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Source for: John Wiley Tyner, 2 Apr 1827 - 18 Mar 1884
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General Source: S5General Source: S176Page: John Wiley Tyner Section
Text: According to the Tyner Family Bible, John Wiley Tyner and his wife Lucinda Barnes were born in Benton Co., Tennessee. According to the history of Benton Co., Tennessee, the county was not formed until 1835 and was formed from Henry, Humphrey, and Stewart counties. Descendents of the Barneses living today in Holladay, Benton Co., Tennessee, relate that the Barneses moved back and forth between Stewart and Benton counties in northern Tennessee to McNairy Co., Tennessee, in the south and Tishomingo Co., Mississippi, which was directly south of McNairy Co. The Tyners were very closely interwoven with the Barneses and moved about with them.
Date: 1 Jan 1978
General Source: S177Text: Rosamond filled out in her own handwriting: I do not know (who John WIley's parents were). I know Grand Pa Tyner had some brothers in Tennessee. When Grand Pa Tyner moved to Arkansas, they had Typhoid Fever and lost about four in family and one was a girl and three brothers. Yes my Father came to Texas with Dock Tyner. I never heard him mention a Henry Tyner. Yes there was a Ann Tyner who was my Fathe'rs Sister. Uncle Dock Tyner had to (sic) Sons name Tom Tyner & Frank Tyner who both lived at Estillene, Texas in Hall Co. They are both deceased also but they both have children living there. You might find them through the Court Records. There is a daughter Maggie Burkett who lives in Dallas, Texas also. He had Two Grandson at Farmersville. Their names are Willie Cooper and Otis Cooper.
Date: 1977
General Source: S62Page: FHL Film #1254045
Text: John Tyner, self, married, male, white, age 54, born Tennessee, Farmer, parents born in Mississippi.
Lucinda Tyner, wife, married, fmale, white, age 56, born Tennessee, Keeping House, parents born in North Carolina.
Anne Tyner, daughter, single, female, white, age 28, born Tennessee, Assisting House, parents born in Tennessee.
John W. Tyner, son, male, white, age 19, born Tennessee, Farm Hand, parents born in Tennessee.
James Tyner, son, male, white, age 17, born Tennessee, Farm Hand, parents born in Tennessee.
Lafayette Tyner, son, male, white, age 14, born Tennessee, Farm Hand, parents born in Tennessee.
Date: 1880
General Source: S178Note: CIVIL WAR SERVICE OF JOHN WILEY TYNER
(1) John W. Tyner from Benton Co., Tenn., enlisted for one year's service to the South on November 7, 1861. His Muster Roll for Sep 25-Dec 31, 1862 was signed by T. A. Napier. Pd by Maj. J. W. Jones. 49th Tenn. Inf. Regt. formed on Dec. 24, 1861. Co. I, Isaac Anderson Napier, Co. I, Men from Benton Co. included J. L. Barnes and J. W. Tyner.
(2) Feb. 16, 1862. Brigadier Gen. Simon B. Buckner's position. 300 effectives on the 49th Inf. were involved with 21 killed and wounded. The entire command was surrendered on Feb 16, 1862. Roll of Prisoners of War at Camp Douglas, Ill., sent to Vicksburg to be exchanged; where captured Ft. Donelson. 49th surrendered on Feb 16, 1862. Enlisted men sent to Camp Douglas, Chicago on April 17. Petitioned from Camp Douglas from 42, 48, 49 & 50 Tenn. Reg. sent to Andrew Johnson, Mil. Gov. of Tenn. to get permission to take oath of allegiance and return to their homes.
(3) Released on parole at Vicksburg on Sept. 26, 1862, and declared exchanged Nov. 10, 1862, Regt. went to Camp for exchange prisoners at Clinton, Mississippi, where reorganized.
(4) John W. Tyner, for muster Roll at Camp Cunning near Mobile on April 1863 is listed "Deserted." In reading about the war, many men thought they could quit (a) after their term of enlistment was over and/or (b) after they took oath to federal government and were released as prisoners. Judith doesn't know what John Wiley Tyner thought, but he was home by June 1863 because he had his fourth child, Mary Jane, the next Feb. 27, 1864.
