Evans, Pearl, Mabell, John & Whitman – guardianship of

Alamo Tennessee Monday September 5th 1892
T. H. AVERY
Guardian of
PEARL EVANS
MABELL EVANS
JOHN EVANS
WHITMAN EVANS

On motion and the Petition of MISS PEARL EVANS she being more than 16 years old, T. H. AVERY was this day appointed the Guardian of PEAR EVANS, MABELL EVANS, JOHN EVANS and WHITMAN EVANS.

Thereupon the said T. H. AVERY came into open Court and entered into bond in the sum of One Thousand Dollars with J. C. SMOTHERS and J. D. WORTHAM as his securities…


Transcribed and contributed by Natalie Huntley.

Thomas J. Evans Civil War Pension

Pension File # 12,482
State of Tennessee

SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

NAME Thos. J. Evans
Co. I Forest old Rgt.

Filed Mar. 17, 1911
Allowed _______

Died March 4, 1930

FILE IS STAMPED AcceptedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

I, Thomas J. Evans a native of the State of Tennessee and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Alamo in the County of Crockett in said State of Tennessee, and who was a soldier from the State of Tennessee in the war between the United States and the Confederate States, do hereby apply for aid under the Act of the General Assembly of Tennessee, entitled “An Act for the benefit of indigent and disabled soldiers of the late war between the States, and to fix the fees of attorneys or agents for procuring such pension, and fixing a penalty for the violation of the same.” And I do solemnly swear that I was a member of Capt. Wm. Craddocks Co. Maj. Bennett Batalion & Consolidated with 12 Tenn. Cav. Col. Greens Regt and surrendered under Col. Kelly Forest old Regt. in the service of the Confederate or United States, and that by reason of disability and indigence I am now entitled to receive the benefit of this Act. I further swear that I do not hold any National, State, or County office, nor do I receive aid or pension from any other State, or from the United States, and that I am not an inmate of any soldier’s home, and that I am unable to earn a reasonable support for myself and family. I do further solemnly swear that the answers given to the following questions are true:

In what County, State and year were you born?
Answer: was born in the State of Ark in? 1844 & moved here in 1848

When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you served.
Answer: Craddocks Co. Dec 1863 Bennetts Batalion & was consolidated with Col. Greens 12 Tenn. Cav. and was afterwards with Kelleys Regt.

In what battle or battles were you engaged, and, if not wounded, state what disabilities did you receive, if any?
Answer: was in most all the Battles of my Regt. and on duty all the time.

What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: ___________________________

Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: ___________________________

Were you discharged from the army by reason of said wound or disability?
Answer: ___________________________

If discharged from the army, where were you and what did you do until the close of the war?
Answer: ___________________________

What was the name of the surgeon who attended you?
Answer: ___________________________

How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: was surrendered at Gainesville Ala May 12 1865

Were you ever in prison? If so, what prison and when released?
Answer: ___________________________

Were you paroled? If so, when and where?
Answer: Answered above

Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: Only by the Payrole as stated above
(Mr. Evans had his Payrole and exhibited to me – D. B. Dodson)

If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: ___________________________

Are you married, or have you been married?
Answer: Yes Sir

If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: Wife & three daughters

What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: Wife 62 – 22 – 27 – 30

To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: ___________________________

In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: Farming, about a living

What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: none in my own name, my wife own about 50 acres

What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: answer above

How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: I have

Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: Do not

How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: Since 1848

Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer: none

If so, give his name and address.
Answer: ___________________________

Witness my hand, this 16 day of March 1911
(Signed) T. J. Evans

WITNESSES:
(Signed) H. W. Cooke, Physician, Postoffice Address: __________________
(Signed) D. H. Harris, Witness, Postoffice Address: Alamo, Tenn
(Signed) W. C. Howell, Witness, Postoffice Address: Alamo, Tenn


STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

I, John F. Peal, Trustee of said County, certify that J. T. Evans and his wife Margret A. are assessed with 49 acres, valued at $ 500.00 and with $ No of personal property.

Witness my hand, this 16th day of Mch 1911
Signed Jno F. Peal

If applicant and his wife have no property, the Trustee must so certify.


STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett COUNTY.

Personally appeared before me, D. B. DodsonCir Clk of said County, the above named T. J. Evans, the applicant, with whom I am personally acquainted, and having the application read and fully explained to him, as well as the statements and answers therein made, made oath that the said statements and answers are true.

Witness my hand, this 16 day of Mar 1911
(Signed) D. B. Dodson


STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, R. L. Conyers, Co. Clerk of said County, the above named Dr. H. W. Cook one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, and who is a physician of good standing, and being duly sworn says that he has carefully and thoroughly examined T. J. Evans, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:

I have known Mr. T. J. Evans a long time for the last seven or 8 years he has suffered a great deal at time with Rheumatism is getting old and physically disabled to do much labor.

(Signed) H. W. Cook M.D.

Witness my hand and seal of office, this 16 day of Mar 1911
(Signed) R. L. Conyers Clerk


STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, R. L. Conyers, Co. Clerk of said County, the above named D. W. Harris and W. C. Howell, two of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, whom I am personally acquainted, and known to me to be citizens of veracity and standing in this community, and who make oath that they are personally acquainted with the foregoing applicant, and that the facts set forth and statements made in this application are correct and true, to the best of their knowledge and belief, and that they have no interest in this claim, and that said applicant’s habits are good and free from dishonor. And D. W. Harris further make oath to the following facts touching the applicant’s service in the Confederate army:

I personally know of Mr. Evans, as a soldier, and can testify that he made a good soldier, faithful to duty in camp, on battlefield and elsewhere. D. W. Harris

Witness my hand, this 16 day of March 1911
(Signed) R. L. Conyers


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Headquarters
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners

Gen. F. C. Ainsworth,
Adjutant General,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: Thomas J. Evans who is an applicant for Pension under the Tennessee Pension law, claims to have been a member of Company I Forrests old Regiment Tenn Cav C.S.A., and to have been paroled at Gainesville Ala in May 1865.

Please give us the record of this soldier.

Respectfully,
George B. Guild,
President


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WAR DEPARTMENT,
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE
WASHINGTON, March 21, 1911

Respectfully returned to the

President, Tennessee Board
of Pension Examiners,
Nashville

There are no rolls on file in this office of Company I, Forrest’s Old Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry, Confederate States Army. Other records show, however, that T. J. Evans, private said company and regiment, surrendered May 4, 1865, at Citronelle, and that he was paroled May 11, 1865, at Gainesville, Alabama.

T. C. Dismuks?
The Adjutant General


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1818 Mitchell St.
Humboldt, Tennessee

June 4, 1945

Tennessee Confederate Pension Board
War Memorial Building
Nashville, Tennessee

Gentlemen:

Will you be kind enough to give me information concerning the official record of the Confederate Service of Mr. T. J. Evans, Crockett County, Alamo, Tennessee.

He received a pension until his death, March 4, 1930.

Any information you can give will be sincerely appreciated and is to be used with reference to membership in the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Yours truly,
[Signed] Mary Evans
(Miss) Mary Alice Evans


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June 8, 1945

Miss Mary Alice Evans
1818 Mitchell Street
Humboldt, Tennessee

Dear Miss Evans:

Attached is copy in triplicate of the Confederate service record of T. J. Evans as taken from his application for Confederate pension on file in this office under #12482.

This information is being furnished at your request.

Yours very truly,

Mrs. Lorene Steinhauer, Director
Division Confederate Pensions


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June 8, 1945

This is to certify that the records on file in this office show that Thomas J. Evans, resident at Alamo, Crockett County, Tennessee was granted a Confederate pension in this State on April 11, 1911 and continued to receive this pension until his death on March 4, 1930. His application is filed in this office under #12482.

Mr. Evans states in his application that he was born in the State of Arkansas in 1844; enlisted in the Confederate Army in December 1864 in Captain Wm. Craddock’s Company, Major Bennett’s Battalion, was consolidated with Colonel Green’s 12th Tennessee Cavalry, and later with Kelley’s Regiment. Was surrendered at Gainesville, Alabama May 12, 1865.

Attached to the application of Mr. Evans is the following report dated March 21, 1911, furnished this office by The Adjutant General’s Office, War Department, Washington, D.C.

“There are no rolls on file in this office of Company I, Forrest’s Old Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry, Confederate States Army. Other records show, however, that T. J. Evans, private said company and regiment, surrendered May 4, 1865, at Citronelle, and that he was paroled May 11, 1865, at Gainesville, Alabama.”

Mrs. Lorene Steinhauer, Director
Division Confederate Pensions
#10 Memorial Building
Nashville, Tennessee

James Madison Evans Civil War Pension

Pension File # 8456
State of Tennessee

SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

NAME J. M. Evans
Filed Sept. 26, 1906

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FILE IS STAMPED AcceptedSOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION

I, J. M. Evans a native of the State of Tennessee and now a citizen of Tennessee, resident at Friendship in the County of Crockett in said State of Tennessee, and who was a soldier from the State of Tennessee in the war between the United States and the Confederate States, do hereby apply for aid under the Act of the General Assembly of Tennessee, entitled “An Act for the benefit of indigent and disabled soldiers of the late war between the States, and to fix the fees of attorneys or agents for procuring such pension, and fixing a penalty for the violation of the same.” And I do solemnly swear that I was a member of Co. A. 12 Tennessee Infantry in the service of the Confederate States in the service of the Confederate or United States, and that by reason of disability and indigence I am now entitled to receive the benefit of this Act. I further swear that I do not hold any National, State, or County office, nor do I receive aid or pension from any other State, or from the United States, and that I am not an inmate of any soldier’s home, and that I am unable to earn a reasonable support for myself and family. I do further solemnly swear that the answers given to the following questions are true:

In what County, State and year were you born?
Answer: I was borned in Wayne County Tenn. Oct. 18, 1839

When did you enlist and in what command? Give the names of the regimental and company officers under whom you served.
Answer: I volunteered Apr. 1st 1861. Col. R. M. Russell 12 Tenn Inft Robert Caldwell, Major. Tyree Bell Lieutenant Col. Marion Walker Capt. John Sanders Gus Rice and Gentry Mcgee Lieuts.

