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Jacob Coffman “Guerilla Jake” Bennett

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Jacob Coffman “Guerilla Jake” Bennett

Birth
McLean County, Kentucky, USA
Death
6 Dec 1904 (aged 64)
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Pea Ridge, Clay County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Capt. Jacob C. "Jake" Bennett, a native Kentuckian and noted Confederate partisan ranger and was one of six Confederate Soldiers who made the daring escape from the penitentiary in Columbus Ohio with their intrepid leader, General John H. Morgan.

During the civil war, bushwhackers and guerrillas on both sides raided the sparsely populated borderlands of Tennessee and Kentucky. Confederate partisans clashed frequently with Federal soldiers and Unionists, and Bennett was among the more daring guerrillas. Captured at Fort Donelson in February 1862 and imprisoned, Bennett escaped and joined Confederate Col. Adam R. "Stovepipe" Johnson's 10th Kentucky Partisan Rangers, which became part of Gen. John Hunt Morgan's cavalry division. In 1872, he became the second Sheriff of Clay County Tennessee and was elected three times. Capt. Bennett died at the state prison where he had been one of the most trusted guards for the past years.
Capt. Jacob C. "Jake" Bennett, a native Kentuckian and noted Confederate partisan ranger and was one of six Confederate Soldiers who made the daring escape from the penitentiary in Columbus Ohio with their intrepid leader, General John H. Morgan.

During the civil war, bushwhackers and guerrillas on both sides raided the sparsely populated borderlands of Tennessee and Kentucky. Confederate partisans clashed frequently with Federal soldiers and Unionists, and Bennett was among the more daring guerrillas. Captured at Fort Donelson in February 1862 and imprisoned, Bennett escaped and joined Confederate Col. Adam R. "Stovepipe" Johnson's 10th Kentucky Partisan Rangers, which became part of Gen. John Hunt Morgan's cavalry division. In 1872, he became the second Sheriff of Clay County Tennessee and was elected three times. Capt. Bennett died at the state prison where he had been one of the most trusted guards for the past years.

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