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Dewitt Smith Jobe, a compatriot of Sam Davis and cousin of Gen. Thomas Benton Smith, served in Co. D, 20th Tenn. Regt., CSA, and later was transferred to Coleman's Scouts. On August 30, 1864, he was captured by a Federal patrol near Nolensville and tortured to death for refusing to divulge information. His home stands 7.8 miles S.W. at Rocky Fork, and he is buried in a family cemetery on a hill behind the house.
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