In what battle or battles were you engaged, and, if not wounded, state what disabilities did you receive, if any?
Answer: I was the in Battles of Belmont, Mo. Shilo, Tenn. Murfreesboro Tenn. Missionary Ridge Chickamauga Lookout Mount. I was in every engagement of our command to Peachtree Creek. There I was wounded

What was the precise nature of your wound or disability, if any?
Answer: I had my thigh broke by a minie Ball was never able for service afterward

Were you incapacitated for service by reason of said wound or disability incurred?
Answer: I was

Were you discharged from the army by reason of said wound or disability?
Answer: I was furloughed and never able to return to the army.

If discharged from the army, where were you and what did you do until the close of the war?
Answer: I was furloughed at Barnesvill Georgia I went on crutches —– after the close of the war.

What was the name of the surgeon who attended you?
Answer: I do not remember the name of surgeon. I was out of my mind for a long time

How did you get out of the army, when and where?
Answer: furloughed as soon as I was able to be moved from Barnesville Geo.

Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government?
Answer: I was forced to take the oath at Brownsville Tenn

If so, when and under what circumstances?
Answer: See last answer

Are you married, or have you been married?
Answer: I am

If so, what is the size of your family living together?
Answer: myself and wife. she lost her mind 30 years ago.

What are the respective ages of your wife and children living with you?
Answer: my wife was 60 years of age last January

To what sex do your children belong?
Answer: I have 2 children one son, & one daughter

Are not some of your children able to support you?
Answer: They are. But I do not rec. any support from them whatever.

In what business are you now engaged, if any, and what do you earn?
Answer: I am not able to do anything to make a living. I do no earn anything

What estate have you in your own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: I own 56 1/2 acres of land in my own & wifes name, valued at $500. My personal property is one horse, worth $100. one cow and 2 hogs worth $25.00

What estate has your wife in her own right, real and personal, and what is its value?
Answer: She has 14 acres of land but that is included in the 56 1/2 acres reported above. She has no personal property

How have you derived support for yourself and family for the past five years?
Answer: By the rent of our little farm

Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
Answer: No

How long have you been an actual resident of the State of Tennessee?
Answer: All my life long

Have you an attorney to look after this application?
Answer: No

If so, give his name and address.
Answer: ___________________________

Witness my hand, this 17th day of Sept. 1906
(Signed) J. M. (his X mark) Evans

WITNESSES:
(Signed) T. J. Rice, Physician
(Signed) J. M. Cochran, Witness
(Signed) Asa R. Biggs, Witness


STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

I, Jno. H. Perry, Trustee of said County, certify that J. M. Evans and his wife _____________ are assessed with 50 acres, valued at $ 500 and with
$——- of personal property.

Witness my hand, this 18 day of Sept. 1906
Signed Jno. H. Perry

If applicant and his wife have no property, the Trustee must so certify.


STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett COUNTY.

Personally appeared before me, J. M. Cochran, a Notary Public of said County, the above named J. M. Evans, the applicant, with whom I am personally acquainted, and having the application read and fully explained to him, as well as the statements and answers therein made, made oath that the said statements and answers are true.

Witness my hand, this 17th day of Sept. 1906
(Signed) J. M. Cochran, Notary Public


STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, T. N. Love, Justice of the Peace of said County, the above named T. J. Rice, M.D. one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, and who is a physician of good standing, and being duly sworn says that he has carefully and thoroughly examined J. M. Evans, the applicant, and finds him laboring under the following disabilities:

Double hernia, disability of left thigh as a result of gun shot wound, recd at the battle of peach tree on the 20th of July 1864, near Atlanta Ga, he was slighly wounded at the battles of Shilo and Murfreesborough he is not able to support him self or family, by manual labor.

Witness my hand, this 24 day of September 1906
(Signed) T. N. Love, Justice of the Peace


STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

Personally appeared before me, T. N. Love, Justice of the Peace of said County, the above named J. M. Cochran and A. R. Biggs, two of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing application, whom I am personally acquainted, and known to me to be citizens of veracity and standing in this community, and who make oath that they are personally acquainted with the foregoing applicant, and that the facts set forth and statements made in this application are correct and true, to the best of their knowledge and belief, and that they have no interest in this claim, and that said applicant’s habits are good and free from dishonor. And _____________ further make oath to the following facts touching the applicant’s service in the _____________ army:

_________________________

Witness my hand, this 24th day of September 1906
(Signed) T. N. Love, Justice of the Peace


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Headquarters
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners.
Nashville, Tenn. Oct. 31, 1906

Gen. F. C. Ainsworth,
Military Secretary,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: J. M. Evans who is an applicant for Pension under the Tennessee Pension law, claims to have been a member of Company A. Twelfth Regiment Tenn Inft. C.S.A., and to have been __________________.

Please give us the record of this soldier.

Respectfully,
George B. Guild
President


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Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners,
Nashville, Tenn. Oct. 31, 1906.

J. M. Evans,
Co. A. 12 Tenn. Inf. C.S.A.

Prest.
Requests record of above named.

War Department,
The Military Secretary’s Office,
Washington, November 5, 1906.

Respectfully returned to the

President,
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners,
Nashville.

It is shown by the records of this office that one J. M. Evans was a private of Company A, 12th Tennessee Infantry, C.S.A. On the company muster roll for January and February, 1864 (latest roll on file), he is reported absent, “extra duty as teamster”. No later record of him has been found.

F. C. Dismuks
The Military Secretary.


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Friendship, Tenn.
September 7, 1907.

Mr. John P. Hickman, Sec.,
Nashville, Tenn.

Dear Sir: Some time, perhapse ten months ago, I mailed to you my application for a Confederate pension; but as yet, have heard nothing from it; So please will you be so kind to let me know if proof insufficient; also, on what points, that I may take further evidence.

Respectfully,
J. M. Evans


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J. M. Evans, 8456
Friendship

Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 10, 1907

Dear Sir:

The Board of Pension Examiners have considered your application, and it stands disallowed, with these endorsements by the Board on the specifications following:

Service in the army.
Endorsed Proven

Wound received, injury sustained, or disease contracted while in service and in line of duty.
Endorsed Not proven

Extent of disability arising from such wound, injury, or disease.
Endorsed Proven

Indigency.
Endorsed Proven

How applicant got out of the army.
Endorsed. Not proven. War Records report: “Absent Febry 64, on Extra duty as teamster” you say “you went on furlough, and took the oath at Brownsville”

Character as a soldier and citizen.
Endorsed Not proven

The specifications not satisfactory to the Board may be corrected by proof, but no proof will be considered unless taken before an officer using a seal. Board meets second Tuesdays in January, April, July and October.

Respectfully,
Jno. P. Hickman,
Secretary


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Affidavit of Mr. J. S. Thompson of Dyer County, Tennessee.

Affiant says that he was a member of Gen. Forest’s Command in the civil war that he and a number of others were sent, in the latter part of the year 1864, home on duty, that on arriving home he (affiant) found Mr. J. M. Evans, he having been wounded and sent home on furlough. And while at home, as just stated, affiant, J. M. Evans and others were ordered by, I think, but could not be positive, Colonel Poston to go to Brownsville, Tennessee, to take the oath of allegiance and paroled, which we did. Affiant states that he knew Mr. J. M. Evans before, and have known him continuously since the war, that he was before the war and has been continuously since the war a peacable quiet and alright citizen. Affiant further says that the J. M. Evans spoken of in this affidavit is the same J. M. Evans who applied for a confederate pension under application No. 8456.

J. S. Thompson

Sworn to and subscribed before me this,
October 23, 1907

B. F. Sudbery
Notary Public for Crockett County.


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Affidavit of L. C. Harwell of Crockett County, Tennessee, to be used as further evidence for J. M. Evans, whos application for confederate pension in No. 8456.

Affiant says that he was a member of Gen. Forest’s Command in the late Civil War, that he and a number of other soldiers of said command were sent, in the latter part of the year of 1864, home on duty, that on arriving home affiant found applicant, J. M. Evans, the said J. M. Evans having been wounded and sent home on furlough. While at home as just stated, affiant, J. M. Evans and other soldiers were ordered by, I think, Colonel Poston, to go to Brownsville, Tennessee, and take the oath of allegiance and get paroled, which we did, the war having at the time closed. Affiant states that he knew Mr. J. M. Evans before the war, and that his record as a citizen, was of the very best that he knew and saw said applicant repeatedly during the war, and affiant believes said applicant made a good soldier, and has known the applicant continuously since the war, and his record as a citizen is good. Affiant further says that the J. M. Evans spoken of in this affidavit is the same J. M. Evans who applied for a confederate pension under application No. 8456.

L. C. Harwell.

Sworn to and subscribed before me
this October 25th, 1907

B. F. Sudbery
Notary Public.


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Affidavit of Mr. S. F. Hailey, Crockett County, Tennessee, to be used as further evidence for J. M. Evans, whos application for confederate pension is No. 8456.

Affiant says that he was a member of the 12th Tennessee Infantry of the late Civil War, and in company “A”; that he was in the battle of Peach-Tree-Creek in Georgia, and Mr. J. M. Evans, applicant for confederate pension, was engaged in said battle until he the said J. M. Evans was wounded; that on hearing the report of the battle Mr. J. M. Evans was one among the wounded to be reported right immediately after battle; that after the battle of Peachtree Creek he saw J. M. Evans no more in the army; that, the said applicant went out with me and was a messmate in the army during the entire time while in the army; that said J. M. Evans made a good a soldier as anyone could make; that he was obedient to all officers and their commands; and that he is and has always made a good citizen.

S. F. Haley.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this
November 7 1907.

B. F. Sudberry
Notary Publick.


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Further affidavit of J. M. Evans, applicatiounder No. 8456, for confederate pension.

