Notes:

NOTE 1./ Name: Jeptha M Whitaker , Residence: Decatur County, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 02 December 1861 ; Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Confederacy ; State Served: Georgia ; Unit Numbers: 379
Service Record: Furlough (Home wounded close of war) ; Enlisted as a Private on 02 December 1861
Enlisted in Company I, 31st Infantry Regiment Georgia on 02 December 1861. Wounded on 19 September 1864 at Winchester, VA

NOTE 2./ Company I, 31st Regiment Muster Roll Georgia Volunteer Infantry Decatur County, Georgia
Arnett Rifles

This company was organized at Bainbridge, Ga. November 11, 1861. Was ordered to report to Camp Wilson near Savannah, Ga., November 21, 1861. Marched from Valley of Virginia near Winchester to Fredericksburg, Va., arriving there December 1, 1862. Engaged in battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862. Left Fredericksburg for Culpeper Court House, Va., May 4, 1863, and arrived there June 5, 1863; from thence to Winchester, where they engaged in battle; thence to Wrightsville, Pa., and back to York, where they arrived August 10, 1863. Engaged in the battle of the Wilderness May 5, and 6, 1864, and the battle of Spotsylvania on the 8, 10, 12 and 19 of May 1864, leaving there May 22, 1864; thence to Hanover Junction and to Mechanicsville and engaged in battle June 2, 1864. Moved near Cold Harbor June 8, 1864; left there on the 13 and marched near Charlottesville, Va., and took the train for Lynchburg, arriving there on the 17, and on the 18 fortified and made ready for the enemy. On the 19 followed the
retreating foe toward Salem, Va., arriving there June 21, 1864; from thence to Staunton and Martinsburg, arriving on July 2. On July 4, cross the river into Maryland, and were engaged in the battles of Monocacy, Washington, Snicker's Gap and Winchester. On July 24, was engaged at Newtown and again at Winchester on July 17, 1864.

CSA married Easter Morning SLADE about 1867 in Decatur County, Georgia. Easter was born on 22 Jan 1846 in Georgia; died on 31 Dec 1931 in Decatur County, Georgia; was buried in Whitaker Cemetery, Decatur County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Missouri WHITAKER was born on 02 Feb 1868 in Decatur County, Georgia; died on 13 Oct 1908 in Decatur County, Georgia; was buried in Whitaker Cemetery, Decatur County, Georgia.
2. Georgia Ann WHITAKER was born on 11 Sep 1872 in Decatur County, Georgia; died on 20 May 1940 in Decatur County, Georgia; was buried in Whitaker Cemetery, Decatur County, Georgia.
3. Sarah (Sallie) W WHITAKER was born in Sep 1876 in Decatur County, Georgia; died on 14 Jun 1951 in Decatur County, Georgia.
4. Elizabeth WHITAKER was born in Sep 1878 in Decatur County, Georgia; died on 01 Aug 1957 in Decatur County, Georgia.
5. Jeptha James WHITAKER was born on 28 Dec 1878 in Decatur County, Georgia; died after 1918.
6. William Henry WHITAKER was born on 07 Mar 1880 in Decatur County, Georgia; died after 1930 in Decatur County, Georgia.
7. Mark Edmond WHITAKER was born on 01 Apr 1883 in Decatur County, Georgia; died after 1930 in Decatur County, Georgia.
8. John Thomas WHITAKER was born on 28 May 1885 in Decatur County, Georgia; died on 19 Oct 1941 in Decatur County, Georgia; was buried in Whitaker Cemetery, Decatur County, Georgia.
9. Lola WHITAKER was born in Nov 1887 in Decatur County, Georgia; died after 1930 in Decatur County, Georgia.

Notes:

NOTE 1./
Georgia State census, 1850, Decatur County, District #22 (Reel #M432-67 Page 85 b, shows a Joel Whitaker, age 31, laborer, with the same HN and FN as the Wealthy and M. Whitaker family. His relationship to the family is unknown.

NOTE 2./
CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: GA COUNTY: Decatur DIVISION: District No. 22 REEL NO: 432-67 PAGE NO: 85A
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LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE
35 869 869 Whitaker M. 37 M Farmer GA
36 869 869 Whitaker Wealthy 31 F GA
37 869 869 Whitaker May 14 F GA
38 869 869 Whitaker Candacy 12 F GA
39 869 869 Whitaker Louisa 10 F GA
40 869 869 Whitaker Wm. 8 M GA
41 869 869 Whitaker Marion 5 M GA
42 869 869 Whitaker Richard 3 M GA

NOTE 3./
1870 Decatur Georgia Census:
Mark J Whitaker Cooper, Decatur, GA abt 1817 South Carolina White Male
Weltha Whitaker Cooper, Decatur, GA abt 1821 Georgia White Female
Eliza A J Whitaker Cooper, Decatur, GA abt 1841 Georgia White Female
Richard B Whitaker Cooper, Decatur, GA abt 1848 Georgia White Male
Zachriah Whitaker Cooper, Decatur, GA abt 1852 Georgia White Male
Martha Whitaker Cooper, Decatur, GA abt 1855 Georgia White Female
Sarah A Whitaker Cooper, Decatur, GA abt 1860 Georgia White Female

Mark married Wealthy GAY on 20 Dec 1835 in Early County, Georgia. Wealthy (daughter of JoshuaSr GAY and Mary UNKNOWN) was born on 07 Mar 1819 in Early County, Georgia; died on 13 Sep 1883 in Decatur County, Georgia; was buried in Whitaker Cemetery, Decatur County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

JoshuaSr married Mary UNKNOWN. Mary was born in 1776 in Georgia; died after 1850 in Early County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]