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Francis Hughes – Revolutionary War Pension Abstract

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Francis Hughes applied for revolutionary pension while living in Bledsoe County, Tenn., July 21, 1833. He was born in Augusta County, Va., in 1759 and was the son of Francis Hughes. He resided in Burke County, N. C. in June 1776 when he enlisted in the 3rd North Carolina Regiment. He moved to the Tennessee Country and volunteered in 1777 under Col. John Sevier. He volunteered again in the fall of 1780 and was in Capt. Samuel Williams’ company in the Battle of King’s Mountain. He volunteered again under Col. John Sevier for the Cherokee Expedition. Nathan Gann swears in the pension application, that Francis Hughes was a soldier of the Revolution and Felix Earnest also testifies to his revolutionary record. Francis Hughes states that he has children but does not give their names. In 1840 he was living with Margaret Hughes, possibly a daughter.
Note:-Francis Hughes had a brother John Hughes, whose record is given below. Descendants of Francis Hughes live on Walden’s Ridge near Chattanooga.

From Some Tennessee Heroes of the Revolution by Zella Armstrong

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John Hale – Revolutionary War Pension Application

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John Hale applied for Revolutionary pension in 1833 while living in Bledsoe County, Tenn. He was born in Bedford County, Va. in 1753 or 1754. He enlisted in Bedford County, Va., in 1776. He volunteered in Capt. Harry Bluford’s Company, Lieut. John Frields, Ensign Abram Sharp. They marched to the Cherokee Country and were in the battle of Long Island. He was discharged and returned home. He went to school and re-enlisted under Capt. Charles Watkins. He had 24 months’ service in all. His discharge was burned in Blount County in 1803. After the War he moved to Wythe County, Va., then to Greene County, Tenn., to Washington County, Tenn., to Blount County, Tenn. and then to Bledsoe County about 1813.

From Some Tennessee Heroes of the Revolution by Zella Armstrong

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John Ford – Revolutionary War Pension Abstract

John Ford applied for revolutionary pension while living in Bledsoe County in February, 1833. He was born in Albemarle County, Va., Nov., 13, 1764. He enlisted in Fluvanna County, Va., in Capt. Thomas Thurman’s Company. After the Revolution he moved to Roane County, Tenn., where he lived eight years. About 1817 he moved to Bledsoe County, where he died. He received a Bounty land warrant. He died in Bledsoe County, August 5, 1844. He married April 12, 1785, in Fluvanna County, Va., Elizabeth England, who survived him. She applied for pension August 21, 1844, when she was 80 years of age, naming six children: Jane, born 1786, married ______ Mathis; Sarah, born 1789, married ____ Bristoe; John Ford, Jr., born 1796; Nancy, born 1798, married _____ Loden; Mary, born, 1803, married _____ Renfroe; and Reuben, born 1806. She died September 30, 1845.

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Andrew Davis – Revolutionary War Pension Application

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Andrew Davis applied for revolutionary pension while living in Bledsoe County. He was born Dec. 21, 1750 in the Waxsaw settlement of South Carolina. He was living there when he enlisted Nov. 1, 1775, under Capt. John Barkley, Col. Richardson and Gen. Sumpter, serving two months. He enlisted again and was in Charleston during the battle of Sullivan’s Island but was not in the battle. In 1777 he served under Capt. James Pettigrew, Col. Samuel Jack and Col William Terrell in a regiment which was called the Minute Troops. He served in 1779 under Capt. Robert Davis. He volunteered in a cavalry company in Lincoln County, N. C., under Capt. Samuel Martin. His papers were lost when his house was burned. He knew Andrew Jackson as a boy. He moved from South Carolina to Iredell County, N. C., during the Revolution and subsequently he moved to Rutherford County, Tenn., to Warren County, Tenn., and to Bledsoe County. He then moved to Benton County, Ala., and applied to have his pension transferred to that county.

