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Thomas Jefferson Wakefield

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Thomas Jefferson Wakefield Veteran

Birth
Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
Death
17 Sep 1846 (aged 83)
Lexie Crossroads, Franklin County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Franklin County, Tennessee, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.1615522, Longitude: -86.3088131
Memorial ID
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Thomas Wakefield
in the Family Data Collection - Individual Records
Wakefield, Sr., Revolutionary War, Thomas Jefferson in tree "Wendy & John Corcoran Family Tree, Shiloh, NC, USA"

"Family Data Collection
Name: Thomas Wakefield
Spouse: Nancy Johnson
Parents: Charles Wakefield, Elizabeth Moore
Birth Place: Co, Albemarle, VA
Birth Date: 5 Oct 1762
Marriage Place: Franklin Co, TN
Marriage Date: 1787
Death Place: Macon Co, TN
Death Date: 17 Sep 1850"

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"U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872:
Name
Thomas Wakefield
Year range 1848-1868
Pension Office Place Tennessee, USA, Nashville
Spouse Jemima Wakefield
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Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981
Name
Thomas Wakefield
Gender Male
Death Age
86
Birth Date
5 Oct 1762
Birth Place
Albermarle County, Virginia
Death Date
17 Sep 1849
Spouse Jemima Franklin
Contributor: Cheri J McNaul (47796326) August 2020

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His parents whom we need to find their cemetery:
Charles Wakefield
Birth: Apr 1722, Charles City, Charles, Maryland, USA
Death: 18 Jul 1815, Burke, Caldwell, North Carolina, USA

Elizabeth C. Moore
Birth: Apr 1726, Collettsville, Caldwell, North Carolina, USA
Death: Jul 1815, Burke, North Carolina, USA

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Thomas and Nancy are our 4th grandparents.

1st Spouse & Children:
Nancy Johnson # 132692614 (1774–1823)
Marriage -
1787 • Franklin County, Tennessee, USA

Thomas and Nancy's 13 children:

Elizabeth Wakefield Moseley #9052336 (1788-1839)
Nancy (1791-1838)
Christiana (1796-1872)
Barnett Hamilton (1798-1853)
Thomas Wesley (1800-1860)
Jane (1802-1897) d. Hood Cty, TX
Flora Wakefield Parks #32632556 (1805-1887)
Lucy (1807-1808)
Joseph N. (1809-1903)
Charles W. (1810-1857)
Henry Nelson (1816-1860)
Margaret "Peggy" (1821-1845)
Lucy (1823-1894)

Ten children need to be found and linked with their parents. Ten of these are buried in Franklin County. One is in Hood Cty, Texas.Thomas Wakefield was the third husband of Jemima Catherine Franklin McCoy Griffin Wakefield.

2nd Spouse:
"Jemima Franklin
in the Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981
Name: Jemima Franklin
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 9 Sep 1825
Marriage Place: Franklin County, Tennessee
Spouse: Thomas Wakefield"

The following was sent to me by FindAGrave Contributor, Barbara Campbell, thank you Barbara.

"State of Tennessee, Franklin County On this 26th day of November 1832 personally appeared before the Court of Pleas & Quarter
Sessions for the County of Franklin Thomas Wackfield [sic] a resident of said County & State aged 70 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832. That in the month of December 1779 this affiant, was a resident of Burke County North Carolina; & then & there he entered the service of the United States in the company commanded by Captain Ford, that he was marched by said Ford in said company to Charleston South Carolina: That after the company was marched into South Carolina they were placed under the command of Colonel Andrew Hampton: That
this affiant served out his tour of duty under Colonel Hampton & at the expiration thereof received his discharge which is herewith filed & made a part of this declaration. This affiant served three months in this tour of duty. This affiant recollects of no particular incident worth relating that occurred during this tour of duty: He belonged to General Lillington's brigade – he was not in any battle during this time of service. Shortly after affiant was discharged as above stated he returned home & in the same
spring he volunteered under Colonel Joseph McDowell to serve another tour of duty against the Cherokee nation of Indians. That he entered the Cherokee nation & had a small battle or skirmish with the Indians in which several Indians were killed – this affiant served about two months in the performance of this tour & after it was over he was discharged but no written discharge was given affiant: During the same year this affiant served another tour of duty against the Indians under Colonel McDowell – the time when he entered the service he does not recollect – nor does he recollect the period of his discharge – he believes he served about two months in the performance of this last tour – but he received no written discharge – that he served out his tour & was discharged in the usual way: After the battle of the Cowpens when Cornwallis was passing through North Carolina this affiant again
volunteered to serve another tour of duty under Colonel McDowell – the Regiment was marched from Burke County North Carolina to Beatties Ford on the Cherokee River where they were discharged.
This affiant was about a month or six weeks in service in the performance of this tour. This affiant has no other documentary evidence of his services except his first discharge which he has produced. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Swoon to in open Court the 26th of November 1832. S/ Thomas Wakefield,"

