Panola United Methodist Church

Location:

County Road 35

Panola, Sumter County, Alabama

N 32° 56.136   W088° 14.970

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2207265

Date of Visit: July 12, 2019

Updated: September 21, 2022

Capt

Wade Ritter

Co A 5 Batt

Ala Inf

June 3, 1838

Nov 23 1871

Captain Wade Ritter was in command of 125 men of the 5th Alabama Battalion at the surrender at Appomattox. 

• “5th Alabama Battalion” The Civil War in the East. https://civilwarintheeast.com/confederate-regiments/alabama/5th-alabama-battalion/, accessed May 14, 2022. 

Pvt

William L. Knight

Co A

5 Batt

Ala Inf

CSA

Feb 11 1836

Jan 18 1878

Pvt

Joseph Barnes

Co A

5 Batt

Ala Inf

CSA

Pvt

J Thomas Barnes

Co A

5 Batt

Ala Inf

CSA

May 10 1844

Oct 8 1868

The following are not traditional Confederate headstones. They appear to be carvers in the same style. 

In Memory

of

Henry G. Stanton

Who remains still lie in 

some unknown spot at

Lafayette, Ga.

Where he was killed in battle

June 21st, 1864

In the 19th year of his age.

Henry G. Stanton enlisted in Armstead’s Regiment of Mississippi Calvary on December 4, 1863 in Gainesville, Alabama. This unit became known as the 12th Mississippi Calvary. In June of 1864 the 12th Mississippi was brigaded with the 8th Alabama Calvary when General Pillow attacked Federals at LaFayette, Georgia on June 24. The 12th Mississippi dismounted and advanced on the Federals in the town. This is likely when Henry was killed. 

• 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. 38, Part III, 998, Report of Col. Charles G. Armistead, June 30, 1864.  

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Henry G. Stanton, Armstead’s Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, May 14, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Sacred 

To 

The memory of

E.S. Little

Co A 36th Ala. Reg.

Born Aug.12the 1837,

Wounded at Chickamauga,

Sep. 19th,

And died at Atlanta, Oct.8th

1863

The following obituary was published on page one of the October 24, 1863 edition of the Gainesville Independent.

Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

County road 61

Lamar County, Alabama

N 33° 52.437   W087° 57.408

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 21282

Date of Visit: March 26, 2022

William W. Gosa

Co K

36 Ala Inf

CSA

William was captured at Missionary Ridge on November 25, 1863. He was sent to Louisville Kentucky and then to Rock Island Barracks in Illinois. He took the Oath of Allegiance and was released June 20, 1865. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for W.N. Gosa, 36th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 28, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Davis Cemetery

Location:

Horseleg Boulevard

Dora, Walker County, Alabama

N 33° 44.299              W087° 06.535

Date of Visit: May 6, 2018

Pvt

William Riley Thomas

Co A 16 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

June 26 1828

May 26 1910

Serg

Thomas W. Davis

Co F 36 Ala

Apr 7 1837

Aug 24 1904

In Memory of

Pvt Perry L Lockhart

Co B

1 Ala Regt

Fla Cavalry

1821

1900

Boldo Cemetery

Location:

Arkadelphia Road

Walker County, Alabama

N 33° 51.240              W087° 11.106

Date of Visit: September 17, 2011

Elihu Turner

Alabama

Pvt Co D 36 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Pvt

Mark Louis Robison

Co B

56 Ga Inf

CSA

Nov 7 1835

Aug 30 1909

Barne M. Barron

Co. G

Ala Inf

CSA

May 9 1844

Nov 15 1917

Barney M. Barren was a private in Company G of the 58^th Alabama Infantry. Barney was captured twice and ended the war at Camp Douglas, Illinois. - 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 October 12,  2014 (http://www.fold3.com)

Taylor Springs Freewill Baptist Church

Location:

Mulberry Road

Lamar County, Alabama

Lat                   33.869587

Long              -88.021317

Date of Visit: August 31, 2014

William L Harrison

Co K

16 Regt

Ala Inf

CSA

July 10 1842  

March 16 1920

John Z Brown

Co K

36 Regt

Ala Inf

CSA

Jan 101845

Dec 30 1913

Hatley Cemetery

Location:

