Rocky Creek Baptist Church

Location:

Tallapoosa County Road 5/ Sanford Road

Tallapoosa County, Alabama

N 33° 02.154   W085° 49.969

FAG: 2172566

Date of Visit: February 19, 2021

P. Wade Mahan

Pvt Co F  17 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Nov 9 1835    May 3 1923

Hillabee Campground Methodist Church

Location:

Tallapoosa County Road 33/ Camp Ground Road

Tallapoosa County, Alabama

N 33° 02.973   W085° 54.272

FAG: 23434

Date of Visit: February 19, 2021

Thomas M Polk

Co B

38 Ala Inf

T Z Tate

Pvt Co I 8 Conf Cav

Confederate States Army

Mar 18 1839   May 27 1914

Bennett L. Stancil

Pvt Co A 12 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Jul 18 1842     Nov 12 1925

Andrew Champion

Co B

37 Ala Inf

CSA

George W Porter

2nd Serg. Co C  59 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

George W Pearson

Com Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Mar 1829    Feb 1876

Not sure of what “Com” means, but he enlisted in Company C of Hillard’s Legion.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 March 2021), memorial page for George Washington Pearson (16 Mar 1829–16 Feb 1876), Find a Grave Memorial no. 85050681, citing Hillabee Campground Cemetery, Tallapoosa City, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Hutch (contributor 47312109) .

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for George Washington Pearson, Hillard’s Legion, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 16, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Drewry F Hooton

Pvt Co A  59 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Oct 20 1824     Dec 26 1903

James Neighbors

Co C 47 Ala Inf

CSA

Corp

James W Holdridge

Co G

14 Ala Inf

CSA

Jul 31 1840

Apr 2 1868

William Rogers

3rd Corp Ala Militia

Confederate States Army

Feb 13 1811    Oct 27  1901

John M Bailey

Pvt Alabama Militia

Confederate States Army

Jan 15, 1809   Sept 18 1882

Edmund P Horton

3rd Serg

Ala Mtd Militia

Confederate States Army

Robert J McKemie

Pvt Co A  41 Ga Regt

Confederate States Army

AJ Reid

Born Mar 22, 1831 

Died Apr 2, 1914

Back:

Member of Confederate Army

Co G Wheelers Cav. 

In the 1907 enumeration of Clay County veterans Andrew Jackson Reid of Childersburg reported that he enlisted in 1862 in  Company C of the 6th Georgia Calvary regiment. This regiment was a part of Wheeler’s Calvary. 

• Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA. Census or Enumeration of Confederate Soldiers Residing in Alabama, 1907-1908. Alabama Department of Archives & History, Montgomery, Alabama. Entry for Andrew Jackson Reid.

•  Stewart Sifakis, Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia. (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2007), 156.

  

Emmaus Cemetery

Location:

Emmaus Road

Lamar County, Alabama

33.8078003  -88.0916977

FAG 22682

Date of Visit: December 23, 2007

William R. Langley

Nelson’s 

Ala Lt Arty

CSA

Oct 1 1841     

March 10, 1892

Francis M Pennington

Co I 

43 Ala Inf

CSA

Born 1837    

Died 1900

F A Malloy

Co F 

42 Ala Inf

CSA

Geo W Shackleford

Co I 

43 Ala Inf

CSA

Henry C Bickerstaff

Co A

10th Regt

Ala Inf

CSA

Oct 17, 1908

Oliver P Robertson

Co K

60 Ga Inf

CSA

John Morris

Co K

8 Ala Inf

CSA

Kelpin Family Cemetery

Location:

Chattahoochee Nature Center

Roswell, Fulton County, Georgia

34.0048773   - 84.3784779

Date of Visit: March 30, 2019

Private

Charles Kelpin

Roswell BN

Ga Cav

CSA

Jul 8, 1846

Feb 21, 1864

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 21 March 2021), memorial page for Pvt Charles Kelpin (8 Jul 1846–21 Feb 1864), Find a Grave Memorial no. 38321550, citing Kelpin Family Cemetery, Roswell, Fulton County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Memories of You (contributor 46983035) .

Charles Kelpin and his family lived in Roswell which was then in Cobb County, Georgia (today it is in Fulton County). Charles was the second child, the first son born to William Kelpin, a carpenter and       farmer born c. 1820 in North Carolina, and Mary Kelpin, born c. 1828 in Virginia. Charles had one         older     sister, Georgia A. Kelpin (born c. 1845) and four younger siblings: Nancy (born c. 1848), Josephus (b.c. 1852), Aaron (b.c. 1853), and William jr. (b.c. 1859). In 1857 William Kelpin Sr. purchased the land surrounding the burial ground for use as a family farm.

