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June 1, 2013
Wo r k i n g W i t h T h e I n d i a n s P r i o r To 1 8 4 0
BY LESLIE BARKER THOMAS
in exchange for seven million acres
west of a new Arkansas boundary,
Cherokee Voluntary Immigrants is a
thereafter known as Indian Territory.
continuation of Working With The
Cherokees and white men with Native
Indians Prior To 1840 in the March
families who enrolled for 1832
2013 newsletter. This is a
emigration were “supposed to be”
Transcription of 1832 Census of
paid for detailed assessments of their
Cherokee – Voluntary Emigrants
improvements. These records are the
names of the Heads of Households
Transcription by Susan Dailey Johnson
that enrolled between Dec 1831 and
of Pocola, Oklahoma in memory of
June 1832 taken from microfilm copy
her sixth great-grandmother Catherine of the Book of Enrollment at National
“Katy” Teague Rogers Pettit,
Archives record Group 75, records of
Cherokee Nation Old Settler.
the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which
contains 109 pages of
entries entitled "Statement
Showing the Names of
Cherokee Emigrants, from
the East, to the West of
the Mississippi who have
abandoned their
improvements, and which
have been valued, the
number and description of,
their location, by the
assessors appointed by the
Cherokee: Portraits. Francis Drake, Indian History for
President of the United
Young Folks. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1912.
States in conformity with
the treaty of 6th of May 1828 with the
Cherokee Families that immigrated to
Cherokees West of the Mississippi".
Arkansas in 1831/1832. Due to the
Treaty of 1828, chiefs and headmen
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west of the Mississippi River
See Working With The Indians Prior
relinquished all claims to their claims
To 1840, Page 2
Volume 1, Issue 2
In this quarterly issue:
Working With The
Indians Prior To 1840
1-2
First Families Project:
Martin Luther Long
3-4
The Youngest Civil War 5
Veteran - Little David
In Focus: River Hill
Baptist Church
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Family Research Corner 7
Last Quarter Highlights
7
Upcoming Events For
2013
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Bulletin Board
9
The President’s Desk
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New Books In The
Genealogy Room
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First Families of Gilmer
County
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Dedication
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Part II: Civil War In
Gilmer County
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Backwoods Girl. Edward
Eggleston, A First Book In
American History, 1889.
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It is possible that some of these families returned
to Georgia at some point.
Moved from East of the Mississippi to the West:
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Samuel Adair 18 Feb 1832
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Robert Berry 26 May 1832
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Sally Boland (Bowling or Bolin)
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Benjamin Cooper, 10 March 1832
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Nancy Cooper
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John Downing 29 Feb 1832
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Daughter of John Downing
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John Elliott
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John Harris 11 Jan 1832
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Terrell Henson 10 June 1832
Native American Paintings: Ball Playing. Charles de Wolf
Brownell, The Indian Races of North and South America.
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1873.
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Cherokee Indians: SE-QUO-YAH, The Cherokee Cadmus, With His
Alphabet In His Hands. Norman B Wood, The Lives of Famous
Indian Chiefs. Aurora: American Indian Historical Publishing
Company, 1906.
Daniel Love 05 June 1832
James Love 09 May 1832
Martin Miller 09 June 1832
Griffin Morgan 13 Nov 1831
Peggy Pettit (widow of Benjamin Pettit)
02 April 1832
William Reed 28 Nov 1831
Elizabeth Shirley 07 June 1832
William Southerland 02 April 1832
John Sunday (Sundy)
John Terrell 18 Mar 1832
David Tucker 10 May 1832
Edward Tucker 9 May 1832
Here I have listed those who emigrated from
Gilmer County. This includes those listed in
Pickens or Fannin Counties, which were cut out of
Gilmer in 1856. The complete listing has those
from Murray and Lumpkin Counties also listed and
is in Volume II of the Gilmer County Historical
Annual available from the Gilmer County
Historical Society located in the Tabor House.
