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"Memoirs of Georgia", Historical and Biographical Sketches, by S. Emmett Lucas, Jr., published in 1896

J 0 Redwine, farmer, Bremen, Haralson Co., Ga., son of Jacob and Nancy (Tremble) Redwine, was born in De Kalb

county (Now Fulton) May 5, 1829. His father was born in North Carolina, came to Georgia early in this century, when

a young man, poor, and settled on a rented farm in Elbert county, and subsequently moved to De Kalb county. His mother

 was a daughter of John and Charity Tremble, formerly of Franklin county, but who finally settled in what is now De Kalb

county. Mr. Redwine was raised in De Kalb county on the farm, and attended the common "old-field" school-the last

one being taught under a tent at Mount Gilead campground, in what is now Fulton county. He was a justice of the peace

 three years, previous to 1861. In October of that year he enlisted in Campbell county in Company H, Thirtieth Georgia

regiment, as a private, and  rose gradually to a captaincy. He was slightly wounded, near Resaca, in May, 1863; was again

 wounded in a skirmish at Decatur GA, July 22, 1863 and was badly wounded at Decatur, Ala., September, 1863. Mr.

Redwine moved to Haralson count in 1883, and bought and settled on the farm where he now lives. He began life
very poor-split rails to earn the money with which to pay for his marriage license, and, afterward, to buy his provisions.

He now has a good farm and comfortable home, and is a well-to-do, prosperous farmer, contented with the products of his

 farm, and the solid comforts and enjoyments of the home circle. Mr. Redwine was married in October 1849 to Miss Eliza,

daughter of William and Arminda Hitchcock, of DeKalb County. To them several children have been born: J. A., W. L.,

T. W., Sallie, J. E., Annie and Vassie. Mr. Redwine and his family are exemplary members of the Methodist church. 

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