John Ivey Renfroe

In 1860 he was a 21 year old living with his parents, 8 siblings, and 10 slaves on their prosperous farm near Sandersville in Washington County, GA. He enlisted in Griffin (or Sandersville), GA on 8 or 11 September 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company B, 28th Georgia Infantry.

He was captured in action at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

He was paroled for exchange, date not found, admitted to a hospital in Richmond, VA on 14 October, and was there into March 1863, at least. He transferred to Company H, of the 49th Georgia Infantry by August 1863, and to Company C on 25 November. He was furloughed on 13 February 1865 and absent to at least 15 March with no later military record. He later reported he was returning to his regiment at the end of the war, but could only get as far as Augusta, GA.

By 1870 and to at least 1910 he was a farmer on his own place in Washington County, GA. In 1920 he was retired and living in Wrightsville, Johnson County, GA.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. His capture in Maryland from a letter by Sergeant Salter noted in the Sandersville Central Georgian of 15 October 1862; thanks to Laura Elliot for that reference. Personal details from family genealogists, his 1908 pension application, and the US Census of 1860-1920. His gravesite is on Findagrave; his stone has his birth in 1838, probably in error.

He married Lucy Ann Hitchcock (1846-1928) in February 1864 and they had 11 children.

04/1839; Washington County, GA

11/14/1920; Wrightsville, GA; burial in Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery, Johnson County, GA