Gibson County Tennessee

[rgtaylor61]

My family comes from Gibson County Tennessee and I'd love to correspond with anyone who has researched that area. Im pretty sure ive located three family members but would love help locating others or just discussing information. Taylor, Ford, Baker, Arnold, Mcalister, Mullins to name a few.

 

[lupaglupa]

That's west of my folks but I'm betting there are others on CWT who hail from that area.

 

[DixieRifles]

My family comes from Gibson County Tennessee . . . . . . . . Taylor, Ford, Baker, Arnold, Mcalister, Mullins to name a few.

I currently live in West Tennessee even though my family are Mississippians. However, when I hear Gibson County mentioned, I wonder if they might have been part of the Tennessee Unionists who fought at the Battle of Fort Pillow, TN, on 12 April 1864.
So I checked my roster and I found a few matches.

Isaac Baker - 13 Tenn Cav(US)
M. A. Baker - 13 Tenn Cav(US)
Andrew M. Baker of the 52 Indiana Regt

Richard Mullins - 13 Tenn Cav(US)

David H. Taylor - 13 Tenn Cav(US)
James N. (or A.) Taylor (sometimes written as Tally)
John C. Taylor - 13 Tenn Cav(US)
John Taylor (possible duplicate)
James K. Polk Taylor - 6 Tenn Cav(US)
{several USCT soldiers named Taylor}

Ezekiel Arnold - 13 Tenn Cav(US)
J. Arnold (could be Ezekiel Arnold)

I would NOT rule out some of your ancestors having served on the Union side. Some of these soldiers in the 13 Tennessee Cavalry (US) had previously served in the Confederate Army.

Welcome.

 

[rgtaylor61]

I currently live in West Tennessee even though my family are Mississippians. However, when I hear Gibson County mentioned, I wonder if they might have been part of the Tennessee Unionists who fought at the Battle of Fort Pillow, TN, on 12 April 1864.
So I checked my roster and I found a few matches.

Isaac Baker - 13 Tenn Cav(US)
M. A. Baker - 13 Tenn Cav(US)
Andrew M. Baker of the 52 Indiana Regt

Richard Mullins - 13 Tenn Cav(US)

David H. Taylor - 13 Tenn Cav(US)
James N. (or A.) Taylor (sometimes written as Tally)
John C. Taylor - 13 Tenn Cav(US)
John Taylor (possible duplicate)
James K. Polk Taylor - 6 Tenn Cav(US)
{several USCT soldiers named Taylor}

Ezekiel Arnold - 13 Tenn Cav(US)
J. Arnold (could be Ezekiel Arnold)

I would NOT rule out some of your ancestors having served on the Union side. Some of these soldiers in the 13 Tennessee Cavalry (US) had previously served in the Confederate Army.

Welcome.

Thank you for this information. I do know that my relative Henry S. Paris (Parrish) serviced with the 7th Tennessee Cavalry USA and was a prisoner at Andersonville and later Camp Lawton where he died. His brother William Livingston Paris served in the 12th Kentucky CSA. ive learned that the Gibson County area had a lot of pro union sentiment.

 

[DixieRifles]

I do know that my relative Henry S. Paris (Parrish) serviced with the 7th Tennessee Cavalry USA and was a prisoner at Andersonville and later Camp Lawton where he died.

I'm surprised he survived Andersonville. The 7th Tennessee Cavalry surrendered (the 2nd time) at Union City. The 7th and the 13th Tennessee Cavalries suffered 60% death rate at Andersonville.

Gibson county is like mid-way between Union City and Fort Pillow. Both were locations where the 13th Tenn Cavalry recruited.

 

[rgtaylor61]

I'm surprised he survived Andersonville. The 7th Tennessee Cavalry surrendered (the 2nd time) at Union City. The 7th and the 13th Tennessee Cavalries suffered 60% death rate at Andersonville.

Gibson county is like mid-way between Union City and Fort Pillow. Both were locations where the 13th Tenn Cavalry recruited.

