Pleasant Lafayette 'Fate' Atchley

Pleasant Lafayette Atchley was born and raised in the Flat Creek Community in Sevier County, Tenn. He died at Catlettsburg, north of Sevierville, Tennessee. He was the son of Joshua H. Atchley and Mary Catlett Atchley. By occupation, he was a farmer. He was a member of the Baptist Church. He served as a soldier in the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry, Company K, Union Army, during the Civil War. Enlisted in the Army in Kentucky, where he was trained as a soldier before marching south. He saw service in the battle of Nashville, and at Franklin, Tenn., 1864. He was with General Sherman on his famous march through Georgia. The 3rd Regiment was ordered to Nashville, Tenn., February 27 1864, and was on duty there until June. This duty was on the line of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad and in the District of North Alabama about Decatur, Ala. until September. Operations were conducted against Bedford Forest September 16-25. A detachment saw action at Athens September 23-24 and was captured. The remainder of the regiment saw action at Sulphur Branch Trestle September 25 and most of the remainder was captured. Atchley was part of the group captured by the forces of General Nathan Bedford Forrest, and was placed in Cahaba Prison (Castle Morgan). Pleasant Atchley was returning home from prison on the "Sultana" when her boilers exploded in the Mississippi River. During 1865, Pleasant Lafayette Atchley was married to Anna Rule. They lived about four miles north of Sevierville. Children: Nancy Bellzora Atchley; Johnson F.; Sanders L. Atchley m. Marusa V. Chambers; Dona (Caldonia) m. Will Trammell; John Theodore married Emma M. Cloudus; M. Victoria m. Robert Ira Wade.

 During 1875 this family moved into the old home of Benjamin and Martha Atchley, located near the French Broad River, in the northern part of Sevier County (Providence Church community- see photograph). Later, they moved to a home located near Catlettsburg. (After 1892)

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