Hudson-Brown Cemetery

Find A Grave Survey

Location:

Warren Road

Locust Grove, Blount County, Alabama

33.91530, -86.60560

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 21831

Date Completion of Survey:

April 30, 2020

Protocol for conducting a Find A Grave Survey:

1. There must be evidence of Confederate service in a picture on the memorial page (VA tombstone, inscription on a non-military tombstone, Confederate flag, Southern Cross of Honor).
2. Confederate soldiers are automatically recorded if they are marked with a VA tombstone.
3. Service of those marked with a Confederate flag or Southern Cross of Honor is are recorded if their service records can be established. 
4. Soldiers whose service is described in their Find a Grave memorial are recorded if the information given can be corroborated. 

This is a survey of the Hudson-Brown Family Cemetery near Locust Grove, Alabama using the Find A Grave memorial page for the cemetery. The cemetery page contains 24 memorials of which 92%  have been photographed. 

Description of Cemetery: This is an old cemetery with multiple stacked stone graves. Nine individuals were buried in the cemetery prior to the Civil War. There are two veterans of the War of 1812 buried here.

James C Glascock

Serb  Co I 49 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1839    1917

Hill Creek Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Georgia Highway 113 (Cartersville Highway)

Rockmart, Polk County, Georgia

N 34° 02.385   W085° 00.428

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 1593566

Date of Visit: November 28, 2022

James W Coker

Co K

52 Ga Inf

Joseph H. Gentry

Co D  20 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Dec 31 1842      Apr 21 1896

Young Family Cemetery

Location:

Morgan Valley Road

Polk County, Georgia

N 33° 57.016   W085° 13.101

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 1990504

Date of Visit: November 28, 2022

James Young

Dec 22, 1832

Mar 27, 1918

James Young was a Lieutenant in Captain Wimberley’s Company of Floyd’s Legion.

See Sherman’s March to the Sea at Georgia Trends. This piece is written byNeely Young, a descendent of Lieutenant Young. 

https://www.georgiatrend.com/2014/12/01/shermans-march-to-the-sea/

Peek-Wright Cemetery

Location:

Morgan Valley Road

Polk County, Georgia

N 33° 57.294   W085° 11.634

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2204197

Date of Visit: November 28, 2022

Thomas J. Peek

Apr. 8, 1826

Mar. 21, 1880

Thomas’ grave is marked with an iron Southern Cross of Honor. Thomas mustered  into serve on August 134, 1863 in Cedartown as a member of Captain Henry F. Wimberly’s Company in the Floyd Legion. This company became a calvary company in the Legion (Company G). This Legion operated out of Rome and was responsible for local defense.

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for T.J. Peek, Floyd Legion, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 20, 2023,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Dr Benjamin Franklin Wright

Jan 10, 1846

Aug 10, 1898

Wright is identified as a Confederate solider on his Find a Grave memorial. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20184829/benjamin-franklin-wright: accessed 20 March 2023), memorial page for Dr Benjamin Franklin Wright (10 Jan 1846–10 Aug 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20184829, citing Peek & Wright Cemetery, Polk County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Stacey Bland (contributor 46628904).

Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Morgan Valley Road

Antioch, Polk County, Georgia

N 33° 57.196   W085° 09.833

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2098824

Date of Visit: November 28, 2022

P.A. McBride

May 20, 1836

Dec. 13, 1919

Pinkney Arnston McBride enlisted in Company A, 56th Georgia Infantry Regiment on May 15, 1862. He was captured and patrolled at Vicksburg. The Atlanta Campaign Corporal McBride was wounded through the right hip June 22, 1864.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41469172/pinkney-arnston-mcbride: accessed 20 March 2023), memorial page for Pinkney Arnston “P.A.” McBride (20 May 1836–13 Dec 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41469172, citing Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Antioch, Polk County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by nathan w. forrister (contributor 47144763).

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for P.A. McBride, 56th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold,March 20, 2023., (http://www.fold3.com).

Dogwood Valley Cemetery

Dogwood Valley Cemetery

Find A Grave Survey

Location:

West Addis Road

Tunnel Hill, Catoosa County, Georgia

34.82500 - 85.07720

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 33645

Date Completion of Survey:

Protocol for conducting a Find A Grave Survey:

1. There must be evidence of Confederate service in a picture on the memorial page (VA tombstone, inscription on a non-military tombstone, Confederate flag, Southern Cross of Honor).
2. Confederate soldiers are automatically recorded if they are marked with a VA tombstone.
3. Service of those marked with a Confederate flag or Southern Cross of Honor is are recorded if their service records can be established. 
4. Soldiers whose service is described in their Find a Grave memorial are recorded if the information given can be corroborated. 

