Moore Berryman

Notes:

The son of William Berryman and Alice Moore.

Moore married Robert Traywick, II in 1754 in Johnston County, North Carolina. Robert (son of Robert Traweek, I and Marjory Lunsford) was born in 1729 in Stafford County, Virginia; died about Sep 1800 in Wake County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Two months after Robert Trawick bought land in Wake County, James Watson entered 640 acres of vacant land in Wake County, lying on the north side of Neuse River and the south side of Farmers Cree, joining Col. John Hinton's land on Neuse River (entry 272, 9 May 1778). On January 17, 1779, James Watson conveyed to John Hinton Sr 555 acres on Poplar Creek, part of which had been given to Watson by Robert Trawick. (Book Q of deeds, pg. 112). In Deed Book R, pg. 10, and in 1801-2, we learn that David Hinton received land from James Watson and Rebekka, his wife, land granted Robert Traywick, dec'd by State, and drewn in lot #7 by James Watson and Rebekka in the division of said Trawicks land, 19 May 1801.

James Watson in the 1790 census of Wake County has 1 male 16 years and upward, including heads of families; 3 males under 16 years, and 4 females including heads of families. If these are all members of Watson's family, we can assume that the three boys and three girls range in age from 14 or 12 years to 2 years, thus arriving at Watson's approximate date of marriage.

From the 1800 census of Wake County, we learn that James Watson had the following numbers: males, 1, 1-10 years; males, 1, 10-16 years; males, 1, 16-20 years; males, 1, over 45 years (James born before 1755); females, 3, 1-10 years; females, 1, 10-16 years; females, 1, 16-26 years; females, 1. over 45 years (Rebecca born before 1755) (Courtesy Lynell Cordell. She cites "TRAYWICK FAMILY IN AMERICA" by Cora Trawick Prince, Evely Traweek Dixon and Rulon N. Smithson)

Rebecca married James Watson in 1779. James was born before 1754; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Eleanor married Edward Hocutt, who bought land in Wake County, NC just after his father-in-law Robert Trawick died. September 1778 Edward Hockett entered 150 acres of land lying on the south side of Little River and the south side of Buffalo Creek, entry #566. In the 1790 census of Edward Hocut we are probably far off in in calculating his age and that of his wife, and in estimating the date of their marriage. "3 free white males 16 years and upwards including heads of families, 4 free white males under 16 years, 6 free white females including heads of families."

By checking the 1800 Wake County, NC census, we find that something there is either misinformation, or we do not know all the facts. Edward Hocut "Males, 4 0-10; 1 16-26; 1 26-45; females, 1 1-10 years, 1 26-45 years."

Edward Hocutt made the following conveyances of land, as recorded in Wake County, NC deed books:

12 Feb 1785 Edward Hocut of Wake Co to William Hocutt of Johnston Co, land partly in Wake and partly in Johnston, on Buffalo Creek; 150 acres conveyed to Edward by Lodowick Alford, and now conveyed to Edward's brother, William. Book F, pg 119.

30 Mar 1796, Edward Hocutt from Robert Traywick, land in Wake Co. witnesses Robert Traywick, Jr. and Batt Fowler, Book R, pg. 44.

1802 Edward Hocutt from Whitman Eason and Elizabeth, his wife, 15 acres, part of 150 now possessed by More Traywick, widow of Robert Traywick Sr. Land to belong to Edward Hocutt at death of More Trawick. R: 94

15 March 1806, Edward Hocutt and Ellendor, his wife, to Micajah Mucklberry.

18 1/2 acres in Wake Co. February term 1808, Ellendor relinquished her dower. Book U, pg. 335.

1 Jan 1809, Edward Hocut and Eleanor his wife, for $30 to Wrightman Hilliard, 16 acres in Wake County, Eleanor relinquished dower. Witnesses: Othneil Traywick and Falton Johnson. Book V, pg 154 (apparently 16 acres of Abner's Division)

May have moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama Deeds A pg. 113-9.

Feb 1824 Deed of Edward Hocut to James Jenkins, to Burwell Traywick.

Children of Eleanor and Edward:

Edward II m. a Thamer Rufus b ca 1778 Richard b. ca 1793 m a Jane McFail Osborn b 1798 m Mary Traweek 21 Aug 1826 Tuscaloosa, AL George b 3 Jan 1801 m Nancy Lyons Elijah b 1802 William b 1804 m Adelaide Traweek 1 Dec 1826 Tuscaloosa, AL Robert T b 1809 m Anna Bryant

Eleanor married Edward Hocutt in 1777. Edward was born about 1756; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married four times: Tamer Segar, Artesia Carraway, Tabitha ???, Mary ???.

