Sunday, November 28, 2021

Dalton Confederate Cemetery and West Hill Cemetery

Location:
West Emery Street
Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia
34.768337. – 84.979114
FAG: 37668

Date of Visit: February 7, 2016

There are 421 unknown Confederate soldiers buried in the Confederate Cemetery section of West Hill Cemetery in Dalton. Dalton was a hospital center for southern troops from 1862 to 1864. The hospitals were moved deeper into Georgia in the face of the May 1864 Federal advance on Atlanta. 

There is a large moment to dead thought to be buried in the section. 

The following Confederates are known and marked:

Paul B. Walker
Pvt Co D   12 Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
1830       1894

In Memory of Pvt
James G.L. Nuckolls
Co E
1 Cav Ga Regt
1833
1864

Holland Lacewell
Pvt Co G
9th Tenn Inf
Confederate States Army
1839      Apr  30 1864


Holland Lacewell enlisted in Jackson, Tennessee in May of 1861. Most of his known service is as a waggoner. In April of 1864 the 9th Tennessee was position somewhere around Dalton in preparations for the impending defense of Atlanta. It is likely that Holland died of disease or accident. 

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Holland Lacewell, 9th Tennessee Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, November 28, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).




In the oldest section of West Hill Cemetery:

Sgt
T.L. Wheeler
Co B
12 Bn
Ga Lt. Arty
CSA

Jeffersonville Cemetery

Location:
McCrary Street
Jeffersonville, Twiggs County, Georgia
N 32° 41.321   W083° 20.459
Find a Grave: 34715

Date of Visit: March 30, 2016

F.H. Adkins
Co I
26 Inf
CSA


Elijah F Pettis
Co B
5 Ga Res
CSA



Ponce de Leon Cemetery

Location:
Florida Highway 81
Ponce de Leon, Holmes County, Florida
30.7325001 -85.9460983
Find a Grave: 72473

Date of Visit: June 18, 2016

JT Simmons
Pvt Co F 6 FL Inf
Confederate States Army
May 1 1843     Jan 2 1919

Peter Paul
Pvt Co E  2 NC Inf
Confederate States Army
Dec 10 1844      Jul 1 1922

WH Bond
Pvt Co E 1 Fl Inf
Confederate States Army
Aug 19 1845       Nov 22 1932



Thursday, November 11, 2021

Liberty Church Cemetery


Location:
Georgia Highway 106
Ila, Madison County, Georgia
N 34° 14.770   W083° 16.378
FAG: 2370144

Date of Visit: October 24, 2017

DJ Higginbotham
CO F
38 Ga Inf
CSA

Joel Hurt
Co A
16 Ga Inf
CSA
             


Indian Creek Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:
Georgia Highway 51
Franklin County, Georgia
N34º 21.075    W083º 20.119
FAG: 2172794

Date of Visit: October 24, 2017


George W. Kirk
Co B
29 Ga Inf
CSA

Newton Berry Jones
Co D
4 SC Inf
CSA

Freeman L Jolley
Co A
7 SC Cav
CSA

Brawner Brothers Marker
John F. Brawner
Born 1838
William L. Brawner
Born 1840
Jesse Columbus Brawner
Born 1842
Sons of
W.M. & Nancy Towns Brawner
All enlisted, June 1862, In
Co, B 29th Regt. Ga. Inf.
All Killed in Battle and
Buried in Unmarked graves:
John in Atlanta Area
William in Virginia
Columbus in Virginia

Records in Fold 3 do not match with this information. 




Trussville Cemetery

Location:
US Highway 11
Trussville, Jefferson County, Alabama
33.6211014  -86.6042023
FAG: 26737

Note: This cemetery is also known as the First Baptist Cemetery and Cahawba Baptist Church Cemetery

Date of Visit: November 19, 2017

Elisha P. Hitt
Pvt Co A 28 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
1822  1863

Elisha enlisted in the army on February 6, 1862 in Elyton. He was died April 18, 1863 at the Alabama hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Diarrhea was the cause of death. 
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Elisha P. Hitt, 28 Alabama Infantry. Retrieved from at 3-Fold, November 11, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

William A. J. Reed
Pvt Co D
28 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
1829   1901

Thomas H. Truss
Pvt Co A 51 Ala Partisan Rangers
Confederate States Army
1848  1884

B.F. Ellis
Pvt Montg’s Bat Jeff Davis Art
Confederate States Army
1840     1924

WF Tucker
Pvt Co F 21 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
1840  1924


