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Descendants of Major Passons

Generation No. 1

1. MAJOR² PASSONS (THOMAS¹) was born February 17, 1791 in Pendleton district of South Carolina, and died July 24, 1876 in Van Buren Co. He married ANNA ANDERSON August 02, 1817 in Greenwood in White county , Tennessee. She was born January 08, 1794 in Virginia, and died August 12, 1866 in Van Buren Co.

Notes for MAJOR PASSONS:
Major Passons and his father enlisted October 4, 1813 at Fayatteville TN as privates in Captain William Russell's Company of Mounted Spies. They were mustered at Camp Coffee AL and served with General Andrew Jackson's army in the first Creek Campaign. They were engaged in almost every battle, including Tallushatchee, Talladega and Horseshoe Bend. They were discharged April 4, 1814 at Fort William in Alabama.
Major Passons again enlisted on September 28, 1814 at Winchester TN. He was a private in Captain John Cowan's Company. This group was a part of Coffee's Brigade of Tennessee Militia. Among Passons' comrades in Captain Cowan's company was Seargent David "Davy" Crockett, reknown backwoodsman and later a hero of the Alamo.
Passons was mustered in at Fayetteville. Because food was so scarce, Russell's Battalion marched on foot to Pensacola area where they joined the main army. Here Russell's Battalion was formed with other units into a regiment commanded by Colonel Uriah Blue.
With Blue's Regiment, Russell's Battalion participated in the battle of Pensacola on November 7. 1814. They were then probably dispatched to the relief of Fort Bowyer, and did serve in the expedition against the Red Stick Creeks along the Escambia River in December, 1814 and January, 1815. Later, they were sent to Fort Montgomery AL which was locatednear the junction of the Tombigbee and Alabama Rivers. Her, Passons was furloughed in January, 1815 and returned home.
For his service, Major Passons received a Tennessee grant of five acres in Jackson county, a Federal grant of 160 acres in Wisconsin and a pension of $8.00 per month.

More About MAJOR PASSONS:
Burial: Long Graveyard at Spencer TN
Elected: Justice Of The Peace
Military service: Bet. 1813 - 1815, First Creek Campaign and Expedition against Creeks led by Chief Red Stick

More About ANNA ANDERSON:
Burial: Long Graveyard at Spencer TN

Children of MAJOR PASSONS and ANNA ANDERSON are:

TILFORD ANDERSON³ PASSONS, b. August 26, 1818; d. November 16, 1861; m. SARAH MOORE HUTSON.

More About TILFORD ANDERSON PASSONS:
Burial: Mt Pisgah Cemetary
Military service: 1861, Died in Civil War private in Co. C, 35th Tennessee Infantry, CSA

	ii.		LARKIN BRADFORD PASSONS, b. June 05, 1820; d. September 10, 1860; m. LOUISA FLEMING.
	iii.		WILLIAM JOHN THOMAS PASSONS, b. June 18, 1822; d. February 02, 1913; m. CELIA GRISSOM.
	iv.		OLIVER PERRY PASSONS, b. July 04, 1824; d. February 25, 1895, Whittier CA; m. NANCY ORICK GRAHAM.

More About OLIVER PERRY PASSONS:
Burial: Rose Hill Memorial Park in Whittier

JAMES W PASSONS, b. October 14, 1826; d. September 02, 1909, Van Buren Co; m. AMANDA FLEMING.

More About JAMES W PASSONS:
Burial: McElroy Cemetary in Van Buren county

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THOMAS ROTAN PASSONS, b. December 25, 1828; d. November 23, 1922, Whittier CA; m. SUSAN JANE DOUGLAS.

More About THOMAS ROTAN PASSONS:
Burial: Rose Hill Memorial Park in Whittier

	vii.		BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PASSONS, b. February 16, 1831; m. ALVIREY TALLEY.
	viii.		ANDREW JACKSON PASSONS, b. February 12, 1833; d. August 22, 1834.

More About ANDREW JACKSON PASSONS:
Burial: Long Graveyard at Spencer TN

	ix.	MARY ANN PASSONS, b. December 15, 1834; d. August 22, 1835.
2.	x.	EDWARD THROCKMORTON PASSONS, b. July 25, 1836, White Co., TN; d. November 20, 1919, Sparta TN.
	xi.	PAMELIA DUNCAN PASSONS, b. July 17, 1840; d. January 06, 1922; m. WILLIAM B GRISSOM.

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