Nails Creek Baptist Church Graveyard

Location:

Georgia Highway 51

Banks County, Georgia

N 34° 22.328   W083° 24.385

FAG: 35700

Date of Visit: October 24, 2017

Lemuel L. Ariail

Pvt Co B

1 Regt

Ga State Line

Confederate States Army

April 15, 1847

Jun 27, 1864

Lemuel was in Company of the 1st Georgia State Line, Galts’s Regiment.  He was sick with red measles on May 31, 1864.  He was sent home and died June 22, 1864

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 February 2021), memorial page for Pvt Lemuel Lawrence Ariail (15 Apr 1845–27 Jun 1864), Find a Grave Memorial no. 12162683, citing Nails Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Jewelville, Banks County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Busy Graven (contributor 46932676) .

John Wilmot

Company G 34 Ga Inf

Confederate States army

1835  1862

Enlisted May 12, 1862 in Captain Jones Company in Franklin, Georgia. He died July 8, 1862. At this time the regiment was posted in Chattanooga. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John Wilmont, 34 Georgia Infrantry. Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 28,, 2021 (http://www.fold3.com).
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• Stewart Sifakis, Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia. (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2007), 243.

Ezrey Pruitt

Co H

34 Ga Inf

CSA

John E. Strange

Sgt 24 Ga Inf

CSA

December 20, 1904

David McCaw McConnell

Co D

11 Ga Cav

CSA

Amaziah Francis Stevenson

Nov. 26 1826           May 14, 1863

Son of

John & Margaret Bowen Stevenson

Enlisted As Private Mar. 6, 1862

Co F  24th Reg. S.C. Vols

Infantry C.S.A.

Killed in Battle May 14 1863

At Jackson, Miss, Buried There

On May 14, 1862 the 24th South Carolina in W.H.T. Walker’s Division took up position around the farmhouse and hedge fence of O.T. Wright on the Clinton Road outside of Jackson. It was here that Amaziah likely fell. His wife, Mary A. Stevenson, made claim to his personal effects in 1863. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Amaziah Stevenson, 24th South Carolina Infantry. Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 28, 2021 (http://www.fold3.com).
• Stewart Sifakis, Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia. (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2007), 101.
• Chris Mackowski, “On the Battlefield, Among the Dead and Dying, We Get to Know Each Other Better” Emerging Civil War (blog), January 10, 2021, accessed February 28, 2021, https://emergingcivilwar.com/2021/01/10/on-the-battlefield-amond-the-dead-and-dying/

Corinth Church Graveyard

Location:

Corinth Road

Pickens County, Georgia

N34.43135       W084.28278

Date of Visit: October 4, 2013

John A. Satterfield 

Co N

38 Ga Inf

CSA

William C Redden

Co D

24 Ga Inf

CSA

James Whitten Dobson

Capt Co G 8 BN Ga Inf

Feb 16, 1828    Mar 26, 1862

Nathaniel Milesberry Dobson

Pvt Co G 8 Batt Ga Inf

Aug 2, 1825       Jun 22 1862

James Whitten Dobson and Nathaniel Milesberry Dobson were children of Neely Dobson Jr. and Zilpah Goss.  Both joined a local Pickens County company of volunteers. James was elected Captain on October 1, 1861.  This company became Company G, 8th Battalion of Georgia Infantry in early 1862. The regiment was stationed at Camp Black in Savannah Georgia. In March Captain Dobson died of pneumonia and was replaced by Lieutenant Benjamin Goss. On June 11 the regiment moved to Camp Beaulieu some 14 miles away. Camp Beaulieu was located at the 515 area Beaulieu Plantation on the Vernon River. Gun batteries were established here to protect various approaches to Savannah. On the 22nd of June, Private N.M. Dobson died of pneumonia while stationed here. 

Sources

Robert Walker Groves. "Beaulieu Plantation." The Georgia Historical Quarterly 37, no. 3 (1953): 200-09. Accessed February 16, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40577452.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for James W. Dobson, 8th Georgia Battalion Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 16, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for N.M. Dobson, 8th Georgia Battalion Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 16, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Field & Staff, 8th Georgia Battalion Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 16, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Eugene Perry, The Neeley Dobson Family. Ancestry.com: accessed February 16, 2021. from: The National Archives, Entry for James W. Dobson, 8th Georgia Battalion Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 16, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

"Public Member Tree," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 Apr 2021), "Perigo/Armstrong Family Tree" family tree by Julie Fost, profile and gallery for Neely Dobson Jr. (1797-1858). 

