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Let us remember our obligations to our forefathers who gave us our Constitution, the Bill of Rights, an independent Supreme Court, and a Nation of free men!

2013 issue 2 May 2013 Organized December 2, 1889

Publisher RICHARD T. SPENCER, JR. Editor RICK D. HOLLIS Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

COL. BENJAMIN CLEVELAND STATUE UNVEILED MICKEY CELEBRATES WITH BRANTLEY ROSS PILLER!

See story on page 19

K ings Mounta in Chapter President Dr. Joe Chambers and his nephew Brian Sims have spearheaded the successful effort to have a license plate approved for the benefit of the Tennessee Society SAR by working with their State Senator Rusty Crowe (R) Johnson City and his very able Research Assistant Logan Grant.

The license plate will represent elements of the Gadsden Flag, a historical American flag with a yellow field depicting a snake coiled and ready to strike. Positioned below the snake are the words "DON’T TREAD ON ME". The flag was designed by and is named after American general and statesman Christopher Gadsden. It was also used by the Continental Marines as an early motto flag.

Proceeds from the sale of SAR’s license plates will fund patriotic education, historic preservation, and numerous other eligible activities in Tennessee. The license plate design illustrated above is not the approved design. The state will design the actual license plate that will be sold to the public. Details about how to order your license plate will be included in the next TENNESSEE PATRIOT.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES NEW TNSSAR LICENSE PLATE YOUTH CONTESTS

See story on page 18

Captain John Lynch, USN (Ret.), General B. B. Bell III, USA (Ret.), and JROTC Cadet 1st Lieutenant Krista Burnette

Statue Fundraising Chair Phil Newman, Col. Benjamin Cleveland Chapter President Van Deacon and Sculptor Josh Coleman. See story on page 8.


Colin Douglas Wakefield was born in Mobile, Alabama on December 2, 1960, to Dr. Paul McLin Wakefield and Nancy Ruth Clemmer Wakefield, both native Tennesseans. In 1963 Dr. Wakefield moved his family, now including one‐year‐old Cynthia, to Fayetteville, Tennessee, where he established and maintained a successful dental practice until his retirement in 1999. In 1971, the family grew again when John was born.

As a boy, Colin acquired an appreciation for his family and his heritage. He learned to hunt and fish with his dad as they explored the “hills and hollers” of southern Middle Tennessee. He learned the value of hard work, self‐reliance and, at times, sacrifice and still remembers a little saying that his dad used to tell him: “Don’t expect more out of something than you’re willing to put into it.”

Colin graduated from the old Central High School in Fayetteville in 1979. He attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and graduated in 1984 with a BS majoring in Finance. After graduation, he came back to his hometown and began a career in banking. In November of 1986, while attending a University of Tennessee football game, he became reacquainted with the sister of his close friend and old college roommate, John Helton. Elizabeth Ann Helton (Nan) was also a UT graduate from Fayetteville and they had many shared memories. Well, as fate would have it, in April of 1987, they became engaged and on September 19, 1987, they married.

Over the course of the next ten years the three greatest joys of their life occurred with the births of their three daughters. Mollie Asher was born in 1989, Katherine Ruth in 1991, and Bonnie McLin in 1997. Mollie is a 2011 graduate of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee and is currently a second year law school student at the Belmont University College of Law in Nashville. Katie is a comped senior at the University of the South and will graduate in May of 2013. She will intern this summer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and plans to earn a doctorate in marine biology. Bonnie is a sophomore at Fayetteville High School and plans to attend the University of the South after graduation.

Colin left banking in 2001 and began a career as a certified real estate appraiser and today owns and operates Wakefield & Associates, a real estate appraisal business in Fayetteville. His area covers most of Middle Tennessee and North Alabama. Nan is an Assistant Professor and the Program Coordinator of Management Information Systems at Martin Methodist College in Pulaski, Tennessee. She is a member of the Kings Mountain Messenger Chapter DAR. Together they live on a seventy‐acre hill farm about seven miles west of Fayetteville, just off the south side of US Highway 64. “It can be a lot of work at times,” says Colin of the farm, “but when I come home after work, especially on those beautiful Tennessee weekends, and look out across those hills...why, I never want to leave it.”

During his time as a local businessman, Colin has remained active in the community. He is a Past President of the Fayetteville Rotary Club and a Paul Harris Fellow. He is a past Director of the Fayetteville‐Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce and a past Chairman of the Fayetteville Area Better Business Bureau. He has served on the Lincoln County Commission and as a Governor appointed board member of the Tennessee Elk River Development Agency. He is a member of the John R. Massey Camp 152 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. He is a Mason and a member of Andrew Jackson Lodge #68. Colin and family are all members of First Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville where Colin currently serves as a Ruling Elder on the Session.

Colin’s involvement with SAR began in 2008, when he and his father first became members. They were both originally inducted into the Tombigbee Chapter in October of that year. Later that same year, then TNSSAR Secretary Rick Hollis and then TNSSAR Registrar Dick Spencer sent out an invitation to attend an organizational meeting planned for January of 2009 in Tullahoma, Tennessee to see if there was enough interest to start a new chapter. Colin attended and came away from the meeting with the position of Provisional Chapter President. A second organizational meeting was held in February of 2009, in Fayetteville, where the proposed new chapter’s name was selected and it was determined that there were enough members to proceed with a charter. On Saturday, March 28th, 2009, the Joseph Greer Chapter was chartered in Lynchburg, Tennessee and Colin served as its Charter President. He currently serves as Registrar of the Joseph Greer Chapter.

In addition to his tenure as Charter President, Colin has served in the following capacities for the TNSSAR: Middle Tennessee Vice‐President: 2010‐2011, State Vice‐President: 2011‐2012, and State President‐Elect: 2012‐2013. He has been awarded the bronze Good Citizenship medal, as well as the Meritorious Service medal with one Oak Leaf cluster. He is also a George Washington Fellow and has been a contributor to the Center for Advancing America’s Heritage and Friends of the Library. His proudest moments though are those spent as a member of the TNSSAR Color Guard. “Whether you’re marching in a parade in downtown Nashville, talking to a group of school kids, or dedicating the grave of a Patriot out in the middle of rural Lincoln County, there’s just something special about all that...I can’t explain it.”

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Colin D. Wakefield

Colin D. Wakefield President, Tennessee Society SAR


Our obligation to our forefathers Spring 2013 Page 3

ANDREW JACKSON CHAPTER Nelson Edwin Davenport, Jr.

Henry Houghton Gildermeister George Cary Grigg D. Robert W. Ikard Dr. Frank E. Jones III Jeffrey William Jowdy Guerry C. McComas, Jr.

STONES RIVER CHAPTER

Cecil Nelson Smotherman, Jr. Glenn Jenkins Taylor

COL. ANTHONY BLEDSOE CHAPTER

Charles Vahn Abrahamzon Col. Anthony Bledsoe Chapter PG Larry Duncan McClanahan

Brian Daniel Starr

TOMBIGBEE CHAPTER Harry Chestley Alderdice, Jr. Roger Eastman Brandon

Thornton Davis II

VALENTINE SEVIER CHAPTER Frank Gracey Childers, Jr.

