Aurora Cemetery

Location:

Lawson Gap Road

Aurora, Etowah County, Alabama

34.116535   -86.190254

Find A Grave Cemetery ID:1976894

Date of Visit: March 12, 2014

Memorial/Epitaph

Brothers Together

Again With Family

                                                                                                        James W. 

Humphrey

1836-24 Jan 1863

Pvt Co D 34 Ga Inf

John Humphrey

1838 - 3 Oct 1864

Co K 21 Ga Vol Inf

David Crockett

Humphrey

1841 - 7 Oct 1862

Co K 21 Ga Vol Inf

Andrew Jackson 

Humphrey

1844 - 14 Dec 1865

Co K 21 Ga Vol Inf

Co F 1 Reg US Vol

The memorial is to four brothers. These men were the children of David and Martha Humphrey. In 1860 John, David, and Andrew were living with their parents in Chattooga County, Georgia. James, the oldest son, was living near Alpine Georgia across the state line in Cherokee County, Alabama. When war came brothers enlisted the Confederate Army. None would make it back home. 

James enlisted in Company D of the 34th Georgia Infantry in 1862. This company raised was in Chattanooga County. James died June 24, 1863 in a hospital in Strawberry Plains, Tennessee. Surgeon Green reported that James died of chronic diarrhea with 62 dollars, a knife and a comb in his pockets. It is believed that he is buried at Strawberry Plains in an unmarked grave. Soldiers that died in hospitals were buried in the Strawberry Plains Cemetery and were later moved to the Confederate Cemetery in Knoxville. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for James W. Humphrey, 34th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 9, 2025,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89889797/james_w-humphrey: accessed August 9, 2025), memorial page for James W Humphrey (1836–24 Jan 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 89889797, citing Aurora Cemetery, Aurora, Etowah County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by: Find a Grave.
• "Jefferson County in the Civil War," Jefferson County, Tennessee Genealogy& History, The U.S. Genweb Project, https://jefferson.tngenealogy.net/about-jefferson-county/44-history/491-jefferson-county-in-the-civil-war

John enlisted in Company K of the 21st Georgia Infantry in Summerville, Georgia in March of 1862.  John was furloughed home in the spring of 1863. Returning to Virginia he was admitted to a hospital at Camp Winder in Richmond in June of 1863.  He remained in the hospital until at least October. John died in Christian's Factory hospital in Lynchburg on March 20, 1864.  This was one 40 tobacco warehouses in this town that were converted to hospitals during the war.  Its is thought that John was buried near the hospital. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John Humphrey, 21st Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 12, 2025,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89889905/john-humphrey: accessed August 12, 2025), memorial page for John Humphrey (1838–3 Oct 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 89889905, citing Aurora Cemetery, Aurora, Etowah County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by: Find a Grave.
• "Confederate Hospitals in Lynchburg," Old City Cemetery Museums and Arboretum, https://www.gravegarden.org/confederate-hospitals-in-lynchburg

David Crockett Humphrey's was the first brother to enlist. He joined Company K of the 21st Georgia in June of 1861. The musters in the winter of 1861 found David sick at various places. In February of 1862 he was back home in Summerville on sick leave. He returned to Virginia only to contract phthisis pulmonalis (tuberculosis) and died in General Hospital #2 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He was buried in the Confederate Cemetery in town.  Later his body was sent home and buried at Alpine Church in Mentone. In 2015 his grave was marked with a metal funeral home marker. I did not find this marker in 2022. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for David Crockett Humphrey, 21st Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 12, 2025,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125393763/david_crockett-humphrey: accessed August 12, 2025), memorial page for David Crockett Humphrey (1839–10 Jul 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 125393763, citing Alpine Community Church Cemetery, Menlo, Chattooga County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Larry A. McCoy (contributor 47342488).
• Georgia. State Division of Confederate Pensions and Records, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, compiled by Lillian Henderson (Hapeville, GA: Longino & Porter, 1959-1964), 2: 931.