When his wife, Tamer, died in 1789 or 1799, George moved to Darlington County, South Carolina and settled near her parents, John and Ester Seger.

on 16 Aug 1799, George Trawick of Wake Co., NC bought 528 acres of land in Darlington Co., SC. Although the location in the county is not given, refernce is made to original plats and grants in this deed and to a Rev. Palmer, original owner. Book G, pg 84, Darlington Co.

About 1801, George married Artesia Carraway and on February 25, 1802 they were separated, according to the following agreement: "Know all men by these present that we, Elijah Carraway and Artesia Trawick, in the sum of 1000 pounds sterling...wheras an intermarriage had some time past taken place between the aforesaid George Trawick and Artesia Trawick, and wheras for divers good and sufficient reasons them whenceforth seperated..Artesia Trawick shall well and faithfully on her part perform and abide by the aforesaid voluntary and mutual agreement...shall never...molest and in anywise trouble the said George Trawick...shall forever renounce and quit claim to any right of dower..and keep away from him premises, unless with his consent and approbation." In the presence of John Sigers, Dempsey Spier. Deed Book G, pg 86.

His Will was recorded in Will Book 8, Page 405, 10 March 1835 Sheppard Williams Ordinary DD

The State of South Carolina, Darlington District

In the name of God, Amen, I George Trawick being of a sound and disposing mind do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in the manner hereafter mentioned. First immediately after my decease I want enough of my property to be immediately sold and all of my debts, burial, funeral, Executors and charges to be full paid and satisfied. Second, I give to my present wife, Mary Trawick, one Negro boy by the name of Pompy, age two years. Also all of my crop and provisions that are on hand or may be on hand hereafter; 1 table, 1 desk, 1 loom, two sitting chairs, 1 Dutch oven, 1 pot, all the pewter and crockery and cups that belongs to the kitchen, 1 cow and calf, and three head of choice hogs. Third then I give up all the rest of my property to my Executors hereafter mentioned to sell all and the moneys arising from the said sale to be equally divided and paid to my children hereafter mentioned and due from me and to pay out each and every one of my heirs or their heirs. Viz: Allen Trawick, Hugh Trawick, Gilly [Mrs. James] Herron, Delila Henneret, Mary Henneret, Easter [Mrs. Kinyon] Taylor, Winiford [Mrs. Jesse] Horton, William G[reene] Trawick, Eliza [Mrs. Lewis Littleton] Sowell, Charlotte [Mrs. Hamp] Garland, Francis D[arling, husband of Rebecca Sowell] Trawick, George N[elson] Trawick, Elinor [Mrs. George W] Sowell and I do hereby nominate and appoint John N. Seegers and Burrell Seegers Executors to this my Last Will, resolving (sic) all other wills heretofore made by me. In testimony I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal to this the First of August, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Four, and in the fifty eight fifty ninth of the independence of the United States of America. Signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of us. Josephus Speers (his mark), Demsey Speers (his mark), Lydia Seegers, George Trawick (seal)

Esther Trawick, a daughter of George by his first wife Tamer Segar, married Kinyon Taylor. They lived in South Carolina until 1833 or so. Later the family moved to Mississippi, where Esther was thrown from a horse. Because of subsequent complications, she died May 28, 1845. Prior to her death, Esther and her family were introduced to "Mormonism" and in September, 1844, one of her married daughters, Louisa Taylor Worick and husband Thomas Worick were baptised. The other daughters joined the church after their mother's death, and all three girls were among the early settlers of Utah.

(Courtesy of Lynell Cordell)

Notes:

Received land in the division of his father's estate, 1801, and also received land in the division of Abner's Traywick's estate, 1808. Lunsford and his family were living in Georgia as early as 10 March 1800, at which time Lunsford conveyed 220 acres of land (granted him Francis Traywick) in Wilkes County, to John McGinty (Wilkes County Deeds, Book Y, p 507)

Lunsford and his wife lived in Clarke County, Georgia where he died in 1809. Lunsford Traywick of Clarke Co, Mitchell's district, lottery #131, section 13, drew land in Baldwin County, Georgia 1806 Georgia Land Lotteries. Lunsford died in 1809 and among the buyers at the sale of his estate were: Martha Trawick, Robert Trawick, Allen Trawick, Spencer Trawick, Mrs. Trawick, Hugh Neister, John Ramey, Caleb Arthur, George Carter, and others. Robert Trawick was administrator of the estate. Returns for the estate include the following:

