12th Kentucky Cavalry, CSA, Company C Counties represented: Obion, Weakley and Madison and compiled from several lists. May not be complete. OFFICERS: Captains: G.W. Clanton 1st Lt: W.R. Boaz 2nd Lt: J.A. Berryman, N.B. Morris 1st Sgt: J.H.W. Roberts 2nd … Continue reading →
12th Kentucky Cavalry, CSA, Company B Counties represented: Obion, Weakley and Madison and compiled from several lists; may not be complete. OFFICERS: Captains: E D Williams, E R Dent, Ed Nailling 1st Lt: E R Dent, E P Nailling 2nd … Continue reading →
Fourth Regiment Tennessee Infantry, CSA Company E, Muster Roll May 15, 1861 OFFICERS: Captains: James H. Dean; Sampson F. Maxey First Lieutenant: M. M. Merritt; J. K. Murphey Third Lieutenant: Thom. L. Nailling; H. C. Lawhorn First Sergeant: L. A. … Continue reading →
1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery, CSA Company A, Upton’s Battery Muster Roll, 13 Apr 1862-1 July 1862 Muster dated after company consolidated with companies G, H, and C and contains men from other counties. Obion County Men were from what later … Continue reading →
1st Kentucky Volunteers, CSA, Company E Muster Roll, 31 Dec 1861 – 28 Feb 1862 Also known as “Alexander Guards” and named for Major R. B. Alexander of the Mexican War this unit was organized in May 1861 and attached … Continue reading →
Civil War 1st KY Volunteers, CSA Muster Rolls, Company E 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery Company A, CSA 4th Regiment TN Inf CSA – Company E, Muster List, May 15, 1861 12th KY Cavalry, CSA Muster Rolls, Company B 12th KY … Continue reading →
Topography and Migration, Obion County, Tennessee Area and Topography County area is about 560 square miles, 1/3 hilly, 2/3 rolling and level. Thirty-six acres once under Reelfoot Lake, Lake has receded, acreage isn’t available. Migration First settlers arrived in wagon … Continue reading →
Walker’s Line and Winchester Line7 Williams, Samuel Cole, LLD., Former Justice of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, Chapter XIV, pp.105-1-8, Beginnings of West Tennessee, In the Land of the Chickasaws, 1541-1841 Watuaga Press, Johnson City, Tennessee, 1930 The parallel of … Continue reading →
in Obion County, TN The first roads in northwest Tennessee were Indian Trails running generally from the east to the Mississippi bluffs. An early Mississippi river bluff stop, Mill’s Point, is now known as Hickman KY. Early settlers followed these … Continue reading →
Obion County Boundary Changes Obion County northern boundary is the state line between Tennessee and Kentucky. A joint survey team ran the line in 1779 and Walker failed to allow sufficiently for compass error and the “Walker Line” was run … Continue reading →