Robert Walker Groves. "Beaulieu Plantation." The Georgia Historical Quarterly 37, no. 3 (1953): 200-09. Accessed February 16, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40577452.

Sharp Top Baptist Church Graveyard

Location:

Grandview Road

Pickens County, Georgia

N 33° 29.545   W084° 23.012

Date of Visit: October 4, 2013

2nd Lt

Steven A Cox

Co E

23 Ga Inf

CSA

Horeb Baptist Church Graveyard

Location:

Powelltown Church Road

Hancock County, Georgia

N 33° 21.958   W082° 50.219

Date of Visit: November 21, 2020

John M Jones

Co I

9 Ga Inf CSA

Sgt

James H Beddo

Co D

5 Ga Inf

CSA

Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Graveyard

Location:

Kelly Bridge Road

Dawson County, Georgia

N 34° 23.032   W084° 13.063

Date of Visit: January 13 2021

J G Hudlow

Burtz Co

8 Ga Inf

CSA

Feb 19, 1822

Oct 12, 1877

John H. Covington

Co I

52 Ga Inf

CSA

Ananias Covington

Co D

40 Ga Inf

CSA

Sep 5, 1842

Aug 13, 1864

David Covington

Co D

40 Ga Inf

CSA

Jun 11, 1835

Aug 13, 1864

David and Ananias were brothers who enlisted at the same time in Calhoun, Georgia. They were both captured at Vicksburg and paroled to return home. They were listed as absent with out leave in Fall of 1863. They ultimate fate is still being researched. 

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Ananias Covington. Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 9, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for David Covington. Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 9, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

A Note to Visitors

Long Swamp Baptist Church Graveyard

Location:

Long Swamp Church Road

Pickens County, Georgia

N 34° 27.600   W084° 21.202

Date of Visit: January 13 2021

John G. Coffey

Co A 

34 Ga Inf

CSA

Pickens N. Herendon

107th Reg Ga Mil

Mar 11 1834    Feb 27, 1903

The 107th Georgia Militia was a company sized group from Pickens County, Georgia in command of A.K. Rowland. 

Luke E. Tate, The History of Pickens  (Atlanta, Georgia WW Brown Publishing Company), p. 224, Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/22836/

Fitzsimmons Cemetery

Location:

Georgia Highway 53

Marble Hill, Pickens County, Georgia

N 34° 25.823   W084° 20.168

Date of Visit: January 13 2021

Patrick Washington Fitzsimmons

1841 – 16 Aug 1871

CSA 36th Inf Ga

Patrick enlisted in Captain Jacob L. Morgan’s company in Dalton, Georgia. This company became Company I of the 36th Georgia Infantry Regiment.  He was surrendered on July 4, 1863 in Vicksburg. He signed an oath to not take up arms as a parolee. After capture he admitted that he was loyal to the Union but was conscripted and forced to serve. He admitted to deserting prior to his capture. He apparently refused parole and was sent north and ended up in Camp Douglas POW camp in Chicago, Illinois. In May of 1865 he was discharged from Camp Douglas. 

Note: His father founded Long Swamp Marble Company in eastern Pickens County, Georgia. He and his father along with other of his family and a few unknown females and infants rest in a hill side overlooking the modern marble industry down in the narrow valley cut by the East Branch of Long Swamp Creek

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Patrick Washington Fitzsimmons. Retrieved from at 3-Fold January, 17, 2021 (http://www.fold3.com).

Summerour Methodist Church Graveyard

Location:

Old Highway 2

Crandell, Murray County, Georgia

GPS Coordinates: 34.8775500, -84.7480300

FAG: 2360203

Date of Visit: June 6, 2013

Robert L. Bates

2 Lieut.  3 Ga Inf

March 3, 1938

Mt. Sumach Baptist Church Graveyard

Location:

Old Highway 2

Cisco, Murray County, Georgia

N 34° 58.098   W084° 39.595

FAG 2255778

Date of Visit: May 21, 2019

William West

Company D

3 Tenn Inf

CSA

Hopewell Baptist Church Graveyard

Location:
Old Highway 2
Alaculsy Valley, Murray County, Georgia
N 34° 58.098   W084° 39.595

Date of Visit: January 7, 2021

John Moore
Pvt Co. C 5 Regt Tenn Vols
Civil War
Jan 4 1826    Aug 7 1900