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Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Holtsinger, Horace L. March 20, 2006
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Elizabethton Star March 21, 2006
Horace L. Holtsinger
Horace L. Holtsinger, 81, of Limestone, passed away Monday, March 20, 2006,
at Unicoi County Memorial Hospital after an eight-year illness of Alzheimer's
disease.
Horace was born on March 6, 1925 in Limestone. He was a son of the late
Harry D. and Stella McCurry Holtsinger. In addition to his parents, he was
preceded in death by a sister, Mildred (Mrs. Ralph) Oliver, and two brothers,
J.C. Holtsinger and Charles Doyle Holtsinger.
Mr. Holtsinger was a charter member of 11-E Church of Christ in
Jonesborough and was employed 27 years at Klopman Mills in Johnson City. After
his retirement he was employed eight years at Tri-Cities Cabinet Shop.
Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Helen Peters Holtsinger, of the
home; a son, Douglas Lee Holstinger, Canton, Ga.; a sister, Lois Gary,
Lexington, S.C.; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Ray and Joyce Holtsinger,
Limestone, Gilbert "Mike" and Shirley Holtsinger, Morristown, and Rollie and
Judy Holtsinger, Lexington, S.C.; and two sisters-in-law, Jerri Holtsinger,
Canton, Miss., and Sue Thomas, Knoxville. Several nieces and nephews also
survive.
Memorial services for Mr. Holtsinger will be conducted at 7 p.m. Wednesday,
March 22, in the Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home Chapel with Mr. Glenn Mettler
officiating. Music will be provided by Dennis Laws. The family will receive
friends at the funeral home from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, prior to the memorial
service, and other times at the home. The committal service will be conducted
by Minister Marshall Stufflefield at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 23, at New Salem
Cemetery. Mr. Holtsinger requested that his body be cremated. In lieu of
flowers, the family requested that memorial donations be made to the New Salem
Cemetery, c/o Bob Saint John, 554 Frank Stanton Road, Limestone, TN 37581.
Condolences may be sent to the Holtsinger family online at www.dillow-taylor.com.
Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Jonesborough, (423) 753-
3821, is in charge of arrangements.
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Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Davis, Lillian Mckinney March 3, 2006
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Mitchell News-Journal 3/15/06
LILLIAN MCKINNEY DAVIS
CONOVER - Lillian McKinney Davis, 77, died Friday, March 3, 2006 at Catawba
Medical Center. A native of Mitchell County, she was the daughter of Charlie
and Dora Greene McKinney, and wife of the late O.V. Davis. She was also
preceded in death by two sisters and two brothers. She was a member of
Bollinger's Chapel United Methodist Church.
Survivors include a son, Charles Davis of Lewiston, ID; two daughters, Brenda
Davis of Chicago, IL, and Nancy Beam of Taylorsville; sisters, Opal Young of
Drexel, and Vergie Carpenter and Lois Boone, both of Conover; four
grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at Bollinger's Chapel United
Methodist Church. Rev. Larry Fletcher officiated. Burial will be in Lenawee
Hills Memorial Park in Adrian, MI. The family received friends from 1 p.m.
until the service hour at the church. Memorial donations may be made to
Bollinger's Chapel United Methodist Church, 1215 Carolina Street SE, Valdese,
NC 28690.
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Warren County TN Archives News.....An Old Couple Murdered. March 30, 1903
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The Weekly Constitution, Atlanta, Ga. March 30, 1903
McMinnville, Tenn., March 26. -- In the eleventh district of this (Warren)
county, the dead bodies of Peter Luttrell and wife, both past 80 years old,
were found in bed at their home today horribly beaten and mutilated. The
discovery was made by Lee Vickers and wife, who had a contract to care for the
couple, in consideration for which the latter had deeded Vickers their farm,
taking effect upon their death.
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Knox County TN Archives News.....Sixty Cases of Smallpox. March 30, 1903
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The Weekly Constitution, Atlanta, Ga. March 30, 1903
Knoxville, Tenn., March 25. -- The smallpox situation in this city is not
materially changed. There are now sixty cases, and almost one hundred people
are in quarantine and in the detention quarters. The latest cases discovered,
three in number, were two negroes who were removed to the city pest house, and
one white man, named Wright, a civil engineer, who is in detention awaiting
developments. The city officials, expect the new pest house, 5 miles north of
the city, to be ready for occupancey the last of this week.
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Hamblen-Knox County TN Archives News.....Freight Trains Collide. March 30, 1903
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The Weekly Constitution, Atlanta, GA. March 30, 1903
Knoxville, Tenn., March 23. -- Two double header freight trains collided at Roe
Junction, three miles east of Morristown, at 1:05 o'clock this morning. One
fireman was killed and three other train men injured.
