Washington-Hancock-Putnam County GaArchives History .....Military Letter June 3 1836
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Creek Indian Wars
On Friday, June 3, 1836 Capt. William CARR (Ft. Twiggs); Capt McCrary and 
Lieutenant Bradrod (Crawford Co) Major Brown and their military men were 
involved in an Indian skirmish near Boykin's Plantation (25 miles below 
Columbus on the Chattahoochee River) It was apparently a rather "minor" 
skirmish...but excited controversy (probably for political reasons) as two of 
the Captains went to great lengths to clarify their actions on that day. 
An proposed election "next year" for Capt Carr as a seat in the Legislature is 
alluded to while trying to clear his name of the accusations of cowardice 
leveled by Major Brown. 

All of these accounts are from the newspapers of the time. Their importance to 
Taylor County researchers are the names of the military personnel, some of 
whom settled on land that later became Taylor county. 

Harris County Aug. 14th, 1836
I received yours of the 10th inst informing me that reports prejudicial to 
Capt. Carr as an officer had reached your county. Why such reports whould be 
circulated I am entirely at a loss to conjecture. Be assured that they are 
without foundation. Capt. Carr was immediately under my command the most of 
the time that he was in the service, and I take great pleasure in stating to 
you that his conduct wa such as became an officer, a soldier and a gentleman. 
He was much esteemed by the officers generally, and well did he merit it. You 
are at liberty to use the above as you may think proper. Yours truly, H.H. 
Dowe 
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Certificates in Macon GA Telegraph in defense of Capt. Carr (similar in nature 
to the above) were given by: 
Ephraim Heard 
James Beasley 
William C. Wallis 
Enoch B. Wallis 
John Causey 
Alfred Cook 
Wm. T. Long 
Wm B. Snelling 
Willis Hobbs 
Thomas J. Grant 
P.B. Wade 2nd Corpl 
Joseph J. Bradford 1st Lieut 
Charles McCullars 
Searborn C. Christopher 
James Hampton 
George L. Pace 
Augustus Potter 
Lewis Tanner 
Isom McClendon 
Everett Watkins 
James Gray 
Thos Woods 
Levin Tanner 
Jeremiah Dukes 
H. Jackson Patterson 2nd Sergt 
William McGee 
Allen W. Hobbs 
James Duncan ? 
Thomas Thompson 
***   ELIJAH TWILLY
Michael Welch 
Daniel G. Hicks 
Hugh Ross 
Jacob Duckworth 
Drury Dukes 
Peter W. Gray 
 

****Note
The 1830 census for DeKalb Co, Ga shows an Elijah Twilly pg 28 ( unsure if 
this is the same Elijah), also seen on pg 51 Polly Twilly, James Twilly pg 53,


Shown on the 1850 Census Georgia • Pike • District 68   pg 73 Anc.com
shown living with the family is Jesse Ison who will soon marry Peninia.









Additional Comments:
I do think that there could have been more than one Elijah Twilly/Twilley in 
GA. during the same time period. I am working on sorting them out.

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