Corinth Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

County Line Road

Bereah, Polk County, Florida

27.649027   -81.620247

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 

Date of Visit: June 27, 2022

Corp

Bryant R Welch

Co E

9 Fla Inf 

CSA

1829

Jul 31, 1864

Welch served early in the war in a Georgia Regiment. In 1863 he enlisted Captain Stewarts and Captain Reynold’s independent companies and spent time guarding bridges and railroads in northern Florida. The company became Company H of the 9th Florida that was organized in 1864 in Virginian. He was wounded at Cold Harbor and sent home.  It is believed that he died of his wounds at home in Hamilton County and that he likely buried somewhere in that county.  The cenotaph placed here because this is where his wife and children were buried. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130337937/bryant-r-welch : accessed 06 June 2022), memorial page for Bryant R Welch (1829–30 Jul 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 130337937, citing Corinth Cemetery, Bereah, Polk County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Ruth Ann Welch (contributor 47229789) .

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Florida.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for B.R. Welsh, 9th Florida Infantry  Retrieved from at 3-Fold, June 6, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Mus

Thomas A Pollard

Co K 4 Regt Fla Inf

CSA

Henry R. Hill

Co E

7 Fla Inf

CSA

John B Gunter

Pvt  7 Fla Infantry

CSA

June 29 1829

April 7, 1910

The following men have non military markers and are marked with Southern Crosses of Honor. 

Elder Moses Lightsey: He was corporal in Company A and K in Clinch’s 4th Florida infantry. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28574356/moses-j-lightsey : accessed 06 June 2022), memorial page for Elder Moses J. Lightsey (13 Nov 1836–22 May 1925), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28574356, citing Corinth Cemetery, Bereah, Polk County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Donna McPherson (contributor 46906329) .

SD Drawdy: Smith Dade Drawdy was a private in Co G of the 1st Florida Cavalry. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28574264/smith-dade-drawdy : accessed 06 June 2022), memorial page for Smith Dade Drawdy (26 Jan 1843–10 Dec 1920), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28574264, citing Corinth Cemetery, Bereah, Polk County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by L.M. Shiver Thomas (contributor 47026140) .

Nann Tomlinson: He was a private in Company I of the 1st Florida Cavalry. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28574466/naan-tomlinson : accessed 06 June 2022), memorial page for Naan Tomlinson (26 Jan 1837–18 Aug 1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28574466, citing Corinth Cemetery, Bereah, Polk County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Casandra " Casey " Tomlinson-Markward (contributor 48393848) .

Elder J.M. Brewer: Elder Brewer was a private in the 1st Florida Reserve Regiment. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23636271/j-m-brewer : accessed 06 June 2022), memorial page for Elder J. M. Brewer (1 Nov 1846–2 Apr 1913), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23636271, citing Corinth Cemetery, Bereah, Polk County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by TMJS (contributor 46870455) .

Elias E. Johnson: Johnson was a private in Company G of the 4th Florida Cavalry Battalion. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23636113/elias-e-johnson : accessed 06 June 2022), memorial page for Elias E “Josh” Johnson (15 Feb 1818–24 Aug 1884), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23636113, citing Corinth Cemetery, Bereah, Polk County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by TMJS (contributor 46870455) .

New Prospect Cemetery

Location:

Booger Hollow Road

Floyd County, Georgia

N 34° 06.728   W085° 14.801

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 35823

Date of Visit: March 30, 2013

Cpl

James A McGinnis

Co G

56 Regt

Ga Inf

CSA

Aug 17 1839

Oct 31 1924

New Bethel Cemetery

Location:

Reeceburg Relay Road

Floyd County, Georgia

N 34° 08.417   W085° 10.506

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 35729

Date of Visit: March 30, 2013

Pvt

William P. Gossett

Co B  21 Ga Inf

CSA

Dec 14 1842

Sep 5 1878

Pvt

Thomas L Gossett

Co G   22 Ga Inf

CSA

Nov 4 1836

Aug 18 1886

HC Meroney

Confederate Soldier

This may be the gravestone of Hugh C. Meroney, son of Benjamin Davis Meroney and Mary Ann Nolen of Floyd County. He is said that he died in a Lynchburg, Virginia hospital on June 27, 1862. There are no other records of Hugh. His father did serve in the 1st Georgia Calvary. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90710455/h-c-meroney : accessed 01 June 2022), memorial page for H. C. Meroney (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 90710455, citing New Bethel Cemetery, Floyd County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by James M Trapp (contributor 47687441) .
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for B.D. meroney, 1st Georgia Calvary,  Retrieved from at 3-Fold, June 1, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• 1860 U.S. Census, Floyd County, Georgia, Population Schedule, Census Place: Barker’s District, , p.232, dwelling 692, Benjamin Meroney: digital images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com:accessed 01 June 2022),  NARA Roll M653_121, Family History Library Film: 803121.

