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Caswell County Genealogy
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 1798 - 1822 (24 years)
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| Name |
Siler, Thomas B. |
| Birth |
25 Mar 1798 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
I62460 |
| Death |
16 Sep 1822 |
| Burial |
Siler Family Cemetery, McConnell, Obion County, Tennessee  |
| Person ID |
I62460 |
Caswell County |
| Last Modified |
2 May 2024 |
| Father |
Siler, Weimer, b. 28 Feb 1755, Pennsylvania d. 4 Feb 1831, North Carolina (Age 75 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Raferty, Virginia Margaret, b. 12 Oct 1767, Virginia d. 15 Jan 1839, North Carolina (Age 71 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
12 Mar 1786 |
Virginia [1, 2] |
| Reference Number |
20477 |
| Family ID |
F1712 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Thomas B. Siler (1798-1822)
(for larger image, click on photograph)
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Swallow-Tail Coat: hand-woven in 1800, was made for Thomas B. Siler (son of Weimer and Margaret Rafferty Siler), born 25 March 1798, and killed in the Chickasaw Purchase in Tennessee 16 September 1822. He was never married, so the coat was given to brother Jacob Siler (1795-1871), passed down to daughter Harriet Siler (Mrs. Alfred Slagle), to son Jesse Henry Slagle, to daughter (Harriet Slagle Setser (wife of Joe Setser), to daughter Margaret Setser Ramsey (wife of Albert Ramsey). Loaned by Margaret Setser Ramsey
Source: Macon County Historical Society Museum (Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina).
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This grave is listed as the oldest marked grave in Obion County, Tennessee. He was killed by Chicasaw Indians while traveling west in a wagon train. According to local historians he was buried by his friends. He had a sister that lived in Virginia that sent a tombstone into the wilderness to mark his grave. The original tombstone was replaced in the 1950's. Over the years it came up missing. In the 1990's the highway between South Fulton and Martin was made into a four lane and this grave was moved to Chapel Hill Cemetery in Obion County, Tennessee. Due to the path of the highway.
Source of Grave Marker Image and Text: .
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Siler, A. O., Compiler. The Siler Family. Marfork (West Virginia): Tribune Printing Co., 1922.
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- Details: The Siler Family: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches Relating to the Descendants of Plikard Dederic and Elizabeth Siler, A. O. Siler, Compiler (1922) at 54.
- Details: Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, William S. Powell, Editor (1994), vol. 5 at 345.
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