Clarence Lester Richmond, Sr

Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death: Congestive Heart Failure
• Residence: 1900, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Age 4; son of Jacob and Sarah E Richmond; Older brothers Archie (16), Augustus (12), Albert (10)
• Residence: 1910, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Age 14, Son of Jacob R and Sarah E Richmond; older brother Albert E (19)
• Residence: 1917, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA
• Military: Feb 1918, Parris Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA; Marines basic training
• Military: Betw 17 Feb 1918 and 16 Feb 1922, France & Germany; U.S. Marines active and reserve dury. Most notably the Battle of Somme-Py (Blanc Mont), where he won the Distinguished Service Cross and the French Croix de Guerre
• Military: Betw Dec 1918 and Jun 1919, Segendorf, Neuwied, Palatinate; "The Watch On The Rhine", after the armistice
• Residence: 1920, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Age 24; Son of Jacob R and Sarah E Richmond, Occupation: Clerk at Woolen Mill
• Occupation: Betw 1924 and 1962, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Insurance Broker
• Residence: 1930, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Age 34, Married to Edith K Richmond; Children: Anne (5), Mary N (3 10/12), Clarence Jr (2 1/12), Joseph R (2/12); Insurance Salesman
• Residence: 1940, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Age 46; Married to Edith; Children Ann (16), Nancy (13), Clarence(12), Joe R (10); Occupation: Insurance Agent; Highest grade finished: 1st Year College
• Residence: 1955, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Insurance rep

Notes:

My grandfather, Clarence Richmond, kept a diary during his time in the U.S. Marines during World War 1 - including his time on the battlefront. He then expanded it into a memoir that tells quite a remarkable story, and has several poignant passages. In 1997, I published it online at http://www.robinrichmond.com/wardiary/

He arrived at the front toward the end of the epic Battle of Belleau Wood, earned the Distinguished Service Cross and other medals at the Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge, and participated in the decisive Meuse-Argonne offensive, which culminated a brutal crossing of the Meuse River on the last night of the war.

His diary and other artifacts of his time in the war are on display at the Museum of Five Points in Cleveland, Tennessee.

The memoir is quoted (among other places) in a description of the Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge at http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/bm1.htm

The passage from my grandfather's memoir that is, to me, the most poignant and memorable is about a battle on November10, 1918 - the last night of World War 1 - when the 5th Marines were asked to take the East bank of the Meuse River under very heavy fire from the Germans stationed on the hills above the river. (See www.robinrichmond.com/wardiary/diary20.htm ) He reveals the desperation and carnage of the night without hyperbole, and waxes eloquently on the controversy of requiring soldiers to engage in a difficult battle even after the cease-fire was negotiated, but before it went into effect. He also noted dryly that, as he prepared for that battle, "for the millionth time, I agreed with Gen. Sherman about war".

That passage is especially memorable because, in 2012, I went on a remarkable World War 1 - themed tour of Belgium and France that featured the exploits of the U.S. Marines. When I signed up for the tour, I learned that the guide was Mike Hanlon, a WW1 historian who had contacted me at least ten years previously when he first found my grandfather's memoir online. It turned out that he was using the memoir as a primary source for his detailed itinerary. Visiting the Nov 10 crossing site was a key stop on the tour - though none of us (Mike included) knew exactly how to reach the site by road. When we arrived in the vicinity of the crossing, our 16-passenger bus bounced through farm fields and a forest as we search for the crossing site. When we finally saw the river, we got out of the bus for a better look, and I read aloud the words that my grandfather had written about that battle. As we got back on the bus, Mike told me "When I planned this trip, I intended for someone to read that passage to the group, but I had no idea whatsoever that it might be read by Clarence Richmond's grandson."