William Pickney Caldwell

1835 – August 20 1876

POW   Wounded

This tombstone is not an US Government style monument. William Pickney Caldwell joined Company C of the 40th Georgia in June of 1862.  In the summer of 1863 Caldwell was captured at Champion Hill near Vicksburg. In July he was at Fort Delaware prisoner of war camp in Delaware. He was paroled and exchanged. He spent some days spending time in Chimborazo Hospital Number 2 for an ankle injury. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for W.P. Caldwell, 40th Georgia Infantry,  Retrieved from at 3-Fold, June 1, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Clay United Methodist Cemetery

Location:

Old Springville Road

Pinson, Jefferson County, Alabama

N 33° 59.820   W087° 34.846

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 1236357

Date of Visit: May 1, 2022

Jeremiah J. Price

Truss’ Co Barbiere’s Bn

Ala Calvary

July 1827    Dec 1864

From his Find a Grave Memorial: 

It was in defense of his family, country, and friends that Jesse enlisted on September 23, 1863 in Elyton as a Private in Captain Thomas K. Truss' Company, which was later assigned to Barbiere's Cavalry Battalion in October 1864, and died in his final battle from an illness near Selma on December 1, 1864 at the age of thirty seven. He was brought home to be laid to rest and was survived his wife, parents, eight brothers, four sisters, and five children : James Washington Price, Thomas Coger Price, Silona Jane Price, George Dewey Price , and Francis Price. - written by: Robert Debter, and spoken at his Grave Marking Ceremony

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226633745/jeremiah-jesse-price : accessed 31 May 2022), memorial page for PVT Jeremiah Jesse Price (Jul 1827–Dec 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 226633745, citing Clay United Methodist Church Cemetery, Pinson, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Janice Price (contributor 48762006) .

GB Huddleston

Co H

58 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

May 27 1835 Jan 12 1905

Uriah William Crosby

Pvt Co H 63 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Dec 18 1846     Dec 19 1918

New Hope Baptist Church

Location:

State Road 129

Marion County, Alabama

N 34° 11.471   W087° 40.196

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 24935

Date of Visit: August 26, 2012

John Green

Capt Co L

9 (Malone’s) Ala Cavalry

Confederate States Army

Apr 1827   Oct 8 1902

Thornhill Church of Christ Cemetery

Location:

County Road 19

Marion County, Alabama

N 34° 29.344   W087° 17.781

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 26671

Date of Visit: August 26, 2012

Larkin J Craft

Co B

40 Ga Inf

CSA

Montgomery Cemetery

Location:

State Road 33 

Moulton, Lawrence County, Alabama

N 34° 26.635   W087° 17.605

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 24488

Date of Visit: July 15, 2012

William Joseph Norton

Pvt Co A. 4 Ala Reg

Confederate States Army

Aug 10 1843      Sep 15 1920

Larkin D Coffey

Serg Co F 48 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Oct 18 1824   Oct 10 1887

Samiel Joseph Stewart

Pvt Co C  22 Ga Inf

May 6 1845    Feb 12 1921

Robert C Montgomery

Co A  Roddy’s Ala Cav

Confederate States Army

Aug 20 1833     Jun 24 1914

Pvt John R. Montgomery

Pvt Co A Roddy’s 4 Ala Cav Regt

Confederate States Army

May 28 1839  Nov 11 1905

McDonald Cemetery

Location:

County Road 167 (Old Florence Road)

Moulton, Lawrence County, Alabama

N 34° 29.344   W087° 17.781

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 24330

Date of Visit: July 15, 2012

1st Lt

J.P.M. Moody

Co C

5 Regt

Ala Cav

CSA

March 5 1840

Oct 4 1890

John Daniel Williams

Pvt Co I 11 Ala Cav Regt

Confederate States Army

Mar 8 1832   Mar 21 1864

Killed in the Battle of Moulton

John Daniel Williams enlisted in the 10th Alabama Calvary in Whitesburg, Alabama in March of 1864. Private Williams wife, Sarah A.Williams, stated on an application of widows of Confederate soldiers that John was killed on 21 of March 1864. General Dodge reported that his calvary had struck two regiments of Confederate Infantry and 1000 men of Forrest’s Calvary three miles south of Moulton on March 21.

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John D. Williams, 11th Alabama Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, May 27, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for John D. Williams, 11 Alabama Calvary, retrieved from Ancestry.com, May 27, 2022,  (http://www.ancestry.com)

• The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (128 vol., Washington: Printing Office, 1880-1901), Ser.1 Vol. 32, Part I, 625, Report of Brig. Gen. Grenville Dodge, March 21, 1864.  

Lawrence Cemetery

Location:

State Road 337 (Menlo-LaFayette Road)

Menlo, Chattooga County, Georgia

34.4925003 -85.4738998

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 34934

Date of Visit: March 26, 2022

This cemetery is in a large pasture west of the highway. I could not secure permission to cross the fence line. This is a Find A Grave Survey.

