African American Civil War Veterans

Pennsylvania Burials by Cemetery

Burris, William /"Died May 1, 1909 / Aged 74 years / 123 Reg. Conn. Col. Inf."
Burial Location: Lincoln Cemetery, Penbrook, Dauphin County
Notes: Could be 29th Connecticut Colored Infantry, or 123rd USCT. NPS records show a Private William Burris in Company B of the 29th Connecticut Colored Infantry. There was no 123rd Connecticut Colored Infantry. According to his age at death, Burris would have been born circa 1835.

Harley, William T., Sergeant, Company C, Regiment not readable Born 23 August 1836 in Adams County.
Burial Location: East Middletown Cemetery, Middletown, Dauphin County Pennsylvania.
Notes: Wife Ada Adela (Jones) 1840-1926, same cemetery (married 1858), Died 02 August 1904 in Middletown, Dauphin County Pennsylvania.
Link to his Find-a-Grave webpage: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10945904/william-t-harley

Molson, David W., Pvt. Born 1822, Lewistown, Mifflin County Pennsylvania. Enlisted at Pottsville: 48th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company B - discharged by orders of General Burnside on the basis of being a Mulatto. Died 19 January 1864 in Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pennsylvania. Buried in Dunnstown, Pennsylvania. Son of Samuel and Mary Ann (Anderson) Molson. Husband of Mary Maria (Cook) Coffey Graham. Occupation: Barber. (Source: Jeannette L. Molson)

Private Molson's grave in Dunnstown Cemetery, Dunnstown, Clinton County, is here: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11764656/david-william-molson
The page contains more biographical information on the Molson family. His second wife, Mary Maria Cook, operated an Underground Railroad safehouse in Lock Haven. It is featured on UGRR walking tours of Lock Haven as the Maria Molson House, on Water Street in that town. More information on Maria, with a photograph of her house, is here: https://pawilds.com/black-history-maria-molson-the-underground-railroad/

Molson, James S., Pvt. Born 26 August 1842, Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. Enlisted in 107th New York Infantry, Company F. Died 26 May 1864 at New Hope Church in Georgia. Buried on the battlefield then re-interred at Marietta National Cemetery (Grave - A 753). Son of John and Louisa (Clark) Molson. Occupation: Barber. (Source: Jeannette L. Molson)

Parrot, Benjamin, GAR
Burial Location: Lebanon Cemetery, Chambersburg, Franklin County
Notes: NPS records show several Benjamin Parrotts, one a private in the 100th USCI, Company B; alternate spelling Parret. However it also shows records for several white Benjamin Parrotts.

White, William /"1841 - 1920 / Corp. Co. 8? Reg. / U.S.C.T."
Burial Location: Lincoln Cemetery, Penbrook, Dauphin County
Notes: NPS records show 72 men named William White who served in USCT regiments.