Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Bethel Baptist Church


Location:
US Highway 321
Townsend, Blount County, Tennessee
N 35° 40.653              W083° 44.239

Date of Visit: December 21 2015


In Memory of
Adam Farmer
Pvt Co A 3 Tenn Cav
Confederate States Army
1838  1865


An Adam Farmer, a 24 year old from Blount County, Tennessee enlisted in Company A of the 3rd East Tennessee Calvary on August 2, 1862. This Calvary unit was in the Federal Army. Farmer was captured a Sulphur Branch Trestle in Alabama on September 25, 1864.  He was paroled at Vicksburg on April 21, 1865. He is listed as perished in the Sultana explosion on April 27, 1865. - Compiled Service Records of Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold January 20, 2016 (http://www.fold3.com).


Miller’s Cove Missionary Baptist Church


Location:
West Miller’s Cove Road
Blount County, Tennessee
N 35° 42.830  W083° 49.460

Date of Visit: December 21, 2015

Pvt
JT McNeilly
7 NC Regt
CSA
Jul 22 1847
Feb 13 1931

Sunday, January 3, 2016

Samaria Baptist Church


Location:
Industrial Road
Jasper, Walker County, Alabama
N 33° 48.890  W087° 13.880

Date of Visit: July 20, 2011

J.T. Sherer
Co K
4 Ala Cav
CSA

Abner Files
Serg
Co G  50 Ala
Confederate States Army

Pvt
John Calvin Daniel
Co I
38 Ala Inf
CSA
May 3 1844
Nov 22 1922

David J Files
Serg Co G  50 Ala Inf
Confederate States Army
May 9 1840  Oct 9 1897

Russell Cemetery


Location:
County Road 22
Walker County, Alabama
N 33° 44.548  W087° 11.754

Date of Visit: July 20, 2011

J. Washington Hyche
Co G
50 Regt
Ala Inf
CSA
May 30 1829   Jul 22, 1899


Note: Name discovered at Find a Grave (Memorial 2357726). 

Saturday, January 2, 2016

Beulah Baptist Church


Location:
Beulah Church Road
Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia
N 33° 36.073   W085° 06.108

Date of Visit: November 14, 2015

Pvt Allen E. Johnson
Co I
2 Ga Stat Trps
CSA
Jan 12 1836
Feb 15 1909

Jehiel J Black
Pvt Co B 56 Ga Infantry
Confederate States Army
Oct 5 1827  Jan 5 1905

John A Daniel
Pvt Co K 34 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Nov 8 1841  Oct 22 1931

George Washington Harper
Corp  Co L 7 Conf Cavalry
Confederate States Army
Jan 5 18456  Feb 19 1945

Chestua Campground Cemetery


Location:
US 411
Madisonville, Monroe County, Tennessee

Date of Visit: December 21, 2015

Capt John David “Dot” Wilson
Co E  59 Mtd Inf CSA
1862 - 1865

A Note to Visitors