Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Macedonia Road

Gilmer County, Georgia

N 34° 40.613   W084° 19.648

Find A Grave # 35120 

Date of Visit: December 2, 2021

Pvt

Franklin Benson Walker

Co C

39 Regt

Ga Inf

CSA

Oct 7 1841

Mar 11 1890

F.M. Mulinax

Nov 9 1842

May 19 1891

Inft Co H 5 Tenn Reg

Millis Killian McClure

Pvt Co D 6 Georgia Cav

Confederate States Army

Dec 20 1833   Apr 3 1912

Isaac Webster Rackley

1844-1918

Confederate Soldier Civil War

Wounded in Battle of 

Franklin Tenn Nov 1864

Issac enlisted in Company C of the 8th Georgia Battalion. In the battle of Franklin he was wounded in his left shoulder and captured by Union forces. On December 26 he was admitted to Number 1, USA General Hospital in Nashville. As a prisoner of war he would be sent to Camp Chase, Ohio and then to Point Lookout, Maryland. On June 5, 1865 he signed the Oath of Allegiance. 

Issac applied for a pension because of the disability caused by the gunshot wound. In the application it is said that the ball entered his left shoulder at the junction of his collar bone and breast bone, passing through the left shoulder coming out the backside of his left arm, passing thorough the should joint. Bones was said to have be shattered. The joint was rendered useless.  

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Isaac Rackly, 8th Georgia Infantry Battalion, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, Deceber 10, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Ancestry.com. Georgia, U.S., Confederate Pension Applications, 1879-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.

Original data:Confederate Pension Applications, Georgia Confederate Pension Office, RG 58-1-1, Georgia Archives.

Lexington Presbyterian Church Cemetery

AKA Beth-Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Location:

Church Street

Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia

33.8701000  -83.1088000

FAG: 1852871

Date of Visit: Find a Grave Survey December 8, 2021

John Rufus Smith

Maj  Co B

Texas Cav

Mexican War

CSA

Aug 22 1828

Sep 28, 1864

The following four monuments are set side by side in the cemetery. They may be cenotaphs. 

Pvt 

G.W. Faust

Co K

6 Ga Inf

CSA

Aug 23, 1862

Records indicate that that he died in 1864 at Spotsylvania . 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for G.W. Faust, 6th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 9, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Pvt 

James A Johnson

Co K

6 Ga Inf

CSA

Sept 14, 1862

The compilers of the service records of Confederate soldiers could not confirm the military service of J.A. Johnson in Company K. However, in the Southern Watchman for January 28, 1863 a J. Augustus Johnson of Company K (Gilmer Blues) was listed having died in service since the onset of the war. This was published in the Georgia Historical Quarterly for December 1932 and was noted on a service record card for J.N. Johnson in Company K of the 6th Georgia.  There was a 16 year old Augustus Johnson, son of Nathan Jonson, living in Oglethorpe County in 1860. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for J.A. Johnson, 6th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 9, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• 1860 U.S. Census, Oglethorpe County, Georgia Population Schedule, Census Place: Georgia Militia District 226, Post Office: Lexington, p.667, dwelling 479, family 477, John Edwards: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed 9 Dec 2021),  NARA Roll M653, Family History Library Film: 803133.
• Confederate Necrology. (1932). The Georgia Historical Quarterly, 16(4), 312–314. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40576219

Pvt 

P.T. Jackson

Co K

6 Ga Inf

CSA

Dec 10 1861

Georgia 6th Regiment, Company K, Gilmer Blues, Army of Tennessee. Private Philip T. Jackson enlisted in the Gilmer Blues May 28, 1861. The regiment mustered in at Atlanta May 27, 1861. In October it was in the Department of the Peninsula in Virginia. Philip died December 8, 1861 in Yorktown. The 6th was not engaged in combat until the Spring of 1861. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36624011/philip-t-jackson : accessed 9 December 2021), memorial page for Philip T. Jackson (1842–10 Dec 1861), Find a Grave Memorial ID 36624011, citing Lexington Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by William Hollis (contributor 48361969) .
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Philip T. Jackson, 6th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 9, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2007.

Pvt 

WH Hargrove

Co K

6 Ga Inf

CSA

Sept 14 1862

William H. Hargrove enlisted inn Company K in May of 1861. There is no record of him after September of that year. He was also listed in the Southern Watchman list of dead from the Gilmer Blues on January 28, 1863. 