1810 Cash Paid

Uriah Humphrey for note $138.77 Burwell Trawick $6 Thomas Stephens, Esq. $29.85 Hugh Trawick $6 Allen Trawick $31.50 John Smith C O C $4.75 Doctor Neisler $42.43 and others

1815 Returns on Estate of Lunsford Traweek

Paid Spencer Trawick Paid Martha Trawick Paid Wm. B. Cole, Guardian

1817 Returns of Estate of Lunsford Traweek

Paid Wm. B. Cole guardian for Burwell and Hughes Trawick $72.16 Paid Martha Trawick, guardian for Elizabeth and Nancy Trawick $66.85 Paid Spencer Trawick $8.50...

Sworn to in open Court Nov. 2, 1818, by Robert Trawick, who make settlement of his administration and obtained dismission of the future administration of said estate. John H. Lowe, Clerk, Book H, p 213.

By 1830, Martha and her children, several of them married, moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

(Above courtesy of Lynell Cordell)


Sam Lenaeus, slenaeus@aol.com, supplied the following additional information about this family:

1820 Clarke County Census Trawick Martha 109 pg107.txt 10 | Martha Trawick | 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 0 1 0 0 1 | 0 | 2 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 1 (Martha Seger born 1760 Germany)

1821 Capitan Browns District Kinney, John 80 & 80 acres originally granted to Few joining Trawick, Clarke County, Oconee headwaters.

1823 Clarke County, GA Tax Digest Capt. Gahagan's Dist Athens Weir, Samuel 120 & 160 acres orig granted to Duke & Trawick joining Kinney, Clarke Co, Oconee headwaters. (Weir married a daughter of James Kenny & Sarah Alexander)

Lunsford Trawick is noted in the 1805 Sarepta minutes as a licensed preacher, the only Crooked Creek member named as a minister prior to 1837. It seems likely, given that the church had only 34 members at the time, that Trawick served as pastor in 1805, though this is unconfirmed. Trawick moved his membership to Mars Hill near Watkinsville in 1807 and died two years later. This seems to indicate that he may be buried in the Mars Hill cemetery, but if so his grave is unmarked. Trawick's daughter Esther married Johnson Freeman, and the couple are listed on the 1850 Crooked Creek church roll. Of note to local residents is the fact that longtime piano teacher Miss Montine Head of Jefferson was a direct descendant of Lunsford Trawick through Johnson and Esther Freeman.

Lunsford married Martha Segar on 3 Jan 1785 in Wake County, North Carolina. Martha (daughter of John Segar) was born after 1768 in Germany; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Comfort Segar on 6 Jan 1784 in North Carolina. Comfort (daughter of John Segar) was born before 1766; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Milberry Earpe in 1780 in Wake County, North Carolina. Milberry was born before 1764; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Tuscaloosa County Deeds Book E, 18 October 1821 Othneil Traweek to George Trawick for $100 W 1/2 of NE 1/4 Sect T 19 R 11 W Sarah Traweek, wife...signed by mark Book H, 25 October 1831 page 352 George Traweek to Othneil Traweek for $100 W 1/2 of NE 1/4 Sect T 19 R 11 W

Otheniel married Sarah Eason on 6 May 1797 in Johnston County, North Carolina. Sarah was born before 1781; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Whitman Eason on 22 Sep 1797 in Wake County, North Carolina. Whitman was born about 1776; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Berryman married Dorcas Hyatt on 14 Feb 1804 in Wake County, North Carolina. Dorcas was born before 1788; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Archa married John Hocutt on 22 Sep 1801. John was born about 1780; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Served in the War of 1812, according to his wife's application (for pension) dated 19 May 1872. The application states that Gibson was drafted in Captain John Bells company, 1rst NC Militia on about 21 Sept 1814 and was honorably discharged at Norfolk, Virginia on 8 Feb 1815.

Settled in Carroll County, Tennessee about 1829. Shown on the 1830 census and 1840 census for Carroll County.

The 1850 census, with more complete information, shows the following:

Traywick, Gibson age 69 Farmer NC Traywick, Nancy age 49 NC Traywick, William age 22 NC Traywick, Harriet age 18 TN Traywick, Cheldecey age 16 TN Traywick, Lundol age 13 TN Traywick, Lorry age 10 TN Traywick, Falba age 6 TN Traywick, Franklin age 9 TN Traywick, Caroline age 4 TN Traywick, Elvis R. age 2 TN Traywick, John age 18 TN Freeman, George age 32

Gibson's son William can be found on the 1860 Carroll County census.

