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Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
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V o l . XXIII, N o . I W i n t e r 2 0 13
JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.
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President Kenneth E. Nicholson
Vice Presidents Timothy Osment, William L. Crawford
Secretary .*. Karen C. Nicholson
Treasurer E. Lawrence Morton
Librarian. DorrisD.Beck
Office Manager Ruth C. Shuler
WebMaster. Deanne G. Roles
Computer Technician Jason N. Gregory
Chair, Publications (Editor) Sanji Talley Watson
Journeys Through Jackson is the official publication of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. Members and non-members are invited to
submit genealogical materials for publication, with the understanding that the editor reserves the right to edit these materials for genealogical
content, clarity, or taste. The Society assumes no responsibility for errors of fact that may be contained in submissions, and except where noted,
the opinions expressed are not those of the editor or of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. The Society accepts no advertising for this
publication except for notices from other non-profit groups.
From the Editor
For 17 years, Journeys Through Jackson has been produced and edited by Robert Larry Crawford.
Through hard work and perseverance, he has taken the journal from its humble beginnings to the award
winning publication that we all receive. He has informed, educated, and at times entertained us with the
information that he has collected, been gifted with, and allowed to use by members and friends of the
society alike. He has dedicated untold hours to ensuring that our journal was as good as he could make it.
He is and will continue to be a valuable resource for the society. As the new Editor, I stand in awe of the
tremendous work and effort that Larry has given the society as Editor. I have no hesitation in saying I
cannot begin to fill his shoes, only hope that I can follow in his footsteps. Thank you, Larry, for all the
work you have done and will continue to do for the society.
Larry and I graduated from Sylva-Webster High School in 1963. Our paths did not cross again until I
became principal at Smoky Mountain High School in 1994. Larry was one of the best teachers that I have
had the opportunity to observe. His history classes were filled with students who were required to take
most of his classes. Although the classes were required, they came to love history and the teacher who
made history come alive. Larry respected his students and they respected him. One of his classes that
drew my attention to his rapport and respect from students was World Religions. Although this class was
not required and was listed as an elective it was always filled with students who knew that Larry would
continue to expect their best and they would respond with their best work.
Larry is very knowledgeable of the families of Jackson county. He is able to tell you about your
cousins, uncles, aunts, grandparents, parents and most other relatives that you might have. Larry has for a
number of years been the Editor of Journeys Through Jackson. His knowledge of and research for articles
are impeccable. His work ethic is never ending and his ability to write transcends you into the past as if
you were there.
Larry, I know that "rest" is not in your vocabulary so I know that you will continue to research and
write. As one famous person stated, "Thanks for all the memories that you bring to life for us."
— Kenneth E. Nicholson, President JCGS
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C T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s
Announcements and Expression of Sympathy 1
JCGS Photo Album 2 - 6
Prepublication Announcement 7-8
Financial Statement for 2012 9
Scott Foundation Scholarship Announcement 10
Of Mountains, Mountain People, and Mountain Waters That Call
Their Children Home 11 - 14
1927 Jackson County Death Certificates of Persons Born 1900 - 1 9 3 0 15 - 18
James Brown F a m i l y - Who are They? 19 - 24
A New JCGS Member's Ties to Jackson County 25 - 28
Franklin Descendants 29 - 32
A Native Son 33 - 36
Building the Glenville Dam 37 - 39
Continuation of Death Certificates and Library Acquisitions 40
Shepherd Photographs 41 - 46
Index 47-48
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We offer our sincere sympathy to the family of JCGS member, Franlde Jean Shelton Stewart. Our
condolences to members: Naomi Beck Seago, R. O. Wilson, Rachel Brown Phillips, Edith Jamison
Cabe, Jim Wheatley, and Pearl Brown Smith on the passing of their family members.
A good friend to the society, who allowed us to interview her and put her life on paper, passed away on 2
Jan 2013. Mrs. Nancy Jane Shook' Chastain passed away after a long and eventful life. She enjoyed
being independent, having her own garden, canning and making quilts for people in need. She was born
on 23 Oct 1909 to James Marion and Clercy Jane Hooper Shook, She will be missed by many.
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Q u e r y
We received two queries from Mrs. Linda McGuire of Durant, Oklahoma. She is a great-granddaughter of
James and Elizabeth Parker Moore. Hopefully, some of the members may be able to help Mrs. McGuire.
First Inquiry: Would anyone have information about:
Elizabeth J. Parker; b. 25 Aug 1840 in North Carolina, d. 12 Jan 1904, Indian Territory,
Oklahoma. She married James A. Moore; b 5 Apr 1830 in North Carolina, d. 10 Mar 1910. They came
to Indian Territory about 1890. Their daughter, Ella Wike remained in East La Porte. North Carolina.
My grandmother, Lula Caro Wells, lived in Indian Territory.
Second Inquiry: Does anyone know where the Masonic Lodge was located in East La Porte? James A.
Moore, a carpenter, is supposed to have carved the door to this lodge, and I would like a picture of it.
If you can help, contact Mrs. McGuire at: [email protected]
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S o c i e t y P r e s e n t s A w a r d s a t D e c e m b e r a n n u a l m e e t i n g .
From left to right: B. B. "Bud" Cantrell, James Monteith accepting for Kay Keefer Monteith, Ben H.
Battle, Jr, and Jane Gibson Nardy. Picture used with permission of the Sylva Herald.
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The Jackson County Genealogical Society presented its yearly awards as is customary at the annual
meeting. Three persons - Sue Kilby Fouts, Ben H. Battle, Jr. and Kay Keefer Monteith received the
JCGS Patron Award for their benevolent support of the Society.
The Daniel Washington Deitz Memorial Award was presented to longtime JCGS Vice-President B. B.
"Bud" Cantrell. Bud has served the Society in numerous ways, most notably as one of the program
chairmen, and always with his trademark grin.
Winner of the Robert Lee and Drucilla Holden Award for Distinguished Service to Genealogy was Jane.
Gibson Nardy. A JCGS life member, Jane is the author of several books, many articles (including some
for this publication), and is one of the mainstays of the Cashiers Historical Society. Accepting her award
with her usual wit and grace, Jane gave an anecdotal story that proves the "superiority" of genealogists.
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These Photographs are two of the
many from the estate of our late
member Willa Mae Dills Scroggs.
While we are not sure of the
identities of these persons, the
pictures are interesting examples of
social history relative to style.
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don't find it bizarre to add a picture of "Old Sparky," the state's
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At the JCGS Christmas dinner and awards program in December, President Ken Nicholson
announced the endowment of a scholarship program to be administered by the Society. JCGS members
Jim and Jean Hooper Scott of Tryon provided a generous start-up fund to originate this program. A
Society committee was named and it has since met to establish the scholarship rules and parameters.
Applicants must be students at Smoky Mountain High School, Blue Ridge High School and Early
College, Jackson County Early College, or the Jackson County School of Alternatives. The applicant
must also write an essay related to family or genealogical research. The winners will then report to the
Society within one year.
In the first year, two scholarships valued at $750.00 each are to be awarded. Checks will then be
made to the college or university of the winners.
W o u l d y o u l i k e t o c o n t r i b u t e?
Make checks specifically to the Scott Foundation Scholarship Fund, and send to the Society's post office
address. This gift, of course, is tax deductible.
JCGS member Linda Hughes Collins with her great-grandson, Spencer Fitzgerald, who fished the
winning tickets in the JCGS raffle last October.
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O f M o u n t a i n s , M o u n t a i n P e o p l e , a n d M o u n t a i n W a t e r s
T h a t C a l l T h e i r C h i l d r e n H o m e
[Ed. The following article was written and submitted by JCGS member Don Casada. Its principal subject, Elizabeth Holt, is a
granddaughter of JCGS member Christine Cole Proctor.]
Close on the heels of dog days, on a warm September morning, a shuttle boat carried a gathering of folks
across Fontana Lake. Shortly after leaving the launch area at Cable Branch, the boat passed over the
streambed of what was once a fine mountain river.
From way back in the mountains, hundreds of feeder streams laughed, jumped, played, and sang along
their descending way. Boisterous waters showered diamond sprays of life onto the stream banks where
ramps, sarvis, squirrel corn, bluets and yellow root reaped the blessings of their contagious joy. They
were living, life giving waters.
Trickles became branches, branches became forks, and forks became creeks. The accumulated
collections fed the Oconaluftee, Tuckaseigee, Nantahala and Little Tennessee Rivers, waters eons older
than the Cherokee names which predated the arrival of white men. The Tuckasegee, a man among men
flowing on an east-west course, met the south-to-north flowing lady of the Little Tennessee. It was love
at first sight, and the couple was married near the place that would become the little town of Bushnell.
Tuck, the gentleman, defied human convention and took on the name of his bride. Although they called
themselves the Little Tennessee, it was Tuck's east-west course that they followed from that point on, in
deference to his better judgment. For Tuck, unlike the sweet Little T, drew much of his life blood from
the Great Smoky Mountains which they would skirt along the rest of their way. Of all those who traveled
these mountains, no one knew every holler like Old Tuck.
Now more mature in demeanor than in their earlier rambunctious ways, the two that were now one
inclined to a gentler course, as if on a front porch swing of a Sunday afternoon. But they could still kick
up their heels every now and then. Like all couples, they'd occasionally have their issues, separating to
the left and the right around Calhoun Island near Wayside. Differences resolved, they rejoined hands
downstream, and the family continued to grow along the way.
Damned by progress and dammed by the TVA, laughter and family ties along this section of the Little
Tennessee have been silenced and broken for seven decades. The life-giving energy from North Carolina
Counties of Jackson, Macon (Macon's part includes a charitable donation from Rabun County, Georgia),
Graham and Swain is deadened by the dam, harvested by turbines, and sent by wires without payment
into Tennessee. The formerly vibrant river lies buried beneath 370 feet of stagnant water and silt
accumulation at the point where our boat passed over.
Our destination was Hazel Creek, a place where unhindered waters still flow and echoes of laughter yet
linger, unreachable by the roads of an uncivilized world. There are those who despair the lack of road
access to this land, including some of our little company. A sense of betrayal by the same federal
government - which took the land that many called home - underlies the despair. But were there now a
road to this place, I fear that the song it sings softly in minor mountain key would be lost in the discordant
strife and the noise. That has certainly been the case for Cades Cove, located just across the spine of the.
