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Journeys Through Jackson 2014 Vol.24 No.01

Author: Jackson County Genealogical Society (N.C.);
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Publication date: 01/01/2014
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30. . ., East side of Savannah Creek, Tatham interest in land with John Wilson and Company . . . (description runs on Buchanan's line.) 100 acre. Bk. C , pg 1354, 1841 for

300.00 pd by Wm. Tatham to Richard Wilson (Hs father-in-law) in year 1840 a parcel of land on Savannah Creek. 85 acres. Bk. C , pg'1354, 27 Feb 1841. Jacob Sims of 1st part and John Wilson, (Brother-in-law) and William Tatham of the second part for

100.00 containing one hundred acres including a mill, also 100 acres . . . 260 acres in all. Bk. D., pg 1738, Feb 1844, for the sum of

10.00 sold unto Isaac Ashe a parcel of land on Savannah Creek beginning at the mouth of the Hollow below the Ridge, by estimation 40 acres or more . . . Bk. D., pg 1724 10 June 1844. James M. Tatham for sum of

100.00 by William Tatham . . . sell and release unto Wm Tatham land on the waters of Chattooga River near the White Side Mountain in 18th District of Macon County containing 100 acres. W ' Bk. D., pg 122, 15 Aug 1846. Between John Wilson (William's brother-in-law) and William Tatham for

30.00 on the waters of Savannah Creek, 100 acres with the exception of 10 acres marked off and granted for the purpose 6f a mill site. 25 Jul 1848. Between William Tatham and George Bumgarner for the sum of fifty dollars a tract of land on Savannah Creek in County of Macon containing 50 acres. Bk. 1, pg 32, 1853. William Tatham - Methodist Church (By trans.) 10 Mar 1853 between William Tatham, Isaac Ashe, Amos Ashe, Christenbury Webb, George Bumgarner and William Tatham, Trustees for Church grounds and building and appurtenances there on known as the Weslannah Church or Savannah Church for the use and benefit of the members and minitsers of the Methodist Epispocal Church and their successors in office as they may be appt. by proper authorities of the Church as inheritance forever... on waters of Savannah Creek on the North side of Tatham's Mill Race. William Tatham and R. V. Welch File 431, Grant 407, Entry 136, Bk 162, pg 293, 3 May 1853, 384 acres Savannah Creek File 209, Grant 287, Entry 135, Bk 160, pg 559, 3 May 1853, 640 acres Savannah Creek near the head of Sang Branch. File 522", Grant 498, Entry 133, Bk 162, pg 572, 3 May 1853, 350 acres on Savannah Creek at J. L. Tatham's Corner. File 523, Grant 499, Entry 141, Bk 162, pg 573, 2 May 1853, 640 acres on Savannah Creek. (Tatham and Welch) marker in Wilson's line . . . Hall's line . . . Wilson's Corner . . . Quilliams line . . . passing Green's line. File 524, Grant 500, Entry 134, Bk 162, pg 573, 3 May 1853, 640 acres on Savannah Creek. File 525, Grant 501, Entry 142, Bk 162, pg 573, 3 May 1853, 640 acres on Savannah Creek. 15 v _ y Journey Through Jackson Winter 2014 File 538, Grant 504, Entry 143, Bk 162, pg 575, 3 May 1853, 640 acres on Savannah Creek. Bk. 1, pg 109, 1854. William Tatham sold to William H. Higdon, land on Savannah Creek for

35.00, 100 acres entered 29 Mar 1846. March 1853. A Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions is opened and.held for the County of Jackson at the dwelling house of Daniel Bryson, Sr., the place fixed by law for the holding the first Session of said County Court. On the motion William Tatham was appointed as one of the Justices of the Peace in the county. William Tatham Commissioner of the Town of Webster is allowed for service

2.00. Bk. 1, pg 109, 1854. 18 Mar 1856. William Tatham, 1st part and Wm. F. Passmore 2nd part. William Tatham for consideration of 12.00 to him in hand by the said Wm. F. Passmore, Jr. his interest in a piece of land lying in Jackson County consisting of 1/3 of one undivided interest in same, which lands are lying on the waters of Chattooga River. Certified 8 Apr 1856. Pg 533, 24 Apr 1856. Whereas William Tatham has heretofore by entry obtained an interest in Entries #862, 640 acres; #103, 350 acres; #134, 640 acres; #136, 384 acres; #137, 640 acres; #141, 640 acres; #142, 640 acres; and #143, 640 acres lying in the County of Jackson for consideration of the sum of two hundred dollars to William Tatham in hand paid has contracted and sold to James Tatham and F. Leach off the County of Cherokee on the sixth of said entries on condition that they pay the said Tathm the sum often cents per acre for one sixth part of the afore said entries and costs of surveying and contingent fees there and then and the case Tatham obligtes (sic) himself to convey to John Tatham and Leach on undivided sixth part of said entries. Bk. 1, pg 494, 18 Mar 1856. William Tatham of State of NC and County of Macon for 30.00 paid by Warren Barker a piece of land on the east side of Savannah Creek, in Dist. #8 being said Tatham's interest in the land with John Wilson and Company. Entered 2 May 1836. Estimated 100 acres. Bk. 2, pg 6, 12 Sep 1856. Between M. Francis, Wm. Tatham, N. Woodfin of Is' part and Wm. Passmore Jamison of 2nd part for

60.00 paid in hand by 2nd part to parties of 1st part, the parties of the first part have bargained and sold premises, releases and quit claims on land in County of Jackson formerly Macon on the waters of Chattooga River near Whiteside Mountain. Bk. 2, pg 358. William Tatham to Robert Phillips of Macon County V2 of 1/3 of Entry No. 137, 141,134 and 145, and Vi of 1/6 of the Shell Ridge 640 acre tract. Said Tatham Acknowledges the amount of

85.00 paid in full. Sum paid above will be more or less than 10 cents per acre. William Tatham died in 1858 without a will. His estate had to be settled in federal court in Morganton, Burke County, NC. Jackson County Register of Deeds This indenture made this the 10* day of May in the year of our Lord, 1860, between E. D. Davis Esq. High Sheriff of the County of Jackson and State of NC of the one part and John Wilson of Jackson Co. NC of the other, part witnessed by virtue of two executions issuing from the county Court of Jackson against Joseph Keener and William Tatham for the sum of

263.58, which sum was recovered by John B. Allison chr. of the said Joseph Keener and William Tatham as on record may appear. Whereas the said execution was directed and delivered to the said E. D. Davis, Sheriff as aforesaid Commanding him that of the goods and Chatties lands and tenements of the said Joseph Keener and >_y William Tatham he should cause to be made the aforesaid sum of

263.58 to satisfy the said Execution 16 K J ^ c ^ Journey Through Jackson Winter 2014 with the cost thereon and the said E. D. Davis Sheriff did seize and take into his hands and custody no goods nor chatties to be found a certain piece or parcel of land in the County of Jackson bounded as follows beginning on a Black Oak N. E. corner of No. 158 and runs North seventy Five West 105 pole to a Black Walnut thence south Twelve west sixty three poles to a White Oak thence South forty poles to a stake on Savannah Creek at Bumgarner's N. W. Corner thence down the meanders of Savannah Creek ninety five poles to a Beach Bumgarner's N. E. Corner thence south Twenty five west twenty one poles to a dogwood thence east twenty five poles to a Hickory thence South forty poles to a Chestnut thence East fifty eight poles to a Red Oak thence North seventy poles to a Hickory thence seventy eight poles to a Black Oak thence North five East one hundred poles to a Lynn (sic) at the Stillhouse Branch thence West down said Branch fifty poles to a Maple on bank of Savannah Creek then North west eighteen poles to a Stake at a Bridge on the State Road adjoining the Wilson old tract then south seventy two sixteen poles to stake thence N. fifty five w e s t . . . containing one hundred and seventy nine acres the lands on which the Widow Tatham now lives and the sheriff after due advertisement according tq,law did cause the piece of land with all appurtenances be put up at public sale to the highest bidder on the 20th day of March in 1860 at which time John Wilson (Brother to Isabella Tatham) became the last and highest bidder at the sum of twenty dollars for the lands with appurtenances belonging to William Tatham deed. Isabella Wilson is the daughter of Richard Wilson and Racheal Strain. She was born on 1 Jun 1802 in Buncombe Co., NC. She died on 3 Oct 1889, in Jackson Co., NC. Burial in Wesleyanna Cemetery, Jackson Co., NC. Notes for Isabella Wilson 1860 Census, Jackson County, North Carolina I. Tatham J . L . T.N. J.M. D.J. 55 22 20 18 18 female Farmer male male male male William Henry Tatham .and Isabella Wilson were married on 12 Jan 1826, (Ref. Bible of John & Ann Tatham.) 15. i. Elizabeth Araline Tatham. She was born on 2 Apr 1827 in Haywood Co., NC. She married George Bumgarner on 27 Feb 1847 in Macon Co., NC. She died on 24 Aug 1903 in Jackson Co., NC. Burial in Fairyiew Memorial Gardens, Jackson Co., NC. 16. ii. Lucinda Tatham. She was bprn on 1 Aug 1828 in Savannah Jackson Co., NC. She died 5 Jul 1892 in Savannah, Jackson Co., NC. Burial in Weslyanna Methodist Church Cemetery, Jackson Co., NC. 17. iii. Clarinda Tatham. She was born on 16 Feb 1830. She married Robert A. Phillips on 13 Oct 1853 in Jackson Co., NC. She died on 3 Oct 1920 in Macon Co., NC. iv. Alpheus L. Tatham. He was born 22 Nov 1832 in Macon Co., NC. He died in 1854. Notes for Alpheus L. Tatham Macon County Land Records Grant 1144, 23 Dec 1843, Issued 11 Feb 1853, District 11, Section 158 (Jackson County, NC) on Tatham's Creek, on the waters of Savannah Creek, adjoining William Tatham. Grant 1145, 12 May 1847, Issued 11 Feb 1853, 100 acres on Savannah Creek (probably same as Bk. G, pg 52.) 17 Journey Through Jackson Winter 2014 Bk. G, pg 52, 1853. Altheous Tatham, 100 acres on the waters of Savannah Creek v-^->' beginning at a popular (sic) tree . . . runs by Luke Wilson's corner. Jackson County Minute Docket - March Term 1856 Invoice of Estate of A. L. Tatham by William Tatham, Administrator. Trivit (?) on Stephen Munday, 53.00 2 Watches 108.00 1 bolts refroster (?) 30.00 John B. Allison debt for 150.00 William E. Enloe 50.00 Benjamin Allison 10.00 J. B. Love 1 shot gun 140 acres of land William Tatham, Administer - Certified by D. Rogers, Clk. "Family History" said that Lee Tatham was arrested for forcibly taking mail from letter carrier between Dillsboro and Franklin because he was expecting a letter from a woman. He was arrested and jailed in Macon County, NC Jail and there died of the "Bloody Flux". (Told by Mattie Buchanan Cabe, daughter of Lillie Tatham Buchanan.) 18. v. Racheal Minerva Tatham. She was born on 24 Jul 1834 in Macon Co., NC. She married Jesse Jones in 1856. She died before 1875 in Jackson Co., NC 19. vi. James Lafayette Tatham. He was born on 18 Jul 1837 in Macon Co. NC. He married •^^J Catherine Boyd on 9 Jun 1861 in Jackson Co., NC. He died on 14 Mar 1919 in Jackson Co., NC. Burial in Wesleyanna Methodist Church Cemetery, Jackson Co., NC. 20. vii. Thomas Nathaniel Tatham. He was born on 4 Jun 1839 in Jackson Co., NC. He married Artie Mae Bryson on 15 Feb 1865 in Jackson Co., NC. He died Sep 1919 in Young Harris, Georgia. Military Service: CSA, CO. A. Infantry Regiment, Thomas Legion. He is buried in Young Harris, Gerogia. 21. viii. David Jasper Tatham. He was born 15 Apr 1842 in Jackson Co., NC. He married Mary Collins Pilky on 22 Mar 1866 in Jackson Co., NC. He died 17 Oct 1891 in Jackson Co., NC. Burial in Wesleyanna Methodist Cemetery, Jackson Co., NC. 22. ix. John M. Tatham. He was bom

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Journeys Through Jackson 2017 Vol.27 No.02

Author: Jackson County Genealogical Society (N.C.);
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Publication date: 05/05/2018
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Journeys Through Jackson is the official journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, Inc. The journal began as a monthly publication in July 1991, was published bimonthly from 1994 to 2003, and continues today as a quarterly publication. The journal issues in this digital collection are presented as annual compilations.Journeys Through Jackson The Official Journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, Inc. Vol. XXVII, No. II Spring/ Summer 2017 JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. 2017 Officers Presiden ................................................................................................................... Lynn Hotaling Vice Presidents ............................................................... Norma Bryson Clayton, George Frizzell Secretary ................................................................................................................. Deborah Blazer Treasurer ..................................................................................................... Teresa Deitz Manring Librarian...................................................................................................................... Marie Clark Office Manager ......................................................................................................... Carol Bryson Web Master, 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 Don’t forget that every second Thursday of the month, the Society offers great programs on a wide variety of topics. As always, they are open to the public and are free. Pass the word regarding our programs. Always remember that our Society is as good as its members. If you have any pictures, stories or tidbits of information that you would like to share with everyone, please feel free to send it to the Society for publication in Journeys. REMEMBER The Rebel Cruise – In Sunday October 1, 2017 1 – 4 pm Sav-Mor Parking Lot Sylva, NC T-Shirts – Music – Food Trucks – 50/50 Raffle Classic Cars, Muscle Cars & Rat Rods Journeys Through Jackson Spring/Summer 2017 49 Table of Contents Table of Contents .............................................................................................................49 JCGS Photo Album.................................................................................................... 50-54 Dr. John R. Brinkley ................................................................................................. 55-64 1880 Jackson County Census Records ..................................................................... 65-68 Descendants of William Solomon Parker, Sr .......................................................... 69-72 Jackson County Genealogical Society Scholarship Winners ................................. 73-76 Descendants of John Thomas Tatham ..................................................................... 77-80 1944 Jackson County Death Certificates ................................................................. 81-83 The Oldest House in Jackson County ............................................................................84 Outline Descendant Report for Frederick (Baumgarten) Bumgarner. ................ 85-88 Gunter-Gooch From Jackson County to Idaho and Utah ..................................... 89-90 Denton Higdon Photo Album .................................................................................... 91-94 Index ............................................................................................................................ 95-96 The address for JCGS is now: Jackson County Genealogical Society Post Office Box 480 Sylva, NC 28779 In the Fall 2016 Issue of JTJ, we made a mistake in the transcription of one of the articles. We are human and all articles are edited for clarity, legibility, proper formatting. Here is the corrected paragraph that should be on page 185 in the Fall 2016 issue. “We have known her all her life until the removal of herself and husband to Tennessee and that we firmly state that she is a woman of good character never having known of or heard of anything whatever derogatory to her character for virtue, charity, honesty, and sobriety and we further state that her father and family for a great many years were close neighbors only residing a short distance from us. Given under our hands this 19th day of August A. D. 1870.” Journeys Through Jackson Spring/Summer 2017 50 JCGS Photo Album The pictures shown here was given to the Society by JCGS member, Bonnie Barker. Above left is a picture of John Robert Mills, taken at the old home place on Moses Creek. Above is Mitchell Melton, Pernell Griggs, and John Robert Mills taken at the Melton home in Little Canada. The photograph on the left is of John Robert Mills and Finley Mills. Recent research on this family reminded us that we had these pictures in the Bonnie Barker Collection. Journeys Through Jackson Spring/Summer 2017 51 JCGS Photo Album The photo above is of John Robert and Flora Arrington Mills family; included in this photo is Zeb Mills, Findly Mills, Mariah Etta Mills, Nellie Ann Mills, Ferry Mills and Winnie Mills. The photo on the bottom is also John Robert and Flora Arrington Mills family. With them in this photo are Nina Arrington, Ferry Mills, Mariah Mills, Nell Mills. These two photos were also part of the Bonnie Barker Collection located in the JCGS Library. Journeys Through Jackson Spring/Summer 2017 52 JCGS Photo Album Recently, there was a discussion in the JCGS office as to if the gentlemen in these two pictures are the same man. The photo to the top is a known photo of William Hamilton Bryson, (11 Nov 1832 – 18 Sep 1875), he was the son of William Holmes Bryson and Magdalene Cunningham. If anyone can identify the gentleman to the left, please let the society know his identity. Journeys Through Jackson Spring/Summer 2017 53 JCGS Photo Album In the JSGC Library, we have been very fortunate to have been given numerous old photographs. On the next two pages are some of the photographs that are unidentified. If you happen to know who any of these people are, please contact the office and let us know their identity. Journeys Through Jackson Spring/Summer 2017 54 JCGS Photo Album Journeys Through Jackson Spring/Summer 2017 55 Dr. John Brinkley By Lynn Hotaling and George Frizzell. This article will continue in future editions of JTJ. Seventy-five years after his death, the man who is likely Jackson County’s most notorious native son is once again in the national spotlight. Dr. John R. Brinkley, born July 8, 1885, in Beta, was raised alongside the Tuckaseigee River by his aunt, Sally Mingus. He left Sylva penniless but found fame and fortune during the 1920s and 1930s after he hit upon the idea of treating male impotence by transplanting goat glands into humans, performing hundreds of surgeries in hospitals he founded in Milford, Kan., Del Rio, Texas, and Little Rock, Ark. After Kansas authorities stripped him of his medical license in 1930, he built a new hospital in Del Rio, where he also constructed the world’s most powerful radio station across the Rio Grande River in Mexico, out of reach of U.S. regulation. He hosted a program introduced country music luminaries like the Carter family and local talent like Samantha Biddix Bumgarner and Harry Cagle to a national audience. Brinkley ended his career in bankruptcy court and died a broken man in 1942, but along the way he revolutionized political campaigning by introducing radio advertising, sound trucks and airplane travel during his 1930 write-in attempt to win the Kansas governorship. Though not initially taken seriously as a candidate, Brinkley attracted such huge crowds traveling the state in his airplane that state officials – just three days before the election – changed the voting rules. The only ballots that would count, they said, were ones that read “J.R. Brinkley.” With no time to protest, Brinkley got on the radio and reminded Kansans non-stop that they needed to write “J period R period B-R-I-N-K-L-E-Y,” and that no other spelling would do. When votes were tallied, Brinkley had 183,278, not counting the estimated 30,000 to 50,000 ballots with “Doctor Brinkley” or other variations. His two opponents’ totals were 217,171 and 216,920, which means Brinkley likely would have won had the old standard of voter intent remained in force. That insight into the 1930 election can be found in a 2008 Brinkley biography, “Charlatan: America’s Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam” by Pope Brock. Since Brock’s book was published, interest in Brinkley has steadily increased. A documentary titled “Nuts!” was screened at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, where it won a special jury award for editing. That film is currently available through iTunes, Vimeo and Amazon’s screening service. A podcast on Brinkley’s exploits, titled “Man of the People” and featuring “Nuts!” director Penny Lane and “Charlatan” author Brock, aired in January of this year, and a film expected to star Robert Downey Jr. is in the works. While Brock’s book doesn’t include much about Brinkley’s early life, or Jackson County, it does paint a detailed (and typically unflattering) picture of the goat-gland specialist’s activities after he left Western North Carolina. Brinkley himself, however, never forgot his roots and kept in touch with a few people he had known as a boy. Despite investigations into his questionable medical treatments, area newspapers treated Brinkley as a star, and his Jackson County comings and goings were often front-page news in local papers. That all changed after his fall from grace when he was revealed to be a fraud. Hardly a mention of Brinkley is to be found in local newspapers in the three decades after his death. The Sylva Herald’s landmark 1951 Jackson County Centennial section, filled with stories of local history and luminaries, makes no mention of Brinkley, despite his national prominence and notoriety less than two decades earlier. Once he came into wealth and power, Brinkley himself created his own markers here, erecting a monument to his beloved Aunt Sally in a sharp curve between East LaPorte and Tuckasegee and having his name spelled out on the rock walls at the entrance to the farm a few hundred yards south that he purchased in 1936 from Claude Wike. Brinkley hired Will Smith, father of the late Bill Smith (a longtime local educator who won election as a county commissioner and Sylva board member), to manage the property for him. Bill Smith owned a collection of letters Brinkley wrote to his father, sometimes on an almost daily basis, directing day-to-day operations at the farm. Ray Ashe of East Fork, whose grandmother Amanda Wike Jackson lived next door to Brinkley’s Aunt Sally, remembers visiting the farm as a boy. “We went there one Sunday,” Ray said. “I remember he was very cordial and showed us everything, including their inner-spring mattresses.” According to Ray, Brinkley was lonely as a child. He often ate meals at Amanda Jackson’s and turned to Ray’s mother, Annie; her sister, Maggie; and brothers, Walter and Albert; for companionship. He was close to Ray’s Journeys Through Jackson Spring/Summer 2017 56 grandmother, who he called “Aunt Amanda” or “Aunt Mandy,” and corresponded with her; Ray has saved some of the letters and postcards his grandmother received from Brinkley and his wife, Minnie, that were mostly written when Brinkley was at the height of his fame and fortune. The first, dated Nov. 8, 1936, is in response to a letter Walter had written to tell Brinkley that Aunt Mandy was having trouble with her eyes. Just as he famously did during his radio shows, Brinkley offered advice, telling Aunt Mandy what to purchase at the “drug store in Sylva” to relieve her symptoms. “2-ounces of a ten percent solution of Argyrol and a medicine dropper. Dropping 5 or 10 drops in both eyes, rolling the eyeballs around and letting the medicine under the lids. I have found this to be of great relief to myself and others. The medicine is harmless, it is very black and stings the lids but that is of little consequence. I usually have it put in my eyes three times a day when I have eye strain or eye pain.” That letter also describes recent weather in Texas (two early frosts) and mentions the banana tree outside Brinkley’s window at his Del Rio mansion. Brinkley spared no expense on his palatial estate, filling it with tropical plants and animals. In “Charlatan,” Brock writes: “It was the home he created there – a mission-style manor and grounds near the Rio Grande – that had Texas talking: 16 acres of naked self-regard, part Versailles, part Barnum & Bailey.” The bulk of the correspondence Ray has surrounds a trip to Europe Brinkley took with Minnie and their son, Johnnie Boy, in the summer of 1937. While traveling, Brinkley sent Aunt Mandy at least a dozen postcards as well as three brief notes. Journeys Through Jackson Spring/Summer 2017 57 (The letter on the right, dated April 21, 1937, was sent to Amanda Wike Jackson from Dr. John R. Brinkley. The note on the left \was written July 9, 1937, also by Dr. John R. Brinkley to Amanda Wike Jackson of East LaPorte. All these illustrations, including the postcard pictured above and sent before, are courtesy of Ray Ashe.) Before the family left the Del Rio estate for their summer-long trip, the Brinkleys threw a big party – one so memorable that Brock describes it in his book, saying that 1,400 guests strolled the grounds while a stunt pilot did barrel-rolls overhead. “It was the biggest party the doctor ever threw the biggest south Texas could recall. After short speeches and a big feed, the night was crowned by an apocalyptic fireworks display: dogs, cats, ducks, soldiers on horseback appeared in the heavens etched in flame, each greeted with gasps and applause. The last rocket spelled a message that shimmered and flared among the stars: ‘Bon voyage Dr., Mrs. Brinkley and Johnnie,’” Brock writes. Brinkley wrote to Aunt Mandy before the trip. In an April 21 letter typed on “Brinkley Hospital” letterhead stationery, he tells her how busy he is and that he hopes to leave Texas by May 1. “We (are) up to our neck in work,” Brinkley writes. “I am having to go here and there besides operating every day, 5 operations yesterday, 6 this afternoon, many more are coming in.” After assuring Aunt Mandy that he and his family will call on her while they are in Tuckasegee, Brinkley says he will give a letter Aunt Mandy wrote to him to “Mrs. Brinkley” and that he’s sure Minnie will write Aunt Mandy if “she has time.” The letter is signed, “With lots of love, faithfully yours, J.R. Brinkley, M.D.” In the promised April 23, 1937, letter to Aunt Mandy, Minnie tells her of their planned trip – they will be in Jackson County May 5 or 6 on their way to New York to catch the Queen Mary – and of the party mentioned above. “Dr. Brinkley is giving a big garden party to several hundred (near 1,500) Del Rioians on next Sunday as a gesture of ‘good will,’” she writes. “We will be gone from Del Rio four months if our plans carry, so we do not want to be forgotten or not remembered with appreciation for the citizens’ good will.” Brock’s book provides the reason for the European journey: Dr. Brinkley had been elected president of the Del Rio Rotary Club, and he was to represent the group at the international Rotary convention in Nice. After leaving Del Rio in their airplane, the Brinkleys visited Aunt Mandy, who gave them some of her home-churned butter. These details are revealed in an undated letter Brinkley sent from the Queen Mary. “Just to let you know we are all right and having a smooth sea,” Brinkley wrote. “We have the rooms used by former King Edward and his mother when they were on this ship.” Brinkley also told Aunt Mandy “Johnnie enjoyed Journeys Through Jackson Spring/Summer 2017 58 your butter in the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York.” The subject of Johnnie and Aunt Mandy’s butter came up again in a postcard bearing a picture of the Notre Dame Cathedral mailed in July from Paris. “Johnnie Boy says he is homesick for Aunt Amanda’s butter and claims yours is the best butter in the world,” Brinkley said. On a postcard from Venice, dated June 21, 1937, that also bears a July 3 East LaPorte postmark, Brinkley wrote: “The streets here are water. You travel by boat. Love, J.R. Brinkley.” He spent his birthday that year in Luxemburg, sending Aunt Mandy a postcard with the queen’s picture and reminding her “Today is my birthday, July 8, 1885.” Brinkley also wrote the next day on stationery from the “Hotel Kaiserhof und Augusta-Viktoria-Bad,” saying he thought she would like it as a souvenir, and adding “‘Bad’ means ‘bath’” and “Yesterday I was 52. Time flies.” All the letters and cards are addressed simply to Mrs. Amanda (or Mrs. Mandy) Jackson, East LaPorte, North Carolina. As mentioned above, Brinkley was a topic of interest to local newspapers all during the 1930s, and the following selection of stories reflects that fact. Reports on Brinkley’s activities were often front-page news. Dr. John R. Brinkley in the Jackson County Journal, 1930 – 1940 (Transcribed by George Frizzell) These are verbatim transcriptions of articles from the Jackson County Journal, a Sylva (N.C) newspaper, which often featured updates on Dr. John R. Brinkley’s life and exploits. In some cases, typesetting errors, such as in the form of repeated words or phrases, have noted at the end of the respective texts. SEEK TO REVOKE BRINKLEY LICENSE IN MILFORD, KAN. Jackson County Journal, May 1, 1930 Dr. John R. Brinkley, native of Jackson county, and famous goat gland specialist is under investigation out in Milford, Kansas, in an effort to revoke his license to practice medicine in the State of Kansas. The complaint charges Dr. Brinkley with gross immorality and unprofessional conduct for the alleged perpetration of a fraud in obtaining his Kansas certificate in 1916. It also charges that he has pleaded guilty to and been sentenced on three liquor law violations at Junction City, Kansas in 1920, and that he had been placed under a

