"To those who strive to make this one nation under God,
who are willing to sacrifice to protect her,
who thank God for such great beauty as she has developed,
and who patiently tolerate her imperfections."

    Rear Admiral Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr.
(From the dedication of When Hell Was In Session.)


Currently Serving in the Armed Forces
and in Operation Enduring Freedom

Our prayers and our thanks are with them all.

Lieutenant Commander John D. Denton, U.S. Navy

1st Lieutenant Paul Graham Denton
is the Battalion Training/Recon Survey Officer,
Full Time, for the Wisconsin Army National Guard.
Paul has served in various places including Saudi Arabia and Germany. 
He is the grandson of Denton Genealogist N. Graham Denton

Captain Jeffrey Michael Denton
is currently serving in the NH Air National Guard as a full time
KC-135 Refueling Tanker Pilot.  He just recently returned from a tour flying
in support of Bosnia/Kosovo (his third in 3 years).  He has served in the Iraqi Theater
in support of Operation Northern Watch as well as
traveled world wide with the military. He began his career
as a military Firefighter in the MA. Air National Guard

and his brother:

1st Lt. Jason Richard Denton
started out serving 4 years in the US Navy aboard the
Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln as a Hanger Deck Officer and
Beach Det. Officer.  He recently completed USAF pilot training at
Laughlin AFB, TX and won 6 of the 7 awards given to outstanding
Officers/Pilots in the program.  He is currently at school
learning to fly the KC-135 Refueling tanker and will be
flying at the NH Air National Guard very soon.
Jeff and Jason are the first brother flying team in our unit in 20 years.
(They are the sons of Col. Michael Richard Denton below:)

Margaret Whitney Denton, US Army
Military Intelligence
Currently stationed in Saudi Arabia
Daughter of James Michael Denton

Command Sergeant Major Michael P. Denton,  US Army, Black Horse Battalion
has arrived for the third time, doing tour year number eight, nine, and ten in Korea,
assigned to the 532nd Military Intelligence Battalion in Yongsan, Seoul, Korea.
Son of George Jordan Denton Jr.
Grandson of George Jordon Denton, of Selma, TN
Great Grandson of William Harvey Denton, CSA

James Wesley Denton
is serving in the U. S. Marine Corps
Son of Claudia and Jim Denton

Doug, U.S. Special Forces
is someplace where he can't call home.
His mother knows that  love and prayers are with him,
and he is guarded by his Angels.
Barbara and Marion Denton's son

Master Sergeant Kirk Edward Dunaway, U.S. Air Force (b. 1962)
is serving our country through his career in the U.S. Air Force,
Air Intelligence Agency (AIA)
The above picture was taken in 1999 in Saudi Arabia.
(Sue Montgomery's son) 

Post Vietnam Era

Sergeant Roger M. Denton of Waco TX, born  January 1, 1977 , United States Marine Corps.
1st Battalion, 23rd Marines, 4th Marine Division.
 Roger joined the Marine Corps on January 2nd 1996 and was Honorably
discharged from active duty on January 3rd 2000.  He was stationed at Camp
Pendleton California 1st Marine Division.  Roger participated in Operation
"Southern Watch" (no fly zone) in Iraq for two six-month periods in the Persian
Gulf.  His awards include The Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, Good Conduct
Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Sea Service Deployment ribbon with a
Bronze Star and the certificate of commendation.  Roger has traveled all over
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, and United Arab Emirates.
 He also participated in operations in Eritria Africa.  
Roger M. Denton is the son of James Ray and Karin Fossom Denton of Argyle, TX.  
Grandson of Private First Class Haskell Denton

Jeffrey Lee Denton, NC National Guard
Jeffrey served as a Light Weapons Infantryman from 1982 until 1985
and then received an ROTC Commission.  He served in Berlin, Germany with
the 4/502d Infantry for three years from 1988 to 1991 during the fall of
the Berlin Wall.  After returning to the U.S. in 1991 he was assigned
to the 82nd Airborne Division until 1994 at which time he volunteer for
service in Somalia (1993-1994)serving under Lt. General Tom Montgomery.
Jeffrey left the military in 1994 with the rank of Captain after which he moved
to the United Arab Emirates where he worked as a Logistics Advisor to the United
Arab emirates Special Forces Program (1994-1999).  He currently
works as Deputy Director of Logistics for a medical company in the UAE.

Charles Emmett Coleman (1955- ), U.S. Marine Corps.
4th great-grandson of Jerimiah Coleman, Jr. and Elizabeth Denton
served June 1973 until July 1976. Originally trained in the field of
data processing at 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, MCAS Cherry Point, N.C.,
he was transferred to Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.
six months later where he worked at the Marine Corps Institute’s Data Processing center.
He also served as an honor guard at the
White House for President Gerald R. Ford. He was honorably discharged in July 1976
with the rank of Corporal (E4). Charles served in the U.S. Naval Reserve in his
hometown of Horseheads, NY from 1985-1988 with the rank of DP2 (E5).

Tom Denton, U.S. Marine Corp.
was in the Marines from 1974 to 1978.
He was an Avionics technician at
Camp Pendleton from 1975 to 1978.

