Gilford M Barton   Age:  25 Birthplace:  Hall Co., GA Occupation:  Farmer Rank at enlistment:  Private Company Assignment:  L   9/25/1863   Enlisted Fayette Co., AL 9/25/1863   Mustered In Glendale, MS 9/28/1864   Mustered Out Rome, GA Notes: Gilford M Barton was born in January 1841 in Hall Co., GA. He married Nancy Hane Weaver in Hall Co., GA. He died 1 August 1915 in Tuscaloosa Co., AL. There were five Barton brothers who served in Company L of the 1st Alabama Cavalry, USV under Captain Sanford Tramel and then Captain Alonson Edwards: Jonathan, Gilford, James, Madison, and William H. They had three brothers-in-law who also served in the regiment: F.C. Harris, Jesse D Hyde, and Thomas H Blackstock. Buried: Sardis #1 Baptist Cemetery, Winston Co., AL

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Service records compiled by Glenda Todd and used with her permission. This and other information about the history of the First and the men who fought with the unit can be found in her book, First Alabama Cavalry, USA: Homage to Patriotism.

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