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”
