Bio: George A. Colquitt,  Caddo Parish La
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville,  1890

Submitted by: Suzanne Shoemaker




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George A. Colquitt, a prosperous farmer of Ward 7, Caddo Parish, La., was
born in Oglethorpe County, Ga., in 1839, being the son of Joseph E. and Ava
Ann (Lee) Colquitt, natives of Oglethorpe County, and born in 1806 and
1816, respectively.  The father was a planter by occupation, and fought in
one of the early Indian wars, and died in his native country in 1856.  He
was a cousin of Ex-Gov. Colquitt, of Georgia.  The mother came with the
subject of this sketch to Louisiana in 1866.  The grandfather, Robert
Colquitt, came originally from Scotland, being a native of "the land of
thistles and oatmeal".  The grandfather, William Lee, was born in Virginia,
but at an early date settled in Oglethorpe County, where he died.  George
Colquitt is the second in number of the three sons and three daughters born
to his parents.  he received a common-school education, and in 1858 was
married to Miss Seloma E. McAllister.  To this union were born seven
children, of whom one son and two daughters are living.  Being called upon
to sustain the sad loss of his wife in 1873, Mr. Colquitt, in the following
year married Mrs. Edna Johnson (nee McCutchen).  The second wife died in
the year 1822, and the subject of this sketch was once more married May 1,
2889, to Mrs. Sarah J. Gailick, daughter of William H. and Mary E. Lindsey,
of Georgia.  In 1847 Mr. Colquitt came to Caddo Parish, and has since
continued to make this his home.  His residence is nine miles from
Shreveport, and his estate embraces about 500 acres of valuable land.  He
runs a flourishing gin and corn mill business, and is generally looked upon
as a first-class business man.  He has succeeded in all his undertakings,
and it is due entirely to his own exertions.  He served in the police jury
at one time, and was justice of the peace for six years.  he took part in
the late war, belonging to Company A., Sixth Louisiana Cavalry, in
Arkansas, and engaged in several skirmishes.  He and his wife are members
of the Methodist Church.