- Robin Richmond


Buried:
GRid=39692853; portrait in military dress uniform; Very simple in-ground marker in family plot, plus an in-ground military marker with the inscription "Cpl US Marine Corps, World War I"

Clarence married Edith Kuykendall Hutcheson on 18 Jul 1923 in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, USA. Edith (daughter of Leander Travis (L.T.) Hutcheson, Sr and Olive Irene Kuykendall) was born on 10 Mar 1898 in Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, USA; died on 9 Jul 1996 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ann Frances Richmond was born on 4 Aug 1924 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; died on 5 May 2021 in Searcy, White County, Arkansas, USA.
2. Mary "Nancy" Richmond was born on 22 Jun 1926 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; died on 28 Apr 2008 in Irvine, Orange County, California, USA.
3. Living
4. Joe Robin Richmond was born on 7 Jan 1930 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; died on 4 Apr 1947 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer, Carpenter
• Residence: 1860, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Age: 1, with parents Wm (38) and Mary (22) and younger brother John H (2/12), and cousin John Putnam (19).
• Residence: 1870, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Jacob Wattenbarger (61) Farmer. Real Estate:$1200, Personal:$900. Susannah (52), sons Jacob (22) & George W(18), widowed dau Mary Richmond (32), (new pg) Mary's sons Jacob (12), John H (11). Jacob W Sr & Susannah cannot write. Jacob R cannot read or wri
• Residence: 1880, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Mary Richmond (35)(sic), widowed, sons Jacob (21) brother J.H. (19). Says Mary cannot read or write (I'm very sure that this is wrong) Right above Wm Trewhitt, and then Levi Trewhitt (farmers, not Judge Trewhitt)
• Residence: 1900, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Jacob Richmond(42) Farmer. Wife Sarah E(39). Married 20 yrs. Births:4. Sons Archie R(16), Augustus(12), Albert E(10), and Clarence (4). Everyone over 8 can read&write. Two families above Jacob's mother and step-father, Mary & Gilmore Randolph.
• Residence: 1910, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Jacob Richmond(51) Farmer; wife Sarah E (48), Married 27 yrs. Sons Albert E(19) and Clarence L (14).
• Residence: 1920, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Jacob Richmond (60) Carpenter; Wife Sarah E (58). Son Clarence L (24). Address: 405 E 25th St. Owns home free of mortgage.

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=39692857; Very simple in-ground marker

Jacob married Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bacon on 30 Apr 1882 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA. Sarah (daughter of Benjamin Franklin Bacon and Mary Ann Trewhitt) was born on 30 Apr 1861 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; died on 25 May 1946 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Benjamin F Bacon (38) Farmer. Wife Mary A(39), Children: David M(9), Elizabeth(8), Alice E(5), Joseph(3), Louisa(2). Real Estate:$2500, Personal:$1000
• Residence: 1880, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Frank Bacon(45) Farmer. Father b PA, Mother b.??. Wife Mary(43) Father&Mother b.NC, Children D. M.(20), Sarah E.(19), Alice E.(15), Joseph A.(17), Louiza A.(11), B.F.(9), Rosia(5)
• Residence: 1900, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Jacob Richmond(42) Farmer. Wife Sarah E(39). Married 20 yrs. Births:4. Sons Archie R(16), Augustus(12), Albert E(10), and Clarence (4). Everyone over 8 can read&write. Two families above Jacob's mother and step-father, Mary & Gilmore Randolph.
• Residence: 1910, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1910, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Jacob Richmond(51) Farmer; wife Sarah E (48), Married 27 yrs. Sons Albert E(19) and Clarence L(14).
• Residence: 1920, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Jacob Richmond (60) Carpenter; Wife Sarah E (58). Son Clarence L (24). Address: 405 E 25th St. Owns home free of mortgage.
• Residence: 1930, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Elizabeth Richmond(68); Widowed. Home Owned: Home Value: $2000
• Residence: 1940, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Elizabeth Richmond(79) Widowed, 314 35th St, Home owned, value or monthly rental:$1000

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=39692856; as Elizabeth Bacon Richmond; very simple in-ground marker

Died:
Family records say May 24, but her death certificate clearly says the 25th, at least twice, as does her newspaper obituary