Gibson married Nancy Reddick in Feb 1820 in Wake County, North Carolina. Nancy was born before 1800; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John and his brother Gibson migrated to Tennessee from North Carolina in the late 1820's.

1830 Census, Carroll County, Tennessee pg 75 John Traywick, 1 male 30-40; 1 female 20-30

1840 Census, Carroll County, Tennessee pg 43 John Trawig 2 males 0-5, 2 males 5-10, 1 male 30-40 (females missing from this extraction??)

(Extract by Beverly Hudock, courtesy of Lynell Cordell)

John married Diana Cook in 1832. Diana was born about 1803 in North Carolina; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Willie married Polly Deburry on 27 Jun 1823 in Wake County, North Carolina. Polly was born before 1807; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gilley married Allen Fields Hammett in 1848. Allen was born about 1831; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rufus was born during an auspicious month. On November 13, 1833, between midnight and dawn, thousands of meteors showered the sky over North America. To the native peoples of the land, it appeared that the stars were falling out of the heavens. Some thought it was the judgment day. Others called it "The Night the Stars Fell".

A young girl who was a slave at the time of the event said "Somebody in the quarters started yellin' in the middle of the night to come out and to look up at the sky. We went outside and there they was a fallin' everywhere! Big stars coming down real close to the groun' and just before they hit the ground they would burn up! We was all scared. Some O'the folks was screamin' and some was prayin' we all made so much noise, the white folk came out to see what was happenin'. They looked up and then they got scared too."

The celestial phenomenon called "the most impressive and awesome display ever recorded" was, in fact, the Leonids meteor shower seen in one of its most impressive years. Viewers witnessed 50,000 to 150,000 meteors per hour, only equaled by the November 17, 1966 display, when the Leonid shower brought 150,000 meteors per hour. Debris from the comet Temple-Tuttle that orbits the sun every 33 years causes the shower.

He spent his childhood in Tennessee, and didn't go to Arkansas in 1860 with his brothers and sisters. He moved there after his second marriage, to a Nancy, sometime after 1880. Family stories say that he served in the CSA, but the records have not been found to substantiate this. He supposedly lost a finger during the war. Rufus must have been either a minister or a Justice of the Peace, as he was able to perform marriage ceremonies. (Source: Betty Curry of Muskogee, OK; Courtesy of Lynell Cordell)

About 1904, Rufus's wife Nancy was in the kitchen of their home near Gravesville, Arkansas. Having just churned, she ladled the butter onto a dish and was working the remaining milk out of the butter with a large spoon. At that moment, a tornado ripped off the roof of the house, leaving only the walls standing. The entire interior of the ruined, roofless home was littered with debris from the storm, then drenched with rain. Nancy surveyed the damage and commented "I'll swan. My butter's ruined!" (Source: K.L. Trawick)

Rufus married Sarah J. "Sallie" Huey on 2 Jun 1858 in Carroll County, Tennessee. Sarah was born before 1840; died before 1872. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lynell Gentry notes that his headstone lists him as being age 64 at the time of the death in 1899, which would make his year of birth as 1835 instead of 1838.

Ken Harvey writes that they lived in Searcy, Arkansas when their their two oldest children were born. Sometime before 1871, when daughter Elzada was born, they moved to Coffeyville, Kansas; perhaps as a result of railroad advertisements promoting Coffeyville and Independence as two large towns on the Border of the United States and the Indian Territory.

The Homestead Act, enacted during the Civil War in 1862, provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land. Claimants were required to "improve" the plot by building a dwelling and cultivating the land. After 5 years on the land, the original filer was entitled to the property, free and clear, except for a small registration fee. Title could also be acquired after only a 6-month residency and trivial improvements, provided the claimant paid the government $1.25 per acre. After the Civil War, Union soldiers could deduct the time they had served from the residency requirements. This served to opened western lands to qualified citizens, the Indian Territory of Kansas and Oklahoma-home to more than three dozen tribes-was subject to a series of legal measures that reduced its extent. A new philosophy of assimilation favored bringing Native Americans into the United States as individual citizens, rather than allowing them lands and tribal sovereignty-a philosophy that conveniently left many acres open for settlement.

However, these unassigned lands were not opened unitl 1889, and during the decades after the Homestead Act, settlers acting illegally forced the government's hand by squatting on Indian land. The Ingalls family, of Little House on the Prairie fame, was one of a group of white settlers who set up house on Osage lands in Kansas in the 1860s, before that tribe was removed (again) to Oklahoma.

