16TH Militia District Emanuel, Laurens
and Johnson Counties Officers Reorganization---May 1864
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In late 1863 it became
evident that
Emanuel County was
assigned to the 16th Military District, starting with Laurens and Johnson
Counties." T. A. Parsons of Johnson County was appointed aide-de-camp, but
resigned on March 25, 1864. He was replaced by G. T. Kellum, also of Johnson County. John H. Sherrod of Emanuel County, who had
earlier been an officer in Company C, 18th Regiment, became examining surgeon
of the new military district.
Under the new
organization, Emanuel County was divided into Three companies. The officers for
these units, as of May 1864, were:
Major Henry G. Wright
Adjutant George McLeod
Captain John R. Prescott
lst
Lieutenant Daniel G. Hall
2rd
Lieutenant William L. Tapley
3rd
Lieutenant W. C. Phillips
4th
Lieutenant John Coleman
Captain George W. Clifton
I
st Lieutenant B. F. Kirkland
2rd
Lieutenant D. B. Johnson
3rd
Lieutenant Zachariah Lewis
4th
Lieutenant W. L. Coleman
Captain D. J. Edenfield
1st
Lieutenant J. A. Brinson
2nd
Lieutenant S. Youngblood
3rd
Lieutenant Allen Roundtree
4th
Lieutenant Samuel Brown
In the first months of
1864 General William T. Sherman began the Union march into Georgia from
Tennessee. By May their line reached as far as Cassville. On May 18 Governor
Brown ordered that all commissioned officers of the state militia report for
duty to Atlanta. This placed an extreme hardship on Emanuel County. The state
appropriated funds to buy food for the families of soldiers away in battle,
find several of the agents distributing the food were in the group of militia
officers scheduled to report to Atlanta. The local Inferior Court justices
appealed to Governor Brown for relief:
Our situation in this
County is rather distressing at this time. We have appointed agents here for
the distribution of Corn etc to the indigent families of Soldiers and under
your late order most if not all Said agents have been ordered to report at
Atlanta (sic) none of these agents have completed the work for which they were
appointed and still numbers of the poor are not Served. If it Meets with the
approval of your (sic) Excellency we would be glad to get a part of them back
if not at all.
Yours respectfully,
Lott Barwick
G. H. Sherrod
P. B. Wever
G. S. Rountree
Anthony Phillips
Governor Brown's reply
does not survive.
This information comes
from "Footprints Along the Hoopee”.
Co. H., Second Regiment, Georgia State Line (Roster)
(Washington, Warren, and Emanuel Counties, "Joe
Brown Volunteers")
Officers:
Capt.: Evans, B. D.
Hundley,
Thos. S.
1st
Lt.: Harris, Wm. R.
2nd
Lt.: Clay, Nicholas H.
3rd Lt.:
Cason, A. H.
Ist
Sgt.: Slade, Simon D.
Lewis,
Z.
2nd
Sgt.: Ivey, Benjamin
Pace, J. C.
3rd
Sgt.: Cason, L. A.
Downs,
G. W.
4th
Sgt.: Harris, Benj. If.
Curry,
S. K.
Lewis,
Z.
Bowling,
W. J.
5th
Sgt.: Harris, Benj. C.
Pace,
John C.
O’Tyson,
W. C.
Ist
Cpl.: Hall, Isaac B.
Pace,
J. C.
Hart,
A.
2nd
Cpl.: Anderson, Wm.
Usrey,
M. D. C.
Collier,
E. S.
3rd
EpL- Hart
Absalom
Clarke,
W. E.
Colvin,
D. J. E.
4th
Cpl.: Usry,
M. D. C.
O'T'yson,
W. C.
Whigham,
J. W.
("H"
Company, Second Regiment)
Privates:
Aldred,
A. W.
Anderson,
A. S.
Avant,
J. A.
Avery,
Archy
Bennett,
Calvin
Bennett,
John
Birdsong,
Albert
Birdsong,
Asberry
Bowling,
Wm.
Brantley,
J. I,.
Brantley,
Wm. G.
Braswell,
W. M.
Brown,
S. J.
Bynum,
C. F.
Carnp,
Zebedee
Canady,L.
Cheely,
Henry
Clarke,
W. E.
Coleman,
J. W.
Colvin,
D. J. E.
Curry,
S. K.
Dekle,
W. W.
Downs,
G. W.
Duggan,J@J.
Fulghum,
James
Gaines,
S. W.
Hanberry,
Isaiah
Hanberry,
Jeremiah
Harper,
Henrv
Harrell,
C. A.
Harris,
B. F.
Harris,
J. B.
Harrison,
J. M,
Harrison,
W. T.
Hart,
J. E. Hart, R. J.
Hodges.
L. A
Holly,
E. S.
Hood.
Robert
Howell.
Eli--,ha
Hubert,
J. H.
lvev,
Adam
Ivey.
G. W.
Jones,
Braswell
Jones,
Joseph
Jordan.
A. F.
Kelly,
Allen
Kirkland,
B. F.
Kitchens,
Aaron
Kitchens,
J. H.
Landers,
Moses
Lewis,
Zachariah
Logue,
Brinson
Lowe,
C. C.
Marsh,
S. S.
Mathews,
Joseph .
Mc(',ord, R. W.
Mills,
J. W.
Mills,
W. R.
Munford,
John
Neal,
John W.