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Thomas Wakefield
in the Family Data Collection - Individual Records
Wakefield, Sr., Revolutionary War, Thomas Jefferson in tree "Wendy & John Corcoran Family Tree, Shiloh, NC, USA"

"Family Data Collection
Name: Thomas Wakefield
Spouse: Nancy Johnson
Parents: Charles Wakefield, Elizabeth Moore
Birth Place: Co, Albemarle, VA
Birth Date: 5 Oct 1762
Marriage Place: Franklin Co, TN
Marriage Date: 1787
Death Place: Macon Co, TN
Death Date: 17 Sep 1850"

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"U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872:
Name
Thomas Wakefield
Year range 1848-1868
Pension Office Place Tennessee, USA, Nashville
Spouse Jemima Wakefield
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Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981
Name
Thomas Wakefield
Gender Male
Death Age
86
Birth Date
5 Oct 1762
Birth Place
Albermarle County, Virginia
Death Date
17 Sep 1849
Spouse Jemima Franklin
Contributor: Cheri J McNaul (47796326) August 2020

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His parents whom we need to find their cemetery:
Charles Wakefield
Birth: Apr 1722, Charles City, Charles, Maryland, USA
Death: 18 Jul 1815, Burke, Caldwell, North Carolina, USA

Elizabeth C. Moore
Birth: Apr 1726, Collettsville, Caldwell, North Carolina, USA
Death: Jul 1815, Burke, North Carolina, USA

*******

Thomas and Nancy are our 4th grandparents.

1st Spouse & Children:
Nancy Johnson # 132692614 (1774–1823)
Marriage -
1787 • Franklin County, Tennessee, USA

Thomas and Nancy's 13 children:

Elizabeth Wakefield Moseley #9052336 (1788-1839)
Nancy (1791-1838)
Christiana (1796-1872)
Barnett Hamilton (1798-1853)
Thomas Wesley (1800-1860)
Jane (1802-1897) d. Hood Cty, TX
Flora Wakefield Parks #32632556 (1805-1887)
Lucy (1807-1808)
Joseph N. (1809-1903)
Charles W. (1810-1857)
Henry Nelson (1816-1860)
Margaret "Peggy" (1821-1845)
Lucy (1823-1894)

Ten children need to be found and linked with their parents. Ten of these are buried in Franklin County. One is in Hood Cty, Texas.Thomas Wakefield was the third husband of Jemima Catherine Franklin McCoy Griffin Wakefield.

2nd Spouse:
"Jemima Franklin
in the Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981
Name: Jemima Franklin
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 9 Sep 1825
Marriage Place: Franklin County, Tennessee
Spouse: Thomas Wakefield"

The following was sent to me by FindAGrave Contributor, Barbara Campbell, thank you Barbara.

"State of Tennessee, Franklin County On this 26th day of November 1832 personally appeared before the Court of Pleas & Quarter
Sessions for the County of Franklin Thomas Wackfield [sic] a resident of said County & State aged 70 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed 7th June 1832. That in the month of December 1779 this affiant, was a resident of Burke County North Carolina; & then & there he entered the service of the United States in the company commanded by Captain Ford, that he was marched by said Ford in said company to Charleston South Carolina: That after the company was marched into South Carolina they were placed under the command of Colonel Andrew Hampton: That
this affiant served out his tour of duty under Colonel Hampton & at the expiration thereof received his discharge which is herewith filed & made a part of this declaration. This affiant served three months in this tour of duty. This affiant recollects of no particular incident worth relating that occurred during this tour of duty: He belonged to General Lillington's brigade – he was not in any battle during this time of service. Shortly after affiant was discharged as above stated he returned home & in the same
spring he volunteered under Colonel Joseph McDowell to serve another tour of duty against the Cherokee nation of Indians. That he entered the Cherokee nation & had a small battle or skirmish with the Indians in which several Indians were killed – this affiant served about two months in the performance of this tour & after it was over he was discharged but no written discharge was given affiant: During the same year this affiant served another tour of duty against the Indians under Colonel McDowell – the time when he entered the service he does not recollect – nor does he recollect the period of his discharge – he believes he served about two months in the performance of this last tour – but he received no written discharge – that he served out his tour & was discharged in the usual way: After the battle of the Cowpens when Cornwallis was passing through North Carolina this affiant again
volunteered to serve another tour of duty under Colonel McDowell – the Regiment was marched from Burke County North Carolina to Beatties Ford on the Cherokee River where they were discharged.
This affiant was about a month or six weeks in service in the performance of this tour. This affiant has no other documentary evidence of his services except his first discharge which he has produced. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Swoon to in open Court the 26th of November 1832. S/ Thomas Wakefield,"

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