Tennessee Patriot or Sevierville Patriarch

Josiah Maples-Revolutionary WarSevierville, Tennessee

Josiah Maples-Revolutionary War
Sevierville, Tennessee

Tennessee Patriot, Josiah Maples Senior, was not only Bummer’s 4th Great Grandfather, but a veteran of the American Revolution and this old guy’s Sevierville Patriarch. Bummer and Data Miner, on a research trek to Tennessee, in April of 2013, discovered his resting place at the Murphy’s Cemetery, on land he once owned, across Pittman Road from the Bethel Baptist Church in Sevierville. Josiah, who was born in 1746, a Virginia native, moved to Sevier County, Tennessee around 1800. Maples and his wife, Ruthea, raised between 12 and 14 children, accounts vary as to the number, especially in Tennessee, where vital statistics were sometimes not kept, until the early 20th century. When he died in 1820, a simple, unadorned rock was all that marked his grave.

However, in March of 2012, several of Maple’s descendants, from Alabama, placed an appropriate headstone, marking and memorializing their Tennessee Patriot and Patriarch’s final resting place.

Bummer is humbled and honored to share the article and news broadcast regarding the life and times of Josiah Maples Senior, at the link below.

Local TV News Report on Bummer’s Ancestor

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