The said applicant, J. M. Evans, says that Jack Canada, a teamster under Capt. T. W. Jones wagon master, wanted him said J. M. Evans, to take his, Jack Canada’s place and drive team for a few days, or until the said Jack Canada, could rest up for a few days, and did so, and at this time, or as applicant now remembers it to be at this time, he was detailed to go with I think Gen. Longstreet into Kentucky and drive a team. Applicant further says that when he and Jack Canada offered to change back as they were at first, Capt. T. W. Jones the wagon master wanted said applicant to remain and drive team, but applicant went back to his place in the army. Applicant further says that he always obeyed his officers in every instance.

J. M. Evans

Sworn to and subscribed before me
this November 7, 1907.

B. F. Sudbery
Notary Public.


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Further evidence on application No. 8456, J. M. Evans, for Confederate Pension.

Affidavit of J. M. Evans, applicant.

Affiant states that “he used crutches for nine months after he was wounded in the battle of Peach-tree Creek, Georgia; that he was not able to do service in the army, and has never been able since; that twelve months from the time he was wounded bones, that were shattered at the time I was wounded worked out of his thigh, so he believes, but could not say positive about that.

J. M. Evans

Sworn to and subscribed before me
this November 27 1907.

B. F. Sudbery
Notary Public.

Affidavit of S. F. Haley.

Affiant says that he came home from the war in January 1865 and that he saw J. M. Evans soon after he said affiant came home; that the said J. M. Evans at that time was using one crutch under one arm and a stick in the other hand; that he was then unable to do service in the army, and has never since been able to do service in the army; that this J. M. Evans is the person that was wounded in the battle of Peachtree Creek, and applicant under application No. 8456.

S. F. Haley

Sworn to and subscribed before me
this November 27 1907.

B. F. Sudbery
Notary Public.

Thomas Jefferson Evans Questionnaire

1. State your full name and present post office address:
Answer: Thomas Jefferson Evans, Bells, Tenn. RFD 5

2. State your age now:
Answer: 77 years of age 9th of Dec. 1921

3. In what State and county were you born?
Answer: Conway County, Arkansas.

4. Were you a Confederate or Federal soldier?
Answer: Confederate Soldier.

5. Name of your Company?
Answer: Craddocks Company; Bennetts Battalion.

6. What was the occupation of your father?
Answer: Farmer

7. Give full name of your father:William Evans; born at Middle Tennessee; in the County of ___; State of Tennessee; He lived at On White Oak Creek.
Give also any particulars concerning him, as official position, war services, etc.; books written by him, etc.:
Answer: none

8. Maiden name in full of your mother: Sarah Anne Aikins; she was the daughter of: (full name) ____ and his wife: (full name) ____; who lived at: Middle Tennessee.

9. Remarks on ancestry. Give here any and all facts possible in reference to your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc., not included in the foregoing as where they lived, offices held, Revolutionary or other war service; what country they came from to America; first settled-county and State; always giving full names (if possible), and never referring to an ancestor simply as such without giving the name. It is desirable to include every fact possible, and to that end the full and exact record from old Bibles should be appended on separate sheets of this size, thus preserving the facts from loss.
Answer: My grandfather Thomas Evans was in one of the wars (of 1812 I think).

10. If you owned land or other property at the opening of the war, state what kind of property you owned, and state the value of your property as near as you can:
Answer: ____________

11. Did you or your parents own slaves? If so, how many?
Answer: My parents did. Three I think.

12. If your parents owned land, state about how many acres:
Answer: About 150 acres, I think.

13. State as near as you can the value of all the property owned by your parents, including land, when the war opened:
Answer: Don’t know

14. What kind of house did your parents occupy? State whether it was a log house or frame house or built of other material, and state the number of rooms it had:
Answer: Frame and log house

15. As a boy and young man, state what kind of work you did. If you worked on a farm, state to what extent you plowed, worked with a hoe and did other kinds of similar work. (Certain historians claim that white men would not do work of this sort before the war.)
Answer: Plowed nearly altogether. Was the only child in the family able to plow and had to do it all.

16. State clearly what kind of work your father did, and what the duties of your mother were. State all the kinds of work done in the house as well as you can remember – that is, cooking, spinning, weaving, etc.:
Answer: Father did general farm work and Mother did general house work.

17. Did your parents keep any servants? If so, how many?
Answer: Yes. Just mentioned three slaves.

18. How was honest toil – as plowing, hauling, and other sorts of honest work of this class – regarded in your community? Was such work considered respectable and honorable?
Answer: Then as now, honest and honorable by honest and respectable people.

19. Did the white men in your community generally engage in such work?
Answer: Yes Sir

20. To what extent were there white men in your community leading lives of idleness and having others do their work for them?
Answer: About the same as it is now

21. Did the men who owned slaves mingle freely with those who did not own slaves, or did slaveholders in any way show by their actions that they felt themselves better than respectable, honorable men who did now own slaves?
Answer: Not at that time, did the slave owners consider themselves better than anybody else on account of their property. People were not judged so much by their worth in dollars and cents but more by their character. No difference was made in our community.

22. At the churches, at the school, at public gatherings in general, did slaveholders and non-slaveholders mingle on a footing of equality?
Answer: (above answer written over this space).

23. Was there a friendly feeling between slaveholders and non-slaveholders in your community, or were they antagonistic to each other?
Answer: Yes Sire. No difference.

24. In a political contest, in which one candidate owned slaves and the other did not, did the fact that one candidate owned slaves help him any in winning the contest?
Answer: I think not.

25. Were the opportunities good in your community for a poor young man, honest and industrious, to save up enough to buy a small farm or go in business for himself?
Answer: It was

26. Were poor, honest, industrious young men, who were ambitious to make something of themselves, encouraged or discouraged by slaveholders?
Answer: They were encouraged.

27. What kind of school or schools did you attend?
Answer: Both – public and private.

28. About how long did you go to school altogether?
Answer: Not a great deal.

29. How far was it to the nearest school?
Answer: About 1/2 mile from our farm.

30. What school or schools were in operation in your neighborhood?
Answer: Just a small community country school.

31. Was the school in your community private or public?
Answer: Both at times.

32. About how many months in the year did it run?
Answer: About 2 in summer and 2 or 3 in winter.

33. Did the boys and girls in your community attend school pretty regularly?
Answer: Yes

34. Was the teacher of the school you attended a man or woman?
Answer: Both at times.

35. In what year and month and at what place did you enlist in the service of the Confederacy or of the Federal Government?
Answer: 1863 – December (just after reaching the age of 18 years). Cageville, —- now in Alamo, Tennessee.

36. After enlistment, where was your Company sent first?
Answer: To Mississippi

37. How long after enlistment before your Company engaged in battle?
Answer: (Skirmishes). The second day we went out.

38. What was the first battle you engaged in?
Answer: At Okolona, Miss.

39. State in your own way your experience in the War from this time on to its close. State where you went after the first battle – what you did and what other battles you engaged in, how long they lasted, what the results were; state how you lived in camp, how you were clothed, how you slept, what you had to eat, how you were exposed to cold, hunger and disease. If you were in the hospital or prison, state your experience there:
Answer: We went all over Mississippi – was under Forest – and went about a good deal. Was with Forests command all time. We were consolidated with the 12 Tennessee Regiment shortly after we went into Bennetts battalion. Forest nearly always won his battles. If he didnt win, the other side thought so from the men they lost. We had a pretty hard time, things to eat were scarce and not good frequently. We got hungary, cold, and had very few serviceable clothes but always got along some how and were always ready when the time came to give the Yanks a licking.

40. When and where were you discharged?
Answer: (above written in space).

41. Tell something of your trip home:
Answer: Discharged at Gainsville, Ala. (this should be in space #40) rode home on my horse. Things looked pretty bad for the country was in a terrible state of devastation.

42. Give a sketch of your life since the close of the Civil War, stating what kind of business you have engaged in, where you have lived, your church relations, etc. If you have held any office or offices, state what it was. You may state here any other facts connected with your life and experience which has not been brought out by the questions:
Answer: Farming

43. What kind of work did you take up when you came back home?
Answer: Lived in Crockett Co., Tenn. since war… engaged in farming… have held offices of Magistrate, long time… Deputy Sheriff, Constable.

44. On a separate sheet, give the names of some of the great men who you have known or met in your time, and tell some of the circumstances of the meeting or incidents in their lives. Also add any further personal reminiscences. (Use all the space you want.)
Answer: __________________

45. Give the names of all the members of your Company you can remember. (If you know where the Roster is to be had, please make special note of this.)
Answer: Cant remember them all

46. Give the NAME and POST OFFICE ADDRESS of any living Veterans of the Civil War, whether members of your Company or not; whether Tennesseans or from other States.
Answer: (Some names have been typed in spaces, then blotted out.)

(Extra page)
… I was with Forest on the “Hood raid” – we had a hard battle at Franklin. Then we followed them up to Nashville… they were scared to death and if we had gone on we could have taken the city and they (Yankees) got all of the reinforcements they wanted before we attacked and we were driven back. Went ashore the Tennessee river into Alabama, at the foot of Muscle shoals. We corssed on a pontoon bridge. It didnt look any too safe. We were engaged 26 days and nights… the delay of 9 days cost us the city of Nashville, I think. I think we could have taken it had we pressed on. That wound up my fighting… it wasnt long after that until the war was over.

James Rust and Louisa Evans Family

James H. M. Rust was born, 5 Mar 1827, in Maury County, Tennessee. His parents, Charnock Cox and Avarilla Stone Rust, had migrated to Maury County from Granville County, North Carolina. They settled in the Colleoka Community. James Rust’s lineage has been traced to his immigrant ancestor, William Rust, Sr., who arrived in America, c.1655. William Rust’s parents have not been determined, but there is a strong possiblilty that he was the William Rust born in Suffolk, England, c1634. A search of the families in Norfolk and Suffolk shires reveals many Rusts with the given names that seem to have been carried down through the Rust lines, i.e. John, William, George, Mathew, Samuel, Peter, and Benjamin. James Rust’s mother, Avarilla Green Stone, was the daughter of James Stone and Ann “Nancy” Bobbitt. Her grandparents were Jonathan Stone and Felicia Cook. Jonathan Stone was an Orderly Sergeant in the Revolutionary War, and the son of Captain John Stone and Alice Hurst, of Halifax County, North Carolina.

