Saturday, December 23, 2017

Woodbine- Jefferson City Cemetery

Location: Highway 129
Jefferson, Jackson County, GA
N 34° 06.909  W083° 34.529

Date of Visit: October 25, 2016

Private
William S. Thompson
Co G
16 GaInf
CSA
1843
1921

Artif
James M Mauldin
Charlton's Co
Ga Arty
CSA
Oct 1 1830
Apr 17 1900
Troup Artillery
Cobb's Legion

Lt
Mordecia M Pittman
Co E
34 Ga Reg
CSA
Oct 13 1828   May 3 1896

Corp
Hilliard Judge Randolph
Co G
16 Ga Reg
Army of Virginia
CSA
May 10 1841
Dec 24 1923

Pvt 
Marshall N. Duke
Pittmans Co
Ga State Troops
CSA
Jun3 1847
Mar 1 1926

Capt Thomas L Ross
Co G
16 Ga Regt
Army of N Va
CSA
Dec 6 1825
Sept 10 1910

Pvt
John A Venable
Co H
43 Ga Cav
CSA
Feb 10 1841
Oct 5 1909

Pvt 
James W Lord
Co C
18 Ga Regt
Amy of N Va
CSA
Mar 21 1840
Apr 11 1927

Capt 
JM Storey
Co G
43 Ga Inf
Jackson Co Blues
Army of Tennessee
Jan 1 1839
Sept 4 1895

Pvt
Robert J Hancock
Co C
Cobbs Legion
Army of N Va
CSA
Feb 19 1839
July 6 1877

Jeptha Dixon
Co F
37 Ga Regt
CSA

Pvt
CT Storey
Pittman's Co
Ga State troops

GJN Wilson
Co E
34 Ga Regt
CSA

2nd Lt
FM Bailey
Co G
16 Ga Inf
CSA
Nov 24 1924

Sergt
Egbert Beall
Co G
12 Ga Inf
CSA

G.W. Stanely
Co G
16 Ga Cavalry
CSA
  
FM Thompson
Co G
16 Ga Regt
CSA

Pvt
Wiley C Howard
Co C  Ga Cav Bn
CSA
Nov 23 1838 
Apr 3 1931

James Lindsey
Co C
18th Ga Regt
CSA

SM Stark
Co K
3rd Ga Regt
CSA

J.L. Williamson
Lumpkin Artillery
CSA

J.J. Pettyjohn
Co A
2nd Ga Regt
State Troops
CSA


Saturday, December 9, 2017

Allen-Lee Memorial Church

Location:
Highway 54
Lone Oak, Meriwether County, Georgia
N 33° 10.521              W084° 52.032

Date of Visit: October 16, 2011

Historical Marker: Old Prospect Methodist Church  (099-07)

Note: The Culpepper Brothers at this cemetery are well documented at the Culpepper Family Tree at Culpepper Family Tree, http://www.culpepperconnections.com/ss/p32435.htm



Wesley Sewell
Pvt  Co E  64 Ga Regt
Confederate States Army
Feb 20 1864

No military records can be found for Sewell. On Ancestry he is said to have died February 20, 1864. The family tree does not cite a source for this event.

·      Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold November 18, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)
·      Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, Vol. 6, State Division of Confederate Pensions and Records. Retrieved November 17, 2017 from http://babel.hathitrust.org/.
·      Avant, Sewell, Hines, Young Family Tree, acestry.com, accessed November 18, 2017

John R. Sewell
Pvt Co B 2 Ga Vol Inf
Confederate States Army
June 2 1864

John R. Sewell enlisted at Grantville in Coweta County, Georgia on July 12, 1861. He was wounded at Garnett’s Farm or Malvern Hill in 1862. He spent time in General Hospital #13 in Richmond, Virginia. He returned to duty on September 2, 1862.  Sick again in May he was in Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond for several days with debility (weakness or feebleness). He listed as killed in action casualty in Bennings Brigade on June 20, 1864. This would be during the siege of Petersburg. His date of death given on his tombstone would match up with the Battle of Cold Harbor

·      Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold December 9, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)




William J Culpepper
Serg  Co C  17 Texas Cav
Confederate States Army
Dec 23 1837  April 4 1864

William Jefferson Culpepper military record is for service in Company F of the 17th Texas Calvary. He was killed in the Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana He was killed in a cavalry charge.  In an earlier charge he was knocked down by a ball to the chest that was stopped by his Bible. He is thought to be buried on the battlefield.

·      Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold November 18, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)
·      Culpepper Family Tree, http://www.culpepperconnections.com/ss/p32435.htm



John W Culpepper
Georgia
Pvt Co D  8 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
July 8, 1835    August 16 1864

John Wesley Culpepper enlisted in Meriwether County Georgia on May 18, 1861. He was elected 2nd Lieutenant of Company D on January 126, 1862. His records suggest that at some point he was commanding the company with his Lieutenant rank. He was killed at the Battle of  Mill in Henrico County, Virginian on August 16, 1864. He died in the arms of his brother Simeon. Simeon buried him near the battlefield.

