Union Grove United Methodist Church Graveyard

Location:

County Road 45

Rock Run, Cherokee County, Alabama

N34 00.902 W085 29.752

FAG: 26819

Date of Visit: September 29, 2021

Isaac Norton

Co E 47 Ala Regt

Confederate States army

Sept 8 1832       May 2 1911

There are two military markers for on Isaacs grave. A flat footmarker shows him in the 47th Alabama.  A classic vertical and pointed headstone is inscribed 14th Alabama. His records indicate service in the 47th Alabama.

Isaac was wounded in the left arm in the 2nd Battle of  Manassas in August of 1862. For the next year he was carried on the company musters rolls as in the hospital. In August of 1863 he was noted as being detailed as a nurse in a Lynchburg, Virginia hospital. Issac apparent deserted while at Morristown, Tennessee in January, but returned to duty in the summer of 1864 and surrender with Lee at Appomattox on April 9, 1865. 

See his Find a Grave memorial for pictures. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Isaac M. Norton, 47th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, September 29, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13754408/isaac-marion-norton : accessed 29 September 2021), memorial page for Isaac Marion Norton (8 Sep 1832–2 May 1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13754408, citing Union Grove Cemetery, Rock Run, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Melody (contributor 46891027) .

Shiloh Cemetery

Location:

Old Highway 78

Kansas, Walker County, Alabama

N 33 54.568. W087 34.372

FAG: 26228

Date of Visit: January 27, 2013

J.D. Terrell

Born in Cherokee Co. Ga

Sept 25 1840

Died 

Nov 13 1925

U.C.V

John Davis Terrell was born and raised in Cherokee County, Georgia. He joined Company C of Philips Legion in 1862. He surrendered and was paroled at Hillsboro, North Carolina in 1865. John was enumerated in the 1907 Census of Confederate Soldiers living in Pocahontas, Alabama. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for J.D. Terrell, Phillips Legion Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 27, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Alabama Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907 and 1921, Alabama Department of Archives & History; Montgomery, Alabama; Roll: Multiple Regiments (Walker County #64); Roll Number: 22. [database on-line]. Ancestry.com

Sardis Presbyterian Cemetery (2021 Update)

Location:

N 34º 15.940 W 085 º 22.707

Hwy 20

Coosa, Floyd County, Georgia

Date Visited: 10/27/2008

See my Yondering Blog from 2008 for the story of the death of the Bale brothers:

http://greggreen2.blogspot.com/2008/12/confederate-soliders.html

A.F. Bale, 

Maj. 6th Regt. Geo. Cav.

Born

Near Goshen, Ala. 

July 29, 1839

Killed 

Near Dandridge, Tenn. 

Dec. 24, 1863

C.R. Bale, 

Lt. Co. H 6th Regt. Geo. Cav.

Born 

Near Goshen, Ala. 

July 25, 1837

Killed 

Near Resaca, Geo. 

May 13, 1864

Cave Springs Cemetery Update

Cave Springs Cemetery Update

Location:

US Hwy 411

Floyd County, Georgia

N 34° 07.056   W085° 19.679

Date of Visit: 2/23/09

Update: 

William B. Diamond

Co. E 

8th Regt Ga Inf CSA

1840-1861

William appears on a muster roll in May of 1861. A regimental return in June reports him sick in Winchester.  He died of disease in July and was buried in the Confederate Cemetery (Line 4, Lot158) in Lynchburg, Virginian. 

• Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009 entry for William B. Diamond, accessed September 2, 2021
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.   Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William B. Diamond, 8th Georgia Infantry, retrieved from at 3-Fold, September 2, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

County Road 61 (New Hope Cemetery Road)

Winfield, Marion County, Alabama

N33. 58.844  W087 49.241

FAG: 24936

Date of Visit: July 31, 2021

Newman C. Williams has a non military headstone with the following inscription in this cemetery. : 

N.C. Williams

Born Aug 15 1836

Died Mar 5 1915

CG Vol 1861-1865

It is believed that this is NC Williams on ann 1862 muster roll of Company A, 5th Alabama Cavalry. He enlisted in Moulton with a horse worth 210 dollars. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Newman C. Williams, 5th Alabama Calvary, retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 2, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51925195/newman-c-williams : accessed 02 September 2021), memorial page for Newman C. Williams (15 Aug 1836–5 Mar 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51925195, citing New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, Winfield, Marion County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by rebekahpaw (contributor 47146422) .