Jacob Isaac HARKLEROAD

                   A CIVIL WAR VETERAN.  HE ENLISTED IN 1862 AND SERVED IN THE NITRE AND MINING BUREAU NEAR BLUFF CITY, TN.   HE SAW ACTION AT THE BULLS GAP BATTLE AND AT THE SMALL BATTLE AT HAMILTON'S RIDGE IN SULLIVAN COUNTY.
IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION "...WHAT IS THE SIZE OF YOUR FAMILY LIVING TOGETHER?" ON THE PENSION APPLICATION, HE ANSWERED "WIFE & 6 CHILDREN, WIFE IS DERANGED MENTALLY, OF THIS TIME PUT IN ASSYLUM"  ON THE AGES OF HIS FAMILY AND SEX OF HIS CHILDREN HE LISTS " WIFE, 33, CHILDREN 14, 12, 10, 8, 6 & ONE ABOUT 5 MONTHS OLD.  5 BOYS, 1 GIRL, THE 8 YEAR OLD ONE IS THE GIRL" HE LISTS HIS PROPERTY AS " 39 ACRES OF LAND VALUED AT $300.00, 1 HORSE  1 COW ALL WORTH ABOUT $50.00"
THE FILE CONTAINS A LETTER WRITTEN BY W.D. LYON, LAWYER, BLUFF CITY, TN DATED 30 APRIL 1906 TO HON FRANK A. MOSES IN NASHVILLE REQUESTING ACTION ON SEVERAL CASES, AMONG THEM THE CASE OF J.I. HARKLEROAD, "WITHOUT FAIL HIS WIFE IS CRAZY AND HE HAS HOUSE FULL OF LITTLE CHILDREN"
J.I. HARKLEROAD DESCRIBES THE STATE OF IS HEALTH AS  " AT PRESENT I HAVE REHEUMATISM IN MY SHOULDERS AND BACK ARM (?) AND HAVE BEEN FOR A LONG TIME UNABLE TO DO BUT LITTLE WORK"
HIS SOLDIER'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION NUMBER WAS 7908 HIS PENSION FILE CAN BE FOUND ON LDS FILM 0969792

HE FATHERED 21 CHILDREN BY THREE WIVES. CALLED "YOCK" INFORMATION FROM RICHARD HARKLEROAD (BIRTH, DEATH, BURIAL) STATE OF TN, DEATH CERTIFICATE PAGE 9

FROM NEIL HARKLEROAD "HIS (HENRY HARKLEROAD SR.) HOLDINGS INCLUDED WHERE BLUFF CITY IS AND HARKLEROAD ISLAND JUST UP RIVER.  THIS ISLAND WAS SOLD BY GRANDSON JACOB IN 1875 FOR FIFTY DOLLARS AND A RIFLE."