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Early
Campaigns
Practically
all the soldiers who survived the War of the Revolution participated in the
Indian campaigns that followed.
While
peace was declared in 1783, the war, although officially over, went on for many
years as far as the western settlements were concerned.
The
Indians, having been allies of the British during the Revolution, continued
their terrible depredations and the sacrifice of life in Tennessee was
appalling.
Many
men fell in the battle of Lookout Mountain, which was fought by Gen. Joseph Martin in 1788, but only the names of three officers
are given in the records.
Capt.
--- Gibson
Capt.
John Hardin
Capt.
Joseph Bullard
Others,
whose names are positively known as having serving in the early Indian campaigns
are:
James
Cozby
Lieut.
Robert Patterson
Soldiers of the War of 1812
Lieut.
Col. John Anderson
Gideon
Blackburn
James
Campbell
James
Cozby
James
Woods Cozby
James
Gamble
Samuel
Green
William
Henderson
Col.
Thomas McCallie
Elisha
Parker
John
Peterson
Hasten
Poe
John
Smithart
Brig.
Gen. William Stone
Abraham
Thomas
Robert
Tunnell
Solders of the Creek Indian War of 1813
Gideon
Blackburn - Chaplain with Gen. Andrew Jackson
James
Cozby
Jeremiah
H. Jones (reference Goodspeed)
Allen
Parker (reference Goodspeed)
John
Smithart, killed in Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
William
Talley
Regiment
of Cherokee Indians
Col.
Gideon Morgan formed a Regiment of Cherokee Indians who performed heroic
service.
Many
of the Cherokee soldiers lived in what is now Hamilton County or in the
adjoining country.
Among
those whose names are known are:
Major
George Lowrey
John
Lowrey
Charles
Rees (resided at present site of Brainerd)
John
Ross, served as Adjutant; later he was principal chief of the Cherokee Nation
Charles
Fox Taylor
Capt.
Richard Taylor
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History
of Hamilton County
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