Smokies, where an armada of automobiles daily assault what was once a place of perspicacious people
imbued with both the spirit and ability to make do.
There are reasons aplenty to go to this place and others like it. I routinely find myself seeking the refuge
of walking and crawling, sometimes tumbling and sliding through these mountains, most often alone.
Whisperings of advice and signs of parental affection — as well as stern admonitions - from these
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mountains (which are indeed our parents) are most readily perceived by the wonderfully lonesome, if .
somewhat prodigal, child. ^—^
But on this day, I was glad to be in the company of some like-minded companions. Though seeking a
place, ours was not a search for solitude. We were intent on congregating, cornmitting, honoring, and
remembering.
Proctor
The particular place on Hazel Creek to which we were headed has been known since the late 1800s as
Proctor. Sometime before 1830, Moses and Patience Proctor settled here and began raising a family.
Their home place was on what is now known as Shehan Branch in Possum Holler. It empties into Hazel
Creek - or directly into the lake itself when it is full - almost four miles from where Hazel Creek once
emptied into the Little Tennessee River.
The Proctors had come over the main spine of the Smokies from Cades Cove. If it was solitude and
elbow room they sought, they found it. Based on the sequence of names in the 1830 Macon County
census (this area is now in Swain County, but Swain wasn't formed until 1871) and knowledge of where
other families located, it was likely well over a half-dozen miles to their closest neighbors. Something
just felt right about this particular place, so they carved out a home and a life for themselves and their
children here. Bradshaws, Cables and others were soon to come to the area, but it remained sparsely
populated for decades.
In 1848, Joseph Brackett composed the Shaker Hymn, "Simple Gifts". Though penned a thousand miles
away near the northeastern end of the Appalachian Mountain range, the words could well have applied to
the lives of Patience, Moses, and their children in the Hazel Creek valley: v /
'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,
'tis the gift to come down where you ought to be.
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
It will be in the valley of love and delight.
Times and seasons pass; lives and circumstances change. The Civil War took away two of their sons,
Moses, Jr. and Mansfield. Moses, Sr. died, perhaps of a broken heart, in 1864. Patience lived to see the
end of the war and the return of two sons and a son-in-law, but according to family tradition described by
Duane Oliver in Remembered Lives, she was never the same. She died in 1870, and is buried beside
Moses on the ridge near their home.
Over time, their children and their children's children drifted to and fro, ranging up the river and across
the mountains back into Tennessee. Ritter Lumber Company arrived and set up a massive operation in
the early 1900s, providing hundreds of jobs - for a time. But by the late 1920s, the raw materials of the
entire Hazel Creek basin had been sawn, kiln dried, cut to dimension, and shipped away to become floors,
furniture, books and toilet paper, so Ritter Lumber closed shop. While there were still several dozen
farnilies who owned land and lived in the area, including some descendants of Moses and Patience, the
vast majority of the Hazel Creek drainage was now owned by land speculators such as Jack Coburn and
George Stikeleather (to whom Ritter had sold its vast holdings). Private fishing waters were established ,
with uninvited natives unwelcome.
Physical connections to vestiges of life as it had once been were completely severed by the construction
of Fontana Dam in the early 1940s. Exercising powers of what might be called pre-eminent domain with
a will, TVA acquired all lands on the north shore of Fontana, removed the people and turned the land over ^ j
to the Department of Interior for inclusion in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is worth
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/ noting here that the entire area along the north shore of the Little Tennessee had been coveted for the Park
^ ^ since the 1920's; in fact, it had been included in the original park outline, drawn in 1926.
hi the course of a century, Hazel Creek witnessed the coming of the first white settlers, an era of slow
increase in families on subsistence farms, followed by a period of rapid industrial and job growth, an
equally rapid loss of resources - an thus industry and its jobs. By the time the 1930 census was taken,
there were but two dozen individuals on the entire north shore who listed saw mill or logging as their
trade, and most of these were well to the east of Hazel Creek.
Just over a decade later, there was to be no more permanent human presence.
And yet .... even now, there is something about this place which seems to want people around, and it
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2019 Officers
President Kenneth Nicholson
Vice Presidents Ruth Crawford Shuler, Norma Bryson Clayton
Secretary Lynn Hotaling
Treasurer Michael Clayton
Librarian George Frizzell
Office Manager Mary Buchanan Smith
Web Master. Lynn Hotaling
Computer Technician Jason N. Gregory
Chair, Publications (Editor) Sanji Talley Watson
Journeys Through Jackson is the official publication of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. Members and non-members are invited to
submit genealogical materials for publication, with the understanding that the editor reserves the right to edit these materials for genealogical
content, clarity, or taste. The Society assumes no responsibility for errors of fact that may be contained in submissions, and except where noted,
the opinions expressed are not those of the editor or of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. The Society accepts no advertising for this
publication except for notices from other non-profit groups.
From the Editor
There are many exciting things happening with the Society. A fund raiser in June, our Annual Picnic in
July, and finally plans are being made for an update to the county Cemetery book. Information on how you can help
will be forth coming.
Summer is just around the corner, so plan on coming in to the office and library and check out all of the
new things that we have.
M e m b e r s h i p s a r e d u e a t t h e f i r s t o f t h e y e a r.
A b a r g a i n f o r j u s t $ 2 0 .
M a k e s u r e t o g e t y o u r s i n!
G e t a m e m b e r s h i p f o r a f r i e n d o r f a m i l y m e m b e r a s a g i f t.
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Table of Contents 1
JCGS Photo Album 2-6
WW I Soldiers from Jackson County 7-12
Deanna Gibson Roles 13-14
1949 Jackson County Death Certificates 15-17
Continuation from page 12 17
Announcement #1 18
Descendants of John Thomas Tatham 19-24
1880 Jackson County Census Records 25-28
Outline Descendant Report for Frederick (Baumgarten) Bumgarner 29-32
Library Acquisitions 33-35
Announcement #2 36
Descendants of William Solomon Parker, Sr 37-40
WiU of John "Ten Shilling" Chastain 41-42
Index 47-48
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t h e i r f a m i l i e s:
JCGS Member - Kirk Stephens on the passing of his mother, Barbara Ann Stephens.
JCGS Member - Sue Cypher on the passing of her brother, J. L. Anders.
JCGS member - William Bishop on the passing of his son, Bill Bishop
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Patron Award — Joy and Lambert Hooper
Daniel Washington Deitz Award - Joe Deitz and the Deitz family
Robert Lee and Drusilla Holden Award - Charlie Shuler
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The following photographs are part of an excellent collection donated to JCGS by Nancy Dutkovich, daughter to
Joe Dutkovich and Helen Cowan. We have pulled just a few of the photographs to share. There are many more at
the office if you would like to see more of them.
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The photograph above is of
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Photograph above: Nova Lee Deitz and
Lillie Deitz.
The youngsters in the photograph to the
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Upper left: Early Deitz,
Richmond Deitz, Sam Deitz, all
brothers.
Upper right: Lawrence Deitz,
Coley Deitz, Thad Cowan and
some fine-looking dogs.
To the right: Nelse Deitz and
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The photograph on the top; Front Row: William Thomas Deitz; Alice Deitz; Emory Deitz; Mark
Deitz. Standing: Earl Deitz; Nora Lee Deitz; Ossie Buchanan; Lilie Deitz; Richmond Deitz; Lula
Buchanan; Tolvin Buchanan; Sam Deitz.
The bottom photograph are: Back Row: John Deitz, Bill Tom Deitz; R. N. Deitz; Tom Deitz; Webb
Deitz and Sherman Deitz. Front Row: Hoyle Deitz and Alice Deitz.
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The Jackson County Genealogical Society recently presented its 2018 awards. The Daniel Washington Deitz
Memorial Award, presented for service to the JCGS, went to Joe Deitz and The Deitz Family, traditional mountain
musicians who have frequently volunteered their talent to perform at Society events. The Robert Lee and Drusilla
Holden Award, given for service to the study of genealogy, went to Charlie Shuler of Caney Fork, for his"
extensive knowledge and documentation of his family history and genealogy and that of other Caney Fork original
settlers. The Society's Patron Award went to Lambert and Joy Hooper for their work in documenting and funding
the banners that were displayed on Main Street to honor Jackson County veterans who gave their lives in combat.
From left are Deitz Family members Joe Deitz, Delores Deitz and Chrystal Deitz; JCGS President Kenny
Nicholson; Charlie Shuler; and Lambert Hooper. Not pictured are Deitz Family band members Bill Deitz, Linda
Deitz Ledford and Ella Ledford; and Joy Hooper.
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men that were inducted into the military. To read; Name of man; age; hometown. Transcribed from records held in North
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Adams, Andy
Adams, William A.
Adams, William Crawford
Aiken, Eular
Alexander Bowen
Alexander, D. V.
Alexander, John W.
Alexander, Will
Alley, Felix Morris
Allison, Coleman Birch
Allman, Frank
Arlington, Lenore Bruce
Ashe, Alex Elisha
Ashe, James
Ashe, James Elisha
Ashe, John Emanuel
Ashe, Roy Robert
Ashe, Thomas
Ashe, Thomas Walter
Ashe, William Donaldson
Baley, Clyde
Barnes, Hurshal
Barnes, Robert
Battle, John Bascombe
Bennett, Dock
Bentley, Joel
Berry, James R.
Biddix, William Walter
Bigwitch, Charlie
Birch, Melvin Sylvester
Bishop, Hugh Neal
Blakely, Charlie Andrew
Blanton, William Ransom
Bradbum, Chaple
Bradley, Bedford
Bradley, Morgan J.
Bridges, Richmond Pearson
Brooks, Joe Lee Melvin
Brown, Claud
Brown, Robison
Browning, John C.
Bryson, Bascom
Bryson, Harley McDuff
Bryson, Kimsey
Bryson, Samuel Richard
Buchanan, Clyde Davis
Buchanan, Edgar
Buchanan, Garland
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Eastlaporte, N. C.
Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Rich Mountain, N. C.
Glenville, N. C.
Kilgo.N.C.
Argura, N. C.
Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Speedwell, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Webster, N. C.
Balsam, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Speedwell, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Webster, N. C.
Webster, N. C.
Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Webster, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Glenville, N. C.
