Jesse Maxey was born in 1750, son of Walter Maxey and grandson of Edward who came from Wales in the late 1600s. The family emigrated from France to America in about 1725. He had five children. He died in 1808 and is buried north of Gallatin, Tennessee.
Virginia Black File: Jesse was wounded while traveling along the road near Asher's Station. Seeing that escape by flight was impossible, he fell face downward on the ground. His pursuers came up, scalped him, thrust a hunting knife into his throat, and left him to die. He was found by his friends, carried into the fort, and nursed back to life.
1788 Gallatin Tennessee: Jesse lived another 20 years but received his nourishment through an opening in his throat, as the scar tissue which formed over his esophagus prevented him from swallowing properly. He was a tall, light-complexioned man weighing at least 200 pounds, but later became very bent and thin as the result of his disability.
He is buried at Douglas cemetery, three miles north of Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee.
Virginia Black File: Jesse was wounded while traveling along the road near Asher's Station. Seeing that escape by flight was impossible, he fell face downward on the ground. His pursuers came up, scalped him, thrust a hunting knife into his throat, and left him to die. He was found by his friends, carried into the fort, and nursed back to life.
1788 Gallatin Tennessee: Jesse lived another 20 years but received his nourishment through an opening in his throat, as the scar tissue which formed over his esophagus prevented him from swallowing properly. He was a tall, light-complexioned man weighing at least 200 pounds, but later became very bent and thin as the result of his disability.
He is buried at Douglas cemetery, three miles north of Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee.
Jesse Maxey was born in 1750, son of Walter Maxey and grandson of Edward who came from Wales in the late 1600s. The family emigrated from France to America in about 1725. He had five children. He died in 1808 and is buried north of Gallatin, Tennessee.
Virginia Black File: Jesse was wounded while traveling along the road near Asher's Station. Seeing that escape by flight was impossible, he fell face downward on the ground. His pursuers came up, scalped him, thrust a hunting knife into his throat, and left him to die. He was found by his friends, carried into the fort, and nursed back to life.
1788 Gallatin Tennessee: Jesse lived another 20 years but received his nourishment through an opening in his throat, as the scar tissue which formed over his esophagus prevented him from swallowing properly. He was a tall, light-complexioned man weighing at least 200 pounds, but later became very bent and thin as the result of his disability.
He is buried at Douglas cemetery, three miles north of Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee.
Virginia Black File: Jesse was wounded while traveling along the road near Asher's Station. Seeing that escape by flight was impossible, he fell face downward on the ground. His pursuers came up, scalped him, thrust a hunting knife into his throat, and left him to die. He was found by his friends, carried into the fort, and nursed back to life.
1788 Gallatin Tennessee: Jesse lived another 20 years but received his nourishment through an opening in his throat, as the scar tissue which formed over his esophagus prevented him from swallowing properly. He was a tall, light-complexioned man weighing at least 200 pounds, but later became very bent and thin as the result of his disability.
He is buried at Douglas cemetery, three miles north of Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee.
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"PVT. JESSE MAXEY
REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOT IN VA. MILITIA
B. 1750 IN CUMBERLAND CO. VA.
D. 1808 IN SUMTER CO. TN.
CAPT. SAMUEL KIRKMAN'S COMPANY
SIGNED THE CUMBERLAND PACT AT FT. NASHBOROUGH
SCALPED IN 1788 AND LIVED ANOTHER 20 YEARS."
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