John Thomas Lafayette Baldwin (1838 - 1902)

Born 26 Aug 1838 in Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Adaline Eliza Atkins — married 14 Aug 1859 in Cedartown, Polk, Georgia, USA

Descendants

Died 2 May 1902 at age 63 in Cedartown, Polk County, Georgia, United States

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Biography

John Thomas Lafayette Baldwin was born 08/26/1838 in Greenville, South Carolina. He was the son of Thomas Baldwin and Elizabeth Baldwin ( Davis). He moved with his family to Polk County Georgia. He married Adeline Eliza Atkins on 08/14/1859. They had 14 children. John Thomas Lafayette fought for the South in the Civil War. - Enlisted 6/21/1861, Age 23, WIA in Maryland campaign (either 9/14/1862 or 9/17/1862) "fingers off", Home disabled rest of the war, 1906 Roster Commission roll shows him as A J Baldwin and states "wounded at South Mountain, Md. 9/14/1862", Born 8/26/1838 at Greenville SC to Thomas & Elizabeth Davis Baldwin, Brother of James Baldwin, Died 5/2/1902 at Cedartown Ga, Buried Bethlehem Church Cemetery in Polk County ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.fgs-project.com/georgia/groups/b/baldwin-john-thomas-l.html http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/PhillipsLegion/InfCoD.html

• Firsthand recorded accounts from his own granddaughter Beulah Baldwin provided to my Dad Jimmy Thomas Baldwin. See images I have posted here on his profile.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QN-1GN : 2 March 2020), John Baldwin in household of Thomas Baldwin, Greenville county, part of, Greenville, South Carolina, United States; citing family 1785, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8GG-CJK : 22 August 2017), J L L Baldwin, Fish Creek, Polk, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 167, sheet 202C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,161.

• MARRIAGE RECORD OF JTL BALDWIN AND ADELINE ELIZA ATKINS "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWQX-P4X : 11 January 2020), John T. Baldwin, 1859.

• https://www.mupress.org/GetImage.ashx?Path=%7e%2fAssets%2fProductImages%2f9780881460605.jpg&maintainAspectRatio=true A well documented history of the Phillips Georgia Legion in the Civil War. John Thomas Lafayette Baldwin was in Company D. ]

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 18 August 2020), memorial page for John Thomas Lafayette Baldwin (25 Aug 1838–2 May 1902), Find A Grave: Memorial #100759086, citing Bethlehem Cemetery, Fish Creek, Polk County, Georgia, USA.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Baldwin-2409 was started through the import of Baldwin.ged on Apr 21, 2012 by Curtis Baldwin.