UNION HOME GUARD

COCKE COUNTY, TN


JEFFERSON DENTON, a strong Union man,

became aware of the need to organize a group of citizens

to keep law and order in their community.

Thus was born the Home Guard.

JEFFERSON DENTON

CAPTAIN

JOHN DENNIS

FIRST LIEUTENANT

*GEORGE C. TEMPLIN

2ND LIEUTENANT

JOHN BUTLER

FIRST SERGEANT

JAMES MERRELL

2ND SERGEANT

NOAH BIRD

FIRST CORPORAL

GREEN MCGAHA

2ND CORPORAL

SANDERS JENKINS

1 GUN, NO AM

JOSEPH WELL

NO GUN

JOHN HUFF

NO GUN

E. LKANAH KENER

1 GUN, FULL ROUND

JAMES HIX

1 GUN, NO AM

WM. HIX

1 GUN, NO AM

JOHN HIX

NO GUN

JOEL DENNIS

NO GUN

JOSEPH LAIN

1 GUN, FULL ROUND

JOHN BELEW

1 GUN, NO AM

JOHN SMALLWOOD

NO GUN

FELAX MCNABB

1 GUN, NO AM

JOHN DENNIS

1 GUN, NO AM

JOHN HARTSELL

NO GUN

ELIAS BELEW

1 GUN, NO AM

ANDERSON PADGET

1 GUN, NO AM

WM. N. HARTSELL

1 GUN, FULL ROUND

BROWNLOW HARTSELL

1 GUN, NO AM

JOSEPH PADGET

1 GUN, NO AM

ISAAC LEMMENS

1 GUN, NO AM

CYRUS JONES

1 GUN, NO AM

LAWSON SUTTEN

1 GUN, NO AM

JAMES M. LILLARD

NO GUN

WM. ODELL

NO GUN

ROBERT MCMAHAN

NO GUN

THOMAS JONES

1 GUN, NO AM

JOHN ONSBY

NO GUN

RUTHERFORD ROSE

1 GUN, NO AM

SAMUEL BUTLER

1 GUN, NO AM

WM. CARSON

1 GUN, NO AM

JAMES DENNIS

NO GUN

COLLINS WILLIAMS

1 GUN, NO AM

DAVID C. MILLER

NO GUN

ISAIAH BUTLER

1 GUN, NO AM

ALBERT PADGET

JOHN J. ALLEN

1 GUN, NO AM

DAVID SHULTS

1 GUN, NO AM

GEORGE M. NORRIS

1 GUN, NO AM

JOSHUA HARTSELL

NO GUN

BIRD WILSON

NO GUN

ABRAHAM HARTSELL

1 GUN, NO AM

ROYEL LAIN

1 GUN, NO AM

MORRIS HARTSELL

NO GUN

JOSEPH DENNIS

1 GUN, NO AM

*RICHERD TEMPLEN

1 GUN, NO AM

JOHN P. DENTON

1 GUN, NO AM

ISAAC ALLEN

1 GUN, NO AM

G. W. BUTLER

1 GUN, NO AM

WM. HATLEY

1 GUN, NO AM

DAVID DENTON

J. A. DENTON

1 GUN, NO AM

*DAVID TEMPLIN

1 GUN, NO AM

ELIAS DAVIS

NO GUN

JAMES P. TAYLER

1 GUN, NO AM

ROBERT DUNCAN

1 GUN, NO AM

FOUNTAIN LAIN

NO GUN

ELEXANDER ALLEN

1 GUN, NO AM

A. P. LEWIS

NO GUN

JOHN LEWIS

NO GUN

ANDERSON VINSON

NO GUN

HUE NORRIS

NO GUN

JAMES CLARKE

NO GUN

 

G. W. GUNTER, JAMES WATERS, JACOB SHULTS,

WILLIAS LEATHERWOOD,JAMES CLARKE (LISTED TWICE),

WM. MURR, DANIEL LEATHERWOOD, WM. NELEN (NAILLON?),

MARTIN NELEN, JOHN DAVIS, WM. WILLSON,

AND JOSEPH LEATHERWOOD

 

LIST FROM NEWPORT PLAIN TALK, Wednesday, August 26, 1987

NOTE:

*GEORGE C. TEMPLIN – CAPTURED, NEVER HEARD OF AGAIN

*GEORGE C TEMPLIN, RICHARD TEMPLIN &

DAVID TEMPLIN WERE BROTHERS.

*DAVID TEMPLIN – IT IS BELIEVED THAT DAVID WAS CONSCRIPTED
IN THE CONFEDERATE FORCES, AS HIS RECORDS
INDICATE HE SERVED FOR THE CONFEDERACY
IN COMPANY I, 62ND TENN. MTD. INF. WAS CAPTURED
AT VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI AND PAROLED.