The Statesboro Area Confederate Veterans Reunion & Parade of 1902

Copied from the Statesboro News 15 August 1902

(Courtesy of Smith C. Banks and transcribed by Jim Hall.)

We Published this week a list of the old confederate veterans, who registered their names and marched in the parade on the 17th. Mr. S. J.  Williams who furnished the list, says he thinks about 25 failed to register. In all 205 are on the register, and with the 25, make 230 of them who were in line. Their ages range from 54 to 84, with an average of about sixty years. [Note: one veteran was 99 years old.]

It will be seen that five states are represented in the list to-wit: Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina and Flordia. Numbers came from Bryan, Screven, Tattnall, Emanuel and Effingham. They all had a pleasant time, and the News trust they will all meet again in Statesboro.

NameAgeReg.Serv.NameAgeReg.Serv.

G. A. Hart      5622   Inf.   H. G. Wright      71

B. W. Darsey    655 GA Cav.   C. K. Leitner    54   Stovalls Stf.

C. R. Davis     5747GA Inf.   J. H. Smith  631   GA Inf.

C. Gay   605GA Cav.    D. Hagin 5654  GA Inf.

J. H. Mills 6025GA Inf.    S. J. Lee5556  GA Inf.

Dr. C. L. Sample 72   5 GA Cav.       G. W. Proctor6657  GA Inf.

L. L. Elkins 65  54 GA Inf.   H. L. Hamilton    6722 GA Art.

L. A. Wise   591SC Art.    A. J. Brown  567   GA Cav.

M. J. Green  5761   GA Inf.    John Gay 625   GA Cav.

S. Oglesby  5754GA Inf.    Remer Franklin6261GA Inf.

I. L. Smith     58 5GA Cav.        H. C. Evans     53   Capers Batt.

Jack Mikell 56 GA Art      W. P. Roundtre   625 GA Cav.

F. G. Hodges775 GA Cav.        John D. Ford     825  GA Cav.

W. O. Darsey60   Chaplin   J. H. Smith  6012  GA Cav.

T. L. Wimberly  5732GA Inf.    Wiley Davis      575  GA Cav.

J. Grooms   6054GA Inf.    T. A. Waters 6047   GA Cav.[?}

H. G. Thain 641 NC Art     C. H. Shockley   568  GA Cav

W. S. Lee   55  State Tr.  John J. Mincep   701  GA Cav.

Dennis Kellar   56 5GA Cav.    D. C. Proctor    7147 GA Inf.

Jas. R. Hall615GA Cav.     S. S. Davis  5947 GA Inf.

D. J. Brunson   625GA Cav.     G. W. Waters     54        GA Militia

John Martin 62 5GA Cav.    A. Britt  8450 NC

P. G. Boykin6325GA Inf.    W. P. Bobbett     726 AL

W. J. Wilson61 5GA Cav.    W. H. Daniel 7663  GA

J. L. Tannerson 67 2GA Inf.    Allen Lee    567   GA

S. J. Williams  615GA Cav.     David Strange7048  GA

S. H. Kennedy   6961GA Inf.    H. H. Bailey 5757  GA

J. L. Rimes 56   State Tr. William Davis5847  GA

M. B. Roberts   63 1GA Reg.    A. L. Cowart 705  GA Cav.

W. M. Henderson 595 GA Cav.    J. L. Cowart     5757 GA Inf.

J.C.Hollingsworth 62 25GA Inf.     J. I. Kingery    6749 GA Inf.

J. J. Brewer635 GA Cav.    T. J. Morris  613  SC Cav.

NameAgeReg.Serv.NameAgeReg.Serv.

L. M. Lanier    6025GA     D. L. Kennedy    6647 GA Inf.

J. H. Frisbee   5610FL     W. M. Drew   644   GA Inf.

W. M. Gayer 5514GA     Jas. A. Fulcher  5522  GA Art.

E. J. Kennedy   571 GA     Madison Woods6022  GA Art

J. J. Kickliter 605 GA Cav.    W. W. Pool   6261  GA Inf.

Simon Waters5847GA Cav.    A. Cason 6712  GA Bat.

G. W. Lee   6047GA Cav.    J. W. Cowart     605   GA Cav.

S. Lamb 6354GA Cav.    E. S. Thompson579  GA Inf.

James Gould     5847   GA Cav.    B. T. Outland 7210 SC Inf.

Barber Waters   585GA Cav.     N. W. Woodcock   6447 GA Inf.

M. J. McElveen  625 GA Cav.    W. H. Wiggins6726 SC Inf.

Richard Woodrum 74     GA Militia  M. C. Jones  55   GA Art.

John T. Brannen 707 GA Cav.    W. N. Hall635  GA Cav.

A. J. Youngblood 58   7 GA Cav.    John M. Hendrix  5728 GA Inf.

H. I. Waters5747GA Inf.    Matthew Miller695  GA Cav.

Mack Jones  7047GA Inf.    W. D. Waters  6047GA Inf.

William Gould   819   GA       J. R. Brown   588  GA Inf.

B. L. Smith 5757 GA        J. V. Rowe6147 GA Inf.

W. R. Whitaker  553  GA    R. P. Binum   6528 GA Inf.

John Kennedy7345GA Inf.    J. M. Langford    6514 GA Inf.

