John Andrew White

In 1860 he was a 24 year old farm worker living with his parents and 6 siblings on their modest place in the Black Hall District, Fulton County, GA. He enlisted in Atlanta, GA and mustered there as a Private in Company C, 21st Georgia Infantry on 26 June 1861. He was wounded at Manassas Junction, VA on 26 August 1862.

He was with his Company in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was appointed 4th Sergeant by March 1863 and was slightly wounded at Chancellorsville, VA on 2 May 1863. He was 3rd Sergeant when he was wounded on 24 August 1864, place not given. There is no later military record.

In 1880 he was farming in Tallapoosa, Haralson County, GA but by 1900 and to at least 1910 was a farmer in DeKalb County, AL. In 1920 he was still farming, but he and his wife lived with their son Robert and his family there. Still with Robert, he'd finally retired by 1930. He died in 1933 at age 97.

His service from Henderson1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860 and 1880-1930. His gravesite is on Findagrave, as John Adams White; he's also seen as John Albert White. Thanks to a 3x great-grandson Tommie Morgan for the pointer to look into White and for a copy of his 1921 Alabama veteran's survey [also online from FamilySearch], in which he states his presence at Sharpsburg.

He married Susan Catherine Davenport (1849-1932) in April 1865 and they had 10 children.

08/28/1835; DeKalb County, GA

02/23/1933; Colbran, AL; burial in Mount Vernon Community Cemetery, Mount Vernon, AL