Showing posts with label 8th Ga Inf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 8th Ga Inf. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Graveyard

Location:
Kelly Bridge Road
Dawson County, Georgia
N 34° 23.032   W084° 13.063

Date of Visit: January 13 2021

J G Hudlow
Burtz Co
8 Ga Inf
CSA
Feb 19, 1822
Oct 12, 1877

John H. Covington
Co I
52 Ga Inf
CSA

Ananias Covington
Co D
40 Ga Inf
CSA
Sep 5, 1842
Aug 13, 1864

David Covington
Co D
40 Ga Inf
CSA
Jun 11, 1835
Aug 13, 1864



David and Ananias were brothers who enlisted at the same time in Calhoun, Georgia. They were both captured at Vicksburg and paroled to return home. They were listed as absent with out leave in Fall of 1863. They ultimate fate is still being researched. 

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Ananias Covington. Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 9, 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 David Covington. Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 9, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Monday, December 14, 2020

White Plains Baptist Church Graveyard

Location:
Main Street
White Plains, Greene County, Georgia
N 33° 28.328   W083° 02.088
FAG# 496062

Date of Visit: November 21, 2020

Corp
William Hitchcock
Co C
49 Ga Inf
CSA

Dawson H. Moore
Co I
8 Ga Inf
CSA

Alonzo Howell
Co A
Phillips Legion 
CSA

Henry Mapp
Co A
Phillips Legion
CSA

Sgt
J.F. Copeland
Co I
8 Ga Inf
CSA

Marcellus A. Simmons
Co E
15 Ga Inf



Monday, October 7, 2019

Mt. Vernon Cemetery (DeKalb County Alabama)



Location:
Intersection of DeKalb County 83 and 176
DeKalb County, Alabama
N 34° 17.504     W085° 47.360

Date of Visit: December 11, 2011

William Bradley Berry
Pvt Co A 8th Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Jan 5 1827.    Dec 28 1880

John M. Jackson
Pvt Co C Merkinson’s BN
Ga Calvary
Confederate States Army
1846.   1927

Zadock Clanton
Pvt 5 SC State Troops
Confederate States Army
1822.    July 4 1893

William H Jones
Pvt Co G 1 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Mar 16 1840     Jan 30 1912


M.B. Pruitt
Hunt’s Btry
McIntosh’s L. Arty
Confederate States Army

Sunday, December 30, 2018

Salem Methodist Church


Location:
Pea Ridge Road
Bibb County, Georgia
32.986202  – 83.785332

Date of Visit: March 12, 2016


Sgt
James M. Thrash
Co A
14 Ga Inf
CSA

Pvt
Jesse B. Fuller
Co D 8 Ga Inf
CSA
Dec 7 1828   Jan 27, 1891

Andrew J. Fuller
Co K
53 Ga Inf
CSA
1833  1905


1st Corp
Thomas M. Tyler
Co D
8 Ga State Guards
1829   1881

John W. Evans
Pvt    Cav  Bn   Phillips Ga Legion
CSA
Dec 9 1845      May 28, 1934

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Kingston Cemetery


Location:
Kingston, Bartow County, Georgia

Date of Visits: December 29, 2008 and May 30, 2010

Cpl
James A Reid
Co A
8 Ga Inf
CSA

Captain
James A Morton
Co. D
65 Ga Inf
CSA

Charlie B. Mean
A Confederate Solider

Newton A. Tippins
Hosp. Corps. CSA

William W. Tippin
Co. C
41 Ga Inf
CSA

Sanford C Searcy
Co, B
6 Ga Inf
CSA

Captain
Joel C. Roper
Co F
18 Ga Inf
CSA

Robert H Smith’s
Baldwin’s Co
CSA


James W Green
CSA
March 18, 1829
Oct 16 1916

John D Goodwin
Co E
1 Inf
CSA

John M Davidson
39th NC Inf
Co C
1st Lieutenant
Oct 21 1829
Jan 17 1917
On Back
Cumberland Gap
Perryville
Murfreesboro
Jackson
Chickamauga
Resaca
Cassville
New Hope Church
Lattimer’s Mill
Pidgeon Hill

Sgt
John McDaniel
Co C
12 Ga Cav
CSA















Confederate Cemetery

Monument to 250 unknown CSA soldiers. Within the boundaries is one marked CSA soldier.

Sterling S Chandler
Pvt Co A  16 Regt Ga Inf CSA
May 10, 1834     Oct 26, 1863

Military records indicate that Chandler was wounded the leg in Virginia and spent some time in Howard’s Grove General Hospital in Richmond. He was transferred the General Hospital in Athens, Georgia in June and died at the Kingston Hospital. 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 November 23, 2014 (http://www.fold3.com)

Kingston Memorial to Our Confederate Veterans: A total of 11 Bronze plaques. These men are thought to be buried in the cemetery.

Jason T Bailey
Georgia
Pvt Co I 1 Regt Ga Cav
Confederate States Army
Nov 7 1837  Aug 3 1909

Eli Barrett
Georgia
Pvt Co E  10 BN Ga Cav
Confederate States Army
1826      1897

John B Copeland
Georgia
Sgt  Co G  27 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Sept 15 1835   Nov 27 1891

James B Gaines
Pvt Co F  18 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Aug 26 1840   Dec 23 1898

John Stockman
Alabama
Pvt  Co B  44 Ala Regt
Confederate States Army
Oct 3 1827   Nov 6 1909

Henry Burroughs
Georgia
Pvt Co K  19 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
1845    1898

Thomas R Couch
Georgia
Pvt 10 Bn Ga State GDS
Confederate States Army
1825   1873

Thomas R Sheats
Georgia
Capt Co F  Phillips Bn Cav
Confederate States Army
November 2 1903

Leroy Burroughs
Georgia
Pvt  Co K  19 Regt  Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
1835     1907

Joshue Franks
Georgia
Cpl  Co G  1 Regt Ga Cav
Confederate States Army
Feb 26 1832   Dec 6 1873

Samuel V Sheats
Georgia
Capt 19 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
1845   1878


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