I wanted to add that a member of the Primitive Baptist group once contacted me to see if I would take on the cemetery. I am unable to do so but just as a piece of information to throw in, The Fulton County Tax Accessors office has an up to date list of properties in Fulton County on line and I have found that the Utoy Cemetery Association is still listed as the property owner. Apparently not active and no living members to be found as far as my search goes. > > From: "Leon Culberson" <dlcjr@bellsouth.net> > Date: 2005/12/30 Fri PM 03:18:40 EST > To: GA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [GA-CEM] Fulton Co. Utoy Creek Battle & church cemetery > > There is only one identified grave at Utoy Cemetery. It is of Cannon > Hankins, 2 Regt, (Ashby's) Tenn Cav, 1837-1864. There is a field stone > marker directly behind this marker. > All of the others (17 total) are marked Unknown Confederate Soldier and are > the latest vintage tombstone...except for 8 older stones. These 8 are gray > in color and smaller than the newer stones. They are all marked with a > number that ranges from 59 to 489 and are inscribed with "unknown", in > script, under the number. Knowing that the Army of Tennessee kept very good > records at their hospitals, I would venture a guess that a some point in > time, someone had the records necessary to match some of the graves to the > soldiers buried in them. > The Confederate burials are at the back (northwest side) of the cemetery and > are arranged in a semi-random way. They are in rows, but not the well laid > out rows of a National Cemetery. One grave is about 60' from the others. > There is a remnant of a trench line next to the graves. > Generally, the cemetery is in unkept condition, with much scrub growth and > undergrowth. > There are at least three Revolutionary War veterans buried in the Cemetery. > There are also 5 confederate veterans who survived the war buried there. > A metal sign was erected next to the cemetery entrance many years ago that > explained the significance of the church and cemetery. It is mostly > unreadable. It was erected by the Utoy Cemetery Association, Franklin > Garrett Custodian. > I have taken pictures of the graves if anyone is interested. > > > original Message----- > From: Larry Felton Johnson [mailto:larryj@gsu.edu] > Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 8:47 AM > To: GA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GA-CEM] Fulton Co. Utoy Creek Battle & church cemetery > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 07:11:11PM -0700, jbw81574@cox.net wrote: > > > Hard to believe, but I cannot find the names, companies, etc. for the 18 > to 25 Confederates buried in Utoy Church cemetery. This church is now > called Temple of Christ Pentecostal Church, corner of Cahaba Dr. and 1911 > Venetian Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA, 30311. I have written the church with no luck > so far. Is there anyone in the Atlanta area who would be willing to visit > this cemetery and record the info. on each Confederate gravesite and post it > on the internet?? These men died around August 1864 in the Battle of Utoy > Creek. The church was used as a hospital. Any help will be appreciated! I > believe John W. Melson from Talbot Co. is buried there, as is Robert B. > Barron. Both men died on August 6, 1864. Private Melson was in Co. I, 46th > Reg., Ga. Vol. Infantry. > > > > > > I'd love to (I spend a great deal of time wandering old cemeteries within > Atlanta's city limits anyhow, and have been spending time around Atlanta's > border with Cobb County lately). > > It may be after the first of the year before I can get to it, and when I > do I'll post it on my blog at http://larryfeltonjohnson.typepad.com and > put a note here about it. > > Larry > -- > ======================================================== > "It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong." > > -- attributed to John Maynard Keynes > ======================================================== > > > ==== GA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > kathleenburnett@earthlink. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. 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