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Wilson County TN Archives Military Records.....Clark, Benjamin October 1832
Revwar - Pension
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Pension Application Of Benjamin Clark, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll __, Application # S31611
Hempstead County, Arkansas Territory, October 3, 1832,Benjamin Clark, senior,
aged 74 years: That from the best information in his possession or power he
was born in or about the month of January 1758 in Dobbs County, NC, whence his
parents removed when he was about one year old to Duplin County also in the
state of North Carolina where he was raised and lived during the American
Revolution. That about the time or shortly after the cessation of hostilities
and the declaration of peace he moved from the said County of Duplin to Sampson
County, also in the state of North Carolina, where he resided for some 3 or 4
years, and then removed to Edgefield District or County, SC. That he resided in
Edgefield aforesaid for 9 or 10 years and removed thence to Logan County, KY,
where he resided about 18 months and then removed thence to Sumner County in
the state of Tennessee, where he resided about 1 year and removed thence to
Wilson County, TN n which county he resided at the same place about 19 or 20
years, and removed thence to the county of Arkansas in the Territory of
Missouri and settled at a place now embraced in the county of Hempstead in the
Territory of Arkansas. That he resided in the county of Hempstead aforesaid
until about the year 1826 and that he then removed to a place at the time of
his removal, also situated in Hempstead County, but which upon the
establishment of Sevier County, was embraced within its limits. That he lived
in said Sevier County until the year 1831, in which year he again removed to
the said Hempstead County, in which he still resides.
That he believes he entered the service of the United States as a militia man
in the militia of the state of North Carolina, at the time under the command of
Colonel James Kenan about the year 1775 or 1776. That he joined the infantry
under the command of said Kenan and was stationed during the principal part of
the first campaign or tour which he served near Wilmington in Hanover County
in the state of North Carolina, on or near a small watercourse called Juniper
Run, which empties into Cape Fear River on the north side below Wilmington, and
that he also believes his said tour was for 3 months and that he served the
same as a mere private.
That whilst he was stationed near Wilmington as aforesaid, there was with the
corps there stationed, two officers of the continental line named Pinckney,
thee engaged in the recruiting service. He believes that at or about the time
he was stationed near Wilmington, there was some Continental troops at
Wilmington commanded by a Colonel or General Moore. That at the expiration of
the for which the militia under the command of Colonel Kenan had engaged,
there being no troops present to relieve them, the one half of the command as
he believes were required to remain in the service. Whether they remained as
volunteers or were drafted he cannot say, but he again engaged in the service
with those in Colonel Kenans command who were required to remain, and
substituted in his place a man by the name of Samuel Oats, and thereupon left
the service and returned to his home in Duplin County aforesaid. He believes
that at the time he substituted said Oats in his place, he had engaged for a
tour of 3 months as a private. He also states that he engaged as a volunteer in
the militia and served another tour as a private in a corps of infantry
commanded by Colonel James Kenan. Major James Moore at the time, belonged to
the same corps and acted as major.
That he was stationed for some part of this tour at Rock Fish Creek about 7
miles below Fayetteville in NC. That during the time he was so stationed at
Rock Fish Creek, the British forces commanded by McDonald and McCloud [or
McLeod] were at Cross Creek or Fayetteville, and he is certain that at the same
time there were Continental forces with the militia under Colonel Kenans
command, commanded at the time by Colonel or General Moore. During this tour
last mentioned, he served in the company commanded by Captain Michael King. In
the first and lat instances above he was enrolled in the said county of Duplin
and in the last instance he served with the militia with whom he was, were
disbanded and discharged, but he cannot recollect the length of time he served.
He further states that on another occasion, he enrolled himself as a volunteer
in the militia of said state of North Carolina in the horse or cavalry company
commanded by Captain Daniel Williams. He believes said Williams had previously
served and commanded a company in the Continental line, and that at the time he
enrolled himself in the company commanded by Captain Daniel Williams, Colonel
James Kenan had command of the regiment of cavalry to which said Williams
company was attached, and that Michael Kenan was quartermaster to said corps
commanded by col. James Kenan That after he enrolled as aforesaid and previous
to starting in the said campaign, he was appointed by Colonel Kenan,
quartermaster sergeant, and that he served in that character in the several
tours here next mentioned as well as the tour for which he was then engaged.
That the cavalry to which he then belonged, commanded by Colonel Kenan,
marched into the state of South Carolina and ranged on both sides of the Big
Pedee, up and down the same, and joined on their march a troop of cavalry
commanded by a Colonel Wade, but they did not remain long together. That after
the corps to which he belonged had for some time marched and ranged on the
waters of the Pedee, they were joined by General Arrington or Harrington, who
assumed the command for a time, of the corps militia. He distinctly recollects
that said general at the time had with him an aide-de-camp by the name of
McIntosh. He believes that he volunteered as aforesaid in Captain Williams
company for a tour of 3 months, and that he served as above stated the full
term, if not longer.
He further states that as quartermaster sergeant he served another tour with a
corps of troops under the command of General Lillington, with which corps at
the time was Colonel Brown, Major Watson and Captain Love. They marched from
the county of Duplin to the Pedee and ranged the country on the Pedee. He
cannot say whether they passed into the state of South Carolina or not. He
states that during this service the troops under the command of General Green
were a part of the time encamped at Guilford Courthouse. That he accompanied
Colonel Brown who was sent with an express from General Lillington to General
Greene whilst General Greene was encamped at Guilford Courthouse, and that upon
the return of Colonel Brown and himself to the encampment of General
Lillington, the troops under the command of General Lillington were immediately
marched down near to Wilmington and encamped on the opposite side (from
Wilmington) on the northeast fork of Cape Fear River.
That while the main body of Lillingtons command was there encamped, Colonel
Brown with his command were ordered to cross the river above Wilmington and
reconnoiter the enemy forces then at Wilmington, commanded, he thinks by a man
by the name of Craig or Gregg. That he went out with and under the command of
Colonel Brown. He distinctly recollects that Colonel Brown did engage the enemy
forces about 10 miles below Wilmington near the ridge over the northeast fork,
and after a sharp contest, was compelled to retreat, and that he was with
Colonel Browns command during the engagement and retreat. That he served at
this time a tour of 3 months and a_____ _____. He further states that during
the campaign next previous to the one last mentioned, that is to say the
campaign which he made with and under Colonel Kenan as above stated, a number
of prisoners were taken and carried by the order of Colonel Kenan to his,
Colonel Kenans residence in Duplin County, NC, and were there detained under
guard by the order of Colonel Kenan, and that he was ordered by Colonel Kenan
the remain with the guard and aid in guarding said prisoners, and that he
remained with the guard until the prisoners were removed, but he is now unable
to say the length of time they remained at Colonel Kenans aforesaid.
