Question About Tennessee Militia

[Richrs]

I've been doing genealogical research on Daniel B. Bradley, and found out that his tombstone indicates he fought in the Black Hawk war. Old newspaper accounts simply state that he "fought with the Tennessee militia" in 1832. No other details are given. So far, I haven't been able to find any information about militia units from Tennessee that fought in this war. If anyone has any ideas/suggestions as to where to look, or if you know any information on these units, I would appreciate hearing from you. I don't know if this helps or not, but Bradley was from Sullivan County, TN. Thanks.

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[Robert Braun]

Hello. The closest I have been able to come is a mention of a Tennessee mounted militia regiment:

"Colonel Lindsay's Regiment of Tennessee Mounted Volunteers."

This organization apparently was involved in the "Cherokee Wars," the Charokee removal of 1837-8. The Colonel of the regiment may be the same J. S. Lindsay mentioned in this brief biography:

"J. S. Lindsay one of the oldest citizens and most extensive farmers of the Fourth District, was born in Carter County, September 28, 1823, the son of William Lindsay a native of Virginia, and who was born July 4, 1762, a son of Matthew Lindsay of Scotland. April 12, 1824, William removed to Campbell County, and engaged in farming and building iron forges, of which he erected fourteen during his life. He was a major of militia in the early days, and died in 1848, a highly respected man." (Source: www.rootsweb.com/~tncampbe/goodspd/cbgspd2.html#lnames)

Lindsay's association with Campbell County TN may be explored further via www.campbellcounty.com/cchist/

To date, I find no references to Tennessee militia serving in the Black Hawk War. One question may be if Daniel Bradley servied with some other state militia, then later removed to Tennessee.

The most obvious state militia would be that of Illinois. Unfortunately, the Illinois Veteran's Data Base does not indicate a listing for Daniel Bradley.