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John Curtis – Revolutionary War Pension Abstract

John Curtis applied for revolutionary pension while living in Bledsoe County, Tenn., in November 1832. He was born in Dinwiddie County or Sussex County, Va., in 1759 or 1760. His father died when he was very young. He was living in Dinwiddie County when he enlisted and served in Virginia troops. He moved to Orange County, N. C., and then to Chatham County, N. C. He then moved to Giles County, Tenn., Sumner County, Tenn., White County, Tenn., and to Bledsoe County. He died August 7, 1844 in Bledsoe County. He married Dolly Huneycut, Oct., 10, 1793. She survived him and applied for widow’s pension while living in McMinn County, Tenn., in 1848, being then 78 years old, therefore born 1770. Their oldest child the name not being given in the application, was born in 1796.

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Stephen Brown – Revolutionary War Pension Abstract

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Stephen Brown applied for revolutionary pension while living in Bledsoe County, Tenn. in February, 1832. He was born in Cumberland County, Va. in 1756. He was living in Buckingham County, Va. when he enlisted in the Virginia troops under Capt. Redd. He was employed in guarding British prisoners. He declared that he could prove his service by Charles Thurman, a citizen of Bledsoe County, who served in the same regiment with him. He was stationed for a time near Albermarle and served near Guilford Court House before the battle. He moved to Bledsoe County, Tenn. about thirty years after the War. His discharge was burned when his house was burned about 1813.

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John Dalton – Revolutionary War Pension Abstract

John Dalton applied for revolutionary pension in Feb., 1833, while living in Bledsoe County, Tenn. He was born Oct. 3, 1758 in Albemarle County, Va. He enlisted in the spring of 1778 in Albemarle County, his company officers being Capt. William Sims. Lieut. William Flint and Ensign William Dowell. He enlisted again in 1779 under the same officers and again in 1781 under the same officers He married a daughter of Capt. William Simms. His uncle was William Grant, two members of whose family were killed by Indians in North Carolina in 1781. After the war John Dalton moved to Rutherford County, N. C., and to Bledsoe County, Tenn., about the year 1817. His widow, _____ Sims Dalton, survived him.
Note: His pension does not state that he was a minister, but in signing an application for a friend’s pension he wrote his name, John Dalton, D. D.

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Thomas Brannon – Revolutionary War Pension Abstract

Thomas Brannon applied for revolutionary pension while living in Bledsoe County, Aug. 25, 1818. He enlisted in 1777 in Capt. Anthony Sharp’s Company, Ninth North Carolina Regiment. He was in the battles of Eutaw Springs, Monmouth and Stoney Point. He was discharged in 1780 having served four full years. He moved after the War to Bledsoe County. Tenn. where he died March 22, 1828. It is said that he was 100 and some years of age and the oldest man who ever lived in the County.

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Gilford Jiles Blankenship – Civil War Pension Application

TSLA RG 202 Military Records Roll # 110 Confederate Soldier Pension Application

Transcriber’s note: Gilford Jiles Blankenship (Gilford Jiles Blankenship was born October 13, 1840 and died October 20,1926. He was the son of BENNETT BLANKENSHIP AND CATHERINE HUDDLESTON. He is buried in the Blankenship Cemetery in Van Buren County.) He was a resident of White County, TN during the War. Company E, 25th Tennessee Infantry

Filed July 22, 1926 No. 16054
Status: Rejected

I, G. J. Blankenship a native of the State of Tennessee and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Pikeville in the County of Bledsoe in said State of Tennessee, and who was a soldier from the State of Tennessee, in the war between the United States and the Confederate States, do hereby apply for aid under the Act of the General assembly of Tennessee, entitled “An Act for the benefit of the indigent and disabled soldiers of the late war between the States, and to fix the fees of attorneys or agents for procuring such pensions and fixing a penalty for the violation of the same.” And I do solemnly swear that I was a member of Company E, 25th Tennessee Regiment in the service of the Confederate or United States, and that by reason of disability and indigence I am now entitled to receive the benefit of this Act. I further swear that I do not hold any National, State or County Office, nor do I receive aid or pension from any other State, or from the United States, and that I am not an inmate of any soldier’s home, and that I am unable to earn a reasonable support for myself and family. I do further solemnly swear that the answers given to the following questions are true:

Q. In what County, State and year were you born?
A. Halifax County, Virginia in 1840

Q. When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental company officers under who you served.
A. Volunteered August 1861. In Captain D. M. SUTHARD’S command. Colonel SIDNEY STANTON, G. G. DIBREL was Lieutenant General, Major TIM WILLIAMS,Major General DICK SANDERS.