Glenville, N. C.
CuIIowhee, N. C.
CuIIowhee, N. C.
Glenville, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Cherokee, N. C.
Willetts, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Wilmot, N. C.
Cherokee, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Argura, N. C.
Argura, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Fall Cliff, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Cashiers, N. C
Fall Cliff, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
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Buchanan, Rufus
Buchanan, V. C.
Bumgarner, Fred Charles
Bumgarner, Lewis Wilburn
Bumgarner, Roy Carl
Butler, Lacey McDonald
Cabe, Frank A.
Cabe, Walter C.
Cagle, Otho V.
Campbell, Andrew Stover
Cannon, Lewis Henry
Cathey, Benjamin Hamilton
Cathey, Humphrey Posey
Chastain, William
Childers, Carl
Christy, Norman Roberts
Clayton, Ceyman
Cogdill, Edgar S.
Coggins, Lloyd
Coggins, Rector
Coggins, Samuel Edward
Cooper, Arnold
Cope, Andy L.
Cope, Robert Lee
Cotter, David Claire
Cowan, Coleman
Cowan, James Donald
Cowan, Thad
Coward, Dillard
Crawford, George Nelson
Crawford, James Avery
Crawford, James Wilson Lee
Crisp, Lonnie M.
Crow, John T.
Crow, Robert
Crow, Styles T.
Cunningham, Samuel
Cunningham, Severe
Cunningham, W. H.
Daves, Nathan
Davis, George
Deitz, Jake W.
Deitz, Richmond
Dillard, Benjamin Franklin
Dillard, Daniel H.
Dills, Cicero Andrew
Dills, George N.
Dills, Judson Candler
Earley, Randolph
Elders, Candler
Elders, Harley
Elders, Joe
Ellenburg, Travis Melton
Ensley, Oscar
Ensley, Reuben
Evans, George
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Greens, Creek, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Fall Cliff, N.C.
Sylva, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Erastus, N. C.
Balsam, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Balsam, N. C.
Erastus, N. C.
Erastus, N. C.
Fall Cliff, N.C.
Cherokee, N. C.
Addie,N. C.
Willets,N.C.
CuIIowhee, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Sylva, N.C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Cowarts, N. C.
CuIIowhee, N. C.
Addie, N. C.
CuIIowhee, N. C.
Balsam, N. C.
Cashiers, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Cashiers, N. C.
Webster, N.C.
Wilmot, N.C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
CuIIowhee, N. C.
Barkers Creek, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Webster, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
CuIIowhee, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Greenville, S. C.
Sylva, N.C.
Wilmot, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
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Extine, Harley
Fowler, Jones
Fox, Cail
Fox, Griffin
Fox, Merritt
Fox, Will
Fox, Zollie
Franklin, Elias Raymond
Franks, George
Franks, John Henry
Galloway, Justice B.
Gibbs, Charlie Hampton
Gibbs, William Asbury
Gidney, Landrum Hilliard
Green, Allen
Green, Coleman Lee
Green, Felix Ethel
Green, Grover Cleveland
Green, Jerry
Green, Joseph L.
Green, Lenoire
Green, William Benjamin
Gribble, David C.
Guffey, Charles Eugene
Gunter, Julius
Hall, Jimerson
Hall, John Hurshall
Hall, Norman
Henderson, R. C.
Henry, Elsie McKinley
Hensley, Baxter
Hensley, Isaac
Henson, Lawrence
Henson, Rufus Benjamin
Henson, William Thomas
Higdon, Archalous William
Higdon, Cornelius W.
Hipps, Leonidas Joseph
Hooper, Dillard McKinley
Hooper, Joe
Hooper, Lloyd
Hooper, Orie
Hooper, Ransom E.
Howell, James 0.
Hoyle, Dock Hilliard
Hyatt, Pearly Asbury
Jackson, Walter Henry
Jamison, Ernest William
Jennings, Sam
Jones, Carrie
Jones, Elsie Richard
Jones, Fred W.
Jones, George Washington
Jones, Robert
Jones, Walter L.
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Bessie, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Glenville, N. C.
Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Norton, N. C.
Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Fall Cliff, N. C.
Speedwell, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Glenville, N. C.
Sylva, N.C.
Beta, N. C.
Sylva, N.C.
Whittier, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Greens Creek, N C.
Greens Creek, N. C
Speedwell, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Gay, N.C.
Gay, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Barkers Creek, N. C.
Cashiers, N. C.
Willets, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Addie, N. C.
Webster, N.C.
CuIIowhee, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Speedwell, N. C.
Glenville, N. C.
Glenville, N. C.
Eastlaporte, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Willets, N. C.
Gay, N.C.
Eastlaporte, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Bessie, N C.
Wilmot, N.C.
Addie, N. C.
Barkers Creek, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Barkers Creek, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
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Keener, Adam Leroy
Keener, James Ernest
Keener, Rufus
Kellar, Charles H.
Kellar, William Harry
Key, J. Clyde
Knight, John Percival
Lambert, John Corbett
Ledford, William
Lewis, John Bryson
Littlejohn, Guy
Long, Charles
Long, John Robert
Lusk, Lexton
McCall, James
McCall, Journey
McCall, Lawton
McCall, Ray
McCall, Walter E.
McConnell, Walter Birch
McHan, James
McKay, Jesse Talmadge
McMahan, Baxter
McMahan, Elsie
McMahan, Kelse
McMahan, Lawrence
McMahan, Nelson
Madison, Monro Boiling
Martin, Isaac
Martin, Olvin Herald
Mashburn, Benjamin Harrison
Mashburn, George
Mathis, George Ed
Mathis, Samuel Huston
Medford, Wiley Fincher
Melton, Lambert
Melton, Michel
Melton, Woodford
Messer, Hastin
Messer, James
Messer, James
Messer, Joe
Messer, Wilburn McKinley
Moody, Marion
Moore, Ed
Moore, Frederick
Moore, Tom
Monteith, Charley
Monteith, Hugh Ednie
Monteith, Lawrence
Monteith, Lee
Monteith, Walter
Morgan, John
Mull, Milas
Nation, Jesse
Nations, Claud
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Sylva, N. C.
Willets, N. C.
CuIIowhee, N. C.
CuIIowhee, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Balsam, N. C.
Cherokee, N. C.
Addie, N. C.
Webster, N.C.
Whittier, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Cashiers, N. C.
Cashiers, N. C.
Grimshawe, N. C.
Cashiers, N. C.
Cashiers, N. C.
Cashiers, N. C.
Webster, N. C.
Barkers Creek, N. C.
Balsam, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Webster, N.C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Beta, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Webster, N. C.
Barkers Creek, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Speedwell, N. C.
Sylva, N.C.
Willets, N. C.
Addie, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Argura, N. C.
Argura, N. C.
Argura, N. C.
Barkers Creek, N. C.
Barkers Creek, N. C.
Barkers Creek, N. C.
Barkers Creek, N. C.
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Erastus, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Webster, N.C.
Webster, N. C.
Glenville, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Glenville, N. C.
Glenville, N. C.
Glenville, N. C.
Glenville, N. C.
Argura, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Wilmot, N. C.
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Nicholson, Blaine
Nicholson, Eugene F.
Nicholson, Garfield
Norris, Charley
Norris, Harley
Norton, Lem
Norton, Oscar Lee
Owen, John
Owen, McKinley
Pangle, Allen
Pangle, James P.
Pangle, Lunie Lorano
Parker, Albert D.
Parker, Felix Eugene
Parker, Holmes
Parris, Claude Monroe
Parris, Fred Leroy
Phillips, Dombey
Phillips, James
Potts, James Hubert
Powell, Tillman
Pressley, Elliott Cling
Pressley, Harley Bowers
Price, Charles N.
Price, Marion Avery
Queen, Dewitt
Queen, Jasper
Quilliams, Author
Raby, Chester
Reed, Boyd
Reed, Frank Pierce
Rhinehart, Frank Tompkins
Rhinehart, William Jenkins
Rice, Walter E.
Robinson, Cecil Edgar
Robinson, Eldridge Lebo
Robinson, Erastus
Robinson, George
Robinson, James William
Robinson, Judson
Robinson, Oscar
Robinson, Rufus
Robison, Julius
Robison, William Oda
Rogers, James
Rogers, John Ruble
Seago, James Lewis
Seago, Royal G.
Seay, Curtis James
Self, George N.
Shelton, Mitchell
Sherrill, Walter Burke
Smith, John
Stephens, Charlie
Stillwell, Carl Edward
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Cowarts, N. C.
Kilgo, N. C.
Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Cashiers, N. C.
Bessie, N C.
CuIIowhee, N. C.
CuIIowhee, N. C.
Wolf Mountain, N. C.
Wolf Mountain, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Barkers Creek, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Sylva, N.C.
Sylva, N. C.
Rich Mountain, N. C.
Addie, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Cowarts, N. C.
Wolf Mountain, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Speedwell, N. C.
Speedwell, N. C.
Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Balsam, N. C.
Cowarts, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Rich Mountain, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Webster, N. C.
Webster, N. C.
Cashiers, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Willets, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Sylva, N.C.
Speedwell, N. C.
Eastlaporte, N. C.
Sylva N.C.
Webster, N. C.
Wolf Mountain, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Wolf Mountain, N. C.
Cowarts, N. C.
Webster, N.C.
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Stillwell, Ephraim Posey
Stillwell, William Alexander
Suttlemyre, Eli
Sutton, Austin
Sutton, Corbett
Sutton, David
Sutton, E. Clinton
Sutton, George
Sutton, Homer
Sutton, Raymond Ulysses
Sutton, Walter
Talent, Dorrence Marcellus
Tatham, Will
Taylor, Hansel Howell
Teague, Perry Jackson
Teleski, Jesse
Tilley, Charles Osborn
Tioneeta, Arneach
Tramper, Ammons
Turpin, Lyle Jones
Varner, Thaddeus Teague
Ward, Homer
Ward, John Hardy
Warren, Lee
Warren, Walter Dean
Watson, Grover
Watson, Louie
Watson, Vaughn Bryson
Watson, Zebulon
Webb, William B.
Wike, Frank Witcher
Wike, John Marvin
Wike, Milas
Wikle, Jason
Wikle, Pearson
Wilkes, John A.
