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LEADING CITIZEN PASSES AWAY

Lee Sadler, one of the best know and most highly esteemed citizens of this upper Cumberland section, died at his home in the 2nd district of this county Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. He had been in feeble health for several years and his death was not unexpected. Age 79 years, 10 months, and 4 days. (N.B.: the year of his death then was 1922) Funeral services were held at the home Wednesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. K. A. Early, pastor of the local M.E. Church...remains taken in charge by the Masons and laid to rest in the family lot near the home....Devoted member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, a Chapter Mason and Confederate...survived by three sons, W. F. Sadler, Clerk an Master, Gainesboro, J.N. Sadler of Rough Point, and B. L. Sadler, cashier of the bank at Oneida: and two daughters, Mrs. Alonzo McCawley and Mrs. Mag Wade of Rough Point...his wife died about 8 years ago....also leaves a sister and a brother, Mrs. Settie Wasburn of Gainsboro and Henry Sadler of the 2nd district.

The following was obtained from the Linebaugh Library in Murfreesboro.

1. State your full name and present post office address:

Lee Sadler, Gainesboro, Tennessee, Route 4

2. State your age now:

79 years old on March 26, 1922(today) { LEE WOULD HAVE BEEN BORN ABOUT 1843 }

3. In what State and county were you born?

Jackson County, Tennessee

4. Were you a Confederate or Federal soldier?

Confederate

5. Name of your company?

Co. G; 8th Tenn. Infantry and afterward transferred to Co. G. 8th Tenn. Cavalry

6. What was the occupation of your father?

Farmer

7. Give full name of your father:___________________;born at ____________;

in the County of ___________State of______________; He lived

at________________; Give also any particulars concerning him, as official position, war services, etc.; books written by him,etc.:

Nelson Sadler; Granville; Jackson Co.; Tennessee; Gainsboro, Tenn. (Route 4)

after his marriage in 1930.

QUESTION:

8. Maiden name in full of your mother:______________

she was the daughter of: _____________(full name) __________ and his

wife:_____________(full name)___________________who lived at:_____________.

Betridge Scantland (Sadler); William Scantland; Rachel (Rogers) Scantland;

(what is now Gainesboro, Tenn. Route 4).

QUESTION:

9. Remarks on ancestry. Give here any and all facts possible in reference to your parents, grandparents, great grandparents, etc., not included in the forgoing as where they lived, offices held, Revolutionary or other war service: what country they came from to America: first settled-county and State: always giving full names (if possible), and never referring to an ancestor simply as such without giving the name. It is desirable to include every fact possible, and to that end the full and exact record from old Bibles should be appended on separate sheets of this size, thus preserving the facts from loss.

ANSWER:

My Great Grandfather Clayton Rogers came to Jackson County, Tenn. About the year 1808, from the District of Chester, South Carlina. My Grandfather Henry Sadler Came to Jackson county from the same place and about the same time. he was commissioned as 1st Lieutenant 18 Tenn. Militia by Governor Willie Blount, about August 1814. I have the commission now. 10.

QUESTION:

If you owned land or other property at the opening of the war, state what kind of property you owned, and state the value of your property as near you can:

I owned 2 horses; and a Negro boy called "Andy" given me by my grandfather Sadler.

11. Did you or your parents own slaves? If so, how many?

I owned "Andy"; Moter (Mother) owned 2 old slaves and was given the use and control of some others given to me, my brothers and sisters by my grandfather till we came of age.

12. If your parents owned land, state about how many acres:

About 400 or 500 acres

13. State as near as you can the value of all the property owned by your parents, including land, when the war opened:

14. What kind of house did your parents occupy? State whether it was a log

house or frame house or built of other material, and state the number of

rooms it had:

House, with 3 rooms, stack chimney with 3 places; the End room log, with upstair; wash room frame, filled between______with clay_____and plastered inside(Ashe) room on north with porch the end of room.

15. As a boy and young man, state what kind of work you did. If you worked on a farm, state to what extent you plowed, worked with a hoe and did other kinds of similar work. (Certain historians clam that white men would not do work of this sort before the war.)

I was very small of my age and begin work on the farm at 11 years old; did plowing at 11 years old and worked with hoe before that; I did all kind of work a boy could do on the farm.

16. State clearly what kind of work your father did, and what the duties of your mother were. State all the kinds of work done in the house as well as you can remember-that is, cooking, spinning, weaving, etc.:

My Father didn't make regular hand on farm. My Mother and the girles(my sisters) done all the housework, spinning, weaving, milking and washing, cooking and in fact all the housework.

