{"id":1147,"date":"2012-11-04T14:37:01","date_gmt":"2012-11-04T19:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington2\/?page_id=1147"},"modified":"2015-01-18T13:35:36","modified_gmt":"2015-01-18T18:35:36","slug":"washington-county-mexican-war-veterans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/records-data\/washington-county-military-index\/washington-county-mexican-war-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington County Mexican War Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;color: #0000ff;font-size: large\">Washington Countians in the Mexican War, 1846\u20131848<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;font-size: small\">Fifth Regiment (McClellan&#8217;s) Tennessee Infantry, Company L, Captain John T. O&#8217;Brien<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;font-size: small\"> Place of enlistment: Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee<\/span><\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-38\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-38\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">A<\/th><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><th class=\"column-3\">L<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Addams, Joshua; PVT; age 32; enl 14 Jan 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Linnville, Harmon; CPL; age 22; enl 23 Dec 1847<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Addams, Radford; PVT; age 19; enl 14 Jan 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Little, Jonas; PVT; age 23; enl 23 Mar 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Addams, Samuel B.; 2LT; enl 14 Jan 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Little, Kinchen, PVT; age 22; enl 10 Feb 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Andes, James; PVT; age 25; enl 15 Jan 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Lovern, Henry; PVT; age 24; enl 20 Dec 1847<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Archer, Aaron; PVT; age 28; enl 23 Dec 1847<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Lutterell, Harrison; PVT; age 21; enl 11 Jan 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Artiburn, Elias; PVT; age 44; enl 8 Mar 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Lutterell, John; PVT; age 43; enl 23 Dec 1847<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ashley, William James; PVT; age 19; enl 30 Dec 1847<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">B<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">McCrary, William; PVT; age 23; enl 6 Mar 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ballen, John; PVT; age 23; enl 20 Feb. 1848; des 6 Mar 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">McGuire, Jon; PVT; age 21; enl 14 Jan 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Bogart, Isaac H.; PVT; age 18; enl 30 Jan 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">McGuire, Samuel; PVT; age 26; enl 24 Dec 1847; d Mexico 23 May 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Boggs, Elisa B.; PVT; age 18; enl 3 Mar 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">McLaughlin, Nelson; PVT; age 22; enl 3 Feb 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Bowman, James A.; PVT; age 19; enl 17 Feb 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">McLinn, William O.; SGT; age 19; enl 17 Jan 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Brown, Bird W.; PVT; age 18; enl 25 Jan 1848; disch 6 Mar 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">McLoud, Whitfield J.D.; PVT; age 27; enl 5 Jan 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Brown, Joseph H.; PVT; age 20; enl 30 Jan 1848; disch 6 Mar 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">McPherson, George W.; PVT; age 20; enl 18 Dec 1847<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Brown, William H.; PVT; age 23; enl 24 Dec 1847<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Miller, Lewis; PVT; age 21; enl 1 Feb 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Brown, Wily; PVT; age 28; enl 6 Feb 1848; des 2 Apr 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Murry, John A.; PVT; age 20; enl 6 Feb 1848; des 20 Feb 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Buchanan, David; PVT; age 19; enl 6 Mar 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Murry, Joseph P.; PVT; age 18; enl 10 Feb 1848; disch 3 Mar 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Buchanan, William; PVT; age 23; enl 6 Mar 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">O<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Burkheart, Lorenzo; PVT; age 20; enl 10 Feb 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">O'Brien, John T.; Captain; age 24; enl 21 Jan 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Burton, Thomas; PVT; age 37; enl 31 Jan 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Odell, George W.; PVT; age 19; enl 11 Mar 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Bussell, George W.; PVT; age 23; enl 3 Mar 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Olliver, Spencer; PVT; age 40; enl 26 Jan 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-23\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Bussell, William R.; PVT; age 21; enl 13 Feb 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">P<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-24\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">C<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Patton, John; PVT; age 40; enl 26 Jan 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-25\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Carny, William H.; PVT; age 30; enl 20 Jan 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Phillips, George W.; PVT; age 21; enl 28 Dec 1847<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-26\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Collins, Isaac; PVT; age 25; enl 28 Feb 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Phillips, Washington; PVT; age 23; enl 28 Feb 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-27\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Crawford, John H.; PVT; age 21; des 6 Mar 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Pickens, John; PVT; age 20; enl 3 Mar 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-28\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Crosswhite, George; PVT; age 20; enl 20 Jan 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Pickering, Isaac; PVT; age 40; enl 27 Jan 1848; d Memphis, TN 17 Jul 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-29\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Crosswhite, Jesse; PVT; age 21; enl 27 Jan 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Price, James; PVT age 18; enl 14 Jan 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-30\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">E<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">R<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-31\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ellis, James; SGT; age 21; enl 15 Jan 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Reed, Andrew C.; PVT; age 21; enl 22 Oct 1847; des 1 Jan 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-32\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Estep, Johnson; PVT; age 25; enl 10 Jan 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Roberts, William 1st; PVT; age 30; enl 12 Jan 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-33\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">F<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Roberts, William 2nd; PVT; age 35; enl 10 Mar 1848; d 4 Aug 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-34\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Fansler, Austin; PVT; age 20; enl 5 Mar 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Ryland, John; PVT; age 19; enl 15 Dec 1847; des 1 Mar 