William G. Rogers (1801 - 1862)

Born 15 Jun 1801 in Claiborne Co., Tennessee

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 19 May 1862 at age 60 in Claiborne Co., Tennessee

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Biography

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Name

Name: William G. /Rogers/^[1]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 15 JUL 1801

Place: Claiborne Co., Tennessee^[2]

Death

Death:

Date: 29 MAY 1862

Place: Claiborne Co., Tennessee^[3]

Burial

Burial:

Date: UNKNOWN

Place: Rogers-Lewis Cemetery, Speedwell, Claiborne Co., Tennessee^[4]

Occupation

Occupation:

Place: Physician

Note

Note: #NI1210

Marriage

Husband: William G. Rogers

Marriage:

Date: ABT 1824

Place: Claiborne Co., Tennessee^[5]

Husband: David Franklin Rogers

Wife: Mary Elizabeth Lewis

Child: John Marshall Rogers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: William G. Rogers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: James Rogers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Russell B. Rogers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Pleasant Marshall Rogers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Jesse Lafayette Rogers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: David Franklin Rogers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Isaac Newton Rogers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Elizabeth Rogers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Henderson Rogers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Hugh Lawson White Rogers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Lewis Moon Rogers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Canada H. Rogers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: MAR 1800^[6]

Marriage:

Date: MAY 1800^[7]

Note: #NF0312

Sources

• WikiTree profile Rogers-3137 created through the import of williamrogers.ged on Jul 11, 2011 by Herbert Wolfe. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Herbert and others.

• Source: S01955 Title: Edgerton Family Records Repository: Call Number: Media: Book
• Source: S01967 Title: Families of Dallas, Lourens, Rogers and Some of Their Relatives, Volumes 1-4 Author: Zella Rogers Dallas and Eureatha Rogers Lourens Publication: Writers Publishing Service Co. Note: #NS19671 Repository: Note: #NS19673 Call Number: Media: Book

No NOTE record found with id NS19671. No NOTE record found with id NS19673.

Notes

Note NI1210EDWARDS & DAVIS, OLD SPEEDWELL FAMILIES, p439, Southern Historical Press, Easley, South Carolina, 1980.:

William G. Rogers 1801-1862 was one of many early Rogerses who studied medicine and became successful physicians and surgeons, well-known throughout East Tennessee, as have several since. If all were known, the list would be long.

From FAMILIES OF DALLAS, LOURENS, ROGERS AND SOME OF THEIR RELATIVES:

Rogers Gap. Most families of Claiborne County, Tennesssee were torn apart during the years of the Civil War. Officially, it is called The War of the Rebellion. Families split; their allegiances divided. . . . Rogerses were blood sufferers in kin; their farms side by side in lower Powell Valley of Claiborne County. A greater part of inhabitants of the county, however, were Unionists.

Immediately north of Powell Valley,Claiborne County, Tennessee, near the top of Cumberland Mountain, is Rogers Gap, a passable depression. It is south of the Pine Mountain region of the Cumberland Mountain range of the Appalachian mountain system. The Gap is about 15 miles west of Cumberland Gap. Several skirmishes and battles took place in and around Rogers Gap during the Civil War.

The southern base of Rogers Gap is in Powell Valley; northern base near the Kentucky-Tennessee line. By diagonally winding about 7 miles upward from the southern base, among thickly underbrushed forests and around boulders, the crest is reached. During the War, soldiers of both Union and Confederate armies, with their mules or manually, dragged artillery and wagons up to the crest, fighting intermittently in their efforts to gain and control the strategic position of the Gap. Which side held it was often questionable. Families on farms in the Valley never knew which "enemy" would descend upon them: Federalist or Confederate - small bands of the Blues or the Grays - or renegades. Various groups seesawed in crisscrossing Powell Valley in the vicinity of Speedwell from 1861 to 1865.

William G. Rogers' family was divided during the Civil War. Sons Patrick Henry and Newton fought for the Union; Marshall, James and Russell fought for the Confederacy - Marshall, Russell and Newton died during the war.

1. ↑ Source: #S01955
2. ↑ Source: #S01967 Page: 3051
3. ↑ Source: #S01967 Page: 3051
4. ↑ Source: #S01967 Page: 3055
5. ↑ Source: #S01967 Page: 3051
6. ↑ Source: #S01955
7. ↑ Source: #S01967