Jesse Carl Malchow, U.S. Air Force
served from 1971 to 1979
Robert Dean Malchow, U.S. Air Force
served from 1971 to 1984 in Special Intelligence
served from 1971 to 1974
(Joyce Ellen Denton Malchow's sons)

Lewis Allan Kanirie, III, U.S. Army
(Joetta Faye Malchow's husband)

Lewis Allan Kanirie, IV, U.S. Air Force
served from 1993 to 1997.
He was stationed at Travis AFB in California as part of the
mobility flight and spent over 800 days overseas
at various bases between 1994 and 1997. 
He left the Air force with the rank of E-4, Senior Airman
(Joyce Ellen Denton Malchow's grandson)

Lt. Robert D. Corley, U.S. Navy
served from 1971 to 1974
(Barbara Brassell's son)

Vietnam and Somalia

Lt. General Tom Montgomery, U.S. Army (b. 1941)
recently retired after 34 years in the Army.
He served two tours of combat duty in Vietnam and
was Commander of U.S. Troops and Deputy Commander of U.N. Troops
in Somalia.  His last career duty was as the
U.S. Senior Military Representative to NATO in Brussels, Belgium.
(Sue Montgomery's first cousin)

Vietnam

Rear Admiral and Senator Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr. (b.1924)
A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, he was commissioned in 1946. 
While flying an A6 Intruder from the U.S.S. Independence,
he was shot down over North Vietnam on July 18, 1965. 
Released in February, 1973 after spending seven years
and seven months as a POW, Jeremiah Denton went on to become a
United States Senator from Alabama.

Colonel Michael Richard Denton
retired as Vice Wing Commander and F-15 Pilot after 28.5 years in the
USAF and Air National Guard.  He Served in Vietnam as a
River Rat out of Ubon Thailand flying under Robin Olds.
He spent 10 years in the active Air Force and 18.5 years with
the Massachusetts Air National Guard.  He was the youngest pilot
ever to earn the "Master Of Air Defense" rating in the USAF.
(Col. Denton is the father of Jeff and Jason who are currently serving.)

Brad Phillips
is descended from Hannah Denton (b. 1794) and her husband Charles Clark

Charles Franklin Smith, U.S. Army, born 1948
was killed in action on October 26, 1970.
Descendant of William Plumlee and Phoebe Denton

John Ervin Denton, North Carolina National Guard
John left the service with the rank of 1st Lieutenant

James Denton
served in the U. S. Marine Corps in Vietnam
Husband of Claudia Denton

Bill Denton, U.S. Air Force
Bill served from 1969 to 1975 and held the rank Staff Sergeant.
He worked in Communications Intelligence,
serving in the USAF Security Service.
Bill was stationed in Darmstadt, Germany for 2 years,
then to Nakhon Phanom, Thailand for a year, and on to
Misawa, Japan for 3 years. He ended his 6 1/2 years
at Kelly AFB (San Antonio, TX), and was discharged in 1975. 
Today Bill is minister of
Columbus Avenue Church of Christ in Newton, Kansas.


Korea and Vietnam

V. W. Martin, U.S. Air Force
 served as a fighter pilot flying jets in Korea and Viet Nam.
He retired from the Air force with 23 years service. His last 5 years were at the
Pentagon, where the last 3 of them was in the Joint Chief of Staff's Office
(Husband of Wanda Martin, who is a granddaughter of Jim and Susan Denton Barnett)

Frank E. Roberts. LTC   CE-USA (Rtd)
served in US Army and US Army Reserve from 1954 to 1986 and
during the Korean and Vietnam wars.  He served seven years enlisted service to Master
Sergeant. received direct commission in the line and served 25 years in commissioned
service to Lieutenant Colonel, Corps of Engineers. 
7th grandson of Abraham Denton, 1700 to 1774, Captain, Provincial Army.

Billy Joe Springs, 1934-1981
was wounded four times. 
(Father of Joetta Springs Landrum)

Post Korean Era

Vernon Anderson, U.S. Army
was a 1st Lt. in the 2/68 Armor in 62, 63, 64 serving in Germany
Great-great=great grandson of Elizabeth Denton (b. 1800) and Alexander Burge

Grady Lee Clark, U.S. Marine Corps.
Served for 5 years.  Brother of Barbara Clark Denton

Raymond Talbott Denton Herndon, U.S. Navy
was stationed at the U.S. Naval Air Station,
Grosse Ile, Michigan from January 1962 to January 1965.
The picture above was taken when he was promoted to
Personnelman Third Class (PN3)
in April of 1963. He advanced to PN2 before discharge.

Major John Henry Knowlton, Jr., (b. 1950)
served in the Army as a Mechanized Infantry Officer
in the 2nd Infantry Division's 17th Infantry Battalion in Korea
and in the 5th Mechanized Division's 61st Mechanized Infantry Battalion
at Ft. Polk, LA. After returning home he joined the
Michigan National Guard and served as a Rifle Company Commander
in the 126th Infantry and as an Intelligence Staff officer on the
46th Brigade staff of the 38th Infantry Division.
As the ISO he operated the Opposing Forces for field operations.
He retired as a Major and in civilian life is a software engineer and Federal Agent.
(Fourth great-grandson of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Denton Coleman)

Major John Henry Knowlton, Jr. standing at a South Korean airfield
used as a staging area for an air assault (helicopter).  He was going into
the mountains in the background.  The white band on his helmet means
signifies him as safety officer for the heavy weapons.  50 caliber machine guns and
90MM recoilless rifles.

Another photo of John standing in Panmunjom with his back to North Korea.
  The grassy looking area immediately behind him is a mine field.
John was assigned to B Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry (Mechanized).

Steve Denton, U.S. Army
Steve served from 1957 to 1960.

G. Stephen Montgomery, U.S. Army ( b. 1938)
and his wife, Wanda Ponsler Montgomery
(Sue Montgomery's brother and sister-in-law))

Post WWII and Korea

Major General Frank Marion Denton, U.S. Army b. 1935
son of Frank M. Denton (1898-1952)

L. D. Barnett, U. S. Navy
He served on a ship, in Korean waters. He was on the USS Helena.
His ship was there to help the S. S. Wasp when it was hit in the Korean waters.
(Brother of Wanda Martin, grandson of Jim and Susan Denton Barnett)

John R. Denton, U.S. Army
son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace F. Denton was stationed in Japan.
John enlisted in January 1949 and received his basic training
at Camp Pickett, VA, later going to Texas and Michigan.
He is the father of Dean Denton.