Neal,
T. F.
Norris.
James W.
Ollif,
Joseph
O'Tyson,
W. C.
Overstreet,
John E.
Parham,
W. H.
Pate,
Hilman
Pittman,
John
Railey,
Charles
Reynolds,
J. W.
Rivers,
J. M.
Roberts.
John W.
Scott.
Jam" T.
Shirley,
Wm. A.
Shirling,
Wm. F.
Smith,
Henry S.
Smith,
Thos. S.
Smith,
W. A.
Smith,
W.M.
Smith,
Zachariah
Stapleton,
Thomas
Stephens,
James
Sutton.
A, L.
Swint,
Joseph
Tanner,
David F.
Tanner,
John D.
Tanner,
Miles
Tanton,
Asa
Tanton,
Henry
Thompson.
Charles
Underwood.
W. D.
Veal,
J. H.
Veal,
Reuben H.
Vinson, D. H.
Wales,
Thomas L.
Walker,
K. H.
Walton,
E. W,
Warren,
M. L.
Waton,
J. W.
Wilaford,
Barney
Wood,
J. W.
Yarbrough,
John
Yates,
J. D.
Young,
C. W.
First Division Georgia
Militia (Roster)
Captain
D. A. Green
Private
Miles Fitzgerald
Private
William Flanagan
Private
E.B. Gilbert
Private
Obediah Lewis
Private
M.J. Nelson
Company
H
Emanuel & Warren Counties
Captain
Alfred Coleman
1st
Lieutenant E. J. Coleman
1st
Sergeant W. R. King
1st
Sergeant John W. McArthur
(Wounded
in side at Griswoldville)
Private
L. M. Adams
Private
Matthew B. Adams
Private
Thomas B. Adams
(Wounded
in head at Griswoldville)
Private
A.H.S.,
Private
W. B. Beacham
Private
Math Bell
Private
A. H. Birdsong
Private
John Bragg
Private
Zeb Camp
Private
M. E. Chapman
Private
E. J. Coleman
Private
J. A. Coleman
Private
Thorton Coleman
Private
Joseph E Davis
Private
A. T. Durden
Private
Jerry Dixon
Private
Zack Douglas
Private
A. T. Durden
Private
Lott Durden
Private
Jesse J . Duggan
Private
James H. Edwards
Private
J. J Evans
Private
John Flynn
Private
Benjamin F. Harris
Private
Jonathan Hart
Private
Robert Hood
Private
William D. Hooks
Private
W. R. Kemp
Private
Joseph H. Kitchen
Private
Thomas Kent
Private
George Martin
Private
Coleman Mobley
Private
John J. Munford
Private
B. W. Odom
Private
Wilson Pettis
Private
Martin Radford
Private
Allen Roundtree
(Wounded
left shoulder at Honev
Hill)
Private
James Stinson
Private
J. W. Spinks,
Private
J.G. Thompson
Private
William Underwood
Private
Thomas M. Waldrop
Private
Robert E. McWilliams
Company
Muscogee,
Pulaski,
Captaiii.4rch
Pittiptatt
(Killed
at Griswoldville)
Private
Washington
Private
Benjamin Adair
Private
Hugh Adkins
Private
E. P. Ayers
Private
Milton Bailey
Private
S. E. Bailey
Private
M. P. Barnett
Private
Hosea Bennett
Private
J. E Bowden
Private
David Burger
Private
H.H. Brock
Private
John Chapman
Private
Albert Cook
Private
Calvin Cox
Private
Frank David
Private
Haden David
Private
Jones A41ce
Private
Marshall Duke
Private
A. N. Elrod
Private
John P. English
Private
William F. Frazier
Private
Thomas Hardv
Private
Perry harrison
Private
T P. Harrison
Private
Cap Highfield
Private
J. H. Highland
Private
Mans Hinton
Private
J. H Head
Private
Carey Johnson
Private
James Kea
Private
A. Lemons
Private
David LeSueur
Private
T A. Little
Private
Mation Lott
Private
David Lyle
Private
Byrd Lyle
Private
William Lyle
Private
Joseph Marlow
Private
John Martin
(Killed
near- Griffin, August, 1864)
Private
John J. Mitchell
Private
Henry Moody
Private
Alsa Moore
Private
J. A. Moore
Private
Robert Morris
Private
William Murray
Private
John McCune
Private
Stewart McElhannon
Private
J. G. McLester
Private
Thomas Nix
Private
Sanford Pressley Orr
Private
Pompey Page
Private
Sell Parks
Private
Cobb Pittman
Private
William Potts
Private
J. W. Pruitt
Private
J. H. C Randolph
Private
James E. Randolph
Private
James Reynolds
Ph
late Stephen Roberts
Private
Blake Rogers
Private
Jack Rogers
Private
Francis Washington Segars
Private
Mark Sell
Private
Sam Smith
Private
T. J. Stapler
Private
Addison Storey
(Discharged
August 17. 1864 with malformed left
foot)
Private
C T. Storey
Private
J.A. Story
Private
James Thompson
Private
L. Thurmond
Private
James Vandiver
Private
George Walker
(Wounded
at Griswoldville)
Private
Press Walker
Private
Lute Watkins
Private
William White
Private
Frank Wilbanks
Private
Sanford Williamson
Private
L. C Wilson
Private
W. W. Wofford
Transcribed and Submitted
by William Bennett
October 26, 2000.
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