Jasper A. Knowles

Male 1839 - 1921  (82 years)


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  • Name Jasper A. Knowles 
    Birth 15 May 1839  White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Occupation farmer & dentist  [4
    Military 1861-1865  [5
    Death 17 Jun 1921  White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6
    Burial Mount Pisgah Cemetery, White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7
    Person ID I15611  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 15 May 2014 

    Father William Knowles, Sr.,   b. 6 May 1799, Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jul 1862, White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Diana Swindle,   b. 1801, Hyde County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1851, White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Marriage 1817  White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10
    Family ID F771  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cynthia S. Denton,   b. 24 Apr 1842, (White County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1897, White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 2 Dec 1862  White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12, 13
    Residence (Family) 0___ 1880  White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F7485  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 May 1839 - White County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 Dec 1862 - White County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence (Family) - 0___ 1880 - White County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 17 Jun 1921 - White County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Mount Pisgah Cemetery, White County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Jasper Knowles

      Residence was not listed;
      Enlisted as a Private (date unknown).
      Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
      from company K to company H
      He also had service in:
      "K" Co. TN 16th Infantry

      Additional Information:
      Enlisted 5/20/61.
      Wounded at Perryville and left behind.;
      Rejoined his command 2/5/63.;
      Left sick at Shelbyville 2/27/63 and rejoined command 3/3/63.;
      Listed as a deserter on 8/63 muster after having been on detached duty (presumably bringing in wheat harvest).;
      Captured 11/27/63 at McMinnville. Sent to Rock Island. Enlisted in USA Army for Frontier service 10/17/64.;
      Was on a roll of prisoners who desired to take the Oath. Remarks:"wishes to be loyal".

      His 1st wife Cynethia is also buried there, 1842 - 1897. His 2nd wife, Cynthia Webb Knowles is also buried there. She was born in 1861.

      John Fletcher Knowles mentions Jasper as being in his company of the 3rd USA Infantry on frontier duty in his CWVQ p.79. John Fletcher Knowles was at Rock Island at the same time as Jasper and joined as a "galvanized" Yankee with Jasper. [3]
    • One of the few "Federalist Soldiers" in this family. His brother, Thomas, CSA, was killed by the Yankees..."The Families of White County", p. 35

  • Sources 
    1. [S20180] 1850 White County,TN Census,transcribed from microfilm,by Peggy Allison,1981;, p. 84 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S53007] "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDWK-5ZJ : accessed.

    3. [S53008] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=knowles&GSfn=jasper&GSby=1839&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=1.

    4. [S7700] "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWK-5ZJ : acc.

    5. [S53006] "United States Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1864-1866," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pa.

    6. [S58] "The Families of White County,Tennessee in 1860", enumerated & notated by, p. 35 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S1087] "Passons' Family Connections", written & compiled by Patricia S. Short Makris,, p. 362 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S50] "The Other Bunch",by Sharon Almas Swindell,3875 Silver Birch,, p. 12.

    9. [S48373] http://yeahpot.com/swindell/swindellfamily.html.

    10. [S12986] "Elizabeth Condrey (abt. 1780 - 1850)", Profile, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Condrey-25, abstracted by David A. Hennes.

    11. [S42321] "Cemeteries of White County,TN", compiled by Mrs. H. K. Renfrow,, p. 26 (Reliability: 3).

    12. [S53005] "Tennessee, Marriages, 1796-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XDQ1-8XB : accessed 12 Jan.

    13. [S12606] "William Hogg I (abt. 1675 - abt. 1749)", Profile & Descendants, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hogg-839, by David A. Hen.