He served in Col Thomas Williamson’s Company, Capt. James Pace Regt from 28 Sep 1814 to 27 Apr 1815.
DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen
DATES: September 1814 - April 1815
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Bedford, Davidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson, Giles, and Smith Counties
CAPTAINS: Giles Burdett, James Cook, John Crane, John Doak, John Dobbins, John Hutchings, William Martin, Anthony Metcalf, Robert Moore, James Nealy, James Pace, Thomas Porter, Thomas Scurry, Robert Steele, Richard Tate, Beverly Williams
BRIEF HISTORY:
Along with Colonel Robert Dyer's unit, this regiment was part of General John Coffee's brigade that fought at Pensacola and New Orleans. Marching from Fayetteville to Camp Gaines (30 miles from Fort Montgomery), they helped Jackson take the port of Pensacola from the Spanish on 7 November 1814. Williamson's men then participated in all of the engagements at New Orleans, where they were part of the left line of Jackson's breastworks. In March 1815 they returned to Tennessee via the Natchez Trace.
Added by F.A.G.contributor Dead Ringer:
1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.
Name: Samuel Baxter
Age: 63
Sex: Male
Month of Death: April
State of Birth: North Carolina
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
~ Carroll County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule
He served in Col Thomas Williamson’s Company, Capt. James Pace Regt from 28 Sep 1814 to 27 Apr 1815.
DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen
DATES: September 1814 - April 1815
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Bedford, Davidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson, Giles, and Smith Counties
CAPTAINS: Giles Burdett, James Cook, John Crane, John Doak, John Dobbins, John Hutchings, William Martin, Anthony Metcalf, Robert Moore, James Nealy, James Pace, Thomas Porter, Thomas Scurry, Robert Steele, Richard Tate, Beverly Williams
BRIEF HISTORY:
Along with Colonel Robert Dyer's unit, this regiment was part of General John Coffee's brigade that fought at Pensacola and New Orleans. Marching from Fayetteville to Camp Gaines (30 miles from Fort Montgomery), they helped Jackson take the port of Pensacola from the Spanish on 7 November 1814. Williamson's men then participated in all of the engagements at New Orleans, where they were part of the left line of Jackson's breastworks. In March 1815 they returned to Tennessee via the Natchez Trace.
Added by F.A.G.contributor Dead Ringer:
1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.
Name: Samuel Baxter
Age: 63
Sex: Male
Month of Death: April
State of Birth: North Carolina
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
~ Carroll County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule
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