Berea Church Cemetery

Location:

County Road 99

Cherokee County, Alabama

N 34° 24.740   W085° 30.764

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 21493

Date of Visit: September 23, 2022

Matthew G. O’Brian

Co F

2 SC Regt

CSA

Nov 18 1830

Apr 8 1918

Carmel Cemetery

Location:

County Road 587

Spring Garden, Cherokee County, County, Alabama

N 33° 57.597   W085° 34.532

FAG: 21978

Date of Visit: September 27, 2021

Note: There were over 25 graves marked by new Confederate battle flags. Each of these men are being researched in order to determine the unit they served with. Many of these men have death dates that indicate they likely died in service of the Confederacy.

Jesse E. McCain

1845-1899

Pvt Co A

Hillard’s Legion

CSA

John Craig

November 13 1836

Oct 26 1927

Co I 19 Ala CSA

Jackson B Whorton

Co C

1 Ga 

CSA

G.L. Dobbs

Pvt Co I 8 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Sep 19 1838     Jun 5 1918

Pvt

James M. Akins

Co I

19 Ala Inf

CSA

1826     1870

Pvt William A Akins

Co I

19 Ala Inf

CSA

1832       

1880

Pvt Archibald N Atkins

Co I

19 Ala Inf

CSA

1840

1907

Pvt 

John T. Atkins, Jr. 

Co I

19 Ala Inf

CSA

1836

1890

Pvt Newton C Akins

Co I

19 Ala Inf

CSA

1839

1861

Pvt Milton E Akins

Co I

19 Ala Inf

CSA

1843

1899

Pvt John Davis Akins

Co I

19 Ala Inf

CSA

1836

1920

Serg

William E Akins

Co I

19 Ala Inf

CSA

1825

1862

John Calvin Stewart

Co I

19 Ala Inf

CSA

John Glover Mitchell

Co D. 7 Regt

SC Cav

CSA

Jul 19 1821

Mar 15 1898

E.J. Stephens

Co G

40 Ga Inf

CSA

Oct 13, 1845       Aug 2 1931

For autobiographical biography see his memorial at Find-A Grave. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14077910/elijah-john-stephens : accessed 01 January 2022), memorial page for Elijah John Stephens (13 Oct 1845–26 Aug 1931), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14077910, citing Carmel Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Spring Garden, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by William Gorman (contributor 47658044) .

David F.

Smith

Died 

February 8, 1864

Private Co. K

4th Alabama 

Regiment

Calvary

According to his Find A Grave memorial he died of typhoid fever in 1864. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87238661/david-f-smith : accessed 01 January 2022), memorial page for David F. Smith (unknown–8 Feb 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 87238661, citing Carmel Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Spring Garden, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by DWA (contributor 47598545) .

Salem Baptist Church

Location:

County Road 8

Cherokee  County, Alabama

N 34° 00.697   W085° 26.718

FAG: 199032

Date of Visit: September 27, 2021

Thomas Huggins

Co I

38 Ala Inf

CSA

Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery

Location:

State Highway 273

Cherokee County, Alabama

N34 19.499 W085 38.427

FAG: 25548

Date of Visit: September 13, 2012

Issac N. Tumlin

Pvt Co B Phillips Legion

Confederate State Army

Aug 15 1837     Feb 4 1919

William H Johnson

Co I

35 Ga Inf

CSA

Randolph Partlow

Serg  Co C  40 Ga Inf

Confederate State Army

1832       1889

Anderson Lewis

Pvt Co B  55 Ala Inf

Confederate State Army

May 25 1841       Sep 23 1920

Lansford A Miller

Pvt Co B  27 Ala Inf

Confederate State Army

Jan 12 1829      Nov 8 1920

J W Trigg

Pvt Co B.  55 Ala Vols

Confederate State Army

Apr 12 1830     Apr 25 1888

Ebenezer Leath

Pvt Co G 19 Ala Inf

Confederate State Army

1839       1913

Lieutenant 

Edward H Emerson

Co B

55 Regt

Ala Inf

CSA

Oct 1834

Jan 1906

1st Sgt P.L. McCall

Co B  5th Ala. Inf.

May 17, 1838

Oct 26, 1898

James P Webb

Pvt Co C 7 Ala Inf

Confederate State Army

1840    1865

A Private James P. Webb enlisted in Company C of the 7th Alabama Infantry  in Center, Alabama on March 29, 1861. By 1863 James P. Webb was in Company H of the 19th Alabama and was wounded in the battle at Murfreesboro and also at Chickamauga. His widows pension application states that he was wounded somewhere in Kentucky and at Murfreesboro. She states that he was killed near Atlanta in 1865 and in another document she states that it as was near Atlanta in 1864, which is more likely than 1865. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for James P. Webb, 7th Alabama Infantry and 19th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 3, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for James P. Webb, 7th Alabama Infantry and 19th Alabama Infantry, retrieved from Ancestry.com, October 3, 2021,  (http://www.ancestry.com)

Union Grove United Methodist Church Graveyard

Location:

County Road 45

Rock Run, Cherokee County, Alabama

N34 00.902 W085 29.752

FAG: 26819

Date of Visit: September 29, 2021

Isaac Norton

Co E 47 Ala Regt

Confederate States army

Sept 8 1832       May 2 1911

There are two military markers for on Isaacs grave. A flat footmarker shows him in the 47th Alabama.  A classic vertical and pointed headstone is inscribed 14th Alabama. His records indicate service in the 47th Alabama.

Isaac was wounded in the left arm in the 2nd Battle of  Manassas in August of 1862. For the next year he was carried on the company musters rolls as in the hospital. In August of 1863 he was noted as being detailed as a nurse in a Lynchburg, Virginia hospital. Issac apparent deserted while at Morristown, Tennessee in January, but returned to duty in the summer of 1864 and surrender with Lee at Appomattox on April 9, 1865. 

See his Find a Grave memorial for pictures. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Isaac M. Norton, 47th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, September 29, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13754408/isaac-marion-norton : accessed 29 September 2021), memorial page for Isaac Marion Norton (8 Sep 1832–2 May 1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13754408, citing Union Grove Cemetery, Rock Run, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Melody (contributor 46891027) .

Howell Cemetery (Old)

Location:

County Road 22

Cherokee County, Alabama

34.1730700, -85.5028700

FAG: 23569

Date of Visit: May 11, 2021

Whitfield A Vandevier

Pvt Co E 19 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Oct 1 1827     Jul 21 1901

In 1860 James M Downey and his wife Nancy lived in the 2nd District of Cherokee County, Alabama with nine children and James ninety year old mother. The four oldest of their children were boys: Ambrose F., John, William, and Joseph.  Ambrose served in Company E of the 19th Alabama Infantry with brothers John, William, and Joseph. Three of the brothers are buried or commemorated near their parents. 

John Downy

Pvt Co E 19 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Jan 5 1843      Mar 3 1924

William Downy

Pvt Co E 19 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1845    1863

In Memory of Joseph Downy

1841-1864

Pvt CSA

Ambrose was captured at Missionary Ridge in 1863 and sent to Rock Island, Illinois. John enlisted September 25, 1861 in Huntsville. 

John was wounded severely at the Battle of Stone River. He was later captured in Nashville in December of 1864 and was sent to Camp Douglass, Illinois. 

Brother William died in service in 1863. I could not find service records. 

Joseph was sick with rubeola at the Floyd House and Ocmulgee Hospitals in Macon in July of 1864. It is assumed that his disease proved fatal for young Joseph.  

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Ambrose Downey, 19th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, July 19, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John Downey, 19th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, July 19, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Joseph Downey, 19th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, July 19, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee County, Alabama, Population Schedule, Census Place: 2nd District, Post Office: Centre, p.69, dwelling 491, family 491, James M. Downey: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed July 10, 2021),  NARA Roll M653. 

