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Biographies of Pulaski County Georgia

Biographies of Pulaski County, Georgia: The following collection consists of 104 biographies of Pulaski County Georgia. These persons were either born and raised in Pulaski County or settled the county at an early date in it’s history (pre 1900). They consist of men in the County of Pulaski, who were considered by the author to be the religious, business, governmental, professional, and agricultural leaders of the various communities in Racine. Sometimes they were included simply because they “subscribed” to the manuscript prior to publication.

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Pulaski County Academy’s Records

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Pulaski County Academy’s Records Mt. Horeb Grand Valley Academy was organized 1808. The date of 1st record is 1840 (Acts 1840, p. 13; Cobb p. 1194, 12/19/1840). 1821 Pulaski County Academy. 1832 Pulaski Walnut Branch Academy. 1840 Pulaski Mt. Horeb Grand Valley Academy. Number chartered 3 (Secondary Education in Georgia 1732-1858) Boogher. Pulaski County Academy-Higher

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Pulaski County Georgia Civil War Units by District

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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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Biographical Sketch of Gene Sparrow Warren

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Henry H. Sparrow (1861-1924) was a citizen of Pulaski County his entire life; was educated in her schools, with one year in the Military Academy at Dahlonega. He, as his father and brother, was quiet and unassuming, yet measuring up to the highest standards of citizenship. He was full of civic pride and gave to

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Biographical Sketch of Edwin Augustus Jelks, Dr.

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Dr. Edwin A. Jelks, eldest son of James Oliver and Mary Polhill Jelks, was born in Hawkinsville, Ga., October 1, 1836. He was educated at Mercer University, graduated at Medical College, Charleston, S. C., and at Jefferson College, Philadelphia, Pa. He was one of the earliest settlers of Quitman, buying the first lot sold in

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Muster Roll of Georgia Militia – District 384-J

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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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Biography of John Laurens Anderson

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John Laurens Anderson, son of Robert Saunders Anderson and Sarah Wooten Anderson, was born in Pulaski County, February 25, 1848. It was a happy day in his boyhood when his father gave him a sizeable bill to purchase his choice of books at an auction sale of a private library of classics. Naturally studious, from

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Biography of Duncan Thomas Daniels

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Few men held the respect and esteem of their fellow citizens more than Duncan Thomas Daniels, and his passing brought sorrow, not only to his family and closest friends, but also to the entire community in which he lived. Mr. Daniels was born March 29, 1861. He was the youngest son of Duncan S. and

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Biography of Tillett Henderson Bridges

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Tillett Henderson Bridges was born in Dooly County, February 27, 1857. His father, Daniel Bridges, was reared in Washington County, and his mother, Susan Fountain, was a native of Dooly. T. H. Bridges spent his early boyhood in Sumter County, near Americus (his father having returned to his home in Dooly County in 1868), and

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Pulaski County Georgia Board of Education

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The Board of Education has been a most vital factor in the development of the school to the high standard it now holds. Serving without pay, the members of the Board of Education have displayed an unusually whole-hearted interest in school life and activity. The harmonious accord of their decisions has helped the school to

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Biography of Nathaniel Polhill

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Among those who came over with Oglethorpe in 1733, or very soon thereafter, was Nathaniel Polhill, a London haberdasher, who is generally conceded to be the first Baptist in Georgia. Colonel Warren Grice, in an article on “The First Georgia Baptists,” describes him as a man of strong convictions and great faith. He further says:

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Biography of Johnathan Joseph Jelks

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Johnathan Joseph Jelks, third son of James Oliver and Mary Polhill Jelks, was born January 15, 1841, in Hawkinsville, Ga., spending his life there and in Florida and Macon, Ga., where he died May 11, 1911. In 1861, in the War Between the States, he enlisted in Company G of the Eighth Georgia Infantry. The

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Biography of Jesse Stallings Willis

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Jesse Stallings Willis, son of Rev. Cary C. Willis, was born May 8, 1835, in Muscogee County, Georgia. He was married to Amanda D. Horne, daughter of Rev. Jesse R. Horne of Houston .County, Georgia, on May 25, 1859. On March 1, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, Forty-fifth Infantry, and was seriously wounded June

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Company M, 121st Infantry, Home Guard

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One of the first military companies organized in Pulaski County after the War of 1812 was “The Home Guards.” Peace and plenty characterized our growing county for a long period of years after the War of 1812-14, but as a safeguard to our homes this company was organized, as we had no military protection. When

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History of Adriel Primitive Baptist Church, Pulaski County, Georgia

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Before writing anything concerning Adriel Church we will first tell the reason it came into existence. Mount Horeb Church was established October 15, 1809, by some of the earliest Baptist settlers of Pulaski County. It was on February 14, 1844, that Brother Joe Burkhalter nailed and locked up the doors of historic old Mount Horeb

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Biography of Miss Mary Hodge

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Miss Mary Sue Hodge, daughter of Duke Hullum and Eliza Crawford Hodge, was born in Gordon County, Georgia, December 27, 1845. Her grandfather, James Hodge, was a Methodist minister at Oxford, Georgia, for many years. Her grandfather, John A. Crawford, was a Baptist minister of Cassville, Georgia, then the county seat of Bartow County. He

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Biography of Robert Jenks Taylor

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Robert Jenks Taylor was born in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia, June 15, 1854. He is eighty-one years old and never looked better yr felt younger in his life, though in recent years he distributed and put in trust more than a million dollars for his loved ones and drew in his sails so his last

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Pulaski County, Georgia Treasurers 1866 – 1929

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Treasurers of Pulaski County Georgia for the years of 1866-1929. S. W. Taylor, Jan. 22, 1866 E. B. Gilbert, Sept, 14, 1868 Edward B. Gilbert, Feb. 7, 1871 John M. Stokes, Jan. 10, 1973 John W. Lancaster, Jan. 13, 1875 Office abolished by vote, Jan. 27, 1877 D. G. Fleming, Jan. 13, 1881 W. A.

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History of Midway Baptist Church, Pulaski County, Georgia

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For many years Old Adam Meeting House was the only religious structure on the old River Road or in the Lampkin settlement. In fact, after leaving Hawkinsville, prior to the year 1800, and for nearly three-score years in the nineteenth century, Old Adam Meeting House was the only place of worship situated on the east

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Biography of Josephus Tarver

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Among the outstanding citizens of Hawkinsville, and a man well known throughout the State in. the field of journalism, was Mr. Josephus Tarver. The family was prominently connected with the early history of the county. Mr. Tarver was the son of Andrew Jackson Tarver, a member of one of the pioneer families of Georgia, and

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