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Residence: 1850, Subdivision 26, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Martha Richmond (78) (prob grandmother), with Mahala (24) & William R (27), plus their sister Martha's children Martha L Putnam (11) and John Putnam (9). Real Estate worth $300. 2 entries after S.D. Richmond (brother of Mahala, Wm, & Martha )
• Residence: 1860, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Wm Richmond (38) & Mary Richmond (22). Children Jacob (1) & John H (2/12). Also nephew John Putnam (19), son of Wm's sister Martha. Real estate: $1600, Personal estate:$100

William married Mary Wattenbarger on 11 Mar 1858 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA. Mary (daughter of Jacob Adam Wattenbarger and Susannah Barger) was born on 3 Mar 1838 in Greene County, Tennessee, USA; died on 2 Sep 1914 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Union Grove Church of Christ Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death: Dilated Heart/Athromatosos condition of Arteries
• Residence: 1850, Subdivision 26, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Jacob Wattenbarger(39); Wife Susanah (34); Children Adam(15), Sarah(15), Mary(12), Wiley(11), Cristean(10), Wilson(8), Samuel(7), Jacob(4)
• Residence: 1860, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Wm Richmond(38), Mary Richmond(22), Jacob Richmond (1), (page break), John H 2/12, plus John Putman (19), son of Wm's sister, Mary. Real estate:$1400, Personal Estate:$100
• Residence: 1870, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Widowed; Sons Jacob (12) and John H (11). Says Jacob cannot read or write.
• Residence: 1880, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Mary Richmond (35)(sic), widowed, sons Jacob (21) brother J.H. (19). Says Mary cannot read or write. Right above Wm Trewhitt, and then Levi Trewhitt (farmers, not Judge Trewhitt)
• Residence: 1900, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Gilmore Randolph(77) Farmer; wife Mary(60). Married 10 years(sic). She cannot read or write.

Notes:

Buried:
as Mary Randolph; GRid=70547115; large marble headstone; Inscription:d/o Jacob and Susan

Notes:

Married:
They lived in rural Bradley County, and had 2 children in a four-year marriage. He died in 1862.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Subdivision 4, Washington County, Tennessee, USA; As Franklin Bacon (15), a farmer, with 3 brothers and parents Jacob (49) and Elizabeth (51)
• Residence: 1860, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; As Benj F, age 25; no occupation listed
• Residence: 1870, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; As Benjamin F Bacon(35), Farmer; Real estate $2500, personal estate $1000.
• Residence: 1870, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Improved:80ac, Woodlands:70ac, Farm:$2500, Machinery:$75, Horses:2, Milch Cows:3, Other cattle:6, Sheep:20, Swine:9, Livestock:$800, Winter wheat:??, Indian Corn:250bu, Wool:30lbs, Irish Potatoes:12Bu, Sweet Potatoes:12Bu, Butter:156lbs, Hay:1 ton, Molass
• Residence: 1880, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; As Frank Bacon (age 45), farmer.
• Residence: 1900, Richland Twp, Labette County, Kansas, USA; As Benjamin F Bacon (63), with wife Annie Bacon (28) and son Fred W (4), married in 1894. Occupation: F, Renting; living on Farm. Both parents born in Tennessee
• Residence: 1910, Washington, Stone County, Missouri, USA; As Benjamin F Bacon (75), with wife Anna (48) and son Fred (14). Farmer, Own farm Free of mortgage, Father born in Pa, Mother in Va.

Notes:

Residence:
With wife Mary Ann (23) and son David M (age 11/12), (both on next census page), evidently in father-in-law Levi Trewhitt's household


Residence:
With wife Mary A(33) and children David M(9), Elizabeth(8), Alice E(5), Joseph(3), Louisa(2). Only David is marked as attending school

Residence:
With wife Mary (43) and children D.M. (20-farming), Sarah E (19), Alice E(15-at school), Joseph A(13-farming), Louiza A(11-at school), B.F (9-at school), Rosia (5). Father born in PA [[NOT]], Mother born in VA.

