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It is with pleasure that I present this listing to the Alexander Stephens
Historical Site and the Taliaferro County Historical Society of Confederate
Soldiers buried in the Crawfordville City Cemetery. The following graves have
been decorated annually since 1885.
This work was a labor of love and a unique pleasure in view of the fact many
of my own family and many friends of the family are also buried here. A
special thank you is extended to all those that have contributed with the
history found within the pages. Those who have assisted in this research have
been listed at the end of this list.
The following listing of graves shows a three digit code to indicate the
location of particular grave in the cemetery to be used with the map drawn by
the late Wiley Jones. On the map the cemetery has been divided into sections
beginning with “A” and going through “H”. Each section is divided according
to the number of identifiable squares within the section and each square has
been given a number beginning with “l”. Each grave within each square has
been assigned a small letter beginning with “a”. Therefore to each name and
to each grave can be ascribed a three digit code to indicate the location of
the grave within the particular section as well as within the particular
square.
Terri Kimbrel Saturday
G 47 a Franklin Acree enlisted as Corporal in Company D, 3rd Regiment Cavalry.
H 13 e Seaborn N. Acree enlisted as private in Company D, 3rd Regiment
Cavalry (State Guards) also known as the “Tilly Rangers.” Seaborn was found on
the membership roll as joining the Crawfordville Baptist Church on August 15,
1852.
F 14c John T. Akin enlisted as a private in the Green Rifles which became
Company A, Phillips Georgia Legion of Infantry, DuBose Brigade, Kershaw’s
Division, Longstreet’s Corp. of General Lee’s army.
G 3 h Thomas Akins enlisted as private in Company C, 3rd Georgia Infantry.
B 2 a John W. Allen enlisted as private in Company D, 3rd Regiment (State
Guards Cavalry Union from Taliaferro County, Georgia that was called the Tilly
Rangers; died 1909.
B 2 b John T. Allen enlisted as private in Company D, Tilly Rangers. He was
found on the Crawfordville Baptist Church Roll as a member on Sept 1, 1843.
G 14 c Edwards I. Anderson enlisted in Company C- Cobb’s Legion Infantry.
Listed as a Church member of Crawfordville Baptist Church and died on October
7, 1913.
D 4 b John Vincent Andrews, born in 1845 was the son of Warren Andrews and
America Darden. He married Laura E Gunn, daughter of Richard and Martha Ann
Rhodes.
G 70 g James W. Asbury, was listed as First Lieutenant in the 3rd Regiment
Cavalry (State Guards) Company D.
B 18 a C. Allen Beazley, was born in 1827, ordinary of Taliaferro County a
member of Crawfordville Baptist Church and died March 25, 1886.
G 34 h Dr. Edmond N. Beazley, listed as a Captain of the state Guard Cavalry
Unit from Taliaferro County, Georgia commanded by Dr. Beazley, belonging to
Company D of the 3rd Regiment, Georgia Cavalry known as the “Tilly Rangers”.
G 16 c Dr. Arthur Guy Beazley was one of the best known physicians, surgeons
and specialists in this section. He was born at Spotsylvania, Va., in 1836. He
moved to Georgia with his parents in 1858 afterwards graduating with first
honors in medicine at the University of Virginia in 1860.
He enlisted as a private in the confederate army, and was later made
assistant surgeon, and served in this capacity throughout the remainder of the
struggle. He became the confidential friend and private physician of the late
Alexander H. Stephens. He married on March 18, 1869 to Emma Bunkley. Dr.
Beazley possessed rare literary ability, and furnished many interesting papers
on medicine and history. During the last years of his life, he made a
specialty of hemorrhoids, and met with wonderful success. He was buried with
Masonic honors.
H 23 a Charles Bergstrum, born in 1841 was a young Swede, who served as a
drummer in the Army of Gustav, located in Crawfordville, joined the
Crawfordville Methodist Church before he married the former Sallie Troupe,
daughter of A Lewis and Mary Catherine Troup on December 10, 1873. Mr. and
Mrs. Bergstrom and the parents of Sallie Troup Bergstrom lived in a house on
the Corner square of the Court House. They were merchants; Charles was a
Tailor that owned and operated a millenary (ladies hat) shop.
