Thursday, September 16, 2010

Fairview Baptist Church Cemetery


Location:
Highway 278
Addison, Winston County, Alabama
N 34° 11.618 W 087° 11.564

Date of Visit: July 25, 2010


Pvt
John A Smothers
Co A
26 S C Inf
CSA
Mar 18 1836 Feb 9 1920

Doctor C Hill
Co K
56 Ala Cav
CSA



The following solider may be a member of the Union 1st Alabama Calvary:

William C Williams
Co B
1 Ala Cav

Enon Cemetery


Location:
Intersection County Highway 57 and Highway 278
Double Springs, Winston County, Alabama
N 34° 08.281 W087° 20.053

Date of Visit: July 25, 2010


Ziptehniah Estes
Co B
2 Ga Res
CSA

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Swamp Creek Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:
Carbondale Road
Whitfield County, Georgia
N 34° 39.095 W084° 59.158

Date of Visit: August 28, 2010

Thomas M Young
Co K
1 Ark Inf
CSA

David P Gazaway
Co D
60 Ga Inf
CSA
Aug 1 1839
Dec 124 1923


Reuben H. Nations
Co I
12 La Inf
CSA
Age 62
At Rest

Higher Praise Church of God Cemetery

Location:
US Highway 225
Murray County, Georgia
N 34° 38.039 W084° 51.794

Date of Visit: September 6, 2010

Henry J Wilson
Co. E
40 Ga Inf

New Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:
US Highway 225
Murray County, Georgia
N 34° 39.530 W084° 50.223

Date of Visit: September 6, 2010

Pvt. Hardy J. Johnson
Co A
3 Ga Inf Vol
CSA
1832
1889


Joseph W Holloway
Co D
6 Ga Cav
CSA

A.O. Johnson
Born
Apr. 9, 1844
Died
Apr 3, 1902
Co. C 11th Ga
Volunteers
Gone not forgotten

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Fairview United Methodist Church Cemetery



Location:
US Highway 411
Centre, Cherokee County, Alabama
N 34° 10.23 W085° 43.695

Date of Visit: July 23, 2010

A J Lowe
Pvt Co C 7 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Feb 4 1844 Dec 14 1888

J Silas Daniel
Pvt Co H 19 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
1844 1929

William H McElrath
Serg Co K
48 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Dec 10 1839 Aug 19 1916

W L Roberts
Pvt Co B 31 Ala Inf
Confederate State Army
Jan 29 1843 Nov 22 1921

J F King
Pvt Co G 40 Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
May 27 1833 Mar 27 1908

Reuben Morrison
Co K
55 Ala Inf
CSA

EW Ewing
Pvt Co B 31 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Apr 15 1829 Mar 19 1913




Frank A. Bradley
Pvt Co L 48th Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Aug 10 1848 Feb 20 1922

Joseph Burnett
Pvt Co H 10 Ala Inf
Confederate State Army
Mar 8 1840 Aug 10 1909




Varnell Cemetery, Whitfield Co. Georgia



Location:
Cemetery Street
Varnell, Whitfield County, Georgia
N 34° 59.950 W084° 58.385

Date of Visit: July 18, 2010

Pvt
Anderson Barnard
Winston’s Co
Tenn Lt Arty
CSA
Dec 21 1838
Apr 13 1887

James F. Cox
Buckner’s
Guards
Ky Cav
CSA

The next two stones are cut in Civil War Shield fashion. This would indicate that these men were Union Soldiers.

Creed F Eslinger
2 Tenn Cav

Corpl
John J Caylor
Co B
6 Tenn Inf

Rocky Face Baptist Church Cemetery

Rocky Face Baptist Church Cemetery
Location:
Sam Love Drive
Dalton, Whitfield County, GA
N 34° 47.903 W085° 1.828

Date of Visit: June 18, 2010

Corp
M. Lewis McDaniel
Co B
36 Ga Inf
CSA
June 16 1840 Jan 23 1922

1 Lieut
John Leonard Sansom
Co A
36 Ga Inf
CSA

Corp
Timothy S. R. Geerson
Co S
36 Ga Inf
CSA

James K. P. Callhoun
Co B
36 Ga Inf
CSA

Thomas Crump
Co F
11th Ga Inf

Pvt
David H Brooks
Memorial
Co C
11 Ga Regt
CSA
1865
Wife
Malinda Hall
1826 1891

James O Brook
Pvt
Co F
1 Ga Cav
Civil War
CSA
Dec 27 1837
Nov 17 1905

In Memory of
Pvt
Parker R. Brooks
Co I 40 Reg
Ga Vol Inf
CSA
1862

John Mack Shepherd
Co A
34 Ga Inf
CSA
1843 1909




Foster Cemetery Whitfield Co. Georgia

Foster Cemetery
Location:
Highway 201
Tunnel Hill, Whitfield County, GA
N 34° 51.276 W085° 2.532

Date of Visit: June 20, 2010

Corp
William Burnett
Co. C
3 Conf Cav
CSA


Absolom Foster
4th Serg Co D
1 Ga Inf St GDS
Confederate States Army
Sept 6 1806 Mar 16 1891

Henry Bowman
Co D
1 Ga Inf St GDS
Confederate States Army
Dec 15 1804 Nov 15 1875

Melvin J Smith
Co D
1 Ga Inf St GDS
Confederate States Army
1810 1885

James B Snell
Pvt Co B 35 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
1821 1864



Saturday, July 10, 2010

Anderson Cemetery

Location:
Lafayette Street
Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia
N 34° 54.613 W085° 07.203 (Estimated from GNIS data)

Date of Visits: 6/20/2010
William M. Neal
Co E
23 Ga Inf
CSA

James N Bird
Co C
60 Ga Inf
CSA

Capt
James H Anderson
39 Ga Inf
CSA
Jul 10, 1838
Apr 6 1923

William Phipps
Co B
1 Conf Inf
CSA

Jesse W Stapp
Co B
42 Ga Inf
CSA
Feb 12, 1842
June 17, 1932

1st Lieut.
John McClain
Co E
3 Tenn Mtd Inf
CSA
Jun 22 1842
Dec 13 1931



Wm Luke Dempsey
Co K
4 Ga Cav
CSA
Feb 1836
May 1915


A CSA marker with the following inscription was found in the middle of this cemetery:

IN THIS AREA ARE BURIED
137 UNKNOWN CONFEDERATE /SOLDIERS/KILLED IN ACTION
OR DIED IN HOSPITALS HERE
1862-3


A large obelisk at the entrance of the cemetery is inscribed as follows:

George Rector
Of Tenn
Killed at the battle of Ringgold, Ga Nov 27 1863
Requiescat in peace
Erected by the Confederate veterans of Catoosa County Ga

Ebenezer Baptist Church

Location: Catoosa County, Georgia

N 34° 53.673 W085° 04.346 (Estimated from GNIS data)

Date of Visits: 6/2/0/2010


Sgt

John Brewell

Co A

1 Bn Ga Inf

CSA


TB Wells

Co A

5 Tenn Cav

CSA


George M Barlett

Co K

22 Ga Inf

CSA


Charles F. Orr

Co B

36 Ga Inf

CSA



A CSA marker with the following inscription was found in the middle of this cemetery:


SEVENTEEN UNKNOWN

CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS

BURIED IN THIS

AREA WHO DIED

IN CONFEDERATE HOSPS

AT CATOOSA &

CHEROKEE SPRINGS

1862-63-64



A Note to Visitors