Sometime when you have nothing better to do, check out the 1890 Tennessee Census of Civil War Vets. (Sistler & Co. 1978). You will be amazed at the number of UNION Vets. that have a Cannon Co. mailing address. Very surprising, considering that on the final vote for secession, Cannon Co. went some 75-80% for joining the South. But, you will find their graves scattered all over the county. Several at Gilley Hill Cem., near Hollow Springs, in Southern Cannon Co., to Sycamore Church Cem., on the Dekalb Co. line. My ggrandfather was a Union Vet., from Hollow Springs (5th Cal.), and is buried at Gilley Hill. One of his younger brothers followed him a few years later & was killed at the Battle of Nashville. Over the years, the family had forgotten the younger brother, but he was in the Cannon 1850 & 60 census, then just disappeared. I knew he would have been at a "prime" age, so I kept looking. Finally found his war records, with instructions to return his personal effects to "Arch Lewis, Hollow Springs, Cannon Co., TN." He was initially buried in Nashville City Cemetery, near Ft. Negley, (4th Ave S.) and war causalities eventually almost filled the cemetery, so no space was left for the locals. Shortly after the war, all union vets were removed from that Cemetery and other local cemeteries and re-interred at Spring Hill National Cemetery, near Madison. They have an excellent indexing of records there (now online) and was very easy to locate his gravesite. I once lost a sale of a Cannon Cemetery book, to a young man who proudly proclaimed that his great grandpa was in the Civil War and if he was in the book, he would buy one. You can't imagine the shocked looked on his face when we found his ggrandpa with a Union Army Tombstone!! My Union Vet. married a Cannon Co. girl, who had strong southern sentiments. Her people are buried at Gilley Hill also. I have often wondered just how many times that the war fought all over again, at family reunions. Jess Lewis

I think that War is still being fought now. Might have to translate it into Spanish for some members though. Thanks Jess !! Kevin

I would comment, but I don't want to be barred. Born in the USA, but learned Spanish to survive in Miami, FL. Hasta luega. Viya con Dios. Dona Juana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Morgan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [TNCANNON] Re: Cannon County UNION vets. >I think that War is still being fought now. Might have > to translate it into Spanish for some members though. > Thanks Jess !! > Kevin > > > ==== TNCANNON Mailing List ==== > Stop by & visit the Cannon Co. Genealogy and History website at... > http://www.tngenweb.org/cannon/ > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Jess Lewis wrote: > Sometime when you have nothing better to do, check out the 1890 > Tennessee Census of Civil War Vets. (Sistler & Co. 1978). > You will be amazed at the number of UNION Vets. that have a Cannon Co. > mailing address. Very surprising, considering that on the final vote > for secession, Cannon Co. went some 75-80% for joining the South. > But, you will find their graves scattered all over the county. Several > at Gilley Hill Cem., near Hollow Springs, in Southern Cannon Co., to > Sycamore Church Cem., on the Dekalb Co. line. > My ggrandfather was a Union Vet., from Hollow Springs (5th Cal.), and > is buried at Gilley Hill. One of his younger brothers followed him a > few years later & was killed at the Battle of Nashville. Over the > years, the family had forgotten the younger brother, but he was in the > Cannon 1850 & 60 census, then just disappeared. I knew he would have > been at a "prime" age, so I kept looking. Finally found his war > records, with instructions to return his personal effects to "Arch > Lewis, Hollow Springs, Cannon Co., TN." He was initially buried in > Nashville City Cemetery, near Ft. Negley, (4th Ave S.) and war > causalities eventually almost filled the cemetery, so no space was > left for the locals. Shortly after the war, all union vets were > removed from that Cemetery and other local cemeteries and re-interred > at Spring Hill National Cemetery, near Madison. They have an excellent > indexing of records there (now online) and was very easy to locate his > gravesite. > I once lost a sale of a Cannon Cemetery book, to a young man who > proudly proclaimed that his great grandpa was in the Civil War and if > he was in the book, he would buy one. You can't imagine the shocked > looked on his face when we found his ggrandpa with a Union Army > Tombstone!! > My Union Vet. married a Cannon Co. girl, who had strong southern > sentiments. Her people are buried at Gilley Hill also. I have often > wondered just how many times that the war fought all over again, at > family reunions. > > Jess Lewis > > > ==== TNCANNON Mailing List ==== > To subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Cannon Co. list, send mail to.. > [email protected] ,with subscribe or unsubscribe > in the subject line. NOTHING ELSE. > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > I thought for years that my great grandfather, Hugh B. Phillips, born 1846 near Woodbury to David H. & Mary Margaret (Brawley/Bralley) Phillips, was in the Confederate Tennessee 5th. I still own the farm where I grew up and which he bought in 1899 in Searcy County, Arkansas. His tombstone in the Western Grove Cemetery is those of his children and grandchildren, including my father's, and I SHOULD have noticed what the shape of that military tombstone was trying to tell me. It's top was rounded, unlike the pointed tops of Confederate tombstones. But, until another cousin got his military record, it didn't sink in that he fought for the Union. That unbalanced my previous perception that I had six direct ancestors who fought for the Union and six direct ancestors who fought for the Confederacy - the final talley is seven Union, five Confederate. I suppose I should have also taken the hint that Hugh's brother, born 1862, was named William Lincoln Phillips.

Jess, Can you give us the site for Spring Hill National Cemetery. I can't seem to find it on the National Cemtery page. Thasks, Rick Springer Jess Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: Sometime when you have nothing better to do, check out the 1890 Tennessee Census of Civil War Vets. (Sistler & Co. 1978). You will be amazed at the number of UNION Vets. that have a Cannon Co. mailing address. Very surprising, considering that on the final vote for secession, Cannon Co. went some 75-80% for joining the South. But, you will find their graves scattered all over the county. Several at Gilley Hill Cem., near Hollow Springs, in Southern Cannon Co., to Sycamore Church Cem., on the Dekalb Co. line. My ggrandfather was a Union Vet., from Hollow Springs (5th Cal.), and is buried at Gilley Hill. One of his younger brothers followed him a few years later & was killed at the Battle of Nashville. Over the years, the family had forgotten the younger brother, but he was in the Cannon 1850 & 60 census, then just disappeared. I knew he would have been at a "prime" age, so I kept looking. Finally found his war records, with instructions to return his personal effects to "Arch Lewis, Hollow Springs, Cannon Co., TN." He was initially buried in Nashville City Cemetery, near Ft. Negley, (4th Ave S.) and war causalities eventually almost filled the cemetery, so no space was left for the locals. Shortly after the war, all union vets were removed from that Cemetery and other local cemeteries and re-interred at Spring Hill National Cemetery, near Madison. They have an excellent indexing of records there (now online) and was very easy to locate his gravesite. I once lost a sale of a Cannon Cemetery book, to a young man who proudly proclaimed that his great grandpa was in the Civil War and if he was in the book, he would buy one. You can't imagine the shocked looked on his face when we found his ggrandpa with a Union Army Tombstone!! My Union Vet. married a Cannon Co. girl, who had strong southern sentiments. Her people are buried at Gilley Hill also. I have often wondered just how many times that the war fought all over again, at family reunions. Jess Lewis ==== TNCANNON Mailing List ==== To subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Cannon Co. list, send mail to.. [email protected] ,with subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject line. NOTHING ELSE. ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx