Confederate Soldiers Home Cemetery
Columbia, South Carolina
In 1908, the General Assembly established the home was for elderly CSA veterans, regardless of what state they served who could not otherwise support themselves and their wives, then widows were allowed in.
The infirmary was opened 10 May 1909 and soon had an enrollment of eighty veterans. The name was changed in 1925, the last veteran died there in 1941, and it was closed in 1958, with the remaining residents moved to boarding facilities. My great grandfather (John Samuel Brasington) applied for admission to the Home but never did live there. This photograph was taken in the late 1930s shortly after the grounds had been relandscaped as part of a WPA beautification project. That the same Federal government would expend funds to enhance a final home for survivors of the "Lost Cause" who fought to leave this union must have been an irony for some of those who lived there.
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Name on Headstone | Born | Died | Co | Unit Served | Applied from |
Bennett, William H. | 10 Jul 1847 | 14 Oct 1927 | E | 11th Reg. S. C. | Hampton County |
Blackwell, Edward B. | 05 April 1839 | 23 July 1930 | A | 2nd SC Calvary | Florence County |
Boatner, W. F. | 07 June 1847 | 18 Sep 1929 | H | 1st SC State Troops | Anderson County |
Boinea, Stephen | About 1842* | 22 Sep 1932* | A | 3rd SC | Beufort County |
Cribb, A. F. | 16 Aug 1840 | 05 Sept 1937 | A | 21st SC Inf. | Georgetown County |
Humbert, Francis | 04 April 1845 | 16 Feb 1929 | C | 3rd Reg SCV | Jasper County |
Kneece, Dempsey | About 1845 | 27 Jul 1931* | C | 20th SC Inf | Aiken County |
Legge, George | 30 Mar 1846 | 01 Sept 1931 | A | 2nd SC Calvary | Spartanburg County (C) |
Nesseruy, Philip H. | 15 Oct 1844 | 09 April 1928 | B | 7th Reg. | |
Rains, Henry J. | 21 Feb 1847 | 25 July 1940 | CSA Army - AIDE DE CAMP. Lt. | ||
Seay, Luther F. | About 1844* | 4 Jan 1933* | K | 13th SC Inf | |
Smith, William A. | 14 Mar 1847 | 28 Jan 1930 | E | 4th Reg SC State Troops | Anderson County (C) |
Smith, William D. | 05 Sept 1850 | 26 Sept 1933 | A | 1st SC Reg State Troops | |
Spence, William R. | 21 Mar 1848 | 31 July 1931 | A | 3rd SC Reg Reserves | |
Stanford, William Jefferson | 7 January 1844 | 23 May 1932* | A | 60th N. C. Inf, 1st Sgt | Asheville, NC |
Thompson, J. W. | 18 July 1842 | 17 July 1929 | D | 9th SC SCV |
Name on Headstone | Born | Died | Husband or Relative's Name | Co | Unit Served | Applied from |
Adams, Carrie | 29 Nov 1850 | 07 June 1943 | James Zimmerman Adams | C | 15th SCV | Newberry County |
Boatner, W. F., Mrs | 23 May 1853 | 20 Sept 1930 | W. F. Boatner | H | 1st SC State Troops | Anderson County |
Bullard, Sara E | 08 May 1860 | 24 Jan 1955 | W (N) Bullards | A | 51st NC | Roberrson County, NC |
Donath, Emma C, Mrs | 21 Jan 1857 | 05 Sept 1929 | Lewis Donath | Wer-Nee Rifleman | 3rd Regiment, Pee Dee Rifle | |
Gandy, Hattie | 26 Feb 1863 | 16 June 1937 | Lonnie Gandy | Darlington County | ||
McFadden, Jane Elizabeth | 20 Feb 1858 | 11 Jan 1932 | 1st Lt C Walker McFadden | A | 6th SCV, Bratton's Brigade | Kershaw County |
Outlaw, Carey Brown | 08 Oct 1853 | 14 Mar 1933* | J. C. Outlaw and Sister of J P Brown | A | 8th SCV | Sumter County |
Stanford, Sarah Elizabeth JUSTICE | 03 Oct 1847 | 08 Apr 1937 | William Jefferson Stanford | A | 60th N. C. Inf, 1st Sgt | Asheville, NC |
Name on Headstone | Born | Died | Relationship | Patriots' Name | Co | Unit Served | Applied from |
Ammons, Lizzie | 18 Sep 1869 | 04 Sep 1945 | Daughter | Jones Amons | Marlboro County | ||
Boseman, Carrie | 28 Jan 1875 | 26 May 1952 | Daughter | Caleb Coker | I | 18th SCV | |
Easterling, Mattie | 20 Mar 1866 | 05 Apr 1947 | Niece | Elijah Easterling | G | 8th SCV | Marlboro County |
Hitt, Sue Wyche | 07 Jul 1871 | 1956 | Daughter | John Q. Wilbur | 3rd SC Infantry | Laurens County | |
Hutchinson, Mary Sudie | 14 Jan 1872 | 06 Mar 1948 | Daughter | James J. Hutchinson | B | 1st SC (Gregg's), | |
McClintock, Bessie Long | 07 Apr 1874 | 01 Oct 1956 | Daughter | Latimer Wren Long | C | 3rd Regiment | |
Nicholson, Kathrene | 06 Dec 1866 | 29 Jan 1943 | Daughter | J. N. Nicholson | 15th NC | Cleveland County, NC | |
Sill, Emily Lenora, Miss | 17 Aug 1841 | 29 Dec 1930 | Sister | Major Sills, Jim, Oswell, William and John | Hampton Legion | Kershaw County | |
Terry, Lula | 23 Jun 1861 | 23 Mar 1947 | Unable to find Application | ||||
Terry, Nancy | 14 Sep 1863 | 16 Sep 1949 | Unable to find Application | ||||
Way, Hattie | 27 Jul 1876 | 07 May 1949 | Daughter | Thomas Rivers Way |
Information Sources:
The names of those buried in the cemetery as well as dates born and died are
from my survey of the cemetery.
The service information and relationship to Patriot came from my review of
Confederate Home Application on file at S C Archives.
About dates and County (C) are my best guess, based on 1880 Census CD's from LDS
Note: Dates marked with an * were from the index for South Carolina Death Certificates years 1915 through 1954
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