Oostanaula Baptist Church

Location:

Old Rome-Dalton Road

Gordon County, Georgia

N 34° 29.2434'    W085° 1.5408'

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2158787

Date of Visit: August 3, 2024

Martin Bird Talley

Co C  8 Ga Batt

Confederate States Army

Mar 25 1822  May 8 1904

Sugar Valley Baptist Church (Update)

Location:

US HWY 136

Gordon County, Georgia

N 34° 34.501   W085° 01.480

This cemetery was originally visited in 2009. Subsequent visits in 2018 and 2024 resulted in the location of burials of the following Confederate soldiers.  The cemetery was originally blogged on June 21, 2009. 

John Hamilton Bridges

Corp Co C  39 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

1839      1915

William John Hall 

February 5, 1825

October 26, 1889

In 2018 William John Hall's grave  was marked with the Southern Cross of Honor. Hall He served as a 2nd Lieutenant in Company C , 8th Georgia Infantry Battalion. Company C, known as Littlefield's Volunteers was recruited from Gordon County Georgia and mustered at Blackwood Springs in the fall of 1861. He was captured in 1864 and sent to Camp Chase in Ohio. He was paroled at Richmond in 1865. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76150306/william_john-hall: accessed August 13, 2024), memorial page for William John Hall (5 Feb 1825–26 Oct 1889), Find a Grave Memorial ID 76150306, citing Sugar Valley Baptist Church Cemetery, Sugar Valley, Gordon County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by NB (contributor 47589535).

Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Macedonia Road

Gilmer County, Georgia

N 34° 40.613   W084° 19.648

Find A Grave # 35120 

Date of Visit: December 2, 2021

Pvt

Franklin Benson Walker

Co C

39 Regt

Ga Inf

CSA

Oct 7 1841

Mar 11 1890

F.M. Mulinax

Nov 9 1842

May 19 1891

Inft Co H 5 Tenn Reg

Millis Killian McClure

Pvt Co D 6 Georgia Cav

Confederate States Army

Dec 20 1833   Apr 3 1912

Isaac Webster Rackley

1844-1918

Confederate Soldier Civil War

Wounded in Battle of 

Franklin Tenn Nov 1864

Issac enlisted in Company C of the 8th Georgia Battalion. In the battle of Franklin he was wounded in his left shoulder and captured by Union forces. On December 26 he was admitted to Number 1, USA General Hospital in Nashville. As a prisoner of war he would be sent to Camp Chase, Ohio and then to Point Lookout, Maryland. On June 5, 1865 he signed the Oath of Allegiance. 

Issac applied for a pension because of the disability caused by the gunshot wound. In the application it is said that the ball entered his left shoulder at the junction of his collar bone and breast bone, passing through the left shoulder coming out the backside of his left arm, passing thorough the should joint. Bones was said to have be shattered. The joint was rendered useless.  

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Isaac Rackly, 8th Georgia Infantry Battalion, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, Deceber 10, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• 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.

Hopper Family Cemetery

Location:

US Highway 411

Gordon County, Georgia

N34 31.322 W084 42.503

FAG: 2449118

Date of Visit: May 26, 2021

In Memory of 

John Angel

Hopper

Died A CSA War

Capt. In Yazoo, Miss

Born 1825

Died 1863

John Angel Hooper was commissioned as Captain of Company E 8th Battalion of Infantry on September 23, 1861.  Company E was raised in Gordon Coyunty, Georgia and was known as Freeman’s Volunteers. Captain Hopper and the company served coastal defense duty until being sent west in May of 1863. He died of fever in Yazoo during the movement to relieve Vicksburg on June 11, 1863.  He is thought to have been buried somewhere in Mississippi. See his Find a Grave Memorial page for more details. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/49493910/john-angel-hopper : accessed 27 May 2021), memorial page for Capt John Angel Hopper (1825–11 Jun 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 49493910, citing Hopper Family Cemetery, Ranger, Gordon County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Kathy Gatlin (contributor 46822976) .

• Lulie Pitts, History of Gordon County, Georgia, (Calhoun: The Press of Calhoun Times, 1934), 138.

Corinth Church Graveyard

Location:

Corinth Road

Pickens County, Georgia

N34.43135       W084.28278

Date of Visit: October 4, 2013

John A. Satterfield 

Co N

38 Ga Inf

CSA

William C Redden

Co D

24 Ga Inf

CSA

James Whitten Dobson

Capt Co G 8 BN Ga Inf

Feb 16, 1828    Mar 26, 1862

Nathaniel Milesberry Dobson

Pvt Co G 8 Batt Ga Inf

Aug 2, 1825       Jun 22 1862

James Whitten Dobson and Nathaniel Milesberry Dobson were children of Neely Dobson Jr. and Zilpah Goss.  Both joined a local Pickens County company of volunteers. James was elected Captain on October 1, 1861.  This company became Company G, 8th Battalion of Georgia Infantry in early 1862. The regiment was stationed at Camp Black in Savannah Georgia. In March Captain Dobson died of pneumonia and was replaced by Lieutenant Benjamin Goss. On June 11 the regiment moved to Camp Beaulieu some 14 miles away. Camp Beaulieu was located at the 515 area Beaulieu Plantation on the Vernon River. Gun batteries were established here to protect various approaches to Savannah. On the 22nd of June, Private N.M. Dobson died of pneumonia while stationed here. 

