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- !BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: History of Gwinnett County GA..and Gwinnettt County
Families... He went by the nickname Buck. He was named for Rev.
William Parks, a minister who is well remembered for his splendid work in
spreading the gospel in the pioneer days. He was a minister at the Mdlock
Chapel in Pinckneyville.
William's farming was interrupted by the Civil War, which required him towork
in a munitions factory until called into active duty. He served under GenHood.
He was on the muster roll of Co. K, 42 regiment, Georgia VolunteerInfantry,
Army of TN ,C.S.A., Gwinnett County, Georgia, Calhoun Guards #2. He was a
private on March 4, 1862, and was wounded in both hands at Nashville, TNon 16
Dec 1864.He was wounded by an exploding cannonball in the Battle ofNashville.
The missile impacted his shirt sleeve into his wrist and it was notremoved for
several days. He was carried in a boxcar from Nashville to a hospital in
either Corinth or the Way Hospital in Meridan, MS, on 23 Mar 1865, wherehe
recovered partial use of both hands. Part of the metal remained in onehand and
some of his fingers were stiff, but he did active work the rest of hislife.
Medlock Road and the William Parks Medlock School are lasting memorials in
DeKalb County, GA
Submitted by Caroline W.Chapman McGowan, CMS 894, and others. Updated Oct. 2000.
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1837 - 1903 (65 years)
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