Washington Countians in the Mexican War, 1846–1848
Fifth Regiment (McClellan’s) Tennessee Infantry, Company L, Captain John T. O’Brien
Place of enlistment: Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee
| A | L | |
|---|---|---|
| Addams, Joshua; PVT; age 32; enl 14 Jan 1848 | Linnville, Harmon; CPL; age 22; enl 23 Dec 1847 | |
| Addams, Radford; PVT; age 19; enl 14 Jan 1848 | Little, Jonas; PVT; age 23; enl 23 Mar 1848 | |
| Addams, Samuel B.; 2LT; enl 14 Jan 1848 | Little, Kinchen, PVT; age 22; enl 10 Feb 1848 | |
| Andes, James; PVT; age 25; enl 15 Jan 1848 | Lovern, Henry; PVT; age 24; enl 20 Dec 1847 | |
| Archer, Aaron; PVT; age 28; enl 23 Dec 1847 | Lutterell, Harrison; PVT; age 21; enl 11 Jan 1848 | |
| Artiburn, Elias; PVT; age 44; enl 8 Mar 1848 | Lutterell, John; PVT; age 43; enl 23 Dec 1847 | |
| Ashley, William James; PVT; age 19; enl 30 Dec 1847 | M | |
| B | McCrary, William; PVT; age 23; enl 6 Mar 1848 | |
| Ballen, John; PVT; age 23; enl 20 Feb. 1848; des 6 Mar 1848 | McGuire, Jon; PVT; age 21; enl 14 Jan 1848 | |
| Bogart, Isaac H.; PVT; age 18; enl 30 Jan 1848 | McGuire, Samuel; PVT; age 26; enl 24 Dec 1847; d Mexico 23 May 1848 | |
| Boggs, Elisa B.; PVT; age 18; enl 3 Mar 1848 | McLaughlin, Nelson; PVT; age 22; enl 3 Feb 1848 | |
| Bowman, James A.; PVT; age 19; enl 17 Feb 1848 | McLinn, William O.; SGT; age 19; enl 17 Jan 1848 | |
| Brown, Bird W.; PVT; age 18; enl 25 Jan 1848; disch 6 Mar 1848 | McLoud, Whitfield J.D.; PVT; age 27; enl 5 Jan 1848 | |
| Brown, Joseph H.; PVT; age 20; enl 30 Jan 1848; disch 6 Mar 1848 | McPherson, George W.; PVT; age 20; enl 18 Dec 1847 | |
| Brown, William H.; PVT; age 23; enl 24 Dec 1847 | Miller, Lewis; PVT; age 21; enl 1 Feb 1848 | |
| Brown, Wily; PVT; age 28; enl 6 Feb 1848; des 2 Apr 1848 | Murry, John A.; PVT; age 20; enl 6 Feb 1848; des 20 Feb 1848 | |
| Buchanan, David; PVT; age 19; enl 6 Mar 1848 | Murry, Joseph P.; PVT; age 18; enl 10 Feb 1848; disch 3 Mar 1848 | |
| Buchanan, William; PVT; age 23; enl 6 Mar 1848 | O | |
| Burkheart, Lorenzo; PVT; age 20; enl 10 Feb 1848 | O'Brien, John T.; Captain; age 24; enl 21 Jan 1848 | |
| Burton, Thomas; PVT; age 37; enl 31 Jan 1848 | Odell, George W.; PVT; age 19; enl 11 Mar 1848 | |
| Bussell, George W.; PVT; age 23; enl 3 Mar 1848 | Olliver, Spencer; PVT; age 40; enl 26 Jan 1848 | |
| Bussell, William R.; PVT; age 21; enl 13 Feb 1848 | P | |
| C | Patton, John; PVT; age 40; enl 26 Jan 1848 | |
| Carny, William H.; PVT; age 30; enl 20 Jan 1848 | Phillips, George W.; PVT; age 21; enl 28 Dec 1847 | |
| Collins, Isaac; PVT; age 25; enl 28 Feb 1848 | Phillips, Washington; PVT; age 23; enl 28 Feb 1848 | |
| Crawford, John H.; PVT; age 21; des 6 Mar 1848 | Pickens, John; PVT; age 20; enl 3 Mar 1848 | |
| Crosswhite, George; PVT; age 20; enl 20 Jan 1848 | Pickering, Isaac; PVT; age 40; enl 27 Jan 1848; d Memphis, TN 17 Jul 1848 | |
| Crosswhite, Jesse; PVT; age 21; enl 27 Jan 1848 | Price, James; PVT age 18; enl 14 Jan 1848 | |
| E | R | |
| Ellis, James; SGT; age 21; enl 15 Jan 1848 | Reed, Andrew C.; PVT; age 21; enl 22 Oct 1847; des 1 Jan 1848 | |
