On
Thursday 29 August Dragoon compatriot Larry Spears and Quartermaster Bill Myrick enjoyed a road trip to south Montgomery county in the Ramer area and a short
distance into Bullock county. Bill has done a tremendous amount of research on
his ancestry and visited numerous cemeteries searching for the burial places of
his ancestors. The trip began with a visit to the Old
Union Church cemetery; the old church (1835) has regrettably been demolished.
Bill's great grandmother Mary Kohn is buried there where Bill attended her funeral. The whereabouts of his great grandfather's grave is
unknown but possibly near his wife - her first
husband was Issac Middlebrooks, veteran of the 1st Georgia Engineers,
Confederate States Army.
From
there the two adventurers went to Sampey Baptist Church which is where Company K, 22nd Alabama
CSA was formed and rode off to join Confederate forces in The War Between the States. Bill has a
painting of this event with the old church in the background. The church still
stands today.
Next stop was Ramer City Cemetery where
several Confederate veterans are buried.
Ebenezer Primitve Baptist Church and
cemetery was next on the agenda. There is a monument in the cemetery
commemorating the gathering point for the formation of Company E, 33rd Alabama
CSA. The monument states that these men "Were Giants on the Earth In Those
Days." Several Confederate veterans are buried there.
The two men concluded the day with a meal at Red's Little Schoolhouse Restaurant as a fitting end to their journey.
The two men concluded the day with a meal at Red's Little Schoolhouse Restaurant as a fitting end to their journey.
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