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CIVIL WAR
SOLDIERS IN ROANE COUNTY, TN
Confederate Major Benjamin F.
Welcker, commander of "Welcker's Silver Grays"
Photo courtesy of James
Welcker family
Welckers
Battalion at Roane Heritage Site
The grave markers of three Civil War Soldiers buried on
the property of Mr.
and Mrs. H. G. Collins, 421 E. Church St., Kingston, have been restored.
The
markers and grave sites have been cleaned, repaired, and the plot marked off
for future preservation. The names of two of the Civil War Soldiers are:
H.
W. James and Capt. Jacob Fritz. The third stone is not identified
USE YOUR "FIND"
FUNCTION OF BROWSER TO SEARCH FOR SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL LISTED, (and let me know of anyone
else I should add.)
Partial List of Soldiers
- Mostly in Northern Part of Roane County
Source: The Story of Oliver Springs,
TN and Its People, Vol III, by Snyder E. Roberts, page 103 and
contributions, as noted.
Although Winters Gap (later Oliver Springs) was
not the scene of any major battle, it was affected to a considerable extent by events of
the Civil War (1861-1865). East Tennesseans were strongly in favor of TN remaining in the
Union. Their strong pro-Union sentiment was reflected in the following votes in Roane and
Anderson Counties:
- Roane: for separation--454;
against
separation--4568
- Anderson: for separation--97; against
separation--1278
In the earlier stages of the War, the Confederate
forces and sympathizers seemed to have general control of the Oliver Springs area
(northern part of Roane County, adjoining Anderson). THOMAS A. BUTLER
(1833) was one of the Confederate leaders. He organized a company of "home
guards" and held drills and maintained some order. Although the BORUM families were
not slave-holders, well-to-do SAMUEL BORUM seems to have allied with
Capt. Butler, LEWIS RECTOR, FREDERICK and THOMAS SEIBER, WILLIAM
PEAK, and WILLIAM and TOM HENLEY, and others to
establish Confederate Control.
On 21 November 1861, Confederate General FELIX
ZOLLICOFFER moved a force of 3565 men from Winters Gap to Wartburg (Morgan
County), where they were supplied from Knoxville by way of Winters Gap. In 1862, Capt.
A.
L MIMS of Company F, 5th TN Cavalry,
Confederate Army, was stationed in Winters Gap with 109 men, who
were mainly from Cocke County, to guard the mountain passes.
As the War progressed, control of the
Oliver Springs area gradually swung to the Union side. The ranking officer of local Union
leaders was MAJOR EDWARD BLACK (1800-1882). He rose from the rank of
private to Major in the 9th and later the 11th Tennessee
Regiment. He enlisted 26 February 1862, and was discharged at
Smith's Mill, TN on 12 June 1865. At one stage of the fighting, MAJOR EDWARD BLACK
was the commanding officer at Cumberland Gap. He was in the Union forces that were forced
to retreat from Cumberland Gap into Ohio. During the ordeals of this retreat, he received
injuries to his health which later forced him to resign his Major's commission. Edward
Black married (1854 in GA) MARY M. MCBEE.
From a manuscript written by S. E. Roberts on
the PHILLIPS family:
"ISAIAH PHILLIPS, SR.......was
ready for war. If he followed the nearest route, he
went through DeArmond's Gap (Roane), up
Little Emory (River), through Morgan County, and on to Camp Dick
Robinson in Kentucky where he volunteered for a 3-year tour of duty in Company
E, 1st TN, Infantry on August 20, 1861. Two of his sons,
ISAIAH PHILLIPS, JR. and ELIAS PHILLIPS, and probably a
third son, JOHN C. PHILLIPS, also enlisted in the Union Army.
Additionally, a son-in-law, JOHN FRANK WILLIAMS, and a
son-in-law-to-be, CHARLES GOODMAN WEBSTER, served in the Union
Army.
Isaiah Phillips married MARTHA
SOLOMON. Their daughter, Sophia Phillips married John Frank
Williams. Rev. Isaiah Phillips, Jr. married MARTHA MCGILL, Elias
Phillips married MALINDA DAVIS, and SARAH PHILLIPS married C G. Webster.
Isaiah Phillips, Sr. married secondly MAHALA HENDERSON. Buried Dyllis
Cemetery, Roane Co. "
Contributed by Frank Hamilton,
fhamilto@edtech.mcc.edu
HARVEY NELSON HAMILTON, at age 43,
walked from his farm in Roane County, TN. along with
two brothers and three nephews to Barboursville, KY,
where they enlisted for three years on Feb. 26, 1862 in the 5th
Tennessee Volunteer Infantry. This unit was mustered into the U. S, Army on
March 28, 1862 and became the 5th Regiment of the Tennessee
Infantry, U. S. Army.