George W Cross
Cpl Co J 30 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
1844   1900

RHL Whorton
2 Lt Co D   12 Ala Cav
Confederate States Army
1839       1914

William T Carlisle
Pvt
44 Ala Inf
CSA
October 10 1877

Elijah Sims
Pvt Co I   12 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
1845    1895

John E Avery
Pvt Co A 28 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
1845    1920

Peter J Blue
Pvt  Co C  1 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
1831    1894


There following men look to have served together in a local home guard unit: Barbiere's  Cavalry 

Thomas King Truss
Alabama
Capt Ala Calvary
Confederate States Army
1820 1888

William H Cross
Pvt Co B
Barbiere’s Ala Cav
Confederate States Army
1818  1884


William W. Praytor
Pvt Truss’ Co. Barbiere’s Ala Cav
Confederate States Army
1846   1925

Enos T. Vann
Pvt Truss’ Co. Barbiere’s Ala Cav
Confederate States Army
1827  1876


John M Franklin
Pvt Truss’ Co. Barbiere’s Ala Cav
Confederate States Army
1824   1884


From webpage:


Major Joseph Barbiere's Cavalry Battalion was organized in 1864 from several independent companies which had themselves been created as supporting forces for the Conscript Reserves. The battalion served principally in central Alabama during the fall and winter, 1864-1865, and it was first assigned (1 Nov 64) to Armistead's Cavalry Brigade, District of Central Alabama, until January 1865. The unit was headquartered at Wilsonville, AL (Feb 65) and was reported as serving with the Alabama Reserves with six companies ("A"-"F"). It was assigned to, and included in the surrender of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana by Lt. Gen'l Richard Taylor at Citronelle, AL, on 4 May 1865
Barbiere's Cavalry Battalion consisted of Companies "A"-"E" (probably Capt. John C. Brown's, Capt. J. M. Clifton's, Capt. Dawson's, Capt. Thomas J. Goldsby's, and and Capt. Thomas K. Truss' companies), "F" (Capt. Andrew W. Bowie's), and "G" (Capt. P. L. Griffitts)

Barbiere's Alabama Cavalry Battalion, Local Defense Troops, The American Civil War Website ,https://www.americancivilwar101.com/units/csa-al/al-cav-batt-barbiere.html, accessed November 11, 2021

Monday, November 1, 2021

Berry-Brookshire Cemetery

Location:
Berry Road
Marshall County, Alabama
N 34° 15.329   W086° 26.146
Find a Grave: 

Date: September 21, 2013

Arthur B Johnson
Corp   Co H   4 Ala Regt
Confederate States Army
Dec 11 1836   Jul 7 1912

He was a member of Russell’s 4th Alabama Calvary.

  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57524637/arthur-b-johnson : accessed 01 November 2021), memorial page for Pvt Arthur B Johnson (11 Dec 1836–16 Jul 1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57524637, citing Berry-Brookshire Cemetery, Marshall County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Hutch (contributor 47312109) .


EPK Berry
Pvt Co E  49 Ala Inf
Civil War
Aug 24 1835   May 15 1924



Photo from Find a Grave Memorial #31144462

Berry enlisted in 1862 and served in engagements at Shiloh, Corinth, Baton Rouge, and Port Hudson. He was wounded at Port Hudson in the heal and never returned to the army.  
  • Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Citing Census or Enumeration of Confederate Soldiers Residing in Alabama, 1921. Alabama Department of Archives & History, Montgomery, Alabama.. 
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31144462/ervin-peter_kilfoyle-berry : accessed 01 November 2021), memorial page for Ervin Peter Kilfoyle “Cheat” Berry (24 Aug 1835–15 May 1924), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31144462, citing Berry-Brookshire Cemetery, Marshall County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Karen G. Hill (contributor 47312871) .





Center Baptist Church

Location:
Felton-Rockmart Road
Felton, Haralson County, Georgia
N 33° 53.497   W085° 13.431
Find a Grave: 1969159

Date: November 9, 2009

MC Corban
Co F
60 Ga Inf
CSA

Felton Baptist Church Cemetery



Location:
Muscadine Trail
Felton, Haralson County, Georgia
N 33° 53.325   W085° 13.388
Find a Grave: 2312525

Date: November 9, 2009

John Henry Sealey
Co I
2 Ala Vols
CSA

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