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Note: Samuel Miller donated the land for the Obion Chapel United MethodistChurch OBION CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST history from Obion County History, Vol 1, p. 472 with great imput from Bill Cunningham. Obion Chapel is located 1/4 mile off Highway 21 between Troy and Hornbeak. According to p. 472, Obion County History, Vol. 1, 1981, p.472, the first log church was built around 1795 and also served as a school. This building burned. A more likely date for this building would be 1859 instead of 1795. (typo and transpose of numbers ?) 1. The Jackson Purchase treaty between the Chickasaw Indians and the US government was not signed until October 19, 1818. 2. U.S. citizens were not allowed to settle in the Jackson Purchase area (West Tennessee) until the treaty was ratified by congress on January 7, 1819. 3. Marshall's history and other sources state that the first settler in present-day Obion County was Elisha Parker in 1819 (page 5). Bill Cunningham says family legend states that his Easterwood ancestors, and a number of their relatives and neighbors moved to that area from Gibson County in the 1850's, not long before the Civil War. So many of them concentrated in the area that it became known as Gibson Ridge. Legend also states that his great-grandfather, Asbury Easterwood, was one of those original settlers and a founder of Obion Chapel Church. Asbury's sister, Nancy, married Samuel N. Miller, one of the donors of land for the church. As an aside, Samuel and Nancy Easterwood Miller's daughter, Melinda Bell Miller, married T.J. Easterwood, who later served as sheriff and trustee of Obion County. This produced a lot of double cousins! And again from Obion History, Vol. 1, 1981: Two-and-1/2 acres were deeded to the church by James L. Thompson and Samuel N. Miller on April 11, 1861. The second church was built in 1866. Rev. James A. Fussell held the first revival before the roof was completed. The present building was built in 1939. Two Sunday School rooms were added in 1962 in memory of Bobby Joe Tanner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bud Tanner. Rev. Joe Walker serves as church pastor. Federal Company Company D, 14th Tennessee Cavalry Home county of a man cannot be determined from muster rolls. And this is all I know about them ... you might take the name and company and contact the National Archives for more information. OFFICERS: 1st Lt: Francis A. Smith 2nd Lt: John C. Barr 1st Sgt: Isaiah Jones QMS: John Jackson C Sgt: Jones A. Tally Sgt: Elam V. Cashion, Rbt. S. Kendall, Wm. P. Stephens, John K. Tate, Wm. P. Walker Crp: Paton A. Alexander, Benjamin R. Chambers, Michael Click, James D. Dollins, John H. Jones, William A. Nicholson, Hughey W. Poyles, Philip S. Scott Trp: Francis M. Pankey, Edward Steward F Blk: Benjamin F. Hawkins, William M. Masters Farr: Philip Oxford, Thomas E. Needham Sadler: James A. Donnell Wagoneer: Richard Landrum PRIVATES: Henry M. Brock, James M. Brown, Benjamin F. Burnett, John Busby Albert F. M. Carpenter, Francis M. Cloys, Hiram O. Cloys, Marcus C. Cloys, George W. Crawford, Robert B. Crockett William P. Davis, Samuel Dawtry John W. Easterwood, John W. Elks Daniel Floyd, Nathan G. Foulks James W. Gibson, Joseph C. Green Laton Haisless (Laban Haislip), David W. Harrison, James T. Hester, Daniel M. Hopper, Charles W. Hugneley, Samuel E. Hugneley, Charles Hutchens Briant Johnson, William R. Johnson, Lewis H. Jones Franklin A. Key, Benjamin W. King, Bunyon J. Kirk, Sidney E. Kirk James W. Landrum John C. McConnell Samuel N. Miller, Andrew J. Moore, William L. Moutrie Hiram S. Neiley, John D. Neiley Thaddeus Paschal, James D. Pickens, Newton P. Pickens William B Read, Jefferson Rummage David J. Scofy, Wiley B Scofy, Samuel J. Self, Aaron P. Smith, Levi Smith, William J. Smith, James C. Stewart Thomas J. Thompson, Franklin D. Tidwell Benjamin F. Underwood John A. Waters, Samuel J. Webb, Jonathan S. Wiggs, William F. Williams, Jonathan Wilson, William A. Wright
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