He further states that he served another tour with Captains Williams and Dodd.
That they were out some part of the time on a creek called the Little Uwharrie
and on the waters of the Black or South River in NC. That during this tour they
were joined by a Major Dougherty. He cannot recollect whether at the time Major
Dougherty had the command of said companies or not, or how long he was in
actual service at this time, but he distinctly recollects that during this
tour, Captain Dodd shot out of a tree a certain commander of some Tories by the
name of Hall.
He further states that about the same time he served several tours in the same
quarter or section of the country, the length of which he cannot recollect, but
he believes they were of short duration and he does not recollect the names of
any of the officers then in command with or under whom he served. He further
states that he served another tour with a corps commanded by Lieutenant Colonel
James More of Duplin County, and that there was a captain belonging to said
corps by the name of Asher Pipkin, and that they were marched from Duplin
County to Town Creek below Wilmington, which he believes to be about the time
the British left Wilmington, and that he was in the service at that time about
3 months. Also that he served another tour under Captain Pipkin but the length
of time he served on said tour he cannot recollect. He believes that it was a
short tour.
That he served another tour with a corps which he thinks was commanded at the
time by Colonel Kenan. That during this tour they had several skirmishes with
the enemy in Hanover County in NC. He believes the enemy there was at that time
under the command of a man named Mobley. In one of said skirmishes they took
prisoner a Captain Goff. The length of time he took on this campaign he cannot
recollect. He further states that he served another tour with a corps, one
company of which was commanded by Captain Dodd in whose company there was a
Lieutenant Armstrong. During said tour said corps was most of the time in
Duplin County, NC, on the waters of a stream called the Northeast. He does not
recollect the length of time he served on said tour.
That he served another tour in a corps in which Captains David Dodd and Thomas
James commanded two of the companies. This tour was directed exclusively
against the Tories in Duplin and the surrounding counties in NC and that the
corps with which he served had a skirmish with some Tories then embodied at one
Aldens. He cannot recollect the length of time which he served on said tour.
He further states that he served the several tours above mentioned previously
to Lord Cornwallis with the troops under his command passing through the state
of North Carolina in the direction of Virginia.
That shortly after Lord Cornwallis had passed through North Carolina as
aforesaid, Colonel James Kenan ordered his brother, Michael Kenan to raise some
men in the county of Duplin aforesaid for the purpose of taking from such
persons as had taken parole of Lord Cornwallis, their paroles. That a troop was
raised accordingly by the said Michael Kenan, by whom the said troop was also
commanded, and that he volunteered and joined said troop and performed another
tour of service of considerable length, but the time he cannot state.
He further states that during the time he was engaged in the service as above
stated, he at all times after he joined the cavalry or horse as above stated,
furnished and rode his own horse, and that during that time he received several
discharges, though he believes he did not at the end of each tour take any
regular discharges After the close of the war auditors were appointed to
examine and adjust the accounts of the militia for services rendered in the
war, and that he placed his discharges in the hands of Colonel William Dickson
[or Dixon] of Duplin County aforesaid, his neighbor, who was appointed one of
said auditors to take and present the same to the Board of Auditors for
adjustment. That said Dickson took the same for that and no other purpose, and
that said Dickson, when he returned home from his service as auditor aforesaid,
gave it as his opinion that his claim had been allowed by the Board of Auditors
and that some person of the same name had applied to the said board of Auditors
and got the ticket to which he was entitled, and that neither the discharges
nor the ticket could afterwards be found
That about two years since, there was a man living in Phillips County in this
territory by the name of John Ward, who personally knew of his services
aforesaid having been rendered. He was about two years older than this
applicant and extremely feeble and almost blind when he last heard of him, and
was then represented as rapidly declining and he supposes him dead, but has not
heard anything of him for about two years.
He further states that he has not any record of his age, except one made by
himself about twenty years ago, and now in the possession of his son, Gilbert
Clark of Sevier County, Arkansas territory
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Monroe County TN Archives Military Records.....Clark, Benjamin
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Pension Application Of Benjamin Clark, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll __, Application #S3155
Monroe County, Tennessee, March 19, 1834, Benjamin Clark, aged 71 years on the
19th April next: That he was born in Pennsylvania (county not known) in the
year 1763. He has a record of his age in his possession, made by his father. He
was living in Mecklenburg County, NC when he was called into service, where he
remained until the year 1816, when he moved I ?Knox County where he lived till
4 years ago, when he moved into said county of Monroe.
In the fall of 1779 he thinks , he was drafted for 3 months to march down to
Wilmington against the British. Charles Alexander was his captain, James
Robinson lieutenant. Thomas Harris was his major, and so well as he remembers,
Joseph Graham was colonel. They marched from Mecklenburg county down to Pedee,
and after crossing Pedee they pursued (together with some troops whom they met)
Colonel Fanning, who had a company of Tories under his command. They then
marched on through Randolph county and other counties. Before they got to
Wilmington, an express came that the British had left Wilmington and they
returned on homewards.
They were, in a few days after their return ordered to Charlotte courthouse to
guard British prisoners, whom they took on near to Guilford, when another guard
relieved them. They were somewhere about Salisbury when there time expired. He
served out the term of 3 months, but remembers getting no written discharge and
thinks none of the company got any.
About the time of the expiration of his 3 months term, perhaps a little before
his return home, word came that his brother Joseph, who was in service in the
cavalry in South Carolina under Colonel Wade Hampton was unwell, that he had to
leave service and go into the hospital or get someone in his place. Applicant
went immediately and took his placed and served the balance of his term,
amounting to, he thinks, at least 4 months. His said brothers term was for 10
months, and whether rendered under the state of South Carolina or the north, he
does not know. When he reached the troops, he found that his brothers horse
had died, and applicant rendered the 4 months service on foot in the company of
Captain Alexander. The service was rendered in Orangeburg on the waters of
Black River, guarding public property, where they remained until the term
expired. His brother for whom he rendered service has been dead 4 or 5 years.
In addition to the 7 months service stated above, applicant was engaged in the
year 1780 or thereabouts, in various scouting parties against British and
Tories. In this service under Captain John Harris and Lieutenant James
Robinson, he was engaged at least 1 month. This service was rendered about the
time, some before and some after, the Battle of Kings Mountain, 8 months in
all. He received no discharges on either cases. Supposed the 10 months men were
discharged, but not being with them, does not know.