Well he was moved to Camp Lawton In Millen Ga (North of there) and died there from what I've found. He has a grave marker at Andersonville but is listed as having died at Camp Lawton. the bodies of those who died at Camp Lawton were later moved to the National Cemetery in Beufort SC. His grave there is spelled Parrish but same First and Middle Initial. and state. Id say Andersonville killed him he jsut happened to make it a month longer and had been moved due to crowding.

 

[rgtaylor61]

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I'm surprised he survived Andersonville. The 7th Tennessee Cavalry surrendered (the 2nd time) at Union City. The 7th and the 13th Tennessee Cavalries suffered 60% death rate at Andersonville.

Gibson county is like mid-way between Union City and Fort Pillow. Both were locations where the 13th Tenn Cavalry recruited.

Id imagine southerners fighting for the Union were probably not treated very well.

 

[DixieRifles]

Id imagine southerners fighting for the Union were probably not treated very well.

That explains some of casualties at Fort Pillow. It is surprising that a small cavalry regiment like the 7 Tenn Cav had more deaths at Andersonville than large infantry regiments did.

 

[rgtaylor61]

That's west of my folks but I'm betting there are others on CWT who hail from that area.

What area were your ancestors from?

 

[lupaglupa]

What area were your ancestors from?

Middle Tennessee - mostly Franklin and Shelbyville.

 

[ShipYardRuss]

Hello all. My mother is from Gibson County not too far from the cou try seat at Trenton. That is where my grandfather's family is from. In fact out by Dyer is county area that used to be named after his family. My family on that side is relayed Isam G. Harris & supposedly Crockett bit I'm not sure on the last. Though Travis is a first or middle name in my family to this day.

During his winter "ride" in 1862 Forrest fought a small engagement in Trenton by the railroad depot. His guns were on the lawn of the county seat/courthouse. It was a win for him. My mother had a high-school teacher who was very much into the war who found some items including a sword of some sort and a shell. Dud or not I do not know.

I believe my grandfather's side was split on sides. My grandmother's side were teachers & were slave owners. Things being as they were they worked in the fields picking cotton right along with the slave's, they stayed in the same home and they broke the code by teaching them how to read. And not just the Bible. A descendant of thosebl who were freed from bondage played I think basketball for University of Chicago. Before the war they freed them but were still staunch rebels.

In Co. Aytch Watkins names a few units from places I know like the Rutherford Rifles for instance. I've visited many of the fields he fought on as well.

I'll dig up some more information and keep y'all posted as I peel this onion.

 

[lupaglupa]

Hello all. My mother is from Gibson County not too far from the cou try seat at Trenton. That is where my grandfather's family is from. In fact out by Dyer is county area that used to be named after his family. My family on that side is relayed Isam G. Harris & supposedly Crockett bit I'm not sure on the last. Though Travis is a first or middle name in my family to this day.

During his winter "ride" in 1862 Forrest fought a small engagement in Trenton by the railroad depot. His guns were on the lawn of the county seat/courthouse. It was a win for him. My mother had a high-school teacher who was very much into the war who found some items including a sword of some sort and a shell. Dud or not I do not know.

I believe my grandfather's side was split on sides. My grandmother's side were teachers & were slave owners. Things being as they were they worked in the fields picking cotton right along with the slave's, they stayed in the same home and they broke the code by teaching them how to read. And not just the Bible. A descendant of thosebl who were freed from bondage played I think basketball for University of Chicago. Before the war they freed them but were still staunch rebels.

In Co. Aytch Watkins names a few units from places I know like the Rutherford Rifles for instance. I've visited many of the fields he fought on as well.

I'll dig up some more information and keep y'all posted as I peel this onion.

This is fascinating. I love hearing family histories

 

[ShipYardRuss]

This is fascinating. I love hearing family histories

Thanks. There was so.it is said a partisan in the tree too. I cannot speak on the veracity of that fact.