Buried:
GRid=103609093; no headstone photo

Died:
Cause: Pneumonia; Senility

Benjamin married Mary Ann Trewhitt on 20 Aug 1858 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA. Mary (daughter of Judge Levi Trewhitt and Harriett Lavender) was born on 2 Apr 1836 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; died on 3 Feb 1886 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Subdivision 26; As Mary A Trewhitt (14), with parents Levi (52) and Harriett(47), and 11 siblings ranging in age from 4 to 30.
• Residence: 1860, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; District 5; As Mary A(25)
• Residence: 1870, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; As Mary A (age 33)
• Residence: 1880, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; As Mary (age 43)

Notes:

Residence:
With Benjamin Bacon (25) and son David M (age 11/12), evidently in father Levi Trewhitt's household with step-mother Nancy, 10 siblings, and a sister-in-law

Residence:
Wife of Benjamin F Bacon(35), with children David M(9), Elizabeth(8), Alice E(5), Joseph(3), Louisa(2). Only David is marked as attending school.
Immediately followed (on next census page) by her sisters Rebecca (25) and Jane Trewhitt (20) , and then (presumably) his mother Elizabeth Bacon, age 70.

Residence:
Wife of Frank Bacon (45) with children D.M. (20-farming), Sarah E (19), Alice E(15-at school), Joseph A(13-farming), Louiza A(11-at school), B.F (9-at school), Rosia (5). Mother and father born in N.C.

Buried:
GRid=162009401; Lists all her children and grandchildren. Grave not found. Her parents and one daughter are buried here, but husband Benjamin Franklin Bacon remarried and moved to Missouri.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Residence: 1830, Greene County, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1840, Greene County, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1850, Subdivision 26, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Age 39; Wife Susanah (34); Children Adam(15), Sarah(15), Mary(12), Wiley(11), Cristean(10), Wilson(8), Samuel(7), Jacob(4)
• Residence: 1860, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Age51, Farmer; Wife Susunnah(43); Children Jacob Wattenbarger (51); Children Wiley(20), Christiann(19), Wilson(18), Samuel(16), Jacob(13), George W(8), Malinda(8). Real Estate value:$3000, Personal Estate:$1000
• Residence: 1862, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1870, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Jacob Wattenbarger (61) Farmer. Real Estate:$1200, Personal:$900. Susannah (52), sons Jacob (22) & George W(18), widowed dau Mary Richmond (32), (new pg) Mary's sons Jacob (12), John H (11). Jacob W Sr & Susannah cannot write. Jacob R cannot read or write
• Residence: 1880, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Jacob Wattenbarger(69) Widower, Farmer. Son George(27) Farmer, his wife Josie(22), children Malinda(5), SA(1)

Notes:

Residence:
1880 Federal Agricultural Schedule:
Tilled:100a, meadows:10a, Woodlands:60a;
Value:farm:$1200, Implements:$150, Livestock:$500; Production:$600,
Grassland Mown:4a, Hay:4a;
Horses:5, Mules:1;
Milch cows:5, Other cattle:1, Calves:5, Cattle sold:5, Slaughtered:1, butter: 250lb, Sheep:22, Lambs:8, Sold:3, Saughtered:1, Killed by dogs:1, Shorn:16,30lbs, Swine:40, Poultry:Barnyard:25, Other:21, Eggs:200doz.
Corn:27a,500bu; Oats:8a,10bu; Wheat:20a,40bu; Sorghum:1a; Molasses:90gal.
Canadian Peas:4bu, Sweet potatoes:1/4?a,25bu;