 
David W. Montgomery, U.S. Army (b. 1931)
was a Prisoner of War in North Korea for almost three years.
(Sue Montgomery's brother)

David, Sue (a.k.a. Patty Sue)  & Mom (Nona Brummett Montgomery)  ca. 1948.

Alexander E. Cook, Jr.,  U.S. Navy (b. 1930)
served aboard the U.S.S. Lake Champlain.
(Sue Montgomery's husband)

Korea and World War II

Major Jess Edward Montgomery, (1921-1960) U.S. Air Force
A pilot who flew B26, B25 and A26 planes, he was a member of the
438th Bomb Squadron, 319th Bomb Group in WWII.
Ed was awarded the Croix de Guere w/Palm Leaf Clusters by the government of France in 1944.
A highly decorated pilot in W.W. II and Korea,
as well as a member of the Strategic Air Command,
Ed gave his life in service to our country.
(Sue Montgomery's brother) 

World War II

General Carl T. Sutherland
Carl commanded the 81st Wildcat Division in Europe in WWII.
(Grandson of Moses Timothy Sutherland)

E. C. Denton born August 14th 1918,  U.S. Army
He served from January 24,1941 to June 17th, 1945 with Headquarters Company 3rd Battalion 28th Infantry
and fought in the Normandy France, Rhineland Central Europe Campaign.
He was awarded the European African Middle Eastern Theater with 4 Bronze Stars, Good Conduct Medal,
American Defense Service Ribbon and a Purple Heart with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster.
E.C. resides in Hiawassee,Georgia along with his 4 children Billy C. Denton, Amelia D. Burrell,
Buddy Denton and Mattie Denton.
Grandfather of Tony Denton
Great-great grandson of Samuel and Elizabeth Chastain Denton

Private First Class Haskell Denton (1921-1995) Army of the United States
Served from Nov 25 1942 to Dec 3 1945 in the 462 Air Services Gp and 704 Air
Materiel Sq.  Haskell served 2 years 26 days in Continental Service and 11
months 5 days in Foreign Service.  He was awarded the AT Ribbon, EAME Ribbon,
1 Bronze service star, Good Conduct Medal, and a Victory Medal.  Haskell also
received an Exp Infantryman badge, and a Combat Infantry badge.  He fought in
the Rhineland Campaign in Germany.
Father of Faith Denton
Descendant of Isaac and Rebecca Etheridge Denton

Harold Keene, U.S. Army
grandfather of Paula Schuler

Indianapolis Star, 1945 -- Sue Montgomery Cook's Brothers

Bennie Phifer Denton, (1913-1994) U.S. Army
was from Oxford, MS and served in the 31st Division
(Lou Ritter's uncle)

Thomas L. Roberts, U. S. Army
served from 1944-1946 in the Tank Destroyer Command
as a gunner on the M-10 tank destroyer.  Father of LTC. Frank Roberts, above
and 6th grandson of Abraham Denton, 1700 to 1774, Captain, Provincial Army.  

Thomas Livingston Roberts, U.S. Army
Thomas served from 1944 to 1946 in the Tank Destroyer Command,
U.S. Army as a gunner on the M-10 Tank Destroyer.
Descendant of Abraham and Mary O'Dell Denton
Father of Frank E. Roberts

Howard Denton, (1909-1991) U.S. Army
was from Oxford, MS and served in the Pacific.
(Lou Ritter's cousin)

Calvin Roscoe Denton, U.S. Army, (b. 1922)
served from 29 Sept 1942 to 26 Jan 1946 in the
289th Field Artillery Observation Battalion in the south Pacific.
Calvin was awarded the American Theater Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific
Theater Ribbon with 2 Bronze Stars, Philippines Liberation
Ribbon with 1 Bronze Star, Good Conduct and Victory Medal.  He was
in the battles of New Guinea and Luzon.
Calvin is the brother of Lewis Denton.

Robert Liles Denton, 1920-1993, Army Air Forces
served in the European theatre. He enlisted in Henderson, Kentucky
and was promoted to Major by the end of the War.

Harvey Denton, brother of Robert Liles Denton above, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force
Harvey enlisted in the Navy in the summer of 1942 and served in the South
Pacific on a PT boat. He was discharged in January of 1946 and then enlisted in the
Air Force in 1948 and was discharged in February of 1950.
Robert and Harvey were the only children of Abner Norris Denton
and Ethel Liles Denton of Henderson County, Kentucky.

Major John R. Denton
(Barbara Brassell's brother)

Page Eugene Denton (1921-1994)
went ashore on Iwo Jima with the 28th Marines
of the 5th Division. His company was among those who took
Mt. Suribachi in 4 days. He lived through 45 days of
hand-to-hand combat and was one of the
50 in his company of 250 to survive.

Earnest Earl Denton (1914-1944) U.S. Army
was killed in the Aleutian Islands during the landing
of the 7th Infantry Division.

Roy D. Montgomery, U.S. Army (b. 1926)
(Sue Montgomery's brother)

Richard Montgomery and his cousin Roy Montgomery, 1943
(Richard is the brother of General Tom Montgomery above)

Captain Robert O. Denton
(Barbara Brassell's brother)

Elbert Ralph Coleman, Sr. (1921- ) U.S. Army
3rd great-grandson of Jerimiah Coleman, Jr. and Elizabeth Denton
served as a Tec3 Sergeant attached to the 457th Amphibious Truck
Company on Guadalcanal from 1942 until 1946.

Donald Emmett "Archie" Coleman (1922-1985), U.S. Army
3rd great-grandson of Jerimiah Coleman, Jr. and Elizabeth Denton
served as a PFC attached to Company F, 7th Infantry,
3rd Division. He was part of Gen. Mark Clark’s invading force in Italy
and was severely wounded in Latina on 21 October 1943 for which
he received the Purple Heart medal.