1,00 [sic] peace bond in Milford after being charged with threatening to kill another person. The complaint charges him with fraud and deception in proclaiming the benefits of a so-called compound operation. It states that Dr. Brinkley claims to transplant animal or human glands to the patient in performing certain of the operations, and denies that they can be performed in the manner described by Dr. Brinkley. He is also charged with having guaranteed cures in violation of the American Medical Association’s code of ethics. His attorney announced that Dr. Brinkley will resist attempt to revoke his license, and will conduct his defense in an orderly and courageous way. Dr. Brinkley is well known in Jackson county, having been born and reared here, and having begun the practice of medicine in this county a number of years ago. He is said to have made a visit to Jackson county last summer. Dr. Brinkley, it is said, operates a hospital and radio station out in Kansas, and people here have frequently heard radio broadcasts from his station. (Note: R. Alton Lee’s book The Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley (2002), pages 40-41, notes that Brinkley’s second wife, Minnie, had been charged with a violation of Kansas prohibition laws. However, Brinkley assumed responsibility for the incident and received a sentence. The other events referenced include accusations of violent behavior or threats on Brinkley’s part, which resulted in one instance of a

1,000 peace bond.) Journeys Through Jackson Spring/Summer 2017 59 GO TO BRINKLEY TRIAL Jackson County Journal, July 17, 1930 V.V. Hooper, Julius Painter and Robert L. Madison are in Milford, Kansas, where they have been summoned to appear in behalf of Dr. John Brinkley, in the trial in progress there, in which it is sought to deprive him of his license to practice medicine, and to stop his radio broadcasting station. BRINKLEY GOT 185,258 VOTES Jackson County Journal, November 20, 1930 One of the most amazing election facts in recent years was that Dr. John H. [sic] Brinkley, native of Jackson county, entering the gubernatorial race in Kansas too late to have his name printed on the ballots, received 185,258 votes for governor, to 216,138 for the Democratic candidate and 215,468 for the Republican candidate. And every man and woman who voted for Brinkley wrote his name on the ballot. The papers of Kansas and the middle west have been busy ever since trying to figure out how Brinkley did it. He made his chief campaign over his radio station at Milford and it was the counties in that part of the State that voted for Brinkley. It has the politicians and the papers out that way worried. They can’t fathom it. Even William Allen White, the Emporia sage, has devoted columns of space explaining the Brinkley vote. Said the Kansas City Star, in beginning several columns o

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Journeys Through Jackson 2009 Vol.19 No.02

Author: Jackson County Genealogical Society (N.C.);
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Journeys Through Jackson is the official journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, Inc. The journal began as a monthly publication in July 1991, was published bimonthly from 1994 to 2003, and continues today as a quarterly publication. The journal issues in this digital collection are presented as annual compilations.c J o u r n e y s T h r o u g h J a c k s o n T h e O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e J a c k s o n C o u n t y G e n e a l o g i c a l S o c i e t y , Inc. C V o l . X I X , N o . I I S p r i n g 2 0 09 JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. 2009 Officers ^J President James E. Monteith Vice Presidents Nelma J. Bryson, B.B. Cantrell Secretary Marilyn G.Morton Treasurer E. Lawrence Morton Librarian Dorris D. Beck Office Manager Ruth C. Shuler Computer Coordinator. Deanne G. Roles Chair, Publications (Editor) R. Larry Crawford 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 arc not those of the editor or of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. The Society accepts co advertising for this publication except for notices for other non-profit groups. From the Editor The Jackson County Arts Council indoor yard sale has come and gone, and we participated vigorously. We had a good day, if awfully tiring for some of our loyal volunteers. Other good days have been in the evenings when our group meets on the second Thursday. Our attendance has been a little down, but we attribute that to the fact that everyone stays so busy. v_y We trust that the membership will not find this issue top-heavy. We seem to have a lot of photographs this time over and above our regular-feature Photo Album. AH phases of genealogy are interesting, so read and enjoy the work of your fellow Society members. Many thanks this time to Beau Allen Hudgins, Ruth Crawford Shuler, R.O. Wilson, Mack Sutton, cousin Mark Blanton, Sue Gunnells Phillips, Rachel Brown Phillips, Betty Cope Andrews, Bill Crawford, Barbara Shelton Smith, Barbara Dills Bishop, Elizabeth Moss Wilson, Dorris Dills Beck, and Deanne Gibson Roles. AH have, in some way, contributed to this issue. V i s i t u s a t o u r W e b s i t e : h t t p : / / w w w . j c n c g s . c o m / Journeys Through Jackson S p r i n g 2009 T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s JCGS Awards, Expressions of Sympathy 49 JCGS Photo Album 50 - 54 World W a r I I Clippings 55 - 58 Photographs - Blackwood L u m b e r Company 59 - 62 David L. Shelton Pension Application 63 - 66 Jackson County Death Certificates 67 - 69 Little T r e a s u r e s - Leah Heinz P a p e r s 70 Descendants of J o h a n n e s Risch 71 - 74 Buck C r e e k Cemetery 75 - 76 Archibald Nelson P r i c e Family Continued ; 77 - 80 Photographs from B a r b a r a Dills Bishop 81 - 84 Thomas Belew Stalcup Will a n d Descendants 85 - 88 Certain Owens a n d Piersons F r om S o u t h e r n Jackson County 89 - 92 JCGS Space in t h e Old Courthouse 93 JCGS L i b r a r y Acquisitions 94 One T h i n g a n d Another 94 Index 95-96 J C G S A w a r d s At the February meeting of the Society, two JCGS members were honored for their dedication and contributions. Mary Katherine Sherrill Lowder received the Robert Lee and Drusilla Holden Award for distinguished service to genealogy. Mary Katherine compiled The Robert Lee Holden Family with Allied Lines of Norton and Taylor and along with her Sherrill first cousins and her sister Nancy Sherrill Wilson, completed publication of The William Robert Sherrill and Mary Cowan Sherrill Family. Mary Katherine has also contributed in many other ways to our society, both with genealogy and with other support. The Daniel Washington Deitz Memorial Award, for service to the Jackson County Genealogical Society itself, was presented to James Monteith. Always finding old pictures, volunteering at the Society office, doing many unnoticed jobs, James also serves the Society as its president. We are pleased to recognize them again here. I n S y m p a t hy We dedicate this issue of Journeys Through Jackson to the memory of Pauline Dean Ensley, Helen Davis Cooper, and Regenia Pannell Fisher. We offer our sympathy to their families. We also send condolences to JCGS members Alvin Middleton, Ronald Haskett, Pearl Smith, and Clyde Phillips, all of whom have recently lost family members. 49 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2009 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m v_7 The picture above shows Leah Rachel Bryson Sutton, daughter of Hamilton and Agnes Matilda Wilson Bryson. This is the photograph Beau Hudgins sent to Leah Sutton Heinz some years ago, (reference; p. 70). V_v In this picture, we show just how much fun genealogy can be. The baby in the photograph is Erline Murray, and she is being held by Ruth Choate, who sent the picture to Ruth Shuler in response to a query in the Grand Junction, Colorado, newspaper. Erline Murray's mother was Byrda Bolton, whose mother was Winifred Cockerham, whose father Jesse Chandler Cockerham left (in the 1840's) what would become Jackson County a few years later. \ J 50 Journeys Through Jackson S p r i n g 2009 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m A three-brothers photograph from the Speedwell community of Cullowhee. On the left is Thomas Cleveland Wilson, father of JCGS member R.O. Wilson; standing is Bub Enos Wilson; on the right is Oscar Wilson, grandfather of new JCGS member Claude Wilson of Oroville, California. All of these three men were sons of Enos and Elizabeth Bennett Wilson. Below, an image of the funeral card of their first cousin Robert Archaelus Wilson (1863 - 1887). The card is printed on heavy card stock, and was in the possession of Leah Sutton Heinz. 51 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2009 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m -'. ' i . ' r • The photograph above shows Jeremiah (Jerry) Hensley (Feb. 1848 - 3 Oct 1928) and his wife Margaret Ingabo Quilliams Hensley (20 Oct 1846 - 7 Oct 1913). They are buried at Locust Field Cemetery. • ^ 52 Journeys Through Jackson S p r i n g 2009 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m C (See next page) 53 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2009 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m We used the photograph on the previous page in Volume I of Jackson County Heritage. In 2007 cousin Mark Blanton of Rome, Georgia, sent another (much larger) copy of the picture. We believe that it shows a singing school because the man seated (or stooped) in the center is the editor's paternal great - grandfather Crawford. He would have been one of the instructors of the school. We have always believed that the picture represented persons from the Ochre Hill, Cane Creek, and Wayehutta communities. All of those communities were closer - connected in another time than they are today, because major paved roads don't go through Cracking Chestnut Gap. Mark identifies the fourth kneeling child from the left as Harley Shuler. Just behind him, and dressed in white, would be his older sister Bessie, who married Erastus Blanton. She is holding Winford, their oldest child. Bessie and Erastus were Mark's grandparents. The other woman holding a baby is Emiline Watson Shuler, holding Annie Belle. On the extreme right in the middle row would possibly be Edward Shuler. We are guessing that identity from another photograph. The man standing third from the left in the middle row is Edd Norman, and is the maternal grandfather of the editor, Ruth Shuler, and Jean Brown. (We are his only grandchildren.) He was an outstanding tenor singer, and would have provided contrast to some of these Shulers, who were among the best bass singers we ever heard. On the back row, either that man is standing on something, or he is one of the tallest men who ever lived around here. With this photograph, we would ask JCGS member Ernestine Jones to see if her father (LaFayette or ' T a t e " Shuler) is identifiable, and we would request the same of JCGS member Harold Ensley, requesting if can find his grandmother Sadie Blanton, who was also one of these Shulers from Cane Creek. Needless to say, we would welcome any other identifications. Since we have concentrated on the Bob Shuler family here, wouldn't it be reasonable to assnme that Rachel Shuler Blanton and Jerdie Shuler Morgan are two of the young girls here? And Mark is of the opinion that Johnny Shuler is just in front of his mother Emiline. We would guess that this picture was made about 1912 or 1913. ^f ^J 54 Journeys Through Jackson S p r i n g 2009 W o r l d W a r I I C l i p p i n g s [Ed. The following were shared with us by JCGS member Rachel Brown Phillips. The clippings were cut from various newspapers, but we suppose most are from Sylva and Asheville papers. We were pleased to find references to Society members, and we will add those to the other news given here, regrettably some of it the very worst that a family could hear. Wc are, as always, in awe of the sacrifices of this generation.] ? ^ t f p * ^" Above, Baldridge, Monteith, Ensley, Painter, Hyde, Higdon 55 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2009 v-> v_y On this page, Henry, Jones, Toy, Reed, and Plemmons '^J 56 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2009 il.T'.'tircl Mn.'AaKHcS-<! rf.'.^Wtl German Prison 1 \pof t< A Hfimr • tuti a , 11 ae J,' lie JI i >!.,< « n e Jn..l "> [r * t „, 11 a|<-1 i ' i l lr. diiv Ji 1i> 3 - ••--'• - t" nt C On this page, McClure, Bishop, Hampton, Henson, and Griffin. 57 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2009 'LJ. pal <J. Collin* ?" ' - , J.1 - ,. It i nri/J Ofjiirts ">"S1 * r»- ? -• ' f 1 tKk" JfS tre / 'n i JJI. 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J, - S5§ .1. i , Gt'f""! pii,lfil"''rt* 'P.B' y^I'UJS* J,.' -J-'».rl f i s li i?"S'e.rt 3»*^i j, tpL 1 g p h t.iJte*U i-»t"ln J«IO l^.qtffit Iir'i„.*»n Ti.i ?) lie »"U-^^ i l l £ ' *'>''•• ^ 'J» tfrxrl. s tim ^ul'T'SlhBii |tc*/t>*<vii^ 3i<T-ift? nliw m nil -.' obtlcijflt Vi "Eu"t.i».n il\atiCW «nd gf ^l* e ^ £ 'iS. it hrns \ t* s iif' 'L e,T,ce!* €..*«•• •* *. hps t'f'B ]. - Aun JUP T as ntUi h<"d t«|L J L»' '-'''.K'lni'^ W. |i vj- c i«gg^ i *mj llo'o is ,' -alrais unlir* eirunle-."! » 'F*"" .. gU„B On this page, Collins, Clark, Deitz, and Glenn. •u 58 Journeys Through Jackson S p r i n g 2009 B l a c k w o o d L u m b e r C o m p a n y P h o t o g r a p h s [Ed. The following pictures of an important part of Jackson County's economic history are shared by JCGS member Sue Gunnells Phillips. Sue is the daughter of a Blackwood employee.] Above, Blackwood employees. Bethel Gunnells, Sue's father, is in front center in shirtsleeves and heavy gloves. At one time he was a blacksmith for the company. Below, some of the employee housing at the mill. 59 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2009 The picture above is a real classic. It shows the company bus, which ran on the railroad tracks and carried passengers to Cullowhee Normal School and also up Caney Fork. Mr. Gunnells drove the bus. In this photograph, the two men on the left are unidentified, the other three are Ed Hooper, Jim Potts, and Bethel Gunnells. Gunnells was from Athens, Georgia, but when he met Sue's mother, he stayed forever. She rode the bus to classes at the normal school, now of course Western Carolina University. Below, the lumber company's train. It is a Shay locomotive, a 3-piston machine with a geared side drive for power to ascend steep grades. (Thanks to buddy Mike Shay for that information.) ^J 60 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2009 *+> Above, a big view of the mill. Below, the East LaPorte bridge, the road coming up Caney Fork and passing in front of the Adams house. 61 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2009 Above, the mill itself. Below, the view from the hill above Caney Fork Road, showing the village of East LaPorte, with the school in the background. Sue's mother taught at the school. One can also ascertain the Tuckaseigee River to the left. •y 62 Journeys Through Jackson S p r i n g 2009 D a v i d L . S h e l t o n ' s P e n s i o n A p p l i c a t i o n [Ed. The following is a perfect example of how, in genealogy, one finds something valuable while looking for something else. We copied this pension application from the Lawrence Wood papers located in the Macon County Historical Society's museum.] •HWIHRP^"^'-'J^.'•"''' '^t/:'•'*•'•'.'- .—"-*••*,— - •;.:v- <-,y&{v\ wKm-,:^ '•:• •-^q^g^i^^^tQ^^ji^oi^f^i^tii^ w^^is^inntiirrfeiriiitBUi~Htfsx j f o r t i^ waters.'• •V&1&' State of North Carolina, County of Jackson: On this 13th day of October A.D. one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three personally appeared before me, a Clerk of the Superior Court within and for the County and State aforesaid, David L. Shelton, aged 76 years, a resident of Fidelity County of Jackson, State of North Carolina, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, deposes and says...[served with Samuel Patterson in the Indian Wars March or April 1838 until July 1838 and was honorably discharged]...that he is married; that the maiden name of his wife was Drucilla Burrel to whom he was married at Union Co., in the state of Georgia, on the 10th day of March, A.D. 1838, t h a t his wife is now dead, having died on the 27,h day of March, A.D. 1890 at Fidelity, in the state of North Carolina, that he has not since remarried... [Above, the first part of the personal affidavit of Shelton. Obviously, the important genealogy of this is that it gives his wife's maiden name, the date and place of their marriage, and the date of her death, which we read as 1890, but which might be 1892. The next question for us would be to inquire exactly where Fidelity was in the Canada community. Some of Shelton's people are buried at Rock Bridge, others at Wolf Creek.] 63 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2009 Under tfie'wlesjuicf nsgiilktioas gtescrttxtf by tt(d5e(7^iyV/ln"^UOTiilii-Sv^^( Tlfkt be. That he h&lft:ifz3b. •im Heretofore ma^6»ppJicjUo4'%'j*hiii^D,rbbli}ity44Di wWck'sati&aii ji' p*sttu*toaf;thjfU*ilsa, Slates under-C#tf8c*te t f t J i q i s SS •add relocation/',' *." '•'•" •. ••*m> v ^ / &**? [Above, the bottom portion of the page just previous. Shelton states that he resided in Union County, Georgia, "for a few months after his discharge" but since then he has resided at Fidelity. Below, the beginning of the affidavit of Walter M. Burrell, age 76, of Visage, Towns County, Georgia. Burrell says that Shelton is the identical person who served in the company under the name of Bright Burrell. Our question would be if this man (Walter M. Burrell) was a brother-in-law of David L. Shelton. Furthermore, was the Bright Burrell of reference here also a brother-in-law? How were they connected to the Civil War soldier (also named Bright Burrell) whose letters we published in our winter 2009 issue?] G E N E R A L A F F I D A V I T . - yWgiMmk IN TH£'iwTfiB-cf,„ :„-y^%i#£#fr%!t. ^ ^ 0 ^ ^ . ^ U L ;fo" aniHortKe araasata.Cl>unty>..di»|y autiioflze&tD>d&lfl|| • U ;f. ,Jfn.U«<^uhtx^^ X ' ««~\ ' wax a resident of •• :..J~.?^\/^ZL\£.LS£X'-->*>**' ^J 64 S9 [•uosiauBj japun Atredraoo aures Jiaqj. u; paAjas paaprn sq reqi BiSjoaQ '/Cumo3 SUAVOX UIOJJ jiABprjrjB a^Bui (taxing .iajuao pm? j p i mg ja*IBM) U9UI 0 M l PUB ' n a x m 9 JnSiig B JOJ ajtvmsqns u SB paAias aq SJB3A\S ucapqs ?eqj si sim jo jrejo }iBd Sujjsajami aqj, -uirep am j o uopoafai am j o aoijou Supiooi-reiorrjo jaqjBJ am *aAoqv] K*M «*r •r . :;&.. r^-Vljfc..! . .;jf.- v^tnjratvjKI-,'. I P t ^ ^ W i : ' Q i : » ' ^TQSC , *- Kft»j*i~8) ;*«.v''Ti '-•; f fc 600^3«Tjds uosyovf tfSnojyj sfouinof Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2009 HEMS :% ry*.t ••**•**•; <£trz£<&i. '^f-^L^K^S?'*— . ^ ^ z - < i v ^ 2 t : J-V! L0&& •/.»!> : ^ f ^ S ! ^ ^ $'G8g§& v—' V ^ [The above letter is dated 18 Jun 1895 and is written from Painter, North Carolina. A few of the interesting statements are that "You have Walter Burrell from Georgia and J. Dogens (Dodgion?) who will swear that I volunteered at the beginning and remained a soldier until I was discharged under Capt. Patterson I taken Bright Burrells place in the company. The capt was to erace Bright Burrells name and place my name on the roll Bright Burrell never served a day in the company. I served in my own name I had no relation with Bright Burrell...I haven't received any pay for my service as a soldier no land warrant as your record will show] David L. Shelton (his mark) [Ed. We don't know if this matter were ever resolved to Shelton's satisfaction, but the indications from the file, which is supposed to be complete, are that he remained without pay or warrant. David Shelton and Drucilla Burrell raised a family of nine children, namely Louisa (ca. 1839), Isabella (ca. 1842), Martha Emily (ca. 1844), Elias (ca. 1845), Elizabeth (ca. 1848), Nellie C. (ca. 1852), Mary Y. (ca. 1854), Zeb V. (ca. 1848), and Keziah (ca. 1861), according to census records of Haywood County for 1850 and Jackson County for 1860 and 1870. See also Beau Allen Hudgins in Jackson County Heritage, Vol. IL] \ J 66 Journeys Through Jackson S p r i n g 2009 1 9 8 9 D e a t h C e r t i f i c a t e s o f J a c k s o n C o u n t y P e r s o n s B o r n P r i o r t o 1 9 0 0 [Key to reading the following: Name of deceased; spouse; date of birth; place of birth; 1989 date of death; place of death; father's name; mother's name; informant's name; informant's address; cemetery. Abstracted by Larry Crawford in the Jackson County Register of Deeds Office April 2009.] Adams, Cola Haynes; h/o Myrtle Raby; 19 Aug 1898; Whittier; 18 Mar; Sylva; Pink Adams; Lola Fox; Jack Adams; Whittier; Union Hill Ashe, Ralph M.; h/o Effie Alexander; 1 Dec 1899; Jackson Co.; 21 May; Sylva; Francis M. Ashe; Lillie Middleton; Effie A. Ashe; Canton; Fairview Barker, Sallie Mae; never married; 3 May 1888; Jackson Co.; 26 Jan; Sylva; Frank Barker; Mary Buchanan; Viola Deitz; Sylva; Fairview Buchanan, Willie Leo; wid; 26 Jul 1896; Cowee NC; 26 Dec; Sylva; John E. Rickman; Sara Sanders; Thomas D. Buchanan; Sylva; New Savannah Bunn, Edith Belle; w/o Roy J . Bunn; 25 Mar 1896; Menlo IA; 1 Jul; Sylva; Judson Whitaker; Clara ; Roy J. Bunn; Cashiers; Maple Springs Crematory - Asheville Bunn, Fannie Finch; wid; 16 Dec 1897; Vance Co.; 7 Sep; Sylva; George Washington Finch; Mary Frances Jackson; John T. Bunn; Sylva; Maple Springs Baptist Church - Louisburg Davis, Essie Price; wid; 15 Jan 1898; Jackson Co.; 1 Aug; Sylva; Napoleon Price; Elizabeth Hooper; Billy Smith; Brevard; Fairview Doty, Celene Barger; wid; 2 Sep 1891; Charlton IA; 24 Sep; Sylva; William B. Barger; Amanda Lewis; Margaret Pentz; Franklin; Rabun Memory Gardens Crematory - Clayton GA Elliott, Mary Maude; w/o Alton Elliott; 30 Mar 1899; Robbinsville; 15 Jun; Sylva; Will Crisp; Mary Carver; Alton Elliott; Robbinsville; Bear Creek - Robbinsville Gass, Emma Hazel; wid; 17 Dec 1898; Blount Co TN; 25 Apr; Whittier; William Steve Wells; Annie Anderson; Harvey Gass; Whittier; Thomas Gibson, Frank; wid; 16 Nov 1897; Jackson Co.; 31 Mar; Sylva; Lum Gibson; Belle Styles; Cumi Painter; Sylva; Fairview Haynes, Kate Laura Smathers; wid; 31 Jul 1899; Haywood Co.; 27 May; Sylva; Sylva; John F. Smathers; Lula Smathers; William Haynes; Clyde; Crawford Memorial Gardens - Clyde Hedden, Eula Mae; w/o Jeff Hedden; 24 Apr 1896; Hayesville; 27 Oct; Webster; John Handley Crawford; Clarissa Ann Sellers; Jeff Hedden; Sylva; Shepherd — Hendersonville Higdon, Lola Jane; never married; 15 Oct 1897; Jackson Co.; 21 Apr; Sylva; Columbus Higdon; Violet Jane Wilson; Greta Jane Davis; Sylva; Deitz Memorial (East Fork) Hooper, Etta Fisher; wid; 22 Jul 1889; Jackson Co.; 15 Aug; Sylva; Thomas Jasper Fisher; Alice Ray; Gladys Wimbish; Sylva; Dills (Fisher Creek) Jones, Lottie Hestell; wid; 1 May 1898; Jackson Co.; 4 Nov; Sylva; Thomas L. Brown; Ida Jane Cochran; Ruth Mosteller; Sylva; Brown (Barkers Creek) Lowe, Margaret Viola; wid; 2 Jan 1899; Newport TN; 30 Mar; Sylva; Ike Henry; ; Herbert H. Lowe; Franklin; Mount Comfort - Alexandria VA Marr, William; h/o Mae Edwards; 8 Mar 1895; Nantahala; 31 Dec; Sylva; Brady Marr; Nancy Grant;

