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Reunion of Tulloss Rangers in 1894

In Civil War History

THE TULLOSS RANGERS

A Reunion of the Company To Be Held at Pikeville

Special Correspondence Chattanooga Times.

PIKEVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 6 — There will be a reunion at Pikeville Tenn on Saturday, Jan. 20, 1894, of the Tulloss rangers, the first company of confederate soldiers made up during the late war from Bledsoe county, Tenn. This company was known as the Tulloss rangers and took its name from Col. James A Tulloss, who was a very wealthy citizen of Bledsoe county at that time. Col. Tulloss gave to each member of the company a suit of clothes and furnished about twenty-five horses for the same. The company left Pikeville on the 2d day of July, 1861. There was perhaps not a finer dressed or better looking body of men in the whole confederate service, and their departure was an occasion never to be forgotten. To witness the parting of husbands and wives, fathers, mothers and sons, brothers and sisters and sweethearts, relatives and friends, was an exciting and touching scene indeed. The company reached Knoxville, Tenn., on the 6th day of the same month and were there mustered into service on the 8th of the same month and became company “F” of the Second Tennessee confederate cavalry, which was commanded by Col. Henry C. Ashley They had a hard struggle during the war. Some fell upon the battle field and others sickened and died while in the service and many more have since fallen by the wayside.

Petition for a Grist Mill, 1807

In Historic Sites, Individuals & Families, Legislative Petitions & Acts, Local History & Information

Petition to the Tennessee General Assembly — Ordered

State of Tennessee Roane County 1807

To the honorable Court of Roane County — we your Petitioners humbly Sheweth that a grist mill in Sequacha Valley, Where the old Kiuka Trace of Lower Trace Crosses the Mountain From Tennessee Valley will be of publix utility. We Therefor pray your Worships to grand an order in favor of George Skillern Erecting a mill on Sd. place.

Jesse McKinny
John McKnight
John Anderson
Wm. Christian
Jos. Hoge(?)
Jno. Brown
Jessee Tyree
Jas. Ridle
Elisha Rogers
Jos. Rogers
Gerge Sharpe(?)
Thos. Riddle
Volentine Spring
John Spring
John roberson
Isaac Stephens
George Hatfield
Thomas Yount
Thos Yount
Joseph Myes(?)
Michael Foster(?)
Sam Cowen
Thomas Brown(?)
Ezekiel McCoy
Smith Dunken(?)
James Hail
Thomas Masterson
Thomas Vernon
Elijah Hicks(?)
John Hankins
William Wilson
(Torn)
James Direr(?)
Peter Looney
Daniel Thorp
Martin Laurence
David Oatt
Samuel Lusk
Samuel Simpson
John Portmorn
James Breden
William Roberson
David Rainey
James Moore
Jn(?) Coulter
Stephan Thurman
James Jons
John Shumak
Eli Thurman
Nicholas Spring
Alexr. Coulter
William Long
Robert Gambel
Alexr. Ferguson
John Rusell
James R. Rogers
Joseph _____

Bledsoe Countians in the Civil War

In Civil War History, Individuals & Families, Military Records

from Elizabeth Parham Robnett’s history of Bledsoe County (with permission)

This list is compiled from various sources and lists men who enlisted from or were living in Bledsoe County at the time the 1890 veteran census was taken. The list is excerpted from Elizabeth Robnett’s History of Bledsoe County. The men listed as members of the Tulloss Rangers are not included here.

Click here to read separate article about the Tulloss Rangers unit.

James Acuff, Thomas Agee, James F. Anderson, William Angel

Edward Baggett, Andrew J. Bedwell, John P. Bennett, G. T. Blankenship, Thomas F. Blaylock Andrew Bowman, Daniel Bowman, Elijah Bowman, Pleasant B. Brewer, William B. Brewer, Michael W. Brock, Joseph Brown, Reuban H. Brown, James A. Bunch, Thomas Burdett, John W. Byerly

Greer Campbell, Washington C. Campbell, Zimriah Card, Goodwin Carlton, Henry Cartwright, James Clark, Henry Close, Wiley M. Colvard, Johnathan Crawford

