CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS AND WIDOWS OF, CENSUS OF,

No. 450,

An Act to require a census of the Confederate soldiers and the widows of Confederate soldiers to be made of those now residing in Georgia and to provide for compensation therefor, and for other purposes.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That on and after the passage of this Act it shall be the duty of the Comptroller-General in the preparation of the tax digest for 1906, or as soon thereafter as possible, to add thereto the proper headings for having made a census of the Confederate soldiers now residing in Georgia, who so resided on the first day of January, 1906, so as to give the name, company and regiment in which the soldier or dead husband of the widow served, also the time and place of enlistment, and when and where discharged.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the receiver of tax returns in each county, beginning 1906, or as soon thereafter as possible, and in connection with his work or receiving the taxes, to take and enter upon his tax digest the names of every ex-Confederate soldier, and the widow of every ex-Confederate soldier, now residing in their respective counties, for which he shall be paid by his county five cents per name so entered on his digest.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the justices of the peace of this State for the year 1906, or as soon thereafter as practicable, in making up their lists of taxpayers for their respective districts to make and furnish a separate list to the tax receiver at the same time he does the list of taxpayers, of each Confederate soldier then residing in his militia district, giving the name, company in which said ex-soldier enlisted, and of the dead husband of such widows, stating when they enlisted, and when and where they were discharged, when said widow was married to such dead soldier husband, and when he died, for which he shall receive the same compensation to be paid by the county, as are now provided by law for making list of taxpayers.

Approved August 22, 1905.

List of Ex-Confederate Soldiers Living in this, Pike , County January 1, 1907.

