Early Settlers of South Georgia
CAPT. JOHN C. LAMB, C. S. A., AND HIS FAMILY.
Among the early settlers of
Milltown and what is now Lanier county, were William Lamb and his
family. He was a native of North Carolina, where his family lived near
Raleigh. Coming here they settled and lived until the death of the
elder Lamb, on the present farm of Nathan Lovejoy, near Milltown.
Mr. Lamb was twice married. By his first wife, whose name is unknown to
the writer at present, were born the following children: Aaron, who
remained in North Carolina; Julia, who married a Dr. Hale and who
likewise remained in her native state; and Catherine, who married John
Carroll of this section.
It seems that the first Mrs. Lamb died in North Carolina, and before
leaving there, Mr. Lamb married his second wife, Margaret Carroll, who
was a sister to Jesse and James Carroll, early citizens of this county.
To this union were born: John C. Lamb, who married Satira Lovejoy.
Edward Lamb, who married Henrietta Griffin, a sister of the late
William H. Griffin of Valdosta.
William Lamb, Jr., who married Mrs. Mary Knight, a widow, and daughter
of Jesse Carroll. Ann Lamb, who married Dougal McDonald. Lizzie Lamb,
who married Daniel McDonald. These two McDonalds were twin brothers
The Carrolls were likewise from North Carolina, near Wilmington.
John C. Lamb, as stated above, married Satira Lovejoy, a daughter of
James L. Lovejoy of Clinch county. Mr. Lamb owned and ran a store in
Milltown previous to the Civil war, and when the war came on he was one
of the first to volunteer for the conflict, joining a company which was
raised and organized at Milltown in 1861. This company was designated
as Company "K," 29th Georgia Regiment, and Mr. Lamb was elected its
first captain. At a re-organization of the company, held a few months
later, Capt. Lamb was promoted to major of his regiment, and Thomas S.
Wiley succeeded him, as captain. This company took part in all the
battles of the western wing of the Confederate army, which suffered
much in the Mississippi campaign of 1864. In the battle at or near
Jackson, Miss., Major Lamb was killed.
During the war, Mrs. Lamb stayed with her parents, at their home in the
Stockton district of Clinch county. To Major and Mrs. Lamb were born
only one child, who was Lillian Eugenia, who married the late Hampton
Howell of Milltown and who now resides in Milltown. Among Mr. and Mrs.
Howell's children are Will H. Howell, clerk of the superior court of
Lanier county, and Hamp Howell, Jr., who is postmaster at Milltown.
A few years after the close of the Civil war Mrs. Lamb married Robert
Stafford Holzendorf, who had emigrated to Clinch county with his
father, Alexander Holzendorf, and located at Stockton during the war.
The Holzendorfs were members of an old Camden county family, who had
lived there since the days of the Revolution. Alexander Holzendorf and
his family "refugeed" as it was known, from Camden to Clinch on account
of the exposed danger of Camden county to the enemy during the war.
To Mr. and Mrs. Holzendorf were
born four children, viz.: James A. Holzendorf, who married Hattie
Phillips, daughter of
Wm. S. Phillips of Stockton. Mr. Holzendorf is and has been railroad
agent at Stockton a number of years.
Robert Holzendorf, Jr., who married Elizabeth Williams of Greenwood, S.
C, and who at present lives at Norfolk, Va.
A. M. Holzendorf of Waycross, who first married Mamie Penland, and she
died, leaving a son, Algeron; and the second wife was
Lula, a daughter of Jasper Roberts of Echols county.
John L. Holzendorf, who married Stella Carter, daughter of Irving
Carter, and who died in Milltown about ten years ago.
The elder William Lamb and his wife died near Milltown during the.
latter part of the Civil war and are buried in Milltown in the old
cemetery.
The South Georgia Historical and Genealogical Quarterly 1922