General Source: S179Page: p. 460 in right hand corner
Note: Angeline could be the wife of Davis or could be a child of John Wyley Tyner. If baby Witt was 2 months old, he would have been born in June.
Text: 1870 Census of District 3, Benton Co., Tennessee, Post Office Camden, on 18 Aug 1870 has in household 40/40: John Tiner, 46, farmer, born in Tenn. Lucinda Tiner, age 47 years, Keeping house, born in Tenn. All children were born in Tennessee escept Henry who was born in Arkansas: Davis, age 21, Angeline, age 21, at home; Ann, age 19, at home; William, age 16, work on farm; Henry, can't read age well, work on farm; John, age 11, work on farm; Jim, age 9, work on farm; Mary age 6, at home; Lafayette age 3, at home; and Witt age 2/12, at home.
General Source: S180Page: p. 23
Text: Household 187: John W. Tyner, age 22, farmer, born in Tennessee; Lucinda Tyner, age 23, born in Tennessee; and Davis, age 1, born in Tennessee.
General Source: S181Page: p. 42
Text: p. 42: In 3rd Civil District of Benton Co., Tenn., on 21 June in the 1860 census for Family No. 300, we have J. W. Tyner, age 33, M, W, Farming, $300/$317, born in Tenn. Lucinda Tyner, 34, F, W, Tenn. Davis Tyner, 11, M, W, Tenn.
Ann Tyner, 8, F, W, Tenn. WilliamTyner, 6, M, W, Tenn. Henry, 4, M, W, Tenn. John, 1, M, W, Tenn.
p. 6 3rd Civil District on Aug 18, 1870 census for Dwelling No. 40 Family number 40, John W. Tiner, age 46, male, Farmer,Value 315, born Tennessee. Lucinda, age 47, female, born Tennessee. Davis, age 21, male, born Tennessee. Angeline, age 21, female, born Tennessee. Ann, age 19, female, born Tennessee. William, age 16, male, born Tennessee. Henry, age 13, male, born Arkansas. John, age 11, male, born Tennessee. Mary, age 6, female, born Tennessee. Lafayette, age 3, male, born Tennessee. Will, age 2/12, male, born Tennessee.
General Source: S182Text: p. 509 : July Term 1851 : List of free white voters of the county include Jno. W. Tiver (Tiner), W. H. Tiner, Thos. Tiner.
p. 643 : Feb. Term 1853 : James R. Tully appointed overseer of road from Natchez Trace to Little Birdson Creek, hands to work on road - Wm. H. Tyner, D. W. Barnes, and John Tyner.
p. 702 : January Term 1854 - John W. Tyner appointed overseer of road.
p. 740 : Issued 5 April 1854 : On motion it is ordered by the Court that Charles Dalton be appointed overseer of the road to work from Natchez Trace to Little Birdsong Creek, hands as follows: W. H. Tyner, W. H. Barnes, John W. Tyner shall work under said Dalton, etc.
General Source: S183Text: Fom: Judith Rittenhouse [mailto:jrittenhouse@cox.net]
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Subject: John Wiley & Lucinda Barnes Tyner with his Civil War Info
HUSBAND: John Wiley Tyner
BORN: 2 Apr 1827, Benton Co., Tenn.
DIED: 18 Mar 1884, Arkansas
BURIED: Greene Co., Arkansas
HUSBAND'S FATHER: William H. Tyner, Sr.
HUSBAND'S MOTHER: Unknown
MARRIED: 8 Dec 1847, Benton Co., Tenn.
WIFE: Lucinda Barnes
Born: 27 Jul 1824, Benton Co., Tenn.
Died: 12 Feb 1885
Buried: Greene Co., Arkansas
WIFE'S FATHER: Dennis Barnes, Sr.
