Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Hunt Cemetery


Location:

County Road 29

Paulding County, Georgia

34.05711, -84.82967

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2276556


Date of Visit: December 5, 2024



John M. Terry

Pvt Co G

56 Ga Inf

May 25 1831

Sep 19 1889


Terry's marker is a Federal style headstone. However, he served in the Confederate 56th Georgia Infantry according to his pension records. 

  • Georgia, U.S., Confederate Pension Applications, 1879-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Entry for John M. Terry. Original data: Confederate Pension Applications, Georgia Confederate Pension Office, RG 58-1-1, Georgia Archives.


Friday, December 6, 2024

Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery


County Road 9

Hayden, Blount  County, Alabama

N 34° 56.691  W086° 42.263

Find A Grave Cemetery ID:


Date of Visit: May 19, 2017


Asa Guy

Co C

31 Ala Inf

CSA


William D. Walker

Tennesse

Sgt Co F 29 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

March 3, 1820     March 19, 1888


PA Gallimore

Co C

40 Ga Inf

CSA

April 13 1836

May 5 1909


Peter Gallimore was wounded at Cumberland Gap and lost his left hand.


  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89215142/peter_alford-gallimore: accessed December 6, 2024), memorial page for Peter Alford Gallimore (13 Apr 1836–5 May 1909), Find a Grave Memorial ID 89215142, citing Oak Grove Baptist Cemetery, Hayden, Blount County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Hutch (contributor 47312109).


John W. Pannell

Born

Nov 25 1831

July 29 1901


John's grave was marked by a Confederate flag. He served in Company F of the 29th Alabama Infantry. He was captured on July 4, 1864 at Chattahoochee, Georgia. The 29th Alabama was a part of the Army of Tennessee on July 4, 1864 and was in position in Cobb County along the Chattahoochee River line. There was action along the line on this day and it is likely he was captured then. He was shipped to Nashville and then to Camp Douglas, Illinois. 


  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry forJohn W. Pannell, 29th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 3, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Saturday, November 30, 2024

Westview Cemetery

Westview Cemetery

Location:

Smith Street

Wrightsville, Johnson County, Georgia

N 32° 43.793   W082° 43.853

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 37671


Date of Visit: November 21, 2020


Alfred S Barnes

Co E

4 Ga Inf

CSA


Sgt. 

William M Page

Co D

59 Ga Inf


JPD Oliver

Co E

12 Ga L Arty


Benjamin F Martin

Co E

15 Ga Inf

CSA


1 Lt

John L Martin Co F

8 Ga Cav

CSA


David B Maddox

Co C

57 Ga Inf

CSA


Ashley T Linder

Co H

63 Ga Inf

CSA


Pvt

John W Moore

Co A

3 Ga State Troops

CSA

May 1846

Jan 19 1912


John W Axon

Co B

1 S.C. Inf

C.S.A.


William S. Burns

Co D

59 Ga Inf

CSA


Anderson Mosley

C. I

7 Ga Cav

CSA


DC Blankship

Co I

2 Ga Mil

CSA


John H Hardaway

Pvt Co B 48 Regt Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Nov 22 1845  May 13 1923


Sgt

Hardy Jackson

Co F

14 Ga Inf

CSA



Joseph Martin

Dec 22, 1837

Nov 8, 1891


Joseph served in the 12th Battalion Georgia Light Artillery.


  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116557934/joseph_daniel-martin: accessed November 30, 2024), memorial page for Joseph Daniel Martin (22 Dec 1837–8 Nov 1891), Find a Grave Memorial ID 116557934, citing West View Cemetery, Wrightsville, Johnson County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Loree & Billy Beacham (contributor 47243131).



Thursday, November 21, 2024

Old Nazareth Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

County Road 29

Cherokee County, Alabama

N 34° 01.219'  W084° 36.931'

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2322060


Date of Visit: November 4, 2024


Bushrod W Witches

Co C

1 Inf

CSA


This unit is the 1st Confederate Infantry. It was formed from the consolidation of several Georgia regiments in 1862. 


  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Bushrod Witches, 1st Confederate Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, November 21, 2024 (http://www.fold3.com).

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).


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