Men who sacrificed and fought for freedom during the American Revolution and are buried in the original county of Early, State of Georgia, included patriots from Baker, Calhoun, Decatur, Early, and Grady counties: Henry Hutto, Jacob Sutton, Patrick Calhoun, Jr., Joel Darcey, Thomas Fain, George G. Gaines, Reddick Ganey, Jacob Harrell, William Kemp, Isaac Lester, Philip Pittman, Zoath Spooner, James W. Alexander, Josiah Baggett, Clark Blanford, Jesse Brown, Zacheriah Cowart, William Nevis, Simon Hadley, William Hawthorn, Joseph Singletary, Ansell Ferrell, George Roddenberry, and William Sweatman.