Calcedonia Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

County Road 31

Cherokee County, Alabama

N 34° 10.250   W085° 34.353

FAG: 21930

Date of Visit: May 11, 2021

Pvt

Pearson J Busbin

Co B

Russell’s

4 Ala Cav

CSA

1835

1863

Pvt. P.J. Busbin enlisted are March 10, 1862. He was captured at Chelbyville, Tennessee on June 27, 1863 and sent to Louisville, Kentucky and then to Camp Chase, Ohio in July. On July 14, 1863 he was transferred to Fort Delaware. In October he was sent south to Point Lookout, Maryland.  After arrival he was admitted to Hammond General Hopstial with Scarlatina (scarlet fever). He died October 31, 1863.

The marker is a cenotaph as he was buried at Point Lookout. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William E. Kirkpatrick, 19th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, June 1, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/43597491/pearson-j.-busbin : accessed 9 June 2021), memorial page for Pvt Pearson J. Busbin (1835–31 Oct 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 43597491, citing Calcedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Patti Lee (contributor 46799858) .

Davenport Cemetery

Location:

County Road 22

Cherokee County, Alabama

N 34° 11.433   W085° 27.586

FAG: 22463

Date of Visit: May 11, 2021

William E. Kirkpatrick

Capt Co E 19 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Dec 16 1814   Sept 14 1883

Captain Kirkpatrick of Kirks Corner served until 1862 when he resigned his commission. 

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William E. Kirkpatrick, 19th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, June 1, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

In April of 2021 three documents pertaining to Captain Kirkpatrick were auctioned for 250 dollars by Cowans (see below).

Lot of 3 items

KIRKPATRICK, William E. ALS, Kirks Grove, Cherokee County, AL, Sept 23, 1865. To Andrew Johnson, U.S. President. "I was a Country Post Master under the old government & simply transferred myself to the service of the Confederate government when that ...went into operation." He goes on to request amnesty to rejoin the United States. At the bottom of the letter is a recommendation for this. Kirkpatrick seems to have been drafted later. He enlisted as Captain in the 19th AL Infy.

Signed Oath of Amnesty, 10 August 1865. This was apparently sent in with the other papers.

PARSONS, Lewis E. Provisional Governor of Alabama. LS by Lewis Parsons to Andrew Johnson stating that he has examined Mr. Kirkpatrick's application and is of the opinion that he "will prove a good and loyal citizen." on Executive Department of Alabama letterhead, Montgomery, 9 Nov. 1865.

https://www.cowanauctions.com/lot/civil-war-request-for-amnesty-and-oath-of-allegiance-of-william-kirkpatrick-4083989

Laney Cemetery

AKA Moshat Cemetery

Location:

County Road 83

Cherokee County, Alabama

N 34° 07.173   W085° 37.073

Date of Visit: May 11, 2021

Calvin H. Barron

Co B

3 Ga Cav

CSA

Calvin J Edgens

Serg

Co D

1 SC Inf

Confederate States Army

Calvin had a head stone with the following inscriptions: “Fired the first shot at Ft. Sumpter”.  A Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce publication states that he is alleged to have been in a battery that firsd on Fort Sumter.  

The following is found at his Find A Grave Memorial:

Fought for the CSA during the Civil War. 1st SC infantry (regulars)Butlers - also known as the Third SC Heavy Artillery. Enlisted in Spartanburg, SC and served on South Carolina coastal defense through most of the war. Fought at the Battle of Bentonville, NC a few weeks before the end of hostilities.

Married Harriett Brannon after the war and moved towards Rome, Georgia which was under a smallpox quarantine at the time. Went around Rome and settled in Cherokee County, Alabama and became a farmer. Allegedly was a member of the battery that fired the first shot on Ft. Sumter (Cherokee County Historical Society)

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/18558998/george-jefferson-edgins : accessed 13 May 2021), memorial page for George Jefferson Edgins (30 Oct 1838–24 Jan 1890), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18558998, citing Laney Cemetery, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by glockem (contributor 46898841) .

