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Revolutionary War<\/b><\/p>\n
The following Cannon County Revolutionary War records are available online through TNGenWeb:<\/p>\n
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War of 1812<\/b><\/p>\n Civil War History<\/b><\/p>\n Civil War service men from Cannon County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in or came from Cannon County.<\/p>\n Confederate Soldiers listed below can be found at Family Search<\/a><\/p>\n Additional sources for Civil War soldiers from Cannon County:<\/p>\n On June 8, 1861 Tennessee by a vote of 105,000 to 47,000 joined the new Confederacy. The vote in Cannon County was 1,149 for and 127 against. Seven infantry companies were soon raised under the commands of Captain’s Richard Rushing, J. H. St. John, Gran Wood, Timothy Allison, M. M. Brien, Jr., James H. Wood, and John C. New. Two cavalry companies also formed under Captain’s A. H. Wiley and J. W. Nichols. In the autumn of 1861, a regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Infantry was organized at Camp Smartt near McMinnville in Warren County, with Colonel Benjamin Hill commanding. Cannon County furnished volunteers for this regiment. In all, the county (with a population at that time of 9,500) furnished in excess of 1,000 soldiers to the Confederacy.<\/p>\n Not all Cannon County soldiers were in the Confederate armies. By the summer of 1862, Tennessee had fallen to the Union army and Lincoln appointed Andrew Johnson military governor. One of his first acts was to order Colonel William B. Stokes of DeKalb County to organize a regiment called the Fifth Tennessee Cavalry ( Also known as the First Middle Tennessee Cavalry). Many Cannon County men, especially from the northern section joined this regiment. While Cannon County as a whole was more “anti secession” than the rest of middle Tennessee (the vote in DeKalb was 833 for and 642 against secession), it’s quite likely that many of the men in the northern section were influenced by Stokes, a resident of Temperance Hall, and a congressman. While the total number of Cannon County men joining this regiment is not clear, some indication can be found in the 1890 census showed that some 137 veterans or their widows in Cannon were drawing Union army pensions. Nearly all of them has served in the Fifth Tennessee Cavalry.<\/p>\n There were no major battles fought in Cannon County. Military activity was confined to skirmishes and to reconnaissance movements between the two sides.<\/p>\n The Secession Crisis and Before<\/b><\/p>\n Message of Governor Isham Harris to the Tennessee Assembly<\/a> General Resources: Timelines, Overviews, etc.<\/b><\/p>\n The Tennessee Civil War Home Page<\/a> The United States Civil War Center Cemetery Search<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Rosters of Combatants & Regimental Histories from Cannon County<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Confederate<\/b><\/p>\n Union<\/b><\/p>\n Modern Histories; FAQs; Bibliographies<\/b><\/p>\n Pomp Kersey, Tennessee Guerilla<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Be sure to click the links for related sub-categories on the menu at the top of this page. Articles are listed in descending order from most-recently published. Dates indicate the last modification to an article. Revolutionary War The following Cannon County Revolutionary War records are available online through TNGenWeb: 1835 Pension Roll 1852 Rejected or Suspended Pensions Additional resources include: Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991….<\/p>\n\n
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