Dr. B. J. Simmons    Rev. Wilkes Flagg
Milledgeville's Outstanding African-American Citizens

Baldwin County's African-Americans

Cemeteries
     Baldwin County Cemeteries
     Memory Hill Cemetery

Churches

Free Persons
     Free Persons of Color 1820-1860 Baldwin County Federal Census

Freedman's Bureau
      The  Freedman's Bureau was located in the Masonic Building. Headed by General Oliver O. Howard, the bureau
     served Baldwin, Putnam and Jasper counties. First agents were Thomas W.  Wright, J. D.Rogers and Matthew R. Bell.
     Freedman's Bureau

Funeral Homes
     Hurt's & Sons Mortuary
     150 E Martin Luther King Jr Dr
     Milledgeville, GA 31061
     Phone: (478) 452-2780

    Peoples Funeral Home
    950 N Clark St
    Milledgeville, GA 31061
    Phone: (478) 452-0505

    Slater's Funeral Home, Inc.
    244 N Wayne St.
    Milledgeville, GA  31061
    Phone: (478) 452-2412

Military
     Allen Brantley received a federal pension  for his work with Sherman's troops during the March to the Sea.
     Fred Smith, Union Navy Sailor, Civil War
     Charles Batton, Union Navy Sailor, Civil War
     Buffalo Soldiers

Misc.
   African-Americans AHGP
    Aunt Jane Brooks
    Julia Mitchell

Opera Singer
     Beverly Hill

Slave Records
Slave Records of John Galphin and Thomas Galphin Holmes Rock Landing 1789, 1790
     Slaves in Early Church Membership of Hopewell Methodist Church
     Milledgeville and Baldwin County Records at Afrigeneas.com  (search)
     Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
           Carrie Mason
           Ferebe Rogers.
      Slave Owners in 1850 Baldwin County Federal Census
      Slave Owners in 1860 Baldwin County Federal Census

Sports Heroes
     University of Tennessee Lady Volunteer's Tasha Butts
     Larry Turner
     San Diego Padre's  Rondell White
     Cincinnati Red's Willie Greene
 

copyright Eileen B. McAdams 2004-2005