I have been writing about Chester County, Tennessee being named after War of 1812 veteran Robert I Chester.
From the Sketches of Prominent Tennesseeans.
Born in Carlisle County, Pennsylvania, in 1793. came to Tennessee and volunteered to serve in the War of 1812 in place of his uncle, Judge John Kennedy. Served in Mobile as quartermaster of Colonel Samuel Bayliss' Third Tennessee Regiment.
Mustered into service October 14, 1814, at Knoxville with the men destined to join Jackson at New Orleans.
Two regiments, the 3rd and 4th, built boats at Washington in Rhea County and were set to descend the Tennessee River to the Mississippi River. But that order was countermanded and they marched overland to Mobile where they were stationed until peace was declared in March 1815.
He became a very rich plantation owner and went to Texas and was made a colonel in the Texas Army fighting for independence. He returned to Tennessee after the Texan victory at the Battle of San Jacinto.
Death came to him in 1892.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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