Bob, I signed onto Jeff pages. He listed Jacob King on the list because he was of age to be in the civil war. Several things could have happened. He could have gone back to Ill to join a Federal Unit, He could have gone into TN to join a Federal Unit. OR he could have been a Federalist sympathizer in the middle of a Rebel County and could have been killed. The civil war has been glossed over somewhat. It was a terrible war for the people. It was a terrible war for people trying not to take sides. People were killed, beaten, had houses destroyed, lost all of their pertsonal property. People had to hide their livestock when they realized soldiers(from eiother side) were around because they would be stolen. Food was stolen, animals slaughtered for food. It was especially difficult in East Tn because the state declared itself Confederate, but the East Tennesseans by far were Union. Ashe County was on the border of Tn, very few owned slaves, so it probably had some men that joined the Union side. Doyle King