The Trawick family did not stay long in Coffeyville. Kenn Harvey noted that "after the Jayhawkers became active they moved back to Searcy, Arkansas." In the late 1870's the family moved westward again, this time to Texas.

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Wise County, Texas Deeds (researched by Charles Strong, 1998)

Vol 33, Page 192-July 1890 JJ and Elizabeth Trawick sold land to R.Z. Dunwiddie Vol 30, Page 446?-1894 Makes reference to Vol 33, Page 192 Initiated in Indian Territory Sounds as though the Trawicks moved to IT after the sale in 1890 but that the note wasn't paid and the deed file in Wise County until 1894

(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
J. J. TRAWICK Self M Male W 45 TN Farm
L. E. TRAWICK Wife M Female W 34 MS Keeping House MS MS
M. C. TRAWICK Dau S Female W 17 AR At Home
W. H. TRAWICK Dau S Female W 13 AR At Home TN MS
Elzadi TRAWICK Dau S Female W 9 KS At School
George TRAWICK Son S Male W 7 AR At School TN MS
Ida TRAWICK Dau S Female W 3 TX At Home
S. M. TRAWICK Dau S Female W 1 TX At Home TN MS
Tom AUTRY Son S Male W 28 TN Farmer TN TN
Source Information:
Census Place Precinct 6, Wise, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255333
NA Film Number T9-1333
Page Number 224D

James married Elizabeth Lucinda Adams before 1863 in Arkansas. Elizabeth (daughter of William Valentine Adams and Nancy Carroll) was born on 8 Feb 1845 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi; died on 7 Feb 1933 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma; was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Came to Van Buren, Arkansas in 1860 with other family members. He was a Confederate soldier, a private in Company C, 10th regiment, Arkansas Infantry, the same unit his brother George served in. John is listed as a Confederate veteran at the Carroll County, Tennessee internet site, which means he survived the war.

Mary married Joseph T. Rogers about 1861 in Van Buren County, Arkansas. Joseph (son of John Rogers) was born before 1848; was buried in Huie Cemetery, Van Buren County, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George Horam Stobaugh. George was born before 1841; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was 6'7" and weighed between 235 and 250 pounds.

He was a confederate soldier, a corporal in the 10th Arkansas Infantry, Company C, nicknamed "Choctaw Rifles." He served with his older brother, John Gideon Trawick. The 10th was at Shiloh and Cronith, then was surrendered at Port Hudson shortly after Vicksburg fell, on July 4, 1863. After they were exchanged they went onto General Shelby's raid into Kentucky. During the war, George was captured by bushwhackers and came home either on parole or furlough, with a friend. Both men were stood on a high riverbank at gunpoint, facing the river with their backs to their captors. George's friend was killed with a shot to his head. George dived off the bank into the Red River and swam for his life. This story was still being repeated by his descendants in the 1980's. There is much speculation about the identity of the friend.

George was a strong patriarchal figure in his family, with great influence over his children and grandchildren. He was a succesful cotton farmer and enjoyed a good deal of community respect. He split up his farm and gave each child 100-120 acres plots as they were married. His home was destroyed by a tornado in 1923.

He was remarried to a Frankie D.

George was known as an eccentric, strong willed character in Quitman, not someone to be crosssed. The town banker, Ben Clark, recalls a knock at his door late one evening. George was there, pointing out a minor error on a deposit slip. Ben's punch line was that the mistake was in George's favor. He was a proud, independent man who didn't want to be obligated to anyone.

He was Methodist.

George married Elizabeth Isabell "Fanny" Rogers on 15 Jul 1866 in Van Buren County, Arkansas. Elizabeth (daughter of John Rogers) was born on 22 Aug 1848 in Arkansas; died on 9 Sep 1927 in Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Carmen Trawick, a grandniece, said the family called him "Uncle Andree." She says he was smaller than his brother George, and always wore his suit. He was a gentleman with good manners. There are pictures of Andrew, dressed in a dark suit and celluloid collar. A wedding picture of his daughter Cora also exists.