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F i r s t Fa m i l i e s P r o j e c t : M a r t i n L u t h e r L o n g
BY PATRICIA HYATT HENSON
We do not know when this particular line of the
Long family came to the United States; however, it
had to be before 1764 when Thomas Anthony
Long was born in Prince George County,
Maryland. Thomas Anthony, a ship builder,
married Mary Conner and had two sons: Thomas
James Long was born in 1785 and Anthony M.
Long was born about1787. After Mary Conner’s
death, he married Mary Holly in 1791 and had
three more sons.
Thomas Anthony died in 1795, which left his sons
Thomas James and Anthony M. Long as
orphans. Their stepmother married again to
Hanson Stone Althey and they migrated in 1799 to
Yadkin County, North Carolina possibly following
The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road which went
from Pennsylvania to South Carolina, passing
through Maryland, Virginia,
“The purpose of the First and North Carolina. A part
of Yadkin County later
Families program is to
became Lincoln County,
honor the pioneers who
North Carolina where they
settled. According to court
were settled in Gilmer
records in Maryland and
County by 1840 or
North Carolina the Althey’s
before and to recognize
chose to sign over the
guardianship of the two
those descendants who
orphan boys to their uncle,
became members of this
Jonathan Long, who was
program. “
living in Lincoln County,
North Carolina. Nothing is
known about the childhood
of these two young men.
However, in 1820 the boys
sued for the inheritance
Leslie Barker Thomas
which was “rightly theirs” from their father’s
estate. According to Lincoln County, North
Carolina records which upheld the Maryland court
records of June 12, 1798, the amount each of the
five sons of Thomas Anthony were to receive,
after the dower rights of Mary Holly Long Althey
were deducted, should have been approximately
49.4.4 pounds.
Thomas James Long married Rebecca Sherrill in
1807. She was the granddaughter of Capt William
B. Sherrill, who served with John Sevier in the
Battle of Kings Mountain during the Revolutionary
War. Thomas James and Rebecca had six known
children: 2 females and 4 males.
Martin Luther Long, born February 2, 1813, was
one of those sons. Very little is known of Martin
Luther’s childhood but we do know that he
obtained basic education with an ability to read
and write. At the age of twenty-two, Martin Luther
married Dorcas Amanda Dryman on December
23, 1836. She was the daughter of Henry Dryman
and Elizabeth Dillard in Macon County, North
Carolina. Martin and Dorcas moved to Gilmer
County before 1838. As indicated in the 1850
Gilmer County Census, their second child was
born in Gilmer County. Further proof of Martin
Long’s residency in Gilmer County is indicated in a
list of persons serving as part of the mounted
volunteers of Gilmer County, Georgia. He assisted
in the removal of the Native Americans to
Oklahoma in 1838. He served in this position from
May 25, 1838 to July 12, 1838.
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See First Families Project: Martin Luther Long,
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During this same time period M. L. Long is listed
on the ledger at Mr. (Coke) Ellington’s store
where he bought a “fine hat for $3.00, 27 pounds
for casting for $2.75”. His wife, “Mrs. Martin Long
bought one dress Shaw for $1.50, and flannel
for .62.5 cents” on November 22, 1838.
In the course of his lifetime, Martin served as a
Gilmer County Constable and then a juror in
1857. In 1864, he was listed on the census for the
reorganization of the Georgia Militia. He is
described as being 50 years, 11 months, a farmer,
and born in North Carolina. His name on this list
indicates that he was “not active or was exempt
from service of the Confederate States of
America” but he “assisted in the provision of and
protection of women, children, and invalids living
at home” or he may have served in the local militia
companies and performed
home front duties as might be
required. In 1881, Martin was
appointed by the court as
County Road Commissioner
for the term of two years in
the 1341 militia district.
