| SPARKS OF SECESSION - WESTVILLE 1861 SECESSION AND STEWART COUNTY |
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| 19th CENTURY FEATURES OF LUMPKIN, GA - Local militia "Stewart County Guard" fights off Creek Indian attacks in 1835-1836. Disbanded 1850. - Bedingfield Inn (built 1836) - Masonic Female College is razed in 1852 - No railroads till 1886. The railroads had been built in the 1850s to the north and south of Lumpkin which led to a slow decline. - Wooden Courthouse until 1895. - Cotton was its primary crop. (3rd largest cotton producing county in GA.) - Major stagecoach hub. - City in decline by 1861 due to soil erosion, population decline and the lack of a rail station. - 1860 population of Lumpkin was 1,476. - 1860 population of Stewart County was 13,422. - Civil War Infantry regiments included: 2nd GA Infantry - "Stewart Grays" (one company) 21st GA, Company I - "Stewart Infantry" - Notable People of Lumpkin, GA / Stewart Cty, GA Gen. Clement Evans 39th GA Infantry Prentiss Stanley Co. d, 12th Bn. GA Cavalrty - son of Loverd & Elizabeth Bryan Johan George Singer - Singer Shoemaker Shop - son: Joseph Singer - 2nd GA Inf "Stewart Grays" - son: John Singer - Co. E, 31st GA reg. Temperence Carr - Widow to George Singer (Johan's uncle) and GGGGGGrandmother to 1st lady Roslyn Carter. John Singer II - Tailor and Johan's Brother. Edward McDonald - son of Scottish immigrants and wealthy cotton warehouse owner. James John McDonald - Edward's eldest son. Col Crew's cavalry - Iverson's GA Brgde. Lizzie Rutherford - (from Columbus, GA) Active in the Soldier's Aid Society. |
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