Anderson Cemetery

Location:

Haywood Valley Road

Chattooga County, Georgia

34.48670, -85.18420

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 32517

Date of Visit: December 14, 2023

Corp

Stephen A. Anderson

Co C

23 Ga Inf

CSA

Dec 6 1841    Jan 28, 1916

Pvt

John L. Wright

Co F

6 BN Ga Cav

CSA

Oct 16 1811

Feb 8, 1877

Pvt Cador G. Wright

CI I

35 Ga Inf

CSA

Oct 21, 1838

Apr 28, 1868

Dewey Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Spring Place Road

Bartow County, Georgia

N34.33798° W84.78939°

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2302859

Date of Visit: November 25, 2023

T.J. Hendrix       1846-1911

He served in Company Company I, 1st Georgia Calvary from 1863 to surrender in 1865. 

Georgia, U.S., Confederate Pension Applications, 1879-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Entry for Thomas J. Hendricks. Original data: Confederate Pension Applications, Georgia Confederate Pension Office, RG 58-1-1, Georgia Archives.

Henry McCreary   1794-1861

Henry was the Confederate postmaster at Gum Springs. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72267671/henry-mccreary: accessed 25 December 2023), memorial page for Henry McCreary (1794–1861), Find a Grave Memorial ID 72267671, citing Dewey Baptist Church Cemetery, Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265).                                                                                    

The following three are marked by locally manufactured iron “CV” Crosses of Honor.  I have not been able to determine their unit of service. 

1. Thomas Jefferson Bell 1843-1924

2. Lewis Henderson “of Lees Army”

3. John David Kirk 1843 - 1938

Waleska Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Bartow Street

Waleska, Cherokee County, Georgia

N 34.31391° W 84.55812°

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2140241

Date of Visit: November 25, 2023

Corp

Emanuel Hufstetler 

Co E

Cherokee Legion

CSA

Feb 28 1818

Sept 6 1907

Pleasant View Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Hog Liver Road

Carroll County, Georgia

33.645130  -85.129608

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2179703

Date of Visit: November 7, 2015

T.N. Entrain

Co D

53 Ga Inf

CSA

Pvt 

Solomon Futral

Co A

53 Ga Inf

CSA

1822      1908

In Memory of 

Pvt

Joseph H Evans

Co A. 53 Ga Vol Inf

CSA

July 23, 1833

Jan 27, 1864

The tombstone at this cemetery is a cenotaph. Private Evans was wounded in the arm at the Battle of Cold Harbor on June 1, 1864. On June 3rd he arrived at Wayside Hospital in Richmond, Virginia where doctors amputated his arm. The arm became “mortified” and he died on June 23 in the Infirmary of St. Francis de Sales. He was buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83508737/joseph-howard-evans: accessed 25 November 2023), memorial page for Pvt Joseph Howard Evans (23 Jul 1833–27 Jun 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 83508737, citing Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Lenny and Joni SteenbockRueschenberg (contributor 49741975).
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Joseph Evans, 53^rd Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, November 25,  2023,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Henry G. Parker

Georgia

Pvt Co A 44 Regt Ga Vol Inf

Confederate States Army

Dec 10 1842   July 22 1913 

Henry was wounded at Chancellorsville on May 2, 1863. A ball entered the middle third of his leg causing a compound fracture. On May 3rd doctors amputated the leg by circulated operation. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Henry Parker, 44^th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, November 25,  2023,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71102558/henry-grady-parker: accessed 25 November 2023), memorial page for Pvt Henry Grady Parker (10 Dec 1842–23 Jul 1913), Find a Grave Memorial ID 71102558, citing Pleasant View Baptist Church Cemetery, Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by kellybean (contributor 47383012).

New Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Alabama Highway 5

Jasper, Walker County, Alabama

33.862602 -87.2972218

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 24962

Date of Visit: May 2, 2015

John Hulsey

Co C

13 BN Ala

Partisan Rangers

CSA

Hulsey was wounded at Shiloh when struck by a piece of shell. Even though he survived the wound he suffered great pain in his hip. He was eventually deemed disabled and discharged. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John Hulsey, 13th Battalion Partisan Rangers, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, November 24, 2023 (http://www.fold3.com).

Leander Presley Kiker

Pvt Co B 22 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

May 5 1843  Dec 7, 1900

See Leander in uniform at his Find a Grave memorial. 

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10188424/leander-presley-kiker

Andrew Jackson Thomas

Pvt  28 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Oct 15 1838    Oct 20 1918

Arthur Crocker

Co F

28 Ala Inf

CSA

Born 1830

Died Apr 11, 1902

Friendship North Cemetery

Location:

County Road 15

Marion County, Alabama

34.05901° N 88.18925° 

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 22921

Date of Visit: November 2, 2023

Corp

A.P. Gilliand

Reed’s Regiment

CSA

H.S. McKenzie

Co. I 

1 Regt Ga Res

CSA

July 8 1845

April 12, 1936

Unity Grove Methodist Church Upper Cemetery

Location:

Hap Hammond Road

Palmetto, Pickens County, Alabama

N 33° 28.789 W087° 58.560 

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 268441

Date of Visit: September 9, 2018

Jesse Humphrey Brazeale

Co A 

19 Ala Inf

CSA

Adam A.A. Richardson

Co B

41st Ala Inf

CSA

Feb 6, 1845     

Jun 29 1908

I believe that the next three soldiers were children of Hebert (Herbert) Hawkins and wife Amina. 

Ezekiel Hawkins

Pvt

Co H 5 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1832   1914

In Memory 

of Samuel Hawkins 

Co D

41 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

March 4 1830      Nov 7 1862

Samuel enlisted in 1861 in the Pickens Planters, a local company that mustered into the 41st Alabama Infantry. He died in Murfreesboro on November 9, 1862.th is  Cause of dea is unknown. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Samuel Hawkins, 41stAlabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 2, 2023,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Rigdon, John C. Historical Sketch & Roster Alabama 41st Infantry Regiment (Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 2015.

Aaron Hawkins

1st Lieut

Co D  41st Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Mar 20 1835   Sept 20, 1863

A member of the original Pickens Grays Aaron Hawkins was elected by his company as there Second Lieutenant on June 2, 1862. He was promoted to First Lieutenant by the end of the month. First Lieutenant Hawkins was killed at Chickamauga. Martin Luther Stancel, Colonel of the 41st Alabama, said that Hawkins fell while bravely leading his men on the works of the enemy. On the morning of September 20 Stancel’s regiment was in the line of battle in Helm’s Brigade of Breckinridge’s Division on Bragg’s right. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Aaron Hawkins, 41^th Alabama Infantry, retrieved from at 3-Fold, September 24, 2018,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• 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. 30, Part II, 197-207, Report of Major Gen. John C. Breckinridge, October 1863. 

• 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. 30, Part II, 207-208, Report of Col. Martin L. Stancel, September 27, 1863.