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) .

Grove Level Community Church Cemetery

Location:

Highway 71 Cleveland Highway

Whitfield County, Georgia

Date of Visit: June 22, 2013

James H. Overton

Co B

18 Ga Inf

CSA

Arthur G. Smith

Co A

34 Ga Inf CSA

James W. Booker

Jan 31 1834

June 8 1920

Co B 39 Ga Regt CSA

William Nix

Co B. 39 Ga Inf

Civil War

Nov 10 1835    Apr 27, 1907

Samuel P. O’Bryant

Pvt.  Co H. 3 Ga Cav

Confederate States Army

May 9 1834.   Feb 9 1912

William H Bryson

Co C

39 NC Inf

CSA

Charles H. Farrar

Co H

18 Va Inf

CSA

Abbott Cemetery

Abbott Cemetery

Location:

Highway 53

Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia

N 34° 28.033  W084° 54.790

Date of Visit: January 21, 2018

Robert Ambrose Abbott was a member of Company K of the 3rd Georgia Calvary. he enlisted in the army with a horse valued at 200 dollars in 1862. He died at Camp Randolph in Calhoun....not far from his home. 

 

Armstead Ambrose Abbott enlisted in the Confederate Army on May 7, 1862. He was a member of the Calhoun Blues, Company D, 40th Georgia Infantry Regiment. A.A. Abbott was captured at Champion Hill on May 17, 1863 and was a prisoner of war at Fort Delaware. At some point prior to 1864 he was paroled. He rejoined the army and was captured again at Atlanta on August 13, 1864. He spent time at as a POW at Louisville, Kentucky, Camp Chase, Ohio, and Point Lookout, Maryland. Here he took the oath of allegiance and was released on June 22, 1865.

Sources:

• Jacob Abbott Find Grave Memorial# 35643928
• Robert Ambrose Abbott Find a Grave Memorial # 159554608
• Muster Roll of Company D 40th Georgia Regiment,      http://www.generalbartonandstovall.com
• Gordon County Placenames, http://gordoncountyplacenames.wordpress.com
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold January 22, 2018. (http://www.fold3.com)

Note: More about the brothers was posted at Notes From the Field (https://greenweeksblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/25/abbott-cemetery/)

Macedonia Church Cemetery

Location:

Highway 337

Tedoga, Chattooga County, Georgia

N 34° 33.935   W085°  23.282

Date of Visit: June 19, 2011

Pvt. Charles G Sitton

Co H 39 Ga Inf

CSA

Dec 30, 1844

June 26, 1930

Serg

Asa D Lumpkin

Co H 39 Ga Inf

CSA

Jul 27 1843

Aug 27 1913

Pvt

James McCamy

Co E

60 Ga Inf

CSA

Oct 24 1842

Jan 12 912

Colonel

Joseph T. McConnell

39 Ga Inf

CSA

1829

Nov 30 1863

Col.J.T. McConnell was killed at Missionary Ridge on November 24, 1863. He rode out in front of his regiment seeking the best placement of the regiment. He was shot in the head and killed. – No. 245 Report of Brig. Gen. Cumming, OR Vol. 31 Part II

He was elected Colonel of the 39^th on March 2, 1862. It is reported that he died of his wounds on December 1, 1863. This would be in line with his tombstone inscription.  - Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold June 6, 2014 (http://www.fold3.com)

James H Gilreath

Lieut Co G  11 Ga Cavalry

Confederate States Army

Jul 20 1827  Nov 1 1905

Captain

George W Blackwell

Co D

34 Regt

Ga Inf

CSA

1828

1865

Captain Blackwell was elected 1^st Lieutenant of Company H 8^th Georgia Infantry December 3 1861. He mustered out of the service May 1862. On May 14 he was elected Captain of Company D of the 34^th Georgia. He was killed by bushwhackers on the way home on April 20, 1865. - Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, Vol. 3, State Division of Confederate Pensions and Records. Retrieved June 6, 2014 from http://babel.hathitrust.org/.

Andrew J Bryant

Copr Co B  1 Ga Cavalry

Confederate States Army

William C Underwood

Co D

34 Ga Inf

CSA

Mar 11 1838

Feb 24 1877

Corp Andrew J. Neal

Co D

34 Ga Inf

CSA

Mar 4 1836    Oct 30 1913

1^st Serg

James H Wade

Co B

28 Tenn Inf

CSA

Feb 16 1842

Nov 20 1874

Serg

Americus Jennings

Co I 37 Ga Inf

CSA

Jul 19 1821 

Feb 9 1886

Pvt

Fredrick R.L Thomas

Co H

3 Ga Cav

CSA

Aug 5 1839

Apr 24 1906

Pvt

George W Neal

Co H

39 Ga Inf

1829

1864

George W Neal was captured at Vicksburg on Juky 4, 1863. He was parolled by Captain Pullen of the 20^th Illionisis. Neal appears on a roll on April 30, 1864. There are no other records. - Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold June 7, 2014 (http://www.fold3.com); Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, Vol. 4, State Division of Confederate Pensions and Records. Retrieved June 7, 2014 from http://babel.hathitrust.org/.

