SCHLEY - MARION COUNTY, GA -MILITARY 27th Reg Co A Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002514 Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY A, 27th REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER COMPANY ARMY OF TENNESSEE C. S. A. MARION AND SCHLEY COUNTIES, GEORGIA GEORGIA DRILLERS *Rolls of this company on file in War Department at Washington, D.C. cover period only from January 1, to April 30, 1864 . Carr, Perry C.-Captain May 17, 1861. Died of disease Richmond, Va. June 5,1862. Carson, Adam-1st Lieutenant June 29, 1861 . Died April 1862. Dougherty, William E.-2d Lieutenant May 17,1861. Elected Captain June 10, 1862 . Resigned, disability, July 20, 1863. Patton, Robert-Jr. 2d Lieutenant May 17, 1861 . Elected 1st Lieutenant June 10, 1862; Captain July 20, 1863. Captured at Petersburg, Va. June 16, 1864. Paroled at Fort Delaware, Del. October 30,1864. Received at Venus Point, Savannah, River, Ga., November 16, 1864 . Surrendered, Greensboro, N.C. April 26, 1865. Christian, widow of Robert filed for pension in Worth Co. Chapman, G. W.-1st Sergeant September 10, 1861. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Smith, John C.-2d Sergeant September 10, 1861. Pension records show he was wounded at Sugar Loaf Hill, N.C. January 19,1865. Furloughed for 60 days from Raleigh, N.C. hospital in 1865 . Furlough extended for 60 days. He filed for pension in Thomas Co. Calhoun, John C.-3d Sergeant March 4, 1862. Surrendered, Greensboro, N.C. April 26, 1865. Dodson, Rufus A.-4th Sergeant September 10, 1861. Surrendered, Greensboro, N.C. April 26, 1865. Williamson, Wiley J.-5th Sergeant March 4, 1862. Roll for April 30,1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Myrick, Septimus Weathersby-1st. Corporal September 10, 1861. Roll for April 30,1864, last on file, shows him present. Wounded at Bentonville, N.C. March 25, 1865 , and in hospital there close of war. (Born in Georgia in 1837.) He filed for pension in Floyd Co. Woodall, Killight-2d Corporal September 10, 1861. Roll for April 30,1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Mitchell, T. W.-3d Corporal September 10, 1861 . Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Stewart, Peter- 4th Corporal September 10, 1861. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va. May 2,1863. Surrendered at Greensboro, N.C. April 26,1865. (Born in Georgia July 9,1843.) He filed for pension in Schley Co. PRIVATES Alexander, William- private September 10,1861. Discharged, disability, at Petersburg, Va. September 10, 1864 . Born in 1804. Arnold, S. T.- private in 1862. Died in 1863. Binston, R- private September 10, 1861. Died at Richmond, Va. July 15,1862. Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Blythe, Samuel L - private September 10, 1861. Captured and paroled at Macon, Ga. April 20-21, 1865. Braselton, James F. (or Brazelton)- private 1864. Surrendered, Greensboro, N.C. April 26,1865. Bryant, S. W.- private February 26, 1862 . Wounded at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Cody, R. D.- private February 28, 1862. Appointed Sergeant. In Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. September 10, 1864. No later record. Davis, William Joseph- private September 10, 1861. Surrendered, Greensboro, N.C. April 26, 1865. Denning, G. W.-private September 10, 1861. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Dodson, W. C.- private September 10, 1861. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant July 20,1862. Died Mar 5,1863. Donnan, W. T.- private September 10,1861. Roll for April 30,1864, last on file, shows him present. Cemetery records show he died August 1, 1864, and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery at Richmond, Va., appears also as Dennon and Dowman. Dunn, Washington L.- private September 10, 1861. Wounded in right leg. Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Clothing was issued to him September 30, 1864. Transferred to Co. B, 46th Regiment Ga. Inf. March 1865 . Surrendered, Greensboro, N.C., April 26, 1865 . (Born in Marion County. Ga. December 29, 1840. Died at Atlanta, Ga. February 8, 1926.) Alice Lee Dunn widow of Washington filed for pension in Worth Co. Flurry, John R.- private February 27, 1862 . Wounded in right arm at Chancellorsville, Va. May 3, 1863 . Roll for April 30 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. (Born October 13, 1823.) He filed for pension in Taylor Co., witness for T.L. Jinks, Taylor Co. and Lewis Hill, Schley Co. Flurry, Robert D.