John Yancey Flowers:
Born: July 16, 1815
Birthplace: Abbeville South Carolina
Father: Andrew Flowers 1787 – 1865
Mother: Frances Middleton 1777 – 1841
Wife: Dicy Reeve 1817 – 1868
(Buried: Nancy Creek Primitive Baptist Church Chamblee Georgia)
Children:
Dr. George Newton Flowers 1837 – 1917
(Buried: Prospect Methodist Cemetery Chamblee Georgia)
Private James Asbury Flowers 1838 – 1863
(Buried: Unknown died in Caroline County Virginia)
Georgia Ann Flowers Braswell 1842 – 1923
(Buried: Prospect Methodist Cemetery Chamblee Georgia)
Fifer Anderson Preston Flowers 1845 – 1863
(Buried: Thornrose Cemetery Staunton Virginia)
John Madison Flowers 1847 – 1932
(Buried: Norcross City Cemetery Norcross Georgia)
Nutty L. Flowers 1854 – 1862
(Buried: Nancy Creek Primitive Baptist Church Chamblee Georgia)
Calhoun M. Flowers 1856 – 1857
(Buried: Nancy Creek Primitive Baptist Church Chamblee Georgia)
Occupation before War:
1844 – 1857: U.S. Postmaster in Cross Keys Georgia
Plantation Owner in Cross Keys, Dekalb County Georgia
Civil War Career:
1861: Organizer of the Murphy Guards in DeKalb County Georgia
1861: Led his company to Savannah Georgia
1861 – 1862: Captain Company A 38th Georgia Infantry Regiment
1862: Major of 38th Georgia Infantry Regiment
1862: Led his regiment in Savannah Georgia
1862: helped lead his regiment in dress parades and drill
1862: Submitted his resignation due to hernia in right side.
1862: His resigned accepted on July 15th
Occupation after War:
Farmer in Cross Keys Georgia – (1870 Census Record)
Died: August 6, 1887
Place of Death: Doraville Georgia
Age at time of Death: 72 years old
Burial Place: Nancy Creek Primitive Baptist Church Chamblee Georgia
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