Wilky, George R.
Williams, John Moore
Wilson, Coleman
Womack, Homer
Wood, Crawford
Wood, Demos
Wood, Edward
Wood, John L.
Wood, William B.
Woodard, Loranza
Woodard, Mat
Woodard, Oscar
Woodard, Sam
Woodring, William Walter
Woods, Jerry Manuel
Wyatt, Garland
Young, Anderson
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Webster, N. C.
Wilmot, N.C.
Dillsboro, N C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Sylva, N.C.
Barkers Creek, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Speedwell, N. C.
Webster, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Speedwell, N. C.
Cherokee, N. C.
Cherokee, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Wilmot, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Bessie, N. C.
Erastus, N. C.
Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Bessie, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Sapphire, N. C.
Eastlaporte, N. C.
Eastlaporte, N. C.
Barkers Creek, N. C.
Barkers Creek, N. C.
Glenville, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Wolf Mountain, N. C.
Wolf Mountain, N. C.
Cowarts, N. C.
Cowarts, N. C.
Cowarts, N. C.
Norton, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Wilmot, N.C.
Glenville, N. C.
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On November 9,2018, Jackson County Genealogical Society lost one of our members, Deanna Gibson Roles.
What made her stand out is her dedication to the genealogy of the people in Western North Carolina. She
volunteered at several Genealogical Societies in Western North Carolina. She was instrumental is forming the First
Families of Buncombe. She was the web master for our society and several others. She was always in our office on
Fridays volunteering her time and talent to helping others.
She will be missed by many. But we do envy her to a certain extent, for now she has found all those missing
relatives, broken the brick walls and answered the countless questions.
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Deanne Gibson Roles, 71, of Franklin passed away Friday, November 9,2018.
Born in Buncombe County on June 28, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Paul Joseph
Gibson and Helen Louise Edwards Gibson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in
death by her sister, Janet Gibson Becker of Silver Spring, MD. Deanne graduated from
Western Carolina University with a degree in Chemistry and worked as a Chemist for BASF
in Enka, NC. She was a member of Sylva-Webster Class of 1965; Macon, Jackson, Swain,
Buncombe, and Madison Genealogy Societies; and the North Carolina Genealogy Society
(she loved to attend the NC conferences and was a presenter at times).
She is survived by her children, Wendy Awald (Stephen) of Hendersonville, Heidi Daniels
of Franklin, and Chris Roles (Norma) of Concord, CA; five grandchildren, Caice Roles of
New Jersey, Shelton Freeman of Franklin, Sawyer Awald of Hendersonville, Conner
Awald of Hendersonville, and Elias Roles of Concord, CA; brother-in-law, Perry Becker of
Maryland; and nieces, Lauren Becker and Caroline Becker Silva, both of Maryland.
A Memorial Service will be held at 2 pm, Tuesday, November 13 in the Chapel of Macon
Funeral Home. Rev. Vic Greene and Rev. Janet Greene will officiate. Burial will be in the
Iotla Baptist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at Macon Funeral Home.
Condolences can be made to the family at www.maconfuneralhome.com
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of birth; Mother's name; Mother's place of birth; Informant's name; Informant's address; Cemetery. Abstracted by Sanji Talley
Watson in the Jackson County Register of Deeds Office 2019.]
Barkers Creek
Carter, Thomas Lee; 30 May 1923; Jackson Co.; 24 May; Claxton Carter; ng; Nellie Robinson; ng; Mrs. Nellie
Carter; Dillsboro; Franklin
McAlhaney, Lloyd Franklin; 29 Apr 1904; SC; 2 Apr; H. F. McAlhaney; ng; Lilly Bishop; ng; Mrs. L. F.
McAlhaney; Cherokee; (Near Hampton, SC)
Canada
Ashe, James B.; 11 May 1949; Argura; 11 May; Virgil Ashe; Jackson Co.; Hulda Golden; Jackson Co.; Grover
Wilks, MD; Sylva; Tuckaseigee
Brown, Bobbie Eugene; 12 Nov
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The Official Journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, Inc.
Vol. VII, No. 7-8 July-August, 1997
JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.
1997 Officers ^
President WilliamL. Crawford
Vice Presidents Barbara W. Dooley
' Rick L. Frizzell
Secretary Marilyn G. Morton
Treasurer David C. Frizzell
Chair, Publications R. Larry Crawford
Journeys Through Jackson is the official publication of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. Members and non-members are invited to submit
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From the Editor
The old saying goes that "Talk is cheap," and if that's true, then excuses must be even cheaper. So
no excuses are forthcoming from the editor for the tardiness of this issue, just apologies to the
membership.
Our JCGS August picnic was fun and well-attended. At that gathering, Barbara Dooley was j
presented with the Holden Award. See the story on the first page of this issue.
Work on the cemetery book is exceeding all expectations. Bill Crawford and Mack Sutton are
leading the way on this project, and we should also acknowledge the able work being accomplished by
Sharon Carnes, Sandie Massingale, Harry Bumgarner, Dorris Beck, and Helen Vance, among others.
We hope this book will be close to reality by Christmas.
Speaking of reality, keep your fingers crossed that the Society will be able to rent space in the
Ferguson Building in downtown Sylva. Our lack of a home has been a continuing frustration, but we
continue to "make do" with members' storage closets, extra rooms, attics, etc.
In this issue, we concentrate almost completely on several 19th century Jackson County families.
Read Thomas W. Johnson's research on the Turpins, the first of many chapters from Betty Cope
Andrews on her Monteith line; more of Marty Grant's Cathey connections; and a revision of the
Suttons from Mack Sutton and Clara Stern. We also offer the 1928 Death Certificates fro Jackson
County.
As Dog Days slink away into oblivion, may the new fall air invigorate our genealogical spirit. One
way that your spirit can be manifest is to consider donating books, notebooks, or just vertical file items
to the Society if our office does materialize. Think about it.
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Journeys Through Jackson, July-August, 1997
Table of Contents
Queries and Information 85
The Thomas W. Johnson Response to the Turpin Box 86-92
ROOTS (Researching 0_ur Origins Together Successfully) 93-94
The Family of Thomas S. Monteith and Sarah Gribble 95-100
1928 Jackson County Death Certificates . - . . ; .. 101-104
The Cathey Ancestry of Marty Grant ..- %...* 105-108
A John Sutton Update by Mack Sutton and Clara Stern 109-114
QUERY
New JCGS member Sandra Davis Blanton, 577 Browns Valley Rd Corralitos, CA 95076 relates that
she was able to document her Hooper name in N C up to the 1880 census, but is confused about the
Davis line. Who was the father of John W. Davis, her ggg grandfather? Why is his wife Sarah in the
census and Jane in the Heritage Book? Who were her parents? What happened to Mary A. Hooper
Davis, Samuel A. Davis (her son) and Nancy A. Davis (her daughter) after the 1880 census? Needs
other info on early Davis name...why the change to Davis fromJDayidson?
BARBARA DOOLEY IS HONORED WITH THE HOLDEN AWARD
At the August picnic held this year at the WCU picnic grounds, Barbara Dooley was honored with the
presentation of the third Robert Lee and Drusilla Holden Award, presented annually as a Distinguished
Service Award by the JCGS and endowed by Mary Sherrill Robinson and Nancy Sherrill Wilson.
Barbara Dooley is no stranger to those who follow the activities of the Society. She serves currently as
Co-Vice President of JCGS, and in that office has been instrumental in bringing many knowledgeable
and entertaining speakers our way.
Barbara was the editor of the 1860 Census book for Jackson County Historical Association, a major
contribution to those studying genealogy in our county. She* h a s traveled internationally to do her
research, and'has shared that research with genealogical'societies, Internet contactees, and with the
members of our local Society.
She is married to James Dooley, retired Vice Chancellor for University Services at WCU, and they are
parents of two, grandparents of three. An accomplished pianist, Barbara with her husband James
founded the Western Carolina Community Chorus. They are also very active in the Cullowhee Baptist
Church. They reside at East LaPorte.
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DID YOU KNOW?
That JCGS members Louise Edwards, Frances Hyatt, Regenia Fisher, and Irene McClure are
featured in a book of essays prepared by the Jackson County Extension Homemakers Association in
cooperation with the WCU University Writing Center? Entitled Memories from the Hearth and
Home:Collected Essays, the softbound book is a collection of reminiscences"from fifteen Jackson
County women. Louise Edwards wrote of Professor Robert Lee Madison and his profound influence on
her family; Frances Hyatt's essay was centered on her teaching days at Big Cove; Regenia Fisher wrote
of "Living in the Country"; and Irene McClure shared her memories of family and education.
Congratulations to these outstanding women for their accomplishments. The book is delightful.
FURTHERMORE, DID YOU KNOW?
...never to store anything in a basement because of mold?
...never use plastic to store ANYTHING?
...to stay away from PVC notebooks to collect your materials?
...never to laminate ANYTHING?
...to use plain steel shelving, rather than wood, because of acids?
...never to store quilts in plastic bags?
...never to write on the backs of photographs?
...never to use magnetic-page photo albums?
...video tapes have a 7-year life under optimum conditions?
...hair can be kept in Glad bags (PVC free)
...if you won't put it in your mouth, don't put it on a grave stone? (In other words, use water.) .
[Ed. The above pearls of wisdom are from our informative June speaker, Billie McNamara, who had dozens of do's and don'ts for
genealogists concerning archival preservation.]
THE THOMAS W. JOHNSON RESPONSE TO THE TURPIN BOX
[Ed. When the "Turpin Box" article ran in JTJ in January-February, it elicited the following letter and documentation on the Turpin
family. Our thanks to JCGS member Thomas W. Johnson of Salt Lake City, who gave us permission to print his Turpin notes. On this
page are condensed statements from the letter.]
"I have been working on this family for some time...My second great-grandmother was Sarah Jane
Turpin, daughter of James H. Turpin and Jane "Jenny" Messer...Previously I had proven that James H.
Turpin and his brothers Elias and Allen were originally from Franklin Co., GA (I didn't know about
William)...I have located William Turpin in Shelby Co., TX in 1850 and 1860...
Josiah Nations calling James H. Turpin "uncle" is also interesting...I have enclosed some of my
information on the Turpin family...This is not all that I have but deals mainly with James H. Turpin and
his three wives."
