David Abbott married Elizabeth Cummins in Rutherford County,Tennessee,15 Oct 1811. She died 31 May 1877.His will mentions Elizabeth his wife and "four youngest Sons,Fayette,James, Lamuel (census records on Ancestry say that Lamuel is Samuel but comparing the handwriting--the first letter is an L.) and George.
He served as Sergeant in Colonel Robert Dyer’s Company from 24 Sep 1813 to 17 Nov 1813.
DESIGNATION: Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen or Cavalry
DATES: September 1813 - May 1814 (some enlisted in January 1814)
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Dickson, Giles, Overton, Robertson, Stewart, and Sumner Counties
CAPTAINS: (Lt.) James Berry, Samuel Crawford, Nathan Farmer, James Haggard, Charles Kavanaugh, Archibald McKenney, John Miller, William Mitchell, Michael Molton, Edwin G. Moore, David Smith, George Smith, James Terrill
BRIEF HISTORY:
One of two regiments which Dyer commanded at different times of the war, this regiment was part of General John Coffee's cavalry brigade throughout most of the Creek War. The unit participated in most of the battles of the war, including Talladega (9 November 1813), where they formed the reserves and Horseshoe Bend (27 March 1814). There were several companies of "spies" in the regiment: companies of cavalry that were sent on reconnaissance patrols and usually took the lead in the line of march for Jackson's army.
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He served as MAJOR in Colonel James Raulston’s Company from 13 Nov 1814 to 13 May 1815
DESIGNATION: 3rd Regiment West Tennessee Militia Infantry
DATES: November 1814 - May 1815
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Jackson, Sumner, Wilson, Overton, Smith, and White Counties
CAPTAINS: James A. Black, Matthew Cowen, Henry Hamilton, Elijah Haynie, Wiley Huddleston, Matthew Neal, Daniel Newman, Edward Robinson, Charles Wade, Henry West
BRIEF HISTORY:
Part of Major General William Carroll's division at the battles for New Orleans, this regiment suffered casualties during the skirmish of 28th December 1814 and had two of the handful of fatalities on the famous 8 January 1815 battle. General Carroll's report of the battle tells that Captains Elijah Haynie and Matthew Neal "had the honor of receiving and repelling the attacks of the British forces." After the war, James Raulston became a prominant member of the state legislature of Alabama.
He served as Sergeant in Colonel Robert Dyer’s Company from 24 Sep 1813 to 17 Nov 1813.
DESIGNATION: Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen or Cavalry
DATES: September 1813 - May 1814 (some enlisted in January 1814)
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Dickson, Giles, Overton, Robertson, Stewart, and Sumner Counties
CAPTAINS: (Lt.) James Berry, Samuel Crawford, Nathan Farmer, James Haggard, Charles Kavanaugh, Archibald McKenney, John Miller, William Mitchell, Michael Molton, Edwin G. Moore, David Smith, George Smith, James Terrill
BRIEF HISTORY:
One of two regiments which Dyer commanded at different times of the war, this regiment was part of General John Coffee's cavalry brigade throughout most of the Creek War. The unit participated in most of the battles of the war, including Talladega (9 November 1813), where they formed the reserves and Horseshoe Bend (27 March 1814). There were several companies of "spies" in the regiment: companies of cavalry that were sent on reconnaissance patrols and usually took the lead in the line of march for Jackson's army.
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He served as MAJOR in Colonel James Raulston’s Company from 13 Nov 1814 to 13 May 1815
DESIGNATION: 3rd Regiment West Tennessee Militia Infantry
DATES: November 1814 - May 1815
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Jackson, Sumner, Wilson, Overton, Smith, and White Counties
CAPTAINS: James A. Black, Matthew Cowen, Henry Hamilton, Elijah Haynie, Wiley Huddleston, Matthew Neal, Daniel Newman, Edward Robinson, Charles Wade, Henry West
BRIEF HISTORY:
Part of Major General William Carroll's division at the battles for New Orleans, this regiment suffered casualties during the skirmish of 28th December 1814 and had two of the handful of fatalities on the famous 8 January 1815 battle. General Carroll's report of the battle tells that Captains Elijah Haynie and Matthew Neal "had the honor of receiving and repelling the attacks of the British forces." After the war, James Raulston became a prominant member of the state legislature of Alabama.