Major N. C. Denton
(Barbara Brassell's cousin)

Lt. Col.   Howard M. Denton, Sr.
(Barbara Brassell's cousin)

Captain   Howard M. Denton, Jr.
(Barbara Brassell's cousin)

Henry Whitefield
(Barbara Brassell's cousin)

Ray Whitefield
(Barbara Brassell's cousin)

Grady Jackson Clark, (1919-1985) U.S. Army
was born in Flowery Branch, GA.   He was wounded in action
and carried his wound through the rest of his life.
He is buried in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett CO, GA.
(Barbara Clark Denton's father)

John C. Huff, (1922-1945) U.S. Army
died in the Battle of the Bulge.
(Sue Montgomery's cousin)

Clyde Edmund Hunt, (b. 1911) U.S. Navy
(Son of Basil Hunt)

Leslie Crawford Denton, Jr., (b. 1924)  U.S. Air Force
was born in Rock Hill, York CO, SC.   His plane went down
over the Pacific ocean and he was never found.
(Marion Scott Denton's 1st cousin)

Billy R. F. Denton, Sr. U.S. Navy
served on the USS John D. Ford
and was in the Battle of the Coral Sea.
He was an Engineer   He was from Cuba, Crawford CO, MO.
The photo above was taken in Brisbane, Australia during the war.
(Our Aussie Cousin Billy R.F. Denton Jr.'s father)

David Mason Paris, U.S. Air Force
born in New Albany, IN 1924
was shot down and killed in action at
Merseberg, Germany in 1944.  
The above picture was taken in New York Harbor, 1942.
(From Marion Paris Mariott)

Ivan Montgomery, U.S. Army
(Sue Montgomery's cousin)

Giles Leroy Bowers, U.S. Army
served as MP escorting German POWS.

Joseph Walter Brummett, U.S. Navy
(Sue Montgomery's cousin)

Harry Keith Buckley, U.S. Army
served over 4 years, part of which was in n the Aleutian Islands.
(Son of Winifred Denton)

1st Lt. Harry Allen Bowers (1913-1986) U.S. Air Force

Elmer Lawrence Thomas (1911-1994) U.S. Navy

Noel Andrews
Jerome Barry's grandfather-in-law

Roy Denton, Sr., U.S. Air Force
with his Army Air Force friends during WWII.
(Roy Denton's father)

John T. Evans, Jr., U.S. Air Force
served from 1942 to the end of the war, when he was in Okinawa.
His grandmother was Lucy Atkinson Denton Jones, b. 1850,
of Clark and Bath Counties, KY.

James L. Montgomery, U.S. Army (b. 1924)
(Sue Montgomery's brother)

World War I



Special Tribute


Congressional Medal of Honor Winner
Sgt. Willie Sandlin ( 1891-1949) U.S. Army
Sergeant Willie Sandlin was born near Buckhorn in Perry County, Kentucky and was the only
Kentuckian to receive the Congressional Medal Of Honor in World War I. Of
all the American servicemen who fought during the Great War, only Sergeant
Alvin C. York received more decorations for valor than Sandlin. He enlisted
in the army in 1914 and served on the Mexican border. In 1917 he was sent to
France with the 132d Infantry. Promoted to sergeant, Sandlin single-handedly
destroyed three German machine gun emplacements and killed twenty-four of
the enemy on September 26, 1918, at Bois de Forges. For that action, he was
awarded the congressional Medal of Honor on July 9, 1919. After the war,
Sandlin returned to East Kentucky and bought a farm on Owls Nest Creek near
Hyden. He and his wife, the former Belvia Roberts, were active in the
Frontier Nursing Service. They had one son and four daughters. Sandlin, then
59, died on May 29, 1949, of a lingering lung infection resulting from a
poison gas attack on his company in the Battle of the Argonne. He was buried
in Hurricane Cemetery near Hyden. In September 1990 his remains were
reburied in the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery in Louisville.

and to

Blevins and Mary Lewis Huff's family.
All of Blevins and Mary's sons served in W.W.I.
The sons were:
Curtis Huff
Elmer Huff
Lewis Huff
Malcom Huff
Harrison Huff
and John Sheldon Huff who died in France in 1918,
(Sue Montgomery's cousins)

John B Barnett, drove an ammunition truck during World 1.
He was stationed in Germany. He also was in France for a short while. The time was 1917-1919
(Father of Wanda Martin, son of Jim and Susan Denton Barnett)

John H. Denton,1887-1966
(1st on left) father of Stelle Denton Anthony
son of John H. and Melisa Jane Dodson Denton

Roscoe Alexander Denton,1889-1976, U.S. Army
was a private in Co. F 64th infantry. He was inducted May 26, 1918
at Marlin, Falls CO, TX.and was in the occupation of
Marabache Sector, Oct. 2 to Oct. 10, 1918
and was in the Second Army offensive of Puvenelte Sector,
Nov. 9 to Nov. 19.  He was discharged at Camp Travis, Texas.
He left the U. S. for France August 26, 1918 and returned June 18, 1919.
(Shirley Haley's father)

1st Sgt. Floyd Austin Montgomery, 1892-1944) U.S. Army
was in Company B, 64th Infantry Division  and served in France
from 9-12-1918 to 3-21-1919.
(Sue Montgomery's cousin)

Frank Marion Denton, Sr. U.S. Army (1898-1942)
was a private serving with the 71st Artillery Regiment (Coast Artillery Corps).  
The 71st was organized from personnel within the
Coast Defenses of Boston, MA on May 10, 1918. 
The unit left the United States for service in France with the
American Expeditionary Force (AEF) on July 31, 1918. 
After the armistice, the 71st arrived back in the United States
on February 22, 1919 and was demobilized March 6, 1919 at Camp Devens, MA.
Father of Frank Marion Denton and son of
William Nicholas Denton (1864-1926)

Hiram Denton, U.S. Army
died in France.
(Son of William and Rebecca Walker Denton)

James Denton, (1895-1942) U.S. Army
was a private in 153rd Infantry, 39th Division
(Son of David Harrison Denton)

Spanish American War

Charles Denton, 1883, 1936
served in the Spanish American War in the 1st Tennessee Infantry.
Son of Anderson and Mary Jane Inman Denton.

