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

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Cave Springs Cemetery

Cave Springs Cemetery

Location:
US Hwy 411
Floyd County, Georgia
N 34° 07.056 W085° 19.679

Date of Visit: 2/23/09

Jeremiah M. Austin
Co. A 1 Ga Cav.
CSA

William B. Diamond
Co.E
8th Regt Ga Inf CSA
1840-1861

Eli R. Diamond
Co. E
8th Regt Ga Inf CSA
1838-1868

Thomas C. Sparks
Co. E
8th Ga Inf CSA

C. Stephens
Co. B
5th Va Cav
CSA

William S. Hancock
Co. B
Murchinson’s Ga. Mil.

Armurchee Baptist Church

Armurchee Baptist Church

Location:
Big Texas Road
Floyd County, Georgia
N 34° 23.637 W085° 13.695

Date of Visit: 1/26/09

Ezekial Ables
Pvt. Co. C 23rd Ga. Inf. Regt
Confederate States Army
May 22, 1833 – August 31, 1901

Sulligent City Cemetery

Date of Visit: April 6, 2009

Location: Sulligent, Lamar County, Alabama

George W. Kilpatrick
Co. E 30th Ala. Inf. CSA

Pvt. William E. Satterwhite
Co. K 56th Regt. Ga. Inf. CSA
Nov. 14, 1837 - Sept. 25, 1896

Benjamin Murrah Molly
Pvt. D Co.
24th Miss Inf. CSA
May 29, 1842 - Jan 23, 1918

A Note to Visitors