Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church

Location:

Holly Springs Road

Carroll County, Georgia

N 33° 41.012   W085° 08.990

Find a Grave: 34579

Date: November 9, 2009

Corp

Henry T Reid

Co E

1 Ga Cav

CSA

Jan 21 1842

Jun 1 1908

Thomas L Caldwell

Pvt Co E 5 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

1836  1890

John S. Powell

Pvt Co H  56 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

1818  1896

Whitesburg Cemetery

Location:

US Highway 27

Whitesburg, Carroll County, Georgia

N 33° 30.038   W084° 55.089

Find a Grave: 37729

Date of Visit: November 9, 2013

3rd Sergeant

Moses Denham Watkins

Co A

21 Regt

Ca Vol Inf

Amry of Northern Virginia

CSA

Mar 8 1845     Aug 8 1899

Pvt

James E Meek

Co F

Phillips Legion

Calvary

CSA

Nov 11 1832     Dec 22 1899

Henry J Smith

Pvt Co I. 42 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

1846      1916

George T Forbes

Co A

24 Ga Inf

CSA

1 Lt

Richard E. Thurman

Co C

56 Ga Inf

CSA

J.S. Moore

Cav Bn

Phillips Legion

CSA

Pvt

James T. Mullenax

Co C 26 Ga Vol

CSA

Jan 9 1819

Feb 17 1906

Francis M Richards

Co E

11 Ark Inf

CSA

Charles Christian Wager

C.C. Wager

Serg Co K  Fannin’s Ga Res

Confederate States Army

1815      1901

Charles Christian Wager was born in 1815 at Bade-Wurttemberg, Germany. He came to the United  States in 1847 and served in the War with Mexico. In 1864 he enlisted in a militia unit commanded by James H. Fannin. 

Sources: 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57069081/charles-christian-wager : accessed 26 October 2021), memorial page for Charles Christian Wager (24 Dec 1815–8 Aug 1901), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57069081, citing Whitesburg Cemetery, Whitesburg, Carroll County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Ed & Sue Anderson (contributor 46739770) .

• “B.F. Wager Dies; Brother of J.J. and G.W. Wager” The Cleburne News, May 6, 1937, p. 1, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87787036/obituary-for-b-f-wager-aged-78/

• "Public Member Tree," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 October 2021), "Kathy Adkins Family Tree" family tree by Kathy Adkins (kl_adkins), profile for Charles Christian Waagers (Dec. 24, 1815-Sept. 1 1901).   

Old Ponce de Leon Cemetery

Location:

Florida Highway 81

Ponce de Leon, Holmes County, Florida

N 30° 43.321   W085° 56.192

FAG: 2285389

Date of Visit: June 16, 2016

Thomas J Mickler

Pvt Co C 57 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1833    1915

Lewis M Graves

Co D

39 Ala Inf

CSA

J F Dukes

Pvt Co E 12 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

1840   1904

James S Moore

Pvt  Co H 55 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1823     1901

Warren D Jackson

Pvt Co K  5 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

May 5 1838      Sept 26 1913

Red Bay Cemetery

Location:

Rock Hill Road

Red Bay, Walton County, Florida

N 30° 35.362   W085° 56.931

FAG: 72501

Date of Visit: June 18, 2013

WJ Grice

Co D

1 Fla Inf

CSA

Samuel J Grice

Co D 4

Confederate 

Inf

Mus

Daniel Wise

53 Ala Cav

CSA

Sgt

AL Anderson

Co D

1 Fla Inf

CSA

Peter McDonald

Co H

6 Fla Inf

CSA

Allen McDonald

Co E

1 Fla Inf

CSA

Morgan L. Lassitter

Pvt Washington County

Home Guards

Confederate States Army

Jan 6 1848    Mar 13 1935

J.P. Gomillion

Co B

4 Bn Ala Cav

CSA

Silver Creek United Methodist Church

Location:

Intersection of Reeceburg Road and Hunt Road

Floyd County, Georgia

N 34° 10.592   W085° 09.730

Find A Grave: 36999 

Date of Visit: March 30, 2013

Pvt 

Sandy Henderson

Co I

12 Ala Cav

CSA

June 8 1838

Oct 22 1892

Pvt

Dennis M Martin

Co G 22 Regt Ga Inf

CSA

Dec 18 1840  May 14 1862

Private Martin enlisted August 31, 1861. He died in Petersburg, Virginia on May 15, 1862. The cause of death is not known. It wa probably not battle associated.  

