He lived to be 92 Years Old. He is buried here with His Brother, Jason Boone. Both were Freeman of Color, who choose to serve The Confederacy.
On Nov. 12, 2016 a headstone provided for Anthony Boone by the Sons of Confederate veterans was dedicated/
More than 100 people of all skin tones gathered Saturday to honor a Confederate veteran who was receiving a headstone for the first time, more than 87 years after his death.
Anthony Boone enlisted in 1862 and served with the Peninsula Light Artillery. His service took him to Lamberts Point, Portsmouth, Towne Point, Suffolk, Richmond, Manassas and Gordonsville.
But unlike most people’s idea of a Confederate soldier, Boone was black — born free as a direct descendant of Joe Skeeter, the European land surveyor for whom the Skeetertown area was named.
Virginia Beach residents Frank and Billie Earnest have been involved in marking the graves of Confederate Veterans for 25 years.
Billie Earnest, historian of the Suffolk Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, conducts the required research to verify the deceased’s Confederate service.
She also gathers the critical information for each veteran’s headstone. She located copies of Anthony Boone’s death certificate, his marriage license and Virginia pension records. From Boone’s pension application, Billie Earnest was able to figure out that he served in the Peninsula Light Artillery/1st Virginia Artillery from 1862 until the end of the war.
On Nov. 12, 2016 a headstone provided for Anthony Boone by the Sons of Confederate veterans was dedicated/
More than 100 people of all skin tones gathered Saturday to honor a Confederate veteran who was receiving a headstone for the first time, more than 87 years after his death.
Anthony Boone enlisted in 1862 and served with the Peninsula Light Artillery. His service took him to Lamberts Point, Portsmouth, Towne Point, Suffolk, Richmond, Manassas and Gordonsville.
But unlike most people’s idea of a Confederate soldier, Boone was black — born free as a direct descendant of Joe Skeeter, the European land surveyor for whom the Skeetertown area was named.
Virginia Beach residents Frank and Billie Earnest have been involved in marking the graves of Confederate Veterans for 25 years.
Billie Earnest, historian of the Suffolk Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, conducts the required research to verify the deceased’s Confederate service.
She also gathers the critical information for each veteran’s headstone. She located copies of Anthony Boone’s death certificate, his marriage license and Virginia pension records. From Boone’s pension application, Billie Earnest was able to figure out that he served in the Peninsula Light Artillery/1st Virginia Artillery from 1862 until the end of the war.
He lived to be 92 Years Old. He is buried here with His Brother, Jason Boone. Both were Freeman of Color, who choose to serve The Confederacy.
On Nov. 12, 2016 a headstone provided for Anthony Boone by the Sons of Confederate veterans was dedicated/
More than 100 people of all skin tones gathered Saturday to honor a Confederate veteran who was receiving a headstone for the first time, more than 87 years after his death.
Anthony Boone enlisted in 1862 and served with the Peninsula Light Artillery. His service took him to Lamberts Point, Portsmouth, Towne Point, Suffolk, Richmond, Manassas and Gordonsville.
But unlike most people’s idea of a Confederate soldier, Boone was black — born free as a direct descendant of Joe Skeeter, the European land surveyor for whom the Skeetertown area was named.
Virginia Beach residents Frank and Billie Earnest have been involved in marking the graves of Confederate Veterans for 25 years.
Billie Earnest, historian of the Suffolk Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, conducts the required research to verify the deceased’s Confederate service.
She also gathers the critical information for each veteran’s headstone. She located copies of Anthony Boone’s death certificate, his marriage license and Virginia pension records. From Boone’s pension application, Billie Earnest was able to figure out that he served in the Peninsula Light Artillery/1st Virginia Artillery from 1862 until the end of the war.
On Nov. 12, 2016 a headstone provided for Anthony Boone by the Sons of Confederate veterans was dedicated/
More than 100 people of all skin tones gathered Saturday to honor a Confederate veteran who was receiving a headstone for the first time, more than 87 years after his death.
Anthony Boone enlisted in 1862 and served with the Peninsula Light Artillery. His service took him to Lamberts Point, Portsmouth, Towne Point, Suffolk, Richmond, Manassas and Gordonsville.
But unlike most people’s idea of a Confederate soldier, Boone was black — born free as a direct descendant of Joe Skeeter, the European land surveyor for whom the Skeetertown area was named.
Virginia Beach residents Frank and Billie Earnest have been involved in marking the graves of Confederate Veterans for 25 years.
Billie Earnest, historian of the Suffolk Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, conducts the required research to verify the deceased’s Confederate service.
She also gathers the critical information for each veteran’s headstone. She located copies of Anthony Boone’s death certificate, his marriage license and Virginia pension records. From Boone’s pension application, Billie Earnest was able to figure out that he served in the Peninsula Light Artillery/1st Virginia Artillery from 1862 until the end of the war.
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