Q. In what battle or battles were you engaged in, and, if not wounded, state what disabilities did you receive if any?
A. SHILOH, PERRYVILLE, MURFREESBORO, CHICKAMAUGA. Was attacked with rheumatism.

Q. What was the precise nature of your wound or disabilities, if any?
A. Rheumatism in legs and right arm

Q. Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
A. Yes, went through with great suffering.

Q. Were you discharged from the army by reason of said wound or disability?
A. No

Q. If discharged from the army, where were you and what did you do until the close of the war?
A. This question was left blank because he was not discharged.

Q. What was the name of the surgeon who treated you?
A. Dr. Calbert

Q. How did you get out of the army, when and where?
A. Came home to see sick mother in November 1863 – At Campbell Station. (Knox County)

Q. Were you in prison? If so, state what prison and when released.
A. In prison at Sparta, Tennessee ten (10) days in 1863.

Q. Were you paroled? If so, when and where.
A. No

Q. Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States of America?
A. Yes, at Kingston, Tennessee, November 1863.

Q. If so, when and under what circumstances?
A. In 1863. Forced to take it.

Q. Have you applied for pension before this? If so, about when?
A. Yes, about ten years ago. Papers reported lost.

Q. Are you married, or have you been married?
A. Yes

Q. If so, what is the size of your family living together?
A. I am living with my daughter, Mrs. J. M. Deweese.

Q. What are the respective ages of your wife and the children living with you?
A. My wife is 67 years old and lives with her grandchildren.

Q. To what sex do your children belong?
A. Four girls and three boys all married and have families of their own.

Q. In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
A. Not any business. Earn nothing.

Q. What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its actual cash value?
A. Not any

Q. What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its actual cash value?
A. Not any

Q. State the gross income of yourself and your wife from all sources for the past year. This must include all money received either from wages, rents or interest on loaned money, if any. Also family supplies raised or received from rents and used by your family.
A. Not any

Q. How have you derived support for yourself and family for the last five years?
A. By my labor until I was totally disabled.

Q. Do you use intoxicants to any extend?
A. No

Q. How long and since when have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
A. Eighty-one years.

Q. Have you an attorney to look after this application?
A. James Brady, Spencer, Tennessee

Witness my hand this 9th day of July, 1926
Signed: G. J. BLANKENSHIP (Gilford Jiles Blankenship was his full name) Rt. 3, Pikeville, TN

Witnesses: ISAAC BARNES, M. D. Pikeville, TN
W. P. SEXTON Rt. 4, Pikeville, TN

State of Tennessee, Bledsoe County
I, W. B. STEPHENS, Trustee of said County, certify that G. J. BLANKENSHIP and his wife are assessed with no acres valued at $ 0 and with no personal property. Witness my hand this 12th day of July 1926.Signed: W. B. Stephens, Trustee(If applicant and his wife have no property, the Trustees must so certify.)

State of Tennessee, Bledsoe County. Personally appeared before me R. E. LOYD, a Notary Public of said County, the above named G. J. BLANKENSHIP, the applicant, with whom I am personally acquainted, and having the application read and fully explained to him, as well as the statements and answers therein made, made oath that the said statements and answers are true.

Witness my hand and seal of office, this 13th day of July, 1926.Signed: R. E. LOYD, Notary Public

State of Tennessee, Bledsoe County.
Personally appeared before me FRANK S. FERGUSON, Clerk and Master of said County, the above named ISAAC BARNES, M. D., one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application and who is a physician of good standing, and being duly sworn says that he has carefully and thoroughly examined G. J. BLANKENSHIP, the applicant and find him laboring under the following disabilities:

Cardiac Asthma, chronic Intestinal nephritis. He has a complete loss of left eye. He is physically disabled to attend to any kind of laborious work. He has been under my care and attention for ____ for 12 months.Signed: ISAAC BARNES, M. D.Witness my hand and seal of office, this 12th day of July, 1926.Signed: FRANK S. FERGUSON

State of Tennessee, White County.
Personally appeared before me FRANK TURNER, County Court Clerk, of said County, two of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, with whom I am personally acquainted, and known to me to be citizen of veracity and standing in this community, and who make oath that they are personally acquainted with the foregoing applicant, and that the facts set forth and statements made in this application are correct and true, to the best of their knowledge and belief, and that they have no interest in this claim, and that said applicant’s habits are good and free from dishonor. And JAMES CLOYD and I. A. HUTSON further made oath to the following facts touching the applicants service in the left blank army.