Ami Cemetery

Location:

Jamestown Road

Menlo, Chattooga County, Georgia

N 34° 28.148    W085° 29.827

Date of Visit: June 19, 2011

John K Willingham

Co B

9 Batt

Ga Cav

CSA

1815

1887

Sgt

Alfred Day

Co H

48 Ala Inf

CSA

Joseph Grady Blaylock

Pvt Co E

11 Regt Ga Inf

Confederate States army

Mar 18 1832 

Dec 15 1914

The following ten graves were arranged two rows in one section of the cemetery.

2d Lieut

AJ Weaver

Co C 39 Ga Inf

CSA

Apr 15 1849

Dec 25 1917

2 Corp

William A Hammett

Co H 8 Regt

Ga Vol Inf

CSA

1828

1893

Pvt

John Calvin

Co K

3 Ga Cav

CSA

Aug 23 1838

Jul 25 1900

Pvt

J.N.N. Powers

Co G

6 Ga State Guards

CSA

Jan 1 1822

May 4 1895

Pvt Charles C Calvin

CSA

Apr 10 1843

Jan 31 1920

Co K 3 Ga Cav

Pvt

BT Tucker

Co K Ga Infantry

CSA

Sep 11 1841   Jan 17 1918

Pvt

William M Calvin

Co G

19 Ala Inf

CSA

Jul 26 1835

Jan 1 1917

Pvt

Willaim G Wofford

Co G

19 Ala Inf

CSA

Jun 3 1820

Feb 12 1914

Pvt

Frank M Deering

Co G

19 Ala Inf

CSA

Sep 1 1832

Mar 29 1920

Pvt

M C Boyd

Co B

1 Ga Inf

CSA

Feb 14 1836

Apr 4 1922

Corinth Baptist Church

Location:

Church Street

Fyffe, DeKalb County, Alabama

N 34° 24.685   W085° 43.388

Date of Visit: April 22, 2012

Henry C Willkie

Pvt Co F 3 Ga Cav

Confederate States army

Jan 1 1844  Jul 21 1913

Copr

Rial Bryant

Co K

3 Conf Cav

CSA

1832

1882

John I Bearden

Pvt Co I  3 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Apr 25 1818    Apr 21 1901

Confederate or Union Solider:

New Flat Marble:

William Riley Garrett

Pvt Co H 12 Tenn Cavalry

Confederate States Army

Dec 6 1833   Dec 4 1926

Old Federal Style:

Wm R Garrett

Co H

12 Tenn Cav

On February 2, 1864 a twenty-seven year old William R Garrett volunteered his services as a blacksmith to the US Army in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  He was assigned to Company H of the 12^th Tennessee Calvary of the US Army.  He served as company blacksmith and farrier. There is also a U.S. Army pension record for a William R. Garrett  of Company H 12^th Tennessee Calvary that died December 4, 1926.

Sources:

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 11, 2014 (http://www.fold3.com).

Civil War and Later Pension Index. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 11, 2014 (http://www.fold3.com).

Walker’s Chapel UMC

Location:

Walkers Chapel Road

Fultondale, Jefferson County, Alabama

N 33° 36.319              W086° 49.060

Date of Visits: October 7, 2013

MB Parvin

Co E

Stewart’s Bn

CSA

Robert Garner Hamlett Sr

Born Eutaw, ALA. 1835

Died B’ham, ALA. 1906

Member Co. B  11^th Ala Reg

Wilcox Brig Army of Northern Va

Corp

James C Howell

Co G

3 Ga Cav

CSA

Pvt

Samuel Burford

Co D

62 Ala Inf

CSA

1847    1916

Lyerly Cemetery

Location:

