Harrison, John A.

1824 - 1864  (40 years)

• Name	Harrison, John A.
  Birth	1824	Alabama
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	HARR.J024
  _FGRAVE	132679300
  Military Service	American Civil War, Company H., 53rd Alabama Cavalry Regiment
  		Flag of the Confederate States of America, (Battle Flag) (1863-1865) This Confederate Flag pattern is the one most often thought of as the Confederate Flag today; it was one of many used by the Confederate armed forces. Variations of this design served as the Battle Flag of the Armies of Northern Virginia and Tennessee, and as the Confederate Naval Jack.
  		American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865)
  		Flags of the Confederate States of America
  		Confederate States Army
  		Confederate States of America
  Death	25 Jun 1864	Greenville, Butler County, Alabama
  Burial	Harrison Cemetery, Kinston, Coffee County, Alabama
  Person ID	I50492	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Harrison, William 'Grancer - Grand Sir',   b. 1789, Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina d. May 1860, Kinston, Coffee County, Alabama (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Justice, Nancy,   b. 1787, Darlington County, South Carolina d. 27 May 1867, Kinston, Coffee County, Alabama (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F18219	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1824 - Alabama Death - 25 Jun 1864 - Greenville, Butler County, Alabama Burial - - Harrison Cemetery, Kinston, Coffee County, Alabama  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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