B 15 c Peter Keith Boswell was born October 18, 1840 near Fauquier County,
Virginia. At first Keith married Mary Kate Shepard, Mary died on August 18,
1878, when their only child, Thomas Hamlin Boswell was two years old. The
Boswells of Taliaferro descend from this union. Peter Keith fought in the
Civil war while serving as a private in the Famous Terrible Black Horse
Cavalry which was part of Williams Carter Wickam’s 4th Virginia Cavalry, Fitz
Lee’s Division, JEB Stuart’s Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. Keith
was severely wounded at the Battle of Brandy Station, August 1, 1863, but
recovered and remained in the service. Keith and his son Thomas Hamlin
Boswell, born November 20, 1875 moved to Taliaferro County met and married the
widow Cordelia Edwards Standifer on June 13, 1883. Cordelia was the former
Miss Cordelia Edwards, daughter of Etheldred and Julia Edwards.
C 8 c John Nathan Chapman, born May 08, 1847 married Unity Jane Moore on
December 11, 1870. John Nathan Chapman was a member of the Monumental
Association Committee for Alexander H. Stephens who was the Vice President of
the Confederate States and Governor of Georgia when he died on 3/4/1883.
Alexander H. Stephens was temporally entombed on 3/8/1883 in Atlanta (Oakland
Cemetery / in the tomb erected to house David G. Cottling - Georgia Secretary
of State). John was the son of Samuel Whatley Chapman and Missourie Ann
Morris. John was listed under Captain Sanford’s Company during the Civil
War. Unity Jane’s father Hiram Brown Moore is found on the listed of CSA, 3rd
Reg. Cav. Company D "Tilly Rangers. I will discuss him a little later.
F 29 b Thomas A. Clemmons enlisted as private on June 11, 1861. He was
wondered in the leg and needed a necessitating amputation as Sharpsburg, Md.
on Oct 1, 1862. Thomas was paroled at Fort McHenry, Md. and transferred to
Aiken’s Landing, Va. for exchange on November 10, 1862.
F 15 c John Alexander Corry, born May 07, 1845 enlisted in Company A, Georgia
Phillips Legion, during the Civil War. He was slightly wounded on November
29, 1863 at Knoxville. John was the son of William and Mary Stephens Corry,
grand nephew of Alexander Stephens. John’s brother William Joshua Corry was
found listed next to his brother John in Company A, also known as the Green
Rifles. William was in action on May 03, 1862 at Chancellersville. He was
discharged with epilepsy on May 23, 1864. William ran a lumber train from
Bainbridge to Savannah, Georgia until the end of the War, born September 13,
1842 and buried near his parents in Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery in Greene
County, Georgia.
G 28 a John Darracott, born 1830, married on May 26, 1853 to Susan Ann
Chapman, born in 1835. John became a member of Crawfordville Baptist Church
on October 2, 1852. John enlisted as private on May 5, 1862 and served in
Company B, Capt. James M. Griffin’s Company, 55 Regiment Georgia Infantry. A
pay roll slip shows that on July 5, 1862, he was paid $50. A Company Muster
Roll shows he was present during November and December 1862, and another
Muster Roll, undated, shows he was absent due to illness. He was discharged
on Feb. 8, 1863, “by virtue of a substitute in the person of J. N. Channel.”
John was a merchant of a Dry Goods store located in Crawfordville and an agent
for the Bookwalter Engine when it was first released in 1881. Susan was the
former Miss Susan Ann Chapman, daughter of William H and Ann Connell Chapman.
F 9 a Joseph S. Dozier enlisted in Company D Cobb’s Georgia Legion, later
known as Company D – “Polk Rifles” or Cobb’s Legion Infantry Company D, “Mell
Volunteers.”
B 14 a Absalom G Evans, born 1833 was the son of John Evans and Martha
Gresham married on October 17, 1850 to Mary E Rhodes. Absalom was a private
in 3rd Regiment Cavalry (State Guards) Company D also known as the Tilly
Rangers. Mary was the former Miss Mary E Rhodes, daughter of Absolom and
Martha S Chapman Rhodes. Between the years January 06, 1860 - February 16,
1864, Mary’s father was sheriff of Taliaferro County.
G 20 h Dr. Sylvester J. Farmer, born 1825 became Captain on July 15, 1861.
He was appointed Surgeon on August 1, 1862 and later became Brigade Surgeon of
Company D, 15th Regiment Taliaferro County “Stephens Home Guards.”