Dr. George E. Pesely

THOMAS KILGORE CHAPTER SFC Roger Alan Tenney

COL. BENJAMIN CLEVELAND CHAPTER

Robert Wilson Abel Joseph Emerson Brock

Carl Earl Colloms Stanley Allen Evans Robert Lee George

Claude Thomas Hardison, Jr. James Rubin May, Sr.

Arthur Hugh McReynolds Calvin Craig Williams

GENERAL JOSEPH MARTIN CHAPTER

None

LT. ANDREW CROCKETT CHAPTER Marvin Ray Bastian Lewis Castner Brown David Lee Eagan

William Lucius Hogue William Kenneth Ousley John Richard Wallace

HIWASSEE CHAPTER Philip Kerney Arnold William Lynn Bigham Donald Arthur Burgett Charles Dale Knox

JOSEPH GREER CHAPTER Roger Coulter Busler

CHRISTOPHER STRONG CHAPTER Rick Dwayne Hollis Robert Earl Moore

WATAUGA CHAPTER Robert Yates Baldwin Ray Donahue Bible

James Arthur Bloomer, Jr. Chadwick Alan Bogart Mark Andrew Boshart Ronald John Boshart Marcus Sidney Bowen Mark Reynolds Bullen Phillip Ross Bullen

Paul Gene Chrisawn II John Franklin Donnelly, Jr.

David Brian Grant Leonard Elroy Green Nat Edens Hyder III Nat Edens Hyder, Jr.

John Russell Martin Kimball, Jr. Ronnie Lewis Lail

John Kelley Lynnwood Mankin Michael Lee Mankin

Timothy Eldridge Massey Robert Tipton Nave Gary William Randalls

William Gregory Stevens Christopher David Taylor William Scott Taylor

LT. WILLIAM P. QUARLES CHAPTER Stephen Richard Quarles Joe Edward Reynolds Richard Edward Skeels

STATE OF FRANKLIN William Horatio Brown V James Anthony Elmore Rexford Manton Ennis

State of Franklin Chapter

JACKSON PURCHASE CHAPTER William Frederick Dahnke Edward Townsend Ladd, Sr.

JAMES MADISON CHAPTER James Madison Chapter William Stewart Lawrence John Eugene McCutchen

JOHN SEVIER CHAPTER

CAPT Timothy Keith Adams Joseph Broaddus Cofer

Charles Newton Dammann William Lafiew Eubank III Thomas Hunter Hancock George Stephen Ison John Sevier Chapter James Otis Moore

William James Morgan Harry Moseley Sullivan, Jr. Arch Edward Trimble, Jr.

KINGS MOUNTAIN CHAPTER Allen Leamon Burdette II Kings Mountain Chapter Jarek Wesley Kubenka John William Kubenka

William Hampton Kubenka Sam W. McKinstry Perry Lee Stout

Lewis Carter Thornberry John Conrad Wakefield Ronald Curtis Whitson John Charles Wofford

ISSAC SHELBY CHAPTER LTC Philip Zell Horton III Charles Bruce Lynch William D. McKinney

Richard Roberts Wagoner Charles Douglas Wright

STEPHEN HOLSTON CHAPTER Milton Clemens Armstrong

Glen A. Lintner CDR Joe Donald Peck, USN

TOTAL TENNESSEE DONATIONS SINCE 2001

$107, 241.88

TOTAL TENNESSEE DONORS SINCE 2001 293

All donations made by June 30, 2013 will be matched, 100%, by

North Carolina Compatriot Dr. Samuel D. Powell

Contact Bill Eubank for details [email protected]

The Tennessee Society SAR is consistently an excellent supporter of the NSSAR Center for Advancing America’s Heritage in Louisville. Here is the current list of 2012 donors from the Tennessee Society SAR.

Donations to the Center for Advancing America’s Heritage (CAAH) may be sent to:

William L. Eubank III 8610 Berkley Lane

Hixson, TN 37343‐1506 [email protected]

CONGRATULATIONS TO CAAH CHAIR WILLIAM L. EUBANK III FOR ANOTHER OUTSTANDING YEAR IN 2012

Let us remember our obligations to our

THE TENNESSEE PATRIOT

The Tennessee Patriot is published three times a year by the Tennessee Society Sons of the American Revolution. © 2013 Website: www.tnssar.org

Subscriptions are automatically sent to members of the TNSSAR.

GENERAL OFFICERS

President Colin D. Wakefield President‐elect Claude T. Hardison, Jr. Vice President Dr. Darryl S. Addington District Directors: 1 Timothy E. Massey 2 David E. Johnston 3 James K. Stone 4 Thomas W. Coghlan 5 Jerry V. Smith, Esq. 6 B. Mott Jones Secretary John W. Kubenka Treasurer David P. Hammett Genealogist Richard T. Spencer, Jr. Registrar David L. Eagan Chancellor Cleo G. Hogan Chaplain Emeritus Rev. John W. Steen Chaplain Dr. Sam W. McKinstry Surgeon Dr. Mark R. Russell Historian Lee O. Johnson National Trustee Charles N. Dammann Alternate Trustee Colin D. Wakefield

The Tennessee Patriot

PUBLISHER

Richard T. Spencer, Jr.

EDITOR

Rick D. Hollis

Send articles and photos for THE TENNESSEE PATRIOT to Rick D. Hollis ([email protected]), or mail to 521 South First Street, Clarksville, TN 37040, phone 615.812.2648.

Website: www.tnssar.org

Send information for the website by email to Secretary John W. Kubenka ([email protected]).

66 Friends of the

Library

25% CAAH Donors

0 GW Fellows

1,071 Members

JOHN SEVIER CHAPTER INSTALLS OFFICERS

DESCENDANTS OF THE BATTLE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN IS FORMED


Tim Massey, Mike Mankin, Chad Bogard, and Ronnie Lail have founded “Descendants of the Battle of Kings Mountain”

See email and website address on the photo to the left. Send applications to:

Timothy Massey 2726 Shiloh Rd Greeneville, TN

37745

[email protected] http://hillbillieshaven.tripod.com/

Above (l to r): John Sevier Chapter SAR President Tim Adams, Sergeant at Arms George Ison, 2nd VP Pete Palmer, Treasurer Karl Shaffer, Registrar Jim Carter, and Secretary Jim Cooke, Jr. Left: Lynn Fox interpreted Governor John Sevier, Tennessee’s first governor, at the John Sevier Chapter SAR’s meeting in Chattanooga, honoring George Washington’s birthday.


ISAAC SHELBY CHAPTER presents Flag Certificate

Milton Knowlton, President of the Isaac Shelby Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution on the left presents an Award to Jay Keras, General Manager of Jim Keras Chevrolet on the right, for their Patriotism in Displaying of the American Flag at their Dealership on Covington Pike.

John Head is new VALENTINE SEVIER CHAPTER President

John C. Head was installed as Valentine Sevier Chapter President for 2013‐14 by past TNSSAR President Rick Hollis.

Left: Valentine Sevier Chapter Chaplain Don Batterson is awarded a Meritorious Service Medal by President Cleo G. Hogan.

Right: Past Presidents of Valentine Sevier Chapter: front, l to r: Don Horton, Rod Crabtree; rear, l to r:

Cleo Hogan, Roger Tenney, George Pesely, Jim Thweatt,

and Alfred Anderson.

TNSSAR District 6 Director B. Mott Jones, and Isaac Shelby Chapter member, with Isaac Shelby Chapter President Milton Knowlton presented the Daughters of Liberty medal to Eugenia Hill Smith on the 10th of January at a special recognition meeting and party to honor Eugenia. Eugenia turned 107 years old on the 11th of January 2013. Eugenia is a member of the We‐Ah‐Tah‐Umba Chapter of the DAR and was their Registrar for many years. According to District 6 Director Jones, “She and the Chapter have shown continuous and significant support for the SAR Chapters here in Memphis for many years.” The Daughters of Liberty medal is the highest recognition that can be given by the SAR to a DAR member.

The Isaac Shelby Chapter celebrated its traditional George Washington Gala on 23 February 2013, at The University Club, Memphis Tennessee and inducted the 2013‐14 officers. The Gala has been held annually for over 40 years by the Isaac Shelby Chapter, that was previously named Memphis Chapter SAR. Left: B. Mott Jones, Eugenia Hill Smith, and Milton Knowlton

ISAAC SHELBY CHAPTER PRESENTS A DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY MEDAL TO 107 YEAR‐OLD EUGENIA HILL SMITH

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John Sevier Chapter SAR President Timothy K. Adams and the TNSSAR JROTC Chair John Lynch presented Jim Gentry Chevrolet, of Kindall TN, a Flag Certificate on December 28, 2012. The recognition marks the Chapters appreciation for the Chevy dealership’s visible demonstration of commitment to heritage and patriotism in the Kindall area. The large garrison flag (20’x38’) a top a 60ft aluminum pole can been seen for miles along the Interstate 24 corridor, and is viable 24/7 for all Americans to see and appreciate. This dealership has been here since 1932 and has become a landmark of Kindall’s rich heritage. The Sons of the American Revolution is proud of the leadership shown by Jim Gentry’s dealership and we hope that this example of their

commitment to our heritage and patriotism will inspire others to fly the American flag with pride.

The Sons of the American Revolution is the leading male patriotic lineage society in America and was founded in 1889. SAR strives to perpetuate the stories of patriotism, courage, sacrifice, tragedy and triumph of the men and women who gained Independence for the American People. Certainly, there is no greater symbol of our freedom and what it represents than the display of the American Flag.

JOHN SEVIER CHAPTER HONORS JIM GENTRY CHEVROLET FOR PATRIOTIC DISPLAY OF THE U.S. FLAG


ANDREW CROCKETT AWARDS CEREMONY

President David Eagan, Color Guard Commander James Hobbs, and Eagle Scout Scholarship Contestant Corey Kinsey

President David Eagan, Color Guard Commander James Hobbs, and EMS David Diaz receiving an EMS Award

President David Eagan, Color Guard Commander James Hobbs, and Firefighter Lt. Barry Burris receiving a Fire Safety Award

President David Eagan presenting Law Enforcement Awards to Deputy Bob Moran, Deputy Steve Mitchell, and Sheriff Jeff Long

Let us remember our obligations to our forefathers who gave us our Constitution, the Bill of Rights, an independent Supreme

PRESIDENT COLIN D. WAKEFIELD COMMEMORATES PATRIOTS DAY 2013 AT TENNESSEE STATE SENATE

REMARKS BY PRESIDENT COLIN D. WAKEFIELD TO MEMBERS OF THE TENNESSEE STATE SENATE, 15 APRIL 2013

Lieutenant Governor (Ron) Ramsey . . .Ladies & Gentlemen of the Senate . . .

As members of the Tennessee Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, it is our honor to be here with you today to present the Colors in recognition of Patriots Day. I also want to thank Senator and Compatriot Mark Norris for his gracious invitation . . .

In 2008, this body established Patriots Day to honor and recognize the opening events of the War of the Revolution and the struggle through which the nation passed in its early days . . .As I reflect on this I’ve often wondered what our Patriot ancestors would say if they could see us now . . .There is no way to know for sure, but I would like to think that, on the whole, they would be proud of us . . .

As Tennesseans it is inherent in our nature to want to be good stewards of that which our ancestors left to us . . .Proof of this I found in a quote from a Tennessee Congressman who happened to visit Bunker Hill while on a trip to Boston some time back . . .He said, “We then went up to the old battle‐ground on Bunker’s Hill where they were erecting a monument to those who fell in that daybreak battle of our rising glory. I felt as if I wanted to call them up, and ask them to tell me how to protect the Liberty they bought for us with their blood; but as I could not do so, I resolved on that Holy Ground, as I had done elsewhere, to go for my country, always and everywhere.” That Tennessee Congressman was David Crockett . . .

Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you again for this privilege . . .

May God bless each of you, may God bless our Great State of Tennessee, and may God continue to bless the Unites States of America.

IMAGES FROM THE 230TH GREENE COUNTY CELEBRATION, 27 April 2013

Colin Wakefield Tim Massey Ronnie Lail Chris Taylor Mike Mankin



COL. BENJAMIN CLEVELAND 1738 ‐ 1806

Benjamin Cleveland was born in Virginia, later served in the North Carolina House of Commons and led the Wilkes County militia at the Battle of King’s Mountain on October 7, 1780. This battle was considered a turning point of the American Revolution in the South. On January 20, 1838 the Tennessee State legislature designated the settlement at Taylor’s Place as a county seat of Bradley County and named it Cleveland in honor of Col. Benjamin Cleveland.

ERECTED BY THE COL. BENJ. CLEVELAND CHAPTER TNSSAR, 4/19/2013

Photo by Tim Massey

More than 200 people gathered on Patriots Day 2013 to view the ceremony and unveiling of the statue of Col. Benjamin Cleveland in First Street Plaza in Cleveland, Tennessee. Rain forced the crowd comprised of towns people, SAR and DAR members, as well as Cleveland family members from around the United States inside the Museum Center at Five Points lobby.

The Tennessee Society SAR Color Guard posted colors and Col. Benjamin Cleveland Chapter SAR President Van Deacon presided. Fundraising for the project was led by Phil Newman. An able team of leaders were recognized for their participation. Southern District SAR Vice President General John R. Taylor of Mize, Mississippi presented twelve members with Dist r ic t Meritorious Service medals and certificates.

A resolution was read by Deacon prior to the unveiling.

Mayor Tom Rowland accepted the presentation of the statue to the city. “On behalf of the city of Cleveland ... we appreciate very much [the statue]. This is another spoke in the wheel toward revitalizing our downtown district,” Rowland said. “It gives us a point of reference, and a point for future generations to come and say, ‘Yes, that is the man we named our city after.’”

Sculptor Josh Coleman, a local artist commissioned to create the Cleveland statue, was present for the unveiling proceedings.

“I can’t imagine too many incredible things to do in your own city,” Coleman said. “It is just a complete honor. He said seeing the looks on guests’ faces at the unveiling was reward in and of itself.

SPECIAL THANKS to the Cleveland Daily Banner for Mayor Rowland and Sculptor Coleman’s quotes.



Statue Fundraising Chair Phil Newman, Col. Benjamin Cleveland Chapter President Van Deacon and Sculptor Josh Coleman. More than 200 people attended the unveiling ceremonies.