James M. Davis, William S. Davis, John W. DeBord, Benjamin Duke, William H. Dye

Thomas Edmondson, Alexander Evans, William Evitt

Charles Ferguson, James Ferguson, Daniel Foley, Ephraim Foster, John W. Francis, Nicholas P. Frazier, Bird Freeman, James. W. Freeman

James Gentry, Jesse Gilbert, Thomas Gilbert, Daniel Graham, John B. Graham, William Graham, William R. Graham, Henry Clay Greer, Charles Gross

Issac Hale, James Hale, Joseph Hankins, Thomas Hale, John B. Haley, James C. Harvey, Benjamin F. Harwood, James C. Heard, Joel B. Hembree, James W. Hendon, Bird Henderson, Jasper Henderson, Robert Henderson, James F. Henry, Marion Hixson, James M. Hixson, John B. Hixson, Josiah Hixson, Newton Hixson, George W. Hixson, William A. Hixson, William Carol Hixson, James L. Hoge, Lemuel Hoge, Preston Hoge, William H. Holland, David Holland, William B. Houston, James L. Hutcheson, J W Hyder

Hezekiah James, Daniel Johnson, William Johnson, William A. Jordan, Jacob Keedy, William Keedy, James J. Kelly, William H. Kimber, Abram T. King, LaFayette Kirby, Frank M. Knight

James Lawson, Jesse Lawson , John W. Lawson, Tyne Lawson, Benjamin F. Lee, Benjamin F. Lloyd

Samuel W. Manning, Lee Mathis, Jesse W. McDowell, Jessee J. McDowell, T. A. McCully, George McDaniel, Green McDaniel, John McDaniel, William McDaniel, Daniel McWilliams, Peter Mercer, Calvin Milican, Samuel Miller, John Mitts, Calvin Mooneyham, Owen Mooneyham, Thomas C. Morgan, Z. M. Morris

R. M. Narramore, Andrew J. Northrup

Daniel Olinger

Aaron Parker, James Parham, John A. Patton, Andrew Payne, Alfred Pemberton, John Pierce, Isaac Pollard, John T. Pope, William R. Pope, James Putnam

Michael Real, Charles Real, Peter Real, James L. Rigsby, John Rigsby, Daniel Rollins, H. C. Roberson, James Roberson, William J. Rains, John Rogers, James A. Ross, John Russell

Felix Scales, James Seals Jr., Jesse Segraves, Adam J. Shoemaker, J.W. Sharp, Andrew Simmons, John Simmons, James Simmons, Monroe Simmons, William T. Simmons, James L. Stephens, Isaac George Stephens, Ephraim Skiles, George Skiles, John Skiles, James T. Slater, Isaac N. Smith, John Smith, McKinley Smith, Benjamin Smith, Sam M. Smith, Thomas Smith, Andrew Soloman, Ely Southerland, A. J. Standefer, Perry Stepp, John Stewart, Robert Stewart, John S. Stinnet, Patrick Stone, Thomas Sutherland, Alfred K. Swafford, John B. Swafford, John Swafford, John L. Swafford, James Swafford, John P. Swafford, Sam Swafford, Lt. Sam Swafford, William Swafford, William B. Swafford, George Sweat

James Tandy, John J. Teeters, Charles Thurman, Isaac N. Thurman, William A. Thurman, John B. Turner, Soloman Turner, Van Thurman

David H. Walker, Howard Walker, Stephen Walker, Johnathan Ward, John G. Werner, William Ziegler

Tulloss Rangers — July, 1861

In Civil War History, Military Records

The Athens Post – 12 July 1861

This company, John M. Bridgeman, Captain, reached Camp Cummings, Knoxville, on Friday. Sequatchie Valley has the honor of furnishing the finest Cavalry Company that has yet entered the service. We have the pleasure of an acquaintance with most of the officers and members, and will go bail that if they are put at the right place they will not be long in giving the enemy a taste of their capacity. The name, “Tulloss Rangers,” is in compliment of Col James A. Tulloss, of Pikeville, for his liberal aid in money and other respects in behalf of the Company. The Company is handsomely uniformed, at an expense of some fifteen hundred dollars, contributed by a few patriotic citizens of Bledsoe. Below is a list of the officers and privates.

