Fam History: Isham Franklin, Lincoln Par, LA Submitter: Linda Green ************************************************************************* ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ ************************************************************************* ISHAM FRANKLIN Isham Franklin was born Oct. 18, 1840 in Burke Co., N. C. and died in Lincoln Parish Feb. 23, 1910. He was the son of Isaac and Nancy Franklin, they were from Burke Co., N. C. and are listed there in 1840, 1850 and 1860. My great grandfather Isham Franklin was 21 years old when he joined the Confederate Army serving with the 35 th Regt. N. C. He had light complextion, brown hair, light hazel eyes and was 5 ft. and 8 inches. He was a POW at Point Lookout, Md. Certificate of Release of POW dated June 21, 1865. Isham Franklin's siblings were Eli, Eliza, Martha, Leaver (spelling ?), Azor Sidney, Rufus and Lenoir. Azor Sidney was killed at Sharpsburg, Md. during the Civil War and Rufus died at home with fever. Isham Franklin married Martha Poteet daughter of Elisha M. and Susan Mitchell Poteet also from Burke Co., N. C. Martha was born Oct. 12, 1843 and died June 18, 1917. Martha and Isham Franklin are buried in the Mineral Springs Cem. in Lincoln Parish. Isham and Martha had nine children: Will, John Henry, Julie, Jonas, Amanda, Maggie, Sally and Robert Walter (my grandfather). Isham and Martha Poteet Franklin came to Lincoln Parish in 1890 and was met by Bush Colvin and his wife that had lived in Chester, S. C. Isham and Martha were tentants on the Chapman place for a year or two. In 1892, g grandfather Isham and g Uncle John bought land from James M. Kinman and paid $ 800.00 for it. Annie Byran Williamson a granddaughter of Isham and Martha told about the house that Isham and Martha had. It was a four room house and was made of logs. Their kitchen was about ten ft. from the main house. Later they built onto the house and used the kitchen as a smoke house. She said g grandmother Martha made Kraut and she would store it in a barrel where she salted it down to sour and she would always save some of it for Annie because she loved her grandmother's kraut. Martha Poteet Franklin lost her hearing and could not tell of her heritage. Isham made coffins for everyone in the community that needed one. They would take boards out of the ceiling which had just lain there to make coffins. Isham and Martha Poteet moved from Caldwell Co., N. C. to S. C. in 1881 where two of their children, Sally and Robert, were born. The other children were born in N. C. Written by Linda Green, a great granddaughter.