Thanks George, I will continue to look in Troup County. It is looking like maybe it was his son that joined the State Guards. The following entry is from Lott Carley's Diary, I was trying to tie all this to the Boykin family that was a friend and neighbor to my family.
"MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1864: Walked to (?) had our lunch at Liberty Mill eat dinner with Capt J T Baggin of the 87th Confederates."
I had already determined the spelling was wrong in the case of Mill instead of Hill, and Baggin instead of Boykin, and I can find nothing on the "87th" which I am sure was a mistake. Or maybe,in the case of an old diary, some of the letters and words were not legible. Thanks again.