Buried:
GRid=34225605;Thin headstone says "J Wattenbarger". No bio Headstone

Jacob married Susannah Barger on 20 May 1834 in Washington County, Tennessee, USA. Susannah (daughter of Wiland Barger and Christiana Zetty) was born on 15 Jul 1816 in Washington County, Tennessee, USA; died on 11 Nov 1878 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Subdivision 26, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Jacob Wattenbarger(39); Wife Susanah (34); Children Adam(15), Sarah(15), Mary(12), Wiley(11), Cristean(10), Wilson(8), Samuel(7), Jacob(4)
• Residence: 1860, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Age 43; Husb Jacob Wattenbarger (51); Children Wiley(20), Christiann(19), Wilson(18), Samuel(16), Jacob(13), George W(8), Malinda(8)
• Residence: 1870, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=34225685; tall thin headstone says "Susannah, wife of J Wattenbarger". No bio.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Washington County, Tennessee, USA; Farmer
• Residence: 1830, Washington County, Tennessee, USA; Males: 20-29(Jacob); 5-9(Charles,David); Females: 20-29(Wife Eliz.); <5(Mary Jane,Julia);
• Residence: 1838, Washington County, Tennessee, USA; Agricultrual schedule; 660 acres, $3300, Tax $165. One of the top 6-8 (of hundreds) landholders in the county, though his land wasn't the best, judging from his tax rate compared to others.
• Residence: 1840, Washington County, Tennessee, USA; Males: 30-38(Jacob); <5(Jacob Jr); 5-9(Benj.Franklin,Elbert); 15-19(David,Charles); Females: 40-49(Wife Eliz); 5-9:(Elisa); 10-14(Mary Jane); 15-19(Julie). 1 adult cannot read or write.
• Possessions: 29 Aug 1849, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1850, Subdivision 4, Washington County, Tennessee, USA; Age 49, Farmer, Wife Elizabeth (41), Sons Elbert(17), Franklin(15), Jacob(13), Harrison(10); Improved:190 acres, Unip: 197 acres, farm:$4000, equip:$300, horses:6, milch cows:5, other cattle:6, Sheep:44, Son same census sheet as son Nelson Bacon's family.
• Residence: 25 Nov 1850, Washington County, Tennessee, USA; District 4; Agricultural Schedule: Improved:190 acres, Unimp:197, farm:$4000, equip:$300, horses:6, milch cows:5, cattle:6, Sheep:44, Swine:40, livestock:$380, Wheat:100, Corn:400, Oats:200, Wool:100, Butter:300, Flax:40, Flaxseed:5, manufactures:$80, Slaughtered:$60

Jacob married Elizabeth Keebler on 4 Oct 1821 in Washington County, Tennessee, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Jacob Armay Keebler, II and Mary Barbara Young) was born on 21 Apr 1799 in Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA; died in 1870 in Bradley County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1830, Washington County, Tennessee, USA; The census reports only the name of the head of household and the approximate ages of everyone in the family. Those dates match other records with explicit dates or ages, so I am fully confident that this entry does refer to our Jacob and Elizabeth.
• Residence: 1840, Washington County, Tennessee, USA; Unnamed, with Jacob Bacon and 8 unnamed children
• Residence: 1850, Subdivision 4, Washington County, Tennessee, USA; Age 37[sic], Husb Jacob (49), Elbert (17), Franklin (15), Jacob (13), Harrison (10); on same census sheet as son Nelson Bacon's family. (She was 51, and the census age could be interpreted as 51, but upon inspection, it really does say 37)
• Residence: 1860, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Widowed; With two sons, Jacob(22), William H (19)
• Residence: 1870, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; District 13; Age 70, Widowed, no children; in dwelling listed immediately after son Benjamin F Bacon.
• Residence: 1870, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Immediatedly below the entry for her son Benjamin F Bacon - Milch Cows:1, Value of all livestock $25

Notes:

I can find no documentation of the death date, or her burial.


Birth:
The Keebler family Bible says 1797, but Elizabeth's own bible, in which she calls herself Elizabeth Kibler, says 1799.