Confederate Veteran, XIX: 436 (1911) contains the following article:

"A.M. Trawick was born in Carroll County, Tennessee, October 8, 1846. His death occurred at Nashville, Tennessee. In a reminiscence of his service in the army he wrote that he was residing in Clinton, Arkansas when the war began and that he sought to join his brothers George and John who had enlisted in the 10th Arkansas Regiment; but as he was under 15, he was not allowed to go. In October 1861, when another company was organized, he left school to go with it, and was sworn into the 16th Arkansas on October 29, 1861. He gives in his diary a history of the movements of the regiment and their severe experiences in Arkansas. On March 16, 1862, they started on a forced march for Cornith, Mississippi arriving there on April 12, a few days after the battle of Shiloh. When the army fell back, Bragg started into Kentucky, and the 16th Arkansas went under Price to Tupelo, Mississippi, remaining there until September 15th, when it moved back to Iuka, where they had a hard fight on the 19th. They fell back again after that battle to Baldwin, Mississippi. About October 1, General Price and Van Dorn joined forces and on the 3rd and 4rth a terrific and disastourus charge was made on the Federal fortifications at Cornith. The 16th Arkansas was ordered about November 1 to Port Hudson, where they went into winter quarters. On February 18, 1863, young Trawick was promoted to lieutenancy. On March 14 the Federal fleet under Farragut advanced up the Mississippi with gunboats and moters. Two ships, the Harvard and the Monongahela, passed by the forts, but the famous old warship, the Mississippi, was set on fire and destroyed. This is a memorable event to all survivors of the forces there. Admiral Dewey was on of those captured upon leaving the burning ship. The mortor shells, thrown with great dilengence during the engagement, created consternation, as they could be observed by burning fuse going very high in the air and exploding with well-ordered fire as they fell. During that siege, Lieutenant Trawick was a volunteer with some men to occupy a most perilous position. In his written record he does not refer to it, yet he gave a thrilling account of it at a meeting of the Frank Cheatham Camp, U.C.V. After the surrender of Port Hudson, Lieutenant Trawick was one of those sent to Johnson's Island prison. he carried with him three books taht he took from his home: a Bible, Davie's Arthmetic, and Smith's Grammar. As soon as was practicable he to his books a list of useful ones, and became quite a close student. He read the Bible through twice and the Testament seven times. He was baptized in Lake Erie on March 27, wading through the ice to proper depth. His diary tells briefly of hardships in prison, and that they were kept on Johnson's Island until March 21, 1865 and thence sent to Fort Delaware, and kept there until June 13, 1865, when they were released."

The Godspeed Histories: Columbia, Tennessee, 1872 also contains a biography of Andrew, and also details his Civil War service. The article incorrectly describes the origins of the Trawick family, but otherwise is a useful piece.

"Andrew M. Trawick, M.D., was born in Carroll Co, Tenn, October 8, 1844, son of John and Diana (Cook) Trawick and of Scotch-Irish lineage, the Trawick family is traced to the great-grandparents of our subject, who came to America from Belfast, Ireland in 1765. The great-grandfather was on of nine brothers who were all said to be soldiers in the Revolutionary war. The grandfather was Robert Trawick, a native of North Carolina. Our subject's father was also a North Carolinian and was born in 1792. His mother was born in 1803. The father died in Tennessee in 1848 and the mother in 1860.

Andrew M. Trawick was the youngest of nine children and was reared on a farm. In 1860, he went to Arkansas and there, contrary to the wishes of an elder brother, attended school having a thirst for knowledge. In 1861, he enlisted in Company F, 16th Arkansas Volunteer Infantry as a private and was afterward promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. He was in the battle of Elkhorn, in 1862, Cornith and Port Hudson, where he was made prisoner of war. He was taken to Johnson's Island, Ohio, where he remained until the close of the war.

During his imprisonment he made good use of his time and still continued his studies. In 1865, he returned home to Tennessee, and a year later began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. A.J. Weldon, who was a benefactor to him. He attended lectures at the University of Louisville, and subsequently located near Davis, Tennessee, and there continued the practice fourteen years. He was appointed President of the Stewart County Medical Society in 18?? and in 1881 he attended Vanderbilt University, and in March of that year graduated from the institution. In 1881, he cam to Clarksville where he since continued, doing an extensive business. He was married in 1867 to Mattie B. McSwain, a native of Henry County, Tennessee, born in 1849. Of their eleven children ten survive: Archibald, Arcadius M., Ada, John D., Cora M. , Lulu B., George C. , Clara B. , Mary E., and Thrope B.. Our subject is an ardent Prohibitionist, a Mason and K. of H.

In 1863, while in prison, he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and he and his wife and five children are earnest members of the denomination. He is a prominent and self-made man and excellent citizen."

Andrew married Martha B. McSwain in 1867. Martha was born about 1849 in Henry County, Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]