Joseph Truston Haynes was born in Hanover Hills, Oconee County, South Carolina in 1824 to Rebecca Morris and Ira Haynes. Eventually, the family migrated to Meigs County, Tennesee where Joseph T. Haynes remained for a number of years.
1850 Census - Meigs County, TN
Ira Haynes/Hanes 51
Rebecca Haynes 54
Joseph T Haynes 26 *
Malinda Haynes 24
John W Haynes 22
There he married Matilda McCorkle, February 10, 1853. Matilda was the daughter of Sammuel and Phoebe McCorkle.
From their marriage, four children were born: Ira Clinton Haynes (1856), Lucinda R. Haynes (1857), Christena Elizabeth "Teney" Haynes (1858), and Mary Catherine "Cat" Haynes (1860). All were born in Tennessee. At the 1860 census, he was a "saddler," a maker of saddles.
1860 Census - Goodfield, Meigs Co., TN
Truston Haynes 34
Matilda Haynes 28
Lucinda Haynes 6
C J Haynes 4
Tenie E Haynes 1
During this period, tensions for the War Between the States were building. Meigs County was among the few East Tennessee counties to vote in favor of Tennessee's Ordinance of Secession in June 1861. The state's ties to the Union were severed. Shortly after, the Civil War began.
Joseph Truston Haynes mustered in as a private, November 1, 1861, at Decatur Tennessee. He served the Confederacy, including Company C, of Tennessee's 5th Regiment (McKenzie's Calvary). His record notes he was 37 years of age at the time of enlistment. The war ended in 1865.
1880 Census - Meigs County, TN
Truston Haynes 55
Matilda Haynes 35
Clinton Haynes 22
Nancy Graves 15 (servant)
In 1891, Joseph Truston Haynes was still listed as a Meigs County voter in a census index. Sometime, thereafter, he moved/traveled to Barling, Sebastian County, Arkansas where his daughter Christena and her husband had settled. According to family, Joseph and Matilda traveled often between Arkansas and Tennessee. Their daughter, Mary Catherine, made her home in Oklahoma, at that time, Indian Territory.
Joseph Truston Haynes died in 1893 while in Arkansas. Matilda had become weary of travel and stayed behind in Tennessee. J.T. Haynes was buried at Barling Cemetery which became the eventual resting place of his daughter, Christena Elizabeth "Teney" Haynes Hayes and her husband. Their graves are located under a large cedar tree on the north side of the center section.
Matilda outlived her husband by four years. According to a 1897 city directory of Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, Matilda resided in the home of her son, Ira Clinton Haynes, after the death of her husband.
Matilda passed away on August 1, 1898 and is buried in Tennessee, most likely Beason Cemetery where her son, Ira Clinton Haynes, is buried.
1850 Census - Meigs County, TN
Ira Haynes/Hanes 51
Rebecca Haynes 54
Joseph T Haynes 26 *
Malinda Haynes 24
John W Haynes 22
There he married Matilda McCorkle, February 10, 1853. Matilda was the daughter of Sammuel and Phoebe McCorkle.
From their marriage, four children were born: Ira Clinton Haynes (1856), Lucinda R. Haynes (1857), Christena Elizabeth "Teney" Haynes (1858), and Mary Catherine "Cat" Haynes (1860). All were born in Tennessee. At the 1860 census, he was a "saddler," a maker of saddles.
1860 Census - Goodfield, Meigs Co., TN
Truston Haynes 34
Matilda Haynes 28
Lucinda Haynes 6
C J Haynes 4
Tenie E Haynes 1
During this period, tensions for the War Between the States were building. Meigs County was among the few East Tennessee counties to vote in favor of Tennessee's Ordinance of Secession in June 1861. The state's ties to the Union were severed. Shortly after, the Civil War began.
Joseph Truston Haynes mustered in as a private, November 1, 1861, at Decatur Tennessee. He served the Confederacy, including Company C, of Tennessee's 5th Regiment (McKenzie's Calvary). His record notes he was 37 years of age at the time of enlistment. The war ended in 1865.
1880 Census - Meigs County, TN
Truston Haynes 55
Matilda Haynes 35
Clinton Haynes 22
Nancy Graves 15 (servant)
In 1891, Joseph Truston Haynes was still listed as a Meigs County voter in a census index. Sometime, thereafter, he moved/traveled to Barling, Sebastian County, Arkansas where his daughter Christena and her husband had settled. According to family, Joseph and Matilda traveled often between Arkansas and Tennessee. Their daughter, Mary Catherine, made her home in Oklahoma, at that time, Indian Territory.
Joseph Truston Haynes died in 1893 while in Arkansas. Matilda had become weary of travel and stayed behind in Tennessee. J.T. Haynes was buried at Barling Cemetery which became the eventual resting place of his daughter, Christena Elizabeth "Teney" Haynes Hayes and her husband. Their graves are located under a large cedar tree on the north side of the center section.
Matilda outlived her husband by four years. According to a 1897 city directory of Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, Matilda resided in the home of her son, Ira Clinton Haynes, after the death of her husband.
Matilda passed away on August 1, 1898 and is buried in Tennessee, most likely Beason Cemetery where her son, Ira Clinton Haynes, is buried.
