Probably meant Ft. Donelson, Battle of. This is one of the early battles of the War. I think most people in TN can relate to this. I had a CSA Soldier in my mother's family in it. For 140 years, my Mother's Tinsley Line never knew what happened to him. He joined in Glasgow, Ky to a CSA Cal. Unit. The Family knew he had fought at Ft. Donelson and never heard from him after the War. A distant relative, who was a Tinsley and a reacher, had searched all of 81 years for him. In January, I had told her I would try to find him. His name was Chrsitopher C. Tinsley. He was noted in the Unit Registration as C.C. Tinsley also. I used " Google " and typed in Christopher Tinsley and found several mentioned. Spent a lot of time and page after page. Then I had typed C.C. Tinsley and KY in the Google line and low and behold, it popped right up. Buried in a Confederate Cemetery in Okalona. Mississippi. Had the exit Unit and Company on his marker also. So, you might be surprised to find some of these Soldiers from Cannon County being buried somehwhere else. I had noticed sveral in the list were listed as dying as aPrisioner. So they might be buried in another State. Kevin Morgan --- m m <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you so very much.Where is this Donaldson PLace > entioned in these > papers ? > my Gr_GR Greandfather SAm Drinkard mentions > Donnaldson PLace in his > civil war records > > > > > ==== TNCANNON Mailing List ==== > Stop by & visit the Cannon Co. Genealogy and History > website at... > http://www.tngenweb.org/cannon/ > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million > records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the > world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Dear Kevin, Hello, saw the mention of the Battle of Fort Donelson and had to respond. I only live 20 minutes from this battle site here in Tennessee and I also have a 3rd. great-grandfather Oliver Coonrod that fought for the north at this battle and my husband had 3rd. great-grandfather that fought for the south and was wounded and taken prisoner of war. I like to tease my husband that my ancestor shot his!! LOL!! Anyway, there is a great book that I have called "Cry Havoc" by C. Wallace Cross that is about the 49th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment 1861-1865 and the battle of Fort Donelson. It is very good and goes into detail about the war. Thought I would just pass that along. In Christ, Melissa Barker Genealogy Researcher/Family Historian RAOGK Volunteer Have Access to Tennessee Death Certificates for Years 1908-1954 for ALL Counties Have Access to Tennessee Birth Certificates for Years 1908-1912 for ALL Counties Willing to Do Tennessee Document Searches and Some Kentucky Document Searches WILL DO LOOK UPS!! ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Morgan To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 6:04 AM Subject: Re: [TNCANNON] The War Probably meant Ft. Donelson, Battle of. This is one of the early battles of the War. I think most people in TN can relate to this. I had a CSA Soldier in my mother's family in it. For 140 years, my Mother's Tinsley Line never knew what happened to him. He joined in Glasgow, Ky to a CSA Cal. Unit. The Family knew he had fought at Ft. Donelson and never heard from him after the War. A distant relative, who was a Tinsley and a reacher, had searched all of 81 years for him. In January, I had told her I would try to find him. His name was Chrsitopher C. Tinsley. He was noted in the Unit Registration as C.C. Tinsley also. I used " Google " and typed in Christopher Tinsley and found several mentioned. Spent a lot of time and page after page. Then I had typed C.C. Tinsley and KY in the Google line and low and behold, it popped right up. Buried in a Confederate Cemetery in Okalona. Mississippi. Had the exit Unit and Company on his marker also. So, you might be surprised to find some of these Soldiers from Cannon County being buried somehwhere else. I had noticed sveral in the list were listed as dying as aPrisioner. So they might be buried in another State. Kevin Morgan --- m m <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you so very much.Where is this Donaldson PLace > entioned in these > papers ? > my Gr_GR Greandfather SAm Drinkard mentions > Donnaldson PLace in his > civil war records > > > > > ==== TNCANNON Mailing List ==== > Stop by & visit the Cannon Co. Genealogy and History > website at... > http://www.tngenweb.org/cannon/ > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million > records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the > world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > ==== TNCANNON Mailing List ==== A complete Archive of past issues of this list may be seen at.. http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TNCANNON ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

