Laurens County

Richmond Bailey, 1816-1882, Coffee County

Richmond Bailey, 1816-1882

Richmond Bailey, born Jul 1816 in Laurens County, Georgia, married Matilda Sears and settled in what is now Atkinson County. A Confederate veteran, their son Tharp served in the 26th GA Regiment. Other children include Mary (m. Matthew Kirkland), Joseph (m. Mary Pearson), Aaron (m. Almiria Law), Catherine (m. Elias Griffis), and Louvicy (m. James S. Royal). The family home stood by Red Bluff Creek near Union Hill Church. Richmond was a Mason and died in 1882. He and Matilda are buried in Union Hill Cemetery in Axson, Georgia. Their family spends generations throughout South Georgia.

Rev. Matthew Albritton, 1785-1850, Brooks County

Matthew Albritton

Rev. Matthew Albritton was born in 1785 in Effingham County, Georgia, the son of Revolutionary War soldier John Albritton. He married Ann Bulloch (b. 12 Jan 1792 – d. 1871), daughter of James and Diana Bulloch, around 1805. They lived in Bulloch, Bryan, Laurens, and Lowndes counties, where he became a Baptist minister and Justice of the Inferior Court. He died in Jan 1850 and was buried at Bethany Church.