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Henry Gaither HARRIS [[{"id":307,"name":"Henry Gaither HARRIS ","sex":"M","motherId":1132,"fatherId":1133}],[{"id":1132,"name":"Emily HIGHTOWER ","sex":"F","motherId":1145,"fatherId":1144},{"id":1133,"name":"Hezekiah Henderson HARRIS ","sex":"M","motherId":4616,"fatherId":1918}],[{"id":1145,"name":"Rebecca DORSEY ","sex":"F","motherId":4628,"fatherId":4627},{"id":1144,"name":"William HIGHTOWER ","sex":"M","motherId":4592,"fatherId":4591},{"id":4616,"name":"Sarah HENDERSON ","sex":"F","motherId":-1,"fatherId":-1},{"id":1918,"name":"Joseph HARRIS ","sex":"M","motherId":-1,"fatherId":-1}],[{"id":4628,"name":"Susannah ___ ","sex":"F","motherId":-1,"fatherId":-1},{"id":4627,"name":"Elias DORSEY ","sex":"M","motherId":-1,"fatherId":-1},{"id":4592,"name":"Nancy DAVIS ","sex":"F","motherId":-1,"fatherId":4597},{"id":4591,"name":"William HIGHTOWER ","sex":"M","motherId":4599,"fatherId":4598}],[{"id":4597,"name":"Jacob DAVIS ","sex":"M","motherId":-1,"fatherId":-1},{"id":4599,"name":"Susannah HANKS ","sex":"F","motherId":-1,"fatherId":-1},{"id":4598,"name":"William HIGHTOWER ","sex":"M","motherId":4609,"fatherId":4608}],[{"id":4609,"name":"Mary BRYAN ","sex":"F","motherId":-1,"fatherId":-1},{"id":4608,"name":"John HIGHTOWER ","sex":"M","motherId":-1,"fatherId":-1}]]

Birth:	24 MAR 1843; Newton County, Georgia Ref: [11] [12]
Death:	18 APR 1930; Clay County, AL Ref: [13]
Death:	22 APR 1930 Ref: [14]
Burial:	Macedonia Cemetery, Clay County, AL Ref: [15]

Notes:
"Genealogical Chart of Descendants of William Hightower 1785-1862" gives
Henry's date of death as 22 Apr 1930.

US GenWeb archives at http://files.usgwarchives.org/al/clay/cemeteries/macedon.txt lists:

     Harris, Henry Gaither
     2nd CPL Com E 42 Ga. Inf. Confederate States Army
     Mar. 24, 1843 - April 22, 1930

From "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia," we can piece together a brief outline of Henry's experiences in the Civil War: He volunteered as a private on March 4, 1862, in Covington, Georgia, with Company E of Georgia's 42nd Infantry Regiment, under Captain J. Mercer, and was paid a bounty of $50.00. A few weeks later (April 15th), he was reported on indefinite sick leave in Newton County. On March 16, 1863 he was elected Corporal. After the surrender at Vicksburg, he was paroled, along with the rest of the regiment. He was captured on March 10, 1865 near Kinston, North Carolina, and imprisoned at Point Lookout, Maryland, for the remainder of the war. He was released on June 27, 1865, after signing an Oath of Allegiance to the United States. He is described as five feet, eight inches tall, with gray eyes and light brown hair.

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Muster Roll record, June 28, 1862	Muster Roll record, March-April, 1863	Muster Roll record, April-October, 1863	Record of Point Lookout, Maryland, Prisoners of War	Record of signature on U.S. Oath of Allegiance
Parole document, signed at Vicksburg	Marriage Record, Newtown County Georgia	Headstone, Henry Gaither and M. A. Harris	US Census, 1870	US Census, 1900 (1 of 2)
US Census, 1900 (2 of 2)	US Census, 1910	US Census, 1920