I, JAMES CLOYD, knew G. J. BLANKENSHIP, the applicant and know that he served in the Army for more than a two years and made a good soldier.

I, I. A. Hutson, knew G. J. Blankenship and know that he served in the Civil War as Confederate Soldier for more than one year.

Witness my hand and seal of office, this 9th day of July, 1926.
Signed: FRANK TURNER, County Court Clerk

Letter pertaining to his request for a pension:
I volunteered with the understanding that I would get furloughs each year but failed to get any. We were at Campbell’s Station near Knoxville (TN) wascalled to go to Richmond (VA) to reinforce Longstreet. Before going I went home to see my sick mother. Was cut off from my regiment by the Federals.Before I could get back to my Regiment they were captured. …. Helpless and ifthere is any thing for me. Would be glad to get it. I am eighty-six years old and am almost blind. Please let me hear from you at once. (Seems that part of this letter is missing.)
Yours as ever, G. J. BLANKENSHIP

Letter from the War Department
The Adjutant General’s Office Washington
July 27, 1926
Tennessee Board of Pension examiners, Nashville, Tennessee.
The records show that Gifford J. Blankenship, enlisted as Pvt., Co. E., 25thReg’t. Tenn. Inf., C. S. A. July 31st, 1861, at Livingston, Tennessee, also shown as Tullahoma and was promoted to Corp. July 1st. 1863, and on muster roll dated Apr. 6th 1864 (last on which borne), is shown Deserted Nov. 28,1863 near Knoxville, TN. Subsequent rolls on file cover the period from May1st, 1864 to Dec. 31st, 1864 but no record of his capture, parole or later service has been found. Signed: Brigadier General, Acting, The Adjutant General By G. N.

Letter dated September 3, 1926 to Gilford Blankenship regarding his pension application.
Mr. G. J. BLANKENSHIP
Pikeville, Tennessee

Dear Sir: The board has considered this case and disallowed it.

The Confederate War Records report that you enlisted July 31, 1861 and deserted November 28, 1863, went home see your mother, was captured and took the oath of allegiance, and was never in the army again. Such a record is not pensionable.
Yours truly, By order of the board, No signature


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Civil War Service Questionnaire of Leander T. Billingsley

The effort to record Civil War veterans’ experiences, during the conflict and before and after it, started in 1914. Dr. Gus Dyer, Tennessee State Archivist, developed a questionnaire and contacted all known living Tennessee Civil War veterans, asking them to return the questionnaires to Nashville.

In 1920 the project was continued by John Trotwood Moore of the Tennessee Historical Commission and also State Librarian and Archivist. The 1,650 completed forms were returned by 1922 and were made available for historical research. They are on file in the TSLA and have been microfilmed for security and ease of use (Microfilm #484).

The responses are rich in detail about pre- and post-war life, as well as military experiences. They include personal and family information; opinions about class and race distinctions; and details of agricultural, business and educational opportunities for the young in nineteenth century Tennessee.

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This is a transcription of the Questionnaire returned by Leander T. Billingsley.  (Submitter unidentified.)

