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MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY K, 47th REGIMENT
GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
ARMY OF TENNESSEE
C. S. A.
BULLOCH COUNTY, GEORGIA

Cone, Joseph S.- Elected 1st Lieutenant of Co. G, 5th 
Regiment Ga. State Troops October 15,1861. Mustered out April 1862.
Elected Captain of Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6, 1862;
Major August 30, 1863; Lieutenant Colonel November 5, 1864. No
later record.

Miller, James J.- 1st Lieutenant May 6, 1862. Roll for February 
28,1863, last on file, shows him sick at Savannah Ga. Dropped 
by General Stovall June 22,1863."

Beasley, David-Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant of Co. G, 5th Regiment 
Ga. State Troops October 15, 1861. Mustered out April 1862.
Elected 2d Lieutenant of Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862. Detailed Enroning Officer December 1862. Resigned May
29, 1863.

Sheffield, P. C.- Jr. 2d Lieutenant May 6, 1862. Elected 2d
Lieutenant May 29, 1863; 1st Lieutenant June 22, 1863.
Appears on roster dated March 1865.

Cone, James G.- Elected 2d Lieutenant of Co. G, 5th Regiment 
Ga. State Troops October 15, 1861; Captain December 21, 1861. 
Mustered out April 1862. Elected Major of the 47th Regiment Ga.
Inf. May 12, 1862. Resigned May 14, 1863. Elected Jr. 2d
Lieutenant Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. June 22,1863. Appears
on Inspection Report dated James Island, S. C. August 25, 1864.
No later record.

Driggers, Jackson J.- 1st Sergeant May 6, 1862. Roll for
February 28,1863, last on file, shows him present. Died of chronic
diarrhea in Jackson, Miss. hospital July 1863.

Williams, William M.- Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 5th
Regiment Ga. State Troops October 15, 1861. Mustered out April 
1862. Appointed 2d Sergeant of Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf.
May 6, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him
present. No later record.

Lee, James-Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 5th Regiment Ga. State
Troops October 15, 1861. Mustered out April 1862. Appointed
3d Sergeant of Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6, 1862. Died
at Wilmington, N. C. December 25, 1862.

Proctor, J. W -4th Sergeant May 6, 1862. Roll for February 28,
1863, last on file, shows him present. No later record.

Wise, John-1st Corporal May 6, 1862. Roll for February 28,
1863, last on file, shows him "Absent as Enroning Officer for
20 days beginning 15th inst." No later record.

Lee, Joseph-Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 5th Regiment Ga.-
State Troops October 15, 1861. Mustered out April 1862. 
Appointed 2d Corporal of Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,1862.
Hagin, Solomon-Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 5th Regiment 
Ga. State Troops October 15, 1861. Mustered out April 1862.
Appointed 3d Corporal of Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862. Wounded at James Island, S. C. June 10,1862. Pension
records show he was sent to Camden, S. C. hospital April 6,
1865, and remained until after war closed. (Born in Bulloch
County, Ga. in 1840 or 1842, and died in that county about
1905.)

Hagin, Allen-Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 5th Regiment Ga.
State Troops October 15, 1861. Mustered out April 1862. 
Appointed 4th Corporal of Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present.
No later record.

Bennett, Barnahas J.- Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 5th Regiment 
Ga. State Troops Oct. 15, 1861. Mustered out April 1862.
Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862. Died in Macon, Ga. hospital subsequent to February 1863.

Bennett, D. A.- private May 6, 1862. Died of typhoid fever
in General Hospital #1 at Columbia, S. C. February 18,1865.

Bennett, James W.- Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 5th Regiment 
Ga. State Troops October 15, 1861. Mustered out April 1862.
Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,1862.
Roll for February 28,1863, last on file, shows him sick in quarters.
No later record.

Bradley, Jesse-Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 5th Regiment Ga.
State Troops October 15, 1861. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted
as a private in Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 15, 1862.
Appears last on roll for August 1862.

Brown, Jesse- private May 6, 1862. Died of disease at home
August 4,1862.

Brown, John M.- Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 5th Regiment 
Ga. State Troops October 15, 1861. Mustered out April 1862.
Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862. Died in Oliver Hospital at LaGrange, Ga. November 2, 1863.

Cannon, W. A.- private May 6,1862. Roll for February 28, 1863,
last on file, shows him present. No later record.

