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Stan the following is a list of Tinker Dave Beatty's men...the York brothers at the bottom are relatives of Alvin York, World War 1 hero. Beatty was Fergueson's sworn foe in Fentress County.

Beatty's Independent Scouts

Members are: Thomas Allred, Claiborne Beaty, David Beaty, Fleming Beaty, George Beaty (captured March 31, 1862, and died in Richmond, Va., on March 24, 1865, as a prisoner of war), Harvey Beaty, James Beaty, George Beaty, John Bowles Sr., John Bowles Jr.;

John Conatser (leg broken), Austin Choate Sr., Christopher Choate Sr., John Choate, Sabe Choate, Thomas Choate, William Crabtree, Peter Cravens, Dow Culver, Tom Culver (killed Nov. 21, 1863), Sherwood Delk, Wade H. Erwin;

James Farrell, John Francis, Tom Franklin, Jack Frogg, Harrison Guffey, Martin Gwinn, Bob Hatfield, Eli Hatfield, Emanuel Hatfield, Marion Hatfield , Job Hix, James Hix, John Hix, Wilburn Houge Solomon Houge, Madison Hoover, John Huff, Mac Huff, James Husk, Miller Husk, Bill Johnson (in Rebel army before; had one horse captured by enemy), F.M. Johnson;

John King, Henry Livingston, John Livingston, P.T. Livingston (had one horse captured by enemy), John Moodey, Jonathan Moodey (killed Feb. 10, 1863, the day he joined), Peter Moodey, Eli Mullinox, John Mullinox, John Padgett (in Co. D, 2nd Tennessee Cavalry, till Nov., 1864);

James Piles, Sherwood Piles (deserted 11th Tennessee Cavalry in 1863), Sampson Ramsey, William Reagen (killed on Dec. 25, 1864), Joseph Reeder (killed on Dec. 11, 1863), George Roberts, Bud Robins;

John Scroggins, Harvey Shilling, James Shilling (killed on Jan. 4, 1865 by Jones brothers for the brutal murder of their brother, a young boy, while drunk; served as a second lieutenant until death), Reuben Skinner, Asa Smith, Hijah Smith (killed March 3, 1864; never in company, but mistaken by Rebels for his brother, Asa);

John Smith Sr., John Smith Jr., Wash Smith, John Sproul, Burton Stephens, William C. Smith (also in Company D, 2nd Tennessee Infantry; killed on Nov. 13, 1864), David Stephens, George Stephens, Isaiah Stephens, Jackson Stephens (killed Feb. 24, 1864), John Stephens Sr., John Stephens Jr., Russell Stephens;

John Taylor (taken prisoner and starved to death on Oct. 24, 1863), Kiah Taylor (taken prisoner, stripped and shot on Dec. 19, 1863), Cullom Threat, Dean Threet (killed on July 22, 1864), George Threat (served in Rebel army until 1862), James Threat, William Tipton, Jack Turner, John Turner;

Drury Upchurch, Henderson Upchurch, John Whitehead, Elijah Williams, Hardy Williams, Jack Williams, Berry Wilson, John Winningham Sr., Seth Winningham, Isaac Woods, Silas Wright, George York and Mitchell York.

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