Bethel Cemetery

Location:

County Road 370

Cherokee County, Alabama

N 34° 05.071              W085° 27.468

Date of Visit: October 5, 2011

Pvt

William F Adams

Co F

55 Ga Inf

CSA

Oct 28 1828

Nov 10 1890

Chasteen B Stone

CO E

Hardin's Bn Ala

Reserves

CSA

Pvt

James Q Ferguson

Co 

1 Ga Inf

CSA

Mar 8 1824    

Jun 12 1908

James E. Snead

Pvt Co H

48 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Oct 30 1836    Oct 1 1886

Hebron Cemetery

Location:

Cherokee County Road 124

Cherokee County, Alabama

N 34° 06.475    W085° 33.312

Date of Visit: October 5, 2011

EO Boman

Co E

1 Ga Cav

CSA

Pvt James M Lambert

Co C

26 Bn Ga Inf

CSA

Sep 15 1823

Feb 21 1902

Robert E Dyche

Serg

Co K  55 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1838

1903

TN Guice

Private Company E

30 Georgia Infantry

Confederate States Army

1846

1922

Reuben Brannon

Private Company C

Holcombs SC Vols

Confederate States Army

1824   1895

Pvt

George W Jordan

Co I 19 Ala Inf

CSA

1819

1902

Calvin Story

Pvt Co I 19 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1831       1912

W.A. Payne

Private Company B

52 Georgia Infantry

Confederate States Army

1828         1906

Pvt

George W Wynn

Co B

34 Ga Regt

CSA

1832

1897

John R Hawkins

Pvt Co H

19 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1845    1918

Thomas Rucks

Pvt Co C Con Cav

Confederate States Army

1839    1923

Pvt

G.W.

Rucks

Co G

48 Ala Inf

CSA

1830

1866

Dave E Harris

Pvt  Co H

19 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

1838

1928

In Memory of Pvt

William P. Lambert

Co G  41 Ga Inf

CSA

1845

1862

Pvt. Lambert enlisted at Camp McDonald at Big Shanty on March 10, 1862. It is noted that he died on April 30, 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 April 16, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)

In Memory Of

Pvt

Seth H Lambert II

Co G

41 Ga Inf

CSA

1841

1864

Private Lambert enlisted at Camp McDonald on March 10, 1862. He was captured at Vicksburg when left at a hospital. However, he was paroled on July 6, 1863.  There are  no other records for Private Lambert. 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 April 16, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)

Note: A second marker for Seth H Lambert is also in this cemetery. The marker has the inscription:

In Memory of Pvt

Seth Hampton Lambert

Company B 55 Ala Inf CSA

1841

1863

There are no Lamberts on the role of Company B of the 55^th Alabama. However the next three Lamberts in Company B of the 55^th Alabama do appear on the rolls of Company B 5^th Alabama Battalion.  Seth Lambert does not show up on any 5^th Alabama Battalion roll. This company was raised in Calhoun County, Alabama.

They will be recorded with the inscription on the stones in Hebron Cemetery.

In Memory of Pvt

Thompson H Lambert

Co B 55 Ala Inf

CSA

1843

1863

Private Lambert enlisted in Captain Bush’s Calhoun County (Alabama) Sharpshooters on August 19, 1861.  This would become Company B of the 5^th Alabama Infantry Battalion.

He appears as missing in action muster rolls after Gettysburg. Union records indicate that he was captured at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. He is detained at Fort McHenry, Maryland and eventually sent to Fort Delaware.  He died of chronic diarrhea only October 6, 1863. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold April 23, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)

In Memory of

Pvt

William E F Lambert

Co B

55 Ala Inf

CSA

1837

1862

William F Lambert appears in Company B of the 5^th Alabama Battalion. He enlisted in Captain Bush’s Calhoun Sharpshooters at age 25 in 1862.  In June he was reported sick in a Richmond, Virginia hospital. He died of disease on September 10, 1862 in a hospital in Liberty, Virginian. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold April 23, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)

