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Robert Nelson Pylant Pension

Robert Nelson Pylant Pension

The following pension on Robert Nelson Pylant is contributed by Joy Gallagher. Bounty Land File #65810 for service during the Cherokee Indian War by Robert Nelson Pylant, second son of John and Martha “Patsy” A. Hilliard Pylant. The State of Alabama County of Coosa The State of Alabama, County of On the 8th day of January A D one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one personally appeared before me a Judge of Probate…within and for the County and State aforesaid, Robert…

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Franklin County Confederate Soldiers Who Died or Were Killed 1861-5

Franklin County Confederate Soldiers Who Died or Were Killed 1861-5

Contributed by George Johnson and now in his memory. D = DIED, CAUSE NOT LISTED DD = DIED OF DISEASE DW = DIED OF WOUNDS DIP = DIED IN PRISON K = KILLED IN BATTLE M = MIA ADAMS, JAMES D………….C-1 TURNEY……………DIP JAN 1864 FT DELAWARE ALEXANDER, A.T.W…….CPT C-1 TURNEY…….K. 8/18/1864 WELDON RD, VA ALLY, J.H………………………D23 TN INF BN………….K. MARIETTA ANDERSON, G.S…………….I-17 TN INF……………….K. 12/31/1862 MURFREESBORO ANDERSON, WILLIAM….3 SGT B-1 TURNEY…..K 5/4/1863 CHANCELLORSVILLE ASHLEY, MICHAEL………F-1 TURNEY……………..K 12/13/1862 FREDERICKSBURG AUSTIN, JOHN……………..C-34…

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Civil War Experiences of Marion Rice Cobb

Civil War Experiences of Marion Rice Cobb

Submitted by descendant Virginia Greene Written when he was eighty-five or older. Virginia says that when he wrote this, he would get so excited reliving the war that his daughter would make him stop for a few days. The Cobbs lived at Cobb Hollow between Lynchburg and Tullahoma. Born 14th of March 1844 in Lynchburg, Tenn. Lived at the same place until the war started. The war started because two Yankees in New York started to Africa to get negroes…

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Who Is Buried in Boothe’s Tomb?

Who Is Buried in Boothe’s Tomb?

Franklin Co., TN Marriage Book, 1:375 – John W. BOOTH to Louisa J. PAYNE, license issued 24 Feby. 1872. I solemnized the rite of matrimony between the within named parties on the 25th day of Feby. 1872. C.C. ROSE, J.P. “But,” you say, “John Wilkes BOOTH shot Abraham LINCOLN at Ford’s Theatre on the 14th of Apr. 1865 and is buried at the Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, MD. So, how could he be at the marriage alter in Franklin…

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Thompson Family of Franklin County

Thompson Family of Franklin County

Submitted by Debbie Wilkinson Franklin Co., Tenn. Deeds 1836-1840 (FHL#0576327).D.B. Q:115. Sampson THOMPSON and Nancy his wife to John J. HAYTER. Whereas Jacob Miller died seized and possessed of one tract of land in FC on or near the head of Norwood creek a branch of the Boiling Fork … 9a and 36 poles of said tract fell to us, It being one share as the heirs of said Miller … we Sampson Thompson and Nancy Thompson for $45 do sell the 9a…

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Some Plyant Deeds

Some Plyant Deeds

Submitted by Stacy Hardin <stacy [dot] hardin [at] par-research [dot] com> Book M, page 79 – Indenture 22 August 1829 between William Ayers of Franklin Co. and William Pyland of same … $60 … land on Fall Lick branch and the east side a branch of Big Hurricane Creek, beginning on a dogwood branded thus MA … 20a … /S/ Wm. M. AYERS. Test: David Osborn; Alijah A. Simpson(?) Reg’d. Feb. 1830. No. 1597. Billy Pyland enters 1000a in Franklin…

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Heirs of Thomas Garner

Heirs of Thomas Garner

Submitted by Joy Gallagher Franklin County, Tenn. Court Loose Records 1880-1889 Gardner – Geohagen, Folder: 1880- 0376. Project Preservation, Franklin Co., TN Archives, 349 Dinah Shore Blvd., Suite 6, Winchester, TN 37398 W.W. Garner et als vs. George Turner et als 1889″ The deposition of Mrs. M. J. Turner taken by the C & M on reference to ascertain the heirs, Dec. 17, 1894. David Lynch C&M. 1. What is your age and residence? Ans. Age 54 years old, residence…

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Family Records: Miller-Hill

Family Records: Miller-Hill

Surnames mentioned in this file include HIGHERS, MILLER, HILL, RYMAN, HUNT, BURNETT, SLADE, RUSSELL, DOBBS. This essay was handwritten by Ella Frances Miller Highers, about 1929/30, as an application for membership in the United Daughters of the Confederacy. At the time of writing, she lived in Dixon Springs (Smith Co.), TN. Ella was born in Sewanee (Franklin Co.), TN, 8 Sept., 1879 and died in Dixon Springs, 16 April, 1965. She was married to Simon Claiborne Highers. Transcribed by Fran…

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Delzells Move to Franklin County

Delzells Move to Franklin County

Five generations of Delzells lived in Franklin County beginning with John Delzell (1808-1870), who migrated from Blount County, TN. about 1828. John, his young wife Louisa, her father and uncle settled at the foot of the mountain between Greenhaw and Cowan. John Delzell and Louisa B. Anderson were married on February 12, 1858 in Blount County, TN. by Dr. Issac Anderson, Pastor of the New Providence Presbyterian Church. They must have left soon for Middle Tennessee. In 1830 he is…

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John M. Bennett Family

John M. Bennett Family

The following abstract on John M. Bennett has been contributed by Margaret Kelley’s transcription obtained at Project Preservation, Franklin Co., Tennessee. J.M. Bratton Exr. vs Mariah Bennett & others Depositions of J.M. Bratton, Jackson Bennett, Mrs. Mary Gann, Argaylor Bratton Depositions taken on behalf of B.F. Bennett before the C&M on 12th January 1877, at his office in Winchester Tennessee J.M. Bratton first witness says hewas acquainted with John M. BENNETT for 40 years …was intimate with him for 20…

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