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Saturday, March 14, 2020

Hightower Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:
Georgia Highway 369
Cherokee County, Georgia
N 34° 17.231     W084° 16.892
FAG: 457344

Date of Visit: April 14, 2014

Andrew Jackson Eaton
Pvt Co F 28 Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
1833-1890

Pvt
Phillip K. Fowler
Co A
3 Ga
Sharpshooters
July 14, 1832
Mar 3, 1913

In Memory
F.T. Boling
Born
January 17th 1842
and departed this life
February 2nd 1862
aged
20 years and 15 days
He died a volunteer in the army
At Richmond, Virginia


Floyd T. Boling enlisted July 22, 1861 in Captain Jesse Burtz’s Independent Company which became Company M of the 18th Regiment of Georgia Infantry and subsequently Company F 28th Georgia Infantry. Captain Burtz was a merchant of some wealth that lived near Floy’s family in Cross Roads District of Cherokee County. The regiment was sent to Virginia in October 1861. Private Boling was sent from Richmond to Moore General Hospital in Danville, Virginian where he was admitted on January 11, 1862 for unknown reasons. 

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for F.T. Bowling, 18th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold March 12, 2020 (http://www.fold3.com).
  • 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee County, Georgia Population Schedule, Census Place: Crossroads District Post Office: Ophir, p.790, dwelling 939, family 1001, William Boling: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed 12 March 2020),  NARA Roll M653_116, Family History Library Film: 803116.
  • 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee County, Georgia Population Schedule, Census Place: Crossroads District Post Office: Ophir, p.791, dwelling 944, family 1006, William Boling: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed 12 March 2020),  NARA Roll M653_116, Family History Library Film: 803116


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