Great-great-grandfather:
Pvt. Baron DeKalb Williams
Co D "Southern Rifles",
3rd Alabama Infantry Regt., CSA
Enlisted April 26, 1861 at Unions Springs, Alabama
by R. H. Powell
Wounded 27 June 1862 at Mechanicsville;
lost his right arm in action
8 May 1864, Battle of Spottsylvania
b 7 September 1836 in Georgia, d 3 October 1880 in Daviston, Alabama
Son of William Wesley Williams and Hester Minerva Fannin
Married Louisiana Antinette Motley
bur Daviston Baptist Church Cemetery,
Clay County, Alabama
Original marker at Motley Family Cemetery, Daviston

MUSTER ROLL
REGIMENTAL FLAG
LETTER: 26 JULY 1879, TO THE CHURCH AT SPRINGHILL

Dr. William Lafayette Williams
Co H, 8th Confederate Cavalry Regt.,CSA  
Company Surgeon
b November 1833 in Georgia, d 21 September 1905 in Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas
bur LaFayette Cemetery, Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas

Pvt. William Arnold Cotney
Co H, 8th Alabama Infantry Regt., CSA
Enlisted 8 July 1863 at Daviston
Son of William Sampson Cotney
2nd Husband of Louisiana Antinette Motley Williams
bur Daviston Baptist Church, Daviston, Tallapoosa County, Alabama

Pvt. Isaac C. Cotney
Co D, 14th Alabama Infantry Regt., CSA
Enlisted Orange Co. Courthouse, Virignia in 1863
Son of Daniel Jackson Cotney

Pvt. Isaac Green Cotney
Co H, 1st Texas Infantry, CSA
Enlisted 23 March 1862 at Kickapoo, Anderson County, Texas; died as a POW in 1864
Brother of William Sampson Cotney

Pvt. Daniel Jackson Cotney
Co D, 14th Alabama Infantry Regt., CSA
Enlisted 21 February 1861
Died 20 June 1862 at Winder Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, of wounds
Brother of William Sampson Cotney

Pvt. James W. Cotney
Co D, 14th Alabama Infantry Regt., CSA
Enlisted 23 February 1861
Son of Daniel Jackson Cotney

Pvt. William J. Cotney
Co D, 14th Alabama Infantry Regt., CSA
Enlisted 21 February 1861, died of disease at Huntsville, Alabama 17 November 1861
Son of Daniel Jackson Cotney

Pvt. John T. Cotney
Co G, 46th Alabama Infantry Regt., CSA
Died 8 July 1863, bur. Confederate Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi
Son of Daniel Jackson Cotney