Franklin County, Tennessee Militia: War of 1812

As written in The Home Journal (Winchester, Tennessee), 30 September 1880, page 4:

In the Home Journal office we have the manuscript of what we print. It is yellow with dust, age and decay. The paper is just such as could be had in those days. This document was found among the papers of our grandfather, Wallis Estill, who has left quite a family of descendants in this county. It appears that the county had been drained of young men, and the old men, those over forty-five, formed themselves into a company to protect the honor of the United States against any disaffected persons, and against those who might do injury to the property of the younger men who had to go to battle. In the list of names will be found many familiar here in Franklin County. Read it, and see how nobly ministers of the gospel entered in behalf of liberty."



Whereas, The honor of the United States has made it necessary that war should be declared against Great Britain by the United States; and whereas, in this contest it may evidently happen that the active part of our force may be called off to distant service, by which an opportunity will be afforded to the disaffected (if any such there should be amongst us), to do much mischief. Therefore, for the purpose of defending the frontiers, and property of our younger brethren when fighting our battles abroad, and to suppress and put down any combination which may manifest itself inimicable to our beloved country, we, the undersigned, all over forty-five years of age, and most of whom fought in the late Revolutionary war, have embodied ourselves into a company, to be denominated the Revolutionary Volunteers of Franklin County; and when the company is formed, officers to command the same shall be elected by the suffrages of the members of the company.

Captain, Wallis Estill
First lieutenant, Richard Farris
Second lieutenant, John Woods
Ensign, James Russey
Sergeant, A. Berryhill
Sergeant, Alex Beard
Sergeant, James Holland
Sergeant, Jacob Casterline
Adjutant, James Lewis

Francis Adams
Moses Ayers
Alex. Borehill
John Barnett
James Busby
Daniel Champion
John Champion
Jos. Champion
John Chilcoat
John Cowan
Ralph Crabb
William Crawford
John Dellehide [Dollarhide]
John Denson
William Faris
Jesse Ginn
Thomas Green
William Greenwood
Samuel Handley
James Harris
Samuel Henderson
Thomas Herlep
John Herrod
James Holland
Robert Hudspeth
Benj. Johnson
James King
William King
David Larkins
William McCloud
Joseph McClusky
David McCord
Richard Miller
David Milligan
John Nellum
Jesse Perkins
Ebenezer Picket
John Poe
Samuel Reynolds
Randolph Riddle
John Robinson
Nicholas Robinson
Samuel Rosebary
Samuel Runnells
William Russell Sr.
John Stokes
Matthew Taylor
Wm. Thompson
Jesse Toulan
Jacob Van Zant, Sr.
Charles Weeks
James Weeks
George Waggoner
Elijah Williams
Archibald Woods
Rev. Robert Bell
Rev. John Davis
Rev. Jesse Embry
Rev. Wm. Ginnings
Rev. Jesse Bedu
Rev. Andrew Woods
Rev. Peter Woods