Anderson, brothers Logan and Joseph trained at Haynesville, TN, (now Johnson City), and were then sent to Cumberland Gap to guard the rr line coming into TN from VA. Their position was taken by Northern troops on September 09, 1863. They and abo ut twelve hundred of their comrades were taken as prisoners of war to Camp Douglas at Chicago, IL, where Logan and Joseph died in 1864, probably of smallpox. They were buried there at Confederate Mound. Anderson Inman was held as a prisone r of war at Camp Douglas for nearly two years.

Anderson and his brother, Hezzie, were good carpenters and furniture makers. When they were middle-aged men they built a water-powered grain mill near the confluence of the Pigeon River and McClure's Creek for Anderson's son, Pingree. Pingree , who was named after Pingree Plott, son of Jonathan Plott, operated this mill with the help of his sons for fifty years or more, serving practically all of the families of the upper Pigeon Valley. Corn was the principal grain brought to the mill , but wheat and rye were also ground at times. The mill was built against the north side of a hill, and the only heat was provided by a rock and mud fireplace. In winter the inside of the mill was almost as cold as the outside, so those who brou ght grain to the mill during cold weather often would go over to "Uncle Pingree's" house nearby and wait by the fire until their "turn of corn" had been ground. (From History of the Inman Family by Charles O. Frazier)

Anderson was ordained through prayer and the laying on of hands on August 28, 1868 at a ford of the Pigeon River near the home of Jonathan Plott, located 1 1/2 miles "up the river" from Bethel. He was ordained and baptized by Mr. Plott.

From Ted Darrell Inman, quoted in Rob Neufeld's column in the Asheville Citizen-Times: When Inman's brother, Anderson Inman, was released from Camp Douglas, IL, the prisoner-of-war made an oath of allegiance to the Union, Ted Darrell says. He the n worked as a cooper and contractor in Boston, where he was associated as a minister with Universalist Church headquarters. Returning home, he wore a Union uniform with 3,000 dollars in gold sewn into the lapels.

1850 CENSUS - Unk, Haywood, NC roll 633 p 170 fam 555; looks like age is 21.
1860 CENSUS - Division 37, Haywood, NC roll 901 p 282 fam 23; listed as Anderson.
1870 CENSUS - Forks of Pigeon, Haywood, NC roll 1142 p 205 fam 91; listed as Anderson.
1880 CENSUS - Pigeon, Haywood, NC roll 967 p 147D fam 105.
1900 CENSUS - Pigeon, Haywood, NC roll 1200 p 1A fam 9; married 19, 11 kids 7 living.
1910 CENSUS - Cecil, Haywood, NC roll 1113 p 2A fam 28; married 65, 12 kids 9 living.

• Married: 22 FEB 1843 in Haywood Co., NC ^{1 5 6 3}

1. Louisa Eliza INMAN b: 06 MAR 1844 in Haywood Co., NC
2. Frances Elizabeth L. INMAN b: 12 MAR 1847 in NC
3. Mary Marierer INMAN b: 22 APR 1849 in NC
4. Joseph Pingree INMAN b: 26 MAY 1850 in Jackson Co., NC
5. James Hosea Ballou INMAN b: 30 OCT 1853 in NC
6. Mary Caroline INMAN b: 19 JUN 1855 in NC
7. Martha Louise INMAN b: 10 JUL 1857 in NC
8. Dorothy Cordelia INMAN b: 22 MAY 1860 in NC
9. Sarah INMAN b: abt 1863 in NC
10. Reuben Stringfield INMAN b: 04 OCT 1868 in NC

1. Title: LDS records.
2. Title: Census records.
3. Title: Cemetery records.
4. Title: Photo of headstone.
5. Title: NC Marriage Collection, 1741-2004
6. Title: Haywood Co., NC Marriage Records