Sparta Cemetery

Sparta Cemetery

Hamilton Street

Sparta,  Hancock County, Georgia

N 33° 16.716   W082° 58.416

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 37105

Date of Visit: November 21, 2020

Terrell Bruce

Co D

1 Ga Inf

CSA

Sidney Lewis

Co A

6 Ga Inf

CSA

Marcus D Lane

Co A

6 Ga Inf

CSA 

James F. Bowen

Co A

11 Ga Inf

CSA

Hamlin Lewis. Alfriend

Co I

49 Ga Inf

CSA

James H. Rogers

Co A

6 Ga Inf

CSA

2 Lieut. 

AM Hutchinson

Co A

6 Ga Inf

Herbert E. Garrett

Co E

15 Ga Inf

CSA

Jos A Vardeman

Co K

53 Ga Inf

CSA

John T Pinkston

Co A

6 Ga Inf

Mus

SD Rocker

6 Ga Inf

CSA

2d Lieut

William Doughty

Co C

8 Ga Inf

CSA

Thomas Clayton Turner

Georgia

1st Sgt Co A 6 Regt Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Dec 5 1842

Aug 20 1912

L.G. Morris

3 Co

Hancock Co Mil

CSA

William Howell

Co A

6 Ga Inf

CSA

William A. Martin

Co A

6 Ga Inf

CSA

AS Mitchell

Co L

59 Ga Inf

CSA

William H. Harris

Co A

6 Ga Inf

CSA

John R Culver 

Co E

7 Ga Cav

CSA

James W McCook

Co A

6 Ga Inf

Ben A Alfred

Co E

15 Ga Inf

CSA

Janes B. Brantley

Co K

15 Ga Inf

Col

John T Jordan

49 Ga Inf

CSA

Lt. Col

William A Arnold

Co A

6 Ga Inf

CSA

2 Lieut

Joseph S Sykes

Co I

59 Ga Inf

CSA

Frank Burnett

Co I

49 Ga Inf

CSA

1 Lieut

Henry H Oliver

Co E

15 Ga Inf

CSA

James M Powell

Co A

6 Ga Inf

CSA

Actg Asst Sorg

William M Green

Ga

State Troops

CSA

Sgt

William P. Sasnett

Co 5

15 Ga Inf

CSA

Capt

John Allen

Co I

49 Ga Inf

Henry L Orgain

Epes Co

Va HV Arty

CSA

James P. Smith

Dece 25, 1842

Nov 6, 1913

James's grave was marked with a Southern Cross of Honor. He served in Company I of the 49th Georgia Infantry. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19527382/james_polk-smith: accessed September 27, 2024), memorial page for James Polk Smith (25 Dec 1842–6 Nov 1913), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19527382, citing Sparta Cemetery, Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Dr. Jeff Smith (contributor 47542527).

Capt

H N Hunt

CSA

Henry Alexander Hunt served in Company I of the 49th Georgia Infantry and in 7th Georgia Battalion of calvary. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19495661/henry_alexander-hunt: accessed September 27, 2024), memorial page for Capt Henry Alexander Hunt Sr. (1826–1889), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19495661, citing Sparta Cemetery, Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Jim Nelson (contributor 47275092).

 

Horeb Baptist Church Graveyard

Location:

Powelltown Church Road

Hancock County, Georgia

N 33° 21.958   W082° 50.219

Date of Visit: November 21, 2020

John M Jones

Co I

9 Ga Inf CSA

Sgt

James H Beddo

Co D

5 Ga Inf

CSA

Smyrna UMC Graveyard

Location:

Georgia Highway 22

Hancock County, Georgia

N 33° 21.133   W082° 55.768

Find-A Grave # 2169058

Date of Visit: November 21, 2020

Henry T. Mitchell

Co E

7 Ga Cav

CSA

James A, son of Thomas and Cassandra Summer

Born Jany 7, 1844

Died August 16, 1864

Aged 20 years, 7 months and 9 days

James enlisted in Company D of the 4th Georgia Reserves in Atlanta in May of 1864. From May until December this unit was on station at Andersonville military prison. James died on August 16, 1864. There is conflict information about his place of death.  His Find-a-Grave biography states that he died at Andersonville. However, he place of death is recorded as Powelton, Georgia on his service cards. Powelton is a community about 8 miles northeast of the graveyard. 

• 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 15, 2020. (http://www.fold3.com)

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 December 2020), memorial page for James Abner Summers (7 Jan 1844–16 Aug 1864), Find a Grave Memorial no. 20108031, citing Smyrna United Methodist Church Cemetery, Hancock County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8) .

• Stewart Sifakis, Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia. (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2007), 190.