Jesse Mercer Brantley

Private

Co. A, 28th Regiment

Confederate States of America

March 20, 1820 – March 29, 1876

Son of Thomas Brantley and Martha Young; Husband of Mary Elizabeth Smith, who was the daughter of Joseph Duty Smith and Rebecca E. Joiner and the Great Granddaughter of Colby Smith

Young Family Cemetery, Tennille, GA

James Allen Hunt

Captain

Co. A, 28th GA Infantry

Confederate States of America

October 10, 1840 – September 29, 1897

Hunt enlisted July 11, 1861 as a Private in Co. F, 14th GA Infantry. He transferred to Co. A, 28th GA Infantry and was appointed 3rd Sergeant on September 10, 1861. He was elected Jr. 2nd Lieutenant on September 11, 1862, 2nd Lieutenant on September 13, 1862, 1st Lieutenant on May 20, 1863 and finally promoted to Captain. James Allen Hunt was the husband of Hannah Ruthie Smith, who was the daughter of Rev. Isaac Smith and Arsenia Brantley, and also Granddaughter of Colby Smith

Young Family Cemetery, Tennille, GA

Rev Charles Thomas Smith

13th GA Regiment

Confederate States of America –

May 1, 1833 – October 6, 1907

Smith enlisted on March 4, 1862. He was the son of Reverent Isaac Smith and Arsenia Brantley and the husband of Nancy Burnett Smith. He was also the grandson of Colby Smith

Young Family Cemetery, Tennille, GA

Colesby (Colby) Smith

North Carolina Militia

American Revolutionary War

June 1751 – 1835

He was the husband of Rebecca Anne Henry Smith

Young Family Cemetery, Tennille, GA

Eli Smith

Private

Co. K, 5th GA Reserves

Confederate States of America

1821 – March 18, 1865

Eli Smith enlisted in Macon in 1863-1864. (Pension affidavit by his wife, Mary Smith, says he enlisted September 1863.) He was sent home on February 12, 1865, with measles and typhoid dysentery in helpless condition dying a month later, March 18, 1865. His company carried his name on their roll until surrender in December 1865. He was the son of George Smith and Lavenia Phillips and husband of Mary Ann Smith Smith, who was the daughter of John Smith and Catherine Young. He was also the grandson of Colby Smith

Young Family Cemetery, Tennille, GA