Interesting. There was a program on the History channel recently called "80 Acres of Hell" about Fort Donelson and Camp Douglas. My grandmother, Emma Arnett, born in Mechanicsville, TN, moved with her mother, Rhoda C. Melton, to Navarro county, Texas after her father died, probably about in 1913. Her father was Dr. James E. Arnett. I haven't been able to find his death and burial information, but have found a lot about him. Dr. Arnett was born in Henderson County, KY in 1830. Rhoda was his third wife. The first wife was Zany Grizzle, second was Sarah Hendrixson. Dr. Arnett had smallpox about the time of the Civil War, and that affected his eyesight. Anyway, Emma met James DeGraffenreid Miles Jr.and married him in Kerens, Texas. Rhoda died in 1914, and is buried in Kerens. J.D. Jr.'s father was James DeGraffenreid Miles, born in Lowndes county, Alabama to Aquilla Miles and Elizabeth P.Davis. James married Ellen L.Day in Russell County, Alabama in 1853, and they moved to Texas. He farmed at Fairfield in Freestone county. When the Civil War came along, he served in the 7th Texas Infantry. He was captured at Ft. Donelson and was a POW at Camp Douglas. I gather that those people were let go as he went on to fight in other battles including Raymond, Miss. He is mentioned in a couple of books and I found more information about him that was taken from his service record. I also have his Amnesty Oath. We did have his sword, when I was a child. But, I took it to school one day to show my history teacher and my classmates. Soon, we took it to my aunt's as my mother feared my little sister would find the hiding place for the sword and hurt herself. After my parents and my aunt and her husband died, and things were split up between my cousins, one cousin took the sword, and distanced himself from the family. I've heard that he may have sold the sword to a collector. The cousin doesn't respond, and neither does the collector. After the War, James returned to farming. He bought land in Navarro county, and farmed that until his death. Then his son, J.D. Jr. and Emma Arnett worked that farm until about the time of WWII, when they moved to Ft. Worth. J.D. Jr. and the oldest daughter worked in an aircraft plant as part of the war effort. We used to visit the farm when I was small, then in Ft. Worth, in later years. After the Civil War, other members of J.D. Miles' and his wife's family also moved to Texas to about the same area in Freestone county. Three of Dr. Arnett's sons also moved to Texas. Sam worked for the railroad in Tennessee and also worked for the railroad in Texas. At one time, he lived near Emma in Powell, Texas, and died in Hearne, Texas, which was only 7 miles from my hometown. I don't remember ever seeing him, though. Two other brothers lived in Navarro county where they preceded Emma and Rhoda. I've found some Arnetts there who were at a reunion where my mother, my aunt, and my grandmother used to take me. We're trying to figure out how we might be related. There are also Miles and Meltons in that area. So, there are some more people who were Gone To Texas, and we're still here. On my father's side of the family, those people came to Texas from Prussia and Sweden around 1870. I would like to find death and burial information about Dr. Arnett, and more about that family. I had a newspaper clipping from an old paper by Miss Mary Reams that was about "a family friend", Dr. Arnett. At the time I found the clipping, I didn't even know his name. He was a life member of Short Mountain Methodist Church, and I've found him on the roll, along with Rhoda and others. Some of Dr. Arnett's family are buried in the Gunter Grizzle Cemetery. I've had a couple of people to look for me, but no one can find Dr. Arnett. I've read that there are no death records in Tennessee for 1913, so, if he died then, I'm out of luck with records. I hoped that there might be something in a newspaper, at least. I haven't any idea of when that column by Miss Mary Reams was published or what paper it was in. Someone found a deed for me, dated Aug.1, 1913, which gives the disposition of his property, lists children, spouses, and locations. But, it only says that he was "recently deceased". Strangely, the person sent that to me on Aug.1, 2005-92 years later on that date. One of his sons, Joe, died a few days after signing the deed, Aug. 13. Cecelia in Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Morgan" To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 6:04 AM Subject: Re: [TNCANNON] The War > Probably meant Ft. Donelson, Battle of. This is one > of the early battles of the War. I think most people > in TN can relate to this. I had a CSA Soldier in my > mother's family in it. For 140 years, my Mother's > Tinsley Line never knew what happened to him. He > joined in Glasgow, Ky to a CSA Cal. Unit. The Family > knew he had fought at Ft. Donelson and never heard > from him after the War. > So, you might be surprised to find some of these > Soldiers from Cannon County being buried somehwhere > else. I had noticed sveral in the list were listed as > dying as aPrisioner. So they might be buried in > another State. > Kevin Morgan > > --- m m wrote: > >> Thank you so very much.Where is this Donaldson PLace >> entioned in these >> papers ?