When William Rust arrived in America, he settled in the new county that had been recently form, (1648), from the Indian District called Chickacoan, named for the local Indian tribe living there. Kent Islanders, who had settled with William Claiborne when he founded the island settlement on the Chesapeake, moved to the Chickacoan area, across the Chesapeake from Kent Island, when Lord Baltimore gained possession from William Clairborne. The new county was named Northumberland and was located between the Rappahannock and Potamic rivers, tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. The Indians living on the Northern Neck, which included Northumberland County, were a part of the Algonquian culture groups that were scattered through the region. They were hunters, gatherers, and cultivators using Stone Age technology. However, blessed with a favorable enviroment, they were able to produce enough food to provide a living for the tribe. They produced corn, beans, squash, pumpkins, gourds, sunflowers, and tobacco.

When Westmoreland County was formed from Northumberland, William Rust’s land fell within the new county. It was located on the Broad Creek that emptied into the Yeocomico River about 2 miles from the Patomac. William Rust participated in Bacon’s Rebellion and he was discharged “ye Good Behavior and to pay cost.” His will was probated, 29 Nov 1699, in Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia.

William Rust, the immigrant, married Ann Medcalfe, the daughter of William Medcalfe. William Medcalfe was a headright of Lieutenant Richard Popeley, who had gone to the aid of William Claiborne when he was trying to maintain possession of Kent Island, across the Chesapeake from Maryland. William Medcalfe evidently accompanied him, and is found in the early records of Kent Island then moving to the Chickacoan Indian District with others from the island when William Claiborne lost the island to Lord Baltimore. William Medcalfe died sometime between April 1655 and 20 Jan 1656 when his will was proven in court. Children of William Rust and Ann Medcalfe were: Samuel Rust, ancestor of James H. M. Rust; William Rust, Jr.; George Rust; and John Rust.

Samuel Rust, oldest son of William and Ann Rust, and ancestor of James H. M. Rust, became a very wealthy man and his will, dated 16 Aug 1715, disposes of several thousands of acres of land, plus many personal assets. He was a tobacco inspector, surveyor, appraiser, and prominent in various other county affaris. Samuel Rust married Martha Garner, daughter of John Garner and Susannah Keene. Susannah Keene’s father, Thomas Keene, had been one of the Kent Islanders before moving to Northumberland County. John Garner is the immigrant ancestor of Vice President John Nance Garner, 1868-1967, called “Cactus Jack”; and Lieutenant General Jay Garner, first Director of the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance to Iraq. Samuel and Martha Rust were members of the Yeocomico Church, built, 1706, which is still standing, in Cople Parish, Westmoreland County. Samuel and Martha Garner Rust had the following children: John Rust, oldest son and ancestor of James H. M. Rust; William Rust; Anne Rust; Jeremiah Rust; Mathew Rust; Benjamin Rust, ancestor of First Lady Laura Welch Bush; George Rust; Hannah Rust; and Captain Peter Rust.

John Rust, oldest son of Samuel and Martha Garner Rust and ancestor of James H. M. Rust, was born, c1686, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He married, c1737, Agnes Clements, daughter of John and Jane Clements. John Rust’s will dated, 11 Apr 1727, was proven in court, 31 May 1727. He left his oldest son, Samuel, his “pistols, holester, & Sord and Cerebine.” Also, his cotooch box and his track of land whereon he lived. Land in Stafford and King George Counties, as well as Westmoreland, were left to other heirs along with other belongings. Children of John and Agness Clements Rust were: Samuel Rust, ancestor of James H. M. Rust; John Rust; William Rust and Elizabeth Rust.

Samuel Rust, oldest son of John and Agness Clements Rust and ancestor of James H. M. Rust, was born, c1717, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He married Bridget Turner, c.1737, daughter of John J. and Phoebe Shippe Turner. Phoebe Shippe was the daughter of Richard Shippe of Richmond County, Virginia. Samuel Rust’s will, dated 26 Dec 1741 was probated 12 Apr 1742, in St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia. Samuel and Bridget Turner Rust had the following children: Captain John Rust; and Agnes Rust.

Captain John Rust, son of Samuel and Bridget Turner Rust, and ancestor of James H. M. Rust, was born c1738, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He married, c1758, Sarah Cox, daughter of George and Eleanor Lampkin Cox. George Cox was the son of Charnock Cox, Sr. and Mary Presley. The Cox lineage has been traced to Vincent Cox, immigrant ancestor, and the Presley lineage to William Presley, immigrant ancestor, who was active in the early affairs of Northumberland County, serving as a Burgess and High Sheriff. Eleanor Lampkin was the daughter of George Lamkin, Jr. and Jane Ashton. The Lampkin and Ashton lineages have been traced to immigrant ancestors. John Rust was a Captain in the Militia of Granville County, North Carolina during the Revolutionary War and served as sheriff of Granville County, in 1792. John Rust died, c1819, in Granville County, North Carolina. Children of John and Sarah Cox Rust were: George Rust; John Rust, Jr.; Jeremiah Rust; Mathew Rust, ancestor of James H. M. Rust; Sarah Rust; Lemuel Rust; Mary Rust; and Vincent Rust.

Mathew Rust, fifth son of John and Sarah Cox Rust, an ancestor to James H. M. Rust, was born, c1770, in Granville County, North Carolina. He married, 2 Jul 1791, Priscilla Millls, daughter of William Mills. Matthew Rust died, c1806, at the age of 39 years. The children of Mathew were put under the guardianship of his brother, Samuel Rust. After the marriage of their mother to Harlow Priddy, the children were apprenticed to relatives of their father. William Rust was apprenticed to Claiborne Cooke, as a carriage maker; George Boswell Rust was apprenticed to George Rust, as a carriage maker; Charnock Cox Rust was apprenticed to Samuel Rust as a planter; and Mary (Polly) Rust was apprenticed to Jeremiah Rust. The two younger children, John S. Rust and James Rust, were not listed in the dockett report. William M. Rust, oldest son of Mathew and Priscilla Rust, moved to McLean County, Illinois where he became a very wealthy man. John S. Rust and George Boswell Rust moved to Gibson County, Tennessee, where their descendants can be found today. Mary Rust married Stephen Roycroft and moved to Hickman, Weakley and then to Gibson County, Tennessee. Charnock Cox Rust, fourth child and father of James H. M. Rust moved to Maury County, Tennessee.

Charnock Cox Rust, born, Dec 1798, in Granville County, Tennessee, married Avarilla Green Stone, 15 Mar 1820, in Franklin County, North Carolina. He died, 1832, in Maury County, Tennessee and is buried in John Lindsey Cemetery, Colleoka, Tennessee. Children of Charnock Cox Rust and Avarilla Green Stone were: Louisa Jane Rust; Nathaniel G. Rust; Mary Frances Rust; James H. M. Rust; Sarah Ann Rust; and John C. Rust. Louisa Jane Rust married William H. Evans, who was administrator of the estate of Charnock Cox Rust. They moved to Wayne County, Tennessee. Sarah Ann Rust married Goodman Smith Hight and continued to live in Maury County, Tennessee. Nathaniel G. Rust married Lavania A. Dickson. No further information on them. Martha Frances Rust married Robert Finley Dial, and continued to live in Maury County, Tennessee. John C. Rust married Elizabeth Jane Rinehart and moved to Wayne County, Tennessee. John C. Rust used the spelling Russ for the family name and when his son, John Goodman Rust, name his hotel in Clifton, Wayne County, Tennessee the “Rust Hotel”, he admonished him for changing the spelling. This hotel was an imposing structure on the banks of the Tennessee River at Clifton and is said to have had all the modern conveniences of the times. A Wayne County historian related the story, to the writer, that prior to World War II, and during his North Africa campaign, German General Rommell registered at the Rust Hotel. He had come to study the tactics of General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s campaigns in the Civil War.

James H. M. Rust married Louisa Jane Evans, 3 Oct 1849, in Perry County, Tennessee. The couple are listed in the 1850 census living next to her the family of Allen B. Evans. Allen B. Evans had moved from Maury County prior to 1845 when he signed a petition to be attached to Perry County. In the 1850 census, he is found living in Perry County. The Evans lineage has been traced to immigrant ancestor, Francis Evans, who was born, 14 Dec 1690, in Chirbury, Shopshire, England. Allen B. Evans married Martha Westmoreland Glover, daughter of Daniel Glover and Martha Westmoreland. The Glover lineage has been traced to John Glover of Brunswick; and the Westmoreland lineage has been traced to immigrant ancestor, James Westmoreland, who immigrated from Milburn, Westmoreland, England, c1652. Ollin V, Mapes, in his book, “Westmorland Ne` Neville”, connects James Westmoreland with the powerful English family, Neville, who were Lords of Westmoreland shire in England.

During the Civil War, James Rust joined the regiment of Colonel Jacob Barnett Biffle as a private, 3 Oct 1862. At the time he enlisted, he had a wife and five children. On December 11, 1862, Biffle’s Regiment was on Indian Creek, 20 miles east of Savannah, in Hardin County, where they joined General Nathan Bedford Forest on his raid into West Tennessee the last half of December. General Forrest reported that Biffle, with 400 men, was with him in the attack on Jackson, in Madison County, 19 Dec 1862. Colonel Dribrell reported that Biffle’s regiment engage at Parker’s Crossroads, 31 Dec 1862.

On January 25, 1963, General Gideon Pillow reported that Biffle’s regiment was engaged in making a sweep of Bedford County in middle Tennessee, rounding up stragglers and conscripts. On 5 Mar 1863, Biffle’s Regiment was in Forrest’s Brigade in the capture of Thompson’s Station, near Nashivlle, in Davidson County, and was again with Forrest as part of Starnes Brigade at Brentwood, also in Davidson County, 25 Mar 1863, although it did not take part in the assault and capture of that position. It was engaged in skirmishes at Chapel Hill in Marshall County, and again, 29 May 1963, near Savannah.