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Journeys Through Jackson Table of Contents, 1991-2013

Author: Jackson County Genealogical Society (N.C.);
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Journeys Through Jackson is the official journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, Inc. The journal began as a monthly publication in July 1991, was published bimonthly from 1994 to 2003, and continues today as a quarterly publication. The journal issues in this digital collection are presented as annual compilations.Table of contents JCGS Interview with James Early Deitz • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1902 Voter Registration for Jackson county . . . Death Certificate!_of Jackson county Persons Born Prior to 1900 1870 census of Jackson county . • • • • • • • • • Carson Family Bible • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • Delayed Birth Certificates of Jackson County Persons Born Prior to 1900 Whiteside Cove Cemetery Census Blanton Cemetery census • • John Dills Civil War Letter Queries . • . . • • . . . . . JCGS Interview with Jamea Early Deitz 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 24 James Early Deitz was born on East Fork Road, Jackson County, 17 Dec 1899, to William Thomas and Emory Wilson Deitz. His grandparents were Nathaniel and Margaret Mirah Buchanan Deitz and Manson and Brunetta Cochran (Cockerham) Wilson. The Deitz, Buchanan, Wilson, and Cockerham families were pioneer settlers in the Savannah area of Jackson County. Early Deitz had thr~e brothers: John Burch, William Richmond, and Samuel Welch. There were five sisters: Ida D. Buchanan (Mrs. John w.); Lula D. Buchanan (Mrs. Tolvin); Lillie D. Cabe (Mrs. Jim) 1 Nora Lee D. cowan (Mrs. Thad); and Alice D. Cowan (Mrs. Cicero). All of these brothers and sisters remained in the Jackson County area except Nora Lee, who lives in Sedro Woolley, Washington. Early Deitz married Gladys Beatrice Herring, and they had three children: James Monroe Deitz, Marian Sluder Hall (Mrs. Harold, Jr.·), and Eunice Deitz Nicholson (Mrs. Paul B.). Here are some comments from Early: "Few people attended much school. I was luckier than many at that time. I went eight years to East Fork School, then I went to Viewpoint and lacked about a month finishing 9th grade. Then I boarded and was enrolled at Sylva Collegiate Institute for one semester. I attended East Fork Baptist Church most of my life. "Not much cash was available during my early days, but my parents had several acres of land. The home where I was born waa torn down in later years. OUr second·home built by my father still stands on East Fork. "The main transportation was walking. I worked on the farm, blacksmith for East Fork Mica Mine, and for Marson-Knutson Construction (Glenville Dam site); Ne..P.,rt News, va., shipyard (carpenter); Camp Davis, Holly Ridge near Wi·lmington (carpenter); Oak Ridge, TN (carpenter); Utah Construction co. (when railroad was changed for Fontana Dam) in Almond. I was a state prison guard at Whittier and finished my years of employment as a carpenter in the sign shop of the N. C. Dept. of Transportation. I retired at 65. Today, I still garden, make walking canes and ox yokaa, and read for hobbies.~ Another activity Early enjoys is visiting cemeteries. He has a vast knowledge of the cemeteries in the Savannah area and was instrumental in placing a marker for his great-great-grandparents, Richard and Rachel Strain Wilson, at an old cemetery located just south of East Fork Road. Interviewed by Daniel w. Deitz (nephew), May 27, 1991. 91-15 . .• u ., • . . -~0. ..~ . ' • t: JOGS Interview witp Mrs. Milmie Lee Harr'is. Arexander 1889 Otiitiiarli!iir iind' Death iMh!:ies • • • .- '· • 1902' Voter'Ragl:'s~ration fo.r''Jackson' county· . ': : Death Cert:ificiates of Jackson·'county Per~ons Born Prior to 1900 1870 Census of':'Jackson 'County •;. • .·'-. • • . · . • .. Jackson County Marriage'Regist~r ~853-1873 ..•••• Olivet Cemetery census ! ..-: •• • ·• ·• • ··.f • . • • . . • . • • • Delayed Birth ··eeri:if.i<:lates 'of Jackso'n County Persons Born Prior to +900 Queries . • • • • • • • ' · ... Charter Membership List • • . • • • • • • . • • . • • • JOGS' Inter'17ie>( wi~h Mrs. Minnie Lee Harris ,Alexander June 6, 1991 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 9 10 Mrs. Alexander, a cheerful, friendly lady of more than 100 years, was tickled to have a visitor •. The rqad to her daughter's home was lined with rhododendron and othe:r;' fl~q;.,~.;; ~+.'1 in full bloom, a,;d she commented that it was always pretty when the flowers bloomed. ' ....... ' • <:.:. • ~ ' ;· '' ••• j r· • Mrs. Alexaqder' was borri ih ~utherford County, date unknown. Her parents were Columbua··aud Rach~l ~~cr~~g''l '!f~rris; R~s:he1 was the daughter of pickson and Selena Hawkins sc'ruggs;'"iftef"C6luiUbus died, Rachel and Minnie came to Jackson County in a covered wagon. Minnie had brothers Richard, Felix, and Marion, and a sister, Susan, all.of,whom ~tayed in Rutherford county. There may have been other sibl;irtgs, '!.hoi:'Lan•l;'·~u'i:e', ">tq:chel m~rried Javan Parker, date and place .... • I'• I • •1 " (il: ~I.; i • • unknown; she di.eq A:prii'"lO·, l92p, ani! is buried at Sol's creek . ..!. r,'. Minnie Harri• married Jut Carey Alexander on August 8, 1910, with the ceremony performed by Rev. J., ~f. f"'.'~n !lt t,~e home of j1er mother. They ·had four children: Rachel (10-7-1911); Tolvin Raymond (9-30-1914); Willie Amanda (ll-6- 1919) 1 and Marga.ret ( 9.-14-192~) < •"/A'i.q whom she make.s her home. Rachel married Allen Hoxit and lives in Transylvania County; Willie married Shirley Mathis and lives in Syll7a; 'folvin married Z\ll,if: .. ~l.pholson and, af~er .her death, Jo Parker, and they. live .at Tuc~aGeeg~.t'/ a~~·:¥a7ga,;:~!' married Eldon Mathis and lives in Little Canada. When aeJ<ed how m~ny "l<~'l~?h~ldren .she h!L~• Mrs. Alexander laughed heartily and said, "Lots!" There are great-great-great grandchildren, but many of them live a~':'Y· Jut Carey Alel'~!lder.,si.ied in 1962 and is buried in the Sol's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, w~~e th~ ~lexanders have been members for many, many years. • -.) 1 Although Mrs. Alexander is .. har~ .• '?,~ ~l'!.'!f~n\1~ s~e has a keen mind and enjoys life. She laughs frequently and always'has a smile on her face. She remembers living in a "bo~ed-up hoqBe" and .. ~n~w ..b.l£,w.l.n\l J.n_ .through the cracks in the walls. Cooking was done on the firep~ce. ,She,~eot to school a little bit, not much, I _.I.. . .),." because "I didn't want to learn.'' One of her favorite .4ctivities was chasing the boys around the achoolhouSJe to kiss them, and she-- referred specifically to sterl.ing Melton, a well-known minist.er in,,.":~q_~so~<Coun~y, wh? wa11 "a little boy" when she was "a great big girl." ?he .mov.e\i away l!lnd worked 1.n a cotton mill for • . - -. . . •••• 'J. a while, but carne back and has lived in Canada ever since. 91-1 Table of Contents A King in Every Tree . • . • • • • • • • • • • . Death Certificates of Jackson County Persons Born Prior to 1900 1902 Voter Registration for Jackson County Delayed Birth Certificates of Jackson County Persons Born Prior to 1900 1870 Census of Jackson County East Fork Cemetery Census Queries . . . . Pedigree Charts . . • . A King in Every Family Tree 37 38 40 41 42 44 46 47 Ancestor worship didn't die when Mao Tse-tung purged old China; it still flourishes in these United States, rampantly in the South, persistently in New England. Almost none of us, it sometimes seems, can resist the temptation to swing occasionally from our family tree or, lacking a suitable one, invent one to match our aspirations. Either way, we can do so confident that since all of us are the children of Adam, we all can claim we are nobly descended. And in we can afford the price of our vanity, we all can find somebody who will sell us a coat of arms. Lest modesty deny you your birthright, consider the mathematics of probability. No matter how low your present social status, the odds are that somewhere in your background there was a castle and perhaps a King. And lest your pride swells too greatly, the odds equally favor in your ancestry both rogues and roues. To understand the probabilities, begin with the ancestors you know. Everybody has two parents. Working back from there, even if you aren't certain of their names, you can count four grandparents, and eight great grandparents. If you carry your calculations back still farther, the total of ancestors over a span of say 64 generations would be virtually beyond counting. If you take one generation as the equivalent of 20 years, 64 generations would equal 1,280 years. Thus in approximately 13 of the 20 centuries since the Nativity, we all have inherited some of the nobility and some of the villany of 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 people. That fantastic figure is cited in reference books as the classic example of the difficulties of accurately and honestly tracing a family's genealogy. Large as it is, it has not discouraged either the hundreds of us who every year retain genealogists to trace ours, nor the thousands of us who, skipping the genealogists, claim a common heritage with a name that happens to be the same as, or similar to, our own. Actually, the same ancestor appears several times in the family trees of everybody, which reduces the total number of ancestors but still leaves the total fantastically large. Actually, too, none of us can know all our ancestors back more than a few generations. Even in 10 generations, we have had 1,024 ancestors apiece. In that number there would be as many we would not care to boast of as there would of those we would proudly acclaim. So whether you name happens to be Washington or Arnold, or Grant or Lee, remember before you brag that you carry the genes of traitors as well as patriots. Think upon that while you reflect upon your heraldry, and consider that the least of those with whom you deal may, by the odds of genealogy, be nobler than you. Carolina Country Reader, Chaney, James (Ed) Moore Publishing co., Durham, 1973. 91-37 ------~-- ~able of Contents JCGS Interview with Margaret Cordelia Hall cowan • Death certificates of Jackson County Persons Born Prior to 1900 1902 Voter Registration for· Jackson county • ·: • • • • Delayed Birth Certificates of Jackson County Persons Born Prior to 1900 1870 Census of Jackson County East Fork cemetery Census Queries • • • • Pedigree Charts • • • • • JCGS Interview with Margaret Cordelia Hall Cowan ;, .. , 25 26 !18 •. 29 30 32 34 35 Margaret Cordelia "Delia" Hall wa8 born July 22, 1896, on East Fork of Savannah, Jackson County, to Loranzie Do"! and Lily Ann Buchanan Hall. Her grandparents were Joshua Kimsey it.\i'ct 'Ma~qaret Mal.is'l'a Buchanan Hall and ·James Jasper and Martha Ann Dills Bllchanan:' The' )1&.11, Buchana{l, and Dills families were all pioneer families in Jackson county. Delia had three brothers:. Coleman (died as an infant), Norman Edward, and Hampton Henry; and two sisters, Martna Victor'ia (Cabs) and Danah Lil (Deitz). Delia 'Ball married Roystan Duffield cowan II, and they had six children: Frankie Aileen (died as an infant), Bennie Dean (Settlemyre), Bernice (Higdon), Leo Broughton, Lloyd Wilkes, Roystan Du~field "R.D.• III, and Roger Bryant, Sr. Here are some c;omments from Delia Hall Cowan: "I was a part of large families, hardworking and closeknit. Families were large, worked hard, yet enjoyed life just· being together. We worked. together, suffered together, played together, and prayed together, but die~ separately, be~ng bu~ied in the same cemetery, where the graves ware mounded up and with no more than a simple stone or stick for a markef. "I married Roystan cowan, a neighbor, at age eighteen. Learning from my mother (who was the best) I was immediately a good cook and a good seamstress. cooking three meala a day over an old wood stove, especially in the wintertime, was ·no easy task. However, it was always well worth it just to see six hungry children, tired and hungry from work and play, gobble it all up. "Meals were always great in that we raiaed all our food, other than flour, lard, sugar, salt, and spices. The country ham, country eggs, fresh butter and milk was always so good and delicious and wholesome. Healthy food grew healthy children. "The horse and buggy, sled, and wagon, were meana of transportation, yet walking waa the moat common method. Large f~ilies walked together to church. "The rugged farms and woodlands proyided lots of acreage to farm, garden, mine, cut timber, ~ange 'livestocK, ~d· pick i~uits and berries. Picking wild strawberries in the spring, blac~rries in the summer, and gathering the tasty abundant varieties of apples in the fall were alwaye exciting. Wheat-threshing, 91-25 Table of COntents Samuel McJunkin 1725 - 1808 •••.•...... Death Certificates of Jackson County Persons Born Prior to 1900 1902 Voter Registration for Jackaon county ... Delayed Birth Certificates of Jackson County Persons Born Prior to 1900 1870 Census of yackson County East Fork Cemetery Census Queries . . . . Pedigree Charts . . . . Saauel McJunkin 1725 - 1808 49 so 51 52 54 56 58 59 On October 12, 1991, a DAR plaque was placed in Riverside cemetery, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, honoring Samuel McJunkin, Revolutionary War patriot. Samuel McJunkin has descendants in Jackson County. The great-great-granddaughter of Samuel McJunkin was Rosa catherine McJunkin, who married George Hiram Cope; their eon was William Barton Cope of Sylva. The following information was provided to ••Journeys Through Jackson'' by Mrs. John W. Andrawa III, daughter of William Barton and Bonnie Monteith cope. "Samuel McJunkin married Anne Bogan at Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church, Wilmington, Delaware on 9 Sap 1754. Samuel, son of Robert McJunkin and Margaret Caldwell, was born about 1725 at County Tyrone, Ireland. samuel came to America about 1740. Anne Bogan waa born about 1729 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, daughter of William and Elenore Bogan. "In 1755, samuel left hie home in Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania due to the Indian tribes being in a atate of hostility immediately after General Braddock's defeat in the French and Indian War. With many others, the McJunkin family moved south arriving at Tinker's creek, four milee from the present site of Union County court House, South Carolina on 24 Dec 1755. Samuel's sone Major Joseph, Daniel, and Samuel, Jr. served in the Revolution, another son waa killed in the Revolution. Samuel and Anne McJunkin had the following other children: John McJunkin, Jane McJunkin, Margaret (wife of Captain Robert Beatty), Nancy Anne (wife of Captain Daniel .Comer). "Samuel was an elder in the Brown's Creek Presbyterian Church for forty years. Recorda show Samuel McJunkin as soldier #300 in the Cherokee expedition commencing in October 1759, commanded by Colonel John Chevillette of the South carolina Militia. He was at the battle of Fort Prince George, s. c. Samuel furnished provisions to the Frontier Forts at Fort William Henry on the Enoree River in 1762. "George III gave samuel a grant for 150 acres in Berkley county, 13 Feb 1768. samuel was a magistrate under the Royal Government. He took a leading part in the debates preceding the Revolutionary War. During the Revolution, Samuel aupported the Whigs and was held priaoner by the British during the Battle of Cowpens. He waa a member of the Legislature that met at Jacksonboro in 1782. His name can be found on the firat censua of the United State• (1790) in Ninetysix District, Union County, s. c. The upper district between Broad and Saluda River elected him to the Fourth (1782) and Seventh (1787-1788) General Assemblies. "Anne Bogan McJunkin died during the Revolutionary War near Broad River in the vicinity of Rev. Or. Joaeph Alexander's home. Anna came to care for her son Major Joseph McJunkin, took amallpox from him and died 17 Apr 1781 at Whitmire, York Co., s.c. •on 17 Mar 1808, Samuel sold hia plantation to hie son-in-law Captain Robert Beatty and started with othera to the Indiana Territory to join his youngest son John. On the trail he became ill and died at the home of John Wilkins on Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky on 25 Apr 1808 and was buried in a roadside grave. This OAR marker is placed in Riverside Chapel, Hopkinsville, Kentucky to perpetuate hia memory.• 91-49 Table of COntent• Voluae 2 Ruaber 1, January 1992 Dills Cemetery Cenaua • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • . . Death Certificate& of Jackson County Persons Born Prior to 1900 Delayed Birth Certificates of Jackson county Peraona Born Prior 1902 Voter Regiatration for Jackaon County 1870 Census of Jackaon county • • Locust Field cemetery Cenaua Thompson (Buchanan) Family Bible 1991 Annual Report • • • • • • • Dilla C..etery canaua . . . 1 . . . 2 to 1900 3 4 6 8 10 ll This small cemetery ia located in Dills Cove in Sylva. Thia cenaua, taken in June 1991, waa submitted by Dorrie Beck. Robert Ulyaaee Garrett Joyce s. Dills Garrett Robert U. Garratt Jr. Annie Josephine Garrett Juanita Kohn Garratt Theodocia A. Garrett 09/13/1876 - 09/27/1964 04/27/1879 - 08/11/1971 05/05/1900 - 11/05/1966 06/27/1917 - 06/16/1936 10/30/1901 - 02/28/1976 06/09/1905 - 08/18/1984 Allan Bartlett Dilla 06/02/1848 - 07/14/1939 Celinda Joaephine Dills 10/31/1844 - 02/12/1931 Allen Jonah Dilla Cora Benaon Dills Margie E. Dills Hal A. Dilla John Samuel Higdon Laura Dilla Higdon 06/03/1881 - 10/15/1961 06/25/1884 - 10/14/1953 12/21/1910 - 05/21/1915 07/09/1909 - 07/18/1909 02/16/1873 - 04/26/1965 05/26/1875 - 06/07/1968 Jamee Earneat Woolley, Sr. 12/08/1918 - 08/30/1991 Theodoaia Dilla Died 10/05/1901 Age 22y, 6m, 15d Iaola Dilla Thoaa• Guy B. Thoma• Infant Thomas Lois Leslie Bryaon Thaddeua Clingman Bryson Cleoma Haaeltine Bryaon 01/04/1873 - 09/28/1952 08/10/1903 - 08/30/1903 [Son of B.W. & Isola] Diad 05/08/1900 [Son of B.W. and Isola Thomas] 11/11/1899 - 07/31/1901 (Son of T.C. & Tina] 05/17/1869 - 07/28/1965 07/02/1876 - 09/19/1963 05/28/1871 - 11/25/1925 04/17/1901 - 06/17/1921 John s. Forater Lexoua Dilla Forater Marjorie Forater 03/14/1921- 01/13/1928 (G-dau of Delzamo Dills Foratar] Etna Dill• Forater William Allan Forster Patricia W[oolley) Burton 02/11/1874 - 01/13/1956 07/11/1909 - 04/03/1961 07/26/1942 - 02/03/1981 92-1 ( Table of content• Voluae 2 Number 2, February 1992 JOGS Interview with Ora Ethel coleman • • • . • • Death Certificates of Jackson County Persons Born Family Bible of John M. Bryaon • • • • 1902 Voter Registration for Jackaon county 1870 Cenaua of Jackson County Locust Field Cemetery Census Queries • • . • • • • • • • • Prior to 1900 JCGS Interview with ora Ethel COl ... n 13 14 15 16 18 20 22 [Interviewer's Note• Miaa Coleman'• 4th great grandfather waa Revolutionary War soldier John Stiles (l Feb 1757 • 17 Sap 1833). John and hi• wife Sarah (1754- 17 Oct 1818) raised ten children in present day Jackson County. John and sarah are buried in the Dilla Cemetery in Sylva. Ora Ethel COleman was born in Cherokee county, NC on 13 Apr 1891 to Gamaliel and Harriet Elizabeth Stiles Coleman. Her grandparents were Rev. Absalom and Jane Elizabeth Kilpatrick Coleman and John L. and May Anne Sutton Stiles. Ethel had nine aiblinga, Vivian Lesley, Bessie, Owen Decatur, Ulysses washington, Willis Gamaliel, Floria Mayannie, Absalom Winfred, Janie Elizabeth, and William Butler. Ethel waa raised in the Peraimmon Creek community in an area now part of the HiwassQe Lake district. Concerning her life, Ethel •aid, wx am the oldaat of ten children. My father was a farmer, carpenter, deputy sheriff, Justice of the Peace, and singing leader of the Hiwassee Baptist Church. I went to school, but I didn't learn much. I did learn to read and write. I began to cook at the age of seven. I could make the best biscuits you ever ate. I'd like to have some of my biscuits now." "My father used to take people across the Hiwassee River on a flatboat. When I was about 15, a man and hia wife and their two children wanted Pop to take them across. Well, they got about halfway over, and the man just got up and jumped in the river. After they got him out, the doctor said he was dead before he hit the water because there was not a drop of water in hie lungs." After World War I, several of Ethel's brother• went to Athens, TN, to live and work. Since hia sons were doing wall in McMinn county, Gamaliel decided to move the rest of the family to Athena. In November l920, they moved to Athens in four covered wagona. The wagons traveled on.present•day Highways 64 and 441. Ethel and her sister Bessie, neither of whom married, lived with their mother and father until they died in 1956 and 1959, respectively. When Bessie died in 1983, Ethel went to live at the Athena Life Care, where ahe is today. Ethel could paaa for a woman 30 yeara her junior. She is in remarkably good health and is seldom sick. She said, "When I go to bad, I alaap like a baby." Laat April, on her lOOth birthday, many friends and relative• came to celebrate her long life, and President Bush aant a congratulatory meaaage. Ethel aang several of her favorite gospel hymns tor her friends and family. Interviewed by 5th couain, David Stile• oo 20 Jan 1992. 92-13 _,•.•_ __.,.~ · -··,. • ..._~. t et·o•t: • .........- . -'-.--.._.... .. ,......._._. _ ~able of Content• Volwae 2 Nuaber 3, March 1992 Jack•on County Sunday School Rally of 1903 1902 Voter Regi•tration for Jackaon county Delayed Birth Certificates of Jackaon County Persona Born 1870 Cenaua of Jackaon County • • • Family Bible of w. H. Haaket Family Bible of Jacob Marion Shuler Locust Field Cemetery census • • • Prior to 1900 Jackson County Sunday School RALLY AT RIVER HILL CHURCH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24 AND 25, 1903 PROGRAM SATURDAY A.M. 10:00 Oponi,ng Exercite 10:10 Address of welcome: T. G. Picklesimer Re-.poMe: Prof. CharJH E • .EillcJns, Principe', Svtv• Collegjare Institute 10:35 Buaine .. 10:45 Song 23 24 26 28 30 31 32 10:50 Addr .. t, wHow to get more ot our young people into Sunday Schoot•; R. F. Jerren. General discussion led by R. V. Btown P.M. P.

