Dear sir: My family "Burkett" had two members serving from Murray County during the war. Henry served in GA state Guards, Bonds Company. Little or no information is known about this organization. And the other was my gggGrandfather Josiah who served in Avery's Cav. Can you help me to locate information on either of these units? sincerely, Jonathan Burkett ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald D. Hodge, Jr" <rebel6@icx.net> To: <GAMURRAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 10:40 PM Subject: [MURRAY] Murray County Confederates > Dear Sir, > > The Georgia Convention on Secession was done by a representative > vote and not a vote by the citizens (male, white, landowners). Each > county sent representatives to the convention at Milledgeville. Murray > County sent Anderson Farnsworth and Euclid Waterhouse. Both voted > against secession but signed the ordinance in respect of the majority > vote. The vote was 208-89. One of Gilmer County's representatives was > William P. Milton and he voted against secession, however, when his > state and country called he served as Company Commander for one of the > companies in the 39th Georgia. He later became the acting regimental > commander and shortly after the war's conclusion was assassinated while > he ate supper with his family. > > The loyalties of Northwest Georgia were divided much like Eastern > Tennessee. Ugly things happened in the region during the war with > lawless bands of thugs, criminals, and deserters from both sides riding > the country side raping, pillaging, and murdering. After the war many > ex-Confederates left the region in wagon trains moving west to Arkansas, > Texas, and Oklahoma. Most never returned. > > You may want to check the two volume set Tennesseans in the Civil > War for men that may have enlisted in Tennessee Federal units or check > this web site for the 1st Georgia Infantry (US) > > http://www.izzy.net/~michaelg/n-ga1.htm > > Any Compiled Service Record on U.S. soldiers you will have to order from > the National Archives in Washington, D.C. > > Please let me know if you have any questions. > > Respectfully, > > Gerald D. Hodge, Jr. > Niota, Tennessee > War Between the States Historian > Historian: 39th Georgia Infantry Regiment > Web Master: http://39thGAVOLINFRGT.homestead.com/39thHomepage.html > > > > > > > > ==== GAMURRAY Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2002 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: GAMURRAY-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: GAMURRAY-L-request@rootsweb.com > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >