JAMES CHRISTOPHER WILDES

It is believed that he grew up in Tattnall County where he met and married Samantha Cowart on November 11, 1850.  She was born in 1830, to William and Martha Cowart of Reidsville, Georgia.

His military record in the Confederate Army is as follows:
Wildes, James Co., enlisted in the Confederate Army on November 20, 1862, in Savannah, Georgia by Captain Jippins for three years, or the duration of the war.  Private, Company G., 47th Georgia Infantry.

After the death of his wife, he made his home with his son, Thomas Beauregard.  His last birthday was celebrated with a family reunion which was attended by sixty-three children and grandchildren.  He was spending the night with his son Daniel Jackson, with whom he planned a fishing trip for the next day, when he was seriously stricken ill and died August 19, 1912.  He was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church.  Burial was beside his wife in the Wildes Family Cemetery, three miles south of Reidsville.