Enlisted as private April 26, 1861, 3rd Georgia Infantry. Appointed Quartermaster Sergeant May 9, 1861.Discharged, furnished James McCue as substitute, October 14, 1862. Elected Captain Co. A, 2d Regiment Ga. State Troops (Stapleton's).
Captain Rollin Stanley, the second child and first son of Ira Stanley, was born in Laurens County in 1830. He was united in marriage to Martha Lowther, daughter of John Lowther of Dublin. The marriage was performed at the Lowther summer home at 'Van Wert,' in Polk County, on he outskirts of what is now Rockmart.
He was educated in the public schools in Laurens County, and was then sent to Dartmouth University. He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in Irwinton, where he practiced until 1866. He then returned to Laurens County and located a Dublin, where he remained the balance of his life.
At the outbreak of the war he was residing at Irwinton, where he entered the Confederate Army with the Third Georgia Regiment and remained with the army until 1862. He was forced to leave the army due to ill health. Later, the relationship between Governor Joe Brown and President Jefferson Davis was so strained that the former refused to grant any more requests for soldiers and organized the Georgia Militia. Captain Stanley was elected Captain of Company A, Second Regiment, Georgia State Troops, Colonel Stapleton's Regiment. He was elected Major, 16th District, Laurens County, but the war closed before he was commissioned.
Rollin Stanley was a member of the Dublin Baptist Church and for twenty‑five years before his death was superintendant of the Sunday school. He was a speaker of rare gifts and was in much demand in various parts of the state to deliver Sunday school addresses that were much enjoyed.
When the Oconee Judicial Circuit was formed he was appointed Solicitor General by Governor James Smith. In 1891 he was elected judge of the Court of Ordinary, a position he held until his death in 1893.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~duggan/1106-r.doc
Captain Rollin Stanley, the second child and first son of Ira Stanley, was born in Laurens County in 1830. He was united in marriage to Martha Lowther, daughter of John Lowther of Dublin. The marriage was performed at the Lowther summer home at 'Van Wert,' in Polk County, on he outskirts of what is now Rockmart.
He was educated in the public schools in Laurens County, and was then sent to Dartmouth University. He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in Irwinton, where he practiced until 1866. He then returned to Laurens County and located a Dublin, where he remained the balance of his life.
At the outbreak of the war he was residing at Irwinton, where he entered the Confederate Army with the Third Georgia Regiment and remained with the army until 1862. He was forced to leave the army due to ill health. Later, the relationship between Governor Joe Brown and President Jefferson Davis was so strained that the former refused to grant any more requests for soldiers and organized the Georgia Militia. Captain Stanley was elected Captain of Company A, Second Regiment, Georgia State Troops, Colonel Stapleton's Regiment. He was elected Major, 16th District, Laurens County, but the war closed before he was commissioned.
Rollin Stanley was a member of the Dublin Baptist Church and for twenty‑five years before his death was superintendant of the Sunday school. He was a speaker of rare gifts and was in much demand in various parts of the state to deliver Sunday school addresses that were much enjoyed.
When the Oconee Judicial Circuit was formed he was appointed Solicitor General by Governor James Smith. In 1891 he was elected judge of the Court of Ordinary, a position he held until his death in 1893.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~duggan/1106-r.doc
Enlisted as private April 26, 1861, 3rd Georgia Infantry. Appointed Quartermaster Sergeant May 9, 1861.Discharged, furnished James McCue as substitute, October 14, 1862. Elected Captain Co. A, 2d Regiment Ga. State Troops (Stapleton's).
Captain Rollin Stanley, the second child and first son of Ira Stanley, was born in Laurens County in 1830. He was united in marriage to Martha Lowther, daughter of John Lowther of Dublin. The marriage was performed at the Lowther summer home at 'Van Wert,' in Polk County, on he outskirts of what is now Rockmart.
He was educated in the public schools in Laurens County, and was then sent to Dartmouth University. He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in Irwinton, where he practiced until 1866. He then returned to Laurens County and located a Dublin, where he remained the balance of his life.
At the outbreak of the war he was residing at Irwinton, where he entered the Confederate Army with the Third Georgia Regiment and remained with the army until 1862. He was forced to leave the army due to ill health. Later, the relationship between Governor Joe Brown and President Jefferson Davis was so strained that the former refused to grant any more requests for soldiers and organized the Georgia Militia. Captain Stanley was elected Captain of Company A, Second Regiment, Georgia State Troops, Colonel Stapleton's Regiment. He was elected Major, 16th District, Laurens County, but the war closed before he was commissioned.
Rollin Stanley was a member of the Dublin Baptist Church and for twenty‑five years before his death was superintendant of the Sunday school. He was a speaker of rare gifts and was in much demand in various parts of the state to deliver Sunday school addresses that were much enjoyed.
When the Oconee Judicial Circuit was formed he was appointed Solicitor General by Governor James Smith. In 1891 he was elected judge of the Court of Ordinary, a position he held until his death in 1893.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~duggan/1106-r.doc
Captain Rollin Stanley, the second child and first son of Ira Stanley, was born in Laurens County in 1830. He was united in marriage to Martha Lowther, daughter of John Lowther of Dublin. The marriage was performed at the Lowther summer home at 'Van Wert,' in Polk County, on he outskirts of what is now Rockmart.
He was educated in the public schools in Laurens County, and was then sent to Dartmouth University. He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in Irwinton, where he practiced until 1866. He then returned to Laurens County and located a Dublin, where he remained the balance of his life.
At the outbreak of the war he was residing at Irwinton, where he entered the Confederate Army with the Third Georgia Regiment and remained with the army until 1862. He was forced to leave the army due to ill health. Later, the relationship between Governor Joe Brown and President Jefferson Davis was so strained that the former refused to grant any more requests for soldiers and organized the Georgia Militia. Captain Stanley was elected Captain of Company A, Second Regiment, Georgia State Troops, Colonel Stapleton's Regiment. He was elected Major, 16th District, Laurens County, but the war closed before he was commissioned.
Rollin Stanley was a member of the Dublin Baptist Church and for twenty‑five years before his death was superintendant of the Sunday school. He was a speaker of rare gifts and was in much demand in various parts of the state to deliver Sunday school addresses that were much enjoyed.
When the Oconee Judicial Circuit was formed he was appointed Solicitor General by Governor James Smith. In 1891 he was elected judge of the Court of Ordinary, a position he held until his death in 1893.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~duggan/1106-r.doc
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