Martin Luther Long and
Dorcas Long had a total of
twelve children: eight males
and four females. Their
children were: Henry Putnam
Long, Sarah Rebecca Long,
Elizabeth Evaline Long, Richard
Valentine Long, Thomas
Josephus Long, Eliza Jane Long,
Martha Matilda Long, Hugh
White “Bud” Long, Labon Long, Martin Sherrill
Long, Charles M. Long, and Virgil B. Long. Their
youngest daughter, Martha Matilda Long, was born
August 31, 1846. She married Peter Glenn Hyatt
on December 8, 1872 in Gilmer County. Peter,
born in Gilmer County in 1848, was another early
resident.
After the death of Dorcas Amanda in 1872, Martin
married Louisa Jane Dryman, the sister of Dorcas
Amanda. No children were born from this
union. Martin died in 1892. He and Dorcas
Amanda are buried at the Jarrett Cemetery in
Gilmer County, Georgia. Louisa Jane, his second
wife, is buried in Whitfield County, Georgia at
Popular Springs Cemetery. Descendants of Martin
Luther and Dorcas Amanda Long can still be found
in Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, and Whitfield counties
as well as Tennessee, Missouri, and other points of
the Western United States.
Colonial Houses: How The Colonists Built Their Homes. Mara L. Pratt, American’s Story for
American Children: The Early Colonies. Boston: D.C. Heath & Company, 1901.
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T h e Yo u n g e s t C i v i l Wa r Ve t e r a n — L i t t l e D av i d
BY BOBBY BRADFORD
David Bailey Freeman was born in Ellijay,
Georgia on May 1, 1851 to Allen Freeman
and Mary Ann Reynold Murray. David had five
brothers, and at least three served in the
Confederate Army.
David's older brother Madison Montgomery
Freeman (1840 - 1869), a member of the
Fulton Blues, was crippled with White Swelling
(Phlebitis). He was elected First Lieutenant in a
calvary company, but was uncertain if he could
serve due to his disease. He asked his mother
if David, who was ten years old, could go to
camp with him as his aid. They traveled to
Camp Felton, near Cartersville. The camp
officers were so impressed with David that he
was offered the position of "Marker". He
enlisted in the 6th Georgia Calvary, Company
D with the consent of his mother and brother.
part of the 6th Calvary. David served
throughout the war and obtained the rank of
Lieutenant. David was known as the youngest
Confederate soldier, but he was also the
youngest soldier of the war. For two years,
David fought under “Fighting Joe” Wheeler
and under General Joseph E Johnston in the
Spring 1864 fight for Atlanta. He saw the
bloody battle at Chickamauga and fought at
Resaca, Cassville, and Kennesaw Mountain.
After the war, at the age of twenty-one, David
started his career as a journalist, and owned
the business in two years. David married his
wife, Callie Dudley Goodwyne on December
8, 1875 in Rome, Georgia. During his life,
David served as Mayor of Calhoun, Georgia,
Mayor of Cedartown, Georgia, and Mayor of
Cartersville, Georgia. He purchased the
Cedartown Advertiser, and The Cartersville
Courant-American (The Cartersville News).
David was very active with The Confederate
Veterans organization. He assisted veterans
with their veteran affairs and pension
problems. David obtained the rank and title of
General with The United Confederate
Veterans.
Battle of Manassas, Where Stonewall Jackson Won His
Name, Robinson House - Bull Run. Henry W Elson, The
Civil War Through The Camera, 1912.
Everyone was impressed with Little David as
he rode his spotted pony through towns as
On June 18, 1929, days after he returned from
a Confederate Veterans Reunion in North
Carolina, General David Bailey Freeman died
of a heart attack in Atlanta. He was seventyseven years old. David is buried at the Oak
Hill Cemetery in Cartersville, Georgia.
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I n Fo c u s : R i ve r H i l l B a p t i s t C h u r c h
River Hill Memories, 1918
This photograph, furnished by Ernest Forester, appeared in The Times Courier on 18 Nov 1976. River Hill
Memories depicts members of a Singing School which was taught in 1918 at River Hill Baptist Church.
