Johnson County, TN
American Revolution:
Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Soldiers Link to the Original Johnson County, TN pages.
Tennessee in the Revolutionary War
East Tennessee
was historically a primarily Republican area and most men here sided with
the Union. Most Unionists joined the 13th Regiment of the Tennessee
Volunteer Cavalry, USA and the 4th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, USA. It
appears those holding Confederate beliefs enlisted in the 6th North
Carolina Cavalry, CSA. I will try to get more info on these regiments and
post it on these pages. If you have any info you would like to share on these
regiments, or on Johnson County Vets of any war or era, (even
just names of vets in the county so that a list could be compiled would
be helpful), please send an e-mail to the address at the bottom of this
page.
Civil War Stories and Poems- Some stories and poems about Tennessee from an old Civil War book in my private collection, The Civil War in Song and Story, 1860-1865; Collected and arranged by Frank Moore; Published in New York by Peter Fenelon Collier, 1882. These may not apply directly to your genealogy, but, ALL are supposed to be true stories and portray the Civil War in a real way from those who experienced it. It includes info from correspondents who covered the war in great detail.
Federal Units
Scott, Samuel W. & Samuel P. Angel. History of the 13th regiment, TN volunteer cavalry, USA. Knoxville, n.p., 1903. 510 pp.
13th Cavalry E
13th Cavalry I
13th Cavalry L
13th Cavalry M
2nd Infantry -
4th Infantry -
Tennessee Civil War Homepage (the best Tennessee site on the Internet)
World War I
The Tennessee State Library has created an online index database of World War I veterans from Tennessee, with an alphabetic index giving the veteran's name, age, birthplace, and ordering information for the full record.
World War I Document Archive This archive of primary documents from World War I has been assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List (WWI-L). Documents include conventions, treaties, official papers, memorials, personal reminiscences, and images. There's also a WWI biographical dictionary.
Korean Conflict
The Army has some unidentified remains of service members from North Korea. Since DNA data was unknown in the 1950s there was no profile on these personnel. The Army can now conduct DNA on the remains, but they have an incomplete database of DNA from close family members with which to compare. There are several on the list for the state of Tennessee and some may be from your county. Please look at the list and see if any from your county are annotated with needing DNA -"Yes". If you find one, look under DNA and see what relative is acceptable. Then find a relative in your area that meets this criterion and send their name, address or phone number to the following contact at Department of the Army. There is not guarantee that the missing service member from your county will be found, but thru DNA testing the Army can confirm or eliminate him as a name for the remains that they have. This is an important service that we can provide to our fellow citizens. We owe this much to our service members who made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of their country and in the name of freedom. Let us resolve to get all of these needed DNA for our state submitted.
Steps to follow:
Look at the state List and find people from your county
copy and paste the service member data
Go to DNA database below and see if they need DNA, if not then the Army has what data they need. If they need DNA then you need to find a good DNA source.
Look under DNA on one of the pages and it will tell you what is acceptable.
Develop a list of siblings, offsprings etc with addresses/phone number and send them to the e-mail address or call them into the 1-800 number.
The Army has its own procedure for following up and getting the DNA samples.
PMKOR Data by name search:
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/pmkor/files.htm
Tennessee Data, select ASCII and then open in place:
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/pmkor/statefiles.htm?State=tn&Name=Tennessee
Note: This database also provides names, etc for missing identified and missing unidentified soldiers from other conflicts also.
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Last modified on: May 28, 2001