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Giles-Lawrence County TN Archives Biographies.....Britton, John Wilson September 16, 1789 - September 30, 1857
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Author: William G. Latham Jr.
John Wilson Britton was born Sept. 16, 1789 in Sumner Co., Tenn., the son of
Thomas & Elizabeth "Wilson" Britton. He died Sept. 30, 1857 in Giles Co.,
Tenn., and was buried at the Diana/ Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, northeast of
Pulaski, Tenn.! He married Susannah Woods Richey Oct. 4, 1812 in Giles Co.,
Tenn.! They were one of the first couple's to be married in Giles Co., Tenn.
Susannah was born July 23, 1794, the daughter of Thomas & Rosannah "Trimble"
Richey. She died Feb. 26, 1873 in Giles Co., Tenn., and was buried next to her
husband at Diana/Mt. Pleasant Cemetery! They had 11 children, the oldest
child, & son was Wilson Britton, born Sept. 13, 1813 in Giles Co., Tenn., and
died after 1880. Wilson married Elizabeth {Betty}? maiden name unknown abt.
1836. They had five children! Many of John Wilson & Susannah Britton
descendant's lived in Giles & Lawrence Co., Tenn., Texas, Missouri, and
Arkansas! John Wilson Britton fought in the War of 1812, his father also
fought in the Revolution War! John Wilson & Susannah had seven son's, and four
daughter's! His daughter's were; Elizabeth Betty Joines, Missouri Reagan, wife
of Edward Reagan! Mary Polly Ann Lee, wife of Thomas H. Lee. And Lenora Ellis,
wife of Thomas Ellis. Their seven son's were; Wilson, Thomas Solomon, George
Washington, Franklin Cooper, Alexander, John Seton, and James Jefferson
Britton!
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Lawrence-Giles County TN Archives Biographies.....Hardiman, John Edward 1812 - August 1886
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John Edward Hardiman was born abt. 1812, the son of Thomas & Mary
Polly "Anderson" Hardiman. His parent's first settled in Limestone Co.,
Alabama abt. 1830, and later moved north into Giles Co., Tenn.! John Edward
was the third child of 12 sibling's. He married four time's, and had a total
of 14 children. He first married Mary, and had three daughter's. He married
second to Martha Burgess abt. 1841, and had four children, one son, and three
daughter's. John Edward married third to Mary Jane Scott abt. 1860 in Lawrence
Co., Tenn., and had four know children, one son, and three daughter's! He
married fourth to Sarah Adalaid Powell Feb. 14, 1878 in Lawrence Co., Tenn.,
and had three children by Sarah, two son's, and one daughter! John Edward died
Aug. of 1886 in Lawrence Co., Tenn., and was supossely buried at the
Crabb/Richardson Cemetery, off of Richard Road. No marker has been found for
him at this time. His only son by Mary Jane Scott, was William Robert "Bob"
Hardiman, born May 4, 1873 in Lawrence Co., Tenn. Bob Hardiman was my Great
Grandfather, he died abt. 1935, and was buried at Bishop's Chapel Cemetery, in
Lawrence Co., Tenn. Bob married Fannie Bruce Britton Nov. 11, 1896 in Giles
Co., Tenn., and they had six children, the fourth child was my Grandmother;
Wilma Louisa Hardiman, born Mar. 4, 1904. She married Dewey Emery Charles Apr.
5, 1922 in Lawrence Co., Tenn.! Many of John Edward Hardiman's Descendant's
still live in Lawrence Co., Tenn. and the surounding area!
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Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Markland, Billy J. , Sr. July 6, 2006
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Elizabethton Stary July 10, 2006
Billy "Bill" J. Markland Sr.
WILLIAMSTON, N.C. -- Billy "Bill" J. Markland Sr., 72, of Williamston,
died Friday, July 7, 2006, at Martin General Hospital following an extended
illness.
Mr. Markland was a native of Elizabethton, Tenn., and moved to North
Carolina in 1954. He was employed by Eagles Dime Stores and was later employed
by Weyerhaeuser Paper Company in Plymouth where he remained for 41-1/2 years
until his retirement in 1996.
He was preceded in death by his former wife, Peggy Hardison Markland, his
parents, Barnville and Lula Marshall Markland, and a sister, Margaret Cooter
from Elizabethton, Tenn.
Survivors include his wife, Deborah Parker Markland; a daughter and son-in-
law, Diane and Paul Sottilare, and their children, Paul Jr. and Emily, of
Williamston; a son and daughter-in-law, Billy and Maureen Markland, and their
daughter, Lucy, of Overland Park, Kan.; and a sister and brother-in-law, Sue
and Jack Jackson, Pennsboro, W.Va.
Funeral services for Mr. Markland will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, July
13, at Biggs Funeral Chapel in Williamston. The family will receive friends
from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Biggs Funeral Home and at other times at the
home. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Community Hospice
Foundation, 5301 Morganton Road, Fayetteville, NC 28314.
Biggs Funeral Home, 302 W. Main Street, Williamston, N.C., (252) 792-4152,
is in charge of arrangements
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Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Estep, Ray M June 8, 2006
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Elizabethton Star July 10, 2006
Ray M. Estep
Ray Marvin Estep, 73, of Elizabethton, died Saturday, July 8, 2006, at
Sycamore Shoals Hospital of an apparent heart attack.
Mr. Estep was a native of Carter County and a son of the late William
Thomas and Fannie Mae Parker Estep. In addition to his parents, he was
preceded in death by four brothers, Earl, Billy Jack, Nathaniel and Alfred
Estep.
Mr. Estep was a retired Inspector for Highway Construction from the State
of Tennessee Department of Transportation after 35 years of service. He was a
member of Biltmore Baptist Church. He was an avid fisherman.
Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Betty Danner Estep; two sons and a
daughter-in-law, Ralph Estep, Marion, N.C., and his fiancée, Susie Johns,
Elizabethton, and Danny Ray and Liesa Estep, Johnson City; a granddaughter,
Leah Erin Estep, Asheville, N.C.; a foster grandson, Nicholas McCloud, Johnson
City; a sister, Daisy Estep, Hampton; a brother and two sisters-in-law, David
and June Estep and Georgia Estep, all of Elizabethton; several nieces and
nephews; special friends, Carol and Jim DuBose and Chip and Ellen Bailey; and
a host of friends and neighbors.