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CHRONOLOGY OF THE JAMES H. TURPIN, SR., FAMILY
of Franklin and Rabun Co., Georgia, and Haywood, Macon, and Jackson Co., North Carolina
compiled by
Thomas Woodrow Johnson
4165 North 700 East
Murray, UT 84107
circa 1799 Jane "Jenny" Messer was born circa 1799 to Solomon and Rachel Messer (or Mercer)
in Lincoln County, North Carolina.
circa 1803 James H. Turpin was born circa 1803 probably to John Turpin and probably in
Franklin County, Georgia.
25 November 1812 Nancy Ellison Hughes, daughter of Ralph "Rafe" Hughes and Sarah Elizabeth Turpin,
was born probably in Haywood County, North Carolina.
Ralph Hughes Family Bible Record.
1825 Poll Tax A James Turpin paid a poll tat in 1825 under Capt. Tabor's district, Franklin County,
Georgia.
Martha "Walters Acker, Franklin County, Georgia, Tax Digests, Volume 4 — 1825-1829 Taxables
(Birmingham, Ala.:.By the Author, 1987), 19.
circa 1827 James H. Turpin married Jane Messer probably in Haywood County, North Carolina,
but possibly in Tennessee or Georgia.
18 August 1828 John Turpin, son of James H. Turpin and Jane Messer, was bom in Tennessee.
1830 Census Jas. "Tirphr" was listed as head of household in Rabun County, Georgia, including a
Rabun Co., Ga. male 0-5 (son John Turpin, b. 1828), male 20-30 (James H. Turpin, b. circa 1803),
and a female 30-40 (Jane Messer, b. circa 1799). James's brother Elias "Tirpin" and
family were likewise enumerated in Rabun County and his brother Alin Turpin was in
Habersham County, Georgia, in 1830.
1830 Cenuss, Rabun Co., Ga., p. 226, FHL film 0007040.
75 February 1835 Elizabeth Moses " no. 12
James H.- Turpin was a vs. 1
defendant in a suit in James Turpin i Defalt 1 Enjury
Macon Co., N. C
1. John Shular 5. Jesse Pendergrass 6. Wm H. Brison
2. John Colbert 6. James Trittman 10. Ben Clark
3. James Colbert 7. Michael Water 11. Amos Shephard
4. Andrew Colbert 8. Thomas Tatham 12 Samuel Wikell
Who assign the plantiff damage to one penny & costs of suit
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On motion judgment it granted against the securityes for the appeal.
Macon Co., N.C, Clerk of Superior Court, County Court Minutes, Dec 1833 - Feb 1836, p. 43, FHL film
0548807.
1840 Census James "Terpine" was listed as the head of household in Haywood County, North
Haywood Co., N. C Carolina, which included one male age 0-5 (James H. Turpin, Jr., b. 1837), two males
10-15 (John Turpin, b. 1828, & possibly William Brown/Messer/Turpin, b. 1822), one
male 20-30 (name unknown), one male 30-40 (James H. Turpin, Sr.), one female 0-5
(name unknown), three females 5-10 (Margaret Elizabeth Turpin & Sarah Jane Turpin,
twins b. 1831, and a daughter whose name is unknown), and one female 30-40 (Jane
Messer Turpin). One person was employed in agriculuture, presumably James H.
Turpin, Sr.
1840 Census, Haywood Co., N.C, p. 113, FHL film 0018094.
Between 1840 and Jane "Jenny" Messer Turpin died sometime after the enumeration of the 1840 census
30 December 1842 but before her husband's obtaining a marriage license to marry Nancy Ellison Hughes
on 30 December 1842.
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19 June 1840
James H. Turpin of
Haywood Co., N.C,
agreed to sell various
property to Thomas &
King for one shilling if a
debt was not settled with
them by the fall of 1841.
Know all men by these present that I James H Turpin of the county of Haywood and
State of North Carolina for and in consideration of the sum of one shilling to me in
hand paid by Thomas & King of the county and state aforesaid the receipt and payment
whereof is hereby acknowledged therewith fully satisfied have bargained and sold and
do by these present bargain and sell and deliver unto the aforesaid Thomas [&] King
the following property (viz) one bay mare about 8 years old and one young horse 2
years old the one I bought from Daniel Gibson one cow and calf of a dun color and all
my hogs running at Dicks Creek supposed to be about thirty head (with the exception
of twelve dollars worth which Jason Sherrill is to have) Also five head of sheep and all
my household and kitchen furniture and all my standing crops of com and oats and all
my interest that I have in a piece of parcil of land lying and being in county of
Haywood situated on Dicks Creek To have and to hold unto the said Thomas and King
all the above mentioned property and have delivered the same to them free from any
claims from me my heirs and assignes to him their heirs and assignes forever. The
conditions of the foregoing obligation is such whereas the said Turpin is indebted to
said Thomas and King by one note or bond due 1st day of Jany last for the sum of
seventy two dollars and ninety one cents as can be seen by difference to said bond now
if the said Turpin shall well and truly discharge and pay said debt on or before the fall
of 1841 then this obligation to be null and void or other wise to remain in full power
and virtue In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this
the 19 day of June 1840.
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attest: H. P. King (Jurat)
State of No[rth] Carolina Haywood County.
James H Turpin (seal)
Clerks office 22 June A.D. 1840. The deed of mortgage was duly proven in the clerks
office by H P King the subscribing witness thereto recorded therefore let it be so
granted Certified the 9th July A. D. 1840. W[illia]m Welch Cl[er]k.
Haywood Co.. N.C, Deeds E:31-32, FHL film 0463094.
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L - 30 December 1842 James H. "Terpin" and Nancey Hughes obtained a marriage licence; the bondsmen
were James H. Terpin and Gorg [George] Cooper; the witnesses was Samuel Gibson.
Haywood Co., N.C, Original Marriage Bond, NCSA.
6 November 1846 This deed of Mortgage came into my hands the 23rd day of Nov. 1846. B. Turnar
James H. Turpin of Registrar] H[aywood] C[ounty] This Indenture made the sixth day of November A. D.
Haywood Co.,N.C, one thousand eight hundred and forty six Between James H Turpin of the County of
agreed to sell various Haywood and state of North Carolina of the one part and James R. Love of the same
property to James R. county and state of the other part witnesseth whereas hereto for about the 15th day of
Love for fifty cents if a October 1846 James R Love indorsed a security for said Turpin to William Welch of
debt with him was not said county in the sum of thirty dollars ,or there about by note of hand and also stood
settled within twelve as security to M. Francis of said county to a note for twelve hundred 74 pounds of
months. Bacon which was executed to said Francis about the 16th day of March 1846 on which
note there is a credit for 329 lbs of Bacon or thereabout and the said Terpin on his part
stands justly indebted to said Love in the sume of seventy dollars for the use of his the
Loves stallion horse and the said'James H. Turpin being desirous the said Love and
horse him has less as well in the debt for which he is security as his own dues for the
horse therefore for and in consideration of the above named debts and allso for the
further sum of fifty cents to him the said Turpin in hand paid by the said Love has by
these presents sold and does and hath sold to the said James R Love his heirs and
assigns one four horse road waggon without a-body four head of horse beasts to wit one
bay mare ten-years old one bay. mare three years old and a bay horse eight years old
one stud horse an a eight years old and four sets of harness (2 hind and 2 four[)] one
cow and calf household and kitchen furniture to have and to hold the above named
property to the only proper use of the said James R Love his, heirs and assigns forever
It is never the less the true intent and meaning of these presents .that if the said James
H Turpin shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid-all the aforesaid debts with the
accuring interest so as to have harmless and indemnify the said Love in his habi[...]ties
as aforesaid within twelve months from the date of these presents then the obligation
and contract to be utterily null and void otherwise to remain in full force and virtue it
is further understood and agreed that the property for the time being is to remain in the
possession of the said Turpin But if from bad treatment or other causes which the said
Love may suffient [?] to permit further trouble on the part of said he the said Love is
hereby authorized to take and receive possession of all the property hereby conveyed
or any part thereof at his the said Loves own discretion & option In testimony whereof
the said James H Terpin has hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal the day and year
above written in presence of us
Keener James H. Terpin (seal)
State of North Carolina, Haywood County, Clerks office November 23rd 1846 The
foregoing deed of Mortgage was duly acknowledge before me the date above recorded
therefore let the same be registered. Certified by me W. Brown Cl[erk]
Haywood Co., N.C, Deeds F: 115-16, FHL film 0463094.
December 1847 Minutes of December session 1847. . . . Ordered by court that Robert G A Love be
Robert G. A. Love was and he is hereby appointed Guardian to the miner heirs of James H Terpin (viz) John,
named gaurdian of James Terpen - Margaret - Sarah - James - and Allen Terpen he filing bond in the sum of
H. Turpin's minor Two Thousand Dollars with James-R. Love secretary.
children: John, Margaret, r
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Sarah, James, and Allen. Haywood Co., N.C, Minutes of County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1838-49, p. 562, FHL film vJ
0463090.
circa 1849 Margaret Elizabeth Turpin married John E. Fincher probably in Haywood County,
North Carolina. The marriage bond does not survive.
9 January 1849 John "Terpin" (signed Turpin) and Almira Jones, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth
Jones, obtained a marriage license 9 January 1849; the bondsmen were John Terpin and
John L. Smith; the witness was R. V. Welch.
Haywood Co., N.C, Original Marriage Bond, NCSA.
24 September 1849 Monday Morning September 24th 1849 . . . Gedeon Allman vs James H. Turpin SS.
James H. Turpin was Casa [cause of] Defendant sor[...]ened by his bail in discharge of the bond on motion
named a defendant in a of Defedent Councel to quash on the Ground That the bond for appearance is Over the
suit against Gedeon sum Required by Law = Sounder withdrawn Open for tomorrow Presents J. Keener,
Allman. Allen Fischer, J. M. Shook, Esquires.
Haywood Co., N.C, Minutes of County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1849-58, p. 35, FHL film
0463090.