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Journeys Through Jackson 2002 Vol.12 No.11-12

Author: Jackson County Genealogical Society (N.C.)
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Publication date: 10/07/2017
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Journeys Through Jackson is the official journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, Inc. The journal began as a monthly publication in July 1991, was published bimonthly from 1994 to 2003, and continues today as a quarterly publication. The journal issues in this digital collection are presented as annual compilations.» Ky J o u r n e y s T h r o u g h ^ 3 S J 2 E S P > S J a c k s o n Ky QB W Ky T h e O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e J a c k s o n C o u n t y G e n e a l o g i c a l S o c i e t y , Inc. V o l . X I I , N o . 11 - 12 N o v e m b e r - D e c e m b e r 2002 JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. 2002 Officers President Dorris D. Beck Vice President L. Roy Shuler Secretary Lynn Allen Treasurer David C. Frizzell Librarian Dorris D. Beck Office Manager Peggy Q. Mason Computer Coordinator Deanne G. Roles Chair, Publications (Editor) R. Larry Crawford 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 for other non-profit groups. From the Editor We finish this year in the Jackson County Genealogical Society with a wide range of feelings and emotions. In this past year alone, we have said goodbye in these pages to an unusually high number of our friends in the Society, and we never do so without the ambivalence of loss and hope for a rewarding eternity. For all of those families who have had their Uves touched in this way, we again offer our sympathy. In another respect, we have had the most successful year in the history of our Society. When Tommy Sutton, James Massingale, Thomas Kryssbek, and Paul Lindsay paid membership dues late in the year, they pushed us over another membership record. We thank you gentlemen, one and all. Another wonderful gift came to the Society from JCGS member Hazel Barker, and with its impetus, the Society voted to purchase a new microfilm machine. We now have a very fine reader at the office, and a number of donated rolls of film. The Society plans to purchase more rolls in the future, so that we may have yet another resource for the good of our membership. We don't live in a perfect world, nor is our group a perfect microcosm. But we will take what we have and be grateful for the opportunity to preserve more of the history of Jackson County's families. We have some of the most interesting meetings held in Western North Carolina, and those meetings are always well-attended. Philosophically, we have a healthy abhorrence of both sloth and snobbery, and we work diligently to ensure their continued absence. May all of you have the happiest holiday ever, and may all of you renew your membership. V i s i t u s a t o u r W e b s i t e : h t t p : / / w w w . j c n c g s . c o m/ y y y Journeys Through Jackson November - December 2002 T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s Expressions of Sympathy 171 JCGS Photo Album i 172 - 1 7 4 The Family of Silas a n d Eva Brooks Buchanan 175 - 1 7 9 JCGS L i b r a r y Acquisitions 180 The Descendants of A b r a h am Enloe .-. 181 - 182 First Families of Old Buncombe 183 - 1 8 5 Mystery Photos 186 The Fullbright Ancestry of Danny Jones 187 - 1 9 0 Ochre Hill C h u r c h Books 191 - 1 9 2 JCGS Membership for 2002 .-. 193-200 Where J C G S Members Live t ...; 201 Happy Holidays : ! 202 Index 203-204 In Memory We dedicate this issue of Journeys Through Jackson to the memory of JCGS member Dave Broom of Vader, Washington. We offer our sympathy to his wife Carol, also a JCGS member, and to all of the members of the Broom family. We also offer our sincere sympathy to JCGS member Christine Cole Proctor on the recent loss of her husband Troy. Our neighbors, friends, and cousins in Swain County lost a good one in Troy. Heaven's gain. Ky 171 Journeys Through Jackson November - December 2002 J C G S P h o t o A l b um y KJ We are always glad when JCGS member Carl Sutton makes a trip through Jackson County, because he has a talent for finding (and sharing) old photographs in his family. On this page, Benjamin Evans Buchanan and his first family. In the front row are Victoria Nancy, age 7; Benjamin, holding Octa; Maude B., age 4. In the back are James Nathaniel, age 15; the wife and mother, Josepha Lucille Elmore Buchanan; Emma E., age 17; William Elmer, age 11; and Enley E., age 8.[Ed. This photograph would have been taken in 1899, since Emma (Mrs. Arthur Allen) was born in 1882, and Octa (Mrs. Bedford Ensley) was born in 1898.] y 172 Journeys Through Jackson November - December 2002 J C G S P h o t o A l b um Carl also shares with us this picture of Benjamin -Evans Buchanan, this time with part of his second family in the yard of the farm house. In the front are Mary Alethia (1910-1988), Buchanan, Wade Hampton (1911-1988), second wife Carolina Buena Vista Isabelle Thompson (1880-1955), William Roosevelt (1912-1999), and Missouri Ellener (1908-1988). The taller girl in the back is Carrie, a daughter from the first family, 1901-1988. She would become Carrie Buchanan Ward. Benjamin Evans Buchanan and his second wife had eight children. C 173 Journeys Through Jackson November - December 2002 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m KJ y Now here is one for members to study around that winter fire. Carl Sutton relates that the man third from the right is Leroy Sutton (1891 - 1974), son of William Allen Sutton. Carl would like to know the identities of any of the other men, as well as the location and the type of business pictured here. We can see what appear to be bolts of cloth, grips, other luggage on the top, an umbrella, possibly shoeboxes. Was this a general mercantile business with dry goods. Help, members? y 174 Journeys Through Jackson November - December 20,02 T h e F a m i l y o f S i l a s a n d E v a B r o o k s B u c h a n a n [Ed. The following is submitted by JCGS member (and President) Dorris Dills Beck. Dorris emphasizes that she welcomes corrections and additions to this work.] i T h e F a m i l y o f S i l a s a n d E v a B r o o k s B u c h a n a n i n C e n s u s R e c o r ds 1850 Census, Macon County, NC Charles S. Buchanan 24 fanner b. Macon Co. Minerva Buchanan 21 b. Macon Co. Silas Buchanan 1 b. Macon Co. Note: According to the family Bible, Margaret Buchanan was bom 1 Nov 1850 and died 28 Dec 1851, and therefore does not appear on airy census. 1850 Census, Haywood County, NC 1860 Census, Jackson County, NC I860 Census, Jackson County, NC Ky Simpson H. Brooks 25 farmer Margaret Brooks 17 C(harles) S. Buchanan 34 fanner M(inerva) Buchanan 29 S(ilas) Buchanan 10 L(ucy) A(nn) Buchanan 8 M(artha) C(aroline) Buchanan 5 L(eander) Buchanan 4 M(ary) J(ane) Buchanan 2 W(illiam) D Buchanan 4 months S(impson) H. Brooks 35 farmer M(argaret) E(lizabeth) Brooks 27 E(va) E. Brooks ' 9 W(illiam) T. Brooks 6 J(ohn) W. Brooks 4 Charles Buchanan 44 farmer b. NC Minerva Buchanan 40 Silas Buchanan 21 Lucy A.. Buchanan 18 Martha C. Buchanan 16 Leander Buchanan 14 Mary J. Buchanan 12 William Buchanan ' 10 Sarah Buchanan 8 John J. Buchanan 5 Columbus Buchanan 3 Elender (Laura E.) 1 Note: Although Silas and Eva E. Brooks were married 24 Dec 1868, he still appears in this census with his family; however, Silas and Eva are both listed in this census in the household of his aunt and uncle Isaac and Martha (Buchanan) Mason, with whom he had lived through part of his childhood. 1870 Census, Jackson County, NC 175 Journeys Through Jackson November - December 2002 1870 Census, Jackson County, NC 1880 Census, Jackson County, NC Isaac Mason Martha Mason Silas Buchanan Eve Buchanan Silas Buchanan Eva Buchanan Martha F(lorence) Buchanan William C. Buchanan Sarah C(ordelia) Buchanan Laura L(ouetta) Buchanan Thomas J(udson) Buchanan 52 49 21 20 31 29 9 8 6 4 2 farmer keeping house farm laborer keeping house farm laborer y 1900 Census, Jackson County, NC Silas Buchanan (b. April 1848) 51 fanner Eve E. Buchanan (b. Nov 1846) 49 Martha F(lorence) (b. Jul 1870) 29 Tolvin E(stes) (b. Jul 1879) 20 James H(arley) (b. Mar 18 82) 18 Magnolia E(lizabeth) (Apr '85) 15 Dora E. (b. Jul 1887) 12 Silas N(elson) (b. Dec 1889) 10 Hattie B.(b. Oct 1892) 8 Freddy Lee (b. Jun 1895) 4 ArthurN.(b.Aprl895) 5 Note: Arthur was the son of Martha Florence and a grandson of Silas and Eva. Sources: United States Federal Census for Haywood County, North Carolina 1850; for Macon County, North Carolina, 1850; for Jackson County, North Carolina, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900; Buchanan Family Bible; Heritage of Jackson County, Vol. II. KJ D e s c e n d a n t s o f S i l a s B u c h a n a n a n d E v a B r o o k s B u c h a n an Silas Buchanan (2 Apr 1849-4 Oct 1905) was a son of Rev. Charles S. Buchanan (4 Feb 1826 - 31 May 1911) and Minerva Green Buchanan (17 Jun 1829 - 3 Nov 1909). His paternal grandparents were William Ramsey Buchanan (ca 1793 - 1870) and Margaret Stiles (B. 1800). His maternal grandparents were Silas Green and Lucena (Lucy) Sutton) Green. Silas married 24 Dec 1868 Eva E. Brooks (6 Nov 1850 - 17 Jul 1925), daughter of Simpson H. Brooks (15 Dec 1824 - 24 May 1893) and Margaret Elizabeth Panis (18 May 1833 - 27 Oct 1919). Her maternal grandparents were William Coleman Parris and Rhoda Cunningham. Silas Buchanan and Eva, Charles S. Buchanan and Minerva, and Simpson and Margaret Brooks are all buried in Old Savannah Baptist Church Cemetery. Children and Grandchildren of Silas and Eva Brooks Buchanan are the following: Martha Florence Buchanan (18 Jun 1870-20 Feb 1928) bur. Old Savannah (no marker) Arthur N. Buchanan (8 Apr 1894 - 14 Dec 1924) bur. Old Savannah (no marker) y 176 Journeys Through Jackson November - December 2002 Roy Buchanan ' V^/ Bob Buchanan (5 Sep 1907 - 24 Aug 1958) bur. Old Savannah (no marker) William C. Buchanan (1 Jul 1872 - 12 Jan 1935) m. 6 Sep 1891 Arie (Earie) Barker (daughter of Alfred and Ann Barker of Swain County). W.C. is buried at Old Savannah Leila Buchanan (16 Jun 1892, Alarka,. Swain Co.) i James Ellis Buchanan (Nov. 1893) Doshia E. Buchanan (b. Nov. 1895) ' Walter Buchanan (31 Jul 1897 - 27 Nov 1944) (born Alarka, bur.Swain Memorial Park) Bertha Buchanan (9 Mar 1899, Alarka) Silas A. Buchanan (11 Jun 1901, Alarka) Maggie Buchanan (2 Feb 1903, Swain County) Orpha Buchanan (27 Feb 1912 - 7 Sep 1927) buried Old Savannah- Bert Buchanan Lassie Buchanan Etta Buchanan Artie Buchanan Sarah Cordelia Buchanan (22 Mar 1874- 19 Nov 1936)'m. 27 Aug 1892-Robert Wesley Green (23 Sep 1875 - 24 Feb. 1954) Buried Old Savannah ' Ollie Vesta Green (4 Jun 1893 - 15*JuM920) (bur. Old Sava)inah) m. 9 Aug 1914 Jesse Grady Dills Laura BeUe Green (8 Dec 1894-21 Feb 1978) m. Jack Wykle (19 Feb 1895 - 23 Feb 1979) Both buried Old Savannah ' Prudence Kathryn Green (14 Oct 1896 - 14 Nov 1896) (Buried Old Savannah, no * j marker) ^ Lorenie Matilda Green (8 Sep 1897 - 11 Dec 1963) m. Kelse Jason McMahan (5 Mar 1895-2 Aug 1974) (Both buried Watauga Baptist Church Cemetery, Macon County) Martha AHetha (Mattie) Green (8 Jan 1900 - 22 Apr 1987) m. 23 Jun 1918 #1 Gaither Morgan; m. 2 Jan 1932 #2 Frank Trantham (2 Sep 1 9 0 8 - 1 9 May 1980), son of Estes and Iva Lee Buchanan Trantham. Mattie and Frank are buried at-Old Savannah. Thaddeus Austin Green (2 Aug 1 9 0 2 - 6 Dec 1973) m. 10 Sep 1922 Beulah Elba Cagle (25 May 1 9 0 5 - 6 Sep 1976) daughter of Burder" and Mattie Sutton Cagle. Austin and Beulah are buried at Old Savannah. I Gracie Ellen Green (10 Nov 1 9 0 4 - 3 Apr 1994) m. 26 Feb 1921 Jesse Grady Dills (1 Aug 1891 - 29 Aug 1945) (his'm. #2) , son of Marcus Lafayette and Lydia Caroline Sutton Dills. Gracie and Jesse are buried at Cullowhee Baptist Church Cemetery. Mary Magdalene Green (26 Mar 1907 - 28 Mar 1907) Buried Old Savannah, no marker Dorothy Evelyn Green (27 May 1 9 0 8 - 9 Oct 1990) m. John Nicholson ( 1 9 0 8 - 5 Apr 2000) son of John Allan and Tina Walker Nicholson. Dorothy and John are buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Gastonia, NC. Fannie Lovonia Green (5 Sep 1910) - 19 Feb 1995) m. 7Mar 1931 Otis Steve Byrd (25 Aug 1911 - 26 Apr 1985) son of George Lee and Elizabeth Johnson Byrd. Lovonia and Otis are buried at Harlem Memorial Cemetery, Harlem, GA. Silas Homer Washington Green (22 Feb 1913 - 29 Jun 1979) m. Kathleen Bryson (28 Jun 1917 - 25 Dec 2000), daughter of John Franklin and Delia Mae Stevens Bryson. Homer and Kathleen are buried at Fairview Memorial Gardens, Sylva, >JC. Annie Rozelle Green (20 Apr 1915-28 Jun 1978) m. Joseph Hobert Chambers (9 Jan 1906 - 22 Apr 1971). Both are buried at Crawford Memorial Gardens, Clyde, NC. L ^ Otho Wesley Green (11 Jul 1918 - 18 Oct 1922) Buried Old Savannah 177 Journeys Through Jackson November - December 2002 Laura Louetta Buchanan (10 Aug 1 8 7 5 - 2 Aug 1951) m. Clingman Lewis Green (28 Nov 1867 - 1 Jan 1959). Both are buried in Greens Creek Cemetery. Grover Cleveland Green (13 Jan 1893 - 10 Dec 1994) m. #1 Daisy Buchanan. Grover died at age 101, buried in Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, TX. Dewey Benjamin Green (3 Oct 1898 - 13 Aug 1973) m. Gracie Trantham (5 Mar 1910 - 14 Jan 1994) daughter of Estes and Iva Lee Buchanan Trantham. Dewey and Gracie are buried in Greens Creek Cemetery. Wiley Ray Green (23 Oct 1900-21 Feb 1987) never married. Buried Greens Creek Cemetery. David E. Green (22 Mar 1902-7 Feb 1958) Buried Greens Creek Cemetery. Eva Green (25 Jul 1904 - 31 Aug 1972) m. Lloyd David Keener (20 Jan 1890 - ) Both are buried in Lovedale Baptist Church Cemetery. Lula Green (1906 - 1983) m. Theodore R. Brooks (1904 - 1986), son of Varn Brooks. Lula and Theodore are buried in Pine Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Mary Ethel Green (7 Dec 1908 - 12 Apr 1985) m. Gus P. Cochran (16 Apr 1895 - 5 Jul 1979). Both are buried in Greens Creek Cemetery. Lucy Green (22 Feb 1910 - ) m. Spurgeon Buchanan (9 Jun 1909 - 22 Oct 1977), son of Valley Buchanan. Spurgeon is buried in Greens Creek Cemetery. Leoma Green (26 Jan 1912 - 20 Mar 1986) never married. Buried Greens Creek Cemetery. Ferry Green (7 Jun 1918 - ) m. 15 Jul 1954 Inez Brooks Octie Green (30 Aug 1921 - ) m. B. Holmes Allison (18 Jan 1 9 1 2 - 2 2 Aug 1979) Buried Greens Creek Cemetery. Lenore Green (d. 28 Apr 1943) m. Nell Trantham. Lenore is buried in Greens Creek Cemetery. Lennie Green Thomas Judson Buchanan (3 Dec 1877 - 30 Jan 1961) m. #1 Ada Barker, daughter of Alfred and Ann Barker of Swain County. M #2 (Jul 1913) Florence Dills (17 Feb 1884 - 30 Nov 1962), daughter of William W. and Anna Rogers Dills. Jud and Florence are buried at Old Savannah. Fannie Buchanan (d. 19 Sep 1989, Canton, NC) m. Herbert Reynolds Lizzie Buchanan m. Weaver Nations Coy Lee Buchanan (4 Feb 1903 - 1 Feb 1978) Died in Virginia Edith Irene Buchanan (21 Sep 1914-4 Mar 1996) m. 10 Mar 1935 Jesse Elbert Carnes (24 Jul 1913-16 Jan 1999) son of Cance Davis and Lottie Ellen Gibson Carnes. Edith and Elbert are buried in Franklin (Long Branch) Cemetery. Winnie Eloise Buchanan (26 Nov 1916-15 Dec 1916 Johnny Buchanan (born and died 30 Dec 1917) Nora Birdell Buchanan (6 Jun 1919 - ) m. Edd Cope (10 Sep 1907 - 18 Jun 1995) Buried Old Savannah Gertrude Ethel Buchanan (13 Jan 1925 - ) m. 22 Sep 1946 Joseph Russell Lambert (27 Nov 1925 - 17 Nov 1949) Buried Bethel Cemetery, Cherokee. Tolvin Estes Buchanan (16 Jul 1879 - 1918) m. Lydia Hutchins (9 May 1887-31 Dec 1938), daughter of Franklin Pierce and Mary Tabor Hutchins. Dora Elvira Buchanan (4 May 1904 - ) m. William Newt Shuler Robert Leroy Buchanan (11 Nov 1906 - ) m. #1 Joann McGee; m. #2 Sarah Baker Fred G. Buchanan (19 Mar 1908 - ) m. #1 Winnie McGee; m. #2 Lodella Haynes Buenia Vesta Buchanan (16 Mar 1912 - ) m. Clyde Chambers Essie Nervina Buchanan (22 Dec 1914 - ) m. Hoyt Scarborough 178 KJ Ky y Journeys Through Jackson November - December 2002 Norman Estes Buchanan (22 Mar 1916 - 1 Jan 1966) m. Rpby Estella Davis (30 Mar W 1911 - ) James Harley Buchanan (27 Mar 1882-5 Mar 1943) m. #1(20 Sep 1903) Mary Trantham (d. 15 Aug 1921) No children. M. #2 Elba Brooks (27 Aug 1906 - 14 Feb 2002) Floyd Ray Buchanan (16. Jul 1925-2 Oct 1944) George Buchanan (6 Apr 1927 - ) m. 12 Jun 1953 Hazel Harkins (27 Sep 1931 - ) Sarah Azilee Buchanan (1 Jul 1929 - )-m. Ralph Henry Buchanan (10 Dec 1921 - 1 Jul 2002), son of Verlon and Laura Cloer Buchanan. Ralph is' buried in Georgia Memorial Park. . Elizabeth Magalene Buchanan (Maggie) (4 Sep 1933 - ) m. James Roy Cabe (3 Jan 1933 - 28 Dec 1976), son of Lyndon and Hattie Rickman Cabe. Roy is buried at Old Savannah. » Mary Carolyn Buchanan (4 Aug 1935 - ) m. Henry Clarence Moore (28 Jul 1928 - ), son of Claude and Dorothy Beasley Moore. Annie Dee Buchanan (5 Mar 1938 - ) m. Lester Conley Waldroop, Jr. (29 Apr 1930 - 2 Sep 1989) i Roberta Buchanan (-14 Apr 1942 - ) m. Ted Eugene Crawford (29 Jul 1939 - ) , son of James Alvin and Olive Stewart Crawford I Magnolia Elizabeth Buchanan (13 Apr11885 -^ 8 Apr 1973) m. Lee C. Estes (14 Mar 1878 - 20 Aug 1965) No children. Both are-buried at Old Savannah. Dora E. Buchanan (16 Jul 1 8 8 8 - 7 Jun 1941) m. James Arthur Allman (17 Mar 1884 - 23 Feb 1976), son of Polk and Elizabeth Stillwell Allman. Dora and Arthur are buried in Stillwell L . Cemetery. W William Polk'Allman (1909 - 8, Jan, 1987) m. Maude .Roland (d. 28 Nov 1995), daughter of William G. and Maggie Hall Roland Silas Nelson Buchanan (6 Dec 1 8 8 9 - 9 May 1955) m. 3 Jul 1913 Sallie Anna Sutton (13 Mar 1889 - 20 Oct 1980). Both are buried at Old Savannah. Edith Buchanan (2 Jul 1914 - ) m. 19-Mar 1934 Perry Hall (9 Apr 1910 - 4 Jan 1993), son of Sharm and Estella Childers Hall-. Perry is buried at Old Savannah. Eva Cordelia Buchanan ( 2 May 1917-22 May 1917) Clifford Weaver (Bill) Buchanan (6>Dec 1918 - 6 Jul 1961) m. Edith Cabe (24 Feb 1924 - ) , daughter of Candler T. and Pearl Hall Cabe. Bill is buried at Old Savannah. James Ralph Buchanan (22 Mar 1921-20 Feb 1988) never married. Willa Mae Buchanan (22 Jan 1923 - ) m. Claude Grover Green (22 Feb 1922 - 8 Mar 1987), son of Walter and Mattie Bell Green. Silas Vester Buchanan {27 Dec 1924 - ) lives Crescent City, CA. Ida Mae Buchanan (18 Sep 1927- 22 Dec 1999) m. #lk Jerry Mooney; m.#2'Edsel Quinn Hattie B. Buchanan (1 Oct 1892 - 29 Mar 1980),m. 19 Nov 1919 Hershel J. Hall (7 Dec 1888 - 10 Jul 1971) Both are buried ait Old Savannah. Charlie Craton Hall (bom and died 12 Dec 1921) Lessie Mae Hall (15 Aug 1925)m. Don Franks (1925 - 1984) Buried Old Savannah Bessie Lee Hall (9 Nov ,1928 - ) ^ ^ / (continued on page 182) 179 Journeys Through Jackson November - December 2002 J C G S L i b r a r y A c q u i s i t i o n s Call No. Author Title Donor 027.5 309.17 973.7 929.2 027.5 F 027.5 929.2 929.1 975.6 929.2 362.8 363.2 929.3 973.7 641.5 973.7 929.2 929.3 974.8 974.8 929.2 929.2 920 Cook, D. Louise Watts, Jim Lindsey, David Sherman, Robert M. U.S. NARA Von Rdsenburg, F.B. Colket, Meredith B. Stevens, Mildred Kerstens, Elizabeth Wike, Monte and Noma Johnson, Richard S. Tillman, Norma M. Davis, Burke Lunsford, William T. Clift, G. Glenn Eshleman, H. Frank Richards, H.M.M. Wykle, William B. Peters, E. Ann H. Hooper, Ben W. Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Atlanta Historical Society Generations: Your Family in Modern American History Americans in Conflict: The Civil War and Reconstruction Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Microfilm Resources for Research The Ring-Tailed Panther Guide to Genealogical Records in the National Archives All of Me From AtoZ 1995-96 APG Directory of Professional Genealogists The Heritage of Catawba County, Volume 1,1986 The Wike Family: Descendants of Jacob M. Weik of North Carolina Find Anyone Fast How to Find Almost Anyone, Anywhere Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1790 The Civil War: Strange and Fascinating Facts Allen Family Recipes from the Descendants of D. Hubbard and Emily Allen The Photographic History of the Civil War The Lunsford Story Kentucky Marriages, 1797-1865 Swiss and German Pioneer Settlers of Southeastern Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania German in the Revolutionary War The History and Genealogy of the Wykle Family and Related Families Keeping Up With the Joneses The Unwanted Boy: The Autobiography of Governor Ben W. Hooper Jane Nardy Jane Nardy Jane Nardy Jane Nardy Jane Nardy Jane Nardy Jane Nardy Jane Nardy Jane Nardy Purchase Monte, Noma Wike Betty Foti Betty Foti Purchase Purchase Dorris Beck Anonymous Jane Nardy Purchase Ann H. Peters Purchase Ky Ky Ky 180 Journeys Through Jackson Noyember - December 2002 ^ T h e D e s c e n d a n t s o f A b r a h a m E n l o e [Ed. We conclude in this issue with the Enloe work of JCGS member PJeggy Queen Mason.] 43. L u c i u s ARTHUR5 ENLOE (WILLIAM ASAPH (ACE/*, BENJAMIN MATTISON3, ABRAHAM2, ANTHONY1) was born 1876. He married PAULINE DEWEESE. Child of Lucius ENLOE and PAULINE DEWEESE is: i. GLENN ROBERT6 ENLOE, b. December 20,1911. 44. HERBERT C.5 ENLOE (WILLIAM ASAPH (ACE)*, BENJAMIN MATTISON3, ABRAHAM2, ANTHONY1) was born 1892. He married ANNE COCHRAN. She was bom 1895. Child of HERBERT ENLOE and ANNIE COCHRAN is: i. JUDSON HAMOND6 ENLOE, b. February 25,1927. i 45. GERTRUDE5 DILLS (ALICE MINERVA* ENLOE, WESLEY MATTHEW3, ABRAHAM2, ANTHONY*) was b om July 08, 1885, and died November 27, 1948. She married ERNEST LYNDON MCKEE August 19, 1913. He was born September 11, 1871, and died October 06, 1952. , Notes for GERTRUDE DILLS: Gertrude Dills McKee was a pioneer woman in North Carolina politics, being the first woman ever elected to the North Carolina Sena