WIFE'S MOTHER: Amy or Anny
SOURCES:
(1) LaForge, Judith Lamb, Tyner Traveling Notebook (Mesa, Arizona: 1978), John Wiley Tyner Section, 1 Jan 1978. According to the Tyner Family Bible, John Wiley Tyner and his wife Lucinda Barnes were born in Benton Co., Tennessee. According to the history of Benton Co., Tennessee, the county was not formed until 1835 and was formed from Henry, Humphrey, and Stewart counties. Descendents of the Barneses living today in Holladay, Benton Co., Tennessee, relate that the Barneses moved back and forth between Stewart and Benton counties in northern Tennessee to McNairy Co., Tennessee, in the south and Tishomingo Co., Mississippi, which was directly south of McNairy Co. The Tyners were very closely interwoven with the Barneses and moved about with them.
CHILD #1: Davis Tyner
BORN: @1849, Benton Co., Tennessee
DIED:
MARRIED: 7 Oct 1869, Benton CO., Tennessee, to Angeline Tyner
NOTE: Davis and Angeline probably died on the trip from Benton
Co., Tenn., to Arkansas--perhaps in Missouri.
CHILD #2: Ann or Annie Tyner
BORN: 15 Apr 1851, Benton Co., Tennessee
NOTES: Rittenhouse, Judith, compiler, Tyner Tymes: Then, Today
and Tomorrow, Addendum: John Wiley Tyner Family Group Sheet, 3 Jun 1992. Susan Lamb Griffith notes that Ann was age 8 in the 1860 census. She also states: "According to notes from Elizabeth R. Lamb, Annie Tyner married (#1) _____ George and had two sons: Dave George & Henry George. These sons lived in Senath, Missouri. Annie Tyner George then married #2 _____ Howe. She had a son by this second marriage: Jim Howe. In the 1900 Census of Greene Co., Arkansas (Salem Township) 113/114 is David Goerge (Head of Household) age 27 (b. 1873) Missouri and Single with Rose Ann (Mother) age 50 (born 1850)Tennessee, widowed and George Howe (son) age 13 (b. 1886) single. This appears to be Annie Tyner (George) (Howe). She is living next door to John W. Tyner age 38 and his family.
CHILD #3: William Clark "Doc" Tyner
BORN: 25 Dec 1853, Benton Co., Tennessee
DIED: 14 Jun 1904, Farmersville, Collins, Texas
BURIED: Farmersville, Collins, Texas
MARRIED: 27 Sep 1877 in Clark, Greene, Arkansas, to Nancy Jane Cox
CHILD #4: Henry Tyner
BORN: 1856, of Benton Co., Tennessee
CHILD #5: John Wyly Tyner, Jr.
BORN: 5 Oct 1859, Benton Co., Tennessee
DIED: 7 Feb 1944, Strawn, Palo Pinto, Texas
MARRIED: 1901 in Farmersville, Collins, Texas, to Sally King
CHILD #6: James "Jim" McDonald Tyner (Judith Lamb Rittenhouse Carpenter's great grandfather, whom she knew)
BORN: 15 Nov 1861, Camden, Benton, Tennessee
DIED: 16 Aug 1955, Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas
BURIED: Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas
NOTE: John Wiley Tyner was enlisted for service for a year for the Civil War on November 7, 1861--8 days before the birth of his son James McDonald Tyner. Perhaps he got was home for the birth since the 49th Tennessee Infantry Regiment was not formed until Dec. 24, 1861; or perhaps not. When John Wiley Tyner came home from the war, Jim did not know his father as he came up the road. When the family moved from Tennessee to Arkansas through Missouri, Jim walked the whole way barefooted. (I'm not sure about the year when the following happened: When Jim got his first pair of shoes, he was so excited that he walked the Pailin fences and wore the soles off of his shoes shortly after he had them. He was barefooted again.)
