CLAY COUNTY, GA - MILITARY   Co. I 51st Regiment  Clay Volunteers

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Company I, 51st Regiment
Clay County
"Clay Volunteers"

OFFICERS
Anthony, Oliver P. -- Captain - March 4, 1862. Elected Major
March 22, 1862; Lieutenant Colonel May 2, 1863. Resigned
July 14, 1864. (Born in 1832.)

Burnett, W. L. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Elected Captain
August 29, 1862. (Born in 1842.)

McLendon, Seaborn A. -- Elected Captain of Company ?, ?
Regiment, Georgia State Troops in 1861. Term of service six
months. Elected 1st Lieutenant of Company I, 51st Regiment,
Georgia Infantry March 4, 1862; Captain March 22, 1862.
Resigned July 19, 1862. (Born in 1832.)

Askew, Rufus N. G. -- 3rd Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Elected
2nd Lieutenant March 22, 1862; 1st Lieutenant August 28,
1862. On detached service January 1863. (Born in 1837.)

Brown, John L. -- 2nd Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Elected
1st Lieutenant March 22, 1862. Resigned August 28, 1862.
(Born in 1828.)

Calhoun, Aaron S. -- Elected 2nd Lieutenant of Company D 9th
Regiment, Georgia Infantry June 11, 1861. Resigned October
11, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Company I, 51st Regiment,
Georgia Infantry March 4, 1862. Captured at Knoxville,
Tennessee, December 5, 1863. Transferred from Rock Island,
Illinois to Point Lookout, Maryland, for exchange February
15, 1865.

Shaw, William H -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - March 4, 1862.
Elected 2nd Lieutenant in 1862. Resigned August 22, 1862.
(Born in 1827.)

Smith, J. D. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Elected 2nd
Lieutenant August 28, 1862. Resigned January 9, 1864. (Born
in 1829.)

PRIVATES

Aids, Daniel -- Private - March 4, 1862.

Anglin, John -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1839.)

Anthony, Oliver P. -- Captain - March 4, 1862. Elected Major
March 22, 1862; Lieutenant Colonel May 2, 1863. Resigned
July 14, 1864. (Born in 1832.)

Armstrong, Robert S. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in
1827.)

Askew, Rufus N. G. -- 3rd Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Elected
2nd Lieutenant March 22, 1862; 1st Lieutenant August 28,
1862. On detached service January 1863. (Born in 1837.)

Barbre, Simeon P. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in
1844.)

Barefield, Needham -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3, 1863. Exchanged at Fort
Delaware, Delaware October 1863. Captured at Cedar Creek,
Virginia, October 19, 1864. Released at Point Lookout,
Maryland, February 18, 1865. At home on furlough close of
war. (Born at Fort Gaines, Georgia December 1843. Died in
Clay County, Georgia, January 10, 1922.)

Birdsong, John H. -- Enlisted as a private in Company D, 5th
Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 12, 1861. Mustered
out April 11, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company I, 51st
Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 12, 1862. Appointed 2nd
Corporal October 1863. Captured at Cedar Creek, Virginia,
October 19, 1864. Released at Rock Island, Illinois June 18,
1865.

Bivins, J. H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged at
Jonesboro, Georgia in 1864.

Bogus, G. R. S. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1844.)

Braswell, M. C. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1835.)

Braswell, McDaniel -- Private - March 4, 1862. Left
Richmond, Virginia, hospital without permission January
1863. (Born in 1829.)

Brown, John L. -- 2nd Lieutenant - March 4, 1862. Elected
1st Lieutenant March 22, 1862. Resigned August 28, 1862.
(Born in 1828.)

Bruner, John H. -- 3rd Corporal - March 4, 1862. Killed at
Waterloo Bridge on Rappahannock River, Virginia, August 25,
1862. (Born in 1830.)

Burnett, W. L. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Elected Captain
August 29, 1862. (Born in 1842.)

