New Prospect United Methodist Church Graveyard

Location:

Tallapoosa County Road 54

Reeltown, Tallapoosa County, Alabama

N 32° 40.612   W085° 49.162

FAG: 2218659

Date of Visit: February 19, 2021

M F Potts

Co H

44 Ala Inf

CSA

Eagle Creek Cemetery

Location:

Alabama State Highway 49

Tallapoosa County, Alabama

N 32° 56.583   W085° 45.037

FAG: 22595

Date of Visit: February 19, 2021

George M. Roberts

Co F

47 Ala Inf

CSA

Pvt

Peter E Harris

Co A

47 Ala Inf

CSA

1822

1871

Pvt

Richard E. Davis

Co G

34 Ala Inf

CSA

Nov 1 1834

Nov 21 1905

James Willis McKinnon

Co G 34 Ala Regt

Civil War

1840

1919

Adam Clark Duffy

Pvt Co G 5 Ala Inf Regt

Confederate States Army

Nov 4 1836  Jun 30 1920

Pvt

Huston Coker

Co D  34 Ala Inf

CSA

1927

Mar 1 1868

John Wynn Freeman

Pvt Co G  5 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

May 15, 1834     Jun 5 1922

Orlando Tyler Shepard

Pvt Co D 1 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Jan 1 1844.   Mar 13 1924

Doctor  Bugle Boy

For Gen Joe E. Wheeler

Orlando enlisted in 1861 in Montgomery. He was detached as bugler for General Wheeler’s escort December 13, 1862. In 1864 he was still attached to the escort with this duty. After the war he was a respected doctor in Tallapoosa County. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for O.T. Shepard, 1st Alabama Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold April 21, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• “Resolutions.” The Alexander City Outlook, June 14, 1921, p. 2 https://www.newspapers.com/image/308154820

Blksmith

William S Harris

Co A 10 Conf Cav

CSA

1830    1892

HF Freeman

Pvt Co D  34 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Aug 17 1836   Mar 30 1922

George W Adair

Pvt  2 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Aug 25 1844    Mar 2 1926

CM Harkins

Co I 

8 Conf Cav

CSA

Rocky Creek Baptist Church

Location:

Tallapoosa County Road 5/ Sanford Road

Tallapoosa County, Alabama

N 33° 02.154   W085° 49.969

FAG: 2172566

Date of Visit: February 19, 2021

P. Wade Mahan

Pvt Co F  17 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Nov 9 1835    May 3 1923

Hillabee Campground Methodist Church

Location:

Tallapoosa County Road 33/ Camp Ground Road

Tallapoosa County, Alabama

N 33° 02.973   W085° 54.272

FAG: 23434

Date of Visit: February 19, 2021

Thomas M Polk

Co B

38 Ala Inf

T Z Tate

Pvt Co I 8 Conf Cav

Confederate States Army

Mar 18 1839   May 27 1914

Bennett L. Stancil

Pvt Co A 12 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Jul 18 1842     Nov 12 1925

Andrew Champion

Co B

37 Ala Inf

CSA

George W Porter

2nd Serg. Co C  59 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

George W Pearson

Com Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Mar 1829    Feb 1876

Not sure of what “Com” means, but he enlisted in Company C of Hillard’s Legion.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 March 2021), memorial page for George Washington Pearson (16 Mar 1829–16 Feb 1876), Find a Grave Memorial no. 85050681, citing Hillabee Campground Cemetery, Tallapoosa City, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Hutch (contributor 47312109) .

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for George Washington Pearson, Hillard’s Legion, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 16, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Drewry F Hooton

Pvt Co A  59 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Oct 20 1824     Dec 26 1903

James Neighbors

Co C 47 Ala Inf

CSA

Corp

James W Holdridge

Co G

14 Ala Inf

CSA

Jul 31 1840

Apr 2 1868

William Rogers

3rd Corp Ala Militia

Confederate States Army

Feb 13 1811    Oct 27  1901

John M Bailey

Pvt Alabama Militia

Confederate States Army

Jan 15, 1809   Sept 18 1882

Edmund P Horton

3rd Serg

Ala Mtd Militia

Confederate States Army

Robert J McKemie

Pvt Co A  41 Ga Regt

Confederate States Army

AJ Reid

Born Mar 22, 1831 

Died Apr 2, 1914

Back:

Member of Confederate Army

Co G Wheelers Cav. 

In the 1907 enumeration of Clay County veterans Andrew Jackson Reid of Childersburg reported that he enlisted in 1862 in  Company C of the 6th Georgia Calvary regiment. This regiment was a part of Wheeler’s Calvary. 

• Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA. Census or Enumeration of Confederate Soldiers Residing in Alabama, 1907-1908. Alabama Department of Archives & History, Montgomery, Alabama. Entry for Andrew Jackson Reid.

•  Stewart Sifakis, Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia. (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2007), 156.