Banks County Salt Lists

Contributed by Jacqueline King



During the War between the States the Southern ports were blockaded, thus preventing the importation of salt from Europe. Salt was necessary to preserve meat both for the families and the Confederate Army. Salt was also used in the process of setting dyes and also for the tanning of leather for shoes.

Governor Joseph Brown offered a $5000.00 reward for the discovery of salt springs that would produce 300 bushels daily. The other alternative was to mine for rock salt.

Governor Brown instructed the Justices of the Inferior Court of each county to create lists of those eligible for distribution of this valuable commodity. The Justices were required to pay in advance for the salt.

Distribution was in one-half bushel portions and were distributed as follows;

Widows of Soldiers-Free

Families of Soldiers actively serving and the Widowed Mothers of such Soldiers-$1.00

Heads of families-$4.50

Lists are arranged alphabetically by county, then by category of need. The lists contain the names of the women (or eligible disabled and discharged soldiers) and the county of residence.

Salt Lists are available on microfilm at the Georgia State Archives.


Names of Soldiers' families Supplied with Salt
under the Order of Governor Brown
dated July 24, 1863

Banks County, Georgia

Names of Wives of
Soldiers now in the Service
(all listed as Mrs.)

 
 
E. Turk 
Isabella Turk 
Harriet Stephens 
A. J. Harper 
J. D. Chandler 
Elizabeth Rucker 
Catharine Rucker 
Mary Chambers 
L. A. Dorrough 
William Parsons 
Malinda Cochran 
Minerva Chambers 
Malinda McDonald 
Eliza Dodd 
Eliza A. Ash 
Rhoda Anderson 
Martha Anderson 
Elizabeth Chambers 
Anna Rucker 
Mary Chastain 
Nancy Candler 
Triffena McDonald 
J. Keesee 
Lucinda Chambers 
Milla Howard 
Amanda Elliott 
Elizabeth McWhorter 
Martha Hill 
Emaline Hardy 
O. H. Parsons 
Emaly Ford 
Joicy Ivy 
Jane Bowden 
Caroline Brewer 
Eliza Mosley 
Elizabeth Cochran 
Angaline Hill 
Jane Moore 
Martha A. Slayton 
T. M. Taylor 
Obe Thompson 
J. W. Manley 
B. S. Ivens 
Robert Boswell 
William Mize 
J. O. Wood 
R. F. Boswell 
Jane Saylors 
D. C. Oliver 
Thomas Thompson 
Lucinda Kitchens 
Joe Slayton 
Alfred Richey 
Mary Owen 
Jefferson Sanders 
F. H. Brewer 
Sarah McDonald 
Malinda Chambers 
Emily Mays 
S. C. Willbanks 
Burton Rucker 
Isaac Borders 
John Mize 
Julia Henley 
Headen Slayton 
Mary J. Ray 
Nancy Meadows 
Elizabeth Wilson 
G. S. Martin 
William Slayton 
J. Maxwell 
J. D. Gunnells 
J. L. Gordon 
D. W. Gordon 
Benson Voiles 
J. F. Sanders 
Drucilla Owen 
Cynthia Brewer 
James Chasteen 
Mary J. Nunn 
T. C. Bray 
E. H. Holley 
Elizabeth Nunn 
Mary A. Puckett 
N. C. Puckett 
H. T. Key 
Susan Porter 
N. A. Wade 
A. C. Hardy 
Caroline Chandler 
A. B. Chandler 
E. F. Phillips 
E. Hardy 
E. E. McWhorter 
M. A. Porter 
M. C. Swindle 
M. W. Abott 
Therese Carson 
Laura Glazier 
N. E. Prewett 
Julia A. L. Wade 
M. H. Thomas 
J. C. Vaughn 
Martha E. Chapman 
Ann Carson 
Nancy Strange 
Eliza Rice 
Nancy Gillespie 