The dead: T. E. Woods, fireman.
The injured: N. G. Wilkerson, engineer, shoulder dislocated; J. E. Trout,
brakeman, slight lateral injuries; John Hager, colored, brakeman, arm broken;
The collision resulted from train "second No. 88" failing to ascertain
whether "train No. 85" which had the right of way, had passed Roe Junction.
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Statewide-Meigs-Weakley County TN Archives News.....His Last Letter September 17, 1885
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Birmingham Evening Chronicle: Birmingham Alabama September 17, 1885
DODGE CITY, Kan., Sept. 16 - As the Las Cora stage was approaching Dodge
City, it was met about eighteen miles south by a party of three men. One of
them, Robert E. Robbins, demanded of the stage driver to open the mail sacks.
Before the driver could make a reply the party discovered a young man following
the stage on horseback several rods in the rear. The party rode to the young
man and commenced beating him. The young man was Woolfly Wells, and a brother
of his named Grant Wells, was riding in the stage. Grant alighted and
requested the ruffians to desist from abusing the young man. Two of the
ruffians then fired at Grant with pistols. Grant returned the fire and shot
Robbins through the head, causing instant death. The two friends of Robbins
then fled. Grant Wells came to this city on the stage and delivered himself up
to the authorities. Robbins body was carried here in the evening, an inquest
was held and a verdict of justifiable homicide was returned. Robbins was
buried in the Potters field. His home was in Georgetown, Tenn. On his person
was found a letter addressed to his mother, in which he stated that he was to
attempt a robbery that night. The letter was written at Dodge City. His age
was about twenty-eight.
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Stewart County TN Archives Military Records.....Hall, John January 29, 1935
Revwar - Pension
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John Hall
January 29, 1935
Mr. Robert Shummay
Rockford Senion High School
Rockford, Illinois
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you state that you received
the record of John Hall, S.2590, sent to you on September 9, 1934 and
that you have since learned from a relative that the Revolutionary War
service of that John Hall was a sergeant, 4th Company, muster roll dated
December 12, 1782, State records of North Carolina, volume 16, page
1084. You request now to know if this office has a record of a John
Hall who rendered this given service.
The John Hall, S.2590, whose record was furnished you, alleged no service
in the North Carolina troops; his service was in the South Carolina Troops.
The Revolutionary War records have been searched and the record found of
a John Hall who rendered service in the North Carolina troops in 1782.
His record is given as shown in pension claim, S.41621, based upon his
service in the Revolutionary War. There is no way for this office to
determine whether or not he was identical with the one whose record you
cite from page 1084, North Carolina archives.
John Hall enlisted in Richmond County, North Carolina, and served at
various times, amounting to about three and one-half years, in the North
Carolina troops, and was in several engagements with the Tories; no
officers names, nor dates of enlistments are given. He enlisted in
September 1781, served in Captain Sharp's company, Colonel Archibald
Lytle's North Carolina regiment and was discharged in September 1782 at
James Island, South Carolina. He stated that this service of one year
was "all the serice which he rendered in the army of the United States
as a Continental soldier." An official statement from the North Carolina
records in support of his claim for pension shows that he served as
corporal in Captain Sharp's company; he did not himself state his rank.
He applied for pension October 17, 1818, at which time he was a resident
of Stewart County, Tennessee. His application was executed in Montgomery
County, Tennessee. He stated then that he was in his sixty-seventh year.
His claim was allowed.
John Hall died January 27, 1833. An official report on file shows that
the last payment of his pension which was due was made in May 1833, to
Mapel Chapel of Anson County, North Carolina, his only surviving child.
The name of soldier's wife is not given and no other names of children
are shown.
Very truly yours,
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Williamson County TN Archives News.....Stories of the War - A Snow Battle During The War December 21, 1886
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The Weekly Constitution, Atlanta, Ga. December 21, 1886
Just after the battle of Fredericksburg the brigade commanded by the gallant
general, Clement A. Evans--now a devout disciple of the Prince of Peace-- was
in winter quarters on the Rappahanock river near Port Royal.
A snow storm came and snow fell to a depth of a foot.
General Hoke, of North Carolina, who was quartered near by with his brigade of
three thousand men marched over and sent word to General Evans that he must
surrender or stand the consequence. Of course there was no surrender. The
North Carolinians who were making the demand for surrender attacked the
Georgians on the flank where the Thirty-First and Thirty-Eighth regiments
chanced to be. The assault was so unexpected and the attacking forces were so
well massed that they swept everything before them, going through the camps and
having things their own way. When the troops of General Hoke had pretty well
routed General Evans, they struck the 13th Georgia, and had such a lively
tussle that the rest of the Georgians were encouraged, reformed, charged the
North Carolinians, and accomplished a complete rout, driving them pell-mell
through the snow to their winter quarters, three miles away. The Georgians
withdrew, but later in the day planned an attack on General Hoke's camps,
intending to bring away anything portable that could be captured. The
Georgians were repulsed, however, without difficulty, as a good many of the old
soldiers refused to go on the raid, and Genral Hoke's forces outnumbered the
forces of General Evans.
