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Name: Perry HEWITT
Surname: Hewitt
Given Name: Perry
Sex: M
Birth: Feb 1845 in ,Spartanburg District, SC
Death: 1922 in Hagan Gay Cem.,Gregg Co.,TX
Note:
Veteran - War Between the States - Pvt., Co. E, 40th GA Inf, CSA.

1. 1850 census - Gordon Co., GA: pp. 57B & 58A.
2. 1860 census - Gordon Co., GA: Silaquoy, p. 234 , #729.
3. 1870 census - Giles Co., TN: p. 239.
4. 1880 census - Giles Co., TN.
5. 1900 census - Palo Pinto Co., TX: Precinct #5, E.D. 123, p. 14A, 190/190 [b. Feb 1835].
6. Funeral record of wife.
7. Wife's death certificate.
8. Records of David Travillion Bunton

Marriage 1 Nancy Rebecca GUTHRIE b: 11 Apr 1847 in , , SC
Married: 15 Sep 1867 in ,Gordon,GA
Children
William Andrew HEWITT b: Jun 1869 in ,Giles, TN

Name: Perry Hewitt ,
Residence: Gordon County, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 01 January 1863
Service Record:
Enlisted as a Private on 01 January 1863
Enlisted in Company E, 40th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 01 January 1863.
POW on 13 August 1864 at Atlanta, GA
Released on 11 June 1865 at Camp Chase, OH

Here is a short history of the 40th Georgia Infantry (CS):

40th Regiment, Georgia Infantry

40th Infantry Regiment was organized during the fall of 1861 and raised its companies in Bartow, Calhoun, Gordon, Whitfield, Paulding, and Haralson counties. It moved to Tennessee, then Mississippi, and was placed in Barton's Brigade, Department of Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The 40th participated in the conflicts at Chickasaw Bayou and Champion's Hill and was part of the garrison surrendered at Vicksburg on July 4, 1863. After being exchanged it was attached to General Stovall's Brigade, Army of Tennessee, served on many battlefields from Chattanooga to Nashville, and ended the war in North Carolina. The regiment reported 36 casualties at Chattanooga, totalled 223 men and 105 arms in December, 1863, and had 74 effectives in November, 1864. It surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonel Abda Johnson, Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. Young, and Major Raleigh S. Camp.

Jim Martin