Muster Roll of Tulloss Rangers

Officers

J Bridgeman	Captain
James Walker	1st Lieutenant
A R Couk	2nd Lieutenant
James M Farley	3rd Lieutenant
Wm A Smith	1st Sergeant
R B Hutcheson	2nd Sergeant
J M Cunningham	4th Sergeant
L T Billingsley	1st Corporal
John R Roberson	2nd Corporal
James J Dyer	3rd Corporal
Richard R Gist	4th Corporal
Anthony Griffith	1st Bugler
Geo W Taylor	2nd Bugler
John P Ketts	Blacksmith

Privates

Abott	J M
Acuff	Jasper S
Beaveret	Virgil A
Berger	Franklin
Brown	David S
Brown	Reuben
Campbell	G B
Carnes	S E
Davis	Timothy
Deatheridge	H C
Douglas	W J
Durham	O P
Epperson	Geo N
Finley	Geo H
Ford	C A
Frazier	John C
Freeman	James N
Gentry	J K
Gentry	S B
Gillespie	Geo L
Greer	James L
Hatfield	M B
Hawkins	Thomas J
Hickenbotton	Wm
Hinch	Thomas H
Hutcheson	Wm F
Jones	John
Kerrick	John W
Knight	Leroy
Lamb	James Houston
Lewis	Charles L
Loyd	Thomas
McCulley	Wm
McDonald	George
McDonough	J M
Nail	James B
Panter	Sampson B
Pope	Lavander W
Rankin	James
Rankin	Reuben
Reid	S A
Roberson	Adam
Roberson	John R
Roberson	S J
Rodgers	G W (sick)
Scott	James
Sherrell	Andrew
Sherrell	Thomas
Simmons	W L
Sloan	Dr. R A
Standefer	Luke L
Standefer	Wm L
Swafford	Alfred Jr.
Swafford	M P
Swafford	T A
Thomas	Isaac N
White	James
Worthington	J C
Worthington	J. Frank
Worthington	James
Worthington	Sam P
Worthington	W J
Worthington	William

Bibliographic data: Vol. 13, No. 663

Biography of Dr. Winton Lee Thompson

In Biographies, Individuals & Families

Source: Tennessee – The Volunteer State 1769-1923, Vol. II, page 290
S.J. Clarke Publishing Co.

DR. WINTON LEE THOMPSON, member of the dental profession in Chattanooga, was born in Pikeville, Tennessee, in 1890, his parents being William S. and Musa (Gilbert) Thompson. His father and his grandfather were born on the same place and engaged in farming there, the great-grandfather having taken up his abode on the old family homestead in pioneer times. The Gilberts were also among the earliest settlers of Tennessee, living at Spencer, where representatives of the name followed farming and merchandising. Winton Lee Thompson was a pupil in the schools of his native city and afterward attended Peoples College before entering the Ohio College of Dental Surgery at Cincinnati, from which he was graduated with the D.D.S. degree in 1912. He then located for practice in that city, where he remained for seven years. Returning to Tennessee, he remained for a brief period at Pikeville, but in 1919 he came to Chattanooga, where he has become established in his chosen profession.

On the 21st of March, 1915, at Pikeville, Dr. Thompson was united in marriage to Miss Cora Ruth Tollett, a daughter of William Tollett, a prosperous and popular farmer and one of the old-time residents of Pikeville, the family having settled there as pioneers. Dr. and Mrs. Thompson have one child, Winton Lee, Jr. In his political views Dr. Thompson is an independent republican and while at Pikeville filled the views Dr. Thompson is an independent republican and while at Pikeville filled the office of recorder. He belongs to the Dental Society of Ohio and fraternally he is a Mason, who has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and belongs to the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of York Rite. Something of the nature of his recreation and diversion is indicated in the fact that he is a member of the Wright’s Mineral Springs Fishing Club.

