 1836 - Abt 1902 (65 years)
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 | 1860 Census - Elmina Howell family
White Plains, Greene County, GA - Names appear spelled as Hamill/Hawill/Howell - Elmira age 40, J M age 27, Alonzo age 24, Milla age 14 and William age 11. There is a listing above Elmina's for Jno M. Howell, no age listed, value of real estate 4,500; household value 13,700. |
| Histories |
 | The Howell Family
by Rev. James Hines Kilpatrick, transcribed by William Heard Kilpatrick and sent to me by Scott Kilpatrick. |
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| Name |
Matthew Alonzo Howell [3, 4] |
| Suffix |
CSA |
| Birth |
16 Jul 1836 |
Houston Co., Georgia  [5, 6, 7] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Resided |
1850 |
Hancock, Hancock, Georgia, United States [8] |
| Military Service |
1862 |
Winchester, VA |
| Phillip's Georgia Legion - Infantry Battalion - Company A - The Greene Rifles |
| Occupation |
1880 [9] |
| School teacher |
| FindAGrave URL |
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105837621 |
| FindAGrave ID |
105837621 |
| FamilySearch ID |
KLKN-W6Z |
| FamilySearch URL |
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KLKN-W6Z |
| Death |
Abt Apr 1902 |
White Plains, Greene County, GA [10] |
| Burial |
White Plains Baptist Church Cemetery, White Plains, Greene Co., GA [10] |
| Person ID |
I1790 |
Main |
| Last Modified |
8 Mar 2020 |
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| Notes |
- From "History of Greene Co., GA" p 228:
"In 1861 the school was taught by Alonzo Howell, a native of White Plains, a former graduate of the school and a graduate of Mercer University."
"In 1863 because of a scarcity of men due to the war, the school had its first woman principal, Mrs. Emma B. Howell, who had earlier taught music in the school."
He does not appear with the rest of the family on the 1850 census of Hancock Co., GA. He would have been 12 yrs old.
Listed as Howel (one L) in 1880 census.
My Search For John Stephen Jackson notes:
"He was a Confederate soldier, serving as a Private in Co. A, Phillip's Georgia Legion.
"Alonzo joined the White Plains Baptist Church on 18 Aug 1859, but was excommunicated the next year. He was a graduate of Mercer University, and in 1861, he taught the school at White Plains, i.e. the Dawson Institute."
Kurt Graham notes :
Alonzo Howell - Enlisted 3/1/1862, Discharged 9/25/1862 at Winchester, Va. - Phillips Legion Infantry - Company A - The Greene Rifles (CSA) [14, 15, 16, 17]
- (Research):Date: 5 Jan 2002 GMT
I descend from the Parrotts, Howells and Marchmans in the Greene/Hancock Co. area. Annette Parrott m. Alonzo Howell, who fought in the War Between the States. Alonzo Howell was the son of Elmina McBride b. 1816, d. 1882 and John Johnson Howell. (John Johnson Howell was the son of McKinney Howell and Mary Johnson). I am interested in finding out who Elmina McBride's parents were and where she was born. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.
Author: Cindy Brown <http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=author&r=rw&a=&ee=1GBkdsSFeBMVqX01VfEenPG4OegmhSXhMQlFTiNPybF&onok=http%3A%2F%2Fboards.ancestry.com%2Fmbexec%3Fhtx%3Dpostmessage%26r%3Drw%26p%3Dlocalities.northam.usa.states.georgia.counties.greene%26m%3D1224%26onok%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fboards.ancestry.com%252Fmbexec%253Fhtx%253Dmessage%2526r%253Drw%2526p%253Dlocalities.northam.usa.states.georgia.counties.greene%2526m%253D1224%26oncancel%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fboards.ancestry.com%252Fmbexec%253Fhtx%253Dmessage%2526r%253Drw%2526p%253Dlocalities.northam.usa.states.georgia.counties.greene%2526m%253D1224&showtime=true&showblobs=true>
elow from: http://www.angelfire.com/tx/RandysTexas/page4.html
The Phillip's Legion's Infantry Battalion formed the infantry component of this Georgia unit. As originally organized in 1861 the Legion contained six infantry companies (A -F) and four cavalry companies. During the spring of 1862, three new infantry companies, L,M and O, were recruited in Cobb and Bartow counties and added to the Infantry Battalion. These nine companies, retaining their original company letter designations, served throughout the remainder of the war. Like almost all Civil War Legions, the infantry and cavalry battalions of the unit were separated early in the war (July 1862).
As was the case with almost all Civil War units, the Legion's Infantry was frequently known by an alternate designation derived from the name of its commanding officer. Names of this type used by or for the unit are :
William Phillips' Infantry
Seaborn Jones, Jr.'s Infantry
Robert T. Cook's Infantry
E. Sandy Barclay's Infantry
John Norris' Infantry
Joe Hamilton's Infantry.