- private February 27, 1862 . Wounded in hip at Seven Pines, Va. May 31,1862. Surrendered at Greensboro N. C. April 26, 1865. He filed for pension in Schley Co. Goodroe, Richard B.- private July 9, 1862 . Surrendered at Greensboro, N.C. April 26,1865. Witness for pension of Lewallen W. Wall, Talbot Co. Harrell, Thomas A.- private September 8, 1862. Appointed Sergeant. On detail duty at Fort Sumter, S. C. January 1, 1864 . Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. Highsmith, E J.- private September 10, 1861 . Roll for April 30 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Highsmith, J. T.-private September 10, 1861 . Roll for April 30 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Highsmith, Samuel D.- private October 23, 1863 . Received pay at Richmond, Va. September 29, 1864 . No later record. Hobbs, J. B - private 1864. Admitted to General Hospital at Petersburg, Va. June 25,1864, from which he was transferred to Richmond, Va. Admitted to C.S.A. General Hospital #11 at Charlotte, N.C. April 28, 1865 , and transferred to another hospital April 29,1865 . (Born in Ga. July 1846.) He filed for pension Muscogee Co. Holt, David B.-private 1861 . Discharged, disability, in 1862 Enlisted as a private in Co. E, 63d Regiment Ga. Inf. February 10 1863. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865. (Born in Taylor County, Ga. January 15, 1845.) He filed for pension Dodge Co. Hunley, J. J.- private March 10, 1862 . Surrendered, Greens boron, N.C. April 26, 1865 . (Born in Pleasant Hill, Ga. in 1838.) He filed for pension Marion Co., and Jane, widow, filed Marion Co. also. Jones, J. T. (or T. J.)- private September 10,1861 . Died of typhoid fever at Griffin, Ga. November 9, 1861. Jordan, James M.- private September 28,1862 . Captured at Petersburg; Va. June 16,1864 . Died of chronic diarrhoea, at Elmira, N. Y. January 26, 1865 . Grave #1628, Woodlawn National Cemetery. Kendrick, H. H.- private September 1, 1862 . Surrendered, Greensboro, N.C. April 26,1865 . (Born in Ga.1845.) He filed for pension Stewart Co., Mary Etta filed widow's claim Stewart Co. Kendrick, William E.- private April 15, 1863 . Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865 . (Born in Ga.) He filed for pension in Irwin Co. Kilcrease, Daniel- private March 4, 1862 . Appointed 3d Corporal December 1863 . Transferred to Co. A, 27th Regiment Ga. Inf. April 1, 1865 . Surrendered, Greensboro, N.C. April 26, 1865. Lawhorne, Simeon P.-private April 25,1864 . Died of measles in Jackson Hospital at Richmond, Va. July 21, or August 1, 1864 . Buried there in Hollywood Cemetery. Little, Edward O. private May 12, 1862 . Roll for April 30; 1864, last on file, shows him present. Paroled, Albany, Ga. May 18,1865. Widow Emmaline E. Little filed for pension Carroll Co. Little, Joseph Harrison- private September 10, 1861 . Appointed Sergeant. Elected 2d Lieutenant July 20,1863 . Pension records show he was wounded at Bentonville, N.C. March 18, 1865 , and was in Charlotte, N.C. hospital, wounded, close of war. (Born in Jones County, Ga. December 5, 1840) He filed for pension Wilcox Co. McElmurray, Andrew J.- private February 23, 1862 . Captured at Petersburg, Va. June 16,1864. Released at Elmira, N.Y. June 16,1865. (Born in Bibb County, Ga. April 12,1840) He filed for pension in Taylor Co, trnsfd to Marion Co. Widow Joanna filed in Marion Co. McGahee, S. F.- private July 29, 1863 . Roll for April 30, 1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. McKinney, A.- private December 28, 1863 . Surrendered, Greensboro, N.C., April 26, 1865. McSwain, Daniel- private September 28, 1862 . Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Mrs. M.C. Mcswain filed widow's claim Heard Co. Murphy, George T.-private February 23, 1862 . Captured at Petersburg, Va. June 16,1864. Released at Elmira, N.Y. July 19,1865. Murphy, Mike- private 1862 . Surrendered, Greensboro, N.C. April 26,1865. Matilda Murphy filed widow's claim Schley Co. Murray, Stephen- private September 10, 1861 . Surrendered, Greensboro, N.C. April 26, 1865. Mrs. H.A. Murray filed widow's claim Schley Co. Myrick, Nathaniel Wesley- private May 12, 1862 . Appointed Corporal. Wounded and captured at Petersburg, Va. August 19,1864 , on which date his left thigh was amputated. Paroled at Elmira, N.Y. and sent to James River, Va. for exchange, February 9, 1865 . Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va., February 20-21, 1865 . Received at Receiving & Wayside Hospital, at Richmond, Va. February 22, 1865 , and sent to Jackson Hospital there same date, and was in said hospital March 16,1865. Filed for pension Schley Co., also widow's claim by Cornelia Myrick. Perry, Joseph- private September 10, 1861 . Appointed Corporal. Died of pneumonia at Richmond, Va. November 15,1861. Mary A. Perry widow of Joseph filed widow's claim in Schley Co. Perry, William S.- private September 10, 1861 . Died of measles August 1, 1862. Mrs. M.E. Perry filed widow's claim Marion Co. Phelps, William S.- private September 10, 1861 . Wounded March 15, 1864. In Floyd House Hospital at Macon, Ga. August 5, 1864. Furloughed for 60 days in 1864. Surrendered, Greensboro, N.C. April 26, 1865. Rogers, A. J. (or Rodgers)- private July 10, 1862 . Roll for April 30,1864 , last on file, shows him present. No later record. Rogers, M. R. (or Rodgers)- private September 10, 1861 . On detached duty at Richmond, Va. November 1862 -April 30, 1864 . No later record. Shipp, James R.- private March 6, 1862. In Macon, Ga. hospital March 1, 1864. Surrendered, Greensboro, N.C. April 26, 1865. Shipp, Thomas J.- private May 12, 1862 . Captured near Wilmington, N.C. February 21, 1865 . Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 19,1865. Smith, Columbus W.- private February 24, 1862. On detached duty at Macon, Ga. May 5, 1863. Surrendered, Tallahassee, Fla. May 10,1865. paroled, Albany, Ga. May 18, 1865. Snellgroves, R. A.- private February 9,1862. Captured at Kinston, N.C. March 8, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. May 15, 1865. Stewart, Eli- private February 24, 1862. Elected 2d Lieutenant June 10, 1862; 1st Lieutenant July 20, 1863. Surrendered, Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865. Stewart, Henry- private September 10, 1861. Died of pneumonia in Chimborazo Hospital #1, at Richmond, Va. April 5, 1862. Sophia, widow of Henry filed widow's claim in Schley Co. Stone, W. T.-private September 10, 1861 . Discharged, disability, at Danville, Va. July, 1864. (Born in Louisiana.) Filed for pension in Schley Co. Taylor, W.F.- private August 22, 1864 . Surrendered, Greensboro, N.C. April 26, 1865. Teat, William A. J. (or Teate)- private February 24, 1862. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant March 5, 1863. Wounded. Absent, sick, March 8, 1864. Wounded and permanently disabled between Weldon Railroad and Petersburg, Va. August 1864 . (Born in Ga. in 1845.) Tidd, Wiley B.- private February 24, 1862. Captured at Petersburg, Va. June 16, 1864. Died of pneumonia at Elmira, N.Y. December 21, 1864. Tidd, William J.- Enlisted as a private in Co. H, 7th Regiment Ga. Inf. March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. A, 27th Regiment Ga. Inf. February 1, 1863. Killed at Petersburg, Va. June 12, 1864. Mrs. filed widow's claim in Cobb Co., then trnsfd to Fulton Co. Wall, George W.-private January 12, 1864 . Captured near Wilmington, N.C. February 21, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 22, 1865. See Co. G, 5th Ga roster, Schley Archives. Wall, L W. private-1864 . Surrendered, Greensboro, N.C. April 26,1865. (Born in Twiggs County, Ga. in 1825.) Mary Wall filed widow's claim in Terrell Co. and then trnsfd to Talbot. Williams, E. T.- private April 18, 1862 . Took oath of allegiance to U.S. Govt. at Louisville, Ky., and released to remain north of Ohio River during war, September 26,1864. Williams, J. J.- private September 10, 1861 . Discharged, disability, at Richmond, Va. November 12, 1862. (Born in Taylor County, Ga. September 28,1844.) Williams, William J.- private March 4, 1862 . Surrendered, Greensboro, N.C. April 26,1865. Willis, John B.- private September 10, 1861. Captured near Kinston, N.C. March 8, 1865. Released at Point Lookout, Md. June 21, 1865. Willis, Jordan F.-private March 4, 1862 . Roll for April 30, 1864, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, N.C. April 26, 1865 . (Born in Henry County, Ala. May 16, 1839.) He filed pension app. in Worth Co. He was an officer of the Camp Bill Harris (UCV) for a number of years and as was mentioned as such as late as 1906 (History of Worth Co.) Woodall, Jacob T.-private September 10,1861. Admitted to General Hospital at Orange Court House, Va. December 18,1861. Died of typhoid fever in General Hospital #1, at Danville, Va. July 25, 1862.