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Journeys Through Jackson 2018 Vol.28 No.03

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Journeys Through Jackson is the official journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, Inc. The journal began as a monthly publication in July 1991, was published bimonthly from 1994 to 2003, and continues today as a quarterly publication. The journal issues in this digital collection are presented as annual compilations.^ J o u r n e y s T h r o u g h J a c k s o n O as ^ B « T h e Official Journal of t h e J a c k s o n C o u n t y G e n e a l o g i c a l S o c i e t y , Inc. Vol. X X V I I I , No. 2 0 1 8 V o l . 3 ^ JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. 2018 Officers President Kenneth Nicholson Vice Presidents Norma Bryson Clayton, Debbie Blazer Secretary Fern Parris Hensley Treasurer Teresa Deitz Manring Librarian George Frizzell Office Manager Carol Bryson WebMaster. 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 Fall is short lived here in the mountains and winter is just around the comer. It is a good time to work on our genealogy. Be sure to come by and check out our library and all of our research materials. Thank you to all of the people who have submitted stories, pictures or information for articles for JTJ. Always remember that our publication is as good as our members. ~j M e r r y C h r i s t m a s H a p p y H o l i d a y s H a p p y N e w Y e a r s M a y y o u r h o l i d a y s b e a l l t h a t y o u h o p e f o r! Journeys Through Jackson 2018 Vol. 3 ^ T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s Table of Contents 97 JCGS Photo Album 98-102 One Confederate Soldiers Story 103-110 1948 Jackson County Death Certificates 111-113 December Meeting 114 1880 Jackson County Census Records 115-120 Outline Descendant Report for Frederick (Baumgarten) Bumgarner 121-124 Descendants of William Solomon P a r k e r , Sr 125-128 The Dillards - P a r t One - Georgia Beginnings 129-130 The Dillards - P a r t Two - North Carolina Beginnings 131-132 Descendants of J o h n Thomas T a t h am 133-138 Our 2018 Membership 139-141 Letter from our President 142 Index 143-144 < w Our prayers and condolences a r e offered to t h e following people a n d their families: JCGS Member - Delos Monteith, Jr. JCGS Member - David Bryson JCGS Member - Annette Moore Shelton on the passing of her son, Robert Samuel Shelton. o C h r i s t m a s i s j u s t a r o u n d t h e c o r n e r ! C u t d o w n o n y o u r h o l i d a y s h o p p i n g t h i s y e a r ! G i v e a m e m b e r s h i p t o a f a m i l y m e m b e r o r a f r i e n d as a g i f t t h i s h o l i d a y s e a s o n . R e m e m b e r i t i s a b a r g a i n a t $ 2 0 f o r t h e y e a r . 97 Journeys Through Jackson 2018 Vol. 3 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m \ J v ^ Front row L to R: Peter Pierson, Doc Pierson, Hobert Nicholson, Tom Jamison, Fred Wilson, Leo Wilson, Annie Owens, Beulah Galloway, Frank Wilson, Bertie Burgess, Neil Burgess, unidentified, Pritchard Moore. Second row: Henry Bryson, Hayes Bryson, Flora Wilson, Bessie Alexander, two unidentified, Daisy Bryson, Lizzy Bryson, Varina Bryson, Elvira Morgan, Ford Burgess, Lawton Monteith, Lewis Monteith, unidentified Enloe girl, Linvil Monteith, Alvin Nicholson. Third row: Bessie Picklesimer (teacher), Eula Wilson, Rowena Bryson, Thelma Henderson, Mattie Wilson, Flora Wilson, Maggie McCall, unidentified, Lee Monteith, Oat Bryson, Charlie Monteith, Lawrence Monteith, unidentified, Carlisle Morgan, Sam Wilson, Ernest Pressley. Fourth row: two unidentified, May Galloway, Pansy Henderson, Myrtle Wilson, Mattie Wilson, Alma Jamison, J. B. Galloway, Julia Frazell (teacher), Julia Bryson, Lee Monteith, Dewey Bryson, unidentified, OIlie Bryson. Fifth row: Posy McCall, Mag McCall, Belzie Kenner, Minnie Lusk, Weaver Wilson, Tom Moss, May Jamison, unidentified, Maude Jamison, Effie Bryson, OIlie Bryson, Shed Bryson. Sixth row: Nelson Robinson, Tom Moody, Mamie Galloway, Jack Robinson, Dar Lusk, Emma Lanning, Oscar Monteith, unidentified, Fred Bryson, Junie Monteith, unidentified. Picture has written on it Class of 1906, From the Ruth Ashe collection v J 98 Journeys Through Jackson 2018 Vol. 3 C J C G S P h o t o A l b u m < w ^ This picture is identified as Glenville School, 1945. First row, L to R: Roy Potts, William Passmore, Shelly Lusk, Author Potts, Walter Bumgarner, Phillip Corbin, Loyd Leopard, Riley Watkins, Odell Watson. Second Row: Jackie Snipes, Lou Ellen Mills, Patsy Stiwinter, Sylvia Marlette, Unknown Bryant, Ronnie Stiwinter, Shelba Jean Oats, JoAnn Young. Third row: Mrs. Tritt (teacher), unidentified, unidentified, Jenette Coggins, Bernice Buchanan, Pearl Franks, Peggy Ensley, Juanita Simms, unidentified Conner. 99 Journeys Through Jackson 2018 Vol. 3 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m ^J These two pictures are of Reuben Harrison Stephens (21 Dec 1832-14 Apr 1902) and his wife, Mary C. Brown (19 Jul 1839-17 Dec 1902). He was the son of Stephen Huff (12 Jul 1796 - 12 Mar 1870) and Susan "Sookie" Hooper (1806 - 10 Feb 1892) She was the daughter of John Jackson Brown (1806 - 1885) and his wife, Violet Fortner (1806-1880). v _ y u 100 Journeys Through Jackson 2018 Vol. 3 ^ J C G S P h o t o A l b u m C - The two children to the left were the twins born to Jess Franklin Brown (1 May 1884 - 18 Nov 1960) and Gusila Morgan (13 Sep 1898- 13 Sep 1965). They were both born on 5 Sep 1934. The children were Delos Brown who passed away 26 Nov 2013 and Delia Brown. The picture below is one of the many that the JCGS has that are unidentified. As always, if you know the identity of any of these people, please let us know. O 101 Journeys Through Jackson 2018 Vol. 3 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m K J v J These three pictures are also unidentified. If you know any of these people, please let us know. K J 102 Journeys Through Jackson 2018 Vol. 3 <J O n e C o n f e d e r a t e S o l d i e r s S t o ry C • U Pvt. Asaph Wilson Sherrill and Deep Creek, t h e only Civil W a r Battle fought in J a c k s o n County, NC Asaph "Asa" "Ace" Wilson SherriU's great-great-grandchildren William Loranzo "Bill" Crawford, Frank Moody Crawford, Jr., Ann Davis Melton, Mary Katherine Sherrill Lowder, and Nancy Sherrill Wilson have always been intrigued by their ancestor's Civil War service. During the early winter of 1864, Pvt. Sherrill participated in the only Civil War Battle fought in Jackson County, North Carolina. The event occurred at Deep Creek, approximately ten miles from his Shoal Creek home. Descendants recently retraced the most evident path Sherrill would have taken to the battle site from his residence (Coordinates: N 35° 26' 26.39'' W 83° 19' 51.05"). Guided by Bill, he shared that nearby Thomas Peak would have been the first station of Asaph's journey as it was a mustering ground for the troops.-At the top of the 2,700' peak soldiers could see northeast up the Oconaluftee "Luftee" River or down the Tuckasegee River. Two cannons were placed on the pinnacle to signal when and from which direction enemy forces were approaching. Bill further explained that after joining the troops at Thomas Peak, Asaph would have then trekked toward Union Hill and the Oconaluftee River which comes out at Birdtown. He would have continued on west down the Tuckasegee River to Ela and the final destination of the mouth of Deep Creek. At the time Asaph's age was 45, ten years more than mandatory service age, which meant he volunteered for service in the-Confederate Army with the famed Thomas' Legion. As a Private with Company C, 69th North Carolina Infantry, he was part of an unconventional force comprised of both highlanders and Cherokee" Indians which had been raised by Col. William Holland Thomas, senator, Eastern Cherokee Nation's advocate and only white chief. The legion began as a citizen brigade for the purposes of defending against local raids. The troops that fought under Thomas became increasingly feared by their enemies. A nearly independent force, they were famous for their skill and persistence in tracking escapees and bushwhackers. The legion also became known for a band of Cherokee Indian soldiers who served the Confederacy, not for the cause but of loyalty to Col. Thomas. Thomas wrote, "the enemy have at least been taught that while we hold the Smoky Mountains, western North Carolina and adjacent portions of east Tennessee are hard to subjugate." Because of their reputation, whether deserved or not, Union Brigadier General Samuel D. Sturgis proclaimed that they "had become a terror to the Union people of East Tennessee and the borders of North Carolina from the atrocities they were daily perpetuating." Each day that passed that eventful winter of 1864 intensified Thomas' concern for frequent Federal raids. One of the most notable was to occur on Tuesday, the second day of February. Sturgis had received intelligence that soldiers from Thomas' Legion were camped in Jackson County ten miles west of Quallatown at Deep Creek (locale became part of Swain County when formed in 1871 from Jackson County), which lay in the midst of the fork of the Tuckasegee and the Little Tennessee Rivers. The probable site lays on the flood plain between what is now West Deep Creek Road and Deep Creek. In hopes of freeing the area of Thomas's force once and for all, Sturgis dispatched Major Francis M. Davidson and the 14th Regiment Illinois Cavalry into North Carolina "to Pursue [Thomas'] force and to destroy it." Accompanied by a three-piece artillery section and some forty to fifty Union guides or spies, the Federal cavalry of 600 slipped through the mountain passes on old Indian trails, following the Tuckasegee River. Just before dawn, arrival was on the west bank of Deep Creek just outside Thomas' camp near Charleston (name changed to Bryson City in 1889). The terrain made a cavalry charge out of the question, so Davidson's troopers had to dismount in order to effectively go into combat. He positioned his men around the camp trapping approximately 325 highlanders and Cherokees against the creek. As the sun rose on February 2,1864, Davidson gave the order to attack. Although completely surprised, the highlanders and Cherokees rallied with remarkable discipline. The Union men began firing on them from the hills above the. camp. A Lt. Horace Capron and the advance men attacked the guard positions, killing or wounding many. Other Confederates began falling back toward the creek. It appeared they would be wiped out. However, they had planned for such an event. As had been done previously at Gatlinburg and other places during the war, some men fired and moved while others began their escape. By some means unknown to us today, they had placed rocks or ropes or both to aid their escape. It had to have been difficult because bullets were bombarding the camp and many women and children were present. During this time if soldiers'were camped near their homes family members would often visit. All were caught in a desperate scramble to get across the creek. In what must have been one of the more amazing evacuations in the war, many of the Confederates escaped across the water. Lt. Capron and his Union 103 Journeys Through Jackson 2018 Vol. 3 men were not finished. They pushed the chase and began crossing the creek in pursuit. But the highlanders and Indians were ready for that and a suppressing fire team was already in place on the bluff on the east side of the ' j creek. When Capron and his men assembled on that side and began moving forward, the Confederates were waiting N"—-/^ for them. They opened fire on the advancing Union Cavalry. The battle raged for more than an hour. Lt. Capron was fatally wounded. Union soldiers collected their wounded men and retreated back across the creek. Versions of the battle and its results greatly differ from each side. One eye witness, L.F. Siler, reported to Governor Vance that, "The Indians fought nobly until the ammunition gave out." Davidson, however, filed a different account. Watching the Indians scamper after the skirmish, he must have thought he destroyed their effectiveness. "Less than 50 made their escape," read the Federal report, "the remainder being killed or wounded, so that this nest of Indians may be considered as entirely destroyed, nearly 200 of them having been killed." The Battle of Deep Creek was a sensational affair, for the Northerners thought they wiped out Thomas' Indian companies. Thomas, somewhat amused at the Union accounts, reported his version: "On the 2nd instant (this month) [the Federals]... advanced up the Tennessee and the Tuckasegee to the mouth of Deep Creek where the Indians, under my command, arrested their progress. The enemy lost about 12 killed and wounded, the Indians' ... [lost] five. I am informed that the Northern Papers boast of killing 200." If Davidson's objective was to eliminate Thomas' force, he failed; if he intended to harass the Confederates, he succeeded. According to the North, the Union soldiers had managed to kill 132, capture 54 prisoners (22 Indians and 32 whites) and saw 50 enemies escape. The Confederates claimed they lost only two killed and 18 as prisoners. The most viable calculation is the Federal forces lost two killed and six wounded, while Thomas most likely lost ten killed and 32 captured. The forces were destroyed, which confirmed the general belief of the local inhabitants that Western North Carolina was unprotected. Pvt. Sherrill was taken prisoner at Deep Creek along with thirteen other white rebels and eighteen Indian rebels. The captives were escorted by heavy guard to Knoxville, Tennessee where they were confined. Asaph had to leave behind his wife, Talitha Katherine "Katie", and nine children ranging in ages three through twenty-one to fend for themselves on the family farm amidst the chaos from warring factors. William Allison Sherrill, son of Asaph, was like his father in that age did not deter him from volunteering for the Confederacy (mandatory age for service was 18 through 35). In 1862 when just 14, William enlisted with Thomas' Legion. It is not known if 16 year old William participated at the Battle of Deep Creek. Asaph's muster rolls show he along with other prisoners of Thomas Legion arrived at Knoxville on February 7, 1864. The Cherokee prisoners attracted attention from the locals, and they came from miles around to see the Indian's painted faces and their standard Confederate uniforms personally adorned with added beads, bones and feathers. Typically after days of speech-making, promises, threats and persuasion, prisoners were formed into line and the "oath of allegiance" was offered to them. It was extremely rare for a Confederate to accept. Asaph did not take the oath. According to the "Daily Confederate," a Raleigh newspaper, the Indian rebels were promised their liberty and five thousand dollars in gold if they would bring them the scalp of their leader, Col. William H. Thomas. The Indians agreed to the proposition and they were released. They returned to their native mountains, found Col. Thomas and told him what had transpired. It was also reported that in early March all of the Cherokees and two of the whites from Deep Creek and subsequent raids took the oath. This undermined the Cherokee participation in the Confederate cause. Weeks later, Asaph's muster rolls reveal he was slated to be sent to Camp Chase at Columbus, Ohio. There was not a record of him arriving there, but on February twenty-eighth he was sent to a military prison in Louisville, Kentucky "for exchange." General Ulysses S. Grant would soon make it known he was against the practice. SherriH's last destination was Fort Delaware Union Prison in Delaware. The mode of travel to prison was more than likely via railway and then by steamship into Delaware Bay. One month after capture at Deep Creek, North Carolina, Pvt. Asaph Wilson Sherrill arrived at Fort Delaware Union Prison on Friday March 4, 1864. The prison was located on Pea Patch Island, in the center of Delaware Bay, two and a half miles from the mainland on either side. Asaph would spend the last full year of his life in the prison before him. He set eyes on a granite fortress built in the shape of a pentagon which was traversed by ditches of sea water. Because of overcrowding, Asaph was assigned to one of 54 wooden barracks located outside the fort walls on the northwest side of the island. The common wooden sheds were to accommodate about ten thousand prisoners, but at this juncture of the war, there were about twelve thousand prisoners to be housed. Sherrill walked on plank ways covering the marshy ground to a barrack to be confined in a room 19 by 60 feet where all other North Carolinian prisoners were assigned. There were three tiered bunks on either side with a narrow passage between. He was only allotted one blanket. In the center of the room was one stove, and there was an allowance of one barrow-load of coal per day. ^ y ^J 104 c L , O Journeys Through Jackson 2018 Vol. 3 Asaph had to quickly learn how to survive in living conditions which were publically referred to as wretched. First, he learned not to speak to or approach any of the sentinels. Each day began with roll call. The men were formed in a line, then marched out by a door to a plat of ground, known by prisoners as "Devil's Half Acre," where all remained until the last man of the twelve thousand had passed the doorway and had been accounted for. This generally occupied about two hours even in extreme weather elements. Breakfast was then served in the mess hall, usually around 9:00 a.m. In a long dark room were several rows of long plank tables. Sometimes the food was on a tin plate, other times it was placed directly on the uncovered greasy table. On each table were pieces of bread and meat arranged at intervals of about two feet. Each prisoner took one ration. The bread and meat varied as found in writings of prisoners after the war. All agreed the rations were slight. Assorted breads were described as yellow cornbread three inches long and one inch thick; a small piece of bread made from rye or wheat flour; crackers; three pieces of hard tack; and baker's bread, often stale. Breakfast meat was told to be a very small piece of bacon or beef. Weak coffee served was made from a decoction of logwood and beans. Only two light meals were served daily to Sherrill and others. The dinner fare was served about 3:00 p.m. The food was once again placed in individual servings on the table for the men. The menu was the same as breakfast, a piece of bread and a piece of meat. The meat could have been a small chunk beef which was occasionally all sinew or mostly bone, piece of salt pork or salt beef. Coffee was replaced with corn or bean soup served in a pint tin cup. Once a month inspectors or health commissioners visited the prison, but the officers in charge always knew when they were coming. The mess hall would be clean, beans and meat were in the soup, and a general appearance of good treatment was presented so that a fair report could be made and published. Drinking water was brought from Brandywine Creek about 10 miles away. Many waking hours were consumed with thoughts of food by the starving soldiers. At the end of the day another roll call would be conducted. The prisoners tried to make the lingering hours pass lightly. Occasionally they played games such as cards and checkers or chess. Some formed a debate club and even performed theatrical performances all improvised by themselves. However, the days were over shadowed With suffering and deprivation as well as thoughts of home and freedom. Diseases were the deadliest issue which faced these Civil War prisoners due to impure water, exposure, poor food, and unsanitary conditions. Fort Delaware lost so many prisoners it was dubbed "The Fort Delaware Death Pen." Approximately 2,700 Confederate soldiers died while being held captive. Asaph Wilson Sherrill became a Fort Delaware death statistic. Furthermore, out of 1,184 Confederate soldiers serving from Jackson County, North Carolina, 49 died in Union prisons. Asaph had been diagnosed with dysentery, the greatest single killer of the Civil War. The disease claimed more soldiers than battle wounds. Insufficient medical treatment then became Asaph's worst enemy. He died on March 2/3, 1865. His muster roll records reveal he was buried on the Jersey Shore. Had he survived another month, Asaph would have witnessed the end of the war on April 9, 1865. Sherrill's burial place is now known as Finn's Point National Cemetery located across the Delaware River in New Jersey. A Confederate monument identifies the site, and names of the deceased Confederate prisoners are inscribed on bronze plaques affixed to the base of the monument. Asaph's name and unit appears as "Sherill, A.W. C Thomas' N.C. Legn." A grassy field covers the remains of 2,436 Confederate soldiers who died when they were captive at the fort. Underfoot, there are mass graves, stacked in columns of three or four with men entombed in simple wooden boxes. Graves cannot be individually identified. Charles W. Rivenbark, Fort Delaware Confederate prisoner from New Hanover County, North Carolina who bunked in the same barrack Asaph was assigned upon arri

