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Stephen Willis Avera

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Stephen Willis Avera

Birth
Wilkinson County, Georgia, USA
Death
30 Oct 1924 (aged 88)
Colquitt County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia, USA GPS-Latitude: 31.1946127, Longitude: -83.7447627
Memorial ID
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S. W. Avera has a CSA pension application on line under Colquitt Co. in the GA Archives. He gives his birth as 5 Jan 1836 in Wilkerson Co, Ga and says he enlisted in Savannah G in May 1862. He served with Company E of the 54th GA regiment. In Feb and March 1865 he was sent on detail by his Lt. Griffin so was not with his unit at the surrender. Proof of his death on 30 Oct 1924 is included in the pages. See GA Pension record 178651-00741 in the GA Archives to read his own words and those of witnesses.
S. W. Avera has a CSA pension application on line under Colquitt Co. in the GA Archives. He gives his birth as 5 Jan 1836 in Wilkerson Co, Ga and says he enlisted in Savannah G in May 1862. He served with Company E of the 54th GA regiment. In Feb and March 1865 he was sent on detail by his Lt. Griffin so was not with his unit at the surrender. Proof of his death on 30 Oct 1924 is included in the pages. See GA Pension record 178651-00741 in the GA Archives to read his own words and those of witnesses.


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  • Maintained by: Donna Renee
  • Originally Created by: searcher
  • Added: May 5, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52040194/stephen_willis-avera: accessed ), memorial page for Stephen Willis Avera (5 Jan 1836–30 Oct 1924), Find a Grave Memorial ID 52040194, citing Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Donna Renee (contributor 46889839).