Roster of Men who served at Twiggs County Forts Twiggs County, GA Roster of Men who served at Twiggs County Forts, War of 1812 Lieutenant Lovett B. Smith’s Company Pay-roll of the first detachment of militia ordered out on the frontier of Twiggs County, in pursuance of orders from Brigadier General Blackshear, dated August 7, 1813, for the protection of the inhabitants residing in the Ocmulgee area, and to build Fort Jackson. OFFICERS Brevet-Lieutenant, Lovett B. Smith 1st Sergeant, Solomon Simpson 2nd Sergeant, Daniel Jordan 3rd Sergeant, Edward Land 1st Corporal, Elijah Bryan 2nd Corporal, Benjamin Mobley 3rd Corporal, John Conner PRIVATES Thomas Smith John Bateman James Dunwoody Simon Simpson Lewis Daniel Thomas Matthews Thornton Perry James Graham Thomas Hunt David Neeland John Williams Samuel Wells Robert W. McKinney William Coach Benjamin Grantham George Jemison Holman Stephens James Stephens John Morgan John Wolf Joel Carter Simon Bateman George Opry Uriah Simpson David Bozeman John Smith James Vickers Benjamin Johnson Charles Sutton Ephriam Hightower Young Vickers Harmon Mock Amos Haughton Robert Underwood Rowland Tate James Garrett John Upton Thomas Underwood John Hughlen Eleazar Galloway James Daniel James L. Craig Willis Ward Charles Wolf Lemuel Lanier The end of service, September 14, 1813, I do certify upon honor that the service for the above pay-roll was performed under my command. Ezekiel Wimberly Lieutenant-Colonel CAPTAIN JOHN THOMAS’ COMPANY Fort Mitchell, February 22, 1814. A muster roll of Captain John Thomas’ Company, under the command of Major James Patton, ordered into service on the 22nd of December, 1813, and terminated on the 19th of February, 1814, both days inclusive, to guard the frontiers in the different counties and forts; Twiggs County; Fort Twiggs, Fort Jackson; Pulaski County: Fort Mitchell, Fort Laurens; Telfair County: Fort Adams and Fort McIntosh. OFFICERS Captain, John Thomas Lieutenant, James G. Haines Ensign, Eli Collins 1st Sergeant, John Fenn 2nd Sergeant, Sampson Culpepper 3rd Sergeant, Daniel Lewis 4th Sergeant, Nathan Maddox 1st Corporal, John Dean 2nd Corporal, Uriah Kinchen 3rd Corporal, Allaway Roach 4th Corporal, Simon Woodson PRIVATES William H. Paramore B. McClendon Moses E. Bush Thomas Swearingen Alexander Varner Thomas Gilbert James Yarborough John Lawson John Garrard Abram Bush Levin Gilstrap Dawson Webb E. Webb Lemuel Pruett Joseph Culpepper John Sims James Simmons Isaac Wade James Mayo Jacob Kanahest Archibald H. Odom James Caldwell Samuel Miller M. Lewis John Martin Seth Ward Jesse Harris Thomas W. Benson Mills Ezell Jonathan Jones John Harrell J. Kingsley Abram Nipper James Cain Edwin Moye Herod Mills Gideon Bush Britton Sanford James Collins Thomas Newberry Thomas N. Singletery Benjamin Salter Joshua Cobb James Johnson William Smith Harris Hicks Alexander Mars George Morgan Levi Elsley Jeremiah Allman John Truluch John Harris Alexander Shepherd Sampson Dickson James W. McCullers Lemon Johnson Edward Johnson John Nelson John Tharp Martin Livingston Benjamin Watkins Abram Adams James Bailey Henry Bailey Isaac Kirksey Needham Bedingham Jesse Murphey William Barker Josiah Stewart Isaac Dennard William Hemphill William Griffin James Ward Dennis Posey William Studfield Moses Kirkland Reuben Wheeler Prior Prewett James Clark A Lassiter J. A. Williams William Lester Lemuel Evans FRONTIER OF TWIGGS COUNTY Pay-roll of a detachment of militia ordered on the frontier of Twiggs County, for the protection of the inhabitants and for the erection of a fort called Telfair, by Brig. General Blackshear, from the 9th of August to the 13th of September, 1813. OFFICERS Lieutenant, John Keener 1st Sergeant, Lewis Moore 2nd Sergeant, William White 3rd Sergeant, Nimrod Busby 4th Sergeant, John Hair 5th Sergeant, Henry Summerall 1st Corporal, Powell Smith 2nd Corporal, James Howard 3rd Corporal, Jeremiah Dunn 4th Corporal, James Jones PRIVATES Kinney Powell John Jones Samuel Streetman William Streetman James Hollingsworth James Smith Henry Conrad Henry Troutman William Johnston J. Matthews William Sanford William Griffin William Summerall William Dunn Rueben Anderson Lewis Coppage John Adkins John Lamb Elisha Tarver Joshua Sloan Michael Carlisle Frederick G. Herring James Randall Ezekiel Wall Thomas Bird John Hinson Mark Pettis A Pate John Hollingsworth John Fulwood William Fullingame William Crawford Johnathan West C. Leonard John Wilson Stephen Bostick James Bailey Henry Fortner William Todd William Solomon John Dean Thomas Hair William Burke Joshua Hawthorn John Burke Minton Dean Hardy Bedingfield Jethro Holland Isaac Brown Frederick Watson John Frederick Charles Stewart Josiah Davis Samuel Stanford Clement Milton Caleb McKinney Robert Atkinson Moses Hill I do certify upon honor that the service for the above pay-roll was performed under my command. Ezekiel Wimberly Lieutenant-Colonel Copyright © 2001 by Tonya H. Crosby ======================== 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. 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