Chapter Founder Stan Evans presented a history of the Col. Benjamin Cleveland Chapter and of the statue project.

Southern District SAR Vice President General John R. Taylor presented 12 District Meritorious Service Medals to members who were instrumental in the success of this project.

Not pictured: Bob George

VPG John Taylor presents Medal to Brian Webb Phil Newman Van Deacon

Stan Evans Tommy McClain James Stone Claude Hardison

David Hicks David Whaley Lynn Freeman Joe Brock

Let us remember our obligations to our

Order a 6” x 6” grave marker for installation at a Patriot’s grave by mailing a check in the amount of $75 per marker, payable to TNSSAR, to cover the cost of production and shipping.

Send your check to:

John W. Kubenka, Secretary 707 Glen Oaks Place Johnson City, Tennessee 37615

Questions? Email [email protected] or call by phone at 615.812.2648.

In 2007, Bill Eubank and John Echerd presented the marker with the letters “S A R” to the NSSAR Revolutionary War Graves Committee and obtained approval to produce the marker as designed. The Merchandise Committee endorsed the idea because they did not believe that their staff could handle the heavy markers. The Revolutionary War Graves chair submitted the marker idea to the Executive Committee for approval. Since that time, numerous markers have been purchased by chapters across the country to mark Patriot graves.

In 2012, a new committee chair, acting without sufficient knowledge, did not anticipate that the Tennessee Society went through the proper procedures to have the granite marker design authorized by NSSAR and made an impetuous public claim that TNSSAR was guilty of a copyright infringement against the SAR. In response to the injudicious claim, documents were soon produced that cleared TNSSAR of all implications of impropriety.

In the meantime, TNSSAR created a new marker design with the word “Patriot”. Approved by our Board of Governors at its January 2013 meeting, sales of the new granite Patriot grave marker design have begun.

Some have suggested an alternative to ordering the markers. So, for added convenience, one may use a template to have your local monument company carve a grave Patriot marker of your preference. Samples of templates that may be used are found on this page.

We hope this is helpful to all SAR

New PATRIOT GRAVE MARKER is available

Bill Eubank and John Echerd


TEMPLATE FOR USE BY MEMBERS TO CREATE GRAVE MARKERS

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2013 SOUTHERN DISTRICT MEETING ‐ Ridgeland, Mississippi

President Marvin Vickers President Gerry Brent Vice President General John Taylor President Tony Vets President Charles Dammann Alabama Society SAR Mississippi Society SAR Southern District ‐ Mississippi Louisiana Society SAR Tennessee Society SAR

Former Southern District Vice Presidents General (l to r): Jim Morock, Louisiana (2013‐14); John Taylor, Mississippi (2012‐13); Tom Jacks, Louisiana (2009‐10); Andy Jones, Mississippi (2008‐09/2004‐05); John Wallace, Alabama (2007‐08); Rod Hildreth, Alabama (2003‐04); Lee Swart, Alabama (1999‐00)

Rick Hollis Tobe Winston Bryant Boswell Tony Vets Tom Jacks Jim Morock Tennessee Mississippi Mississippi Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana



DAMMA

President Charles N. DBenjamin Charles Damma


124th ANNUACHATTA

Guest Speaker Tony TurnNatchez Trace Par

Medals and Awards Chair Jim Long has performed his role with aplomb over the past two years. No one knows the amount of effort required to prepare and organize the presentation of awards at the Annual Meeting, except those who have handled the job so well. Congratulations and THANK YOU to Jim Long for his flawless, pleasant service. ‐ President Charles N. Dammann

2013 PATRIOT MEDAL

James K. Stone and Charles Dammann

STALLWORTH AWARD Greatest percentage Increase ‐ 28.6%

TOMBIGBEE CHAPTER

Tombigbee Chapter President William S. Geshwiler

HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARD

Stan and Maggie Evans, for fostering a recognition and appreciation within their community of the important role of our Patriot ancestors

PRESENTATION OF GREETINGS FROM OTHER STATE SOCIETIES

John R. Taylor Vice President General Southern District SAR

Marvin Vickers President

Alabama Society SAR

Tony Vets President

Louisiana Society SAR

Gerald Brent President

Mississippi Society SAR

John Ramsey President

South Carolina Society

AMERICANISM AWARDS Small‐size ‐ Watauga; Medium‐size ‐ Stephen Holston; Large‐size ‐ Col. Benjamin Cleveland Overall Chapter Winner ‐ Watauga

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AL MEETING ANOOGA

nbow, Executive Director rkway Association

2013 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL

TNSSAR President Colin D. Wakefield (2013‐14), President Charles N. Dammann (2012‐13) and Color Guard Commander James K. Stone (2012‐13) accept a Proclamation honoring the Tennessee Society Sons of the American Revolution by Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield.

Timothy K. Adams and Charles Dammann

DeMERE AWARD Greatest number of new members ‐ 32 COL. BENJAMIN CLEVELAND CHAPTER

Col. Benjamin Cleveland Chapter President C. Van Deacon, Jr.

BRONZE GOOD CITIZENSHIP MEDAL

Marilyn Dammann for her devotion to promoting patriotic education and awareness of our Patriot ancestors within her community

PRESENTATION OF GREETINGS FROM OTHER LINEAGE SOCIETIES

Charlotte Thomas Incoming State Regent Tennessee Society DAR

Jim Rivers President

Tennessee Society SR

LCDR John C. Glynn, Jr. President General

DSDI

David Eagan President

TN Society 1812

Hannah and Luke Dammann Representing

Tennessee Society C.A.R.

NATIONAL SOCIETY SAR EMERITUS RECOGNITIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP OF AT LEAST 50 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE John Sawyers and Robert Ziegler (Andrew Jackson), Patrick S. Washburn (Kings Mountain), Theodore Sloan (Isaac Shelby)

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Ronald C. Whitson, Kings Mountain Chapter STATE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDALS

Cleo G. Hogan, Valentine Sevier Chapter Sam W. McKinstry, Kings Mountain Chapter David P. Hammett, Valentine Sevier Chapter

David L. Eagan, Lt. Andrew Crockett Chapter John E. McCutchen, James Madison Chapter Lee O. Johnson, Stephen Holston Chapter

Rick D. Hollis, Christopher Strong Chapter Colin D. Wakefield, Joseph Greer Chapter James N. Long, Lt. Andrew Crockett Chapter

DISTRICT 1 DIRECTOR Dr. Joe E. Chambers

DISTRICT 2 DIRECTOR

Paul E. Jorden

DISTRICT 3 DIRECTOR Col. Donald N. Edmands, Jr.

DISTRICT 4 DIRECTOR LCDR John C. Glynn, Jr.

DISTRICT 5 DIRECTOR Jerry V. Smith, Esq.

DISTRICT 6 DIRECTOR

B. Mott Jones

CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION/SMALL LIBERTY BELL PRESENTATIONS TO PAST PRESIDENT DAMMANN

President Wakefield presented to past President Dammann a Past President’s Pin, a Patriot Medal and a special production fifth of Jack Daniel Honey Whiskey for “medicinal” purposes.


