Georgia: Brooks County: MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY K, 50th REGIMENT BROOKS VOLUNTEERS OR BROOKS COUNTY SONS ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: Carolyn L. Harper Johnson clhjohnson@aol.com ==================================================================== MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY K, 50th REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA C. S. A. BROOKS COUNTY, GEORGIA BROOKS VOLUNTEERS OR BROOKS COUNTY SONS Sheffield, Pliny-Captain March 4, 1862. Elected Major July 31,1862; Lieutenant Colonel December 21,1863. Wounded in right arm, necessitating amputation near shoulder, at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Resigned November 28, 1864. (Born in Ga. in 1839. Died in Brooks County, Ga. in 1908.) McCall, John G.- 1st Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Elected Captain July 31, 1862. Severely wounded, three fourths of lower jaw and teeth destroyed, at Antietem Creek, Md. Defending bridge, September 17, 1862; Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Retired to Invalid Corps December 2, 1864. Appointed Enrolling Officer in Brooks County, Ga. 1863 or 1864, and served until close of war. (Born January 8,1836. Died in Brooks County, Ga. in 1921.) Finch, James B.- 2d Lieutenant March 4,1862. Wounded in left eye, resulting in loss of sight, at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. Resigned July 27, 1863. (Born in Ga. in 1835. Died in Brooks County, Ga. in 1912.) Brown, W. P.- 2d Lieutenant July 31,1863. Wood, Eben J.- Jr.2d Lieutenant March 4,1862. Died at Staunton, Va. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery. (Born in 1837.) McMurray, William H.- 1st Sergeant March 4, 1862. Killed at Knoxville, Tenn. November 29,1863. (Born in 1830.) Yates, Morgan G.- 2d Sergeant March 4, 1862. Died at Winchester, Va. October 15, 1862. (Born in 1835.) Yates, Owen-3d Sergeant March 4, 1862. Missing at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19,1864. (Born in 1832.) McCall, William C. (or Wilson C.)-4th Sergeant March 4, 1862. Appointed 2d Sergeant March 23, 1863; Sergeant Major in 1864. Wounded at Petersburg, Va. June 19, 1864. Roll for February 28,1865, last on file, shows him absent on furlough. Captured at Sailor's Creek, Va. April 6, 1865. Escaped April 9, 1865. (Born in 1843.) Young, Francis E.- 5th Sergeant March 22, 1862. Reduced to ranks August 1862. (Born in 1840.) Archibald, Thomas B.- 1st Corporal March 4, 1862. (Born in 1823.) Studstill, William R.- 1st Corporal. (Born in 1843.) Hill, Joseph L.- 2d Corporal March 4,1862. Appointed 3d Sergeant August 1862. Reduced to ranks October 1862. (Born in 1836.) Duncan, Kasper G.- 3d Corporal March 4,1862. (Born in 1833.) Groover, James Abner-4th Corporal March 4, 1862. Captured at Harper's Farm, Va. April 6, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 4, 1865. (Born in 1838 or 1840. Died in Brooks County, Ga. May 9,1882.) Alderman, Enoch W.- private May 13,1862. Alderman, G. T.- private March 4, 1862. Home without a furlough in 1862. (Born in 1836.) Alderman, I. (or J.)- private March 4,1862. Appointed 3d Corporal. (Born in 1840.) Alderman, William- private March 4,1862. Died of diphtheria at Camp Davis near Savannah, Ga. April 1862. (Born in 1824. Buried in Brooks County, Ga.) Alderman, William R.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 3d Corporal October 1863. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6,1864. (Born in 1837.) Alvis, Charles A.- private March 4,1862. Wounded April 1864. (Born in 1842.) Alvis, James- private March 4, 1862. On detached service at Richmond, Va. August 1864. Pension records show he was captured near Sailor's Creek, Va. April 6, 1865. Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. in 1865. (Born in 1828. Died in Lowndes County, Ga. December 5,1878.) Alvis, William H. (or Willis H.)- private April 20,1862. Captured August 1864. (Born in 1838.) Bardin, Simon M. (or Barden)- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Knoxville, Tenn. November 29,1863. Captured at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19,1864. Released in 1865. (Born in Houston County, Ga. in 1826. Died in Brooks County, Ga. in 1918.) Beckton, Joseph M.