Sources

Robert Walker Groves. "Beaulieu Plantation." The Georgia Historical Quarterly 37, no. 3 (1953): 200-09. Accessed February 16, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40577452.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for James W. Dobson, 8th Georgia Battalion Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 16, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for N.M. Dobson, 8th Georgia Battalion Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 16, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Field & Staff, 8th Georgia Battalion Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 16, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Eugene Perry, The Neeley Dobson Family. Ancestry.com: accessed February 16, 2021. from: The National Archives, Entry for James W. Dobson, 8th Georgia Battalion Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 16, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

"Public Member Tree," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 Apr 2021), "Perigo/Armstrong Family Tree" family tree by Julie Fost, profile and gallery for Neely Dobson Jr. (1797-1858). 

Robert Walker Groves. "Beaulieu Plantation." The Georgia Historical Quarterly 37, no. 3 (1953): 200-09. Accessed February 16, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40577452.

Harmony Cemetery

Location:

Harmony Church Road

Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia

34.507500     -84.916702

Date of Visit: June 16, 2018

B. R. Bray

Co C

63 Ga Inf

CSA

1842 - 1916

Capt

William Holsonbeck

Co C

8 Bn Ga Inf

April 10 1829

Dec 17 1884

Captain Holsonbeck was captured near Atlanta July 28, 1864. He was a prisoner of war at Johnson Island, Ohio. He was released on his oath in accordance with General Order 109 on June 14, 1865. - 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 June 17,2018. (http://www.fold3.com)

Sugar Valley United Methodist Church

Location:

Old Rome-Dalton Road

Gordon County, Georgia

N 34° 33.075              W085° 01.714

Date of Visit: April 6, 2017

Robert Wood

Co K

14 Regt

Ga Inf

CSA

Mar 22 1821

Oct 26 1900

4^th Corp

John C Baugh

Co F 8 Batt

Ga Inf

CSA

1807     1875

Oak Hill Cemetery (In part)

Location:

Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia

Date of Visit: May 30, 2010

John L Satterfield

Pvt Co I 23 Regt Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

1834   1864

Enlisted at Camp McDonald in 1861. He is reported at various muster rolls as sick in Gordon County, Georgia. He was discharged due to disability in 1862. - 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 21,  2014 (http://www.fold3.com)

Larkin B Satterfield

3 Lieut  Murray Rangers

Mounted Militia

Murray Co Georgia

1806   1889

S. Jasper Satterfield

Pvt Co A  8 Batt’n Ga Inf

Confederate States army

1844 1864

Enlisted in Calhoun, Georgia on October 3, 1861. He died May 20, 1864. No cause of death was given. - 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 21, 2014 (http://www.fold3.com)

James N Vaughan

Capt  18 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Oct 15 1822   Oct 18 1871

Lafayette City Cemetery

Location:
Shaw Street
Lafayette, Walker County, Georgia
N 34° 42.451  W085° 16.686

Date of Visit: May 27, 2011


15 Unknown CSA Soldiers

William C Lewis
Co H
14 Tenn Cav
CSA

W.G. Cowley and W.E. Gibson
Co C 16th Confederate Cav.

John D Taylor
6 Reg Ga Vol
CSA

JF Wardlaw
Co C
60 Ga Inf
CSA

Ord Sgt
E L Culberson
Co I
60 Ga Inf
CSA
Dec 9 1839
Aug 25 1933

2 Lt
Thomas J Foster
Co K
39 Ga Inf
CSA

George W Gentry
Georgia
Pvt Co G
11 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
1841-1914

John E Shuford
Co A
14 NC State Troops CSA

Serg
Russell M Cassady
Co G
9 Ga Inf
CSA

A.M. Higgins
Co H
2 Ga Inf
CSA

Stuart Murphree
8th Battalion Ga
CSA

Nathan Campbell Napier
December 22 1834  January 21 1902
Captain Company K 6th Georgia
Calvary CSA

Joseph P Phipps
Co I
60 Ga Inf
CSA
May 17 1844

Hamilton G Moore
Corp  9 Ga Inf
Confederate states Army
May 8 1837
Feb 21 1923

Harmon L Center
Co G
9 Ga Inf
CSA


The graves of the following men were marked by Confederate flags:
J. H. Webb
Dr. G.S. Cochran
Capt J.C. Wardlaw
Rev. Marqus Edwards
J.A. Clements
Rev. Wm T Russell
B.J. Trail
James Andrew Park
W.B. Dickerson
H.B. Johnston

Wofford’s Crossroads Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:
White, Bartow County, Georgia
N 34° 16.367  W084° 45.326

Date of Visits: February 12, 2011


1st Lieut
James W Wofford
Co I
40 Ga Inf
CSA
1831
1864

James A White
Pvt Co A  8 Bn Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Oct 22 1832  Feb 3 1925

Spencer B Yancy
Sgt  Co L  36 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Dec 1 1834  Jul 9 1909

