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Maj Constantine Perkins Sneed

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Maj Constantine Perkins Sneed

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
12 Aug 1864 (aged 73)
Tennessee, USA
Burial
Brentwood, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Constantine Perkins Sneed. He served with General Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812 and participated in the Battle New Orleans. He returned to Tennessee
after the war and married his cousin Susannah Perkins Sneed and
started construction of Windy Hill,
Taken from the book Historic Williamson County Homes and Sites by Virginia Bowman submitted by LindaMooreMora
Received a wound at Chickamauga which his leg had to be removed. His oldest brother James himself a Conf. solder was trying to reach his brother. James made a casket to bring Constantine home which was made out from the side of a barn. Their father died from a broken heart some months later.
Constantine Perkins Sneed. He served with General Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812 and participated in the Battle New Orleans. He returned to Tennessee
after the war and married his cousin Susannah Perkins Sneed and
started construction of Windy Hill,
Taken from the book Historic Williamson County Homes and Sites by Virginia Bowman submitted by LindaMooreMora
Received a wound at Chickamauga which his leg had to be removed. His oldest brother James himself a Conf. solder was trying to reach his brother. James made a casket to bring Constantine home which was made out from the side of a barn. Their father died from a broken heart some months later.

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MAJOR CONSTANTINE P. SNEED
BORN IN VIRGINIA

small metal star shaped marker has this additional inscription
"IN HONOR OF SERVICE IN THE WAR OF 1812
N.S. U.S.D. 1812 CONSTANTINE PERKINS SNEED"

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