Andrew Looper Keith

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Andrew Looper Keith

Birth
Forsyth County, Georgia, USA
Death
15 Jun 1919 (aged 78)
Forsyth County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, USA
Plot
Block 03, Lot 014, Grave 05
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Andrew Looper Keith was born in the Chestatee area of Forsyth County, Georgia. He accumulated land in Forsyth and Hall Counties, owned and operated a ferry across the Chestatee river, joining the two counties, Forsyth and Hall. After the Civil War he replaced the ferry with a bridge and later getting a contract with the government he replaced that bridge with a much larger covered bridge, known as Keith Bridge.

Enlisted/mustered-in as a Private (Pvt), Company A ("Gainesville Light Infantry"), 11th Regiment, Georgia (Volunteer) Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate States Army (CSA) on 3 Jul 1861; elected Junior Second Lieutenant on 22 Sep or 20 Oct 1862, elected/promoted to Second Lieutenant (2Lt) on 18 Jul 1863. Surrendered at Appomattox County, Virginia, following The Battle of Appomattox Court House, on 9 Apr 1865.

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Andrew Looper Keith was born in the Chestatee area of Forsyth County, Georgia. He accumulated land in Forsyth and Hall Counties, owned and operated a ferry across the Chestatee river, joining the two counties, Forsyth and Hall. After the Civil War he replaced the ferry with a bridge and later getting a contract with the government he replaced that bridge with a much larger covered bridge, known as Keith Bridge.

Enlisted/mustered-in as a Private (Pvt), Company A ("Gainesville Light Infantry"), 11th Regiment, Georgia (Volunteer) Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate States Army (CSA) on 3 Jul 1861; elected Junior Second Lieutenant on 22 Sep or 20 Oct 1862, elected/promoted to Second Lieutenant (2Lt) on 18 Jul 1863. Surrendered at Appomattox County, Virginia, following The Battle of Appomattox Court House, on 9 Apr 1865.

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Served in War Between the States-Confederate States of America. Was 2nd Lt. Company A- Eleventh Georgia Infantry.

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