Marcus S. Wilkes

• Name	Marcus S. Wilkes
  Born	Tn.
  Gender	Male
  Record Change	12 Apr 2009
  Person ID	I52262	120k
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	John Wilkes,   b. Aug 1791, Brunswick Co., Va. ,   d. Gibson Co., Tn.
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Mary Haliburton, Polly,   b. Tn. ,   d. Gibson Co., Tn.
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	of Tn
  Family ID	F23434	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Flowers,   b. N.C.
  Children	1. D. Haliburton Wilkes,   b. 15 May 1851, Gibson Co., Tn. ,   d. 19 Feb 1873  (Age 21 years)  [Natural]   2. E. T. Wilkes,   b. 19 Oct 1853, Gibson Co., Tn. ,   d. 24 Dec 1870, Tn.  (Age 17 years)  [Natural]   3. William E. Wilkes,   b. 31 Aug 1859, Gibson Co., Tn. ,   d. 10 Jan 1870, Gibson Co., Tn.  (Age 10 years)  [Natural]
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F23668	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  FROM THE GIBSON CO., TN. HISTORY by: Goodspeed in 1887. They had 6 children but 3 died in childhood. Minor moved to his farm in 1845. It contained 165 Acres of land and produces corn, cotton and small grain. In 1862 he enlisted in the Confederate Army, serving in the 47th Tennessee Regiment, and was 2nd. Lieutenant of Company H. which was the same company that his brother, William H. Wilkes served as a Private. In May, 1863, he received his discharge, owing to sickness in his family, and returned home and began farming. His brother William H. Wilkes continued in the civil war until its close in 1865. Marcus & his wife were were members of the Missionary Baptist Church, he was a Democrat in politics. The Wilkes family are natives of England. The grandfather came to the United States at an early day and was in the Revolutionary War and was present when Corwallis surrendered his sword.