 When Fulton County was formed as Atlanta's new home in 1854, he became the first clerk of its Superior Court which he remained as late as 1859, when his residence was on the Marietta road a mile outside of town (roughly where Howell Mill Road splits off today).Benjamin Bomar was 44 years old at the outbreak of the American Civil War.He volunteered and served as the paymaster of Georgia's 28th Infantry, at a rank of captain.