Joseph Truston Haynes was born in Hanover Hills, Oconee County, South Carolina in 1824 to Rebecca Morris and Ira Haynes. Eventually, the family migrated to Meigs County, Tennesee where Joseph T. Haynes remained for a number of years.
1850 Census - Meigs County, TN
Ira Haynes/Hanes 51
Rebecca Haynes 54
Joseph T Haynes 26 *
Malinda Haynes 24
John W Haynes 22
There he married Matilda McCorkle, February 10, 1853. Matilda was the daughter of Sammuel and Phoebe McCorkle.
From their marriage, four children were born: Ira Clinton Haynes (1856), Lucinda R. Haynes (1857), Christena Elizabeth "Teney" Haynes (1858), and Mary Catherine "Cat" Haynes (1860). All were born in Tennessee. At the 1860 census, he was a "saddler," a maker of saddles.
1860 Census - Goodfield, Meigs Co., TN
Truston Haynes 34
Matilda Haynes 28
Lucinda Haynes 6
C J Haynes 4
Tenie E Haynes 1
During this period, tensions for the War Between the States were building. Meigs County was among the few East Tennessee counties to vote in favor of Tennessee's Ordinance of Secession in June 1861. The state's ties to the Union were severed. Shortly after, the Civil War began.
Joseph Truston Haynes mustered in as a private, November 1, 1861, at Decatur Tennessee. He served the Confederacy, including Company C, of Tennessee's 5th Regiment (McKenzie's Calvary). His record notes he was 37 years of age at the time of enlistment. The war ended in 1865.
1880 Census - Meigs County, TN
Truston Haynes 55
Matilda Haynes 35
Clinton Haynes 22
Nancy Graves 15 (servant)
In 1891, Joseph Truston Haynes was still listed as a Meigs County voter in a census index. Sometime, thereafter, he moved/traveled to Barling, Sebastian County, Arkansas where his daughter Christena and her husband had settled. According to family, Joseph and Matilda traveled often between Arkansas and Tennessee. Their daughter, Mary Catherine, made her home in Oklahoma, at that time, Indian Territory.
Joseph Truston Haynes died in 1893 while in Arkansas. Matilda had become weary of travel and stayed behind in Tennessee. J.T. Haynes was buried at Barling Cemetery which became the eventual resting place of his daughter, Christena Elizabeth "Teney" Haynes Hayes and her husband. Their graves are located under a large cedar tree on the north side of the center section.
Matilda outlived her husband by four years. According to a 1897 city directory of Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, Matilda resided in the home of her son, Ira Clinton Haynes, after the death of her husband.
Matilda passed away on August 1, 1898 and is buried in Tennessee, most likely Beason Cemetery where her son, Ira Clinton Haynes, is buried.
1850 Census - Meigs County, TN
Ira Haynes/Hanes 51
Rebecca Haynes 54
Joseph T Haynes 26 *
Malinda Haynes 24
John W Haynes 22
There he married Matilda McCorkle, February 10, 1853. Matilda was the daughter of Sammuel and Phoebe McCorkle.
From their marriage, four children were born: Ira Clinton Haynes (1856), Lucinda R. Haynes (1857), Christena Elizabeth "Teney" Haynes (1858), and Mary Catherine "Cat" Haynes (1860). All were born in Tennessee. At the 1860 census, he was a "saddler," a maker of saddles.
1860 Census - Goodfield, Meigs Co., TN
Truston Haynes 34
Matilda Haynes 28
Lucinda Haynes 6
C J Haynes 4
Tenie E Haynes 1
During this period, tensions for the War Between the States were building. Meigs County was among the few East Tennessee counties to vote in favor of Tennessee's Ordinance of Secession in June 1861. The state's ties to the Union were severed. Shortly after, the Civil War began.
Joseph Truston Haynes mustered in as a private, November 1, 1861, at Decatur Tennessee. He served the Confederacy, including Company C, of Tennessee's 5th Regiment (McKenzie's Calvary). His record notes he was 37 years of age at the time of enlistment. The war ended in 1865.
1880 Census - Meigs County, TN
Truston Haynes 55
Matilda Haynes 35
Clinton Haynes 22
Nancy Graves 15 (servant)
In 1891, Joseph Truston Haynes was still listed as a Meigs County voter in a census index. Sometime, thereafter, he moved/traveled to Barling, Sebastian County, Arkansas where his daughter Christena and her husband had settled. According to family, Joseph and Matilda traveled often between Arkansas and Tennessee. Their daughter, Mary Catherine, made her home in Oklahoma, at that time, Indian Territory.
Joseph Truston Haynes died in 1893 while in Arkansas. Matilda had become weary of travel and stayed behind in Tennessee. J.T. Haynes was buried at Barling Cemetery which became the eventual resting place of his daughter, Christena Elizabeth "Teney" Haynes Hayes and her husband. Their graves are located under a large cedar tree on the north side of the center section.
Matilda outlived her husband by four years. According to a 1897 city directory of Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, Matilda resided in the home of her son, Ira Clinton Haynes, after the death of her husband.
Matilda passed away on August 1, 1898 and is buried in Tennessee, most likely Beason Cemetery where her son, Ira Clinton Haynes, is buried.
Gravesite Details
The original gravestone is a field rock. Initials J.T.H. and year of death are hand-chiseled and can be seen when lightly chalked. A new stone was set in 2011 by family members adjacent to the original (some 118 years after his death).