1 State your full name and present post office address:
  Lee T. Billingsley, Pikeville, Tenn. R. #1
2 State your age now:
  78 yrs. Oct. 1921
3 In what State and county were you born?
  Bledsoe County, Tenn.
4 Were you a Confederate or Federal soldier?
  Confederate
5 Name of your company?
  Co. F-Second Tenn. Voluntary Cavalry. I have the blade I received when I enlisted
6 What was the occupation of your father?
  Farmer
7 Give full name of your father:
  John Billingsley; born In the County of _________ State of North Carolina. He lived at______
  Give also any particulars concerning him, as official position, war services, etc; books written by him, etc: 
  He came to Bledsoe county with his bride in 1806 and lived here the rest of his life. He was a member of the legislature for several years and Justice of Peace 24 years
8 Maiden name in full of your mother:
  Jane Hoodenpile; she was the daughter of: Philip Hoodenpile and his wife: Jane Hoodenpile; who lived at: near Pikeville. She was my father’s second wife
9 Remarks on ancestry. Give here any and all facts possible in reference to your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc., not Revolutionary or other war service; what country they cam from to America; first settled – county and State; always giving full names (if possible), and never referring to an ancestor simply as such without giving the name. It is desirable to include every fact possible, and to that end the full and exact record from old Bibles should be appended on separate sheets of this size, thus preserving the facts from loss.
  My Grandfather Samuel Billingsley came from England to North Carolina when he was a small boy ? he was a captain in the Revolutionary war. My grandmother, Mary Billingsley, came from Ireland to N.C. when she was about 15 years old. My grandparents were married and reared their family in N.C. but came to Bledsoe county in 1809 to be with my father.
10 If you owned land or other property at the opening of the war, state what kind of property you owned, and state the value of your property as near as you can:
  I was a boy when the war began and only owned a little personal property
11 Did you or your parents own slaves? If so, how many?
  My parents owned 40 slaves, 23 males and 17 females. I owned a negro boy who was my personal slave.
12 If your parents owned land, state about how many acres:
  1500 acres in valley, 7000 acres on mountain
13 State as near as you can the value of all the property owned by your parents, including land, when the war opened:
  My father died in 1856, the property was undivided when the war began and managed by my mother, It was valued at $85,000.
14 What kind of house did your parents occupy? State whether it was a log house of frame house or built of other material, and state the number of rooms it had:
  In 1830 my father finished and moved into a 12 room brick house
15 As a boy and young man, state what kind of work you did. If you worked on a farm, state to what extent you plowed, worked with a hoe and did other kinds of similar work. (Certain historians claim that white men would not do work of this sort before the war.)
  I did some farm work but not much
16 State clearly what kind of work your father did, and what the duties of your mother were. State all the kinds of work done in the house as well as you can remember — that is, cooking, spinning weaving, etc.:
  My father looked after the negros and farm work. He did very little if any manual work. Mother saw that each negro woman did her part of the work and did it right. Almost all the cloth used was made at home. Father raised cotton and owned about 400 sheep. Shoes for the negros were made at home
17 Did your parents keep any servants? If so, how many?
  Father kept a manager or an “overseer” too (two?) of the other servants were kept
18 How was honest toil — as plowing, hauling and other sorts of honest work of this class – regarded in your community? Was such work considered respectable and honorable?
  For ten or fifteen years just before the war the larger land and slave-owners did not regard manual labor as respectable for a gentleman altho the laborer was not expected to live in idleness
19 Did the white men in your community generally engage in such work?
  Most of them worked for there were only a few men who owned sufficient property to live without working
20 To what extent were there white men in your community leading lives of idleness and having others do their work for them?
  There were very few men who were idle all the time. Men who did not have to work on the farm usually were employed in public service.
21 Did the men who owned slaves mingle freely with those who did not own slaves, or did slave holders in any way show by their actions that they felt themselves better than respectable, honorable men who did not own slaves?