- private March 4,1862. Died at Savannah, Ga. July 15,1862. (Born in 1840.) Blair, John- private March 4,1862. Appointed Sergeant. (Born in 1838.) Blakely, Clarke (or Blakeley)- private March 4, 1862. (Born in 1839.) Blakely, John H. (or Blakeley)- private March 4, 1862. Died at Winchester, Va. October 28,1862. Boyett, Francis M.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Richmond, Va. June 13,1863. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Boyett, John- private March 4, 1862. Left wounded at Knoxville, Tenn. November 29, 1863. Captured August 1864. (Born in 1833.) Boyett, Newton- private March 4,1862. (Born in 1846.) Boyett, M. N.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Richmond, Va. March 24, 1863. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. (Born in 1841.) Boyett, W. W.- private March 4,1862. Died at Whitesville, Ga. June 28,1862. Brice, David J.- private March 4, 1862. Killed at Wilderness, Va. May 6,1864. (Born in 1837.) Brice, Timothy- private March 4, 1862. Discharged July 17, 1862. (Born in 1839.) Brown, John H.- private March 4,1862. Appointed 2d Sergeant August 1862. Roll for February 28,1865, last on file, shows him absent without leave since January 22, 1864. Pension records show he was "Wounded, foot disabled in 1864. Unfit for further duty." (Born in 1838. Died June 1877.) Brown, J. O.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19,1864. (Born in 1836.) Brown, Robert D.- Enlisted as a private in Co. H, 9th Regiment Ga. Inf. June 6, 1861. Transferred to Co. K, 50th Regiment Ga. Inf. March 4,1862. Roll for February 28,1865, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was cut off from command while on detail at Lynchburg, Va. March 1865. Captured and paroled at Macon, Ga. April 1865. Bryant, H. T.- private March 4,1862. "Hand chopped off since enlisting." Clanton, Daniel D.- private March 4,1862. Appears last on roll dated March 12,1863. (Born in 1843.) Cook, John- private May 13, 1862.- Died of pneumonia at Richmond, Va. January 20,1863. Crosby, Henry W.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded in leg at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19, 1864. Pension records show he was at home on wounded furlough close of war. (Born in Brooks County, Ga. in 1834, and died there April 8, 1886.) Dailey, Daniel- private March 4,1862. (Born in 1838.) Dailey, Dennis- private April 24, 1862. Left Company on 60 days sick furlough February 1865. (Born in Ireland in 1834.) Dampier, Henry W.- private April 20, 1862. Died of measles, while on sick furlough at home in Brooks County, Ga., December 25, 1862. Delk, John W.- private March 4, 1862. Died January 1863. (Born in 1838.) Dixon, James M.- private May 13, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Dixon, Moses- private May 13, 1862. Died at Savannah, Ga. June 23,1862. Dixon, Pleasant W.- private May 13, 1862. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3,1863. Dorsett, Alfred M. (or Dawsett)- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 1st Sergeant March 23, 1864. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6,1864. (Born in 1820.) Dupriest, J. B.- private September 1863. Supposed to have been killed November 1864. Edmonson, D.- private March 4,1862. (Born in 1841.) Edwards, George A.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Augusta, Ga. May 21,1862. (Born in 1845.) Edwards, George S.- private April 24, 1862. Discharged October 23, 1862. Edwards, Samuel R.- private March 4,1862. (Born in 1844.) Edwards, Seaborn A.- private March 4,1862. Died at Winchester, Va. October 30,1862. (Born in 1841.) Exam, John K. (or Exum)- private July 1, 1862. Killed at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Finch, Hillary J.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at Knoxville, Tenn. November 29,1863. (Born in 1843.) Finch, J. C.- private May 10,1862. Absent without leave December 1862. Fulwood, Daniel Archibald- private March 4, 1862. Wounded in left thigh, necessitating amputation, at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. Captured at Shepherdstown, W. Va. November 25, 1862. Paroled at Fort McHenry, Md. and received at City Point, Va. for exchange February 2, 1863. Admitted to General Hospital at Petersburg, Va., on account of amputation of leg, February 2, 1863. Furloughed for 90 days February 21, 1863. On duty as Conscript Officer in Georgia January 1865. (Born in Ga. February 3,1834.) Fulwood, William A.