
“The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: their courage nerves a thousand living men.” — Minot J. Savage
John Sparks Cemetery Veterans

Bluford A. Mathis
Private/Corporal
Co. B, 12th Battalion Georgia Light Artillery
Confederate States of America
February 21, 1830 – May 28, 1871
He enlisted May 21, 1862 as a Private in Sandersville. He was promoted to 3rd Corporal, on April 1, 1863. On September 22, 1864, he was captured at Fishing Hill, Virginia

Malchus M. Mathis
Private
Co. B, 12th Battalion GA Light Artillery
Confederate States of America
January 14, 1832 – January 10, 1901
Mathis enlisted as a Private in Sandersville on May 21st, 1862

William I. Mathis
Hospital Steward
28th GA Infantry
Confederate States of America
December 10, 1843 – May 20, 1914

Reuben Van Buren May
Private
Co. B, 59th GA Infantry
Confederate States of America
August 4, 1832 – March 4, 1906
May enlisted as a Private on May 8, 1862. He was wounded at Knoxville, Tennessee on November 29, 1863 and captured there one week later. He was paroled at Fort Delaware, Delaware on September 28, 1864 and exchanged at Varina, Virginia on October 5, 1864

Andrew Jackson Sparks
Private
Co. B, 28th GA Infantry
Confederate States of America
January 1, 1845 – April 18, 1918
Sparks enlisted in March of 1864 and was later wounded on March 19, 1864 at Bentonville, North Carolina

George W. Sparks
Captain
Co. B, 1st Regiment,
1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops
Confederate States of America
November 5, 1836 – August 25, 1871 Sparks was appointed a 1st Sergeant of 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops on October 3, 1861 and mustered out April 3, 1862. He was then elected 1st Lieutenant of Co. B, 59th Regiment, GA Infantry on May 8, 1862 and then promoted to Captain on August 25, 1863.

John Sparkes
Private
Jackson Co., 1st Regiment,
South Carolina Infantry
Revolutionary War
March 27, 1755 – unknown

John J. Sparks
Private
Co. E, 12th Battalion, Georgia Light Artillery Confederate States of America
June 29, 1831 – March 19, 1894
Sparks enlisted on October 30, 1863 at Fort McAllister, and surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia on April 9, 1865.

Stephen Smiley Sparks
Co. B, 59th GA Infantry
Confederate States of America
September 8, 1841 – July 4, 1863
Died at the Battle of Gettysburg.

William A. Sparks
Captain
59th GA Infantry
Confederate States of America
March 30, 1833 – May 30, 1863 Captain Sparks was in the 59th GA Infantry. He enlisted October 3, 1861, in Co. B, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, GA State Troops, and was mustered out April 3, 1862. He next enlisted May 8, 1862, Private; Co. B, 59th Regiment “Jackson Guards”, and appointed A.C.S., Captain. He died at Rapidan, Virginia on May 30, 1863.
