John T. Faulk was the founder of the Faulk line in Louisiana. He was born in Bladen County, North Carolina in 1784. By 1810 he had settled in Louisiana. When the War of 1812 against the British broke out, John enlisted. The below facts were taken from DeBow’s Southern and Western Review magazine published in June 1852.
Faulk’s Regiment went to Baton Rouge where they participated in the Battle of New Orleans. On January 6, 1815 the regiment found a group of British soldiers holled up in a house across the Mississippi at British Turn. Faulk’s captain called for twenty five volunteers to attack the home and Faulk quickly volunteered. Faulk was sent out to spy on the British. He reported back to his commander and was ordered to shoot the sentinel. Unfortunately, the British soldiers saw him and he was shot through the left thigh. Supposedly, he was so close to the ensuing battle, his clothes caught fire from all the firing! There are two different stories of who carried Faulk to safety. One says a fellow soldier named John Carroll helped him. The more colorful story states it was John Kitterlin who scooped him up in his arms and carried him to safety. It was said Faulk was a small man! Faulk didn’t know his rescuer’s identity until 1842 when he ran into Kitterlin and the two men exchanged war stories. The two were fast friends until Kitterlin passed away.
Another story said the wound in Faulk’s leg was so large that a silk handkerchief was drawn through the wound to clean out the powder! Faulk walked with a limp the rest of his life. John died in Ouachita Parish on November 5, 1871 and is buried in Faulk’s Chapel cemetery, now known as Logtown cemetery.
John Tillman Faulk Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5555355/john-tillman-faulk
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