Born: 1836 in Coweta, Georgia Died: January 10, 1863 of Pneumonia and Typhoid Buried: Blanford's Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia. This military cemetery is close to the Crater.
Enlisted August 1, 1861, in Carrollton, GA at age 25, in Capt. L. J. Smith's Co, Clairborne's Regiment Partisan Rangers. This Company subsequently became Co. B 7th Confederate Cavalry. On reports as sick and wounded in 1st North Carolina Hospital, Petersburg, Virginia, January 1863.