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Tina Cahalan Jones, the founder of the Slaves To Soldiers Project, shares some of her research on a blog entitled, From Slaves to Soldiers and Beyond - Williamson County, Tennessee's African American History. Many, but not all, of the posts relate to the US Colored Troops story in Williamson County.  The most salient posts are linked below:

Thursday, July 7, 2016

John Dubuisson Sr 1825–1909 / US Colored Troop Veteran - 100th US Colored Infantry

Sunday, August 14, 2016

Freeman Thomas 1845-1936, 12th US Colored Infantry

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

The Bostick Family from Williamson County (US Navy)

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Pvt. Granville Scales 1845-1918 US Colored Troop 44th US Colored Infantry

Saturday, August 27, 2016

Alfred Fields, 3rd Regiment US Colored Troops Veteran

Friday, November 11, 2016

Veterans Day Post - Honoring Williamson County's African American Civil War Veterans

Thursday, December 15, 2016

The Battle of Nashville and the Role of Williamson County's US Colored Troop Veterans

Saturday, February 4, 2017

Private Henry Moon of the 17th USCI, Shot and Killed near Triune Feb 4, 1866 . . . and the Aftermath

Saturday, April 29, 2017

William Holmes - Company A, 5th Massachusetts Cavalry Veteran

Friday, May 26, 2017

Memorial Day - Remembering the Fallen

Saturday, June 3, 2017

Equality in Pay for the USCT

Sunday, June 4, 2017

Saving the Fort Negley Park

Sunday, August 27, 2017

Edward "Ned" Scruggs, Veteran of the 13th USCT, Company F

Saturday, September 23, 2017

1st Sgt. Andrew Ewing, 12th US Colored Infantry

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Williamson County's Fort Negley connections

Friday, March 9, 2018

14th US Colored Infantry and Their Leader Col. Thomas Jefferson Morgan

Monday, March 19, 2018

Corporal Abraham McGavock, 14th US Colored Infantry (1842-1869)

Friday, May 25, 2018

"A Soldier Never Dies Until He is Forgotten" - Memorial Day 2018

Monday, May 28, 2018

Dedication of First 29 Pavers in Veterans Park in Franklin, Tennessee

Saturday, August 11, 2018

1st Sgt. George Jordan, Medal of Honor recipient 1848-1904, Company K, 9th United States Cavalry Buffalo Soldier

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Enlistment Locations of Williamson County, TN-born African American Civil War Veterans

Friday, September 28, 2018

The Battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle & the 110th/111th USCT

Saturday, November 3, 2018

Fort Negley commemorates 2,771 laborers

Saturday, May 25, 2019

Memorial Day at Fort Negley 2019

Monday, May 27, 2019

"Only One Killed"

Sunday, June 9, 2019

The Juneteenth Holiday and its Connections to Williamson County

Friday, November 8, 2019

Lest We Forget: Why Were Williamson County's Black Civil War Veterans Forgotten?

Sunday, November 17, 2019

Pvt. Miles German, 13th US Colored Infantry, and his widow Ellen Jordan

Friday, December 20, 2019

Ambush near Triune December 1864

Thursday, January 9, 2020

January 9, 1865 Black Soldiers Demanding Rights Under New Constitution

Friday, May 1, 2020

Prisoner of War Exchanges and the Impact on Local USCT Soldiers During the Civil War

Monday, June 29, 2020

Franklin's USCT Statue Honors Our Native Sons

Friday, February 11, 2022

Sgt. Abram "Abe" Boyd, 68th US Colored Infantry 1838-1918

Monday, July 4, 2022

Judge George Napier Perkins : "The Old African Lion" (1841-1914)