Location:
Georgia State Highway 136
Lafayette, Walker County, Georgia
N 34° 48.218 W085° 21.359
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 34097
Date of Visit: January 5, 2022
Three men are marked with the iron South Cross of Honor in this cemetery: William N. Garmary, John Wiley Adam Campbell, and Samuel Vance Price.
S.V. Price
Born
Aug 31, 1840
Died
Feb 27, 1886
Samuel V. Price’s Find a Grave Memorial states that he served in Company H, 26th Georgia Infantry. There are no records of Price in National Archives Compiled Service records. For the 26th Georgia. However, his name does appear the 26th Tennessee Infantry/1st Georgia Infantry Memorial on the Chickamauga battlefield. This company was captured at Fort Donelson and sent to the POW camp at Camp Douglas. Eventually it was exchanged and reorganized as a part of the First Georgia Infantry. Samuel was a member of Captain J.C. Gordon’s Company raised at Crawfish Springs, Georgia in April of 1861. The company traveled to Knoxville as a part of the 3rd East Tennessee Infantry and became Company H of the 26th Tennessee Infantry. Samuel name actually appears on a detachment of the 26th Tennessee whom escaped from Fort Donelson.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31831303/samuel-vance-price : accessed 22 February 2022), memorial page for Samuel Vance Price (31 Aug 1840–27 Feb 1886), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31831303, citing Garmany Memorial Gardens, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) .
- 26th Tennessee Infantry / 1st Georgia Infantry Memorial, HMdb.org: The Historical Marker Database, https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=106548, accessed February 22, 2022
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for S.V. Price, 26th Tennessee Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 22, 2022, (http://www.fold3.com).
William N.
Garmany
Aug 4, 1826
Mar 30, 1910
William Newton Garmany’s Find a Grave Memorial states that he served in Company E, 6th Battalion, Georgia State Guards. William enlisted in Captain J.C. Hall’s Company of Cuberson’s Battalion of Calvary for six months of local defense serve on August 1 1863. Captain hall’s company was designated Company E and Cuberson’s Battalion became known as the 6th Battalion of Calvary, Georgia State Guards. Garmany provided his own horse and saddle valued at over 300 dollars.
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William N. Garmany, 6th Battalion of Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 21, 2022, (http://www.fold3.com).
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31831198/william-newton-garmany : accessed 22 February 2022), memorial page for William Newton Garmany (4 Aug 1826–30 Mar 1910), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31831198, citing Garmany Memorial Gardens, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) .
J.W.A. Campbell
1843-1921
Wife
Mary E. Payne
1841-1896
John Wiley Adam Campbell’s Find a Grave Memorial states that he served in Company E, 39th Georgia Infantry. There are no records of Campbell in National Archives Compiled Service records nor does his name appear on a roster of this company found in Sartain’s History of Walker County, Georgia.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31831425/john-wiley_adam-campbell : accessed 22 February 2022), memorial page for John Wiley Adam Campbell (1843–1921), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31831425, citing Garmany Memorial Gardens, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) .