In the retreat, the distinguished "Bull" Averitt, of the 31st Georgia, fell
into a gully fifteen feet deep, and couldn't get out. He tried to surrender
but the North Carolinians informed him that they were not taking any prisoners
that day.
"You came after an oven!" a Carolinian would exclaim, "here is a biscuit to
put in it!" and the unfortunate Bull would catch it in the eye or behind the
ear. Whe Bull got back to camp he was without his hat. The two battles taken
together made the day's fighting a draw, and on that each side rested.
Between six and seven thousand men were engaged in the snow balling.
In January '64, while the confederate troops were in winter quarters at Dalton,
there came a big snow storm and twenty thousand soldeirs went into a regularly
organized snow balling.
On one side of the branch was the parade ground of the Georgia and South
Carolina troops, and back of that the quarters. On the opposite side of the
branch was the parade ground of the Tennesseeans and back of their parade
ground was their quarters.
The ground was frozen to a depth of five feet, the snow was a foot deep and no
indication of melting.
A day was appointed for the snow battle.
The Tennesseans marched out and formed a line of battle, their drums beating,
bugles blowing, colors flying, and officers mounted.
Every soldier had a knapsack full of snow balls.
The Georgians formed and prepared to make the attack by crossing the branch.
There were ten thousand men on each side and the scene was very imposing.
As soon as the Georgians crossed the branch they met a terrific fusilade from
the Tennesseans who were at home in the snow.
The commander of the Tennesseans, a handsome fellow named Gordon, who was from
Franklin, Tennessee, was capturned but a bold dash was made by the Tennesseans,
and he was rescued.
The Georgians and South Carolinians being unused to the snow, were at a great
disadvantage, and were forced back across the branch. As the Tenneseeans
crossed the branch they wet their snowballs, and the next volley fired at the
Georgia and Carolina boys was terrible in its effect. Pressing on, the
Tenneseans captured the quarters and proceeded to loot the whole shebang,
carrying off rations, tobacco, piopes, and everything else that did not belong
to the government. That snowballing, in which twenty thousand men took part,
was no doubt the biggest thing of the kind that ever occurred in Georgia, or
will ever again.
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Davidson County TN Archives News.....Stories of The War - A Young Heroine. December 21, 1886
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The Weekly Constitution, Atlanta, Ga. December 21, 1886
How a Beautiful Girl Saved a Soldier's Life - Where Is She Now?
For the Constitution.
On the night of August 6th, 1864, a train loaded with wounded confederate
soldiers, left Atlanta on the Macon railroad. The train was made up of
ordinary box and cattle cars, and was destined for Macon. The wounded, after
having received such surgical aid as could be rendered at the field hospitals,
were placed as thickly as possible on the bare floors of the cars, except in a
few instances where the wounded man had been fortunate enough to bring his
blanket or gum cloth with him from the field, in which case it had been placed
under him. In many instances, when the wounds were of a serious character, the
soldier's clothing had necessarily been cut away by the surgeons, who not
having other garments to replace those clotted with blood and probably cut into
strings, the soldier was placed aboard the cars with only a shirt or a pair of
drawers on, as he happened to be wounded in the lower or upper limbs. This
partial rudeness, however, instead of being a source of discomfort, proved a
blessing, as the weather was unusually hot. It enabled them to get the full
benfit of the little breeze there was astir.
I occupied a small space in one of the cattle cars. I had received a wound on
the line that morning which necessitated the immediate amputation of a leg
above the knee. I must have been unconscious at the time of being put aboard
the train, as the first distinct recollection I have was of being "shaken up,"
as if by the starting of the train. I shall never forget the scene upon which
my eyes opened. A tallow candle at each end of the car threw a fitful and
weird light over the ghastly spectacle. Men there were wounded in every
conceivable way -- some with shattered arms and legs; some with bloody stumps
of limbs; some with gaping wounds in their trunks; others with torn and
bandaged heads, and all with ghastly pain-distorted faces, and added to this
the agonizing moans, prayers and cries for "water!" "water!" that rose above
the din and rattle of the train, and it gave one an impression of the infernal
regions, and I recall it now with a feeling of the greatest horror.
