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Name: Deaton, James M.
Rank: 2nd Lt
Unit: 24th GA Infantry, Company F
Born: 1842
Died: 5 Dec 1920
Militia age (if given): 

1860 Census:
Militia District/Post Office: 562 Cains
Age: 18
Father: Levi
Mother: Melinda
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: Levi
Mother: Melinda
Wife: 
Buried: Mount Moriah Baptist (MMB)

Roster Information:
Deaton, James M. -- Private - August 24, 1861. Elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant October 26, 1863. Absent, at home without leave, May 1864 -January 30, 1865. Pension records show be resigned on account of wounds August 1864. Elected Captain of Company B, 2nd Regiment Georgia Militia Cavalry September 1864, and surrendered at Kingston, Georgia May 12, 1865. (Born in Gwinnett County, Georgia February 1842.)