Pulaski County GA

The One-Day School

About seventy-five years ago, two young men, John Polhill and Dick Carruthers, who had just finished high school, were elected co-principals of the Hawkinsville Academy. The school opened auspiciously with quite a number of students. The school building consisted of only one large room. John occupied a seat at one end of the room and

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Election for officers to command Cavalry Company

Election for officers to command Cavalry Company At an election held in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, on Monday, the 30th May 1836, for a Captain and other Commissioned and non Commissioned to command a Volunteer Cavalry Company of said County, the following persons (members of said Company) came forward and voted: Soloman Micheal C. Y. Gavaze

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Pulaski County Georgia Civil War Units by District

764th District John A. Hendley, 1st Lt. H. H. Hendley, 2nd Lt. D. H. Trammel, Ensign R. G. Fulghum, Capt., Apr. 16, 1862-Apr. 25, 1862. Commissioned Feb. 22, 1862. Sent Feb. 26, 1862. 6th Ga. Division, 1st Brigade, Hawkinsville, Ga. Oran C. Horne, Brigadier General. Commissioned Nov. 22, 1861. Sent Nov. 22, 1861. 1236th District

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Muster Roll of Georgia Militia – District 384-J

Muster Roll of Georgia Militia, Pulaski County, Georgia, March 4, 1862 – District 384-J Oliver Hall, captain Z. L. Davis, first lieutenant Wm. DeShazo, second lieutenant David Buchan, third lieutenant Alex Reagans Jas. M. Buchan Wm. English Elisha Thompson John Lester H. L. Barnes G. W. Williams Amos Floyd Henry Graves John Blount David Sapp

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Roster of Pulaski County Georgia Volunteers

Company G, Eighth Regiment, Georgia Volunteers, Infantry, C. S. A., First company to leave Pulaski County. Compiled by the late D. G. Fleming: T. D. L. Ryan, captain. Enlisted May 23, 1861; resigned March 2, 1863. Geo. W. Carruthers, first lieutenant. Enlisted May 23, 1861; resigned January 1862. S. W. Taylor, Jr., second lieutenant. Enlisted

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Biography of L. S. Harrell

Noteworthy among the active and enterprising citizens of Hawkinsville and Pulaski County is Lou Stephen Harrell. He is ever using his means and influence to advance the various worthy objects connected with his community. Mr. Harrell was born August 30, 1878. His ancestry on both sides can be traced beyond the sixteenth century. Among the

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Biography of John Buchan

The great-grandfather of the Buchans of Pulaski County was John Buchan, a Scotchman. He married Rachel McBride (Irish), and they were immigrants from Carolina in the early part of the eighteenth century. He was an extensive landholder in Pulaski and what is now Dodge, Bleckley, and Laurens Counties, and was Justice of the Peace in

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Officers from the Fourteenth Military District, Georgia

Roster of soldiers who served from the Fourteenth Military District. These men were primarily from Pulaski County, GA. John J. Lee, major, commissioned March 21, 1864 Innis Cowart, adjutant, commissioned May 10, 1864 First Company Benj. Harrell, captain T. J. Baker, first lieutenant S. C. Nicholson, second lieutenant Willis Harrell, third lieutenant J. B. Hamilton,

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