[Henry Durham.FTW]
Family tradition says he fought in the War of 1812 although
there is no pension for him that I know of. His son Jackie was
there, as was their neighbor, Harvey Spurlock, my direct
ancestor. Harvey got killed and Thomas got very sick. Thomas
and Jackie walked home from New Orleans instead of going with
Andy Jackson to fight the Indians because Thomas was too sick
to fight anymore. He was in his 50s at the time! They had to
stop and rest in Alabama near where Huntsville is now and let
Thomas recuperate.
Best wishes,
Pat Spurlock Elder
The 1854 act reestablishing Putnam was passed after
Representative Henderson M. Clements of Jackson County assured
his colleagues that a new survey showed that there was
sufficient area to form the county. The act specified the the
"county town" be named "Cookeville" in honor of Richard F.
Cooke, who served in the Tennessee Senate from 1851-1854,
representing at various times Jackson, Fentress, Macon, Overton
and White Counties. The act authorized Joshua R. Stone and
Green Baker from White County, William Davis and Isaiah Warton
from Overton County, John Brown and Austin Morgan from Jackson
County, William B. Stokes and Bird S. Rhea from DeKalb County,
and Benjamin A. Vaden and Nathan Ward from Smith County to
study the Conner survey and select a spot, not more than two
and one-half miles from the center of the county, for the
courthouse. The first County Court chose a hilly tract of land
then owned by Charles Crook for the site. From the History of
Putnam County.
Marriage Notes for John Brown and Elizabeth WHEELER-186590
Married on August 26, 1815 in Jackson County, TN by William
Birdwell, J.P.
[Henry Durham.FTW]
SSN 470-01-3538[Neill-Neal.FTW]
[Neal.ftw]
SSN 470-01-3538
[Henry Durham.FTW]
Calvary Cemetery records show: Age 50 buried Section 53 Row 11,
Grave 25.[Neill-Neal.FTW]
[Neal.ftw]
Calvary Cemetery records show: Age 50 buried Section 53 Row 11,
Grave 25.