William Lawson West

A doctor's son, going by Lawson, in 1860 he was an 18 year old laborer living with his parents and 3 older siblings at Camilla in Mitchell County, GA. He enlisted there on 4 March 1862 and mustered as a Private in Company A of the 51st Georgia Infantry. The were renamed Company C by June.

He was sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD by 12 September, left behind, and captured there.

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to 18 September and afterward was a prisoner at Fort Delaware to 2 October, then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange, arriving there on 6 October. He was formally exchanged on 10 November to return to duty. He was was with his company to at least December 1864, the last muster roll in his file, surrendered on 16 May 1865, and paroled at Albany, GA on 19 May.

In 1870 he was back at Camilla, GA but by 1880 and to at least 1900 was a farmer in Colquitt County, GA. In 1920 he was living with his son William and granddaughters Pearl and Marward on Mitchell Street in Doerun, Colquitt County, GA.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1900, 1920. His memorial is on Findagrave.

He married Rhoda A Griner (1845-1923) in January 1865 and they had 10 children.

09/30/1844; Burke County, GA

03/15/1924; in GA; burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, GA