Harvey died April 17, 1863 in the
hospital at Murfreesboro, TN. of “organic heart
disease”.
His Captain D. C. Sparks in an
affidavit supporting Nancy Dabney Leak Hamilton’s pension claim, stated he
died of disease brought on by the hardships of their military actions. The
muster rolls show him sick more that half the time in his short service. He
did stay with the unit from Barboursville through Nashville and Bowling Green
to Murfreesboro. He was present for duty in Jan.-Feb. 1863 and was probably on
duty when the big battle was fought at Murfreesboro between Dec.31, 1862 and
Jan. 2, 1863.
He is buried at Stone River National
Cemetery, Murfreesboro, TN.
grave number 125 in section N.
Also in Feb.1862 his brothers
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, unmarried age 38, living in Harvey’s household in Roane
County in 1860 enlisted Nov.1, 1862 and died April 18, 1865 ---and brother
WILLIAM J. HAMILTON, age 45, living in the farm
adjoining Harvey’s ( his wife {ELVINA} EVALINE
ELKINS age 34 , married Nov. 24, 1860 ) ---and three nephews, all from JOHN
HAMILTON’S household---DAVID HAMILTON, enlisted March 2,1862 and died May
23,1862; SAMUEL HAMILTON ( married Emily Jane Ladd in Roane County, TN.
on March 11, 1866) and JOHN B. HAMILTON--- this
group of six men all from the same family group and living in Roane County,
walked from Roane County to Barboursville, KY and
enlisted on the same date. These men all were assigned to 5th
Tenn. Vol. Inf., except Alexander who went into the 4th
Cav. Co. A. Of this group, only SAMUEL HAMILTON
survived the war. SAMUEL HAMILTON is listed in the 1990 Union Veterans Census,
with his postal address at “post office, Kingston, TN.”
Harvey Nelson Hamilton married Nancy
Dabney Leak on Feb. 28, 1850 in Roane Country, TN.
And shortly after Harvey died in April 1863, Nancy packed her 5 children/
Susannah W. age11/ James Rufus age 9—My Great- Grandfather)
Samuel A. age 7/ Sarah C. age 4/ and Margaret age 2 in an Ox drawn
wagon and left Roane County, TN. for Hamilton County
in Southern Illinois. Her in-laws the RICHARDSON’S also accompanied her in
their wagon. According to family reports this trip took about two weeks.
Civil War soldiers buried in the Oliver Springs
Cemetery include: (from O. S. Book)
EDMUND VANN, LUMPTON SCARBROUGH, ABRAHAM SMITH,
JOHN DUNCAN, R. C. MCKAMEY, HENRY "PONY" CASH, MAJOR EDWARD BLACK, REV.
WILLIAM BRUMMETT, J. H. TAYLOR, Capt. E. A. REED, DR. THOMAS A. WEST, possibly
others.
DRS. HENRY and THEODORE
SIENKNECHT, Oliver Springs residents, served in the War. Captain JIM BUNN, a veteran,
later lived in Oliver Springs and served as Town Marshall
The large BUTLER, GALBRITH, and GRIFFITH families
had many members serve in the War; some with allegiance to the blue, and some to the gray.
A number of these are buried in the Butler and Robertsville cemeteries. Capt. JOHN
HANNAH and ETHELBERT CROZIER, who survived the War but was shot
down at his front gate after the War, are buried in the Robertsville Cemetery. JOHN
G. DIGGS, SR. and JOHN G. DIGGS, JR. starved to death as
prisoners of war in the Andersonville Prison in Georgia.
JAMES R. DAVIS and JAMES
B. DAVIS are old soldiers who are buried at Fairview. JAMES MADISON
LOCKETT was killed near Nashville.
PHILLIP BRASHEARS, ABRAHAM COX, B.
L. HENDRICKSON, J. R. MAY, JAKE MAY, SAMUEL MOORE, TOBIAS PETERS, ELISHA
ROSE, GOODMAN WEBSTER, [Capt. Louis
M. Westers Co. G, 1st Tenn Reg of Mounted Inf. of the Union Army] JOHN WEBSTER
Union Army, LAFAYETTE WRIGHT, WILLIAM LAFAYETTE
BUTLER and possibly others, are buried in the Dyllis Cemetery.
MICHAEL
SHIPWASH was private in Company K, 5th Regt. Tenn.
Volunteered between 1862 and 1865 and was crippled in the left ankle.
Others in the Roane County area near Oliver
Springs include:
HARRY B. JONES, RICHARD COX, JOHN H. BRASHEARS,
JOHN L. BROCK, CARRICK S. EDWARDS, IVY EDWARDS, JOHN MASSENGILL, THOMAS OLLIS, ISAIAH LAWSON, CHARLES
COKER, AMBROSE FOSTER, JONATHAN COKER, JAMES A. SAMPSEL, JOHN G. HAMMONS, SAMUEL L.