Civil War

Robertson Burge, U.S. Army
was a corporal in the 97th Indiana until he was wounded at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Son of Elizabeth Denton (b. 1800) and Alexander Burge
Great-great grandfather of Vernon Anderson

Moses Timothy Sutherland, 1847-1932, Army of the Confederacy
(Ancestor of J. Harry Sutherland)

John Denton, b. 1838, Army of the Confederacy
son of Samuel and Priscilla Ward Denton of Ware Co. Georgia.
John Denton enlisted as a Private in the
Army of the Confederate States, May 9,1862.
He was an original member of Company C of the
50th Georgia Infantry Regiment. Company C was known as the
Coffee County Guards. John, and his brothers
Thomas and William all joined on the same day.
Tom died in the war. John fought throughout
the conflict and returned home 3 or4 months after the war ended.
(Mike Harrell's  g-g-grandfather.)

Moses Denton, 1826 - 1903 Army of the Confederacy
served in the 29th North Carolina Infantry.
Brother of Charity Denton Scoggins
Son of Jonas Denton and Charity Middleton Denton

William N. Coleman (1820-1863)
grandson of Jerimiah Coleman, Jr. and Elizabeth Denton
served as a private in the 137th New York Volunteer Infantry Company "H." 
William was killed by a cannon ball on 3 May, 1863 during the Battle of Chancellorsville,
Virginia.  His unit was fighting in defense of the Hazel Grove battlefield. 
He left a wife and three children.

Jeremiah William Denton, (1824-1870) Army of the Confederacy
enlisted in the Calhoun County, Mississippi Avengers,
Company C, 44th Mississippi Infantry
in the spring of 1861.
During the assault on the Yankees at Shiloh the Company lost 40 men of 96.
Husband of Ascernith Jane Winter Denton
Grandson of Jeremiah "Little Jerry" and Sarah Carr Denton

Russell Rhodes Denton, b. 1842, Army of the Confederacy
enlisted in July 1861 in General Nathan Bedford Forrest's regiment,
the Fourth Tennessee Cavalry, Company I.
(Son of James Thompson and Josephine Harris Denton)

Charles Emit Coleman (1844-1907)
great-grandson of Jerimiah Coleman, Jr. and Elizabeth Denton
served as a private in the 141st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company "K".
He was critically wounded on 3 May 1863 during the Battle of Chancellorsville,
Virginia. He was serving as a nurse on the Hazel grove battlefield
at the time he was wounded. He was captured by the rebel army
and held prisoner for two weeks, then subsequently
paroled to a Union hospital at Alexandria, Virginia.
He remained there until January 1864 when he was honorably
discharged with a surgeon’s certificate.

Marion Denton (b. 1834) Served on BOTH sides
Marion served on both sides in the Civil War. He joined Capt. O.P. Hamilton's company of the
Tennessee Independent Mounted Volunteers as a private in 1862 in Jackson CO, TN.
He was captured on September 25, 1863 in Glasgow, KY and signed an oath
to the Union Army on October 14, 1863 from the prison in Louisville, KY.
He then served as a private in the Infantry of the 20th KY. He mustered out 17 Jan 1865 at Louisville, KY.
He was the son of Hiram and Elizabeth Cherry Denton

John Edward Richardson, 1841-1885, U.S. Army of the Ohio
served in in Company K, 66th Infantry  Regiment,
He rode with General William T. Sherman his entire enlistment, including
the Battle of Atlanta and The March to the Sea.
(Great-grandfather of Sue Montgomery)

John Waggoner Denton, b. 1842, U.S. Army
enlisted Sept. 13, 1863 at Indianapolis, IN
He was a Private in Co. I, 115th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers
(Great-grandfather of Larry Denton)

Henry Clay Denton, 1828-1912, Army of the Confederacy
enlisted in Co. G 4th Regt.,TN Cavalry in Smith Co.,TN.
He was paid for the use of his horse. However he did not
have the horse at the end of the war as he walked the final
miles to get home at the end of the war.
He served under General Forest.
(Grandfather of Barbara Brassel)

John Hamilton Chasteen Denton, 1840-1913, Army of the Confederacy
grandson of Samuel and Elizabeth Chastain Denton
was a Confederate soldier who fought in the first Battle of Bull Run
and the Siege of Vicksburg.

Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth, 1837-1861, Founder, U.S. Army Zouaves
son of Phebe Denton and Ephraim Ellsworth.  He was the first
prominent Union soldier killed in the Civil War.
President Abraham Lincoln considered him 'like a son' and
gave him a hero's funeral in the White House.

Colonel Elijah Web "Lige" Chastain (1813-1874) Army of the Confederacy. 
He represented Fannin CO in the Secession Convention
and served in the Seminole War and in the Civil War. 
Elijah was the attorney for the Georgia Railroad (Western & Atlantic)
from it's beginning until his death. He was swept from
his horse while fording a swollen North Georgia stream.
(Son of Benjamin and Rebecca Denton Chastain)

Isaac Denton, U.S. Army
Company B, 17th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry

Charles E. Cook (1834-1881), Army of the Confederacy
was a member of the Louisiana Regiment of the CSA.
(Husband of Mary Elizabeth Denton)

Andrew Russell Denton (1839-1863) Army of the Confederacy
died in battle.

