The Gwinnett Company of Mounted Volunteers, under Capt. Hammond Garmany, lost Ens. Isaac Lacy, Sgt. James E. Martin, Pvt. William M. Sims, Pvt. John A. V. Tate, Pvt. Robert T. Holland, Pvt. James H. Holland, Pvt. Henry W. Paden, and Pvt. James Allen, who were slain by Creek Indians on 9 June 1836 in a battle at Shepherd's Plantation in Stewart County, and their remains rest here. Also remembered are Capt. James C. Winn and Sgt. Anthony Bates of Lawrenceville, who served in Fannin's Company of Texas Volunteers during the Texas-Mexican War, were taken prisoner, and then shot at Goliad, Texas, on 27 March 1838. The memorial was erected by Henry Fitzsimmons in 1840 using Longswamp Cherokee Marble.