I think like Mr. Sissom said yesterday, the idea of moving to a place where the land was good and people could forget some of the past, was the reason for migration. I see many went to Arkansas and then to Texas. !! That is why I appreciate people like the ones here on the Cannon Site. Many here like to preserve their History, not only for themselves, but for future generations. The kids nowadays have no idea what their Ancestors had to go through. What they would have done for one little pill we have today. Thanks, Kevin --- Cecelia <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting. There was a program on the History > channel recently called > "80 Acres of Hell" about Fort Donelson and Camp > Douglas. > My grandmother, Emma Arnett, born in > Mechanicsville, TN, moved with her > mother, Rhoda C. Melton, to Navarro county, Texas > after her father died, > probably about in 1913. Her father was Dr. James E. > Arnett. I haven't been > able to find his death and burial information, but > have found a lot about > him. Dr. Arnett was born in Henderson County, KY in > 1830. Rhoda was his > third wife. The first wife was Zany Grizzle, second > was Sarah Hendrixson. > Dr. Arnett had smallpox about the time of the > Civil War, and that > affected his eyesight. > Anyway, Emma met James DeGraffenreid Miles Jr.and > married him in Kerens, > Texas. Rhoda died in 1914, and is buried in Kerens. > J.D. Jr.'s father was James DeGraffenreid Miles, > born in Lowndes county, > Alabama to Aquilla Miles and Elizabeth P.Davis. > James married Ellen L.Day > in Russell County, Alabama in 1853, and they moved > to Texas. He farmed at > Fairfield in Freestone county. > When the Civil War came along, he served in the > 7th Texas Infantry. He > was captured at Ft. Donelson and was a POW at Camp > Douglas. I gather that > those people were let go as he went on to fight in > other battles including > Raymond, Miss. He is mentioned in a couple of books > and I found more > information about him that was taken from his > service record. I also have > his Amnesty Oath. > We did have his sword, when I was a child. But, > I took it to school one > day to show my history teacher and my classmates. > Soon, we took it to my > aunt's as my mother feared my little sister would > find the hiding place for > the sword and hurt herself. After my parents and my > aunt and her husband > died, and things were split up between my cousins, > one cousin took the > sword, and distanced himself from the family. I've > heard that he may have > sold the sword to a collector. The cousin > doesn't respond, and neither > does the collector. > After the War, James returned to farming. He > bought land in Navarro > county, and farmed that until his death. Then his > son, J.D. Jr. and Emma > Arnett worked that farm until about the time of > WWII, when they moved to Ft. > Worth. J.D. Jr. and the oldest daughter worked in > an aircraft plant as part > of the war effort. We used to visit the farm when I > was small, then in Ft. > Worth, in later years. > After the Civil War, other members of J.D. Miles' > and his wife's family > also moved to Texas to about the same area in > Freestone county. > Three of Dr. Arnett's sons also moved to Texas. > Sam worked for the > railroad in Tennessee and also worked for the > railroad in Texas. At one > time, he lived near Emma in Powell, Texas, and died > in Hearne, Texas, which > was only 7 miles from my hometown. I don't remember > ever seeing him, > though. > Two other brothers lived in Navarro county where > they preceded Emma and > Rhoda. I've found some Arnetts there who were at a > reunion where my mother, > my aunt, and my grandmother used to take me. We're > trying to figure out how > we might be related. There are also Miles and > Meltons in that area. > So, there are some more people who were Gone To > Texas, and we're still > here. > On my father's side of the family, those people > came to Texas from > Prussia and Sweden around 1870. > I would like to find death and burial information > about Dr. Arnett, and > more about that family. I had a newspaper clipping > from an old paper by > Miss Mary Reams that was about "a family friend", > Dr. Arnett. At