Shortly after being mustered into Confederate service at Lynchburg, Va. on August 9th 1861, the unit was ordered into the mountains of western Virginia (today's West Virginia) to serve in the Army of the Kanawha under General John B. Floyd. The unit endured brutal winter weather and disease until December 16, 1861 when it was ordered to South Carolina. The unit, now expanded with the addition of companies L, M & O, next served in the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. In July of 1862 the Battalion returned to Virginia as part of Thomas Drayton's mixed Georgia, South Carolina brigade, joining the Army of Northern Virginia. It was reassigned to General T R R Cobb's Georgia brigade in November of 1862 and continued to serve with the ANV until the late summer of 1863 when it was moved west to Georgia along with two divisions of Longstreet's Corps, serving in the Army of Tennessee at Chattanooga and later in the Department of East Tennessee during the Knoxville campaign. Returned to Virginia in April of 1864, the unit again served in the Army of Northern Virginia. In August of 1864, the unit joined the Army of the Valley District where it served in the Shenandoah Valley until November, 1864. Once again returned to the Army of Northern Virginia, the Battalion served in that Army for the duration of the war.
Specific higher command assignments of the unit are:
Oct. 16, 1861-Floyd's Brigade, Army of the Kanawha.
Nov. 12, 1861-First Brigade, Army of the Kanawha.
January 1862 -Attached, Sixth Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
June 1, 1862-Attached, Fourth Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
July 17, 1862-Drayton's Brigade, D.R. Jones Division, Longstreet's Command, Army of Northern Virginia.
Nov. 26, 1862-Cobb's Brigade, McLaw's Division, First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
January 7, 1863-Wofford's Brigade, McLaws Division, First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
September 1863- Wofford's Brigade, McLaws Division, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Tennessee
November 1863-Wofford's Brigade, McLaws-Kershaw's Division, Department of East Tennessee
May 1, 1864-Wofford's Brigade, Kershaw's Division, First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
August 31, 1864-Wofford's Brigade, Kershaw's Division, Army of the Valley District.
November 1864-Woffords-Dubose's Brigade, Kershaw's Division, First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
December 1864-DuBose's Brigade, Kershaw's Division, First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
Phillip's Legion, Georgia Volunteers --- Col. William Phillip's in command (until his resignation 2/13/1863)
Military Service:
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| Sources |
- [S671] 1880 U.S. Census, White Plains, Greene Co., Georgia; living with James H. Mapp and Austira.
- [SAuth] John Spencer Howell, Jr., John Spencer Howell, Jr., (http://www.jhowell.com/ jhowell@jhowell.com).
- [S1451] Annie Davidson Howell, House of Howell - Version 2 - commented by TB Rice, (3 pages. Transcribed by Albert Sidney Howell (courtesy Jim Brittain, Jr.)).
- [S1450] Annie Davidson Howell, House of Howell - version 1, (Transcribed by Albert Sidney Howell (courtesy Jim Brittain, Jr.) - version 2 has slightly different content than version 1.).
- [S691] Lisa Mapp, Lisa Mapp, (Manuscript received via email 5 May, 2003), "Abt 1838".
- [S1316] William Heard Kilpatrick, William Heard Kilpatrick, (Unpublished.), The Howell Family - "16 Jul 1836".
- [S689] 1850 U.S. Census, Appears Matthew A. Howell, age 14, born GA, Census of Hanckock Co., GA - http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ga/hancock/1850/pg0013a.txt.
- [S1701] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 23 Sep 2018), entry for Matthew Alonzo Howell, person ID MCZK-25F.
;Contributor: Mekinzie, mekinziemeeks@gmail.com
- [S671] 1880 U.S. Census.
- [S691] Lisa Mapp, Lisa Mapp, (Manuscript received via email 5 May, 2003).
- [S699] Thaddeus Brockett Rice and Carolyn Williams, Rice & Williams - History of Greene Co., (IBSN 0-87152 Data by Thaddeus Brockett Rice ; edited by Carolyn White Williams (Mrs. Carlton Candler Williams) ; with new index by Margaret H. Cannon), p. 553.
- [S1370] Julia Dyar, Julia Dyar, (Lagrange, GA), "my grandmother on my mother's side was Julia Howell Marchman. She was the daughter of Mary Antoinette Parrot and Alonzo Howell" - Letter to JSHJr rc'd 2 June 2006.
- [S1370] Julia Dyar, Julia Dyar, (Lagrange, GA), "they married in 1860" - Letter to JSHJr rc'd 2 June 2006.
- [S1567] John Guy Jackson, Jr., PhD, PE, My Search For John Stephen Jackson, (2006 Southern Historical Press, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina 29602-1267. (copies may be ordered from Augusta Genealogical Society, Inc. Post Office Box 3743, Augusta, Georgia 30914-3743 (706) 722-4073. ISBN 0-89308-840-0), p. 9-21.
- [S689] 1850 U.S. Census, Does not appear - http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ga/hancock/1850/pg0013a.txt.
- [S699] Thaddeus Brockett Rice and Carolyn Williams, Rice & Williams - History of Greene Co., (IBSN 0-87152 Data by Thaddeus Brockett Rice ; edited by Carolyn White Williams (Mrs. Carlton Candler Williams) ; with new index by Margaret H. Cannon), p. 228.
- [S1317] Kurt Graham, Kurt Graham, (galegion@bellsouth.net - http://www.angelfire.com/tx/RandysTexas/page4.html), http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/PhillipsLegion/InfCoA.html.
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