Presently the community of Pierce County is working hard to be of great interest to all.  Recently, I received some mail from John Guss who wrote the following:

We are a very proud community dating back to the early 1800's. We have a tremendous amount of history which we are now beginning to compile and take notice. We have begun by forming an historical society for Pierce County. Here visitors and citizens of the community alike will be able to have the opportunity to learn more about the community than what they have currently observed. There are already several restoration projects taking place such as the city jail built in 1894, the Civil War prison site where over 5000 Union soldiers who had been previously imprisoned at Andersonville, were held while General Sherman marched his forces to seize Savannah, the promotion of the 1875 courthouse, Shiloh church, the first church in Pierce County, the Brantley Brick Warehouse built in the early 1900's, the Blackshear Presbyterian Church dating back to 1872, homes dating to the Civil War, and much much more.

Anyone wanting to help or contact the Historical & Genealogical Society may do so at the following address:

Pierce County Historical and Genealogical Society - Contact: President - P.O. Box 443 - Blackshear, Georgia 31516

Or better yet come visit our office and genealogical library located in the Blackshear Railroad Depot next door to the Chamber of Commerce.

John Guss contributed the following Historic Sites to See in Pierce County:

  • Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church & Cemetery (1830)
  • Blackshear Cemetery (1830’s)
  • Raulerson Cemetery (1830’s)
  • Enon Primitive Baptist Church & Cemetery (1850’s)
  • Civil War Prison (Nov. 1864-Jan. 1865)
  • Allen Smith Home (1860’s)
  • Presbyterian Church (1874)
  • County Courthouse (1875)
  • City Jail (1894)
  • Patterson School (1920's)
  • Brantley Brick Warehouse (1919)
  • City Water Tower (1913)
  • Porter Home (early 1900’s)
  • Presbyterial Institute (1902)
  • County Courthouse (1903)
  • Citizens Bank (1905)
  • David Blackshear  Historic Road Marker (1925)
  • Railroad Depot (1902)

John Guss, contributor of the following:

Confederate Soldiers Resting in Pierce County

Bethlehem Baptist Church in Patterson

·        O. T. Blitch - 7th Georgia Cavalry - Company G - C.S.A.

  • William R. Nicholas - 54th GA Infantry - Co K - C.S.A.
  • Joseph B. Davis April 2, 1829 December 31, 1906
  • John Donaldson March 9, 1825 May 8, 1912
  • James Patrick Kelly December 15, 1847 March 16, 1921
  • Benjamin Leggett January 17, 1842 October 7, 1919
  • James C. Proctor January 18, 1836 May 15, 1905
  • Davis Thornton October 19, 1836 April 22, 1909

 

Ramah Primitive Baptist Church

James Hyers - C.S.A.

James Christopher Columbus Davis, Born Feb 1, 1838.  He served with Company K, 54th Georgia Infantry, Army of Tennessee. He died Aug. 6, 1923, near Mershon, Georgia. Contributed by:  Reavis E, Dixon - Waycross, Ga. – June 21, 2004  redix@wayxcable.com

 

Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church

  • David Cason - 26th Georgia Infantry - Company A - C.S.A. (note: The grave maker for David Cason in Shiloh Primative Baptist Church Cemetery reads as follows: David Cason 24th Georgia Cavalry Company A. submitted by:  Kenny)
  • Adam Dixon - 7th GA Cavalry - Company G - April 9, 1840 - March 6, 1929 - C.S.A.
  • Benjamin Dixon - 4th Georgia Cavalry - C.S.A.
  • George Washington Phillips - 4th Georgia Cavalry - Company H - C.S.A.
  • John J. Smith - Corp.-4th GA Cavalry-Company I-Mar 8, 1847 - Oct 30, 1932 - C.S.A.
  • James Stewart - 26th Georgia Infantry - Company D - C.S.A.
  • Colquitt Stewart - 1st Sergeant - 26th Georgia Infantry - Company D - C.S.A.
  • James Sweat - Jr. 2nd Lieutenant - 26th GA Infantry - Company N - C.S.A.
  • Abraham Walker C.S.A.
  • Benjamin C. Davis 4th Georgia Cavalry Company G C.S.A. 1835-1884

 

Ben James Primitive Baptist Cemetery

  • Malachi Bowen 54th Georgia Infantry Company K C.S.A.
  • Francis Marion James 4th Georgia Cavalry Company G C.S.A.
  • Ransom T. James 7th Georgia Cavalry Company D C.S.A.

 

Blackshear City Cemetery:

  • John Aldridge C.S.A.
  • Dr. Allen Brown C.S.A.
  • John B. Downs C.S.A.
  • Enoch Daniel Hendry Captain 26th Georgia Infantry Company N C.S.A.
  • James Johnson 1st Georgia Reserves Company F C.S.A.
  • Dr. Henry J. Smith C.S.A.
  • Thomas Jefferson Darling - 2nd Lieutenant - 24th Georgia Regiment Infantry - April 26, 1826 - June 14, 1873
  • Andrew M. Moore - 26th Georgia Regiment Infantry - 1833 December 30, 1891
  • Joseph A. Harper - 26th Georgia Regiment Infantry - Feb 23, 1842 or 45 - June 5, 1908
  • George Nathan Hendry - Lieutenant - Chatham Artillery - Aug 6, 1832 - July 15, 1913
  • Benjamin Daniel Brantley - 4th GA Regiment - Cavalry - Jan 14, 1832 - March 18, 1891
  • Daniel E. Knowles - Captain - 26th Georgia Regiment Company D Infantry - November 24, 1822 - February 14, 1906
  • John C. Nicholls - Captain - 26th Georgia Regiment Company C Infantry - April 25, 1834 December 25, 1893
  • Alfred Shaw - Private - 28th Georgia Regiment Company C Infantry - July 25, 1845
  • Robert Williams - 54th Georgia Regiment Company K Infantry - July 15, 1844 – 1910

 

Enon Primitive Baptist Church:

  • Ezekial Walker - 2nd Corporal - 26th Georgia Regiment Company H Infantry
  • Matthew M. Cowart - 20th Georgia Cavalry - Company B - C.S.A.
  • Nathan Dixon - 4th Georgia Cavalry - Company G - C.S.A.

 

Youmans-Davis Cemetery

  • W.R. Youmans (Has Metal Cross Marker) - C.S.A. - Sept. 26, 1835 - March 19, 1918
  • Alfred Davis - 4th Georgia Cavalry - Company G - C.S.A.

 

Foster Cemetery-outside of Offerman

  • Howell Wasdin 5th Georgia Cavalry Company K Private December 22, 1830 December 12, 1924