This is a survey of Dogwood Valley Cemetery in Catoosa County using the Find A Grave memorial page for the cemetery. The cemetery page contains 862 memorials and 90 % have been photographed.  I think I visited this cemetery many years ago and left without finding any Confederate solider markers. 

W.H.C. Freeman

Aug 27, 1839

Apr 10, 1931

Co. C 39 GA

Hamilton Young

Born 1821

Died Jan 10, 1897

Hamilton Young served as a Captain of Company D in the 1st Georgia Infantry (State Guards).

• 1st Regiment Georgia State Guards, http://www.researchonline.net/gacw/unit210.htm

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Hamilton Young, 1st Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 12, 2023,  (http://www.fold3.com).

W.R. Russell

Born

Sept 24, 1830

Died

Oct. 21, 1894

William R Russell enlisted at Whitfield County, Georgia March1 19, 1862 in Company I of the 36th Georgia Volunteer Regiment. He rose in the ranks to 1st Lieutenant and was captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 4, 1863. He was paroled and returned to duty. During the Atlanta Campaign he was accounted for as being in a hospital near Lovejoy Station.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107797773/william-robert-russell: accessed 12 March 2023), memorial page for William Robert Russell (24 Sep 1830–21 Oct 1894), Find a Grave Memorial ID 107797773, citing Dogwood Valley Cemetery, Catoosa County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by R Walters (contributor 47994390).

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William R. Russell, 36th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 12, 2023,  (http://www.fold3.com).

L.J. Deck

Sept 19 1824

May 4 1862

Leonard Jacob Deck besmear sa privaste in Compmany C of the 39th Georgia.  In 1862 Leonard died of measles. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for L.J. Deck,39th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 12, 2023,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Hodge, Gerald, Company C, 39th Regiment, Whitfield County, ”The Wells Guards”  USGEWeb,http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/whitfield/civilwar/rosters/c39.txt

Stewart Cemetery

Location:

Runyon Loop

Antioch, Polk County, Georgia

N 33° 57.526   W085° 10.885

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2210483

Date of Visit: November 28, 2022

Pvt

Pleasant P. Private

Co B

43 Ga Inf

CSA

Apr 19 1834

Feb 19 1996

Pvt

Isaac McDowell

Co E

14 Batt

Ga Lt Arty

1835

1895

Van Wert Church Cemetery

Location:

Church Street

Rockmart, Polk County, Georgia

N 33° 59.462   W085° 02.625

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2202644

Date of Visit: November 28, 2022

A Huddleston York

Pvt Co A 1 Ga Calvary

Confederate States Army

1843     1925

Larkin Blake York

Serb Co A. 1 Ga Calvary

Confederate States Army

June 2 1834      Nov 22 1903

Jasper Newton York

Serg Co A  1 Ga Calvary

Confederate States Army

1837     1867

Hud York, Larkin York, and Jasper York were the sons of Josiah Cowan York & Sarah Virginia Blake. They enlisted in Company A of the 1st Georgia Calvary which was commanded by their brother William Thomas York. William was killed at Battle of Peachtree Creek in 1864. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201623287/william-thomas-york: accessed 11 March 2023), memorial page for CPT William Thomas York (14 Jan 1830–3 Aug 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 201623287, citing Old Soldiers Cemetery, Barnesville, Lamar County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Duckie (contributor 47221306).

Albert W Anderson

Pvt. Co D

Ballentine’s Cat

2 Miss Rangers

CSA

1848

1864 

Albert enlisted in western Tennessee in 1864. In October of 1864 a calvary skirmish occurred near the hamlet of Van Wert in Polk County, Georgia. Albert was in the line of battle and was killed near the church and was buried in the cemetery.

• Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for A.W. Anderson, 2nd Miss. Partisan Rangers, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 11, 2023,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• Sons of Confederate Veterans Wayside Marker, Van Wert Church, Van Wert, Polk County, Georgia.

William N. Brumbelow

Cobb’s Legion

Ga Can

CSA

Serg

William J. Clark

Co A

1 Ga Can

CSA

Aug 12 1836

Jan 11 1897

Henry M. Brown

Pvt Co K 18 Ga Infantry

Confederate States Army

Oct 4 1829     Apr 9 1879

WN Strang

1st Lieut Co H 4 Ga Res

Confederate States Army

Sep 7 1827      Aug 17 1901

Strange was appointed 1st Lieutenant in 1864 and then was appointed Assist Quartermaster of the 4th Georgia Reserve regiment. Hw need the war as a prisoner in Montgomery,  Alabama.

• Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for W.N. Strange, 24th Georgia Reserves, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 11, 2023,  (http://www.fold3.com).