hmtl5 Nathaniel Cline b. 11 Apr 1816 Kentucky d. 24 Jan 1863 Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee: Gritton Genealogy

Nathaniel Cline

Male 1816 - 1863  (46 years)

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  • Name Nathaniel Cline 
    Birth 11 Apr 1816  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2
    _MILT Civil War. Union Army. 125 Illinois Infantry. Company A. Musician. 
    Death 24 Jan 1863  Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 24 Jan 1863  Nashville National Cemetery, Madison, Davidson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3184061
      Tombstone reads: 11750 Nath'l Clyne ILL.
      Interment card of Nashville, Tenn. National Cemetery lists him as Clyne, Nathaniel, Musician. Company A, Regiment 126, Ill. Inf.
      Date of Death: Jan.24, 1863. Originally buried: Gallatin, Tenn.

      Nashville National Cemetery, 1420 Gallatin Road, South Madison, Tennessee.

      Plot: Section O, Site 11750

      Served with Co A, 125th IL INF as Musician.
      Resided at Danville and enlisted on July 25, 1862.
      Died at GH, Gallatin, Tn from chronic diarrhea.
    Person ID I5  Gritton
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2026 

    Father John B. Cline,   b. Abt 1786, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Oct 1856 (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Catherine Shumate,   b. Abt 1790, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1878 (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 3 Dec 1811  Harrison County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Harrison County, Kentucky Marriages 1794-1832. By Charles M. Franklin. Page 43: Cline, John Shumate / Shewmate, Catey 3 Dec 1811. Father of Catey: John Shewmate
    Albums
    Cline Family Bible
    Cline Family Bible (6)
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cynthia Ann Sowders,   b. 11 Jun 1822, Pike County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1906, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 4 Mar 1840  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6
    • Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1826-1852. Page 14. John Sowders, father, signed permission for Cynthia Ann Sowders.
    Children 
     1. Amanda Cline,   b. 30 Dec 1841, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1889 (Age 47 years)
     2. Mary Cline,   b. 9 Apr 1843, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1927, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     3. Martha Cline,   b. 1845, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Benjamin Franklin Cline,   b. 24 Jan 1851, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1907, Vermilion Heights, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
     5. Emma Cline,   b. 30 Sep 1851, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1933, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     6. Luketta Cline,   b. 12 Feb 1855, Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 1926, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     7. John B. Cline,   b. 17 Dec 1858, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Mar 1921, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
     8. Charles Cline,   b. 24 Sep 1861, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1927, Catlin, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     9. Francis Cline,   b. Abt 1863, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Albums
    Cline Family Bible
    Cline Family Bible (6)
    Family ID F4  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Apr 1816 - Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 4 Mar 1840 - Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 24 Jan 1863 - Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Documents
    Cline Land Record 1849
    Cline Land Record 1849
    Cline Shumate transaction 1837
    Cline Shumate transaction 1837

  • Notes 
    • 1850 US census, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois. Nathaniel Cline age 25 (farmer); Cynthia age 25; Amanda age 9; Mary age 6; Martha age 5; and Benjamin age 2. Real estate value is listed as $300. Neighbors to Nathnial are the households of his father, John B. Cline, and his brother, Spencer Cline.

      1860 US census, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois. Nathaniel Cline age 40 (laborer); Scynthia age 38; Amanda age 19; Martha age 15; Benjamin age 12; Emily age 7; Luketta age 6; and John age 1.

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    • from: The Past and Present of Vermilion County, Illinois, 1903. Page 776 in the section about his daughter Emily's marriage to John Cosat.
      The parents of Mrs. Cosat were married in Vermilion county, where Mr. Cline had located in 1826, doing gunsmith work for the Indians in early pioneer times. He was a Republican in politics and a member of the Baptist church and made his home in this county until his demise, owning a large tract of land at Coal Hollow, which he entered from the government. He served as a fifer during the Civil war. being a member of the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Illinois Infantry, commanded by Colonel Harmon, and he died near Nashville while in the service. In his family were eight children, six of whom are now living: Mary, the wife of John Barnett, who resides near Blount. Illinois; Benjamin, of Danville; Mrs. Cosat: Lewketty, the wife of Lafayette Saltz. of Danville; John V. and Charles, who are residents of this city.

