[coosa1.ged] Sears, John R.- 1st Corporal March 10, 1862. Captured in 1863. Appears on list of paroled prisoners in camp at Demopolis, Ala. June 5, 1863. private November 1863. Roll dated December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was at home on furlough April 1865.(Born in Newton County, Ga. March 5, 1837) Researched by Ron Bridges on 21 Mar 2003.