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Journeys Through Jackson 2002 Vol.12 No.07-08

Author: Jackson County Genealogical Society (N.C.)
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Journeys Through Jackson is the official journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, Inc. The journal began as a monthly publication in July 1991, was published bimonthly from 1994 to 2003, and continues today as a quarterly publication. The journal issues in this digital collection are presented as annual compilations.^ Ky Ky J o u r n e y s T h r o u g h J a c k s o n T h e O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e J a c k s o n C o u n t y G e n e a l o g i c a l S o c i e t y , I n c. C V o l . X I I , N o . 7 - 8 J u l y - A u g u s t 2002 JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. 2002 Officers President Dorris D. Beck Vice President L. Roy Shuler Secretary Lynn AUen Treasurer David C. Frizzell Librarian Dorris D. Beck Office Manager Peggy Q. Mason Computer Coordinator Deanne G. Roles Chair, Publications (Editor) R. Larry Crawford 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 mat 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 for other non-profit groups. From the Editor In 2001, when we first pubUshed a Patriot issue, we were late with pubUcation, and the tragedy of September 11 had already happened when members received their journals. Almost a year later, we are stiU shocked and angry, but we are as resolved as ever that ignorance wiU not prevail. We are glad to present another Patriot issue this summer. In these pages, members wUl find contributions from no fewer than sixteen persons, fourteen of them Society members. How appreciative we are of their efforts! A few of the places in this issue might evoke tears, some wttl surely lead to smttes and fond memories, but aU are meant to honor those men and women who have sacrificed for aU of us. WhUe one of our most precious legacies as Americans is the freedom to disagree with poUcies, with poUticians, and even with wars, we should not disagree that those persons who have served our country should hold a place of honor. Enjoy the issue, and as always, your comments serve to make it better. V i s i t u s a t o u r W e b s i t e : h t t p : / / w w w . m a i n . n c . u s / j c g s/ J y y Journeys Through Jackson July - August 2002 K , T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s i»M»«tfH»l >•••••*••••••••« Dedication.................... Jennings Photograph.., Burke County Tories... Turpin Photographs.-., Wood Photograph........ Sutton CivU W a r Letters. World War I Era...Materials at the National Archives. World War I Era...Examples of Draft Registration...... World War I Era...Rhinehart Interview......................... World War I I Era...Letters in the Ensley Family.......... World War I I E r a . . .Mincey Interview ............................ World War I I Era...Hoopers To Host Reunion., World War H Era...Wilson Photograph Patriots in the Famfly of JCGS Member Betty Painter Foti Patriots in the FamUy of JCGS Member Mary Rhinehart Shook...................... Patriots in the FamUy of JCGS Member Marie Powell Treadway.................... Veterans of Early Wars in Jackson County Cemeteries........................... ..... Brown Obituary .................»m......MM..M...„.........M...„.....................m..................... Patriots in the Family of JCGS Member Louise Brooks Snyder and a Salute.. Index.......................... x•••*••»•••••••••••«•••*•»•) >•••«•••••••••••••••••••*•< 103 104 .105-106 107 108 .109-112 .113 -114 115 116 .117-118 .119-120 121 122 ..123-124 .125-126 .127-128 .129-131 132 ..133-134 .135-136 Dedication K , As "Taps" brings to a close the final earthly chapter in the book of a quietly heroic life, we again stand in awe of the contributions and accomplishments of our veterans. With gratitude, we dedicate this Patriot issue to the memory of JCGS member Carl FrizzeU. Our Mend, we shaU miss you, but we are firm in our convictions that after this final battle, an eternal peace is yours. Carl Kellie FrizzeU: 24 May 1922 - 3 July 2002 (World War n , United States Army, 205th Battalion, Anti- Aircraft) 103 Journeys Through Jackson July - August 2002 A m e r i c a n R e v o l u t i o n a r y W a r E r a . . . J a m e s J e n n i n g s KJ In the September - October 1998 issue of Journeys Through Jackson, we pubUshed the Revolutionary War Pension File of James Jennings. We apologize to the membership of the Society if the photograph above seems self - serving, but it shows your Editor at the grave of Jennings in Madison County. (Picture made and submitted by Rick Frizzell January 2002.) According to his file, Jennings was born 14 Feb 1857 in Buckingham County, Virginia. He served in the battles at Brandywine, Germantown, Princeton, and Trenton. After the war, he moved to Surry County, North Carolina, where he married Charity Burch. After her death, he was subsequently married to Hannah Martin. From his first marriage, he was the father of two sons, one of whom Uved in Macon County and is the ancestor of a large fanuly, and a daughter Charity, who married WUUam Cockerham of Surry County and who Uved at the Big Spring (near Wilmot) in Jackson County. Charity Jennings Cockerham was the ancestress of another large famtty who include a dozen or more JCGS members. James Jennings died 4 December 1837. He is the editor's fifth great - grandfather, through his daughter Charity Jennings Cockerham, her son John Burch Cockerham, his daughter Brunetta Cockerham Wilson, her daughter Sarah Wilson Norman, her son James Edward Norman, and his daughter Hazel Norman Crawford. \ J Ky 104 Journeys Through Jackson July - August 2002 C A m e r i c a n R e v o l u t i o n a r y W a r E r a . . . L i t i g a t i o n A g a i n s t B u r k e C o u n t y T o r i e s [Ed. Although we do not know the final outcome of all of this proceeding, the list of names alone is worth our publication, simply because of the importance of Burke County as a parent county to so many of the counties in the mountains of Norm Carolina. Submitted by JCGS member Rick Frizzell from research in the North Carolina State Archives January 2002.] Burke County The State of North Carolina To the Sheriff of the County aforesd Greeting Whereas an Inquisition of High Treason Felony a Forfeitur of Estate against sundry persons hereafter named hath been formed and presented by the Grand Jury for the body of the said County of Burke to the County Court of Pleas and Quarter sessions for the Same County...willing that what is Right and Just should be done in the premises, Do therefore Command you that you make known to Ky Abraham Fleming Isaac Martin Shadrach Inman Tho Young Charles McPeters Veazy Husbands Tho Whitson Joseph Murry Joseph Holt Jno Murry Jeremiah Clarke Alexander Clarke Matthew Sharp James Wilson Wm Baldwin Joshua Baldwin Jno Baldwin Elisha Baldwin Jacob Baldwin Jno Grider Spencer WUson John Simpson Abraham Hofshaw Joshua Murry David Murry Tho Simpson Paschal Eastis Jacob Beck Joseph McPeters Jonathan McPeters Chas Coker Wm Coker Chas Smith Abraham Little Jno Deal Robert PoweU JohnOrr Jacob Surdemire John Dement Tho Brannon WmGray Nathal Burchfield Robert Pepper Gidion Gilbert Jonathan Gilbert Martin Shuford Jno Shuford Jacob Shuford Martin Burks John Burks James Burks Joseph Johnson Nimrod Shinalt Thomas Martin Henry Stoner George MUler Jacob Rynehart Jr. Jacob Rynehart Sr. Cunrod Rynehart John Stemy (?) Jr. Martin Coulter Senr Martin Coulter Jr PhUip Coulter George Icard Tho Low Henry Mcleroy Jonathan Robison David Hudson Henry Ashebranner Leonard Patterson Nicholas Fry Jr Christopher Rider Andrew Poldoson Joshua Hawes (Hawn?) Jacob Cottoner Jr Danl Shuford Peter Fry George Whitely David Douglas Joshua Young Levi Evans John Dudley (?) John Baker Jehu Baker Moses Baker WmOrr Dimion Baker Peter Holt Joseph Step Chas Eastis Sam Kellum Christian Isom Lazarius Philips Blake Pearcy Stephen Pearcy Chas BaUow Wm BaUow Birney Caps John SaUy 105 Journeys Through Jackson July - August 2002 Wm Clarke John Summers Michael Hart John Gibbs Jacob Summy John Connerly George Sealy Gilliam Harris Sam Brown John Fortenberry Richard Gibbs Robert Orr Edward Constant Richard Stringfield Thomas Pearson John Jeffers Adam Smith David Thompson David Nelson John Bradshaw Wm James John Pearson Michael Pearson James Barnes Ezekiel Stringfield Edward Leatherwood DanlGowin Hezekiah Hyatt Greenberry WUson John Sally Thomas Brown Wm Morris Thomas Raybom Andrew McClure John WUson David McCracking Robert Roseberry David WUUams Wm Lewis y That they and each of them be and appear before the Justices of said court at the courthouse in Burke on the third Monday in Janry next then and there to answer the sd Inquisition High Treason Felony of Forfeiture, found against these and each of these and to Show cause if any they have why they respectively Should not forfeit their Property both real and personal to the WUl of the pubUck according to Act of Assembly in such case made of provision; And why final Judgement against those for the same should not be extended in the same Court on the Inquisition aforsd, And this they shaU in no wise Omit under the pain and penelties that ShaU Ensue thereon. Witness Alexander Erwin of our said Court at Office third Monday in October Anno Domini 1782 and Seventh year of our independence Isl Wm Erwin by Alex. Erwin Clk [Ed. The litigation documents also list the witnesses called for each of the accused (with one page missing). Since the State had called its own witnesses against these "disaffected," as one document caUs them, we suppose that the witnesses Usted by each "Tory's"name are those attesting to the good character and actual behavior of the accused. One cannot help but wonder if some of those cited to appear were the victims of jealous neighbors, malicious gossip, and the high emotions of a time of crisis. As stated before, we do not know the final outcome of these proceedings, but a follow up on any of the accused and their eventual guUt or vindication would be welcome.] KJ Ky 106 Journeys Through Jackson July - August 2002 Ky A m e r i c a n C i v i l W a r E r a . . . T u r p i n P h o t o g r a p h s Ky Above, two of the sons of James HoUand Turpin and Jane Messer Turpin. On the left is James, who was born in 1837 and who died at MechanicsvUle 26 J u n 1862. At right is Henry Allen, born in 1841, and who died at Johnson's Island 15 Jan 1863. Both had entered Confederate service 27 Apr 1861. Photographs and factual information courtesy of Jometa Medford, who is a great - great granddaughter of James Holland Turpin. 107 Journeys Through Jackson July - August 2002 A m e r i c a n C i v i l W a r E r a . . . P h o t o g r a p h o f J a m e s M a d i s o n W o o d y KJ The photograph above is of James Madison ("Cane") Wood, another CivU War veteran, made at Quinlandtown when Wood was age 98. Born in 1845 on Caney Fork, he moved to Quinlandtown in 1902, and Uved until 1945. His brothers were Jack, Jerry, Thad, Mai, and Hamilton Wood, the latter three of whom were also in the CivU War. James Madison Wood is buried at Rocky Branch Cemetery on Allen's Creek in Haywood County. For those members who are unfamUiar with the place names, Quinlandtown was a logging community at the head of Allen's Creek. Photograph and factual information submitted by JCGS member Vee Jones. y 108 Journeys Through Jackson July - August 2002 Ky Ky Ky S u t t o n C i v i l W a r L e t t e rs [Ed. In some past issues of Journeys Through Jackson, we have published letters from the sons of David Sutton. Of the three 'fighting in Virginia, son John would live the longest, and would write many letters home. We continue with -these letters here with another thanks to submitter JCGS member Betty Qneen Monteith.] Camp near Richmond Va May the 22,1862 Dear Father I this morning seat myself to write you a few lines to let you know that I am weU at this time and hoping the few lines may reach you aU weU, if it ever git there. I can inform you, we ain't been in nare fight yet, but don't know how soon. I think myself, mis wUl be deciding fight between the South and North. The force of our men from Weldon to Petersburg and from Petersburg to Richmond, the men is to numerous to talk about. I can say to you, we are in camps in about three miles from Richmond. I was in Richmond yesterday on some business, and I do think I saw two thousand men at one site on main street. And I could see three or four miles up and down the street an was aU over the city that way. Thest a working ahve with soldiers an they are about that thick for ten mUes around Richmond. You may know the number of men in that city, the is of men that dies in Richmond a day is about fifty. Right close to where we are camped at one graveyard, the was forty men buried in one day. We are a looking for the big battle of Richmond to come off ever day. When ever that battle come off, it wiU be the biggest battle that ever has been read of. They have drawn their line of battle in a short distance from Richmond to Petersburg. A straight line across. We have feU back from water. They can't come at us with their gun boats. If they ever come now, they come on land an that is the way we want to meet them. Ever time we get a clue at them on land, we and them nods. As we come on from Yorktown, General Hood's brigade and Colonel Hampton's brigade got them on land and Colonel Hampton hoUered "charge bayonet" and they flew like wild turkey. They can't stand the point of the bayonet. I can tell you we have travel about three hunder miles since I got back to the regiment, an now I think the thing wiU be decided before we travel much more. I have stack up to it all like a ram buck. Thanks God for hit. We are a drawing our portion of money here. That is the money due us when we first left. I will first have brothers James and SUas money drawn and sent to un by the first safe hand. The wiU draw all of their money this time. I won't draw aU of their money this time. When I draw aU my money, I want to send some of it home. I think I can send it by John C. Love. He is a talking about going home after the battle and staying a while. So teU aU the boys I wUl rit again in a few days to them all. Rit some, I like to hear from you aU. John Sutton to David Sutton Camp near Richmond VA June the 21,1862 Dear Brother I avaU myself of the present opportunity of writing you a few lines to let you know that I am in coming health at this time and hoping the few lines may find you all enjoying the same like health when it come to'hand. I can inform you I have been very bad off for about two weeks. I think I am on the mend at this time. I aint been a past going yet, but very weak. I received your 109 Journeys Through Jackson July - August 2002 kind letter a few days ago an was glad to hear that aU was weU. I have received two letter from you since I have wrote am to you. Reason, I have been on picket about a week an aint had the time to rit. I rit ever chance I get, an I want you to do the same. Also I received a letter from ^J father stating aU was weU at home. I want you to rit to me and let me know how SaUy is getting. None of youens don't write anything about her. I aint heard since I left home. Is to fighting, we aint been in nare nother battle since, but they keep fighting along the line ever day. Our men bomb them aU day yesterday and made them fly like birds. I think the prospect is fair for another big fight in a few days. We was out on driU this morning an we could see them up in their baUoon a spying about on our men. Let off at them with the cannon, and they soon got doen. They made an attack on our picket line the other day, they thought they would git round over me and take them prisoner. Our men let off two cannons at them and kiU fifty Yankees at about two shots. It was right close to our camp. The Yankees throw cannon baUs in amounts over camp ever day, but don't do much damage. They cut off some horses legs, an soon they throw plumb over camp before they bust. The day I was in battle, they was a boom sheU struck a oak tree right over my head an several more of the boys, an cut the tree right off, an nare has struck us a taU. I was down on picket yesterday, an I could see the Yankees as thick as grasshopper. We would get out in field an look at them for to devU them. The CWcl^ominy River was between us. We lay all night in about seven hunder yards of them. It is very hot here at this time an water is very bad. A heap of times we have to drink out of mud hole an swamp, but where we are now the is a very good spring, but about three quarter miles from camp, an about twenty thousand men to get water out of it. So I must close for this time. You rit as soon as you get this letter an give me the news. You must give my respects to aU, an especiaUy the girl. So yours truly, John Sutton to Solomon Sutton Richmond VA \y July the 23,1862 Dear Father Seat myself to drop you a few lines to let you know that I think I am on the mend at this time. I have been very bad off and are weak yet, an hoping the few lines may find you aU well when it comes to hand. Lieutenant come over to our company yesterday, and says he wUl get the money of brothers now in a short time. An I wUl send it to you by the first chance. Ever thing is come here this morning. No news of fighting. I aint time to write much this morning for the maU is going out an I aint time to rit. You must rit to me an give me the news about Jackson. I aint able to rit. I will rit again in a short time if I have luck. So no more at this time. Yours truly John Sutton Camp near GordonsviUe VA August the 15,1862 Dear Brother I seat myself today to drop you a few lines to let you know that I am not weU yet. I have been sick about one month or better and I don't mend but very Uttle if any a taU. I have feU away to Ky 110 Ky Ky Ky Journeys Through Jackson July - August 2002 nothing. I would not weigh more than one hunder an twenty or thirty pounds. I received your kind letter on the 15 of August, an was glad to hear from you aU that you aU was weU. I never have enjoyed a good days health since the battle of Seven Pines and had to run so far before we got into the fight. It over heating, so I don't think I wUl get over it, but I am so that I can travel a Uttle along. You wrote to me that you wanted me an the boys to come to Tennessee, but I don't think we ever wUl git to come there. We have got off so far now at this time, we are now something at this time over one hunder nriles from Richmond. We are now under the command of Old StonewaU Jackson in die VaUey of Virginia. An I think we wiU have a heap of hard fighting to do in this part of Virginia. We had a hard battle here the other day. They was but two got kUl in our regiment, an very few got wounded. Our men kiU an wounded of the Yankee was estimated at about twenty-five hundred kill an wounded. Our men guned a great victim at this point. I was not in this last battle. I was not able to git thar. I was left back at the wagon with the sick men. You may be gone'before this letter git to you. If you are, the rest can read it. We are now in a purty country at this time. Water is very good at this place as it is in any place. You must rit to me as soon as you can, an give me all the news in Jackson. Yours truly, John Sutton to Solomon Sutton We have no stamps to maU our letter with. It is not because we have no money, we have got away from Richmond. We can't buy none a taU. [Ed. The above was the last letter we have of John Sutton. He was kiUed 23 July 1863 in Virginia.] Strawberry Plains, East Tennessee November the 1,1862 Dear Father I this evening hasten to drop you a few lines which leaves me well, ever hoping these few lines when they come to hand, to find you are aU weU. I heard this morning that my, sister was dead. I got the news in Mr. E.H. Cagle letter. I was grieved to hear that my fair sister was dead. It grieved me very much to hear the sad news of the departure of dear beloved sister, but as it was God's wUl, I suppose I need not grieve after her. I hope she has gone to rest though, I would love to have been there, but my being there would not a have helped the cause any. I would love to be at home and see you aU once more, but I cannot tell when I wiU be there. I want to come about Christmas if I can. You must aU write to me as often as you can. I wUl do the same. You must teU aU the folks howdy for me. If I live, I will come home when I get the chance. I would long to hear of the time when juice wUl be made so I can be at home with my friends. So you must write soon and often as you can, and I wiU do the same. Father, I want you to see about my com. Tend to it just right. So I wUl close. I remain your son tiU death. As ever, Solomon Sutton i l l Journeys Through Jackson July - August 2002 Strawberry Plains, East Tennessee November 8*, 1862 Dear Brother I this evening seat myself to drop you a few lines which leaves me well, ever hoping these few lines when they come to hand that they may find you in good health. I have nothing worth writing to you at this time, more than we have hard time in camp. We have some sickness in camp of mumps, and has had some of fever. We lost one man out of our Co., John Martin. He died with the fever. He died on the 6th of this instant. John, I would love to see you and be with you so we could have some fun and drink some brandy together and have a spree. I heard that you had gone home a

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Journeys Through Jackson 2001 Vol.11 No.11-12

