What I Have Discovered About Our Family
Our Connection – Parker and Johnson Lines. James Tuggle is the father of Jane Tuggle Parker. Captain Tuggle’s mounted militia was part of 18 companies that departed Fort Wool between May 24 -May 26, 1838 to round up the Cherokee Indians. According to a June 16, 1838 issue of the Athens paper, The Southern Banner, […]
Read More →Our Connection – Parker and Johnson Lines. James Tuggle is the father of Jane Tuggle Parker. Georgia, Gwinnett County, February 7th, 1838. To your Excelency, George R. Gilmer. Sir our Capt. James Tuggle Received your letter Dated 30th January 1838 on yesterday and on this day had a muster and we the members of said […]
Read More →Our Connection – Parker and Johnson Lines. James Tuggle is the father of Jane Tuggle Parker. I discovered the Tuggles’ involvement in the Cherokee Removal several years ago. But it has been just in the last few days that I found newspaper articles and I am excited to share them. It is just amazing to […]
Read More →Our connection – Parker & Johnson Lines. Shadrack Waldrop is not shown on this pedigree chart. He is the great grandfather of Rachel Wilbanks. Box to the left of the title of map contains lists of battlefields. Click on arrow in box to view. Click on pins for name of battlefields. I was quite surprised […]
Read More →Our connection – Parker & Johnson Lines. Shadrack is not shown on this pedigree chart. He is the great grandfather of Rachel Wilbanks. Transcription of document: South Carolina Pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly passed the 16th March 1783, we the Commissioners of the Treasury, have this day delivered to Mr. Shadrack Waldrope […]
Read More →Our Connection – Bottom left of blog: Categories – Huff & Glass Lines. James Yarbrough, who is not shown on this chart, is the great grandfather of Mary J. Yarbrough (1834 – 1872). The tragic death of James Yarbrough and his son Charles is documented in letters from Colonel Henry Karr to Colonel Elijah Clarke. […]
Read More →Our Connection – Bottom left of blog: Categories – Huff & Glass Lines. James Yarbrough, who is not shown on this chart, is the great grandfather of Mary J. Yarbrough (1834 – 1872). Even though Great Britains’ Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown October 19, 1781, the Revolutionary War officially ended September 3, 1783 when the […]
Read More →Our Connection – Bottom left of blog: Categories – Huff & Glass Lines. James Yarbrough, who is not shown on this chart, is the great grandfather of Mary J. Yarbrough (1834 – 1872). James Yarbrough (1745-1792), a North Carolina resident, came to Georgia in June 1777 to enlist as a private with the Georgia Minutemen […]
Read More →In the second record on this page, dated September 8, 1863, previously I could not read the words before left thigh. Thanks to Laura and cousin Lisa, they researched this and gave me the spelling and meaning, which is gunshot. I have had these muster rolls for many years. But I recently found them in […]
Read More →In the muster rolls from September 1862 – December 1862, Matthew is listed as 2nd Corporal. This rank does not appear on other muster rolls or military documents. Some of the records in this collection, officially known as The Compiled Service Records, reflect information other than being present or absent on a given day. The […]
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