George Washington Maples

1829 - 1892  (63 years)

• Name	George Washington Maples
  Born	1829	Tennessee   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Apr 1892
  Buried	Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I1027	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2009

  
  

  Father	William Abijah Maples,   b. 1804, Pendleton County, South Carolina ,   d. Abt 1870/1880, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth McMahan,   b. 1807, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. Abt 1855/1856, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 49 years)
  Married	1824	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F1207	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Emma "Polly" Byrd,   b. 1832, Tennessee ,   d. Abt 1884  (Age 52 years)
  Married	Abt 1852	, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. Sarah E. Maples,   b. Apr 1853, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Feb 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 66 years)   2. Daniel Monroe Maples,   b. 1856, Tennessee + 3. Anna E. Maples,   b. 22 Feb 1858, Tennessee ,   d. 19 Jul 1937  (Age 79 years) + 4. Mary Ellender Maples,   b. 22 Feb 1860, Tennessee ,   d. 9 Oct 1897  (Age 37 years) + 5. Nancy Caldonia Maples,   b. 22 Oct 1861, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 1891  (Age 29 years) + 6. James Roscrans Maples,   b. 23 Aug 1864, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 5 Dec 1948  (Age 84 years)   7. Eliza J. Maples,   b. 1866, Tennessee   8. Laurinda Maples,   b. 15 Mar 1870, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Jul 1938  (Age 68 years)   9. Isaac Lavator Maples,   b. 1871, Tennessee   10. David Crockett Maples,   b. 1874, Tennessee + 11. Malinda Emily "Lindy" Maples,   b. 4 Mar 1877, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Dec 1966  (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F386	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Alice Lunda,   b. 26 Aug 1858, Kentucky ,   d. 6 May 1935, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 76 years)
  Married	25 Nov 1885	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Washington Maples,   b. 7 Jul 1891, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Jul 1956  (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F12058	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1829 - Tennessee Married - Abt 1852 - , Sevier County, Tennessee Married - 25 Nov 1885 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  G. W. Maples Co. I. 2nd Tenn. Cav.

  
  

• 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. ---------- Reference: "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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 332a, 28 Jul 1870. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tn/sevier/census/1870/0332a.gif [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, family 55, page 388a line 15, 16 Aug 1850. http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/sevier/census/1850/pg0384a.txt [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 462, 1880. http://sevierlibrary.tripod.com/page551880.html [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 524.