B 17 e Henry H. Flynt, born 1841 was Ordinary of Taliaferro County on April
22, 1886 – July 01, 1889. Coroner of Taliaferro County on October 20, 1898 –
October 17, 1900. Henry enlisted as private on July 15, 1861 in 15th Georgia
Regiment Company D. He was discharged on disability on January 26, 1862.
Henry enlisted as a private in Company E, 7th Regiment Confederate Cavalry on
May 1, 1863. Henry transferred to Company E, 10th Regiment Georgia Calvary on
July 11, 1864. Henry known as Hal Flynt married on March 29, 1866 to Miriah
Coleman Moore.
B 11 a William Foster was born on February 4, 1824. He married Elizabeth Lee
Veazey, daughter of Jesse and Ruth Veazey.
H 29 b Romulus Frazier was born in 1825.
G 50 b Marcus DeLafayette Googer, born 1828, became a member of the
Crawfordville Baptist Church on June 6, 1850. He enlisted as private on March
4, 1862. He was elected as Lieutenant on October 4, 1862 in Company D, 49th
Regiment Taliaferro County “Taliaferro Volunteers. Marcus was captured at
Gettysburg Penn. on July 2, 1863. Marcus was paroled at Johnson’s Island,
Ohio and forwarded to Point Lookout Maryland for exchange on March 14, 1865.
He died on Apr 24, 1866.
G 66 h William Nathan Gunn, born on Oct 1, 1834 enlisted in Co. E. 10th
Cavalry Regiment Georgia married on March 22, 1857 to Frances E. Nunn,
daughter of George and Unisey Berry Nunn.
H 18 b William Robert Gunn was born on October 12, 1837. He enlisted as
private in the 3rd Regiment Cavalry (State Guards) Company D. William was
Assistant Door keeper of the Crawfordville Alliance on October 03, 1888. He
married the former Miss Emily Emma Dickson.
H 18 b John Ross Gunn, born on June 22, 1844, enlisted as private in Company
E, 7th Cavalry when was formed by the Consolidation of 24th Battalion Georgia
Cavalry, four Companies of the 21st Battalion Georgia Cavalry and the two
Companies of Hardwick mounted Rifles, dated February 13, 1864. John married
on Dec 5, 1869 to Mary Jane Cox, born in 1842.
G 55 o James Hammack joined the Crawfordville Baptist Church on September 7,
1852. He enlisted as private on July 15, 1861 labeled as disabled and unfit
for field duty. He enlisted in Company D, 15th Regiment Taliaferro
County “Stephens Home Guards.”
G 55 n William H Hammack enlisted as private on July 15, 1861 in Company D,
15th Regiment “Stephens Home Guards”. He was granted a certificate showing
that he was entitled for discharge on January 24, 1865 and died in
Crawfordville.
C 38 f William H. Harrison was born on March 20, 1843 and enlisted in Company
D, 2d Battalion Georgia State Troops on October 21, 1861. William was
mustered out at Camp Brown near Savannah Georgia on April 28, 1862. He was
appointed 4th Corporal of Company B, 55th Regiment Georgia Infantry on May 5,
1862. He was appointed 3rd Corporal in April 1863. William was captured at
Cumberland Gap, Tenn. on September 9, 1863. He released at Camp Douglas, Ill
on June 14, 1865.
B 17 i Tom J. Harrison, born in 1827 enlisted as Sergeant in 3rd Regiment
Cavalry (State Guards) Company D also known as the Tilly Rangers.
C 32 c Wyatt A. Hill, born 1841 was the son of Henry and Lilla Ann
Sheffield. He was wounded during the war as a private and promoted to
Corporal in 1864. Wyatt was promoted as Sergeant in 1865.
G 71 b William Everett Hobbs enlisted in Co. C, 53rd Virginia Infantry on
April 02, 1862. He transferred to Company C, 5th Infantry Battalion Regiment
Virginia on September 24, 1862. He was detained at Jackson Hospital in
Richmond Virginia and became a P.O.W. on April 13, 1865 at the Dinwiddie Court
House in Dinwiddie Virginia.
