William Thomas Giles

CLARKE COUNTY, GA - MILITARY - Co. C, 44th Reg JOHNSON GUARDS - Clarke County - CSA

Giles, William T. -- Private - March 4, 1862. Died of chronic diarrhoea and measles in General Hospital at Danville, Virginia, October 22, 1862.

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Perhaps no company in the army saw harder fighting than the Johnson Guards, commanded by Capt. Samuel P. Lumpkin and attached to the 44th Ga. Regiment, Doles Brigade....

Of the enlisted men, J. H. Jackson, J. A. Adams, J. P. Biggs, A. Burger, D. R. Butler, H. F. Carter, W. East, W. B. Edwards, W. T. Giles, J. W. Hunt, W. P. McWhorter, B. T. Owen, J. J. Owen, H. Simonton, T. J. Thompson, A. Whitehead, S. J. Wilcoxson and W. W. Willoughby died from disease and all of them died in the first year of their enlistment.

"Annals of Athens, Georgia, 1801-1901" by Augustus Longstreet Hull, Banner Job Office, 1906

These sketches were for the most part first published in the Southern Watchman in 1879.

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CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE: Georgia COUNTY: Gwinnett DIVISION: Harbens Division REEL NO: M432-71 PAGE NO: 163A

REFERENCE: Enumerated 29 August 1850 by Daniel N. Pittman

1   488  488 Giles          Eli            58   M    W       Farmer         450       SC

2 488 488 Giles Jane 50 F W SC
3 488 488 Giles William T. 18 M W Schoolmaster SC
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William T. Giles married Mary C. Lowe, Walton, Georgia, 30 Dec 1851

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1860 US Census, 478th District, Gwinnett, Georgia, United States

William Jiles M 30 S C

Mary Jiles F 28 Ga

Elizabeth Jiles F 5 Ga

John Jiles M 3 Ga

Infant Jiles F 0 Ga

Jane Jiles F 65 Ga [Jane Pharr Giles]

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