John Quincy Adams MERRITT
1850 Census Grainger Co., TN & Military service records (NNCC) National Archives, GSA, Washington, DC 20408.
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Note: 1. John enlisted as sadler in Co. "G" 2nd Regt. Tennessee Cavalry Vol. on 1 Oct. 1862, at Murfeesboro, TN 2. Died in the U.S. Hospital.
He married Elizabeth J. Smith 11 Apr 1847 at Grainger, Tennessee . Elizabeth J. Smith was born at of Tennessee 1827 .
They were the parents of 8
children:
Martha A. Merritt
born Abt 1848.
Susan C. Merritt
born Feb 1850.
Margaret Angeline Merritt
born 9 Jan 1852.
Leroy Merritt
born 18 Jan 1854.
Phoebe Ann Merritt
born 8 Aug 1856.
Winnie Elizabeth Merritt
born 5 Mar 1858.
Robert Franklin Merritt
born 17 Feb 1860.
James McClelland Merritt
born 3 Jul 1862.
John Quincy Adams Merritt died 12 Jan 1864 at Kingston, Roane, Tennessee .