Cemetery Street

Lyerly, Chattooga County, Georgia

N 34° 24.552   W085°  23.867

Date of Visit: October 7, 2012

Hugh W Richardson

Pvt Co C 1 Ga Cavalry

Confederate States Army

Mar 20 1844   Oct 10  1896

Gillis R Ennis

Co I

10 Ala Inf

CSA

AJ Mosteller

Co E

6 Ga Cav

CSA

Thomas J Foster

2 D Lieut   Co B  9 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Dec 8 1836   Apr 4 1911

EL Pollock

2D Serg Massenburg’s Btry

Ga Light Artillery

Jackson’s Artillery

Confederate States Army

Aug 8 1839    Aug 22 1904

1^st Lieut

John N Talaferro

Co I

19 Va Inf

CSA

Oct 9 1841 

Mar 26 1927

James J Thomas

Asst Surg  6 Ga Cavalry

Confederate States Army

Jan 1 1839   Oct 18 1899

John A Starling

Pvt Co D  34 Ga Infantry

Confederate States Army

Mar 11 1834   Nov 2  1894

Pvt Henry D Barker

Co D

34 Ga Inf

CSA

Apr 21 1805

Aug 11 1862

Pvt William H Atkinson

Co B

9 Ga Inf

CSA

Mar 13 1841   Aug 3 1890

Pvt

James D Smith

Co H

39 Ga Inf

CSA

1827

1909

Joseph J Bradley

Corp  Co F  1 Ga Cavalry

Confederate States Army

Mar 12 1839   Jan 6  1918

1^st Lieut

Henry Vann Rambo

Co F

65 Ga Inf

CSA

Oct 12 1833   May 28 1922

Pvt

Aquilla F Clowdis

Co H

3 Ga Cav

CSA

Jul 16 1838   Nov 5 1890

Pvt

Henry J Cook

Co H

39 Ga Inf

CSA

Nov 29 1829   May 11 1899

Pvt

John P Horn

Co H

39 Ga Inf

CSA

Sep 10 1840    Jan 30 1900

2^nd Lieut

George W Roberts

Co E

6 Ga Cav

CSA

Dec 14 1844

Dec 24 1903

James L Huie

Pvt

Co D  34 Ga Infantry

Confederate States Army

Mar 31 1831   Feb 1 1904

William H Berry

Co G

6 Ga Inf

CSA

Mar 7 1831

Nov 4 1891

Pvt

William H Strain

Co H

3 Ga Cav

CSA

Mar 6 1841   Apr 23 1925

Capt

Kinchen R Foster

Co K

21 Ga Inf

CSA

Mar 12 1839   Jun 30 1909

James William Baugh

Co D

40 Ga Inf

CSA

Aug 10 1824

Jan 26 1897

Corp

William J Kimbell

Co H

6 Ga Cav

CSA

Pvt

Arnold Shamblin

Co H  3 Ga Cav

CSA

CSA

May 21 1837

May 21 1915

Pvt

Charles I Holland

Ga Lt Arty

Jackson Arty

CSA

Nov 30 1844

Sept 3 1905

Briarpatch Cemetery

Location:

Waleski, Cherokee County, Georgia

N 34° 18.784  W084° 32.294

Date of Visit: March 3, 2012

Pvt

Nathaniel Harbin

Co F

3 Ga Cav

CSA

Dec 1 1836

Jan 9 1918

Nathaniel F Reinhardt

1^st Lieut  CS Army

Civil War

Jan 1 1833   Jun 2 1862

George L Reinhardt

Sgt  CS Army

Civil War

Apr 19 1844   Jun 18 1862

Pvt

Julius A Costner

Co I

23 Ga Inf

CSA

1844

1862

KIA Sharpsburg Md

In Memory

Zachariah Pittman

Co E

Ga Cherokee Ln

CSA

Feb 10 1810

Aug 20 1880

Sergt

John S Ellis

Co F

4 Ga Inf

CSA

July 9 1837

June 29 1913

Thomas Marion Cline

Pvt Co L  43 Ga Inf

Feb 19  1841   Jun 14  1917

Shiloh Ranger Methodist Cemetery

Location:
Orr Mill Road
Fairmount, Gordon County, Georgia
N 34° 28.946  W084° 42.223

Date of Visit:  December 11, 2010

Thomas C Mitchell
Georgia
Pvt Co F  37 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
1833  1907

Samuel Mansell
Georgia
Pvt Cherokee Legion GSG
Confederate States Army
Jan 13 1813   Oct 9 1892

Edward M Wilkie
Co G  3 Regt
Ga Cav
CSA
May 26 1841  March 12 1921

Wiley Warwick
Home Guards Ga Cav
CSA
1803  1876

Hinton Cemetery

Location:
US Highway 136 Connector
Hinton, Pickens County, Georgia
N 34° 28. 950 W084° 34.900

Date of Visit: December 27, 2009

W.I. Sharayer
Co. A
65 Ga Inf
CSA

David Caylor
Georgia
Co E
23 Regt
Ga Inf
CSA
March 9, 1807
Dec 9, 1877

Jesse Wilkey
107 Regt Ga Militia
CSA
Sept 1, 1832
Sept 27, 1906

Joseph Wilkey
107 Regt
Ga Militia
CSA
1812 1864

Henry P Blalock
Co G
3 Regt Ga Cav
CSA
1841 1862

Scott Cemetery

Scott Cemetery (Upper Secton)

Location:
Moore’s Ferry Road
Gordon County, Georgia
N 34° 24.994 W085° 02.428

Dates of Visit: July 26, 2009 and January 17, 2025.

James N Fowler

Co A

36 Ga Inf

CSA

• Missed in 2009 survey. Added after January 17, 2025 revisit.

Pvt. William W. Gibby
Co. G 3rd GA Cav.
Sept. 1837 – Jan. 18. 1918

J. J. Brown
Co. B 37th BN Va. Cav.
CSA