·      Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold November 18, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)
·      Culpepper Family Treee, http://www.culpepperconnections.com/ss/p32435.htm


Simeon F Culpepper
Georgia
Sgt  Co D  8 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Oct 11 1842    June 22 1929


Thomas Joel Culpepper
Pvt 2 Ga State GDS
Confederate States Army
Jun 5 1847    Sep 20 1920


Noah Smith Culpepper
Georgia
Captain Co G  7 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
May 17 1840   Apr 25 1929


Cash Willingham Jr.
Pvt Co K   55 Ga Regt
Confederate States Army
Sep 1 1843    June 28 1862

William Parker Sewell
Pvt Co K 55 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
August 21, 1841   Oct 19, 1918

Henry A White
Co K
55 Ga INf
CSA

Jacob Albright
Co B
2 Ga Inf
CSA

William Morgan Fling
Georgia
Sgt Co E 1 Regt Ga Res
Confederate States Army
March 4 1847  Sept 2 1906

John M Powerledge
Co D 8 Ga Regt
Confederate States Army
1843      1867

Thomas Joel Culpepper
Pvt 2 Ga State GDS
Confederate States Army
Jun 5 1847    Sep 20 1920


Noah Smith Culpepper
Georgia
Captain Co G  7 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
May 17 1840   Apr 25 1929

James D Culpepper
Georgia
Pvt Co B  1 Regt Ga Cav
Confederate States Army
March 26 1834    Nov 1 1903

JJ Hunt
Co H
4 Ga Cav
CSA

Samuel D Ellis
Georgia
Pvt Co B  1 Regt Ga Cav
Confederate States Army
March 16 1834   March 8 1893


JS Willingham
Georgia
Pvt Co B  1 Regt Cav
Confederate States Army
Feb 13 1845    Dec 15 1932


















Sunday, November 12, 2017

Emmaus Primitive Baptist Church

Location:
Emmaus Road
Hoganville, Troup County, Georgia
N 33° 09.540              W084° 52.032

Date of Visit: October 16, 2011


Wilson L Smith
Georgia
Pvt Co K 13 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Nov 9 1830   Feb 11 1873

William N Sims
Georgia
Cpl Co B 13 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army

James L. Sims
Georgia
Pvt Co B 13 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Oct 10 1837  May 27 1897


James H. Phillips
Georgia
Pvt Co F 21 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Feb 5 1835  July 13 1862

Twenty-two year old Phillips enlisted August 3, 1861. He died in a field hospital on July 13, 1863. He was wounded at Cold Harbor on June 27 and died of his wounds on July 13. 
·      Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold November 12, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)
·      Civil War Battles in Virginia 1862 , https://www.civilwaracademy.com/civil-war-battles-in-virginia-1862, accessed November 12, 2017
·      Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, Vol. 2, State Division of Confederate Pensions and Records. Retrieved November 12, 2017 from http://babel.hathitrust.org/.





Albert Phillips
Georgia
Sgt Co E 28 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Nov 24, 1843   March 20 1864

Sergeant Phillips enlisted in 1861. His name appears on a roll of causalities from the Battle of Olustee in Florida dated April 21, 1864.  Causality lists compiled at the 28th Georgia Volunteer Infantry website has Albert as being killed in this battle.
·      Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold November 12, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)
·      28th Georgia Volunteer Infantry, www.28ga.org, accessed November 12, 2017
Killed at Ocoena Pond (Olustee) on Feburary 20, 1864. - Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, Vol. 3, State Division of Confederate Pensions and Records. Retrieved November 12, 2017 from http://babel.hathitrust.org/.



William T Beland
Georgia
Sgt Co E 28 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
July 12 1827   April 26 1863

Third Sergeant Beland enlisted in Griffin Georgia in 1861. He was admitted to the Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond Virginia on May 13, 1862 with Typhoid Fever.  He returned to duty in June. The June 1863 muster roll notes that he died at home April 26, 1863. There is no record of wounding at Fredericksburg and he was dead by the time of the Chancellorsville campaign. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold November 12, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)









Luther Cemetery

Location:
Highway 68
DeKalb County, Alabama
N 34° 16.185              W086° 03.281

Date of Visit: October 5, 2011


Robert D Garvin
Pvt Lee Btry Al Lt Arty
Confederate States Army
May 17 1834   Jan 5 1896


Adolphus H Glenn
Pvt  Co H  62 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army

Jan 8 1845   Jul 22 1899

Saturday, November 11, 2017

Freeman Cemetery

Location:
Highway 69
DeKalb County, Alabama
N 34° 17.526              W085° 55.438

Date of Visit: October 8, 2011

Pvt
WH Freeman
Co G
49 Ala Inf
CSA
1843
1862

His record indicates that he died May 18, 1862. - Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold November 11, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)

According to Brewer’s History of Alabama units, the 49th was organized at Nashville, in January 1862, and attached to the Kentucky brigade of Gen. Breckinridge. It took part in the battle of Shiloh. A few weeks later, the Forty-ninth was sent to Vicksburg, with Breckinridge's brigade.  The Union bombardment of Vicksburg begin on May 18. It would seem that that he  probably died in route to or in Vicksburg before hostilties and was possibility buried there.