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for D.M. Martin, 22nd Georgia Infantry and 19th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 14, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• “22nd Georgia” The Civil War in the East, accessed October 14, 2021,   https://civilwarintheeast.com/confederate-regiments/georgia/22nd-georgia-infantry/

Deep Springs Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Beaverdale Road

Whitfield County, Georgia

N 34° 52.775   W084° 52.224

FAG: 1579099

Date of Visit: June 1, 2021

John Brackett

Co D

11 Ga Cav

CSA

June 18 1827        Sept 21 1885

Jacob Lankford

Capt Bonds Co

Ga Cav

Jun 2 1816

Feb 5 1888

Sherman Martin Arnold

2nd Cpl Co E 18 Regt Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

1837   1922

Shiloh Baptist Church

Location:

Bailey Road

Esom Hill, Polk County, Georgia

N 33° 56.810   W085° 21.475

FAG: 201814

Date of Visit: September 27, 2021

Jeremiah M Isbell

Pvt Co C Floyd Legion

Confederate States Army

Jan 17 1829   Apr 22 1913

David Sylvester Berry

Pvt Inf Regt

Phillips Legion Ga Vols

Confederate States Army

Jun 7 1825     Jan 6 1889

Andrew J Eison

Co A.  38 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

1832      1886

William J Garner

Co F

40 Ga Inf

CSA

From Williams Find a Grave Memorial: An "Application for Headstone" dated 1/27/1933, in the Military Archives listing William J Garner of Co. K, 40th Regt GA Inf., buried at Cedartown, Polk County. His birth was listed as 2/22/1839 and his death date as 5/24/1864. Find-a-Grave index # 15012210.

There is a record of a W.J. Garner who enlisted at Buchanan, Georgia in 1862. He was a member of Company K of the 40th Georgia. He was captured at Vicksburg and paroled in 1863. A  W.J.  Garner was paroled in North Carolina in 1865. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15012210/william-jackson-garner : accessed 12 October 2021), memorial page for William Jackson Garner (22 Feb 1839–24 May 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15012210, citing Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery, Esom Hill, Polk County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Evening Blues (contributor 46587085) .

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William J. Garner , 40th Georgia Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 12, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Salem Baptist Church

Location:

County Road 8

Cherokee  County, Alabama

N 34° 00.697   W085° 26.718

FAG: 199032

Date of Visit: September 27, 2021

Thomas Huggins

Co I

38 Ala Inf

CSA

Baileytown Cemetery

Location:

Cemetery Road

Cullman County, Alabama

N 34° 14.661   W086° 40.585

FAG: 21365

Date of Visit: August 4, 2013

In Memory Of

Joseph

Caleb

Oliver

July 12

1840

Oct 16

1897

Served 

In Civil War

& Wounded

Joseph was a private in Company F, 3rd Alabama Infantry. He enlisted in Chambers County, Alabama in 1862. He was captured on July 3, 1863 and spent the remainder of the war in Federal POW prisons. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55671830/joseph-caleb-oliver : accessed 10 October 2021), memorial page for Joseph Caleb Oliver (12 Jul 1840–16 Oct 1897), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55671830, citing Baileyton Cemetery, Baileyton, Cullman County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Jan Oliver (contributor 47319575) .

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Joseph Caleb Oliver, 3rd Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 10, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Pleasant Hill Cemetery

Location:

Old Hamilton Road

Monroe County, Mississippi

N 33° 49.922   W088° 23.241

FAG: 62071

Date of Visit: July 20, 2013

Z..F. Savage

Co L

43 Miss Inf

CSA

Reuben Sanders

Co B

3 BN Miss Inf

CSA

W.A. Simmons

Co G

26 Miss Inf

CSA

Foster-Jester-Huddleston Cemetery

Location:

Foster Road

Butts County, Georgia County

N 34° 16.685   W087° 49.465

FAG: 34006

Date of Visit: December 2, 2012

James H. Jester

Son of Abner & Angelina Jester

Was born

July 13 1839

Departed this life

July 13, 1862

Aged 23 years

He was a soldier in the Confederate Army and died (remaining text is below ground level)

James was a Sergeant in Company D of the 31st Georgia. This regiment was organized in Cusseta, Georgia in 1861 and served in Savannah. James joined Company D in Savannah in October 1861. In July of 1862 the regiment was brigaded under General Lawton in Virginia. Sergeant Jester was admitted to the University Hospital in Charlottesville, Virginia. On July 14 he died of febrile typhoides (typhoid fever).