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Journeys Through Jackson is the official journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, Inc. The journal began as a monthly publication in July 1991, was published bimonthly from 1994 to 2003, and continues today as a quarterly publication. The journal issues in this digital collection are presented as annual compilations.Ky J o u r n e ys Ky T h r o u g h J a c k s o n Ky T h e O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e J a c k s o n C o u n t y G e n e a l o g i c a l S o c i e t y , I n c. V o l . X I , N o . 1 1 - 12 N o v e m b e r - D e c e m b e r 2 0 01 JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. ^ 2001 Officers President Rick L. Frizzell Vice Presidents Betty P. Foti Sharon B. Carnes Secretary Lynn Allen Treasurer ; David C. Frizzell Librarian Dorris D. Beck Office Manager Ruth C. Shuler Computer Coordinators BUI Bishop Deanne G. Roles Chair, Publications (Editor).. R. Larry Crawford 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 for other non-profit groups. From the Editor Far too often we begin this editorial column by admitting to some egregious mistake or some , inexcusable tardiness, but this one may top them aU. A typo last time resulted in aU of the pagination being 10 pages off the numbers that they should have been. We saw it - two months later - as we started to insert page numbers in this issue. Mea culpa, mea culpa. Regardless of the page numbers, we have an outstanding, if brief, lineup of reading for our members this time. The Absalom Davis papers shared by Ocie Stinnett and Sue Frady are extraordinary, and we hope to be able to revisit this source in the future. Enjoy the next segment of the detective work of Dennis Estes as he lays claim to Jackson County roots, and see some of the Middleton heritage of Lynda Ensley Webster in her John Middleton descendancy. As always, we share great old pictures of Jackson Countians as well. In keeping with our custom, we publish our membership list for 2001 in this issue. In this most important of holiday seasons, give thanks for the Gift of two miUenia ago, offer a prayer for our nation and its leaders, and spend aU of the time possible with those you love. To quote St. Francis, it is in giving that we receive. May aU of our JCGS members receive every blessing. V i s i t u s a t o u r W e b s i t e : h t t p : / / w w w . m a i n . n c . u s / j c g s/ y Journeys Through Jackson November - December 2001 T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s Query, Expressions of Sympathy, and Correction 171 JCGS Photo Album .. 172 - 1 7 4 The Absalom Davis Papers .. * ». 175 - 1 7 8 The Journey of Dennis Estes 179 - 1 8 4 Descendants of John Middleton 185 - 1 8 9 JCGS Library Acquisitions....... .......................................................—......................190 Items For Sale by JCGS 190 1950 Jackson County Death Certificates, M - Y 191 - 192 JCGS Membership List for 2001 193 - 201 Continuations 202 Index 203-204 Query JCGS member Trudy Adams (2140 Marion St. Birmingham, AL 35226) seeks information on the mother of Martha Coward, who was married to Levi Brown. Does anyone know her name? This lady would have been the grandmother of John Nelson Hunter. It is thought that Martha's mother was the oldest daughter of Jonathan Coward, Sr. and Martha Hutson. In the 1800 census of Pendleton District, SC, they had two females under 5. One was their daughter Nancy, who was bom in 1800 and was the mother of Jason Coward Chastain. We have never been able to find out the given name of the oldest girl. If you can help, send a response to Trudy at the address above, or e-mail trudvhadams(Staol.com with your answer. In Sympathy Several members of the Society have recendy been affected by the loss of loved ones. We offer our sincere sympathy to Helen Wood, Michael and Angela Wood, Betty Foxx, and Denise Haney. Words do not easily convey these kinds of thoughts, but we wish you the very best as you consider the many memories that you hold near to your hearts. Correction JCGS member Gary PhiUips sends along an addition to his PhiUips fanuly pubUshed in the last issue. He had inadvertently omitted Beulah Ethel Crawford from the family of Rebecca Emiline PhiUips and John Lee Crawford. Beulah Ethel married Spnrgeon Stephens. 171 Journeys Through Jackson November - December 2001 J C G S P h o t o A l b um KJ [Ed. The photographs on these two pages were submitted by JCGS member Ocie Stinnett. She explains the pictures as Katie Sutton Messer and all of her children. Ocie credits Joe and Ireta Bradley of Wilmot for the picture of Harrison Messer, Helen Gunter Toler of Arimo, Idaho for the pictures of Katie and Margaret Jane Messer Gunter, and Janet Jones of Barker's Creek for Josephine Messer Gunter's photo.] Katie Sutton Messer wife of Henry Messer Artie Messer Ashe Rachel Angeiine Messer Davis Harrison Messer y 112 Journeys Through Jackson November - December 2001 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m Cynthia Melvina Messer Margaret Jane Messer Gunter Josephine Messer g~ct,n Te- r* Johnny & Jimmy Messer 173 Journeys Through Jackson November - December 2001 J C G S P h o t o A l b um KJ [Ed. The photographs below are submitted by JCGS member Bill Crawford, courtesy of Anna Moore Awald. The photos show that Caney Fork gentleman known as Cotton Tom Hooper. The first, obviously, also includes his wife.] >y #JBBW>B:^.I»<««I y 174 Journeys Through Jackson November - December 2001 T h e A b s a l o m J . D a v i s P a p e r s [Ed. This article is a perfect example of one thing in genealogy leading to another, and another, and so on until it reaches its logical conclusion in these pages. JCGS member Ocie Stinnett called one evening, saying that Mack Sutton had "scooped" her on a picture that he had shared in JTJ, and would we be interested in publishing photographs of other members of the particular family? After agreeing that it was an excellent idea, Ocie then mentioned that she would be visiting a cousin in Jackson County, whereupon we agreed to pick up the pictures there and take a look at the other materials in the cousin's possession. The cousin turned out to be Mrs. Sue Frady of the Little Savannah Community, who graciously shared this collection of loose papers that belonged to her mother and back through the generations to Absalom J. Davis. This kind of material is a windfall for an editor, who is chomping at the bit to see even more of the papers and photographs. We believe you will agree that this one is special in the way that the Turpin Box proved to be in these pages some years ago.] Business L e d g e r . . . Account of J o h n P a r r i s Beginning 2 J u l y 1860 Ky July 2 July 27 Sep 24 1861 Feb May 29 Oct 19 Oct 25 1862 Marl Mar 31 April 16 April 21 April 30 June 16 June 21 Aug 26 Sept 3 Oct 13 Oct 23 Dec 11 Dec 13 1863 (no date) April 4 April 18 April 22 April 29 May 11 1 horse shod 1 horse shod 1 plow sharped 2 plows laid (?) & 2 hoes made 1 mattock & 2 iron wedges sharped 1 plow laid & 1 sharped 1 plow laid & 1 horse shod 2 plows laid 1 horse shod 1 plow made 1 mattock steeled & 4 steeples home irons mended & 6 links & irons put on singletree 1 plow laid 1 horse shod 3 old shoes found 1 plow sharped & 1 mattock sharped 1 plow upset 1 plow sharped' 1 horse shod 1 horse shod 1 horse shod 1 plow laid 1 plow made 1 horse shod Cr to 38 lbs of pork 1 mattock welded 1 plow sharped chains mended 1 hoe ribeted 1 horse shod 1 mattock laid with iron & steel 1 frison (?) welded & bridle bits mended 12 *A 25 6VA 1.00 12 Vi 56% 37 V2 50 25 62 Vi 30 25 35 12 V2 12 Vi 6lA 12 >A 12 !4 37 *A 25 25 12 Vi 12 Vi 20 6*4 25 50 12 Vi [ED. This is an incomplete Ust of this page. Each page in the ledger is given over to someone from the Scotts Creek area of Jackson County. Davis kept scrupulous records, obviously.] 175 Journeys Through Jackson November - December 2001 A Nineteenth Century Funeral Bill KJ Bill bought of Spake & WUson for burial of Mrs. DUls 10 yds Alpocin 15 ydsBleching 1 box tacks hose 1 tuck comb 2 spool cottons 1 pair gloves 1 yd gingham 1 coffin 6.00 2.25 .10 .30 .15 .20 .20 .20 1.50 10.90 This is to certify that John DiUs has given his note to Spake and WUson for ten dollars, the amt. Due to them for funeral expenses from Elizabeth Dills Dec'd, this April 2,1877 Of Leatherman & HaU 1 Pair Shoes coffin hinges 1 doz. (illegible) 2 doz. Small (ditto) Vi yd Barbnet /s/L.C.Hall 2.40 .80 .25 .20 .20 3.8: ^ [Ed. The above is fascinating for several reasons. First, the identity of the deceased, Mrs. Elizabeth DiUs: This lady, elderly at her death in the mid - 1870's, was the mother-in-law of Absalom Davis, who was married to her daughter Didama. Second, she was the wife of Peter Dills, and we published a descendancy of this couple in one of our 2000 issues. Third, she was one of the daughters of David and Mary Morrow Parris. Fourth, she is the ancestress of several JCGS members, including Ocie Stinnett, Brian McMahan, and Cance Carnes. Fifth, she is an aunt (with several "greats" added) to numerous JCGS members. In addition to her identity, we are also interested in the prices of goods. FinaUy, we need to mention the word misspelled as "alpocin" above. We had to search for this one, but Mrs. Ginny Welsh of the Little Savannah community shared a fabric dictionary with us, giving us the word "alepine," an English fabric of silk and worsted, used in mourning.] Absalom Davis Civil War Exemption Exemption granted under Forms, Nos. 12 and 4 A J Davis Webster NC Sep 1st 1863 Is hereby exempt from mUitary duty, by reason of being in the employ of J B AUen as miller When he ceases to be employed as such, this exemption is hereby declared void. / s / DC Pearson Captain and Enrolling Officer for 10th Cong Dist y 176 Ky Journeys.Through Jackson November - December 2001 A Letter to Absalom Davis Webster, N.C. May 8th 1880 Mr. A Davis Dear Sir When I sent you word to have my waggon done if you would conveniently against the time you agreed do not be in any push about it So you have it done by the middle of June it will answer my purpose use your pleasure about having it done prompt or not aU I want is to have it by fall business and shal expect to get you to iron it for me after com is layed by RespectifuUy J.R. Frizzell Birth Dates From the Absalom Davis Ledger Hannah E.E. Davis Nov 27 day AD 1850 John P. Davis February 25 day 1852 Mary Jane Davis October 16 1854 Marthy T. Davis August 26 1856 Harriet T. Davis February 9 1858 George J. Davis April 13 1860 Sary Mariah Davis December 11 1861 Emly Davis April 5 1864 Infant (Clarinda) Davis July 13 1868 A.J. Davis July 5 day 1827 [Ed. The above is transcribed from what was presumably Absalom Davis' own handwriting in the ledger. It is on the same level, evidence - wise, as a family Bible. The first nine dates are those of children of Davis and Didama DUls Davis. The final one is his own birthdate.] Absalom Davis Loyalty Oath I, Absalom J. Davis, of Jackson County, State of North Carolina, do solemnly swear or affirm in presence of Almighty God, that I wiU henceforth faithfully support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder; and that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfuUy support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebelUon with reference to the emancipation of slaves. So help me God. Is/ Absalom J Davis Sworn and subscribed to this 5_day of September A.D., 1865, before (Isl) A.D. Cathey. J.P. It is hereby certified that the above is a true copy of the original oath taken and ..subscribed by Absalom J Davis Is/ A D Cathev. J.P. /s/E.D. Brendle. J.P. 177 Ky Journeys Through Jackson November - December 2001 A Home Guard Commission in the Davis Papers The State of North Carolina To Hugh A. Parker Of Jackson County, Greeting: We, reposing special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valor and miUtary skill, do hereby commission you First Lieutenant of the Caney Fork Company of the 113th Regiment, of the 28^ Brigade, North Carolina MiUtia, and we do hereby vest you with the authority appertaining to said office, to the end that you may promptly and dihgently perform its duties, as prescribed by law; in the discharge of which aU officers and soldiers under your command are required to yield you obedience. In Witness Whereof, Henry T. Clark, Speaker of the Senate, ex-officio our Governor, Captain - General and Commander-in-Chief, hath signed these presents, and caused our Great Seal to be affixed thereto. Done at the City of Raleigh on the 19^ day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and in the Eighty-sixth year of our Independence. Isl Henrv T. Clark Isl P Cowper. Private Secretary Miscellaneous Items in the Davis Papers Rec'd of Absalom Davis Two Dollars & ninety Three cts in full of his Book Act up to Is' Jany 1852 this the 26th day of March 1852 Isl D G Bryson On or against the 15th day of April A.D. 1868 I promise to pay James Buchanan thirty one 75/100 doUars as part payment for land this day bought of him, with interest (Ulegible) value received This Oct 30th 1867 Attest Isl J Ramsey Dills one day after date I promise to pay James Queen twenty Dollars it being for vallue received of him as witness my hand and seal this May the 31st day Ad 1869 Isl Absalom (paper torn) [Ed. The papers also include a statement (on letterhead) from Enloe & Chace(?) in DUlsboro, j dated May 9, 1892, charging $8.49 for a burial outfit and 10 cents for Vi gallon of oU.] 178 Ky Journeys Through Jackson November - December 2001 T h e J o u r n e y o f D e n n i s E s t e s [Ed. We continue in this issue with the narrative of JCGS member Dennis Estes.] Let's look at the clues for the placement of John Franklin Estes in the Dolphus and Jane Estes family. 1. John Franklin Estes' death certificate Usts Ervin as his father. Dolphus Ervin Estes is the only Ervin in the area, including surrounding counties. 2. Olene Estes Lantis, a granddaughter of John Franklin Estes, remembers asking her grandfather who his father was, and he replied "Ervin, and his Daddy "was Tom." Dolphus Ervin is the son of Thomas Estes. Another clue that fits. 3. John Franklin Estes names his first-bom son WUUam Dolphus Estes. 4. S. Estes (Sallie) Sarah A. Estes marries a George W. Green. Olene knew that SalUe Green was her grandfather's sister. George and SaUie Green and John and Laura Estes lived close together in the Greens Creek area of Jackson County and later in Swain County. Land records show that they bought and sold property from and to each other. George and Sallie Estes Green's eldest son. WUUam Thomas Green, marries John and Laura Estes' daughter Mary Magdalene (Maggie) Estes. There is no doubt that Sallie and John were brother and sister. Several members of John Franklin Estes' fanuly that are still Uving aU said the same thing when describing this family. SaUie names one of her children Dolphus, and one of them Ervin. 5. The Estes family from Deep Creek, Swain County, are descendants of WiUiam M. Estes. This WUUam is a brother to Dolphus. Olene remembers her father, Fred Estes, taking her and two of her sisters to stay there when they had to have their tonsils out. Buel Anthony, a great grandson of John Franklin Estes by way of Minnie Estes Green, remembers being told that the Estes family of Deep Creek were their cousins. 6. Jesse E. Estes, the younger brother to Dolphus, has a daughter named Samantha. Samantha Estes marries Christopher C. Brooks. The first-bom of that union is Lula Brooks. Lula marries John Franklin Estes' son John Wesley. Children from this marriage remember their grandmother and aunts on their mother's side tell of John Franklin coming to Uve with them when he was just a boy. They said something bad had happened in his family. 7. The TVA removal records for Hyde Cemetery in Swain County show Ervin Estes and John Franklin Estes to be buried in the same area. Approval for moving Ervin comes from Fred Estes, Usted as grandson. Fred is John Franklin Estes' youngest son. Fred also gives approval for the moving of his father and mother. Olene Lantis Estes remembers walking through the Hyde Cemetery with her grandfather and his pointing out graves of family members. She remembers his pointing out his father's grave and the grave of a sister. Now, how to explain the mysterious "T" in the 1860 census. A look at the naming patterns in this family gives a logical explanation. The most numerous name passed down in this family is William. I am not able to prove it yet, but I believe that Thomas was probably WUUam Thomas Estes. WiUiam shows I the next generation as WUliam M. Estes, younger brother of Dolphus Ervin Estes. In the next generation, Dolphus names his eldest son WUUam L.F. Estes. Nancy names her first son WUUam. Dorcas names eldest son WUUam T. (for Thomas) and her next son 179 Journeys Through Jackson November — December 2001 Dolphus Ervin, aqnd Jesse E. names his eldest son WiUiam Wesley. All of Thomas' children name a child WiUiam. I noticed as I researched the material from this area that many times v__y the middle name was used as a given name. In the next generation, the name continues, with SaUie Estes Green naming her eldest son WUUam Thomas Green, and John Franklin Estes naming his son WiUiam Dolphus. This name continues in the other families as well. Another unusual thing occurs in this family. We first notice it with Dolphus' eldest son, named WiUiam L.F. Note the three names before the last name. In the 1860 census he shows just as "L." John Franklin Estes names at least his first three chUdren with multiple names. WUliam Dolphus is WUUam Dolphus Alkeney Mermun Estes, Callie was LUlie Caledonia Sarah Jane Estes, and Asbury was James Jacob Asbury Astin Estes. With multiple names being somewhat common in this family, and with Thomas being the name used by the living patriarch of this family, it would not be out of line to expect that John Franklin Estes would have an additional name as well. I believe that he was Thomas John Franklin Estes, or some arrangement thereof. Hence the initial "T" in the 1860 census. Everything else fits for John Franklin to be the second child bom to Dolphus and Jane Estes. John Franklin even names his eldest daughter Jane. It is a mystery what happens to the Dolphus and Jane Estes family in the 1860's. It appears that Jane is Ul, because the family is living with her brother in the summer of 1860. In 1866, Dolphus appears to marry again, this time to Amanda PanneU. In the 1870 census, only two of the children are apparent at first glance. Jesse was Uving with Elijah Stiles, and Margaret was living with John CogdUl. WUliam L.F. marries for the first time in 1869, so he would be listed as head of household. That leaves John Franklin, Sarah W., and Rebecca. KJ We know from family history passed down orally that John Franklin Estes Uved with his uncle Jesse in the late 1860's. A closer look at Jesse's family in 1870 might show John as an 18-year old. It is possible that he is on his own by 1870. He marries 3 years later. I believe that a closer look at related families may show the whereabouts of Sarah, Rebecca, and W. as well. It boUs down to that this is the only family that fits what information we have on John Franklin Estes, meaning that his parents would have to be Dolphus Ervin and Jane Stiles Estes. (I was stiU looking to prove it.) My third trip to Western North Carolina was taken in the summer of 1998. During this trip I expanded my search area. I used this trip to estabUsh more relationships with folks I was meeting in the Western North Carolina area. I also expanded my search into Buncombe and Haywood Counties. I was able to confirm some information and found one new item of information to work on. While searching through some 1870 census records, I found what appear to be the "lost" children of Dolphus and Jane. I am stUl working to confirm this information. If these are indeed Dolphus' chUdren, then this finding would seem to strengthen the idea that something happened first to Jane, since Dolphus had remarried in April of 1866, and then to Dolphus himself. Family oral history indicates that "something bad" happened to the parents of this family. Perhaps continued research wUl lead us to discover what happened. During this trip I spent some time in the Buncombe County Court House and at the Old Buncombe Genealogical Society Library. While searching through the old records, I discovered an entry in the 1820 Haywood County census for a Micajah Estridge. Estridge, Ky Estes, Eastes, and Estis are aU speUing that have been used to describe our family. In one 180 u Journeys Through Jackson November - December 2001 legal document from Swain County, WiUiam Estes has his name spelled Estridge and Estes on the same document. It was exciting to be able to place another potential Estes in the local vicinity. As I continued to research I made an even greater discovery. Micajah Estridge sold property in 1820, land that appears to be on upper Scotts Creek. Thomas Eastes/Estes moves to that same area in 1820. Coincidence? Maybe, but I don't think so. I also found a Usting in the legal proceedings for the 1790's in Wilkes County for a Micajah Estridge son of one Nancy Estridge. (Remem

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Journeys Through Jackson 1996 Vol.06 No.07-08

