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Bledsoe County Veterans Killed in World War I

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On January 11, 2022

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Tennessee Historic Records Commission Gold Star Files

Records available at the Tennessee State Library & Archives indicate 5 Bledsoe County men died in service during World War I.

Click here to search the complete database of World War I Gold Star Tennesseans.

Click on the soldier’s name to view a full-size photo (if available) and details about his service.
 

Amos L. Austin
Co. C, 18th Inf. Regt., 1st Div., US Army
James H. Curtis
Co. D, 324th Inf. Regt., US Army
Burrett Hamilton
Hq. Co., 28th Inf. Regt., US Army
Samuel Beauregard Hoge
Inf., US Army
Ray T. Parker
28th Inf. Regt., 1st Div., Medical Corps, US Army

The source of this information is not clearly identified.  Clicking on the names goes to more details for each individual hero.

Name Date Branch
Thomas Wesley Ault  10/6/1918 Army
Robert T Burgess    Army
Urious I Burgess    Army
James H Curtis    Army
Samuel C Dyer    Army
Burett Hamilton  10/17/1918 Army
John H Robinson    Army
Charlie Simmons    Army
George R Swafford    Army

Source: https://honorstates.org

Record of Bledsoe County Ex-Soldiers of World War I

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On January 11, 2022

In Individuals & Families, Military Records

Compiled from service records following the end of World War I. 

Graeme McGregor Smith, mother of two World War I veterans, was one of these inspired Americans who went to extraordinary lengths to ensure that every Tennessean who served in the Great War would be remembered. Her efforts resulted in the Record of Ex-Soldiers in World War I, Tennessee Counties, 1917-1919, the compiled service records of over 130,000 soldiers and sailors from Tennessee who served in the First World War.

Click here to learn more about these compilations held at TSLA.

The original typed manuscript documents are in the Tennessee State Library and Archives; the PDF file below is a scan from microfilm of the original Bledsoe County section.

Use the tool bar at the bottom of the document to turn pages, enlarge, or reduce images.

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Civil War Documents and Photographs at TN State Library & Archives

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On January 11, 2022

In Civil War History, Individuals & Families, Military Records, Photo Albums

Items in the Tennessee Virtual Archive are presented free-of-charge by the Tennessee State Library and Archives.

Click here to view a sample of Civil War military records held by TSLA.

Click here to view a sample of muster rolls for Tennessee units during the Civil War held by TSLA.

Click here to view a sample of Civil War soldiers’ photographs held by TSLA.

Click here to view a sample of Civil War visual culture artefacts (images, sheet music, and other items depicting the experience and interpretation of the War) held by TSLA.

Click here to view a sample of civilian life artefacts from the Civil War, described as “personal accounts and related documents detailing the lives of non-combatants during the Civil War.”

Click here to view a sample of documents related to women’s Civil War experiences held by TSLA.

 

Bledsoe County Veterans of World War I

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On January 11, 2022

In Individuals & Families, Military Records

The data contained in this site was taken from Record Group 36, the compiled service records of soldiers and sailors who served in the First World War from Tennessee. Information on individual servicemen and women came from the files of Major Rutledge Smith, Chairman of the National Council of Defense for Tennessee, World War I; from the office of the Adjutant General of Tennessee, 1933-1937; and from the report of the Provost Marshal General to the Secretary of War, 1917-1918.

The records were compiled pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution No. 76, Public Acts of 1919, and were received and stored by the Tennessee State Library and Archives in accordance with Chapter No. 301, Public Acts of 1937. They also include information about those who were killed in service. Further information about their deaths can be found in the Gold Star records at the State Library and Archives.

The fields show–in order from left to right–the serviceman’s name, age or year of birth, birthplace, notes, and page number in the original volume. The data is arranged by county. It should be noted that additional information regarding the soldier’s rank, training, dates of service, discharge, etc. can be obtained from the microfilmed records in Record Group 36.

Copies of an individual service record, as well as copies and searches of other World War I collections, can be ordered from TSLA. Please click here for instructions for ordering military records by mail.

Errors in the military records are not uncommon; it may be the case of a simple spelling error or misheard information. The information in the WWI listings is given as it appears on the original record. While we cannot change the information on the record, names which may be spelled incorrectly will be marked with a question mark (?) .

