William J. Petty

Private, Company F, 40th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, CSA

Born 1833

Promoted to Private March 4, 1862

Captured July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, Mississippi

Paroled July 16, 1863 at Vicksburg, Mississippi

Died May 31, 1864 of typhoid pneumonia in Paulding County, Georgia

Buried at Old Nebo Cemetery, Nebo Road at Dallas-Nebo Road