Troop K
McIntosh County, Georgia
OFFICERS & STAFF
Captain Octavious Caesar HOPKINS served as a Lieutenant in the McIntosh Dragoons (1850) and later as Captain (1853). He served as Captain until he was wounded at the Battle at Noon Day Church, near Atlanta, Georgia, in 1864.
Captain William Henry ATWOOD was elected 1st Lieutenant, in Captain O. C. Hopkins Company (McIntosh Light Dragoons) of the 1st Georgia Cavalry Battalion, on 15 May 1862. He was transferred to Company K, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. He was promoted to Captain in June 1864 and was paroled on 26 May 1865 at Hillsboro, North Carolina. [HOUSTON]
1st Lieutenant Allen McDONALD
2nd Lieutenant George W. FARIES
Jr. 2nd Lieutenant C. H. HOPKINS
1st Sergeant C. R. WALKER (transferred to "G" Troop)
1st Sergeant John Middleton enlisted in the Confederate Army as a Private in 1862, in Captain 0. C. Hopkins' Company 1st Georgia Cavalry Battalion. He transferred to Company K of the 5th Georgia Volunteer Cavalry in March 1863. After First Sgt. Walker transferred to the Liberty Independent Troop, Company G 5th Georgia Cavalry. Private Middleton was elected First Sergeant of the Company K and served as such for the remainder of the war. He was with the company at the time of surrender and was paroled at Bentonville, North Carolina. [FAM REC - Tommy D. Houston]
John Middleton, son of Robert Middleton and Elizabeth Howard, was born ca 1825 in McIntosh County Georgia, the son of Robert and Elizabeth (Howard) Middleton. He owned a plantation near Bobtown in now Long County Georgia. He married Celia (?) 1855. She was born 20 August 1834 and died 20 March 1876. She is buried in Middleton Memorial Cemetery in now Long County Georgia. He was the brother of Dr. Jim Middleton of Bobtown, who practiced medicine in the lower part of Liberty County for years. [FAM REC - Tommy D. Houston]
Ordnance Sergeant William F. PARKHURST
Sergeant D. Y. DAVIS
Sergeant John DESVERGER
Sergeant E. D. FENNEL
Sergeant George R. McDONALD
Sergeant Benjamin B. ROZIER
Sergeant E. R. POPPELL
Sergeant E. R. POWELL
Sergeant Thomas Jefferson "Bud" Chapman enlisted in Captain O. C. Hopkins Company of the 1st Battalion Georgia Cavalry on 20 Aug 1862, near Darien Georgia. The Company was transferred as Company K, of the 5th Georgia Cavalry Regiment on 20 Jan 1863, and Bud was elected Sergeant in the unit. He was at the surrender on 26 Apr 1862. He walked back from North Carolina to Georgia.
Thomas Jefferson "Bud" Chapman, son of John CHAPMAN and Elizabeth DELK, was born 22 Aug 1844, in the Jones Creek Community of Liberty County. He was appointed Notary Public and Ex-Officio Justice of the Peace in the 24th GM District of Liberty County by Governor W. J. Northern on 7 January 1894. It is said that although he had no formal legal training, he gave legal advice and was often referred to as "squire."
Married three times (1) Christina Fletcher (1844-1870), (2) Mary Alverda BAGGS (1859-1899) and (3) Alice Linwood SMITH (1866-1954). He was the father of eleven children, nine of which reached adulthood. The first five children by his first wife, the next five by his second, and the last child by his third wife. Children: ELLEN TALULAH, b.2/15/1871; TALLIE CHRISTINE, b.4/17/1873; JOHN TAYLOR, b.2/20/1875; THOMAS FLETCHER, b. 8/25/1878; ANNA E. R. LEIGH, b.3/4/1884; RUBY (Twin), b.6/11/1892 - d.6/13/1892; RUTH (Twin), b.6/11/1892 - d.7/24/1892; MARGARET ELIZABETH, b.2/19/1894; CLYDE LAMAR, b.5/22/1895; MARY BERNICE, b.1/10/1899; EDNA A., b.1/2/1901. [FAM REC Col Clyde Larmar Chapman, Jr. Grandson of Sergeant Thomas Jefferson (Bud) Chapman.]