David Abbott married Elizabeth Cummins in Rutherford County,Tennessee,15 Oct 1811. She died 31 May 1877.His will mentions Elizabeth his wife and "four youngest Sons,Fayette,James, Lamuel (census records on Ancestry say that Lamuel is Samuel but comparing the handwriting--the first letter is an L.) and George.
He served as Sergeant in Colonel Robert Dyer’s Company from 24 Sep 1813 to 17 Nov 1813.
DESIGNATION: Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen or Cavalry
DATES: September 1813 - May 1814 (some enlisted in January 1814)
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Dickson, Giles, Overton, Robertson, Stewart, and Sumner Counties
CAPTAINS: (Lt.) James Berry, Samuel Crawford, Nathan Farmer, James Haggard, Charles Kavanaugh, Archibald McKenney, John Miller, William Mitchell, Michael Molton, Edwin G. Moore, David Smith, George Smith, James Terrill
BRIEF HISTORY:
One of two regiments which Dyer commanded at different times of the war, this regiment was part of General John Coffee's cavalry brigade throughout most of the Creek War. The unit participated in most of the battles of the war, including Talladega (9 November 1813), where they formed the reserves and Horseshoe Bend (27 March 1814). There were several companies of "spies" in the regiment: companies of cavalry that were sent on reconnaissance patrols and usually took the lead in the line of march for Jackson's army.
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He served as MAJOR in Colonel James Raulston’s Company from 13 Nov 1814 to 13 May 1815
DESIGNATION: 3rd Regiment West Tennessee Militia Infantry
DATES: November 1814 - May 1815
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Jackson, Sumner, Wilson, Overton, Smith, and White Counties
CAPTAINS: James A. Black, Matthew Cowen, Henry Hamilton, Elijah Haynie, Wiley Huddleston, Matthew Neal, Daniel Newman, Edward Robinson, Charles Wade, Henry West
BRIEF HISTORY:
Part of Major General William Carroll's division at the battles for New Orleans, this regiment suffered casualties during the skirmish of 28th December 1814 and had two of the handful of fatalities on the famous 8 January 1815 battle. General Carroll's report of the battle tells that Captains Elijah Haynie and Matthew Neal "had the honor of receiving and repelling the attacks of the British forces." After the war, James Raulston became a prominant member of the state legislature of Alabama.
He served as Sergeant in Colonel Robert Dyer’s Company from 24 Sep 1813 to 17 Nov 1813.
DESIGNATION: Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen or Cavalry
DATES: September 1813 - May 1814 (some enlisted in January 1814)
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Dickson, Giles, Overton, Robertson, Stewart, and Sumner Counties
CAPTAINS: (Lt.) James Berry, Samuel Crawford, Nathan Farmer, James Haggard, Charles Kavanaugh, Archibald McKenney, John Miller, William Mitchell, Michael Molton, Edwin G. Moore, David Smith, George Smith, James Terrill
BRIEF HISTORY:
One of two regiments which Dyer commanded at different times of the war, this regiment was part of General John Coffee's cavalry brigade throughout most of the Creek War. The unit participated in most of the battles of the war, including Talladega (9 November 1813), where they formed the reserves and Horseshoe Bend (27 March 1814). There were several companies of "spies" in the regiment: companies of cavalry that were sent on reconnaissance patrols and usually took the lead in the line of march for Jackson's army.
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He served as MAJOR in Colonel James Raulston’s Company from 13 Nov 1814 to 13 May 1815
DESIGNATION: 3rd Regiment West Tennessee Militia Infantry
DATES: November 1814 - May 1815
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Jackson, Sumner, Wilson, Overton, Smith, and White Counties
CAPTAINS: James A. Black, Matthew Cowen, Henry Hamilton, Elijah Haynie, Wiley Huddleston, Matthew Neal, Daniel Newman, Edward Robinson, Charles Wade, Henry West
BRIEF HISTORY:
Part of Major General William Carroll's division at the battles for New Orleans, this regiment suffered casualties during the skirmish of 28th December 1814 and had two of the handful of fatalities on the famous 8 January 1815 battle. General Carroll's report of the battle tells that Captains Elijah Haynie and Matthew Neal "had the honor of receiving and repelling the attacks of the British forces." After the war, James Raulston became a prominant member of the state legislature of Alabama.
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