Thomas-Marion-Decatur County GaArchives Biographies.....James Henry Tait October 1824 - 1907 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dixie Tait Kirton dixtait@btconline.net July 8, 2003, 7:23 pm Author: Dixie Tait Kirton JAMES HENRY TAIT: Born in GA October 1824, the first born to William A. and Catherine Tait. He married first to MARTHA BACON in Marion Co., 1843 and she died following the birth of their last child in 1861. She is buried in Thomas Co., GA. Martha Bacon Tait was the dtr of Lydall and Elizabeth Bacon previously of VA and SC. Lydall Bacon died in Marion Co., Georgia October 25, 1854. Her mother Elizabeth was supposedly a lady with the maiden name of Cooke. The siblings to Martha were Elizabeth, Sarah, Langston and Edmond Bacon. James Tait moved every 10 years with his father and on December 31, 1862 he enlisted in the Civil War. He joined Co., H, 3rd Batt'n Cavalry, which later became Co. H. 4 Reg't Georgia Cavalry. Records states that on October 31, 1863 he was dispatched to hunt deserters. Towards the end of the war he was promoted to Sgt. On May 25, 1865 He was paroled in Thomasville, Georgia. He surrendered to Brig. General E.M. McCook by Major General Sam Jones CSA, at Tallahassee, Florida. After the War, James returned home, and was listed in the 1870 census records as being a buggy maker and a farmer. He remarried to Sarah Jane Hart and had two more children. Together they moved from Georgia to Madison Co., Florida were Mary Tait (Darville) was born. Sarah died in 1883. James became sick during the war and on July 23, 1900 he applied for a Soldiers Pension, which after records from Doctors, he recieved a total of $72.00 per year until his death in 1907. Children Born: Susan Tait 1846, Amanda Fanny Tait 1848, John Thomas Tait, 1850, Sarah Tait 1854 ,Harriet Georgia Tait 1859, Charles L. Tait 1881, Mary Virginia Tait 1883. 1850 Marion Co., Census Records James H. Tait age 24, Farmer GA Martha Tait age 24 Susan Tait age 6 Amanda Tait age 4 John T. Tait age 4/12 Census record page 272B 1860 Decatur Co, Census Records James H. Tait age 30 Farmer GA Martha Tait age 27 Susan Tait age 14 Fanny Tait age 12 John T. Tait age 11 Sarah Tait age 6 Harriett Georgia age 1 1900 Madison Co., FL Census Records Tait, James H. Oct 1824 Newsome, Amanda dtr Aug 1848 Tait, Charles L son, July 1881 Tait, Mary dtr Feb 1883 This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb