1870 1880 1900
Martha Baldwin 36 TN 65 TN May 1835 VA/VA; widow
William A. Baldwin 10 TN 20 TN 1859-1860
Columbus Calvin Baldwin 7 TN 18 TN 1862-1863
Louis Wesley Baldwin 6 TN 1863-1864
Lewis Adkinson 72 VA 1807-1808
Arsena Adkinson 62 TN 1817-1818
Elizabeth Adkinson 34 TN 1845-1846
Rebecca Adkinson 29 TN 1850-1851
William P. Adkinson 17 TN 1862-1863
James Hicks 32 TN 1847-1848
Francis Hicks 2 TN 1877-1878
Robert Baldwin 25 TN 1874 Oct m

Richard A. (Rick) Abbott provided information about his ancestor, Private Jesse Baldwin of the Tennessee Cavalry, CSA. John Wesley and Elizabeth Baldwin moved from North Carolina to Tennessee in the 1830?s. Their names first appear on the Tennessee census records of 1840. Jesse Baldwin was born to John and Elizabeth on 7 February, 1838. Not much is known of his early life, but Jesse did marry Martha Atkinson on 17 March, 1859. Jesse and Martha had three boys, William, Calvin and
Lewis Wesley, with Lewis Wesley Baldwin being born 1 March, 1863. Jesse and Martha lived on the land owned by Jesse?s father and Jesse was listed on census records as a tenant farmer. In August, 1861, Scott Bledsoe raised a company of cavalry in Fentress County. It was mustered into service as Company ?F?, 4th TN Cavalry Regiment (Murphy?s), CSA. Jesse and his
two brothers (John Calvin and William) are listed on muster rolls. This unit is later (1863) listed as Company ?I?, 8th TN Cavalry Regiment (Baxter Smith?s), CSA. The names of John Calvin and William appear on the muster rolls of the 8th, but Jesse?s name is not listed there. There was a skirmish in Fentress County in late 1862 or early 1863. A CSA cavalry detail was escorting a medical supply train. They were ambushed by Tinker Dave Beaty?s Union irregulars. A man named Baldwin was wounded. This is believed to have been Jesse Baldwin and he is thought to have been furloughed to home to recover from his wounds. Family lore tells us that while at home recovering, Jesse heard rustlers stealing horses from the family farm. He went out to investigate and did not come home. The next morning, family members found Jesse, dead. The family felt that Jesse had confronted the rustlers, who were Union irregulars, and that the rustlers killed him. Jesse was buried at Norris Cemetery in Banner Springs, Tennessee and according to County records, he was the first person buried there. Family lore is that the two surviving Baldwin brothers came home and found out who had killed Jesse. They then hunted down and killed at least some of those responsible. Fentress County was run by former Union Army officers for a while after the war. The two surviving Baldwin brothers moved to west Tennessee. Jesse?s widow, Martha, remarried. Secret memorial services for the Confederate dead were held in Fentress County during the years of reconstruction. Jesse?s youngest son was Lewis Wesley Baldwin (1863-1948). Richard A. (Rick) Abbott of Dillard-Judd Camp 1828 is the grandson of Lewis and great-grandson of Confederate soldier Jesse Baldwin. Rick plans to dedicate an official Confederate head stone at the grave of Jesse Baldwin in the late spring or early summer, 2006 and would appreciate the support of the men of the Highland Brigade.

• Married: 17 Mar 1859

1. William F. Baldwin b: 27 Jan 1860 in , Fentress, Tennessee
2. Columbus Calvin Baldwin b: 22 Aug 1861 in , Fentress, Tennessee
3. Lewis Wesley Baldwin b: 1 Mar 1863 in , Fentress, Tennessee

1. Repository:
   
   Title: 1850 United States Federal Census
   Author: Ancestry.com
   Publication: Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005
   Note:
   United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850
   
   NS016973
   
   Source Media Type: Ancestry.com
   Text: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States. 1850 United States Federal Census. M432, 1009 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. Subdivision 19, Morgan, Tennessee, roll M432_891, page 314, image 625.
2. Repository:
   
