WILKINSON COUNTY, GA - MILITARY 1812 Jones, Joseph

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Nov. 17, 1814, Joseph Jones enlisted as Private in
Capt. Jesse Thomas' Company of Infantry in the 3rd
Regiment of the Georgia Militia under the command of
Col. Ezekiel Wimberly.  On Nov. 21, Joseph had
travelled 60 miles from his residence (apparently near
Madison) to the rendezvous at Camp Hope near Fort
Hawkins. By Dec. 16, Joseph was listed present on the
Muster Roll at Camp Darien on Dec. 16, 1814.  It
appears his pay was $8 per month and received rations
pay of 18-cents.  His service of 4 months, 6 days was
rewarded with $34.26 upon discharge May 20, 1815.

NOTES:
Information about Camp Darien is sketchy but it is
believed to have been a trading center and militia post
at Darien, GA on the banks of the Altamaha River as it
enters the Atlantic Ocean near Brunswick, GA.

Camp Hope - east of Macon 
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/histcountymaps/bibb1865map.htm
This map shows both Fort Hawkins and Camp Hope in 1865.

NOTES:

(Joseph Jones died in
1827 in Wilkinson County.  He was the husband of Mary
believed to be Anderson/Manderson.  He was probably
born in Maryland and migrated to Wilkes/Surry County,
NC and was in SC prior to moving to GA in the early
1800's.  Several children remained in Wilkinson County
after his death):