Funeral services for Mr. Estep will be conducted at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July
11, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Mark Grubb and the Rev. Jesse
Wooten officiating. Music will be provided by Gladys Burrough and Shellia
Faust. Graveside services and interment will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 12,
at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers, who are requested to
assemble at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, will be James Clyde
Lyons, Chip Bailey, Allen Lyons, Ralph Davis, Robert Buck, Tom Stevenson, John
Snavely, Jasper Williams, Joe Hart and Jim Williams. Honorary pallbearers will
be Fornie Danner, Don Williams, Clint Bowers, Charles Danner, Alfred Estep,
Billy Brock, Bobby Whitson, Jack Williams, James Glover, Norman Oliver, Luther
Norris, Herman Rains, Jack Love, Eddie Carley, James Cable, Lynn Montgomery,
Bobby Merritt, Jed Ward, Chris Bonta, David Mascioli, his church family, and
his Fishing and Breakfast Buddies. To those who prefer, memorials may be made
in memory of Mr. Estep to Biltmore Baptist Church, 1181 Bristol Highway,
Elizabethton, TN 37643. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m.
Tuesday at the funeral home. Friends may also call at the residence. Family
and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday to go to
the cemetery. Online condolences to the Estep family may be e-mailed to
mfc(a)chartertn.net.
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Unicoi County TN Archives Obituaries.....Bailey, Polly June 8, 2006
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Elizabethton Star July 10, 2006
Polly Bailey
Mrs. Polly Bailey, 94, of Johnson City, passed away Saturday, July 8,
2006, at Hermitage Health Center in Elizabethton, where she resided for the
past two years and received excellent and loving care from the staff.
Mrs. Bailey was a native of Unicoi County and a daughter of the late James
T. and Harriett Grindstaff Gouge. In addition to her parents, she was preceded
in death by her husband of 69 years, Garth Bailey.
Mrs. Bailey was a homemaker and was of the Christian faith.
Survivors include three sons and daughters-in-law, Bill and Elizabeth
Bailey, Spokane, Wash., Carl and Marie Bailey, Johnson City, and Roy and
Margaret Bailey, Elizabethton; a daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and John
Bryant, Harriman; 13 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; two great-great-
grandchildren; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Dalton and Marie Gough and
Earl and Ruth Gouge, all of Johnson City; and a host of nieces, nephews,
friends and loved ones.
Funeral services for Mrs. Bailey will be conducted at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July
11, from the Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home Chapel with Mr. Lynn Bailey
officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 7
p.m. Tuesday, prior to the service. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m.
Wednesday, July 12, at Roselawn Cemetery with Rev. Steve Burleson officiating.
Pallbearers will be grandsons and nephews. Condolences may be sent to the
Bailey family online at www.dillow-taylor.com.
Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Jonesborough, (423) 753-
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Johnson County TN Archives Obituaries.....Campbell, Jack C June 25, 2006
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Elizabethton Star July 3, 2006
Jack C. Campbell
Jack C. Campbell, 81, 130 Earl Avenue, Elizabethton, died Sunday, June 25,
2006, at Hermitage Health Care Center.
Mr. Campbell was a native of Johnson County and the son of the late John
Frank and Rosa Ward Campbell. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in
death by two brothers and two sisters.
Mr. Campbell was a member of Stout Hill Church of Christ and a retired
logger. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army.
Survivors include his wife, Norma Irick Campbell; three daughters and two
sons-in-law, Carol Ann and John Guin, Elizabethton, Edith Guy, Elizabethton,
and Lisa and Gary Potter, Hudson, N.C.; three grandsons, Jason and Joshua
Potter and Jonathan Guin; and two brothers, Joe Campbell, Hampton, and Jim
Campbell, Butler.
Funeral services for Mr. Campbell will be conducted at 8 p.m. Thursday,
June 29, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with Mr. David Irick officiating. Music
will be provided by the Laurel Creek Trio. Graveside services and interment
will be at 11 a.m. Friday, June 30, in the Whitehead Cemetery. Military Honors
will be provided by the Tennessee National Guard. Active pallbearers, who are
requested to assemble at the cemetery at 10:50 a.m. Friday, will be Jason
Potter, Joshua Potter, John Guin, Gary Potter, Eddie Clawson and Donnie Cable.
Honorary pallbearers will be friends of the family, members of Stout Hill
Church of Christ, and special co-workers, Dagil Moody and Paul Clawson. The
family will receive friends in the funeral chapel from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday,
prior to the service hour. Friends may also call at the residence at anytime.
Family and friends will assemble at the cemetery at 10:50 a.m. Friday. Online
condolences to the Campbell family may be e-mailed to mfc(a)chartertn.net.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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Johnson County TN Archives Obituaries.....Phillips, Bertha July 2, 2006
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Elizabethton Star July 5, 2006
Bertha Phillips
Bertha Phillips, 83, 519 Locust Gap Road, Mountain City, passed away on
Monday, July 3, 2006, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital.
Ms. Phillips had lived most of her life in Johnson County, but was born in
Jenkins, Ky., on April 7, 1923 to the late Hobart and Luemma (McKinney)
Tucker. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Paul
Phillips; a son, Barry Phillips; and a grandson, Travis Phillips.
Bertha was a homemaker and enjoyed watching sports, especially the
Kentucky Wildcats. She was of the Baptist faith and attended Locust Gap
Freewill Baptist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Polly Stien and husband Ed of Elgin,
Ill., and Lisa Bunn and husband John of Elizabethton; three sons, John
Phillips and wife Betty of Manassas, Va., Doug Phillips and wife Barbara of
Butler, and Dale Phillips and wife Louise of Mountain City; two sisters, Jean
Berry of Ohio and Irene Brassard of Tennessee; 11 grandchildren; nine great-
grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and special friends, Bessie Moody
and Margaret Cress.
Funeral services for Ms. Phillips will be conducted at 8 p.m. Wednesday,
July 5, from the Charles B. Hux Memorial Chapel of Hux-Lipford Funeral Home
with Rev. Ted Lewis officiating. A visitation will be held at the funeral home
from 6 until 8 p.m. Wednesday, prior to the funeral service. Graveside
services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 6, in the Locust Gap Cemetery.
Family, pallbearers and friends are asked to assemble at the cemetery by 10:45
a.m. for services. At other times friends may call at the residence, 519
Locust Gap Road, Mountain City. Online condolences may be sent to the Phillips
family through our Web site, www.hux-lipford.com.
Arrangements for Ms. Phillips are in the care of the Hux-Lipford Funeral
Home, 300 West Main Street, Mountain City, (423) 727-9221.
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Washington-Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Cornett, John H July 3, 2006
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Elizabethton Star July 5, 2006
John H. Cornett
John H. Cornett, 77, of Elizabethton, died Monday, July 3, 2006, at Life
Care Center of Elizabethton.
