John Sauls

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John J Sauls migrated to Alachua County  from Orangeburg, South Carolina where he married Mary Jane Robinson. Born in 1825(1840  by other accounts),  John left his farm in Alachua County and enlisted in Brooksville, Hernando County as a  4th sergeant in Company C(Hernando Guards)(Wildcats) of the 3rd Florida Infanty on July 19, 1861. He was promoted to a full private in May 1862(reduced to ranks)  then furloughed to Hernando County and died of disease on Feb 3, 1863 in a Lake City hospital where he was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery. His wife Mary applied for a widows pension in 1903. His is one of the few marked headstones of many unknown  CSA markers.