MAYNARD, GARRISON USSERY, DAVID A. PHILLIPS.
In the Morgan County, Coalfield-Oliver
Springs area, the old Civil War soldiers included:
DAVID JACKSON, RICHARD HUDSON,
PETER RUFFNER, JOE NICHOLS, CHRISTIAN
RUFFNER, PETER ESTES, , HORACE WRIGHT, THOMAS GODDARD, CARR DAVIS, JOE
HACKER (photo of Hacker)
JOHN RUSSELL (b 1806)
lived in "The Cove" and at least three, possibly all nine of his sons served in
the Union Army. His son THOMAS RUSSELL (1835) was killed in the war. His
son JOHN F. RUSSELL (1838-1920) served and his son JAMES B.
(1839-1910) served in Company I, 7th TN Inf. and later lived in Roane. AARON RUSSELL (b 1846) may have gotten
into service near the end of the War.
"DEVIL" TOM DUNCAN and
his guerrilla band achieved some notoriety through its marauding activities throughout the
mountainous areas of the area. RILEY MCKAMEY, an ex-slave, Was Devil
Tom's right-hand man as a leader of his gang's atrocities. According to legend, Riley
killed JAMES BRUMMITT, then later Riley was killed by the HENRY
GIBSON Gang.
JULIAN BARGER, CLINT LILES, JIM COKER,
PLEASANT JONES, GEORGE PHILLIPS, ABNER C. LILES, MILTON MCGHEE, GEORGE W. WRIGHT, JOHN F.
RUSSELL, TOM and CAPT. JACK WRIGHT all liked to attend and take part in Old
Soldiers' Camp Meetings at Jonesville and nearby areas.
HENRY FARMER of Dutch
Valley (Anderson County) was Captain of Company I,
9th Tennessee Cavalry. TIMOTHY BRADLEY organized a
company in East Fork Valley. The CROSS families in East Fork were divided with WILLIAM,
JOHN and ALFRED CROSS serving as Captains in the Union Army, and
JOSEPH CROSS serving in the Confederate Army. COLONEL ROBERT
K. BYRD, whose farm is now the site of the City of Harriman, became a big name
militarily in Roane County by raising an entire regiment for the Union Army which was
composed primarily of Roane County men.
HENRY H. WILEY was a
strong Union sympathizer. However, one of his sons, HENRY P. WILEY served
in the Confederate Army and was killed at Baton Rouge, LA. HENRY H. WILEY
and four of his sons, enlisted in the Union Army at Barbourville, KY in Feb of 1862. Henry
was made a Captain in the Quartermaster Corps in the
6th TN Inf.
Pleasant M. NORMAN, Private; Company
A; 2nd Tenn. Infantry Reg., USA, Age 50; 20 Aug 1861 - 4 Jul
1862. Medical discharge, reason unknown. Married Martha (Patsey)
DAVIS, b. 1805, Tenn. He was listed in the Fed Census for Roane Co., TN
from 1830 through 1860 & many tax lists in the interim. In 1880 he
& wife were listed living in the household of his daughter, Elizabeth NORMAN
(m William J. DEATHERAGE), in Pleasant Valley, Wright Co., Missouri.
Contact the submitter, Bonnie (Deatherage) Favazza tekmom@hotmail.com
for more details
WOOLSEYS
Samuel James WOOLSEY (1827)
April 20, 1862, Samuel joined Co. B, 5th (McKenzie's) Tennessee Cavalry of the
Confederacy.
Samuel Woolsey, Private, Co. B, 5 Regiment
Tennessee Cavalry, residence of Kingston, Roane County, Tenn.,
appears on a Muster Roll of Officers and Men paroled in accordance with the
terms of a Military Convention entered into on the 26th day of April 1865,
between General Joseph E. Johnston, Commanding Confederate Army, and Major
General W. T. Sherman, Commanding United States Army in North Carolina.
Census of 1890 Special Schedule: Confederates - page 45-46 Samuel Woolsey,
Private B5th Tenn., Cavalry April
1862 to April 1865 PO/Emory Gap, Tenn. Samuel was at Tunnel Hill and in the
battle that ensued called the Chickamauga proper.
Samuel who married Harriet Reed lived between Harriman and Kingston near Swan
Pond, was a Baptist minister and is buried on his home place near Woolsey Road.
John Peoples WOOLSEY (1830) -Samuels brother - the following is
recorded:
>From Adjutant General's Office Washington D.C. January 1, 1866
It appears from the Rolls on file in this office, that John P Woolsey was
enrolled on the 24th day of May, 1863 at Athens Tenn., in Co.
C, 4th Regiment of Tenn. Inf., Volunteers, to serve 3 years, or
during the war, and mustered into service as a Private on the 15th day of June
1863, at Nashville, Tenn., in Co. C, 4th Regiment of Tenn. Inf., volunteers, to
serve 3 years, or during the war. On the Muster Roll of Co. C of the
Regiment for the month of June 1863 he died at Nashville, in the State of
Tennessee, on the 25th day of June A.D. 1860 of Chronic Diarrhea and Measles
while in the line of duty in the service of the United States. John who married second
Margaret Angeline Ellis was buried at Nashville, TN.
Carolyn Woolsey Wilkerson
carolynw46@houston.rr.com
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~woolsey/index2.html
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
WELCKER and
HENRY I. WELCKER
recruited a company of men who were subsequently
mustered into Confederate service as Co. I, 26th Reg.
of Vol. Infantry, with Benjamin F. as Captain. After
action in Knoxville and Bowling Green, KY, the Company was taken prisoner at the fall of
Ft. Donelson. BENJAMIN and HENRY were released in a prisoner exchange at Vicksburg. They
returned to Roane County and raised a battalion for Cavalry Service. Benjamin F. was
elected to command the battalion as Major. This battalion, known as Welcker's Silver
Greys, saw much action in Roane and Loudon counties.
WILLIAM LEWIS
WELCKER (all brothers) attended West Point Military Academy in 1849, and served
as a Captain in the Confederate Army.
ABSOLOM ADKISSON, was the son of Absolom
Adkisson (Sr.), and was a brother to Elizabeth Adkisson Roberts,
wife of Capt. James G. Roberts. Brother YEARBY
ADKISSON died in the Battle of Resacca, GA. - wife, Nancy Jane Underwood.
Brother, WILLIAM WALKER ADKISSON survived the war, but is
buried in a CW cemetery in Chattanooga- wife, Carolina Dugger.
Sister, Mary Jane Adkisson was the wife of THOMAS ROBERTS,
listed below.
MAJOR HENRY
CRUMBLISS - Co. E. 1st Reg. Inf. Married
Nellie Griffin. Served as postmaster in Roane
County.
EDGMON/EDGEMON pension files at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~edgmon/pension1.htm
The following is from "We'll Call It Wheat", by Dorothy Moneymaker.
William Jackson Watson fought with the Union Army during the Civil War.
He was a Pvt.,
Co. I, 1st TN. Inf.
with Capt. Jesse W. Littleton. He joined the
Army on August 9, 1861. He took part in the Battle of Chattanooga on November 23-25, 1863.
Here the Confederate Artillery commanded the roads and the Tennessee River. The Northern
Troops were threatened by starvation but had manpower enough to meet their needs. Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant came to Chattanooga with part of his Army of Tennessee. Lookout Mountain and other high points fell the first two days and Missionary Ridge was
taken on the third day. There were 5,500 Northern and 2,500 Southern casualties. (World
book, Vol. 4, "Civil War"). William Jackson Watson took part in all of this
fighting, as well as other battles. He would tell, in later years, of the dreadful
fighting and always, he wept. William Jackson Watson's brother, James Wylie fought
with the Confederacy. His company can not be ascertained, for there are 10 James Watsons
listed in the Confederate Roster. These brothers fought against each other. William
Jackson Watson (1843-1925) married Mary Elizabeth McKinney (1842-1920)
in Roane County on January 29, 1865 by T. M. Burns (JP). They lived in Wheat.
BRANNON/BRANHAM
Sandy Brannon skbran@cybertron.com added this, gathered from military records:
Three brothers fought in the
Civil War and died as Prisoners of War in Andersonville, GA. They were all in the 2nd Infantry Regiment of TN. Names Elias
Branam captured 11-6-1863, died 4-30-1864; Lafayette Branham
captured 11-6-1863 died 8-6-1864 Company A; John Branham captured 11-6-1863 died 7-20-1864 Company A. The names are spelled this way on
the Andersonville records, but later the family spelled it BRANNON:
Elias Mitchell
Branham enrolled in the Civil War on January 27, 1862 and was mustered into
service at Camp Carter in Somerset, Kentucky. He was in the Second Regiment, Company F
of the Tennessee Volunteer Infantry. On November 6, 1863, 474 men were captured at Rogersville,
Tennessee and sent to Andersonville, Georgia as Prisoners of War. Elias was among them. The conditions were
horrible and he died of Chronic Diarrhea on April 30, 1864. He is buried in Andersonville,
Georgia National Cemetary in Grave # 808 in Section".K".