26 September 1849 Wednesday Morning September 26th 1849 . . . Gideon Allman vs J. H. Therpin SS.
James H. Turpin was motion of defendant councel to quash the proceeding on the grounds of erregularity of
named a defendant in a the casa [cause of] bond which motion was sustained by the court whereup the court
suit against Gedeon adjudged and decreed that the casa be dismessed and that Defendant have Judgement
Allman. The case was against the Plantiff for the cost of suit to be taxed by the clerk. Present Allen Fischer,
dismissed. J. R. Love, Wm P. Gilett, Esquires. V )
Haywood Co., N.C, Minutes of County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1849-58, p. 38, FHL film
0463090.
James H. Turpin and State vs James Love Jun & James Turpin SS. Defendant co[...]d woodfire to quashe
James Love, Jr., were the indictment in this case.
named defendants in a
suit brought by the State. Haywood Co., N.C, Minutes of County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1849-58, p. 60, FHL film
0463090.
11 February 1850 A Power of Attorney from James H Turpin William Messer [sic] & John Turpin to
James H. Turpin, John Saml. W. Gibson was proven in this office By Joseph Keener clk the words & figures
Turpin, and William (following to wit) Know all men by these presents that we James H Turpin natural
Messer [otherwise Turpin Guardian of the minor heirs of said Turpin & Jane Turpin formerly Jane Mercer to
otherwise Brown], gave with Sarah James & Henry Allen Turpin & William Turpin [sic] & John Turpin, all of
power of attorney to the County of Haywood & State of North Carolina, have and do by these presents
Samuel W. Gibson to nominate & appoint Saml W. Gibson of the said County and state their true and lawful
obtain their share of the attomy in fact for them and in their name, to ask for demand and receive of & from
estate of Joseph Mercer all and every person in whose hands the distribed share of Jane Turpin wife of James
[Messer] of Crittenden H. Turpin formerly Jane Messer who is now dead, and who was the daughter of
Co., Ky., due in right of Solomon Messer, in the Estate of Joseph Mercer late of Crittenden County, and State
Jane Mercer [Messer], of Kentucky, though now deceased and all money w. specific Articals Which is due the
deceased, the daughter of said James H Turpin in right of his said deceased wife or to his said representatives in
Solomon Messer. Jane whose soever hands the same may be, The said attomy in fact S. W. Gibson is to take
was the deceased wife of & use all lawful means, in our names or otherwise for the recovery thereof Either by
James H. Turpin and the Suing out and prosecuting any & all manner of legal process or by compounding or ^—'
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mother of William Messer-
[otherwise Turpin
otherwise Brown], John
Turpin, Sarah Turpin,*
James Turpin, and Henry
Allen Turpin.
arbitrating in his discretion and all proper and necessary acquttances or other sufficent
releaces, and discharges, for us and in our names to make seal & deliver and to do all
lawful acts and things inwhatsoever concerning the premises as fully and effechially in
Every respect as we our selves might or could do were we personally present. In
testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals the 11th day of Feb. AD
1850
Attest J. Kenner
A true copy certified
signed James H Turpin (seal)
Wm Messer [sic] (seal)
John Turpin (seal)
Haywood Co., N.C, Minutes of County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1849-58, p. 73, FHL film
0463090.
75 June 1850 Tuesday morning-June 18th 1850 . . . State vs J. C. Love & James H. Turpin SS Enely
James H. Turpin and Armstrong S. W. wet & Prosator call and failed Judgement wise for $40 Issue scisa
J. C. Love were named Opinnion of the councel the Defendant Be rebound W
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Vol W, 9{p. 9-10 Septem6er-Octo6er, 1994
President's Message
I went back to Cullowhee to get a VCR
repaired and came away with a whole lot of
memories about growing up within a hundred
yards of the repair place. When I was a small
boy my daddy had a T-model Ford and Bill
Ingram had four small lots in Cullowhee facing
the highway. Bill wanted that Model-T and my
daddy wanted a place to build a house, so it's not
surprising that they got together and made a
trade—then came the building of a house. This
was even before the Depression and the only
lumber that was to be had for the price that my
daddy could afford was green oak. It did dry
after some time, but we had some pretty good
cracks to deal with. This was no major problem
because we also had newspapers and cull paper
from the paper mill in Sylva to fill up the cracks
and cover the walls inside. We lived there many
years and survived many cold nights. We never
even knew that it was hard because it was all
that we had at the time.
I'm getting away from my story a little, which
was to be about that big hole in the side of the
hill facing the highway. We grew up with a lot of
business coming to Cullowhee; most of the people
who came on later never knew of them. First of
all we had Moss's Store which was general
groceries and feed and connected to that was a
dance hall. Then there was a dry goods store
with rooms above. Also, a small restaurant in
the next building. But then comes the surprise.
There were two car dealerships—one was in the
two-story brick building, but on the corner next
to the river was a Hudson dealership. They had
at the time three or four Hudson Terraplanes.
The thing I remember about the Hudson was that
the floorboard was lower than the bottom of the
doors. You would step down to get in and at that
time it was different Robert Brown owned one
of them and somebody in Dix Gap owned
another, but this is still not what I'm writing
about
One morning about one o'clock somebody was
yelling real loud down at the road and we
thought it was Alvin Henson, known to us as
Chink, and also known to us that he did some
celebrating on several occasions. He seemed to
be saying that the town was all high, but actually
he said the town is on fire. The first four
buildings from the edge of our yard were burning
by the time we could get out. There was an
outside stairway between the cafe and the brick
building that was the Chevrolet place, and that
opening must have saved the rest of Cullowhee.
There was no Are department to help and the Tire
just burned out and the walls fell in the right
direction. We carried water and threw on our
house which was so hot that steam would come
off the walls and the window glass broke from
the heat It survived the big fire back then but
burned down recently after being partially
demolished.
I'm going to send somebody to pick up that
VCR. I could probably write a book with one
more visit
Our genealogical society is alive and well. We
are selling some books all along and the same
faithful members attend the meetings. If you are
not one of them, we would love to have you back.
Set aside the second Thursday nite and mark
your calendar. If you grew up in Cullowhee in
the twenties and thirties you could possibly tell
some good stories. See you on October 13.
Archie
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CALENDAR
Regular Society Meeting, October 13, 7:00 p.mn
Jacksoa Comity Public Library.
October 28-19, NCGS Workshop, Raleigh (see
flyer at back of this issue).
Regular Society Meeting, November 10, 7:00
pan., place to be announced
Society Annual Meeting, December 8, 7:00 p-m.,
place to be announced.
Edd Dong Davis, Jackson County's First Sheriff
A. M. Bumgarner. I was elected to the office of Sheriff, and so have the distinction of having been the first sheriff
of this county.
When the business of electing county officers was dispatched, the court moved its sitting to an old log church
which stood near the present residence of ex-sheriff W. A. Henson, and there appointed road overseers and
patrollers. The organization of the county was completed by drawing the following list of jurors, of whom all are
now dead except Thomas Henson and George Bumgarner: Wm. Candler, Bazee Lusk, Aaron Butler, John B.
Wilkes, H. T. Galloway, John Davis, Frederick Huffman, George Bumgarner, Hugh Rogers, Albert Hyatt, James
Connelly, Absolom Woodring, Silas Green, Ben Williams, Isaac Mason, A. C. Coleman, James Wilson, J. M.
Henson, Wm. Henderson, J. J. Hooper, W. R. Buchanan, James Fisher, George Buchanan, John Monteith, Joel
S. Conner, Wm. Norton, Josiah Watson, James Kirkland, Amos Ashe, Philip Dills, E. D. Brendle, Abe Hyatt, Ben
Harris, A. M. Gocher, arid G. W. Clayton.
The following is the list of magistrates who qualified at the organization of the county, all of whom have passed
away: Allen Fisher, Wm. R. Crawford, A. M. Bumgarner, Peter King, Jonas B. Sherrill, John Wilson, Jacob
Wike, L. C. Hooper, W. H. Higdon, W. R. Buchanan, James McKinney, and John Zachary.
I held the office of sheriff for twelve successive years. When my last term expired, I engaged in farming for
the three ensuing years and then made the race for clerk of the Superior court, against M. M. Brown, the father
of the present incumbent of the office. I was successful in this race and held the office for six years. While still
in this office I made the race for representative against G. W. Spake, Dr. J. M. Candler, and Harve London. I
was again successful, and served in the legislature of 1874-5 in which-1 voted in favor of the constitutional
convention which amended and removed from the county its "carpet bag" features.
Some years afterwards I was elected a member of the Board of County Commissioners and served in that
capacity for six years.
In all, thirty years of my life have been spent in office, taking into consideration —years term as justice of the
peace my official life beginning in the office of Sheriff when I was twenty-five years old.
The first election held for the elections of members of the General Assembly was in 1854, when CoL T. D.
Bryson, was elected, having defeated John B. Allison. Bryson was defeated in 1856 by J. R.- Dills by 11 votes.
Bryson was re-elected in 1858. In 1860 Col. Jas. R. Love was elected. Joseph Keener succeeded him in 1862.
He was succeeded in 1864 by W. A. Enloe. In 1866 T. D. Bryson was again returned to the Legislature. E. M.
Painter sncceeded him in 1868. T. D. Bryson was again elected in 1870, and he was succeeded in 1872 by J. N.
Bryson. The recollection of the present generation will reach back this far, and I shall not mention the
representatives chosen since that time.
From the Historic Webster newsletter Edd Doug Davis, known as Doog Davis, became in 1853 the first sheriff
of Jackson County. With the exception of the period he lived, while sheriff, in the jail at Webster, he spent his
adult life on his large farm located between Webster and Cullowhee. Today this area is called Rolling Green.
Sheriff Davis and his wife Nancy Allen, daughter of Nathan Allen of Webster, were the parents of seven sons
and two daughters. Mr. Davis, who died at his home August 25, 1911, is buried in the family plot in Webster
Cemetery along with his wife, two of his sons, Nathan A. and Joe W., and other members of later generations of
Davises.
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Table of Contents
Journeys Through Jackson, September-October, 1994
Edd Doug (Doog) Davis, Jackson County's First Sheriff 99-100
"One Ark Short" 101-104
1870 Jackson County Mortality Schedule 105-106
Nation Family Roots in Jackson County 107-108
Queries 108
A Connected Gathering 109-110
Long Distance Research (A Research Aid) 111-116
Jerry Frady Carlisle Pedigree Chart 117
Charles Williams Pedigree Chart 118
Index 119-121
Announcements 122
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EDD DOUG (DOOG) DAVIS, JACKSON COUNTY'S FIRST SHERIFF
(The Jackson County Journal of January 29, 1906, carried the following autobiography of the county's first sheriff and has some interesting
information about the county's formation. This same article was printed in the Historic Webster newsletter in April, 1974, with some
parenthetical, explanatory comments.)
