Location:
Church Street
Rockmart, Polk County, Georgia
N 33° 59.462 W085° 02.625
Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2202644
Date of Visit: November 28, 2022
A Huddleston York
Pvt Co A 1 Ga Calvary
Confederate States Army
1843 1925
Larkin Blake York
Serb Co A. 1 Ga Calvary
Confederate States Army
June 2 1834 Nov 22 1903
Jasper Newton York
Serg Co A 1 Ga Calvary
Confederate States Army
1837 1867
Hud York, Larkin York, and Jasper York were the sons of Josiah Cowan York & Sarah Virginia Blake. They enlisted in Company A of the 1st Georgia Calvary which was commanded by their brother William Thomas York. William was killed at Battle of Peachtree Creek in 1864.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201623287/william-thomas-york: accessed 11 March 2023), memorial page for CPT William Thomas York (14 Jan 1830–3 Aug 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 201623287, citing Old Soldiers Cemetery, Barnesville, Lamar County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Duckie (contributor 47221306).
Albert W Anderson
Pvt. Co D
Ballentine’s Cat
2 Miss Rangers
CSA
1848
1864
Albert enlisted in western Tennessee in 1864. In October of 1864 a calvary skirmish occurred near the hamlet of Van Wert in Polk County, Georgia. Albert was in the line of battle and was killed near the church and was buried in the cemetery.
- Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for A.W. Anderson, 2nd Miss. Partisan Rangers, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 11, 2023, (http://www.fold3.com).
- Sons of Confederate Veterans Wayside Marker, Van Wert Church, Van Wert, Polk County, Georgia.
William N. Brumbelow
Cobb’s Legion
Ga Can
CSA
Serg
William J. Clark
Co A
1 Ga Can
CSA
Aug 12 1836
Jan 11 1897
Henry M. Brown
Pvt Co K 18 Ga Infantry
Confederate States Army
Oct 4 1829 Apr 9 1879
WN Strang
1st Lieut Co H 4 Ga Res
Confederate States Army
Sep 7 1827 Aug 17 1901
Strange was appointed 1st Lieutenant in 1864 and then was appointed Assist Quartermaster of the 4th Georgia Reserve regiment. Hw need the war as a prisoner in Montgomery, Alabama.
- Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for W.N. Strange, 24th Georgia Reserves, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 11, 2023, (http://www.fold3.com).
