An excerpt:

Ringgold Citizens Cemetery.

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This very old cemetery is located on LaFayette Street near the Catoosa County Courthouse. Many markers have been destroyed and marked graves are interspersed with many fieldstones. Information on persons buried in the cemetery derived from descendants and census records. Surveyed by Louise Baxter November 8, 1991.

According to tradition, a Methodist Church that stood nearby was burned by the Union Army. The second and third churches were later relocated across the street from the courthouse. The cornerstone on the third church reads: "Methodist Episcopal Church, South 1845-1926. M.B. Sams, Pastor. Building Committee: R.J.Patterson, W.H. Trundle, C.C. Vosburg, J.L. Yates and William White." The fourth church was built in 1972 and is located on South Cleveland Street.

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FOWLER Family Plot Enclosed By Wrought Iron Fence

FOWLER, Edward
07 Aug 1821 S.C.  21 Jul 1880
[s/o Drury & Ann Fowler]
Wife:
FOWLER, Maria J.
10 Oct 1831  10 April 1913

FOWLER, Adolphus S., M.D.
02 Oct 1830  07 Oct 1880
[s/o Drury & Ann Fowler;
a Doctor in Civil War]

Unmarked: Probably
[FOWLER, Mary Jane Barry
Dec 1831  Living in 1900;
w/o Adolphus S. Fowler;
dtr/o Dr. Andrew Lawson
& Margret McDowell Barry,
buried LaFayette Cemetery,
Walker County, Ga.]

SMITH, Little Fannie
04 Jun 1878  24 Dec 1881
[dtr/o Robert F. & Ovalene(sic)
Fowler Smith; g/dtr/o Edward 
& Maria Fowler]

Unmarked Graves: Probably
FOWLER, Rev. Drury "Methodist Minister"
B. c. 1798 S.C.  Living in 1867
Wife:
FOWLER, Ann
B. c. 1794, S.C.  D. 1860-1870

Small broken marker with a dove and
inscription: "Edeth"

Unmarked: Elevated rocks

[2/dtrs/o/Adolphus S. & Mary J. Fowler
FOWLER, Little Annie
25 Oct 1860, Age 18 Months, 18 Days

FOWLER, Lulah
21 Jul 1861  28 Sep 1870

Foot marker: "A.M.F." propped
against fence: Probably Ann Fowler:
w/o Rev. Drury Fowler

HACKETT, "Little Willie"
s/o S.J. & A.T. Hackett
03 Nov 1860, 1 year, 26 days

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