Gerald Flinchum
In Monday's
Marietta Daily Journal and the Cherokee Tribune there was an article about Gerald Flinchum and his book CROSSROADS,
CREEKS, AND CLASHES: CIVIL WAR SKIRMISHES IN CHEROKEE IN NORTH COBB COUNTIES:
1864. It looks like an interesting book
if you have a historical interest in the area.
In 2004 on my blog chick-fat I published pictures of the Tyson Cemetery near Hwy 82
and Bells Ferry Road. It is a small cemetery with only 4 marked graves and 3 or 4 unmarked graves. Gerald Flinchum
emailed and called me. We set up a
meeting place in a close business parking lot near the cemetery and I took him
to see it. He took detailed pictures
because he told me he believed that some of Sherman's horsemen came through the
area a few months before The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain.
Months after
our meeting and looking at the Tyson
Cemetery he called me told me something to the effect there was a big skirmish
in of Yankee Calvary men and Rebels in
the cemetery itself.
I am more
than curious, it appears that my great
great grandfather Robert Graves
Tyson (1821-1864) ( died about the same time the skirmish happened. Maybe this book will open up new facts.
Tyson Cemetery:
Tyson Cemetery:
Eugene Hargraves Tyson
Frances Herring Tyson
Robert Cabel Tyson
Sarah Moody Tyson
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