
“Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.” — George S. Patton
Antioch Baptist Church Veterans

Dewitt W. Armor
Private
Co. K, 63rd GA Infantry
Confederate States of America
1844 – July 17, 1930
Armor was captured April 12, 1865 in Salisbury, NC and sent to Camp Chase, OH May 4, 1865

William Sylvanus Collins
Co. G, 59th GA Infantry
Jackson’s Guards
Confederate States of America
December 14, 1834 – March 3, 1903

David Curry
Co. B, State Troops
Confederate States of America
July 25, 1849 – September 28, 1894

William H. Harrison
Sergeant
Co. B, 59th GA Infantry
Confederate States of America
November 9, 1840 – July 15, 1884
Harrison enlisted as a Sergeant in Macon on May 8, 1862. He was wounded July 10, 1862 and furloughed. He was then sent to Griffin as a Provost Guard and captured November 25, 1864 in Hancock County and sent to Point Lookout MD.

Ellis Johnson
Sergeant
Co. B, 59th GA Infantry
Confederate States of America
May 4, 1834 – July 6, 1895
On October 3, 1861, Johnson enlisted as a Private in Co. B, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade GA State Troops. He mustered out on April 3, 1862 and was then appointed 2nd Sergeant of Co. B, 59th GA Infantry. Johnson surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia

William Jasper May
1st Lieutenant
Co. B, 59th GA Infantry
Confederate States of America
Birth Unknown – August 24, 1863
William Jasper May enlisted Oct 3, 1861, at Washington County, Georgia, as a full Second Lieutenant. He mustered out on April 3, 1862. He then enlisted in Company B, 59th Georgia Infantry Regiment on June 16, 1862. He was subsequently promoted to full First Lieutenant on August 15, 1863. Died in the Hospital No. 4, at Richmond, Va., on the 24th day of August 1863, from the effects of Typhoid fever. (Find A Grave)

William Henry May
Private
Co. B, 59th GA Infantry
Confederate States of America
December 1, 1839 – June 29, 1915
May enlisted as a Private in Co. B, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade GA State Troops on October 3, 1861. He then enlisted as a Private in Co. B, 59th GA Infantry on May 8, 1862.

Raymon Thomas Norris
Technician Fourth Grade
United States Army
World War II
January 22, 1910 – September 15, 1965

James Freeman Walker
Private/Sergeant
Co. B, 59th GA Infantry
Confederate States of America
1829 – June 1, 1889
Appointed 5th Sergeant of Company B, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops October 3, 1861. Mustered out April 3, 1862. Enlisted as a private in Company B, 59th Regiment, Georgia Infantry August 15, 1862. Detailed on the East Tennessee, & Virginia, R. R., by order of General Longstreet, February 1864. Paroled at Augusta, Georgia May 20, 1865. (Find A Grave)

David N. Welch
Private
Co. D, 59th GA Infantry
Confederate States of America
July 1831 – February 27, 1903