| Estep, Johnson; PVT; age 25; enl 10 Jan 1848 | Roberts, William 1st; PVT; age 30; enl 12 Jan 1848 | |
| F | Roberts, William 2nd; PVT; age 35; enl 10 Mar 1848; d 4 Aug 1848 | |
| Fansler, Austin; PVT; age 20; enl 5 Mar 1848 | Ryland, John; PVT; age 19; enl 15 Dec 1847; des 1 Mar 1848 | |
| G | S | |
| Sampson, Richard A.; PVT; age 31; enl 18 Feb 1848; AWOL 1 Apr 1848 | ||
| Garber, Daniel; PVT; age 19; enl 22 Jan 1848; d Mexico 9 May 1848 | Sexton, Elijah; PVT; age 40; enl 1 Feb 1848 | |
| Gibson, Thomas; PVT; age 19; enl 29 Feb 1848 | Sexton, Henry, PVT; age 27; enl 1 Feb 1848; des 2 Apr 1848 | |
| Glass, Alexander, PVT; age 20; enl 11 Dec 1847 | Sexton, James C.; PVT; age 22; enl 10 Feb 1848 | |
| Glass, Brazelton M.; PVT; age 23; enl 19 Jan 1848 | Shaw, Calvin; PVT; age 18; enl 5 Jan 1848 | |
| Good, Francis; PVT; age 36; enl 28 Dec 1847 | Shaw, Lewis; PVT; age 20; enl 3 Jan 1848 | |
| Good, William C.; PVT; age 22; enl 27 Dec 1847; des 2 Apr 1848 | Slaughter, Alexander; CPL; age 19; enl 3 Jan 1848 | |
| Grindstaff, Henry; PVT; age 21; enl 9 Jan 1848 | Small, Alexander B.; PVT; age 19; enl 10 Jan 1848 | |
| Grindstaff, Isaac; CPL; age 19; enl 23 Dec 1847 | Spears, George; PVT; age 40; enl 3 Feb 1848; des 2 Apr 1848 | |
| Gwin, Joseph; PVT;age 18; enl 27 Jan 1848 | Spears, James A.; PVT; age 19; enl 21 Feb 1848 | |
| H | Starns, William; PVT; age 21; enl 1 Feb 1848 | |
| Hale, William K; 2LT; elected 2 Feb 1848 | Stone, Solomon; PVT; age 30; enl 28 Dec 1847 | |
| Harvey, Wiloby; SGT; age 19; enl 19 Jan 1848 | T | |
| Harvy, James; PVT; age 22; enl 16 Mar 1848 | Thompkins, James; PVT; age 29; enl 28 Jan 1848 | |
| Helton, Henry; SGT; age 21; enl 13 Jan 1848 | Thompkins, John; PVT; age 21; enl 28 Jan 1848 | |
| Henly, Henderson; 1LT; elected 2 Feb 1848 | Thompson, William B.; PVT; age 40; enl 21 Jan 1848 | |
| Hulse, Eldridge P.; PVT; age 18; enl 20 Feb 1848 | Tipton, John B.; PVT; age 37; enl 3 Jan 1848 | |
| Hulse, John W.; PVT; age 20; enl 1 Feb 1848; disch 3 Mar 1848 | Turner, Richard; PVT; age 22; enl 25 Mar 1848 | |
| Hulse, William H.; PVT; age 18; enl 1 Feb 1848; disch 3 Mar 1848 | V | |
| Hysinger, John C.; PVT; age 34; enl 22 Dec 1847 | Vaughn, Berry; PVT; age 18; enl 18 Jan 1848 | |
| J | Vaughn, Joseph; PVT; age 21; enl 14 Jan 1848; des Knoxville, TN | |
| Jenkins, Richard; PVT; age 23; enl 18 Feb 1848 | Vaughn, Joshua; PVT; age 20; enl 14 Jan 1848 | |
| Jenkins, Samuel; PVT; age 39; enl 24 Feb 1848 | W | |
| Jenkins, Starling; PVT; age 20; enl 16 Feb 1848 | West, David P.; PVT; age 18; enl 17 Jan 1848; des Washington Co. | |
| Jobe, Jesse; PVT; age 21; enl 1 Feb 1848 | ||
| Jones, John G.; PVT; age 20; enl 10 Feb 1848 | ||
| K | ||
| Kelly, Andrew J.; PVT; age 30; enl 18 Dec 1847 | ||
| Kuhn, Elbert; PVT; age 22; enl 13 Dec 1847 |
Abstracted with permission from History of Washington County Tennessee, 1988 by the Watauga Association of Genealogists, PO Box 117, Johnson City, TN 37605-0117
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