Might it be wild garlic or wild onion?

http://articles.extension.org/pages/67307/allium-vineale-wild-garlic

Carolb - that was the suggestion I made in my post above.

I think you are correct that it might be Allium vineale:

It has hollow, cylindrical leaves while an onion would have a solid, flattened leaves.

It is very common and very weedy so I am not surprised if it is allium vineale since allium vineale is the only allium listed on the georgia invasive species task force.

I'll be checking closely for the flowers that might appear may-june so I can confirm its identity.

I'm getting a little confused about the differences between onion/galic/chives/ramps/leeks.

You say chive has no botanical meaning. By no botanical meaning I assume you mean chive is just a common name.

Seems to me that onion/garlic/ramp/leek and chive (i've heard of onion chive and garlic chive) are all just common names as well and do not technically refer to any specific plants (other than those that looks and smell onionish). In other words, what I call an onion, someone else might call a garlic and we both are correct since onion and garlic are not technical botanical terms; rather, they are informal common names?????

Allium with leaves that are round or channel-indented in cross-section include A. cepa (stems stout - greater than 5 mm across), A. schoenoprasum (stems less than 5 mm across and clustered, and A. vineale (stems less than 5 mm across and solitary). The other common Allium species have leaves that are solid, and flattened or keeled in cross-section. And just for clarification, garden onion leaves are hollow, not solid as described above. The plants above appear to be A. vineale, as suggested.

You pretty much have it Plantid. Onion, leek, chives, ramps etc are just common names. They are all Alliums. Note for example, that A vineale has several common names: Crow Garlic, wild garlic, wild onion, false garlic and compact onion.