For the next several months, the regiment was in West Tennessee enforcing the conscript act, and engaging in frequent skirmished with the federal forces. During this time, it was reported as part of a brigade commanded, at times, by Colonel Cox, and at other times by Colonel Dibrill, in Forrest’s division, consisting of Starnes’ 4th, Cox’s 10th, Holoman’s 11th, Dibrell’s 8th, and Biffle’s Regiments.

At Chickamauga, 19 Sep 1863, and 20 Sep 1863, the above brigade, under Colonel George Dibrell, increased by the addition of Shaw’s Batallion, Allison’s Squadron, and Morton and Freeman’s Batteries, was in Forrest’s Corps as part of Brigadier General F. C. Armstrong’s Division. Following the Battle of Chickamauga, Armstrong’s Division was placed in General Joseph Wheeler’s Calvary Corps. On 31 Oct 1863, the 1st Brigade in General Wheeler’s Corps composed of McKinzie’s 5th, Baxter Smith’s 8th, Cox’s 10th, Dibrell’s 8th (or 13th), and Bittle’s Regiments. On November 20th, General W. Y. C. Humes was reported as in command of this brigade with a note that all except McKenzie’s Regiment were with General Wheeler. On September 30th, General Wheeler started on a raid around the Federal Army, moving up the Sequatchie Valley to McMinnville, in Warren County, and across to Murfreesboro, in Rutherford County. From Murfreesboro, they moved to Pulaski, in Giles County, and recrossed the Tennessee River at Decatur, Alabama.

In November, Lieutenant General James Longstreet’s Corps was sent into East Tennessee and the brigade went as part of Major General W. T. Martin’s Calvary Division. It was reported as composed of Baxter Smith’s 8th, Cox’s 10th, Dibrell’s 8 (or 13th), and Biffle’s Regiment. General Longstreet had been given the assigment of keeping General A. E. Burnside, of the Federal forces, from reaching Knoxville, in Knox County. On 12 Nov 1863, Longstreet’s Division crossed the Tennessee River six miles below Loudon, in Loudon County. He had a force of about 15,000 men. After several skirmishes, he attack the federal forces at Campbell’s station around 11 a.m., on 16 Nov 1863. After more than six hours of fighting, the Confederate troops retreated into the woods. Federal troops marched the 17 miles to Knoxville. Nearly 500 casualties were estimated. For several days after the battle at Campbell Station, battles raged in Knoxville.

The Division remained in East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia until the last of March, 1864, when it started through North and South Carolina to Georgia, and rejoined the Army of Tennessee at Rosaca, Georgia, 23 Apr 1864. Colonel Biffle was reported in command of the brigade, on 31 Dec 1864, which by that time had been increased by the addition of McLemore’s 4th, and Holman’s 11th Regiments, and the removal of Baxter Smith’s 8th. When it rejoined the Army of Tennessee, the brigade was placed in Brigadier General John Kelly’s Division, where it remained throughout the Dalton and Atlanta Campaign. On 20 Aug 1864, it went with General Wheeler on his sweeping raid against General William T. Sherman’s railroad communication in Tennessee. On this raid, Dibrell’s 8th and part of McLemore’s 4th were cut off from Wheeler’s command and the brigade was never again united. Biffle’s Regiment went with Wheeler’s main force to the battle near Franklin, in Williamson County, on 23 Sep 1864, where Brigadier General Kelly was killed.

On 17 November 1864, General Nathan Bedford Forrest had been placed in command of all calvary with the Army of Tennessee, amounting to about 2,000 men. In the latter part of November and December, Biffle’s Provisional Brigade was listed as composed of the 10th and 18th Tennessee Calvary Regiments, and as such took part in Forrest’s Calvary operations during the Tennessee Campaign. It crossed the Duck River near Columbia, in Maury County, on 28 Nov 1864, and fought on the pike between Spring Hill and Franklin, on 30 Nov 1864. They moved up to Harding Pike four miles from Nashville, on December 7th, and moved to Murfreesboro Pike, December 12th, fought on Franklin Pike and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad area on December 16; and with Forrest in the rearguard of Hood’s Army on the retreat out of Tennessee, moving south into Mississippi.

On 1 Jan 1865, General Forrest instructed Brigadier General Chalmers: ” On arriving at Rienszi, you will consolidate temporarily Holman’s, Biffle’s, and Wheeler’s Regiments, the 9th Batalion, and 1st Confederate Regiment into four regiments which will compose one brigade.” On 19 January 1864, in compliance with this order, General Chalmers consolidated the 10 and 19th Tennessee Calvary Regiments. On 20 January 1864, Forrest instructed Chalmers to “retain Holman’s, DeMoss’s, Biffle’s and Russell’s Regiments and release all other parts of regiments and detachments whose commands may be in Georgia.

On 13 February 1865, all Tennessee troops in Forrest’s command were ordered to report to Brigadier General W. H. Jackson at Verona, Mississippi for consolidation into six regiments to compose two brigades. Biffle’s Regiment was consolidated into seven companies and placed in General Tyree Ball’s Brigade.

On 3 May 1865, prior to the surrender and parole, Biffle’s Regiment reported 22 officers, 281 men present, 257 effectives; agregate present and absent 508. It was parolled at Gainesville, Alabama, as part of Bell’s Brigade.

After the war, James Rust returned to his home in Perry County. The land he was farming in the county was separated by the Tennessee River, and a canoe was used to cross the river. Since the river proved dangerous to cross, James Rust decided to move his family to Langford, in Madison County, Tennessee. His service in the Civil War had taken him to most of the West Tennessee areas, so he would have been familiar with the Madison County area. On 28 Oct 1872, James Rust purchased a 117 acre farm in the Cypress community of the newly formed Crockett County. This farm remained in the Rust family for over 100 years.

Will of James H. M. Rust

The will of James H. M. Rust was probated at the March 1882 County Court Session and is recorded in Minute Book C, page 459. It reads as follows:

I James H. Rust of the County of Crockett and State of Tennessee do make and publish this as my last Will and testament hereby revolking all other wills by me at any time made.

First I direct that all my funeral expenses and my debts be paid as soon after my death as possible, out of any moneys I may die possessed of or may first come into the hand of my Executor.

Secondly I direct that my wife Louisa James have full controll of all my property that she manage the same as she may choose to do during her natural life or widowhood.

Thirdly I direct that at the death of my wife there be an Administrator appointed and that he sell all of the personal and perishable property according to the law and that the proceeds be equally divided among my children, and that the said Administrator have the land (upon which I now reside) sold and the money arising there from equally among my children.

Lastly I hereby nominate and appoint my son John W. Rust my Executor This Feb 17th 1882. Signed J. H. Rust. Witnesses: G. W. Smothers and J. M. Bledsoe

James H. M. Rust died, 21 Feb 1882. He and his wife, Louisa Evans Rust, are buried at Cypress Cemetery, Crockett County, Tennessee.

(Civil War report on James Rust was compiled from The Confederate Soldier in the Civil War, The Campaigns, Battles, Sieges, Charges and Skirmishes, published by Fairfax Press. Genealogy data was compiled from The Rust Family of Virginia, a genealogy of the descendants of William Rust, immigrant ancestor, of Virginia, by Elsworth Marshall Rust; Forsyth, Lowery, Rust, Evans and Related Families, Cox, Lamkin, Rucker and Westmoreland, by Leona Lentz Weaver, privately published in 1990; and Ursula Bysshe Thompson Mottrom Colclough, by Alice Wright Algood, privately published, 2002; and data from thirty five years of personal genealogy research.)

Generation 1

1. James H. M.1 Rust, born, 5 Mar 1827, in Maury, Tennessee; died, 20 Feb 1882, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee; buried, 21 Feb 1882, in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 3 Oct 1849, Louisa James (Evans) Rust, born, 15 Oct 1830, in Mecklenburg, Virginia; died 1 Jun 1892 in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of James H. M. Rust and Louisa James Evans were as follows:

+ 2 i Mary Frances (Molly)2 Rust, born, 8 Oct 1850, in Perry, Tennessee. She married George Washington Laman.

+ 3 ii John William2 Rust, born, 11 Jul 1852, in Perry, Tennessee. He married (1) Nancy M. McMillan. He married (2) Betty Acor.

4 iii James C.2 Rust, born, 10 Aug 1854, in Perry, Tennessee; died, 7 Oct 1866, in Crockett, Tennessee.

+ 5 iv Avarilla Green2 Rust, born, 12 Aug 1857, in Perry, Tennessee. She married George Washington Forsythe.

+ 6 v Lucious Boling2 Rust, born, 23 Aug 1858, in Perry, Tennessee. He married Arena Emerson.

+ 7 vi Martha Jane2 Rust, born 17 May 1863, in Perry, Tennessee. She married William Marshall Forsythe.

8 vii George Bluford2 Rust, born, 4 Feb 1875, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 22 Oct 1878, in Crockett, Tennessee.

Generation 2

2. Mary Frances (Molly)2 Rust (James H. M.1), born, 8 Oct 1850, in Perry, Tennessee; died, 3 Aug 1898, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried, 5 Aug 1878, in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 11 Dec 1873, George Washington Laman, born, 7 Jun 1853, in Haywood, Crockett, Tennessee; died, 18 Mar 1886, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried, 19 Mar 1886, in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Mary Frances (Molly) Rust and George Washington Laman were as follows:

+ 9 i Sarah L.3 Laman, born, 18 Oct 1874, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee. She married George D. Bodkins.

10 ii Jesse A.3 Laman, born, 30 Nov 1875, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee.

+ 11 iii Cordelia D.3 Laman, born, 11 Sep 1877, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married William Neal Nolen.

12 iv James Thomas3 Laman, born, 7 Dec 1879, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee; died, 9 Mar 1901, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

+ 13 v Daniel Hix3 Laman, born, 27 Feb 1882, in Cypress, Crockett, Temmessee. He married (1) Virginia (Jennie) Nichols. He married (2) Susan Ann Presley.

+ 14 vi Edith Vandera3 Laman, born, 23 Jul 1884, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee. She married Dee W. Holmes.