Calhoun, Aaron S. -- Elected 2nd Lieutenant of Company D 9th
Regiment, Georgia Infantry June 11, 1861. Resigned October
11, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Company I, 51st Regiment,
Georgia Infantry March 4, 1862. Captured at Knoxville,
Tennessee, December 5, 1863. Transferred from Rock Island,
Illinois to Point Lookout, Maryland, for exchange February
15, 1865.

Calhoun, H. S. -- Private - March 4, 1862.

Cherry, J. T. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1839.)

Cohen, Solomon -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged,
furnished Lewis Williams as substitute, January 3, 1864.
(Born in 1834.)

Collat, Morris -- 4th Sergeant - March 4, 1862. (Born in
1838.)

Colley, H. F. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1825.)

Cone, Gus -- Private.

Cone, O. W. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Captured December
1864.

Day, James A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1829.)

Delane, Freeman W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in
1846.)

Duffell, Joel S. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 5th
Sergeant January 1863; 2nd Sergeant June 1, 1864. (Born in
1819.)

Edwards, Nathaniel E. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in
1831.)

Eldridge, Jefferson J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured
at Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 19, 1864. (Born in 1832.)

Eldridge, William J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in
1844.)

Ethridge, William -- Private - March 4, 1862.

Evans, Samuel -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1844.)

Farrell, W. L. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1837.)

Fleming, William Robert -- Private - May 12, 1862.

Foster, Alexander L. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Discharged
at Richmond, Virginia in 1864.

Fulwood, John W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 1st
Sergeant August 1862. (Born in 1840.)

Gibbons, J. W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1831.)

Glisson, William J. (or Glison) -- 5th Sergeant - March 4,
1862. Appointed 2nd Sergeant in 1862. (Born in 1839.)

Goodman, John A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 2nd
Corporal January 1, 1863. (Born in 1842.)

Green, Robert A. -- Private - May 12, 1862.

Greene, Elijah -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1835.)

Greene, John A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1838.)

Harris, J. W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1838.)

Hartley, John C. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at
Farmville, Virginia, April 6, 1865. Released at Point
Lookout, Maryland, June 13, 1865. (Born in South Carolina
December 11, 1831.)

Helms, A. A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1841.)

Helms, Ayson Tyson -- Enlisted as a private in Company D,
5th Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 12, 1861.
Mustered out April 11, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company E, 59th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862.
Appointed Color Sergeant July 21, 1862. Transferred to
Company I, 51st Regiment, Georgia Infantry, in exchange for
George W. Snellgrove, June 12, 1863. Captured, date and
place not given. Exchanged at Point Lookout, Maryland, May
3, 1864. No later record.

Hogan, Henry -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1836.)

Hudspeth, Julius C. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in
1841.)

Jackson, Isaac -- Enlisted as a private in Company D, 5th
Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 12, 1861. Mustered
out April 11, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company I, 51st
Regiment, Georgia Infantry July 1, 1862. Roll for February
1865, last on file, shows him present.

Johnson, W. F. -- Private - June 15, 1863.

Jones, Hiram T. (or Hiram F.) -- Private - March 4, 1862.
Captured at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862.
Exchanged. Captured at Amelia Court House, Virginia, April
3, 1865. Released at Newport News, Virginia, June 26, 1865.
Born in 1845. Died in Early County, Georgia, October 14,
1884.)

Jones, J. J. -- Private. (Born in 1842.)

Kent, B. P. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1829.)

Killingsworth, James G. -- Private - March 4, 1862.
Appointed 4th Corporal January 1, 1863; 5th Sergeant July
1863. Captured at Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 19, 1864.
Died at Elmira, New York Grave Number 1552, Woodlawn
National Cemetery. (Born in 1840.)

Killingsworth, P. D. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured
December 1864. (Born in 1832.)

Langston, B. T. -- Private - March 4, 1862.

Langston, C. C. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at
Richmond, Virginia, May 25, 1863. Buried there in Hollywood
Cemetery.

Langston, Reuben Y. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Killed at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3, 1863.

Langston, Thomas J. -- Private - September 19, 1862.
Captured, date and place not given. Released at Point
Lookout, Maryland, July 1865.