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-35\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">G<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">S<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-36\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Sampson, Richard A.; PVT; age 31; enl 18 Feb 1848; AWOL 1 Apr 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-37\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Garber, Daniel; PVT; age 19; enl 22 Jan 1848; d Mexico 9 May 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Sexton, Elijah; PVT; age 40; enl 1 Feb 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-38\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Gibson, Thomas; PVT; age 19; enl 29 Feb 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Sexton, Henry, PVT; age 27; enl 1 Feb 1848; des 2 Apr 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-39\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Glass, Alexander, PVT; age 20; enl 11 Dec 1847<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Sexton, James C.; PVT; age 22; enl 10 Feb 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-40\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Glass, Brazelton M.; PVT; age 23; enl 19 Jan 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Shaw, Calvin; PVT; age 18; enl 5 Jan 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-41\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Good, Francis; PVT; age 36; enl 28 Dec 1847<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Shaw, Lewis; PVT; age 20; enl 3 Jan 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-42\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Good, William C.; PVT; age 22; enl 27 Dec 1847; des 2 Apr 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Slaughter, Alexander; CPL; age 19; enl 3 Jan 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-43\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Grindstaff, Henry; PVT; age 21; enl 9 Jan 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Small, Alexander B.; PVT; age 19; enl 10 Jan 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-44\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Grindstaff, Isaac; CPL; age 19; enl 23 Dec 1847<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Spears, George; PVT; age 40; enl 3 Feb 1848; des 2 Apr 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-45\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Gwin, Joseph; PVT;age 18; enl 27 Jan 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Spears, James A.; PVT; age 19; enl 21 Feb 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-46\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">H<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Starns, William; PVT; age 21; enl 1 Feb 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-47\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Hale, William K; 2LT; elected 2 Feb 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Stone, Solomon; PVT; age 30; enl 28 Dec 1847<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-48\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Harvey, Wiloby; SGT; age 19; enl 19 Jan 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-49\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Harvy, James; PVT; age 22; enl 16 Mar 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Thompkins, James; PVT; age 29; enl 28 Jan 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-50\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Helton, Henry; SGT; age 21; enl 13 Jan 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Thompkins, John; PVT; age 21; enl 28 Jan 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-51\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Henly, Henderson; 1LT; elected 2 Feb 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Thompson, William B.; PVT; age 40; enl 21 Jan 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-52\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Hulse, Eldridge P.; PVT; age 18; enl 20 Feb 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Tipton, John B.; PVT; age 37; enl 3 Jan 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-53\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Hulse, John W.; PVT; age 20; enl 1 Feb 1848; disch 3 Mar 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Turner, Richard; PVT; age 22; enl 25 Mar 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-54\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Hulse, William H.; PVT; age 18; enl 1 Feb 1848; disch 3 Mar 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">V<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-55\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Hysinger, John C.; PVT; age 34; enl 22 Dec 1847<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Vaughn, Berry; PVT; age 18; enl 18 Jan 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-56\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">J<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Vaughn, Joseph; PVT; age 21; enl 14 Jan 1848; des Knoxville, TN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-57\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Jenkins, Richard; PVT; age 23; enl 18 Feb 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Vaughn, Joshua; PVT; age 20; enl 14 Jan 1848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-58\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Jenkins, Samuel; PVT; age 39; enl 24 Feb 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-59\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Jenkins, Starling; PVT; age 20; enl 16 Feb 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">West, David P.; PVT; age 18; enl 17 Jan 1848; des Washington Co.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-60\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Jobe, Jesse; PVT; age 21; enl 1 Feb 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-61\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Jones, John G.; PVT; age 20; enl 10 Feb 1848<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-62\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">K<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-63\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Kelly, Andrew J.; PVT; age 30; enl 18 Dec 1847<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-64\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Kuhn, Elbert; PVT; age 22; enl 13 Dec 1847<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-38 from cache -->\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;font-size: small\">Abstracted with permission from\u00a0<em>History of Washington County Tennessee,\u00a01988<\/em>\u00a0by the Watauga Association of Genealogists, PO Box 117, Johnson City, TN 37605-0117<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;font-size: small\">If you have proof that someone participated in the Mexican War and lived, died, or received their pension from an office in Washington County, TN, please let us know. Send a photocopy of the document along with a brief note supporting your application.\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:bjhylton@comcast.net\">Betty Jane Hylton<\/a>, 1610 Seward Dr., Johnson City, TN 37604-7144.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Countians in the Mexican War, 1846\u20131848 Fifth Regiment (McClellan&#8217;s) Tennessee Infantry, Company L, Captain John T. O&#8217;Brien Place of enlistment: Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee &nbsp; Abstracted with permission from\u00a0History <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/records-data\/washington-county-military-index\/washington-county-mexican-war-veterans\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"parent":1082,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1147","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8986,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1147\/revisions\/8986"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/washington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}