Corporal D. J. E. BROUGHTON
Corporal Charles C. CARPENTER
Corporal Elisha McDONALD
Corporal Daniel W. YOUNG enlisted in Captain Hopkins Company, 1st Battalion Georgia Cavalry on 1 Oct 1861. He was transferred to Company K, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. Record for 31 Dec 1864, last on file, lists him as AWOL since 1 Oct 1864. Pension records note he was left at Atlanta with a dismounted detachment, he being without a mount, in Sep 1864. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSIONS ON LINE PENSION # A04303]
Daniel W. YOUNG married Caroline Derverger, in McIntosh County, Georgia, on 19 Jan 1870. Daniel Young died in Walton County, Florida, on 26 Jul 1901. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSIONS ON LINE PENSION # A04303]
Corporal William M. YOUNG
Private William R. BROCK - Teamster
Private C. W. BROUGHTON - Teamster
Private G. T. McDONALD - Teamster
Private J. W. P. WHATLEY - Teamster
PRIVATES
J. G. ALEXANDER
J. W. L. ALEXANDER
J. A. ATWOOD
William D. BAGGS
Arthur BAILEY
R. A. BIRD
Jordan BOYETT
S. W. BROUGHTON
C. BRUNSON
William A. CAMPBELL
David CANNON
D. CASON
C. A. DAVIS
David DAVIS
Ivey DAVIS
Obed S. DAVIS
William S. DAVIS
Y. D. DAVIS was born in Darien, McIntosh County. He enlisted in 1864 and was with his Company at surrender in April 1865. He died 5 Jan 1913, in Chatham County, Georgia. [GSU PEN REC]
Edward Hopkins DAY enlisted in Captain Lamar's Company, Mounted Rifleman on 21 May 1862. He was transferred to Company K, 5th Georgia Cavalry, on 20 Jan 1863. Roll for 31 Dec 1864, last on file, lists him as AWOL. pension records indicate he was left dismounted at Atlanta just before General Wheeler's Tennessee Raid. Records show he was paroled at Thomasville, Georgia, on 19 May 1865. He married Mary E. Rose on 12 Jun 1870, in Florida. Edward H. Day died on 27 Apr 1883 at Jacksonville, Florida. [FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION RECORDS ON-LINE PENSION # A03339]
J. M. DAY
H. J. DRIGGERS
Jerden Driggers enlisted in Company E, 11th Battalion Georgia Volunteer Infantry as a private on 4 Mar 1862. He then enlisted in Company E, 2nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry on 21 Mar 1862. He transferred to Company K, 5th Georgia Cavalry on 20 Jan 1863. Private Driggers then transferred to Company C. He is listed as deserted near Darien, Georgia, 17 May 1863 . He was apprehended and returned to his command 4 Jun 1863. He again deserted on 21 Oct 1863, and again 27 May 1864 . Roll for 31 Dec 1864 , last on file, shows him absent without leave from 1 Oct 1864. Pension records state he "was captured at the fall of Savannah." Pension records also state he was ruptured at Dalton, Georgia in 1864, and sent to hospitals at Montgomery, Alabama, and Macon, Georgia. He was captured attempting to reach his command. No later record. [HEN - ANCESTRY.COM - GSU PEN REC]
Jerden Driggers was born 10 Mar 1819, in Bulloch County, Georgia. He died in Chatham County, on 21 Jul 1902. [HEN - ANCESTRY.COM - GSU PEN REC]
A. W. DUKES
J. P. DURANT
J. S. DURANT
Joseph DYAL
Thomas DYAL
L. B. EDWARDS
Hiram GIBBS
D. A. GLISSON