A native of Washington County, Va., he was a son of the late Grant and
Rebecca Ramsey Cornett. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death
by three brothers and two sisters.
Mr. Cornett had lived in Elizabethton for the past 46 years and was
retired from the Sprint Company after 38 years of service. He was a member of
East Side Baptist Church and the Brownlow Scalf Sunday School Class.
Mr. Cornett served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict.
He was a member of the Captain Lynn H. Folsom VFW Post No. 2166.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Patsy Morley Cornett; two sons and
daughters-in-law, Stephen H. and Sandra Cornett and Robert E. and Dot Cornett,
all of Elizabethton; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters,
Hazel Cullop and Virginia Smith, both of Damascus, Va.; and a brother, Robert
Cornett, Damascus, Va. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services for Mr. Cornett will be conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday,
July 6, in the Mausoleum of Peace at Happy Valley Memorial Park with Mr. John
H. Smith, minister, officiating. Entombment will follow the service. Honorary
pallbearers will be the Brownlow Scalf Sunday School Class of East Side
Baptist Church, former co-workers of the Sprint Company, friends and
neighbors. To those who prefer, memorials may be made in memory of Mr. Cornett
to East Side Baptist Church, 1509 Siam Road, Elizabethton, TN 37643. Friends
may call at the residence or the funeral home at anytime. Family and friends
will assemble at the Mausoleum at 9:50 a.m. Thursday. Online condolences to
the Cornett family may be e-mailed to mfc(a)chartertn.net.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Morgan, Hurley C July 6, 2006
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Elizabethton Star July 7, 2006
Hurley C. Morgan
Hurley Conley Morgan, 71, 255 Keenburg Road, Elizabethton, died Thursday,
July 6, 200, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital.
A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Leonard Robert and
Anna Mae Cable Morgan. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by
two brothers, Baston Fred and Leonard Robert Morgan Jr.
Mr. Morgan was a retired farmer. He was a member of the Elizabethton
Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife of 48 years, Selma Carr Morgan; two sisters and
brothers-in-law, Pauline Heaton and Rich Ahrens and Eula Dean and Ed Guinn,
all of Elizabethton; and two brothers and sisters-in-law, L.J. and Pat Morgan,
Johnson City, and Doyle Ray and Wanda Morgan, Martinsville, Va. Several nieces
and nephews also survive.
Funeral services for Mr. Morgan will be conducted at 8 p.m. Saturday, July
8, at the Elizabethton Church of Christ with Mr. Roby Ellis and Mr. Eddie
Craft, ministers, officiating. Music will be provided by the congregation.
Graveside services and interment will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 9, in the
Morrell Cemetery, Bluff City. Active pallbearers, who are requested to
assemble at the church at 7:50 p.m. Saturday and at the funeral home at 2:30
p.m. Sunday, will be Ed Guinn, L.D. Fair, Willie Holtsclaw, Steve Roberts,
Steve Guinn, Ernie Heaton, Jimmy Heaton and Lester Julian. Honorary
pallbearers will be Harry Woods, Rich Ahrens, Michael Morgan, Keith Heaton,
Doyle Morgan and L.J. Morgan. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m.
Saturday at the Elizabethton Church of Christ. The family would like to
express a special "Thank You" to the nurses and staff of Sycamore Shoals
Hospital ICCU and a special "Thank You" to Kevin, Joey and Debbie. Friends may
also call at the residence of his sister, Eula Dean Guinn, 181 Hilton Hill
Road, Elizabethton. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at
2:30 p.m. Sunday to go to the cemetery. Online condolences to the Morgan
family may be e-mailed to mfc(a)chartertn.net.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Guess, Frances E June 5, 2006
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Elizabethton Star July 7, 2006
Frances E. Guess
Frances Elizabeth Guess, 909 Nave Street, Elizabethton, died Wednesday,
July 5, 2006, at her residence.
A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Charlie and
Matilda Floyd Guess. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by
four sisters, Gladys Mathes, Florence Bradshaw, Anna Collins and Pearl Hoss,
and two brothers, Charles Guess Jr. and Earnest Guess.
Ms. Guess was a homemaker.
Survivors include a daughter, Lorrie Ann Guess, of the home, and a
brother, Earl Guess, Elizabethton. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
The graveside service for Ms. Guess will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday,
July 7, at Happy Valley Memorial Park with Rev. Nick Bradshaw officiating.
Everyone will meet at the cemetery at 12:55 p.m. Active pallbearers will be
Barry Mathes, Mickey Mathes, Terry Davis, Billy Mathes, Gary Bare, Scotty
Bare, Steve Bradshaw and Terry Guess. Friends may call at the residence of her
brother, Earl Guess, at anytime. Condolence messages may be sent to the Guess
family at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com.
Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is in charge of the arrangements.
Obituary Line: (423) 543-4917. Office: (423) 542-2232.
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White County TN Archives Military Records.....Norris, Abner October 1832
Revwar - Pension
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Pension Application Of Abner Norris, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll __. Application #S1575
White County , TN, October 19th, 1833, Abner Norris, aged about 75 years:
First-As well as he can remember, he entered the service in 1776 as a
volunteer and as a private. He then resided in Halifax County, VA. His term of
service was for three months and he served out under Captain James Cobb. The
names of his other officers he does not remember. From Halifax the company,
with some other troops (how many he cannot say) marched to Petersburg, where
they remained a very short time, without any active service or anything
remarkable happening. From thence they went to Williamsburg where they remained
a short time without performing any service of importance. From Williamsburg
the troops went to Hampton Town. From there, they crossed in a vessel to
Norfolk, which place he states, had been burned by the British. How long he
remained at Norfolk he does not remember. The British had left that place. He
states that he saw them moving off into the ocean, while he was in Hampton
Road, on his way to Norfolk. From Norfolk, the troops went by water to a town
called Portsmouth, not far from the mouth of James River. At the last named
place his three months expired, and he obtained a discharge from his captain,
which has long been lost by time or accident or both. He can only state the
fact that it is lost.
2. After returning home from his first tour, his father sold his land
in Halifax, VA and removed to Guilford County, NC. He was drafted for three
months as a private under Captain John McAdoo [McAdow] in the County of
Guilford. The name of his major was Robert Rolston. His colonels name was
Pacely [Paisley], at least he was so called, but the number of the regiment he
cannot give and he thinks, but is not certain, that this second tour was about
two years after the expiration of his first tour. This tour was after the
Tories. From Guilford, they marched to Deep River, where they remained some
considerable time. The only event he can remember worthy of noting, was the
surrounding of a house where some Tories were harbored, and then the house was
burned. Nothing further happened which can be considered important during this
tour. The troops to which he was attached were principally employed in ranging
about the country in quest of Tories. he served out his three months and
obtained a discharge, which, in like manner, has been lost.
