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- [S112] Census, 1860.
Name: Henry Grooms
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Division 37, Haywood, North Carolina, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Race: White
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Birth Year (Estimated): 1836
Birthplace: Tennessee
Page: 57
Household ID: 384
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film Number: 803901
Digital Folder Number: 004237506
Image Number: 00063
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Henry Grooms M 24 Tennessee
Eliza Grooms F 19 North Carolina
George M Grooms M 0 North Carolina
- [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 59391765).
Tradition has it that George Grooms Jr. and his brother Henry Grooms were working in their field in Cataloochee on April 10, 1865. A group of raiders from Teague's Company came into the field and captured George and Henry. They marched them to the Tennesse Line, nearly 8 miles away where they met up with other raiders who had captured Henry's brother in law, Mitchell Caldwell. The raiders decided to shoot the three. The story continues that George cursed the raiders as they shot him tied to a tree. Mitchell Caldwell was said to have been a kind and simple minded individual and the raiders made him pull his hat down over his face. They did not want to kill a man that was smiling at them. Henry who was a fiddle player asked to pray before he was shot. The raiders agreed that they would let him pray but he would have to play them a tune on his fiddle. Henry played them Bonapart's Retreat, said to be his favorite tune. Afterwards, he also was shot. All three were left in the road beside the bullet scarred tree where they were tied and shot. Henry's wife Elizabeth Caldwell Grooms (sister to Mitchell) and a Sutton boy, probably a relative went to the site later and took the three bodies back on an sled pulled by an ox. All three were said to have been buried in a common grave in this cemetery and all three in one large pine box, (coffin). The story continues that the actual fiddle belonging to Henry Grooms is on display at Dollywood Theme Park in Tennessee. The song Bonapart's Revenge is known locally as the Grooms Tune. This information gathered from several sources including information on display at the Theme Park. Accuracy and truth of this account is unkonwn by the writer of this bio. Note the attached photo of the grave stone is enscripted Mitchell Caldwell but by tradition is the burial place of Henry, George and Mitchell.
- [S58] Marriage Certificate.
Name: Henry Grooms
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Spouse's Name: Eliza Colwell
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Event Date: 30 Jun 1858
Event Place: Haywood,North Carolina
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M51601-7
System Origin: North_Carolina-ODM
GS Film number: 6330300
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