President Charles Dammann, Guardsman Lee Johnson, Commander James Stone

SILVER and BRONZE COLOR GUARD MEDALS

President Charles Dammann, Guardsman David Johnston, Commander James Stone

President Charles Dammann, Guardsman Paul Jordan, Commander James Stone President Charles Dammann, Guardsman Rick Hollis, Commander James Stone

CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION/LARGE LIBERTY BELL

Secretary John W. Kubenka, Treasurer David E. Johnston, and President Charles N. Dammann ‐ A certificate and a large Liberty Bell was presented to the State Secretary and State Treasurer in recognition and appreciation for the highest level of service to the Tennessee Society SAR membership, assistance to General and Chapter Officers, and as liaisons between the state and national societies.

SPECIAL PRESENTATION TO PRESIDENT AND VPG

Silver Silver and Bronze

Silver and Bronze Silver and Bronze

Compatriot Ronnie L. Lail (Watauga) continued a long‐standing tradition by presenting a handmade Haversack to outgoing President Charles N. Dammann. This year, he also presented one to Vice President General John R. Taylor of Mississippi. Compatriot Lail has also presented a handmade Haversack to Presidents General during visits Tennessee while they are in office.


Page 16 Spring 2013 TENNESSEE PATRIOT CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION FOR STATE OFFICERS Certificate of Appreciation Colin D. Wakefield President‐Elect Certificate of Appreciation Claude T. Hardison, Jr. Vice President Certificate of Appreciation David E. Johnston Treasurer Certificate of Appreciation John W. Kubenka Membership and Recording Secretary Certificate of Appreciation David L. Eagan Registrar Certificate of Appreciation Richard T. Spencer, Jr. Genealogist Certificate of Appreciation Capt. Cleo G. Hogan, USAFR Chancellor Certificate of Appreciation David P. Hammett Historian Certificate of Appreciation Rev. Dr. John W. Steen, Jr. Chaplain, Emeritus Certificate of Appreciation Dr. Sam W. McKinstry Chaplain Certificate of Appreciation Dr. Frank E. Jones, III Surgeon Certificate of Appreciation Rick D. Hollis National Trustee Certificate of Appreciation John E. McCutchen National Trustee Alternate Certificate of Commendation (with Small Liberty Bell) Dr. Joe A. Chambers District 1 Director Certificate of Commendation (with Small Liberty Bell) Paul E. Jorden District 2 Director Certificate of Commendation (with Small Liberty Bell) Col. Donald N. Edmands, Jr. District 3 Director Certificate of Commendation (with Small Liberty Bell) John Curtiss Glynn, Jr. District 4 Director Certificate of Commendation (with Small Liberty Bell) Jerry V. Smith District 5 Director Certificate of Commendation (with Small Liberty Bell) B. Mott Jones District 6 Director Certificate of Special Commendation (with Large Liberty Bell) John W. Kubenka Membership and Recording Secretary Certificate of Special Commendation (with Large Liberty Bell) David E. Johnston Treasurer CERTIFICATES FOR CHAPTER PRESIDENTS Certificate of Appreciation James N. Long President, Lt. Andrew Crockett Chapter Certificate of Appreciation Dr. Frank E. Jones, III President, Andrew Jackson Chapter Certificate of Appreciation G. Franklin Heathman President, Col. Anthony Bledsoe Chapter Certificate of Appreciation CMSgt. James K. Stone President, Col. Benjamin Cleveland Chapter Certificate of Appreciation Robert E. Moore President, Christopher Strong Chapter Certificate of Appreciation Fred I. Underdown President, Hiwassee Chapter Certificate of Appreciation Milton L. Knowlton, Jr. President, Isaac Shelby Chapter Certificate of Appreciation William F. Dahnke President, Jackson Purchase Chapter Certificate of Appreciation Randall H. Chandler President, James Madison Chapter Certificate of Appreciation Timothy K. Adams President, John Sevier Chapter Certificate of Appreciation Dr. Mark R. Russell President, Joseph Greer Chapter Certificate of Appreciation G. Todd Williams President, Gen. Joseph Martin Chapter Certificate of Appreciation Darryl S. Addington President, Kings Mountain Chapter Certificate of Appreciation Richard C. Burdette, III President, State of Franklin Chapter Certificate of Appreciation O. Lee Johnson, Jr. President, Stephen Holston Chapter Certificate of Appreciation Glenn J. Taylor President, Stones River Chapter Certificate of Appreciation Roger A. Tenney President, Thomas Kilgore Chapter Certificate of Appreciation Andrew M. Parker President, Tombigbee Chapter Certificate of Appreciation Capt. Cleo G. Hogan, USAFR President, Valentine Sevier Chapter Certificate of Appreciation Timothy E. Massey President, Watauga Chapter Certificate of Appreciation Gordon D. Jackson President, Lt. William P. Quarles Chapter CERTIFICATES FOR COMMITTEE CHAIRS Certificate of Appreciation Alvin R. Brown American Legion/VFW Liaison Certificate of Appreciation O. Lee Johnson, Jr. Americanism Committee Certificate of Appreciation O. Lee Johnson, Jr. Wreaths Across America Certificate of Appreciation James E. Briddell Archives Committee Certificate of Appreciation CMSgt. James K. Stone State Commander, Color Guard Certificate of Appreciation LTC Donald R. Horton Protocol, Color Guard Certificate of Appreciation LTC Donald R. Horton Veterans Liaison Certificate of Appreciation William L. Eubank, III CAAH Liaison Certificate of Appreciation John H. Henderson, Jr. Constitution and By‐laws Committee Certificate of Appreciation Rick D. Hollis DAR‐CAR Liaison Certificate of Appreciation Rick D. Hollis Lytle Cemetery Committee Certificate of Appreciation Glenn J. Taylor Eagle Scouts Committee Certificate of Appreciation Dr. Joe A. Chambers Finance Committee Certificate of Appreciation Cdr. John C. Echerd Friends of the SAR Library Certificate of Appreciation Glen D. Freudenthal George S. & Stella M. Knight Essay Contest Chair Certificate of Appreciation James Moore George Washington Endowment Fund Certificate of Appreciation W. Terrell Siler Graves & Landmarks Committee Certificate of Appreciation John E. McCutchen Honorary Membership Committee Certificate of Appreciation John E. McCutchen Nominations Committee Certificate of Appreciation John E. McCutchen Past Presidents Committee Certificate of Appreciation James C. Hofstetter Investments Committee Certificate of Appreciation J. Wayne Long Life Membership Committee Certificate of Appreciation James N. Long Medals & Awards Committee Certificate of Appreciation Colin D. Wakefield Membership & Extension Committee Certificate of Appreciation Richard T. Spencer, Jr. Newsletters & Publications Committee Certificate of Appreciation Timothy E. Massey Overmountain VTA Planning Committee Certificate of Appreciation Timothy E. Massey Patriotic Education Committee Certificate of Appreciation Robert T. Nash Resolutions Committee Certificate of Appreciation John A. Lynch, Jr. ROTC‐JROTC Committee Certificate of Appreciation Ronnie L. Lail Sycamore Shoals Planning Committee Certificate of Appreciation Ronald C. Whitson Website Committee



2013‐14 GENERAL OFFICERS ‐ TENNESSEE SOCIETY SAR (l to r): President Colin D. Wakefield (Joseph Greer), Vice President Dr. Darryl S. Addington (Kings Mountain), David P. Hammett (Valentine Sevier), Registrar David L. Eagan (Lt. Andrew Crockett), Chaplain Dr. Sam W. McKinstry (Kings Mountain), Surgeon Dr. Mark R. Russell (Joseph Greer), Secretary John W. Kubenka (Kings Mountain), President‐elect Claude T. Hardison, Jr. (Col. Benjamin Cleveland), Historian Lee O. Johnson (Stephen Holston), Chancellor Cleo G. Hogan, Esq. (Valentine Sevier), and National Trustee Charles N. Dammann (John Sevier). Not pictured: Chaplain‐emeritus Rev. Dr. John W. Steen (Andrew Jackson), Genealogist Richard T. Spencer, Jr. (Lt. Andrew Crockett), and Webmaster Ronald C. Whitson (Kings Mountain).

