Sunday, August 23, 2009

Hopewell Baptist Church

Location:
Hopewell Church Road
Oatman, Gordon County, Georgia
N 34° 34.762 W084° 41.965

Date of Visit: August 22, 2009


James Franklin Nolan
Born August 6, 1836
Died Oct. 19, 1902
Co. A 37th Ga CSA

Serg. Sidney Leonidas Davis
Co. G 1 Ga State Trp. CSA
1826-1904

Robert L. Craig
Co. C 9 Bn Ga Inf
CSA
1818-1888

William M. Owen
Co. E 3rd Regt Ga Cav
State GDS
CSA
Feb 24, 1826 – July 20, 1898

United Methodist Church Cemetery of Oatman, Ranger

Location:
Oatman Road
Oatman, Gordon County, Georgia
N 34° 34.196 W084° 42.622

Date of Visit: August 22, 2009


1st Lieut.
Benjamin W. Freeman
Co E 8th Ga Bn
CSA

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Evans Cemetery

Location:
Lost Creek Road
Lamar County, Alabama
N 33° 56.336 W088° 11.881

Date of Visit: April 7, 2009

James K. Haskett
Co, M 28th Ala. Inf
CSA
Dec. 25, 1844 – Apr. 26, 1916

Joseph Webb
Co. F 2nd Miss Cav
CSA

Bankhead Cemetery

Location:
Bob Weeks Land
Crews, Lamar County, Alabama
N 33° 54.644 W088° 04.796

Date of Visit: April 7, 2009

Captain Joshua M. Marchbanks
Co. H 5th Ala. Cav.
March 7, 1812 – October 18, 1870

Historic Mt. Pleasant Church

Historic Mt. Pleasant Church Location: Intersection of Nally Rd and Mt. Pleasant Rd. Bartow County, Georgia N 34° 22.955 W084° 45.384 Date of Visit: June 21, 2009 Andrew Jackson Nally Corp. Co. H 18th Regt. Ga. Inf. Confederate States Army Nov. 14, 1840-June 16, 1922 T.H. Hughes Co. A 43rd Ga. Inf. CSA

Sisk Cemetery

Location:
Cut-off Road
Gordon County, Georgia
N 34° 24.490 W085° 04.940

Date of Visit: July 26, 2009


Larkin V. McEntyre
Co. B 8th Bn Ga. Inf.
CSA

Scott Cemetery

Scott Cemetery (Upper Secton)

Location:
Moore’s Ferry Road
Gordon County, Georgia
N 34° 24.994 W085° 02.428

Dates of Visit: July 26, 2009 and January 17, 2025.


James N Fowler
Co A
36 Ga Inf
CSA
  • Missed in 2009 survey. Added after January 17, 2025 revisit.

Pvt. William W. Gibby
Co. G 3rd GA Cav.
Sept. 1837 – Jan. 18. 1918

J. J. Brown
Co. B 37th BN Va. Cav.
CSA

Monday, July 6, 2009

Resaca Baptist Church Cemetery

Location:
On hill above Resaca Baptist Church
Highway 41
Resaca, Gordon County, Georgia
N 34° 35.013 W084° 56.780

Date of Visits: 7/5/09

William J. Boston
Georgia
Major 23 Regt Ga Inf
Confederate States Army
Jan 16, 1834 – Dec 23, 1910

Salmon Cemetery

Location:
Highway 53
Floyd County, Georgia
N 34° 22.446 W085° 02.323

Note: This cemetery appears as Levett Gardens Cemetery on the Floyd County Highway map.

Date of Visits: 7/4/09

Elizur Newton McCurry
Pvt. Cherokee Arty
Confederate States Army
1843 – 1912

Samuel Goddard
Co. C
4th Ga Cav
CSA

George H. Braden
Co. C
4th Ga Cav
CSA

Samuel Couey
Pvt. Co. D
29 Ga Vol
Confederate States Army

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church (Updated)

Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church Cemetery 
Location: Hwy 156 (Redbud Road) 
Gordon County, Georgia 
N 34° 31.951 W085° 50.151

Date of Visit: May 30, 2009
Updated: September 25, 2024

Serg. Robert N. Baxter 
Co. E 18th Ga Vol. Inf 
CSA 
June 10, 1837 – Nov 18, 1863

Baxter joined a company of volunteers commanded by E.J. Starr. Starrs companny joined the 18th Georgia Infantry.  The regiment was with Longstreet when he moved to Chattanooga in 1863. Baxter died in Bell Hospital in Rome on November 18, 1863. The cause of death is not known. 

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for R.N. Baxter 18th Georgia Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, September 25, 2024, (http://www.fold3.com).
  • Lulie Pitts, History of Gordon County, Georgia, (Calhoun: The Press of Calhoun Times, 1934), 138.
Rufus R. Owens
4th Serg Co D. 8 Batt
Civil War
August 2 1838      Jan 29, 1905



Sugar Valley Baptist Church

Location:
US HWY 136
Gordon County, Georgia
N 34° 34.501 W085° 01.480

Date of Visits: 5/30/09

Pvt. J.F Long
21st Ga Regt
Dabney’s Rifles
CSA
Oct. 7, 1840 – May 22, 1925

James W. Jamison
Co. A
16th Ala. Inf. CSA

A Note to Visitors