Allen McDonald was the first Scott County Court Clerk, a Deputy Marshall, Justice of the Peace, merchant, farmer, and census enumerator. He served in Company G of the 7th Tennessee Infantry (Union). In a reimbursement claim made by Samuel Roberts of the Welsh Colony Brynyffynon "for supplies furnished in Scott County, Tennessee, to Union Troops during the Rebellion" he was called "Captain MacDonald".
"August 20, 1862- Lodging, supper and breakfast to Capt. Allen MacDonald when a band of rebels were pursing after him
August 23, 1862- Lunch to Captains Cotton and MacDonald having in charge three rebels.
November 8, 1862- Dinner to Capt. MacDonald and four of his men". --- page 340, Scott County in the Civil War, compiled by Paul Roy, Scott County Historical Society, Huntsville, 2001
Captain Cotton was Wayne Whitecotton who was taken prisoner September 8th, 1862, near Huntsville. page 48, ibid. In 1871 his widow Polly claimed a raise in her pension to reflect her late husband's true rank. "It appears upon examination that the petitioner is the widow of Wayne W. Cotton, who served as a captain in the Seventh Tennessee Infantry, but was never commissioned, nor were other officers in like circumstances." 41st Congress, 3rd Session]] House of Representatives [[Report No. 14. To accompany bill H.R. 2718.
"Many of the warmest advocates and firmest helpers of the Union often sheltered in our house, in times of privation and peril. I could name Col. Staples, Major Duncan, Capt. Cotton, Capt. Macdonald, Capt. Evan Jones, and many others." ---Samuel Roberts, Conway, North Wales, Great Britain, April 22, 1881 , page 151, Samuel Roberts, by Wilbur Shepperson, University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville,1961.
According to his pension file, Allen was captured either on either the 6th or the 12th of September. "Said soldier had been a prisoner of war in Knoxville Tenn, and been either paroled, or made his escape from the enemy, Some few days before he came to their (Andrew Lawson's) house, which was the tenth of November, 1862. ...the rebels were raging through the country and that it was impossible to get a physician.." He died of "camp fever" at the Lawson home, either on November 20 or 25. Allen could have visited Brynyffynon the last time on his way towards home.
Allen McDonald was listed as a "Lt." on the "Memorandum From Prisoner of War Records" in his file, but as a private in the muster roll that records his death. In 1863 Colonel Bradley inspected the 7th Regiment in Kentucky. "It was quite impossible to distinguish the officers from enlisted men as all were dressed alike in Private apparel and each acted on his own authority.....I took charge of all the books and papers ...but could make very little sense out of them....the records were very imperfectly kept and incorrect...". ---page 169, Scott County in the Civil War.
Because of his prominence as a merchant and county official, along with the irregular organization and haphazard record keeping of locally raised Union forces, all in the context of the confusion of partisan war, I believe that Allen McDonald served as a Captain but appeared in the few after the fact documents as both a Lieutenant and Private.
"August 20, 1862- Lodging, supper and breakfast to Capt. Allen MacDonald when a band of rebels were pursing after him
August 23, 1862- Lunch to Captains Cotton and MacDonald having in charge three rebels.
November 8, 1862- Dinner to Capt. MacDonald and four of his men". --- page 340, Scott County in the Civil War, compiled by Paul Roy, Scott County Historical Society, Huntsville, 2001
Captain Cotton was Wayne Whitecotton who was taken prisoner September 8th, 1862, near Huntsville. page 48, ibid. In 1871 his widow Polly claimed a raise in her pension to reflect her late husband's true rank. "It appears upon examination that the petitioner is the widow of Wayne W. Cotton, who served as a captain in the Seventh Tennessee Infantry, but was never commissioned, nor were other officers in like circumstances." 41st Congress, 3rd Session]] House of Representatives [[Report No. 14. To accompany bill H.R. 2718.
"Many of the warmest advocates and firmest helpers of the Union often sheltered in our house, in times of privation and peril. I could name Col. Staples, Major Duncan, Capt. Cotton, Capt. Macdonald, Capt. Evan Jones, and many others." ---Samuel Roberts, Conway, North Wales, Great Britain, April 22, 1881 , page 151, Samuel Roberts, by Wilbur Shepperson, University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville,1961.
According to his pension file, Allen was captured either on either the 6th or the 12th of September. "Said soldier had been a prisoner of war in Knoxville Tenn, and been either paroled, or made his escape from the enemy, Some few days before he came to their (Andrew Lawson's) house, which was the tenth of November, 1862. ...the rebels were raging through the country and that it was impossible to get a physician.." He died of "camp fever" at the Lawson home, either on November 20 or 25. Allen could have visited Brynyffynon the last time on his way towards home.
Allen McDonald was listed as a "Lt." on the "Memorandum From Prisoner of War Records" in his file, but as a private in the muster roll that records his death. In 1863 Colonel Bradley inspected the 7th Regiment in Kentucky. "It was quite impossible to distinguish the officers from enlisted men as all were dressed alike in Private apparel and each acted on his own authority.....I took charge of all the books and papers ...but could make very little sense out of them....the records were very imperfectly kept and incorrect...". ---page 169, Scott County in the Civil War.
Because of his prominence as a merchant and county official, along with the irregular organization and haphazard record keeping of locally raised Union forces, all in the context of the confusion of partisan war, I believe that Allen McDonald served as a Captain but appeared in the few after the fact documents as both a Lieutenant and Private.
