Randolph County Georgia Military File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by bwjohnson@earthlink.net Betty and Bernie Johnson Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Visit the Johnson's Randolph Co. page http://home.earthlink.net/~bwjohnson/rand_mn.htm for more information about Randolph County ancestors. RANDOLPH LIGHT GUARDS, Co. B, 47th Rgmt MUSTER ROLL COMPANY *B, 47th REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ARMY OF TENNESSEE C. S. A. RANDOLPH COUNTY, GEORGIA "RANDOLPH LIGHT GUARDS" *See Co. B, 11th Battalion Georgia Infantry for records prior to May 12, 1862. Amoss, William T.--Private May 16, 1862. Discharged, furnished Samuel Wolfe as substitute, Dec. 11, 1862. Belcher, Elijah C.--Private Oct. 6, 1862. Substitute for Isaac Hay. Roll for Feb. 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Brown, John L.--Private May 16, 1862. Died in Randolph County, Ga. Jan. 25, 1864. Crawford, Charles A.--Enlisted as a private in Co. H, 1st Regt. Local Defense Troops (Augusta, Ga.,) July 31, 1863. Roll for June 1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records shaw he enlisted as a private in Co. B, 47th Regt. Ga. Inf, Nov. 1864, and surrendered Apr. 1865. (Born in Columbia County, Ga. June 14, 1838.) Dawson, Benjnmin--Enlisted as a private in Co. F, 1st Regiment, 1st. Brigade, Ga. State Troops Oct. 9, 1861. Roll dated Apr. 9, 1862, last on file, shows him present. Mustered out Apr. 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 47th Regt. Ga. Inf. Aug. 27, 1862. Died in Regimental Hospital at Camp Williams, Savannah, Ga., Oct. 20, 1862. Duke, R. T.--Private July 1864. Pension records show he was sent to James Lsland, S. C. hospital in 1864, and furloughed there for 60 days Mar. 13, 1865. (Born in Morgan County, Ga. in 1821.) Farrell, John--Private Feb. 19, 1863. Substitute for Robert J. Morris. Deserted Feb. 20, 1863. Graham, William--Private 1862. Died at Cuthbert, Ga. in 1862. Buried there. Hudson, Enoch L.--Private Sept. 14, 1862. Roll for Feb. 28, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865. Ingram, Ambrose H.--Private Sept. 14, 1862. Died of disease in Savannah, Ga. hospital Oct. 19, 1862. Irwin, J, D.--Pension records show he enlisted as a private in 1864, and surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865. Martin, A. J.--Pension.records show he enlisted as a private Oct. 1, 1864, and surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865. (Born in Monroe County, Ga. in 1842.) McWilliams, Thomas A.--Enlisted as a private in Co. F, 5th Regt. Ga. Inf. May 10, 1861. Discharged, disability, Nov. 8, 1861. Enlisted as a private in Co. F, 32d Regt. Ga. Inf. May 7, 1862. Transferred to Co. B, 47th Regt. Ga. Inf. Nov. 1, 1862. Left arm crushed in railroad accident near Fair Bluff, N. C. resulting in amputation below elbow, Jan. 14, 1863. In Wilmington, N. C. hospital Jan.-Feb. 1863. (Born in Ga. June 15, 1838.) Melton, Elbert G.--Enlisted as a private in Co. K, 7th Regt. Ga. State Troops Oct. 21, 1861. Mustered out at Camp Brown, Ga. Apr. 20, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 47th Regt. Ga. Inf. May 16, 1862. Transferred to Co. A, 1st Battn. Ga. Sharpshooters July 30, 1862. Roll for Aug. 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later records. Melton, Henry C.--Enlisted as a private in Co, K, 7th Regt. Ga. State Troops Oct. 21, 1861. Mustered out at Camp Brown, Ga. Apr. 20, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 47th Regt.Ga. Inf. May 16, 1862. Transferred to Co. A, 1st Battn. Ga. Sharpshooters July 30, 1862. Roll for Aug. 1864, last on file, shows him sick in hospital. No later record. Moore, John--Private Oct. 1864. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865. (Born in Richmond County, Ga. Sept. 12, 1823.) Morris, Robert J.--Enlisted as a private in Co. F, 32d Regt. Ga. Inf. May 7, 1862. Transferred to Co. B, 47th Regt. Ga. Inf. Nov. 1, 1862. Discharged, furnished John Farrell as substitute, Feb. 19, 1863. Morris, William--Private Sept. 19, 1862. Substitute for John R. Patterson. Discharged, disability, at Lauderdale Springs, Miss. Sept. 14, 1863. Died prior to Mar. 21, 1864. Nelson, R. D.--Pension records show he enlisted as a private in 1864, and was paroled at Bentonville, N. C. Apr. 1865. Richardson, James M.--Pension records show he enlisted as a private, and was wounded in leg, necessitating amputation above knee, at Pocotaligo, S. C. Dec. 1864. Sinquefield, Frank S.--Private June 1, 1862. Substitute for Patrick H. Ferguson. Killed at Missionsary Ridge, Tenn. Nov. 25, 1863. Stewart, Jesse J.--Private July 1, 1864. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865. Stuart, John P.--Pension records show he enlisted as a private Oct. 1, 1863, and surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865. (Born in Monroe County, Ga. Oct. 10, 1844.) Taylor, Christopher Columbus--Private Nov. 9, 1862. Admitted to Floyd House & Ocmulgee Hospitals at Macon, Ga., with diarrhoea, Nov. 21, 1863; disposition not shown. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865. Died at Cuthbert, Ga. Nov. 1912. Taylor, Marion--Pension records show he enlisted in the winter of 1863, and surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. Apr. 26, 1865. (Born in Ga.) Wilkerson, Jesse L.--Pension records show he enlisted as a private July 1864, was wounded at Bentonville, N. C. Mar. 21, 1865, and was in Thomasville, N. C. hospital close of war. (Born.in Baker County, Ga. in 1839.) Williams, Samuel W.--Private July 15, 1862. Substitute for :Charles P. West. In Breckinridge's Division Hospital at Marion, Miss. Aug. 1863. No later record. Wolfe, Samuel--Private Dec. 11, 1862. Substitute for William T. Amoss. On detail in Quartermaster Dept. at Savannah, Ga. Feb. 28, 1863. Employed as harness maker at Camp Allen, S. C. May 11, 1863. No later record. Zane, Noah--Private Nov. 27, 1862. Substitute for John T. George. Roll for Feb. 28, 1863, last on file, shows him- present. No later record. Visit other CSA units from Randolph, Terrell, Stewart, Quitman and Twiggs Counties, Georgia These records were transcribed by Betty and Bernie Johnson from the set of books Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861 - 1865 compiled for the State of Georgia by Lillian Henderson Copyright© 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 by Bernie Johnson ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============