Hill Creek Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Georgia Highway 113 (Cartersville Highway)

Rockmart, Polk County, Georgia

N 34° 02.385   W085° 00.428

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 1593566

Date of Visit: November 28, 2022

James W Coker

Co K

52 Ga Inf

Joseph H. Gentry

Co D  20 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Dec 31 1842      Apr 21 1896

Young Family Cemetery

Location:

Morgan Valley Road

Polk County, Georgia

N 33° 57.016   W085° 13.101

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 1990504

Date of Visit: November 28, 2022

James Young

Dec 22, 1832

Mar 27, 1918

James Young was a Lieutenant in Captain Wimberley’s Company of Floyd’s Legion.

See Sherman’s March to the Sea at Georgia Trends. This piece is written byNeely Young, a descendent of Lieutenant Young. 

https://www.georgiatrend.com/2014/12/01/shermans-march-to-the-sea/

Peek-Wright Cemetery

Location:

Morgan Valley Road

Polk County, Georgia

N 33° 57.294   W085° 11.634

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2204197

Date of Visit: November 28, 2022

Thomas J. Peek

Apr. 8, 1826

Mar. 21, 1880

Thomas’ grave is marked with an iron Southern Cross of Honor. Thomas mustered  into serve on August 134, 1863 in Cedartown as a member of Captain Henry F. Wimberly’s Company in the Floyd Legion. This company became a calvary company in the Legion (Company G). This Legion operated out of Rome and was responsible for local defense.

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for T.J. Peek, Floyd Legion, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 20, 2023,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Dr Benjamin Franklin Wright

Jan 10, 1846

Aug 10, 1898

Wright is identified as a Confederate solider on his Find a Grave memorial. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20184829/benjamin-franklin-wright: accessed 20 March 2023), memorial page for Dr Benjamin Franklin Wright (10 Jan 1846–10 Aug 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20184829, citing Peek & Wright Cemetery, Polk County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Stacey Bland (contributor 46628904).

Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Morgan Valley Road

Antioch, Polk County, Georgia

N 33° 57.196   W085° 09.833

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2098824

Date of Visit: November 28, 2022

P.A. McBride

May 20, 1836

Dec. 13, 1919

Pinkney Arnston McBride enlisted in Company A, 56th Georgia Infantry Regiment on May 15, 1862. He was captured and patrolled at Vicksburg. The Atlanta Campaign Corporal McBride was wounded through the right hip June 22, 1864.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41469172/pinkney-arnston-mcbride: accessed 20 March 2023), memorial page for Pinkney Arnston “P.A.” McBride (20 May 1836–13 Dec 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41469172, citing Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Antioch, Polk County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by nathan w. forrister (contributor 47144763).

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for P.A. McBride, 56th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold,March 20, 2023., (http://www.fold3.com).

Stewart Cemetery

Location:

Runyon Loop

Antioch, Polk County, Georgia

N 33° 57.526   W085° 10.885

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2210483

Date of Visit: November 28, 2022

Pvt

Pleasant P. Private

Co B

43 Ga Inf

CSA

Apr 19 1834

Feb 19 1996

Pvt

Isaac McDowell

Co E

14 Batt

Ga Lt Arty

1835

1895

Van Wert Church Cemetery

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 Cav

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).

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Pleasant Hill Road

Rockmart, Polk County, Georgia

N 33° 54.958   W085° 05.365

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2386772

Date of Visit: November 28, 2022

John J Tolbert

Co G

25 NC Inf

CSA

See Find a Grave Memorial 92306898 for obituaries and pictures. 

Lime Branch Cemetery

Location:

State Highway 100

Polk County, Georgia

N 33° 56.058   W085° 16.842

FAG: 35005

Date of Visit: September 28, 2021

B.F. Cleveland has two military markers in Lime Branch Cemetery. He is birtied close to his grandson Ned J. Cleveland who died in battle during the Korean Conflict. 

Head stone

B.F. Cleveland 

Co B

SC Sharpshooters

CSA

Nov 21 1840

Mar 1 1929

Footstone:

B.F. Cleveland

Pvt Co B

Palmetto Sharpshooters

Confederate States Army

1840       1929

WP Barnett

Co A

11 Ga Regt

CSA

James A Boling

Co A

24 Ga Inf

CSA

Feb 3 1844

Oct 13 1931

John H. Blanks

Co E

34 Ala Inf

CSA

1838

1925

William W. Winkles

Co G

41 Ga Inf

CSA

Merrick Coleman

January 6, 1824

Sept 2, 1910

Merrick is marked with an iron Southern Cross of Honor. He searved in Company D 35th Georgia Infantry according to his Find A Grave Memorial. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39137076/merick-coleman : accessed 01 January 2022), memorial page for Merick Coleman (6 Jan 1834–3 Sep 1910), Find a Grave Memorial ID 39137076, citing Lime Branch Cemetery, Polk County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by BK (contributor 46630070) .

Shiloh Baptist Church

Location:

Bailey Road

Esom Hill, Polk County, Georgia

N 33° 56.810   W085° 21.475

FAG: 201814

Date of Visit: September 27, 2021

Jeremiah M Isbell

Pvt Co C Floyd Legion

Confederate States Army

Jan 17 1829   Apr 22 1913

David Sylvester Berry

Pvt Inf Regt

Phillips Legion Ga Vols

Confederate States Army

Jun 7 1825     Jan 6 1889

Andrew J Eison

Co A.  38 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

1832      1886

William J Garner

Co F

40 Ga Inf

CSA

From Williams Find a Grave Memorial: An "Application for Headstone" dated 1/27/1933, in the Military Archives listing William J Garner of Co. K, 40th Regt GA Inf., buried at Cedartown, Polk County. His birth was listed as 2/22/1839 and his death date as 5/24/1864. Find-a-Grave index # 15012210.

There is a record of a W.J. Garner who enlisted at Buchanan, Georgia in 1862. He was a member of Company K of the 40th Georgia. He was captured at Vicksburg and paroled in 1863. A  W.J.  Garner was paroled in North Carolina in 1865. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15012210/william-jackson-garner : accessed 12 October 2021), memorial page for William Jackson Garner (22 Feb 1839–24 May 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15012210, citing Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery, Esom Hill, Polk County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Evening Blues (contributor 46587085) .

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William J. Garner , 40th Georgia Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 12, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Oak Grove Baptist Church

Location:

US Highway 27

Cedartown, Polk, Georgia

N 34° 03.269              W085° 14.191

Date of Visits: March 30, 2013

Samuel J Crabb

Pvt Co A  1 Ga Cavalry

Confederate States Army

1815    1887

Pvt

John W Crabb

Co A

1 Ga Cav

CSA

May 15 1845

Jun 3 1918