the time I > found the clipping, I didn't even know his name. He > was a life member of > Short Mountain Methodist Church, and I've found him > on the roll, along with > Rhoda and others. Some of Dr. Arnett's family are > buried in the Gunter > Grizzle Cemetery. I've had a couple of people to > look for me, but no one > can find Dr. Arnett. I've read that there are no > death records in Tennessee > for 1913, so, if he died then, I'm out of luck with > records. I hoped that > there might be something in a newspaper, at least. > I haven't any idea of when that column by Miss > Mary Reams was published > or what paper it was in. > Someone found a deed for me, dated Aug.1, 1913, > which gives the disposition > of his property, lists children, spouses, and > locations. But, it only says > that he was "recently deceased". Strangely, the > person sent that to me on > Aug.1, 2005-92 years later on that date. > One of his sons, Joe, died a few days after > signing the deed, Aug. 13. > > Cecelia in Texas > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Morgan" > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 6:04 AM > Subject: Re: [TNCANNON] The War > > > > Probably meant Ft. Donelson, Battle of. This is > one > > of the early battles of the War. I think most > people > > in TN can relate to this. I had a CSA Soldier in > my > > mother's family in it. For 140 years, my Mother's > > Tinsley Line never knew what happened to him. He > > joined in Glasgow, Ky to a CSA Cal. Unit. The > Family > > knew he had fought at Ft. Donelson and never heard > > from him after the War. > > So, you might be surprised to find some of these > > Soldiers from Cannon County being buried > somehwhere > > else. I had noticed sveral in the list were listed > as > > dying as aPrisioner. So they might be buried in > > another State. > > Kevin Morgan > > > > --- m m wrote: > > > >> Thank you so very much.Where is this Donaldson > PLace > >> entioned in these > >> papers ? > > > > ==== 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. > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so > much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >

Just thought I would jump in here and post that I have Confederate Pension Applications for the following Cannon County men and would be happy to scan any of them and share with anyone who is interested: W. Cummings born 1843 in Cannon County H.J. St. John born Sept. 1831 in Cannon County Wm. J. Walkup born 29 Dec 1837 in Cannon County J.A. Walkup born 1829 in Cannon County E.N. Ferrell born 15 Feb 1841 in Cannon county Henry Campbell born 1834 in Cannon County Jas. I.? Hawkins born 19 Feb 1847 in Warren County Wm. B. Hawkins born 1834 in Illinois, but a resident of Short Mountain in Cannon County "all my life" Robt. Campbell born 1838 in Cannon County Kristi Moffitt www.gensearch.org -----Original Message----- From: Cecelia [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 11:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TNCANNON] The War Interesting. There was a program on the History channel recently called "80 Acres of Hell" about Fort Donelson and Camp Douglas. My grandmother, Emma Arnett, born in Mechanicsville, TN, moved with her mother, Rhoda C. Melton, to Navarro county, Texas after her father died, probably about in 1913. Her father was Dr. James E. Arnett. I haven't been able to find his death and burial information, but have found a lot about him. Dr. Arnett was born in Henderson County, KY in 1830. Rhoda was his third wife. The first wife was Zany Grizzle, second was Sarah Hendrixson. Dr. Arnett had smallpox about the time of the Civil War, and that affected his eyesight. Anyway, Emma met James DeGraffenreid Miles Jr.and married him in Kerens, Texas. Rhoda died in 1914, and is buried in Kerens. J.D. Jr.'s father was James DeGraffenreid Miles, born in Lowndes county, Alabama to Aquilla Miles and Elizabeth P.Davis. James married Ellen L.Day in Russell County, Alabama in 1853, and they moved to Texas. He farmed at Fairfield in Freestone county. When the Civil War came along, he served in the 7th Texas Infantry. He was captured at Ft. Donelson and was a POW at Camp Douglas. I gather that those people