- private March 4, 1862. (Born in 1833.) Gaskins, J.- private October 21, 1862. Giddens, Virgil A.- private May 6, 1862. Wounded at Cold Harbor, Va. June 1,1864. Killed at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19, 1864. Gulley, James N.- private December 15, 1863. Absent without leave March 28,1864. Hall, Lyman- private March 4, 1862. Absent without leave March -April 1864. (Born in 1837.) Hancock, Joseph N. (or Joseph M.)- private March 4, 1862. Absent without leave August 1864. (Born in 1835.) Harrell, Benjamin D.- private May 13, 1862. Detailed at Macon, Ga. April 1864. Harrell, Samuel J.- private May 13,1862. Wounded in collar bone at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19,1864. Pension records show he was at home on wounded furlough close of war. Died August 12,1905. Harrell, William H.- private May 13, 1862. Deserted August 1862. Hicks, James W.- private May 11,1862. Died January 10, 1863. Hiers, David- private March 4, 1862. Died in Richmond, Va. hospital. (Born in 1844.) Hill, Green T.- private March 4,1862. (Born in 1834.) Honeywell, William C.- private May 13, 1862. Died in Richmond, Va. hospital February 15,1863. Humphries, C. T.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed ambulance driver April 1864. (Born in 1834.) Ingram, John- private March 4,1862. (Born in 1826.) Ingram, J. L.- private March 4,1862. Wounded, date and place not given. Roll for February 28, 1865, last on file, shows he was sick in Savannah, Ga. hospital. Pension records show he was on wounded furlough for 30 days from March 15, 1865. (Born in Ga. in 1836.) Ingram, Sherrard- private March 4,1862. (Born in 1840.) Jones, Francis M.- private May 13, 1862. Absent without leave January 1863. Jones, Isaac F.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Md. September 17, 1862. Died from wounds in 1862. Buried in Elwood Cemetery at Shepherdstown, W. Va. (Born in 1844.) Jones, M. Frank- private May 1862. Captured at Sailor's Creek, Va. April 6, 1865. Released in 1865. (Born in Thomas County, Ga. in 1843.) Jones, William M.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant September 1862. Wounded in right leg, necessitating amputation below knee, at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863. Surrendered at Tallahassee, Fla. May 10, 1865, and paroled there May 20,1865. (Born in Ga. September 13,1841.) Joyce, J. W.- private March 4,1862. (Born in 1844.) Joyce, Tarlton B.- private March 19, 1862. Appointed 4th Sergeant March 23, 1864. Captured at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19, 1864. Released at Point Lookout, Md. in 1865. (Born in Tattnall County, Ga. in 1832.) Kelly, J. M.- private March 4,1862. (Born in 1830.) King, Jesse- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 2d Sergeant August 1864. Wounded in right leg, necessitating amputation, at Weldon's Railroad, Va. August 31,1864. (Born in Ga. in 1823. Died in Brooks County, Ga. in 1909.) King, John H.- private May 11,1862. Wounded, left arm permanently disabled at Knoxville, Tenn., November 29,1863. Roll for February 28, 1865, last on file, shows he was sick in Lowndes County, Ga. (Born in Ga. November 3,1839. Died in Berrien County, Ga. February 1,1912.) Kirkland, Willett L. M.- private May 13,1862. Died in service. Leverett, B. W.- private March 4, 1862. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant March 23, 1864. Absent without leave February 1865. (Born in 1830.) Lovett, Robert- private March 4,1862. Died at Macon, Ga. May 25, 1862. (Born in 1841.) Luke, Daniel F.- private March 4, 1862. Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. (Born in 1842.) Marshall, John- private March 4,1862. (Born in 1830.) Mashburn, H. D.- private March 4, 1862. Discharged, disability, in 1863. (Born in 1830.) McCall, John G. F.- private March 4,1862. Wounded, date and place not given. (Born in 1837.) McLeod, Norman- private March 4, 1862. Killed at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19,1864. (Born in 1825.) McRae, Phillip W. C.- private April 24,1862. Absent without leave January 1863. Merriman, George Henry- private April 20, 1862. Wounded at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19,1864. Roll for February 28,1865, last on file, shows he was in Tallahassee, Fla. hospital, wounded. Paroled at Madison, Fla. May 20,1865. (Born in London, England October 26, 1832. Died in Jefferson County, Fla. January 17, 1889.) Miller, Hagen- private May 13, 1862. Mitchell, William N.