John Branham enrolled in the Civil War at Kingston, Tennessee on August
10, 1861 and was mustered into service as a Private on August 20, 1861 at Camp Robinson,
Kentucky, in Company A, Second Regiment of Tennessee. Company "A" was the dress company. The 2 flank
companies, A and B, were sometimes equipped with better or longer-range weapons than the
other companies of the regiment to better protect it from flank attack. John Branham was
among the 474 men captured at Rogersville, Tennessee on November 6, 1863 and sent to
Andersonville, Georgia as Prisoners of War. John died of Chronic Diarrhea on July 20,
1864, at the age of 23. He is buried at Andersonville, Georgia in Grave # 3643 in Section
"J".
Marquis Lafayette Branham enrolled in the Civil War on August 10, 1861 at
Kingston, Tennessee and was mustered into service as a Private on August 20, 1861 at Camp
Robinson, Kentucky, in Company A, 2nd Regiment of Tennessee
Volunteers. He was captured at Rogersville,
Tennessee on
November 6, 1863, and sent to Andersonville, Georgia as a Prisoner of War. He died August
6, 1864, He would have been 21, had he lived til August 17, 1864. He is buried at
Andersonville, Georgia in Grave # 4888 in Section "F".
Following soldiers submitted by: Carol Yates WILKERSON, 1994 SE Juniper Court, Port
Orchard, WA 98366-3421 E-mail: CarolWilk@aol.com
James Knox Polk
YATES b. 17 April 1842 Kingston, TN (Son of Miles and Deborah (Holmes) YATES)
Served with: Company D, 16th TN Cavalry (CSA)
(Logwood's) Rank: Private Enlisted: 20 September 1862 in Kingston, TN.
Married: 21 July 1861 to Sarah Mary KELSEY Illness: Contracted smallpox October 1864, was in hospital at time of Surrender.
d. 02 Sept.1918 in Roane County, TN (cause of death "Paralysis" [stroke?] )
Frank H. HOLMES b. 1834 (son of John and Lydia (Register) HOLMES, Kingston, TN)
Served with: Co. E, 40th TN Infantry (CSA)
Rank:
Private d. in Northern Prison during the war
James Bernard MORRISON b. 02 June 1824 Kingston, TN (son of John and Mary (Deatherage) MORRISON
Served with: (CSA) Married: 25 Jan. 1849 to Anna HOLMES (sister to Deborah Holmes
YATES) d. 12 June 1864 Ft. Delaware (USA Prison), Buried at Finn's Point Nat'l. Cem., NJ
James K.P. YATES' mother, Deborah HOLMES, second marriage (20 Aug. 1848) was to
William Deatherage MORRISON, brother to James Bernard MORRISON.
Following contributed by
Sandi Griffin VINES SS46@aol.com
Samuel J (Jenkins)
GRIFFIN, nicknamed , "JENKS", was b. 1822 Hawkins Co, TN. Pvt Capt
Sterling T Turner's Company, Gillespie's
Regiment Volunteers, Company F 43rd Regiment of Tennessee.
Joined for duty and enrolled the 9 Nov 1861. Roane Co, TN, by James Gillespie for the
period of 12 months. Honorable discharge on 7 Nov 1862, reason" being 40 years of
age".
WILLIS E. HEDGECOCK, born 21 Dec 1813, probably Roane Co. TN , died 07
Aug 1895 in Knox Co. TN. He
married Mary Ann Rausin on 18 Apr 1833.
NELSON
(John
E. & Mary Daley Nelson family)
Pension Application shared by Mary Lu Johnson, hellomlu@mail.bhm.bellsouth.net,
JOHN C. NELSON
Enrolled at Knoxville, TN on 15 Oct. 1863 as a Capt. in Co. I, 11th TN Vol.
Cav.
Discharged at Cumberland Gap on 15 Sept. 1864. Also served in 1st E.
TN
Scouts of Co. E, as a private, on or about Aug 16, 1863, and served as such till promoted
to Capt. in the 11th Cavy. Height 6 ft one in., fair complexion, grey eyes,
dark hair, occupation was farming & S. teaching. Born June 14, 1835 near
Kingston, TN. Married Louisa I. WINTERS, at Oliver Springs, TN on 6
March 1859, by Rev. Jackson. She was daughter of Moses C. Winters.
The pension papers for WILLIAM P. NELSON b. ca 1845,
have affidavits from other soldiers of the Roane area.
SAMUEL BRASHEARS says he was in the same Company and
Regiment—both members of Company G, 1st.
TN Inf. Vol, and while at Cumberland Ford William P. Nelson
contracted measles while in the line of duty.
James G. Roberts says Nelson was “late of Company H., 3 TN Inf, Vol.
And of Co. H. 3rd (smear), of
which claimant was First Sergeant.