G 2 h William Franklin Holden, son of Thomas and Susan Atkins Holden was
born Sept 15, 1830 and as a young man he taught school for a time. In1857 he
was elected to the state legislature. On April 21, 1882 Mr. Holden was
appointed postmaster at Augusta, by President Arthur on September 1, 1853, he
was untied in marriage to Miss Nancy Moore, daughter of William B. Moore,
planter of Taliaferro, County, Georgia. In 1857 he was elected to the state
legislature and was chosen as his own successor in 1859. He was in the general
assembly when the state was passing through the fiery ordeal just preceding
the dissolution of the Union, and was a prominent actor in the scenes that
marked the strenuous deliberations in the capital of the state. He shared the
views of Mr. Stephens and when the state was being urged to pass the ordinance
of secession, was bitterly opposed to the action and was a zealous worker in
the attempt to defeat the measure. When his state finally seceded, however, he
determined to give the Confederate cause the benefit of his services in the
field, and accordingly raised a company of volunteers in Taliaferro County, of
which he was made captain. The company was mustered into the 49th GA Infantry
and ordered to Virginia. Captain Holden was in service only a short time,
physical disabilities compelling him to resign his commission and return home.
President Davis afterward appointed him to a position in the quartermaster's
department, in which he served until the close of the war. In 1868 he was
again elected to the legislature. It was at this session, it will be
remembered, that the 20 years' lease of the state road was made. Mr. Holden
was one of the prime movers in that connection. He introduced a bill to
dispose of the state road, Aug. 30, 1868, and the final result was that the
road was leased for 20 years, at $300,000 annually, half of the amount to be
applied to educational purposes. Another measure which Mr. Holden introduced
and was instrumental in bringing to enactment was the bill allowing defendants
arraigned on criminal charges to testify not under oath on their on behalf. He
introduced the bill on Sept 5, 1868. William F. Holden was honored with 2nd
Agent for the Georgia Railroad in Crawfordville. On April 21, 1882, Mr.
Holden was appointed postmaster at Augusta, by President Arthur, this being
one of the largest and most important offices in the state. He held the
position three years, at the expiration of which he returned to Crawfordville,
where he then resided, giving his time and attention to the supervision of his
extensive planting interests and resting secure in the confidence and esteem
of the community.
C 24 b Henry H. Jackson enlisted as a private on March 4, 1862. He was
appointed sergeant on January 1, 1865. Roll for February 28, 1865 and last on
file. He was born in 1841 and served with his brother John H. Jackson, born
1843 in Company D, 49th Regiment, Taliaferro Volunteers Company. Henry joined
the Crawfordville Baptist Church on January 11, 1868.
H 5 m Rev. L. R. L. Jennings, name sake for Jennings Road, Jennings Church
and the Jennings Church Community was born in 1823. He married December 30
1868 to the former Miss Sardinia “Denie” Gunn, daughter of William Nelson Gunn
and Lovicy McGinty. Rev Jennings was listed in the Crawfordville Baptist
Church Rolls as being pastor for more than 20 years when he passed on May 17,
1888. Denie was the sister of William Nelson Gunn who served as a Private, 3
Georgia Cavalry (State Guards).
F 18 a Benjamin F Jones, born September 9, 1842 entered as a private in
Company D 15th Regiment “Stephens Home Guards.”
G 45 j James H. Leary enlisted as private in Company D, 15 Regiment “Stephens
Home Guards,” wounded at Malvern Hill, Virginia on July 1, 1862. James was
appointed 3rd Corporal on July 24, 1862. He surrendered at Appomattox,
Virginia in 1862. James married htt former Melissa Ann Farmer.
B 8 d J. T. Lucas
G 35 b Basil Manly Lanneau, Basil, named after the Reverend which married his
parents Charles Henry and Sophia Caroline Stephens Lanneau. He was born
February 15, 1844, in Charleston, South Carolina. At the start of the Civil
War, Basil was a student at Furman University. He enlisted in the Confederacy
on June 8, 1861, as a Private in Company B. Calvary, Hampton’s Legion. He was
listed as the youngest of the fifteen hundred soldiers in Hampton’s Legion.
After the War, He met and married on July 7, 1868 to former Miss Mary
Elizabeth Edwards Bird, daughter of Etheldred and Julia Ogletree Edwards and
settled into the home place originally built by George Lee Bird. The home was
sold to Mary E. Bird Lanneau, on February 29, 1879. As previously mentioned
the dwelling house and one acre of the original estimated seven-acres still
stand and are still in the ownership of the Bird/Lanneau Family. Some of Dr.
Bird's belongings are still in the home, and others may be viewed at the Civil
War Museum in Crawfordville at Liberty Hill, the home of Alexander Hamilton
Stephens, Vice-President of the Confederate States of America.
