Laurens-Pulaski-Telfair County GaArchives Obituaries.....Burch, John April 7, 1917
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Macon Telegraph, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, Monday, April 9, 1917, Page 8.
Macon Telegraph
Macon, Bibb County, Georgia
Monday, April 9, 1917
Page 8.

JOHN BURCH

CADWELL, April 8. ---  John Burch, one of the oldest and best known residents 
of Laurens county, died at his home here Saturday evening at 7 o'clock.  His 
death was not unexspected as he had been in failing health for some time, due 
to cancer in the head.

Mr. Burch was 73 years of age and leves a wife and seven children, the later 
being H. C., A. E., J. A. and Smith Burch, and Mrs. V. J. Taylor, Mrs. J. O. 
Foster and Miss Lola Burch.  He had resided all his life in this county and 
was one of the first citizens of Laurens to enlist during the war between the 
states.  He ws a member of the Missionary Baptist church and a prominent Mason,

The funeral was held at the Cadwell Baptist Church this afternoon at 3 
o'clock, the service being conducted by his former pastor, Rev. J, M. 
Henderson, of Hawkinsville.  The interment was in the Cadwell cemetery, the 
Masons officiating at the grave.

Additional Comments:
ROSTER
OF THE
CONFEDERATE
SOLDIERS OF GEORGIA
1861-1865
Volume V.
By: Lillian Henderson
See Page 253 for Unit
MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY G, 49TH REGIMENT
GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
          C.S.A.
LAURENS COUNTY, GEORGIA
LAURENS VOLUNTEERS
See Pages 255 & 256
Burch, John ----  Private Mch 4, 1862.  Pension records show he was 
woundedthrough thigh and permanent disabled at 2d Manassas, Va. Aug. 29, 1862, 
and was on detail duty, ccount of wounds, from 1862, to close of war.  (born 
in Ga. in 1844).

Compiler Notes: His Pension records can be view on line at Virtual Vault, 
Georgia Archives.  In his obituary {above} it states he was one of the first 
citizens of Laurens  to enlist in the War between the States.

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