3. John William2 Rust (James H. M.1), born, 11 Jul 1852, in Perry, Tennessee; died, 30 May 1930, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married (1) on 5 Nov 1874, in Crockett, Tennessee, Nancy M. (McMillan) Rust, born, 1853, in North Carolina; died, 1882, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married (2) on 2 Oct 1884, Betty (Acor) Rust, born, Oct 1868, in Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of John William Rust and Nancy M. McMillan were as follows:

+ 15 i Minnie E3 Rust, born, 18 Nov 1876, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married David Ora Tritt.

+ 16 ii Lillie F.3 Rust, born, Jul 1879, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married Austin E. Spencer.

17 iii Lizzie R.3 Rust, born, 1881, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 1882, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of John William Rust and Betty Acor were as follows:

+ 18 i Anna3 Rust, born, Apr 1888, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married Benjamin Pigue.

19 ii J. W.3 Rust

20 iii J. G.3 Rust

5. Avarilla Green2 Rust (James H. M.1), born, 12 Aug 1857, in Perry, Tennessee; died, 11 Jun 1904, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Robentson Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 28 Aug 1877, in Crockett, Tennessee, George Washington Forsythe, born, 9 Mar 1858, in Tennessee; died, 17 May 1923, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Robertson Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Avarilla Green Rust and George Washington Forsythe were as follows:

21 i Louise Elizabeth3 Forsythe, born, 22 Jan 1879, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 2 Jan 1909, Ben Lentz, born, 24 Sep 1874, in Bedford, Tennessee; died, 10 Feb 1954, in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia; buried in Crowell’s Chapel Cemetery, Bedford, Tennessee.

22 ii Mildred Leni Leota3 Forsythe, born, 14 May 1881, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 21 Dec 1967, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Belleview Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 20 Sep 1903, in Crockett, Tennessee, James Powell Maxey, born, 28 Jul 1868, in Tennessee; died, 26 Jan 1935, in Tennessee; buried in Belleview Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

+ 23 iii William Carl3 Forsythe, born, 30 Sep 1882, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Flora B. Huffsteler.

+ 24 iv George Tolbert3 Forsythe, born, 9 Jun 1886, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married (1) Maurine Wright. He married (2) Kate Childress.

+ 25 v Charlie Hess3 Forsythe, born, 21 Apr 1888, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Ethel M. Hays.

+ 26 vi Julius Henderson3 Forsythe, born, 3 Nov 1889, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Abbie Earnheart.

+ 27 vii Pearl3 Forsythe, born, 10 Aug 1894, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married William Leonard Sherin.

+ 28 viii Lucy Ray3 Forsythe, born, 12 May 1896, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married Oliver Stevens Cooper.

6. Lucious Boling2 Rust (James H. M.1), born 23 Aug 1858 in Perry, Tennessee; died 3 Jul 1921 in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married on 4 Nov 1880 in Crockett, Tennessee, Arena (Emerson) Rust, born 29 Oct 1841 in Crockett, Tennessee; died 25 Jan 1936 in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Lucious Boling Rust and Arena Emerson were as follows:

+ 29 i Walter Cleveland3 Rust, born, 22 May 1885, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Viola Woodward.

7. Martha Jane2 Rust (James H. M.1), born, 17 May 1863, in Perry, Tennessee; died, 19 Sep 1941, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 31 Jul 1884, in Crockett, Tennessee, William Marshall Forsythe, born, 6 May 1863, in Tennessee; died, 17 Mar 1901, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Martha Jane Rust and William Marshall Forsythe were as follows:

+ 30 i William John Robert3 Forsythe, born, 18 Jan 1886, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Hattie Baggett.

+ 31 ii Minnie Elizabeth3 Forsythe, born, 10 Aug 1893, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married Arlin Reasons.

+ 32 iii Maude Louise3 Forsythe, born, 8 Feb 1895, in Crockett, Tennesseee. She married Charles Wesley Ferguson.

+ 33 iv Otha Lilburn3 Forsythe, born, 7 Feb 1891, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Letha Faulkner.

+ 34 v Nancy Ursula3 Forsythe, born, 4 Mar 1891, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married Oscar Washington Medford.

+ 35 vi Martha Alice3 Forsythe, born, 22 Aug 1887, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married Halcy William Ward.

+ 36 vii Elam Lucius3 Forsythe, born, 24 Dec 1896, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Nancy Elizabeth West.

+ 37 viii John Clarence3 Forsythe, born, 1884, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Alice Berry.

+ 38 ix Marshall Vernon3 Forsythe, born, 29 Jun 1898, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married (1) Vera Riggs. He married (2) Allie M. Sweet. He married (3) Mary Frances Wade.

+ 39 x George Prentice Franklin3 Forsythe, born, 16 Mar 1897, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Ocie Marie Williams.

Generation 3

9. Sarah L.3 Laman (Mary Frances (Molly)2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 18 Oct 1874, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 15 Jan 1891, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee, George D. Bodkins.

Children of Sarah L. Laman and George D. Bodkins were as follows:

40 i Leonia4 Bodkins, born 17 Feb 1892.

41 ii Jesse Neal4 Bodkins, born, 28 Dec 1895, in Crockett, Tennessee.

42 iii Herman E.4 Bodkins, born, 2 Oct 1898, in Crockett, Tennessee..

11. Cordelia D.3 Laman (Mary Frances (Molly)2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 11 Sep 1877, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 1 May 1942, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried, 3 May 1942, in Alamo City Cemetery, Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 11 Dec 1894, in Crockett, Tennessee, William Neal Nolen, born, 3 Aug 1866, in Hardeman, Tennessee; died, 25 Feb 1941, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried, 27 Feb 1941, in Alamo City Cemetery, Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Cordelia D. Laman and William Neal Nolen were as follows:

+ 43 i Jesse Pierce4 Nolen, born, 15 Sep 1895, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Maude Myrtle Worrell.

+ 44 ii Lex Neal4 Nolen, born, 13 Aug 1896, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Grace Virginia Hopper.

45 iii Mary Irene4 Nolen, born, 20 Oct 1897, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 11 Nov 1897, in Crockett, TN; buried in Crockett, Tennessee..

13. Daniel Hix3 Laman (Mary Frances (Molly)2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 27 Feb 1882, in Cypress, Crockett, Temmessee; died, 31 Mar 1950, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress UMC Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married (1) on 2 Nov 1901, in Crockett, Tennessee, Virginia (Jennie) (Nichols) Laman, born, 1 Sep 1875, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 29 Jan 1917, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress UMC Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married (2) on 5 Dec 1917, in Crockett, Tennessee, Susan Ann (Presley) Laman, born, 27 Jun 1898; died, Jan 1983, in Helena, Phillips, Arkansas.

Children of Daniel Hix Laman and Virginia (Jennie) Nichols were as follows:

46 i Lurlie Clarence4 Laman, born, 1 Sep 1902, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 13 Sep 1924, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

47 ii Cecil Theodore4 Laman, born, 19 May 1904, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, Sep 1970, in Jackson, Madison, Tennessee. He married Naomi Eskew.

+ 48 iii Finis Garrett4 Laman, born, 17 Dec 1905, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married (1) Frankie Lou Hart. He married (2) Maxine Vines.

+ 49 iv Hardy Neal4 Laman, bor,n 5 May 1907, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Velma Sue Crutchfield.

+ 50 v Cordie May4 Laman, born, 1 Sep 1908, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married George Dawson Ulseton.

+ 51 vi Ben Hooper4 Laman, born, 28 Feb 1911, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Beuton Brown.

52 vii Katie Merle4 Laman, born, 1 May 1913, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 1915, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress UMC Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

53 viii James Pierce4 Laman, born, 1 Nov 1916, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 30 Apr 1969, in Greenwood, Greenwood, SC. He married Iva Latham.

54 ix L. Howell4 Laman, born, 1919, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 1920, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Daniel Hix Laman and Susan Ann Presley were as follows:

55 i Herchel Dalton4 Laman, born, 9 Jun 1922, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 22 Aug 1971; buried in Cypress United Methodist Church Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.. He married Martha Sue Taylor, born 27 Jan 1926.

56 ii Living

57 iii Living

58 iv Ewell Hicks4 Laman, born, 1939, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 1939, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

14. Edith Vandera3 Laman (Mary Frances (Molly)2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 23 Jul 1884, in Cypress Community, Crockett, Tennessee; died, 21 Sep 1899, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 30 Jul 1898, in Crockett, Tennessee, Dee W. Holmes, born, Jun 1877, in Tennessee.

Children of Edith Vandera Laman and Dee W. Holmes were as follows:

59 i Newt Washington4 Holmes

15. Minnie E3 Rust (John William2, James H. M.1), born, 18 Nov 1876, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 16 Jun 1958, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 26 Dec 1899, in Crockett, Tennessee, David Ora Tritt, born, 17 May 1868, in North Carolina; died, 20 Aug 1938, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Minnie E Rust and David Ora Tritt were as follows:

60 i Oliver D.4 Tritt, born, 1901, in Crockett, Tennessee.

61 ii William Aubon4 Tritt, born, 7 Jul 190,3 in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 24 Nov 1951, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married Lucille Spry, born, 7 Jul 190,5 in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 4 Jun 1988, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

62 iii David Oma4 Tritt (Jr.), born, 1906, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Ocie M. (—), born, 1912, in Crockett, Tennessee.

63 iv Henry E.4 Tritt, born, 1909, in Crockett, Tennessee.

64 v Earline E.4 Tritt, born, 1911, in Crockett, Tennessee.

65 vi Ruby E.4 Tritt, born, 1914, in Crockett, Tennessee.

66 vii May V.4 Tritt, born, 1918 ,in Crockett, Tennessee.

16. Lillie F.3 Rust (John William2, James H. M.1), born, Jul 1879, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 25 Dec 1898, in Crockett, Tennessee, Austin E. Spencer, born, Sep 1876, in Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Lillie F. Rust and Austin E. Spencer were as follows:

67 i Eddie W.4 Spencer, bor,n Oct 1899, in Crockett, Tennessee.

