Revolutionary War Soldier. War of 1812.
COLONEL THOMAS McCRORY
* DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Militia
* DATES: October 1813 - January 1814
* MEN MOSTLY FROM: Williamson, Maury, Giles, Overton, Rutherford, and Smith Counties
* CAPTAINS: William Dooley, Thomas K. Gordon, Samuel B. McKnight, Anthony Metcalf, Isaac Patton, John Reynolds, James Shannon, Abel Willis
BRIEF HISTORY:
Part of General Isaac Roberts' Second Brigade, these three-month enlistees were mustered in at Franklin, Tennessee and mustered out at Fort Strother. The regiment participated in the Battle of Talladega (9 November 1813). Jackson tried to get them to serve longer than the three-month term, but only Captain Abel Willis (Overton County) and nineteen men stayed.
The number of men in each company was relatively small, averaging about fifty (one company, led by Captain James Shannon of Williamson County had a complement of twenty-nine men). Famed Presbyterian minister Gideon Blackburn served as regimental chaplain. Source
For more information on Colonel McCrory, go to A McCrory Family Tree at Ancestry.com
There does seem to be some confusion as to whether this Thomas McCrory is the son or the father.
Thomas McCrory (1735-88) served as captain of a company in the 9th regiment, under the commands of Major William Polk and Colonel Williams, Continental Line. He was born in Antrim, Ireland.
Taken from the book Williamson County Historical Society Journal 54 dated 2023 Editor Brian Laster submitted by LindaMooreMora
Born at a place called The Largy on the river Bann just South of Portglenone County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He was no more than eight years old when his parents brought him to British America in 1775, landing at Baltimore on July first. They settled in Guilford County, North Carolina just in time for the father to join in the Revolution, attaining the rank of Captain. That service led to land warrants for several of his sons, in what would become Williamson County, TN. Thomas was in Brentwood, on the Trace, James, John and Hugh McCrory were a few miles farther east along the Big South Road. It is Thomas whose name appears most frequently in Williamson County history-- including the 1799 Act of the Tennessee General Assembly that created it. He was a Lt. Col. of Tenn volunteer militia activated for service in the Creek War (an 1813-1814 phase of the larger War of 1812) Thomas died on a business trip to East Tennessee and is buried in a suburb of Bristol. His 1816 will and 1818 estate settlement were recorded in Williamson Co. TN. The nicely restored churchyard next to Johnson's Chapel United Methodist Church in Brentwood is the resting place of a number of his children, grandchildren and other friends. Signed under this information is Richard H. Hulan, Springfield, VA March 20, 2023
COLONEL THOMAS McCRORY
* DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Militia
* DATES: October 1813 - January 1814
* MEN MOSTLY FROM: Williamson, Maury, Giles, Overton, Rutherford, and Smith Counties
* CAPTAINS: William Dooley, Thomas K. Gordon, Samuel B. McKnight, Anthony Metcalf, Isaac Patton, John Reynolds, James Shannon, Abel Willis
BRIEF HISTORY:
Part of General Isaac Roberts' Second Brigade, these three-month enlistees were mustered in at Franklin, Tennessee and mustered out at Fort Strother. The regiment participated in the Battle of Talladega (9 November 1813). Jackson tried to get them to serve longer than the three-month term, but only Captain Abel Willis (Overton County) and nineteen men stayed.
The number of men in each company was relatively small, averaging about fifty (one company, led by Captain James Shannon of Williamson County had a complement of twenty-nine men). Famed Presbyterian minister Gideon Blackburn served as regimental chaplain. Source
For more information on Colonel McCrory, go to A McCrory Family Tree at Ancestry.com
There does seem to be some confusion as to whether this Thomas McCrory is the son or the father.
Thomas McCrory (1735-88) served as captain of a company in the 9th regiment, under the commands of Major William Polk and Colonel Williams, Continental Line. He was born in Antrim, Ireland.
Taken from the book Williamson County Historical Society Journal 54 dated 2023 Editor Brian Laster submitted by LindaMooreMora
Born at a place called The Largy on the river Bann just South of Portglenone County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He was no more than eight years old when his parents brought him to British America in 1775, landing at Baltimore on July first. They settled in Guilford County, North Carolina just in time for the father to join in the Revolution, attaining the rank of Captain. That service led to land warrants for several of his sons, in what would become Williamson County, TN. Thomas was in Brentwood, on the Trace, James, John and Hugh McCrory were a few miles farther east along the Big South Road. It is Thomas whose name appears most frequently in Williamson County history-- including the 1799 Act of the Tennessee General Assembly that created it. He was a Lt. Col. of Tenn volunteer militia activated for service in the Creek War (an 1813-1814 phase of the larger War of 1812) Thomas died on a business trip to East Tennessee and is buried in a suburb of Bristol. His 1816 will and 1818 estate settlement were recorded in Williamson Co. TN. The nicely restored churchyard next to Johnson's Chapel United Methodist Church in Brentwood is the resting place of a number of his children, grandchildren and other friends. Signed under this information is Richard H. Hulan, Springfield, VA March 20, 2023
Revolutionary War Soldier. War of 1812.
