Talbot County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....Grave of Masalon Melson April 26 2004
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Terry Rumph tjrumph@alltel.net April 30, 2004, 12:18 pm

Source: Sardis Methodist Church Cemetery
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Grave of Masalan Melson in Sardis Methodist Church Cemetery, Chestnut Grove 
Road, Talbot County, GA.
Slab has weathered and lettering getting hard to read. 
"Sacred to the Memory of
Masalan M. Melson
Born April 12, 1827 Died in Defence of his Country Feb. 16, 1864
next 2 lines can't read."
Masalan served in Company I 46th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry C.S.A.
He died while home on sick furlough from chronic diarrhoea.
Flag was placed on Confederate Memorial Day, April 26, 2004 by Sons of 
Confederate Veterans, Echols Guards Camp 1711, located in Manchester, GA.
I have ordered a V.A. marker for this grave.

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