In strange contrast to these ghastly surroundings, however, was the appearance
of two female figures -- an old or middle-aged lady and a young girl of fifteen
or sixteen -- who were seated on a box or trunk just between the doors in the
center of the car. I remember a feeling of both surprise and joy at seeing
them, although suffering tortures from my own wound at the time. Where they
came from or what was their destination are matters of conjecture, but I always
supposed them to have been refugees from the storm of shot and shell which
Sherman's guns was hourly pouring upon the beautiful gate city. This train of
wounded soldiers was doubtless the only means of transportation offered them,
and they accepted it rather than remain amid the dangers surrounding their
home. They bore evidence of culture and refinement, and their bearing was that
of well to do ladies. But there they sat, surrounded by a sight that would
make the stoutest heart quail. No word passed between them and myself, but the
old lady, turning her eyes in my direction, observed that a stream of blood was
running from my wounded leg. A ligature had slipped from the main artery, and
death was only a question of a few minutes. A few hurried whispers were
exchanged between the two, and then the young girl arose and came and knelt
down beside me, and takinga handkerchief from her pocket tied it securely
around the bleeding stump. This done, she took a parasol which she carried,
and passing it under the handkerchief, twisted it until the flow of blood was
completely checked. And thus she knelt through out that long night, holding
the parasol upon which depended a human life while the the train went along at
what appeared a snail's pace. The slowness of the train was afterwards
accounted for by the proximity of General Straight's cavalry. We arrived at
Griffin at 4 a.m. and through the efforts of my girlish preserver, I was taken
from the train and carried to the Catoosa hospital, where the refractory artery
received immediate attention. Under the skillful treatment of the surgeons,
and the kind nursing of the noble ladies of Griffin, I finally recovered. The
ladies probably continued their journey on the train, and from that day to this
I have remained in ignorance of the name or residence of my preserver. Not a
word was exchanged between us. She seemed in no mood to talk, and I was too
weak and too sorely tortured by pain to utter anything save groans. But my
eyes seemed rivetted during all the long hours on her delicate, aristocratic
face, and I well remember the traces of deep sympathy that mingled with her
maidenly blushes.
Nearly a quarter of a century has passed since that terrible night; the old
lady has probably been "gathered to her fathers," and the young girl, if
living, has grown to be a woman of thirty-eight or forty -- maybe a happy wife
and mother. Time has doubtless obscured her recollections of the scenes but
the boy-soldier, whose life her noble action saved, still lives, and cherishes
and blesses her memory. Away in the inmost chamber of my heart is the image of
a sweet girlish face all covered with crimson blushes, and as often as memory
reverts to those days of carnage and blood, I utter a benediction for the
little Georgia heroine.
Austin D. Haynes
Then Lieut. and Adjut. 63d Va. Infty.
Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 14th, 1886
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Madison County TN Archives Obituaries.....Jackson, Lawrence Plummer April 28, 1972
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The Jackson Sun, Sunday, April 30, 1972
Funeral services for Lawrence P. (L.P.) Jackson, 78, of 44 Pine Tree Drive
will be at 2 p.m. Monday from the Chapel of Griffin Funeral Home with Dr. Paul
T. Lyles officiating. Burial will follow in Ridgecrest Cemetery, Jackson, TN.
Mr. Jackson died at 6 a.m. Friday at the home of his brother and sister-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs. James DaVault of Gainesville, Florida after a brief illness.
He was born in Franklin, Kentucky, son of the late James Emory Jackson and
Dora Dee PlummerJackson, and moved to Jackson with his parents as an infant.He
attended city schools here and was a graduate of the Illinois School of
Optometry.
Mr. Jackson was the owner of Jackson Jewelers until his retirement. He was an
active Mason, member of the Scottish Rite, Al Chymia Shrine Temple, and the
Jackson Shrine Club. He was a past patron of the Order of Eastern Star.
Mr. Jackson was a past president of the Jackson Rotary Club, past commander of
the John A. Deaver Post 12 American Legion and was a member of the Tennessee
Otometric Association, Jackson Lodge No. 193 B.P.O. Elks, board of directors
of the Y.M.C.A. Knights of Pythias and of the Madison County Barracks Veterans
of World War I.
He was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Survivors include: his widow, Mrs. Irene Low Jackson; a niece, Mrs. Mae Bowman
of Mission, Kan.; a nephew, George Jackson of Baltimore, Md., and a sister-in-
law, Mrs. Ledie Jackson of Mission, Kan.
Active pallbearers, requested to meet at the funeral home at 1:45 p.m.,
include: Conrid Smith, Kendrick Kroger, Jimmy Cole, Grady Arnold, E.S.
Jackson, Dr. Merill Wise, Dr. Carol LaGrange and Walter Frankland.
Honorary pallbearers to serve are: Henry Felton, Dr. N.F. LaGrange, Martin M.
