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Civil War

In 1861 Putnam Brown Rifles were organized and would become part of Co B of the 3rd Regt of GA Infantry.  Putnam Light Infantry joins

Company G of the 12th Regt of Georgia Infantry Volunteers in 1861.  Forty one Putnam boys, all under 15 years of age formed the Eatonton Light Guards and joined the 27th Georgia Battalion in 1862. 

Nisbet, Reuben B

Turner, William W

Reid, William T

Reid Jr, John S

O'Brien/O'Brian, William

Davis, James T

Dennis, Robert A

Cowles, John C

Ashfield, Joseph

Nicholson, John J

Fears, William W

DeJarnette, Reuben

Wilson, Isaac N

Adams, Benjamin B

Adams, David

Adams, William

Alford, Henry W

Andrews Jr, Davis R

Andrews,Thomas G

Averett, Sidney

Bagley, John R

Baldwin, Anderson C

Barksdale, Goodwin

Batchelor, Joseph

Batchelor, Owen J

Batchelor, William

Baynes, James Y

Boughton, Benjamin F

Boughton, James H

Bowdoin, John Thomas

Bowdoin, Joshua W

Bozeman, James T

Bozeman, John W

Branan, Wiley C

Buckner, Avery Jackson

Callaway, James M

Campbell, Richard D

Carter, Edgar A

Clarke, William

Clemente, Thomas J

Clopton, William H

Cogburn, Henderson H

Dance, James A

Davis, Edward

Davis, John W

Dawson, Pleasant G,

Dawson, Samuel

DeJarnette, Nathan H

Denham, Calvin N

Dennis, Henry T

Dennis, John T

Dent, Peter G

Dodd, Hansell

Driskell, James T

Dupree, James

Edwards, William H

Elliott, Edward Franklin

Elliott, James H

Farrar, William T

Fears, Edgar B

Fuller, Robert S

Gantt, Robert F

Garrard, William A

Griggs, Edward Y

Griggs, Wesley J

Hansford, James J

Hargrove, James W

Hawkins, John A

Hearne, Clem F

Hill, FieldingZ

Holliman, William J

Hollis, Benjamin, Hollis, P T

Holzendorf, Orlando C

Hubert, John A

Johnson, John A

Jones, Christopher C

Jones, Hilliard

Jones, William Harvey

Knowles, Joseph A

Ladd, Hansell

Lawrence, Allen

Leggett, William

Lynch, David

Mallory, Archibald

Mallory, Irby

Marsh, Samuel

Marsh, William F

McCadden, hugh

McKnott, Henry W

Meriwether, Robert D

Neighbors, B J

O'Neal, William T

O'Sullivan, Daniel

Owens, Geroge

Parham, Alvertus

Parham, George W

Parham, William Calhoun,

Pinkerton, Henry R

Pound, Merryman

Pound, Newman W

Pound, William L

Prestwood, George

Reese, William

Reid, Samuel T

Richardson, Martin

Roby, H W

Roby, James

Rogers, Hubbard

Rogers, John D

Roughton, Eli

Ryan, Dennis

Simmons, Wiley

Slade, Lyman

Slaughter, George

Smith, Eli

Spivey, John F

Stubbs, James F

Stubbs, William

Sturdivant, William

Wagner, J J

Walker, Eli H

Waller, James T

Walls, Miles

Ward, Albritton J

Waters, Isaac: Private, Co B, 3rd Regt; enlisted April 23, 1861. Discharged on surgeons cert of disability May 5, 1862.

Born in Scrivin Co, 34 years old, 5'8", complexion dark, blue eyes, dark hair. Merchant.  Broken, crushed left arm with atrophy

 and partial paralysis.

Welch, Henry T: Private, Co B, 3rd Regt.  Enlisted 23 Apr 1861. Paroled and at Lynchburg, VA. Apr 15, 1865. 

White, Richard F

Wilson, James M

Winslett, David C: Private, Company B, 3rd Regt.  Enlisted Apr 23, 1861 to Oct 1861; Aug 1864; Oct 1864; Feb 1865.

Winslett, Jonathan:  Private. Company B, 3rd Regt. Enlisted Apr 23, 1861.  Discharged June 29, 1861 by

reason of advanced age: 62.

Wright, Stephen

Yancey, Erastus

Yancey, James P

Hundreds of wounded are brought into Eatonton, Madison, Milledgeville and Greensboro following the Battle of Chickamauga.

Nov 1864, William Sherman travels through Eatonton, Madison, Milledgeville and Greensboro on his March to the Sea.

Putnam Volunteers Militia

Putnam County, 1887 Putnam Volunteers, militia from Eatonton. Photo courtesy of Georgia's Virtual Vault.

 

Spanish American War

Spanish American soldiers and companions enjoying a picnic ca 1898, Eatonton.   Photo courtesy of Georgia's Virtual Vault

 

WWI

WWI Soldiers, known as doughboys, attending a barbecue, Eatonton ca 1918 Photo courtesy of Georgia's Virtual Vault

WWI Draft registration cards:

Antney Abram, William #2, born 11 Oct 1891, Putnam Co GA.  Laborer for Sam Abrams, Putnam Co GA.  Single, negro.  Medium height and slender,

black eyes and hair.

 

Jake Abram, Eatonton.  Born Mar 1873 (no day).  Negro.  Farmer for self.  nearest relative: Maria Abram, Eatonton.  Medium height and stout.

black eyes and hair.

 

James Monroe Abram, Eatonton, Putnam Co GA.  Born 10 July 1885. Negro.  Farmer.  Nearest relative: Lula Abrams, Eatonton.  Medium height and build,

black eyes and hair.

 

Sim Abram, Eatonton GA.  Born 3 July 1900.  Negro.  Laborer.  Nearest relative: Mother: Lucinda Abrams, Eatonton GA.  Medium height and build,

dark eyes and black hair.

 

Walter Abram, Nona, Putnam Co GA.  Born 5 Mar 1898.  Negro.  Laborer for Miles Abrams, Nona, Putnam Co GA.  Medium height and slender.

Brown eyes, black hair.

 

Willie Abram, Nona, Putnam Co GA.  Born 11 Oct 1895. Negro.  Farmer for Hatten Young, Nona, Putnam Co GA.  Nearest relative: Christian Abram,

Nona, Putnam Co GA.  Medium height, build, brown eyes, black hair.

 

Willie Abram, Eatonton, Putnam Co GA.  Negro.  Day laborer for G K Riley, Eatonton.  Nearest relative: Wife: Ophelia Abram, Eatonton. 

Medium height and built, dark eyes, black hair.

 

Brevard Adams, Eatonton.  Born 7 Jan 1899.  Negro.  Farmer for Mrs Roy Stubbs, Putnam Co GA.  Nearest relative: Josie Adams, Eatonton, GA.  Tall,

medium build, black eyes and hair.

 

Charlie Walker Adams, Eatonton.  Born 4 Sept 1883.  White.  Farmer for W W Harper, Eatonton.  Nearest relative: Brother John W Adams, Willard,

Putnam Co GA.  Medium height and build, gray eyes, light brown hair.

 

George Aikens, Eatonton.  Born 12 Aug 1882.  Negro.  Farming for W J Beall, Eatonton.  Nearest relative: Pinkie L Aikens, Eatonton.  Medium

height and build, brown eyes, black hair.

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