Allen McDonald was the first Scott County Court Clerk, a Deputy Marshall, Justice of the Peace, merchant, farmer, and census enumerator. He served in Company G of the 7th Tennessee Infantry (Union). In a reimbursement claim made by Samuel Roberts of the Welsh Colony Brynyffynon "for supplies furnished in Scott County, Tennessee, to Union Troops during the Rebellion" he was called "Captain MacDonald".
"August 20, 1862- Lodging, supper and breakfast to Capt. Allen MacDonald when a band of rebels were pursing after him
August 23, 1862- Lunch to Captains Cotton and MacDonald having in charge three rebels.
November 8, 1862- Dinner to Capt. MacDonald and four of his men". --- page 340, Scott County in the Civil War, compiled by Paul Roy, Scott County Historical Society, Huntsville, 2001
Captain Cotton was Wayne Whitecotton who was taken prisoner September 8th, 1862, near Huntsville. page 48, ibid. In 1871 his widow Polly claimed a raise in her pension to reflect her late husband's true rank. "It appears upon examination that the petitioner is the widow of Wayne W. Cotton, who served as a captain in the Seventh Tennessee Infantry, but was never commissioned, nor were other officers in like circumstances." 41st Congress, 3rd Session]] House of Representatives [[Report No. 14. To accompany bill H.R. 2718.
"Many of the warmest advocates and firmest helpers of the Union often sheltered in our house, in times of privation and peril. I could name Col. Staples, Major Duncan, Capt. Cotton, Capt. Macdonald, Capt. Evan Jones, and many others." ---Samuel Roberts, Conway, North Wales, Great Britain, April 22, 1881 , page 151, Samuel Roberts, by Wilbur Shepperson, University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville,1961.
According to his pension file, Allen was captured either on either the 6th or the 12th of September. "Said soldier had been a prisoner of war in Knoxville Tenn, and been either paroled, or made his escape from the enemy, Some few days before he came to their (Andrew Lawson's) house, which was the tenth of November, 1862. ...the rebels were raging through the country and that it was impossible to get a physician.." He died of "camp fever" at the Lawson home, either on November 20 or 25. Allen could have visited Brynyffynon the last time on his way towards home.
Allen McDonald was listed as a "Lt." on the "Memorandum From Prisoner of War Records" in his file, but as a private in the muster roll that records his death. In 1863 Colonel Bradley inspected the 7th Regiment in Kentucky. "It was quite impossible to distinguish the officers from enlisted men as all were dressed alike in Private apparel and each acted on his own authority.....I took charge of all the books and papers ...but could make very little sense out of them....the records were very imperfectly kept and incorrect...". ---page 169, Scott County in the Civil War.
Because of his prominence as a merchant and county official, along with the irregular organization and haphazard record keeping of locally raised Union forces, all in the context of the confusion of partisan war, I believe that Allen McDonald served as a Captain but appeared in the few after the fact documents as both a Lieutenant and Private.
"August 20, 1862- Lodging, supper and breakfast to Capt. Allen MacDonald when a band of rebels were pursing after him
August 23, 1862- Lunch to Captains Cotton and MacDonald having in charge three rebels.
November 8, 1862- Dinner to Capt. MacDonald and four of his men". --- page 340, Scott County in the Civil War, compiled by Paul Roy, Scott County Historical Society, Huntsville, 2001
Captain Cotton was Wayne Whitecotton who was taken prisoner September 8th, 1862, near Huntsville. page 48, ibid. In 1871 his widow Polly claimed a raise in her pension to reflect her late husband's true rank. "It appears upon examination that the petitioner is the widow of Wayne W. Cotton, who served as a captain in the Seventh Tennessee Infantry, but was never commissioned, nor were other officers in like circumstances." 41st Congress, 3rd Session]] House of Representatives [[Report No. 14. To accompany bill H.R. 2718.
"Many of the warmest advocates and firmest helpers of the Union often sheltered in our house, in times of privation and peril. I could name Col. Staples, Major Duncan, Capt. Cotton, Capt. Macdonald, Capt. Evan Jones, and many others." ---Samuel Roberts, Conway, North Wales, Great Britain, April 22, 1881 , page 151, Samuel Roberts, by Wilbur Shepperson, University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville,1961.
According to his pension file, Allen was captured either on either the 6th or the 12th of September. "Said soldier had been a prisoner of war in Knoxville Tenn, and been either paroled, or made his escape from the enemy, Some few days before he came to their (Andrew Lawson's) house, which was the tenth of November, 1862. ...the rebels were raging through the country and that it was impossible to get a physician.." He died of "camp fever" at the Lawson home, either on November 20 or 25. Allen could have visited Brynyffynon the last time on his way towards home.
Allen McDonald was listed as a "Lt." on the "Memorandum From Prisoner of War Records" in his file, but as a private in the muster roll that records his death. In 1863 Colonel Bradley inspected the 7th Regiment in Kentucky. "It was quite impossible to distinguish the officers from enlisted men as all were dressed alike in Private apparel and each acted on his own authority.....I took charge of all the books and papers ...but could make very little sense out of them....the records were very imperfectly kept and incorrect...". ---page 169, Scott County in the Civil War.
Because of his prominence as a merchant and county official, along with the irregular organization and haphazard record keeping of locally raised Union forces, all in the context of the confusion of partisan war, I believe that Allen McDonald served as a Captain but appeared in the few after the fact documents as both a Lieutenant and Private.
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