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WILKINSON COUNTY, GA - MILITARY 1812 Militia

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MILITIA CAPTAINS - WILKINSON COUNTY 1812

Thus in 1812, there were eight militia districts and
they are referred to in the report of John Hatcher,
Jr., R.T.P. in the following clipping of the Georgia
Journal, Oct. 21, 1812


Agreeable to the returns made to me by the Captains
commanding the several company districts in the
county of Wilkinson, the following is a list for the
year eighteen hundred and twelve. 



CAPT. JOHNSTON'S DISTRICT (327) 
MY NOTE: Later called Irwinton  (center of the county)

William Davis, William John, Hector Bowie, Ebenezer
Dunham, Wilson Williams, Adam Kimbrough, Thomas W.
Mitchell, Colson Copeland, Jonas Mathis. 



CAPT. SPEIGHT'S DISTRICT (328) 
MY NOTE: Later called Passmore - (east part, north of Toomsboro)

Moses Smith, Nelson Thompson, James Couie, Joshua Spears,
John Brown, Frederick Lord. 

CAPT. GILBERT'S DISTRICT (329)
MY NOTE: Later called Passmore (east part, north of Toomsboro)

John Dominy, Isham Payne, Jesse Gilbert, William
Wright, Robert Saulter, Daniel Wise, Joseph Rye,
James Taff, Wiley Ogletree. 


CAPT. KETTLES' DISTRICT (GMD 330)
My NOTE:  Later called Lords - (east part, south of Toomsboro)

Reuben Kemp, William Holder, Robert Warren, Wiley
Jones, Francis Williamson, Elijah Jones, Samuel
Oliver. 


CAPT. RUSSELL'S DISTRICT (331) 
MY NOTE: Later called  Ramah (west part of county)
James Johnston, Samuel Brewer, James Richardson,
Shadrach Adams, Jesse Sampford, William Darby. 


MY NOTE: This GMD was listed in another source:
332   Griffin  (southeast part of county)


CAPT. BURNEY'S DISTRICT (352)
John Turner, Jonathan Childs, Anthony See, James
Dennard, Nathan Hudson, Jesse Dennard, Charles
Anderson, Elisha Hogan. 

CAPT. HOLLAND'S DISTRICT (353) 

William Slawter, John Gary, Jr., Sanders Colley, Powel Brown, Mark Brown. 

MY NOTE: Don't know if # this is an error or not.

CAPT. WRIGHT'S DISTRICT (353) 

William Oglesby, William Taylor, Clem Grizzle,
Presly Mathis, Alexander Adams, James Robinson,
James Low, John Shepherd, Joel Miller, John Dixon.
Oct. 13, John Hatcher, Jr., R.T.R. 

(The numbers in parenthesis indicate which Militia
District is evidently indicated.)

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