H/O Nancy Ann Wilson
John gave the land for this cemetery.∼S/O John Tollett Sr.(1758-1824) & Margaret 'Peggy' Brown(1760-1844). Married in 1808, Bledsoe, TN, to Nancy Wilson(1786-1842). They were parents of: Carrie(1810), Henry B.(1812-1885), Greenberry Wilson(1814-1842), Margarette(1816-1887), Mary(1818-1885), John Jackson(1820-1862), Elizabeth Temperance(1823-1903), Wesley Taylor(1824-1855), William Shelby(1824-1855), Elijah Goar(1827-1903), Nancy Ann(1829-1875), Sarah Letitia(1833-1876) & Charles Kilgore 'C.K.' Tollett(1848-1907).
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John Tollett (91023243)
Suggested edit: From the book, "The Swafford - Tollett Feud", by Thomas V. Swafford, 2003, page 43 about the death of John Tollett, Jr.
"A story told by a descendant of John Jr.'s son Henry says the band of renegades twice went to John Jr.'s home-although all other known accounts mention only one visit. The descendant's story says the thugs told John Jr. during their first visit that they had come for his money and/or gold. If he did not hand it over, they would kill him. For some unknown reason, they did not succeed in obtaining the money that day. After the renegades left, John Jr. took his money and/or gold from a chest. He then delivered it to the home of his son Elijah Gore for safekeeping. A day or two later, these same men, possibly with others, sneaked up and surprised John Jr. late at night. An "Old Man" Monday was in the home with him. The doors were all locked and bolted, but one of the renegades, identified as John K. Young, broke through a back window and let the others enter. They took John Jr. and Monday outside by a large tree on a hill about 1,000 feet northwest of the home overlooking the valley. When John Jr. would not tell where his valuables were hidden, the renegades killed both him and his friend, "Old Man" Monday. The spot where John and Monday were killed was in Cumberland County. According to some of Elijah Gore's brothers and sisters, Elijah Gore did not share their father's riches with them.
Their captors tortured John Jr. and Monday to force them to tell the location of tollett's riches. Roy Patton recalls listening to several conversations between his father, Sam Patton, and Mose Tollett about the deaths. Both John Jr. and Monday were dragged out and tied to trees. One of the two men was shot nine times and stabbed once with a knife. The other man was stabbed nine times and shot once. Evidently the stabbings and shootings took place over an extended time frame in an attempt to find out where the gold was hidden.
Roy Patton and his wife, Joan, puzzled for many years over the identity of "Old Man" Monday. They recently met Katherine (Monday) James, his descendant. She took them to the grave of her ancestor whose full name was Francis "Frank" Monday. He is buried near Sandy Creek in the Alloway community in the southeast portion of Cumberland County near the Roane County line. Frank Monday is believed to have lived and owned land where he was buried. A combination tombstone for both Frank Monday and his wife Elizabeth, gives his birth date as c1805 and his death date as 1863. Wording at the bottom of the tombstone states, "He was tortured & killed in the Sequatchie Valley during the Civil War." Katherine located a family Bible record which indicates he died on April 30, 1863. A one-day discrepancy exists between the recorded death dates of Monday and Tollett. A plausible explanation is that the killings may have taken place some time in the night of April 30 and early morning hours of May 1.
Contributor: Ed Thurman (46846073) • [email protected]
John gave the land for this cemetery.∼S/O John Tollett Sr.(1758-1824) & Margaret 'Peggy' Brown(1760-1844). Married in 1808, Bledsoe, TN, to Nancy Wilson(1786-1842). They were parents of: Carrie(1810), Henry B.(1812-1885), Greenberry Wilson(1814-1842), Margarette(1816-1887), Mary(1818-1885), John Jackson(1820-1862), Elizabeth Temperance(1823-1903), Wesley Taylor(1824-1855), William Shelby(1824-1855), Elijah Goar(1827-1903), Nancy Ann(1829-1875), Sarah Letitia(1833-1876) & Charles Kilgore 'C.K.' Tollett(1848-1907).
Added Mar 2020:
John Tollett (91023243)
Suggested edit: From the book, "The Swafford - Tollett Feud", by Thomas V. Swafford, 2003, page 43 about the death of John Tollett, Jr.
