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William Byrd Blair
3 Oct 1848 – 3 Nov 1931
| Birth | 3 Oct 1848 |
| Death | 3 Nov 1931 |
| Cemetery | Milford Cemetery Marietta , Cobb County , Georgia , USA |
| Added by | Davis E. McCollum on 13 Aug 2022 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73395272 |
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Co A 9 Regt. Ga Militia Obituary as presented by Mayes Ward & Company in November 1931: Mr. William Byrd Blair, a pioneer citizen of Cobb County, passed away suddenly at the home of his son, Mr. H.D. Blair on Concord Road, November 3, 1931, in his 83rd year. Funeral services were held Thursday morning at 11 o'clock from Milford Church with Reverend S.E. Cassidy officiating. Mr. Blair was born in Jackson County and later moved to Douglas County and then moved to Cobb County where he made his home for the past forty-five years. He was an active member of the Milford Baptist Church taking an active part in Church and Civic affairs of the community. Mr. Blair was a member of Marietta Camp No.763, United Confederate Veterans. This leaves only four remaining members in this Camp: Messrs. J. Gid Morris, R.T. Lawrence, John H. Cantrell and J.A. Atkins. There are only 18 veterans left in the County and sixty widows of veterans. . Military Service Information provided by Larry O. Blair: In 1863, William Byrd was fifteen years old and enlisted in Militia Duty. He was assigned to the Home Guards under Captain Nam Langston and Colonel David Kolb Love. While on guard duty, he guarded the commissary, river ferries and saw to it that all things were going on all right. In 1864, he was transferred to Captain John Glenn’s Battery, Georgia Artillery (Company A, 9TH Regiment, 2ND Brigade. He saw action around Kennesaw Mountain. His duties were as a courier, messenger and signalman. About the night of July 2, 1864, he fell back with General Joseph E. Johnston’s Army of Tennessee towards prepared fortifications along the Chattahoochee River and around the outskirts of Atlanta. However, that night he and several of his fellow troops spent the night in a tenant farm house on Old Concord Road avoiding possible capture in the dark along Atlanta Road. In early 1865, he was on Provost Duty when his unit was surrendered. He was involved in gathering up stragglers and keeping order until the morning of the occupation. There were seventy-seven men in Captain Glenn’s unit whom surrendered in late April and early May 1865. However, several of the Unit surrendered at Poplar Springs Camp, Georgia. After the War, he became a farmer in Cobb County. On August 30, 1910, he applied for his Soldier’s Pension under the Act of 1910.
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- Sarah Blair McElwreath 1826–1917
- Pvt Allen C Blair 1828–1905
- Margaret Blair McGuire 1831–1911
- CPL Lloyd "Loyd" Blair 1834–1862
- Hiram Columbus Blair Sr 1836–1901
- James Blair 1839–1884
- George Washington Blair 1845–1913
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- Laurah Elizabeth Blair Pair 1867–1940 FaG
- William Columbus Blair 1869–1936 FaG
- Alonzo Erastus Blair 1872–1919 FaG
- John Tazwell Blair Sr 1876–1949 FaG
- Willie Mable "May" Blair Thomas 1879–1964 FaG
- Homer Danforth Blair 1885–1973 FaG
- Cora Lee Blair 1889–1906 FaG
- Katie Gertrude Blair Lowe 1891–1920 FaG
- Haney Vernon Blair Sr 1895–1967 FaG
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