The Latimers - Person Sheet
The Latimers - Person Sheet
NamePHILLIPS, John Jr. 
Birth Date14 Sep 1837
Birth PlaceGiles County, Tennessee
Death Date6 Nov 1912 Age: 75
Death PlacePulaski, Giles County, Tennessee
FlagsCivil War-CSA, Hughes Line, Military
FatherPHILLIPS, John Sr. (1777-1847)
MotherJAMES, Theresa (1810-1851)
Misc. Notes
John Phillips enlisted as a private in the Confederate States Army from Giles County, Tennessee on the 17th day of May, 1861, in Company A, later Company G, of the 3rd Tennesee Infantry Regiment.
He was captured at Fort Donelson on the 16th day of February, 1862, but paroled in September 1862. He soon reenlisted in the 3rd Tennessee, at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and appointed as Sergeant Major. After numerous battles went on furlough but before he could rejoin his unit General Lee had surrendered. To save his farm from confiscation he sworn the oath of allegiance to the United States.
He was captured at Fort Donelson on the 16th day of February, 1862, but paroled in September 1862. He soon reenlisted in the 3rd Tennessee, at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and appointed as Sergeant Major. After numerous battles went on furlough but before he could rejoin his unit General Lee had surrendered. To save his farm from confiscation he sworn the oath of allegiance to the United States.
Spouses
Birth Dateabt 1842
Birth PlaceGiles County, Tennessee
Death Date27 Nov 1916 Age: 74
Death PlacePulaski, Giles County, Tennessee
FlagsHughes Line
FatherREYNOLDS, David T. (1820-1891)
MotherABERNATHY, Mary Elizabeth (1823-1884)
Misc. Notes
Grandmother Phillips and her sister Ella at the time of the Civil War when both armies were in Tennessee. Many Yankee troops were stationed around Pulaski and the near countryside.
Both grandmother Emma and Aunt Ella had some collisions with soldiers especially when one yanked the shawl off their mother's (my great-grandmother [Mary E. Abernathy] Reynolds) and said "Old lady, where have you hidden the gold?" With that, one of the girls hit him on the head with the large key to the smoke house and he passed out cold. They were in trouble and Aunt Ella was taken into Pulaski to the jail but was quickly released with the intervention of the Yankee general, Buell.
Written by Karin Hughes Adams in her 90's.
Both grandmother Emma and Aunt Ella had some collisions with soldiers especially when one yanked the shawl off their mother's (my great-grandmother [Mary E. Abernathy] Reynolds) and said "Old lady, where have you hidden the gold?" With that, one of the girls hit him on the head with the large key to the smoke house and he passed out cold. They were in trouble and Aunt Ella was taken into Pulaski to the jail but was quickly released with the intervention of the Yankee general, Buell.
Written by Karin Hughes Adams in her 90's.
Marr Date5 Aug 1867
Marr PlaceGiles County, Tennessee