BRANTLEY COUNTY, GA - BIOGRAPHIES  James Madison McCool

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JAMES MADISON MCCOOL

We are here in remembrance and honor of James Madison
McCool.  We don't know much about his time of service
in the Confederate States Army, but we do know that he
was a sergeant in Company A of the 4th Georgia Calvary.

James Madison McCool was born in September 1827 in
Georgia and died in January 1904.  He was married in
1867 to Louisa Mariah Burnettt.  James was found in the
1860 Wayne County Census, at age 32, living in the
household of James and Elizabeth Willis Highsmith.

He was the son of William McCool, a Methodist minister,
who was born in South Carolina; and Lucretia Highsmith,
born in Pitts County, North Carolina, and died sometime
after 1860.  James' mother, Lucretia, was the daughter
of Jacob Highsmith, a Revolutionary Soldier, and Sarah
Highsmith. Lucretia's grandfather, John Highsmith, was
also in the Revolutionary War.

James Madison McCool's wife, Louisa Mariah Burnett was
born 14 Feb 1850 in Georgia and died 1912.  She was the
third of thirteen children.  Louisa's father, Sam M.
Burnett, of Brunswick, served in the state legislature
while the state capitol was in Milledgeville.  The
Burnett family was a wealthy family who lost their
fortune after the War Between the States.

According to records we have found, James and Louisa
had the following children:

Martha L., Andrew Milton, James Madison Jr., Vincen,
Everete,  Mary Ellen, Mattie Lamb, Robert Emmitt,
Willie Burnett.

Their son, Andrew Milton McCool became a well-known
Southern Baptist minister and was often called "Prophet
of the Pinelands."

Nor do we want to forget James Madison McCool's sister,
Latitia McCool, who married James Bryant Lewis, son of
Jesse Lewis. They had 12 children.  Letitia's husband,
James Bryant Lewis, donated the land for Rob Lewis
Cemetery and the cemetery was named for their son,
Joseph Robert Lewis.

So even though we don't know much about James Madison
McCool's days in the Confederacy, we honor him for his
service to our country.  We will also honor and
remember his ancestors who fought for our country
before him.  

Dorothy J. Thomas, January 28, 2004