When the Civil War broke out, Charles was a worker at the Roswell mill factories near Roswell Square. Because of that valuable wartime position, he was exempt from military duty but nevertheless chose to enlist with the Roswell Battalion (Company C) on August 11, 1863, a unit organized on June 28, 1863 originally intended for home defense in Northern Georgia against Union incursions. Charles died, age 17, in Augusta, Georgia before participating in any battles.

According to the Chattahoochee Nature Center, which now owns the land surrounding the old Kelpin burial ground, there may be up to six Kelpin family members buried in the immediate area of Charles' grave, although only three of the graves there are clearly marked as such. A relatively recently installed U.S. Veterans Confederate gravemarker marks the spot of Charles Kelpin's burial, replacing an older gravestone.

Mt. Ararat Cemetery

Location:

Bluff Valley Road

Clay County, Alabama

N 33° 09.602   W085° 50.219

FAG: 2183386

Date of Visit: February 19, 2021

John James Jones

Co I

14 Ala Inf

CSA

JM McCain

Co G

31 Ala Inf

CSA

Martin Luther Powell

Pvt. Co B. 14 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Jul 30 1837   Dec 10 1902

Pvt John T. Limbaugh

Co H

22 Ala Inf

CSA

Nov 3 1864

Private Limbaugh was captured near Atlanta on August 3, 1864. During the siege of Atlanta the 22nd Alabama was in Dea’s Brigade of Hindman’s Division of S.D. Lee’s Corp. On July 28 the division established a line that extended from Lick Skillet Road to Utoy Creek. Within a few hundred yards was the Union line. For the next four weeks daily skirmishing and sharpshooting and bombardment occurred between the two line. It is likely that Limbaugh was captured during some sort of action along this line. 

By August 11 he was in Nashville, Tennessee with others captured at Atlanta. He was transferred to a military prison in Louisville, Kentucky and then to Camp Chase in Ohio. He died at Camp Chase on November 3, 1864. He is buried Grave 400 in the Confederate Cemetery at Camp Chase. 

 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for A.Hill, 29th Georgia Infantry. Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 28,, 2021 (http://www.fold3.com).
• "United States Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5M2-1CX?cc=1916234&wc=M8VF-PTG : 22 May 2014), OH, Camp Chase, Military Prison > Prisoner death & burial registers, 1863-1865, v. 66-68 > image 8 of 202; citing NARA microfilm publication M598 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (128 vol., Washington: Printing Office, 1880-1901), Ser.1 Vol. 33, Part 3, 769, Report No. 628, Major Gen. Patton Anderson, February 9, 1865. 

Mt. Pleasant UMC Graveyard

Location:

Georgia Highway 51

Banks County, Georgia

N 34° 21.805   W083° 26.605

FAG: 2183386

Date of Visit: October 24, 2017

John H. Barnes

Co A

24 Ga Inf

CSA

JL Gillespie

Co H

34 Ga Inf

CSA

John F. Garrison

Pvt Co G & B 29th Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Sept 11, 1838   Jun 20, 1864

Garrison enlisted in Company B on February 28, 1862 in Franklin County, Georgia. Regimental returns in August, October, November, and December of 1862 shows him as absent, sick in hospital. There are no other records. 

He was wounded in action around Kennesaw Mountain. His wife Sarah Hill went to find him. He died shortly after she arrived in Atlanta. She brought him home to be buried in Mt. Pleasant. Legend is that an Union officer helped he gain passage back home with her dead husband. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John F. Garrison, 29th Georgia Infantry. Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 28, 2021 (http://www.fold3.com).
• Abstract from The Banks County News, Wednesday, June 11, 2003, submitted by Jacqueline King, USGenWeb Archives, Banks County, Ga – Military Civil War, USGenWeb http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/banks/military/civilwar/garrison.txt

Alven P. Hill

Pvt Co A 40 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

1832.  1862

Private A. Hill of Company A was admitted into General Hospital #16 in Richmond on December 9, 1862. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for A.Hill, 29th Georgia Infantry. Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 28,, 2021 (http://www.fold3.com).