William P. Nelson was the son of WILLIAM
D. NELSON, b ca 1809, and Martha Ives.
His papers have an affidavit from W.W. ADKISSON, says he was late a
Serg. Of Co. H. in the 3rd Reg.,
TN Inf. Vols, and have lived neighbor to him since and including
first part of year of 1865.
William
D. Nelson and Martha Ives Nelson had a daughter, Mary Nelson born abt
1851. She married JOSEPH LILES
on 24 May 1866 in Roane County
JOSEPH
LILES
Roane County TN, 12th July 1879
Joseph Liles, aged 45, was enrolled on the 10th February 1862 in
Company H, Third Reg. of
Tennessee Vol.,
commanded by Capt. James G. Roberts, and was honorably discharged at Nashville TN on the
23rd of February 1865. Personal description--age 35, height five feet five inches,
fair complexion, red hair, blue eyes. While on duty at Powder Springs Cross Roads,
GA, about July first, 1864, he received a wound in the neck by a rifle ball while being
engaged in conflict with the enemy. Was treated in field hospital. Since leaving service,
he has resided in the 16 civil District of Roane County, TN, and has been a farmer. Is
partially disabled. Webster Post Office, Roane Co. TN. Signed, Joseph
Liles (Married Mary Nelson in 24 May 1866, Roane County, TN.)
LORENZO DOW BRASHEAR(S) and his four
older sons served in the Civil War. Lorenzo married first, Martha NELSON, and they had Samuel,
John, Robert and William Brashear. Lorenzo married
secondly, Martha WILLIAMS.
GRUBB
Grubb family contributed by Wanda
Albers WandaR7@worldnet.att.net
JOSEPH GRUBB progenitor of my Roane
County, TN family fought for the Union during the Civil War along with four of
his sons, and other family members.
Joseph GRUBB, (father); Union - Company
F, 5th Regiment, Infantry, TN volunteer, foot soldier; Private age 54;
Enlisted by Colonel Jas. T. Shelby 25 February 1862, Mustered 28 March 1862;
Captain Haggard's. Was discharged because of disability on 8th January
1863 by Colonel Mondy. Source: Pension File. Comment: Joseph born
about 1808 in VA, married Lucinda BOYD on 13 April 1831 in VA and they
moved to Roane County, TN about 1832. Joseph died August 1887, both he
and Lucinda are buried at New Bethel Baptist Church
Cemetery AEC #16 in Oak
Ridge, Roane County, TN; military marker.
Joseph's son;
Isaac J. GRUBB; Union - Company F, 5th Regiment
TN Infantry; Private, age 26; Enlisted 25 February 1862; Mustered 28
March 1862; Commanded by Captain Hagler. Source: Pension File and "Report
of the Adjutant General of the State of Tennessee" page 110.
Comment: Isaac was born January 1835 in Roane County and died May 1910
in TN. He married Malinda Caroline LETSINGER on 21
December 1854 in Knox County, TN. Both are buried at Hickory Creek - Mt.
Pleasant Church Cemetery in Knox County.
Joseph's son;
Franklin B. GRUBB; Union - Company G, 1st
Regiment, TN Volunteer Infantry commanded by William J. Crandall.
Enrolled 9 August 1861 and was honorably discharged in Nashville, TN on 17
September 1864. He was wounded in the foot; and in March of 1862 in
Cumberland Ford, KY he contracted mumps which later caused him many problems.
Source: Pension File. Comment: Franklin was born June 1837 in
Roane County and died October 1903 in Wheat, Roane County, TN. Franklin
married Rutha (SEIBER) COPELAND on 20 July 1865 in Roane County,
the widow of his cousin William Copeland, who is listed below. He
was appointed by the courts of Roane County as the guardian of William and
Rutha's daughter Isabelle COPELAND. Franklin is buried at New Bethel
Baptist Church Cemetery AEC #16 in Oak Ridge, Roane County, TN; military
marker.
Joseph's son;
Joseph P. GRUBB; Union - Company F, 5th Regiment;
Private age 18; Enlisted 25 February 1862, Mustered 28 March 1862; died 14
April 1862. Source: Pension File and "Report of the Adjutant
General of the State of Tennessee" page 111. Comment: Joseph born
about 1842 in Roane County, TN, never married. He died in the Civil War
with the fever in Barbourville, KY. His brother Isaac had to
obtain a special permit to take Joseph to a private home. Isaac was with young
Joseph when he died and helped bury him. Joseph's mother Lucinda applied
for Mother's pension in 1889.
Joseph's son;
King W. GRUBB; Union - Company F, 5th Regiment,
TN Infantry commanded by Captain E. F. Wiley; Private age 15; Enlisted
25 February 1862, Mustered 28 March 1862. He was honorably discharged at
Nashville, TN on the 29th of March 1865. Source: Pension File and
"Report of the Adjutant General of State of Tennessee" page 110.
