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Name: Thomas, W[infield] Scott
Rank: Capt
Unit: 16th Battalion GA Cavalry, Company K
Born: 
Died: 
Militia age (if given): 

1860 Census:
Militia District/Post Office: 562 Auburn
Age: 21
Father: Henry P.
Mother: Elen
Wife: 
[information in brackets is presumed based on other sources because the individual hasn't been located in the 1860 census]

Family Information: (not from census)
Father: Henry P.
Mother: Ellen E.
Wife: Mary C. Brand
Buried: 

Roster Information:
THOMAS, WINFIELD SCOTT: Captain, elected Captain 5/2/1864, pres. commanding detachment at Greenville, SC with 24 horses "passing through en route to Georgia" 5/28/1864, at Greenville, SC with 38 horses "passing through from Georgia to Western Virginia by order of Lt. Col. Wynn" 5/31/1864, received forage at Newton, NC 6/7/1864, received forage for 26 horses "in the field" 7/21 thru 9/30/1864, pres. at Greenville, TN 10/64, signed application of C. S. Thomas for reimbursement for horse 11/1/1864, prob. returned to GA to gather up stragglers 2/1865, his widow Mary C. Brand rec. GA Confed. widow's pension as res. of Upson Co., GA, res. of Gwinnett Co., GA in 1860, age 21, occ: farmer, family owned 11 slaves, son of Col. Henry P. Thomas (Henry P. Thomas was mem. of the GA Legislature and the Charleston Convention of 1860, owned 11 slaves and raised the first Confed. unit from Gwinnett Co., promoted to Colonel of the 16th GA Inf., KIA at Knoxville, TN 11/29/1863).