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Seminole War vet receives military headstone
Grave marker denotes Curtis C. Hutcheson's service to the Georgia militia
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Curtis C. Hutcheson was buried without a grave marker when he died in 1847. His great-great-grandson, Andrew “Andy” Hutcheson, knew of his ancestor's service to his country, and compiled the proper papers for a military headstone. It arrived this year and was placed at Hutcheson's grave 168 years after his death. - photo by ELISE PERKINS
In 1836, many men marched away from their families and homesteads to fight in the Second Seminole War raging in Florida. One of those men was Curtis C. Hutcheson. Little is known about Hutcheson’s service, but he was discharged from military services about two years later.