Clementine Bellamy 
S. A. T. Weld 
Sarah E. Jordan 
Mary J. Westbrooks 
Nancy Osborn 
Louisa A. Carlan 
Jeff E. Strange 
John Strange 
Mary E. Gillespie 
Martha Thomas 
Elizabeth Hill 
Sarah A. Patterson 
Louisa A. Brewer 
Rhoda Nally 
Lucy Vaughn 
Edward Lowery 
Elizabeth Pool 
Sarah Langston 
F. M. Langston 
Mary A. Brown 
Fanny Stow 
William T. Alred 
Harriey Caudell 
Emily Ward 
Mary Brady 
Nancy Hindman 
Ann Osborn 
Dicy Browing 
Caroline Hooper 
Lydia Pruett 
Fannie Willis 
Jane Fagan 
Dicy Watson 
Martha Loftiss 
Elizabeth Watson 
Elizabeth Payne 
Edna Caudell 
Parthena Wells 
Elizabeth Martin 
Lovica Louallen 
Martha Acre 
Lucinda Ragsdale 
Mary H. Pritchett 
Hopson Williams 
Nancy Garrison 
Sarah Caudell 
Wilon Bradley 
Lucy Ward 
Lucinda Sheridan 
Sarah A. Cash 
Jane Jordan 
Mary J. Pool 
Nancy J. Kesler 
Frances Kesler 
Rachael H. Perkins 
Wilbertha Nunly 
Hester A. Hooper 
Mary Hix 
Mahulda Smith 
Priscilla Verna 
Sarah Massey 
Malissa Hooper 
Lydia A. Alexander 
Sarah A. Chitwood 
Elizabeth Dill 
Lucy A. Cash 
Susan F. Moss 
Letta Meeler 
Elizabeth Lane 
Cassa Brown 
Rebecca Smith 
Fannie L. Martin 
Elizabeth Brown 
Peggy Brown 
Fannie Blackburn 
Elizabeth Fagans 
Mary Brown 
Rachael Smith 
Lucinda Smith 
Martha Alred 
Rachael Lecroy 
Harriett Wofford 
Sarah Caudell 
Susan Blair 
Alpha Taber 
Cresa Perkins 
Mary Higgins 
Mary Parker 
Elizabeth E. Moss 
Mary Moss 
Mary Segars 
Mary Acre 
J. E. Crag 
Mary Boling 
Emma Griffin 
Nancy Nunly 
J. Pinkston 
Nancy Edwards 
Nancy Moates 
Jeff Higgins 
Sarah J. Hix 
Mary Dudley 
Elizabeth Dudley 
Nancy Peyton 
Mary A. Watts 
Elmina Segars 
Elizabeth Watts 
Feley Brock 
Fanny Gailey 
Eva Flaid 
Elizabeth Simmons 
Mary A. Morris 
Hannah Chitwood 
Winny Morris 
Martha E. Peyton 
Catharine White 
Mary Bolling 
Mary A. Bolling 
Margaret Presley 
Manda Dalton 
Mary A. Chitwood 
Juliet Smith 
Elizabeth Haubucks 
Rosa A. Vaughn 
Susan Webb 
Eliza Bohannon 
Manda C. Dalton 
Rebecca Shore 
Elizabeth Bridges 
Mary C. Gailey 
Mary Jordan 
James McMillan 
Eli Smith 
Josephus Crocker 
O. H. Bond 
John Perkins 
T. D. Stephens 
F. D. Moss 
Cary Jordan 
Nan Echols 
Sarah Whitworth 
Martha Goode 
Nancy E. Rollins 
Rebecca Harper 
Cynthia Greenway 
Jane Lacy 
Rebecca Miller 
Mary Tumblin 
Emriah Dodd 
Lydia Watts 
Mary Crenshaw 
Mary Dodd 
Wiley Carter 
Martha Morris 
Beverly Cox 
Nancy Wells 
Mary Duncan 
Mary Cook 
Elizabeth Coker 
Caroline Lacy 
Gatwell Lacy 
W. Dodd 
Cynthia Smith 
Eliza Murray 
Martha Batl 
Lucy Miller 
Sarah Whitlock 
C. C. Dodd 
Treffena Hambrick 
Nancy Sheridan 
Caroline Lacy 
Averilla Morris 
Sarah Mize 
Malinda Garrison 
Nancy J. Garrison 
Martha Miller 
Carsatine Kersey 
Nancy Henry 
Mary Porter 
E. P. Headen 
E. C. Headen 
Jane Mize 
A. W. Mize 
Nancy Morgan 
E. C. Garrison 
M. M. Miller 
C. M. Moss 
Mary Garrison 
Jemima Nunn 
Martha E.Batinaw 
Evaline McWhorter 
Betty Nunn 
L. J. Butler 
Geneva Butler 
Elizabeth Lord 
O. Kitchens 
W. J. Burgess 
J. A. Vaughn 
T. M. Neal 
P. C. Key 
James A. Langston 
W. B. Burns 
C. Andrews 
____ Shepard 
 