First Row (l-r): Theodore Cantrell, Johnie Anderson, Lawrence Anderson, Daisy Cantrell, Cleo Hagin, Annie
Bell Reece.
Second Row: Denver Jones, unknown, Raymond Cantrell, Clemont Cantrell, Charles Cantrell, Clyde
Cantrell, Zed Chadwick, Buford Anderson, Sam Anderson, Willard Cantrell, Ira Davis, Jethero Jones,
Slanton Bailey, Elford Southern, Clyde Southern, Edward Southern.
Third Row: Mae Jones, Floyd Cantrell, Ernest Forrester, Elsie Chadwick, Annie Clayton, Everett Bailey
(teacher), Lemma Ralston, Vercil Akins, Rosalie Cantrell, Willa Anderson, Eva Anderson, Ina Cantrell, Zelma
Cantrell, Emily Jane Reece, Ora Ellis, Della Ellis.
Fourth Row: Richard Reece, Minnie Reece, Nola Anderson, Joe Chadwick, Ruth Clayton, Artie Chastain,
Bessie Anderson, Mamie Cantrell, Reed Vandegriffe, Ben Chadwick, Homer Ellis, Truman Anderson, Clyde
Coffey, Ralph Davis, Ida Fowler, Ark Clayton, Charlie Chadwick, Arvil Cantrell.
Note: Unidentified individuals are looking out of all three church windows.
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Family Researc h C orner
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Someone would like to obtain information
on Ira B Cochran. The American Legion
Post in Gilmer County is named after him.
Reply to Leslie at aeriehollow@ellijay.com.
Someone would like to know what the
Clear Creek Mill is used for (as a result of
my article on the grist mills). The mill is
located on Johnson Mill Road. Reply to
Leslie at aeriehollow@ellijay.com.
Does anyone have information on a book
published on Benjamin Griffith by Charles
A. Griffith, The First Settler, of Mauldin,
South Carolina? Ms. Teeter is trying to file
a DAR application. Contact Jane Teeter at
jlteeter@gmail.com.
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Millard Orr would like information on
where Robert and Elinore Douthit Orr are
buried as well as any history on the couple.
They were the parents of Farmer Orr.
Please email an information to Millard at
orrmillard@yahoo.com.
Carolyn Higgins is researching James Allen
and his wife Martha Chastain as well as
Moses Carr Clark and his wife Nancy Foster
Allen. Moses was the son of Thomas J
Clark (farmer/clergy) Please email any
information to gcgs@etcmail.com.
Carolyn Higgins
400 W. Lansing St.,Apt.#20
Broken Arrow, Ok.74012
Last Quarter Highlights
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March 14, 2013: It was our pleasure to have Joey Dye, Adult Services Coordinator at RT Jones
Memorial Library at the GSCGI meeting. He spoke to the group about the genealogical
information available via the Internet Archive. He gave a very informative discussion, and
much was learned about this previously untapped resource.
April 11, 2013: We want to thank Herman Clark and Ron Gravette who were guest speakers
for the Gilmer County Genealogical Society. We were honored to have these Veterans share
their personal histories of Vietnam. Herman Clark who was a Vietnam era pilot and Ron
Gravette who was a “boots on the ground” Green Beret. We appreciate our military.
May 9, 2013: Carol Hass and Diane Buchheim gave a very informative presentation about the
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR). They spoke about what the
NSDAR is, where to begin a search, steps to research linage, how to collect documents, the
different sources of information, as well as how to summit your application to the NSDAR. For
more information on DAR Membership, go to:
http://www.dar.org/natsociety/become_member.cfm
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U p c o m i n g E v e n t s Fo r 2 0 1 3
BY BETTY RIDDLE
Being a member of the Gilmer County
Genealogical Society is all about honoring our
kin, who settled this area, making Gilmer
County the great place to live and do business
that it is today. We are family orientated and
besides encouraging and helping others in their
quest to honor their pioneer kin, we enjoy
each other's company and sharing good times.
