ROBERT J. LAURENCE
14th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
1. Henry Bassett Laurence
Birth Date: About 1787
Birth Place: NC
Spouse: Elizabeth Prewitt
Marriage Date: 2 Sep 1808
Marriage Place: Granville Co. NC
Children: Robert Jones
1.1 Robert Jones Laurence
Birth Date: 3 Jul 1820
Birth Place: ? Granville Co. NC
Christen Date: 2
Death Date: 3 Jul 1883
Death Place: Benton Co. TN
Occupation: Farmer and Civil War Confederate Colonel
Religion: Presbyterian
Notes:
lived in North Carolina, Tennessee - Benton and Decatur Cos.
Spouse: Susan Haynes
Birth Date: 4 Jun 1823
Birth Place: NC
Death Date: 2 Jan 1896
Death Place: ?Benton Co. TN
Spouse Father: Herbert Haynes (-1847)
Spouse Mother: Sarah Harris
Marriage Date: 23 Mar 1845
Children:
William Goode
Henry Bassett
Susan Millonette
Thomas Dunlop
Cordelia Clementine
Robert Jones
Sarah Elizabeth
1.1.1 William Goode Laurence
Birth Date: 18 Jan 1846
Birth Place: TN
Death Date: 10 Jun 1917
1.1.2 Henry Bassett Laurence
Birth Date: 15 Sep 1847
Death Date: 27 Oct 1850
1.1.3 Susan Millonette Laurence
Birth Date: 11 Apr 1851
Death Date: 27 Dec 1852
1.1.4 Thomas Dunlop Laurence
Birth Date: 11 Oct 1852
Death Date: 4 Dec 1897
1.1.5 Cordelia Clementine Laurence
Birth Date: 7 Jan 1857
1.1.6 Robert Jones Laurence
Birth Date: 14 Sep 1860
Death Date: 4 Aug 1937
1.1.7 Sarah Elizabeth Laurence
Birth Date: 12 Dec 1868
"Holladay is a village in the southern section of Benton County, 15 miles south of Camden. It lies in the rolling landscape of Birdsong Valley. In 1848, Robert J. Lawrence deeded three acres of land for a campground and church site to the trustees of the Mt. Carmel Cumberland Presbyterian congregation. A major county road passed through this community into Carroll Co." Benton Co. by JKT Smith, 1979, Memphis St. U. Press
Submitted by Jeanette Piekenbrock
King
Hiram Caplinger
J.R. Williams Compapny, Unattached Calvary
King Hiram CAPLINGER was born around 1808 TN. He married Rebecca Elizabeth (Sarah/Betsy) KIRBY. "In December 1861, Captain R W Ayres organized a company at Danville, Tennessee. K H Caplinger on roster of this company. Most of the men of this company were from North Benton County and East Henry County. It was dismissed at the hasty evacuation of Corinth in the spring of 1862; after which it was mounted and known as Captain J R Williams' Tennessee Cavalry. Many of these men served to the close of the hostilities." (Historic Benton - 976.833 H2sk pg. 139).
In Families & Histories of Benton County, Tennessee, pg 91 we find: "On 20 Aug 1862 King Hiram joined the Confederacy for a 12 month tour. 22 Dec 1862 he was discharged by orders of Gen Braxton Bragg at Murfreesboro, TN. He was captured in Benton Co as a prisoner of war and died of pneumonia in General Hospital, Petersburg, VA. We have not found his grave". Family legend says he was almost home, ill with pneumonia, when he was captured.
King Hiram Caplinger's war record says he was captured in Benton County, Tennessee, January 24, 1863 and sent to City Point, James River, VA February 11, 1863. He died of pneumonia in the Petersburg, VA prison hospital February 24, 1963. More Information on King Hiram Caplinger
Submitted by Jean W. Stringham
WILLIAM
ROBERT HICKS
Company "C" Forty Sixth TN. Vol. Infantry
WILLIAM ROBERT HICKS the son of William Nelson Hicks and Rosanne ( ? WISEMAN? ) HICKS was born 06 February, 1837 in Henry County, TN , and died 09 June, 1928 in Benton Co Tn./ buried Pleasant Hill Methodist Cemetery. He married MAHALA M. MCCORD April 1861, daughter of WILLIAM Wilson MCCORD and FANNIE F. WRIGHT.