  I do not remember whether just not owning slaves caused a man to be treated as an inferior, but I do remember hearing some families referred to as “poor white trash” 
22 At the churches, at the schools, at public gatherings in general, did slave holders and non-slave holders mingle on a footing of equality?
  The more prominent men whether slave holder or not attempted to interest the poor people in school and church
23 Was there a friendly feeling between slave holders and non-slave holders in your community, or were they antagonistic to each other?
  With few exceptions I think they were all friendly most of the leading men were interest in church work
24 In a political contest, in which one candidate owned slaves and the other did not, did the fact that one candidate owned slaves help him in winning the contest?
  I do not think owning slaves would have been a help or a hindrance in this county. Very poor men seldom entered a political contest
25 Were the opportunities good in your community for a poor young man, honest and industrious, to save up enough to buy a small farm or go in business for himself?
  The poor young men who really tried was helped and encouraged in every way. I recall several who came to this county with almost nothing and in ten years owned considerable property
26 Were poor, honest, industrious young men, who were ambitious to make something of themselves, encouraged or discouraged by slave holders?
  I think slave holders encouraged ambitious young men this was and is yet a farming and stock raising community, so about the only way a young man could get along was to rent a farm till he could buy land of his own, or be a stock dealer.
27 What kind of school or schools did you attend?
  Both public and private. The schools here before the war were only run 2 or 3 months each year by the county
28 About how long did you go to school altogether?
  About 4 years before the war and 2 years after the war closed at Sequatchie College
29 How far was it to the nearest school?
  2 1/4 miles
30 What school or schools were in operation in your neighborhood?
  The public school and 2 or 3 months subscription or pay school
31 Was the school in your community private or public?
  Both
32 About how many months in the year did it run?
  In all about five or six months
33 Did the boys and girls in your community attend school pretty regularly?
  Some did. Some did not
34 Was the teacher of the school you attended a man or woman?
  I had both men and women as teachers
35 In what year and month and at what place did you enlist in the service of the Confederacy or of the Federal Government?
  On June 16, 1861 I was mustered into service in the Confederate Army at Knoxville, Tenn.
36 After enlistment, where was your Company sent first?
  To Cumberland Gap, Tenn.
37 How long after enlistment before your Company engaged in battle?
  I do not remember exactly but it was several months before we fought any
38 What was the first battle you engaged in?
  The first regular battle was at Mill Springs, we were in several small battles or skirmishes before the battle of Mill Springs 
39 State in your own way your experience in the War from this time on to its close. State where you went after the first battle — what you did, and what other battles you engaged in, how long they lasted, what the results were; state how you slept, what you had to eat, how you were exposed to cold, hunger you lived in camp, how you were clothed, how and disease. If you were in the hospital or prison, state your experience there:
  I was in battles at Fishing Creek, Stubensville, Ky., Murfreesboro, Chickamauga and several other places. Our command was in Kentucky to relieve Morgan and we rode eleven days and nights not stopping longer than two hours at one time. I have eaten raw corn – green pumpkins and most anything else on these raids. 
40 When and where were you discharged?
  At Morgantown, North Carolina, May 1865. We were under Gen. Joe Wheeler. I am sending you his farewell address.
41 Tell something of your trip home:
  I came home horseback down through: the mountain of N.C. I did not come straight home at once. Was several months making the trip
42 Give a sketch of your life since the close of the Civil War, stating what kind of business you have engaged in, where you have lived, your church relations, etc. If you have held any office or offices, state what it was. You may state here any other facts connected with your life and experience which has not been brought out by the questions:
   Farming. When I reached home the fences had all been burned, the negros all gone except two. The only stock mother had left was a steer.
43 What kind of work did you take up when you came back home?
