Civil War soldiers
This page covers people connected to Barney who were identified in the Brooks County veteran register or found during a separate review of men in the 1900 census who were old enough to have served. Those two source groups are not equivalent: an age-based candidate is not presumed to have been a soldier.
Documented veterans
Each linked name has an individual dossier summarizing the service evidence and any remaining conflicts.
| Name | Rank | Unit | Service evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Alderman | Private | Company K, Georgia Reserves | A Colquitt County pension packet confirms his Confederate reserve service. The handwritten regiment number appears to be 4, but that reading remains provisional. |
| John Berryhill Sr. | Soldier | Company C, 2nd Georgia State Troops; later Company G, 49th Georgia Infantry | A compiled soldier profile identifies his Georgia service and matches the established civil record for the Barney-area voter. |
| Francis M. Cannon | Soldier | Company H, 41st Georgia Volunteers | His Brooks County pension packet states that he served for three years and repeats the same unit in the 1906 and 1907 papers. |
| R. T. Collins | Veteran | Unit not yet identified | The Brooks County veteran register identifies Collins as a veteran, and census records plus an affidavit in William H. Pace's pension file establish the local identity. Research has not yet tied him to a military unit. |
| William B. Gornto | Soldier | Company A, 20th Georgia Battalion Cavalry | His Brooks County pension and compiled soldier profile agree on his Confederate cavalry service. |
| Malachi Franklin Jones | Private | Company K, 50th Georgia Infantry | Jones was captured at Sailor's Creek on April 6, 1865, probably in the Hillsman House sector. The exact capture wording still awaits the complete compiled service record and original prisoner roll. |
| William H. Pace Sr. | Soldier | Company E, 29th Georgia Battalion Cavalry | His Brooks County pension identifies service beginning in September 1863. A separate pension index independently identifies his 1912 Brooks County application. |
| Enoch H. Pike | Soldier | Company A, 2nd Georgia Cavalry; later 20th Georgia Battalion Cavalry | Pike's original pension application and William B. Gornto's affidavit identify Company A, 2nd Georgia Cavalry. The compiled-service index uses the later battalion designation. |
| William R. Ryall | Soldier | Company B, 1st Battalion Florida Special Cavalry | Ryall, a same-company witness, and a War Department abstract confirm Florida cavalry service beginning about February 1864. His papers differ on whether his final release occurred at Madison or by parole at Thomasville. |
| William M. Russell | Soldier | Company G, 12th Georgia Infantry Volunteers | Russell and two witnesses identify his May 1864 enlistment and unit. The exact handwritten location of his April 1865 surrender or discharge remains unclear. |
| Joseph J. Rogers | Soldier | Company I, 26th Georgia Infantry | A soldier profile reports that Rogers enlisted on May 1, 1862, and was paroled at Thomasville on May 19, 1865. A separate Brooks muster also names a Joseph Rogers in the Piscola Volunteers; the relationship between the entries remains under study. |
| George W. Wilkes | Veteran | Unit not yet identified | The Brooks County veteran register identifies Wilkes as a veteran. A same-name Chatham Artillery record has not been connected to him by age, residence, spouse, pension, or another identifying fact. |
| Bolin G. Hall | Private | Company F, 12th Georgia Infantry | A War Department headstone application connects this service to the local man. The application and cemetery memorial differ by one day on his death date. |
| Blackman Hawley Culbreth | Corporal; later private | Company F, 24th North Carolina Infantry; Company B, 2nd Battalion Local Defense | Culbreth enlisted at Fayetteville on June 1, 1861, at age sixteen. He was promoted to corporal, later reduced to private, and discharged for minority on December 9, 1862. His uncommon full name, Cumberland County origin, age, and later civil record connect the soldier to the Barney educator. |