"A story told by a descendant of John Jr.'s son Henry says the band of renegades twice went to John Jr.'s home-although all other known accounts mention only one visit. The descendant's story says the thugs told John Jr. during their first visit that they had come for his money and/or gold. If he did not hand it over, they would kill him. For some unknown reason, they did not succeed in obtaining the money that day. After the renegades left, John Jr. took his money and/or gold from a chest. He then delivered it to the home of his son Elijah Gore for safekeeping. A day or two later, these same men, possibly with others, sneaked up and surprised John Jr. late at night. An "Old Man" Monday was in the home with him. The doors were all locked and bolted, but one of the renegades, identified as John K. Young, broke through a back window and let the others enter. They took John Jr. and Monday outside by a large tree on a hill about 1,000 feet northwest of the home overlooking the valley. When John Jr. would not tell where his valuables were hidden, the renegades killed both him and his friend, "Old Man" Monday. The spot where John and Monday were killed was in Cumberland County. According to some of Elijah Gore's brothers and sisters, Elijah Gore did not share their father's riches with them.
Their captors tortured John Jr. and Monday to force them to tell the location of tollett's riches. Roy Patton recalls listening to several conversations between his father, Sam Patton, and Mose Tollett about the deaths. Both John Jr. and Monday were dragged out and tied to trees. One of the two men was shot nine times and stabbed once with a knife. The other man was stabbed nine times and shot once. Evidently the stabbings and shootings took place over an extended time frame in an attempt to find out where the gold was hidden.
Roy Patton and his wife, Joan, puzzled for many years over the identity of "Old Man" Monday. They recently met Katherine (Monday) James, his descendant. She took them to the grave of her ancestor whose full name was Francis "Frank" Monday. He is buried near Sandy Creek in the Alloway community in the southeast portion of Cumberland County near the Roane County line. Frank Monday is believed to have lived and owned land where he was buried. A combination tombstone for both Frank Monday and his wife Elizabeth, gives his birth date as c1805 and his death date as 1863. Wording at the bottom of the tombstone states, "He was tortured & killed in the Sequatchie Valley during the Civil War." Katherine located a family Bible record which indicates he died on April 30, 1863. A one-day discrepancy exists between the recorded death dates of Monday and Tollett. A plausible explanation is that the killings may have taken place some time in the night of April 30 and early morning hours of May 1.
Contributor: Ed Thurman (46846073) • [email protected]
H/O Nancy Ann Wilson
John gave the land for this cemetery.∼S/O John Tollett Sr.(1758-1824) & Margaret 'Peggy' Brown(1760-1844). Married in 1808, Bledsoe, TN, to Nancy Wilson(1786-1842). They were parents of: Carrie(1810), Henry B.(1812-1885), Greenberry Wilson(1814-1842), Margarette(1816-1887), Mary(1818-1885), John Jackson(1820-1862), Elizabeth Temperance(1823-1903), Wesley Taylor(1824-1855), William Shelby(1824-1855), Elijah Goar(1827-1903), Nancy Ann(1829-1875), Sarah Letitia(1833-1876) & Charles Kilgore 'C.K.' Tollett(1848-1907).
Added Mar 2020:
John Tollett (91023243)
Suggested edit: From the book, "The Swafford - Tollett Feud", by Thomas V. Swafford, 2003, page 43 about the death of John Tollett, Jr.
"A story told by a descendant of John Jr.'s son Henry says the band of renegades twice went to John Jr.'s home-although all other known accounts mention only one visit. The descendant's story says the thugs told John Jr. during their first visit that they had come for his money and/or gold. If he did not hand it over, they would kill him. For some unknown reason, they did not succeed in obtaining the money that day. After the renegades left, John Jr. took his money and/or gold from a chest. He then delivered it to the home of his son Elijah Gore for safekeeping. A day or two later, these same men, possibly with others, sneaked up and surprised John Jr. late at night. An "Old Man" Monday was in the home with him. The doors were all locked and bolted, but one of the renegades, identified as John K. Young, broke through a back window and let the others enter. They took John Jr. and Monday outside by a large tree on a hill about 1,000 feet northwest of the home overlooking the valley. When John Jr. would not tell where his valuables were hidden, the renegades killed both him and his friend, "Old Man" Monday. The spot where John and Monday were killed was in Cumberland County. According to some of Elijah Gore's brothers and sisters, Elijah Gore did not share their father's riches with them.
Their captors tortured John Jr. and Monday to force them to tell the location of tollett's riches. Roy Patton recalls listening to several conversations between his father, Sam Patton, and Mose Tollett about the deaths. Both John Jr. and Monday were dragged out and tied to trees. One of the two men was shot nine times and stabbed once with a knife. The other man was stabbed nine times and shot once. Evidently the stabbings and shootings took place over an extended time frame in an attempt to find out where the gold was hidden.
