William (Clayborn) Jennings

Male 1834 - 1861  (26 years)


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  • Name William (Clayborn) Jennings 
    Birth 3 Dec 1834  Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 2 Dec 1861  Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Shellsford Cemetery, 121 Bottoms Road, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee 37111 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3720  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 12 Apr 1996 

    Father Jesse Dodson Jennings,   b. 23 Dec 1802, (Grainger County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1884, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Lucinda Shell,   b. 8 Mar 1808, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Oct 1887, Dublin, Erath County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage (Warren County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Family ID F987  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Julia Harrison,   b. 30 May 1840, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1915, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 11 Jan 1857  Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • ,by C.M.Forrest,MG
    Children 
     1. Cora Elizabeth Jennings,   b. 29 Nov 1857, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1939, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     2. Alexander Muncy Jennings,   b. 12 Nov 1859, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. William Clayborn "Bill" Jennings,   b. 25 Dec 1861, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jul 1945, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F1462  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 3 Dec 1834 - Warren County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 11 Jan 1857 - Warren County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 2 Dec 1861 - Warren County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Shellsford Cemetery, 121 Bottoms Road, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee 37111 Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • 35th Tennessee Infantry Regiment - CSA. Sad to note that his son, William,
      was born three weeks after he died...DAH.
    • Listed on roster of 35th Tenn.Regiment, CSA, Company "B".

      Hennessee, Thomas L.
      Confederate
      Infantry
      35th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (5th Infantry) (1st Mountain Rifle Regiment)

      http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS

      35th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (5th Infantry) (1st Mountain Rifle Regiment)

      35th Infantry Regiment formerly the 5th Tennessee Regiment Provisional Army, [also called 1st Mountain Rifle Regiment] was organized during September, 1861, at Camp Smartt, near McMinnville, Tennessee. Its men were from the counties of Grundy, Warren, Van Buren, Cannon, Sequatchie, DeKalb, Hamilton, and Bledsoe. It fought at Shiloh, Shelton's Hill, Richmond, Perryville, then moved to Knoxville, Shelbyville, and later Murfreesboro. During the war it was assigned to General L.E. Polk's, Granbury's, and Palmer's Brigade, Army of Tennessee, and from September, 1863, to April, 1864, consolidated with Nixon's 48th Regiment. The 35th participated in many battles from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, returned to Tennesee with Hood, and saw action in North Carolina. It had 369 engaged at Shiloh, lost nine percent of the 295 in the Richmond fight, and sustained 25 casualties at Murfreesboro. Twenty-nine percent of the 215 at Chickamauga were disabled and in December, 1863, the 35th/48th totalled 251 men and 207 arms. On April 26, 1865, it surrendered. The field officers were Colonel Benjamin J. Hill; Lieutenant Colonels R.B. Roberts, Joseph A. Smith, and John L. Spurlock; and Majors Joseph Brown, William W.J. Broawnlow, and G.S. Deakins.

      Extracted form Warren County Genalogical Association, Vol. II, No. 3, Fall,
      1993, p. 1:

      WARREN COUNTY RECORDS

      Contributed by
      JAMES A. DILLON, JR.
      HISTORIAN
      Warren County, Tennessee

      July 6, 1993

      Some years ago a number of old books and ledgers were discarded from the courthouse and were slated for the garbage dump when the courthouse janitor called me thinking I might want to survey the discarded material. I picked up all the books. Among them was a ledger containing a listing of insolvent estates for the period 1860-1881. Also listed in the ledgers was the Tax List for the 14th Civil District of Warren County for the year 1859.

      It will be noted that the period following the Civil War was a difficult economic period for many residents who were considered somewhat wealthy prior to the conflict. This listing is valuable in determining the approximate death date of the individual involved in the insolvency.


      INSOLVENT ESTATES 1860 - 1881
      Warren County, Tenn.

      Date Filed Name of Estate Administrator Remarks

      04 May 1861 William Jennings Alexander Harrison
      28 Apr 1866 Isham Jennings Moses Martin McMinnville Ent.

      *30 Apr 1866 William I. Moore A. A. Moore (Mrs.) J.H.Savage,Atty

      28 May 1866 George Harrison Harrison Smith
      06 May 1867 P. G. Webb B. R. Womack J.C.Webb Co-Adm
      06 May 1867 D. W. Webb J. C. Webb
      26 Sep 1870 Thomas Hennessee Thos. S. Myers

      Appears in 1860 Wright Co.,MO Federal Census, living with his Uncle Gideon.

      Raised his minor siblings after his father's death...Warren County,TN Will, Book I, p. 52.

      Was guardian to David Potter's children...DeKalb County,TN Settlement Book, p. 34.

      Enumerated with his uncle Gideon in 1850 Wright Co.,MO Census,p.10...DAH


  • Sources 
    1. [S14] 1860 Warren Co.,TN Census, abstracted by Arlene Greathouse, annotated by the, p. 112 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S512] "The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish,Richmond County,Virginia:, p. 399 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S22] "The Dodson Family of Warren County, Tennessee and Allied Families",, p. 279.

    4. [S13249] "Mortimer Wright", "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/33V7-298 : acc.

    5. [S1655] "Warren County,Tennessee Marriage Records:1852-1900", compiled & printed by Fred Clark,RR 1 Box 9-B, Ridge Road, Quebeck, p. 78.