Bartow-Gordon-Habersham County GaArchives Obituaries.....William B. Grant October 9 1847
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Columbus, Georgia Weekly Enquirer Oct. 12, 1847
DEATH OF CAPT. GRANT
The sad intelligence of the death of this officer will be conveyed to our 
readers in the following proceedings. At the call of his Country, CAPT. GRANT 
raised a Company of Infantry and repaired to the city preparatory to leave for 
Mexico. Having some arrangements of necessity, to make in the up Country, he 
could not leave when the Battalion  took up the line of march - but having 
attended to his business, was happening on the field of his duty. A few days 
previous to his death he arrived among us in feeble health and died on Friday 
last at the dwelling of his friend Mr. Sartwell. His funeral was preached at 
the Baptist Church to an emmence concourse by the Rev. Mr. Slade, and his 
remains followed to the tomb by citizens and soldiers, and interred with 
military honors. He came to us a stranger and carried with him the respect of 
all. Peace to the spirit, and honor to the memory of the departed soldier. 

COMPANY ROOM, COLUMBUS, OCT. 9, 1847 ---- At a meeting of the members of 
the "City Light Guards" held as above, the sad intelligence of the death in our 
City of CAPT. WILLIAM GRANT of the Georgia Infantry Battalion was communicated 
to the Company; and on motion a committee was appointed to draft resolations 
expressing the sentiments of the Corps in the sudden bereavement. R.D.S. Bell 
Esq. on part of that committee submitted thye following report, viz: Whereas, 
in the providence of an all wise God, our brother soldier, by disease from the 
field of his present usefulness and in the midst of bright anticipation of 
future glory and renown, and where as by his death we are called upon to bewail 
the untimely departure of one whose patriotism induced him to forsake the home 
of his fathers to brave the dangers of a foreign clime and a willy foe for his 
country and his countrys honor. Be it resolved, that we the Officers and 
Privates of the "City Light Guards" do attend the remains of our deceased 
brother to their final resting place. Resolved, that in the death of our 
brother we deplore the loss which the Army have suffered in being deprived of a 
good and efficient Commander, and a brave and darring soldier, and mourn over 
the misfortune of our country inloosing a most excellent and valuable Citizen 
and a firm and unflinching support in this our time of need. Resolved, that we 
tender to the relatives and friends of the deceased our deepest sympathy and 
most sincere condolences in this their distressing and utter bereavement, that 
a copy of the above resolutions be transmitted to the family of the deceased 
and that these proceedings be published in the Gazzetts of the City. A true 
extract from the minutes.  R.M. Gray   Secretary

Additional Comments:
From the Chattahoochee Valley Regional Library at Columbus, Georgia  dated Dec. 
13, 1985 a Ms. Joan F.W. Emens Reference Dept. wrote that they were unable to 
locate any mention of Capt. Grant in their lists of Cemeteries. However, we did 
find two obituaries in the newspaper. Copys were enclosed. She stated it was 
interesting to note that the obituaries seem to imply that he was buried here 
in town, and that a group "followed to the tomb" of Capt. Grant. Our best guess 
is that he is in Linwood Cemetery, as rhere are as many as 1,000 unmarked 
graves there.

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