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Fayette County, Tennessee

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James Frank Whitten (1838 - d.)
Pvt. John D. "J.D." Whitten, (CSA) (1836 - 1894)
Military • United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865 Name J. D. Whitten Military Beginning Rank Private Military Final Rank Private Military Side Confederate Military Unit Granbury's Consolidat...
Bridget Whitten (c.1801 - 1841)
Bridget's date and place of death are from the "births and deaths" pages of Alfred Whitten's Family Bible, a transcription of which is in the vertical files of the Huntsville Public Library; and "A His...
Corporal Henry Harrison High, (CSA) (1842 - 1931)
Civil War Veteran - Henry Harrison High, Corporal, Company I, 15th Texas [Dismounted] Cavalry [Sweet's] Regiment, CSAHenry Harrison High, served in Company I, 15th Regiment, Texas Cavalry from 29 March...
Pvt. (CSA), Levin Hudson Coe Jr. (1842 - 1878)
HUDSON7 COE, JR. was born December 17, 1843, on his father's plantation near Somerville, TN. His early years were spent in Memphis, where his father was killed when Levin was six years old.He enlisted ...

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Fayette County was established by Tennessee General Assembly in 1824. The county was named after the Marquis de la Fayette, French hero of the American Revolution. Fayette County is culturally alike to the Mississippi Delta and was a major area of cotton plantations dependent on slave labor in the nineteenth century.

Adjacent Counties

Cities & Towns

Braden
Gallaway
Grand Junction (part)
La Grange
Moscow
Oakland
Piperton
Rossville
Somerville (County Seat)
Williston

Other Communities: Canadaville, Elba, Fayette Corners, Fisherville, Forty-Five, Hays Crossing, Hickory Withe, Kirk, Laconia, Lambert, Liberty Hill, Longtown, Macon, Miller, Moorman, Mount Moriah, Powers, Rather, Warren, Yum Yum and Zu Zu

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