Our Family Tree
( Hembree/Baxter)
This website developed and maintained by James F. Baxter
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Family Photo Album
will be placed in the Photo Album on this website.
James Baxter servered in the war of 1812.
Rank: Private.
Company: commandered by Capt. Joseph Duncan
Regiment: Tennessee Infantry Militia, commanded by Col. James
Bunch in the Creek war. James Baxter was in the battle of the
Horse Shoe. He was honorably discharged at Camp Offsite at Ross
Landing Tennessee July 29, 1814 after serving his full six
months. He inlisted as a substitute in the place of one Thomas
Mantooth on Jan. 10, 1814 for the term of six months.
[information from the Pension application records of Rhoda
"Giles" Baxter, widow of James Baxter]
Cocke County records show land surveyed for James Baxter as
follows: 50 acres on the Caney Fork of Cosby Creek on April 8,
1824, 16 acres on the Caney Fork of Cosby Creek on July 5, 1824,
100 acres on the waters of Cosby Creek on Feb. 27, 1826.
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