• Confederate Necrology. (1932). The Georgia Historical Quarterly, 16(4), 312–314. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40576219
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William H. Hargrove, 6th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 9, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Dalton Confederate Cemetery and West Hill Cemetery

Location:

West Emery Street

Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia

34.768337. – 84.979114

FAG: 37668

Date of Visit: February 7, 2016

There are 421 unknown Confederate soldiers buried in the Confederate Cemetery section of West Hill Cemetery in Dalton. Dalton was a hospital center for southern troops from 1862 to 1864. The hospitals were moved deeper into Georgia in the face of the May 1864 Federal advance on Atlanta. 

There is a large moment to dead thought to be buried in the section. 

The following Confederates are known and marked:

Paul B. Walker

Pvt Co D   12 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

1830       1894

In Memory of Pvt

James G.L. Nuckolls

Co E

1 Cav Ga Regt

1833

1864

Holland Lacewell

Pvt Co G

9th Tenn Inf

Confederate States Army

1839      Apr  30 1864

Holland Lacewell enlisted in Jackson, Tennessee in May of 1861. Most of his known service is as a waggoner. In April of 1864 the 9th Tennessee was position somewhere around Dalton in preparations for the impending defense of Atlanta. It is likely that Holland died of disease or accident. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Holland Lacewell, 9th Tennessee Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, November 28, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

In the oldest section of West Hill Cemetery:

Sgt

T.L. Wheeler

Co B

12 Bn

Ga Lt. Arty

CSA

Jeffersonville Cemetery

Location:

McCrary Street

Jeffersonville, Twiggs County, Georgia

N 32° 41.321   W083° 20.459

Find a Grave: 34715

Date of Visit: March 30, 2016

F.H. Adkins

Co I

26 Inf

CSA

Elijah F Pettis

Co B

5 Ga Res

CSA

Ponce de Leon Cemetery

Location:

Florida Highway 81

Ponce de Leon, Holmes County, Florida

30.7325001 -85.9460983

Find a Grave: 72473

Date of Visit: June 18, 2016

JT Simmons

Pvt Co F 6 FL Inf

Confederate States Army

May 1 1843     Jan 2 1919

Peter Paul

Pvt Co E  2 NC Inf

Confederate States Army

Dec 10 1844      Jul 1 1922

WH Bond

Pvt Co E 1 Fl Inf

Confederate States Army

Aug 19 1845       Nov 22 1932

Liberty Church Cemetery

Location:

Georgia Highway 106

Ila, Madison County, Georgia

N 34° 14.770   W083° 16.378

FAG: 2370144

Date of Visit: October 24, 2017

DJ Higginbotham

CO F

38 Ga Inf

CSA

Joel Hurt

Co A

16 Ga Inf

CSA

             

Indian Creek Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Georgia Highway 51

Franklin County, Georgia

N34º 21.075    W083º 20.119

FAG: 2172794

Date of Visit: October 24, 2017

George W. Kirk

Co B

29 Ga Inf

CSA

Newton Berry Jones

Co D

4 SC Inf

CSA

Freeman L Jolley

Co A

7 SC Cav

CSA

Brawner Brothers Marker

John F. Brawner

Born 1838

William L. Brawner

Born 1840

Jesse Columbus Brawner

Born 1842

Sons of

W.M. & Nancy Towns Brawner

All enlisted, June 1862, In

Co, B 29th Regt. Ga. Inf.

All Killed in Battle and

Buried in Unmarked graves:

John in Atlanta Area

William in Virginia

Columbus in Virginia

Records in Fold 3 do not match with this information. 

Trussville Cemetery

Location:

US Highway 11

Trussville, Jefferson County, Alabama

33.6211014  -86.6042023

FAG: 26737

Note: This cemetery is also known as the First Baptist Cemetery and Cahawba Baptist Church Cemetery

Date of Visit: November 19, 2017

Elisha P. Hitt

Pvt Co A 28 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1822  1863

Elisha enlisted in the army on February 6, 1862 in Elyton. He was died April 18, 1863 at the Alabama hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Diarrhea was the cause of death. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Elisha P. Hitt, 28 Alabama Infantry. Retrieved from at 3-Fold, November 11, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