Roy Patton and his wife, Joan, puzzled for many years over the identity of "Old Man" Monday. They recently met Katherine (Monday) James, his descendant. She took them to the grave of her ancestor whose full name was Francis "Frank" Monday. He is buried near Sandy Creek in the Alloway community in the southeast portion of Cumberland County near the Roane County line. Frank Monday is believed to have lived and owned land where he was buried. A combination tombstone for both Frank Monday and his wife Elizabeth, gives his birth date as c1805 and his death date as 1863. Wording at the bottom of the tombstone states, "He was tortured & killed in the Sequatchie Valley during the Civil War." Katherine located a family Bible record which indicates he died on April 30, 1863. A one-day discrepancy exists between the recorded death dates of Monday and Tollett. A plausible explanation is that the killings may have taken place some time in the night of April 30 and early morning hours of May 1.
Contributor: Ed Thurman (46846073) • [email protected]
John gave the land for this cemetery.∼S/O John Tollett Sr.(1758-1824) & Margaret 'Peggy' Brown(1760-1844). Married in 1808, Bledsoe, TN, to Nancy Wilson(1786-1842). They were parents of: Carrie(1810), Henry B.(1812-1885), Greenberry Wilson(1814-1842), Margarette(1816-1887), Mary(1818-1885), John Jackson(1820-1862), Elizabeth Temperance(1823-1903), Wesley Taylor(1824-1855), William Shelby(1824-1855), Elijah Goar(1827-1903), Nancy Ann(1829-1875), Sarah Letitia(1833-1876) & Charles Kilgore 'C.K.' Tollett(1848-1907).
Added Mar 2020:
John Tollett (91023243)
Suggested edit: From the book, "The Swafford - Tollett Feud", by Thomas V. Swafford, 2003, page 43 about the death of John Tollett, Jr.
"A story told by a descendant of John Jr.'s son Henry says the band of renegades twice went to John Jr.'s home-although all other known accounts mention only one visit. The descendant's story says the thugs told John Jr. during their first visit that they had come for his money and/or gold. If he did not hand it over, they would kill him. For some unknown reason, they did not succeed in obtaining the money that day. After the renegades left, John Jr. took his money and/or gold from a chest. He then delivered it to the home of his son Elijah Gore for safekeeping. A day or two later, these same men, possibly with others, sneaked up and surprised John Jr. late at night. An "Old Man" Monday was in the home with him. The doors were all locked and bolted, but one of the renegades, identified as John K. Young, broke through a back window and let the others enter. They took John Jr. and Monday outside by a large tree on a hill about 1,000 feet northwest of the home overlooking the valley. When John Jr. would not tell where his valuables were hidden, the renegades killed both him and his friend, "Old Man" Monday. The spot where John and Monday were killed was in Cumberland County. According to some of Elijah Gore's brothers and sisters, Elijah Gore did not share their father's riches with them.
Their captors tortured John Jr. and Monday to force them to tell the location of tollett's riches. Roy Patton recalls listening to several conversations between his father, Sam Patton, and Mose Tollett about the deaths. Both John Jr. and Monday were dragged out and tied to trees. One of the two men was shot nine times and stabbed once with a knife. The other man was stabbed nine times and shot once. Evidently the stabbings and shootings took place over an extended time frame in an attempt to find out where the gold was hidden.
Roy Patton and his wife, Joan, puzzled for many years over the identity of "Old Man" Monday. They recently met Katherine (Monday) James, his descendant. She took them to the grave of her ancestor whose full name was Francis "Frank" Monday. He is buried near Sandy Creek in the Alloway community in the southeast portion of Cumberland County near the Roane County line. Frank Monday is believed to have lived and owned land where he was buried. A combination tombstone for both Frank Monday and his wife Elizabeth, gives his birth date as c1805 and his death date as 1863. Wording at the bottom of the tombstone states, "He was tortured & killed in the Sequatchie Valley during the Civil War." Katherine located a family Bible record which indicates he died on April 30, 1863. A one-day discrepancy exists between the recorded death dates of Monday and Tollett. A plausible explanation is that the killings may have taken place some time in the night of April 30 and early morning hours of May 1.
Contributor: Ed Thurman (46846073) • [email protected]
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