Hugh O'Pry, III

Hugh O'Pry III, son of Hugh O'Pry II (wh was a tailor in savannah) was born in 1817, in Savannah, Ga.Chatham County. He was listed in the Twiggs County History book page 36, as a commissioned officer Feb. 8th, 1836, by his excellency wm. schley, Milledgeville, Ga.

As a young child, he was sent to Twiggs, County to live with his grandmother, Elizabeth Ann Benbow O'Pry, after the death of his parents.