Canuet, Adolphus S. (or Canuett)- private May 6, 1862.
Elected 2d Lieutenant of Co. C, May 10, 1862; 1st Lieutenant
June l 862; Captain August 25, 1862. Cashiered by sentence of
General Court Martial November 24,1862. (Died at Savannah, Ga.
December 21,1909.)

Cone, Aaron D.- private May 6,1862. Discharged, furnished
N. C. Cowart as substitute, August 23, 1862.

Cone, John S.- private May 6, 1862. Killed at James Island,
S. C. June 10, 1862.

Cone, Paul R.- Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 5th Regiment Ga.
State Troops October 15, 1861. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted
as a private in Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,1862. 
Wounded at James Island, S. C. June 10,1862. Died of wounds July 
18, 1862.

Cowart, Nathaniel C.- private August 23, 1862. Substitute for
A. D. Cone. Died of typhoid dysentery, in Marion Hospital,
in Mississippi, August 20, 1863.

Davis, Berry- private May 6, 1862. Died in Mississippi in
1863.

Davis, M.- private May 6, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863, last
on file, shows him absent with leave on Surgeon's certificate
for 60 days. No later record.

Davis, S. S.- private May 6, 1862. Sick in Empire Hotel 
Hospital at Atlanta, Ga. March -April 1864. No later record.

Davis, William- private May 15,1862. Roll for February 28,1863,
last on file, shows him absent with leave on Surgeon's 
certificate. No later record.

Davis, William D.- private May 15, 1862. Roll for February 28,
1863, last on file, shows him absent with leave by Surgeon's
certificate, 30 days from February 13, 1863. No later record.

Davis, W. B.- private December 5, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863,
last on file, shows him present. No later record.

Deal, Calvin- private May 6, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863,
last on file, shows him present. No later record.

DeLoach, David Daniel- private May 15,1862. Wounded and
captured at James Island, S. C. June 10, 1862. Exchanged
at Aiken's Landing, Va. November 10, 1862. Admitted to 1st 
Division, 15th Army Corps Hospital near Atlanta, Ga., August 13,
1864. No later record.

DeLoach, Eli-Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 5th Regiment Ga.
State Troops October 15,1861. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted
as a private in Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6, 1862. Ron
for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him absent, sick in
Georgia. No later record.

DeLoach, William W.- Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 5th
Regiment Ga. State Troops October 15,1861. Appointed 3d Sergeant
October 18,1861. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted as a private 
in Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6, 1862. Died at Top Sail
Sound, N. C. February 8, 1863.

Denmark, Thomas Harrison-Enlisted as a private in Co. G,
5th Regiment Ga. State Troops October 15, 1861. Mustered out April 
1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May
6, 1862. Wounded at James Island, S. C. June 10, 1862.
Attached to General Hospital at Lauderdale Springs, Miss.
as guard July 10, 1863. Discharged September 1, 1863.

Dickerson, W. W.- private May 6, 1862. Died of disease
June 19,1862.

Driggers, E.- private May 6,1862. Wounded at James Island
S. C. June 10, 1862. Died in Breckinridge's Division Hospital
at Marion, Miss, August 3, 1863.

Driggers, M.- private May 6, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863,
last on file, shows him absent, sick in Georgia, sent home from
hospital. No later record.

Dugger, D.- private May 6,1862. Died in Atlanta, Ga. December 
4, 1863. Buried there in Oakland Cemetery. (Not on original
rolls.)

Edwards, J. P.- private December 10,1862. Died October 5, 1863.

Futch, Frederick H.- Appointed 2d Corporal of Co. G, 5th
Regiment Ga. State Troops October 15, 1861. Mustered out April 
1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May
6,1862. Roll for February 28,1863, last on file, shows him present.
No later record.

Futch, Isaac-Appointed 3d Corporal of Co. G, 5th Regiment Ga.
State Troops October 15,1861. Mustered out April 1862. Enlisted
as a private in Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 15, 1862. In
Jackson's Cavalry Division Hospital at Old Marion, Miss.
September -October 1863. No later record.

Futch, J. O.- private May 6, 1862. Furloughed for 45 days
from Floyd House and Ocmulgee Hospitals at Macon, Ga.
February 8,1864. No later record.

