Smyrna UMC Graveyard

Location:

Georgia Highway 22

Hancock County, Georgia

N 33° 21.133   W082° 55.768

Find-A Grave # 2169058

Date of Visit: November 21, 2020

Henry T. Mitchell

Co E

7 Ga Cav

CSA

James A, son of Thomas and Cassandra Summer

Born Jany 7, 1844

Died August 16, 1864

Aged 20 years, 7 months and 9 days

James enlisted in Company D of the 4th Georgia Reserves in Atlanta in May of 1864. From May until December this unit was on station at Andersonville military prison. James died on August 16, 1864. There is conflict information about his place of death.  His Find-a-Grave biography states that he died at Andersonville. However, he place of death is recorded as Powelton, Georgia on his service cards. Powelton is a community about 8 miles northeast of the graveyard. 

• 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 December 15, 2020. (http://www.fold3.com)

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 December 2020), memorial page for James Abner Summers (7 Jan 1844–16 Aug 1864), Find a Grave Memorial no. 20108031, citing Smyrna United Methodist Church Cemetery, Hancock County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8) .

• Stewart Sifakis, Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia. (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2007), 190.