Honorable Allatia C. Westbrook
was born in Houston County, Ga. March 19, 1842, son of Richard N. and Josephine
Coley Westbrook.
Raised in Houston and Macon Counties he went to
live with his uncle Col. W. W. Battle in Chunnennegge, Alabama when
young and received his education. He joined the Confederate army as a private,
Company C, First Georgia Volunteers, served 12 months, came home, raised
a calvary company and joined the 8th Georgia Calvary as a Captain of Company
K. Disabled from a wound he received in battle at Greenbrier, Virginia
he took command of the post in Albany, Ga where he served until he surrended
in 1865.
He never married. In 1910 Census, Mr Westbrook
is living on his farm on Meriwether and Cobb Place Rd. in the Meriwether
community. A nephew and a hired man are living
with him.
Sources: Biographical Souvenir of the States of Georgia and Florida. Chicago, IL: F.A. Battey & Company, 1889 ; 1910 Federal Census
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