Basil briefly entered the mercantile business, and later became a traveling
insurance agent. Basil joined the Crawfordville Baptist Church on Oct 6,
1869. Basil was appointed Chief Clerk for the railway postal service. Basil
and Mary have six known children - Ida M., Basil Rene', Marie Antoinette,
Charles Edward, Eliza Louise, and Francis Bliss. Basil and Mary are found in
the 1880 Federal Census living in Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County); however,
Mary and the children most often remained in Crawfordville, living in her late
father’s home. Basil Manly Lanneau died August 4, 1918, and was laid to rest
in Westview Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia. When Mary Edwards Bird Lanneau
passed on October 5, 1929, a memorial headstone was placed beside hers by her
granddaughter-in-law, Lucy Ellington Ray Lucas in the Crawfordville Baptist
Church Cemetery.
G 6 c Reuben Joseph “Joe” Mann was born on July 26, 1845. Joe enlisted as
private on May 18, 1861 in Company A, 8th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Army of
Northern Virginia Army of Northern Virginia CSA, Floyd County, Georgia (Rome
Light Guards). Reuben was wounded and captured at Knoxville, Tenn. on
November 29, 1863. He took oath of allegiance to U. S. Government and
enlisted in the U. S. Army at Rock Island, Ill on October 4, 1864. He fought
for the Union the last six months of the War. He married the former Miss Mamie
Akins, daughter of John Akins, who ran the Palace Bar on the Court square in
Crawfordville. Mamie was a great niece of Alexander H. Stephens. Joe joined
Crawfordville Baptist Church on February 12, 1887.
G 23 c George W. Mitchell enlisted in Company C at the rank of private in
Cobb’s Legion.
G 9 a Hiram Brown Moore enlisted as private 3rd Regular Calvary, Company D
(State Guards) “Tilly Rangers” under Edmond N. Beazley commander. He joined
the Crawfordville Baptist Church on January 9, 1864 and died in Aug of 1883.
He married Elizabeth James Turner born 1818. Hiram’s daughter Unity married
John Nathan Chapman as mentioned previously was a member of the Volunteer
Infantry from Taliaferro County.
H 28 g John R Moore enlisted as private and served as a cook in the 3rd
Regiment cavalry, Company D, “Tilly Rangers” John ,born on April 3, 1830,
corn mill owner and operated Corn Mill on the South prong of the Ogeechee
River in Taliaferro County. John married the former Miss Martha Jane Inge on
April 12, 1847 near his large tobacco plantation in Petersburg, VA before
moving to Georgia.
G 80 e John Samuel Morgan, born 1839
C l e Joel W. McCord enlisted in the Georgia Reserves as Corporal. Joel
married Lula Hall born July 12, 1856.
B 17 j William Robert McGibony enlisted on June 26, 1861 at the age of 18 in
Company D, Green Rifle’s wounded in action, shot in hip, chest and shoulder
and captured on October 19, 1864 at Cedar Creek. HE was imprisoned at Point
Lookout until exchanged on March 28, 1865. No further military record. He
was born at White Plains, Georgia on May 14, 1845 and died on June 26, 1924 in
Crawfordville.
G 9 d Water Terry Colquitt Nelson was born on December 31, 1845. He lived
near his native soil of White Plains/Powelton area until after 1900. This
farm was just north of White Plains. Walter married on December 10, 1868 to
Miss Tallulah Moore, the sister of Unity Jane Moore, both were daughters of
Hiram Brown Moore and Elizabeth James Turner. All were members of the
Crawfordville Baptist Church. Walter became a member of the Church on May 10,
1872.
F 22 g William Jefferson Norton born in 1845 was the contractor that built
Liberty Hall for Alexander Stephens. Mr. Norton was one of the directors at
the time of the unveiling of the statue that stands in the memory of Alexander
H. Stephens. Mr. Norton’s wife Elizabeth Norton was the treasure of the
Stephens Memorial Association at the time of the unveiling. Mr. Norton
enlisted as the corporal in Company E, 38th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
organized near Decatur Georgia.