SOURCES:
(#2) The Commercial Appeal, Obituary, Arkansas, for James M. Tyner. (The Commercial Appeal: Memphis, Tennessee). Northeast Arkansas Resident Dies at Age of 93. Services will be held 2:30 Thursday afternoon at Fisher Street Baptist Church. Burial will be in Oaklawn Cemetery with Gregg Funeral Home in charge. He was 93...born in Tennessee but moved as youth to Walcott Community near Crowley's Ridge State Park in Greene County. Moved to Jonesboro 32 years ago...extensive farm interests...member of Fisher Street Church. Leaves four daughters: Mrs. William Fletcher and Mrs. T. C. Potter of Jonesboro; Mrs. J. H. Lamb of Paragould, and Mrs. John Nutt of Kennett, Missouri.
(#3) County Clerk, Marriage Record for James Tiner/Sarah Ann Cupp (Greene Co., Arkansas: Marriage Records, Book 3), Book 3, page 24. Husband is listed as 21 years of age and wife as 18 years of age; however, Sarah Ann was just 14-1/2 years old. Tiner is spelled Tyner on all other records for James McDonald Tyner.
CHILD #7: Mary Jane Tyner
BORN: 27 Feb 1864, Benton Co., Tennessee
DIED: Abt 1871, probably in Missouri during move from Tennessee to Arkansas.
CHILD #8: Janeral Lafayette or Fate Tyner
BORN: 4 Oct 1868
DIED: 1 May 1935, Walcott, Greene, Arkansas
MARRIED: 10 Jan 1889, Walcott, Greene, Arkansas to Louanne Hutchins
CHILD #9: Witt Tyner
BORN: 1870, Benton, Tennessee
DIED: abt 1871, probably in Missouri on trip from Tennessee to Arkansas.
SOURCES:
(4) Deed Book H, Benton Co., Tennessee (Camden: Benton County Court House, 1857), Book H, p. 246-247, 1857, 1859 and 1867. Have certified copy of Lt. Col. John C. Brown's transcription of deed on 11 May 1977. "William Barnes and others deed to John W. Tiner 200 Acres. Whereas by decent from Dennis Barnes, Dec'd. William Barnes, Davis W. Barnes, John Mothershed and wife Mary Mothershed formerly Mary Barnes, Wm. H. Tyner and wife Luisa Ann Tyner formerly Luisa Ann Barnes, heirs at law of Dennis Barnes, Dec'd have this day bargained and sold and do hereby transfer and convey unto John W. Tyner for consideration of Seventy-five dollars to us in hand paid All the wright Title Claim and interest that we have in a certain tract or parsel of land that was granted to the said Dennis Barnes Decd containing by survey 200 acres bounded as follows...to have and hold unto the Said John W. Tyner our undivided interest in the above Described Track of land we covenant with the said John W. Tyner that we are lawfully Seized of the Same...Signed in 1857 by William Barnes, Louisa Ann Tyner (her mark), Mary Mothershed (her mark) and Moses Barnes. Mary Mothershed and Louisa Ann Tyner were examined apart from their husbands and swore the same before Isaac Anderson, Esquire on the 8th day of March, 1859; Registered at Benton County, Tennessee courthouse October 28, 1867 10:00 A.M. Notice that Moses Barnes signed the deed although he was not named as "and others," and Dennis Barnes, Sr., does have a son named Moses.
CIVIL WAR SERVICE OF JOHN WILEY TYNER
(1) John W. Tyner from Benton Co., Tenn., enlisted for one year's service to the South on November 7, 1861. His Muster Roll for Sep 25-Dec 31, 1862 was signed by T. A. Napier. Pd by Maj. J. W. Jones. 49th Tenn. Inf. Regt. formed on Dec. 24, 1861. Co. I, Isaac Anderson Napier, Co. I, Men from Benton Co. included J. L. Barnes and J. W. Tyner.
(2) Feb. 16, 1862. Brigadier Gen. Simon B. Buckner's position. 300 effectives on the 49th Inf. were involved with 21 killed and wounded. The entire command was surrendered on Feb 16, 1862. Roll of Prisoners of War at Camp Douglas, Ill., sent to Vicksburg to be exchanged; where captured Ft. Donelson. 49th surrendered on Feb 16, 1862. Enlisted men sent to Camp Douglas, Chicago on April 17. Petitioned from Camp Douglas from 42, 48, 49 & 50 Tenn. Reg. sent to Andrew Johnson, Mil. Gov. of Tenn. to get permission to take oath of allegiance and return to their homes.
