Thursday, November 14, 2024

Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery

Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

County Road 16

Cherokee County, Alabama

N 34° 7.884   W085° 30.414

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 22913


Date of Visit: November 4, 2024


Pvt

William S Williams

Co B

31 Ala Inf

CSA

Apr 11 1821   Oct 25 1898



William Ashley

Co E

19 Regt

Ala Inf

CSA

1831   1863

Buried in

Oakland Cemetery

Atlanta GA


William was wounded in the leg during the Battle of Chickamauga. He died of his wounds in a hospital in Atlanta on October 22, 1863. 



  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William Ashley, 15th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 3, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9901096/william-ashley: accessed November 14, 2024), memorial page for PVT William Ashley (1831–22 Oct 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9901096, citing Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by HJennings1990 (contributor 48903865).

Saturday, September 28, 2024

Fain Cemetery

Location:

East Line Street

Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia

N 34° 30.264   W084° 56.5321

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 33878


Dates of Visit: September 10, 2024


Joel Cicero Fain

Lt Col Co B 6 Bn Ga Cav

Confederate States Army

Mar 21 1839     Mar 13 1895


Lieutenant Colonel Fain served in the 6th Georgia Calvary. 

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Joel C. Fain, 6th Georgia Calvary. Retrieved from at 3-Fold, September 28, 2024,  (http://www.fold3.com).



John Geurin

Georgia

Sgt Cherokee Legion Georgia Inf

Confederate States Army

Dec 23 1823     Feb 3 1889



George Jefferson Fain

Georgia

Pvt Co E 40 Regt Ga Inf

June 3 1862



Fain enlisted as a private in Company E of the 40th Georgia Infantry. In the spring of he was assistant quartermaster of the regiment when they were stationed at Camp Van Dorn near Knoxville. 


  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for G.J. Fain, 40th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, September 28, 2024,  (http://www.fold3.com).


Friday, September 27, 2024

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).


 

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