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for James H. Jester, 31st Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 4, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• “Battle Unit Details: 31st Alabama” National Park Service, accessed October 4, 2021, https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CGA0031RI

Antioch Cemetery

Location:

County Road 20

Blount County, Alabama

N 33° 56.707   W086° 23.983

FAG: 1995274

Date of Visit: September 15, 2012

John Wadsworth 

Alabama

Pvt Co F 42 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Jun 10 1845    Dec 22 1929

John C Reneau

Alabama

Pvt Co I  49 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

April 21 1836  April 3 1910

Solomon Cornelieus

Sgt  Co I 49 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1836   1910

Elijah Morton

Pvt. Co I 49th Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1836    1898

Sidney F Fulenwider

Pvt Co I    19 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Dec 29 1832    Mar 6 1906

E.A. Thornhill

Pvt Co I. 16 Regt Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Feb 15 1843   Nov 30 1908

Thomas Cornelius

Pvt  Co I 49th Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1838     1909

William E Reneau

2D Lt 12 Tenn Calvary

Confederate States Army

1838   1865

William Edward Reneau appears to have transferred from a Mississippi regiment in 1862 to the 1st Tennessee Calvary which became the 12th Tennessee Cavalry, known as Green’s Calvary, in 1863. William was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in Company F on February 13, 1863.  Lieutenant Reneau on the staff of R.V. Richardson in Forrest’s Calvary as Assistant Inspector General. He was still doing business of the regiment as late as Jun of 1864 when he wrote a letter to a Colonel Johnson. His date of death is not clear. It has been reported that he died in the Battle of Shelbyville in 1863 and his military marker’s year of death is 1865. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William E. Reneau, 17th Mississippi Infantry and 12th Tennessee Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 3, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Sterling, Robin Blount County Confederate Soldiers Volume 3: Miscellaneous (Lula Publishers, 2013), 354. 

Liberty Cemetery

Location:

Alabama Avenue

Oneonta, Blount County, Alabama

N 33° 57.064   W086° 27.789

FAG: 23968

Date of Visit: September 15, 2012

James M. Carnes

Pvt Co A 12 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Feb 28, 1826   Jun 10, 1907

John T. Maynor

Co B

20 Ala Inf

CSA

Joseph B. Peddy

Co B 20 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1827   1880

Wiley J Walker

Co B

12 Ala Cav

CSA

Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery

Location:

State Highway 273

Cherokee County, Alabama

N34 19.499 W085 38.427

FAG: 25548

Date of Visit: September 13, 2012

Issac N. Tumlin

Pvt Co B Phillips Legion

Confederate State Army

Aug 15 1837     Feb 4 1919

William H Johnson

Co I

35 Ga Inf

CSA

Randolph Partlow

Serg  Co C  40 Ga Inf

Confederate State Army

1832       1889

Anderson Lewis

Pvt Co B  55 Ala Inf

Confederate State Army

May 25 1841       Sep 23 1920

Lansford A Miller

Pvt Co B  27 Ala Inf

Confederate State Army

Jan 12 1829      Nov 8 1920

J W Trigg

Pvt Co B.  55 Ala Vols

Confederate State Army

Apr 12 1830     Apr 25 1888

Ebenezer Leath

Pvt Co G 19 Ala Inf

Confederate State Army

1839       1913

Lieutenant 

Edward H Emerson

Co B

55 Regt

Ala Inf

CSA

Oct 1834

Jan 1906

1st Sgt P.L. McCall

Co B  5th Ala. Inf.

May 17, 1838

Oct 26, 1898

James P Webb

Pvt Co C 7 Ala Inf

Confederate State Army

1840    1865

A Private James P. Webb enlisted in Company C of the 7th Alabama Infantry  in Center, Alabama on March 29, 1861. By 1863 James P. Webb was in Company H of the 19th Alabama and was wounded in the battle at Murfreesboro and also at Chickamauga. His widows pension application states that he was wounded somewhere in Kentucky and at Murfreesboro. She states that he was killed near Atlanta in 1865 and in another document she states that it as was near Atlanta in 1864, which is more likely than 1865. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for James P. Webb, 7th Alabama Infantry and 19th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 3, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for James P. Webb, 7th Alabama Infantry and 19th Alabama Infantry, retrieved from Ancestry.com, October 3, 2021,  (http://www.ancestry.com)