The index that follows is not a “complete” list of all Tennesseans who served in World War I. Individuals from Tennessee who enlisted in other states are not included. Only those soldiers whose names appear in the compiled service records (Record Group 36) are included in the following list.

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Last NameFirst NameAge or DOBBirth PlaceNotesPage
AcuffPhares Heber1896Hamilton Co., TN1
AgeeFred O.27Pikeville, TN1
AgeeJohn L.29Near Pikeville, TN1
AndersonClarence L.22Pikeville, TN1
AngelVictor L.23Bledsoe Co., TNDead20
ArnettJim E.21Erasmus, TN1
ArnettJohn24Erasmus, TNDead20
AultOtto T.24Pikeville, TN1
AultThomas Wesley1888Pikeville, TNMarines24
BargerArlie29Big Springs, TNWounded19
BaylessAlbert H.23Embryville, TN1
BellDennis F.23Henderson, TN3
BiseVanice1897Cumberland Co., TN2
BlaylockJames F.22Bledsoe Co., TN2
BlaylockJoseph F.28Newton, TN2
BlaylockRobert19Pikesville, TN2
BridgemanCarl S.22Pikeville, TN2
BrigemanJohn H.1896Pikeville, TN2
BrownGeorge William21Sailor25
BrownIsaac J.28Pikeville, TN2
BurgessMayhew22Newton, TNDeserter30
CooleyLeonard1897Bledsoe Co., TN3
CorvinCarl21Dayton, TN3
CowanPeter Franklin1896Pikeville, TN3
CurtisHomer D.26Pikeville, TN3
CurtisJames H.21Pikeville, TNDead20
DavisWilliam Anderson1897Cumberland Co., TN4
DouthitTonie24Mt.Airy, TN4
DunnByirdmack31Milo, TN4
DyerSamuel C.1895Pikeville, TNDead20
EdmonsIra E.22Pikeville, TN4
EdmonsJohn M.29Bledsoe Co., TN4
EdmonsThomas R.22Pikeville, TNDeserter30
EdmonsWillie Vance22Cumberland Co., TNDeserter30
EthertonBrown1895Litton, TN4
EtnertonMarvin26Milo, TN4
EvittJohn26Sailor25
FannGrant1892Pikeville, TN4
FarmerAaron T.1895Pikeville, TN5
FergusonCarl G.18Pikeville, TN5
FergusonCharlie W.1897Brayton, TN5
FergusonHarold Grady25Sailor25
FergusonLee26Pikeville, TN5
FergusonNicholas J.Jr.18Melvine, TNWounded19
FergusonThomas F.24Pikeville, TN5
FradyIsaac26Pikeville, TN5
FradyJohn23Pikeville, TN5
GivinsHarvey1896Grandville, TN6
GivinsOrville24Granville, TN6
GoinsLether27Pikeville, TN6
GossettJames R.1893Evansville, TN6
GrayLeeman21Pikeville, OH6
GreerDion Attus1895Pikeville, TNOfficer22
GreerJohn J.1892Pikeville, TNOfficer22
HallTaylor S.1887Pikeville, TN6
HallWilliam S.22Pikeville, TN6
HamiltonBurett19Grape Vine, TNDead20
HamiltonLonnie P.1893Bledsoe Co., TN6
HankinsJames R.27Nine Mile, TN7
HartJohn M.1899Pikeville, TN7
HaswellClaude E.19Chattanooga, TN7
HaswellClaude Eugene1898TNOfficer22
HenryBert1890Litton, TN7
HenryUlysses Grant1896Litton, TN7
HensonWilliam A.1898Pikeville, TN7
HerdJohn1896Pikeville, TN7
HerdOtto21Pikeville, TN7
HerodHerman A.25Hillham, TN8
HigenbottomEdgar1895Brockdell, TN8
HitchcoxErnest1896Brockdell, TN8
JonesFrank1896Pikeville, TN8
JordanOliver C.1891Brayton, TN8
KeithE.T.1890Grandville, TN8
KeltchFrancis H.18Flyer Co., WV8
KittellJoseph Otto1879Brooklyn, NYOfficer22
KizzarAlijah W.1896Pikeville, TN8
KnightVictor22Pikeville, TNWounded19
LambThomas28Dunlap, TN9
LawsonAlbert26Pikeville, TN9
LawsonLaster L.1895Pikeville, TN9
LawsonLewis P.23Pikeville, TN9
LawsonRoy22TN9
LawsonWilliam J.27Pikeville, TN9
