West End Cemetery

Location:

West Screven Street

Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia

30.78440 -83.56690

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 37666

Date of Visit: June 29, 2014

Unknown Confederate Dead

During this last year of the war West Cemetery was used for the burial of 17 Confederate soldiers. Some are marked by Veteran Administration Confederate headstones and others are marked by what appears o be locally carved headstones. 

2 Lieut

John S Hopson

Co D

17 Ga Inf

CSA

Chales Quarterman

Coast Guard BN

Ga Mil

CSA

2nd Lt

James B Finch

50 Ga Inf

CSA

Malcom Smith McIntosh

Co C  29 BN Ga Cav

Confederate States Army

Feb 14 1823     Oct 31 1877

Henry H Strickland

Co K

50 Ga Inf

CSA

1834   1875

Henry Gray Turner

Mar 20, 1839

June 8, 1904

Captain in Confederate Army

Member of Congress 1880-1890

Georgia Supreme Court Justice

July 1903-April 1904

Captain Turner served as the Captain of Company H, 23rd North Carolina Infantry. He was captured at Gettysburg in 1863. H was paroled and exchanged in 1864. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7780787/henry-gray-turner: accessed 29 April 2023), memorial page for Henry Gray Turner (20 Mar 1839–9 Jun 1904), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7780787, citing West End Cemetery, Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.

William Baker Bennett

1827-1908

In 2014 he was marked with a Southern Cross of Honor. He is said to have enlisted in Confederate service. He was discharged and sent home due to disability.

• Folks Huxford, The History of Brooks County, (Quitman: Daughters of the American Revolution, 1948): 426. ancestry.com

Cap John G McCall L.L.D.

Jan 18, 1836 - Dec 3 1921

In 2014 his grave was marked with a Southern Cross of Honor. He volunteered for Confederate service a 1st Lieutenant off Company K of the 50th Georgia Infantry. He was severely wounded after the Battle of Antietam while engaged in holding a bridge. The wound to his face was som severe he was left on the field for dead. He was eventually nursed back to health and returned home to Brooks County. 

• Folks Huxford, The History of Brooks County, (Quitman: Daughters of the American Revolution, 1948): 549. ancestry.com

Benjamin Waters Sinclair 

1812-1878

In 2014 his grave was marked with the Southern Cross of Honor. 

Huxford reports that Sinclair was too old for line duty, but he served on Governor Brown’s staff during the war.

• Folks Huxford, The History of Brooks County, (Quitman: Daughters of the American Revolution, 1948): 513. ancestry.com

Eldorado Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Highway 41

Tift County, Georgia

31.357283   -83.486061

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2304770

Date of Visit: June 29, 2014

George W. Montgomery

Pvt Co H 44 Ga Regt Vol

Confederate States Army

Aug 21 1843      Dec 2 1921

Hudson-Brown Cemetery

Find A Grave Survey

Location:

Warren Road

Locust Grove, Blount County, Alabama

33.91530, -86.60560

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 21831

Date Completion of Survey:

April 30, 2020

Protocol for conducting a Find A Grave Survey:

1. There must be evidence of Confederate service in a picture on the memorial page (VA tombstone, inscription on a non-military tombstone, Confederate flag, Southern Cross of Honor).
2. Confederate soldiers are automatically recorded if they are marked with a VA tombstone.
3. Service of those marked with a Confederate flag or Southern Cross of Honor is are recorded if their service records can be established. 
4. Soldiers whose service is described in their Find a Grave memorial are recorded if the information given can be corroborated. 

This is a survey of the Hudson-Brown Family Cemetery near Locust Grove, Alabama using the Find A Grave memorial page for the cemetery. The cemetery page contains 24 memorials of which 92%  have been photographed. 

Description of Cemetery: This is an old cemetery with multiple stacked stone graves. Nine individuals were buried in the cemetery prior to the Civil War. There are two veterans of the War of 1812 buried here.

