Display Patriot - P-224212 - Thomas JARNAGIN/JARNIGIN/JERNIGAN
Thomas JARNAGIN/JARNIGIN/JERNIGAN
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P-224212
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per FindaGrave - Thomas Jarnagin family cemetery is located several miles outside of Morristown near White Pine on the site of the original homesite in the 1700s
Author: Anonymous
The following biography was posted anonymously at findagrave.com. I am not the author.
Mrs. Dan Carmack Gary, State Regent Tennessee Society NSDAR, on the occasion of placing the bronze plaque: "When Thomas Jarnagin and members of his company left their homes to join others under the command of Colonel John Sevier and Colonel Isaac Shelby, their purpose was to engage the troops of Great Britain in battle. As the troops assembled, it became clear that if they proceeded accordingly, their homes, wives and children would be exposed to attack by marauding bands of Indians. The most practical course was to leave a force roughly equivalent to one-half the number to guard and protect their frontier toeholds of civilization. I can imagine the disappointment and frustration felt by Thomas Jarnagin when he was ordered to be one of those who did not march out to participate in the Battle of King's Mountain, the battle later designated by historians as the turning point of the American Revolutionary War in the south." Captain Jarnagin, with his wife Mary (Witt) Jarnagin, accompanied by several of their children, left Virginia about 1778 and came to Washington County, North Carolina. In 1783, they settled near the bend of the Nolichucky river and built "Mount Harmony," their home, at what is now Hamblen County, Tennessee.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 April 2020), memorial page for Capt Thomas Jarnagin (25 Jul 1746–6 Feb 1802), Find a Grave Memorial no. 7706043, citing Thomas Jarnagin Family Cemetery, Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Phillip Grey (contributor 46580186) .
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