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Payne Chapel AME Church Cemetery

 

CORP SOLOMON ALBERTS (January 1844 – 21 July 1903). Solomon’s parents, Isaac and Lucinda Alberts, were charter members of Payne Chapel AME Church. Soloman is listed as a 12 year-old with his parents and siblings in the 1850 North Strabane Census of Free Inhabitants, in the 1870 census as a farmer, in the 1880 census as a coal miner, and in the 1900 census as a day laborer.  Solomon and his wife, Catherine Nancy Easter of Chambersburg, had at least one child, a son, Solomon, Jr. and three daughters.

Solomon enlisted in Pittsburgh on 16 July 1863 as a substitute for Robert St. Clair.  He was discharged for a disability 1 December 1863 as a Corporal in Company A, 6th USCT Regiment. No headstone has been located todate.

 

 

PVT SAMUEL DALE ASBURY (17 October 1838 – 7 March 1910) was one of five children of Underground Railroad conductor, William and Leticia Asbury of Cross Creek, Washington County. Samuel’s first wife, Julia Poole, had 3 children: William Alexander, Newton W., and Emma Virginia. With his second wife, Temple Ann Brown, he had the following children: John W., Elizabeth, Mary, Jennie, Rebecca Ann, Narsisis, Leticia F., Harriet A., Ernest D., Gertrude C., Elise, James G., and an unnamed infant.

Samuel enlisted on 29 February 1864 and mustered out at Hilton Head, SC on 19 September 1865. He was a private in Company I of the 32nd Regiment of the USC Infantry. His headstone is in section b, row 7.

 

 

 

 

PVT JAMES BANKS (1844 – November 1887) was in Company C of Regiment 6; he enlisted 14 July 1863; mustered out on September 20, 1865. He was born in Taylor County, VA now West Virginia. He and his wife, Sarah, were living in Washington with two children and Sarah’s mother in the 1880 census. No headstone has been found but his name was on the 1902 GAR list of veterans buried at Payne.

 

PVT JAMES BLACK (Jan 1836 – 5 Jul 1901) and his wife, Sarah, lived in West Elizabeth before the war. After the war he, Sarah, and their eleven year old son lived in Canonsburg where he made a living first as a coal miner and by 1900 as the janitor at the Methodist Episcopal Church. Two of the Civil War veterans on this list, Samuel Asbury and Jeremiah Burgess, were pall bearers at his funeral.

James joined Company C of the 6th USCT on 16 July 1863, was a sergeant but was reduced to the rank of private. He served until 30 September 1865. No headstone has been located todate.

 

PVT BELL BROWN is buried at Payne according to a 1930’s map of Washington County cemeteries. No headstone has been located to-date although according to a map he was buried close to the gravesite of Civil War veteran Samuel Dungee in section d, row 7. 

 

 

PVT JOSEPH BRYANT (30 March 1843 – 20 July 1909) was born in Washington County, one of the sons of Allen and Sarah Bryant. He and his first wife, Sarah J had four sons and one daughter. In 1888 he married Ellen Sluby, daughter of Civil War veteran, Thomas Sluby. They had two sons.

 Joseph enlisted on 14 July 1863 and was discharged due to a disability 1 December 1863. He then enlisted again on 7 March 1865 and mustered out with his company Richmond on  1 October 1865.  He was a part of Company D of the 6th Regiment and of Company H of the 24th Regiment. His headstone is in section c, row 9.

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PVT JEREMIAH BURGESS (1 Nov 1839 – 12 May 1926) was born in Washington County to James and Catherine Burgess. He and his wife Eliza Jane Brown had eleven children, one of whom, Sarah Catherine, married Civil War veteran John Morgan.

Jeremiah enlisted July 14, 1863 and served in the military from August 1863 through September 20, 1865 in Company C of the 6th Regiment. Jeremiah’s headstone is in section d, row 5.

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PVT JONATHAN BURGESS (May 1828 – 1 July 1901) was born in Greene County and married Rebecca Kisner, daughter of Civil War veteran Frederick Kisner. After the war he and Rebecca lived on the McNary farm in Chartiers Township where he worked as a farmhand.

Jonathan served in the military from February 1864 through August 1865 in Company E of the 32nd Regiment. His headstone is in section c, row 11.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PVT ELI BUTCHER (15 Mar 1835 – 19 Feb 1923) was born in Randolf County which is now in West Virginia. He and his first wife, Hester Jane Adams, had fourteen children. After his second wife, Margaret Robinson Henderson, died, he went to Elizabeth to live with  daughter, Ida Mae Batch.

