Westview Cemetery

Westview Cemetery

Location:

Smith Street

Wrightsville, Johnson County, Georgia

N 32° 43.793   W082° 43.853

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 37671

Date of Visit: November 21, 2020

Alfred S Barnes

Co E

4 Ga Inf

CSA

Sgt. 

William M Page

Co D

59 Ga Inf

JPD Oliver

Co E

12 Ga L Arty

Benjamin F Martin

Co E

15 Ga Inf

CSA

1 Lt

John L Martin Co F

8 Ga Cav

CSA

David B Maddox

Co C

57 Ga Inf

CSA

Ashley T Linder

Co H

63 Ga Inf

CSA

Pvt

John W Moore

Co A

3 Ga State Troops

CSA

May 1846

Jan 19 1912

John W Axon

Co B

1 S.C. Inf

C.S.A.

William S. Burns

Co D

59 Ga Inf

CSA

Anderson Mosley

C. I

7 Ga Cav

CSA

DC Blankship

Co I

2 Ga Mil

CSA

John H Hardaway

Pvt Co B 48 Regt Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Nov 22 1845  May 13 1923

Sgt

Hardy Jackson

Co F

14 Ga Inf

CSA

Joseph Martin

Dec 22, 1837

Nov 8, 1891

Joseph served in the 12th Battalion Georgia Light Artillery.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116557934/joseph_daniel-martin: accessed November 30, 2024), memorial page for Joseph Daniel Martin (22 Dec 1837–8 Nov 1891), Find a Grave Memorial ID 116557934, citing West View Cemetery, Wrightsville, Johnson County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Loree & Billy Beacham (contributor 47243131).

Laney Cemetery

AKA Moshat Cemetery

Location:

County Road 83

Cherokee County, Alabama

N 34° 07.173   W085° 37.073

Date of Visit: May 11, 2021

Calvin H. Barron

Co B

3 Ga Cav

CSA

Calvin J Edgens

Serg

Co D

1 SC Inf

Confederate States Army

Calvin had a head stone with the following inscriptions: “Fired the first shot at Ft. Sumpter”.  A Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce publication states that he is alleged to have been in a battery that firsd on Fort Sumter.  

The following is found at his Find A Grave Memorial:

Fought for the CSA during the Civil War. 1st SC infantry (regulars)Butlers - also known as the Third SC Heavy Artillery. Enlisted in Spartanburg, SC and served on South Carolina coastal defense through most of the war. Fought at the Battle of Bentonville, NC a few weeks before the end of hostilities.

Married Harriett Brannon after the war and moved towards Rome, Georgia which was under a smallpox quarantine at the time. Went around Rome and settled in Cherokee County, Alabama and became a farmer. Allegedly was a member of the battery that fired the first shot on Ft. Sumter (Cherokee County Historical Society)

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/18558998/george-jefferson-edgins : accessed 13 May 2021), memorial page for George Jefferson Edgins (30 Oct 1838–24 Jan 1890), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18558998, citing Laney Cemetery, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by glockem (contributor 46898841) .

Fairview #1 Missionary Baptist Church

Location:

County Road 2

Winston County, Alabama

N 34° 08.527              W087° 21.780

Date of Visit: June 28, 2011

Pvt

Sylvester Densmore

Co F

56 Ala Cav

CSA

Feb 10 1822

Aug 15 1909

Pvt

Thomas J Millican

Co K  29 Ga Inf

CSA

Jan 26 1826

Jan 11 1912

Pvt

William Riley Bonds

Co F

35 Ga Inf

CSA

Nov 3 1829

Feb 8 1918

David C McVay

Co I

5 Ala Cav

CSA

Pvt

Thomas J Cowart

Co A

1 SC Inf

CSA

Nov 20 1830    May 31 1911