17. Did your parents keep any servants? If so, how many?

None, only occasionally one of grandfathers Negroes dropped in and worked, Negro boy.

18. How was honest toil - as plowing , hauling and other sorts of honest work of this class - regarded in your community? Was such work considered respectable and honorable?

Honorable

19. Did the white men in your community generally engage in such work?

Yes

20. To what extent were there white men in your community leading lives of

idleness and having others do their work for them?

Don't know if this was the case at all in my community

21. Did the men who owned slaves mingle freely with those who did not own slaves, or did the slave holders in any way show by their actions that they felt themselves better than respectable, honorable men who did not own slaves?

All associated freely alike, all friend and neighbors and so acting? As a general thing.

22. At the churches, at the schools, at public gatherings in general, did slave holders and non-slave holders mingle on a footing of equality?

Yes

23. Was there a friendly feeling between slave holders and non-slave holders in your community, or were they antagonistic to each other?

Yes

24. In apolitical contest, in which one candidate won slaves and the other did not, did the fact that one candidate owned slaves help him any in winning the contest?

I don't know that it cut any figure, whiskay seemed to be the winning card in elections.

25. Were the opportunities good in your community for a poor young man, honest and industrious, to save up enough to buy a small farm or go in business for himself?

Fairly good, large landowners would cut up their lands and sell to honest, industrious poor men and they could and did, pay for their houses.

26. Were poor, honest, industrious young men, who were ambitious to make something of themselves, encouraged or discouraged by slave holders?

They were encouraged.

27. What kind of school or schools did you attend?

Hued log cabins for school houses, schools about 3 month in fall of the year (subscription)

28. About how long did you did you go to school altogether?

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29. How far was it to the nearest school?

About 1 mile.

30. What school or schools were in operation in your neighborhood?

Only country subscription schools.

31. Was the school in your community private or public?

private

32. About how many months in the year did it run?

about 3 month

33. Did the boys and girls in your community attend school pretty regularly?

not altogether

34. Was the teacher of the school you attended a man or woman?

Generally a man; I went to school to women though

QUESTION:

35. In what year and month and at what place did you enlist in the service of

the Confederacy or of the Federal Government?

I went with "Braggs army to Perryville, my brother was Captain; before being sworn in; this was in 1862,his trip by Gainsboro; the Army left me at Perryville and I made my way back by home and on to McMinnville and was sworn in there about 10 or 15 days before the Murfreesboro fight, got to the army at Murfreesboro, just in time to go into the battle.

36. After enlistment, where was your Company sent first?

Into the Murfreesboro Battle

37. How long after enlistment before your Company engaged in battle?

This is answered above

38. What was the first battle you engaged in?

answered above I was in the battle of Perryville before enlisted or sworn in

QUESTION:

39. State in your own way your experience in the War from this time on to its

close. State where you went after the first battle-what you did and what

other battles you engaged in, how long they lasted, what the results were;

state how you lived in camp, how you were clothed, how you slept, what you

had to eat, how you were exposed to cold, hunger and disease. If you were in

the hospital or prison, state your experience there:

See Exhibit A

QUESTION:

40. When and where were you discharged?

I was paroled at Greensboro Ga. on the 7th day of may 1865

41. Tell something of your trip home:

See Exhibit A

42. Give a sketch of your life since the close of the Civil War, stating what kind of business you have engaged in, where you have lived, your church relations, etc. If you have held any office or offices, state what it was. You may state the facts connected with your life and experience which has not been brought out by the questions:

Farming

QUESTION:

43. what kind of work did you take up when you came back home?

I have engaged in farming all the time since the war. I was Trustee for Jackson County 1 term 1884-1885; I was Chairman of the County Court one year I think it was1898

44. On a separate sheet, give the names of some of the great men you have known or met in your time, and tell some of the circumstances of the meeting or incidents in their lives. Also add any further personal reminiscences. (Use all the space you want.)

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45. Give the names of all the members of your Company you can remember. (If you know where the Roster is to be had, please make special note of this.)

See exhibit "B" which was prepared and published request of Cap. John S. Quarles in Putnam County Herald Issue of December 5th 1907 and which copy was made from said paper.

46. Give the Name and the POST OFFICE ADDRESS of any living Veterans of the Civil War, whether members of you Company or not; whether Tennesseans or from other States.

Their ranks are very, very thin, only a few of us now surviving...a list of all in this county known to me has been sent to office of Department of Library Archives and History.