Hatley Cemetery Circle

Hatley, Monroe County, Alabama

N 33° 58.217              W088° 25.083

Date of Visits: August 26, 2012

Pvt Abner Mattison

Co K

41 Ala Inf CSA

Apr 19 1845

June 10 1863

William M Nash

Co K

27 Miss Inf

CSA

IP Nash

Co C

2 Bn Miss Cav

CSA

Pvt Andew J Wiggins

Co B  9 Fla Inf

CSA

1826

1897

George W Terry

Co A

5 Miss Inf

CSA

Benjamin F Gibson

Co K

27 Miss Inf

CSA

James N Fuqua

Co C

43 Miss Inf

CSA

James N Tubb

Co C

43 Miss Inf

CSA

James Richardson

Co A

45 Miss Inf

CSA

CM Tubb

Co G

43 Miss Inf

CSA

Samuel Malone

Co L

43 Miss Inf

CSA

Corp

I W Carter

Co L

4 Miss Cav

Apr 13 1834

June 23 1913

Wm McDonald

Co K

36 Ala Inf

CSA

2 Lieut

W.J. Hughes

Co I

4 Miss Cav

CSA

Edward Nash

Co K

27 Miss Inf

CSA

 T Wilson Nash

Co H

28 Miss Cav

CSA

May 7 1838

May 11 1919

Jeptha Tubb

Co B

3 Miss Inf

CSA

W M Kendrick

CO A

5 Miss Inf

Panola United Methodist Cemetery

Panola United Methodist Cemetery

Note: In the 1980’s during a time I refer to as BM and BK (Before Marriage and Before Kids) I traveled the back roads of west Alabama in search of Confederate soldiers buried in the old cemeteries. This was also before the now ubiquitous GPS. I still have much of this information. I have decided that I would share as much of this information as possible since most likely my yet to be born grandchildren will have to throw it away many years down the road. The following are a couple of rules of the road that I will adhere to. In the BM and BK times I spent a great deal of time at night trying to identify the men buried in the cemeteries I visited that were marked with civilian tombstones on company rosters and in regimental accounts. However, in these postings you will find only those clearly marked as CSA. As far as locations go I will use the locations as I originally described them. I will also use coordinates from the GNIS database when I feel comfortable that it applies. I do not have pictures as this was also the pre-digital age. For this reason I retain the exact recording format as originally recorded.

Cemetery Location:
Sumter County Highway 34
Panola, Sumter County, Georgia
GNIS Coordinates (DMS) 32° 56’ 07” N - 088° 15’ 00” W

On USGS Topomap this cemetery is identified as Pleasant Grove Cemetery and the associated church is identified as Shady Grove Church. Another source identifies this cemetery as Shady Grove Protestant Methodist Church.

I remember walking in this cemetery early one Sunday morning and being given a tour of the old church by a little gray haired lady.

Capt. James T. Meek
1830-1866
36th Ala Inf

Dr. Wm Gray Little
d. 1883
Surgeon CSA Army

Capt John M. Quarles
Co. A 36th Ala Inf

Noah Little
1832-1865
Co. A 5th Ala Battl

T. Barnes
1811-1868
Co. A 5th Ala Inf Battl
William Halsell, Sr.
1832-1913
Co. L 41st Miss Inf

C.M. A. Podgers
1837-1895
2nd Miss Vol Cav

Henry M. Bostick
d. 1904
Co. A 5th Ala Inf.

E.S. Little
36th Ala Inf
“born August 12, 1837, wo. Chickamauga Sept 19, 1863 d. Atlanta Oct 8, 1863”

Henry G. Stanton
Died June 24, 1864
“whose remains still lies in some unknown spot in Lafayette, Georgia where he was killed in battle”

J.T. Jenkins
1831-1861
5th Ala Inf
“Died Union Mills, Va October 28, 1861”

William Henry Geiger
“Son of J.C. Geiger 1841-1867
A gallant solider, enlisted in the CSA as A Cadet from South Carolina College, was a
courier to Col. Kilpatrick 1 S.C. Regt”