Littleton Abernathy married Rachel Cutbirth
6 Feb 1816 in Giles County,Tennessee.
He served in the War of 1812 from 4 Oct 1813 to 14 Jan 1814 in Colonel Thomas McCrory's regiment under Captain Samuel B. McKnight
DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Militia
DATES: October 1813 - January 1814
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Williamson, Maury, Giles, Overton, Rutherford, and Smith Counties
CAPTAINS: William Dooley, Thomas K. Gordon, SAMUEL B. McKNIGHT, Anthony Metcalf, Isaac Patton, John Reynolds, James Shannon, Abel Willis
BRIEF HISTORY:
Part of General Isaac Roberts' Second Brigade, these three-month enlistees were mustered in at Franklin, Tennessee and mustered out at Fort Strother. The regiment participated in the Battle of Talladega (9 November 1813). Jackson tried to get them to serve longer than the three-month term, but only Captain Abel Willis (Overton County) and nineteen men stayed.
The number of men in each company was relatively small, averaging about fifty (one company, led by Captain James Shannon of Williamson County had a complement of twenty-nine men). Famed Presbyterian minister Gideon Blackburn served as regimental chaplain.
6 Feb 1816 in Giles County,Tennessee.
He served in the War of 1812 from 4 Oct 1813 to 14 Jan 1814 in Colonel Thomas McCrory's regiment under Captain Samuel B. McKnight
DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Militia
DATES: October 1813 - January 1814
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Williamson, Maury, Giles, Overton, Rutherford, and Smith Counties
CAPTAINS: William Dooley, Thomas K. Gordon, SAMUEL B. McKNIGHT, Anthony Metcalf, Isaac Patton, John Reynolds, James Shannon, Abel Willis
BRIEF HISTORY:
Part of General Isaac Roberts' Second Brigade, these three-month enlistees were mustered in at Franklin, Tennessee and mustered out at Fort Strother. The regiment participated in the Battle of Talladega (9 November 1813). Jackson tried to get them to serve longer than the three-month term, but only Captain Abel Willis (Overton County) and nineteen men stayed.
The number of men in each company was relatively small, averaging about fifty (one company, led by Captain James Shannon of Williamson County had a complement of twenty-nine men). Famed Presbyterian minister Gideon Blackburn served as regimental chaplain.
Littleton Abernathy married Rachel Cutbirth
6 Feb 1816 in Giles County,Tennessee.
He served in the War of 1812 from 4 Oct 1813 to 14 Jan 1814 in Colonel Thomas McCrory's regiment under Captain Samuel B. McKnight
DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Militia
DATES: October 1813 - January 1814
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Williamson, Maury, Giles, Overton, Rutherford, and Smith Counties
CAPTAINS: William Dooley, Thomas K. Gordon, SAMUEL B. McKNIGHT, Anthony Metcalf, Isaac Patton, John Reynolds, James Shannon, Abel Willis
BRIEF HISTORY:
Part of General Isaac Roberts' Second Brigade, these three-month enlistees were mustered in at Franklin, Tennessee and mustered out at Fort Strother. The regiment participated in the Battle of Talladega (9 November 1813). Jackson tried to get them to serve longer than the three-month term, but only Captain Abel Willis (Overton County) and nineteen men stayed.
The number of men in each company was relatively small, averaging about fifty (one company, led by Captain James Shannon of Williamson County had a complement of twenty-nine men). Famed Presbyterian minister Gideon Blackburn served as regimental chaplain.
6 Feb 1816 in Giles County,Tennessee.
He served in the War of 1812 from 4 Oct 1813 to 14 Jan 1814 in Colonel Thomas McCrory's regiment under Captain Samuel B. McKnight
DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Militia
DATES: October 1813 - January 1814
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Williamson, Maury, Giles, Overton, Rutherford, and Smith Counties
CAPTAINS: William Dooley, Thomas K. Gordon, SAMUEL B. McKNIGHT, Anthony Metcalf, Isaac Patton, John Reynolds, James Shannon, Abel Willis
BRIEF HISTORY:
Part of General Isaac Roberts' Second Brigade, these three-month enlistees were mustered in at Franklin, Tennessee and mustered out at Fort Strother. The regiment participated in the Battle of Talladega (9 November 1813). Jackson tried to get them to serve longer than the three-month term, but only Captain Abel Willis (Overton County) and nineteen men stayed.
The number of men in each company was relatively small, averaging about fifty (one company, led by Captain James Shannon of Williamson County had a complement of twenty-nine men). Famed Presbyterian minister Gideon Blackburn served as regimental chaplain.
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