PUTNAM COUNTY, GA - MILITARY INDIAN WARS Capt J.A. Meriwether 1836

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Captain James Archibald Meriwether's Militia Creek Indian Wars 
Putnam County Georgia 1836

Meriwether, James A          Captain
[Born Sep 20, 1808, died Apr 18, 1852 Putman County GA] 
[Also an Attorney and Judge in Putman County]
Harrison, John B             1st Lieutenant
[John Broadnax Harrison born 1809, died 1893 Upson County GA]
Holt, Simon                  2nd Lieutenant
[Born 1806, died 1878 Lumpkin County GA?]
Sanford, Bushrod W           Ensign
Turner, Joseph A.S           1st Sergeant
Sparks, O.G.                 2nd Sergeant
Adams, William E             3rd Sergeant
Barker, Thomas G             4th Sergeant
Sadler, Peterson G           1st Corporal
Lawson, Munford              2nd Corporal
Pearson, Daniel B            3rd Corporal
[Daniel Baldwin Pearson living in Baldwin County GA in 1860]
Gaither, Hulber B            4th Corporal


Privates:

Allen, William
Allison, Smallwood P
Ashfield, Frederick 
Ashfield, Joseph 
Ashurat, John M 
Barnes, B
Barnett, Simeon 
Barrilland, Francis [Bourland?]
Bass, Nathan 
[Born 1808, died 1890 Floyd County GA]
Bonner, Thomas M 
[Born 1807, died 1891 Clay County AL]
Buckingham, Charles
Carter, Benjamin
Cox, Inchabod 
Daniel, Charles
Davis, Archibald
Dickerson, Wiley 
Estes, Joseph 
Flournoy, John M
[John M. Flournoy born 1814, died 1859 Muskogee County GA]
Gassett, John 
Gatewood, John H 
Glaze, Joseph F
Gee, Samuel 
Gilbert, Benjamin
Gilpin, B
Griggs, Greenberry 
Harvey, Evan
Holly, Mordecai J 
Honeycutt, Solomon 
Humby, Springer W 
Jackson, William
Jarrett, Paschal 
Johnston, F. Asbury 
Kelly, John
Lawson, Thomas
Marchman, Thomas 
[Born 1809, died 1868 Green County GA]
Mason, Alfred
McDearmon, Daniel 
McKinley, Robert
McSeay, Michael 
Respass, John
Rosser, Isaac 
Sadler, Theophilus 
Scarbrough, John R
Singleton, Burwell 
Skinner, Parker 
Smith, Albert
Smith, Stephen 
Stephens, Edward
Turner, Asa
Turner, Zadok
Underwood, Adolphus
Watkins, Samuel
West, James
Weston, Joseph L
White, Henry W
Wilson William E
Wright, Isham 
Wynn, Robert J 

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Newspaper account:
Transcribed by Lindy Hard

NOTES: (Transcribed by Lindy Hardy)

Federal Union (Milledgeville)
29 Jan 1836

MILITARY DRAFT-The Commander in chief having, in
general orders, required a draft of one hundred
and ten men from the first brigade, and two
hundred and thirty from the second brigade, of the
third division, G. M.  

Major Gen. J. W. A. Sanford, has issued orders
requiring officers commanding regiments in those
brigades, forthwith to assemble their commands and
detail proportionate numbers of men, by draft, or
voluntary enlistment, for the Florida service.


Twenty men will be drafted from the Baldwin
regiment, under the command of Col. A. HAMMOND, on
Saturday, the 30th inst.

AID TO FLORIDA.-The Governor has issued orders for
a draft of thirty five hundred men, from the 1st,
2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, divisions of
militia, to be held, in readiness for an immediate
march to Florida.

He has also ordered the following Volunteer
Companies of Infantry to march without delay, to
aid the force already in Florida, viz:  The
Hancock Blues, Captain A. S. Brown; the State
Fencibles, of Putnam, Captain J. A. Merriwether;
the Morgan Guards, Captain N. G. Foster;
 the Monroe Musqueteers [Musketeers], Captain J. Cureton;

 and the
Macon Volunteers, Captain J. Seymore.  The three
first of these companies will rendezvous at
Milledgeville, and will join the other two at
Macon; from whence they will proceed by water to
Picolata.     

The Governor has also ordered the Washington
Cavalry, Captain C. J. Malone, and the Baldwin
Cavalry, to march immediately to Florida.  The
last corps has elected A.  H. Kenan Esq. to its
command during the expedition.

These corps will constitute a force of about three
hundred infantry, and between one and two hundred
cavalry.

The Richmond infantry, comprising one hundred men,
left Augusta, for Florida, proceeding by water,
down the Savannah river, on the 23rd instant.

Colonel Bankhead, of the U. S. army, will take
command of the artillery in Florida.

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NOTES
The Early History of Upson County - Carolyn W. Nottingham
pg 619
"Friends of R.E. Lee Institute...
Mrs. Fannie Mullins - daughter of Martha Ashurst Hudson and John Broadnax Harrison - died in 1915 at age of 71

pg. 927
Bio of George A. Harrison born Jan 30, 1838 in Putnam Co.
Son of John Brodnax Harrison (1809-1893) and Martha Ashurst Hudson Harrison (1813-1876)