A link to a picture of the marker of the man in question. It appears he lived until 1924 and was buried in Walker co Ga which is in the NW corner of Ga near the GA/Tenn/Ala convergence..

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=81&GScid=35702&GRid=35501620&