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Obituary of Ambros Frank Goforth

In Cemetery & Burial Records, Individuals & Families

Notes: The deceased man’s name was transcribed as AmbroS by the submitter. We have not attempted to determine if this is correct. Date and publication source not included; about 1950 based on info in the transcription.

Former Sheriff of Bledsoe passes Interment was made Thursday in the Blankenship cemetery in Bledsoe County of the remains of A. F. (AMBROS FRANK) GOFORTH, former sheriff of Pikeville for three terms, and was a law enforcement officer of the county for sixteen years. In recent years he was engaged in saw milling in Bledsoe County. Services were previously held by Rev. Combs and Thad Osborne. He is survived by three sons and two daughters.

(Note: AMBROS FRANK GOFORTH was born March 14, 1882 and died May 10, 1950. He was the son of JOHN F. and RACHEL DILL GOFORTH. His wife who preceded him in death was MAGGIE BLANKENSHIP, the daughter of GILFORD GILES and NANCY MARTIN BLANKENSHIP.) Source for kinship was from Our People, by Margret Rhinehart.

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Obituaries of Gilford Giles Blankenship and Son, A. B.

In Cemetery & Burial Records, Individuals & Families

Obituary of Gilford Giles Blankenship

Source: The Bledsonian (date not included; about 1906 based on info in the item)

Well Known Citizen Dies Wednesday
G. G. (Gilford Giles) Blankenship dies at the age of 86
by Bledsonian Reporter

Friends and relatives are deeply grieved over the death of Mr. G. G. (Gilford Giles) Blankenship, which came Wednesday night after several months illness. Mr. Blankenship was a native of Halifax County, VA and was born in the year 1840. At the age of six he came with his parents to White County, TN. In 1870 he moved to Bledsoe County and with the exception of two years spent in Rhea County the remainder of his life was lived in Bledsoe.

He was converted at an early age and was a member of the Baptist Church. He was a soldier in the Civil War. Soon after the close of the war he married Miss Nancy Martin of White County to which this union was born eight children, the eldest of which proceeded him in to the grave. In 1884 his wife died and in 1887 he married Miss Mary Miller of Cumberland County. His second wife died in 1903. In 1904 he married Miss Sarah Poore, who survives him.

He often said while on his bed of affliction that he would be glad when the Lord called him home out of his suffering. He was laid to rest in the family cemetery at his old home near Sampson. Rev. S. D. Simmons conducted the funeral services.

His is survived by his widow and seven children as follows: J. D. (James) Blankenship, Miama, Florida; A. B. (Abner) Blankenship, Tiwah, OK; W. H. (William) Blankenship, Mrs. J. M. (Elizabeth/Bettie) Deweese, Mrs. Fannie Evans and Mrs. Austin (Nancy Jane) Simmons of Route 3, and Mrs. A. F. (Maggie Bell) Goforth of Pikeville. He is also survived by thirty grand children and twenty great-grandchildren.

Obituary of A. B. Blankenship

[Note there is a discrepancy in this man’s name as transcribed by Ms. Cochran. We have not attempted to correct her text.]

A. B. (ABSOLAM BENNETT) BLANKENSHIP died in a Veterans Hospital at Muskogee, Oklahoma, on October 27 at the age of 80 years and 7 months. He was born in Bledsoe County, March 26, 1873. He is survived by his wife, one brother, WILL (WILLIAM HALE B’SHIP) , and two sisters, MRS. FANNY EVANS and MRS. BETTY DEWEESE. Funeral services were held at Plain View Baptist Church with Rev. VIVIAN ANGEL officiating. Burial was in Blankenship Cemetery with Putnam
Funeral Home in charge.

(Note: AB/ABNER was the son of GILFORD G. and NANCY MARTIN BLANKENSHIP. He died October 27, 1953. He resided in Muldrow, OK at the time of his death.

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The Sequatchie Valley Region in the 1790’s

In Maps & Gazetteers

Map of Tennessee originally published in A new and elegant general atlas, depicting Tennessee in the 1790’s. Map shows counties, Indian lines, settlements, rivers, the Mero District and the Washington District.

Tennessee in the 1790s -- portion of larger map

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Tennessee Family Bible Records Project