This message apparently didn't make it to the list so I'm forwarding it. Jerry W. Murphy [email protected] Jerry's Homepage: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jwmurphy/ Rootsweb List Administrator: ALFRANKL-L, TNHARDIN-L, TNWASHIN-L, TNWAYNE-L BRATTON-L, CAVENDER-L, COCHRAN-L, HAFLEY-L, PATTERSON-L, SOWERBY-L Wayne County, Tennessee Co-County Coordinator: http://www.netease.net/wayne Wayne County Computer Club: http://www.netease.net/waccc ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Cagle" <[email protected]> To: "Shelby, Paul" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 8:12 PM Subject: Re: Thomas D. Shelby Article > Paul, > I think Moses Witherspoon was too old to be a soldier in the Civil War. He > was age 48 in 1850 and had 4 daughters. > 1850 Census, Hardin Co.,TN > 108-108 Moses C. Wetherspoon 48 TN farmer 4th C. D. > Elizabeth 52 TN > Margaret E. 23 AL > Sarah 20 IN > Hetty E. 18 IN > Martha 14 IN > > Note that Moses was in Alabama in 1827 and then spent several years in > Indiana where his last three daughters were born, your ancestor Sarah being > one of them. 1860 finds him living in the 13th C. D. with his wife as well > as Margaret and Martha still at home. Moses Shelby lives nearby with his > wife Sarah and two children. > > >From Tennessee there were no Witherspoons in the Federal Army, however there > was a Henry Wetherspoon who was black. There were several Witherspoons in > the Confederate Army. > > I note that Moses was shown as George W. Shelby in the 1870 census. Was > that part of his name also? > > I checked the Harmony Church Book and the last mention I find of Moses C. > Witherspoon on the 8th of April 1854. > David > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shelby, Paul" <[email protected]> > To: "David Cagle" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 12:50 PM > Subject: RE: Thomas D. Shelby Article > > > > David, > > Hope you are doing O.K. Ronney sent me some of the Hardin County > Historical Society publications that had the Harmony Church records in them > and I have been perusing through them. One of the elders was Moses C. > Witherspoon who was the father-in-law of my great-great grandfather Moses W. > Shelby. Do you know anything about Moses Witherspoon? Did he leave Harmony > Church with Thomas D. Shelby to form Union Valley? Do you know what ever > happened to him? I looked through the web and found a Moses C. Witherspoon > mentioned in an Indiana unit during the civil war but I'm not convenced its > the same guy. Do you have any thoughts? Also, I may have asked you this > before but do you know much about the Shady Grove Church and cemetery near > Sardis? I believe that Moses W. Shelby and some of his family are buried > there but are only designated by blank sandstone markers. Are there any > articles that anyone has done on the church and cemetery? I would like to > get a copy if there is. Thanks. > > Paul Shelby > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Cagle [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wed 3/3/2004 9:02 PM > > To: Shelby, Paul > > Cc: > > Subject: Re: Thomas D. Shelby Article > > > > > > > > Paul, > > I got the information. Thanks very much. H. Cagle was great uncle Henry. > > However that Charles Cagle was not his brother, my g/grandfather. > > > > My g/grandfather was in the First Confederate Cavalry. It was originally > > established by Gen. A. S. Johnston immediately before the battle of > Shiloh, > > but the outfit did not fight as a unit in that Battle. The unit was built > > around 4 KY companies by adding 4 Tennessee companies and two from AL. > The > > two from AL were soon replaced with two more from TN. > > > > David > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Shelby, Paul <[email protected]> > > To: David Cagle <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 10:46 AM > > Subject: RE: Thomas D. Shelby Article > > > > > > > David, > > > I mailed the muster papers to you this past Friday. Did you get them > > O.K.? > > > Paul > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: David Cagle [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Fri 1/23/2004 7:22 PM > > > To: Shelby, Paul > > > Cc: > > > Subject: Re: Thomas D. Shelby Article > > > > > > > > > > > > Paul, > > > My address is: 95 Court Street > > > Savannah, TN 38372 > > > > > > That will get me. Doesn't sound like my Charley Cagle. > > > Thanks, > > > David > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Shelby, Paul <[email protected]> > > > To: David Cagle <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 2:35 PM > > > Subject: RE: Thomas D. Shelby Article > > > > > > > > > > David, > > > > I have the muster papers for Henry Cagle but the only Cagle I saw of > > > Tennessee civil war soldiers was a Charles Cagle of the 4th Tennessee > > > Cavalry CSA. Is this the right guy? Did