   Title: Information provided by Patti Cobble
   Note:
   NS019243
   
   Source Media Type: Interview
   Text: Date of Import: 9 Jul 2006
3. Repository:
   
   Title: Cemetery Records, Fentress County, Tennessee
   Author: Mable Rushton Wheeler
   Publication: Copyright 1988
   Note:
   NS565463
   
   Source Media Type: Book
   Page: p.374
4. Repository:
   
   Title: 1860 United States Federal Census
   Author: Ancestry.com
   Publication: Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004
   Note:
   United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860
   
   NS017063
   
   Source Media Type: Ancestry.com
   Note: Image Source: Year: 1860; Census Place: District 9, Fentress, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1249; Page: 51; Image: 105.
5. Repository:
   
   Title: Confederate Militia Rosters Online
   Author: Tennessee Genealogy and History, TN GenWeb Project
   Note:
   NS562633
   
   Source Media Type: Internet
   Text: Jesse C. Baldwin is shown as being a bugler and a private in Company F, 4th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Murray's Cavalry Regiment). His enrollment date is listed as 10 Aug 1861 at Camp McGinnis (near Jamestown). Murray's Cavalry Regiment (AKA Tennessee Cavalry 4th Regiment) was organized in August 1862 using Spiller's Tennessee Cavalry Battalion as its nucleus. The unit was attached to Wharton's Brigade and fought at Perryville and Murfreesboro. On 23 January 1863 it disbanded.
6. Repository:
   
   Title: Information provided by Morris Lee Baldwin
   Note:
   Source Media Type: Interview
   Text: Wheteher because of family obligations or because he was said to have been a very religious man, Jesse did not join the Army. In 1864, he was killed by non-regular guerillas in the front lane outside his home after dark. It was said that he had a practice of going outside to pray after the evening meal and it was during this time that he was ambushed. Family oral history is that subsequent to this event, the William H, John Calvin and Wyatt Wesley, came home on leave from the army and went looking for the guerilla band (reportedly a group of 6-8) who had killed their brother. They learned the group would be travelling back through the area and they laid in wait for them at the top of Slate Creek hill on the old Martha Washington Road. They surprised the guerillas and shot three of them, including the two leaders, but the others escaped. The men were presumed dead, but it is said that one was still alive and was taken by a passerby to a home of someone in the area and the large bullet hole in his chest was treated by stuffing it with bark from a slippery elm. He eventually recovered.
7. Repository:
   
   Title: History of Fentress County
   Author: Albert R. Hogue
   Publication: Reprinted: 2005, ISBN: 0806380004
   Note:
   Fentress County, Tennessee was formed in 1823 from Morgan and Overton counties and was itself, in part, the parent of Scott and Pickett counties. Mr. Hogue's History of Fentress County consists, essentially, of two parts. The first is a memorial to Fentress County citizens who served in the Great War (e.g. the legendary Sergeant Alvin York); the second is a collection of some 350 personal and family sketches, highlighted by references to marriage, occupation, and place of residence.
   
   Source Media Type: Book
   Text: Jesse was killed on the road from Martha Washington to the Walton Turnpike (US 127) by men from Overton County. Later his brothers met two of th Overton men between Slate Creek and the Walton Turnpike. They shot one and chased the other into the rough terrain were he escaped. They thought the man they shot had been killed so they left him at the scene. A bunch of women found the man and carried him across the hills of Slate Creek to the Todd Farm. We don't know who lived there then. Matilda Key, the wife of Stephen Key, was one of the women. The identities of the other women are unknown. The man recovered, returned home and lived for many years but some say that the place he was shot never completely healed.
8. Repository:
   
   Title: Information provided by Carson Key
   Note:
   Source Media Type: Interview
   Text: Carson Key verified the oral story concerning the murder of Jesse Baldwin. He additionally notes that "his grandmother Mathida Key was one of the women who carried the wounded man across Slate to a house on the Todd farm." This is supposedly where the injured man's wound was treated.