1856, 2nd of January - John Salts married his first cousin, Hannah Mitchell
1861, May 25 to March 26, 1862 - Civil War Notes: from Dixie Dellinger, November 2008
John Salts, son of Jesse Salts and Sarah Bryan, was born in 1838, according to census records. He married Hannah Mitchell on 2 Jan 1856 in Washington County, TN. No children have been identified.
In the Civil War, John Salts, listed as age 19, joined for duty May 25, 1861 in the 19th Tennessee Infantry, which was just organized in Knoxville. He was in Company B with 100 men from Washington County. He was mustered in at Cumberland Gap, Va side, on 15 Aug. 1861, listed as age 22. His regiment marched from there to Decatur, AL and on to Corinth MS. He died of sickness March 26, 1862 at Decatur, AL just before the battle of Shiloh. [
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Old Nineteenth TN Regiment C.S.A. (1902) p. 48. (Dixie Dellinger Oct. 2008.)
1850 - Washington County, Tennessee Census (in order as given in the census)
152MITCHELL, John 52 m farmer NC
MITCHELL, John 18 m farmer TN
MITCHELL, Hannah 13 f TN
MITCHELL, Sally 50 f NC [the mother]
MITCHELL, Sarah 7 f TN [b. 1843]
MITCHELL, George 12 m TN
1856, January 2nd - Hannah married John Salts
1862, March 26th - Husband John Salts died at Corinth, Mississippi