| Joseph J. Oglesby | Lieutenant; later military-shop foreman | Company D, 2nd Georgia Infantry | A July 1914 Confederate Veteran memorial says Oglesby volunteered in Company D, was elected lieutenant, and later supervised firearms production at a Macon machine shop. Huxford independently identifies him as a Confederate veteran. His original muster and shop-payroll records remain uninspected. |
| E. D. Ponder | Veteran | Unit not yet identified | An exact-name Georgia Confederate pension index in Brooks and Wilkinson counties confirms veteran status. Ponder's 1880 Quitman household, Brooks County tax trail, and service as county coroner connect the pension entry to the local man. The pension images and compiled service record have not yet been inspected. |
| Henry A. Lashley | Soldier | Company F, Lee Battalion, under Capt. L. L. Strozier | Contemporary obituaries report that Lashley enlisted on April 15, 1863, was wounded at Atlanta, and left active service in August 1864. His Florida pension calls the organization Company F, 25th Georgia Battalion Infantry. The War Department found H. E. rather than Henry A. Lashley in that unit, so the exact compiled-service-file link remains unresolved even though his veteran status is well documented. |
| Stephen William Bourquin | First lieutenant | Company H, 25th Georgia Infantry | The Confederate Officers Card Index and a compiled soldier profile identify Bourquin's rank and unit. His uncommon name and civil record connect the soldier to the Barney resident. |
| Charles Nelson Isom | Veteran | Unit not yet identified | The civil record follows Isom from Berrien and Lowndes counties to Barney and later Plant City, Florida. A 1930 newspaper photograph calls him a “veteran of 1861,” and the 1930 census independently records Civil War service. No pension or unit-linked service record has yet been identified. |
| William M. Hall | Soldier | Captain H. Morgan's company, 18th Georgia Regiment | A 1907 Georgia indigent-pension application and the household chain through his wife, Serena Hires or Hiers, connect the service record to the Barney resident. His reported birth date differs from the census age pattern. |
| Henry Sapp | Soldier | Company D, 18th Georgia Infantry | The 1911 Brooks County pension application of his widow, Susan Sapp, identifies his Confederate unit. |
| Charles Pinkney Weeks | Private | Company H, 50th Georgia Infantry | A Confederate service index, soldier profile, and 1867 Reconstruction oath identify Weeks and connect him to the local civil record. Records place his birth between about 1834 and 1838. |
Research underway
The people below have unresolved identities, probable but incomplete service links, same-name military leads, or no service proof after the current search. They are listed so the research trail remains visible. No military service is claimed for them here.
- J. C. Belden — Research underway.
- R. C. Connell — Research underway.
- Henry A. J. Gorday — Research underway.
- William Martin Tyler — Research underway.
- William M. C. McCoy — Research underway.
- George Lemon — Research underway.
- James A. Dupree — Research underway.
- John F. Hall — Research underway.
- R. L. Hodges — Research underway.
- Thomas Lightsy — Research underway.
- Henry Thomas — Research underway.
- William Inman — Research underway.
- Jerry Rountree — Research underway.
- George Manns — Research underway.
- Thomas H. Hawkins — Research underway.
- Eli Dukes — Research underway.
- Malery Stuart — Research underway.
- Nathan Culpepper — Research underway.
- Isaac Rountree — Research underway.
- George Thomas — Research underway.
- Jasper Lightug — Research underway.
- John West — Research underway.
- Reuben Clark — Research underway.
- Charles Crenshaw — Research underway.
- Gallnor Raymond — Research underway.
- Robert Howell — Research underway.
- Peter Henry — Research underway.
- Floyd Hines — Research underway.
- James Chambers — Research underway.
Method
The project compares voter registers, censuses, pensions, compiled service records, military indexes, newspapers, cemetery material, and family records. A service claim must connect the soldier to the Barney-area person through identifying facts such as age, residence, family, occupation, or a direct pension or newspaper statement.
“Research underway” means the current evidence is not strong enough to publish a service conclusion. It does not prove that the person did or did not serve.