Location:
Bailey Road
Esom Hill, Polk County, Georgia
N 33° 56.810 W085° 21.475
FAG: 201814
Date of Visit: September 27, 2021
Jeremiah M Isbell
Pvt Co C Floyd Legion
Confederate States Army
Jan 17 1829 Apr 22 1913
David Sylvester Berry
Pvt Inf Regt
Phillips Legion Ga Vols
Confederate States Army
Jun 7 1825 Jan 6 1889
Andrew J Eison
Co A. 38 Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
1832 1886
William J Garner
Co F
40 Ga Inf
CSA
From Williams Find a Grave Memorial: An "Application for Headstone" dated 1/27/1933, in the Military Archives listing William J Garner of Co. K, 40th Regt GA Inf., buried at Cedartown, Polk County. His birth was listed as 2/22/1839 and his death date as 5/24/1864. Find-a-Grave index # 15012210.
There is a record of a W.J. Garner who enlisted at Buchanan, Georgia in 1862. He was a member of Company K of the 40th Georgia. He was captured at Vicksburg and paroled in 1863. A W.J. Garner was paroled in North Carolina in 1865.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15012210/william-jackson-garner : accessed 12 October 2021), memorial page for William Jackson Garner (22 Feb 1839–24 May 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15012210, citing Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery, Esom Hill, Polk County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Evening Blues (contributor 46587085) .
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for William J. Garner , 40th Georgia Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, October 12, 2021, (http://www.fold3.com).
