Meriwether County GaArchives Biographies.....J.C. Maffett  1845 -  Unknown
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Author: Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., 1895

Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., 
Published by The Southern Historical Association in 1895
Page 516

J. C. Maffett

J. C. Maffett, an honored citizen of Meriwether county, of which he is a 
native, was born in 1845.  He is of Scotch ancestry, his grandfather having 
been a native of Scotland, who settled in South Carolina, and served his 
adopted country in the revolutionary war.   His son, Ephraim C., left his 
native state, South Carolina, and settled in Meriwether county when that 
county was but two years old.   His wife, Sarah (Blair) Maffett, was the 
daughter of a pioneer of Tennessee, George Blair.  J.C. Maffett is the son of 
Ephraim C. and Sarah Maffett, and passed his youth on the farm, but received a 
good education.  In 1864, with the ardor of his years, he enlisted, joining 
Company B, First Georgia cavalry, under Capt. J.W. Trammell; he took part in a 
number of engagements: Resaca, Macon, Kingston and Aiken.  After his return at 
the close of the war Mr. Maffett being without money, began work for himself 
on the farm, to which employment he gave himself with his natural energy, and 
prospered accordingly.  But his fellow citizens demanded of him special 
service and elected him to the office of sheriff, which by continued re-
election he has held ever since – fourteen years in all – an evidence of his 
peculiar fitness for the position and the faithful fulfillment of his 
duties.   He is man widely known throughout this part of Georgia, and as well 
as esteemed as known.  In 1872 Mr. Maffett married Miss Antoinette Blalock, 
daughter of John and Elizabeth (Leverett) Blalock of Georgia; Mr. Blalock had 
served as sheriff of the county during the war.   Mrs. Maffett was a member of 
the Presbyterian church.  She was born in this county in 1848 and died in 
1884, leaving to her husband three little daughters: Lillian, Mary and Alice 
K.  Mr. Maffett married in 1884 Mrs. Ida (Floyd) Nelson, daughter of Dr. A.G. 
and Mary (Slaughter) Floyd.   Dr. Floyd was a very prominent figure in the 
business and political affairs of this region for many years, and for fourteen 
years was clerk of the courts.  The second Mrs. Maffett died in 1890, leaving 
her husband a son, Robert P.  Mr. and Mrs. Maffett were both worthy members of 
the Presbyterian church; Mr. Maffett is also a member of the masonic order.



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