In May of 1864 a public meeting was held in Wilkinson County to take steps to aid the Battlefield Relief Association in Macon for procuring contributions for  wounded soldiers who were fighting around Atlanta.
   Dr. William Taylor was appointed president, James Jackson, Vice President and E. J. Coats, Secretary. A committe of five were appointed  to prepare business for the meeting. They were Jonathan Rivers,  Dr. R. J. Cochran, James Lord, J. N. Wall and Willis Allen.
  Wilkinson County was voted to become an Auxillary Battlefield Relief Assocation and Jonathan Rivers was selected at the Executive Committee person.
 County District members were selected to collect contributions and have them at the disposal of the Executive Committe. They were: James G. Ockington, Irwinton; J. T. Hughes, High Hill District; Willis Allen, Turkey Creek District; Thomas W. Dupree Griffin District; M. M. Bloodworth, Bloodworth District; J. R. Thompson, Lords District; S. J. Stubbs Fork District and
J. R. Bragg, Ramah District .

Contributors
from June 13, 1864 Macon Daily Telegraph
Mrs. W. Shepherd- bundle rags, 2 boxes bread
Mrs Hilton, 1 bag dried fruit
W. J. Chamber, 1 bag dried fruit
Mrs. Wm Pace, 1 bundle rags
Mrs. Meadows and Mrs. S. Lindsay, bread, 1 bottle honey, paper and sage
James Brandon - 1 ham, bag flour and bottle honey
Dr. Wm. Taylor - lot flour and lot dried fruit
L. Fleetwood - pepper and bottle honey, dried fruit
Jane River - dried fruit, 2 hams

June 14, 1864
D. Solomon, agent at Gordon delivered
7 hams, 100 pounds flour, 31 dozen eggs, 1 coop of chickens, 7 pounds of butter, 1 jar lard, 1 peck snap beans, 1 peck cucumbers, 1 peck Irish potatoes, $49 in cash from sundry ladies of the Ramah district. Also received from Co. R. C. Bonner, of Jones,  1 ham and a lot beets.

June 29, 1864
Mrs W E Carswell, one large box
Mrs. G Breazeal - sugar, hops,
Mrs J G Carswell - 2 hams, dried fruit
Mrs N C Hughes - dried fruit
Mrs J M Hall - 1 bag flour, 1 bag grits, sage, black pepper, jar lard, 1 jar butter, honey, 1 jar syrup, pepper sauce, 1 ham, dried fruit, okra and vegetables

July 7, 1865
Mrs Hays - chickens, lard, rags
J Gardner - 2 chickens
B Rials - 4 doz eggs, rags
E C Grear - 5 doz eggs, rags
J Fountain - flour and butter
H H Hobbs - 1 ham, chickens and eggs
S A Lewis - vegetables, eggs and butter
S J McArthy - 1 ham, eggs
D Solomon delievered the above for Ramah District

Source - Macon Daily Telegraph May 7, June 14, June 29, July 7 1864