LeeEdgar A.24Litton, TN9
LeeWilliam Franklin1895Naval Officer28
LesterChurch24Pikeville, TN9
ManningThomas R.1888Crossville, TN10
McCullomJoe Nelson20Sailor25
McMillonDavid H.28Evansville, TNDead20
McReynoldsClaude P.26Pikeville, TN10
McReynoldsHugh D.23Pikeville, TN10
MeyersHerbert22VanBuren Co., TN10
MillerCharles B.18Pittsburgh, PA10
MillerEmmett J.21Newton, TNDeserter30
MooreBurt22Pikeville, TN10
MooreJulian C.1896Murfreesboro, TN10
NailHomer1893Litton, TN10
NewbyJames L.25Spring City, TN11
NewbyThomas Edward1897Spring City, TN11
NicholsCharles A.30Pikeville, TN11
PadgettBarnie C.18Pikeville, TN11
PadgettJohn M.18Sequatchie Valley, TN11
ParhamDaily F.1893Litton, TN11
ParksJoseph E.22Patton, TN11
PattonJoseph Albert28Sailor26
PopeAndrew H.22Pikeville, TN11
PopeSutton O.1899MtAiry, TN12
PughUlysses23Grapevine, TN12
RankinRoy A.1889Pailo, TX12
RectorWilliam York24Litton, TN12
ReeseJoseph O.1897Pikeville, TN12
ReynoldsBud23Melvine, TN12
ReynoldsFrank1892Dunlap, TN12
RiceAlbert D.1889Athens, TN12
RiceWilliam C.24Athens, TN13
RigsbyLoyd R.23Pikeville, TN13
RitcheyRoy Mckinley1897Bledsoe Co., TN13
RobersonJames V.18Bledsoe Co., TN13
RobersonNute21Pikeville, TN13
RobersonRoy C.1897Pikeville, TN13
RobersonThomas25Pikeville, TN13
RobersonWilliam A.23Pikeville, TN13
RobertsCharley23Litton, TN14
RollinsRoy D.1898Pikeville, TN14
RomansHarris Condon1891Pikeville, TNMarines24
RomansHorrice C.1891Pikeville, TN14
ScarbraughElmer1895Pikeville, TN14
ScarbroughArthur28Bledsoe Co., TN14
SchoolfieldRay Floyd1894Pikeville, TNOfficer22
ShoemateWalter1889Pikeville, TN14
SimmoneTomas A.26Bledsoe Co., TN14
SimmonsCharlie1886Pikeville, TNDead21
SimmonsJohn W.22Pikeville, TN14
SmithSam Sheats1897Pikeville, TNMarines24
SniderJohn H.1893Pikeville, TN15
SpringFrank Hammond30Sailor26
SpringHarry Lynn1899Pikeville, TN15
SpringWilliam Charles22Sailor26
SpringsRufus C.1896Pikeville, TN15
StandiferRoy25Atportley, TN15
StandiferTurney W.1894Atpontley, TN15
StephensElbert Montgomery1899Pikeville, TN15
SteppeJoseph W.18Pikeville, TN15
StoneLiman G.19Grape Vine, TN15
SwaffordAnoil J.23Pikeville, TN16
SwaffordAron J.23Bledsoe Co., TN16
SwaffordGeorge R.1895Litton, TNDead21
SwaffordHomer Leondias25Sailor26
SwaffordRobert29Pikeville, TN16
SwaffordThomas R.21Litton, TN16
ThrumanFloyd W.M.25Bledsoe Co., TN16
ThurmanIsaac M.1889Litton, TN16
TollettMose T.28Litton, TN16
VannJames Blain21Bledsoe Co., TN16
WalkerTillman E.1895Pikeville, TN17
WalkerWilliam C.1899Coal Creek, TN17
WalkerYourse L.20Litton, TN17
WallingCharles H.24VanBuren, TN17
WallingThomas R.26VanBuren Co., TNDeserter30
WatersJessie William18Bledsoe Co., TN17
WelchHarolk E.1897Dunlap, TN17
WelchJohn W.30Sequatchie Co., TNWounded19
WelchOscar Caldwell24Sailor27
WhiteAlbert B.24Pikeville, TN17
WhiteHomer G.18Pikeville, TN17
WhiteWillard O.23Pikeville, TN18
WhiteWilliam A.19Pikeville, TNWounded19
WilliamsRobert1888Rodney, MS18
WomackKenneth1894Pikeville, TN18
WoodThomas Morris19Sailor27
WormackCharley1892Pikeville, TN18
WrightJames18Grapevine, TNWounded19
WyattSamuel I.1896Pikeville, TN18
YoungJohn Russell21Bledsoe Co., TN18