COLONEL THOMAS McCRORY
* DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Militia
* DATES: October 1813 - January 1814
* MEN MOSTLY FROM: Williamson, Maury, Giles, Overton, Rutherford, and Smith Counties
* CAPTAINS: William Dooley, Thomas K. Gordon, Samuel B. McKnight, Anthony Metcalf, Isaac Patton, John Reynolds, James Shannon, Abel Willis
BRIEF HISTORY:
Part of General Isaac Roberts' Second Brigade, these three-month enlistees were mustered in at Franklin, Tennessee and mustered out at Fort Strother. The regiment participated in the Battle of Talladega (9 November 1813). Jackson tried to get them to serve longer than the three-month term, but only Captain Abel Willis (Overton County) and nineteen men stayed.
The number of men in each company was relatively small, averaging about fifty (one company, led by Captain James Shannon of Williamson County had a complement of twenty-nine men). Famed Presbyterian minister Gideon Blackburn served as regimental chaplain. Source
For more information on Colonel McCrory, go to A McCrory Family Tree at Ancestry.com
There does seem to be some confusion as to whether this Thomas McCrory is the son or the father.
Thomas McCrory (1735-88) served as captain of a company in the 9th regiment, under the commands of Major William Polk and Colonel Williams, Continental Line. He was born in Antrim, Ireland.
Taken from the book Williamson County Historical Society Journal 54 dated 2023 Editor Brian Laster submitted by LindaMooreMora
Born at a place called The Largy on the river Bann just South of Portglenone County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He was no more than eight years old when his parents brought him to British America in 1775, landing at Baltimore on July first. They settled in Guilford County, North Carolina just in time for the father to join in the Revolution, attaining the rank of Captain. That service led to land warrants for several of his sons, in what would become Williamson County, TN. Thomas was in Brentwood, on the Trace, James, John and Hugh McCrory were a few miles farther east along the Big South Road. It is Thomas whose name appears most frequently in Williamson County history-- including the 1799 Act of the Tennessee General Assembly that created it. He was a Lt. Col. of Tenn volunteer militia activated for service in the Creek War (an 1813-1814 phase of the larger War of 1812) Thomas died on a business trip to East Tennessee and is buried in a suburb of Bristol. His 1816 will and 1818 estate settlement were recorded in Williamson Co. TN. The nicely restored churchyard next to Johnson's Chapel United Methodist Church in Brentwood is the resting place of a number of his children, grandchildren and other friends. Signed under this information is Richard H. Hulan, Springfield, VA March 20, 2023
COLONEL THOMAS McCRORY
* DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Militia
* DATES: October 1813 - January 1814
* MEN MOSTLY FROM: Williamson, Maury, Giles, Overton, Rutherford, and Smith Counties
* CAPTAINS: William Dooley, Thomas K. Gordon, Samuel B. McKnight, Anthony Metcalf, Isaac Patton, John Reynolds, James Shannon, Abel Willis
BRIEF HISTORY:
Part of General Isaac Roberts' Second Brigade, these three-month enlistees were mustered in at Franklin, Tennessee and mustered out at Fort Strother. The regiment participated in the Battle of Talladega (9 November 1813). Jackson tried to get them to serve longer than the three-month term, but only Captain Abel Willis (Overton County) and nineteen men stayed.
The number of men in each company was relatively small, averaging about fifty (one company, led by Captain James Shannon of Williamson County had a complement of twenty-nine men). Famed Presbyterian minister Gideon Blackburn served as regimental chaplain. Source
For more information on Colonel McCrory, go to A McCrory Family Tree at Ancestry.com
There does seem to be some confusion as to whether this Thomas McCrory is the son or the father.
Thomas McCrory (1735-88) served as captain of a company in the 9th regiment, under the commands of Major William Polk and Colonel Williams, Continental Line. He was born in Antrim, Ireland.
Taken from the book Williamson County Historical Society Journal 54 dated 2023 Editor Brian Laster submitted by LindaMooreMora
Born at a place called The Largy on the river Bann just South of Portglenone County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He was no more than eight years old when his parents brought him to British America in 1775, landing at Baltimore on July first. They settled in Guilford County, North Carolina just in time for the father to join in the Revolution, attaining the rank of Captain. That service led to land warrants for several of his sons, in what would become Williamson County, TN. Thomas was in Brentwood, on the Trace, James, John and Hugh McCrory were a few miles farther east along the Big South Road. It is Thomas whose name appears most frequently in Williamson County history-- including the 1799 Act of the Tennessee General Assembly that created it. He was a Lt. Col. of Tenn volunteer militia activated for service in the Creek War (an 1813-1814 phase of the larger War of 1812) Thomas died on a business trip to East Tennessee and is buried in a suburb of Bristol. His 1816 will and 1818 estate settlement were recorded in Williamson Co. TN. The nicely restored churchyard next to Johnson's Chapel United Methodist Church in Brentwood is the resting place of a number of his children, grandchildren and other friends. Signed under this information is Richard H. Hulan, Springfield, VA March 20, 2023
