Beverly Black bbblack@eastga.net shared this information with me, and I hoped this list might help us work on getting some more information on-line for Jefferson County early militia. Source: "History of the Georgia Militia, 1783-1861 Volume 2:Counties and Commanders, Part 1" The book is broken down by counties. This is a good reference gives units from Georgia and officers and their known lives) [This is also a good reference for district names. I found that in Jefferson County, Walden's district in 1830 was called such because a relative, Morris Walden was Major Morris Walden of the 19th Battalion of the Georgia Militia. He later became Sheriff of Jefferson County.] "On 8 March 1832 Thomas M. Berrien was promoted to the majority of the 2nd Squadron of Cavalry. Consequently, Elijah Byne became captain of Berrien's former troop, the Burke Hussars. ****Does anyone have any details on Berrien or Byne? The other troop of horse in the 2nd Squadron of the 1st Division at the time was CPT George Schley's Jefferson Cavalry. John M. Douglas became captain of the Jefferson Cavalry on 18 June 1834. In 1836 CPT Douglass led his troop to Florida for service in the Second Seminole War..... The Jefferson Cavalry was joined with troops from Hancock and Washington Counties to form a battalion, with Douglass being promoted to major in command....Douglass' Battalion, Georgia Mounted Militia....By October of 1836 the Jefferson Cavalry had changed its name to the Jefferson Hussars". ***How about John M. Douglas ? http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/military/indian/florida.txt This is a newspaper account and mentions: Captain Townsend, the Jefferson Militia Has anyone gotten Indian War pensions or bounty land documents for your Jefferson Co Ancestors? These really help all of us, because they usually contain witnesses and mention specific battles. Virginia Crilley