Er ist verheiratet mit Sarah Jane VAUGHN.
Sie haben geheiratet am 30. Januar 1856 in Carroll County, Tennessee, er war 26 Jahre alt.
Kind(er):
Joseph Nelms Whitehorn and family left Carroll Co, Tennessee ca.1863 during the Civil War, moving to Jefferson Co., Illinois by1865 and returning to Carroll Co., Tennessee before 1870. Josephand family joined several other Carroll County families whomoved north to avoid the war in the south. The families movedby horse and wagon from Carroll County through Benton County tothe Johnsonville, Tennessee river port in Humphreys County onthe Tennessee River. At this time Johnsonville was one of thebusiest ports on the Tennessee River due to its being used as alogistics distribution center for the Union Army. Johnsonvillewas destroyed during the war and the city was rebuilt as NewJohnsonville. The refugees were seeking river transportationnorth. According to a diary kept by Mollie Neely Owen, the mencame upon a burned out boat and loaded their families andprovisions aboard and proceeded down stream on the river toPaducah, Kentucky where they then boarded a packet boat,"Armada" and traveled on to Metropolis, Illinois. The finaldestination for the Whitehorns was Jefferson County where theyresided until after the war. The last two children were bornin Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co., Illinois. After returning toCarroll County Joseph's property had apparently been seized ordamaged by the Union Troops during the Civil War as a claim wasfiled with the Southern Claims Commission between 1871 and 1873for restitution or recovery of property seized or destroyed bythe Union Army during the Civil War. The claim was allowed bythe U. S. Government. Joseph Nelms and Sarah Jane were livingwith son George Berry during the timeframe of the 1910 Dist 24Carroll Co. Census. Joseph and Sarah were members of MudCreek Baptist Church: Mud Creek Baptist Church Records1825-1900, records show Sarah Whitehorn and J. W. Whitehouse(transcription error- J.N. Whitehorn)
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Sarah Jane VAUGHN |
Mud Creek Baptist Church Records 1825-1900