Sunday, October 30, 2022

Lauderdale Cemetery

Location:
Kewanee Road
Lauderdale, Lauderdale County, Mississippi
N32 30.748  W088 29.682
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 60359

Date of Visit: July 12, 2019

John D Walker
Co C
2 Miss Cav
CSA

GB Simmons
Co E
13 Miss Inf
CSA

FM Watson
Co A
17 Ala Inf
CSA

Giles-Nevelle Cemetery

Location:
State Highway 16
Scooba, Kemper County, Mississippi
32.831731 -88.879783
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 59489

Date of Visit: July 12, 2019

Sgt Major
William A Perrin
Co C
Jeff Davis Legion
CSA


Alpine Community Church

Alpine Community Church

Location:
State Road 337
Menlo, Chattooga County, Georgia
N 34° 27.691   W085° 29.031
Find A Grave Cemetery ID:2213087

Date of Visit: September 23, 2022


In memory of Adam Miller Rice
April 17, 1821 – Jun 10, 1864
In Confederate Service
Killed near Alpine, Georgia
Erected 1979 by his Grandchildren

Margaret Rice in 1896 stated that her deceased husband Adam M. Rice was a private in Captain Millsap’s Company of Alabama Cavalry. This company was a part of Davenport’s Battalion. 

  • Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1860-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Civil War Soldiers. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.
In Memory of
John W Cline
Pvt Co F 10 Tenne Inf
Civil War
1842

John W. Cline of Sullivan’s Branch, Cheatham County, Tennessee was a member of the Union 10th Tennessee. 

There are 23 cenotaphs located in the new section of this cemetery. These VA Confederate headstones were put up for those soldiers buried in the Alpine Cemetery that did not have a military marker. 


Pvt
William G. Agnew
Co B
9 Ga Inf
CSA
Sept 18, 1837
May 12 1863

William enlisted in Summerville June 12, 1861 as a member of the Chattooga Volunteers company. He served as an ordinance teamster in early 1863. He died of disease in Petersburg, Virginia on May 12, 1863. 

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for W.G. Agnew, 9th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 5, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Leroy Davis Agnew
Co E
6 Ga Cav
CSA
Jul 14 1846  Sep 4, 1917

AL Barry
Co E
6 Ga Ca
CSA
Sep 8 1833    Apr 25, 1889

2nd Serg
Alfred L Alexander
Co K  Ga Inf
CSA
Apr 28, 1842   Sept 17, 1906

Pvt William Beavers
Co E
6 Ga Cav
CSA
Mar 28 1845     Jan 11 1877

Serg
CC Boyle
Co G
6 Ga State Guards
CSA
Aug 9 1824
May 27 1890

Amariah Hassell
Co E
6 Ga Cav
Aug 22 1810
Jul 13 1895


2nd Lieut
James D King
CSA
Co H
39 Ga Inf
Jul 28 1830
Jan 10 1915

Lieutenant King entered the service as a private in May of 1862. He served until March of 1864 when he resigned as he had been elected the Chattooga County Receiver of Taxes in January. 

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for J.M.D. King, 39th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 18, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).


Pvt
Christopher C Knox
Co B
9 Ga Inf
CSA
Apr 9 1822   Jun 17, 1897

Serg
Basil Lamar Knox
Co B
9 Ga Inf
CSA
Jan 7 1842
Feb 29 1908

Pvt
LM Herndon
Co C
60 Ga Inf
CSA
Sept 15 1826
Aug 26 1909


John Montgomery
Co H
39 Ga Inf
CSA
Mar 24 1842
Apr 29 1862

John Montgomery enlisted in the service on March 4, 1862. He was killed or wounded on April 29, 1862 at Bridgeport. There is a record of  John Montgomery dying at the Newson Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee on May 2 1862 and of his father claiming his effects. In Bridgeport there a marker for John Montgomery II whose was killed April 29, 1862 in Battle of Bridgeport. 

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John M. Montgomery, 39th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 5, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).
  • “Bridgeport” The Historical Marker Database, https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=83788
  • Henderson, Lilian, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865, Volume 4, Longino & Porteer, Hapeville, 1960, page 323

John H Hutchins
Co E
Ga Cav
CSA
Jan 29 1832   Jun 19 1880

J.H. Hutchins was a private in Company E of the 6th 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 J.H. Hutchins, 6th Georgia Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 19, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).
Pvt
J Loyd Neal
Co B 9 Ga Inf
CSA
Mar 30 1842    Nov 13 1912

Pvt
Isaac S Smith
Co E 6 Ga Inf
CSA
June 26 1820    Sept 20 1897

There was an Isaac Smith in Company E of the 6th Georgia Calvary. He enlisted in Summerville. There is not a record of Isaac Smith in the 6th Georgia Infantry. 

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Isaac Smith, 6th Georgia Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 19, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).


Pvt
Isaac Gilbert
Co D 34 Ga Inf
CSA
Oct 8 1824
Jun 15 1905

1st Lieut
Thomas J Knox
Co B
9 Ga Inf
CSA
Feb 21 1831
Aug 8 1882

2D Lieut
Joseph M Wyatt
Co E
6 Ga Cav
CSA
Feb 21 1831
Aug 8 1882

James R. Wyatt
Co E 
6 Ga Cav
CSA
Jul 8 1839    
Sep 24 1902


Pvt
Virgil F Wyatt
Co E  
6 Ga Cav
CSA
Jul 25 1845
Jun 8 1900

Pvt
James A Neal
Co B
9 Ga Inf
CSA
1837
1881

James Aldophus Neal was a private in Company B of the 9th Georgia Infantry. On October 18, 1861 he was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #2 in Richmond, Virginia with Typhoid Fever. James died on the 5th of November. 

  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41733603/james-adophus-neal: accessed 30 October 2022), memorial page for Dr James Adophus Neal (1837–5 Nov 1861), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41733603, citing Alpine Community Church Cemetery, Menlo, Chattooga County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Patti Lee (contributor 46799858) .
  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for J.A. Neal, 9th  Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 30, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Pvt
William M Smith
Co K 21 Ga Inf
CSA
1846
1911

Pvt
WJ Jennings
Co C
54 Ga Inf
CSA
1842
1921

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Berryton Cemetery

Location:
Back Berryton Road
Chattooga County, Georgia
N 34° 27.427   W085° 23.090
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 32741

Date of Visit: September 23, 2022

James G Watkins
Co I
25 Ala Inf
CSA

Saturday, October 1, 2022

Alexander Cemetery

Location:
West Spring Creek Road
Trion, Chattooga County, Georgia
N 32° 17.931   W085° 09.967
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2376643

Date of Visit: September 23, 2022



Henry Nelson Alexander
Pvt Co C  60 Ga Infantry
Confederate States army
May 3 1845   Mar 30 1915

James H. Tyler
1848-1926

Marked with a Confederate Flag. His Find A Grave Memorial states that he served in Captain Shumate’s Company, Major Hargrove’s Battalion, Wofford’s, Brigade.  

  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61470606/james-h-tyler: accessed 01 October 2022), memorial page for James H Tyler (31 Jan 1848–12 Jul 1926), Find a Grave Memorial ID 61470606, citing Alexander Cemetery, Trion, Chattooga County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Lynn Turner (contributor 47129961) .



Berea Church Cemetery


Location:
County Road 99
Cherokee County, Alabama
N 34° 24.740   W085° 30.764
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 21493

Date of Visit: September 23, 2022

Matthew G. O’Brian
Co F
2 SC Regt
CSA
Nov 18 1830
Apr 8 1918

A Note to Visitors