Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., page 921
Published by The Southern Historical Association in 1895
TROUP COUNTY
J.B. Haralson, farmer, Long Cane, Troup Co., Ga., son of J.B.
and Beulah (Smedley) Haralson, was born in Troup county in
1841. His paternal grandfather, Elijah Haralson, was a native
of Virginia, came to Georgia about 1795 in ox-carts, and
settled in Greene county. There being but few public roads at
that time, and they far apart, he had to cut a road-way to his
lands - virgin forest, where they cleared a farm. He was a
soldier in the war of 1812. Mr. Haralson�s father was born in
Greene county in 1803, and was reared on the farm. He remained
in Greene until 1827, when he removed to Troup county, making
the journey in ox-carts, and settled in the woods on the
western side of the Chattahoochee river. There was but one
other family in that part of the county at that time. His
life-pursuit was farming, but he supplemented that by working
as a carpenter, and he served many years as a justice of the
peace. He was also a soldier in the Creek Indian war of 1836.
Mr. Haralson attended school at first under a bush arbor; he
did this two seasons, and then a log house was built, where he
finished his limited education. In 1861 he enlisted in Company
F., Capt. Bodkin, Twenty-first Georgia regiment, Col. John T.
Mercer, assigned to Gen. Smith�s command. He saw much hard
service, and was in many important hard-fought battles, among
them Winchester, and from there to Gettysburg, Cold Harbor and
others. He was wounded and in the hospital when Second
Manassas was fought. At the time of the surrender he was on
duty in Selma, Ala. He entered the service as a private, and
in 1863, he was promoted to a lieutenancy, which commission he
held at the close of the war. After the war he earnestly
engaged in farming, with the pursuit of which he has been
content, and his success has satisfied his highest ambition.
In 1886 he was appointed a gauger and storekeeper in the
internal revenue department and held the office some
considerable time. Mr. Haralson was married in 1860 to Miss
Mary J., daughter of Warren and Mary (Edmonson) Cofield. She
died in 1883, and in 1884 he married Miss Anna V. Wilkinson,
born in Troup county, who has borne him three children: Thomas
B., Florence R., and Beulah. He is a master Mason, and himself
and wife are members of the Baptist church.
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