18. Anna3 Rust (John William2, James H. M.1), born, Apr 1888, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 5 Aug 1906, in Crockett, Tennessee, Benjamin Pigue, born, c1885, in Tennessee.

Children of Anna Rust and Benjamin Pigue were as follows:

68 i Edgar B.4 Pigue, born, 29 Jun 1908, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 16 Jul 1908, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress United Methodist Church Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

69 ii Paul E.4 Pigue, born, 11 Dec 1909, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 2 Nov 1911, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress United Methodist Church Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

+ 70 iii Robert4 Pigue, born, 1888, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Florence (—).

23. William Carl3 Forsythe (Avarilla Green2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 30 Sep 1882, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 6 May 1961, in San Antonio, Behar, Texas. He married Flora B. (Huffsteler) Forsythe, born, 15 Mar 1884; died, 27 Jan 1978, in San Antonio, Behar, Texas.

Children of William Carl Forsythe and Flora B. Huffsteler were as follows:

71 i Hazel4 Forsythe, born, 1906, in Crockett, Tennessee.

72 ii Wilma4 Forsythe, born, 1908, in Crockett, Tennessee.

73 iii Mitchell4 Forsythe, born, 1912, in Crockett, Tennessee.

74 iv Lionel4 Forsythe, born, 1915, in Crockett, Tennessee.

75 v Allene4 Forsythe, born, 1918, in Crockett, Tennessee.

24. George Tolbert3 Forsythe (Avarilla Green2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 9 Jun 1886, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 29 Dec 1931, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married (1) Maurine (Wright) Forsythe, born in Crockett, Tennessee. He married (2) Kate (Childress) Forsythe, born, 1922, in Tennessee.

Children of George Tolbert Forsythe and Maurine Wright were as follows:

76 i Charles4 Forsythe, born, 11 Mar 1927, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 17 Jul 1949, in Mt. Home, Arkansas, Glenna Sue McClure, born, 1 Dec 1927.

Children of George Tolbert Forsythe and Kate Childress were as follows:

77 i William Derris4 Forsythe, born, 26 May 1918, in Brownsville, Haywood, Tennessee. He married Marie Dean Merritt, born, 15 Nov 1920, in Davidson, Tennessee.

25. Charlie Hess3 Forsythe (Avarilla Green2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 21 Apr 1888, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 9 Jul 1971, in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee; buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee. He married, on 6 Sep 1905, in Crockett, Tennessee, Ethel M. (Hays) Forsythe, born, 3 Jan 1886.

Children of Charlie Hess Forsythe and Ethel M. Hays were as follows:

78 i Georgia Mai4 Forsythe, born, 29 Apr 190,6 in Tennessee; died, 26 Apr 1983.

26. Julius Henderson3 Forsythe (Avarilla Green2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 3 Nov 1889, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 24 Nov 1969, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 8 Jan 1911, in Crockett, Tennessee, Abbie (Earnheart) Forsythe, born, 15 Apr 1880, in Bedford, Tennessee; died, 3 Oct 1979, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Julius Henderson Forsythe and Abbie Earnheart were as follows:

79 i Oren Lee4 Forsythe, born, 1 Nov 1911 in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 12 Jul 1975, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

80 ii Avarilla4 Forsythe, born, 19 Apr 1914, in Crockett, Tennessee; died as an infant .

81 iii Mildred Julia4 Forsythe, born, 27 May 1916, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married Maurice Chronister.

82 iv Alta Lou4 Forsythe, born, 12 Aug 1918, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married Sawyer.

83 v Living

84 vi Living

85 vii Living

86 viii Janie Mai4 Forsythe, born, 31 Dec 1927, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 6 Aug 1981, in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee. She married on 12 Nov 1955, James M. Rice, born, 11 Jun 1926, in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington.

87 ix Living.

27. Pearl3 Forsythe (Avarilla Green2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 10 Aug 1894, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 27 Aug 1955, in Chapel Hill, Marshall, Tennessee. She married, on 27 Feb 1918, in Crockett, Tennessee, William Leonard Sherin, born, 7 Sep 1882, in Chapel Hill, Marshall, Tennessee.

Children of Pearl Forsythe and William Leonard Sherin were as follows:

88 i Living

28. Lucy Ray3 Forsythe (Avarilla Green2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 12 May 1896, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 12 Nov 1952, in Marshall, Tennessee; buried in Clay Hill Cemetery, Marshall, Tennessee. She married, on 30 Aug 1915, Oliver Stevens Cooper, born, 20 Nov 1894, in Marshall, Tennessee; died, 25 Nov 1944, in Lewisburg, Marshall, Tennessee.

Children of Lucy Ray Forsythe and Oliver Stevens Cooper were as follows:

89 i Mary Tolbert4 Cooper, born, 29 Nov 1917, in Marshall, Tennessee. She married (1) Douglas Jones. She married (2) Eston Garrett.

90 ii Fransena4 Cooper, born, 13 Jul 1920, in Marshall, Tennessee.

91 iii 4 Living, born 1921.

92 iv 4 Living, born 1923.

93 v 4 Living, born 1924.

94 vi 4 Living, born 1926.

95 vii 4 Living, born 1928.

96 viii 4 Living, born 1930.

97 ix 4 Living, born 1932.

98 x 4 Living

99 xi 4 Living

29. Walter Cleveland3 Rust (Lucious Boling2, James H. M.1), born, 22 May 1885, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 12 Mar 1919, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 9 Sep 1906, in Crockett, Tennessee, Viola (Woodward) Rust, born, 3 Oct 1886, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 6 Jun 1909, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Walter Cleveland Rust and Viola Woodward were as follows:

100 i Carrie Lavergne4 Rust, born, 4 Aug 1908, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 1970, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married J. Bernace Evans, born, 190,4 in Tennessee; died, 1960, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

101 ii Gladys Sureen4 Rust, born, 16 Apr 1910, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 17 Jun 1991, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married Arlin Guinn, born, 12 Oct 1899, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 5 Aug 1997, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

+ 102 iii Ewell Donald4 Rust, born, 9 Apr 1912, in Crockett, Tennessee.

+ 103 iv Mildred Louise4 Rust, born, 15 Nov 1913, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married Henry E. Shellabager.

+ 104 v James Cleveland4 Rust, born, 24 Apr 1916, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Louise P (—).

105 vi Mary Angeline4 Rust, born, 2 Dec 1917, in Crockett, Tennessee.

30. William John Robert3 Forsythe (Martha Jane2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 18 Jan 1886, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 2 Apr 1969, in Brownsville, Haywood, Tennessee; buried in Lower Zion Cemetery, Brownsville, Haywood, Tennessee. He married Hattie (Baggett) Forsythe.

Children of William John Robert Forsythe and Hattie Baggett were as follows:

+ 106 i Janey M.4 Forsythe, born, 24 May 1908, in Tennessee. She married Canada Foster.

107 ii Cordie L.4 Forsythe, born, 26 Apr 1910, in Tennessee.

108 iii Willie Thomas4 Forsythe, born, 5 Feb 1913, in Tennessee; died, 11 Feb 1971, in Haywood, Tennessee; buried in Lower Zion Cemetery, Haywood, Tennessee.

31. Minnie Elizabeth3 Forsythe (Martha Jane2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 10 Aug 1893, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 4 Oct 1974, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 18 Nov 1917, in Crockett, Tennessee, Arlin Reasons, born, 5 Sep 1895, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 30 Sep 1973, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Minnie Elizabeth Forsythe and Arlin Reasons were as follows:

109 i Eva Sue4 Reasons, born, 12 Dec 1918, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 1 Aug 1952, Clifford Beiber, born, 29 Sep 1924, in Tennessee; died, 4 Jun 1972, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

110 ii Living

111 iii Living

112 iv Living

113 v Euless4 Reasons, born 15 Jan 1921 in Crockett, Tennessee; died 19 Jun 2000 in Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Oak View Cemetery, Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee. He married Living.

+ 114 vi Living

115 vii Living

116 viii Living

117 ix Clara4 Reasons, born, 5 Jan 1925, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 9 Nov 1926, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

32. Maude Louise3 Forsythe (Martha Jane2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 8 Feb 1895, in Crockett, Tennesseee; died, 21 Sep 1982, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 7 Oct 1918, in Crockett, Tennessee, Charles Wesley Ferguson, born,1898, in Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Maude Louise Forsythe and Charles Wesley Ferguson were as follows:

118 i Roy Charles4 Forsythe, born, 3 Mar 1921, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 19 May 1940, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

119 ii Clarence4 Ferguson, born, 4 Jan 1924, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 19 May 1940, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

120 iii Living

121 iv Mary Evelyn4 Ferguson, born ,3 Aug 1925, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married Connie T. Lindsey, born, 26 Mar 1913, in Houston, Harris, Texas; died, 18 Jun 1973.

122 v. Living

33. Otha Lilburn3 Forsythe (Martha Jane2 Rust, James H. M.1), born 7 Feb 1891 in Crockett, Tennessee; died 1924 in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Roberson Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married on 25 Aug 1912 in Crockett, Tennessee, Letha (Faulkner) Forsythe, born 1896 in Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Otha Lilburn Forsythe and Letha Faulkner were as follows:

123 i Jewell4 Forsythe, born, 24 Oct 1913, in Crockett, Tennessee.

124 ii James O.4 Forsythe, born, 16 Nov 1915, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 8 Aug 1973, in Atlanta, Georgia; buried in Robertson Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married Jeanette B. (—), born, 17 Mar 1919, in Crockett, Tennesseee.

34. Nancy Ursula3 Forsythe (Martha Jane2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 4 Mar 1891, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 2 Nov 1923, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Roberson Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married Oscar Washington Medford, born 7 Feb 1886, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 4 Feb 1948, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Robertson Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Nancy Ursula Forsythe and Oscar Washington Medford were as follows:

125 i Alta Ailene4 Medford, born, 15 Jan 1909; died, 7 Aug 1980. He married Loren Hart.