Source: https://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/tsla/history/military/ww1intro.htm

FamilySearch Memories: User-Submitted Photos, Audio Files, and Documents

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On January 11, 2022

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Andrew Parker Wiley Pension Record

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On January 11, 2022

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submitted by Joyce Hines Stone (before 2015)

Just received my ancestors pension Records for Civil war. The Records give me the full name of Andrew Parker Wiley Married Sarah Ann Smith in Bledsoe County, TN. Their Marriage date is June 8, 1856, as recorded in “Pikesville,” County seat of Bledsoe County, TN. Paperwork also lists living children’s names:

W. A. Wiley male, born Feb. 24, 1857
I. H. Wiley male, born Dec. 8, 1859
G. W. Wiley male, born April 2, 1865
J. N. Wiley male, born July 23, 1867
Mary J. Wiley female, born Feb 10 1872, Pension documents list her as M. J. Shackelford
Thomas Wiley male born, Oct. 27th 1873

Andrew P. Wiley died June 18, 1906 in Keller, Tarrant County, Texas. Sarah Ann Smith Wiley died Mar. 1, 1917, in Willis, Montgomery County, Tx.

He joined the service in Nashville. I think he was a Union soldier.

They were on the census 1840-50-60 census in Bledsoe County, then to Warren County, then to Coffee County then to Texas.

His mother was Sarah Wiley. Her sister was Frances or Fanny Wiley.

Aaron Higginbotham Land Survey in Bledsoe County, 1808

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On January 11, 2022

In Individuals & Families, Land & Property Records

possibly submitted by Jim Standifer (before 2015)

Aaron Higginbotham Land Grant Plat

State of Tennessee
Third District

Surveyed the fourth day of July one thousand eight hundred and eight for Aaron Higginbotham (assee. of William Mitchell one hundred & ninety eight acres of land his occupant claim as assee of James Standefer by virtue of a warrant issued by the register of West Tennessee No. 1 not having a sufficient bounds to satisfy an entry made by the said Higginbotham for two hundred acres within the calls of said location leaving a ballance of said warrant to be satisfied of two acres located this day of August eighteen hundred & seven location No. Five situate in the county of Bledsoe in the fifty sixth & fiftieth sections of said district beginning on hickory and white oak and running with a condition with Alexander Coulter south eighty east eighty eighty poles to Sequatchee river thence on the on one hundred & fifty eight poles in all to post oak thence east ninety poles to pointers thence north one hunderd & thirty five poles to hickory thence west two hundred & fifty poles to pointers thence south one hundred and twelve poles to the beginning.

A Higginbotham D.S.

Alexr. Coulter
&
Israel Standefer C.C.

 

Standifer Family

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On January 11, 2022

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submitted by Jim Standifer (before 2015)

The following marriages were conducted Bledsoe County. Thomas Alexander Standifer is my grandfather, William Carroll Standifer is my great-grandfather, and Skelton Carroll Standifer is my great-great-grandfather. These dates are recorded in family records.

Thomas Alexander Standifer (26 Sep 1865 – 30 Jun 1931), son of William Carroll Standifer of Bledsoe County, married Sarah “Sally” Elizabeth Hitchcock (24 Jul 1870 – 17 Dec 1958), daughter of Loranzie Dow Hitchcock and Frances Ray York Hitchcock of Van Buren County on 2 October 1887 with James Hale officiating. James Hale owned property adjacent to the Skelton Carroll Standifer (father of William Carroll Standifer) and was pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church. The Skelton Carroll Standifer farm was on the Sequatchie River just north of the Sequatchie County line.

