George Washington Maples

b 1829,
d 12 Apr 1892,
bur Gatlinburg, Sevier, Tennessee		William Maples
	Wilson Maples	b ABT 1740 1745
	\| b 1780	Prudence
William Abijah Maples	d 27 Nov 1815	b ABT 1745 1750
\|b 1804	\|
\|d ABT 1870 1880	Sarah Rolen
\|	b 1785
George Washington Maples	d 25 Oct 1858
\|Mary Emma 'Polly' Byrd-1 +		Archibald 'Redmond' McMahan
\|m 1852	Archibald McMahan	b 1731
\|, Sevier, Tennessee	\|b 1773	McNulty
Elizabeth McMahan	d 27 Feb 1853
b 1807	\|	George Byrd
d ABT 1855 1856	Elizabeth Byrd
	b 1777	Mary
	d 1844

Children

1	<	Sarah E. Maples
2		Daniel Monroe Maples
3	<	Anna E. Maples
4	<	Mary Ellender Maples
5		Nancy Maples
6	<	James Roscrans Maples
7		Eliza J. Maples
8		Laurinda Maples
9		Isaac Lavator Maples
10		David Crockett Maples
11	<	Malinda Emily Maples

Notes

Serving the Union Army during the Civil War, George Washington enlisted 16 September 1862 Sevierville, Tennessee in Company I, 2nd Tennessee Cavalry. He received a 'gunshot wound of right hand at the Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee 2nd January 1863.' He was discharged 7 December 1864 at Madisonville, Indiana. His personal description at the time was: 5' 5' in height, fair complexion, sandy hair, and blue eyes.

Buried in Banner Cemetery.

Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans', Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 35. 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3', Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 189, 195. Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 119. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 524.

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