Futch, Solomon F.- Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 5th Regiment 
Ga. State Troops October 15, 1861. Discharged March 22, 1862.
Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. July 10,
1862. Appears last on voucher for pay dated October 12, 1863.
Killed at Missionary Ridge, Tenn. November 25, 1863.
Geiger, Cornelius- private October 29, 1862. Substitute for
Hampton Lee. Died in Lauderdale Springs, Miss. hospital
with diarrhea August 20, 1863.

Gibson, J. E.- private May 6, 1862. Appointed 3d Sergeant
in 1862. Killed James Island, S. C. June 10, 1862.

Groover, Charles A.- private May 6, 1862. Discharged, 
disability, December 1862.

Groover, David- private May 6, 1862. Died at Top Sail
Sound, N. C. January 25, 1863.

Hagin, James S.- Appointed 2d Sergeant Co. G, 5th Regiment 
Ga. State Troops October 15, 1861. Mustered out April 1862.
Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862. Appointed 3d Sergeant December 1862. Elected Jr. 2d 
Lieutenant May 29, 1863; 2d Lieutenant June 22, 1863. Surrendered, 
Greensboro, N. C. April 26,1865. (Born in Georgia.)

Ihler, Adam Jones-Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 5th Regiment 
Ga. State Troops October 15,1861. Mustered out April 1862. 
Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6, 1862.
Discharged, furnished R. C. Martin as substitute, May 29,
1862.

Johnston, James J.- Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 5th Regiment 
Ga. State Troops October 15, 1861. Mustered out April 1862.
Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,1862.
Wounded at James Island, S. C. June 10, 1862. In Breckinridge's 
Division Hospital at Marion, Miss. October 1863. No later
record.

Johnston, Reuben H.- private March 12, 1864. Transferred to
Co. G, lst Regiment Ga. Regulars. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C.
April 26, 1865. (Born March 16, 1846. Died at Waycross, Ga.
November 15, 1939.)

Kicklighter, A.- private February 25, 1863. Roll for February 28,
1863, last on file, shows him present. No later record.

Kicklighter, Leonard W.- Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 5th
Regiment Ga. State Troops October 15, 1861. Mustered out April 
1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May
15, 1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant June 10, 1862. Wounded
at James Island, S. C. June 10, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863,
last on file, shows him present. No later record. (Born in
Bulloch County, Ga. November 29, 1845.)

Knight, William H.- private December 10, 1862. Captured at
Graysville, Ga. November 25, 1863. Sent from Louisville, Ky. to
Rock Island, Ill. December 18, 1863. No later record.

Lastinger, J. A.- private May 6, 1862. Furloughed from
Floyd House and Ocmulgee Hospitals at Macon, Ga. for 30
days January 12, 1864. No later record.

Lee, B. J.- private May 6,1862. Died at Causton's Bluff, Ga.
June 8, 1862.

Lee, Hampton- private May 6, 1862. Discharged, furnished
C. Geiger as substitute, October 29,1862.

Lee, John S.- private May 6, 1862. Wounded at James 
Island, S. C. June 10, 1862. Roll for February 28,1863, last 
on file, shows him present. No later record.

Lee, J. C.- private May 6, 1862. Wounded at James Island,
S. C. June 10, 1862. Died of wounds July 8,1862.

Lee, William N.- private. May 6,1862. Roll for February 28,1863,
last on file, shows him present. No later record.

Lewis, General- private February 21,1863. Roll for February 28,1863,
last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was
in Whiteville, ( ?) S. C. hospital with typhoid fever October 1864.
Unfit for further service.

Martin, E. H.- private May 6, 1862. Wounded at James Is-
land, S. C. June 10, 1862. Captured at River's Bridge, S. C.
February 3, 1865. Took oath of allegiance at Washington, D. C.
about April 5,1865, and furnished transportation to Savannah,
Ga.

Martin, J. H.- private May 6, 1862. Appointed Corporal.
Died at Atlanta, Ga. December 4,1863.

Martin, J. O.- private May 6, 1862. Wounded and captured
at James Island, S. C. June 10, 1862. Exchanged at Aiken's
Landing, Va. November 10, 1862. No later record.

Martin, Reuben C.- Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 5th Regiment 
Ga. State Troops October 15, 1861. Mustered out April 1862.
Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 29,
1862. Substitute for A. J. Ihler. Wounded at James Island,
S. C. June 10, 1862. Discharged by civil authority at Camp
Williams, Ga. November 18, 1862.

