Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-05-27
Marion COuntS's Oldest
Citizen.

teiying into ih ranks perhaps the
oldest, or at least one OF the oldest
survivors of the late war, and fee
honOred by the association. and
the cOmrade Of whom we write Is
Capt. John XII lgore, of Victoria,
Tenn.
The name KIllgore was a sobri.
quet applied to the family Of Doug
lass, aud it has been merged into
the family name instead Of the or
iginal and the iami les of that,
name who are numerous Ia this
County were originally Douglass
and Of Scotch descent.
Previous to he admission of the
stale of Tennessee into the Union
Stephen Killgore, who was an itin-
Grant preacher, married into the
Cuyler lamily in the State Of Vir.
glnia aud lived in Ray Co, where
Capt KillgOre was bern, then with
his family he moved to the present
site OF PIkevilIp, Bledsoe Co, and
afterwards moved to the site of the
present town Of Vict0ria, occupy
ing what il known az the Cowah
farm and Prnprrty adjacent.
Al this time the country was in
possession Uf the CheTukees, and
the white people who came in were
COnsideFt d inirudrrs and the u. 3.
troops were kept busy removing
! these people flOm the lands of the
Indians. Having established his
family here here, Stephan Kill
gore in addition to being a farmer
pNcticed his profession as H
preacher and in the course OF time
died and with his wife is buriel in
the family burying ground bury>
ing place on the foothills Of Wald'
ems Ridge in the Valley
Capt. KillgOre believes the fami'
| ly came to what is now Tennessee
when he was between s and
years old and he consequently /,
Older than the State. With
his father he worked on the farm
grew up and was identified witt
the militia of the State for q
years, being LIST Lieutenant undel
! Capt Scruggs and succeeding hin
as Capt. when he resigned, and TIN
musters and drill OF the battalion
of which his Company WAS a par
were held at Liberty, now Whit
we'll, which WAS then the County
seat and was located where q par
of Whitwell now is.
He married and after over fItN
years of married life his wife dieC
| in 1884. They had eight children
of whom FIVE are now living, vii
liam KilgOre, aged "a, james Kill
gore. aged u, Merry LillgOrr, ageC
20, Andrew KilIgore. aged SO ant
| Abraham KilgOre, his yOungesl
chi d, aged 81 years, with whom he
resides.
lie served one wears as soldier
in the Tennessee Regiment under
General Anderson. has been twic,
to Cuba, and during the late wal
served with his son, Abraham, in
Co. e., 9th Tenn. Inf.
Although of such : great age, he
enjoys good health and is able u
get around and care for himsel
and is bright and pleasant at all
times and likes to talk over old
times associations. Of tho mem.
bers OF his Company he does moi
know of any one beside himself
surviving.
| He is we'll known and respected
in the community and the presen
generation seem to be unite in
speaking good Of him rs old Cap
tain KiIgOre. One gentlemen
whose family moved into the coun'
ty As years ago, speaking Of him
saiG, when we came here he was
an old whiteheadod man and was
then known as old Capt. KillgOre
A man of keen perception and a
public spirited one withal, he il
! 81. l.,.I =. T., ,UI tLo,,c,l,