(3) Released on parole at Vicksburg on Sept. 26, 1862, and declared exchanged Nov. 10, 1862, Regt. went to Camp for exchange prisoners at Clinton, Mississippi, where reorganized.
(4) John W. Tyner, for muster Roll at Camp Cunning near Mobile on April 1863 is listed "Deserted." In reading about the war, many men thought they could quit (a) after their term of enlistment was over and/or (b) after they took oath to federal government and were released as prisoners. Judith doesn't know what John Wiley Tyner thought, but he was home by June 1863 because he had his fourth child, Mary Jane, the next Feb. 27, 1864.
General Source: S184Note: File Folder Greene Co., Arkansas History and Families Book.
Text: John Wiley Tyner was born in Tennessee on 2 April 1827, the son of William H. Tyner, Sr., of McNairy Co., Tennessee, in the 1830 Census and of Tishomingo Co., Mississippi. Lucinda Barnes was born on 27 July 1824 in Tennessee to Dennis and Amy Barnes of Stewart Co., Tennessee, in the 1820 Census and McNairy Co., Tennessee in the 1830 Census. John Wiley Tyner and Lucinda Barnes were married on 8 December 1847 in Benton Co., Tennessee. In the 1860 Census of Benton Co., Tennessee. In the 1860 Census of Benton Co., Tennessee, we find their children Davis, 11; Ann, 8; William, 6; Henry, 4; and John W., 1. John WIley Tyner enlisted on the Conferderate Army in Benton Co., Tennessee, on 7 November 1861, just eight days before the birth of his son Jim. He served in Conf T-49 Tenn. Pvt. Co. I, 49th Reg. John was taken prisoner at Ft. Donelson on 16 February 1862 and was a sprisoner of war at camp Douglass. On 17 September 1862 he was exchanged at Vicksburg. Some of the Tyners and Barnes in Benton Co., Tennessee, served in the Confederacy and some in the Union Army and this created much trouble in the faily and probably contributed to thier moves. Mary Jane was born 27 February 1864, Janeral Lafayette in 4 October 1868, and Witt was born in Tennessee and was three months old when the 1870 Census was taken in Benton Co., Tennessee. John Wiley and Lucinda Tyner moved their family by ox cart form Benton Co., Tennessee, to the northeast corner of Arkansas sometime durin 1870. Family traditon had stated that the family moved to Arkansas when their son Jim was seven years old. A newspaper article on Jim when he was 86 years old stated that he moved "with his parents in an ox wagon at the age of seven through Cape Girardeau, Missouri." That would be about 1868-1869. It's possible they went then and returned to Benton Co. because some of teh Barnes families made trips back and forth between Arkansas and Tennessee. If so, he had to move again after the age of nine following the Benton Co., Tenn., Census. Two routes are recorded which makes it more likely that there were two moves: One story says they moved to "Cape Girardeau, Missouri, then to Pocahontas, Arkansas, and then to Fairview." Another family story says they "crossed the Mississippi River at Birch Point Landing. They stayed one year in Peniscot Bayou (where stelle, Missouri, is today). Then they went to Greene Co., Arkansas. Along their final move typoid fever took probably Davis, henry, Witt, Mary Jane and Angeline who may have been a wife of Davis rather that a child of John and Lucinda. The Greene., Ark. Census for 1880 lists the family of John and Lucinda with Anne, John W., James, and Lafayette. Two of their children now grown, William "Doc" Tyner and John W. Tyner, Jr., had moved to Farmersville, Texas. The children of John Wiley and Lucinda Barnes Tyner family as listed in their family Bible were: (1) Annie, born 15 April 1851 in Benton Co., Tennessee, married first a Mr. George and second a Mr. Howe. (2) Willaim Clarck "Doc" , born 25 December 1853 in Benton Co., Tennessee and died 14 June 1904 in Farmsville, Collins, Texas. Doc married Nancy Jane Cox on 27 September 1877 in Clark Township, Greene, Arkansas. (3) John Wiley, Jr., born 5 October 1859 in Benton Co., Tennessee, and died 7 February 1944 in Strawn, Palo Pinto, Texas. John married Sally King in 1901 in Farmsville, Collins, Texas (4) James McDonald Tyner, known as "Jim", born 15 November 1861 in Camden, Benton, Tennessee, and died 1 May 1935 in Walcott, Greene, Arkansas. Fate married Louanne Hutchins on 10 Jan 1889 in Greene Co., Arkansas.