In Memory of

Pvt

Henry J Lambert

Co B

55 Ala Inf

CSA

1839

1862

Henry J Lambert appears in Company B of the 5^th Alabama Battalion. He enlisted in Captain Bush’s Calhoun Sharpshooters at age 22 on March 4, 1862. He was killed in action at Mechanicsville on June 26, 1862. This is the first day of the Seven Days Battle. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold April 23, 2017. (http://www.fold3.com)

Providence Baptist Church

Providence Baptist Church

Location:

US 411

Cherokee  County, Alabama

N 34° 05.142   W085° 26.273

Date of Visit: October 5, 2011

Cpl

Reuben L Williams

19 Ga Inf

CSA

Jesse Patty

Co D

6 Ala Inf

CSA

Burrel House

Co G

1 Ala Cav

CSA

Private House is identified as a member of General Wheelers Escort - - Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 12, 2017 (http://www.fold3.com).

Willaim H Highfield

Co F

Hardee’s Bn

Ga Cav

CSA

Pvt

Robert L Morelock

Fo F

3 Lillard

Tenn Mtd Inf

CSA

March 4 1847

Apr 13 1924

Sand Valley Baptist Church

Location:

County Road 55

Centre, Cherokee County, Alabama

N 34° 11.177               W085° 39.808

Date of Visit: June 8, 2011

G.C. Watford

Co C

6 Ala Inf

CSA

Aaron Ashley

Pvt Co E 19 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Aug 28 1928   Sept 27 1906

Salem UMC

Location:

Alabama Route 9

Cedar Bluff, Cherokee County, Alabama

N 34° 14.887              W 85° 28.450

Date of Visit: June 25, 2010

Enoch Brannon

Pvt Co C 40 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Mar 10 1828   Oct 20 1893

Sheppard Cemetery

Sheppard Cemetery

Location:

County Road 301

Cherokee County, Alabama

N 34° 08.576              W085° 50.584

Date of Visit: June 28, 2011

Marion Campmire

Cpl  Co D

Phillips Legion*

Confederate States Army

Dec 15 1843

Aug 31 1931

*Based on records in the 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 October 5, 2014 (http://www.fold3.com);

John C Huff

Co D

22 Ala Inf

CSA

Whitt Butler Ogle

Pvt Co D 1 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Jan 6 1839   Jan 22 1911

In Memory of Pvt

Barnett A Baxton

Co E

30 Ala Inf

CSA

Apr 1845

Sept 26 1912

Hardeman Cemetery

Location:

County Road 773

Cherokee County, Alabama

N 34° 14.791              W085° 28.841

Date of Visit: June 13, 2011

AT Thomas

Co B

Floyd’s Ga Legion

CSA

Jim Roe

1843-1893

Veteran of Civil War

Yellow Creek Baptist Church

Location:

Cherokee County Highway 562

Winston County, Alabama

Lat            34.189625

Long       -85.746597

Date of Visit: April 7, 2014

Pvt

William D Glenn

Co B

4 Ala Cav

CSA

Apr 3, 1842

Nov 29 1873

Leander J Mackey

Co B 4 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Jul 10 1841   Jun 6 1936

Union Hill-Needmore Cemetery

Location:

Cherokee County Road 35

Cherokee County, Alabama

N 34° 20.882   W085° 34.694

Date of Visit: April 22, 2012

E.C. Campbell

Born Sept 3 1828

Died Dec 13 1903

Con. Vet. Co.B 3^rd

Ga. Regiment

Black Oak Church

Location:

Cherokee County Road 57

Cherokee County, Alabama

N 34° 18.643   W085° 41.585

Date of Visit: February 18, 2013

RH Wills

3 Ga Res

CSA

Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Cherokee County Road 22

Cherokee County, Alabama

N 34° 09.115              W085° 37.955

Date of Visit: June 2, 2013

Pvt

Alfred Keener

Co C

Ala Cav

CSA

1842

1900

JB Humphrey

Co E

13 Ala Inf

CSA