Martin, Thomas E.- private May 6, 1862. Roll for February 28,
1863, last on file, shows him present. Killed at Chickamauga,
Ga. September 20, 1863.

Martin, Wyley A.- Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 5th Regiment 
Ga. State Troops October 15, 1861. Mustered out April 1862.
Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862. Killed at James Island, S. C. June 10, 1862.

McElveen, Reuben C.-Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 5th
Regiment Ga. State Troops October 15, 1861. Mustered out April 
1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May
6, 1862. Died at Savannah, Ga. February 15, 1863.

Michael, Thomas Henry (or Mikell)- private May 6, 1862.
Severely wounded at James Island, S. C. June 10, 1862. 
Discharged at Savannah, Ga. September 9, 1862.

Mitchell, W.- private December 9,1862. Roll for February 1863, shows
he deserted.

Nessmith, A.- private May 6, 1862. Captured at Cumberland 
Gap, Tenn. September 9,1863. Died of inflammation of lungs
at Camp Douglas, Ill. October 24, 1863.

Nessmith, E. L.- private May 6, 1862. Died at Atlanta, Ga.
October 29, 1863. Buried there in Oakland Cemetery.

Nessmith, James-Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 5th Regiment 
Ga. State Troops October 15, 1861. Mustered out April 1862.
Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6,
1862. Examined by Medical Board, at Dalton, Ga. October 2,
1863, for furlough on account of tuberculosis. No later record.
(Born in Bulloch County, Ga. in 1836.)

Nessmith, Sovereign- private May 15, 1862. Transferred to
Co. H, 7th Regiment Ga. Cavalry February 23, 1863. Surrendered at
Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. Died in Bulloch County, Ga.
March 13,1911.

Nesbit, J.- private July 3, 1862. Substitute for W. A. Sheffield.

Phillips, Jesse-Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 5th Regiment Ga.
State Troops October 15, 1861. Discharged December 19, 1861. 
Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6, 1862.
Died in Polk ( ?) Hospital at Rome, Ga. December 9, 1863.

Phillips, Onesimus- private May 15, 1862. Admitted to Ocmulgee 
Hospital at Macon, Ga. with epilepsy March 25, 1864.
Transferred, place not stated, June 5, 1864. No later record.
(Born in Bryan County, Ga. June 4, 1835.)

Proctor, A. J.- private May 6, 1862. Wounded at James
Island, S. C. June 10, 1862. In Blackie Hospital at Madison,
Ga. March 1864. No later record.

Proctor, Eli C.- private May 6,1862. Captured at Missionary
Ridge, Tenn. November 23, 1863. Died of typhoid fever at Fort
Delaware, Del March 19, 1864.

Richardson, Alexander-Enlisted as a private in Co. G, 5th
Regiment Ga. State Troops October 15, 1861. Discharged March 30,
1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May
6, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on file, shows him sick
in Savannah, Ga. hospital. No later record.

Richardson, Henry- private May 6,1862. Sick in Macon, Ga.
hospital February 1863. Pension records show he was on sick 
furlough close of war.

Richardson, P. C.- private May 6, 1862. Wounded at James
Island, S. C. June 10, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863, last on
file, shows him present. No later record.

Richardson, Stephen- private May 6, 1862. Discharged, 
disability, prior to December 31, 1862.

Rogers, J. C.- private May 6, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863,
last on file, shows him sick in Savannah, Ga. hospital. No
later record.

Sheffield, E.- private December 5, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863,
last on file, shows him sick in Guyton, Ga. hospital. No later
record.

Sheffield, W. A.- private May 6, 1862. Discharged, 
furnished J. Nesbit as substitute, July 3,1862.

Sheffield, W. H.- private May 6, 1862. Killed at James 
Island, S. C. June 10,1862.

Southwell, R. G.- private May 6, 1862. Died in Hood 
Hospital at Covington, Ga. December 26, 1863.

Williams, J. M.- private May 6,1862. Roll for February 28,1863,
last on file, shows him absent for 30 days on Surgeon's 
certificate. No later record.

Williams, W. B.- private May 6, 1862. Died at Savannah,
Ga. December 15,1862.

Wise, William H.- See 1st Corporal Co. C.
Woodcock, N. W.- private May 6,1862. Surrendered, 
Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865.

Woodcock, R.- private May 6, 1862. Roll for February 28, 1863,
last on file, shows him present. No later record.