JACOB CRONKETTE ELLISON RAWLEIGH BARR
1st TENNESSEE MOUNTED INFANTRY
USA
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born: 23 September 1832 in White County, Tennessee
Died: 17 January 1907 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Barr Family Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents: Jonathan W. and Elizabeth (Thomas) Barr
1st Married: Hixie Adeline Martin on 28 April 1854 in DeKalb County, Tennessee
Born: 20 January 1832 in White County, Tennessee
Died: 10 February 1899 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Barr Family Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents: Ammon Asbury and Unknown Martin
Children:
- Jesse Amos Barr
- Rebecca C. Barr
- Samuel C. Barr
- James Monroe Barr
- Mary Ellen Barr
- Nancy Ellen Barr
- William Henry Harrison Barr
- Mary E. Barr
2nd Married: Nancy Bell Carr in 1901 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Born: 10 May 1876 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Died: 1 February 1937 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried:
Parents: Lafayette and Siba Loduska (LaFever) Carr
RELATIVES WHO SERVED
- Nephew: David Monroe Barr - 5th Tennessee Cavalry
- Brother-in-law: Ammon A. Martin - 1st Tennessee Mounted Infantry
MILITARY INFORMATION
25th Tennessee Infantry
Company E
CSA
ABSTRACT:
- Enlisted as a Private and left as a Private
- Enlisted 2 February 1863 in Camp Tullahoma
- Jan & Feb 1863: Present
- Mar & Apr 1863: Deserted 25 March 1863; Due the Confederates for Knapsack Haversack 3.45
- 6 Apr 1864: Deserted April 1863
1st Tennessee Mounted Infantry
Company C
USA
ABSTRACT:
- Enlisted as a Private and left as a Private
- Enlisted 21 October 1863 at Carthage, TN
- Age: 31
- Enlistment to 31 Dec 1863: Present
- Jan & Feb 1864: Present
- Mar - Jun 1864: Present
- Muster Out Date: 13 Dec 1864
US PENSION APPLICATION
- Pension Application: 513155; Certificate Number: 489271
- Download a Copy of the Widow's Application
CENSUS DATA
- 1850 Census: DeKalb County, TN, Page 50
- 1860 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 51
- 1870 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 160
- 1880 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 196C
- 1900 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 100A
OBITUARY
The Cookeville Press
6 April 1899
Vol. XIII, No. 14, Page 1
There have been three deaths in our neighborhood since Christmas -- three of lung trouble and one of old age. The victims were Mrs. J. C. Barr, Mrs. Sherrel, Alfred Judd and Ephraim Sherrel. Burton, April. 3
ADDITIONAL DATA
- The descendants of Barr, Murphy, Buchanan, Winfree, Maddux, Lowe by Lela Belle Winfree
- Appointed Postmaster of Burton.
- United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans: On 3 February 1938, William H. Barr ordered a Military Headstone for his father to be placed in a Private Family Cemetery. Information: Jacob C. Barr, 1st TN Mounted Infantry, Company C, Private, Date of Death: 17 January 1907. The tombstone was shipped 15 April 1938 to S. N. Barr in Baxter, TN.
- Jacob Barr served as Postmaster of Burton beginning 31 May 1880. (See NARA - Page 5)