Fold 3 Request

[East Tennessee Roots]

Anyone taking Fold 3 requests? I have one for Confederate Captain J.F. Trevitt. The Captain led a company of home guard/reserves in my home county in East Tennessee. A number of my relatives on the borderline of being too old/young served under him. Following the war, he relocated to Georgia. He and his family are buried there. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial...ewlkYMGMhqvDhJbLnWKVDy8P2Q_MZt5VE2zO-v0xKhFMU

I have been attempting to learn more about him. He was born about 1825. I just located him in the 1860 census today. So far no luck in 1850. I'd like to learn who his parents were and how he obtained his commission? I can find no evidence of prior Confederate military service. There are two file cards in his name in "Confederate Citizens File" (Citizens, J.F. Trevitt)

Four file cards are found under J.F. Trevitt in "Captain Parks Co. (Local Defence Troops, Sullivan County, Reserves). Any help appreciated!

Thanks,
Glenn

 

[lelliott19]

Is his name John F. Trevitt? Born 1825 in TN Enumerated on the 1860 US census in Sullivan TN?

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Is his name John F. Trevitt? Born 1825 in TN Enumerated on the 1860 US census in Sullivan TN?

That's him.

 

[lelliott19]

Im guessing his mother is Eunice, enumerated in the same household?

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Im guessing his mother is Eunice, enumerated in the same household?

He married in 1861. I ran into a lot of crazy spellings of "Trevitt".

 

[Fairfield]

Looks like John F. and James F. may have been kinsmen (possibly brothers?). John is in Sullivan, Tennessee but I can't find James (I'm inclined to think that James and John were not the same person because there are subsequent census listings for each). Assuming that "Unice" is John's mother (and perhaps James' mother), she came from Virginia. James--in 1870--states that his parents were from Virginia. James is on the 1870 census with children born before his marriage to Mary. Sure enough, LDS lists a marriage in 1853 to a lady named Locadia.

Wiki research states that many records in Sullivan County were lost because of a fire in 1863. Missing are early census (to 1820), marriage, probate and court records. Jeez!

The Tennessee GenWeb page for Sullivan County cites p. 312 (Tennesseans in the Civil War):
Sullivan County Reserves (Local Defense Troops), org. June 1863 under command of Major Johnston. It had 6 companies, each headed by a captain. The 6th company (aka "the Harris Guards") was headed by Capt. J.F. Trevitt. This 6th company had been organized on 6/6/1833 at Double Springs, TN.

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Looks like John F. and James F. may have been kinsmen (possibly brothers?). John is in Sullivan, Tennessee but I can't find James (I'm inclined to think that James and John were not the same person because there are subsequent census listings for each). Assuming that "Unice" is John's mother (and perhaps James' mother), she came from Virginia. James--in 1870--states that his parents were from Virginia. James is on the 1870 census with children born before his marriage to Mary. Sure enough, LDS lists a marriage in 1853 to a lady named Locadia.

Wiki research states that many records in Sullivan County were lost because of a fire in 1863. Missing are early census (to 1820), marriage, probate and court records. Jeez!

The Tennessee GenWeb page for Sullivan County cites p. 312 (Tennesseans in the Civil War):
Sullivan County Reserves (Local Defense Troops), org. June 1863 under command of Major Johnston. It had 6 companies, each headed by a captain. The 6th company (aka "the Harris Guards") was headed by Capt. J.F. Trevitt. This 6th company had been organized on 6/6/1833 at Double Springs, TN.

His Confederate Officer's Card from Family Search

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Wiki research states that many records in Sullivan County were lost because of a fire in 1863. Missing are early census (to 1820), marriage, probate and court records. Jeez!

Yankees burnt the Courthouse!

 

[Fairfield]

Yankees burnt the Courthouse!

Well, New England has had a good many courthouse fires but nary a Yankee army! Or, perhaps, they did burn the courthouse with a mind toward making your genealogical life difficult.

That being said, I found in Sullivan County a Trivette Cemetery. Buried there are Eunice Trivette, Robert Trivette, Andrew Jackson and John E. Trivette. Who ever is maintaining the page links them as a family: Eunice & Robert as parents to Andrew J. and John E. (there are no pictures of the graves so I don't know what s/he is basing this relationship on. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146349213/robert-a-trivette. Perhaps if you contact Charles Ford (page maintainer), he may give you more information,

 

[Fairfield]

@east tennessee roots -- FYI, the Wiki Research page is https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Sullivan_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy with all sorts of suggestions and links.

 

[Fairfield]

Yankees burnt the Courthouse!

Oooh. I followed the link to the disaster to the TN Secretary of State's list of disasters and found that the cause of the catastrophe was:
fire (Civil War - Battle of Blountville). My military knowledge is limited so I didn't know this off the top of my head. But the culprit isn't named; apparently an artillery barrage shattered the courthouse.

 

[DixieRifles]

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Oooh. I followed the link to the disaster to the TN Secretary of State's list of disasters and found that the cause of the catastrophe was:
fire (Civil War - Battle of Blountville). My military knowledge is limited so I didn't know this off the top of my head. But the culprit isn't named; apparently an artillery barrage shattered the courthouse.

Your assistance is much appreciated!!!

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

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Thank you very much, my friend!!!

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Eunice & Robert as parents to Andrew J. and John E. (there are no pictures of the graves

Thanks again to everyone for their help.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146239535/delceina-booher. I believe the only stone in the cemetery can barely be seen in the upper right-hand side of the photo?

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2578292/memorial-search#srp-top

Probable site of overgrown Trevitte cemetery. Across the road from 325 Hidden Acres Rd.

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

Sure enough, LDS lists a marriage in 1853 to a lady named Locadia.

Married in neighboring Greene County, Tenn.

 

[Fairfield]

Married in neighboring Greene County, Tenn.

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It's a good thing that they weren't married in Sullivan County or all record might have been lost.

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

It's a good thing that they weren't married in Sullivan County or all record might have been lost.

Home of Andy Johnson! Those Tennessee Yanks weren't about to burn that Courthouse

 

[Fairfield]

Home of Andy Johnson! Those Tennessee Yanks weren't about to burn that Courthouse

I should think not--because, according to Greene County history (https://www.greenecountytngov.com/greene-county-tennessee-history/), it was predominately Unionist. According to that history, the courthouse there is perhaps the only one to have ACW monuments commemorating both sides.

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

it was predominately Unionist.

while Sullivan was referred to by area Unionists as "Little Confederacy".