3-His third tour was also for three months as a drafted private. His
memory is so frail, he cannot remember his captains name. His colonel was the
same as in the preceding tour, Paisley. From Guilford Courthouse, the troops
crossed the Yadkin River and went about three days journey on the other side
from Guilford, where they encountered the British and retreated back to the
Yadkin River and were pursued by the enemy. He remembers that Major Rutherford
was killed during this retreat. In this tour, the declarant states that he was
under General Davidson. He states also that General Sumter was along.
After the retreat across the Yadkin, word came that the Tories were
committing depradations up toward the Shallow Ford. Volunteers were raised,
some out of each captains company, to go in quest of them, and this declarant
was one of the number that went, while the main body of the troops remained
stationed at the place to which they had retreated. These volunteers from the
army encountered the Tories near the Shallow Ford and killed about 15 of them.
The troops then returned to the army where they remained a few days, and then
recrossed the Yadkin and pursued the British, and occasionally scouting parties
of the Americans took some prisoners. This declarant served out his three
months, making in all, nine months. He also received a discharge for his third
tour, which has also been lost.
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Roane-Meigs County TN Archives Obituaries.....HILL, Sudie Ellis May 10, 1927
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12 May 1927, The Rockwood Times, Rockwood, Roane Co, TN
Title of obituary published in The Rockwood Times, Rockwood, Roane Co, TN
on 12 May 1927: "Former Local Resident Dies in Chattanooga."
Details extracted from the published obituary:
Name : Mrs. Sudie HILL,
Age:53
Date of death:
Location: Erlanger Hospital, Chattanooga, Hamilton Co, TN
Funeral: Christian church [sic], Rockwood, Roane Co, TN, 2:30 pm, Rev. J.
Lapsley ALDERSON
Burial location: Winton Chapel Cemetery, Roane Co, TN
Listed as surviving her in the published obituary:
Daughter: Mrs. R.H. MORRIS of Alexandria, La.
Son: E.D. HILL of Detroit, Mich.
Sisters:
Mrs. Stan TREW, of Washington
Mrs. Will GILES, of Harriman
Mrs. I.A. GRESHAM, of Spring City
Mrs. L.L. CAMPBELL of Chattanooga
Mrs. C. WEBSTER, of Chattanooga
Brothers:
Charles ELLIS, of Morehead, Mont.
Virgil KEYLON
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Source: Obituary reprinted by Robert L. BAILEY, Roane County, Tennessee
Obituaries, 1927, Kingston TN: Roane County Heritage Commission.
Additional Comments:
Research notes: Sudie ELLIS was the daughter of Charles David ELLIS and Mary
HAGGARD of Roane County, Tennessee. Her mother and some other family members are
also interred in Winton Chapel Cemetery. Sudie was born 23 Dec 1873 in TN. She
married Edward "Ed" HILL on 23 Feb 1895 in Roane Co, TN. Her children were Ruth
Irene HILL and Ellis D[ixon?] HILL.
Sudie's brother Charles ELLIS likely no longer lived in Montana. His 1920 census
entry indicates that he had moved on - to New Mexico - at that time.
Sudie's father was shot dead by a prominent Benton Co, AR doctor in the mid
1880s. Her mother Mary was pregnant with her brother Charles at the time of
Charles David ELLIS' death. She returned to Roane County - south of Kingston -
close to her McPHERSON and HAGGARD family members. Mary wed widower James Harvey
KEYLON in 1889 in Roane Co, TN. They lived close to Ten Mile. Claude Allen
KEYLON (female) and Virgil KEYLON (male) were children from Mary's marriage to
J.H. KEYLON.
Sisters mentioned in the obituary include the following:
Laura ELLIS (Mrs. Stan[ley] TREW)
Cora Pickens ELLIS (Mrs. Will GILES [wife of William Morgan GILES])
Mollie ELLIS (Mrs. I.A. GRESHAM [wife of Isaac Anderson "Ike" GRASHAM]
Claude Allen KEYLON (Mrs. L.L. CAMPBELL [also interred at Winton Chapel
Cemetery. Claude later married George SENSABOY.]
Zerelda Mimms "Zee" ELLIS (Mrs. C. WEBSTER [former wife of Samuel David WEBSTER])
Published Sources: Tennessee death records; US Federal census data (Tennesse,
Arkansas, Montana, New Mexico, Montana, Missouri); published obituaries
(originals and transcriptions); Roane County marriage records; Roane County land
records; Bureau of Land Management records; cemetery markers (visited and
photographed; and personal knowledge.
Personal Sources: Oral family history interviews and/or access to their family
research and family records from the following people: Jerry Hunley Denney,
Margaret Abbey Giles Bennecker, Nancy Webster Diwan, Ronald Ellis "Sonny"
Crabtree, Joyce Grasham Tidwell, and Sarah Grasham Mee.
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Blount County TN Archives Photo Document.....Baker, Rosa Mae Handwritten Notes In Silent Readers Page 3 February 21, 1930
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Source: The Silent Readers Fourth Grade Reader
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"When you marry and live by the road, send me a kiss
by the happy toads"
I bought this book at a sale in the old Maryville Library back in the late
1980's I have given the information I wrote down when I first had the book.
Over the years the quality of the writing has diminished due to age, and the
fact that Rosa wrote with a pencil instead of a pen. Glenn Wills' name is
written in the center between the two pages and is hard to see. I do stand
corrected about Glenn's name being on page 97. It was on page 95. There are
more pages following this one.
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Blount County TN Archives Photo Document.....Baker, Rosa Mae Handwritten Notes In Silent Readers Page 2 February 21, 1930
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I bought this book at a sale in the old Maryville Library back in the late
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Over the years the quality of the writing has diminished due to age, and the
fact that Rosa wrote with a pencil instead of a pen. Glenn Wills' name is
written in the center between the two pages and is hard to see. I do stand
corrected about Glenn's name being on page 97. It was on page 95. There are
more pages following this one.
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Blount County TN Archives Photo Document.....Baker, Rosa Mae Handwritten Notes In Silent Readers Page 1 February 21, 1930
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Over the years the quality of the writing has diminished due to age, and the
fact that Rosa wrote with a pencil instead of a pen. Glenn Wills' name is
written in the center between the two pages and is hard to see. I do stand
corrected about Glenn's name being on page 97. It was on page 95. There are
more pages following this one.