As Special Event Chairman, our committee of
Rebecca Burrell, Joyce Whitaker and Mary
Jones want to pass on our plans for the year
2013.
Our next big event is the Annual Picnic, which
will be Thursday, July 11 a.m., at the ETC
Pavilion on the beautiful Coosawattee
River. GCGSI furnishes fried chicken and
members bring delicious covered dishes. It is a
relaxing, fun time, to mingle and
get reacquainted with old friends. We meet at
11 a.m. and lunch is served at noon.
We will gather in November to decorate our
Christmas Tree for the Sequoyah Library
Systems Festival of Trees. A theme will be
announced. This is another fun gathering
where ideas are exchanged and future plans
are laid. Before December 31st we will
remove the tree and all are invited to lunch at
a local eatery — the date and time will be
announced.
We end our year with an Annual Christmas
Luncheon at the Shriner's Building. Again, this
is a festive time to mingle , eat, and install our
Officers, for the coming year. It's a good time
to exchange ideas and lay plans for a great
New Year — the date and time will be
announced.
Colonial Women: Jack Hasting’s Accident. Richard Markham,
Colonial Days: Being Stories and Ballads for Young Patriots.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company,1920.
We look forward to seeing everyone at the
upcoming events. Just speak up if you would
like to be involved in any of these events. We
are always looking for fresh ideas and involving
more of our members. See the quarterly
schedule on Bulletin Board, page 9.
Newsletter Published By Hollyanna Hardy White
and Laurel Brenda Cochran, Publishing Chair
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Bulletin Board
June:
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No GCGSI meeting this month, so library can have Summer programs for the children
10th Children’s: Native American History at 3 p.m. at the Gilmer Library by Dr. Donna
Myers
22nd Digging into Your Family Roots at the Gilmer Library 10 a.m. – 4 hr. class w/lunch
break. By Karen Titus
24th Children’s: Native Americans w/crafts at the Gilmer Library, 6 p.m. by Leslie Thomas
Genealogy Research Center Volunteers: Trisha Henson, Shirley Sluder, John Davis, &
Rebecca Burrell
July:
No GCGSI meeting this month, so library can have Summer programs for the children
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11th Society’s Annual Picnic at ETC Pavilion & First Families, meet 11 a.m., lunch at noon
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Genealogy Research Center Volunteers: Eurilla Hyatt, Linda Wolfe, Gladys Spivey & Betty
Riddle
August:
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No GCGSI meeting this month, so library can have Summer programs for the children
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Genealogy Research Center Volunteers: Shirley Sluder, Trish Henson, Betty Riddle,
Gloria Beaudet, & John Davis
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T h e P r e s i d e n t ’s D e s k
BY KAREN TITUS
On May 4th, we had our first Preserving Our
Heritage Scanning Project. Volunteers scanned
around ninety pictures of ancestors at the
Gilmer County Library and the originals were
given back immediately. The scanned copies
will be kept at the library in an archive which
will serve as a back-up in case of loss, as well
as preserving the histories of Gilmer’s
families.
Everyone is looking
forward to our wonderful
Annual Picnic, on
Thursday, July 11th at 11
a.m. at the ETC Pavilion
located on the beautiful
Coosawattee River. Please remember to bring
your family members to celebrate. The First
Families Certificates and pins will be handed
out at the picnic to recognize and honor our
ancestors.
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New Books In The Genealog y Research Center
BY JOHN DAVIS
We have wonderful news! The GCGSI has added several books to the Gilmer County Library in
the Genealogy Research Center.
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Records of PA Marriages Prior to 1810 -- Two Volumes
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Colonial Family Histories of the United States — Seven Volumes
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PA Vital Records — Volumes 1, 2, and 3 (Six Books)
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Map Guide by Counties to US Census 1790—1820
The First Families Of Gilmer County
BY BETTY RIDDLE
Good news spreads fast, and so does
memberships to those who wish to honor
their pioneer ancestors who settled in Gilmer
County Georgia in the 1840's or earlier.