WILLIAM ROBERT HICKS: Was a Pvt. in Company "C" Forty Sixth TN. Vol. Infantry. enlisted Dec. 1861. under Col. Clark, Capt. John Harris, Frst. Lt. Bird Mc Kinney , second LT. Cal Pinson, thrd. Lt. Chas Kelly. At Shiloh he joined the 5th TN. Regiment under Col. Venerable. ( The 46th had been captured at Memphis) After the battle of Shiloh he was transferred back to the 46th.
He was in Battles at Jackson MS, Ft. Hudson LA., Murfreesboro, TN. Perryville KY. Was wounded in the battle of Perryville.
Goverment Head stone inscribed; Corp. CO C 46th TN. INF.CSA
Children of WILLIAM HICKS and MAHALA MCCORD are:
i. BILLIE ?3 HICKS.
ii. MOLLIE HICKS, b. 1878, Benton CO TN; d. 1941, Benton CO TN /
buried Pleasant Hill, Methodist Cemetery; m. GEORGE BAIN.
iii. JOHN THOMAS HICKS, b. Abt. 1872.m. 1st Sarah Catharine
CONDER m. 2nd Unk. ? Rushing or Wilhite.
iv. CHARLES HICKS, b. Abt. 1874.
v. HATTIE HICKS, b. Abt. 1875; d. Benton CO TN/ buried Cowell's
Chapel Cemetery; m. GUY JORDAN.
vi. MARTHA HICKS, b. 1876; d. 1957; m. JAMES R. SPARKS.
vii. GEORGE WASHINGTON HICKS, b. 06 May, 1879; d. 29 March, 1969,
Camden TN. m. Mary Jane CONDER
viii. OLLIE L. HICKS, b. Abt. 1885, Benton CO TN; d. 1968, Benton
CO TN / Pleasant Hill, Methodist Cemetery; m. HENRY STACKER
LOWERY.
Submitted by Susie Jourdan - Grant
DAVID S.
CUFF
55th TN Regiment Co. A & B
David Sylvester Cuff was born in Benton County TN 21 June 1840. He was married to Melissa Jane (Melissie) Florence in Benton County TN 13 October 1868 by R. W. Ayers. They had 4 boys and 6 girls (listed below). He enlisted n the 55th TN Infantry September 1861. He was disabled in battle at Atlanta. David Cuff died 20 September 1893 in Benton County TN and is buried in the Cuff Family Cemetery.
Children of David S. Cuff and Melissa J. Florence are:
1. Thomas Witt Cuff, b 18 December 1869 Benton Co., TN, d
26 October 1901, Benton Co., TN, bd in Flatwoods Cemetery. He was
school superintendent in Benton County from 1895-1897.
2. Mary Ann Cuff, b 23 July 1871 in Benton Co., TN.
3. Marion Maxie Cuff, b 28 December 1873 Benton Co., TN; d 1969
in Benton Co., TN, bd Chalk Hill Cemetery; Married Lula Surrette
(Sarratt?) of Henry Co., TN in 1869.
4. Della Mae Cuff, b 17 September 1875 Benton Co., TN; d 1972
Benton Co., TN, bd Rushings Creek Cemetery; md ca 1910/1911
William Lawrence Ryan.
5. Aner Zadie "Zee" Cuff, b 2 December 1877 Benton Co.,
TN; d 1954 Benton Co., TN; bd Flatwoods Cemetery; unmarried.
Child John Dwight Melton, (father Horace) b 1902.
6. Jener Trudo Cuff, b 15 February 1879 Benton Co., TN; d 1932;
md ca 1899 Viola Anderson.
7. Melissa Leno Cuff, b 4 April 1881 Benton Co., TN; md Jim
Utley.
8. Lessie Jane Cuff, b 17 March 1884 Benton Co., TN; md Dev
Thompson.
9. Effie Cuff, b 2 December 1886 Benton Co., TN; md Ernest G.
Warrick.
10. Allen Thurman Cuff, b 14 June 1889 Benton Co., TN; d 1972
Benton Co., TN; bd Flatwoods Cemetery; md Ina C Hollingsworth.
Submitted by Jean W. Stringham
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