Bartlett Sisk (1837–1863) • FamilySearch

Bartlett Sisk

1837–1863 (Age 26)
Tennessee, United States

The Life of Bartlett

When Bartlett Sisk was born in 1837, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Alexander Sisk, was 41 and his mother, Jane Seay, was 32. He lived in Bradley, Tennessee, United States in 1850. He died on 24 December 1863, in Point Lookout, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery, Scotland, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States.

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Spouse & Children

Parents & Siblings

Alexander Sisk

1796–1880

Jane Seay

1805–

Blackburn Sisk

1832–

Bartlett Sisk

1837–1863

Nancy E Sisk

1838–1908

Susannah Elizabeth Sisk

1843–

James Sisk

1845–

Toliver Sisk

1846–

Sarah E C Sisk

1849–

Parents & Siblings

Alexander Sisk
Male1796–1880Male
Jane Seay
Female1805–Female

siblings

(7)

Blackburn Sisk

Male1832–Male

Bartlett Sisk

Male1837–1863Male

Nancy E Sisk

Female1838–1908Female

Susannah Elizabeth Sisk

Female1843–Female

James Sisk

Male1845–Male

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World Events (5)

1838 · Orders No. 25 Removes Cherokees

Age 1

A small group of Cherokees from Georgia voluntarily migrated to the Indian Territory. The remaining Cherokees in Georgia resisted the mounting pressure to leave. In 1838, U.S. President Martin Van Buren ordered U.S. troops to remove the Cherokee Nation. The troops gathered the Cherokees and marched them and other Native Americans from North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama along what is now known as “The Trail of Tears.” Approximately 5,000 Cherokees died on their way to Indian Territory.

1846

Age 9

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1846

Age 9

Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.

Name Meaning

Sisk

Bartlett

Irish: of uncertain origin, found in County Cork since the 18th century.

Sources (3)

Bartlett Sisle in household of Alexander Sisle, "United States Census, 1850"
Bartly Sisk in household of Jane Sisk, "United States Census, 1850"
Bartley Seyrs Sisk, "Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865"

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