Help researching Matthew Heath Georgia

[MattL]

Hello, I would appreciate any help in researching a possible Civil War ancestry... a Matthew Heath m. Elizabeth Clements in 1831 in Greene County Georgia. Matthew was born around 1808 in Georgia (likely in or around Greene Co).

In the 1860 census he was living with family in Greene Co., GA. By 1870 he was living in Whitfield Co., GA.

I see two Civil War records pop up on Ancestry for a M. H. Heath and a Matthew Heath who both enlisted in Company F, Georgia 27th Infantry Battalion.

I can't seem to find any more info about them. Looking in the 1860 census I see one other Matthew Heath old enough (living in his household so likely his son), though looking or any more info.

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Hello, I would appreciate any help in researching a possible Civil War ancestry... a Matthew Heath m. Elizabeth Clements in 1831 in Greene County Georgia. Matthew was born around 1808 in Georgia (likely in or around Greene Co).

In the 1860 census he was living with family in Greene Co., GA. By 1870 he was living in Whitfield Co., GA.

I see two Civil War records pop up on Ancestry for a M. H. Heath and a Matthew Heath who both enlisted in Company F, Georgia 27th Infantry Battalion.

I can't seem to find any more info about them. Looking in the 1860 census I see one other Matthew Heath old enough (living in his household so likely his son), though looking or any more info.

The last Confederate Conscription in 1864, began taking men ages 17-50, the Matthew born in 1808, was probably too old.
The Matthew & the M.H. Heath is probably the same man. There was a Micajah F. Heath in Company (or Battery) D 28th Georgia Heavy Artillery. He's shown enlisting in August, 1863. The 27th GA Battalion wasn't organized till Nov.1863. Hope this helps !

 

[Stiles/Akin]

Cant seem to find any Heath in this Company

 

[AndyHall]

Matthew and MH Heath appear to be the same person, age 17 upon enlistment in 1864. Perhaps the son of the 1808 Matthew Heath.

Added -- this young soldier is likely the 14-year-old Matthew that appears in the elder Matthew and Elizabeth Heath's household in the 1860 census.

 

[Stiles/Akin]

 

[Stiles/Akin]

Name: Mathew Heath
Age in 1860: 50
Birth Year: abt 1810
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1860: Greene, Georgia
Gender: Male
Post Office: Long Shoals
Household Members:
Mathew Heath 50, GA
Elizabeth Heath 44, GA
Sarah Heath 23, GA
Mathew Heath 21, GA
Lucy Heath 18, GA
Tyra Heath 16, GA
Mathew Heath 14, GA
Matilda Heath 13, GA
Eliza J Heath 7, GA
Wm Heath 7, GA
George Heath 1, GA

http://www.genealogy.com/forum/regional/states/topics/ga/32004/

 

[Stiles/Akin]

1870 Census, Whitfield County
27th District; page 39-46
Enumerator James Mitchell
Page 41,5 Aug 1870, Post Office Tunnel Hill

20-18 Mathew Heath 63 m w farming 300 100 GA
Elizabeth Heath 55 f w keeping house GA
George Heath 11 m w at home GA
Mathew Philips 7 m w at home GA
Joseph Philips 5 m w at home GA
Sarah Philips 31 f w house keeping GA

 

[MattL]

Thanks for all the help! Definitely answers that question

 

[Stiles/Akin]

I have an ancestor also buried in Tunnell Hill I have questions about. Good Luck. hope some of this was useful I checked the Georgia Vault and could not find a pension for a Heath from Whitfield or Greene Counties. I will keep looking.