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) .

Nixburg United Methodist Church Cemetery

Location:

Alabama Highway 19

Coosa County, Alabama

N 32° 49.172   W086° 06.726

FAG: 25003

Date of Visit: February 22, 2021

Wm Edwin Dubose Moore

Coosa County Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

July 2 1820  Aug 15 1894

Capt 

Westley D Walden

Co B

2 Batt

Hillard’s Legion

Ala Inf

CSA

Aug 1 1829    Oct 10 1863

Walden was elected Captain of a company of men from Coosa County that became Company B of the 2nd Battalion of Hilliard’s Legion in April of 1862. Captain Walden was wounded at Chickamauga and died in October in Marietta, Georgia. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for West Walden, Hilliard’s Legion. Retrieved from at 3-Fold June 3, 2021 (http://www.fold3.com).

Note: The following Robbins men were sons of Solomon Robbins. Captain Walden was their brother-in-law. 

• George E. Brewer “History of Coosa County, Part II.” Alabama Historical Quarterly 4, no. 2 (1942): 253-256. https://archive.org/details/alabama-historical-quarterly-v04n02/page/n97/mode/2up

George W Roberts

Pvt Co C 60 Ala Inf

3rd BN Hillard’s Legion

Confederate States Army

May 6, 1836  Jul 10, 1863

Private Roberts enlisted in Captain Smith’s company in Rockford, Alabama on May 6, 1862. This company became Company C of the 3rd Battalion of Hilliard’s Legion.  In the winter of 1863 he was sick and in the hospital in Knoxville. In January of 1863 Robbins was declared u fit for duty due to pulmonary consumption and discharged. Local histories state he died in the service of the CSA. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for George W. Robbin, Hillard’s Legion. Retrieved from at 3-Fold June 3, 2021 (http://www.fold3.com).

Thomas C. Robbins 

Thomas shares a tombstone with his wife Tampa. He was born in 1832 and died March 22, 1863. His epitaph is as follows: Died on the field of battle. Twas noble thus, to die. God smiles on valiant soldiers, on high. 

Thomas enlisted in Captain Smith’s company of Hilliard’s Legion in May of 1862 at the age of 30. This company subsequentially became Company C of the 3rd Battalion of Hillard’s Legion. He served until his death in Knoxville on March 21, 1863. The Legion was not engaged in March, so his death may have been sickness related. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for West Walden, Hillard’s Legion. Retrieved from at 3-Fold June 3, 2021 (http://www.fold3.com).

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/24366809/thomas-clinton-robbins : accessed 04 June 2021), memorial page for Thomas Clinton Robbins (30 Jun 1832–22 Mar 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24366809, citing Nixburg United Methodist Church Cemetery, Nixburg, Coosa County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Richard Robinson (contributor 46480518) .