Davis, Dr. J.A. Phillips, Simpson Russell Sr., Earl James, Joe T. Woodson,
Frank Proctor, R.V. Young, Dr. E.W. Edwards, Dr. Harold Yarbro, E.W. Woodruff,
Dr. Kirby Lasley, Capt. W.M. Phillips, W.L. Franks, C.C. Latta and Fred
Crosson.
Members of the Men's Bible Class of the First United Methodist Church are
requested to sit in a body at the services.
The body will remain at the funeral home.
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Sullivan-Greene-Rutherford County TN Archives Military Records.....Crockett, Robert February 11, 1833
Revwar - Pension Militia
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Revolutionary War Pension Claim #30353
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7th
1833.
State of Kentucky
County of Cumberland
Personally appeared before us composing the county court for said county this 11th
Feb. 1833 Robert
Crockett aged 78 years who being first duly sworn according to law on his oath make
the following
statement or declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed
June 7th 1833.
This declarant entered the service of the United States in 1776 under Capt. James
Johnson and Col. Wm.
Grimes. He served along the frontier of N. Carolina. He served as a substitute for
Jacob Wills one
month - He entered in June.
In 1776 he entered under Capt. Isaac Bletcher and served 3 months. He was engaged
building a fort on
the frontier of Sullivan County. His next tour he performed under Wm. Asher for a
month as a
draftedman. This was in 1777 - His next tour 1778 he went to Chickamaga country -
He served under
Col. Isaac Shelby and Capt. Bledsoe. He served 7 weeks.
His next he went as a draft to King's mountain. He was in the Battle - He served 2
months.
His next tour 1781 - he was drafted for three months for which he got his discharge
from Isaac Shelby.
He served in all 14 Months.
He has a living witness of his services.
He has no discharge though he received one from Shelby. He lived in Sullivan County
when he entered
the service. he was born in Bartly County Virginia.
He lived in Greene County Tennessee until about 33 years ago when he moved to what
is now
Cumberland County Ky. in which he now lives.
He has no record of his age.
He was acquainted with Col. Williams, Col. Campbell, Col. Cleveland.
He refers to Genl. John M. Emerson, Col. Semuel (? or perhaps the word is Lemuel)
Stockton and many
others for his character. He has no documentary evidence of his service. He
relinquishes all claim to
any pension or annuity except - the present - and declares that his name is not on
the pension rolls of
the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above mentioned.
Robert Crockett
Second sheet:
1st I was born in Bartley County Virginia in the year 1755.
2nd I have no record of my age but from the best information I have I am 78 years
of age.
3rd I lived in Sullivan County Virginia when called into service. Shortly after
the war I moved to Green
County Tennessee where I lived until 1800 when I moved to Cumberland County Ky where
I have lived
ever since and now live.
4th I served my 1st tour as a substitute for Jacob Wills. My 2nd, 3rd, and 4th
tours as a volunteer and
my 5th and 6th as a draftee.
5th I was acquainted with while in service and frequently saw Colonels Williams,
Campbell and
Cleveland.
6th For the whole of my service I never received but one discharge which I received
from Isaac Shelby
and which is now lost or destroyed for though sought for I have not been able to
find it.
7th This interrogatory is answered on page 2nd of this declaration.
his
Robert X Crockett
mark
Application for a new certificate
County of Cumberland State of Kentucky (illegible word)
On this 3rd (or 30) day of April 1834, before me the subscribed, a justice of the
peace for the said
County of Cumberland personally appeared Robert Crockett of said County who on his
oath declares
that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain
James
Elliott.
Regiment commanded by Colonel Isaac Shelby in the service of the United States. His
name was placed
on the pension roll of the State of Kentucky as he has been informed and believes to
be true. That a
certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War was
forwarded to Milton King
of Burkesville, directed as (he?) is informed and (believes?) to said Milton King of
Burksville Tennessee,
through mistake: when it should have been Burksville Kentucky, which place is in the
County of
Cumberland Kentucky, and tho there is no such place as Burksville Tennessee, which
certificate his is
informed and believes was forwarded as above stated by the Commissioner of pensions
on or about the
4th day of September 1833, but which certificate he has never received, (illegible
word) he has made
frequent application to said King for it, nor does he believe said King has ever
received it, or that it has
ever arrived at or been sent to Burksville Kentucky which it should have been sent,
and the said Crocket
further states that he did not believe he ever would be inabled to procure said
certificate for he believed
it was miscarried and lost and therefore desiring a new certificate might be granted
and forwared to
him.
Sworn and subscribed to (2 illegible words) Robert Crockett
Day and year aforesaid.
John T (illegible)
Treasury Department - Second Comptroller's Office Nov. 11th, 1839 (form letter)
Sir,
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of
money remaining
unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the
Treasurey of the
United States" The children of Robert Crockett, a Pensioner on the Roll of the
Kentucky Agency at the
rate of Forty five Dollars and forty three cents per annum, under the law of the
7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department from the 4th of Sept. 1835, to the 26th Feb'y 1836, the
day of his death.
Respectfully yours,
(too hard to read) comptroller
Additional Comments:
A copy of his original pension was obtained from the National Archives and Record
Administration, Wash.,
DC. This is my transcription of that document.
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Gibson-Obion County TN Archives Deed.....Taylor, A.H. - Carroll, Pattie E. And P.H. December 28, 1886
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9th Civil District, Gibson County
Written: December 28, 1886
Item C#033 [my reference]
Where as I Pattie E. Carrol and A.H. Taylor are tenants in common of the tract
of land set apart to Mrs. Margarett Taylor as the widow of Spencer Taylor as
dower by the Circuit Court of Gibson County T enn at the May tenn 1846 of said
court to which decree refferance is made for a description of said dower tract I
owning a one fifth undivided interest in said dower tract and said A.H. Taylor
owning four fifths undivided interest in the same said tract of land lying in
the 9th Civil district of Gibson County Tennessee and whereas I Pattie E. Carrol
and P.H. Carrol her husband and A.H. Taylor have agreed upon a partition of said
tract of land and under said agreement he is to have as his four fifths of said
tract the lot of land below discribed and whereas in consideration of me and my
husband making him this deed He this day with his wife makes and delivers to me
(or us) a similar deed to the other one fifth of said land at the same time this
deed is made and delivered. Now therefore in consideration of the premises we
Pattie E. Carrol and husband P.H. Carrol hereby transfer and convey to A.H.
Taylor all rights title and claim and interest which we have in and to the
following discribed tract of land being a one fifth undivided interest to
wit:Beginning at a stake with a large poplar and oak as pointers the North east
comer of said dower tract thence South with A.H. Taylors west boundary line two
hundred and sixty seven poles to a stake and pointer Pattie E. Carrols north
east comer in division of said Margarett Taylors dower thence west 153 1/4 poles
the division line between said A.H. Taylor and Pattie E. Carrol to a stake and
pointer thence north 267 poles to a hickory thence east 153 1/4 poles to the
beginning containing two hundred and fifty five, be it more or less, this being
four fifths in value of said dower tract ofland and we covenant that within
ourselves nor anyone claiming under us shall ever set up any claims or titles to
said tract of land here conveyed this the 28th day of December, 1886.
by W. Frank Edwards, 136 Rutgers Circle, Fairfield Glade, Tn 38558-8565
on March 10, 2006
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Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Blevins, Paul A. March 4, 2006
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Paul A. Blevins
Paul A. Blevins, 80, of 164 Paul Blevins Road, Roan Mountain, went home to
be with his Lord, Sunday, March 5, 2006 in the Johnson City Medical Center
Hospital following an extended illness.
Paul was a native of Carter County and was the son of the -late Taylor and
Suzie Hopson Blevins. He was retired from the U.S. Postal Service as a rural
letter carrier in the Roan Mountain area and was a member of the Morgan's
Chapel Free Will Baptist Church. He was a veteran of World War II serving with
the U. S. Marine Corp in the 2nd Marine Division and was a recipient of the
Purple Heart and a member of the D.A.V.
Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Gladys Simerly Blevins of the home;
four sons and daughters-in-law, Denver Wayne and Carol Blevins of Spartanburg,
SC, Rev. Richard Darrell and Wanda Blevins of Johnson City, Jerry Douglas and
Patricia Blevins of Hampton and Danny Carroll and Crcola Kay Blevins of Roan
Mountain; four half sisters, Mary McNeal, Betty Davis, Eleanor Clark and Ann
Whitehead all of Elizabethton; two half brothers, Ralph Whitehead of Butler and
Junior Whitehead of Illinois; four grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter;
several nieces and nephews and one special friend, Bill Highsmith of Roan
Mountain.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m.Tuesday, March 7, 2006 in the
Riverside Chapel of Tetrick Funeral Home with Rev. Greg Whitehead, Rev. Billy
Morgan and Rev. Randy English officiating. Interment will follow in the Captain
Nelson Cemetery on Ripshin with Military Honors provided by the Captain Lynn H.
Folsom V.F.W. Post No. 2166 and th TN Army National Guard. Active pallbearers
will be Danny Winters, Gary Blevins, Dexter Perkins, Tommy Jarrett, Bill
Highsmith and Gary Bailey.
Honorary pallbearers will be friends and neighbors, members of Morgan's
Chapel Free Will Baptist Church and Roan Mountain Rural Letter Carriers.
The family will receive friends from 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, March 7, 2006 prior
to the service in the chapel or you may call at the residence, 164 Paul Blevins
Road, Roan Mountain anytime. Condolence messages may be sent to the family at
www.tetrickfuneralhome.com.
