•Name: Elbert MATHIS 1
•Sex: M
•Birth: 04 OCT 1836 in Lowndes Co., Georgia
•Burial: Cat Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Valdosta, Lowndes Co., Georgia
•Reference Number: 32300
•Death: 11 NOV 1915 in Cook Co., Georgia
Father: David MATTHIS b: 05 JUL 1802 in Bulloch Co., Georgia
Mother: Sarah MONK b: 1801 in Bulloch Co., Georgia

Marriage 1 Martha Susan POUNDS b: 31 OCT 1840 in Meriweather Co., Georgia•Married: 16 SEP 1858 in Berrien Co., Georgia
Children:
1.Winford Isham MATHIS b: 22 MAY 1860 in Berrien Co., Georgia
2.Sarah Jeanette MATHIS b: 1863 in Berrien Co., Georgia
3.Julia Catherine MATHIS b: 11 JUL 1864 in Berrien Co., Georgia
4.Alonza David MATHIS b: 07 JUL 1867 in Berrien Co., Georgia
5.Addie Frances MATHIS b: 1869 in Berrien Co., Georgia
6.Charles L. MATHIS b: 06 OCT 1871 in Berrien Co., Georgia
7.Elva MATHIS b: 1874
8.Margaret MATHIS b: 1879
9.Eugene MATHIS b: 1883

Berrien Co, Ga marriage record as Elbert Mathis & Martha Susan Pounds
on 16 Sep 1858.

Name: Elbert Mathis ,
Residence: Berrien County, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 02 May 1862
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Georgia
Unit Numbers: 406 406
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 02 May 1862
Enlisted in Company E, 54th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 16 May 1862.
Transferred Company E, 54th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 15 August 1862
Transferred in Company C, 1st SHeavy Artilleryrpshooters Regiment Georg
on 15 August 1862.
POW on 19 September 1863 at Chickamauga, GA
Exchanged on 15 April 1864 (Estimated day)
POW on 15 June 1864 at Marietta, GA
Paroled on 25 February 1865 at Rock Island, IL
Sent on 25 February 1865 at Boulware's Wharf, VA (For exchange)
Received on 15 March 1865 at Boulware's Wharf, VA