We have members in Alabama, Florida,
Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and
Virginia. Our Georgia members can be found
in Acworth, Blue Ridge, Calhoun, Chatsworth,
Cumming, Duluth, Ellijay, East Ellijay, Flowery
Branch, Jasper, Lawrenceville, Locust Grove,
Marietta, Milledgeville, Powder Springs, Shady
Dale and Talking Rock.
Numerous members have added children and
grandchildren to our Rolls. It is our hope
these memberships will stimulate an interest in
history and their ancestors. Our memberships
include an attractive certificate and a lapel
pin. If you would like to grant a membership
to a best friend or family member on a special
day or as a memorial, we'd be happy to send
you an application or you can go to http://
www.gcgsi.org. There is a one time fee of ten
dollars. Come Join us.
Colonial People: Costumes of American Settlers. Benson J
Lossing, Harper’s Encyclopedia of United States History. New
York: Harper and Brothers Publishers,1912.
This issue of Mountain Heritage is dedicated to
Templar Titus Jr., late husband of our President,
Karen Titus. He was born on 26 Jan 1936 and
passed away on 7 May 2013.
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Pa r t 1 I : C i v i l Wa r I n G i l m e r C o u n t y
BY LESLIE BARKER THOMAS
As the battles raged closer, it became evident that North Georgia was
not providing the necessary allotment of soldiers for the Confederate
Army. The most common resistance was draft evasion and desertion
from the Confederate forces. The mountainous terrain of north Georgia
was ideal for hiding out among sympathetic mountain families more easily
than in other parts of Georgia. Occasionally the local law enforcement
was forced to make massive round-ups of these deserters and those who
never enlisted.
Battle of Wilsons Creek: Death of
General Nathaniel Lyon At The Battle
Gilmer provided nine units by 1863. Kimberly Miller Bates, has created a
Of Wilsons Creek. Paul F Mottlelay and
webpage that lists most all the Civil War Soldiers from Gilmer County
T Campbell-Copeland, eds. The
and the unit and disposition of them in the war. It’s a work in progress. If
Soldier in Our Civil War, 1885.
she has missed anyone, please send her the information.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gilmercountyrecords/civilwarsoldiers.htm.
Anyone doing research on their Civil War ancestor should know that there are message boards on the
rootsweb site at http://boards.ancestry.com/topics.Military.united-20-states.civwar/mb.ashx.
During the Civil War, many men of Gilmer County enlisted in the Confederate Army. They served in the
following units as well as the local home guard. Men from Gilmer would also join units in neighboring
counties. The following are the units specific to Gilmer County:
 1st Georgia State Line, Company H, Gilmer Browns
 11th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, Company D, Gilmer Boys
“The Civil War
 11th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, Company F, Mrs. Joe Brown's Boys
began in 1861 and
 23rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry, Company D
ended in 1865.”
 39th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, Company G, Gilmer Lions
 39th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, Company I, Gilmer Tigers 2
 60th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, Company F, Gilmer Volunteers
 65th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, Company (Smith's Legion) A, Gilmer Light Guards
 Gilmer 65th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, Company (Smith's Legion) H
If you have ancestors from the Northern States, you might be interested in searching through the Library
of Congress’ newspaper archives. This site has most all the states and is digitized from 1836-1922 at
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/. Using a single keyword like a surname will bring up every reference with
that word included. To narrow your search, change the years and state information.
The Gilmer County Genealogical Society, Inc.
P. O. Box 919
Ellijay, GA 30540
The Gilmer County Genealogical Society, Inc.
The Gilmer County Genealogical Society, Inc.
P. O. Box 919
Ellijay, GA 30540
We’re on the web!
www.gcgsi.org
Contact email: gcgs@etcmail.com
What Is Available Online?
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GCGSI Membership
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Book Order Form
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First Families Application
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1834 and 1840 Census
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Genealogical Links
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Contact Information
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Officers
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