Mrs. Dan Carmack Gary, State Regent Tennessee Society NSDAR, on the occasion of placing the bronze plaque. "When Thomas Jarnagin and members of his company left their homes to join others under the command of Colonel John Sevier and Colonel Isaac Shelby, their purpose was to engage the troops of Great Britain in battle. As the troops assembled, it became clear that if they proceeded accordingly, their homes, wives and children would be exposed to attack by marauding bands of Indians. The most practical course was to leave a force roughly equivalent to one-half the number to guard and protect their frontier toeholds of civilization. I can imagine the disappointment and frustration felt by Thomas Jarnagin when he was ordered to be one of those who did not march out to participate in the Battle of King's Mountain, the battle later designated by historians as the turning point of the American Revolutionary War in the south." Captain Jarnagin, with his wife Mary(Witt)Jarnagin, accompanied by several of their children, left Virginia about 1778 and came to Washington County, NC/Tennessee. In 1783 settled near the bend of the Nolichucky river and built "Mount Harmony", their home, in what is now Hamblen County, Tennessee.
His DAR documented Patriot record:
JERNIGAN, THOMAS (Capt.) DAR Ancestor
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): CAPTAIN
Birth: 1746 LUNENBURG CO VIRGINIA
Death: 1802 JEFFERSON CO TENNESSEE
Service Source: *SR6137 - PENSION OF ISAAC LANE
Service Description: 1) COL JOHN SERVIER'S REGT, MILITIA
1) PATRIOT'S GRAVE IS MARKED.
2) ISAAC LANE RECEIVED PENSION; WIFE RECEIVED BOUNTY LAND WARRANT.
RESIDENCE 1) County: WASHINGTON CO - State: NORTH CAROLINA
SPOUSE 1) MARY WITT
His DAR documented Patriot record:
JERNIGAN, THOMAS (Capt.) DAR Ancestor
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): CAPTAIN
Birth: 1746 LUNENBURG CO VIRGINIA
Death: 1802 JEFFERSON CO TENNESSEE
Service Source: *SR6137 - PENSION OF ISAAC LANE
Service Description: 1) COL JOHN SERVIER'S REGT, MILITIA
1) PATRIOT'S GRAVE IS MARKED.
2) ISAAC LANE RECEIVED PENSION; WIFE RECEIVED BOUNTY LAND WARRANT.
RESIDENCE 1) County: WASHINGTON CO - State: NORTH CAROLINA
SPOUSE 1) MARY WITT
Mrs. Dan Carmack Gary, State Regent Tennessee Society NSDAR, on the occasion of placing the bronze plaque. "When Thomas Jarnagin and members of his company left their homes to join others under the command of Colonel John Sevier and Colonel Isaac Shelby, their purpose was to engage the troops of Great Britain in battle. As the troops assembled, it became clear that if they proceeded accordingly, their homes, wives and children would be exposed to attack by marauding bands of Indians. The most practical course was to leave a force roughly equivalent to one-half the number to guard and protect their frontier toeholds of civilization. I can imagine the disappointment and frustration felt by Thomas Jarnagin when he was ordered to be one of those who did not march out to participate in the Battle of King's Mountain, the battle later designated by historians as the turning point of the American Revolutionary War in the south." Captain Jarnagin, with his wife Mary(Witt)Jarnagin, accompanied by several of their children, left Virginia about 1778 and came to Washington County, NC/Tennessee. In 1783 settled near the bend of the Nolichucky river and built "Mount Harmony", their home, in what is now Hamblen County, Tennessee.
His DAR documented Patriot record:
JERNIGAN, THOMAS (Capt.) DAR Ancestor
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): CAPTAIN
Birth: 1746 LUNENBURG CO VIRGINIA
Death: 1802 JEFFERSON CO TENNESSEE
Service Source: *SR6137 - PENSION OF ISAAC LANE
Service Description: 1) COL JOHN SERVIER'S REGT, MILITIA
1) PATRIOT'S GRAVE IS MARKED.
2) ISAAC LANE RECEIVED PENSION; WIFE RECEIVED BOUNTY LAND WARRANT.
RESIDENCE 1) County: WASHINGTON CO - State: NORTH CAROLINA
SPOUSE 1) MARY WITT
His DAR documented Patriot record:
JERNIGAN, THOMAS (Capt.) DAR Ancestor
Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): CAPTAIN
Birth: 1746 LUNENBURG CO VIRGINIA
Death: 1802 JEFFERSON CO TENNESSEE
Service Source: *SR6137 - PENSION OF ISAAC LANE
Service Description: 1) COL JOHN SERVIER'S REGT, MILITIA
1) PATRIOT'S GRAVE IS MARKED.
2) ISAAC LANE RECEIVED PENSION; WIFE RECEIVED BOUNTY LAND WARRANT.
RESIDENCE 1) County: WASHINGTON CO - State: NORTH CAROLINA
SPOUSE 1) MARY WITT
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