James C Glascock

Serb  Co I 49 Regt Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1839    1917

Hill Creek Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Georgia Highway 113 (Cartersville Highway)

Rockmart, Polk County, Georgia

N 34° 02.385   W085° 00.428

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 1593566

Date of Visit: November 28, 2022

James W Coker

Co K

52 Ga Inf

Joseph H. Gentry

Co D  20 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Dec 31 1842      Apr 21 1896

Young Family Cemetery

Location:

Morgan Valley Road

Polk County, Georgia

N 33° 57.016   W085° 13.101

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 1990504

Date of Visit: November 28, 2022

James Young

Dec 22, 1832

Mar 27, 1918

James Young was a Lieutenant in Captain Wimberley’s Company of Floyd’s Legion.

See Sherman’s March to the Sea at Georgia Trends. This piece is written byNeely Young, a descendent of Lieutenant Young. 

https://www.georgiatrend.com/2014/12/01/shermans-march-to-the-sea/

Peek-Wright Cemetery

Location:

Morgan Valley Road

Polk County, Georgia

N 33° 57.294   W085° 11.634

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2204197

Date of Visit: November 28, 2022

Thomas J. Peek

Apr. 8, 1826

Mar. 21, 1880

Thomas’ grave is marked with an iron Southern Cross of Honor. Thomas mustered  into serve on August 134, 1863 in Cedartown as a member of Captain Henry F. Wimberly’s Company in the Floyd Legion. This company became a calvary company in the Legion (Company G). This Legion operated out of Rome and was responsible for local defense.

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for T.J. Peek, Floyd Legion, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 20, 2023,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Dr Benjamin Franklin Wright

Jan 10, 1846

Aug 10, 1898

Wright is identified as a Confederate solider on his Find a Grave memorial. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20184829/benjamin-franklin-wright: accessed 20 March 2023), memorial page for Dr Benjamin Franklin Wright (10 Jan 1846–10 Aug 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20184829, citing Peek & Wright Cemetery, Polk County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Stacey Bland (contributor 46628904).

Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:

Morgan Valley Road

Antioch, Polk County, Georgia

N 33° 57.196   W085° 09.833

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2098824

Date of Visit: November 28, 2022

P.A. McBride

May 20, 1836

Dec. 13, 1919

Pinkney Arnston McBride enlisted in Company A, 56th Georgia Infantry Regiment on May 15, 1862. He was captured and patrolled at Vicksburg. The Atlanta Campaign Corporal McBride was wounded through the right hip June 22, 1864.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41469172/pinkney-arnston-mcbride: accessed 20 March 2023), memorial page for Pinkney Arnston “P.A.” McBride (20 May 1836–13 Dec 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41469172, citing Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Antioch, Polk County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by nathan w. forrister (contributor 47144763).

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for P.A. McBride, 56th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold,March 20, 2023., (http://www.fold3.com).

Dogwood Valley Cemetery

Dogwood Valley Cemetery

Find A Grave Survey

Location:

West Addis Road

Tunnel Hill, Catoosa County, Georgia

34.82500 - 85.07720

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 33645

Date Completion of Survey:

Protocol for conducting a Find A Grave Survey:

1. There must be evidence of Confederate service in a picture on the memorial page (VA tombstone, inscription on a non-military tombstone, Confederate flag, Southern Cross of Honor).
2. Confederate soldiers are automatically recorded if they are marked with a VA tombstone.
3. Service of those marked with a Confederate flag or Southern Cross of Honor is are recorded if their service records can be established. 
4. Soldiers whose service is described in their Find a Grave memorial are recorded if the information given can be corroborated. 

This is a survey of Dogwood Valley Cemetery in Catoosa County using the Find A Grave memorial page for the cemetery. The cemetery page contains 862 memorials and 90 % have been photographed.  I think I visited this cemetery many years ago and left without finding any Confederate solider markers. 

W.H.C. Freeman

Aug 27, 1839

Apr 10, 1931

Co. C 39 GA

Hamilton Young

Born 1821

Died Jan 10, 1897

Hamilton Young served as a Captain of Company D in the 1st Georgia Infantry (State Guards).

• 1st Regiment Georgia State Guards, http://www.researchonline.net/gacw/unit210.htm

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Hamilton Young, 1st Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 12, 2023,  (http://www.fold3.com).

