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First Generation

1. SAMUEL LITTLE was born about 1780 in ROWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.

SAMUEL married ELIZABETH "BETSY" BOONE, daughter of JOHN FARMER BOONE and REBECCA, on 14 Aug 1801 in NORTH CAROLINA.

They had the following children:

2 F i PATSY LITTLE.

PATSY married CHICK.
3 F ii ELIZABETH LITTLE.
+ 4 M iii JOHN ANGUS LITTLE was born 3 Jul 1802 and died 20 Oct 1874.

5 M iv WILLIAM LITTLE was born 29 Jan 1806 in NORTH CAROLINA.
6 M v BENJAMIN LITTLE was born 10 Jul 1808.

Benjamin and his brother, Chauncey were killed in the explosion of the
Confederate ship "Kentucky".
The following obituary was in the 5/30/1861 edition of the Fayetteville
Observer:
"On Sunday morning 19th, the Steamer Kentucky exploded her mad receiver at
Columbia Arkansas on the Mississippi River by which eleven persons were killed.
Benjamin and Montgromery Little (brothers) of Bedford County were so badly
scalded that they died. A defective iron caused the accident." (note: It was
actually Chuancey that died with Benjamin because Montgomery died in 1863).

Benjamin Little's estate was large and his brothers and sisters are listed as
heirs.
7 M vi SAMUEL LITTLE was born 4 May 1810 in ROWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.
8 M vii CHAUNCEY LITTLE was born 18 Jul 1814 in ROWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.

Died in steamer ship explosion with brother Benjamin (see notes on Benjamin).
9 F viii REBECCA LITTLE.
10 F ix EMILY LITTLE was born 19 Sep 1816.
11 M x MONTGOMERY LITTLE was born 18 Jul 1825. He died 8 Mar 1863 in TENNESSEE and was buried in SHELBYVILLE, BEDFORD, TENNESSEE.

From "Tennesseans in the Civil War - A Military History of Confederate and Union
Units with Rosters of Personnel (Part 1) (pages 16-17): "Forrests's Escort:
This company was recruited at the instance of Nathan Bedford Forrest shortly
subsequent to his promotion to Brigadier General, by Captain Montgomery Little,
a native of Bedford County who had been before the war, a planter and business
man in Memphis. It was made up mainly of men from Bedford County, a part of
which is now Moore County, who were assembeled in Shelbyville in September and
moved from there to Murfreesboro just before the town was temporarily occupied
by a Federal raiding force. After taking part in the demonstration against
Nashville on November 6, they moved with Forrest to his West Tennessee Raid and
from there to the frequent fighting around Spring Hill, Thompson's Station where
Little was killed".

Montgomery Little's estate records in the courts list his brothers and sisters
as heirs.

Surname List | Name Index

	2	F	i	PATSY LITTLE. PATSY married CHICK.
	3	F	ii	ELIZABETH LITTLE.
+	4	M	iii	JOHN ANGUS LITTLE was born 3 Jul 1802 and died 20 Oct 1874.
	5	M	iv	WILLIAM LITTLE was born 29 Jan 1806 in NORTH CAROLINA.
	6	M	v	BENJAMIN LITTLE was born 10 Jul 1808. Benjamin and his brother, Chauncey were killed in the explosion of the Confederate ship "Kentucky". The following obituary was in the 5/30/1861 edition of the Fayetteville Observer: "On Sunday morning 19th, the Steamer Kentucky exploded her mad receiver at Columbia Arkansas on the Mississippi River by which eleven persons were killed. Benjamin and Montgromery Little (brothers) of Bedford County were so badly scalded that they died. A defective iron caused the accident." (note: It was actually Chuancey that died with Benjamin because Montgomery died in 1863). Benjamin Little's estate was large and his brothers and sisters are listed as heirs.
	7	M	vi	SAMUEL LITTLE was born 4 May 1810 in ROWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.
	8	M	vii	CHAUNCEY LITTLE was born 18 Jul 1814 in ROWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. Died in steamer ship explosion with brother Benjamin (see notes on Benjamin).
	9	F	viii	REBECCA LITTLE.
	10	F	ix	EMILY LITTLE was born 19 Sep 1816.
	11	M	x	MONTGOMERY LITTLE was born 18 Jul 1825. He died 8 Mar 1863 in TENNESSEE and was buried in SHELBYVILLE, BEDFORD, TENNESSEE. From "Tennesseans in the Civil War - A Military History of Confederate and Union Units with Rosters of Personnel (Part 1) (pages 16-17): "Forrests's Escort: This company was recruited at the instance of Nathan Bedford Forrest shortly subsequent to his promotion to Brigadier General, by Captain Montgomery Little, a native of Bedford County who had been before the war, a planter and business man in Memphis. It was made up mainly of men from Bedford County, a part of which is now Moore County, who were assembeled in Shelbyville in September and moved from there to Murfreesboro just before the town was temporarily occupied by a Federal raiding force. After taking part in the demonstration against Nashville on November 6, they moved with Forrest to his West Tennessee Raid and from there to the frequent fighting around Spring Hill, Thompson's Station where Little was killed". Montgomery Little's estate records in the courts list his brothers and sisters as heirs.