Lee, Peter A. -- Private - March 4, 1862.

Lee, William D. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1844.)

Lindsey, J. M. -- Private - March 4, 1862.

Lindsey, John -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 4th
Sergeant April 30, 1864. Wounded and captured at Cedar
Creek,Virginia, October 19, 1864. Paroled at Point Lookout,
Maryland, in 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves,
James River, Virginia, for exchange, March 30, 1865. Paroled
at Albany, Georgia May 18, 1865. (Born in 1832. Died in Clay
County, Georgia, September 2, 1892.)

Lindsey, Moses -- Private - May 19, 1862. Appears on receipt
roll for clothing issued June 15, 1864. Not on subsequent
rolls.

Lindsey, Thomas J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 4th
Corporal April 1864. Captured at Burkeville, Virginia, April
6, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Maryland, June 29, 1865.
(Born in Clay County, Georgia, March 26, 1842. Died in
Randolph County, Georgia, March 26, 1926.)

Lindsey, William -- Private - May 9, 1862. Died at
Lynchburg, Virginia, January 10, 1863. Buried there in
Confederate Cemetery, Number 1, 1st Line, Lot 79-College.

Lofton, James W. (or Loftin) -- Private - March 4, 1862.
Pension records show he: "Served until the surrender." (Born
in Wilkinson County, Georgia, March 21, 1827.)

Lofton, Sparkman B. (or Loftin) -- Private - March 4, 1862.
Appointed 3rd Corporal February 1864. Captured at Cedar
Creek, Virginia, October 19, 1864. Released June 1865. (Born
in Calhoun County, Georgia, October 17, 1843. Died in Miller
County, Georgia, May 5, 1917.)

lvey, Benjamin W. -- Enlisted as a private in Company D, 5th
Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 12, 1861. Mustered
out April 11, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company I, 51st
Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 12, 1862. Captured at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3, 1863. Sent to Fort
Delaware, Delaware July 1863. Released there June 1865.
(Born in Clay County, Georgia, about 1843. Died at Blakely,
Georgia October 1884.)

Mann, Joel C. -- Enlisted as a private in Company D, 5th
Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 12, 1861. Detailed
Hospital Steward in 1862. Mustered out April 11, 1862.
Enlisted as a private in Company I, 51st Regiment, Georgia
Infantry June 1, 1862. Appointed Acting Hospital Steward
January 1863. Died from amputation of leg, result of
railroad accident at White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, May
15, 1863.

Mann, William Thomas Reynolds -- Private - March 4, 1862.
Discharged in 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company A, 12th
Battalion Georgia State Guards Cavalry August 1, 1863.
Mustered out February 1864. Enlisted as a private in Company
D, 10th Regiment, Georgia Militia in 1864. Discharged at
Doctortown, Georgia May 1865. (Born in Coweta County,
Georgia, November 19, 1837.)

McElroy, Robert -- Enlisted as a private in Company D, 5th
Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 12, 1861. Mustered
out April 11, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company I, 51st
Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 12, 1862. Captured at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3, 1863. Exchanged at Point
Lookout, Maryland, February 13, 1865.

McLendon, Asa -- Enlisted as a private in Company D, 9th
Regiment, Georgia Infantry in 1862. Transferred to Company
I, 51st Regiment, Georgia Infantry March 4, 1862. Died of
disease in Winchester, Virginia, hospital October 20, 1862.

McLendon, Seaborn A. -- Elected Captain of Company ?, ?
Regiment, Georgia State Troops in 1861. Term of service six
months. Elected 1st Lieutenant of Company I, 51st Regiment,
Georgia Infantry March 4, 1862; Captain March 22, 1862.
Resigned July 19, 1862. (Born in 1832.)

McLendon, Silas -- 2nd Corporal - March 4, 1862. (Born in
1825.)

McLeroy, William H. -- Enlisted as a private in Company D,
9th Regiment, Georgia Infantry June 11, 1861. Discharged,
disability, November 27, 1861. Enlisted as a private in
Company I, 51st Regiment, Georgia Infantry March 4, 1862.
Died at Richmond, Virginia, November 12, 1862. Buried there
in Hollywood Cemetery.

McMichael, J. P. V. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at
Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 19, 1864.

Mills, James J. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged,
disability, November 15, 1864. (Born in 1843.)

Mills, John F. -- Enlisted as a private in Company D, 9th
Regiment, Georgia Infantry June 11, 1861. Discharged,
disability, January 8, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company I, 51st Regiment, Georgia Infantry March 4, 1862.
Appointed 3rd Corporal January 1863. Appears last on roll
for February 1863. (Born in 1840.)

Mills, John Russell -- Enlisted as a private in Company K,
7th Regiment, Georgia State Troops, October 21, 1861.
Mustered out at Camp Brown, Georgia April 20, 1862. Enlisted
as a private in Company I, 51st Regiment, Georgia Infantry
in 1862. Wounded in hip at Chancellorsville,Virginia, May 3,
1863. Captured at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 1, 1864. Sent
to Elmira, New York and released there June 23, 1865. (Born
in Georgia July 31, 1845. Died at Edison, Georgia May 23,
1920.)

Mills, N. S. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died July 1, 1862.

Mills, U. Lumpkin -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in
1836.)

Morris, J. T. -- Private - March 4, 1862.

Morris, James M. -- Private - September 20, 1862.

Morris, R. B. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1842.)

Morris, Robert G. -- Private - July 6, 1862.

Moseley, W. H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Detailed with
Brigade Quartermaster August 1864. (Born in 1826.)

Neil, Daniel O. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1833.)

Norris, John T. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured
September 1864. (Born in 1847.)

Patrick, Henry H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in
1842.)

Patrick, P. Crawford -- Enlisted as a private in Company D,
5th Regiment, Georgia State Troops October 12, 1861.
Mustered out April 11, 1862. Enlisted as a private in
Company E, 59th Regiment, Georgia Infantry May 10, 1862.
Roll for August 31, 1862, bears remark: "Has never reported
for duty but is in the service in the 51st Regiment, Georgia
Infantry" Enlisted as a private in Company I, 51st Regiment,
Georgia Infantry May 12, 1862. Took oath of allegiance to U.
S. Government at Knoxville, Tennessee, and sent to Kentucky
to be released December 16, 1863.

Patrick, Thomas C. -- Enlisted as a private in Company D,
9th Regiment, Georgia Infantry June 11, 1861. Discharged,
disability, at General Hospital, August 22, 1861. Enlisted
as a private in Company I, 51st Regiment, Georgia Infantry
March 4, 1862. Wounded in right hip at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania July 2, 1863. Captured at Mine Run, Virginia,
May 6, or 12, 1864. Released at Elmira, New York June 23,
1865. (Born in Georgia September 8, 1839. Died in Stewart
County, Georgia, June 3, 1925.)

Pennington, T. E. -- Private - September 29, 1862. Captured
at Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 19, 1864.

Peterson, Arch -- Private - March 4, 1862.

Peterson, Charles -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured at
Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 19, 1864. (Born in 1830.)

Reynolds, Jackson -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in
1827.)

Richardson, E. D. -- 4th Corporal - March 4, 1862. Appointed
4th Sergeant January 1863. (Born in 1836.)

Richardson, Isaac W. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Foot cut
with axe and unable to do duty. Died at Staunton, Virginia,
November 7, 1862. Buried there in Thornrose Cemetery. (Born
in 1840.)

Richardson, James J. -- Private - June 1863. Captured at
Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 19, 1864. Released from Point
Lookout, Maryland, June 1865. (Born in Bibb County, Georgia
in 1844.)

Rish, Lemuel E. -- 1st Corporal - March 4, 1862. Captured at
Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 19, 1864. (Born in 1835.)

Rish, Wesley -- Private - May 12, 1862. Captured at
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 3, 1863. Paroled at Fort
Delaware, Delaware February 1, 1865, and exchanged there
March 7, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James
River, Virginia, March 10-12, 1865. Died in Clay County,
Georgia, September 25, 1905.

Sanderlin, E. D. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1829.)

Scarborough, J. H. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Discharged at
James Island, South Carolina July 10, 1862.

Shaw, William H -- Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - March 4, 1862.
Elected 2nd Lieutenant in 1862. Resigned August 22, 1862.
(Born in 1827.)

Shivers, George Oscar -- Private - March 4, 1862. Captured,
date and place not given. Discharged, by order of Sec. of
War, in 1863. (Born in 1846.)

Simmons, S. B. -- Private in 1862.

Simons, Benjamin -- Private - March 4, 1862. Detailed
ambulance driver January 1863. (Born in 1832.)

Simons, Nathan -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1840.)

Simons, W. H. (or Simms) -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at
Pocotaliago, South Carolina May 26, 1862. (Born in 1834.)

Singletary, J. Thomas -- 5th Corporal - March 4, 1862. Left
sick at Manassas, Virginia, August 30, 1862. Never heard
from. (Born in 1837.)

Smith, Frank A. -- Private - May 12, 1862. Captured at Cedar
Creek, Virginia, October 19, 1864. Sent from Point Lookout,
Maryland, to Fort Delaware, Delaware and exchanged there in
1865. (Born in Randolph County, Georgia, July 10, 1829.)

Smith, J. D. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Elected 2nd
Lieutenant August 28, 1862. Resigned January 9, 1864. (Born
in 1829.)

Smith, Michael A. -- Private - March 4, 1864. Captured at
Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 19, 1864.

Snellgrove, George W. -- Private - March 4, 1862.
Transferred to Company E, 59th Regiment, Georgia Infantry,
in exchange for Ayson Tyson Helms, June 12, 1863. Wounded at
Funkstown, Maryland, July 12, 1863. Captured at Greencastle,
Pennsylvania July 5, 1863. Released at Point Lookout,
Maryland, July 19, 1865. (Born in Sumter County, Georgia in
1842. Died in Bibb County, Georgia, March 17, 1913.)

Tabb, J. E. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged at James
Island, South Carolina July 16, 1862. (Born in 1817.)

Tabb, Thomas -- Private - March 4, 1862.

Todd, F. M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1845.)

Todd, J. H. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at
Richmond,Virginia, January 28, 1863. (Born in 1839.)

Watson, Frank M. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1834.)

Watson, Richard S. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died at
Richmond, Virginia, April 23. 1863. Buried there in
Hollywood Cemetery. (Born in 1832.)

Watson, W. N. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Discharged at
James Island, South Carolina July 10, 1862. (Born in 1831.)

Watts, T. M. -- Private. Sick and a minor. Name cancelled on
original roll (Born in 1844.)

Webb, W. Johnson J. -- 2nd Sergeant - March 4, 1862. Elected
Jr. 2nd Lieutenant September 9, 1862. Killed at Cold Harbor,
Virginia, June 1, 1864. (Born in 1837.)

Whitaker, J. A. -- Private - March 4, 1862. (Born in 1828.)

White, Andrew Jackson -- Private - March 4, 1862. Wounded in
left eye, resulting in loss of sight, at Chancellorsville,
Virginia, May 3, 1863. Appointed 3rd Sergeant October 1863.
Pension records show he was wounded in thigh and knee in
derailment of cars near White Sulphur Springs, Virginia,
April 17, 1864. Roll for February 1865, last on file, shows
him on sick leave. At home on wounded furlough close of war.
(Born in Georgia December 21, 1843.)

Williams, Lewis -- Private - January 3, 1864. Substitute for
Solomon Cohen.

Witkowski, David -- 1st Sergeant - March 4, 1862. (Born in
1845.)

Witkowski, Simeon -- Private - March 4, 1862.

Wood, Alexander -- Private - March 4, 1862. Detailed
ambulance driver March 1863.

Wood, Edward -- Private - March 4, 1862. Appointed 3rd
Sergeant November 1862. (Born in 1842.)