The Robert Farmer Timeline by Amy Lyn Hedrick

There has been much dispute over how many Robert Farmers actually served in Company B of the 27th GA CSA; the common perception is that there was only one. However, Mr. James Gray of Australia seems to think there were two both enlisted on the same day, in the same county, under the same commander, but in different cities. And since there were two different cities listed on the military papers of Robert L. Farmer, Mr. Gray believes that this means there were two different men.

Robert Levin Farmer of Jefferson County, Georgia	Robert Farmer of Perth, Western Australia
1845, October 28 -- born	1842, July 12 -- born
1850 -- District 48, Jefferson County, Georgia	1850 -- possibly in Australia, unknown
1860 -- Dist. 77, Jefferson County, Georgia	1860 -- possibly in Australia, unknown
1861 -- possibly in Jefferson County, unknown	1861 -- supposedly on his way to America on a whaling vessel
1863, November 6 -- enlisted in Company B 27th GA, Jefferson County	1863, November 6 -- unknown whereabouts, is not known when he actually arrived in US
1870 -- unknown	1870 -- Glynn County, Georgia
1878, April 11 -- married Willie Arrington, Jefferson County	1872 -- Wrote letter from Cumberland Island home to family in Australia
1880 -- Dist. 84, Jefferson County, Georgia	1874, March 20 -- Camden County, Georgia, bought land in Brunswick
1880, December 4 -- 1st child born Jefferson County	1875, March 10 -- married Algenora Clubb, Glynn County
1887, February 24 -- married Savannah (Beal) Farmer, his brother's widow, Jefferson County	1876, January 20 -- 1st child born in Brunswick
1887, December ? -- 2nd child born	1877, May 18 -- 2nd child born in Brunswick
1900 -- Louisville, Jefferson, Georgia	1878, December 21 -- 3rd child born in Brunswick
1902, May 9 -- died Jefferson County	1879, August 22 -- first three children being baptized, possibly in Brunswick
	1880 -- Brunswick Glynn, Georgia
	1880, April 23 -- 3rd child died in Brunswick
	1880, May 8 -- Family listed in St. Mark's Episcopal Church
	1880, December 21 -- 4th child born in Brunswick
	1882 -- registered to vote that year, Brunswick
	1885, March 31 -- 5th child born in Brunswick
	1885, April 20 -- 5th child baptized in Brunswick
	1885, May 28 -- 5th child died in Brunswick
	1890, December ? -- 6th child born in Brunswick
	1890 -- Brunswick, Glynn, Georgia 611 D Street, a pilot by occupation
	1892 -- Brunswick, Glynn, Georgia 709 K cor D Streets, captain pilot boat Glynn
	1896 -- Brunswick, Glynn, Georgia 709 D Street, captain, pilot
	1898 -- Brunswick, Glynn, Georgia 709 D Street, pilot
	1898 -- Brunswick, Glynn, Georgia 709 D Street, registered to vote
	1900 -- Brunswick, Glynn, Georgia
	1901-02 -- Brunswick, Glynn, Georgia 709 D Street, pilot
	1902, August 30 -- died Glynn County