Walker County, Georgia
34.6880989, -85.4449997
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 33185
Date of Visit: February 8, 2022
There are no traditional or modern Confederate markers in this cemetery. However, there are graves marked with iron South Cross of Honor.
A.J.
Holland
Born
Apr 5 1842
Andrew Jackson Holland Find a Grave Memorial states that he served in Company D, 6th Georgia Calvary. Holland appears on the muster rolls of Captain William Mahan’s company Culberson Battalion Calvary. This unit became the 6th Battalion Calvary, State Guard. Andrew enlisted August 1, 1863. At some point he transferred to a unit in Gilmer County, Georgia.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16742750/andrew-jackson-holland : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for Andrew Jackson Holland (5 Apr 1842–10 Mar 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16742750, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Robie Merritt Loriaux-Roberts (contributor 47189425) .
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for A.J. Holland, 6th Battalion of Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 24, 2022, (http://www.fold3.com).
H.W. Rogers
Born
Nov. 9, 1822
Died
Apr 5 1898
Harvey Wilson Rogers Find a Grave Memorial states that he served in Company I of the 12th Georgia Calvary.
A man identified as H. Rogers enlisted September 1, 1863 at Varnell Station in Whitfield County, Georgia in Company I 4th Regiment of Georgia Calvary. This regiment became the 12th Georgia Cavalry.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32026224/harvey-wilson-rogers : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for Harvey Wilson Rogers (9 Nov 1822–5 Apr 1896), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32026224, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265)
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for H.W. Rogers, 12th Georgia Calvary Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 24, 2022, (http://www.fold3.com).
P.H. Shankle
Born
June 8 1830
Died
Feb 5, 1898
The Find a Grave Memorial for Peter Holland Shankle states that he served in Company A, 3rd Georgia Calvary. His name appears of the rolls of Camp Chickamauga of Confederate veterans. A Holland Shankle does appear on the rolls of Company A of the 3rd Regiment of Confederate Calvary.
- James Alfred Sartain, The History of Walker County, Georgia, (Dalton: The A.J. Showalter Company, 1932), 150. Ancestry.com: accessed February 24, 2022.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32036579/peter-holland-shankle : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for Peter Holland Shankle (8 Jun 1830–5 Feb 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32036579, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) .
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the Confederate Government. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Holland Shankles, 3rd Confederate Calvary Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 24, 2022, (http://www.fold3.com).
T.N. Jones
Born
Apr. 18, 1839
Died
Jan 1, 1900
The Find a Grave Memorial for Thomas Newton Jones states that he served in Company D, 1st Confederate Regiment Volunteers, Infantry. He appears on the muster roll of Company D of the 1st Georgia Volunteer Infantry that appears in Sartain’s History of Walker County, Georgia. Jones enlisted in Captain Dodson’s Walker and Catoosa County company May 1, 1862 and was discharged October 25, 1862 because he furnished a substitute. While on duty he was sick in his quarters during one company muster. Uncited sources posted on his Find A Grave Memorial indicate that his wife sold a slave in order to have the money needed to hire a substitute.
- James Alfred Sartain, The History of Walker County, Georgia, (Dalton: The A.J. Showalter Company, 1932), 138. Ancestry.com: accessed February 24, 2022.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16742801/thomas-newton-jones : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for Pvt Thomas Newton Jones (18 Apr 1839–1 Jan 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16742801, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265)
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the Confederate Government. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for T.N. Jones, 1st Confederate Regiment, Georgia Volunteers. Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 24, 2022, (http://www.fold3.com).
Nimrod I.
Kell
Born
July 2, 1837
Died
Mar. 7, 1910
The Find a Grave Memorial for Nimrod Kell states that he served in Company A, 3rd Georgia Calvary. In 1937 Nimrod’s widow applied for a Widows Pension from the U.S. Government. His military records had been summarized in this application. Nimrod had enlisted as a private in Company A, 3rd Regiment Confederate Calvary in Dunlap, Tennessee in September of 1862. He transferred to Company A on August 1, 1863 and was captured on August 10, 1863. During this time the regiment was picketing the Tennessee River at Caperton Ferry and retreating in the face of the enemy’s movement into northwestern Georgia. He never returned to his command.
