Sunday, October 8, 2017

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and the 2019 Update of William Jefferson Bunch

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Update of William Jefferson Bunch

Location:
US Highway 52
Ryo, Gordon County, Georgia
N 34° 27.038   W084° 40.340

Date of Visit: December 27, 2009
Date of Publication: December 30, 2009
Date of Revisit: November 5, 2019


Pvt
William J Bunch
Co F  1 Ga Cav
CSA
1835
Jan 27, 1863

Private Bunch enlisted on March 22, 1862 at Fairmount, Georgia. A month after the Battle of Stone River his regiment is wintering at Kingston in Roane County, Tennessee. It is a hard winter. He died on January 27, 1863.


  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold November 5, 2019. (http://www.fold3.com)
  • Michael Bowers Cavender, The First Georgia Cavalry in the Civil War: a History and Roster (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016), p.57, Google E-Book downloaded November 5, 2019



Sunday, July 16, 2017

Bethel Cemetery

Location:
County Road 370
Cherokee County, Alabama
N 34° 05.071              W085° 27.468

Date of Visit: October 5, 2011


Pvt
William F Adams
Co F
55 Ga Inf
CSA
Oct 28 1828
Nov 10 1890

Chasteen B Stone
CO E
Hardin's Bn Ala
Reserves
CSA

Pvt
James Q Ferguson
Co 
1 Ga Inf
CSA
Mar 8 1824    
Jun 12 1908


James E. Snead
Pvt Co H
48 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
Oct 30 1836    Oct 1 1886



Saturday, July 15, 2017

Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church


Location:
Highway 278
Cullman County, Alabama
N 34° 10.396              W087° 06.690

Date of Visit: October 8, 2011



Needhann N Benefield
Co H
1 Ga Regulars
CSA



Missionary Grove Cemetery

Location:
County Road 1141
Cullman County, Alabama
N 34° 13.033              W086° 55.553

Date of Visit: October 8, 2011


James A Parker
US Army
Confederate States Army
1839   1918

William Canant
Pvt Co L
3 Confederate Cav
Confederate States Army
Feb 17 1843
Apr 20 1921




Sunday, June 11, 2017

New Bethel Cemetery

Location:
Warrior-Jasper Road
Jefferson County, Alabama
N 33° 47.692              W086° 52.703

Date of Visits: May 19, 2017

Monroe H Dowdey
Co A
Bell's Ga Bn
Nov 22 2845
Jun 27 1899

Cane Creek Missionary Baptist Church

Location:
Warrior-Jasper Road
Jefferson County, Alabama
N 33° 48.780              W086° 50.742

Date of Visits: May 19, 2017

Pvt
Benjamin C. Ragland
Co G
14 Ala Inf
CSA
1830    1897


Greens Chapel Cemetery

Location:
Green Chapel Road
Cleveland, Blount County, Alabama
N 33° 57.670              W086° 35.340

Date of Visit: May 19,  2017

Sgt
Jackson Hazelrig
Co C
28 Ala Inf
CSA
Feb 1 1820
Jul 10 1862

2nd Sergeant Jackson Hazelrig enlisted in Blount County on February 4, 1862. His name appears on a roll of soldiers, killed or who died of wounds. His date of death is given as July 10, 1862 and his place of death is Gainesville, Alabama. His widow, Jane Hazelrig filed a settlement claim September 14, 1863.

In the month of July in 1862 this regiment was posted north of Tupelo in Satilla, Mississippi.

Gainesville was large Alabama city during this time. Various sources mention several hospitals in this town.


Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold June 11,  2017. (http://www.fold3.com)

The History of the 28th Alabama Infantry Regiment ,http://americancivilwar.50megs.com/28thAlabama01.html

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