Coulter, John :Citizen of Blount Co. Tennessee

Captured Sept. 25, 1863 in Blount Co. Tennessee

Arrived Dec. 24, 1863

Died Sept. 23, 1864 of bronchitis and chronic diarrhea

Buried grave 191

NOTE:Coulter's several letters to his wife at Maryville, Tennessee, are extant.So far as can be determined, all the letters were written for Coulter by others, presumably because the subject was illiterete, but possibly because of his serious and prolonged illness.According to the last letter to the widow, Coulter's body was place in a coffin and decently buried by his friends.

This information was taken from this website: http://www.rbhayes.org/hayes/civilwar/display.asp?id=759&subj=civilwar

Additionally..information was provided thru family members as posted:

" John Coulter was 53 yrs old when the Civil War started. John's sons Robert and William fought with the Confederacy. John was a war sympathizer. His home was a refuge for Confederate Soldiers, where they could get food and heal their wounds. On September 25, 1863 John was arrested by the Union soldiers as an active rebel. He was released Oct. 20, 1863 because he took an Oath of Allegiance to the U.S. and gave a $3000 bond. John was arrested again and was marched to the Union Prision in Sandusky, Ohio. In, 1863, when John was arrested and taken from his the family home by Federal Troops because he was a Confederate sympathizer. He was taken to a Federal Prison in Knoxville along with some other Blount Countians. They were marched to Cincinnati, Ohio and then transported by train to Sandusky Ohio, to Johnson Island Federal Prison for Confederate officers. There he died alongside Confederate soldiers on Sept. 24, 1864. John was buried in the Government Cemetery near Sanduskey, Ohio Lot # and locality of grave 191 c.c. Fortunately his sons Robert and William survived the War and returned to Blount County. A fellow prisoner, W.W. Wallace, wrote that John bore the hardships and exposure of the march well, for a man of his age (56) and constitution. But John was never well again and died there in the prison and was buried on the prison grounds. John's brother, James, who lived with his family in Ashley Illinois, attempted to intervene for John's release, but to no avail. One of James Coulter's descendents wrote that James's son, John, offered to takes his uncle's place but premission was denied. However, The Illinois Coulter's were permitted to send him provisions such as money, food and clothing. John's wife, Catherine S. Kitchens Coulter must have been a very strong woman to have endured all the heart-breaking times in her life. She lived to witness her large family of nine children, and her husband pass away, before she died on May 29, 1898. Born Oct. 28, 1810 in Jelilco Tennessee, Campbell County. Catherine was 88 years old when she died."

It is truly an honor to be able to say John and Catherine Coulter were my Great Great Great Grandparents Submitted by Terry Coulter Larson, 12977 W. Maplewood Rd, Zion IL 60099-9405 Sources: Bible records, Family Collection, Marriage records, cemetery records. Headstone, Pop Census, Help from Helen Coulter and Brenda Hall, and Confederate P.O.W. records.

As recent researched, there is no verification as to John Coulter being buried anywhere but Johnson Island: - LLH703 - April 2024