J. R. Hunnicutt 5666GA     O. Dutton 6254 GA Inf.

Aleck Brannen   7547GA     A. Scarboro   7222 Bat Ar

A. J. Smith 615 GA Cav.    W. N. Lee 7347 GA Inf.

R. M. Williams  565 GA Cav.    G. R. Beasley605  GA Cav.

William Cason   6912GA     W. G. Sammons 5648GA Inf.

Michael Collins 79         Eli Kennedy   637  GA Cav.

C. S. Martin589 GA Inf.    J. G. Williams    5747 GA Inf.

Isaiah Parish   589 GA Inf.    H. C. Lee 5947 GA Inf.

O. A. Young     6848GA Inf.    R. R. Tucker  693  SC Cav.

W. B. Hart  5847GA Inf.    J. B. Groover 645  GA Cav.

J. T. Author    6127GA Inf.    J. K. Kirkland   601   SC Inf.

Millenton Waters625  GA Inf.   W. H. Lewis  6211 SC Inf.

Josh Ellis  6061GA Inf.    F. M. Warren 6261 GA Inf.

W. G. T. Woodrum 56    GA Reserve John Williford   753   GA Inf.

W. W. Dekle     572GA Stat.    W. W. Tinley 5748  GA Inf.

G. W. Williams  7047   GA Inf.    J. S. Cone5747 GA Inf.

W. J. Blackburn 542GA P.Corps     H. M. Burnsides   587  GA Cav.

Philip Morris   6529  GA      A. W. Waters  5554  GA Inf.

Henry Richardson 72   47  GA      James Bland   5847 GA Inf.

J. M. Newton    575 GA Cav.    E. W. Neance 7420 NC Inf.

Edmond Kennedy  765 GA Cav.    E. D. Holland    546   SC Reg

Joshua Hollaway 5761GA     W. H. West6810 SC Inf.

J. T. Black 5657 GA Inf.   Wiley Nessmith6149 GA Inf

John Holland567  GA Cav.   Ancil Alderman585  GA Cav.

NameAgeReg.Serv.NameAgeReg.Serv.

J. R. Brown     637      GA Cav.   E. Brady 6625GA Inf.

C. Green 5861    GA Cav.    J. T. Mikell    54 Ft. McAllister

M. Warren5661    GA Cav.   John Collins 55 Ft. McAllister

Jason Franklin   5722    GA Bat.   A. J. Waters    54    GA Militia

W. A. Hodges 605     GA Cav.   B. W. Durden    64 7  GA Cav

J. A. Nevil 58 5     GA Cav.   Robert Lester   7012  TX Cav.

William Hollaway 6061    GA Inf.   H. H. Moore 576   GA Res.

J. F. Rawls 7054    GA Inf.    L. W. Lee567   GA Cav.

E. W. Hodges625      GA Cav.   J. B. Flynt     5510  GA Cav.

Sol Akins   639GA Inf.     J. R. Proctor    6128 GA Inf.

Robert Akins795GA Cav.         A. S. Flynt  5610 GA Cav.

R. W. DeLoach   595GA Cav.     Robert Akins 5847 GA Inf.

Z.. T. DeLoach  585GA Cav.     Ira Dickinson    629  GA Inf.

Mike Dixon  6247GA Inf.    G. Lewis 5847 GA Inf.

H. Lawrence Conley 725  GA Cav.    P. G. Dickinson 68 47 GA Inf.

J. B. Waters    691GA Beg.     J. K. Hendrix5722 GA Inf.

M. L. Warren57    2State Tr.   A. E. Proctor6347 GA Inf.

J. K. Brannan   59     3GA Inf.    J. D. Jones 58     SC Art.

L. P. Woods 67     9GA Inf.    L. E. M. Williams 9947 GA Inf.

[Notes: About 40 of the veterans were members of the 5th Georgia Cavalry Regiment.

From the ages of al the veterans it appears many of them served when they were between the ages of 14 and 16 years old. * Readers may find it useful to use our genealogy page to locate which regiments included soldiers from a particular county.]

From Smith C. Banks we also have a picture of the Bulloch veterans at their 1911 Reunion below.

And this article about the Bulloch area reunion held in Metter (now Candler County) in 1906. This photo shows the members of Bulloch County Camp #1227 of The Confederate Veterans [Also contributed by Smith C. Banks. The caption below identifies some of the people in the photo.]

This photo taken on Wednesday, July 19th, 1911, shows over 100 members of Camp #1227 of the Confederate Veterans of Bulloch County at their annual reunion at the Jaeckel Hotel in Statesboro. The Hotel still stands in Statesboro and is listed on the National Historic Register. More than 2,000 people attended the soldier’s reunion to hear speeches and share in the event.  The lady in the center is Miss Inez Williams, Sponsor of Camp #1227. Some of the veterans in the photo include Elder A. W. Patterson, James Bland, Jacob Rocker, George Beasley, Remer Franklin, H.I. Waters, Sam Brack, John Turner, Jere Howard, Sam J. Williams, John A. Nevils, T. J. Whitaker, color bearer; Milenton Waters, E. W. Hodges, Alex Parrish, T. A. Waters, H.H. Bailey, Isaiah Parrish, Merida Hendrix, E.D. Holland, Jack Bowen, S.L. Moore, J.S. Hagin. This photo appeared in the July 26, 1911 issue of the Bulloch Times, but did not identify the veterans. The partial identification was made when the photo was reprinted in 1952. The home at the right is that of Dr. and Mrs. Paul Franklin Sr. (Photo courtesy of Smith C. Banks).