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Elbert Mathis

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lowndes County, Georgia, United States
Death: November 11, 1915 (79)
Berrien County, Georgia, United States
Place of Burial: Cat Creek Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Lowndes, GA
Immediate Family:

Son of David Mathis and Sarah A. Mathis
Husband of Isabella Elizabeth Mathis and Martha Susan Mathis
Father of Julia C. Ray (Mathis); Winford Mathis; Sarah Peters Horne; Alonzo David Mathis; Frances "Frankie" Williams and 7 others
Brother of William David Mathis; Phoebe Graddy (Mathis); G. Wiley Mathis; John J. Mathis; Jerusha Dobson (Mathis) and 6 others

Occupation: Farmer
Managed by: Vance Barrett Mathis
Last Updated:

About Elbert Mathis

He was a Confederate sharpshooter. He was captured at Chickamauga and escaped. He was recaptured and taken to Rock Island IL and imprisoned. He was released in a prisoner exchange in 1864, and returned to the Confederate states, where he was assigned to its secret service.

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Elbert Mathis's Timeline

1836
October 4, 1836
Lowndes County, Georgia, United States
1859
May 2, 1859
Berrien County, GA, United States
1860
May 22, 1860
Berrien Co., GA
1863
October 21, 1863
Berrien County, Georgia, United States
1866
July 7, 1866
Berrien now Cook, GA, United States
1869
February 19, 1869
Berrien County, GA
1871
October 6, 1871
Berrien Co., GA
1874
March 30, 1874
Berrien, GA
1876
1876