Comment: King was born June 1847 in Roane County and died August 1921 in
Lenoir City, Loudon County, TN. He first married Catherine J. EVANS 13
September 1866 and in his pension file a document is found of his divorce from
Catherine. King received custody of their children. He married
second Rosa Anna WHITAKER on 18 November 1888. Records show that
both were buried at Hickory Creek - Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery in
Knox County, TN; tombstones have not been found.
Joseph's son-in-law;
William Jasper DIGGS married Mary A. GRUBB on 13 January 1876 in
her father's home in Roane County, TN. His tombstone shows that he was
in Company M, 9th TN Calvary. Source:
Tombstone. Comment: He is buried at New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
AEC # 16 in Oak Ridge, Roane County, TN. William was born March 1845 to
William DIGGS and Jerusha PITMAN, he died June 1916.
Joseph's nephew;
William COPELAND; Union - Company F commanded
by Captain Wiley, 5th Regiment commanded by Colonel Shelly; Private, age
24; Enlisted 25 February 1862, Mustered 28 March 1862; Killed at Resaca, GA,
14 May 1864. Source: Pension File and "Report of the Adjutant
General of State of Tennessee" page 111. Comment: William was born
about 1845 to James and Margaret (BOYD) COPELAND. He married Rutha
SEIBER on 4 September 1860 and they had one daughter Isabelle COPELAND.
King GRUBB made deposition that says he
was with William when he was shot.
WALLER - Christopher Ford
fordcm@bellsouth.net says Henry
A. WALLER and Jacob L. WALLER served in
Co. E of the 19th Tennessee from 1861 to 1865. Both were born
and later died in Roane County. (sons of Barksdale Waller and
Katherine Pickel)
ROBERTS
ASA ROBERTS (1835)
enlisted as a private in Captain Almon's Company I,
31st Regiment IL Volunteers on 15 Aug 1861 for 3
years. He was discharged 25 July 1862 at Cairo, IL for "chronic pericarditis".
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
ROBERTS (1832) enlisted 1862 in Company B
of the 5th Regiment of TN Infantry, USA, commanded by Freemorton Young. Promoted to Second Lieutenant 4 Aug 1862. He received an honorable discharge
at Nashville, TN on 30 March 1865. Buried in the Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery in old
Wheat community (Oak Ridge). Married first, Sarah Jane Brashears in
1854, a distant cousin. Married secondly, Caroline Gardner in
1871.
CHARLES WASHINGTON
ROBERTS (1837) fought with the Union Army; enrolled at Kingston on 9 Aug 1851 as
a private in Capt. Levi Pickering's Company E, 4th
Regiment, TN Infantry. He was captured by the enemy,
but paroled as a prisoner of war at McMinnville, TN on 3 Oct 1863. He was then re-assigned
to Company I, 1st TN Inf. Discharged 2 Aug 1865.
EDWARD CARROL
ROBERTS (1839) enrolled in Company H 3rd
Regiment, TN Inf. Vol. on 10 Feb 1862 at Flat Lick,
KY. He was given a commission as Lieutenant of the same company. He served under his
brother, Capt. JAMES G. ROBERTS. Edward was wounded
and
honorably discharged 23 Feb 1865 at Nashville. Wife, Harriet Cofer
HOUSTON ROBERTS
(1820) enlisted in the Union Army at Bethel, TN on 18 Sep 1862. He served as a Sergeant in
Company E (later G) in the
6th Volunteer Cavalry under Capt. Elijah Roberts.
(no relation). Injured his right index finger which
was taken off at the first joint. Honorable discharge at Pulaski, TN on 26 July 1865.
Wife - Permelia E. Brashears. Sgt Houston Roberts, Co. E, 6 Tenn Cav"
(no dates) is buried near Isaac E. Brashears
and his family in the "Morgan Cemetery," which is on the original land grant of Isaac Brashears, the
Patriarch.
JAMES GARDNER
ROBERTS (1828) served almost 4 full years in the Union Army. He enrolled 9 Aug
1861 in Company G., 1st TN Infantry as a private. He was promoted to 1st Lt. in Company H, 3rd TN Infantry Volunteers, and was promoted to Captain of Company
H., 3rd TN, Inf. Vol, which Company was mainly
composed of men from Knox County. Wounded at a battle near Dallas, GA on 23 Feb 1865,
discharged at Nashville on 23 Feb 1865. First wife, Louisa D. EDWARDS, mar.2
Elizabeth T. ADKISSON
A battlefield citation for valuable service was written by Col.
Leonidas C. Houk of the 3rd TN. Inf., which may be found in “War
of the Rebellion - A compilation
of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Vol.