John H. Denton (d. 1893)
served as a lieutenant in the 3rd Battery, 3rd Division, 14th U.S. Army
Corps during the Civil War. He was promoted to captain in April 1864.
The Third Battery was organized in Connersville, Indiana (Fayette Co.) and
mustered into service in August, 1861. It saw engagement throughout Missouri
(1862-1863) before spending the winter campaign of 1863-1864 in western
Tennessee. The battery then moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi, to join with
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman for a time. They returned to Tennessee in the
fall of 1864, and took part in a decisive battle at Nashville on December
15th and 16th, 1864. In early 1865, they participated in the siege and
capture of Fort Blakely, which resulted in the surrender of Mobile, Alabama.
The Third Battery remained in Alabama until July, 1865, when it proceeded to
Indianapolis to muster out.

Nathan Middleton (1825-1863) Army of the Confederacy
Nathan was in F Troop, 29th Regiment and died at the battle of Chikamauga.
(Son of Jemima Denton and John Middleton)

Elijah Monroe Cooper (1823-1862)
and his brother Jesse Cooper (1836-1864) Army of the Confederacy
both died in battle.
(Sue Montgomery's cousins)

2nd Lt. Clarence W.  Denton, U.S.  Army
Company I, 110th Regiment, New York State Volunteer Infantry

Alfred Moore Chastain, (1834-1864) Army of the Confederacy
died in a Federal prison as a POW.

Hiram Knowlton, U.S. Army
served in the Volunteer Cavalry from White River, MI.
He had ridden in F Company, 5th Michigan Cavalry,
The Michigan Brigade, a.k.a. the Wolverine Brigade,
with General George Armstrong Custer in command.
He narrowly missed being sent to Andersonville Prison
when he was captured during the Kilpatrick Cavalry raid.
He had the measles and was quickly exchanged by the
Confederates to prevent an epidemic among the prisoners.
His fellow troopers who were captured along with him all died in Andersonville.
(Great-grandfather of Major John H. Knowlton, Jr.)

Pvt. Nehemiah N. Denton, U.S. Army
Company F. 1st Regiment, New York State Volunteer Engineers

Major David Green Bowers, (1826-1894), U.S. Army
served in Company A, Fifth Tennessee Infantry, Union Army.

Pvt. Samuel C.   Denton, U. S. Army
Company A, 56th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

Samuel Jefferson Eller, Confederate States Army
Samuel was a Private in Co. E, 52nd Ga. Infantry and Co. H, 1st SC Heavy Artillery.
He was born in 1843. He enlisted at age 19 on March 4, 1862.
He transferred to Co. H, 1st SC Artillery in 1863.

Dr. William Neely Anderson, Army of the Confederacy
served as a Surgeon throughout the Civil War.
(Nephew of Benjamin Denton, 1775-1840)

John W. Denton 1845-1919, U.S. Army
was a member of Company G, 30th Kentucky Mounted Infantry in the Civil War.
He was mustered in on March 29, 1864 by Capt. Charles H. Fletcher at Camp Burnside, KY.
Initially created to protect the Kentucky State Capital and to be in the service of the state,
their mission changed as the War Department ordered that they be mustered
into the U.S. Service. The 30th became "one of the most efficient one-year regiments in the service."
(Sue Montgomery's great-grandfather) 

James W. Denton 1847-1935, U.S. Army
Served in Company C, 30th Kentucky Mounted Infantry in Civil War.
He is the brother of John Denton above.

William Denton 1843-1897, U.S. Army
was a Union soldier stationed in Maine when he met his wife.
He was transferred to Florida and discharged there.
He resettled in Cocke CO, TN where he died.

John Campbell Bilbrey (b. 1834) Army of the Confederacy
and his Civil War Mule.
John served two enlistments, first as a Sergeant and later as a
Lieutenant under General Sterling Price.
General Price gave each of his staff officers a mule to ride
and when the Civil War was over, the officers were allowed to keep their mules.
(Husband of Rutha Denton, daughter of Ozias and Susannah Walling Denton.)

Major George Washington Brummett,  U.S. Army
George was a farmer from Monticello, KY.
He served four years from 1856 to 1860 as a volunteer of the KY 12th Infantry.
He enlisted at Strawberry Plaines, TN.
(Sue Montgomery's great uncle)

Judge Wilbur Fisk Hill, (1844-1905) Army of the Confederacy
served in the Confederate Army, CO E, 34th Regt.,
Texas Cavalry, from 1862 until he was wounded at
the Battle of Mansfield, LA in 1864.

Corp. Henry C. Denton U.S. Army
25th Battalion, New York State Volunteer Light Artillery

William B. Denton 1843-1897, Army of the Confederacy
enlisted at Ash Flat, Arkansas and served from 1864 to1865 in the
Freeman Cavalry under Mose Harden.  He was in Battle of Big Blue.

William French Denton, Jr. b. 1844, Army of the Confederacy
gave his life in the Civil War.

William Harrison Denton, 1846-1920
William served in the Civil War from Nov. 8, 1862
until his discharge on July 6, 1865 as a member of Company M,
Second Tennessee Cavalry.

War of 1812

Jeremiah Coleman, III, 1777-1850
son of Jerimiah Coleman, Jr. and Elizabeth Denton
served as a minuteman in the War of 1812.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Gilbert and Elizabeth Denton.

Jonas Denton 1793-1863
along with his brother-in-law,
John Middleton b. 1797, husband of Jemima Denton
are on the muster rolls for the War of 1812,

Noah Denton 1771-1840
was stationed at New York City where he could see the English ships
outside the harbor for months at a time.

Major Joel Denton 1792-1863
was commissioned a Captain in the 6th Regiment of the
Tennessee Militia on May 30, 1807 and
on October 4, 1811 he was promoted to a Major
while in Jefferson CO, Tennessee

Captain John Denton 1775-1832
He was commissioned in the Cocke County, Tennessee Militia in 1798
and the Tennessee State Militia in 1808.