The author of this article was born in Buncombe County (now Transylvania) Sept 4, 1827. My father lived
where the late George C. Neil lived to the time of his death, on what was then known as Lamb's Creek which was
a tributary of French Broad River. Its head waters were near where Davidson's river has its source, with which
it ran parallel but being much smaller. It was then known as Ben Davidson's river but of late years the "Ben"
has been dropped.
There has been a postoffice at this place for more than seventy years. Davidson's River postmaster, Ben
Davidson, was my great-grandfather.
When I attended school the course embraced reading, writing, and arithmetic My teachers were David
Hadden, Benj. D. Gullick, and James Patton. During the winter of 1839-40 I attended a school at an old
Presbyterian camp ground, this school being taught by Charles McDowell Paxton, under the same conditions as
the other teachers.
In the spring of 1840 my father moved to Caney Fork (then Haywood County). I worked on the farm and
attended several little schools taught by E. B. Erwin and B. B. Edmonston. My last school days were spent under
the instruction of that whole-souled clever young man, J. Newton Bryson, in the year 1857. The old log school
house stood near where the store house of Henson Brothers, of Painter (Cullowhee), now stands. (The store house
was at the northwest end of bridge.)
This now brings us to the time when Jackson County was organized, the statute under which it was done
providing that it be organized at the dwelling house of Daniel Bryson. This was done about the 20th or 21st day
of March, 1853. His Honor J. W. Ellis (afterward Governor) was holding the spring term of the court and
appointed J. Newton Bryson, Clerk of the Superior Court Ellis was Governor when hostilities broke out between
the states. President Lincoln called on him to furnish 7500 soldiers to bring the South under subjection, to which
Ellis sent an indignant refusal, of course.
When the magistrates appointed had qualified, they proceeded to the election of the following County officers:
Clerk County Court, J. Keener; Coroner, Charles Bumgarner; Register, J. D. Buchanan; Trustee (now treasurer),
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(Editor's note: You will recall that we left Leo Cowan and friends seeking direction from a higher source as they struggled to deal with the
great flood of August, 1940. Now for the rest of the story.)
.ONE ARK SHORT (Continued from July-August issue)
I stood there in that raging creek, trying my best to get some of my religious teaching straightened out
in a hurry. I remembered Aunt Etta, my junior Sunday School teacher, telling us some Bible stories. Naturally,
the first one I thought of was Noah and the Ark in a flood that must have been at least as big as this one, and
to hear her tell it, it was probably a lot bigger. However, there did seem to be two big differences in Noah's
predicament and ours: we didn't have any wine to celebrate our survival, if we survived, and even if our flood
was smaller, we were still up one angry .creek and were one ark-short.
The Noah bit didn't seem to apply to our situation. I decided that prayer was the next best hope, so I
started with, "AH things bright and beautiful,, all things great arid small..." and knew right off that this would
not cut it The only other prayer that came to mind was, "Now I lay .me down to sleep..." which was downright
depressing at a time when I needed all the uplifting I could get At this point I decided to go whole hog and ask
for divine intervention. There seemed to be precedent for such a request I remembered Aunt Etta telling us
about the Israelites' trials in their exodus from bondage in Egypt Aunt Etta could never just say Israelite. She
always upped it to a whole host of Israelites. According to her, a whole host of Israelites were high-tailing it out
through the desert, leaving bondage and Egypt, seeking the land of milk and honey, and if it took them as long
as Aunt Etta said, it was probably buttermilk and honey by the time they got there.
The whole host of Israelites that were hot-footing it through the sand were being chased by the mighty
Pharaoh's, mighty army, and just at sundown, the Israelites realized they were trapped between the Red Sea
before them and Pharaoh's army behind them .and darkness and gloom settling round about them and they should
have been sore afraid, but Moses, their leader, knew the Israelites had found favor in the eyes of the Lord. The
Israelites practiced a.peculiar kind of pruning that pleased the Lord, so He had a strong wind blow out of the East
all night When morning came, the Red Sea had a wall of water on the right and-a wall of water on the left and
a dry sandy path between the-walls that allowed the whole host of Israelites to cross without even getting their
sneakers wet
When Pharaoh's army marched up to the sea and saw the two walls of water, the drill sergeant said,
"Ahabah," which being interpreted, means, "Twph, halt and at ease until we can see if the Israelites, whose little
Lebanese tennis shoe tracks we see in the sand, are actually going in the direction the tracks are going or were
they walking backwards to make ns think they were coming from a place, when in reality they were actually goipg
somewhere!" After they decided their late guests had crossed the Sea and even now were entering the wilderness,
the little drill sergeant with the big drill voice yelled, "Ten-shun, for hor, hup, trap, ree, or," and marched forth
between the water walls. When they were halfway through, the Lord pulled a, Jericho on them,.and Pharaoh's
army got drownded.
It may have been the situation I was in that made me see Aunt Etta's Bible lesson in an entirely different
light to which I had always seen i t Up to this point, I had always thought of the Israelites as the good guys and
Pharaoh and his draftees as the heavys. If someone had told me at suppertime that before the rooster crowed
I'd be standing in a raging .torrent -up to my ear lobes, pulling for the Egyptians, I'd have said their belfry was
in desperate need of an exterminator. Even remembering all the tribulations they had when Moses led them
wandering pell-mell through the wilderness of forty years because he didn't have a.road map didn't change my
mind. Aunt Etta explained Moses' shortcoming in this matter by telling us that Moses started out as a river man,
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and as far as she knew, he never owned a car in his life and had no need for road maps. Aunt Etta may not have
been a great Bible scholar,'but she was one mean story teller.
We were in the same situation that the Egyptians were 3,000 years ago, and I knew that the males of
Appalachia in the early 1900's did not practice the peculiar pruning that pleased the Lord, and I knew the Lord
knew I knew this. I also knew that if we were ever to be on dry ground again, it was time for us to get our own
selves out of this mess or join Pharaoh's army.
Bernice was the next to leave the truck. Her left hand interlocked with mine while Ray held her other
until she could get in the creek and grab the door handle. When she stepped in the creek, her skirt and slip came
up around her waist She released Ray's hand, tucked her slip and skirt to their proper place in the water, then
grabbed the door handle. A woman will be a woman come hell or high water. After Bernice got in the creek,
I tried to move toward the bank, but the current was too strong, the footing too precarious to go any direction
except downstream. We followed Winston's directions until he left the truck, closed the door, and grabbed the
door handle. Now we were all in the drink. The truck's headlights were still shining but beneath the water most
of the time now. The rain continued hard and steady; the rocks banged, ground, and tumbled around, over, and
on our feet The creek kept rising, and the sand and gravel it carried kept stinging our legs and finding its way
into our shoes and socks. Misery was shifting into overdrive.
We slowly worked our way closer to the bank of the creek. The creek seemed to have taken on a new
personality. It was hard to realize that this angry, raging torrent was the same creek I had known all my life.
For as long as I could remember, I had gone to sleep with its gentle lullaby singing in my ears. We had fished
this stream, waded i t made swimming ponds and learned to swim in it, and now it acted as if we had never
known each other. Some of the happiest times of my life were spent on a make-shift hammock swung low over
the creek in the Laurel Thicket It was there that I read Little Men, Riding Pete from Powder River, oodles of Zane
Grey, and hundreds of Big Little Books. The creek's gentle murmurings even kept me focused enough to wade
through a tome called Anthony Adverse, but deep down I always felt the creek owed me on that one. That may
have been the reason it was determined that as my hand probed the darkness, it would find nothing more
substantial than dark, wet air.
I have known the feel of flannel and slippery elm, but I have known nothing that equals the feeling of the
first alder bush I caught that night It was a small twig, no bigger than a pencil, but it held until I could get to
a larger one. After I got a firm grip on an honest-to-goodness full-grown alder bush, the word went down the
chain to Winston. He turned the door handle loose, and slowly they swung downstream and then into the bank
where they had the luck and the fun of finding their own alder bush. Five cold, wet scared, grateful people
scrambled onto solid land, crossed Grandpa's hog wire fence, then went through his hog lot back to the truck.
It still sat in mid-stream, still had headlights shining in the night The lights were the only thing that seemed
normal on this night that somehow had gone completely mad. It had already been a long, long night but there
was still a lot of night left
Winston, Ray, and I got as close as we could get to the truck, bunkered down, and tried to think of some
way to save i t The stream kept rising, and it was obvious the truck would soon wash away if something was not
done to anchor i t Bennie and Bernice had not discovered how hunkering helps the thinking process, so they stood
behind us, and they stood far enough behind us to be sure there was plenty of high ground between them and the
creek. They were followers of the fool-me-once school. Winston, being the driver, decided to go to Grandpa's
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house and get a log chain to tie the truck to a maple tree that stood on the bank. 'The rest of us, being mere
passengers, waited until Winston -returned with a log chain and Uncle Hampton with an oil lantern. Uncle
Hampton fastened one end of the chain to the tree as Winston took the other and once again entered the creek.
All he had to do to save the truck "was to Tasten the chain to the front bumper. He was within five feet of the
truck when its rear end swung downstream, with its headlights now shining upstream, leaving Winston in the dark
holding a now useless log chain. The rest of ns, being conventional passengers, sat open-mouthed and watched.
When' the rear end swung downstream, the truck held that position—but not for long. While the back
floated, the front wheels, bearing the weight of the motor, remained in place for some thirty seconds before a
surging current picked the truck up and started it on its driverless journey into the night The headlights
continued shining as we sat there watching in disbelief: We were in no mood-for and probably were completely
unappreciative of the track's spectacular farewell. The creek flowed with swells and troughs as it followed the
contour of the land. When the track topped the crest of a swell, its' lights scribed brilliant arcs of light in the
night sky, then disappeared as the rear end climbed the crests. We continued to watch our on-again, off-again
unexpected luminary as it followed the creek and finally disappeared behind a distant hill. We stood there
dumbfounded, each waiting for someone' to say something. Nothing was said. There was nothing to say.