Charles muster in in another > > > state? Did he reside in TN after the war? I got something on this guy > as > > > well but I'm not sure he is your relative. Could you e-mail me your > > address > > > and I will mail them to you. Thanks, > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: David Cagle [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > Sent: Mon 1/5/2004 8:29 PM > > > > To: Shelby, Paul > > > > Cc: > > > > Subject: Re: Thomas D. Shelby Article > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Paul, > > > > Charley in was the First Confederate Cavalry. He received a pension > > from > > > > the State of Tennessee beginning in 1928 until he died in 1930. > > > > David > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Shelby, Paul <[email protected]> > > > > To: David Cagle <[email protected]> > > > > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 11:31 AM > > > > Subject: RE: Thomas D. Shelby Article > > > > > > > > > > > > > David, > > > > > Hope you and your family had a good holiday. We had a good visit > with > > > our > > > > families. I've got about a week and a half before the spring semester > > > > starts and I'm going to try to get up to the East Tennessee Historical > > > > Society and while I'm there I'll see what I can dig up on your > > relatives. > > > > You said that you have the pension application for your great great > > > > grandfather Charles. I know that Henry was a confederate but does > that > > > mean > > > > that Charles was in the Union army? I didn't think that former > > > confederates > > > > were eligable to recieve a government pension, were they? It wouldn't > > be > > > > the first incedent of brothers joining opposite sides considering the > > > > divided sentiments of the county. At any rate, I can look up their > > units > > > > and get copies of their muster papers. Also, I my grandfather had > > written > > > > down that Dollie married Will Smith in 1880. I suspect that "Dollie" > > was > > > > probably Margaret E. Shelby since she was born in 1863 and that would > > mean > > > > that she was 17 or 18 years old at the time she was married. Her > sister > > > > Sarah (b. 1865) would have been about 15 in 1880, however, it was not > > out > > > of > > > > the question for girls that young to get married back then. > > Nevertheless, > > > I > > > > would still like to have some documentation to varify who Dollie > > actually > > > > was. I'm not sure of the month that they were married or if they > would > > > > appear together in the 1880 census. Anyway, I would appreciate > anything > > > you > > > > could provide. Take care. > > > > > Paul Shelby > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: David Cagle [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > > Sent: Fri 12/19/2003 7:50 PM > > > > > To: Shelby, Paul > > > > > Cc: > > > > > Subject: Re: Thomas D. Shelby Article > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Paul, > > > > > I would appreciate anything you can find on Henry Overton Cagle or > his > > > > > brother, my g/g/grandfather, Charles Talley Cagle. They both > survived > > > the > > > > > Civil War. I have the pension Application for Charles, but little > on > > > > Henry. > > > > > > > > > > I will be happy to look at the marriage records if you can give me > an > > > > > approximate date for Will and Dolly Shelby Smith. > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: Shelby, Paul <[email protected]> > > > > > To: David Cagle <[email protected]> > > > > > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 1:39 PM > > > > > Subject: RE: Thomas D. Shelby Article > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David, > > > > > > I had opportunity to swing by the campus to check my messages one > > last > > > > > time before the holidays and got your message and thought I would > get > > > back > > > > > in touch. Do you need muster papers for your great uncle Henry > Cagle? > > > I > > > > am > > > > > making plans to spend a day at the East Tennessee Historical Society > > > when > > > > we > > > > > get back from the Christmas holidays and I'll get them to make some > > > copies > > > > > that I can mail you if you like. The stuff you sent me about Martha > > W. > > > > Polk > > > > > was interesting. She apparently did not let any grass grow under > her > > > feet > > > > > after her first husband, Moses A. Shelby died. I guess in that day > it > > > was > > > > > in her best interest to stay married. The possibility of her > marrying > > > > John > > > > > Moore is particularly interesting and some more fodder for more > > > research. > > > > > She is listed as Martha B. Moore and Martha B. Wells. Where do you > > > think > > > > > the B. came from? Was it a missunderstanding of the census taker > > since > > > > "B" > > > > > and "P" (for Polk I guess) sound similar? > > > > > > > > > > > > There