Carroll County GaArchives Biographies.....Bonner, George A. 1844 - uk ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: E. Robertson lrober@plantationcable.net July 27, 2004, 12:15 am Author: MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA GEORGE A. BONNER, farmer, Carrollton, Carroll Co., Ga., son of Zadoc and Lucy (Ridgeway) Bonner, was born in Carroll county in 1844. His great-grandfather was a soldier in the patriot army during the revolutionary war. His grandparents, Zadoc and (Johnson) Bonner, were natives of Georgia, and his grandfather was born during the revolutionary war. Mr. Bonner's father was born in Clarke county, Ga., in 1804, and was reared there on a farm and removed to Carroll county in 1829. He was a man of great energy, progressive and aggressive, and possessed unusual force of character. During the Indian war he raised a company, but the war closed before he could be mustered in. Although the county was always overwhelmingly democratic and he was a whig in politics, he was, repeatedly elected a justice of the inferior court. When he moved: to Carroll county he settled in the woods, lived to accumulate a very large estate and to become-one of the county's most influential and honored citizens. His maternal grandparent, Drury -Ridgeway, was an old settler of Georgia, who subsequently went to Alabama. Mr. Bonner was reared on the farm and received his early education in the common schools of the county. He then entered Bowdon college, where he was when the civil war began. In 1862 he enlisted in Company D, Capt. William Tumlin, First Georgia regiment, and served about eighteen months, during which time he participated in many hard-fought battles, among them Richmond, Ky., Frankfort, Shelbyville, Camp Dick Robinson, Perryville, Crab Orchard, Murfreesboro, Stone Hill, Winchester; Tullahoma, Munfordville, etc. Returning home he was engaged in gathering saltpeter and lead for the Confederate government until the surrender, and then he returned to the old farm where he now lives. His last service was the bearing of a dispatch from Jacksonville, Ala., to La Grange, Ga. When he reached his destination he found LaGrange in the hands of the Union forces, but he was sharp enough to escape capture. He has been a jury commissioner for the last five years. Mr. Bonner was married in 1872 to Miss Mattie E., daughter of Green and Martha (Freeze) McGuire, of Irish- descent but among the early settlers: To Mr. and. Mrs. Bonner eight children have been born: Zadoc M., ala G., George L., Bessie B., Flora 1., Lona. Mc., Georgia and Ruth N. Mrs. Bonner. who was a devoted member of the Methodist church, died in 1893. Mr. Bonner has been a master Mason since he has become of. "full age" and is one of Carroll's public spirited and, progressive citizens. His family for generations have been among the most prominent and respected, but having been members of the minority, party before the War seldom held office. This family is related by blood to that so prominent in New York. Additional Comments: “MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA”, Historical and Biographical Sketches by S. Emmett Lucas, Jr., Published in 1896. Transcribed by Elizabeth Robertson July 2004. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/carroll/bios/nbs11bonner.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb