Confederate Veterans Monument - Jeffersonville, GA  UPDATE!! We're very pleased and thankful to report that the Twiggs County Confederate monument is now located on the courthouse lawn where it always should have been. Many thanks to the Sidney Lanier Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC), the Georgia UDC, BG Edward Dorr Tracey Camp SCV, The Camp of the Unknown Soldier, Georgia Division SCV, Clark Memorials and others for making this happen. There are still plans to repair the broken rifle on the soldier, but for now the monument is located in a safe place and no longer in danger of collapse. Twiggs County Monument Earlier in 2014 Twiggs County Monument After relocation to county courthouse lawn December 2014 The Confederate Monument to Twiggs County Confederate Veterans (and all Confederate Veterans) was previously located in an inappropriate location next to a fried chicken eatery.  See the 2003  photographs below  as well as the names of Twiggs veterans and a message from Russ Huffman below. Twiggs County Monument Customers of the fried chicken eatery frequently use the pedestal as a picnic table and leave their trash and food scraps on the monument. Twiggs County Monument Note the rifle broken off, all that remains is the muzzle in the hands of the soldier and the rifle butt at the feet of the soldier as shown by arrows. Company E, 26th GA Infantry Faulk Invincibles (Twiggs County) Company G, 48th GA Infantry Slappey Guards (Twiggs County) The names and note from Russ Huffman below appeared as a full-page ad in the Twiggs County newspaper, The Twiggs Times New Era, on May 6, 2004. Confederate Veterans of Twiggs County Adkins Calvin Adkins John H. Adkins F. H. Adkins Henry H. Adkins Lewis Alexander Franklin Alexander Samuel Anderson Lawrence W. Anderson Christopher C. Anderson Daniel Andrews Isham G. Andrews Robin Andrews J. B. Andrews Thomas H. Andrews John C. Andrews Joseph B. Ard Andrew J. Ard George W. Ard James W. Ard Henry Ard John Ard Thomas Ard William F. Arnold George F. Arnold William H. Arrington Robert H. Arrington Thomas Asbell Andrew W. Asbell John Lewis Asbell Stephen F. Asbell George R. Averett Robert F. Balkcom LaFayette Balkcom W. T. Balkcom Bryant W. Balkcom William J. Banks John R. Barclay John A. Barclay Francis Sterling Barclay William D. Barnes James Barrentine William Barrington James Barrington Wilson B. Batchelor John W. Batchelor Richard J. Bateman Green Wood Bateman Robert W. Beall William Beckcom A. F. Belcher Robert L. Bennett Felix Bennett Lewis Berry Thomas A. Birdsong Robert Birdsong Benjamin F. Birdsong John J. Blackshear David Blackshear Isaac D. Blackshear William Blalock Sanders Blalock William J. Bobbett Joseph Bobbett William J. Bobbitt Thomas Bond Thomas John Bond Warren R. Boone Robert H. Bowden William W. Boynton Sidney H. Bozeman J. William W. Bridger Benjamin H. Brown James N. Brown George W. Bryan Clem Bryant George Thomas Bullard Charles Bullard Henry H. Bullard Ira Bullard Wiley Bunn Henry Bunn Judson S. Burch Joseph E. Burkett Asa Burkett Solomon Burkett Joseph U. Bush Moses H. Calhoun Branson D. Cannon James Carter Charles H. Champion E. F. Chance William B. Chance William C. Chapman John C. Chapman John Iverson Chapman William M. Chisolm Albert F. Chitty William J. Chitty Nathan G. Churchwell William Clance John Clance Reuben M. Clance Wiley Clance William H. Clarke Henry J. Coley John B. Coley Richard H. Coley W. H.H. Collins Acrael J. Collins Ethridge Collins Jacob Collins James Durham Collins John 0. Collins Levin M. Cook George W. Coombs James T . Coombs William H. Cottingham Timon Cranford Lewis M. Cranford James Lewis Cranford James T. Cranford Lewis F . Cranford William J. Cranford Benjamin Cranford James Cranford John Cranford Stephen Cranford Washington Cranford William F . Cranford James Martin Cranford William Cranford James Martin Crocker William H. Crocker Evans L. Crocker Ezekiel W. Crocker D. Early Crosby A. G. Crosby George Crosby Tilmon D. Daniel Aaron Daniel Moses Darlington James W. Davidson Aaron Davidson James Davis John Davis Andrew J. Davis Daniel D. Davis Jonathan Davis Wiley W. Davis Henry Davis Lewis Day William F. Day James DeFore Hiram Dennington Charles Denson Elias J. Denson John Berrien Denson Tillman S. Denson Joel J. Donnally Patrick Durden Kennedy B. Dye William M. Dyer John D. Dyer Thomas Dyer William Dykes J. D. Edmonds William A. Edwards Washington Ellis James D. Ellis Mathew A. Ellis John B. Ellison James B.M. English J. M. Epps Willis E. Epps Edward C. Epps John J. Epps Daniel T. Epps El bert D. Evans H. Jackson Evans Daniel Evans Robert Evans William N. Evans John S. Evans William C. Evans H. Jackson Evans James F. Evans Robert H. Everett John Barrett Everett Floyd Farmer Gabriel M. Flowers Martin Floyd Everett Floyd E. M. Floyd Henry Floyd William F. Folsom James M. Fountain John H. Fowler John T. Fowler Michael A. Fowler Samuel Robert   Frasure C. E. Gardner John L. Gilmore George W. Glover George R. Glover John T . Glover William Walker Goodman William Gorman J. B. Grantham Henry G. Green Thomas Green Robert Green Wesley Griffin Eli Shorter Hammerick William J. Hammock Haywood Hammock Albert Hammock John Hammock J. Hammock William J. Hammock John A. Hardee James Hardee James M. Hardin Martin L. Hardy William B. Harrell William H. Harrison William J. Harrison John H.A. Harrison J. H. Hasty Henry C. Hasty Josiah W. Haywood William H. Hearn John Hearn Josiah W. Hearn William J. Hearn Willis Henderson Brady Henderson Ephraim Henderson John Henson Elam Jr . Henson William H. Henson Tillman Herrin David Herring Arthur A. Herring James C. Herrington Obediah A. Hill Jacob Y. Hill John Hill Needham Hitson Henry Hodges James W. Holland James B. Holliday Thomas H. Horton Isaac J. Horton John Howell Wright S. Howell Henry Howell John M. Howington John C. Hudson William M. Hughes El bert W. Hughes John Thomas Ives Daniel K. James George W. Jarvis Daniel W. Jarvis William Jessup Benjamin Jessup Samuel Jessup John H. Johnson Francis M. Johnson Kinchen J. Johnston Daniel H. Johnston John S. Jones Joel D. Jones Stephen Jones Archibald Baldwin Kendrick William M. Kennington Hiram Kennington James Kennington John Kennington William G. Kent James Elbert King Thomas M. Kitchens David H. Kitchens John F. Kitchens William L. LaGrange Eugene Lamb Andrew J. Lamb Arthur Lamb Samuel D. Lamb Thomas R. Lamb William F. Lamb Benjamin Lamb H. C. Lamb William D. Lamb William E. Land Jesse Land John C. Land Newton Lane William B. Lanier Alexander Lanier Avery Latson Francis Marion Lavarre Robert J. Lee William H. Lee Needham S. Lee George W. Lee Benjamin F. Lewis Whitfield Linton John W. Lipsey James W. Lockhart James Lord Jesse M. Lowe Franklin Lowe Thomas A. Lowe John Lowe Reuben Loyless Henry M. Lyles John H. Lyles William Frank Lyles William D. Maddox William Majors Solomon Manning Kennedy G. Manning Henry H. Mansel Edmund Marchman Irby H. Martin John Martin E. Branton Martin Green B. Martin Henry M. Martin Hiram J. Martin James W. Martin John M. Martin William F. Martin Joseph Mathis William D. Maxwell John T. Maxwell Joseph McCarthy Peter McConnel1 L. S. McConnel1 Richard M. McCoy James M. McCoy Warren S. McCrady James Henry McCrea Benjamin G. McCrea Thomas E. McCrea John A. McDonald John E. McGee William K. McLean D. N. McMillan Milton McWilliams Simeon Meadows James Meadows Peter C. Meeks William F. Mellana Martin Melton Jasper Melton Daniel B. Melton Jasper H. Methvin William F. Mims William H. Mims David Mohton Lewis M. Moore George John Moore Henry Moore Tillman R. Moore George Moore John T. Moore P. T. Morton Charles G. Murphy M. N. Myers Abraham D. Myers Joshua Myers Martin S. Nash Edwin A. Nash Linton A. Neal Moses Nelson Jared M. Nelson Franklin C. Nelson John Nelson Daniel N. Newberry James Newberry Levi New by Josiah Nichols Raney Nichols Yancy Nobles Bryant E. Nobles Willis Nolan Patrick Norris Isaac Norris Isiah B. O'Brien Francis T. O'Neal Obediah O'Neal Thomas Pace William H. Pace William H. Parker Benjamin Parker Henry Passmore Robert Pate Elijah   Pate Isaac Paul Robert W. Paul James R. Pearce Theophilus A. Pearson Franklin F. Pettis William J. Pettis William M. Phillips William T. Price Franklin Proctor Thomas Proctor Witt Pruett James F. Puckett James W. Puckett John E.B. Radford James L. Rasberry Sanders Read Joseph Alexander Read Russell Floyd Read William Hamilton Reynolds James M. Reynolds John Rhodes William H. Rice Ulysses A. Richardson Edmond A. Rickerson John P. Roberts William H.H. Robertson Thomas Jefferson Rodgers James M. Rodgers Joseph Rogers Stephen Rogers John Rogers Peter Rooks William J. Ryle Coates Ryle David J. Sanders Jeremiah Sandiford George W. Sandiford Henry J. Sandiford Joseph J. Sandiford James A. Sapp Jesse Sauls Theophilus Sauls K. Y. Sessions Abner D. Shine John F. Shockley A. J. Sketoe William S. Slappey Mathew E. Slappey Robert R. Smallwood Wilkinson Smith John Smith George Smith Thomas Smith H. D. Smith Henry J. Smith John Thomas Solomon Hartwell L. Solomon Marcus E. Solomon John W. Solomon Ruffin A. Southall Benjamin F. Stafford Joshua Stafford Joshua C. Steely William B. Stevens Hartley Stevens Josiah Taylor Seaborn Taylor Charnick Taylor Richard A. Tharpe Simeon Tharpe M. A. Tharpe Alexander C. Tharpe Charnick Tharpe Judson Thompson Heywood Thompson Thomas Thompson Tucker Thompson Cordor Tidwell John Tidwell Roland T. Tidwell Jonathan Tyson Henry Vandiver William T. Vann Appling Vann Reuben Vann Edward Vaughn George L. Vinson Benjamin Vinson John P. Vinson Joseph Wade Doc Wall James B. Wall Trussel Claybourne Wall William B. Waiters J. A.J. Ward James Horace Ward Patrick H. Ward Thomas Warren Thomas Abner Watts Henry S. Welch Elisha West John W. West Reuben West Henry Wester Hezekiah White Nelson C. White William Whitehead Henry J. Whitehead Romaldo R. Whitehead Henry J. Whitfield Lewis Wilkinson John W. Williams Franklin Williams Allen Williams Benjamin Williams John W. Williams Joseph Williams John Williams Jesse Williams Thomas Willingham D. S. Wimberly Frederick D. Wimberly Edward Wimberly Fred D. Wimberly Fred E. Wimberly George E. Wimberly John L. Witt James S. Wood John L. Wood Phillip J. Wynne Haywood H. Wynne Alcanon R. Wynne Needham W. Wyse Joseph W. Yearty David H. Yeomans Ashford Young John Young John B. Zachry William T. **End List** **Not 100% complete** Sons of Confederate Veterans Click for more info You probably recognize most of the last names on this list above. Look through the Jeffersonville phonebook and you'll see many of them. These are names of soldiers who served with the Confederate States of America during the War for Southern Independence. These men are honored on the monument that now stands across the railroad tracks from the Twiggs County Courthouse. These brave men, many of whom are your ancestors, marched off to war leaving their wives, children, families, and possessions. Some were gone from home for four years or more. Some returned maimed or crippled for the rest of their life. Some never made it back to Georgia soil. They suffered and died to protect their homeland and to preserve a free and independent republic, a republic of sovereign states that would control their own destiny, a republic where an all-powerful, central, federal government did not exist. These men were much like our present-day soldiers who have left all behind to go to Iraq and defend our home and principles. The politics of their government are inconsequential. They were called to duty and they answered. The Monument to Confederate Soldiers honors the men, the individuals that did their duty and marched off to war. It does not represent any government or ideology. These men, like all veterans, deserve to be honored. The monument has been in the same location since 1911. At that time there were no businesses encroaching on the site, but over time, the monument's location has become unsuitable. Vandals have done their work on the statue, and weeds grow in the cracks between the stones. Just across the tracks is a newly- renovated Courthouse with ample grounds to relocate the memorial to its rightful place of honor. All it takes is a "go-ahead" from the Twiggs County Commissioners. Not one penny of tax money will be used. The relocation cost will be borne solely by contributions. Don't your ancestors deserve better than this? Call your County Commissioners (numbers above) and demand that the monument be allowed on the Courthouse grounds. Sign a petition to that effect. Show up at the Commissioners office in mass when the next meeting concerning the monument is held. Help beautify downtown Jeffersonville by making right this disgrace we have endured for so long. Please sign the petition at Napa Auto Parts in Jeffersonville or call Russ Huffman at 478-945-3031. You may also call Russ if you see an ancestor on this list and would like more information concerning his service record or if you want information on joining the Sons of Confederate Veterans.  ---Russ Huffman