Names	Company	Regiment or other command	Enlisted		Discharged		Post Office
			When	Where	When	Where
1. Allen R. H.	H	Cummings Batt	6th month 1863		Jan 1864		Williamson Ga
2. Drewry F. S.	A	6 Ga State Troops	1864		1865		" "
3. Barker J. H.			1862	Griffin Ga	1865	Appomatox C H Va	Molena Ga
4. Willis L. T.	G	1st Reg Ga State Troops	1863		1865	Va	" "
5. Eppinger E. M.		Ga State Troops	1862		1865		" "
6. Hartnett U. H. Capt	G		1863		1865		Neal Ga
7. Childs D. M.	G	27th Ga Regt	1861		1863		Molena "
8. Jordan M. R.[?]		13 Ga Regt	1861	Griffin Ga	1865	Appomattox Va	" "
9. Joiner T. J. dead		53rd Ga Regt	1962	" "	1865	" "	" "
10. Carreker J. D.		27 " "	1862	" "	1865	" "	" "
11. Reeves Jno. M.	D	31st " "	1862	Macon Ga	1865	" "	Barnesville "
12. Ferguson J. M. Dead	I	32 " "	1861	Savannah Ga	1865	" "	Meansville -- dead
13. Kindrick J. S.	H	44 Ga Regt	1862	"	1865	" "	Zebulon Ga
14. Cook G. D.	H	44 " "	1862	Zebulon Ga	1865	" "	" "
15. Stearn Moses Dead	D	13 " "	1862	Thomaston Ga	1865	Elmira NY	Milner -- dead
16. Scott R. M.	H	44 " "	1862	Griffin	1865	Appomattox Va	Hollanville
17. Beckham Z. T.	G	1 Ga "	1863	Griffin	1865	"	Williamson Ga
18. Shockley Geo. W.	C	22 Ala "	1863	Montgomery Ala	1865	Oxford	Zebulon Ga
19. Sauley Wm T.	F	3 Ga Regt	1861	Griffin Ga	1865	Greensboro NC	" "
20. Pryor Matt	A	13 " "	1861	"	1865	Appo. Va	Hollanville "
21. McCard W. J.	D	2 Ga State Troops	1861	"	1865	Columbus Ga	Concord Ga
22. Elliott L. Z.	I	32 " Regt	1862	Thomaston Ga	1865	Greensboro NC	" "
23. Manley J. W.	D	2 Ga "	1861	Resackah Ga	1865	Macon Ga	Neal "
24. Ross M. F.	B	2 Ga State Troops	1864	Hampton Ga	1865	Albany	Zebulon "
25. Harrell Charles	B	2 Ga Battalion	1862	Thomaston Ga	1865	Greenboro [sic] NC	Barnesville "
26. Lavender Geo. E.	F	Phillips Legion Ga	1862	Coweta Co Ga	1865	" "	Zebulon "
27. Willis W. H.		Gibsons Battery	May 1862	Griffin	1865	Barnesville Ga	Barnesville Ga
28. Murphey E. J.	E	3 Ga Battallion [sic]	1861	Thomaston Ga	1865	Greensboro NC	" "
29. Hunt J. L.	B	3 " "	1861	"	1865	" "	" "
30. Jordan J. N.	I	32 " Regt	1862	"	1865	" "	" "
31. Gordy W. J.	I	" " "	1863	"	1865	"	"
32. Wellmaker A. J.	B	Jackson Brigade	1861	B,ville Ga [sic]	1865	" "	"
33. Baird J. T.	I	46 Miss. Regt	1862	Meridian Miss	1865	Meridian Miss	Liberty Hill Ga
34. Holms W. P.	B	3rd Ga Battalion	1861	B,ville Ga	1865	Greensboro NC	Barnesville
35. Holmes J. F.	B	3rd Ga Battalion	1861	B,ville Ga	1865	" "	"
36. Holmes J. D. Dead	G	1st Ga State Troops	1864	"	1865	Andersonville Ga	"
37. Elliott Z. H.	Batt Gibson	Jackson B	1862	"	1865	Greensboro NC	"
38. Williams D. C.	G	1 Ga Reserves	1864	Zebulon Ga	1865	Andersonville	Zebulon
39. Neel Charles M.	K	15 Ga Regt	Jan 1865	Sparta Ga	1865	Appomattox Va	Barnesville Ga
40. Parker W. B.		Navy Department	1862	Savannah Ga	1865	Savannah Ga	Barnesville Ga
41. Harden E. K.	C	3 Ga Regt	1861	B,ville Ga	1865	Appomattox Va	Milner Ga
42. Maddox P. H.	A	13th Ga Regt	1862	Zebulon	1865		Barnesville Ga
43. Childers W. T.	H	53 Ga "	1861	B,ville	1865	Rock Hill NC	B,ville Ga
44. Irvin J. W.	A	46 " "	1861	Thomaston Ga	1865	Macon Ga	" "
45. Veal L. E.	A	49 Ga "	1861	Irvington Ga	1865	Appomattox Va	" "
46. Sikes W. J.	A	7 Ga State Troops	1864	Forsythe Ga	1865	Macon Ga	" "
47. Hightower G. W.	D		1861	Thomaston Ga	1865	Appomattox Va	" "
48. Smith L. A.	A	12 Ga Battalion	1863	Newnan Ga	1865	" "	" "
49. Hightower J. D.		Gibson Battalion	1862	Griffin Ga	1865	Macon Ga	" "
50. McGinty R. W.	A	14 Ga Regt	May 12, 1861	Forsyth [sic] Ga	1865	Appomattox Va	" "
51. Whelon James	C	4 Ga Calvary	1863	Rome Ga	1865	Greensboro NC	" "
52. Johnson A. J. dead		Artillery	1861	Griffin	1865	Montgomery Ala	Milner Ga
[There is no #53] 54. Graddick Robt H.	I	63 Ga Regt	Dec 1862	Savannah Ga	1865	Macon Ga	Barnesville Ga
55. Newton W. N.	B	6 Ala Regt	1861	Columbus	1865		" "
56. Caldwell R. B.	A	53 Ga Regt	1862	Griffin	1865	Fort Donaldson [sic]	" "
57. Charping S. C.	G	4 Ga "	April 1861	Ga	1865	Appomattox Va	" "
58. Shockley Wm. L.		Gibsons Battery	Apr 1861	Griffin Ga	1865	Montgomery Ala	" "
59. Akin John M.	A	53 Ga Regt	1862	" "	1865	Appomattox Va	" "
60. Tschudy M.	I	19 Tenn Regt	Apr 1861	NC	1865	Greensboro	" "
61. Waldon A. T.	G	7 Virginia Regt	1861	Culpepper Va	1865	New Market Va	" "
62. Jones Thomas Z.	G	27 Ga Regt	1864	Macon	1865	High Point NC	Meansville Ga
63. Collier Vines H.	E	3 Ga Battalion	Aug 1861	Big Shanty Ga	1865	Greensboro NC	" "
64. Cook J. J.	H	44 Ga Regt	Mar 1862	"	1865	Greensboro NC	Williamson Ga
65. Scott J. M.	H	44 " "	Mar 1862	"	1865	" "	" "
66. Martin George T.	E	6 " "	1863	"	1865	" "	" "
67. Wood Josiah	G	1 Ga State Troops	Mar 1864	Macon Ga	1865	" "	" "
68. Nelson J. G.	E	2 Ga Regt	Aug 1861		1865	" "	" "
[In pencil, possibly in different handwriting] B. T. Roan	C	13th Ga	1862	Griffin	1865	Macon	Milner Ga
Phillips Nathan	B	2 "	1861	Greeville [sic]	1865	Rauleigh [sic] NC	Concord
Wm Creamer	F	Howards Battl	1862	Columbus	1865	Greensboro	Molena

The three loose pages which contain this census were found in the front of an 1890-1894 Tax Digest of Pike County, Georgia. They have been transcribed as exactly as possible. Certainly there were other men in Pike County in 1906 who had participated in the Confederacy and who were not recorded in this list.

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