Platt Hull 1787-1865
served as a Corporal in Renick's Mounted Regiment Ohio Volunteers and Militia
Son of Mary Denton Hull 1765-1844


Revolutionary War

The Dentons were American patriots during the
French & Indian War as well as the Revolutionary War
and served their country well. Some of them served
under the command of Colonel John Tipton
in the Shenandoah country, and before the struggle for
American Independence was over,
followed Colonel Tipton into the Watauga settlement.

David Denton 1755-1838
He was one of the heroic little band
that crossed the Delaware in Dec. 1776, with Washington, and was
in the battle of Trenton.   He was again with his beloved commander
in the battles of Princeton, Brandywine and Germantown; he was with
Wayne at the storming of Stony Point, and was one of the advanced
guard, and with the first that entered the Fort.  He was at the siege of
York and Capture of Cornwallis and his army; and shortly after peace
was made, he emigrated to the West, and took part in most of the
Indian wars that attended the first settlers of Kentucky:
and in a close fight with an Indian, he was wounded with a
tomahawk that rendered him an invalid for life. 
He was buried with the honors of war.
(Third great grandfather of Marion Paris Mariott, Gerald Witt
and Sharon Goodwin.)

Joseph Denton, 1729-1800
was a member of a militia company commanded
by Col. John Tipton, his brother-in-law.
(Admiral Jeremiah Denton's fourth great-grandfather)

Benjamin Buck, 1762-1851
served as a private during the Revolution.
Son of Daniel and Ann Denton Buck

William Garrett
was a soldier from Virginia
Fourth great-grandfather of Sue Montgomery

Samuel Denton, 1734-1811
was  in the North Carolina Continental Line and
received bounty land in White CO, TN.
He was brother of Joseph and Abraham
and also brother-in-law of Col. John Tipton.
(Sue Montgomery's fifth great-grandfather)

Abraham Denton, 1738-1827
was a Captain  with the North Carolina Continental Line in the
Revolutionary War. He was brother of Joseph and Samuel
and also brother-in-law of Col. John Tipton.

Col. John Tipton, 1730-1813
was a Captain in Dunmore's War; a Colonel in the Revolutionary war,
a Representative in the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1776
and in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1776-1777,
Representative of Washington CO, NC (now TN)
in the Jonesboro or Franklin conventions of 1784 and 1785;
Representative in the NC Senate,
Representative of Washington County in the House of Representatives
of the Territory of the U.S. South of the River Ohio;
Representative of Washington County in the Tennessee Constitutional Convention of 1796; Representative of Washington County in the Tennessee Senate.
(Husband of Martha Denton 1736-1794 a sister of
Joseph, Samuel and Abraham Denton mentioned above. 
Col. John Tipton, Martha Denton Tipton and their son, Abraham are
buried at Tipton-Haynes Farm, Johnson City, TN.
Their home is now a National  Historical Landmark.)

Solomon Denton III, 1754-1828
was 16 years of age when he enlisted in the Revolutionary War and served his
time. After that he attempted to cross Long Island Sound and was taken
prisoner by a British Man of War and was held on the ship a year and half.

George Smith
served three years with the Virginia Continental Line in the Revolutionary War. His wife,
Rebecca Bowen, had four brothers who fought in the Virginia militia and
Lt. Reece Bowen was killed at the Battle of Kings Mountain while
serving with his brothers Capt. John Bowen, Capt. William Bowen and Pvt. Charles Bowen.
Grandfather of Jesse Bowen Smith, husband of Susannah Crouch

. Daniel DENTON 1757-1826
During the Revolution Daniel lived in Wyoming Valley, PA (Wilkes Barre).
He enlisted at the beginning of the war on Feb. 17, 1776 in the State of
Pennsylvania.  He served under Captain Robert Durkee and
Col. John Durkee.  He was in the Sullivan Expedition
and served at the Battles of Germantown, Bound Brook and Millstone. 
He served until the end of the war and discharge papers were signed by
Gen. George Washington on June 9, 1783. 
(Husband of Martha Bidlack)

Jerimiah Coleman d. 1757-1777
died of Smallpox while serving with Washington's army at Morristown, NJ.
Both he, his brother Jesse Coleman and his brother-in-law Daniel Denton (above) served
with the Westmoreland 1st Independent Company and were
attached to the 4th Connecticut Regiment under Col. John Durkee.
Jeremiah received bounty land on Feb. 10, 1777 at Somerset, NJ.
(Husband of Elizabeth Denton, sister of Daniel above.
Fourth great-grandfather of Major John H. Knowlton, Jr.)

William Cooper (1725-1807) and his son
Rev. William Cooper (1756-1830)
were soldiers from North Carolina
(Sue Montgomery's cousins)

Gilbert Combs, 1759-1836
enlisted in 1776 and served at Sandy Hook, Monmouth CO, NJ
(Husband of Christiana Denton)

Captain John Denton, 1737-1787
is listed on the DAR index as a captain with the Virginia line.
He was 17 when he enlisted. He, his father, and
second cousin Abraham III were joined in the war effort
by a host of men who would later have descendants
in the Red River Valley, Territory of Arkansas.

Benjamin Denton 1736-1785
is on the DAR Patriot Index. He served in the 6th
Regiment, Duchess County New York Militia.
Benjamin Denton (1766-1802)
served in the same unit as his father
(Husband and son of Joanna Peck)

Benjamin Denton, 1721-1789
was a private in the Suffolk County, NY
troops during the Revolutionary War. He is on the DAR Patriot Index.