Uncle Hampton turned and started back to Grandpa's house. We followed him and his pitiful lantern.
The headlights that had kept us attached to a Visible world that we were comfortable in were gone. I looked at
that smoky old kerosene lantern making its pathetic attempt to overcome the darkness that would soon swallow
* us, and being young and not too far removed from the age of wishing, I wished we could have a great big helping
of Mr. Edison's brilliant lights.
Some twenty yards from the ford there was a storehouse by the roadside, and just beyond the storehouse
was a driveway to Berlin's house. Berlin's family did'not live in the house in the summertime. They lived in
another house on the farm and rented this house to a Mrs.' Lewis each summer. Mrs. Lewis, who came from
Washington, D. C, found the summers on East Fork to her liking, as did her daughter Marion and the many
visitors who came calling. She had a Boston terrier named Skippy that was no visitor. Mrs. Lewis considered
Skippy a member of the family and treated him as such. Skippy had his own stool on which he sat and ate his
meals with the rest of
Visual Political Communication in Italian Electoral Campaigns
No full textAfter a brief introduction to the Italian political and communication scene,
this chapter analyzes the electoral materials produced in the last four weeks
of campaigning by the main political parties and candidates of the Italian
general elections of March 2018. It focuses its attention on the forms and
instruments of visual communication. The author highlights the evolution of
the instruments and languages of electoral campaigns: the disappearance of the
traditional forms of visual political communication, such as the street posters
and TV ads, on the one hand, and the spread of new tools such as web cards,
memes, and videos, on the other hand, with the latter closely related to the
spread of social networks. What emerges is that the logic and rhetoric of social
platforms is progressively changing the visual vocabularies and the strategies
of engagement of politics and election candidates. The visual component is an
increasingly important element in the process of emotionalization of political
communication
Art and the unconscious : a semiotic case study of the painting process
No full textThis dissertation is an attempt to design an interpretation model for the comprehension of unconscious content in artworks, as well as to find painting techniques to free the unconscious mind, allowing it to be expressed through artwork. The interpretation model, still in its infancy, is ripe for further development. The unconscious mind is a fascinating subject—in art production as well as in many scientific fields. This hidden part of the mind, being the source of creativity, constitutes an important foundation for many possible and valuable inquiries in multiple areas of knowledge. In the present study, the unconscious is approached from an art-educational perspective.
The nature of the unconscious is addressed through the theories of Carl Gustav Jung and Charles Sanders Peirce, as well as through the information gained from data the author produced herself during the experimental painting process she devised for this study. For psychological distinctions not addressed by Jung, the theories of Sigmund Freud are used to forward this inquiry into the unconscious mind.
A research method was created to bring Peirce’s theories into consonance with Jung’s amplification method. Since Peirce’s theories are challenging to read, to avoid misinterpretation, the author used Phyllis Chiasson’s 2001 book Peirce’s Pragmatism: The Design for Thinking as a secondary source. Peirce’s three modes of reality—firstness, secondness, and thirdness—were utilized to interpret artworks. This three-mode reality allows interpreters to reflect on their subjective feelings and then to compare them to collected data. The interpreters’ intuitive self-interpretations often correlate well with the more objective data.
In this approach to interpretation, the work of art is seen as a sign, in the Jungian as well as in the Peircean sense, and interpretation seeks to discover a sign’s objects—icon, index, and symbol. Additionally, the objects are studied in combination with Peirce’s designation of the sign’s character elements—sinsign, qualisign, and legisign. Peirce’s theory offers a logical and productive structure for approaching a variety of signs and reaching a multiplicity of interpretations.
Jungian theories inculcated a combined psychological and artistic perspective for the interpretation of artworks. Jung’s method of amplification is an effort to bring a symbol to life, and it is used as a technique to discover—through the seeking of parallels—a possible context for any unconscious content that an image might have. In amplification, a word or element—from a fantasy, dream, or, in this study, artwork—is associated, through use of what Jung called the active imagination, with another context where it also occurs. It must be remembered that unconscious images in artworks do not easily open themselves up for interpretation. One way to interpret possibly unconscious images is for the interpreter to become vulnerable by employing his or her own unconscious mind to interpret an artwork; such use of the active imagination can enable a subjective experience of the artwork on the part of the interpreter, who might thereby uncover unconscious content.
Moreover, in this study, Jung’s theory of archetypes is employed, in parallel with Peirce’s and Jung’s theories of the sign, to illuminate an artwork’s images by connecting them with collective unconscious archetypes. The author relied upon The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images (Ronnberg and Martin 2010) as the main source for interpreting possibly unconscious elements in the artworks. This approach is especially powerful when artists interpret their own artwork—possibly leading to a galvanizing self-discovery as they revisit past encounters, personal highlights, and other pieces of unconscious content that might reveal previously unknown meaning important to their life. By comparing archetypes to the unconscious content in their own lives, people can discover themselves.
Unconscious phenomena were approached on both the theoretical and empirical levels. Different methods and ideas were used to stimulate the author’s unconscious thinking while performing artwork analyses of three paintings: surrealist Salvador Dalí’s (1904–1989) Assumpta Corpuscularia Lapislazulina; abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock’s (1912-1956) The Deep; and one painting by the author herself, and for which the process of painting is videorecorded (www.astagallery.com/academic.html).
With regard to the third painting interpreted, the author is the study subject, and her artistic production is used as an opportunity to explore the unconscious mind. During the act of painting, an attempt is made to free unconscious thinking by fusing Dalí’s and Pollock’s methods as well as by testing multiple other methods. The author’s artistic production was conjoined with use of a technique that is called the verbal protocol method, which generates additional data not necessarily visible in the final artwork. This method unseals the artist’s tacit knowledge, which in normal circumstances remains silent.
In the verbal protocol method, the author, while engaged in the act of painting, speaks aloud the stream of consciousness that accompanies and guides the art-making activity; the recorded and transcribed monologue from the artistic production is supplied, in both Finnish and English, in appendices. This thinking-aloud technique allows a person to become more self-aware and to create more solutions while struggling with emergent artistic problems. Such narratives can reveal more about the painting than the completed artwork alone can convey. Along with the artist’s finished painting and the videorecorded material, narratives produced during the painting activity were interpreted. Moreover, the discoveries arising from the author’s interpretation of her own artwork are correlated with some of the latest research on the unconscious.
This study allows the reader-viewer an intimate glimpse into the author’s subjective painting experience and demonstrates the participation of the unconscious in an artwork’s creation. The interpretations methodology constitutes an interpretation model suitable for other artists and art educators to follow.
Keywords: unconscious, art, archetype, mandalaei tietoa saavutettavuudest
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Analysing the political effects of ‘fake news’ deflections in the UK
No full textWe, the Editors and Publisher of West European Politics, have retracted the following article: Ric Neo (2023) ‘Analysing the political effects of ‘fake news’ deflections in the UK’, West European Politics, DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2023.2211836, published online on 21 June 2023. Since publication, significant concerns have been raised about overlaps in concept, theory and design with work made available as a conference panel paper by Kaylyn Jackson Schiff, Daniel Schiff and Natália Bueno in 2020, a precursor to their paper recently published in the American Political Science Review.Schiff, Kaylyn Jackson, Daniel Schiff, and Natália S. Bueno. 2020. ‘The Liar’s Dividend: How Deepfakes and Fake News Affect Politician Support and Trust in Media’. Presented at APPAM in November 2020.Schiff, Kaylyn Jackson, Daniel S. Schiff, and Natália S. Bueno. 2024. ‘The Liar’s Dividend: Can Politicians Claim Misinformation to Evade Accountability?’ American Political Science Review. Published online 2024:1–20. doi: 10.1017/S0003055423001454. Schiff, Kaylyn Jackson, Daniel Schiff, and Natália S. Bueno. 2020. ‘The Liar’s Dividend: How Deepfakes and Fake News Affect Politician Support and Trust in Media’. Presented at APPAM in November 2020. Schiff, Kaylyn Jackson, Daniel S. Schiff, and Natália S. Bueno. 2024. ‘The Liar’s Dividend: Can Politicians Claim Misinformation to Evade Accountability?’ American Political Science Review. Published online 2024:1–20. doi: 10.1017/S0003055423001454. Upon query, the author has not been able to provide a satisfactory explanation for this significant level of overlap and the inadequacy of accreditation. As this is a serious breach of our Editorial Policies, we are retracting the article from the journal. The author has agreed to retract the article. We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions. The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.</p
Daniel Nagrin: On ‘This and That’ and Choreographic Methods as Jewishness
No full textThis paper examines American choreographer and dancer Daniel Nagrin’s choreographic methods as a study in Jewishness. It extends the notion that dancing Jewish not only resides explicitly through overtly Jewish themes, time and place, subject matter, and tropes (Brin Ingber 2011, Jackson 2011, and Rossen 2014), but also is posited subtly and discreetly within the methods, content/function, and structures and devices used to create and perform concert dances. The author\u27s personal experiences with Nagrin, first as a graduate student and later as a researcher, coupled with admiration for his work are the inspiration and force behind this paper. From viewing video- tapes (Nagrin 1967, 1985) and tracing patterns (Adshead et al 1988, and Kane 2003), she asserts that Nagrin’s choreographic methods em- body characteristics of Jewishness that are implicit yet tangible. The analysis contributes new knowledge to the dialogue surrounding not only Jewishness in American dance, but also American modern dance in general
Task-Based Language Teaching
No full textWithin the area of language teaching and learning, Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) has gained much attention, including recent publications such as Ellis et al (2019), Mackey (2020) and Ellis (2021). Among the latest pieces of work related to this field is the book entitled “Task-Based Language Teaching”, written by Daniel O. Jackson and released at the end of 2022. Jackson’s book is part of a series called Cambridge Elements in Language Teaching, which aims to present relevant concepts and studies in the area in a clear and concise fashion. Daniel O. Jackson, who is a professor at Kanda University of International Studies, has other contributions in the area of TBLT (Jackson, 2012; Jackson; Burch, 2017). In this new material, the author presents a comprehensive overview of the area by examining its theoretical groundwork, defining important key terms, and presenting important studies on task design and implementation in language classrooms. Therefore, this review seeks to present how the author explores TBLT in this new material and the relevance of such piece of work for theoretical purposes
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