- private March 4,1862. (Born in 1836.) Moore, William N.- private March 4, 1862. Captured at High Bridge, Va. April 6,1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 29, 1865. (Born in 1838. Died in Clinch County, Ga. November 3, 1890.) Nelson, J. B.- private March 4,1862. (Born in 1844.) Nesmith, Linton C.- private March 4,1862. Died of pneumonia in Chimborazo Hospital #2, at Richmond, Va., April 17,1863. (Born in 1844.) Newton, James H.- private March 4, 1862. Pension records show he was wounded, left hand disabled, in Virginia in 1864. At home on wounded furlough April 1865. Died at Valdosta, Ga. November 6,1906. Newton, William G.- private March 4,1862. (Born in 1843.) Norwood, L. A.- private March 4,1862. (Born in 1840.) Odom, James B.- private March 4, 1862. Died in Ferguson's Factory Hospital. Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Lynchburg, Va. December 27, 1862, No. 3, 2d Line, Lot 101. (Born in 1836.) Percy, James- private March 4,1862. Discharged July 13,1862. (Born in 1825.) Prince, John- private March 4, 1862. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va. June 2,1864. Rainey, Felix Elder- private May 13,1862. (Born in Ga. May 4, 1841.) Rambo, Thomas W.- private March 4, 1862. Wounded, left shoulder and right arm permanently disabled, and captured at South Mountain, Md. September 14, 1862. Paroled at Fort McHenry, Md. and sent to Fortress Monroe, Va. for exchange in 1863. Received at City Point, Va. April 12,1863. Roll for February 28,1865, last on file, shows him absent, sick in Brooks County, Ga. No later record. (Born in Ga. in 1840. Died in Brooks County, Ga. in 1918.) Sharpe, William H.- private March 4, 1862. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant January 1, 1863; 1st Lieutenant March 1864. Captured at Cedar Creek, Va. October 19, 1864. (Born in 1836.) Stallings, T. W.- private March 19, 1862. Wounded, right arm permanently disabled at Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864. (Born about 1837.) Stephens, Jesse N.- private March 4, 1862. Absent without leave from May to August 1864. (Born in 1834.) Strickland, Henry H.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Richmond, Va. November 5,1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. (Born in 1834.) Strickland, J. P.- private March 4,1862. Pension records show he was captured at Sailor's Creek, Va. April 6, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. in 1865. (Born in 1843.) Strickland, Reddin S.- private March 4, 1862. Died at Richmond, Va. November 8,1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. (Born in 1839.) Venchell, John- private in 1862. Died December 2,1862. Buried in Thornrose Cemetery at Staunton, Va. Vickery, William- private March 4, 1862. Died at Macon, Ga. Buried there in Rose Hill Cemetery. (Born in 1841.) Walker, James J.- private March 4,1862. Pension records show he was at home on furlough January -April 1865. (Born in Lowndes County, Ga. in 1840.) Wells, J. C.- private March 4. Discharged June 3,1862. (Born in 1813.) Whittington, Benjamin Franklin- private May 9, 1862. Elected 2d Lieutenant March 1864. Roll for February 28, 1865, last on file, shows him absent without leave since February 20,1865. Pension records show he was furloughed for 30 days March 1865, and was at home close of war. Surrendered May 10, 1865. Paroled at Albany, Ga. May 20, 1865. (Born in Ga. November 8, 1840. Died in Lowndes County, Ga. in 1922.) Williams, Berry L.- private March 4,1862. Appointed 2d Corporal March 23, 1864. Pension records show he surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9,1865. (Born in Lowndes County, Ga. June 12,1842. Died in Brooks County, Ga. in 1909.) Winters, Leonard- private May 8,1862. Winters, Solomon- private March 4,1862. Died in service. (Born in 1837.) Winters, William J.- private April 24, 1862. Wounded at Knoxville, Tenn. November 29, 1863. Young, Henry B.- private March 4, 1862. Appointed 2d Corporal in 1862. Pension records show he was on detail in Savannah, Ga. hospital November 1862, to close of war. (Born in Kershaw District, S. C. September 1, 1823.)