Clayton County GaArchives Cemeteries.....Patrick Cleburne Cemetery ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mark Pollard, Barbara Emert, David Gass, Joan Larkin CONFEDERATE CEMETERY The Patrick Cleburne Cem. is located where the old train depot was. There are estimated to be 600- 1000 soldiers buried here, but no list is available at this time. The first person buried there was a Brooks that was wounded at the battle of Ezra Church. He died on the train so when the train arrived in Jonesboro, they buried him in a field. Lindsay, Robert Henry b. August 15, 1842. d. August 31, 1864. Confederate soldier, Civil War. Winner of the Confederate "Medal of Honor." Lindsay was the color-bearer of the Fourth Kentucky Infantry Regiment, Kentucky "Orphan" Brigade. He carried the colors in every battle from Shiloh until his death during the Atlanta Campaign. He was twice named to the Confederate Roll of Honor, a very rare distinction. He was mortally wounded while carrying the colors of his regiment in an assault during the battle of Jonesboro, Georgia. (bio by G. Walden) Confederate Cemetery, Jonesboro, Georgia, USA. Cause of Death: gunshot wound in battle. William Richard Roach Co B 43rd Reg., GA. (from Cherokee Co., GA.) killed Aug 31, 1864 Researcher: Vicky J Chambers [mailto:vicky@lulacity.com] William Franklin MORRIS, 1832-31 August 1864, age: 32 Jonesboro GA, Henry Co Father: Henry Joseph MORRIS, (1804->1860) Mother: Aseneth ALLEN, F (1811-) Died on the retreat from Atlanta to McDonough on 8-31-1864, after the battle of Atlanta. He never saw his son Brad who was born after his death. Morris, William F. 2d Sergeant May 12, 1862. Co H 34th Reg. (Banks Co) Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 8, 1863. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant in 1864. Killed at Jonesboro, Ga. August 31, 1864. Widow: Avarilla Waters Morris. Widow died 31 July 1908 buried in Banks Co. =========Joan Larkin All of these were killed on August 31, 1864: 1st LT Abner Joel Yancey 39 Regiment GA Inf. Ensign Robert H Lindsay Co D, 4th KY Inf. Pvt William R Roach CoB, 43 GA Inf Pvt David Paxton Rymer Co A 60 NC Inf Pvt David W Sheridan Co K 43 GA Inf 4Corp James F Hurley Co L 58 NC State Troopers Agnatius F Brooke Died 08/01/64 Wounded at the Battle of Ezra Church, put on train to go to hospital in Jonesboro, but died in route. Buried in the yard of the train depot which is now Patrick Cleburne Cemetery. I am not sure what regiment he was with since the person who did the writing for me put Army of __-. Livingston Bond out of Franklin Co, GA to be placed in the Patrick Cleburne Cemetery, He was out of the Co. B, First Regiment, Georgia State Line Franklin County "Joe Brown Defenders". He was wounded in the Battle of Atlanta and taken to the hospital in Jonesboro where he died of his wounds Tombstone Dedication held 2005 and flag presented to his descendant Horace E. Shelton, Jr ============== From: "POOLE" To: GEORGIA-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <004101c2df47$4bdd46a0$697ed6d1@poole8d50br6m6> Subject: Re: [GEORGIA] Jonesboro Confed Hospital Pt 2(W F Morris) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit If you have a hospital index, would you please see if you can find a JOHN B. REVELS, he too was killed at the Battle of Jonesboro. Can find no record of him after that. HISTORY In 1868, the Jonesboro Memorial Association petitioned the state for $1,000 to rebury the soldiers. (Atlanta newspaper via ancestry.com) When they were reburied is not exactly clear but there was said to be identification at that time, ca 1870-74?. In 1934(?), the Atlanta Memorial Assoc. had a large marker placed. Later, the state erected token tombstones placed like a Battle Flag. There are currently 7 names on tombstones. We placed 3 this summer. They are of soldiers who were known to have died at the Battle and whose graves have not been located elsewhere. The state put down gravel pathways but we are hoping to get them paved. The gravel is not a walking place for those who have problems walking. The ground is too uneven. David Gass has cleaned every tombstone. The State has the actual cemetery but our UDC chapter has the lease on the large entrance. It is not known exactly where the soldiers are buried. Barbara Emert, who works for GA Tech, is talking with GA Tech to get the area imaged. The soldiers are said to be buried in trenches. Future plans included a large marker that has everyone who died, was wounded or died in a prisoner of war camp as a result of being captured in Jonesboro. Visitors to the Cemetery come from every state and from around the world. It is quite interesting to read where they come from and the comments. ====Notes on possible locations of "field hospitals" in Jonesboro from Mark Pollard ===== 1) The big parking lot on the premises of the 1st Bapitist Church in Jonesboro. 2)The second field hospital was located on College Street, across the street from the same Church. 3) Camp Family Plantation located off Walt Stephens Road. There is some documentation of this site written by a former slave who belonged to the Camp family. 4)Near the old Jonesboro train depot, where wounded men were attended possibly the site of the current Patrick R. Cleburne Cemetery. This hospital site is not proven, although it makes sense because of the location of trains arriving from Atlanta and all other battlefields. Jonesboro was not in any danger while all of the earlier battles were going on.