Bibb County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....Braswell, Jacob G. November 15 2004
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James Allen jallen46@cox.net November 18, 2004, 11:18 pm

Source: Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
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Photograph is of the grave marker of Jacob G. Braswell.

Jacob G. Braswell

b: 10 March 1861
d: 21 March 1925

" Co. D 30 GA Inf., C.S.A. "

Additional Comments:
Jacob Green Braswell

     Jacob Green Braswell, Confederate veteran, familiarly known as "Uncle 
Pope", 98, died at his residence, 103 Mill Avenue, at 7:05 p.m. yesterday, 
after an illness of several weeks.
     Mr. Braswell was the oldest Confederate veteran of this county.
     He was born March 10, 1844, in Warrior district, Bibb County, son of 
Jacob Green and Polly (Raley) Braswell.  In June, 1862, young Braswell 
enlisted in the 30th Georgia Infantry Volunteers, Company D., under Captain 
Thomas C. Bartlett.  James S. Boynton was Major and Thomas W. Mangham was 
Lieutenant Colonel.
     Later James S. Boynton became Lieutenant Colonel and Cicero A. Thorpe of 
Warrior District was elected Major.  Lieut. Col. Mangham became Colonel.  When 
the 30th Georgia was reorganized, Hudson Whitaker became Captain of Company D.
  
                                                     DID PICKET DUTY

     Young Braswell was in winter quarters at Dalton, Ga., and in the spring 
was sent to Griswoldville to a camp of instructions, under the command of 
Colonel David J. Bailey.  After three months of drilling, Mr. Braswell was 
ordered to Thunderbolt, near Savannah, where he did picket duty on the islands 
of Whitmarsh, Dutch and Skidaway.
     "I never saw the like of mosquitoes," he said later.  From there he went 
to Tennessee and took part in the battles of Franklin, Murfreesboro and 
Nashville.  Mr. Braswell was in Nashville at the time Lee surrendered and 
returned to Macon by way of Corinth, Miss.  He named some of the boys in his 
company as James Sanders, Bill Whittingham and the Champion brothers.
     On Sept. 17, 1867, Mr. Braswell married Polly Heard, a neighbor in 
Warrior district.  Their children were Fannie, Annie (died young), Green, 
Virginia (Mrs. Emanuel Horne), and Lena (Mrs. Hull Visage).  After his 
marriage, Mr. Braswell moved to Crawford County where he resided until 
October, 1912, when he transferred his pension address to Macon.
     Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Virginia Horne and J.J. Braswell of Macon.
     Funeral services will be held in the chapel of Hart's Mortuary at 3 p.m. 
today.  The Rev. W. L. Sutton and the Rev. E.A. Crawford will officiate and 
burial will be in the Shiloh cemetery.

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The gravesite longitude and latitude are:

32 degrees  48.577 N,  083 degrees  44.575 W, 477 ft.  

This was taken by James W. Allen on 21 Oct. 2004 using a Meridian Magellan GPS 
Unit.


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