| Summary: | This document discharges James Goode Tait from his service in the Confederate Army. It gives a physical description of Mr. Tait and lists his profession as "planter". Mr. Tait was permitted to leave the Army before his term of service was complete because he provided an able-bodied substitute (Patrick Lynch of Louisiana) to finish out his service. The reverse side of this document lists sums of money but does not specify the significance of these sums. The Tait family were plantation owners in Wilcox County, Alabama; active in politics in Georgia, Alabama, and Texas. Family members include Charles Tait (1768-1835), politician and judge in Georgia and Alabama; his son, James Asbury Tait (1791-1855), plantation owner in Wilcox County; and James Goode Tait (1833-1911), the son of James Asbury, who inherited the family plantation. Other family members include Caroline, wife of James Asbury, and their children. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
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