Brief Historical Sketches of Military Organizations
Raised In Alabama During the Civil War, Reproduced from Willis Brewer's Alabama:
Her History, Resources War Record, and Public Men From 1540 to 1872, www. archives.alabama.com

Report of Brig. Gen. M.L. Smith, Official Record War of the Rebellion, Volume 15, page 6

Pvt
David C Freeman
Co B
3 Ala Cav
1839
1863

According to his Find a Grave Memorial this marker was added as a memorial to a soldier who drowned crossing the Tennessee River with Captain Wheeler. His actual burial site is unknown. Find A Grave Memorial #102679745, accessed November 11, 2017. Private Freeman does not appear in the records of the 3rd Alabama Calvary, nor does a DeKalb County unit. There was a Company B of the 3rd Confederate Calvary from DeKalb County. I cannot confirm if he served in this regiment.



Note: These brothers were sons of Elisha and Ann Freeman and their service records were almost as problematic as locating the family cemetery. It sits on a narrow shelve on the east face of Sand Mountain.  Traveling up or down the face on Highway 69 one has to be looking in the exact “right” location to see the tombstones in the winter. Forget it in the summer.  Finding a place to park is also pretty challenging.







Sunday, November 5, 2017

Collins Cemetery

Location:
Highway 68
DeKalb County, Alabama
N 34° 16.017              W085° 51.810

Date of Visit: October 8, 2011

William E. Siniard
Pvt Co K
3 Conf Cav
Confederate States Army
Nov 15 1828   Dec 25 1893

John W Siniard
Pvt Co K
3 Conf Cav
Confederate State Army

July 23 1826  Dec 19 1892

Sunday, October 8, 2017

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and the 2019 Update of William Jefferson Bunch

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Update of William Jefferson Bunch

Location:
US Highway 52
Ryo, Gordon County, Georgia
N 34° 27.038   W084° 40.340

Date of Visit: December 27, 2009
Date of Publication: December 30, 2009
Date of Revisit: November 5, 2019


Pvt
William J Bunch
Co F  1 Ga Cav
CSA
1835
Jan 27, 1863

Private Bunch enlisted on March 22, 1862 at Fairmount, Georgia. A month after the Battle of Stone River his regiment is wintering at Kingston in Roane County, Tennessee. It is a hard winter. He died on January 27, 1863.


  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold November 5, 2019. (http://www.fold3.com)
  • Michael Bowers Cavender, The First Georgia Cavalry in the Civil War: a History and Roster (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016), p.57, Google E-Book downloaded November 5, 2019



Sunday, July 16, 2017

Bethel Cemetery

Location:
County Road 370
Cherokee County, Alabama
N 34° 05.071              W085° 27.468

Date of Visit: October 5, 2011


Pvt
William F Adams
Co F
55 Ga Inf
CSA
Oct 28 1828
Nov 10 1890

Chasteen B Stone
CO E
Hardin's Bn Ala
Reserves
CSA

Pvt
James Q Ferguson
Co 
1 Ga Inf
CSA
Mar 8 1824    
Jun 12 1908


James E. Snead
Pvt Co H
48 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Oct 30 1836    Oct 1 1886



Saturday, July 15, 2017

Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church


Location:
Highway 278
Cullman County, Alabama
N 34° 10.396              W087° 06.690

Date of Visit: October 8, 2011



Needhann N Benefield
Co H
1 Ga Regulars
CSA



Missionary Grove Cemetery

Location:
County Road 1141
Cullman County, Alabama
N 34° 13.033              W086° 55.553

Date of Visit: October 8, 2011


James A Parker
US Army
Confederate States Army
1839   1918

William Canant
Pvt Co L
3 Confederate Cav
Confederate States Army
Feb 17 1843
Apr 20 1921




Sunday, June 11, 2017

New Bethel Cemetery

Location:
Warrior-Jasper Road
Jefferson County, Alabama
N 33° 47.692              W086° 52.703

Date of Visits: May 19, 2017

Monroe H Dowdey
Co A
Bell's Ga Bn
Nov 22 2845
Jun 27 1899

A Note to Visitors