Huddleston Family
Photo Album
Byrum Frank Huddleston
Creed Huddleston
Creed Huddleston served as a Captain in the Mexican War. He led a company from Overton County volunteers. He died of Yellow Fever in Mexico City and was brought back by ox cart and train to be buried in the yard of his old home, close to Byrdstown.
During the 1840’s, Creed Huddleston was one of the most influential men in present-day Pickett County. He served two terms in the state legislature, owned and operated a store, and, with the help from slaves, ran an extensive farming operation. He was the father of several Civil War veterans and the uncle of Stokely Huddleston.
Creed Huddleston’s home in Pickett County is a historic site.
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Elem Huddleston
Elem, Stokely’s cousin, was an ardent Unionist and was trying to move his family to Kentucky to avoid the Tennessee militia. While Elem was away, Stokely padlocked Elem’s cabin. Elem returned and got his personal belongings and headed to Adair County, Kentucky. Stokely caught up with the family, admonishing Elem to stop. When Stokely refused to quit chasing them, one of Elem’s men hid in ambush and shot and killed Stokely making him one of the first Tennessee Militia men killed in Tennessee during the Civil War.
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Stokely Huddleston
Stockley Huddleston served as Sergeant in the Mexican War. When the Civil War started in Tennessee, was immediately given the commission of Colonel in the Tennessee militia in June 1861.
Click here to read a separate article about Stokely Huddleston.
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Hale’s Mill (Pickett County)
In October, 1845, Jonathan D. Hale and John F. Jouett began to erect grist and saw mill on the Wolf River at a place known as Huddleston Place. Hale established a mill and store and served as postmaster at Hale’s Mill. Hale was from New Hampshire and was a strong Union man during the Civil War. After John Zachery killed Lafayette Allen, a Confederate soldier, near the mill, Confederate guerrillas burned the mill. Hale then moved his family to Kentucky but returned after the war. The Hale family owned the property until 1900 when they sold the property to J. M. Flowers, the property then became known as the Asberry Farm.
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