C 46 a Ezekiel Thomas Nunn, born in 1833 married in August 11, 1866 to
Elizabeth Francis “Fanny” Ogletree, daughter of Asbury F Ogletree and Martha
Ann Thompson. Wiley Jones spoke of his grandmother attending school with my
own grandfather and cousin Thomas Franklin Edwards at the Green Meadow
Schoolhouse on Center Hill School Road. E. T. Nunn enlisted as a private in
Company D, “Mell Volunteers” Georgia Cobb’s Legion Infantry. Cobb's Legion
was organized by Howell Cobb during the spring of 1861 and soon moved to
Virginia. The legion was composed of cavalry, infantry, and artillery, but did
not serve as one command. E. T. became a member on August 12, 1862 of
Crawfordville Baptist Church. He died on March 31, 1912.
C 37 c William Daniel Ogletree, brother of Fanny Ogletree married Sarah
Carter Underwood, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Underwood and Elizabeth Lee
Veazey. Sarah was born in 1845. William enlisted as a private in the 3rd
Regiment, Georgia Reserves. William became a member of the Crawfordville
Baptist Church on May 10, 1889.
F 28 d J. W. Phelps, enlisted as a private in Co. D, 2nd Battalion Georgia
State Troops on November 21, 1861. He was mustered out at Camp Brown near
Savannah, Georgia on April 28, 1862; appointed 3d Sergeant of Company B, 55th
Regiment Georgia Infantry on May 5, 1862; 2nd Sergeant in April 1863. J. W
Phelps was the acting 1st Sergeant in 1863 and captured at Cumberland Gap
Tenn. on September 9, 1863. He was released at Camp Douglas, Ill on June 15,
1865.
D 2 d Jesse Portwood also known as Jessie Portwood is the leader of the
Portwood family of Taliaferro County, Georgia. Jesse was born May 12, 1831,
in Wilkes County on land which his father drew land in the Georgia land
lottery in 1832. This land is now owned by Union Camp and there lies a family
cemetery on it which has been preserved. It is not known the exact time his
parents moved but in 1830 Jesse’s parents were in Alabama. His mother is
thought to have died at the time of his little sister, Susan’s birth in May
1837.
The census lost sight of Benjamin and his children until he brought his
children James Harmon, Jesse and little Susan back to Taliaferro County and
from family tradition it is said that they were left at the train station.
Jesse and Susan went to live by 1850 with the Blacksmith Barnabus and Harriet
Reid Jones. Jesse later married into this family. He married on November 30,
1851 to Mary Jones who was the sister of Barnabus. Mary was born on March 3,
1831 and on September 20, 1894. Jesse is also the Portwood ancestor of the
author, Terri Saturday. Jesse enlisted as a Corporal on May 29, 1862 at
Griffin, Georgia. He transferred to Company A, 62nd Cavalry Georgia Regiment
then transferred on July 11, 1864 to Company A, 8th Infantry Cavalry Regiment.
H 22 r James F. Reid enlisted as private on March 4, 1862 in 49
Georgia Infantry, discharged and furnished Sandy L. Tucker as a substitute on
August 21, 1862 James joined the Crawfordville Baptist Church on September 6,
1852 and served as the assistant Historian under the name of the Alexander
Stephens Camp U. C. V 1050.
G 3 j George Thomas “Tommy” Rhodes, born in 1845 enlisted in Company E, 27th
Georgia Regiment Georgia Infantry in November 1863. Tommy took a 60 Day
furlough due to typhoid fever. Tommy joined the Crawfordville Baptist Church
on September 18, 1866 and married Corinne S. Kent on December 21, 1871. Tommy
is the brother of Reuben Benjamin Rhodes.
G 3 k Reuben Benjamin Rhodes was born July 20, 1847. He joined the
Crawfordville Baptist Church on August 18, 1872 and married Letitia Courtney
on November 13, 1872. Tommy enlisted in Company D, 3rd Georgia Calvary
brother of Tommy Rhodes.
G 80 d Tasnell Richards also known as Richard Tazwell Richards was born on
September 6, 1842 at Waterloo Orange County Virginia. He enlisted on July 26,
1862 with his brother Titus Richards in Company E, 9th Virginia Cavalry. Shot
in foot at Boonsboro on September 15, 1865. He was absent, wounded and listed
as AWOL, May – August 1863. He was absent and wounded January – April 1864.
He was present on roll on October 1, 1864. He joined the Crawfordville Baptist
Church on August 8, 1895 and passed away on May 18, 1899.