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Washington County TN Archives Wills.....McEwen, Alexander 1795
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Source: Washington County Court Clerk Office- Jonesborough, Tennessee
Written: 1795
In the name of God amen I Alexander McEwen of the county of Washenton and
Teratory South of the Ohio, being under great indisposion of body, but of a
perfict sound mind and memory knowing the unceartenty of life and that all
flesh is subject to mortality as it is appointed once for all men to die do
think it necessary, in order to leave my temporal affairs in as settled a way
and state as possible to make a last will and testament which after
recommending my soul to God who gave it with submission and a thimble of
resignation I will as followeth viz that all my just debts however due and
owing shall and may be satisfied to and paid in convinent time after my deceace
by my Executor hereafter named Item I give and bequeath to my son John
McEwen to him his heirs and asigns forever the land whereon I now live with the
improvements thereunto belonging containing by estimation one hundred and
eighty acres less or more still with this reserve that my wife Marget McEwen
shall have use and enjoy one third part of said land including the houses and
improvements during her widowhood; Item I give and bequeath to my son Ebenezer
McEwen to him and his heirs and asigns forever one hundred and nintyfive acres
of land held by two deed adjoining the above mentioned lands Also my will is
that my son John shall pay out of his part one hundred and ten pound which
shall be equaly divided between my two sons Samuel McEwen and Robert McEwen,
likewise my will is that my son Ebenezer shall pay seventy pound to be equally
divided between the above named boys viz Samuel And Robert Item My will is
that my personal estate shall not be exposed to sale but shall remain in the
hands of the executors for the benefit of my family till they are of age. Also
my will is that my daughter Sarah McEwen shall receive her part when she is of
age. At the discresion of my executors according to the property they have then
in their hands and in order to provide for a child that is yet unborn my will
is if it should be aboy that it shall be made equal in part to my other boys
that have no land by each of the four paying a proportionable part out of there
shares to him and if it should be a girl to stand upon a level with my above
mentioned daughter Sarah and as to my personal estate my will is that it be
devided amongst my children when they come of age at the discreasion of my
executors Lastly I do nominate and appoint Alex: Mathes Andrew Hannah and my
well beloved wife Marget McEwen executors of this my last will and testament
and revoking all and every other will or wills whatever by me heretofore made
{signed}
Signed sealed
published Alexander
McEwen
And acknowledged by the
testator Alexander McEwen
to be his last will and testament
in presence of
{signed}
James Montgomery
John Milliken
Additional Comments:
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McEwen, Alexander died August 25, 1795. This will was most probably written
close to that date. I obtained the copy of this will from the Washington County
Courthouse where copies of the wills are recorded in bound volumes. Title:
Early Wills-Original Copies, Vol J thru P 1779-1888. In my transcription of the
will I attempted to use the same spelling of words and names and the same
punctuation, or lack of it, as I could.
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Bedford County TN Archives Military Records.....Reed, John
Revwar - Pension
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Pension Application Of John Reed, Natl Archives Microseries M805, Roll __, Application #R8674
Bedford County, Tennessee, June 16, 1832, John Reed, aged 68 years: He
states that he was born in Randolph County, NC on the waters of Deep River, but
the year and month he does not recollect. He states that he has no record of
his age and to the best of his recollection never had any and all the
information he had in regard to his age he received from his father.
He was living in Randolph County, NC when he first entered the service
of the United States in the Revolutionary War. He first volunteered in the
service between the ages of 16 and 17 for a term of 3 months under Captain John
Knight, who raised a company of volunteers at that time in Randolph County.
Knights company served as minute men and were generally engaged in this term
of service in scouting and ranging about in Randolph County after the Tories,
endeavoring to put a stop to their plundering and ravages. Knights company was
frequently along with Edward Williams, which was also a volunteer company,
performing like service with Knights. This applicant that during this term of
service his company had several skirmishes with the Tories, one of which was at
Drowning Creek.
At the expiration of this 3 months tour of service he again
volunteered for 3 months more under Captain Knight. At the expiration of this 3
months term of service, he again volunteered under said Knight and so continued
to volunteer under him immediately after the close of each of these 3 months
terms of service, until he had served 18 months from the time he first
volunteered. During all these terms of service comprising 18 months, he states
that Knights company principally engaged in scouting, ranging and subduing the
Tories in Randolph and occasionally in Guilford County, NC and had a good many
little engagements or skirmishes with these, but none of any importance. He
further states that during all of these 3 months terms of service, colonel
Belford [most typically referred to as Balfour these days] was the colonel in
command of Captain Knights and Captain Edwards companies, and probably of
others, but of this he is not certain, but just about the close of this
applicants last term of 3 months service which comprised the 18 months, the
above mentioned Colonel Belford [Balfour} was killed by the Tories.
This applicant states that at the expiration of the last mentioned 3
month tour of service, he again volunteered under the same Captain Knight and
served under him for 6 months before he was discharged. During this term of
service, Knights company was still engaged in ranging and subduing the Tories
in the county of Randolph and occasionally in Guilford. Part of this term, this
applicant was, among others, employed in guarding two courts which sat at the
Cross Roads in Randolph County, against the Tories who were numerous and
troublesome.
At the expiration of this term of service this applicant was
discharged and never served any more. He states that after the death of Colonel
Balfour and during this last 6 months term, Colonel Dougan was his colonel in
command. He further states that at the expiration of each and every term of his
service, he received a written discharge from his captain. These discharges
were, by him, returned to the board of war. This applicant states that he knows
of no person now living by whom he can prove his services except the one whose
affidavit is hereto annexed..
He also states that it was about 6 months after the Battle of Yorktown
and the surrender of Cornwallis, that he was finally discharged from the
service. He further states that at the close of the war, he continued in
Randolph County, NC for about 12 years. He then removed to Washington County,
Virginia, from thence he removed to Blount County, TN, from thence to Franklin
County, and from thence to Rutherford County, and lastly from thence to
Bedford County, TN where he has lived 10 years or more, and still continues to
reside. He was acquainted with no officers of the Revolutionary War except
those whose names are mentioned in this declaration.
Caution: there are several contradictions in the following widows pension,
causing this transcriber to wonder whether she is the widow of this John Reed
above, or not.
Bedford County, Tennessee, 1845, Sarah Reed, aged 80 years: That she
is the widow of John Reed who was a soldier of the Revolutionary War. That in
the year 1780 or 1781, her husband the said John Reed, in Randolph County, NC,
went into the service of the United States as a volunteer and private soldier,
and went into Captain Knights company, a foot company. That Belford [Balfour]
was his colonel. She does not recollect his generals name. That soon after he
went into service he marched from Randolph County in NC to what was then called
the Sand Hills near Cross Creek. That after he arrived in the Sand Hills, he
was there stationed in the army a few weeks. At the expiration of which time he
was in a battle with the Tories in the Sand Hills near said station, in which
battle the Whigs were victorious. And after a battle was fought, he was marched
through different parts of North Carolina and continued in service until his
first tour ended. That his first tour was 5 months, at the expiration of which
time she does not know whether he ever received any written discharge from his
proper officer or not.