The Garrison Brothers

Martin Garrison had five sons that died in the service of the Confederacy. William A. Garrison, Henry Fletcher Garrison and Christopher Martin Garrison were sons of Martin and Triphene Sheridan. Martin and Mary Elizabeth Bradley had two sons: Thomas Garrison and Clayton Garrison. 

Legend has it that when Martin learned of the death of a son he would take a wagon to get the dead son and bring he back to Banks County for burial at Mt. Pleasant. Christopher, Clayton, William, and Thomas were brought back and buried together within the confines of a rock enclosure in the cemetery. Incorporated into the walls of the enclosure were crudely carved markers for these four brothers. 

A fifth brother, Henry, died in Knoxville and is thought to be buried in a common grave at Bethel Cemetery in that town. 

In 2002 markers military markers were erected for all five brothers outside of the enclosure.

• Alan Embrick. "Ancestors of William H. (Billy) Garrison." (http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/banks/htmlpagesbanks/garrison.html) June 29, 2003
• Abstract from The Banks County News, Wednesday, June 11, 2003, submitted by Jacqueline King, USGenWeb Archives, Banks County, Ga – Military Civil War, USGenWeb http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/banks/military/civilwar/garrison.txt

William A. Garrison

Co G 16 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Oct 8 1825   May 26, 1863

William enlisted in Captain Thompson’s company of the 16th Georgia Infantry on May 12, 1862. In August William was admitted to Hospital Number 18 in Richmond, Virginia for typhoid. He survived this medical event and returned to duty. In December he received a very severe leg wound during the Battle of Fredericksburg. He died on January 3, 1863 in General Hospital in Richmond as a consequence of the severe compound fracture of his upper femur. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William A. Garrison, 16 Georgia Infantry. Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 28, 2021 (http://www.fold3.com).

Christopher M Garrison

Pvt Co A 24 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Jan 2, 1842  Apr 12, 1863

Christopher enlisted in the Banks County Independent volunteers as a Private on August 24, 1861, at the age of 19 years.  He last appears on the rolls October 31, 1861.

Christopher’s death occurred during the time between the Battle of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville in 1863.

Genealogies at Ancestry.com mostly list his place of death as Banks or Franklin County, Georgia. One researcher stated that he was killed. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 February 2021), memorial page for PVT Christopher Martin Garrison (2 Jan 1842–12 Apr 1863), Find a Grave Memorial no. 39680654, citing Mount Pleasant Methodist Church Cemetery, Banks County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by JFJN (contributor 46976255) .
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Christopher M. Garrison, 24 Georgia Infantry. Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 28, 2021 (http://www.fold3.com).

• Stewart Sifakis, Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia. (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2007), 229.

Thomas Garrison 

Pvt Company A 24 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

1846-1862

He enlisted in Company A of the 24th Georgia Infantry August of 1861. He died March 27, 1862. 

The regiment was a part of Cobb’s Brigade of McLaw’s Division during the Seven Days Battle/Peninsular Campaign. He died before this series of battles began. 

• Stewart Sifakis, Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia. (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2007), 243.
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Thomas Garrison, 24 Georgia Infantry. Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 28, 2021 (http://www.fold3.com).

Clayton Garrison

Corp Co A 11 Ga Cav

Confederate States Army

Jun 2 1847   Apr 10 1865

Clayton enlisted at 16 years of age in the 30th Georgia Battalion of Calvary at Mossy Creek in White County in May of 1864. This unit became the 11th Georgia Calvary. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Clayton Garrison, 11th Georgia Calvary . Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 28, 2021 (http://www.fold3.com).

• Stewart Sifakis, Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia. (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2007), 159.

Henry F. Garrison

Co H.  34 Ga Vol Inf

Confederate State Army

1834   1862

Henry enlisted in Captain Dorough’s Banks County company on May 12, 1862. He died at Fairground’s Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee on November 13, 1862. 

I found an uncited description of a hospital at the “…fairgrounds east of downtown in the Shieldstown community early in the war by CSA”.

It was said that Henry was interred in Knoxville at Bethel Cemetery. Burial records show a H.F. Garrison of Company H, 25th Georgia with November 13, 1862 date of death. The discrepancy could be attributed to a transcription error. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Henry F. Garrison, 34 Georgia Infantry. Retrieved from at 3-Fold October 24, 2017 (http://www.fold3.com).
• “Bethel Confederate Cemetery” Mabry-Hazen House, accessed March 1, 2021, http://www.mabryhazen.com/bethel-cemetery