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Records of Civil War Soldiers from Marshall County, Tennessee

Records of Civil War Soldiers from Marshall County, Tennessee

From Kevin Morgan Marshall County, Tennessee, March 2006  March 2006 I am researching the CSA POWs who died at Camp Morton in Indianapolis, IN during the War between the States. One soldier is from your area: BRAFFORD, A. A. B, 53rd TN Inf. Sep. 6, 1864 Died Indianapolis, IN A. A. Brafford  Regiment Name 53 Tennessee Infantry. Side Confederate  Company  B  1860 Census: Name: A A Brafford Age in 1860: 25  Birth Year: abt 1835  Birthplace: Tennessee  Home in 1860:…

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Court Records: Probate of Deeds, Gifts & Bills of Sale, 1838

Court Records: Probate of Deeds, Gifts & Bills of Sale, 1838

Transcribed from Marshall County Probate of Deeds 1836-1840, TN State Library & Archives microfilim roll #A-2188 and contributed by Dana Hill in October, 2002 Explanatory note:  “Probate” in the context of these records does not mean an estate process was begin heard in the court session, although the instruments may have derived from an estate settlement.  “Probate” here means proven, or validated.  Someone personally represented to the clerk that the document brought in for registration was legitimate.  You will see…

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1900 Reunion of Veterans of Co. G, 32nd Infantry at Belfast

1900 Reunion of Veterans of Co. G, 32nd Infantry at Belfast

Lewisburg Tribune issues from Aug 10, 1899 to May 2, 1902 MARSHALL COUNTY NEWSPAPERS OLD SOLDIERS REUNION Surviving Members of Company G Held Their Seventh Annual Reunion Last Tuesday ADDRESS BY REV. J. R. HARRIS [Details as Gathered by a Staff Representative — Mr. and Mrs. Endsley’s Generous Hospitality–Many Visitors] The surviving members of Company G, Thirty-second Tennessee Infantry held their seventh annual reunion at the home of J.B. Endsley, two miles southeast of Belfast, last Tuesday. The day, as…

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Tennessee Colored Pension Application

Tennessee Colored Pension Application

Hello, and welcome to Tennessee Colored Pension Application for CSA Service. The purpose of this website 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 byJohn V. Brogden using sources at the Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville, Tennessee.  This information is provided with the hope that it will be helpful to other genealogists in their research. Listed below are…

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World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing

World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing

Army and Army Air Forces Personnel from Marshall County, Tennessee Name  Service No.  Rank  Code*  AMMON, Roy L.  34283340  PFC  KIA  BARRON, Marcus A.  34913299  PFC  KIA  BROWN, Gilbert R.  14054427  S SG  KIA  BURNS, Dewey  34934057  PVT  KIA  CHAPMAN, Charles M.  34286443  PVT  KIA  COLLINS, Talley  6352378  PVT  DNB  DAVIS, James T.  34520347  PFC  KIA  DISHAROON, Hugh B.  0-024294  LT C  DNB  DUCKWORTH, James  34361792  PFC  DOW  GILLESPIE, John O.  34888780  PFC  KIA  HAYES, Herman M.  348864562  PFC  KIA …

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Farmington Cemetery Monument

Farmington Cemetery Monument

The monument is located on Highway 64 about a mile off Highway 31A in the Farmington community of Marshall County.  Words on the Monument They Fell October 7, 1863, Sealing with their Blood, their devotion to the Lost Cause   On the historical bronze sign attached to the stone wall (which is about 15 feet long and 4 feet tall) on each side that surrounds the 10 foot tall monument, reads the following: Names of Confederate Soldiers killed on this field in…

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11th (Holmon’s) Tennessee Calvary

11th (Holmon’s) Tennessee Calvary

War Records of Soldiers of Company C Adams, T. R.   age 22 yrs.  Enlisted Sept. 30, 1862  Chapel Hill  T. C. H. Miller Captured at Middleton January 31, 1863  forwarded to Nashville  Thom. Riggs Adams POW  sent to City   Point James River, Va. Feb. 11, 1863  Oath April 5, 1865   Place of residence-Marshall   County complexion-fair  hair-dark  eyes-hazel  height 5 ft. 9.5 in. Remarks: no family Aldridge, John   pvt. age 24 yrs. Enlisted Sept 30, 1862  Chapel Hill T. C….

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11th Tennessee Cavalry ~ Partial List of Losses

11th Tennessee Cavalry ~ Partial List of Losses

The following information is taken from The Military Annals of Tennessee, Confederate, by John Berrien Lindsley, originally published in Nashville, 1878.The following is a partial list of the losses of this company:Killed. Private Ephraim Sheffield, at Dandridge, Tenn., January, 1864. Private Alf. Snell, at Gentersville, Ala., February, 1865. Private W. Bruce, at Guntersville, Ala, February, 1865. Wounded Private John Bailey, at Thompson’s Station, Tenn., April, 1863. Private A.B. Robinson, near Acworth, Ga., May 28, 1864. Private A.J. Cole, near Acworth, Ga.,…

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Muster Roll of Company “G.,” Third Tennessee Regiment.

Muster Roll of Company “G.,” Third Tennessee Regiment.

Company “G” Third Tennessee Regiment, organized at Cornersville for the Confederate service  OFFICERS.      Calvin H. Walker Captain, elected Colonel at reorganization.      J. S. Walker, Captain.      E. C. L. Bridges Lieutenant      Alfred Jones, Lieutenant;  captured at Donelson, escaped from Camp Chase and afterwards made Surgeon of the 17th Tennessee Regiment  Other lieutenants–J. A. Ralston, E. W. Harmond, J. B. McCandless, Calvin J Orr   Seargents–Thomas H. Chiles, G. W. Taylor, W. M. Dabney, J. M.  Clayton, T….

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Toney Chapman, 4th/8th Cavalry Regiment CSA

Toney Chapman, 4th/8th Cavalry Regiment CSA

contributed 13 March 2000 by Willie L. Robinson Included on Tennessee Colored Pension Applications for CSA Service is the name Toney CHAPMAN. Toney was a Black man born in or near Farmington in Marshall County, Tennessee, on June 18, 1849. His master’s name was B. F. Farmington. Toney was only about twelve years old at the outset of the Civil War in 1861, but two years later in 1863, he went into service of the Confederate States of America with…

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