Franklin County, Tennessee, Genealogy & History

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…

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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…

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Your contributions are welcomed! Please include the application number. DAILY, George, b. 6 Apr 1794 N.C., d. 16 Apr 1876 Blount Co., AL, was drafted from Franklin Co., TN, 28 Jan 1814, served until 14 May 1814 under Capt. Solomon George’s 3rd Regt. of Tenn. Militia. During the Battle of Horsehoe Bend part of this regiment was held in reserve, while part of the regiment engaged in battle. George Daily sold his original certificate soon after being discharged. His application…

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Charles Sherrill has graciously allowed his book “Revolutionary War Pension Applications from Franklin County, Tennessee” to be included here. The entries below come from his book. NOTE: There may be other Franklin County pensioners listed that was not in Chuck’s book. They will be so noted. Thanks to Nancy Taylor for helping post them to the website. Michael AWALT, W326, West Tenn. #6813, $50/yr. issued 6 Mar. 1833. Eva or Evy AWALT, widow. Tenn. #unreadable $50/yr. issued 24 Dec. 185?…

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MUSTER ROLL Of Captain Sanders Faris Company of the Battalion Regiment from the 6th November 1837 at Ross Landing for six months. Two lists virtually the same except the spelling varies between the two lists. One list may be partially torn, but the name can be made out from the second list. Transcribed by Judy Henley Phillips 19901 FARRIS, Sanders Capt., wid Clementine, WC-546 TN 2 Sep 1892, Srv 1837/8 in FL War, died 20 Dec. 1889, wid died in…

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Transcribed by Judy Henley Phillips – 1984 This is a muster roll for Captain Benjamin Cherry’s Regiment, Lauderdale’s Battalion, Tennessee Mounted Infantry, Cherokee War (Spies). They were mustered in at Ross landing 31 Oct. 1837 for six months. Benjamin CHERRY and most of these men were from the civil district nine area of Franklin County and communities of Alto, Decherd, Roark’s Cove. Some of the men lived in the part of Franklin that became Coffee and later Grundy. t of…

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Transcribed by Judy Henley Phillips Franklin Co., TN Deed Book Q:256, (Deed of Mortgage) 27 October 1837 Benjamin CHERRY, Captain, and William GIBSON First Lt. of the company of Mounted Volunteers lately raised in the County and State aforesaid for the service of the United States in Florida, being Jointly bound as security with each of us, the undersigned members of the company, as aforesaid in the note which he has Executed for the purchase money of Horses which he…

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Transcribed by Steve Arnold from micro-film TSLA (All of the men had “Franklin County” listed as their residence)   ARMSTRONG, James FARRIS, Joseph NORWOOD, John BLAKE, William FARRIS, William PARKS, Samuel BLEDSOE, Hawkins FONDLIN, Thomas PITTS, James BOWAN, John GLEN, John QULLEN, Charles BROOKS, John H. HARDY, John C. REEVES, Manier W. (Minor) BURTON, James HARDY, William B. RICE, Larkin BURTON, John O. HILL, Thomas ROSS, William C. CALAWAY, Patrick HOLDER, Mark SANDRIDGE, George W. CARROLL, John LITTLE, William SHELTON,…

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