New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery

Dallas-Acworth Highway
Dallas, Paulding County, Georgia
N 33° 41.667   W086° 48.685
Date of Visit: March 24, 2018

George R Elsberry

Co A

10 Ga Inf

Oct 17 1839

Aug 25, 1923

Robert W. Whitehead

C C Cooper

Pvt Co A

40 Georgia Regiment

Confederate States Army

Jan 8 1845      Dec 10 1934

Henry Russell Parker

Co K

60 Ga Vol Inf

CSA

1837

1877

James R. Bowen

Co F.  9 BN Ga Cav

Confederate States Army

 

L.L. Bowen

Co D  1 Ga Cav

Confederate States Army

Jun 1 1826      Apr 16 1908

John H Turner

Co C

41 Ga Inf

CSA

August 21 1831

Nov 13 1906

Pvt

Malachi Pickett

Co A

9 BN Ga Cav

CSA

1800

Apr 8 1836

James C Pickett

Pvt Co C 25 Ga Infantry

Provost Guard

Confederate States Army

Sep 30 1829   Mar 8 1910

W C Matthews 

Co D 1 Ga Cav

Confederate States Army

Apr 15 1828   Jul 15 1902

Joseph C Dupree

Cpl  Co D  14 Regt Ga Vol Inf

Confederate States Army

Apr 10 1840    Apr 3 1925

William Franklin Sanford

Co L

12 Regt

Ga Vol Cav

CSA

Mar 31 1821

Apr 5 1895

W A Camp

Co C 2 Ga Inf State Trp

Confederate Staates Army

Francis M Osborn

Co L 12 Ga Cav

Confederate States Army

Jan 15 1843   Mar 13 1911

James M Russell

8 Ark Cav

CSA

Feb 5 1845

Sept 29 1922

Anderson H Arnold

Co K

60 Regt

Ga Inf

CSA

Mar 9 1832

Jan 23 1905

3D Lieut

William C Abney

Co A

9 Ga Cav

CSA

1828

1895

In Memory of 

1 Lieut

Benjamin W Pickett

Co D

1 Ga Cav

1828

1863

Died September 19, 1863

Benjamin Pickett enlisted in Captain Seawright's calvary company with his own horse in March of 1862. This company became Company D of the 1st Georgia Calvary Regiment. He was elected 2nd Lieutenant of the company August 5, 1862. In the winter he was absent because he was sick and furloughed. Back in service in the Fall he was mortally wounded early in the Battle of Chickamauga on or near Reed's Bridge road where Pegram's Calvary skirmished dismounted with Croxton's Brigade. Is is said that he was wounded leading a charge and died later in the day nine a hospital near Jay's Mill. His body was sent home to be buried at New Hope. In less than a year Pickett's grave would be in full view of combatants during the Battle of Hew Hope Church.  

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 17, 2018. (http://www.fold3.com)
• Lee White, " From the Battle of New Hope Church, "Emerging Civil War (website), May 26, 2025.https://emergingcivilwar.com/2014/05/26/from-the-battle-of-new-hope-church
• 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. 38, Part 2, 528, Report of Brigadier General  John Pegram. 

J.D. Harman

Co F  34 Ala.

Regt. Killed

In Battle

At New Hope 1864

JD Harmon

Co D 34 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1864

Harman has two Confederate gravestones. He was likely from Tallapoosa or Montgomery, Alabama and he was killed at New Hope. I cannot find any record of his service. 

Silas G Grooms 

1831-1864

Killed in action May 23

At New Hope Church

New company C

8th Arkansas Infantry

Confederate

Silas was a farmer from Liberty Township in Independence County, Arkansas. He enlisted in Captain Floyd's Company in the 8th Arkansas Infantry on September 10, 1861. This company would soon become Company C of the regiment. Silas spent a good bit of time absent from the regiment due to sickness. In August of 1863 he was present at the August muster, but he had lost his cap box and belt. As a part of Govan's Brigade of Cleburne's Division it is likely that Silas took part in the Battles of Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and Ringgold Gap in 1863 and winter into winter quarters at Dalton. His record s state that he was killed in action May 23, 1864 at New Hope Church. The actual Battle of New Hope Church occurred on may 25. Cleaburn's Division was not involved in this clash.  Two days later and a couple of miles away. Silas' regiment would be in the line of Battle at Picket Mill.