Tetrick Funeral Home of Elizabethton is in charge of the arrangements.
JoAnn I. Whithead
JoAnn Ingram Whitehead, 69, 211 Whitehead Hollow Rd., Roan Mountain, died
Sunday, March 5, 2006 at her residence.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge.
Sunday, March 05, 2006
Saturday, March 04, 2006
Friday, March 03, 2006
Maude Bradley
Maude Bradley, 84, 800 Stills Road, Greeneville, formerly of the Liberty
Hollow Community, Stoney Creek, died Thursday, March 9, 2006, at Laughlin
Memorial Hospital, Greeneville.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date
by Tetrick Funeral Home of Elizabethton. Obituary Line: (423) 543-4917. Office:
(423) 542-2232.
Evelyn Webb
Evelyn Webb, 309 Ferguson Avenue, Elizabethton, passed away Thursday, March
9, 2006, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later.
Arrangements for the Webb family will be entrusted to Hathaway-Percy
Funeral Home of Elizabethton.
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Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Madden, Nancy L March 2, 2006
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Nancy L. Madden
Nancy Caroline Livingston Madden, age 80, 114 East Cottage Avenue,
Elizabethton, went to be with the Lord Thursday, March 2, 2006, at her
residence following an extended illness. She was a native of Carter County and
the daughter of the late George Pettibone and Susan Ann Estep Livingston. Mrs.
Madden was of the Free Will Baptist faith and was a homemaker.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,
Virgil Madden and a son, Paul Carden.
Survivors are one daughter, Brenda Crosswhite, Elizabethton, four sons and
two daughters-in-law, William Carden, George and Anna Carden, all of
California; Stacy Carden, James "Woody" and Laura Carden, all of Elizabethton;
16 grandchildren and their spouses, Shannon and Tracy Holtsclaw, Elizabethton,
James Arnold, Bluff City, Jessica and Kenny Johnson, Roan Mountain, Ashley
Norris, Michelle and Tim Taylor, all of Elizabethton, Stacy Carden II and wife
Janice, Texas, Richard Carden, Indiana, Chris and Jill Carden, Steve and Patsy
Carden, Georgia Ann and Terry Carden, Shania Carden, Johnny Dale Carden,
James, "Jr." Carden, Michael Carden, Jimmy Carden, Ima Jean Carden all of
California; 17 great-grandchildren; a step-son, Tom Madden and wife, Pat; two
step-daughters and one son-in-law, Susie and Richard Geiling, Yvonne Clarkston,
all of Indiana; two sisters-in-law, Mary Evelyn Arnold, Elizabethton, and
Bertella Lainhart, Annville, Ky.; and two brothers-in-law, Crusie Richardson,
Elizabethton, and Delbert Lainhart, Annville, Kentucky. Several nieces, nephews
and cousins also survive.
Survivors are one daughter, Brenda Crosswhite, Elizabethton, four sons and
two daughters-in-law, William Carden, George and Anna Carden, all of
California; Stacy Carden, James "Woody" and Laura Carden, all of Elizabethton;
16 grandchildren and their spouses, Shannon and Tracy Holtsclaw, Elizabethton,
James Arnold, Bluff City, Jessica and Kenny Johnson, Roan Mountain, Ashley
Norris, Michelle and Tim Taylor, all of Elizabethton, Stacy Carden II and wife
Janice, Texas, Richard Carden, Indiana, Chris and Jill Carden, Steve and Patsy
Carden, Georgia Ann and Terry Carden, Shania Carden, Johnny Dale Carden,
James, "Jr." Carden, Michael Carden, Jimmy Carden, Ima Jean Carden all of
California; 17 great-grandchildren; a step-son, Tom Madden and wife, Pat; two
step-daughters and one son-in-law, Susie and Richard Geiling, Yvonne Clarkston,
all of Indiana; two sisters-in-law, Mary Evelyn Arnold, Elizabethton, and
Bertella Lainhart, Annville, Ky.; and two brothers-in-law, Crusie Richardson,
Elizabethton, and Delbert Lainhart, Annville, Kentucky. Several nieces, nephews
and cousins also survive.
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Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Hazelwood, Louise March 6, 2006
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Louise Hazlewood
Louise Hazlewood, 77, 120 Peters Lane, Hampton, died unexpectedly Monday,
March 6, 2006, at her residence.
Mrs. Hazlewood was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late
Mike G. and Texie Calhoun Peters. In addition to her parents, she was preceded
in death by her husband, Shelton Hazlewood, and two daughters, Brenda Hazlewood
and Shelia Hazlewood.
Mrs. Hazlewood was of the Baptist faith and retired from Uniroyal Plastics,
Mishawaka, Ind.