William A. J. Reed

Pvt Co D

28 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1829   1901

Thomas H. Truss

Pvt Co A 51 Ala Partisan Rangers

Confederate States Army

1848  1884

B.F. Ellis

Pvt Montg’s Bat Jeff Davis Art

Confederate States Army

1840     1924

WF Tucker

Pvt Co F 21 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1840  1924

George W Cross

Cpl Co J 30 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1844   1900

RHL Whorton

2 Lt Co D   12 Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

1839       1914

William T Carlisle

Pvt

44 Ala Inf

CSA

October 10 1877

Elijah Sims

Pvt Co I   12 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1845    1895

John E Avery

Pvt Co A 28 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1845    1920

Peter J Blue

Pvt  Co C  1 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1831    1894

There following men look to have served together in a local home guard unit: Barbiere's  Cavalry 

Thomas King Truss

Alabama

Capt Ala Calvary

Confederate States Army

1820 1888

William H Cross

Pvt Co B

Barbiere’s Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

1818  1884

William W. Praytor

Pvt Truss’ Co. Barbiere’s Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

1846   1925

Enos T. Vann

Pvt Truss’ Co. Barbiere’s Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

1827  1876

John M Franklin

Pvt Truss’ Co. Barbiere’s Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

1824   1884

From webpage:

Major Joseph Barbiere's Cavalry Battalion was organized in 1864 from several independent companies which had themselves been created as supporting forces for the Conscript Reserves. The battalion served principally in central Alabama during the fall and winter, 1864-1865, and it was first assigned (1 Nov 64) to Armistead's Cavalry Brigade, District of Central Alabama, until January 1865. The unit was headquartered at Wilsonville, AL (Feb 65) and was reported as serving with the Alabama Reserves with six companies ("A"-"F"). It was assigned to, and included in the surrender of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana by Lt. Gen'l Richard Taylor at Citronelle, AL, on 4 May 1865

Barbiere's Cavalry Battalion consisted of Companies "A"-"E" (probably Capt. John C. Brown's, Capt. J. M. Clifton's, Capt. Dawson's, Capt. Thomas J. Goldsby's, and and Capt. Thomas K. Truss' companies), "F" (Capt. Andrew W. Bowie's), and "G" (Capt. P. L. Griffitts)

Barbiere's Alabama Cavalry Battalion, Local Defense Troops, The American Civil War Website ,https://www.americancivilwar101.com/units/csa-al/al-cav-batt-barbiere.html, accessed November 11, 2021

Berry-Brookshire Cemetery

Location:

Berry Road

Marshall County, Alabama

N 34° 15.329   W086° 26.146

Find a Grave: 

Date: September 21, 2013

Arthur B Johnson

Corp   Co H   4 Ala Regt

Confederate States Army

Dec 11 1836   Jul 7 1912

He was a member of Russell’s 4th Alabama Calvary.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57524637/arthur-b-johnson : accessed 01 November 2021), memorial page for Pvt Arthur B Johnson (11 Dec 1836–16 Jul 1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57524637, citing Berry-Brookshire Cemetery, Marshall County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Hutch (contributor 47312109) .

EPK Berry

Pvt Co E  49 Ala Inf

Civil War

Aug 24 1835   May 15 1924

Photo from Find a Grave Memorial #31144462

Berry enlisted in 1862 and served in engagements at Shiloh, Corinth, Baton Rouge, and Port Hudson. He was wounded at Port Hudson in the heal and never returned to the army.  

• Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Citing Census or Enumeration of Confederate Soldiers Residing in Alabama, 1921. Alabama Department of Archives & History, Montgomery, Alabama.. 
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31144462/ervin-peter_kilfoyle-berry : accessed 01 November 2021), memorial page for Ervin Peter Kilfoyle “Cheat” Berry (24 Aug 1835–15 May 1924), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31144462, citing Berry-Brookshire Cemetery, Marshall County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Karen G. Hill (contributor 47312871) .

Center Baptist Church

Location:

Felton-Rockmart Road

Felton, Haralson County, Georgia

N 33° 53.497   W085° 13.431

Find a Grave: 1969159

Date: November 9, 2009

MC Corban

Co F

60 Ga Inf

CSA

Felton Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Muscadine Trail

Felton, Haralson County, Georgia

N 33° 53.325   W085° 13.388

Find a Grave: 2312525

Date: November 9, 2009

John Henry Sealey

Co I

2 Ala Vols

CSA