on cards 1 & 2, Co.E, 3rd USCT Same Grave # at Mt. Peace Bishop. Miles Born: 1836 Place: MarylandFather: John Mother: Hester Occupation: Hod Carrier Blake. John H. Born: 1829 Place: MarylandFather; Daniel Mother: Esther Bleem. Samuel Born: 1843 Place: Bowman. Alexander Born: 1837 Place: Pennsylvania Boyer. John H. Born: 1844 Brisco. Alexander Born: 1819 Place: Delaware Brisco. John Born: 1849 Place: (Note, this made him 12 yrs. old when Warbegan) · Brown. Charles H. Born: 1843 Place: Delaware Brown. Jerry (Jeremiah) Born: 1834 Place: Pennsylvania Father: John Mt. Peace Sec. 4, Lot 1131 Brown. Pierce Born: 1822 Place: Mt. Peace Lot 964, No. 1 Brown. Samuel F. Born: 1844 Place: Mt. Peace Lot 973, Grave 1 Burk. James Born: 1832 Place:Mt. Peace Lot 552, Grave 2 Butler. Osceola Born: 1841 Place: Mt. Peace Lot 543, Grave 4 Butts. Miles Born: 1841 Butts. William Born: Place: Virginia Occupation: Policeman Carter. Johnson Born: Place: KentuckyFather: Harry Hicks Chambers. Charles Born: 1844 Place: Mt. Zion Sec. D, Row 1, Grave 119 Clark, Solomon Born: 1842 Place: U.S. Collins,Benjamin Born: 1836 Collins, George Born: 1846 Jordan Lawn Cemetery Collins, Joseph Born: 1839 Coward. William C. (Note, 2 separate cards) Mt. Pisgah Sec. F,Row 1, Grave 18 Sec. 4,Row 8, Grave 40 Davis, John Born: Place: Mt. Peace Sec. 3, Lot 1162 Occupation: Laborer Davis, William H.H. Born: 1845 Mt. Peace Lot 565, Grave 1 Dayton, James Born: 1841 Place: DelawareFather: James Occupation: Retired Dennis, John Born: 1848 Mt. Peace Lot 99, Grave 2 Derry, Daniel Born: 1838 Dingle. Isaac Born: 1841 Place: Delaware Dixon. Beniamin Mt. Pisgah Sec. H, Row 3, Grave 16 Duckery, James H. Born: 1843 Mt. Peace Lot 565, Grave 3 Emory, John Born: 1844 Place: Mt. Peace Sec. 1, Lot 967 Father: James Farmer, George Mt. Pisgah Sec. 3, Row 3, Grave 29 Farrell, John Born: 1834 Place: Mt. Peace Lot 759, Grave 1 Father: William
Fisher, John Born: 1846 Mt. Peace Lot 1077, Grave 3 (note: Mr. Fisher is buried at Mt. Zion, gravestone #8 on cemetery map) Fitzgerald, John P. Born: 1838 Butler Row 6, Grave 38 Frank, John Born: Place: New Jersey Occupation: Junk Dealer Gibbs, Joseph Born: 1840 Mt. Peace Lot 963, Grave 1 Gibbs, Theodore Born: 1840 Mt. Peace Lot 966, Grave 3 Gibbs, Warner Born: 1839 Mt. Pisgah Row 1. Grave 7 Goodin, John H. Born: 12/3/1841 Grisden, Samuel Born: 1845 Mt. Peace Lot 965, Grave 2 Grose, Isaiah Mt. Pisgah Row 2, Grave 10 Haines, Lorenzo Born: 1841 ~ Hall, William H. Occupation: Shys Keeper Hammond, Paul Mt. Pisgah Row 4, Grave 9 Handy, Francis B. Born: 1844 Place: U.S. Mt. Peace Sec. 4, Lot 964 Haney, Henry Born: 1831 Mt. Zion Sec. D, Row 2, Bk. 39 Hardina, George Born: 1820 Mt. Peace Lot 564, Grave 2 Hart, James H. Born: 1845 Heath, Peter Born:18(62)?- Mt. Peace Lot 559, Grave 1 Father: Ben Rogers Hegamin. William H. Born: 1825 Place: Pennsylvania Father: William Mother: Mary Ann Hines. Thomas H. Born: 1836 Mt. Peace Lot 965, Grave 3 Hinson. George Born: 1841 Mt. Peace Lot 1098, Grave 2 Jackson. Andrew Born: 1830 Mt. Pisgah Sec. H, Row 7, Grave 17 Jackson. Samuel Born: 1845 Place: Virginia Butler Row 5, Grave 16 Jordan. William Born: 1833 Mt. Peace Lot 1012, Grave 4 Jordan, Isaiah Born: 1831 Place: Maryland Jones, William Born: 1836 Mt. Pisgah Sec. 6, Row 2, Grave 4 Lodine. George Born: 1835 Place: Delaware Occupation: Laborer Lodine, Jonathan Born: 1841 Mt. Peace Lot 1052, Grave 1 Major, Isaac Born: 1839 Mt. Zion Sec.C, Row 3, Grave 127 Neal/Neil, George W. Born: 1840 Place: Washington D.C. Nelson, Henry Born: 1842 Pitts, Sheppard Born: 1844 Place: U.S.Father: Liddleton, Mother: Jane Ray, Frederick J. Born: 1845 Place: New Jersey, Father: Richard, Mother Frances J.Occupation: Barber Rice, Joseph J. Born: ? 54th Massachusetts Simmons, Norman Born: 1844 Simons, David Born: 1844 Place: U.S. Mt. Peace Sec. 1, Lot 972, Grave 1, Father: David, Mother: Hannah
Sparrow, Henry Born: 1844 Mt. Peace Lot 399, Grave 1 Spriggs, Jefferson Born: 1843 Co. B, 1st Regt. Mt. Peace Lot 1146, Grave 4 Still, Charles Born: 1842 Mt. Zion Sec. B, Row 3, Bk. 17 Still, Josiah Born: 1846 Mt. Zion Sec. C, Row 4, Bk. 42 Swain, Isaiah Born: 1839 Place: North Carolina- Mt. Peace Sec. 4, Lot 904, Grave 3, Father: Horace
Tillman, Albert Born: 1844 Mt. Peace Lot 973, Grave 2 Webb. Arthur Born: 1839 Mt. Peace Lot 552, Grave 3 As part of this Appendix, special note should be taken of an earlier attempt by a local resident to record some of the history of the black community of Camden County. Charles C. Smiley authored A True Story of Lawnside. New Jersey in 1921. The work contained historical information about the community of Lawnside, its people, places of worship, schools, etc. Important to my research was a chapter entitled "Patriotism", wherein Smiley listed some forty-six men from Lawnside who fought in the Civil War: " The names of those who I am telling you of are: 1.Andrew Beckett Smiley makes special note that of the forty-six men who went to war; only five were still alive on Decoration Day, 1921. They were, Joseph Brewster, William DeGraff, Benjamin Franklin Faucett, John L. Stevens and Josiah Still. Many of the above names from Smiley's list also correspond with the names on the Alphabetical list above, but I was unable to discover the whereabouts/ remains of the others. There is little question that a ground search of cemeteries in Burlington and Gloucester Counties wherein the black communities of the first half of this Century are buried would disclose the graves of many of these men as well and others. |