- Ancestry.com. Georgia, U.S., Confederate Pension Applications, 1879-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Original data: Confederate Pension Applications, Georgia Confederate Pension Office, RG 58-1-1, Georgia Archives.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16742815/nimrod-i-kell : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for Nimrod I. Kell (2 Jul 1837–7 Mar 1910), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16742815, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 48858087) .
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the Confederate Government Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Nimrod J. Kell, 3rd Confederate Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 24, 2022, (http://www.fold3.com).
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Organizations from the Confederate Government Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for 3rd Confederate Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 24, 2022, (http://www.fold3.com).
Wesley Hobbs
Born
Dec 24, 1839
Died
Dec 25, 1914
The following is posted on the David Wesley Hobbs Find a Grave Memorial:
Son of David and Nancy (Williams) Hobbs.
1st Corporal, C.S.A., in Co. "E" - 39th Regiment, GA Vol. Infantry, "Walker Co. Light Guards"; enlisted March 04, 1862.
Gun shot wound to left knee in "Battle of Baker's Creek"; was part of a prisoner exchange while hospitalized in Washington, D.C.. Discharged at Vicksburg, Miss. July 17, 1863. Received civil war pension.
Married Elizabeth Jane Smith, 24 Sept. 1859. They were farmers and had eleven children together.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22694867/david-wesley-hobbs : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for Corp David Wesley Hobbs (24 Dec 1839–25 Dec 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22694867, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by K. Johnston (contributor 46950050) .
- Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Citing Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Wesley Hoabs, 39th Georgia Infantry. Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 24, 2022, (http://www.fold3.com).
James
Henson
Born
Sept 29, 1834
Died
Sept 27, 1889
The Find a Grave Memorial for James states that he served in Company E, 52nd Georgia Infantry. There was a James Henson that enlisted in Company D of the 52nd Georgia on March 4, 1862 in Hiwassee, Georgia. This James Henson died at Vicksburg in 1863.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16743071/james-henson : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for James Henson (29 Sep 1834–27 Sep 1889), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16743071, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) .
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for James Henson, 52nd Georgia Infantry. Retrieved from at 3-Fold, February 24, 2022, (http://www.fold3.com).
William B. Moore
Born
July 11, 1848
Died
Oct 26, 1901
The Find a Grave Memorial for William B. Moore states that he served in Company G, 6th Georgia Calvary. A William Moore appears on muster rolls of Captain William Hawkins’s company Culberson Battalion Calvary. This unit became the 6th Battalion Calvary, State Guard.
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William Moore, 6 Batt’n Calvary (State Guards). Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 29, 2022, (http://www.fold3.com).
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32027671/william-b-moore : accessed 29 March 2022), memorial page for William B. Moore (11 Jul 1848–26 Oct 1901), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32027671, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) .
J.H. Looney
Born
Feb 9 1833
Died
Mar 22 1907
The Find a Grave Memorial for J.H. Looney states that he served in Company K, 25th Tennessee Infantry.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32026897/john-h-looney : accessed 14 May 2022), memorial page for John H. Looney (9 Feb 1833–22 Mar 1907), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32026897, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) .
A.J. McDaniel
Born
Mar 11 1837
Died
Oct 2 1914
The Find a Grave Memorial for Andrew Jackson McDaniel states that he served in Company E, 39th Georgia Infantry. He enlisted in Lafayette on march 4, 1862. The 39th was surrendered at Vicksburg on July 4, 1863. McDonald signed a parole. In Louisville, Kentucky he took an oath of allegiance in December and was released north of the Ohio River. There is no record of him returning to the southern army.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32027347/andrew-jackson-mcdaniel : accessed 14 May 2022), memorial page for Andrew Jackson McDaniel (11 Mar 1837–2 Oct 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32027347, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Walker County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Whitfield (contributor 47786265) .
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for A.J. McDaniel, 39th Georgia Infantry. Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 29, 2022, (http://www.fold3.com).