Notes:

Married:
According to her Bible; county records say 2 Oct

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Lawyer, Judge, Farmer
• Probate: Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA; Just an index, but suggests his will was filed in Hamilton County, not Bradley County
• Residence: 1830, Morgan County, Tennessee, USA; Males<5:2 (Andrew, Levi), <15:1 (James), 20-29:1 (??), 30-39:1 (Levi, age 33), Females <5:Sarah, 20:29:1(wife Harriet, age 27t), 50-59:1 (mother or m.i.l?)
• Residence: 1836, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Settled on his farm at about the same time that Bradley County was formed
• Civil: 1837, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; TN General Assembly chartered Cleveland and appointed Levi Trewitt as a commissioner.
• Residence: 1840, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; Free White Males <5:1 (Wm), <10:1(Jesse), <15:2(Levi,Daniel), <20:1(James), <30:1(Levi;wrong), Female:<5:1(Mary A), <10:2(Lucinda,Harriett), <15:1(Sarah), <20:1(Susan). Wife Harriett(age 37) omitted.
• Residence: 1850, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; 52, Lawyer. Real estate $5,000. Born in N.C. Wife Harriett(47); Children James(30), Andrew J(24), Sarah(22), Levi(21), Harriet(19), Lucinda(15), Mary Ann(14), Thomas(12;sic), Wm(9;sic), Rebecca(54), Caroline(2), Nancy(10).
• Residence: 1860, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; 63, Lawyer. Real estate $15,000. Born in N.C
• Possessions: 1862, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; IRS Tax assessment: J.M. Trewhitt, admin of Levi Trewhitt Dec. Acres:389 Valuation $2880, Taxes:$10.08 Penalty:$5.04

Notes:

Judge Trewhitt was a civic leader in Bradley County. In 1861, though he was in his 60's, he was arrested and imprisioned by the Confederacy without trial after Union sympathizers burned several bridges in East Tennessee. Despite numerous appeals for his release and testimony that he actively discouraged participation in the rebellion againts the Confederacy, he was not released, and he died in prison camp in Mobile, Alabama. The "History" media items attached to this record give more details of his case. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Tennessee_bridge_burnings

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Judge Trewhitt's parentage is not documented, and various unsourced online trees differ about who his parents were.

The majority of Ancestry.com trees that include him say that his parents were James Madison Tewhitt and Elizabeth Mumford, and some list his grandparents as Levi Trewhitt (born 1725 in NC) and Mary West. There is a marriage record for Levi Trewhitt(1725) and Mary West, but I cannot find any contemporaneous documentation of James Madison Trewhitt or Elizabeth Mumford. A Jesse Mumford (age 80) was living with 63-year-old Levi Trewhitt and family in 1860.

Other trees and GRid=39690158 say that Judge Trewhitt was the son of Levi Truitt and Susanna Morgan. There is some weak documentation of both Levi Truitt and Susanna Morgan, primarily through generic marriage record sources (e.g. "International Marriage Records"), but only ambiguous information about their birth places. (See their profiles, both linked from this one)

FWIW, the online trees that report Judge Trewhitt's father to be James Madison Trewitt tend to list a brother named Jesse Trewhitt, a physician, who also lived in Morgan Co, TN, and migrated to Arkansas. (See his profile). On the other hand, the online trees that report Judge Trewitt's father to be Levi Truitt tend not to list Jesse Trewhitt as a brother, but do tend to list a brother named James Alford Truitt, who fought in the Texas War of Independence, and served as a justice of the peace and state legislator in Texas for many years.


Residence:
Wife Nancy (54) and children Madison(40;Farmer), Sally(33), Harriet(29), Wm(22), Thos(17), Rebecca(14), Caroline(12), Nancy(10). Also Jesse Mumford (80). Others who appear to be in the household: Levi's son A.J (34) and his wife Lousia(20) and Levi's dau Mary Ann (23) & her husb Benj F Bacon (25)

Buried:
GRid=39690158; headstone

Died:
Confederate Prison

Levi married Harriett Lavender before 1820 in Morgan County, Tennessee, USA. Harriett (daughter of Daniel Simeon Lavender and Elizabeth ?Koonce Adam Howard?) was born on 3 May 1803 in Morgan County, Tennessee, USA; died on 9 Jan 1855 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Subdivision 26, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=39690150; inscription: Consort of Levi Trewhitt; Small inscription at bottom not legible in photo

Notes:

Married:
Based on birth of first child