William Carroll Standifer (14 Jan 1846 – 22 August 1921) married Elvy Jane Austin (17 Nov 1847 – 9 Feb 1892) in 1867. She was the daughter of James and Susan Minton Austin of Bledsoe County. After Elvy’s death, William married Nancy Moffitt (1831-1931) on 12 Jul 1892. (Thomas Alexander was born before William was married. His mother was Elizabeth Epperson Jones.)

Skelton Carroll Standifer (12 Apr 1815 – 1903) married Nancy King (1813- 1899), daughter of Richard King, on 14 March 1830. (Skelton and Nancy raised their grandson, Thomas Alexander Standifer. They also had a son names Thomas Alexander Standifer who was born in 1851).

Skelton Carroll Standifer was the son of Congressman James Israel Standifer and Martha “Patsy” Standifer from Bledsoe County. (They were married in Knox County on 2 Feb 1801.)

Narramore Family

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On January 11, 2022

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This submission is courtesy of Ed Dunn, who while searching the National Archives for the Revolutionary War record of his ancestor, Charles PRIESTLY, happened upon the following NARRAMORE records and has graciously shared them (before 2015).

Affidavit of John Narramore

State of Tennessee, Bledsoe County. This day personally appeared John Narramore aged seventy seven before me Peter D. Wilson a Justice of the peace for sd County an being sworn saith on oath that in 1786, 1787, 1788 I lived a near neighbor to a certain Charles Priestly in South Carolina in now Carshaw district near Camden in the above years and this same Widow Presley now in Bledsoe County is the same Woman that then lived with said Charles Presley then said to his wife Sworn to Before me this 22 day of March 1839

Signed John Narramore and Peter D. Wilson, acting Justice of the Peace for said County

Narramore Family Records

[pages appear to be from a Family Bible, signed on top by Peter D. Wilson, JP]

Births

John Narramore Senr was born January the 22 in the year of our Lord 1762
Mary Narramore Senr his wife was born in the year of our Lord May the 14 1761
Nancy Narramore Senior his wife was born in the year of our Lord august the 18 1775
These are the sons & Daughters of John & Mary & Nancy Narramore his Wives
Sarah Narramore was born in the year of our Lord August the 22 1781
Fradrach Narramore was born in the year of our Lord February the 23 1784
John Narramore Junr was born in the year of our Lord July the 21 1787
Martha Narramore was born in the year of our Lord October the 4 1789
Mary Narramore was born in the year of our Lord June the 2 1792
Nancy Narramore was born in the year of our Lord Jny the 31 day 1796

Marriages

John Narramore Senr was married to his wife Mary July the 25 day in the yeare of our Lord 1780
John Narramore Senr was married to his wife Nancy in the year of our Lord October the 16 day 1803
Fradrach Narramore was married [to his] wife Gane …[illegible]… day of November in the year of our Lord 1805
Nancy Narramore was married to her husband Jesse …[illegible]… February the 6 day 1812
[next entry completely illegible, faded]
Calvin W. Narramore was married to his wife Nancy April the 2 day in the year of our Lord 1826
Calvin W. Narramore started to Alesua[?] the 15 day of January 1830
Lucia K. Narramore was maried to her husband George F. Smithe May the 1 day 1831
Sopha[?] [illegible] Narramore was married to her husband …[illegible]… the 11 day of October 1831[or 4]

Hoge Family

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On January 11, 2022

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submitted by Connie Lehman (before 2015)

Isaac Easterly Hoge, Born May 3, 1877, Bledsoe County, TN, Died January 27, 1941 and buried Bledsoe County, Tennessee (Swaffords Chapel Cemetary)

Married Sara (Sallie) Greer, July 02, 1873, Bledsoe County, Tennessee.  Died July 28, 1955, Hamilton County, Tennessee (Ooltewah) (Swaffords Chapel Cemetery)

This couple (my great-grandparents) were married December 30, 1899, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, and children are as follows:

Born Died
1)  Lillis Rowena Hoge-Female December 07, 1902
2) Anice Hoge-Female September 03, 1905
3)  Bernice Hoge-Female November 10, 1907
4)  Rachel Hoge-Female September 06, 1910
5) Preston Alexander Hoge-Male-June 22, 1912 February 06, 1993

All children were born at home at the old Ross Lee place/Bledsoe County/Melvin Community.

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