2013 ‐ 14 TENNESSEE SOCIETY SAR GENERAL OFFICERS AND COLOR GUARD COMMANDER PRESIDENT COLIN D. WAKEFIELD ACCEPTS GAVEL AND PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL AS SYMBOLS OF AUTHORITY COLOR GUARD COMMANDER ROGER TENNEY ACCEPTS GORGET AND SWORD TO ASSUME COMMAND

President Colin D. Wakefield accepts the gavel from Vice President General John R. Taylor President Wakefield accepts the neck ribbon and President’s medallion from past President Charles N. Dammann

As part of an impressive Change of Command Ceremony conducted by Past President Rick Hollis and presided over by President Colin D. Wakefield, Commander James K. Stone (left photo) presents the Glynn Sword to transfer authority to new Commander Roger A. Tenney. Commander Tenney, accompanied by the Colors of the Society leads as commander for the first time. Symbolically, former Commander Stone, follows his lead. President Wakefield presented Tenney a Gorget as a symbol of his office.


AMAZINGLY TALENTED YOUTH CONTEST WINNERS


STATE WINNERS

Fount T. Smothers SAR/C.A.R. “Grandma Said”

Benjamin C. Dammann

Knight Essay Sarah Brise Worchester

JROTC/ROTC Cadet 1st Lieutenant

Krista Burnette

Scobey Rogers Eagle Scout John Mark Russell

Joseph S. Rumbaugh Oration Rachael Wolters

ROTC/JROTC STATE WINNER Captain John Lynch, USN (Ret.), General B. B. Bell III, USA (Ret.), JROTC Cadet 1st Lieutenant Krista Burnette

SCOBEY ROGERS EAGLE SCOUT STATE WINNER Glenn Taylor, Dr. Mark Russell and John Mark Russell

JOSEPH S. RUMBAUGH ORATIONS STATE WINNER Rachael Wolters and Charles Dammann

FOUNT T. SMOTHERS SAR/C.A.R. “Grandma Said” Winner Under 12 ‐ Rick Hollis, Benjamin Charles Dammann, John R. Taylor, Charles N. Dammann

FOUNT T. SMOTHERS SAR/C.A.R. “Grandma Said” Over 12

Contestant Hannah Dammann and John Taylor. Winner was Dylan West.

KNIGHT ESSAY CONTEST STATE WINNER Savannah Brise Worchester and John Taylor

JOSEPH S. RUMBAUGH ORATIONS STATE WINNER Rachael Wolters will represent Tennessee in competition at the 2013 National Congress at Kansas City in July. We wish her luck. Each of these young men and women exhibited exceptional talent and characteristics of leadership that will serve them well throughout life. The winners of the ROTC/JROTC, Scobey Rogers Eagle Scout, Joseph S. Rumbaugh Orations and Knight Essay Contests were each awarded $1,000. All participants in the Fount T. Smothers SAR/C.A.R. “Grandma Said” Contest were presented a copy of the US Constitution and the two winners were also presented a Liberty Bell. We encourage each chapter to cultivate participants for these outstanding contests.

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Fount T. Smothers SAR/C.A.R. “Grandma Said”

Rick Hollis

Knight Essay Glenn Freudenthal

JROTC/ROTC John Lynch

Scobey Rogers Eagle Scout Glenn Taylor

Joseph S. Rumbaugh Oration Charles Dammann


WILL REICH HONORED WITH NEW AWARD


BRANTLEY ROSS PILLER NEW STEPHEN HOLSTON MEMBER

The Stephen Holston Chapter, Tennessee Society Sons of the American Revolution announced that Will Reich is the inaugural recipient of the Haynie/Britton Service Award which has been created by Compatriot Dr. Alan DeCarlo to recognize significant contributions made by youth involved in service to activities sponsored by the Stephen Holston Chapter of the Tennessee Society Sons of the American Revolution.

Will Reich is a member of the Stephen Holston Chapter TNSSAR and a freshman at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. The Haynie/Britton Service Award is a newly instituted award for involvement in community projects and activities associated with the Stephen Holston Chapter, Tennessee Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. It is open for Members 16‐25 years of age and promotes young adult service. It was noted that Will Reich significantly contributed to the restoration of the Haynie Family Cemetery, headstone restoration and placement of Revolutionary War Veteran Markers at this and other Revolutionary War cemeteries throughout Eastern and Middle Tennessee. Will has also been active in supporting activities with Ben Atchley Veteran's Hospital, and other American War Veterans recognition activities along with historic reenactments and historical tour guide at the Governor John Sevier Marble Springs Historic Site. The award will be presented at the Chapter’s annual President’s Day Luncheon on February 23rd.

Brantley Ross Piller is the newest member of Stephen Holston Chapter in Knoxville. Here, sitting with his "Mickey", they are both holding the membership certificate; he has his SAR pin in his hands. Some background.

Brantley's great....grandfather, George Ross served as a private in the Revolutionary War in Col. William Bratten's South Carolina Regiment. Later through an aide of future President James K. Polk, a practicing lawyer

in Columbia, Tennessee, he received a pension of $50 per year certificate #19543, 4 March 1831. He died 21 August 1826 and was buried at his farm on Indian Creek in Hardin Co, Tennessee. In 1905‐06, Montague Ross received a permit from the Quarter Master General’s office in the War Department and obtained a permit to remove George Ross and his wife (placed in same casket) from the old family burial ground at Indian Creek and were reinterred at Shiloh National Cemetery at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, the site of the Battle of Shiloh. The burial records of Shiloh National Cemetery show: "George Ross, Revolutionary War Soldier, Col. Bratten's S. Carolina Regiment, grave #3611." He is the only revolutionary War soldier buried at Shiloh. [Ross grave marker at right]

Brantley's 3rd great‐grandfather Isaac Walker Ross, served with the 2nd Mounted Infantry for the Union, during the Civil War. He was wounded in leg, and his horse killed during a skirmish near Clifton, Tennessee. He suffered from a permanent limp for the rest of his life. I have attached a letter, you might find interesting, written to Isaac, by another veteran, giving a very personal account of the skirmish when they were both wounded. He is asking Isaac for help in getting a pension many years after the war.