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44 for NCGS members and

49 for NCGS non-members. Registration includes a Friday night reception and lunch on Saturday. Genealogy vendors will be present. Further information may be obtained by writing NCGS Annual Meeting, P. O. Box 1492, Raleigh NC 27602. Carole "CJ" Kern Giarratano, 19054 E. Stanford, Aurora, CO 80015 sends the following letter: "I recently borrowed The Heritage of Jackson County from my friend, Bruce Price, to see if I could discover any of my Hooper line. I am especially interested in a John Hooper who was in NC 1810 census, Haywood County, near Absolam (Hooper). I suspect they were brothers. The John that appears on the next census is Absolam's son— I haven't any idea where the older John went! If you know anyone who can give me any help on the John of 1810,1 will be very grateful. I believe that my proven ancestor, Andrew (Hooper), may have been the son of this John. Now, the specific reason that I am writing. I found two pictures of a precious, beautiful little girl tucked between the pages. I called Bruce and he said that they did not belong to him. I am wondering if you know who may have put them in the book for safe-keeping and then accidentally sent the book to Bruce. I will be happy to send them to whomever or back to you if you wish. Thanks for your help, and I will look forward to hearing from you about the baby pictures." Trudy Adams, 2140 Marion Street, Birmingham AL 35226-3012, writes in response to "Journeys" 1996 page 42: "The question about the will of Andrew Bryson - the following may or may not help. Sarah Bryson LeVasque was widowed between 1850 and 1860. In 1880 she was living in Fannin County GA with her widowed daughter-in-law, Frances (Key) LeVasque, and her family. At that time Sarah was 73 years old. She may have died before 1884. (US 1880 Census, Fannin Co. GA, page 684, dwelling and family 1, Skeinah ^_J Distract.) Thanks, Trudy, for sharing this information with us. JCGS member Betty Cope Andrews responds to the March-April 1996 issue of "Journeys." She believes Thomas Monteith to be a step-brother and brother-in-law to John Gribble, and that Sarah Gribble, wife of Thomas Monteith, was a sister to John Gribble. Betty goes on to say that John A. Frizzell, who married Nancy Monteith, was marrying his first cousin rather man his first cousin once removed. Betty also says that Russie Hastings, a Gribble researcher from Lewiston, Idaho, believes that John Gribble and Sarah Gribble Monteith are children of Margaret Gribble Monteith. Betty writes that she was not in possession of these letters at the time of publication of the Heritage book. (Ed. Thanks, Betty, for this insight. I had used the Heritage book to establish the relationship.) Jane L. Deal, the reference and genealogy librarian at Elbert Ivey Memorial Library in Hickory, has sent to JCGS a request to publish an advertisement from the library Friends group. While our editorial policy will not permit us to run the advertisement verbatim, we are happy to describe this offering. These are end-of-book indices which may be purchased from their library Friends group. Some of the names mentioned include Abernethy, Candler, Coulter, Hudson, Deal, Bowman, Shuford, Harper. Several church histories have also been indexed. You may write Ms. Deal at 420 Third Avenue NW, Hickory NC 28601, to receive a more detailed list. 76 JACKSON COUNTY WILLS (Editor's note: The following wills are the first instruments of this type found in Jackson County records. The originals are located in a L v volume with some estate sales dating from 1853 to 1868. This volume can be found at the NC State Archives. Abstracted by Larry ^"^ Crawford June 14, 1996.) Jacob Shooler wife Mary, son William, youngest son Leander; youngest daughter Amanda, two grandchildren William Riley Franklin, Martha Matilda Franklin; "my six children" Emmanuel, Matilda Parris, John Shuler, William; Leander, Amanda "Oldest son Emmanuel," son-in-law Samuel Parris, executors; 10 Aug 1851 witnesses: William Carson; Riley Blanton; Thos. R. Brooks Codicil: Sold "Cow Stomp" lands 03 Mar 1852; will probated Dec 1853 James Leming 9 Jul 1853 to Eizebllar "the wife of my bosom"; "to eldest sons" (not named); witnesses: J. Hyde, George Cooper Ezebellar, qualified as Exec, March 1855 O Moses gutter to wife Elizabeth "home lot of land grant #48"; to Peter Butler, 31 acres; to Levi Butler 7 acres; to son Samuel L. Butler; to dtr. Matildy An; to dtr. Barbary Chandler; to dtr. Celia Elenburg; to dtr. Jane Reid (or Bird)); to son Aaron; to dtr. Mary Low; to son Moses; to dtr. Elizabeth April 2, 1855; witnesses S. W. Bird, Levi Butler Jesse Ashe to wife Mary; to children of dtr. Nancy Deitz, formerly wife of Jacob; to children of son Ephraim; to children of deceased dtr. Polly Mina formerly wife of Amos Ashe; and to children of dtr. Elizabeth wife of Eli Fullbright John B. Love, Executor; April 4,1859 witnesses: J. Keener, T. D. Bryson, John C. Love Ebenezer Newton to wife Eleander; to William Newton; to Anney Shuler, wife of John Jr.; to James Newton; to Margaret Shuler, wife of Edmonston Shuler; to heirs of John Newton deceased; to Solomon Newton; to Samuel Newton; Executor Mark Coleman, March 7,1859 . Jacob Deitz ^ ^ r to wife; "my children"; to Talitha; to Asep 77 Jacob Deitz (continued! Executor Laban Deitz, William R. Buchanan; February 9, 1861 Witnesses: Isaac Ashe, Nathaniel Deitz Proved June 1861 s^_J Isaac Ash to dtr. Rhoda M. Webb land on Savannah Creek Sidney Ash's line, M. L. Ash's line, Betty's Creek, Marion Ash's line to Amos Ash's line to George Bumgarner's line; Rhoda to "take good care of her aged and infirm mother"; to granddaughter C. C. Webb; to "all my children" Executor Frank (illegible), March 4, 1863 WiUiam Cockerham to wife Charity; to dtr. Elizabeth, wife of William Conley; to son John; to son Alfred Newton; to living children of my son James; black man Joseph; son John Executor; Aug. 9,1860 Witnesses: H. A. Bane, John S. Gipson, proved April term 1866 R. A. Edmonston to wife Sarah 7 Sept 1861 witnesses J. A. Rogers, B. H. Meriman • - , John Pr Brown to wife Fanny; to "my children"; Executor W. F. Brown witnesses P. C. Shelton, Abner Chastain 4 June 1867 W. C. Kilgore (of Spartanburg SC) to "my wife and children" Executors B. F. Kilgore, W. M. Hunter witnesses H. M. Kilgore, P. P. Beecham, Preston C. Johnson January 18, 1860; proved 19 Sept 1867 Nathan Hvatt to son Albert E. Hyatt; to wife Rutha; to "my several daughters"; witnesses Thomas Monteith, J. Keener April 4, 1868 William Brown to wife Pheniah, the Ben Queen tract; to son D. F., lands west of Cullowhee Creek; to son R. A., lands east of Cullowhee Creek; to "my other children"; the Isaac Hooper place Executors David F. Brown, Robert H. Brown March 16, 1868 ^J witnesses Frank L. Davis, Robert Rogers 78 u SASSAFRAS GAP PRIMHTVE BAPTIST CHURCH (Editor's Note: JCGS member Shawna Hall of Waterford, Michigan has in her possession the original church record of a short-lived Primitive Baptist Church located in the Canada section of Jackson County. She has graciously allowed JCGS to copy and publish the minutes of this congregation. This record is not only an excellent genealogical source, but is also a fine example of primary source materials for historians.) .• • *i (on inside cover) John H. Mathis Church Clerk of Antioch Church On this the 15th day of Oct 1881 We the Primitive Baptist Church of Christ at Antioch being assembled in conference together for dispach of business for the ordination of Deacon & Deaconess and for this purpose she called as a presberty to officiate in the said ordination of Eld John G. Morgan John H. Morgan & John A. Corn with their Clk added and after their examination by the Presberty on their leading Scripptural Doctorine contained in the-abStract or Articles of Faith & being found orthadox for the office. The Address of Proff M.W. Sanders Blue Ridge Post Office Henderson County NC ( P g l ) Antioch Church Book #1 Receved by John H. Mathis, Church Clerk Jaunary the 31, AD 1880 Containing the Constitution of the Church 1st constituted at Sassafras Gap with the dates and transfer to the *-t]L> locality the dates & names of members (Pg-2) The Church of Jesus Christ which was Constituted at Sassafras Gap on the 24th day of August 1878 It being the 4th Saturday of the same Imbrace the following Articles of Faith Article 1st We beleave in one only True and living God and that their are three in the Godhead the father the Son & the holey Ghost 2nd We beleave the Scriptures of the old and new testament are the word of God and only rules of faith and practice ' " 3rd We believe in the doctrin of Election according to the. foreknowledge of God through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth ' i » 4th We believe in the doctrin of one original sin 5th we believe in mans impotency to recover himself from the state he is in by nature of his own free will and ability 6th We believe that siners are justified in the sight o f God by the imputed Rightousness of Jesus Christ L . 7th We believe that Gods elect shall be called regenerated and sanctified by the holey Ghost 79 SASSAFRAS GAP PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH (continued) 8th We believe the Saints shall percevere in grace and never finally fall away , *— 9th We believe that baptism the lords supper and the washing of saints feet are ordinances of Jesus Christ & (pg 2) that true believers are the only subjects of the ordinances and that the only true Baptism is by immersion by a legal administrator 10th We abelieve that no minister has the right to administration only such as are regulary called and come under the imposition of the hands of a legal presberty 11th We beleave in the resurrection of the dead bouth of the just and the unjust and a general judgment 12th We beleave the punishment of the wicked is everlasting and the joys of the righteous are eternal Church Covanant For as much as almighty God by his grace has been pleased to call us whose names are under neath subscribed out of darkness into his marvellous light and all of us have been regularly baptised upon a profession of our faith in Christ Jesus and have given up our selves to the Lord & to one another in a gospel church way to be governed and guided by a proper discipline agreeable to the word of God we do theirfore in the name of our lord Jesus and by his assistance covanant and agree to keep (page missing) (Pg-5) Constituded Sassafrace Gap Church --. On the 24th day of August 1878 it being the 4th Saturday of the Same The before named 5 persons being .^ J assembled at the house of G. H. Morgans all of them giving satisfactry proof of their faith in Christ and all of them having been previously Baptised we did then and theare proceed to examin them on the foregoing creed and all the leading doctrins of the Bible and finding them Arthodox their in we did then and theire proceed to constitute them in to a church Elds John G. Morgan and Elds Danil Canafesen, Presberty Our Converence meetings to imbrace and hencefourth to be held on the3rd third Saturday and Sabbath following in each Month The Primitive Baptist Church which as constituted at Sassafrace Gap on the 24th day of August 1878 It being the 4th Saturday of the same and was stiled the Sassafrace Gap Church. It being destitute of a Preacher in the consequence of their greate distance from here and in consequence of the aportion of her members being heare after a Deliberate Consultation among the Bretheran it was agreed that the church be tranceferred to this locality which was don On Monday the 4th day of August 1879 and for the present (Pg.6) the business of the church will be tranceacted at some place to be agreed upon by the church or a place which was afterward agreed upon the place as ageed upon was the School House at Sols Creek but in the future their will be a suitible site on location selected for building a church house by the Bretheran after which our church of the old Primitive order of Baptist will be perminantly established in the same and on the above 4th day of August 1879 the church called Elder Joseph Copelan her pastor for the year 1880. Eld Coplan was born in the year 1836 October the loth day made a profession of religion in his 18th year of his age Church also on the above 4th day of Aug Elected John H. Mathis Church Clerk, and the church which formly were stiled the Sassafrace Gap Church in here trancefer to this section changed her name she assumed the name of and is known as old Antioch Primitive Baptist church and on the above 4th day of August Monday their was preaching at the House ^ ^ of Brother Robt Massengale by Eld John G. Morgan & Joseph Coplan. Opened the door of the church recieved Thos Shook and wife Nancy M. Shook by experience their was also preaching in the eavening 80 •^J < w o c SASSAFRAS GAP PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH (continued) Tuesday Aug 5th Baptism attended by Eld John G. Morgan & Baptism Thos Shook & N.M. Shook (Pg. 7> after which their was preaching by Eld J.G. Morgan October 20th & 21st Their was preaching by the Elder J.S. Copelan. The church set aparte the.3rd Sabbeth commencing on Friday before in Dece for a Communion meeting December the 18th 1879 Theire was preaching at knight at brother R Massengales by Elds John A. Corn & J.S. Copelan Friday the 19th preaching at Sols Creek School House by Eld John A. Corn. Church called to order by the pastor read and addopted the minuts of the Aug & October meetings •'opened the dore of the church and recieved T. J. Mathis, Mary Ann Former and Elizabeth Cathey upon a profession of their faith Church set apart Saturday the 20th to ordain T.J. Mathis a Deacon of the Church and called Eld John A Corn with the pastor as a Presberty Dec the 20th Saturday Church met according to adjournment opened the dore of the church and recdieved Mary A. Chastain and Magdleane Mathis uppon a profession of their Faith & the ordination of Deacon posponed till Sabbeth 10 oclock as from the fact no deacon present Sunday Dec the 21 st 1879 Church met acording to adjournment Preaching by Eld J A Corn The church agreed to hold her communion meeting at her regular time in March the church through her Pastor invites Elds John G Morgan and Danil Canatchin also through Brother J.A. Corn invites Elder James Ellis to meet with here at that time Ordination of Deacon posponed till said meeting.(Pg.8) Church granted a letter of Dismission to Brother Albert Canteral Opened the dore of the Church and reseved James N.

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Journeys Through Jackson 1994 Vol.04 No.01-02

Author: Jackson County Genealogical Society (N.C.)
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180, VA Militia, 4Mar 1831, age 70 John Hood, Private, - , NC Militia, 4Mar 1831, age 84 Robert Love, Sergeant,

255, VA Militia, 4Mar 1831, age 74 Samuel Monteath, Private, - , NC Militia, 4 Mar 1831, age 79 John Massey, Private,

240, NC Militia, 4Mar 1831, age 76 Louis Smith, Private,

53.65, VA Continental Line, 4Mar 1831, age 71 Andrew Shook, Private,

60, NC Militia, 4 Mar 1831, age 79 Jacob Shook, Private,

60, NC Militia, 4 Mar 1831, age 85 Above found in North Carolina Pension Roll page 86. Macon County, North Carolina Amos Brown, Private,

75, GA Militia, 4Mar, 1831, age 68 Samuel Broadway, Private,

90, VA Continental Line, 4Mar 1831, Age 71 Isham Davis, Private,

120, NC Militia, 4Mar 1831, age 76 William Fortune, Private,

60, NC Militia, 4Mar 1831, age 78 David Fulton, Private,

199.98, NC Continental Line, 4 Mar 1831, age 84 William Garret, Pri. Inf. and Cav.,

204.96, NC Continental Line, 4Mar 1831, age 81 Peter Ledford, Sr., Private Cav.,

79.56, NC Militia, 4Mar 1831, age 85 William McLeod, Private,

99.99, NC Militia, 4 Mar 1831, age 73 William L. Queen, Private,

120, NC Continental Line, 4Mar 1831, age 85 Samuel Rose, Private,

90, NC Militia, 4Mar 1831, age 79 Aaron Thomas, Private,

69.99, NC Militia, 4Mar 1831, age 74 Samuel Vermillion, Private,

240, MD Militia, 4Mar 1831, age 79 Thomas Williams, Pri. Inf. and Cav., 264.96, NC Militia, 4Mar 1831, age 74 Above found in North Carolina Pension Roll page 97. \^^/ PENSIONERS ON THE ROLL, JANUARY 1, 1883 Also from Betty Cope Andrews comes "List, Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883." This listing shows No. of certificate, name of pensioner, post-office address, cause for which pensioned, monthly rate, and date of original allowance. Haywood County #32,456 Edmonston, Polly A., Forks of Pigeon, widow 1812, 8, June, 1882 #101208 Witt, Rufus M. , Pigeon Valley, loss r. eye, eff. small-pox, 4, December 1869 #104331, Swanger, Rebecca A., Pigeon Valley, widow, 8, December, 1867 #21,196, Arrington, Thos., Waynesville, surv. 1812, 8, November, 1873 Jackson County #196532, Hooper, Sarah A., Cashiers, mother, 8, June, 1882 #194731, Head, Patsey, Red Plains, mother, 8, March, 1882 # 5067, Robinson, Rachel, Webster, widow 1812, 8, April, 1873 Macon County #184224, Moore, John S., Aguone, chr. diarr., 4, February, 1882 #110337, Howard, Jas. C , Aquone, wd. r. ankle, 6, May, 1875 # 5765, Boston, Elizabeth, Aquone, widow, 8, March, 1867 #223415, Rogers, Wm. R., Franklin, paraly. agitans, 6, December, 1882 # 20633, Gibson, Charity, Franklin, widow 1812, 8, March, 1879 # 2614, Hibbard, Julia, Franklin, widow 1812, 8, May, 1872 #122226, Evit, Jemima, Franklin, mother, 8, December 1868 # 11585, Wells, Benson W., Highlands, amp. 1. arm above elbow, 24, Sept. 1874 # 77463, Martin, Chas., Highlands, wd. 1. knee, $2 * * * * * * * * From your Editor: At the Board of Directors' meeting in January, we discussed the possibility of making Journeys Through Jackson a bi-monthly publication rather than every month and decided to do a trial run. Accordingly, this issue covers the months of January and February, and we will do a March-April issue and a May-June issue. Each of these issues will be at least twenty pages of genealogical material, along with an index. We would like to have comments from the membership about this revised format. As part of our discussion, we took note of the fact that copying and postage charges for a combined issue are less than they would be for two separate issues. Also, the time involved in gathering the material, preparing it for publication, and then getting the printed copy into the mail is a factor. Thanks to each one who has so generously contributed material for publication. I encourage you to continue sending articles, records, any items which you think would be of general interest to the members. I appreciate your help and couldn't possibly do such a journal without you. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Ruth Shuler GEORGE CUNNINGHAM, SOLDIER OF THE REVOLUTION Beau Hudgins writes: "I would like to be the first to submit my 4th great-grandfather's Revolutionary wa'v^ records. George Cunningham is a direct ancestor for many people who claim roots in the Cullowhee area, but he always seems to be overlooked. I have the original pension and service records from the National Archives. "George Cunningham was an early settler of old Buncombe County and he lived in the Swannanoa Valley near Bee Tree Creek. He later moved to Haywood County (Cullowhee Precinct) . He also moved to Bedford County TN for about a year (1832), but was back at Cullowhee by 1834. George's daughter, Magdalene Cunningham, married Wm. Holmes Bryson born 1798. George is buried at Cullowhee Baptist Church Cemetery." Beau sends along the following letter: Rev. and 1812 Wars Section March 31, 1928 E. R. Tatum c/o East Tennessee Natl. Bank Knoxville, Tenn. Sir: I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 2 071, it appears that George Cunningham was born April 7, 1753 in Rowan County, North Carolina. While residing in York County, South Carolina, he enlisted in the latter part of the year 1779-and served as a private in Captain Robert Thompson's Company, Colonel Hammond's South Carolina Regiment; under Lieutenant John Cunningham (soldier's brother) in Colonel Joseph Home's Regiment; was wagoner under Captain John Cunningham in Colonel Andrew Neel's Regiment; he was in the battles of Hanging Rock, Fishing Creek, Kings Mountain, and Williams Plantation, and served two years. He was allowed pension on his application executed August 13, 1832, while ? resident of Bedford County, Tennessee. \^J Soldier married in the summer of 1797 in Buncombe County, North Carolina, Mary, daughter of Abraham McCarty or McCarter. In 1851 she was seventy-seven years old and living in Macon County, North Carolina. Soldier died August 3, 1837, and his widow died February 1, 1852. The pension due her was allowed the following surviving children- Magdelen, born November 10, 1799, married William H. Bryson; Catherine Moore, born June 4, 1802; and Elizabeth Cunningham. Other children referred to- Sally Cunningham, born August 19, 1808; and sons and daughters, who were living in 1834 in Haywood and Macon Counties, North Carolina, names not given. Respectfully, /s/ Winfield Scott, Commissioner Beau also sent along George Cunningham's pension application, sworn and subscribed in open court 13th of August 1832, signed with an "X" by George and attested to by Jas. McKisick. In Mary (McCarty) Cunningham's declaration for a widow's pension, she names children Magdalen, Kathy, Sally, and Elizabeth. Mary (McCarty) was the daughter of William McCarty, executed her pension application in 1851, age 77, and died 1 February 1852 in Macon County, North Carolina. George Cunningham was a son of Humphrey and Rhoda (Simeral, some accounts say Summerville) Cunningham. He and his wife Mary had a sizable family, one known son, George Cunningham. George Cunninghamn Sr. probably died in Macon County, North Carolina 3 August 1837. His father Humphrey died in Buncombe County, North Carolina in 1806. His mother Rhoda died in Bedford County, Tennessee in 1831. . yy QUERIES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Seeking father, mother, and siblings of John Bishop born 1822 SC. Came to NC, married Louisa Berry in 1843. Seeking information on Charity Haseltine Higdon, died 1899 in Jackson County. Her children were Frank, Dennis, Ruth (Woodard), Docia (Bishop). Also seeking information about William Wykle (Wikle), born about 1811, and wife Polly or Mary Beasley, daughter of William (born 1833) and Rhoda Beasley. William and Polly Wykle had son John. 'Write Mrs. Barbara (Dills) Bishop, 1723 Bishop Road, Chehalis WA 98532. The Tuckaseigee Democrat December 6, 1893, had an article entitled "From Happy Valley" signed by "Tar Heel." Part of that article read: "Your scribbler strolle'd into an old burying-place the other day near Beta, which contains evidences of its being one of the first graveyards in this county for white people. The tombs or slabs are of soapstone and bear such dates as 1808 and 1811 and one that I noticed more particularly was marked 'John Gribble, 1805.' This was the grave of a boy and the slab over his grave was so scarred as to lead me to make enquiries. . . . " Does anyone know if this could be Old Field Cemetery and if a boy John Gribble was buried there? Write Betty Cope Andrews, 734 St. Thomas Cove, Niceville FL 32578. Announcement. I am preparing a book on the descendants of Samuel Buchanan. Names included are Buchanans, Cowans, Deitzes, and others of Jackson County. I have 10,123 names in my compute at this time, but there are a lot of descendants I don't have. If you are a descendant of Samuel Buchanan and want to be included, write or call Henry Buchanan, 3020 Whitson Road, Gastonia NC 28054, phone 704-629-6463. Seeking information on John Sam Lay and wife Zonella McPhail Lay. He was agriculture teacher at Seneca SC High School and retired about 1980. What was his connection to Western Carolina University? Write Ruth C. Shuler, 30 S. Country Club Dr., Cullowhee NC 28723. Seeking information on where Mary Frances Blackburn born C 183 7 of Jackson County is buried. She married-John Owen born 1794 on 25 Oct 1872, at 35 "years of age and John was 77 years old. They lived in the Gloucester section of Transylvania Co. She left him c 1874 and went back to her people in Jackson Co. Oral history is she may have had a son by him. She may have gone to the Yellow Mountain area of Macon Co. Need this information to settle dispute of where she is buried. Write Elizabeth Barton, Route 2, Box 294, Brevard NC 28712, or call collect 704-883-9506. Searching for parents of James Marion Buchanan, b 11 Apr 1837 Webster, Macon Co. NC, d 20 Feb 1911, Webster, Jackson Co NC. Married (1) 27 May 1859 Louisa Buchanan of NC; (2) 12 Nov 1871 Elrnira C. Briggs of NC; (3) 2 Nov 1891, Sarah J. (Sally) Reed of GA. In the 1850 census of Macon Co NC there are two James Buchanans born about the same time. One is the son of James Buchanan and Jane Gribble of Greens Creek, Jackson NC; and the other is the son of Joseph Buchanan and Ruth of Macon Co NC. Write Beth Haws, 533 E. Laurel Ave., Glendora CA 91741. We welcome queries to be published in Journeys Through Jackson. Also, has a response to a query helped you in your research? Tell us about it. Address all queries and information to Queries, JCGS, P. O. Box 2108, Cullowhee NC 28723. (The following article was found by Leo Cowan and given to his brother, Lloyd, who submitted it for publication. The material appears to have come from an old ledger, but no author's name or title was listed. The title has been created by your editor, and the text is typed verbatim with some punctuation added £c clarity.) \^y AN IRISH IMMIGRANT TO THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY On the bleak shores of Ireland a little band of men lay hid under the copse waiting for night to come. Came night and a small boat and a pre-arranged signal. The crowd slipped to the shore and in the boat. No word was spoken. Out in the darkness the(y) sped and soon the outlines of a ship loomed. The boat moved along side and up the ladder hanging over the side silently went the dozen men. The boat was swung to the deck and away sailed the ship and so was the destiny of 12 more refugees from the persecution of the enemy of Erin. Weeks passed and another night. Lights soon appeared showing another shore line. Anchor was soon cast and the same boat launched with the 12 men aboard. Silently they reached the shore of America where men were free. Realizing that a seperation was at hand and that to travel alone would give each a better chance of escaping any possible danger of capture, they went every man his own way. One only do we follow--a young lad just grown, red head, ruddy, about 5 ft. 10 heavy set, clear blue eyes which twinkled as he faced the unknown. He breathed a prayer of thankfulness to his Irish Saint and, picking up the bundle of clothes he brought from his home in Erin, he started up the water front of Charleston SC. Stopping at a small tavern for a bite to eat he found it filled with men all talking at once. "They say that thar is mountains of pure gold in them Georgia Hills." The leader, spying the Irishman, addressed him, "Hey Tar, where yo j traveling?" "Well and Faith, if it's gold you're finding I'm going that way." "Good, we leave in an hour." Soon on their way, wagons, horses, and afoot, so traveled 50 sons of adventure and their families to the quest of Gold as has man thro all the ages. Reaching the State of Georgia, they began to enquire of the settlers where the gold was. Some told one thing, some another, but always ahead. They made camp in Habersham Co. and began to prospect. Some days they found a color, other days nothing. Finding that there was nothing to stay for, they spread over the country and began to clear land for homes, taking state grants for the land. Not so with the Son of Erin. He bade farewell to the family he was with and picking up his bundle of worn clothing he started west. Thru the mountains, over Indian trails, sometimes with others, going his way and at last falling in with a band of Indians who treated him kindly, he reached the home of the Cherokee people. A young half-breed about his age became attached to him. He told the Irishman that his father was from Scotland, that his mother was a full-blood squaw. No one asked his name (the Irishman) at any time. He decided that he would stay with the Scotchman for awhile. He soon became friends with the Cherokees and often he would visit with the old Chief, Yonaguska. The old chief had two children, a son and a daughter. The son was named for his father as had been the custom thro the hundreds of years past. The daughter Salie was a beautiful maid 16 years old, and she has learned the English language. The Irish lad soon became her slave and she loved the red head bo^^ whose eyes she said twinkled like the two stars which always travel together. You see them any summer night far in the south. The Cherokees call them the panther's eyes. Spring came and with it the bustle of the primitave farming. The Irishman asked the Chief to allow him to work with the family and it was agreed. All

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