Andrew Jackson Humphries joined his brothers in Company K of the 21st Georgia 1861. In July of 1863 on the retreat from Gettysburg he was captured in Williamsport, Virginia. On July 12 he arrived at Fort Delaware as prisoner of war.  On February 22, 1864 was released from prison and volunteered for service in the 1st Regiment of U.S. Volunteers.  This regiment was composed of Confederate prisoner This regiment was sent west to campaign against the Sioux on the Dakota Frontier. On a march in Kansas from Fort Leavenworth to  Fort Fletcher in November of 1865 Andrew deserted. There is no other record of him.  The cenotaph has a date of death as December 14, 1865. This date is the date of death for Andrew Jackson Humphrey buried in Grave #2490 in Section 5 of the Fort Smith Arkansas National Cemetery. This Andrew Jackson Humphrey was from Missouri. So, I do not know what happened to Andrew from Chattooga County. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Andrew Jackson Humphrey, 21st Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, August 12, 2025,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• Compiled Service Records of Former Confederate Soldiers who Served in the 1st Through 6th U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments, 1864-1866, 1861-1865 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/45/us-civil-war-service-records-cmsr-union-former-confederate-csa-1861-1865 : accessed Sep 1, 2025), entry for A.J. Humphreys, 1st U.S. Volunteers.
• U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Maryland: Point Lookout, Military Prison, v.. 374-375: Civilian passes, enlistment papers, hospital transfers, financial records, 1863-1865. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for A.J. Humphrey, 21st Georgia Infantry, retrieved from Ancestry.com, 1 September 2025.  (http://www.ancestry.com)

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143190247/andrew_james-humphrey: accessed September 1, 2025), memorial page for Pvt Andrew James Humphrey (1833–14 Dec 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 143190247, citing Fort Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by Karen Winters (contributor 48123293).

• Michele T. Butts, "Trading Gray for Blue: Ex-Confederates Hold the Upper Missouri for the Union," Prologue Magazine 37, no.4, 2005. https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2005/winter/galvanized.html

For more on the Galvanized Yankees of the 1st U.S. Volunteers see the Michele Butt's "Trading Gray for Blue: Ex-Confederates Hold the Upper Missouri for the Union," published by the National Archives in 1905. 

Land Cemetery

Harris Beamer Road S.W.

Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia

N 34° 29.696'   W085° 59.4066'

Find A Grave Cemetery ID: 2290342

Date of Visit: August 2, 2024

Capt.N.B.

Hudgins

21st Ga Regt.

Born

Dec 29, 1836

Died

July 16, 1905

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).

Alpine Community Church

Alpine Community Church

Location:

State Road 337

Menlo, Chattooga County, Georgia

N 34° 27.691   W085° 29.031

Find A Grave Cemetery ID:2213087

Date of Visit: September 23, 2022

In memory of Adam Miller Rice

April 17, 1821 – Jun 10, 1864

In Confederate Service

Killed near Alpine, Georgia

Erected 1979 by his Grandchildren

Margaret Rice in 1896 stated that her deceased husband Adam M. Rice was a private in Captain Millsap’s Company of Alabama Cavalry. This company was a part of Davenport’s Battalion. 

• Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1860-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Civil War Soldiers. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.

In Memory of

John W Cline

Pvt Co F 10 Tenne Inf

Civil War

1842

John W. Cline of Sullivan’s Branch, Cheatham County, Tennessee was a member of the Union 10th Tennessee. 

There are 23 cenotaphs located in the new section of this cemetery. These VA Confederate headstones were put up for those soldiers buried in the Alpine Cemetery that did not have a military marker. 

Pvt

William G. Agnew

Co B

9 Ga Inf

CSA

Sept 18, 1837

May 12 1863

William enlisted in Summerville June 12, 1861 as a member of the Chattooga Volunteers company. He served as an ordinance teamster in early 1863. He died of disease in Petersburg, Virginia on May 12, 1863. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for W.G. Agnew, 9th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 5, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Leroy Davis Agnew

Co E

6 Ga Cav

CSA

Jul 14 1846  Sep 4, 1917

AL Barry

Co E

6 Ga Ca

CSA

Sep 8 1833    Apr 25, 1889

2nd Serg

Alfred L Alexander

Co K  Ga Inf

CSA

Apr 28, 1842   Sept 17, 1906

Pvt William Beavers

Co E

6 Ga Cav

CSA

Mar 28 1845     Jan 11 1877

Serg

CC Boyle

Co G

6 Ga State Guards

CSA

Aug 9 1824

May 27 1890

Amariah Hassell

Co E

6 Ga Cav

Aug 22 1810

Jul 13 1895

2nd Lieut

James D King

CSA

Co H

39 Ga Inf

Jul 28 1830

Jan 10 1915

Lieutenant King entered the service as a private in May of 1862. He served until March of 1864 when he resigned as he had been elected the Chattooga County Receiver of Taxes in January. 

