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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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County Court Minutes Book A: March, 1837, Session

County Court Minutes Book A: March, 1837, Session

transcribed by mailing list members and contributed by Dana Hill (date unknown) Page (1) Monday Morning March 6th 1837. Court conveyned according to ajornment – Members present William McCLEUR Chairman A. MILLER E. HUNTER William WILKS James PATTERSON & Joseph CLEEK Gentlemen Justice of the peace – proclimation &c. Ordered by the court that David McGAHEY Thos. ROSS Thos. WILSON be appointed commissioners to ascertain the proper amount of taxes for the year 1837. Thomas HARDISON elected Justice of the…

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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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Hugh Cummings Estate Inventory and Sale (1845)

Hugh Cummings Estate Inventory and Sale (1845)

contributed by Dick Wood in 2005 Marshall County Inventories of Estates Volume B, pages 269-271 Hugh D. Cummings, Admr & C An Inventory of the personal Estate of Hugh Cummings, Deceased Notes: Good. To: One note of hand on Charles Reese For four Dollars due 25th December 1845, No Credits Accounts:  None An account Sales Made of the personal property of the Estate of Hugh Cummings, Dec’d At his late residence in Marshall County after having Advertised according to law…

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4th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment

4th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment

1913 List and Narrative The Fourth Tennessee Cavalry did not assume regimental form until General Bragg had returned from his Kentucky campaign in the fall of 1862. It was made up of detachments that had served under different commanders since the beginning of the war. At its organization Baxter Smith was made Colonel; W. Scott Bledoe, Major; J. A. Minnis, Adjutant; W. A. Rushing, Sergeant Major; Marcellus Grissim, Quartermaster, with R. O. McLean, Bob Corder, and John Price his assistants;…

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George Cummings Estate Inventory and Sale (1843)

George Cummings Estate Inventory and Sale (1843)

contributed by Dick Wood in 2005 An account of sales made of the personal property of the Estate of George Cummings, Dec’d directed by Law to be Sold. Notes with good security due the 25th of Dec 1843 ware taken from the purchasers this 6th February 1843. John Cummings, Admr. Mary Cummings Two beds $4.00 Do One little bed 1.00 Do One cupboard 1.00 Do Lot of Books .50 Do Fire irons .25 Do Kettle .25 Do Lot of plates…

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