      [7]
    • Nathaniel Cline served in the 125 Illinois Infantry during the Civil War. He was a musician. Died during the Civil War in Tennessee.

    • Civil War Pension Index: General index to pension files, 1861-1934 record for Nathaniel Cline, A. 125 Ills. Inf. Application from widow Cynthiana Cline, 25 October 1865.
      [8]
    • Deed Record. Vermilion County, Illinois.
      2 July 1849
      This Indenture, Made this second day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine; Between John B. Cline and Catharine Cline his wife of the County Vermilion and State of Illinois of the one part; and Nathaniel Cline and Spencer Cline of the County of Vermilion and State aforesaid of the other part; Witnesseth: that the said John B. Cline and Catharine Cline his wife for and in consideration of the sum of One hundred & fifty Dollars current money of the United States, them in hand paid, at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged , have granted, bargain and sold, aliened, released, enfeoffed, conveyed, and confirmed, and by these presents do grant, bargain, and sell, alien, release, enfeoff, conveyed and confirmed, unto the said Nathaniel Cline and Spencer Cline and to their heirs and assigns, one certain tract or parcel of Land, with the appurtenances, lying and being in the County of Vermilion and State of Illinois; viz: The West half of the South West quarter of Section No. twenty five in Township twenty North of Range No. twelve West. And all the estate, right, title, claim, interest, and fee, of them the said John B. Cline and Catharine Cline of, in, and to the same, To Have and To Hold the said tract or parcel of land with all the appurtenances, unto the said Nathaniel Cline and Spencer Cline and to their heirs and assigns, to their only proper use and behoof, forever. And the said John B. Cline and Catharine Cline do covenant and agree with the said Nathaniel Cline and Spencer Cline and with their heirs and assigns that they will, and their heirs, executors, and administrators, shall warrant and Forever Defend the said tract or parcel of land, with all the appurtenances, unto the said Nathaniel Cline Spencer Cline and to their heirs and assigns, against all and every person or persons whatsoever, lawfully claiming or to claim the same.
      In Witness Whereof, the said John B. Cline and Catharine Cline have hereunto set their hands and seals on the day and year first above written.
      John B. Cline
      Catharine (her mark) Cline
      Sealed, Signed, and Delivered in presence of M. Vesley, John M. Lesley
      State of Illinois
      Vermilion County ss.
      ___ Milton Lesley one of the acting Justices of the Peace, in and for said County, do hereby certify that the above named John B. Cline & Catharine his wife, (who were personally known to me to be the persons, whose names are subscribed to the foregoing deed of conveyance as having executed the same,) this day, in their proper persons came before me, and acknowledged that they severally signed sealed and delivered the said deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned And the said Catharine Cline being made fully acquainted with the contents of the above deed, and by me examined, separate and apart from her husband, acknowledged that she executed the said deed, and relinquished her dower to the lands and tenents therein mentioned, voluntarily, freely, and without compulsion of her husband. Given under my hand and seal this 2nd day of July A.D. 1849
      M. Vesley
      Filed for Record July 2nd and Recorded July 18th A.D. 1849 Josiah Alexander Recd

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Cline Family Bible, Library of Linda Hedges.

    2. [S89] census records.

    3. [S3] US Veterans Gravesites 1775-2006.

    4. [S2] Find a Grave.

    5. [S85] Robert S. Riley, History of the Shumate family, Kentucky pioneers, (Utica, KY, McDowell Publications, 1992), Library of Linda Hedges.

    6. [S45] Marriage license abstracts, Vermilion County, Illinois: 1826-1853, (Illiana Genealogical and Historical Society), Library of Linda Hedges.

    7. [S86] Beckwith, H. W., Past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois, (Chicago, IL, H. H. Hill and Co., 1879), https://archive.org/details/pastpresentofver00clar/page/n5/mode/2up.

    8. [S18] Civil War Pension Index.