• 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.D. King, 39th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 18, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Pvt

Christopher C Knox

Co B

9 Ga Inf

CSA

Apr 9 1822   Jun 17, 1897

Serg

Basil Lamar Knox

Co B

9 Ga Inf

CSA

Jan 7 1842

Feb 29 1908

Pvt

LM Herndon

Co C

60 Ga Inf

CSA

Sept 15 1826

Aug 26 1909

John Montgomery

Co H

39 Ga Inf

CSA

Mar 24 1842

Apr 29 1862

John Montgomery enlisted in the service on March 4, 1862. He was killed or wounded on April 29, 1862 at Bridgeport. There is a record of  John Montgomery dying at the Newson Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee on May 2 1862 and of his father claiming his effects. In Bridgeport there a marker for John Montgomery II whose was killed April 29, 1862 in Battle of Bridgeport. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John M. Montgomery, 39th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 5, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).
• “Bridgeport” The Historical Marker Database, https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=83788
• Henderson, Lilian, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865, Volume 4, Longino & Porteer, Hapeville, 1960, page 323

John H Hutchins

Co E

Ga Cav

CSA

Jan 29 1832   Jun 19 1880

J.H. Hutchins was a private in Company E of the 6th Georgia Calvary. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for J.H. Hutchins, 6th Georgia Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 19, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Pvt

J Loyd Neal

Co B 9 Ga Inf

CSA

Mar 30 1842    Nov 13 1912

Pvt

Isaac S Smith

Co E 6 Ga Inf

CSA

June 26 1820    Sept 20 1897

There was an Isaac Smith in Company E of the 6th Georgia Calvary. He enlisted in Summerville. There is not a record of Isaac Smith in the 6th Georgia Infantry. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Isaac Smith, 6th Georgia Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 19, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Pvt

Isaac Gilbert

Co D 34 Ga Inf

CSA

Oct 8 1824

Jun 15 1905

1st Lieut

Thomas J Knox

Co B

9 Ga Inf

CSA

Feb 21 1831

Aug 8 1882

2D Lieut

Joseph M Wyatt

Co E

6 Ga Cav

CSA

Feb 21 1831

Aug 8 1882

James R. Wyatt

Co E 

6 Ga Cav

CSA

Jul 8 1839    

Sep 24 1902

Pvt

Virgil F Wyatt

Co E  

6 Ga Cav

CSA

Jul 25 1845

Jun 8 1900

Pvt

James A Neal

Co B

9 Ga Inf

CSA

1837

1881

James Aldophus Neal was a private in Company B of the 9th Georgia Infantry. On October 18, 1861 he was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #2 in Richmond, Virginia with Typhoid Fever. James died on the 5th of November. 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41733603/james-adophus-neal: accessed 30 October 2022), memorial page for Dr James Adophus Neal (1837–5 Nov 1861), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41733603, citing Alpine Community Church Cemetery, Menlo, Chattooga County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Patti Lee (contributor 46799858) .
• 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. Neal, 9th  Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 30, 2022,  (http://www.fold3.com).

Pvt

William M Smith

Co K 21 Ga Inf

CSA

1846

1911

Pvt

WJ Jennings

Co C

54 Ga Inf

CSA

1842

1921

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).

Whitesburg Cemetery

Location:

US Highway 27

Whitesburg, Carroll County, Georgia

N 33° 30.038   W084° 55.089

Find a Grave: 37729

Date of Visit: November 9, 2013

3rd Sergeant

Moses Denham Watkins

Co A

21 Regt

Ca Vol Inf

Amry of Northern Virginia

CSA

Mar 8 1845     Aug 8 1899

Pvt

James E Meek

Co F

Phillips Legion

Calvary

CSA

Nov 11 1832     Dec 22 1899

Henry J Smith

Pvt Co I. 42 Ga Inf

Confederate States Army

1846      1916

George T Forbes

Co A

24 Ga Inf

CSA

1 Lt

Richard E. Thurman

Co C

56 Ga Inf

CSA

J.S. Moore

Cav Bn

Phillips Legion

CSA

Pvt

James T. Mullenax

Co C 26 Ga Vol

CSA

Jan 9 1819

Feb 17 1906

Francis M Richards

Co E

11 Ark Inf

CSA

Charles Christian Wager

C.C. Wager

Serg Co K  Fannin’s Ga Res

Confederate States Army

1815      1901

Charles Christian Wager was born in 1815 at Bade-Wurttemberg, Germany. He came to the United  States in 1847 and served in the War with Mexico. In 1864 he enlisted in a militia unit commanded by James H. Fannin. 

Sources: 

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57069081/charles-christian-wager : accessed 26 October 2021), memorial page for Charles Christian Wager (24 Dec 1815–8 Aug 1901), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57069081, citing Whitesburg Cemetery, Whitesburg, Carroll County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Ed & Sue Anderson (contributor 46739770) .

• “B.F. Wager Dies; Brother of J.J. and G.W. Wager” The Cleburne News, May 6, 1937, p. 1, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87787036/obituary-for-b-f-wager-aged-78/

• "Public Member Tree," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 October 2021), "Kathy Adkins Family Tree" family tree by Kathy Adkins (kl_adkins), profile for Charles Christian Waagers (Dec. 24, 1815-Sept. 1 1901).