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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE
OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE, AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER,
1833.
[missing title
MILITARY.
1833 Vol. 1 -- Page: 136
Sequential Number: 092
Full Title: AN ACT to authorize
the Justices of the inferior court of Fayette county to convey to the commander
of the 53d regiment Georgia Militia, a lot of land within the limits of the corporation
of the town of Fayetteville for a parade ground of said regiment, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted
by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passage of this
act, the Justices of the inferior court of Fayette county or a majority of them
be, and they are hereby
authorized and empowered to convey to the commander of
the 53d regiment, Georgia Militia, Fayette, and his successors in office, one
lot of land within the corporate limits of the town of Fayetteville, for the purpose
of a parade ground for said regiment.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That an
Page: 137
order passed at the September term, 1825, of the inferior
court of said county relative to the closing up of the twenty feet alley, in
the town of Fayetteville be, and the same is hereby confirmed and made legal, any law
to the contrary notwithstanding.
THOMAS GLASCOCK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JACOB WOOD,
President of the Senate.
WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to, 23d
Dec. 1833.
Georgia Volunteers For Service In Texas Revolution
Mrs. A. B. Harmonson, Box 48, Keller, Texas, has submitted this list of Volunteers from Fayette County, Georgia, who volunteered for service in the Texas Revolution, copied from the original letter of Col. J. D. Mann to Gov. William Schley, which is in the Georgia Archives in Atlanta. [This is original text with this transcription - found this online with no reference to the book it came from - will keep looking for it - if you know, please let me know so I can reference it ]
Returns of Volunteers instead of draft, Fayette Co., Ga. Headquarters -- 53rd Regiment G. M.
May 30, 1836
Gov. Schley --
Sir in obedience to orders of the 17th Inst. the men raised by volunteer enlistment pursuant to the orders of the 23rd of January have this day taken up the line of March for West Point in Troop County. Annex 10 is the list of the names of the officers and men.
List of Officers:
Capt. John D. Stell, 1st Lt. Samuel McBride, 2nd Lt. John M. Faulkner, Ensign, Oliver Spradlin
List of Men:
| Thomas Auldridge | John Mathis |
|
William J. Avred |
James McBride |
|
Joseph Rata |
John McCall |
| Micajah Bennet | Robert H. Moore |
|
Crawford Barronton* |
Elijah Mitchell* |
|
Stephen Barronton |
Jacob F. Martin |
|
James M. Brown |
Noah Messer |
| Noah Rotte | Lott Messer |
| Trussey Barronton | Austin Nichols |
| Jesse H. Coleman | Perry W. Parker |
| Shadrak H. Carter | Elias Pritchard |
| James Carroll | Calvin Quick |
| Sanford Dorman | John Roscoe |
| Richard Dorman | James Rule |
| Moses Driggers | George Stringfellow |
| Aaron Driggers | Rial Leverett |
| Jackson Dozier | Lewis A.Suddeth |
| Micajah Easters | William C. Swain |
| Henry Fudge | Kenan Stanley |
| James M. Guttry | Richard Stringfellow |
| John Gilliland | Epphriam Swett |
| John C. Grenade | Littleton Stokes |
| Jesse Hollingsworth | William Thompson |
| Richard Huckaba | William Todd |
| Redick P. Harvey | Isham Turner |
| James Herrin | William A. Todd |
| James Harrison | John Todd |
| Alexander L. Hill | Aaron Turner |
| John H. Jones | Eli Turner |
| Albert G. Jenkins | Calvin Viner |
| Emery Jamison | Martin Waldrip |
| Churchwell Kite | John F. Whaley |
| James Murphy* | Samuel Wales |
| George Mosely | Willis Weathers |
| William Morris | George Young |
| Crawford Morris | |
| John Messer | |
| Tandy Mullican | |
| Isaac Waldrip, dead. | |
| *Crawford Barronton has left the Regiment and I understand is now in Houston County. | |
| *James Murphy has left the Regt. and I have been unable to assertain where he is. | |
| *Elijah Mitchell has become invalid by getting his thigh broken. | |
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