John French, 1759-1810
was a soldier from Virginia
(Sue Montgomery's third great-grandfather)

William "Fighting Billy" Tipton, b. 1761
and his brothers
Isaac Tipton, b. 1765
Captain Jacob Tipton, 1765-1791
raised a company and was killed at St. Clair's defeat.
Thirty years later Tipton CO, TN was named in honor of Jacob.
Capt. Abraham Tipton, 1761-1782
was 2nd Lieutenant of the 12th Virginia Regiment 1776
and Captain in the Virginia regiment in
Clark's expedition. He was killed near present-day
Louisville, KY in 1782 while serving with George Rogers Clark.

Pleasant Proffitt, 1760-1818
was in the battle of King's Mountain, serving under Captain Lenoir.

.  Gideon Hogg,  died 1793
was a private in Colman's Company, having enlisted in
January 1782 for twenty-one months.
(Father of Ann and Mourning Hogg, wives of
Joseph and Abraham Denton)

William Brimer 1759-1834
volunteered for service in Wilkes CO, NC  in July 1777
in the campaign against the Cherokees in the valley towns.
He volunteered again in July 1778 and marched to
Monck's Corner near Charleston, South Carolina
and then into Savannah. He was discharged on April 9, 1779
and then volunteered a third time in Washington CO, NC (now Tennessee)
in 1780 under Captain Valentine Sevier and Colonel John Sevier
and was at the battle of Kings Mountain.
He was a private in his service totaled fourteen months.
(Great-grandfather of Thomas Brimer, husband of Sarah Louisa Reneau.
Sarah was the daughter of William and Priscilla Denton Reneau.)

Samuel Huff, 1750-1822
was a soldier from Virginia
(Sue Montgomery's fourth great-grandfather)

Anthony Denton 1717-1786
was a Patriot from New Jersey.

Thomas Wiggins, 1753-1799
was a member of Captain John Glover's Company in the Militia
under the command of Colonel William Eaton, of North Carolina.
(Sue Montgomery's fifth great-grandfather)

Starling Cooper 1763-1843
was a Private in the NC Militia in the Revolutionary War.
(Cousin of Sue Montgomery)

Hesekiah and Martha Bedell Pearsall
came to America from England and brought along five sons who fought
for America during the Revolutionary War. Four of these sons came
back home after the fighting was over, one was lost in battle.
(Parents of Susannah Pearsall, wife of Isaac Denton, 1747-1822)

Hezekiah Smith, 1763-1838
In 1780, he enlisted in the Revolutionary War at West Point, NY
and served to June 06, 1783, with the
rank of Artificer. He is listed in error as Ezekiel Smith in the SAR records
of La Porte; likewise, it is the name given on his tombstone in Door Village
Cemetery there. The inscription reads: "Ezekiel Smith, Revolutionary
soldier, September 28, 1838, aged 78 years;
Rhoda his wife July 17, 1838,
aged 76 years."

There are currently 23 Dentons listed in the
DAR Patriot Index - Centennial Edition. Page 820, Part 1:

Abraham b:c 1730 VA
Benjamin, Sr. b:c1715
Benjamin b:1721 NY
Benjamin Jr. b: 1736 NY
Daniel b:8-9-1757 NY
David b: 12-25-1755 VA
Isaac b: 5-7-1737 NY
James, Sr. b: 1716 NY
James, b: 1740 VA
John b:---d:1780 MA
John b: c 1739-40 VA
John b: 6-17-1759 VA
Jonas b: 1743 NY
Joseph b: 3-7-1759 NY
Joseph b: 8-16-17-1757 NY
Josias bpt: 10-13-1745 NY
Preston b: 7-1-1755 NY
Richard b: c 1714 NY
Samuel b: c 1739
Samuel b: c 1745 NC
Samuel bpt: 1-23-1737 NY
Solomon b: 8-4-1754 CT
Thomas b: 12-27-1742


French and Indian War

Lieutenant Samuel Denton, b. 1728
Samuel commanded a company in the French & Indian War.

Captain Abraham Denton, 1700-1774
was a Captain in the Provincial Army of 1766.
(Admiral Jeremiah Denton's fifth great-grandfather
Sue Montgomery's sixth great-grandfather)

Daniel Buck, 1736-1814
Daniel joined the Provincial forces during the French and Indian War
and served on the campaign to relieve Fort Edward in 1755,
and the attempt to capture Fort Ticondaroga in 1758.
In between these campaigns Daniel married December 9, 1757, to Ann Denton.
After moving to Albany, NY he served as a Major in the Continental Army
from Oct 1775 to July 1778, when poor health required his resignation.
He may have done other service later in the war.
Husband of Ann Denton, daughter of Benjamin Denton and Rachael Wheeler.

Lieutenant Gilbert Denton, 1730-1778
was killed in the Indian massacre along the Susquehanna River
near Wyoming, Pennsylvania.  He is buried in a mass grave at the monument there.

Lieutenant John Denton, 1732-1761
John served in the French & Indian War and
was a Justice of the Peace of Orange County, NY.

Obediah Smith
served as a Private from Essex County during the French and Indian
War, enrolling May 07, 1757 and being discharged June 10, 1757

Captain John "John Jun" Denton, 1713-1765
was aide to Colonel George Washington and General Braddock.

"In 1756, during the French and Indian War,  the French had started to build a chain
of forts from the St. Lawrence to the Mississippi, land that was claimed by Virginia.
The governor sent a small force under young George Washington to capture the French post,
Fort Duquesne (the present site of Pittsburgh). The expedition failed and
withdrew for the winter. In 1755 General Braddock, who had been sent from
England with a strong force of British regular soldiers, was heavily defeated near
Fort Duquesne. General Braddock was mortally wounded and his troops were
only saved by the skill of Washington, who was still stationed in the area."

Colonial Army

Abraham Denton, Sr., 1675-1729
was a Private in Captain Cornelius Herring's
company from Orange CO, NY during 1715.
(Admiral Jeremiah Denton's sixth great-grandfather
Sue Montgomery's seventh great-grandfather)