SCHLEY COUNTY, GA - BIOS  Henry Harrison Singletary

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Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., page 823
Published by The Southern Historical Association in 1895


SCHLEY COUNTY

Henry Harrison Singletary, merchant-planter, La Crosse, Schley
county, Ga., son of Nathan P. and Cassandra (Wright)
Singletary, was born in Sumter county, Feb. 4, 1841.  His
grandfather, Thomas W. Singletary, was a native of South
Carolina, came to Georgia when a young man and became
identified with the leading planters of Georgia.  Mr.
Singletary’s father was born in Laurens county, Ga., removed to
Taliaferro county, Ga., and in 1836 came to Sumter county.
Being a skilled mechanic he engaged in various kinds of
woodwork, and helped to build a number of boats to run on the
Ocmulgee river.  Later in life he gave his entire time and
attention to his plantation.  His only public service was as a
justice of the inferior court.  Mr. Singletary was raised on
the plantation and was educated at the common schools of the
county.  Early in 1862 he enlisted in Company B, Capt. J.C.
Dunlap, Forty-sixth Georgia regiment, as a private, and served
through the war.  He was in the battles of Missionary Ridge,
Chickamauga, Kennesaw Mountain, Jonesboro, Nashville and
Franklin.  He came home from the war with only a few slight
wounds as souvenirs, and without a dollar in the world went to
work on a plantation.  By close attention, hard work, by
enterprise and good management he has forged ahead until he
ranks among the foremost of Schley county’s farmers and
businessmen.  He has now more than 2,000 acres of choice land,
which includes an excellent productive 100 acre peach orchard. 
In addition to his extensive planting interests he conducts one
of the largest general merchandise stores in the county at La
Crosse.  Enterprising, prosperous and popular, Mr. Singletary
has a bright future before him.  Mr. Singletary has but two
children: Lydia C., and Cattie L., both of whom are graduates
of the Southern Female College, La Grange, Ga.