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- GENERAL: Doc. No. McG-1985-1, p. 6. Typewritten narrative entitled Tennesse McGuffins by Audrey Taylor McGuffins Phelps: John R McGuffin, my great, great grandfather, married Nancy Cook. He was born in Ireland
and she in Virginia. They lived in Greene county until after the Civil War, then moved to Sweetwater in Monroe County, Tenn. They are buried there. They had five daughters and one son, Mary, Catherine, Elizabeth, Margaret, S(?)harlott and Jonathon R. They were all born in Virginia. Jonathon R was born in 1830 and died in 1865. He was a sergeant in the Confederate Army and died with two other soldiers in a skirmish 12 miles from his home in Greene County, TN. All three were buried in a common grave near a place called Roaring Springs, TN. He was Married to Ellen Tellena Self of Sullivan county. Their children were: John David June 20, 1857 James Jason July 19, 1859 Margaret Angeline Nov. 27, 1860 Lewis Harmon Jan. 16, 1862 Albert Perry Dec. 5, 1863
CENSUS: Doc. No. McG-1990-9, p. 18. Excerpt of 1860 Federal Census. 1860 U.S. Census, Green County, Tenn. (Town/Township: Blue Springs); family number 1373. District 23. LDS Family History Center Microfilm 0024553.
Enmnerated on Dec. 14 or 16. Names listed in this household during this census were: Johathon McGuffin, age 27, male, occupation of farmer, value of personal property was $600, value of real estate of $0, birthplace was listed Virginia. Ellen, age 21, female, birthplace of Tennessee. John, age 3, male, birthplace of Tennessee. James, age 1, male, birthplace of Tennessee.
MARRIAGE: Doc. No. McG-1990-14, p. 25. Copy of Greene County marriage record of Jonathon McGuffin and Ellen T. Self. Copy from the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City, utah. Record no. 117 Jonathon McGuffin to
Ellen T. Self Sept. 4th. "(Illigible word) 8th Dier 1857. (Illigible word) The rites of matrimony was solomonized between the within persons September 7, 1856 by me. (two illigible initials) Page (two illegible initials)"
MARRIAGE: Doc. No. McG-1996-44, p. 67. Notes from telephone conversation between Ellen Johnson Powell and Christine Bebee Keener about vital statistics Ellen obtained from microfilm records of vital statistics of
Tennessee at the downtown public library in Chattonooga, Tennessee. Jonathon R McGuffin and Ellen Self were married Sept 7, 1856, at Green County, Tennessee.
MILITARY: Doc. No. McG-1996-54, p. 78. Handwritten notes of Selma McGuffin Long that possibly refer to military records of John R McGuffin: "Green Co. John McGuffin, 1 Stgt, Comp 1, 29 infantry, 18th ca(illegible), Confederate Archives Div., Tenn. State, Larring 741 2561." (from the Pauline McGuffin Cavin collection)
Jonathan joined the 29th Regiment of the TN Infantry of the Confederacy Army, in Henderson, TN on August 21, 1861. His name was spelled Jon, Jonathan and Johnathan on various pay vouchers and muster rolls. He was promoted to Sergeant on November, 1, 1862. One Muster roll shows him in Dalton, GA on Jan 15, 1864. He is thought to have fought with his childhood friend and Capitan, Jackson Decator Bushong, through-out the South before returning with him to East TN near the end of the war where they both died in a skirmish on April 4, 1865 (see Album Section)..
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1830 - 1865 (34 years)