There are 23 memorials on the Find a Grave memorial page. It has been 78 % photographed. 

John Milton Lawrence Cenotaph

In Memory of 

John Milton,

Eldest Son of 

Martin A. & Nancy E.

Lawrence,

Born Mar 29, 1837,

Lost in the War Between 

the States, 1861-1865

"This marble minstrels voiceless stone in deathless song shall tell, When many a vanished year has flown, the story where he fell."

John enlisted in Company E of the 37th Georgia Infantry on May 20, 1863 at Danielsville, Georgia. He spent time in to the Ocmulgee Hospital in Macon during September and October of 1863 with dropsy. On October 28, 1864 he was captured in Decatur, Alabama during Hoods push to attack the Union rear in Nashville. He was sent north to a Louisville, Kentucky and then to the military prison at Camp Douglas, Illinois. John M. Lawrence died at Camp Douglas on February 4, 1865 of pneumonia and was buried in grave #683, Block 2, Chicago City Cemetery.

John's father, mother, and two younger brothers are buried in the cemetery.  The brothers died in 1862. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for J.M. Lawrence, 37th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 26, 2020,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90831593/john-milton-lawrence : accessed 20 May 2022), memorial page for John Milton Lawrence (28 Mar 1837–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 90831593, citing Lawrence Cemetery, Menlo, Chattooga County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Nelda Reynolds (contributor 46942781) .

• Stewart Sifakis, Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia. (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2007), 247..

Old Union Cemetery

Location:

Crown Road

Spring Hill, Walker County, Alabama

N 33° 59.820   W087° 34.846

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2136747

Date of Visit: May 1, 2021

George M Bonner

Co I

4 Ala Cav

CSA

John McGough

Co K

4 Ala Cav

CSA 

Feb 9 1834

Aug 1 1919

JM Clowers

Co K 

4 Ala Cav

CSA

Pvt

Robert Downey

Co H 43 Inf

CSA

Mar 24 1844

Aug 23 1919

Robert enlisted in April 1862 as a private in Company H, 43rd Alabama Infantry. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31930140/robert-johnson-downey : accessed 17 May 2022), memorial page for Robert Johnson Downey (24 Mar 1844–23 Aug 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31930140, citing Old Union Cemetery, Spring Hill, Walker County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by MEMORIES (contributor 47230964) .

Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Kelly Bridge Road

Dawson County, Georgia

N 34° 23.032   W084° 13.063

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 1969479

Date of Visit: January 12, 2021

The following are graves in this cemetery marked with traditional Confederate soldier headstones. There were 10 graves marked by a non-military tombstone and a Confederate flag. 

JG Hudlow

Burtz Co

18 Ga Inf

CSA

Feb 19, 1822

Oct 12, 1877

David Covington

Co D

40 Ga Inf

CSA

Jun 11 1835    Aug 13, 1864

Ananias Covington

Co D

40 Ga Inf

CSA

Jun 11 1835     Aug 13 1864

John H. Covington

Co I

52nd Ga Inf

CSA

David and Ananias Covington were the sons of Richard Covington and Mary Polly H. Payne. In 1860 David lived in Gordon County. Both men enlisted in the Calhoun Blues in Calhoun, Georgia in 1862. Both were captured and paroled at Vicksburg and exchanged at Mobile in 1863. In September they were absent without leave. These men were believed to have been kidnapped in Dawson County by a gang known as McCollum Scout’s. They were carried to Pickens County where one was hanged and the other shot attempting to escape on the Old Federal Road in a place that Luke Tate (1935) called Covington Hang. 

Luke Tate( 1935) states that… 

…the reasons for this particular act are unknown, but most of the killings and robberies done by the two gangs were directed against people who had aided the Union forces in some way. It was during the year 1864 that the two above mentioned bands flourished, the same year in which Sherman invaded and despoiled the state. In the course of his march Sherman was given information by some of the citizens sympathetic to the Union as to which of their neighbors should be raided, and informers of this sort constituted the chief class of victims of McCollum and Jordan. On the other hand, some of the actions of these gangs seemed to be in total disregard of the victim's affiliations (p.212)

A third brother, John H.Covington , served in the 52nd Georgia and survived the war. 

• 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 40th Georgia  Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, May 17, 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 Ananias Covington 40th Georgia  Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, May 17, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14529907/john-howell-covington : accessed 17 May 2022), memorial page for John Howell Covington (21 May 1833–5 Feb 1910), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14529907, citing Mount Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery, Dawson County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Shanel (Covington) Troia (contributor 46820288) .
• Lulie Pitts, History of Gordon County, Georgia, (Calhoun: The Press of Calhoun Times, 1934), 141.
• Tate, Luke, History of Pickens County, Georgia (Atlanta: Walter W. Brown Publishing Company, 1935), Ancestry.com