ARTEMUS GORDON enlisted in Captain O. C. Hopkins Company of the 1st Battalion, Georgia Volunteer Cavalry in early 1862. This unit became Company K of the 5th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Cavalry by General Order #20 on 20 Jan 1863. Artemus Gordon was included in the general order although he was seriously wounded prior to the formation of the 5th Regiment. According to Confederate Pension Records of the State of Georgia he was severely wounded by enemy gunfire while serving on picket duty on the coast of McIntosh County, Georgia on 1 March 1862. His wounds necessitated that his leg be amputated below the knee. He received a small pension of $100 per year for the loss of his leg and appears on "The Georgia Maimed Soldier Vouchers for 1889,1890,1891,and 1893. [FAM REC TOMMY HOUSTON - MIL REC TOMMY HOUSTON]
ARTEMUS GORDON was born in 1830 in Liberty County Georgia. He was a son of William Jesse GORDON and Amey HOPE. On 9 June 1853, he married Nancy A. BREWER daughter of James BREWER and Delilah SIMMONS. He was one of six Gordon Brothers that served in the McIntosh Light Dragoons, Company K of the 5th Georgia Cavalry. His brothers were Privates William Hendley GORDON , Samuel S. GORDON , James Madison GORDON, Jessie B. GORDON , and John S. GORDON. Artemus GORDON died in Walthourville, Georgia on 10 Sep 1895 and is buried at Elam Baptist Church Cemetery in Long County Georgia. [FAM REC TOMMY HOUSTON - MIL REC TOMMY HOUSTON]
James Madison GORDON
Jesse B. GORDON
John S. GORDON
Samuel S. GORDON
William Hendley GORDON
Henry C. GRACE
John GRIER
J. M. HARDEN
John HART
Elliot HOPE
Thomas HOPE
Thomas Weyman
Houston 
enlisted 14 Aug 1861, in Company F, 25th Georgia Volunteer Infantry for the
term of one year, by Lt. Col. Rockwell. This unit served for the most part
of the year on picket duty on the Georgia Coast, around the Savannah Georgia
Area. He was released by civil authority in 3 Jun 1862. On 3 Mar 1863, he
enlisted in Company K, 5th Georgia Cavalry for 3 years or the duration of
the war. He was in every action that the unit was engaged in. He was
hospitalized in the Atlanta Area, and died 25 July 1864. He is believed to
buried in the Confederate Cemetery at Kennesaw. [FAM
REC Tommy D. Houston]
Thomas Weyman Houston,
Thomas Weyman was a religious person, having belonged to the Methodist Church near his home that later became Middleton Memorial Church. He was a Master Mason, and a charter member of Altamaha Lodge No. 227, Free and Accepted Masons in Johnston Station, Ga. (Now Ludowici, Ga.) Thomas Weyman was a fairly well educated person, having attended McIntosh Academy.
H. HOWARD
John H. HOWARD
W. W. JONES
W. F. LADSON
Henry LANE
T. P. LANGLEY
D. R. McBRIDE
P. McDONALD
M. B. L. McDONALD
John McKINZIE
M. McQUAIG
W. T. McRAE
CAPEL RAIFORD MIDDLETON
CAPEL RAIFORD MIDDLETON, son of Alexander Goodby Middleton and Mary Townsend, was born in McIntosh County Georgia in October 1840. He was named for Reverend Capel Raiford , a noted Methodist Circuit Rider and Evangelist of that time that served the Methodist congregations in McIntosh County. Capel Raiford married (1st) Lucretia Nelson, daughter of William Bryan and Nancy (Pritchert) Nelson. Married (2nd) Olive Smith daughter of Neal Smith of McIntosh County Georgia on June 9, 1889. He resided in the Sand Hill Section of what is now Long County and had large herds of cattle, hogs, and sheep that ranged in the Altamaha Flatlands. He was brother of Sergeant Francis M. MIDDLETON, Henry H. MIDDLETON, and first cousin of Richard Benjamin MIDDLETON of Co. K. His older brothers Alexander middleton , and Lawson MIDDLETON were in H Company of the 5th. He died in 1914, and is buried in the Capel Raiford MIDDLETON family cemetery in now Long County Georgia. [FAM REC TOMMY HOUSTON]