Mus
James R Rich
Co H
18 Ga Inf
CSA

James Spencer McEver
Co A
8 Ga Batt
Confederate States Army
1833  1919

Cedar Creek Baptist Church

Location:

Foster’s Mill Road

Floyd County, Georgia

N 34° 10.110   W085° 20.493

Date of Visit: December 30, 2010

Pvt

Lysander Sam Huckaby

Co G

1 Ga Cav

CSA

Jan 1845

Sep 1925

Corp

H W Fuqua

Co A

8 Bn Ga Inf

CSA

Hugh Blair McGee

Pvt Co D  65 Ga Infantry

Confederate States Army

1840  1892

East Damascus Cemetery

Location:

East Damascus Road

Gordon County, Georgia

N 34° 28.856              W084° 39.584

Date of Visit:  December 11, 2010

William T Coggins

Cpl  Co E  40 Ga Inf

Confederate State Army

Dec 24 1842  Mar 19 1903

Pvt James Cochran

Co E 8Bn

Ga Inf

CSA

June 13 1846  Mar 19  1921

East Armurchee Baptist Church

Location:

East Armurchee Road

Walker County, Georgia

N 34° 37.597 W085° 07.834

Date of Visit: October 19, 2010

1st Sgt

B F Elsberry

Co L

4 Ga Cav

CSA

Serg

David Tallant Keith

Co F

8 Bn

Ga Inf

CSA

1833

1865

In Memory

Oak Grove Cemetery

Location:

Oak Grove Road

Gordon County, Georgia

N 34° 23.644 W084° 59.934

Date of Visits: 5/31/2009

Pvt Milan A Gunn

Co A 8 Bn Ga Inf CSA

Apr 28, 1828

May 24 1900

John G Poole

Co I 59 Ga Inf

CSA

Connesena Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:
Connesena Road
Bartow County, Georgia
N 34° 16.848 W084° 57.522

Date of Visit: March 20, 2010

Archibald McDonald
Co H
60 Ga Inf
CSA

Jefferson McDonald
5 Ga Regt
CSA

L.M. Fountain
Co D
14 Ga Inf
CSA

Albert Smith
Co C
18 Ga Inf
CSA

Pvt. Thorton Adams
Co. E
8 Ga Bn
CSA
1838
1913

Macedonia Baptist Church

Location:
HWY 136
Villanow, Walker County, Georgia
N 34° 40.397 W085° 06.691

Date of Visit: November 22, 2009


Pvt
James Andrew Love
Co. C
36th Ga Inf
CSA
May 29, 1843
May 16, 1863

M.G. Clement
Serg Co K 39 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Feb 11, 1823 Mar 5, 1901

Pvt
Robert A. Storey
Co G
11 Ga Vol Inf
CSA

Sgt
David Talent Keith
Co F
8 Batt Ga Inf
CSA
1833
1865

United Methodist Church Cemetery of Oatman, Ranger

Location:
Oatman Road
Oatman, Gordon County, Georgia
N 34° 34.196 W084° 42.622

Date of Visit: August 22, 2009


1st Lieut.
Benjamin W. Freeman
Co E 8th Ga Bn
CSA

Sisk Cemetery

Location:
Cut-off Road
Gordon County, Georgia
N 34° 24.490 W085° 04.940

Date of Visit: July 26, 2009


Larkin V. McEntyre
Co. B 8th Bn Ga. Inf.
CSA

Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church (Updated)

Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church Cemetery 

Location: Hwy 156 (Redbud Road) 

Gordon County, Georgia 

N 34° 31.951 W085° 50.151

Date of Visit: May 30, 2009

Updated: September 25, 2024

Serg. Robert N. Baxter 

Co. E 18th Ga Vol. Inf 

CSA 

June 10, 1837 – Nov 18, 1863

Baxter joined a company of volunteers commanded by E.J. Starr. Starrs companny joined the 18th Georgia Infantry.  The regiment was with Longstreet when he moved to Chattanooga in 1863. Baxter died in Bell Hospital in Rome on November 18, 1863. The cause of death is not known. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for R.N. Baxter 18th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, September 25, 2024, (http://www.fold3.com).
• Lulie Pitts, History of Gordon County, Georgia, (Calhoun: The Press of Calhoun Times, 1934), 138.

Rufus R. Owens

4th Serg Co D. 8 Batt

Civil War

August 2 1838      Jan 29, 1905

Chandler Cemetery

Chandler Cemetery

Location:
Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia
N 34° 31.013 W084° 56.361

Date of Visit: 4/19/09

1st Sgt.
R.F. Patman
Co. D 65th Ga Inf
CSA
August 28, 1838 – August 20, 1920

Capt.
J.B. Thornbrough
Co. G 8 Bn Ga Inf
CSA
1818 – 1901

Hayden F. Ferguson
2d Lieut. Co. D 5th Ky Infantry
Confederate States Army
Aug 9, 1840 – Mar 8, 1920

Surgeon
H.S. Davenport
Gen Hosp
CSA

Sgt. R.B. Hackney
Co. D 40th Ga Inf.
CSA