G 5 I Titus Richards, born September 6, 1842 at Waterloo, Orange County, VA
is the ancestor of the Richards of this County. Titus enlisted on July 26,
1862 in Company E, 9th Calvary with his brothers Quintus and Tasnell. Titus
became sick and appeared absent January 1864 thru January 20, 1865. In 1855
Titus Richards and his brothers, William Richards, Richard Tazewell Richards,
and Quintus Richards arrived here from Virginia. It required seven days to
make the trip by rail from Virginia. They arrived here in December, and it
was before light of the morning. There were no hotel accommodations here for
such a crowd that appeared with them so they built a fire on the floor of the
old courthouse. The old courthouse had a brick floor and the fire in the
middle of the floor did not hurt anything. Titus married the former Miss
Emma Edwards, daughter of Etheldred and Julia Ogletree Edwards on October 11,
1866. Titus was a Store Merchant with brothers Quintus and Tasnell in
Crawfordville. Early in 1901, Titus was elected Chairman of the board of
commissioners, in the new court house of Crawfordville. Titus joined
Crawfordville Baptist Church on June 8, 1866.
Titus died at his home near the city of Crawfordville on May 22, 1914, a
Saturday morning after a few weeks of severe illness, at the age of 74 years.
His remains were interred at the Crawfordville cemetery Sunday morning the
funeral being conducted by the Rev. George C. Steed. Titus’ only surviving
brother Quintus Richards of Sandersville was in attendance.
Quintus Richards eldest of the three brothers that came to Crawfordville was
born on September 6, 1842 at Waterloo, Orange County, Virginia and the first
of the three brothers to join Company E, 9th Calvary on February 11, 1862.
While absent from Roll he was the serving Commissioner of Revenue in Orange
County, Virginia, December 1, 1862 thru March 10, 1863. Quintus went AWOL
with his brother Tasnell, May – August 1863. Both were present on Final roll
on October 1, 1864. Quintus joined Crawfordville Baptist Church on August 8,
1895 and married in 1866 to Florence Mercer Dickson, sister of William C
Dickson also of the 9th Cavalry. Quintus opened and ran a store with his
brother in Crawfordville before moving to Sandersville and operating a Hotel.
He died away from his brothers on November 7, 1920 in Sandersville.
B 15 a Luciuos Benton Standifer was born September 9, 1839 in Maryland. He
served in Company D, 1st Georgia Regulars as Private on February 27, 1861. He
applied as Sergeant on October 31, 1864 and last on file. In his father
Archibald’s letter in 1864, says that his youngest son is in the Army near
Savannah, Georgia. L. B. was a medical doctor. L.B’s father Archibald was a
universalistic preacher as well as a farmer with large land holdings in Jasper
County, Georgia. L. B. Standifer married on June 13, 1881 to the former
Cordelia Edwards, born March 13, 1838, Cordelia sisters were spoken of
before. She is another daughter of Etheldred and Julia Ogletree Edwards.
After the death of L. B., Cordelia married Peter Keith Boswell who was spoken
about on an earlier page. Peter met Cordelia through Luciuos’ brother Hugh
Volney Standifer. H. V. was another practicing medical doctor in
Crawfordville. H. V. never married. He was listed as a doctor on the 1850
Jasper Co. Census and is living with his father and stepmother. In 1870, his
sister, Almira, and her daughter lived with him. In 1900, he is shown on the
Taliaferro Co., GA census with P. Boswell as a boarder.
B 9 c Sylvester Stewart enlisted in Company D, 49 Georgia Infantry as
Sergeant, born August 22, 1834. He married on July 21, 1870 to Laura
Colclough. He joined the Crawfordville Baptist Church in August 1871.
G 17 c John M. Tilly, born in 1826 served as 1st Lieutenant in Company D, 15
Georgia Infantry on July 15, 1861. He was killed in action at Garnett’s Farm,
Virginia on June 27, 1862 with 829 others. His letters are on file in the
Confederate building in Crawfordville.
Additional Comments:
Sources: Wiley Jones, Taliaferro County Historical Society documents
provided by Lula Moore, Alexander Stephens Historical Site, Lee Nelson,
Franklin Jones, Terry Boswell, George Richards, Hugh Richards, George and
Billy Rhodes, Sam Chapman, Rem Edwards, Herrman Milner, Kurt Graham, Jim
Cary, Josie Bird, Rhoda Fone, Nancy Hutto, Ray Fincham, Danny Stewart, Myra
Maxwell, Merlene Browning, Robert Harold Kendrick,and on The rosters listed
stating the above history. I will
post more history as it comes along. Thanks, Terri Saturday
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