Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-08-22
Third District.
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of Nancy White, lived to be t04 years
old, and was blind some Is years be-
fore her death and few hours prior
to her death her second eye sight re-
turned and she could very distinctly
tell the color of the ladies' dresses in
the room AS said last week she set
tied in old Sequachee Valley before the
county of Marion was named. Her
neighbors, for the most part, were the
Red Men, and she lived on the Indian
reservation until they we're driven to
the Rocky Mountains. She was among
the first white settlers in this mart Of
| the country, and the Rev. T. L. Rog-
ers and Robt. N. White married the
aged widows two girls. Back in 1920
Rev. Thomas L. Rogers was the great
est preacher of his day that ever occu-
pied the pulpit in Marion County. He
was laid to rest few years back in
the Victoria ridges, as the ole. citizens
still remember. Robt. N. White was q
man of high culture and had a head
full of brains He was the Yankee
scout who gave general W. s.. Rosen-
Grams the order not to carry the Gov
ernment wagon trains through Sequa-
chez Valley to certain point above
New Hope. that If he should attempt
to pass through he would get all am
inunftion and supply wagons. burned
mp. and sure enough he did in at
tempting to make the run. saw
Robt. N. White and General Rosen-
Grams meet % years after that event
at the reunion at Chattanooga, and
Rosencrans related the incident, and
said be regretted many times be did
mt follow Whites instructions, said
the wife of General Sherman and the
wife Of General Wilder wanted to have
an interview at the Skillern house
with that noted Yankee scout, Robt.
N. White. saw General Rosencrans
take Robt. N. White from the street
parade and take him upstairs and ring
the bell. AID the two great generals
wives came forward and got an intro
,duotion by Gen. Rosencrans to the
graf scout. AS they stood and viewed
Robt. N. White they expressed them
selves in the following Language, "Oh,
Mr.. Rosencrans, Mr.. White Is such
pleasant looking man. We were ex-
pecting to see a man of vicious, sour,
grabbed looking appearance. They
both stepped up to him, extended to
him their hands and said, "Mr. White,
you are such a pleasant looking man.
We Rave heard and read so much about
you that we must shake hands with
you" On this occasion Gen. Rosen-
Grams, Mrs. Sherman and Mrs. Wilder
and Robt. N White discussed the
dark days of the sixties, war events
and history of the same. There are
witnessed Robt. N. White swimming
- akoh - Sol
mouth, and safely delivering them to
headqual ters, and on one trip the Reb.
els had their camp struck at the mar
rows on Tennessee river, and as White
was pssing down the glade on the op-
posite side the rebels opened a volley
of thousand shots on him, and shot
his horse dead from under him. After
it fell to the ground he took his saddle
and bride off, and made his escape up
Walden's Ridge and ran into another
rebel camp. at Marshall's Fork con-
tanning three hundred men. White had
only two men with him, but he stood
on high point and gave the command
to charge the camp and capture the
whole brigade. and the rebel soldiers
couldn't see to the rock back of White
and took it for granted that he had
one thousand men strong, and every |
man in the camp fed. White walked
right Gown into that camp, fitted his
fine saddle he had cut from bis dead
horse two hours before on the finest
rebel horse in the camp and rode
away in broad day light. He went
right to the Yankee headquarters at |
Nashville, with reports and to get fur
ther orders.
On one occasion Robt. N. White |
brother. Bill, joined the southern army |
and there was an entertainment given |
on Walden's s Ridge and White was an
official in that entertainment, and his
brother Bill came out there and asked |
Robert to let him join in the festival, |
and Robt. told him in plain terms he
could not unless be would join him
and the federal army, and so he did,
and the third day after the rebels cap
tut ed Bill White on a charge of de-
sertion, took him to Chattanooga, put
him on the scaffoid and hung him,
and yet he hadn't committed any Of
fence or done anybody any wrong, but
yet had to die for joining bis brother.
Just before be stepped on the scaffold
be pulled off black silk tie and hand
I'd it to Poke Higgins, one of his COM
rades, whose widow has the tie until
this date. He walked up on the scaf
'old, was executed and died the death
If a nobleman, a brave and a good
nan, died like Christ to save his coun-
;ry, and the charge preferred was only
hat he had joined his brother, Robt.
Y. White, who did more to prevent
;he destruction of great armies of men
through this country than any other
living or dead man. A number of old
oldiers yet living in Marion County
will testify to the above facts and fur
her will state if it hadn't been for
2obt. Whites shrewdness they would
rave been captured, court martialed !
md put to death, and they will frank ,
y acknowledge that his equal was ,
lever known.
have photograph of White stand I
ng on the butt of Lookout mountain
IS spy, viewing the situation for
Tankee headquarters in Chattanooga, in
S64. He was seen by the general on
he spur of the bluff and while there
ooking over the city he was photo-
raphed by the government officials.
IN several occasions White saved ,
from being raided and !
by the enemy. Every school !
oy has heard something of the life r
nd obarontor of Pob4 NJ White Eu !,