Shadrach HOLT, R5185, West Tenn. #30765, $20/year issued 19 July 1836. Martha HOLT, widow claim rejected. 4 Nov. 1832 Bedford County, Tenn. Shadrach HOLT, aged 79 on the ninth of December, states that his parents gave his birth date as December 1753 in Culpepper County, Va. In the spring of 1779 he was a resident of Orange County, N.C. and was drafted. His family was indisposed and he hired a substitute. In June 1779 he was again drafted and as…
Gideon HOGE, S38846, West Tenn. #17390, $96/year issued 5 June 1820 7 Jan. 1819 Franklin County. Gideon HOGE states he enlisted in Tazwell County, N.C., under Capt. PEARL (afterwards replaced by Capt. Tilman DIXON) and Col. Henry DIXON (who was killed and succeeded by Col. John ARMSTRONG). He enlisted for 12 months but served more than 15 months, serving beyond the evacuation of Charleston by the British. He left North Carolina 73 years ago and knows of no one by…
James HARVEY R4714. Nancy HARVEY, widow. 10 Feb. 1859 Marshall County, Tenn. Nancy HARVEY aged 87 states she was born in Rockingham County, Va., 23 Dec 1771. Her husband John HARVEY served in 1780 and 1781 from Rockingham County, Va. He never applied for or drew a pension. They married in Franklin County, Tenn., by a justice of the peace John Camden about 1 Aug. 1822. John HARVEY died in Franklin County on the 13 April 1833. Her name before…
Thomas HARRISON, W360, West Tenn. #19489, $30/year issued 13 Sept. 1833. Nancy HARRISON, widow Tenn. #6261 $30/year issued 2 June 1854. 19 Sept. 1832 Franklin County. Richard HARRISON states that Thomas HARRISON served three tours as a soldier in the Revolution, and that he served one of those tours together with him. Sworn before J.P.’s John JONES and John SANDERS. 7 March 1833 Franklin County, Thomas HARRISON states he was born about 1760 in Maryland, according to the family records…
The purpose of this Web site is to provide the names of African-Americans, mostly former slaves, who applied for pensions in Tennessee claiming to have served with the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. The names were compiled by John V. Brogden using sources at the Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville, Tennessee. Additional research has been done by the Webmaster, Willie L. Robinson. This information is provided with the hope that it will be helpful…
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The Center for the Study of Tennesseans and War is located in Hoskins Library at the University of Tennessee. It is our mission to research, archive, and disseminate the stories of all the people in Tennessee who have been involved in wars between 1700 and the present day. These stories are powerful. Wars have shaped the contours of life in our region. Studying these stories helps us all remember the sacrifices people have made in the past. And, if we…
The information below is no longer available at the link formerly found on the Franklin County TNGenWeb site. Because it’s been offline for more than five years, we have copied the text from the Internet Archive below for the benefit of researchers. The Internet Archive link is found at the end of the text. FRANKLIN COUNTY is bounded on the north by Coffee County, northeast by Grundy, east by Marion, south by the State of Alabama, west by Lincoln, northwest…
From the Tennessee Virtual Archive: World War Record of Ex-Soldiers of Franklin County provides local and statistical data about this county’s participation in World War I. This volume reports that 769 individuals served from Franklin County during World War I. There were 674 soldiers in the Army, 30 of which were officers. There were 63 sailors in the Navy, 1 of which was an officer. There were 17 Marines in the Marine Corps. There were 15 fraudulent enlistments, discharges, dishonorable…
Approximately 4,000 Tennessee soldiers and sailors died during World War I. The state legislature tasked the Tennessee Historical Commission to “collect, compile, index, and arrange all data …relating to the part that Tennessee has played in the great world war.” More than 1,000 of those records are permanently archived at the Tennessee State Library & Archives in Nashville. [Source: https://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/customizations/global/pages/collections/goldstar/goldstar.html] Following is a list of Gold Star veterans’ records at TSLA. Each individual’s file has been digitized and is available…