is one matter that I wonder if you could shed some light on > > that > > > > has > > > > > had family members perplexed for some time. My great great > > grandfather > > > > was > > > > > Moses W. Shelby (a.k.a. George W. Shelby). He married Sarah > > Witherspoon > > > > and > > > > > had several children the oldest of which was my great grand father > > > William > > > > > C. Shelby. William C. had two sisters I believe named Sarah and > > > Margaret > > > > > but my granddad knew them only as his aunts Siss and Dollie. He > said > > > that > > > > > his aunt Dollie married a Will Smith in Hardin County but I cannot > > find > > > > any > > > > > marriage records. I don't know if Dollie is Sarah or Margaret. The > > > other > > > > > sister never married and is believed by the family to burried at the > > > Shady > > > > > Grove Cemertery with her family. Would you happen to know or have > any > > > > > information on who Will Smith married (Will Smith seems like such a > > > common > > > > > name)? Any help you could provide would be appreciated as always. > > If > > > I > > > > > don't talk to you again before the holidays, Merry Christmas to you > > and > > > > your > > > > > family. > > > > > > Paul Shelby > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: David Cagle [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > > > Sent: Tue 12/16/2003 8:34 PM > > > > > > To: Shelby, Paul > > > > > > Cc: Ronney R. Brewington > > > > > > Subject: Re: Thomas D. Shelby Article > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Paul, > > > > > > Thanks for your help. I have Tony's book as well as "Tennesseans > in > > > the > > > > > > Civil War." But, there is still not much there on Phillips' Light > > > > > > Artillery. Great Uncle Henry didn't leave anything along those > > lines. > > > > > > > > > > > > 1850 Census, Hardin Co., TN > > > > > > 117 116 Elizabeth Gilbert 55 NC 6th C. D. > > > > > > Pleasant N. 18 TN > > > > > > Margaret B. 12 TN > > > > > > James H. 25 TN > > > > > > John Matheney 18 TN > > > > > > > > > > > > I have no idea what the difference was between Thomas D Shelby and > > > > > Pleasant > > > > > > Gilbert. I find only one other record of Gilbert. He was listed > as > > > > > > released from paying Taxes for the years 1855 and 1856 which means > > he > > > > > > probably no longer lived in the county. I didn't find him in > 1860. > > > > > > > > > > > > "The Polks of North Carolina and Tennessee" by Mrs. Frank M. > > > Angellotti, > > > > > > shows that Martha Washington Polk, 04 May 1794, the daughter of > > Capt. > > > > > > Charles T. Polk and 2nd wife Pholopena Helms, married Moses Shelby > > and > > > > > moved > > > > > > to Tennessee. > > > > > > > > > > > > I know from Hardin County records that Moses A. Shelby, was the > > father > > > > of > > > > > > Thomas D. Shelby, Moses W. Shelby, Sarah Ann Shelby, > > Mary > > > > > Amanda > > > > > > Shelby and Elizabeth J. Shelby. > > > > > > > > > > > > Charles A. Shelby was a neighbor to Martha and Thomas D. Shelby > but > > I > > > > have > > > > > > no proof that they are kin. In the 1840 census of Hardin County, > > > Samuel > > > > > > Wells and Charles Shelby are living side by side. This doesn't > > prove > > > > > > anything other than they were neighbors with the Shelby's. > > > > > > > > > > > > 1840 Census, Hardin Co., TN > > > > > > Samuel Wells 001000001-0131001 census page 438-5, 3rd C. D > > > > > > Charles Shelby 00001-0001 census page 438-6, 3rd C. D. > > > > > > Lydia Basye 211110001-0211001 census page 441, 3rd C. D.(Thomas > > > married > > > > > > Virginia Basye, dau of Lydia) > > > > > > > > > > > > Thomas D. Shelby and Samuel Wells were appointed administrators of > > the > > > > > > estate of James T. Basey on 06 July 1840. > > > > > > > > > > > > 1850 Census Hardin Co., TN 3rd Civil District > > > > > > 7-7 Thomas D. Shelby 37 NC 3rd CD > > > > > > Virginia A. 29 TN > > > > > > Thomas J. 8 TN > > > > > > George M. 6 TN > > > > > > Martha A. C. 2 TN > > > > > > > > > > > > 13-13 Charles A. Shelby 38 NC > > > > > > Nancy 23 AL > > > > > > Mary A. 3 TN > > > > > > Reese A. 9-12 TN > > > > > > > > > > > > 23-23 Martha B. Wells 55 NC > > > > > > Moses W. Shelby 24 NC > > > > > > Elizabeth J. 16 TN > > > > > > > > > > > > Please note in the 1850 census above, that the two children of > > Martha > > > B. > > > > > > Wells are listed at Moses W. Shelby and Elizabeth J. Shelby who we > > > know > > > > > are > > > > > > children of Moses A. Shelby who died in 1834. I cannot explain > the > > > > > > difference between Martha Washington Shelby and Martha B. Wells, > > > > however, > > > > > > Martha could easily have married a Moore after Samuel Wells died? > > > > > > > > > > > > The Harmony Church Book shows that Thomas D. Shelby and Martha B. > > > Wells > > > > > were > > > > > > members of the church when it