Father: Zachariah Brantley
Mother: Mary E. Daniel
1845 - M.D. degree, The University of the City of New York, New York, NY (from: Washington Co., GA)
08/29/1850 - Practiced medicine, Division 91, Washington Co, GA (living with parents - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as Solomon D. Brantly)
02/20/1851 - Married, Mary E. Dinkins (she died in 1897)
06/07/1860 - Owned one slave (20 y.o. mulatto female)
06/09/1860 - Practiced medicine, Washington Co., GA (living with parents, wife, and three children - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as Solomon D. Brantley)
05/07/1862 - Enlisted, Pvt., Co. E, 32nd GA Infantry, Confederate Army
10/03/1862 - Signed contract as Acting Asst. Surgeon
10/18/1862 - Ordered by Gen. G. W. Smith to report for duty as Acting Asst. Surgeon, at Gen. Hospital No. 4, Richmond, VA
12/00/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 4, Richmond, VA
12/31/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 4, Richmond, VA - reported sick
01/00/1863 - On leave for 30 days from duty as Acting Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 4, Richmond, VA
02/00/1863 - Contract as Acting Asst. Surgeon cancelled
05/26/1864 - In a letter from Sandersville, Georgia to Major W. K. DeGraffenreid, A.A. Genl., Atlanta, Georgia, "I hereby certify that Mrs. Smith, the wife of Mr. Alexander Smith has been recently confined & is suffering with Puerperal Fever. She is very ill & I recommend that her husband be permitted to remain with her until the danger is over. Mr. Alexander Smith is a Justice of the Peace in the 90th Co. District, Washington County, Georgia. S. D. Brantley M.D."
11/00/1864 - Served on the staff of Gen. Henry C. Wayne, Savannah [GA] Campaign
1864 - Practiced medicine, 20th Senatorial District, 97th Militia District, Washington Co., GA
09/08/1870 - Practiced medicine, Sandersville, Washington Co., GA (living with wife, Mary E, mother, and two children - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as Solomon D. Brantley)
1874 - Practiced medicine, Washington Co., GA (indexed in Polk's Medical Register and Directory of the United States as S. C. Brantley)
06/19/1880 - Practiced medicine, 97th Militia District, Washington Co., GA (living with wife, Mary E., one daughter, a mother-in-law, and a sister-in-law - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as Solomon Brantley)
1886,1890,1893,1896 - Practiced medicine, Sandersville, Washington Co., GA
01/02/1897 - Died, Washington Co., GA

Thanks to Judy K. Brantley/Wilson for input to this biography.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
07/13/2013. Updated 10/02/2015.
Unpublished database.

The following was added by Bev, the creator of this memorial:

Solomon D. BRANTLEY;
COMPANY E, 32nd REGIMENT
WASHINGTON COUNTY, GEORGIA
"WASHINGTON RIFLES"
He enlisted on 7 May 1862.