Sunday, August 16, 2009

Bankhead Cemetery

Location:
Bob Weeks Land
Crews, Lamar County, Alabama
N 33° 54.644 W088° 04.796

Date of Visit: April 7, 2009

Captain Joshua M. Marchbanks
Co. H 5th Ala. Cav.
March 7, 1812 – October 18, 1870

Historic Mt. Pleasant Church

Historic Mt. Pleasant Church Location: Intersection of Nally Rd and Mt. Pleasant Rd. Bartow County, Georgia N 34° 22.955 W084° 45.384 Date of Visit: June 21, 2009 Andrew Jackson Nally Corp. Co. H 18th Regt. Ga. Inf. Confederate States Army Nov. 14, 1840-June 16, 1922 T.H. Hughes Co. A 43rd Ga. Inf. CSA

Sisk Cemetery

Location:
Cut-off Road
Gordon County, Georgia
N 34° 24.490 W085° 04.940

Date of Visit: July 26, 2009


Larkin V. McEntyre
Co. B 8th Bn Ga. Inf.
CSA

Scott Cemetery

Scott Cemetery (Upper Secton)

Location:
Moore’s Ferry Road
Gordon County, Georgia
N 34° 24.994 W085° 02.428

Dates of Visit: July 26, 2009 and January 17, 2025.


James N Fowler
Co A
36 Ga Inf
CSA
  • Missed in 2009 survey. Added after January 17, 2025 revisit.

Pvt. William W. Gibby
Co. G 3rd GA Cav.
Sept. 1837 – Jan. 18. 1918

J. J. Brown
Co. B 37th BN Va. Cav.
CSA

Monday, July 6, 2009

Resaca Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:
On hill above Resaca Baptist Church
Highway 41
Resaca, Gordon County, Georgia
N 34° 35.013 W084° 56.780

Date of Visits: 7/5/09

William J. Boston
Georgia
Major 23 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Jan 16, 1834 – Dec 23, 1910

Salmon Cemetery

Location:
Highway 53
Floyd County, Georgia
N 34° 22.446 W085° 02.323

Note: This cemetery appears as Levett Gardens Cemetery on the Floyd County Highway map.

Date of Visits: 7/4/09

Elizur Newton McCurry
Pvt. Cherokee Arty
Confederate States Army
1843 – 1912

Samuel Goddard
Co. C
4th Ga Cav
CSA

George H. Braden
Co. C
4th Ga Cav
CSA

Samuel Couey
Pvt. Co. D
29 Ga Vol
Confederate States Army

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church (Updated)

Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church Cemetery 
Location: Hwy 156 (Redbud Road) 
Gordon County, Georgia 
N 34° 31.951 W085° 50.151

Date of Visit: May 30, 2009
Updated: September 25, 2024

Serg. Robert N. Baxter 
Co. E 18th Ga Vol. Inf 
CSA 
June 10, 1837 – Nov 18, 1863

Baxter joined a company of volunteers commanded by E.J. Starr. Starrs companny joined the 18th Georgia Infantry.  The regiment was with Longstreet when he moved to Chattanooga in 1863. Baxter died in Bell Hospital in Rome on November 18, 1863. The cause of death is not known. 

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for R.N. Baxter 18th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, September 25, 2024, (http://www.fold3.com).
  • Lulie Pitts, History of Gordon County, Georgia, (Calhoun: The Press of Calhoun Times, 1934), 138.
Rufus R. Owens
4th Serg Co D. 8 Batt
Civil War
August 2 1838      Jan 29, 1905



Sugar Valley Baptist Church

Location:
US HWY 136
Gordon County, Georgia
N 34° 34.501 W085° 01.480

Date of Visits: 5/30/09

Pvt. J.F Long
21st Ga Regt
Dabney’s Rifles
CSA
Oct. 7, 1840 – May 22, 1925

James W. Jamison
Co. A
16th Ala. Inf. CSA

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Chandler Cemetery

Chandler Cemetery

Location:
Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia
N 34° 31.013 W084° 56.361

Date of Visit: 4/19/09

1st Sgt.
R.F. Patman
Co. D 65th Ga Inf
CSA
August 28, 1838 – August 20, 1920

Capt.
J.B. Thornbrough
Co. G 8 Bn Ga Inf
CSA
1818 – 1901

Hayden F. Ferguson
2d Lieut. Co. D 5th Ky Infantry
Confederate States Army
Aug 9, 1840 – Mar 8, 1920

Surgeon
H.S. Davenport
Gen Hosp
CSA

Sgt. R.B. Hackney
Co. D 40th Ga Inf.
CSA

Monday, May 25, 2009

New Armurchee Baptist Church

New Armurchee Baptist Church

Location:
US HWY 27
Floyd County, Georgia
N 34° 22.087 W085° 10.30

Date of Visits: 5/21/08

Roberson Moore, Pvt.
Co. H 6th Ga Cav CSA
Nov. 22, 1824 – Jan. 8, 1909


Note: See my Skirmish at Farmers Bridge at my Yondering Blog for other soldiers buried here.

Oostanaula United Methodist Church

Oostanaula United Methodist Church

Location:
Bell’s Ferry Road
Floyd County, Georgia
N 34° 20.807 W085° 06.648

Date of Visits: 5/21/08

Henry H. Shamblin
CPL. Co. F 8th Bn Ga. Inf.
Confederate States Army
Sept. 1, 1840 – Mar. 27, 1916


Pvt. Phillip N. McEntire
Co. A 1st Ga. Cav.
CSA
Apr 10, 1840
Jan 8, 1914

A Note to Visitors