General Source: S185Page: 5 pages
Note: Various excerpts have been extracted and typed by Judith Rittenhouse in actual text rather than the complete article
Text: 49th Tennessee Infantry Regiment.
Organized December 24, 1861; captured at Fort Donelson; paroled at Vicksburg; reorganized September, 1862; few members paroled in 4th Consolidated Tennessee Infantry Regiment at Greensboro, North Carolina, May 1, 1865.
Under Captains is listed T. A. Napier, Isaac Anderson, Co "I". Men from Benton County.
The 49th Tennessee Infantry Regiment was organized at Fort DOnelson, with 10 companies, all but one of which had been organized during November and December, 1861. . . After serving as guards for the bridges on the Edgefield and Kentucky Railroad, they were ordered to Fort Donelson. . .
On January 2, 1862, Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghman, in command at Fort Henry and Fort DOnelson, mentions the 49th and 50th Tennessee Infantry Regiments as having just been organized and stationed at Fort Donelson . . .
On February 9, when Brigadier General G. 3.(sic) Pillow arrived, he formed the 30th, 49th and 50th Tennessee Regiments into a brigade under Colonel 3. W. Head, of the 30th, and assigned it to garrison the fort and support the water batteries. . . In the afternoon of the 15th of February, the 49th and one battalion of the 50th were called to help repel as assault on Brigadier General Simon B. Buckner's position. The 49th reported 300 effectives engaged, and 21 killed and wounded. Along with the rest of the command, the 49th was surrendered on February 16, 1862.
. . . the enlisted (were sent) to Camp Douglas, Chicago. On March 19, one man from the 49th was on a list of men at Camp Butler who wished to take the oath of allegiance to the Federal Government, and on April 17, a petition from Camp Douglas from men in the 42nd, 48th, 49th and 50th Tennessee Regiments was sent to Andrew Johnson, then Miliary Governor of Tennessee, requesting him to use his influence to secure permission for them to take the oath of allegiance and return to their homes.
The regiment was released on parole at Vicksburg, September 26, 1862, and declared exchanged November 10, 1862. The regiment went into the Camp for Exchanged Prisoners at Clinton, Mississippi, where it was reorganized. On October 9, the regiment started for Corointh, but got only as far as Holly Springs, Mississippi, where it remained for about two weeks. White here the regiment was temporarily consolidated into six companies, and the officers of the other companies sent back to Tennessee to recruit and round up the men from the 49th who were not captured at Forst Donelson. . . This consolidation lasted only until January, 1863, the officers sent on a recruiting mission having returned the middle of December, 'with but few recruits.'
. . . The brigade joined General Joseph E. Johnston's Army at New Hope Church, May 27, 1864, . . In this last engagement Colonel Young lost his right arm, and was finally retired to the Invalid Corps. Within fifteen minutes after the fight began, the 49th had almost every officer either killed or wounded . . . A quotation from the Chattanooga Rebel of January 15, 1865, in Lindsley's Annals, says the regiment went into this battle with 108 guns, 21 officers, had 20 killed, 36 wounded, 36 mission. . ."
General Source: S1403Page: Film 557, 642
Text: J. W. Tyner and Lucinaa (sic) Barnes took out their license and were married on 18 Dec 1847 by William Barnes, J.P.