City: Nashville
BINNS, John E., doctor, tax assessor, Davidson County, Tennessee; born Davidson County, June 20, 1839; French-English decent; son of William A. and Mary Guinn (Garrett) BINNS; father was physician and surgeon; paternal grandparents Charles and ____ (Alexander) BINNS; maternal grandparents Thomas and Winifred (Ridley) GARRETT; educated in Davidson County, private schools; graduated Nashville University, M.D., 1861; he was a farmer in early life; married Mary Lou WARD, 1868; was member Davidson County Legislature in 1885; elected Tax Assessor of Davidson County, 1904, for term of four years; re-elected in 1908; entered the C. S. A. May 11, 1861, Company D, Eleventh Tennessee; elected Captain in 1861; was Colonel of the Eleventh Tennessee at close of war; in battles of Chickamauga, Murfreesboro, Nashville, battle of Franklin and in all battles around Atlanta; commanded Cheatham’s Division skirmishers from Dalton to Atlanta in 1864; surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. ; member Christian Church.