That a few days after his first tour ended, he again went out in the
service of the United States as a Light Horseman and private soldier. That when
he went into service the 2nd time he was a volunteer. That Knight was his
captain the 2nd time he went into service. Belford was his colonel. She does
not recollect his generals name. That he joined Captain Knights company in
Randolph County, NC the 2nd time he went into service and then marched from
Randolph county into different parts of North Carolina in service against the
British and Tories till his 2nd tour expired. That his 2nd tour was 6 months.
That he served 11 months. At the expiration of 2nd said tour, he was
discharged, but whether he received any written discharge or not, she does not
recollect. That when the said John Reed went into service the 1st and 2nd time,
he resided in Randolph County, NC."
Additional Comments:
He died November 17, 1831, and she did not recollect the date of her own
marriage.
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Smith County TN Archives Military Records.....Ray, Joseph February 1837
Revwar - Pension
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Pension Application Of Joseph Ray, Natl Archives Microseries M805, Roll __, Application #W5656
Smith County, Tennessee, February 10, 1837, Lydia Ray, aged 85 years on
the 4th of next April: That she is the widow of Joseph Ray who was a private
soldier in the Army of the Revolution. He was drafted in the month of
September, 1780 under Captain George Hodge to serve a tour of 6 months. She and
her husband lived at this time in Orange County, state of North Carolina, about
7 miles from Hillsboro. They had been married 10 years before that time by
Captain Robert Lytle, a Justice of the Peace. They had 3 children when he
entered the service in August, before Col. Armand was stationed in the
neighborhood with his troop of Light Horse, She thinks they had to support and
feed 30 men and 30 horses for a short time, in order to recruit them. When
Colonel Armand left he gave her husband a bequest on the government which was
never paid.
In September, as above stated, her husband entered the service. In 2
or 3 months after he entered the service, her oldest child, James Ray sickened
and died, and she wrote her husband a letter, as the army was not far off. Her
husband, rather than leave his family in a forlorn situation, made an
arrangement with his captain and gave him $1000 in the currency of that time,
which was continental paper money. This the captain used for the purpose of
hiring a substitute for the balance of the time he required it, and he hired a
substitute who served out the balance of the time of her husbands service
which was 6 months in all.
It was in the February following, as well as she recollects, that the
Battle of Guilford was fought. The British army marched before this; passed in
one half mile of where she lived. She was then a widow; her husband was sick
when he returned, and died. Doctor Gillette attended him until his death. Left
in this situation with 3 small children to take care of, the British Army as
above stated camped close by and the consequence of knowing that her husband,
though dead, still had a substitute in the American army, they took everything
that suited them; her flour meal, corn, fodder oats, a large number of cattle.
She had 14 milch cows the summer before, but they stripped her of every one
except one cow which was out of their reach. Her husbands clothing and the
most valuable of her and her childrens [clothing] she put into her chest and
then put it into the stable and buried it there, but it was all in vain, for
they found and took it.
Another circumstance tended greatly to add to her distress and hurried
her husband to make the arrangement with his commanding officer was her state
of pregnancy; but she was not confined, nor was her youngest child born until
after her husbands death, for she recollects distinctly her helpless situation
when the British Army stripped her of almost everything she had. She further
declares that she was married on the 21st day of March, 1771, and that her
husband, the aforesaid Joseph Ray died on the 2nd day of January, 1781, and
that she has remained a widow ever since.
Smith County, Tennessee, Andrew G. Ford, aged 61 years, who, being duly
sworn, says that he has been acquainted with Lydia Ray for 29 years past. That
he has seen and conversed with respectable citizens who were well acquainted
with Joseph Ray and his wife Lydia Ray previous to their marriage. That Joseph
Ray died as above stated, and that she has remained a widow ever since. He
further makes oath that she has followed the profession of a midwife for the
last 30 years and that full faith and credit are due her statements.
Smith County, Tennessee, George M. Ray: That from the record kept by
his father in the family Bible, a copy of which he has now in his possession
taken from said family Bible more than 30 years. He is now 62 years of age, and
was to the best of his recollection, at the time that his father entered the
service in the War of the Revolution, about 7 years old. He recollects very
well when his father was drafted. It was about the 1st of September or the last
of August 1780. His captains name was Lowe, was attached to the brigade under
General Butler. They drafted for what was called 12 months men.
They were marched to Hillsboro, and from there to Pedee, and there
stationed. He served to the month of December, and was taken sick. He acted
part of this time, as issuing commissary. Upon his taking sick, his father made
an arrangement with his captain and got a furlough to come home and furnished a
man in his place to serve out the 8-month balance of the term, but his father
was responsible until the service was completed. He returned home but was still
sick, and lived but a few days when he died. He died on the last of December
and was buried on the 1st of January, 1781. The substitute continued to serve
out the term of 12 months and was paid by his mother.
About the 16th of February, Lord Cornwallis and the British encamped,
adjoining his fathers plantation and lay there one week and took all the stock
of cattle and horses and everything else except one milch cow. His mother was
confined in child-bed at the same time with her 5th child; and always, when any
of the British would come, there would be a sergeant who placed a sentinel at
each door to keep the Hessians from taking the only bed and clothes his mother
lay on. After the British left there, he recollects the day of the Battle of
Guilford, which took place the 15th of March following. His aunt, Jane Ray was
out in the yard, and she came in saying to his mother, Lydia, it is clear, and
I hear thundering most powerful.
That he now resides in Jackson County, and that he came over into
Smith County to make this affidavit.
Smith County, Tennessee, James Wilson: That he is 76 years of age. That he was
acquainted with Joseph Ray and Lydia Miller before they were married. They were
married in Orange County, NC. His father and mother were at the wedding. They
lived about 3 miles off afterwards. This affiant saw Joseph Ray and Lydia Ray
pass his fathers house next day, going to his fathers, and a large company
with them. They were going to the ??? infair??? as it was called. He knew them
both up to the time Joseph Ray went into the service of the War of the
Revolution. They had had several children.
Joseph Ray returned home sick after he had been out there some time
and died soon after he returned. He understood at that time, he returned home
on furlough. It was about the same time that Cornwallis and the British army
camped close to Joseph Rays.
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