William C. Swor was the son of John and Mary (Copeland) Swor. William C. Swor was a magistrate in Henry County, TN in the early thirties, also colonel of a militia company before the Civil War. He was county surveyor of Henry County for ten or fifteen years. At the beginning of the war between the States he was elected Major of the 5th TN Regiment; he commanded the regiment in the two-days Battle of Shiloh, when he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. He also commanded in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky on October 8, 1862, he had a horse killed under him, and was injured by another falling on him. He afterwards served in the recruiting service, as he was disabled from further active military duty.∼Husband of Elizabeth Swor
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William C. Swor was the son of John and Mary (Copeland) Swor. William C. Swor was a magistrate in Henry County, TN in the early thirties, also colonel of a militia company before the Civil War. He was county surveyor of Henry County for ten or fifteen years. At the beginning of the war between the States he was elected Major of the 5th TN Regiment; he commanded the regiment in the two-days Battle of Shiloh, when he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. He also commanded in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky on October 8, 1862, he had a horse killed under him, and was injured by another falling on him. He afterwards served in the recruiting service, as he was disabled from further active military duty.∼Husband of Elizabeth Swor
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