Nine Maffitts are buried in the cemetery.
Famous Confederate sea captain and blockade-runner JOHN NEWLAND MAFFITT, born Feb. 22, 1819 (at sea). Died May 15, 1886. Section N Lot 25.
His wife EMMA. Born 1843 died Feb. 6, 1918.
LEWIS EUGENE ANDERSON MAFFITT, Section E Lot 10
CMDR. JOSEPH PRICE, CSN-- Section K Lot 48
MAJOR JAMES REILLY-- Section H Lot 10
JOHN BAPTIST SMITH-- 1843-1923. There are pictures of the field glasses used by J. B. Smith on board the blockade-runner Advance. As a member of the Confederate signal corps, saw the destruction of the USS Congress and Cumberland by the CSS Virginia.
In July 1862 he was sent to the Cape Fear to organize the signal service.
From the Caswell County Historical Association Feb. 2007.
I found out he wasn't buried in Oakdake Cemetery.
A Salute to The Gone. --Old B-Runner
For information on John Baptist Smith please visit:
ReplyDeletehttp://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caswellcounty&id=I04195
If you would like to know more, please contact me at: rick@ncccha.org
Best regards,
Rick Frederick
Archivist and Webmaster
Caswell County Historical Association
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ncccha/
County Co-coordinator and Webmaster
Caswell County NC GenWeb
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Definitely an interesting life for Mr. Smith. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
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