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Exhibit A; answer to question 39

I first joined the 8th Tenn. Calvary, M. L. Gore's company and had my horse ready, but hadn't been sworn in, when my brother, Capt. William Sadler came through Gainesboro with Bragg's army, and visited us at home. I was only 19 years old and was very small for my age, only weighed 96 pounds. My folks and

brother, Capt. Wm. Sadler, insisted on me going in the infantry, when I agreed to this and applied to Capt. Gore to be released and he let me off. I then went with the 8th Tenn. regiment Infantry, Co. G, Braggs Army to Kentucky. The first battle I was in was at Perryville. After the battle I was taking care of N. B. Young, a wounded confederate soldier and Braggs Army pulled out and left me there at the hospital at Harredsburg about 10 miles from Perryville. I had not been sworn in at this time and I considered my surrounding very critical, but being so small I suppose was the reason for me not attracting the attention of the Yankees. I refused to let my name be registered for rations or on any of their records, and remained there until they began to move the wounded soldier, when I made up my mind to make my way back to Tennessee, and to the army alone. A Mr. Hughs was one of the wounded soldiers there and he had written a letter to his father who lived at Granville, Tenn. and had given it to me to bring to him, when his father an brother-in-law came to see him. Then I told Mr. Hughs that I wanted to ride back. He said I will see you in the morning. The next morning he had a horse bridle and saddle for me to ride back. Dr. Bridges was a surgeon in the Confederate army, was there to that time, and he and I came back together. Dr. Bridges knew where to stay each night, and we had no difficulty until we got near Tompkinsville, Ky. That night we stayed all night with a Mr. Nelson, a Union man, who was very kind to us and the next day came to Tompkinsville with us to help us through the pickets and pass (the town). We met some old men, farmers, who had been denied passage out. We turned back with them....to get a pass...got passes...rode out...came to enterville...inquired about the road to Red Boiling Springs...Federals were there....we made direct through the Jennings creek hills to my home 4 miles west of Gainesboro on the north side of Cumberland river. We got home about supper time..then went to McMinnville, was sworn in...to Murfreesboro to my company...in this battle my brother (William Sadler) was killed..he had said to me if I got hurt he could not stop to care for me and if he was hurt or killed for me to go on...I passed right by him after he was killed...Capt. John S. Quarles was then elected Captain.

I was with him until Chickamauga, and had reasonably plenty to eat and wear while with the army. I was wounded at Chickamauga at beginning of battle and taken to Dalton, then to Atlanta, then to Macon Ga. I had the ball cut out of my leg after it had been in there 14 days. I was in the hospital 11 months. While there, I had good treatment but at one time I gave up to die of the wound. Doctors wanted to cut off my leg, thinking I would die anyway, I wouldn't let that be done. Gangrene in my leg, it had almost rotted off....soon as I could hobble on crutches...back to army and followed them. I was retired from service and applied for transfer to Calvary 8th Tenn. Regiment. Co. G, but was paroled. I heard explosion of Hoods ammunition at Atlanta. Waiting at Dawson, Ga., news came that the Federals were going to cut the rail road. I came out on last train to Macon, I and 5 or 6 others. Thomas Anderson was one...left city...traveled through weeds.....crossed river to railroad to Greensboro, Ga....stayed a few days and the surrender was reported....

Question 41

After being paroled...Thomas Anderson and others...we went to Atlanta...there Yankees commanding the post.......showed our papers...told (them) I wanted to go home...8 or 10 of us walked from Atlanta to Dalton.....at Dalton Yankees took our papers from us, put a guard around us.......kept us all day and night...put us on train and sent us to Chattanooga...there put in a soldiers way-side home, fed the Yankees there and fed us well...marched us out on the street and put a Negro guard around us...white man for chief officer...put us in large barrack....stayed a while...put us on a train...started home towards Nashville...Me and Tom Anderson came as Tullahoma and got off.....walked from Tullahoma to Gainesboro, Tenn home.

Fact 3: Confederate Soldier, Co. G; 8th TN. Infantry, transfer to Co. G. 8th TN. Cavalry

Fact 4: Devoted member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, a Chapter Mason.

Fact 5: 1862, Fought with Braggs Aarmy at Battle of Perryville before enlisted.

Fact 6: Fought at Battle of Murfreesboro, 1st Battle after enlistment.

Fact 7: Trustee for Jackson County, Tennessee.

Fact 8: Paroled at Greensboro, Georgia.

Fact 9: Chairman ot the County Court for one year.

Fact 2: Buried at Cowan-Darwin Cemetery, near Whites Bend, Jackson Co., TN.

Fact 4: Lived at Rough Point.