  I have been a farmer and stock raiser all my life and have lived in Bledsoe county. Most of the time was spent on the farm I returned to from the war. Twelve years ago I moved to my present home about four miles from that farm. I have been a member of the Church of Christ for 45 years. I was Justice of the Peace 12 years and coroner 8 years and now am a Notary Public. I have been married twice. My last wife is still living. I have eleven children.
44 On a separate sheet give the names of some of the great men you have known or met in your time, and tell some of the circumstances of the meeting or incidents in their lives. Also add any further personal reminiscences. (Use all the space your want.)
  _______
45 Give the names of all the members of your Company you can remember. (If you know where the Roster is to be had, please make a special note of this.)
  This list of the Company was printed in a Knoxville paper soon after the close of the civil war
  Tullos[s] Rangers, known as Company F 2nd Tenn. Cal.:
      John M . Bridgeman Capt
  James W. Walker 1st Lt
  A.R. Couk (Cook?) 2n. Lt
  James W. Fraley 3rd Lt
  Non-Commissioned officers:  
  William Smith 1st Orderly Serg
  W.W. Henson 2nd O.S
  L.T. Billingsley 3rd O.S
  John R. Robertson 4th O.S
  James Dyer 5th O.S
  Maj. P. Swafford 1st Corp’1
  James Abbet 2nd Cpl
  R.W. Brown 3rd Cpl
  J.W. Cunningham Wagon Master
  Anthoney Griffith bugler
  Private Soldiers:
  James Abbet James Acuff J. S. Acuff
  Frank Burger John Austin Reuben Brown
  D. S. Brown V. A. Beanerett J. A. Card
  Andy Card G. N. Campbell James Cain
  G. W. Cain John Carrick Tim Daviss
  Will Douglas O. P. Durham H. C. Deatherage
  Gav. (?) Eppison G. W. Ellete George Frazier
  John Frazier G. A. Findly C. A. Ford
  James Freeman J. M. Greer Richard Guess
  John Gollihor A H. Gollihor T. H. Hinch
  S. P. Henderson Thomas Hawkins John Hawkins
  W. F. Hutcheson Wm. Hatfield Goins Hatfield
  R. H. Hatfield W. H. Hatfield John Hodgkiss
  James Hearn Wm. Highenbottom Aaron Hughes
  Sam Hughes Dr. J. A. Hacker John Jones
  Josh Jentry John Knight C. L. Lewis
  Thomas Laster Houston Lamb A. J. Larrimore
  Thomas Loyd W. H. McCulley J. C. McDowell
  James McCunah G. W. McDonald John Mitts
  James Nale P. J. Norwood T. ?(R. )H. Napp
  S. B. Panter Leander Pope L. L. Pope
  John Pollard Adam Roberson Isaac Roberson
  G. W. Rogers Alvin Reid Sam Robertson
  James Rankin Reuben Rankin W. A. Smith
  Alfred Swafford Thomas Swafford S. C. Stone
  Thaddous Simms J. R. Smith James Smith
  Dr. R. A. Stone W. F. Simmons W. L. Standifer
  L. L. Standifer James Scott Andrew Sherill
  Thomas Sherill John Sherill Sam Sherill
  I. N. Thomas G. W. Taylor Henry Tollett
  James A. Walker G. W. Walker A. J Walker
  I. E. Walker Clay Wimberly J. C. Worthington
  James Worthington W Worthington S. P. Worthington
  W. F. Worthington Houston Wheeler A. D. Williams
  Colored or negro servants for the Company:
  George Tulloss James A. Birch James Ned
  James Taylor Bird Terry George Close
  Samuel Gallimore    
46 Give the NAME and POST OFFICE ADDRESS of any living Veterans of the Civil War whether members of your Company or not; whether Tennesseans or from other States:
  A.K. Swafford Pikeville, R. 1, Tenn.
  W.R. Pope Pikeville, Tenn.
  Bud Wheeler Pikeville, Tenn.
  L.L. Standifer Mt. Airy, Tenn. 
  Captain W.M. Allen Dayton, Tenn.
  Frank Knight Pikeville, Tenn.
Newspaper clipping: WHEELERS FAREWELL ADDRESS TO CAVALRY – Original Copy is Treasured Possession of the Family of Lee Billingsley -Yellowed with age, worn in two or more parts through constant handling, one of the proud and treasured possessions of this family of Lee Billingsley, a gallant soldier of Forest’s cavalry, is the farewell address of General Joe wheeler to his comrades, issued on April 29, 1865, It was dated at “Headquarters Cavalry Corps” and addressed to “Gallant Comrades”. It follows:
You have fought your fight. Your task is done. During a fours years struggle you have exhibited courage, fortitude and devotion. You are the sole victors of more than two hundred stubbornly contested fights you have participated in more than a thousand conflicts of arms; You are heroes. You have done all that human exertions could accomplish. I desire to express my gratitude for the kind feelings you have seen fit to extend toward myself and to invoke upon you the blessings of our Heavenly Father, to whom we must all look in the hour of distress. Brethren in the cause of freedom, comrades in arms, I bid you farewell.” Joe Wheeler Major General
Note: This is a copy of Gen. Joe Wheelers address. If I have not made all the questions clear or if there should be any other information I could give you please let me do so. I would like to see a good history of The Old South and I want to see your book when published. Yours truly, L T. Billingsley
  (N.B.: BILLINGSLEY, LEE T., Pension No. 10718)

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