 He was drafted 14 July 1863 and honorably discharged on 20 September 1865 from Company C, USCT’s 6th Regiment. His headstone is in section a, row 13.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PVT GEORGE WASHINGTON DERHAM (22 Feb 1837 – 7 Apr 1915) is the son of John Durham, a founder of Payne Chapel, and Mary Manks. The family lived in Nottingham Township and Chartiers Township in the 1830’s and 1840’s. He married Sarah Mary Patterson. Four of their children have headstones in the cemetery: Rebecca Ann Bush, George W. Derham, Jr., Birdie Gordon, and Sarah Jane McCurdy. George Washington Derham married a second time, Mollie in 1913.

He served in the military from July 16, 1863 to September 20, 1865 in Company A of the USCT’s 6th Regiment. His headstone is in section a, row 13.

 

 

 

 

 

PVT SAMUEL DUNGEE (20 Jul 1844 - 1 Jan 1911) grew up in Chartiers Township and is the son of Henry Dungee and Henrietta Triplett. He and his wife Josephine Wheeler had six children.

Samuel served in Company A of the 25th U S Colored Volunteers from December 30, 1863 to December 6, 1865. His headstone is in section d, row 7.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PVT DANIEL JOHNSON (1833 – Apr 1896) is the son of Lucy Johnson who lived in Canonsburg in 1850. Daniel married Caroline Ross the sister of Civil War veteran Andrew Ross. Daniel was a member of Company I, USCT’s 24th Regiment from March 9, 1865 to October 1, 1865. What could be his unmarked headstone is in section a, row 17.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PVT RICHARD KENNEDY (circa1806 – 21 Feb 1911) was born to an enslaved woman in Fayette County, Kentucky. He and Nancy West, from Pigeon Creek, were married for 38 years.  He died a widower.

Richard enlisted at Camp William Penn on 24 March 1864, was assigned to Company C of the USCT’s 43rd Regiment, and mustered out 20 October 1865 in Philadelphia, PA. His headstone is in section b, row 9.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PVT FREDERICK KISNER (May 1799 – 16 Nov 1901) was born in Cumberland, MD to Frederick and Rebecca Kisner. Johanna Buckley was his first wife with whom he had two sons. His second wife was Lavinia Butler. They had seventeen children. Daughter Rebecca, married Civil War veteran Jonathan Burgess.

He enlisted on 6 September 1862 and mustered out in March 1863. He was a member of Company C of the 22nd Cavalry that absorbed the Ringgold Calvary. No headstone has been found.

 

 

 

CORP ABRAHAM LEWIS (1834 – before 1897) Abraham Lewis was the son of Joshua and Sophia Lewis of Virginia. The Lewis family, parents and six children, lived in Hopewell Township in 1850. He was over six feet tall.

Abraham enlisted on 14 July 1863 and was appointed Corporal a month later in Company C of the USCT’s 6th Regiment. He was wounded and in the hospital when his Regiment was mustered out on September 20, 1865. No headstone has been found.

 

 

 

 

 

PVT ABRAHAM LOTTERBURY (March 1826 – 1 Jun 1913) was the son of Abraham Lotterbury and Kitty Webb and was listed as a Free Inhabitant of Rockingham, VA in the 1850 census. He and his first wife Antoinette had 12 childern. He married his second wife, Mariah in 1895 who filed for a widow’s pension August 1913.

He mustered in on 15 April 1864  and was a member of Company H, 43rd USCT’s Infantry. He mustered out on 20 October 1865 in Brownsville, TX. His headstone is in section b, row 7.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PVT JOHN BROWN MORGAN (15 Jan 1842 – 6 Nov 1907) was born in Jessamine County Kentucky the son of Samuel Morgan and Lettie Clay. He and his wife Sarah Catherine Burgess, the daughter of Civil War veteran, Jeremiah Burgess, had ten children. 

He was a member of the USCT’s 5th  Regiment, Company D serving from 19 August 1864 through 28 August 1865. His headstone is in section b, row 12.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PVT JOSEPH NORMAN (24 October 1846 – 23 June 1912) was born the property of Anthony Hammock of Romany, VA. His parents were Joseph Norman and Charlotta Washington. He rode away to freedom on a mule and joined the Union Army on 4 August 1864. He served through 4 November 1865 in Company I of the USCT’s 45th Regiment. He was married to Alice Bush. His headstone is section c, row 8.