were let go as he went on to fight in other battles including Raymond, Miss. He is mentioned in a couple of books and I found more information about him that was taken from his service record. I also have his Amnesty Oath. We did have his sword, when I was a child. But, I took it to school one day to show my history teacher and my classmates. Soon, we took it to my aunt's as my mother feared my little sister would find the hiding place for the sword and hurt herself. After my parents and my aunt and her husband died, and things were split up between my cousins, one cousin took the sword, and distanced himself from the family. I've heard that he may have sold the sword to a collector. The cousin doesn't respond, and neither does the collector. After the War, James returned to farming. He bought land in Navarro county, and farmed that until his death. Then his son, J.D. Jr. and Emma Arnett worked that farm until about the time of WWII, when they moved to Ft. Worth. J.D. Jr. and the oldest daughter worked in an aircraft plant as part of the war effort. We used to visit the farm when I was small, then in Ft. Worth, in later years. After the Civil War, other members of J.D. Miles' and his wife's family also moved to Texas to about the same area in Freestone county. Three of Dr. Arnett's sons also moved to Texas. Sam worked for the railroad in Tennessee and also worked for the railroad in Texas. At one time, he lived near Emma in Powell, Texas, and died in Hearne, Texas, which was only 7 miles from my hometown. I don't remember ever seeing him, though. Two other brothers lived in Navarro county where they preceded Emma and Rhoda. I've found some Arnetts there who were at a reunion where my mother, my aunt, and my grandmother used to take me. We're trying to figure out how we might be related. There are also Miles and Meltons in that area. So, there are some more people who were Gone To Texas, and we're still here. On my father's side of the family, those people came to Texas from Prussia and Sweden around 1870. I would like to find death and burial information about Dr. Arnett, and more about that family. I had a newspaper clipping from an old paper by Miss Mary Reams that was about "a family friend", Dr. Arnett. At the time I found the clipping, I didn't even know his name. He was a life member of Short Mountain Methodist Church, and I've found him on the roll, along with Rhoda and others. Some of Dr. Arnett's family are buried in the Gunter Grizzle Cemetery. I've had a couple of people to look for me, but no one can find Dr. Arnett. I've read that there are no death records in Tennessee for 1913, so, if he died then, I'm out of luck with records. I hoped that there might be something in a newspaper, at least. I haven't any idea of when that column by Miss Mary Reams was published or what paper it was in. Someone found a deed for me, dated Aug.1, 1913, which gives the disposition of his property, lists children, spouses, and locations. But, it only says that he was "recently deceased". Strangely, the person sent that to me on Aug.1, 2005-92 years later on that date. One of his sons, Joe, died a few days after signing the deed, Aug. 13. Cecelia in Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Morgan" To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 6:04 AM Subject: Re: [TNCANNON] The War > Probably meant Ft. Donelson, Battle of. This is one > of the early battles of the War. I think most people > in TN can relate to this. I had a CSA Soldier in my > mother's family in it. For 140 years, my Mother's > Tinsley Line never knew what happened to him. He > joined in Glasgow, Ky to a CSA Cal. Unit. The Family > knew he had fought at Ft. Donelson and never heard > from him after the War. > So, you might be surprised to find some of these > Soldiers from Cannon County being buried somehwhere > else. I had noticed sveral in the list were listed as > dying as aPrisioner. So they might be buried in > another State. > Kevin Morgan > > --- m m wrote: > >> Thank you so very much.Where is this Donaldson PLace >> entioned in these >> papers ? ==== 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. ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx