George Hillyer
Born: March 17, 1835
Birthplace: Athens, Georgia
Father: U.S. Congressman Junius Hillyer 1807 – 1886
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
Mother: Jane Selina Watkins 1807 – 1880
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
Wife: Ellen Emily Cooley 1839 – 1930
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
Brother: Confederate Surgeon Dr. Eben Hillyer 1832 – 1910
(Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome Georgia)
Children:
Edith Elizabeth Hillyer Coker 1868 – 1906
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
Minnie Hillyer Comer 1869 – 1972
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
Marian Jean Hillyer Wolff 1871 – 1963
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
George Hillyer Jr. 1872 – 1931
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
Ellen Martha Hillyer Newell 1874 – 1959
(Buried: Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
Hollis Hillyer 1878 – 1878
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
Education:
1854: Graduated from Mercer University
Occupation before War:
1855 – 1861: Attorney in Monroe Georgia
1857 – 1859: Georgia State Representative
1859 – 1860: Clerk of Georgia State House of Representatives
1860: Georgia Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention
1860: Supporter of Howell Cobb for Democratic Party Nomination
Civil War Career:
1861: Raised the “Hillyer Rifles” in Walton County, Georgia
1861 – 1863: Captain of Company C, 9th Georgia Infantry Regiment
1862: Served in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
1863: Served in the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
1863: Served as temporary regimental commander at Gettysburg
1863: Fought in the Wheatfield at the Battle of Gettysburg
1863: Resigned as Captain in the 9th Georgia in November
1863: Auditor of Western and Atlantic Railroad Company
1864: Organizer of Georgia State Road Battalion
1864: Placed in command of Railroad in Georgia as Major
1864: Served against Cavalry raiders in the Atlanta Campaign
1865: Surrendered to the Union Army on May 10th
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1877: Attorney in Atlanta, Georgia
1871 – 1875: Georgia State Senator
1876: Georgia Delegate to Centennial Commission
1877 – 1883: Judge of Fulton County Georgia Superior Court
1885 – 1887: Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
Member of board of trustees of Spelman Baptist Seminary
Vice Chairman of Georgia Railroad Commission
Died: October 22, 1927
Place of Death: Atlanta, Georgia
Age at time of Death: 92 years old
Burial Place: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia
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