W.R. Russell

Born

Sept 24, 1830

Died

Oct. 21, 1894

William R Russell enlisted at Whitfield County, Georgia March1 19, 1862 in Company I of the 36th Georgia Volunteer Regiment. He rose in the ranks to 1st Lieutenant and was captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 4, 1863. He was paroled and returned to duty. During the Atlanta Campaign he was accounted for as being in a hospital near Lovejoy Station.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107797773/william-robert-russell: accessed 12 March 2023), memorial page for William Robert Russell (24 Sep 1830–21 Oct 1894), Find a Grave Memorial ID 107797773, citing Dogwood Valley Cemetery, Catoosa County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by R Walters (contributor 47994390).

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William R. Russell, 36th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 12, 2023,  (http://www.fold3.com).

L.J. Deck

Sept 19 1824

May 4 1862

Leonard Jacob Deck besmear sa privaste in Compmany C of the 39th Georgia.  In 1862 Leonard died of measles. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for L.J. Deck,39th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 12, 2023,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Hodge, Gerald, Company C, 39th Regiment, Whitfield County, ”The Wells Guards”  USGEWeb,http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/whitfield/civilwar/rosters/c39.txt

Stewart Cemetery

Location:

Runyon Loop

Antioch, Polk County, Georgia

N 33° 57.526   W085° 10.885

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2210483

Date of Visit: November 28, 2022

Pvt

Pleasant P. Private

Co B

43 Ga Inf

CSA

Apr 19 1834

Feb 19 1996

Pvt

Isaac McDowell

Co E

14 Batt

Ga Lt Arty

1835

1895

Van Wert Church Cemetery

Location:

Church Street

Rockmart, Polk County, Georgia

N 33° 59.462   W085° 02.625

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2202644

Date of Visit: November 28, 2022

A Huddleston York

Pvt Co A 1 Ga Calvary

Confederate States Army

1843     1925

Larkin Blake York

Serb Co A. 1 Ga Calvary

Confederate States Army

June 2 1834      Nov 22 1903

Jasper Newton York

Serg Co A  1 Ga Calvary

Confederate States Army

1837     1867

Hud York, Larkin York, and Jasper York were the sons of Josiah Cowan York & Sarah Virginia Blake. They enlisted in Company A of the 1st Georgia Calvary which was commanded by their brother William Thomas York. William was killed at Battle of Peachtree Creek in 1864. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201623287/william-thomas-york: accessed 11 March 2023), memorial page for CPT William Thomas York (14 Jan 1830–3 Aug 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 201623287, citing Old Soldiers Cemetery, Barnesville, Lamar County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Duckie (contributor 47221306).

Albert W Anderson

Pvt. Co D

Ballentine’s Cat

2 Miss Rangers

CSA

1848

1864 

Albert enlisted in western Tennessee in 1864. In October of 1864 a calvary skirmish occurred near the hamlet of Van Wert in Polk County, Georgia. Albert was in the line of battle and was killed near the church and was buried in the cemetery.

• Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for A.W. Anderson, 2nd Miss. Partisan Rangers, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 11, 2023,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• Sons of Confederate Veterans Wayside Marker, Van Wert Church, Van Wert, Polk County, Georgia.

William N. Brumbelow

Cobb’s Legion

Ga Can

CSA

Serg

William J. Clark

Co A

1 Ga Can

CSA

Aug 12 1836

Jan 11 1897

Henry M. Brown

Pvt Co K 18 Ga Infantry

Confederate States Army

Oct 4 1829     Apr 9 1879

WN Strang

1st Lieut Co H 4 Ga Res

Confederate States Army

Sep 7 1827      Aug 17 1901

Strange was appointed 1st Lieutenant in 1864 and then was appointed Assist Quartermaster of the 4th Georgia Reserve regiment. Hw need the war as a prisoner in Montgomery,  Alabama.

• Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for W.N. Strange, 24th Georgia Reserves, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 11, 2023,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Pratt City Fraternal Cemetery

Find A Grave Survey

Location:

Sheridan Road

Pratt City, Jefferson  County, Alabama

33.54250 -86.88610

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 22882

Date Completion of Survey: December 1, 2022

Protocol for conducting a Find A Grave Survey:

1. There must be evidence of Confederate service in a picture on the memorial page (VA tombstone, inscription on a non-military tombstone, Confederate flag, Southern Cross of Honor).
2. Confederate soldiers are automatically recorded if they are marked with a VA tombstone.
3. Service of those marked with a Confederate flag or Southern Cross of Honor is are recorded if their service records can be established. 
4. Soldiers whose service is described in their Find a Grave memorial are recorded if the information given can be corroborated. 

This is a survey of Fraternal Cemetery in Pratt City using the Find A Grave memorial page for the cemetery. The cemetery page contains 2950 memorials and 55 % have been photographed. 

Description of Cemetery: At the beginning of the 20th century, the Greenwood Cemetery, formerly known as the Sam Foley Cemetery, adjoined the Pratt Mines Cemetery which was also called the United Mine Workers Cemetery. The combined cemeteries are now known as the Fraternal Cemetery, which is owned by the Fraternal Order of Pratt City. The newer section, originally called the Pratt Mines Cemetery, includes about 13 acres. The older section, known as the Greenwood Cemetery, covers about 1.5 acres and includes about 200 graves on the southwest corner of the lot. The Greenwood Cemetery is in the thick woods to the left of the main entrance. These cemeteries include the graves of English, Scottish, and German immigrants who worked in the Pratt coal mines and other early 20th century industrial operations in this area. (Find A Grave)

2nd Lieut

James S. Atkins

Co H

21 Ga Inf

CSA

Perry Jordan Powell

Jun 4 1841

Jul 8, 1908

Perry served in Company K of the 33rd Alabama Infantry.

• Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA. Census or Enumeration of Confederate Soldiers Residing in Alabama, 1907-1908. Alabama Department of Archives & History, Montgomery, Alabama. Entry for Perry Jordan Powell.. 

James Martin Poe

Dec. 25, 1845

Sept. 19, 1897

Father

James served in Company I of the 49th Alabama Infantry.

• Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for J.M. Poe, 49th Alabama  Infantry, retrieved from Ancestry.com, February 27, 20231,  (http://www.ancestry.com)

Samuel Coleman “Lum” Perkins

October 10, 1839

March 2, 1906

Lum Perkins served in Company C of the 21st Alabama Infantry. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47849071/samuel-columbus_%22lum%22-perkins: accessed 26 February 2023), memorial page for Samuel Columbus "Lum" Perkins (10 Oct 1839–2 Mar 1906), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47849071, citing Fraternal Cemetery, Pratt City, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Debbie McPherson (contributor 48520572).

Nathaniel W. Howell

June 18, 1844

Feb. 1, 1824

Nathaniel Wiggins Howell was a member of Company K, 13th Georgia Infantry.

• Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for N.W. Howell, 13^th Georgia  Infantry, retrieved from Ancestry.com, February 26, 20231,  (http://www.ancestry.com)

John Outlaw

John is buried new an Outlaw Family tombstone. He served in Company G, 64th Georgia Infantry. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191686926/john-outlaw: accessed 26 February 2023), memorial page for John Outlaw (12 Nov 1827–12 Feb 1909), Find a Grave Memorial ID 191686926, citing Fraternal Cemetery, Pratt City, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Outlaw Genealogy (contributor 49413134).

Lorenzon Monroe Lacey

June 7, 1841

July 27, 1930 

From a Birmingham News obituary posted on Find A Graver memorial page::

“…enlisted in the Confederate Army at Seale, Ala., in Company F, Sixth Alabama Regiment, under Capt. Baker and Col. Seibels. He participated in the Battles of the Pines, Seven Days and Bull Run and was taken prisoner July 4, 1863, was confined in Fort Delaware and paroled March, 1865.”

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79796178/lorenzo-monroe-lacey: accessed 26 February 2023), memorial page for Lorenzo Monroe Lacey (7 Jun 1841–27 Jul 1930), Find a Grave Memorial ID 79796178, citing Fraternal Cemetery, Pratt City, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Rachel Dobson (contributor 47613669).