Georgia Military Records

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Many military records are found at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal archives. The U.S. Military Records article provides more information on federal records. Additional military records are at the Georgia Department of Archives and History. The following sources are also very helpful.

Forts
Fort Telfair 1790-95
 * Fort Charlotte
 * Fort Clinch 1847-
 * Fort Early
 * Fort Fidius 1793-97
 * Fort Frederica
 * Fort Hawkins 1806-17
 * Fort James 1797-1802
 * McPherson Barracks -- Textual records of this post, 1866-1881, including registers, reports, and correspondence, are in the National Archives and are described in Records of United States Army, Continental Commands, 1821-1920, under the section entitled Records of Posts, 1820-1940 (Record Group 393.7).
 * Oglethorpe Barracks 1821-51
 * Fort Prince George
 * Fort Pulaski 1862-73
 * Fort Scott1816-21
 * Fort Wayne 1821-23
 * Fort Wilkinson 1797-1806

For a list of Cherokee Removal Forts go to http://ngeorgia.com/history/cherokeeforts.html

Miscellaneous Wars
Lists of soldiers who served in Georgia military units include:


 * Georgia Secretary of State. Georgia Military Records, 1779-1842. Nine Volumes. [N.p.], 1940. (Family History Library microfilms .) Includes muster and pay lists.
 * Georgia Adjutant Generals Office. Military Records, 1782-1899. Six Volumes. [N.p.], 1957? (Family History Library microfilms .)] Includes payrolls, muster rolls, and lists of commissioned officers.
 * Clark, Murtie June. Colonial Soldiers of the South, 1732-1774. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1983. (Family History Library book .)
 * Georgia Executive Department. Military Commissions in the State Militia, 1798-1860. (Family History Library microfilms .)
 * "Register of the Georgia Society Colonial Dames of America" published 1904 (Google Books) - lists women who are members of the society and a description of the ancestors service.

Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
There are several published volumes of service records, bounty land certificates, and muster rolls. These include:


 * Davis, Robert S., Jr. Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1979. (Family History Library book .) This is listed in the Family History Library Catalog under GEORGIA - HISTORY.
 * Hemperley, Marion R. Military Certificates of Georgia, 1776-1800. Atlanta, Georgia: State Printing Office, 1983. (Family History Library book .)
 * Revolutionary Soldier's Receipts for Georgia Bounty Grants. Atlanta, Georgia: Foote and Davies Company, 1928. (Family History Library microfilm .)

The 1835 Pension Roll

On June 5, 1834, the U.S. Senate required the Secretary of War to submit a statement showing the names of pensioners who were on the pension rolls or had previously been on the pension rolls. For more information on the 1835 Pension Roll see Revolutionary War Pension Records. The 1835 Pension Roll of Georgia, which includes Revolutionary War pensioners and heirs of War of 1812 casualties is available online:


 * Report from the Secretary of War... Vol. III (Google Books)
 * The Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. III (Ancestry) ($)
 * Georgia Pension Roll of 1835 (USGenWeb Archives) - transcription.

Helpful but undocumented lists are:


 * Knight, Lucian Lamar. Georgia's Roster of the Revolution. 1920. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1967. (Family History Library .)
 * McCall, Ettie Tidwell H. Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia. Three Volumes. 1941. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968. (Family History Library book .)

War of 1812 (1812-1815)

 * War of 1812 pension records (fold3) (free access) are being digitized. Some soldiers from Georgia are listed in the records. Currently the records are only 2% complete.

Indian Wars (1780s-1890s)
Creek War (1813-1814)

A card index of Indian War soldiers is:


 * Alabama. Department of Archives and History. Indian War Service, 1812–1814. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (Family History Library film item 3.) This includes alphabetically arranged, typed cards for the Indian wars of 1813–1814 and the War of 1812. The films include each soldier’s name, age, residence, rank, and date enrolled and the date and amount of his pension payments (usually for the years of 1833–1834). Includes records of Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina soldiers, as well as Indian names.

Cherokee Disturbance and Removal (1836-1839)


 * "Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers who Served During the Cherokee Disturbances and Removal in Organizations From the State of Georgia" (NARA M907) (Worldcat) The Cherokees were removed to the Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma. The compiled military service records have not been microfilmed.


 * The above collection is also available online:
 * U.S. Army Indian Campaign Service Records Index (Ancestry) ($) - browsable only.

Civil War (1861-1865)


See Georgia in the Civil War for information about Georgia Civil War records, web sites, etc. with links to articles about the Georgia regiments involved in the Civil War. The regimental articles often include lists of the companies with links to the counties where the companies started. Men in the companies often lived in the counties where the companies were raised. Knowing a county can help when researching the families of the soldiers.

For information about African American troops, see United States Colored Troops in the Civil War to learn about the regiments and units that served from South Carolina.

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System allows name searching for soldiers. The result set gives the regiment for each soldiers. Then you can check the regiment page to determine counties. Often knowing the counties that had men in a regiment will help you determine if a soldier was your ancestor.

Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:


 * Georgia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers ( FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Georgia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Northeast Georgia Civil War Round Table Links

Spanish-American War (1898)
A list of soldiers who served in this war is Carlton J. Thaxton, et. al., A Roster of Spanish American Soldiers from Georgia (Americus, Georgia: Thaxton Company, 1984; Family History Library book ).

World War I (1917-1918)
World War I draft registration cards for men age 18 to 45 may list address, birth date, birthplace, race, nationality, citizenship, and next of kin. Not all registrants served in the war. For registration cards for Georgia, see:

United States. Selective Service System. Georgia, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1509. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1987-1988. (On Family History Library microfilms beginning with .)

To find an individual's draft card, it helps to know his name and residence at the time of registration. The cards are arranged alphabetically by county, within the county by draft board, and then alphabetically by surname within each draft board.

Most counties had only one board; large cities had several. A map showing the boundaries of individual draft boards is available for most large cities. Finding an ancestor's street address in a city directory will help you in using the draft board map. There is an alphabetical list of cities that are on the map. For a copy of this map see:

United States. Selective Service System. List of World War One Draft Board Maps. Washington, DC: National Archives. (Family History Library microfilm .)

World Wars I and II
The Family History Library has many military discharge papers on microfilm dating from 1917 to 1960. These are listed in the Family History Library Catalog under GEORGIA, [COUNTY] - MILITARY RECORDS. Photographs and service records of men who served in World War I are in Bert E. Boss, The Georgia State Memorial Book (N.p.: 1921; Family History Library microfilm ).

Web Sites

 * http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/topic/military/
 * http://www.georgiagenealogy.org/military.htm
 * http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~xander/georgia-records.htm