III”, pages 44, 45, and 46. In
this report, Col. Houk states his command of about 200 men at London, KY was
attacked by a Confederate Cavalry force of 1000 to 1500 men.
The losses were terrific but he was able to withdraw most of his forces
to Cumberland Gap, more than 100 miles away.
His report includes the following:
“Both men and officers of my command behaved like true patriots and
good soldiers, but I conceive that it would be almost criminal to omit to
state that Capt. THOMAS MCNISH, Lt. JAMES. N. RAY, Lt. B. R. BAKER,
and Lt. JOHN H. CROSS displayed a heroism and rendered services in this
engagement rarely equaled and, and in my opinion, never excelled.
Capt. WILLIAM SAWYERS, Lt. JAMES G.
ROBERTS and Lt. SAMUEL BLACK, also, rendered valuable
services during the fight, as well as on the march to this place……”
PHILLIP ROBERTS
(b. 1794) served 90 days in the War of 1813, and also volunteered in Capt Chiles' Company,
Reg. Brigade Division,
at Knoxville in 1814. He enlisted in McNairy
County in Capt. Elijah Roberts' Company of Infantry on 18 Sept. 1862 and served as a private until 14 Aug. 1863. Honorably
discharged at Lagrange, TN by reason of asthma and old age. Never married.
ROBERT SAMUEL
ROBERTS (1837) served in the Union Army in Company
E, 1st TN Infantry. Buried in Kreis Cemetery, Roane
County. Married Louisa
HESTER.
THOMAS
L. ROBERTS
(1834) Served as a Sgt. in the
5th TN Inf. from 25 Feb 1862 till 4 Apr 1865. His face was scarred
by a shell. [Civil War Veterans Census-Tennessee, Byron Sistler] Thomas' service
records state that he joined Co. B, 5th TN Inf. as a
Pvt. on 28 Mar 1862 at Barbourville, KY for a term of 3 years. The
company muster roll for 31 Aug--31 DEC 1862 says he was "left sick at Cumberland Gap
on 17 Sep 1862". The Sep-Oct 1862 muster roll places him at Camp Lew Wallace. He was
apparently a clerk in the quartermaster department and the company muster roll for Sep-Oct
1864 says he was appointed Quartermaster Sgt. on 8 Oct 1864 at Marietta, GA. He was
mustered out of service at Nashville, TN on 31 Mar 1865 at age 30. On 7 Apr 1862 the
Regimental Descriptive Book says he was 5' 10" tall, fair complexion, light hair,
blue eyes, and was a farmer from Roane Co., TN. Thomas was a member of the Grand Army of
the Republic, Kingston (R.K. Byrd Post #11), Org. 25 Oct 1883. Married Mary Jane
ADKISSON.
WILLIAM MONROE ROBERTS
(1834) enlisted as a private of Captain L. M.
Wester's Company G, First Regiment of TN Infantry Mounted at Kingston, TN on 9 August 1861. He lost his right eye while on Saunder's Raid
when a limb of a tree pierced his eye. He never recovered from the wound and suffered
horribly.
Married Nancy G. SILVEY, daughter of Thomas Silvey.
SILVEY
SOLDIERS
(Thanks to Pat Mahan)
1890 Civil War Veterans Census –
Tennessee [Sistler]
SELVY, John. Knox Co – 185-3; Pvt.
L
Co 8th TN Cav; 6-63 to 7-65; McMilians PO.
SILVEY, Celia A., Roane Co –204-5; widow US Sol; PO omitted- w/o Samuel?
SILVEY, Peter, Roane Co-203-1; Marinda [Forrister] widow of; Pvt K Co 5th
Tn Inf; 4 Apr 62 to ___; Ethel PO. s/o John & Barbara Cook
Silvey
SILVEY , Samuel, Roane Co-204-4; Alpha [Barnett] widow of; Pvt I Co 9th Tn Cav;
25 Sep 63 o 11 Sep 65; Kreis PO
SILVEY, Thomas, Roane Co –211-4; Elizabeth [Edwards], widow of; Kingston PO.
[Pvt. G Co 1st Inf. Died
in KY.
SILVEY, Wesley, Roane Co-203-1; Pvt K Co 5th Tn Cav; 15 Apr 62 to 14 Apr 65;
Oak Grove PO s/o John & Barbara Cook Silvey
SILVEY, William, Roane Co-204-4; Angeline [Nelson] widow of; Elverton PO; no disc., killed
during war - prob s/o John & Rhoda Cunningham Silvey (cousin to other
John)
Silvey, William R; Private; B; Roane Co TN; 26; 16 Apr 1863 - 6 Nov 1863
{I THINK this man was William Riley Silvey who married Mary C. May}