Brantley's great‐grandfather was a patrol plane commander, flying a PBM Mariner in the Atlantic and Pacific during WWII. In the Pacific, he flew night missions at 200 feet above the water bombing and strafing Japanese shipping. He was awarded the DFC. His grandfather Bill Ross served as an MP with the 4th Infantry Division, 1972‐73.

His grandfather, Bill Ross stated, “Brantley comes from a long line of grandfathers in uniform, but it would make me happy if he never has to serve.”

From Shiloh National Cemetery

Compatriot Will Reich



Kelton Cemetery at Black Fox Spring (c. 1813) Bicentennial Restoration Project 2013

Compatriot David Miles Vaughn is a member of the Tennessee Sons of the American Revolution, Col Anthony Bledsoe Chapter in Gallatin, Tennessee. He began his genealogy search of his family in 2008. His 2nd cousin Sandra Barnes Drake of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, a member of the local Daughters of the American Revolution, told him he was a direct descendant of an American Revolutionary War Patriot named William Kelton. David was hooked and began learning more about his ancestors. David got all of his documentation together and used Sandra’s DAR application to become a new member of the Sons of the American Revolution. After becoming a member in 2009, Sandra told him that she had been to the cemetery where William Kelton was buried in a field off of

Bradyville Pike in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Well, he wanted to see the cemetery. She had only been there once in 1981, and knew the approximate location. David and Sandra stopped at a man’s house on Bradyville Pike and talked with him to see if they could park there and walk across his backyard, which was about eighty yards to the woods behind his house. Once they arrived at the edge of the woods Sandra could not believe how it had grown up, and that this was going to be a challenge just to find the graves among the briars and small trees and the extensive undergrowth. She had told David that most all of the stone markers had been broken and laying on the ground in disarray. Well she was right after, about twenty minutes of digging through the undergrowth they located a couple of stones. They were still legible. After more searching in the area they found William Kelton and his wife Elizabeth Ramsay Kelton’s stone markers lying on the ground. They also found a few more markers that were on the ground and a few that were still standing.

Over the next couple of years David starting talking with local people about how to restore this cemetery. He soon discovered that this was a project that he was going to have to take on himself. In 2012, David started talking with the landowner about what he was planning on the restoration project, and the landowner said that he had purchased the property just a few years before and knew that the cemetery was there and was hoping someone would restore it. So David talked with some of his best friends during the summer of 2012 to see if they could volunteer in the winter of 2013 to help him with this project. They all said that they could help him in the different phases of the restoration.

In January 2013, David and three friends went to the cemetery with chainsaws and a brush cutter to start the cleanout. It took them two days to clean out a 100 x 100 ft. area and what they discovered was amazing. Nineteen markers were found. They had to move some of the markers during the cleanout so they used red markings flags where the stones laid with numbers and names that were on the markers for putting them back where they were found. What was also amazing was that where they were laying, they were approximately close where they originally were because the bottom of the markers where they broke off were still visible in the ground. After the cleanout was completed all of the stone markers were put back with the marking flags. There was about four rows of stone markers. Wow, what had they discovered? They made a diagram with all of the names and location.

Then David went to Lowes with some pictures of the cemetery showing the cleanup and the diagram with the cemetery names to see what materials could be donated for this project. Lowes donated lumber and concrete for the resetting of the stones. Then about a week later, David and four of his friends went to the cemetery to start the marker resetting process. They dug new footers that were 10 inches deep by 1 x 2 foot square and poured concrete, and stood the markers and reset them. One note to add that while they were digging the footers they discovered one more marker and in another location they found a small brass marker plate. He used a granite epoxy to glue some of the broken stones back together. He made a couple of concrete flat stones to put the brass plate on. One of the markers that the inscription was on the very bottom, was laid flat on the concrete so it could be read.

Grown up Kelton Cemetery

Restored Kelton Cemetery



Over the next few weeks David went to some other vendors for donations of more materials and they were all eager to help from top soil, sign metal, posts and cable for the fence and grass seed. David and his friends first spread two trailer loads of topsoil to fill in indentions, holes, stumps so the cemetery could be level. Then they laid a flat rock entrance to the cemetery then put in the posts and installed a cable through the posts to make a fence barrier around the cemetery. Then after the cemetery sign was fabricated and lettered, it was installed.

The Kelton Cemetery Restoration project was completed. Now David used his diagram of names to start connecting the people buried there. It is amazing what he found. First, William Kelton, his 5th Great Grandfather who died May 18th, 1813, was the first burial. William purchased the land consisting of 619 acres in 1801 in which he is buried. Not only his wife Elizabeth, but a son James Kelton and his wife Elizabeth White and three of William’s granddaughters and a great granddaughter and a great grandson, William Abraham Sloan, are also buried there and a few other family members and two burials that are not related. The last known burial was 1940. Note that most of the death dates were early 1800’s.

Since 2008, when David started his family research he found many ancestors and information. For example, he just got his first SAR supplemental. Anthony Crockett was with the 7th Virginia Continental Regiment. Anthony Crockett fought in the War of 1812. Last year David discovered his connection to Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark expedition. David has over 1100 relatives now in his research and you can visit his Family Tree Website at www.Davidvaughn.tribalpages.com The Kelton Cemetery at Black Fox Spring “200 Years Celebration and Grave Marking” will be May 18th, 2013, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee see www.Anthonybledsoe.com for further information.

Guilford Dudley grave marking April 13th, 2013 in Franklin, Tennessee at the Old City Cemetery. (l to r): Roger Tenney, David Vaughn, Colin Wakefield, Don Horton, Allen Poteete, Roger Jackson, David Eagan and Frank Schafer.

GUILFORD DUDLEY GRAVE MARKING

The Col. Anthony Bledsoe Chapter Tennessee Society of the Sons of the American Revolution

Invitation to a

“200 years Celebration Grave Marking and Cemetery Re-Dedication.”

For American Revolutionary War Patriot

Pvt. William Kelton

Ceremony will be May 18, 2013 at 2pm Kelton Cemetery at Black Fox Spring.

Location is at 3053 Bradyville Pike Murfreesboro, TN 37127

Behind Red Brick House.

Get Directions from Chapter Website www.Anthonybledsoe.com

David Vaughn at Kelton Cemetery

http://www.Davidvaughn.tribalpages.com

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Tennessee Patriot

Send submittals for the TENNESSEE PATRIOT to Richard T. Spencer, Jr., Publisher, 376 Sims Lane, Franklin, Tennessee 37067‐1893 or by email at [email protected], or send to Rick D. Hollis, Editor, 521 South First Street, Clarksville, Tennessee 37040 or email at [email protected].

For questions, you may also contact the Editor by calling 615.812.2648.


Becoming a Member of SAR has two (2) basic requirements as provided in the NSSAR Constitution and By‐Laws:

1. Eligibility for Membership 2. Lineal Descent from a Patriot with Acceptable Service

A. A list of SAR Chapters in each State is listed on this Web‐site, and an applicant may contact an officer of a Chapter near his home.

B. Each State has a member who is designated as the “New Member Helper”. In most States, this is the State Registrar and he will direct an applicant to a Chapter where the applicant lives, or the nearest Chapter, and forward the inquiry to that Chapter. The Chapter will be responsible for assisting prospective members with the application process.