• 1860 U.S. census, Independence County, Arkansas, population schedule, Liberty Township, p. # 253(stamped), dwelling #1723, family #1712, *Silas Grooms; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed November 29, 2025); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll #43.
• Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Silas Grooms, 8th Arkansas, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, November 29,  2025.(http://www.fold3.com).
• Scaife, William R.  The Campaign for Atlanta. Kennesaw, GA: Kennesaw Mountain Historical Association, 1993.

Nathan Goswick

Co H 19 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

Apr 17 1862

Nathan enlisted in Company H, 19th Alabama on June 25, 1861. He was wounded at the first Battle of Manassas in July. In December he was discharged by surgeon and sent home where he died on April 17, 1862. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89556926/nathan-goswick: accessed December 14, 2025), memorial page for Nathan Goswick (1836–17 Apr 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 89556926, citing New Hope Cemetery, Dallas, Paulding County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Bob W (contributor 47107535).
• Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Nathan Goswick, 19th Georgia, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 13, 2025.(http://www.fold3.com).

Pvt. 

Robert W Whitehead

Co. C 

36 Ala Inf

CSA

May 26, 1864

Twenty-six year old Robert W. Whitehead from Havana District of Greene County, Alabama enlisted in Captain Murphy’s Company of Mounted Volunteers on November 18, 1861. This company became Company F of the 3rd Alabama Calvary. In 1863 he was e in the Newson Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Direction Hospital in Griffith, Georgia. In March of 1864 he was transferred to Company C 36th Alabama Infantry. His brother John J. Whitehead had been a member of this Company. At Chickamauga John was wounded and ended up being discharged from service. On May 25, 1864 the 36th Alabama was in the line of battle north and east of New Hope Church as a part of Clayton's Brigade. The next day the fighting moved toward Pickett's Mill, however the Brigade was involved in skirmishing throughout the day. 

• Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Robert Whitehead, 36th Alabama. Retrieved from at 3-Fold, November 29,  2025.(http://www.fold3.com).
• National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
• Alabama Department of Archives & History; Montgomery, Alabama; Alabama Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907 and 1921; Roll: Multiple Regiments (Hale County #33); Roll Number: 197
• http://www.magnoliasandpeaches.com/GreeneAlGenWeb/Geography/Havana/Snedecor.asp
• Stephen Davis, A Long Bloody Task: The Atlanta Campaign from Dalton through Kennesaw Mountain to the Chattahoochee River, May 5-July 18, 1864. Savia-Beatie: California, 2016. 

James Harvey Murphy

Private James Harvey Murphy is buried at New Hope cemetery. His tombstone indicates that he was a member of Company K of the 40^th Alabama Infantry. He was born in 1821 and died 1864. His epitaph is Beloved Husband of Sabra Denmon Murphy.  It is a new Confederate marker. 

There is no service records card for a James Murphy in the records of the 40^th Alabama. Using the name of his wife a James H. Murphy was found to enlist in Company A of the 47^th Alabama Infantry Regiment on March 20, 1862. 

• Ancestry.com. Alabama Civil War Muster Rolls, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010., Original data: Muster rolls of Alabama Civil War Units. SG025006-25100. Montgomery, Alabama: Alabama Department of Archives & History.

Corp

John J. Hamilton

Co F

1 Fla Inf

CSA

Jul 3 1849

May 25, 1864Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Florida.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John Hamilton, 1st Florida Infantry. Retrieved from at 3-Fold, December 15, 2025.(http://www.fold3.com).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14955062/john_joseph-hamilton: accessed December 15, 2025), memorial page for Corp John Joseph Hamilton (3 Jul 1830–25 May 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14955062, citing New Hope Cemetery, Dallas, Paulding County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by: Find a Grave.