Survivors include four daughters and two sons-in-law, Lisa and Rocky
Harwell, Hampton, Sandra and Roy Donaldson, Flint, Mich., Linda Conklin,
Plymouth, Ind., and Deborah Hazlewood, Mishawaka, Ind.; a son and daughter-in-
law, Robert and Amelia Hazlewood, Granger, Ind.; two sisters and a brother-in-
law, Carolyn and Terry Magnuson, Mishawaka, Ind., and Gail White, Hampton; four
brothers and three sisters-in-law, Bill and Mary Peters, Elizabethton, Jack
Peters, Elizabethton, George and Nancy Peters, Deer Park, N.Y., and Steve and
Sherri Peters, Lawrenceville, Ga.; 14 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren,
and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral service for Mrs. Hazlewood will be conducted at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, March 8, in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home with the
Rev. Phillip Lane officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral
home from 5 until 7 p.m. Wednesday, prior to the service. The graveside service
will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, March 10, at Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth,
Ind. The family will have a visitation on Friday, March 10, from 9:30 until
10:30 a.m. at Van Gilder Funeral Home, 300 West Madison Street, Plymouth, Ind.
Online condolences may be sent to the Hazlewood family though our Web site at
www.tetrickfuneralhome.com.
Tetrick Funeral Home of Elizabethton is in charge of arrangements. Obituary
Line: (423) 543-4917. Office: (423) 542-2232.
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Sullivan County TN Archives Obituaries.....Grubb, Eugene G. "Gene" March 4, 2006
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Eugene G. "Gene" Grubb
Eugene Grayson "Gene" Grubb, 72, 136 Grubb Lane, Bristol, went to be with
the Lord on Saturday, March 4, 2006, at his home.
Mr. Grubb was born June 23, 1933 in Sullivan County, Tenn., to the late
Robert H. and Laura Nelson Grubb. He was also preceded in death by a sister and
six brothers.
Mr. Grubb was a U.S. Army veteran and retired from Kern's Bakery after 44
years of service. Following his retirement, he worked part-time for Courier
Express and assisted his wife at Shear Beauty Hair Salon. He was a member of
Tennessee Avenue Baptist Church.
He leaves behind his wife of 49 years, Shirley "Juanita" Grubb; a brother,
Claude Grubb; three daughters, Teresa Grubb Johnson, Laura Nelson and husband
Mike and Kristi Harrison and husband Chris; a son, Mark Grubb and wife Amy;
grandchildren, Deanna Lathrop and husband Chris, Aaron Nelson, Amber and Loryn
Harrison, Chelsea and Sara Beth Grubb; and great-grandchildren, Katlyn and
Matthew Lathrop. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services for Mr. Grubb will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 7, at
Weaver Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Joe Hudson (and Gene's son) Rev. Mark
Grubb officiating. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 6
to 7:45 p.m. Interment will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Grubb Family Cemetery in
Bristol with full Military Honors rendered by the Bristol VFW Honor Guard.
Honorary pallbearers will be former employees of Kern's Bakery and friends of
Shear Beauty Hair Salon. In lieu of flowers, the family request that memorial
contributions be made to the American Heart Association, 208 Sunset Drive,
Suite 521, Johnson City, TN 37604 or the American Lung Association, 1808 West
End Avenue, Suite 514, Nashville, TN 37203. Online condolences may be
registered at www.weaverfuneralhome.net.
Weaver Funeral Home, 630 Locust Street, Bristol, (423) 968-2111, is in
charge of arrangements
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Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Roberts, William "Porter" February 7, 2006
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William "Porter" Roberts
William "Porter" Roberts, 74, 123 Smalling Road, Watauga, died at his
residence Wednesday, March 8, 2006.
Mr. Roberts was a native of Carter County and a son of the late James and
Mattie Hockett Porter.
Mr. Roberts was a retired employee of Tri-State Container and a member of
the Elizabethton Church of Christ. He loved farming and fox hunting.
Survivors include his wife, Louise Wells Roberts, and two sons and
daughters-in-law, Steve and Diane Roberts and Mike and Jan Roberts, all of
Watauga. Four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services for Mr. Roberts will be conducted at 8 p.m. Thursday,
March 9, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with Mr. Roby Ellis, minister, officiating.
Music will be provided by The Congregation. Graveside services and interment
will be at 2 p.m. Friday, March 10, in the Glenwood Cemetery, Bristol.
Pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. The family will receive
friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Family and friends will
assemble at the funeral home at 1 p.m. Friday to go to the cemetery. To those
who prefer, memorials may be made in memory of Mr. Roberts to the Building Fund
of the Elizabethton Church of Christ. Online condolences to the Roberts family
may be e-mailed to mfc(a)chartertn.net.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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