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CPT Jonathan Waddell

Birth
Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Death
11 Mar 1836 (aged 57)
Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Washington County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Jonathan is also known as Jonathan Waddill. He is the son of John Waddell, born 1736 in Ireland, and Rachel Quee, born 1738 in Pennsylvania.
He married Hannah Greenway (daughter of John William and Elizabeth Humphreys Greenway) 17 Dec 1803. Hannah was born 8 May 1785, died 29 Nov 1867. She relocated with Waddill family members to Illinois, where she died, and was buried at Campground Cemetery in Paradise, Coles County, Illinois, listed as Hannah Greenway Waddill. Research is ongoing. [According to Index of Interments of Coles Co., IL cemeteries, Vols. 1-4 of The Prairie Sleeps, Coles County Genealogical Society in Charleston, Illinois, Vol 1 Pg 64: Waddill Hannah Greenway.]

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Information provided by Jim Roberts:
Jonathan left a will probated 1836, in which he states:
"To son Samuel ... Thomas ... to wife Hannah ... son Jonathan ... two little daughters."

Jonathan served in Colonel Samuel Bayless' Regiment
DESIGNATION: 4th Regiment of East Tennessee Militia
DATES: November 1814 - May 1815
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Washington, Jefferson, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, and Sullivan Counties
CAPTAINS: Joseph Bacon, John Brock, James Churchman, Joseph Goodson, Joseph Hale, Solomon Hendricks, Branch Jones, James Landen, Joseph Rich, JONATHAN WADDELL
BRIEF HISTORY: This regiment, along with Colonel William Johnson's Third Regiment and Colonel Edwin Booth's Fifth Regiment, defended the lower section of the Mississippi Territory, particularly the vicinity of Mobile. They protected the region from possible Indian incursions and any British invasion. These regiments were under the command of Major General William Carroll. They manned the various forts that were located throughout the territory: Fort Claiborne, Fort Decatur, and Fort Montgomery, for example. Sickness was rampant in this regiment and the desertion rate was high. The regiment mustered in at Knoxville and was dismissed at Mobile. - TSLA
Jonathan is also known as Jonathan Waddill. He is the son of John Waddell, born 1736 in Ireland, and Rachel Quee, born 1738 in Pennsylvania.
He married Hannah Greenway (daughter of John William and Elizabeth Humphreys Greenway) 17 Dec 1803. Hannah was born 8 May 1785, died 29 Nov 1867. She relocated with Waddill family members to Illinois, where she died, and was buried at Campground Cemetery in Paradise, Coles County, Illinois, listed as Hannah Greenway Waddill. Research is ongoing. [According to Index of Interments of Coles Co., IL cemeteries, Vols. 1-4 of The Prairie Sleeps, Coles County Genealogical Society in Charleston, Illinois, Vol 1 Pg 64: Waddill Hannah Greenway.]

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Information provided by Jim Roberts:
Jonathan left a will probated 1836, in which he states:
"To son Samuel ... Thomas ... to wife Hannah ... son Jonathan ... two little daughters."

Jonathan served in Colonel Samuel Bayless' Regiment
DESIGNATION: 4th Regiment of East Tennessee Militia
DATES: November 1814 - May 1815
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Washington, Jefferson, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, and Sullivan Counties
CAPTAINS: Joseph Bacon, John Brock, James Churchman, Joseph Goodson, Joseph Hale, Solomon Hendricks, Branch Jones, James Landen, Joseph Rich, JONATHAN WADDELL
BRIEF HISTORY: This regiment, along with Colonel William Johnson's Third Regiment and Colonel Edwin Booth's Fifth Regiment, defended the lower section of the Mississippi Territory, particularly the vicinity of Mobile. They protected the region from possible Indian incursions and any British invasion. These regiments were under the command of Major General William Carroll. They manned the various forts that were located throughout the territory: Fort Claiborne, Fort Decatur, and Fort Montgomery, for example. Sickness was rampant in this regiment and the desertion rate was high. The regiment mustered in at Knoxville and was dismissed at Mobile. - TSLA


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