Buried in Chewalla, McNairy Co., Tennessee in Indian Creek Cemetery

John Derryberry, Lt. Col. in the Militia

Born Aug. 9, 1790

Died Nov. 20, 1863

 "Tradition says that one of his sons fought for the Union in the Civil War and 2 sons for the Confederacy.  The Union brother is said to have confiscated his widowed sister's only plow horse during the war.  He served in McNairy Co., TN as a Lt. Col. in the Militia."