I87189: William CHILDERS Sr. "the Immigrant" (1599

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Wife Polly Donelson; Child: Alexander Donelson COFFEE.

"COLONEL JOHN COFFEE DESIGNATION: Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry
DATES: December 1812 - April 1813:
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Rutherford, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Williamson, and Wilson Counties
CAPTAINS: John Baskerville, Thomas Bradley, John W. Byrn, Blackman Coleman, Robert Jetton, Charles Kavanaugh, Alexander McKeen, Michael Molton, David Smith, Frederick Stump, James Terrill
BRIEF HISTORY: This regiment of cavalry joined Jackson's forces at Natchez in early 1813. The strength of the regiment was approximately 600 men. While the bulk of Jackson's troops traveled by boat to Natchez, Coffee's mounted men went overland after rendezvousing near Franklin, Tennessee in mid-January 1813. The officers of this regiment were considered to be the elite citizens of their counties.

Many of the men in this regiment later became part of the unit led by Colonels Alcorn and Dyer during Jackson's first campaign into the Creek territory in the fall of 1813. John Coffee was a wealthy landowner in Rutherford County and a one-time business partner of Andrew Jackson. Coffee was married to Rachel Jackson's niece, Mary Donelson (they named two of their children Andrew and Rachel)."
http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/1812reg.htm

"COLONEL ROBERT DYER DESIGNATION: Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen or Cavalry; DATES: September 1813 - May 1814 (some enlisted in January 1814)
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Davidson, Rutherford, Williamson, Dickson, Giles, Overton, Robertson, Stewart, and Sumner Counties
CAPTAINS: (Lt.)James Berry, Samuel Crawford, Nathan Farmer, James Haggard, Charles Kavanaugh, Archibald McKenney, John Miller, William Mitchell, Michael Molton, Edwin G. Moore, David Smith, George Smith, James Terrill
BRIEF HISTORY: One of two regiments which Dyer commanded at different times of the war, this regiment was part of General John Coffee's cavalry brigade throughout most of the Creek War. The unit participated in most of the battles of the war, including Talladega (9 November 1813), where they formed the reserves, and Horseshoe Bend (27 March 1814). There were several companies of "spies" in the regiment: companies of cavalry that were sent on reconnaissance patrols and usually took the lead in the line of march for Jackson's army.

DESIGNATION: 1st Regiment of West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen
DATES: September 1814 - March 1815
MEN MOSTLY FROM: Davidson, Dickson, Williamson, Bedford, Maury, Montgomery, Rutherford, Smith, and Stewart Counties
CAPTAINS: Bethel Allen, Ephraim D. Dickson, Robert Edmonston, Robert Evans, Cuthbert Hudson, Thomas Jones, James McMahon, Glen Owen, Thomas White, Joseph Williams, James Wyatt
BRIEF HISTORY: Part of Coffee's brigade at New Orleans, most of this regiment took part in the night battle of 23 December 1814. Most of the company muster rolls show casualties from this engagement. Portions of this regiment also participated in the capture of Pensacola from the Spanish in West Florida (7 November 1814). The initial rendezvous point for this unit was Fayetteville, Tennessee. From there they passed through Fort Hampton, to Baton Rouge, and finally to New Orleans."

"COLONEL JOHN ALCORN: DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Riflemen DATES: September 1813 - December 1813; MEN MOSTLY FROM: Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, and Wilson Counties (Winston's company from Madison County, Alabama)
CAPTAINS: John Baskerville, Richard Boyd, Thomas Bradley, John Byrne, Robert Jetton, William Locke, Alexander McKeen, Frederick Stump, Daniel Ross, John Winston
BRIEF HISTORY: Colonel John Coffee commanded this regiment until the end of October 1813, when Coffee was promoted to Brigadier General. John Alcorn took over as colonel and the unit was incorporated with Colonel Newton Cannon's Mounted Riflemen to form the Second Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Riflemen. The Second Regiment, along with Colonel Robert Dyer's First Regiment of Volunteer Mounted Gunmen, formed the brigade under John Coffee. Muster rolls reveal that the regiment went by various designations besides volunteer mounted riflemen: volunteer cavalry; mounted militia; or mounted gunmen.

Many of the men from this unit were with Andrew Jackson on the expedition to Natchez (December 1812 - April 1813) and, consequently, felt their one-year's enlistment expired in December 1813. Jackson insisted that the time not spent in the field did not apply to the terms of enlistment. Hence, a dispute broke out between the troops and Jackson late in 1813. Most of the troops did leave by the end of that year, despite Jackson's strenuous efforts to keep them.

The regiment participated in the battles at Tallushatchee and Talladega (3 November and 9 November 1813) and muster rolls show that practically all of the companies sustained casualties, the most being in Captain John Byrne's company. The regiment's line of march took them from Fayetteville (where the regiment was mustered in), through Huntsville, Fort Deposit, Fort Strother, to the battles, and back the reverse way."

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William CHILDERS Sr. "the Immigrant"

1599 - 1649

ID Number: I87189

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Gen. John R. COFFEE

2 Jun 1772 - 7 Jul 1833

ID Number: I24236

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Tom Jeter EDWARDS

Elizabeth EMPEROR

ABT 1660 - ____

ID Number: I72215

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Julia Elizabeth GAINES

ABT 1795 - ____

ID Number: I33519

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Mary GARLAND

ABT 1770 - ____

ID Number: I97360

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Henry HAYNES

8 Jul 1800 - 16 Oct 1825

ID Number: I101092

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Anne LANGHORN

ABT 1750 - ____

ID Number: I61981

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Martha (Patsey) Malvina STRATTON

Mar 1803 - Apr 1877

ID Number: I49381

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Sarah THOMAS

ABT 1690 - ____

ID Number: I74585

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George Thomas WHITELY

27 Apr 1906 - 27 Apr 1906

ID Number: I47011

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