[[Hancock-6006|Jeremiah T. Hancock]] enlisted in the Georgia infantry during the United States Civil War and became Third Corporal Jeremiah T Hancock, Company H, 50th Regiment, Georgia Infantry.
[[Hancock-6006|Jeremiah T. Hancock]] Killed in action in the Battle of Boonsboro Gap/South Mountain on September 14, 1862 and temporarily buried at the battle site.