HENRY H. MIDDLETON enlisted in Capt. O. C. Hopkins Company of the 1st Battalion Georgia Cavalry in Sep 1862. Henry transferred to Company K, 5th Georgia Cavalry Regiment, on 20 Jan 1863. On 24 Jan 1863, he was discharged by order of General Beauregard for a unnamed disability. [FAM REC Tommy D. Houston]
HENRY H. MIDDLETON, son of Alexander Goodby Middleton and Mary Townsend, was born in McIntosh County Georgia in October 1839. He died 28 December 1901, and is buried in Middleton Memorial Methodist Cemetery in Long County Georgia. [FAM REC Tommy D. Houston]
Richard Benjamin Middleton enlisted as a Private in Capt O. C. Hopkins Company of the 1st Georgia Cavalry Battalion. The unit became Troop K of the 5th Georgia Volunteer Cavalry by General Order in January 1863. He was wounded at Saltville, Virginia in late 1864. After the cessation of hostilities he walked back to McIntosh County, arriving there in May 1865. His duty assignments included horse agent and round up man, and hospital steward. After the war, he moved to one of his plantations next to Walthourville Village in Liberty County where he resided at his death in 1871. [FAM REC Tommy D. Houston]
Richard Benjamin Middleton, son of William MIDDLETON and Elizabeth RYALS, was born in McIntosh County in the Blues Reach section in 1830. In 1857, he married Mary Emily McGOWAN (1841-1905) of Liberty County, Georgia daughter of Gideon Alonzo McGOWAN and Nancy Ann SMITH (1818-1859). This union produced seven children. They were: 1. Dollie Corinne Middleton (1858-1929) m Columbus Swindell, 2. Joseph S. Middleton (1860-1927) m Elizabeth C. Simmons, 3. John McGowan Middleton (1862-1940) never married., 4. Nora Augusta Middleton (1865-1949) m Thomas Edgar Houston s/o Thomas Weyman HOUSTON and Esther BAGGS., 5. Georgia Matilda Middleton (1868-1935) m Henry SWINDELL., 6. Florence G. Middleton (1875-1910) m George B. FUTCH, 7. Harry B. Middleton (1879-1917) m Mattie LONG.
Richard Middleton owned extensive land holdings in that part of McIntosh County that is now in the eastern part of Long County referred to as Blues Reach section. He also owned rice plantations in the southern part of Liberty County east of Walthourville, GA. Part of his extensive holdings in McIntosh included a large tract in the Altamaha Swamp included Middleton Lake, named for him. Richard and Emily were charter members of the Middleton Memorial Methodist Church in Long County and are buried in the cemetery there. [FAM REC Tommy D. Houston]
BARNEY M. MURRAY
R. H. NAIL
John O'BRIEN
A. G. ODOM
B. F. ODOM
H. H. PARKER
J. C. PARKER
Solomon M. PARKER
W. D. PARKER
Hiram PEARSON
J. E. POPPELL
J. H. POPPELL
W.R. POPPELL
W. W. POPPELL
Fred ROWE
Rowan ROWE
Henry ROZIER
Isham ROZIER
Joel ROZIER
Luke ROZIER died at Camp Chase, Ohio, on 11 Nov 1864. CAMP CHASE WEB SITE
National ROZIER
W. B. RUSTIN
Benjamin RYALS
Isaac RYALS
J RYALS
J. W. RYALS
Jabez RYALS
Luke E. RYALS (Transferred to Company H.)
Thomas RYAN
William H. SALLETT
E. SMITH
James SNOWDEN
John SOMMERSALL
Adam STRAIN
Edward STRICKLAND
W. C. STRICKLAND
W. A. STRURDEVANT
William THOMPSON
Benjamin TOWNSEND
J. M. WARD
Howell WASDIN
Howell WASDIN was born on 22 Dec 1830, and died 12 Dec 1924. He is buried in Foster cemetery, Pierce County, Georgia. PIERCE COUNTY HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
J. B. WATERS
Peter WILLIAMSON
A. WYLLY
John T. YOUNG
Moses W. YOUNG
Robert D. YOUNG
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