Browsed by
Category: Local History & Information

Company A of the 4th/8th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment 1892 Reunion

Company A of the 4th/8th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment 1892 Reunion

contributed March 7, 1999 by Bill Allen “In 1892, there was a reunion of Company A of the 4th/8th (Baxter Smith’s) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment at Farmington. George B. Guild delivered an address that day. Also, a picture was made of the attending veterans of this company. The only people I can identify in this photo are (1) my great-grandfather, Dr. Thomas Alexander Allen, fourth from left, front row; and (2) Scott Davis, third from right, back row.” Willie Robinson identified…

Read More Read More

J. B. Endsley Deed to Trustees of Christian Church at Liberty (1907)

J. B. Endsley Deed to Trustees of Christian Church at Liberty (1907)

Marshall County Deed Book R-2, page 582 For and in consideration of the sum of Ten Dollars to me in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged I, J. B. Endsley, have this day bargained and sold and do by these presents transfer and convey to J. A. Mosley, W. R. Woodward, T. A. McAdams, H. B. Leonard and R. B. Cummings, Trustees of the Christian Church at Liberty in the new 3rd civil district of Marshall County Tennessee…

Read More Read More

John Milton Endsley Deed for Liberty Valley School (1883)

John Milton Endsley Deed for Liberty Valley School (1883)

Marshall County Deed Book C2, page 175 [Community Deed to one acre Extended to them by J. M. Endsley & Recorded October 3, 1883] I, John M. Endsley, of the County of Marshall in the State of Tennessee for the benefit of rising generations of the community at large, do hereby give, bargain, and convey to said community all the right, title and claim that I have in and to one acre of land lying in the 5th Civil District…

Read More Read More

Songs from the Civil War Days

Songs from the Civil War Days

  Aura Lee Battle Cry of Freedom, The Battle Hymn of the Republic Bonnie Blue Flag, The Bonnie Dundee Brother, Tell Me of the Battle Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean Dixie Dying Volunteer, The Faded Coat of Blue, The Hard Times Come Again No More Home, Sweet Home Hoop de Dooden Do Just Before the Battle, Mother Kathleen Mavourneen Kingdom Coming Lorena Marching Along Marching Through Georgia Maryland! My Maryland Massa’s in de Cold, Cold, Ground Stonewall’s Requiem Sword…

Read More Read More

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:…

Read More Read More

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…

Read More Read More

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…

Read More Read More

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 …

Read More Read More

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…

Read More Read More