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Name: Head, James M[erritt]
Rank: Pvt
Unit: 12th GA Lt Artillery, Company C(3rd)
Born: 11 Sep 1829
Died: 9 May 1910
Militia age (if given): 

1860 Census:
Militia District/Post Office: 571 Rockbridge
Age: 31
Father: 
Mother: 
Wife: Susan
[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: James B.
Mother: Nancy Elizabeth Allen
Wife: Susan
Buried: Chestnut Grove Baptist (CGB)

Roster Information:
Head James M., Pvt., Enlisted 4/9/62, Gwinnett County, Received by transfer from Cobb's Legion Cav. 2/7/63, Captured Fisher's Hill 9/22/64, Exchanged 3/17/65, Furloughed for 30 days 3/21/65. 1850 Census list James M. Head age 20 living Gwinnett Co. in the household of James R. Head, a farmer. In the same household, Harrison and Washington Head, and John S. Head, a Revolutionary War Soldier. 1870 Census list James Head age 40 living Gwinnett Co. PR Applied 1/12/88 Gwinnett Co. due to deftness. Born Elbert Co. 9/11/29. Living in Loganville at the time of application. Discharged at Richmond 3/65 sick. Contracted Rheumatism while in prison at Point Lookout POW Camp, MD. A farmer, wife living, with 5 children, 2 boys and 3 girls, boys ages 34 & 28, girls ages 38,36, & 25, all married and left. Witness' David Bradford and W.E. Brown of Gwinnett Co. J.M. Head 9/11/29 - 5/9/10 buried Chestnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.