Please consult http://www.tnssar.org/ State Genealogist Richard T. Spencer, Jr. ‐ [email protected]. 615.591.7373

TENNESSEE SOCIETY SAR MISSION

Perpetuating the stories of patriotism, courage, sacrifice, tragedy, and triumph of the men and women who achieved the independence of the American people in the belief that these stories are universal ones of man's eternal struggle against tyranny, relevant to all time, and will inspire and strengthen each succeeding generation as it too is called upon to defend our freedoms on the battlefield and in our public institutions, including the stories of those brave men and women who came to this Tennessee wilderness with little more than their raw grit and determination and proceeded to claw out a gracious society of which WE are the recipients.

Need help recruiting a new member? Contact State Genealogist Richard T. (Dick) Spencer

[email protected]

You are invited to become a George Washington Fellow

Please contact Compatriot Tim

Adams by email [email protected]

Donate $1,000 to become a George Washington Fellow —donations may be made at $200 per year for five years. Presently, Tennessee Society SAR has the third largest number of GWEF members in the United States.

2013 NATIONAL SOCIETY SAR CONGRESS IN KANSAS CITY July 6‐10, 2013

Have you ever wondered about what happens at the National Society SAR Annual Congress? If you are interested in attending, you may do so as a delegate. As a state with one of the larger memberships, Tennessee can elect 22 voting delegates. At present, Trustee John McCutchen, President Colin Wakefield, Alternate Trustee Charles Dammann, Claude Hardison, Jr., Rick Hollis, and Stan Evans have qualified as delegates. So there is plenty of space available to be elected a delegate.

Details for the NSSAR 2013 Congress may be found on the website, www.sar.org and a request for credentials may be made to TNSSAR Secretary John W. Kubenka by email at [email protected].

We hope you will plan to join us for this trip which always proves to be fun and memorable for all who attend. Meeting information and registration form can be found online at sar.org.


T E N N E S S E E S O C I E T Y S A R C H A P T E R S

Join SAR DISTRICT 4

Lt. Andrew Crockett Chapter, Franklin Joseph Greer Chapter, Lynchburg

Stones River Chapter, Murfreesboro Tombigbee Chapter, Columbia

DISTRICT 5 Andrew Jackson Chapter, Nashville

Col. Anthony Bledsoe Chapter, Gallatin Christopher Strong Chapter, Charlotte Thomas Kilgore Chapter, Springfield Valentine Sevier Chapter, Clarksville

DISTRICT 1 Kings Mountain Chapter, Johnson City State of Franklin Chapter, Rogersville

Watauga Chapter, Elizabethton

DISTRICT 2 Gen. Joseph Martin Chapter, Harrogate Stephen Holston Chapter, Knoxville Lt. W. P. Quarles Chapter, Cookeville

DISTRICT 3 Col. Benj. Cleveland Chapter, Cleveland

Hiwassee Chapter, Athens John Sevier Chapter, Chattanooga

DISTRICT 6 Isaac Shelby Chapter, Memphis

Jackson Purchase Chapter, Union City James Madison Chapter, Jackson

PROSPECTIVE CHAPTERS Dyer County, Dyersburg (6) Gibson County, Trenton (6)

Bedford County, Shelbyville (4)

COUNTIES FOR FUTURE CHAPTERS Wilson County, Lebanon (5)

Cumberland County, Crossville (2) Sevier County, Sevierville (2)

For Chapter and meeting location information, contact the

Chapter President. For membership, contact the

Chapter Registrar.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS Are your friends, sons, grandsons, brothers and cousins members?

Please encourage them to join SAR!

NATIONAL SOCIETY SAR Headquarters

1000 South Fourth Street, Louisville, KY 40203 502.589.1776 www.sar.org

Executive Director Don Shaw [email protected] Registrar Aaron Adams [email protected] Librarian Michael Christian [email protected] Education Colleen Wilson [email protected] Merchandising Susan Griffin [email protected]

REMINDERS

Please notify your Chapter Secretary of any changes of address, telephone number or email address. The Chapter Secretary will forward that information to State Secretary John W. Kubenka. Your addresses MUST be current in order for you to receive any or all Society mail, which is sent by “bulk mail,” and is not forwarded.

Submittals are welcomed for this newsletter. We prefer that the text be emailed in MSWord. Photos shall be in electronic format and emailed to Editor Rick D. Hollis at [email protected], but may also be submitted on a CD. Photos from newspapers and/or prints from film cannot be used, as they do not reproduce in acceptable quality.

General Society of the War of 1812

Eligibility—proof as a descendant of a Soldier of the War of 1812

For membership information:

David L. Eagan, President [email protected]

Richard T. Spencer, Jr. DSPEN472att.net

Descendants of Washington’s Army at Valley Forge

Eligibility—proof as a descendant of a Revolutionary War Soldier at Valley Forge


Michael Mankin

[email protected]

Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia

Eligibility—proof as a descendant of a Huguenot at Manakin Town in Virginia


National President Dee Smothers

[email protected]


The Tennessee Patriot Rick Hollis, Editor Tennessee Society of the Sons of the American Revolution 521 South First Street Clarksville, Tennessee 37040

RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

TNSSAR President Charles N. Dammann (2012‐13), President John E. McCutcheon (2011‐12) and Tennessee Senate Majority Leader Mark S. Norris, a member of the Isaac Shelby Chapter in Memphis. Senator Norris was presented the Silver Good Citizenship Medal for his exceptional work in service to all of the citizens of Tennessee.

Mark Norris, he is constantly looking for ways to use his influence as a leading state political figure to assure that our youth are exposed to the founding ideals, values and principles of our Patriot ancestors, our founding fathers. Senator Norris arranges for the TNSSAR Color Guard and TNSSAR state president to enter the Senate Chambers each year to commemorate Patriots Day. He works year‐round, furnishing leadership for Tennessee History Day, and numerous other projects too many to list.

THREE PROMINENT TENNESSEANS HONORED WITH SAR’S HIGHEST RECOGNITIONS

Mark Norris, Stan and Maggie Evans are among our finest, and we are better people and better members for knowing

Maggie Evans, Stan Evans, TNSSAR President Colin D. Wakefield (2013‐14), and Col. Benjamin Cleveland Chapter President Judge Van Deacon. Founder of the Col. Benjamin Cleveland Chapter and Hiwassee Chapter, President Wakefield presented Stan Evans the Silver Good Citizenship Medal for his exceptional work to assure recognition throughout Tennessee of our Patriot forefathers. His patriotic leadership has extended across America.

Maggie Evans was presented the SAR Daughters of Liberty Medal, the highest recognition that can be given by the Society to a DAR Member. Whether chapter, state or national, Maggie Evans has been an essential asset that has made a difference in the quality of patriotic education and service throughout Tennessee and the nation.

Stan and Maggie Evans bring a devotion to SAR and in everything they do, they exhibit the founding ideals that inspires our members, not just in Tennessee, but across the country.

Documents

issue MICKEY CELEBRATES WITH BRANTLEY ROSS PILLER! … Patriot, Spring 2013.pdfMark Reynolds Bullen Phillip Ross Bullen Paul Gene Chrisawn II John Franklin Donnelly, Jr. David Brian