REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS WHO LIVED IN COWETA COUNTY, GA Newnan, Coweta Co., Georgia ================================================================================ Contributed by: The Coweta County Genealogical Society From their publication "Coweta County, Georgia Cemeteries" Complied and edited by the Coweta County Genealogical Society, Inc.; (c) 1986; Published by Wolfe Associates - Roswell, Georgia. Copies of the Cemetery book may be purchased from the CCGS. Cost is $65.00, including shipping. Send your order to: Coweta Co. Genealogical Society, Inc. P. O. Box 1014 Newnan, GA 30264-1014 Sources located at: The Coweta Co. Genealogical Society's Library/Research Center in the Old Train Depot in Historic Grantville, GA. ~No Phone~ Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, 10:00am - 4:00pm Website: http://members.tripod.com/~CowetaGS/index.html Permission to reprint graciously granted by the CCGS, March 2003. Typed by Valerie Freeman ===================================================================== ===================================================== REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS WHO LIVED IN COWETA COUNTY, GA From: Emory E. Murphy 20 May 1980 AKINS, James b 1760 MD; d 12 Apr 1843 Coweta; md. 1791 Frances ?_______; pioneer 3rd Dist. BANKS, Drury b 1754 VA; d 1834 Coweta or Fayette; bur Smyrna Churchyard (now called Whiteoak ARP - see Cemetery #118) BENTON, Joseph listed by W. U. Anderson as a RS & 1st Dist pioneer BUNSTER, William, b 1752; d 184? CULPEPPER, Malakiah b 175? d. prob Carroll County, wife Elizabeth ?_______; pioneer 6th Dist. DICKSON, John b 1751 d 1831 Coweta; wife Lydia; pioneer 5th Dist. ENDSLEY, John b ?____; d. Coweta; dau Jane m. Matthew Couch; pioneer 1st Dist. GAY, Allen b 1765 NC d. 1847 Coweta; mar (1) 1787 Abigail Castleberry (2) 1824 Anna Benton; bur. Macedonia Church yard (Cemetery #503) GOLDSMITH, John b 1762 SC; 1835 pension list HOUSTON, John b 1760 Ireland d. 1835 Coweta mar 1788 Mary Wilson HUCKABY, Sr., Isham b 1742 d 1835 Coweta; pioneer 4th District HUCKABY, Jr., Isham b 1763 d 184? HICKS, John b 1763 VA d. ??; 1835 pension list; pioneer 6th Dist HUDSON, Zedick b 174? d 2??; pioneer 6th Dist HUGHES, Benjamin b 1759 SC d 1850 Coweta bur. White Oak; wife Milly; pioneer 2nd Dist JOHNSTON, Abner b 176? d. 1840 Coweta McCLENDON, Jr. Joseph b June 1751 d 1837 Coweta; mar Olive Blake NEELY, John b 1744 Ireland d 1837 Coweta NEELY, John b 1756 SC d 1850 Coweta; wife Rebecca; pioneer 2nd Dist. REDWINE, Jacob b 1751 PA d 1840 Coweta; mar Rowena Rhinehart; pioneer 5th Dist. (AKA: Cedar Creek) ( See Cemetery #603) ROBINSON, Sr., John b 1753 NC; on 1835 pension list ROBINSON, Randal 1762 NC d. 1842 Coweta m. 1st 1789 Lydia Walker; 2nd 1791 Phereba Hill; pioneer 5th Dist. SCOTT, William b 1763 VA; on 1835 pension list SMITH, William b 175? d. Coweta SMITH, William (Hellnation) b 1744 VA d 1854 Coweta; wife Meridy; Pioneer 5th Dist. STAMPS, Thomas b 174? VA d 183? Coweta; Pioneer 5th Dist (AKA: Cedar Creek) STEVENS, Reuben b 1764 NC; on 1835 pension list STEWART, James b 1765 NC; 1835 pension list Heard Co. TALLEY, Elisha b 1749 VA d 1834 Heard Co; applied pension 1832 THOMPSON, Daniel b 1759 d Coweta THURMOND, John b 1759 d 1839 Coweta; pioneer 1st Dist. UPTON, Sr., George b 1765 GA; on 1835 pension list; Pioneer 3rd Dist. WALDEN, Alexander applied for pension 1832 Coweta WOOD, James b 1754 d 1836 Heard Co.; mar. Elizabeth Sanderford; pioneer 3rd Dist. WOOD, William b ?? d Coweta at age 93; pioneer 2nd Dist. In 1902, Mrs. Eliza Majors Carlton, age 97, of Senoia received a gold spoon as the surviving widow of a Revolutionary Soldier of Virginia (Note: s/b daughter, her husband was not born until 1805) 1850 Census - Coweta Co., GA; Family #246 Carlton, Thomas L., 45, VA Eliza A., 45, VA Mary, 19, GA Alexander, 18, GA Elizabeth, 14, GA Frances, 13, GA Caledonie, 11, GA Lavinia, 9, GA Eliza A., 8, GA Thomas, 3, GA Sis, 1, GA Spurlock, Allen, 16, GA 1880 Census - District 691, Coweta Co., GA; pg. 467D William L. CARLTON Self M Male W 28 GA Farmer GA GA Jenni CARLTON Wife M Female W 25 GA Keeping House GA GA Annie E. CARLTON Dau S Female W 3 GA GA GA Mary CARLTON Dau S Female W 2 GA GA GA > Eliza CARLTON Mother W Female W 72 VA At Home VA VA Sallie CARLTON Other S Female B 10 GA GA GA Senoia City Cemetery - Senoia, Coweta Co,. GA Carlton, Eliza Ann Majors 1806 - 8 Oct 1906 Born 1806; mar 1825 to Thomas H. Carlton Real Daughter of American Revolution