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Francis Tennille (1747-May 21, 1819), was a Lieutenant Colonel during the American Revolutionary War who fought for the American Continental Army. Born in Virginia, Tennille moved to Georgia before the war broke out in 1775. He joined the 2nd Georgia of the Continental Line and on June 20, 1777 became Lieutenant Colonel and served to the close of war. After the war, Lieutenant Tennille received from the general government a commission as Captain by brevet, in recognition of his services in the Continental Army.This commission was in possession of his son Colonel Francis T. Tennille until after the Civil War when a member of the family, hoping to establish a claim, sent it with a number of other commissions of Colonel Francis T. Tennille to Washington where it was lost. William A. Tennille, his grandson, stated he had often handled the commission and remembered it well. It was signed by General Miflin, Adjutant General of the Army. The title Lieutenant Colonel, which he held, is supposed to indicate his rank in the militia. ==Military highlights== In several histories it is stated that General Robert Howe, while at Cherokee Hill, South Carolina, after his retreat from Georgia, dispatched Tennille with orders to Major Joseph Lane (commanding at Sunbury) and to Lieutenant Aaron Smith of the 3rd Regiment of South Carolina (who was in command at Ogeechee Ferry) "to evacuate their posts,retreat across the country and rejoin the main army." It is recorded as a matter of some importance that Tennille successfully accomplish his mission and that "the order was received in ample time". It is also a matter of record that Tennille and a number of other officers of the Continental Army were voted by the Georgia House of Assembly certain grants of land in recognition of their services to the State in that they "voluntarily did duty in common with privates of the militia under Colonel Elija Clark". The following are the names of the officers who with Tennille received land grants "proportional to the rank of each" agreeable to the above-mentioned ranks in the Continental Army. The list is from the Journal of the House of Assembly as published in the Georgia Gazette, Thursday June 9, 1785 and is as follows: Lieut. Col. John McIntosh, Maj. John Milton, Capt. Lackland McIntosh, Capt. Francis Tennille, Capt. John Morrison, Capt. Cornelius Collins, Lieut. Nathaniel Pearre, Lieut. John Mitchell, Lieut. John Maxwell, Lieut.Robert Howe, Lieut. Harry Allison, Lieut. John Peter Wagnon, and Lieut. Christopher Hillary. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francis Tennille」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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