Well, lets see. Madison County, Georgia. The "Danielsville Guard," or Company D, of the 16th Georgia Volunteer Infantry, CSA, was indeed raised in Madison County in 1861.
John R. Beard of Madison County, Ga. married Sarah E. Stovall in 1860.
A July 21, 1863 roll of Soldier's wives receiving salt from the State of Georgia gives John R. "Baird" for spelling. Alongside a William W. "Baird."
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Judging by that statement, John R. Beard/Baird was apparently alive, and in Confederate service in late July, 1863. But he was certainly dead by the close of 1865, as his widow remarried in December, 1865:
Thomas W. Deen was also a veteran.
A "J.R. Beard" of the 16th Georgia, also given as "James" on some records, died of disease in January, 1863. Some of the records give him as in Company B, but this one says Company D...
From an 1862 pay certificate at Richmond, gives a "James R. Beard" for Co. "B" of the 16th. But at the bottom, the chap signs it "J.R. Baird." Could the "James" be an error? The company designation? Hard to say with some Confederate Army records.
W.W. Beard, Company D, 16th Georgia, wounded seriously in the head in December, 1862 at Fredericksburg. Last Confederate records says absent without leave from September 1, 1864. Surrendered to US forces and paroled May, 1865 at Athens, Georgia.
Company D, 16th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry Army Northern Va C.S.A. Madison County, Georgia Danielsville Guards BEARD, W W - Private June 17, 1862. Roll dated Feb. 1, 1865, last on file, shows him absent without leave Sept. 1, 1864.
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