started in 1852. Martha B. Wells > > > married > > > > > > William H. Shelby on 18 October 1854. William Shelby died 30 > April > > > > 1863. > > > > > > > > > > > > Following is a note that I got from Johnnie Johnson: > > > > > > > > > > > > I for certain know she (Martha) married 18 Oct. 1854 to my William > > H. > > > > > > Shelby in Hardin Co. TN Third district...source is a deed from Wm > H. > > > > > Shelby > > > > > > to her son M.W. Shelby for a deed of gift in 1855 Jan 17. where he > > > calls > > > > > him > > > > > > "my stepson"... > > > > > > source: McNairy Co. Deed Bk E p494. > > > > > > > > > > > > In 1850, there is a John Moore and family living next door to > Lydia > > > > Basey > > > > > > and Thomas D. Shelby? The plot thickens? If Martha married John > > > Moore, > > > > > it > > > > > > would have to be between 1850 and 8154, Anything is possible I > > guess? > > > > > > > > > > > > Those two churches you mentioned have been out of business for > more > > > than > > > > > 100 > > > > > > years. I think most of the records are available from the Hardin > > > County > > > > > > Historical Society in pass issues of the Historian magazine. You > > > might > > > > > > contact Ronney Brewington. > > > > > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: Shelby, Paul <[email protected]> > > > > > > To: David Cagle <[email protected]> > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 11:52 AM > > > > > > Subject: RE: Thomas D. Shelby Article > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David, > > > > > > > I went back through my stuff and found an article that I copied > > from > > > > the > > > > > > East Tennessee Historical Society on Phillip's Artillery. I > copied > > > > this > > > > > > from a work by Tony Hays called "No Man's Land". In it he gives a > > > brief > > > > > > regimental history. The company was organized on Oct 15, 1861, > > > assigned > > > > > to > > > > > > Gen. Rueben Davis at Bowling Green, KY in Dec. 1861, under Maj. > Gen. > > > > > > Hardee's command in Dec. 1862 and Jan. 1863 at battle of > > Murfreesboro > > > > > > (Stones River), under Gen. Joseph Johnston at Vicksburg, then at > > > > > > Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and also took part in the battles > of > > > > > Franklin > > > > > > and Nashville. It was paroled on May 10, 1865 at Meridian, MS. > In > > > this > > > > > > book there is a company roster in which along with T.J. Shelby > there > > > is > > > > > > listed a pvt. H. Cagle. I'm assuming this is your great uncle > Henry > > > > > Overton > > > > > > Cagle. If he died in 1899 as you say, then he took part in some > of > > > the > > > > > most > > > > > > significant battles in the western theatre of the war. If you > need > > > > copies > > > > > > of his muster papers let me know. There may be quite a few and > may > > > have > > > > > > some interesting information on them. Hays' regimental history > was > > > very > > > > > > brief. I'll see if I can find one that is more comprehensive. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also, I had some other questions for you. Do you know the > > > > relationship > > > > > > between Plesant Gilbert and Thomas D. Shelby? Were they > neighbors? > > > Did > > > > > > they attend the same chruch? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In your article you mentioned that after Moses A. Shelby died, > his > > > > wife > > > > > > Martha married Sammuel Wells and after he died she married a > distant > > > > > cousin > > > > > > of Moses A. who was I believe you said to be William H. Shelby. > Do > > > you > > > > > have > > > > > > documentation for this that you could share with me? I have a > copy > > of > > > a > > > > > > family history from another Shelby from Hardin County who was a > > > > decendant > > > > > of > > > > > > Eli Shelby (buried in Shelby or Cherry cemetery in Lowryville) and > > in > > > it > > > > > he > > > > > > states that William H. (who apparently was a brother of Eli) > married > > > > > Martha > > > > > > B. Moore (his second wife) sometime in the 1850's. Can you shed > > some > > > > > light > > > > > > on this? I'm not sure where he got his info but it was pretty > > > detailed. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also, Do you think the Harmony Church and Union Valley Church > > would > > > > > share > > > > > > church records with me? Do they have an e-mail address? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know if I am going to be back to this office again this > > week > > > > or > > > > > > not to check my e-mails. We are planning to visit our families in > > > > > Jackson, > > > > > > TN over the holidays and I may not be able check my e-mails until > > > after > > > > we > > > > > > get back so if I don't get to talk to you before then, have a > merry > > > > > > Christmas with your family and I'll talk to you soon. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Paul Shelby > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > From: David Cagle [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > > > > Sent: Tue 12/9/2003 11:07 PM > > > > > > > To: Shelby, Paul > > > > > > > Cc: Ronney R. Brewington > > > > > > > Subject: Re: Thomas D. Shelby Article > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Paul, > > > > > > > I have stuck a few answers, as far as I know, between the > > questions > > > > you > > > > > > had > > > > > > > for Ronney. See below. I will be glad to help any way I can. > > > Email > > > > me > > > > > > any > > > > > > > time. > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > From: Ronney R. Brewington <[email protected]> > > > > > > > To: David Cagle <[email protected]> > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 8:40 AM > > > > > > > Subject: RE: Thomas D. Shelby Article > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David, > > > > > > > > Here are some questions that Paul Shelby has on the Thomas D. > > > Shelby > > > > > > > article. Can you answer some of these? I sent Paul a copy of the > > > > article > > > > > > for > > > > > > > his comments. He is supposed to be getting some more information > > > > > together. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I believe he would like to e-mail with you on this family. > > Contact > > > > him > > > > > > if > > > > > > > you have time. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Freeda Bridges e-mailed me back and is going to send me her > > > cemetery > > > > > > > information. Thanks for this. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ronney > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > From: Shelby, Paul [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > > > > > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 12:42 PM > > > > > > > > To: Ronney R. Brewington > > > > > > > > Subject: RE: Thomas D. Shelby Article > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ronney, > > > > > > > > I was going over the info you sent me from David Cagle. It > was > > > very > > > > > > > interesting and answered a lot of questions. The family has > past > > > down > > > > a > > > > > > > story about someone killing a man an leaving the state but no > one > > > knew > > > > > any > > > > > > > details. The info you sent me answered the question but also > > raised > > > > > more. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Thomas D. Shelby shot and killed Pleasant Gilbert and then > > > fled > > > > to > > > > > > > Alabama. Was there any record of what the dispute was about? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have not seen any reason why Thomas D. shot Pleasant Gilbert. > > My > > > > best > > > > > > > guess is consumption of alcohol. the church book record > explains > > > > > Thomas' > > > > > > > condition. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. Does David have any info on Thomas' older brother Charles > A. > > > > > Shelby? > > > > > > > Charles left Hardin county about the same time as Thomas. The > > > census > > > > > > shows > > > > > > > that Charles' wife Nancy was from Alabama. Maybe Thomas stayed > > with > > > > his > > > > > > > sister-in-law's people in Alabama. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > CHARLES A. SHELBY was born 15 August 1811, and died 15 October > > 1868 > > > in > > > > > > > Hardin County Tennessee. He married NANCY SLOAN 17 January 1847. > > She > > > > was > > > > > > > born 24 January 1824, and died 30 January 1911 in Hardin County > > > > > Tennessee. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 3. Does David have any info on where Charles and Thomas are > > > buried? > > > > > > Also > > > > > > > the grave site of their parents Moses A. and Martha Polk Shelby? > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Moses A. Shelby, d. 1834 could have been buried in the Basye > > > Cemetery > > > > > > which > > > > > > > was near where his land was. Most of the early Shelbys in the > > Cerro > > > > > Gordo > > > > > > > area are likely buried at Harmony Cemetery. Thomas D., his > > mother, > > > > and > > > > > > > others in the family were going to church there between 1852 and > > > 1861. > > > > > > > After 1861, a cemetery was established at Union Valley Church > > which > > > > was > > > > > > > about 3 or 4 miles south of Harmony on Thomas' land. In 1860, > > > Charles > > > > > A. > > > > > > > Shelby lived in the Cross Roads - Swift area and could have been > > > > buried > > > > > in > > > > > > a > > > > > > > Cemetery in that area. Some of his descendents are buried at > > Goshen > > > > and > > > > > > > some at Mountain View and probably some at Harmony? Thomas D. > > > Shelby > > > > > is > > > > > > > probably buried near Selma in Dallas Co., AL. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 4. Does David have any info on the occupants of the Shady > Grove > > > > > Church > > > > > > > cemetery near Sardis? My great-great grandfather and family > > members > > > > are > > > > > > > apparently buried there according to other family members. > Their > > > > graves > > > > > > are > > > > > > > marked only with slabs of sandstone with no inscriptions. My > > > > > great-great > > > > > > > grandfather was the youngest son of Moses A. and Martha Polk > > Shelby. > > > > > His > > > > > > > name was Moses W. Shelby and according to later census went by > the > > > > name > > > > > of > > > > > > > George W. Shelby. He married Sarah Witherspoon who was a > daughter > > > of > > > > > > Moses > > > > > > > C. and Elizabeth Gibson Witherspoon. Does David know where > there > > > home > > > > > > sites > > > > > > > were? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There are no Shelbys listed as buried in Shady Grove Cemetery. > In > > > > 1860 > > > > > > and > > > > > > > 1880, he is listed as Moses W. Shelby. The 1870 transcribed > > census > > > > > that > > > > > > I > > > > > > > have lists him as George W. Shelby--apparently an error. I can > > > > probably > > > > > > > figure out where they lived by checking land records. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have a lot more questions but will stop with these. Please > > > asure > > > > > > David > > > > > > > that I will keep all info he sends me confidential. Thanks once > > > again > > > > > for > > > > > > > the info. I was very excited to see it. David mentioned in his > > > > article > > > > > > > that Thomas had a son that joined the confederacy. He may > already > > > > know > > > > > > this > > > > > > > but his name was Thomas J. Shelby (I believe I have a copy of > his > > > > muster > > > > > > > papers stuck back somewhere) he was a private in Phillip's Light > > > > > Artillery > > > > > > > Company of Capt. Eldridge E. Wright's Tennessee Battery and was > > > killed > > > > > at > > > > > > > the battle of Stones River. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Great uncle Henry Overton Cagle, 1842-1899, was also in > Phillips' > > > > Light > > > > > > > Artillery Co. I did not know that Thomas J. Shelby was killed > at > > > > > Stones > > > > > > > River. I would appreciate any information you would share on > that > > > > > outfit. > > > > > > > I'll be happy to answer any questions I can. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If he wants to compare notes some time, have him e-mail me or > > call > > > > me. > > > > > > I > > > > > > > would love to talk with him sometime. If I can be any further > > > service > > > > > to > > > > > > > you and your historical society, please don't hesitate to > contact > > > me. > > > > > > > Thanks again. > > > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > From: Ronney R. Brewington [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > > > > > Sent: Fri 12/5/2003 11:20 AM > > > > > > > > To: Shelby, Paul > > > > > > > > Cc: > > > > > > > > Subject: Thomas D. Shelby Article > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Paul, > > > > > > > > Attached is a copy (PDF file) of the Shelby information that > > David > > > > > Cagle > > > > > > > has > > > > > > > > written for the Jan-June 2004 Historian. Read it over and see > > what > > > > you > > > > > > > > think. Do not send copies to anyone until a finalized copy is > > > > > available > > > > > > as > > > > > > > > David may make some changes. Any information you have on this, > I > > > can > > > > > add > > > > > > > if > > > > > > > > you care to do that. Do you have a family group sheet or > lineage > > > > chart > > > > > > on > > > > > > > > Thomas D. Shelby family? I can use this to go along with the > > > > article. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also, I will try to gather all information on Col. James > Hardin > > > for > > > > an > > > > > > > > article to appear in this issue of the Historian. I have > > excerpts > > > > from > > > > > > all > > > > > > > > the histories of the county and will compile that information > > > along > > > > > with > > > > > > > > anything else I can get. David Cagle has been trying to get > any > > > > > military > > > > > > > > records of James Hardin but has not had much luck yet. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Along with the Col. James Hardin information, I would like to > > > > include > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > photo of Col. Joseph Hardin's tombstone along with inscription > > > > printed > > > > > > > out. > > > > > > > > I will give you credit for the photograph, etc. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ronney Brewington > > > > > > > > Editor > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >