Georgia:  Coweta County:  Biography of ROBERT PERKINS 

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ROBERT PERKINS, one of Coweta county's best citizens and the son of John C. 
and Ann (Parks) Perkins, was born in this county in 1841. His father was 
born in Virginia in 1807, and while yet quite a small boy came to Georgia, 
his father having died. He first settled in Coweta county in 1835, coming 
thence from Oglethorpe county, Ga. His mother was a daughter of Bird and 
Martha (Smith) Parks, who were among the first settlers of this county. 
Robert Perkins was reared in Coweta county and attended school in one of the 
first old log schoolhouses ever built there. In 1861 he enlisted in Company 
A, Seventh Georgia regiment, under Capt. S. W. Lee and served two years, then 
being transferred to Phil Logan cavalry. He was in every battle in which his 
company was engaged, and was wounded but once, and that was at Sharpsburg, 
Md. After the war he came to his old home and since that time has been 
engaged in farming. In 1866 he was married to Miss Martha Elder, daughter of 
William and Elizabeth (Smith) Elder, to which union three children were born: 
Anna L., Fannie L. and Eula Bird. Mrs. Perkins was born and reared in Coweta 
county and is a member of the M. E. Church. Mr. Perkins is a member of the 
masonic order and is respected by every one who knows him. He is an 
uncompromising democrat, but would never allow his name to be used for 
office. He now owns 1,800 acres where he lives, besides large landed 
interests in other localities.

Transcribed from MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA published by the Southern Historical 
Association, 1895.