 

 

 

SGT GEORGE PETERSON (1840 – before 1897) is on the 1902 GAR list of veterans who served in the Civil War and were buried at Payne Chapel cemetery. He was born in Hardy County, VA now WV.

He was a member of Company A of the USCT’s 25th Regiment, promoted to Corp February 27, 1864, to 1st Sgt on June 16, 1865 and mustered out with his company on December 6, 1865. No headstone has been located todate.

 

 

PVT ABRAHAM POOL (1842 – 21 Feb 1901) was born in West Middleton, PA. During the 1880’s he was the chair of the AME Literary Society in Canonsburg. His wife, Jenne, applied for a widows benefit in August 1901. He enlisted on 18 February 1864 and served as a member of Company D of the USCT’s 32nd Regiment through 11 September 1865. His headstone is in section c, row 7.

 

 

 

 

PVT ARON RANDALS (5 Sept 1839 – 17 Oct 1907) is the son of Robert Randal and Jane Hartley.  His daughter’s name was Eva.

He was drafted on July 9, 1863 and served as a musician in Company K, USCT’s 8th Regiment. He was wounded in battle and mustered out with his company on November 10, 1865. His headstone is in section a, row 14.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SGT ANDREW ROSS (1836 - 4 July 1888) is the son of John Ross, a church founder, and Hester Ann Miller. He was a gardener and a violinist. Caroline, his sister, was married to Civil War veteran Daniel Johnson.

He served in Company A, USCT’s 25th Regiment from 30 December 1863 through 6 December 1865. No stone has been located.

 

 

 

 

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PVT JOHN RUTHERFORD (12 Mar 1842 – 16 Oct 1923) was born in Bedford County, PA the son of Joseph Rutherford and Nettie Brown. John, his parents and siblings lived in Chartiers Township in 1840 and in Monongahela in 1850.

 He enlisted in the U.S.C. Infantry on 10 August 1863 and served until 1 October 1865 in Company D of the 79th Regiment. He died as a widowed “old soldier” in Bradford, McKean County, PA. His headstone is in section b, row 5.

 

 

 

 

 

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PVT THOMAS BISHOP HARBISON SLUBY (1831 – 21 Sept 1875) was the son of John ‘Jack” Sluby and Sarah Ellen. He and his wife, Lucinda Robinson, had seven children. Thomas was a barber when he volunteered to serve for 3 years in the USC Infantry on 9 January 1864. He was mustered out from Company G of the 22nd Infantry with a disability on 17 June 1865. This might be his headstone in section a, row 13.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PVT JOHN SMITH (1822 – 1 April 1929) was the last Civil War veteran to be buried in the Payne Chapel Cemetery. His wife died several years before he did.

He served from 7 January 1864 through 6 December 1865 in Company C of the USCT 25th Regiment. His headstone is in section d, row 6.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PVT HENRY STEWART (1847 – before 1897) of Company L of the USCT 2nd Regiment enlisted on 15 February 1865 and mustered out on 12 February 1866 at Brazos Santiago, TX.  No headstone has been located todate.

 

 

 

 

 

PVT C.N. TAYLOR (no DOB – no DOD) is buried at Payne according to a 1930’s map of cemeteries in Washington County. No headstone has been found.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PVT GEORGE W. TAYLOR (1829 – 31 Aug 1878) was born in Fayette County. His wife’s name  was Elizabeth.

 He served in Co C of the USCT’s 25th Regiment from 10 January 1864 through 6 December 1865. Taylor's headstone was issued by the U. S. Government according to a contract dated November 29, 1879 issued to D. W. Whitney. He is buried in section a, row 18.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PVT JOHN WESLEY TITUS (1 May 1832 – 1 August 1893) is buried in section b, row 16. He served in Company A of the USCT’s 25th Regiment from 4 January 1864 through 6 December 1865 when he mustered out with his company.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PVT THOMAS B WASHINGTON (7 June 1841 – 3 Aug 1911) was born in Harrison, WV. His father was Peter Washington. When he enlisted, he said he was a deck hand.

He served from 19 February 1864 through 22 August 1865 in Co. B of the USCT 32nd regiment. No headstone has been located todate.

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