Capt CO 1 30 GA Inf
Confederate States Army
"John Lumsden Barnett was born December 16, 1814, in Clarke County, Ga. Moved to Butts County when he was twelve years of age, and was closely identified with the history of the county. He was Captain of the State Militia at the age of eighteen and was Adjutant and Colonel before he was twenty-six years old. Prior to the war he was judge of the Inferior Court of Butts County for sixteen years, and served one term in the State Legislature. He was also a delegate to the celebrated presidential convention at Charleston in 1860. In 1861 he was elected Captain of the Butts Invincibles, Thirtieth Georgia regiment, which position he held until the reorganization.
Having been an officer before the war in the militia, he was one of the best drilled officers in the whole regiment, and was frequently designated to drill the whole body. At the reorganization in May, 1862, he ran for Lieutenant Colonel, but was defeated by Thomas W. Mangham, and retired from service. He was again in the Legislature after the war and a delegate to the constitutional convention in 1865. He was Justice of the Peace for more than forty years. Capt. Barnett was one of the most popular men in Butts County. A typical old-time Georgian, honorable and upright, and a man of excellent judgment. He died in Butts County, June 12, 1904, in his ninetieth year."
Bio by Find A Grave contributor Ken Scheffler
Confederate States Army
"John Lumsden Barnett was born December 16, 1814, in Clarke County, Ga. Moved to Butts County when he was twelve years of age, and was closely identified with the history of the county. He was Captain of the State Militia at the age of eighteen and was Adjutant and Colonel before he was twenty-six years old. Prior to the war he was judge of the Inferior Court of Butts County for sixteen years, and served one term in the State Legislature. He was also a delegate to the celebrated presidential convention at Charleston in 1860. In 1861 he was elected Captain of the Butts Invincibles, Thirtieth Georgia regiment, which position he held until the reorganization.
Having been an officer before the war in the militia, he was one of the best drilled officers in the whole regiment, and was frequently designated to drill the whole body. At the reorganization in May, 1862, he ran for Lieutenant Colonel, but was defeated by Thomas W. Mangham, and retired from service. He was again in the Legislature after the war and a delegate to the constitutional convention in 1865. He was Justice of the Peace for more than forty years. Capt. Barnett was one of the most popular men in Butts County. A typical old-time Georgian, honorable and upright, and a man of excellent judgment. He died in Butts County, June 12, 1904, in his ninetieth year."
Bio by Find A Grave contributor Ken Scheffler
Capt CO 1 30 GA Inf
Confederate States Army
"John Lumsden Barnett was born December 16, 1814, in Clarke County, Ga. Moved to Butts County when he was twelve years of age, and was closely identified with the history of the county. He was Captain of the State Militia at the age of eighteen and was Adjutant and Colonel before he was twenty-six years old. Prior to the war he was judge of the Inferior Court of Butts County for sixteen years, and served one term in the State Legislature. He was also a delegate to the celebrated presidential convention at Charleston in 1860. In 1861 he was elected Captain of the Butts Invincibles, Thirtieth Georgia regiment, which position he held until the reorganization.
Having been an officer before the war in the militia, he was one of the best drilled officers in the whole regiment, and was frequently designated to drill the whole body. At the reorganization in May, 1862, he ran for Lieutenant Colonel, but was defeated by Thomas W. Mangham, and retired from service. He was again in the Legislature after the war and a delegate to the constitutional convention in 1865. He was Justice of the Peace for more than forty years. Capt. Barnett was one of the most popular men in Butts County. A typical old-time Georgian, honorable and upright, and a man of excellent judgment. He died in Butts County, June 12, 1904, in his ninetieth year."
Bio by Find A Grave contributor Ken Scheffler
Confederate States Army
"John Lumsden Barnett was born December 16, 1814, in Clarke County, Ga. Moved to Butts County when he was twelve years of age, and was closely identified with the history of the county. He was Captain of the State Militia at the age of eighteen and was Adjutant and Colonel before he was twenty-six years old. Prior to the war he was judge of the Inferior Court of Butts County for sixteen years, and served one term in the State Legislature. He was also a delegate to the celebrated presidential convention at Charleston in 1860. In 1861 he was elected Captain of the Butts Invincibles, Thirtieth Georgia regiment, which position he held until the reorganization.
Having been an officer before the war in the militia, he was one of the best drilled officers in the whole regiment, and was frequently designated to drill the whole body. At the reorganization in May, 1862, he ran for Lieutenant Colonel, but was defeated by Thomas W. Mangham, and retired from service. He was again in the Legislature after the war and a delegate to the constitutional convention in 1865. He was Justice of the Peace for more than forty years. Capt. Barnett was one of the most popular men in Butts County. A typical old-time Georgian, honorable and upright, and a man of excellent judgment. He died in Butts County, June 12, 1904, in his ninetieth year."
Bio by Find A Grave contributor Ken Scheffler
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John L. Barnett
Born Dec 16, 1814
Born of the Spirit Sept 1 1851
Died June 12 1904
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