126 ii William Prentice4 Medford, born, 26 Jun 1914, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 14 Apr 1982, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Robertson Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

127 iii Lara Inez4 Medford, born, 2 Mar 1917, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 26 Mar 1934, Odie Pitt.

128 iv Mildred Louise4 Medford, born, 1919, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married Harvey M. Lewis.

35. Martha Alice3 Forsythe (Martha Jane2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 22 Aug 1887, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 12 Sep 1934, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Robertson Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married Halcy William Ward, born, 22 Jan 1886, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 12 Jun 1952, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Robertson Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Martha Alice Forsythe and Halcy William Ward were as follows:

+ 129 i Flora Geraldine4 Ward, born, 27 Jun 1909, in Crockett, Tennessee. She married William K. Tritt.

130 ii Katie4 Ward, born, 14 Oct 1910, in Crockett, Tennessee.

131 iii Horace Thomas4 Ward, born, 17 Nov 1912, in Crockett, Tennessee.

132 iv Eura Kay4 Ward, born, 14 Oct 1914, in Crockett, Tennessee

133 v Living

134 vi Living

135 vii Living

136 viii Living

137 ix Living

138 x Living

36. Elam Lucius3 Forsythe (Martha Jane2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 24 Dec 1896, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 15 Oct 1916, Nancy Elizabeth (West) Forsythe, born, 15 Nov 1897, in Tennessee; died, 7 May 1971, in Lauderdale, Tennessee; buried in Mary’s Chapel Cemetery, Lauderdale, Tennessee.

Children of Elam Lucius Forsythe and Nancy Elizabeth West were as follows:

139 i Dovie R.4 Forsythe, born, 31 Jul 1917, in Tennessee. She married, on 29 Dec 1936, James Pinkney Ashmore (Jr.), born, 23 Sep 1915; died, 29 Dec 1970, in Columbia, Missouri.

140 ii Willie L.4 Forsythe, born, 15 May 1919. He married, on 27 Nov 1937, Lois C. Land, born, 25 Nov 1920.

141 iii Living

142 iv Living

143 v Living

37. John Clarence3 Forsythe (Martha Jane2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 1884 ,in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 1951, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 26 Dec 1913, in Crockett, Tennessee, Alice (Berry) Forsythe, born, 1892, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 1955, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of John Clarence Forsythe and Alice Berry were as follows:

144 i John Clarence4 Forsythe (Jr.), born, 16 Oct 1914, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 3 Mar 1979, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married Velma Lovelace, born, 7 Jan 1919, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 17 Aug 1973, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

145 ii Lurline4 Forsythe, born, 1914, in Crockett, Tennessee.

146 iii Leonard4 Forsythe, born, 1916, in Crockett, Tennessee.

147 iv Louise4 Forsythe, born, 1917, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 1942, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married R. E. Kail.

148 v James4 Forsythe, born, 20 Feb 1920, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, Nov 1939.

38. Marshall Vernon3 Forsythe (Martha Jane2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 29 Jun 1898, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 31 Dec 1972, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married (1) Vera (Riggs) Forsythe. He married (2) Allie M. (Sweet) Forsythe. He married (3) Mary Frances (Wade) Forsythe.

Children of Marshall Vernon Forsythe and Vera Riggs were as follows:

149 i Living

150 ii Living

39. George Prentice Franklin3 Forsythe (Martha Jane2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 16 Mar 1897, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 1 Jun 1971, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Robertson Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 20 Sep 1925, in Crockett, Tennessee, Ocie Marie (Williams) Forsythe, born, 6 Sep 1906, in Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of George Prentice Franklin Forsythe and Ocie Marie Williams were as follows:

151 i Living

152 ii Living

Generation 4

43. Jesse Pierce4 Nolen (Cordelia D.3 Laman, Mary Frances (Molly)2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 15 Sep 1895, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 11 Nov 1960, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried, 13 Nov 1960, in Alamo Memorial Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 7 Sep 1919, in Crockett, Tennessee, Maude Myrtle (Worrell) Nolen, born, 26 Jul 1898, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 31 Jul 1983, in Jackson, Madison, Tennessee; buried, 2 Aug 1983, in Alamo Memorial Cemetery, Cockett, Tennessee.

Children of Jesse Pierce Nolen and Maude Myrtle Worrell were as follows:

153 i Jesse Pierce5 Nolen (Jr.), born, 21 Sep 1920, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 23 Jul 1989, in Veterans Hospital, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee; buried, 25 Jul 1989, in Alamo Memoial Cemetery, Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee.

154 ii Living

155 iii Living

156 iv Living

157 v Living

158 vi Living

44. Lex Neal4 Nolen (Cordelia D.3 Laman, Mary Frances (Molly)2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 13 Aug 1896, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 30 Jan 1966, in Veterans Hospital, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee; buried, 2 Feb 1966, in Alamo City Cemetery, Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 31 Oct 1921, in Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee, Grace Virginia (Hopper) Nolen, born, 2 Jul 1902, in Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee; died, 30 Jan 1966, in Crockett County Nursing Home, Alamo, Crocket, Tennessee; buried, 2 Feb 1966, in Alamo City Cemetery, Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Lex Neal Nolen and Grace Virginia Hopper were as follows:

159 i. Living

160 ii Living

48. Finis Garrett4 Laman (Daniel Hix3, Mary Frances (Molly)2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 17 Dec 1905, in Crockett, Tennessee.. He married (1) Frankie Lou (Hart) Laman, born, 18 Jul 1915, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 28 Nov 1939, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cairo Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married (2) Maxine (Vines) Laman.

Children of Finis Garrett Laman and Frankie Lou Hart were as follows:

161 i Living

49. Hardy Neal4 Laman (Daniel Hix3, Mary Frances (Molly)2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 5 May 1907, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 1947, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married Velma Sue (Crutchfield) Laman, born, 1917, in Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Hardy Neal Laman and Velma Sue Crutchfield were as follows:

162 i Living

163 ii Living

164 iii Living

50. Cordie May4 Laman (Daniel Hix3, Mary Frances (Molly)2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 1 Sep 1908, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 20 Aug 1987, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Oak View Memorial Park Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married George Dawson Ulseton, born, 3 Dec 1909, in Tennessee; died, Jan 1978, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Oak View Memorial Park Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Cordie May Laman and George Dawson Ulseton were as follows:

165 i Joe5 Uselton, born, 10 Apr 1941, in Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee; died, 29 Sep 1995, in Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee.

166 ii Living

51. Ben Hooper4 Laman (Daniel Hix3, Mary Frances (Molly)2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 28 Feb 1911, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 1989, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Oak View Cemetery, Alamo, Crockett, Tennessee. He married, on 25 Sep 1937, Beuton (Brown) Laman, born, 1917, in Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Ben Hooper Laman and Beuton Brown were as follows:

167 i Living

70. Robert4 Pigue (Anna3 Rust, John William2, James H. M.1), born, 1888, in Crockett, Tennessee. He married Florence ((—)) Pigue, born, 1890, in Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Robert Pigue and Florence (—) were as follows:

168 i Mary D.5 Pigue, born, 10 May 1906, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 9 Jun 1971, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Belleview Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

169 ii Paul W.5 Pigue, born, 1910, in Crockett, Tennessee.

170 iii Mabel D.5 Pigue, born, 1915, in Crockett, Tennessee.

171 iv Aubrey W.5 Pigue, born, 1917, in Crockett, Tennessee.

172 v Virginia L.5 Pigue, born, 1920, in Crockett, Tennessee.

102. Ewell Donald4 Rust (Walter Cleveland3, Lucious Boling2, James H. M.1), born, 9 Apr 1912, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, Nov 1974, in Bells, Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married unknown.

Children of Ewell Donald Rust were as follows:

173 i Marcia Ann5 Rust, born, 19 Feb 1954, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 19 Feb 1954, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress United Methodist Church Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

103. Mildred Louise4 Rust (Walter Cleveland3, Lucious Boling2, James H. M.1), born, 15 Nov 1913, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 13 Jul 1998, in Bells, Crockett, Tennessee; buried, 15 Jul 1998, in Cypress Cemetery, Crocket, Tennessee. She married Henry E. Shellabager, born, 16 Sep 1918, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 1 May 1997, in Bells, Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Mildred Louise Rust and Henry E. Shellabager were as follows:

174 i Living

104. James Cleveland4 Rust (Walter Cleveland3, Lucious Boling2, James H. M.1), born, 24 Apr 1916, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 19 Nov 1971, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Cypress Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. He married Louise P ((-)) Rust. born, 11 Jul 1920.

Children of James Cleveland Rust and Louise P (—) were as follows:

175 i Living

106. Janey M.4 Forsythe (William John Robert3, Martha Jane2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 24 May 1908, in Tennessee; died, 12 Mar 1969, in Tennessee. She married Canada Foster, born, 14 Feb 1898, in Tennessee.

Children of Janey M. Forsythe and Canada Foster were as follows:

176 i 5 Living, born 1924.

177 ii 5 Living, born 1926.

178 iii 5 Living, born 1929.

179 iv 5 Living, born 1931.

180 v 5 Living, born 1934.

181 vi 5 Living, born 1936.

182 vii 5 Living, born 1938.

129. Flora Geraldine4 Ward (Martha Alice3 Forsythe, Martha Jane2 Rust, James H. M.1), born, 27 Jun 1909, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Robertson Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee. She married, on 21 Aug 1926, William K. Tritt, born, 3 May 1908, in Crockett, Tennessee; died, 26 Feb 1982, in Crockett, Tennessee; buried in Robertson Cemetery, Crockett, Tennessee.

Children of Flora Geraldine Ward and William K. Tritt were as follows:

185 i 5 Living, born 1927 in Crockett, Tennessee.

186 ii 5 Living, born 1928.

187 iii 5 Living, born 1930.

188 iv 5 Living, born 1932.

189 v 5 Living, born 1934.

190 vi 5 Living, born 1937.

191 vii 5 Living, born 1941.

192 viii 5 Living, born 1943.

193 ix 5 Living, born 1944.

194 x 5 Living, born 1948.

195 xi 5 Living, born 1950.

196 xii 5 Living, born 1953.

Margaret Nolen Nichol – 2003.