Total-312 
 
 
Spelling as written 
 
Contributed by Dawn Brasfield 
Transcribed 2004 by Jacqueline King 



Names of Soldiers' families Supplied with Salt under the Order of Governor Brown dated July 24th 1863 Banks County, Georgia Names of Widows of Deceased Soldiers (all listed as Mrs.) Josephine Chambers R. A. Sanders Elizabeth Lecroy John Smith Jane Johnson Permelia Sanders Sarah Ivey Malissa E. Mize Caroline Mize Julia Glover Milton Richey J. C. Smith Rachael Maye Louis Burts E. A. McDonald Dact.? Smithson Amanda Kay B. Harrison Eliza Toney Fatina Epperson Caroline Chandler M. C. Swindle N. A. Sparks Mary Mize Narcissa Carson Laura Crow Martha Shannon Elizabeth Dodd Martha E. Poole Sarah H. Means Mary Means Martha Carlan or Corlam Louisa Patterson Malinda Arnold Mary E. Wilmot M. Murray Eliza J. Ashburn Cynthia Allen Mary A. Prewett John Louallen W. T. Brown Margaret Caudell Emily Garrison Nathaniel Ward Ann Whitfield Artemesia Crump Martha Martin Sarah M. Cash Alpha Taylor Harriet Cash Elizabeth Simmons Mary A. Allen Mary A. Bond Emaline Adams Jane Allen Mary Redmond Martha Motts Emariah Dodd Mary Cook Eliza Murray Adaline Bonds Martha Garrison Lucy E. Garrison Total-66 Spelling as written on Roll Contributed by Dawn Brasfield Transcribed 2004 by Jacqueline King
Names of Soldiers' families Supplied with Salt under the Order of Governor Brown dated July 24th 1863 Banks County, Georgia Names of Widows having a son or sons now in Service Mrs. Manda Rucker Mrs. Elizabeth Motes Mrs. Mary Tapp Mrs. Rebecca Rucker Mrs. Martha Maye Mrs. Mourning Sanders Mrs. Ester Sanders Mrs. Nancy McIntire Mrs. Nancy Hill Mrs. Seney Vaughn Mrs. Rachael Wofford Mrs. Nita Wilkerson Mrs. Rachael Lecroy Mrs. Nancy Peyton Mrs. Susan Barnes Mrs. Nancy Sheridan Mrs. Sarah Morgan Mrs. Mary Meeler Mrs. Mary A. Mize Mrs. Mary Allan Contributed by Dawn Brasfield Transcribed 2004 by Jacqueline King
Disabled discharged Soldiers on the Salt List for Banks County, Georgia as of July 24th, 1863. Harvey Anderson Elias Sosebee, Jr. Thomas Tabers Freeman Walker N. H. Moss Toland Jordan J. Summers Contributed by Dawn Brasfield Transcribed 2004 by Jacqueline King