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Letter from Ellis L. Jackson to Laurence L. Doggett (March 20, 1919)
No full textA letter from Ellis L. Jackson to Laurence L. Doggett written on March 20, 1919. In the letter, Jackson talks about how he heard of the accomplishments of the College and mentions how he remembers Dr. Burr and his class in the chapel.Doggett was Springfield College's fourth president. He was also the first full-time president and served in the position from 1896-1936. Under Doggett's leadership, Springfield College expanded its student body and faculty. Doggett also oversaw the building of a new gymnasium, library, swimming pool, and athletics. Doggett was instrumental in developing and implementing the College's Humanics philosophy which still guides the college to this day. He retired in 1936 and remains Springfield College's longest-tenured president. Dr. Laurence L. Doggett died in 1957 at the age of 92
Letter from Ellis L. Jackson to Laurence L. Doggett (March 20, 1919)
No full textA letter from Ellis L. Jackson to Laurence L. Doggett written on March 20, 1919. In the letter, Jackson talks about how he heard of the accomplishments of the College and mentions how he remembers Dr. Burr and his class in the chapel.Doggett was Springfield College's fourth president. He was also the first full-time president and served in the position from 1896-1936. Under Doggett's leadership, Springfield College expanded its student body and faculty. Doggett also oversaw the building of a new gymnasium, library, swimming pool, and athletics. Doggett was instrumental in developing and implementing the College's Humanics philosophy which still guides the college to this day. He retired in 1936 and remains Springfield College's longest-tenured president. Dr. Laurence L. Doggett died in 1957 at the age of 92
Journeys Through Jackson 2008 Vol.18 No.03
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JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.
2008 Officers
President James E. Monteith
Vice Presidents Robert Blackwell, B.B. Cantrell
Secretary Marilyn G.Morton
Treasurer E. Lawrence Morton
Librarian Dorris D. Beck
Office Manager Ruth C. Shuler
Computer Coordinator. DeanneG. 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 see no reason to belabor the following points: we are in drought conditions, we pay cruel prices at
the gas pump, and we see few plausible reasons why everyone doesn't do genealogy. Know what? We might
as well get over it. We can't change those things.
We can, however, give credit where it's due for this publication. Read the following list: Henry
Buchanan, Walter Middleton, Sanji Talley Watson, Jim Crawford, Steve Adams, Christine Cole Proctor,
Jason Gregory, Violet Robbins Schultz, Linda Hughes Collins, Betty Cope Andrews, Barbara Dills Bishop,
Bill Crawford, Mack Sutton, Dorris Dills Beck, Deanne Gibson Roles, Ruth Crawford Shuler, Rachel Brown
Phillips, and Ruth Ensley Bryson. Those eighteen fine folks, along with your editor, have something to do
with this journal this time. And those are just the members. Former members Robert Brooks and Dillard
Ensley were also instrumental, as well as friends like Nancy Briggs Kiser. We appreciate all of you.
The pedigree charts for JCGS member Hattie Grace Sherrill and for William Dillard Cope were
prepared and submitted by Betty Cope Andrews. There was no room on the pages to insert Betty's name.
So see? Genealogy isn't in any drought at all. We are running strong.
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Announcements From JCGS 97
JCGS Photo Album 98 ~ 1 0 2
Some Forney Creek Records 103 ~ 1 0 6
1983 and 1984 Jackson County Death Certificates 107 - 1 10
Family Bibles in the Love and Thomas Families 111-114
Detail of the 1833 "New" Map of North Carolina 114
1890 Union Veterans 115-118
Response to the Spring 2008 Queen Article 118
Photographs in the Linda Hughes Collins Collection 119 - 1 22
Descendants of Johannes Risch 123 - 1 26
John Wikle Family Group Record 127 - 1 28
Strain - Stiwinter Cemetery '. 129 - 1 31
Maggie Queen Reece Death Certificate 131
JCGS Library Acquisitions 132
William Wilson Estate Papers 133 - 1 37
Sherrill - Cope Pedigree Charts 138 - 1 39
One Thing and Another 140
Minnie's Scrapbook 141 - 1 42
Index 143-144
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On September 15, at City Tights bookstore, Sylva Herald Editor Lynn Hotaling is to sign
-copies of her book spotlighting Sylva. This announcement is especially important to us in
JCGS, since Mrs. Hotaling graciously donated the profits of the sale of the book to the
Society. One in the "Images of America" series, the book has JCGS member Rachel Brown
Phillips as a major contributor". Watch the local newspaper for more details.
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H e n r y B u c h a n a n ' s I d ea
We received a message from Henry in May, then we were privileged to see him at a Society
meeting in July. Henry has started a site on Ancestry.com called "Families of Jackson
County NC." He asks persons to add family data there, and one can get more details from
Henry by writing him at PO Box 850 Pembroke NC 28372 or electronically at
hbnchanan(g>jname.com. This is ambitious, but should be very interesting.
C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o G a r y C a r d en
Sylva dramatist and storyteller Gary Carden received an honorary doctorate from Western
Carolina University at commencement August 1. What a well — deserved honor for a man
who writes about our mountain people!
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In one of those fortunate coincidences, a good friend from another life, so to speak, shares
her Jackson County roots with us. The picture above is of Jasper Dills, a man who lived
close to Dillsboro and who is buried there in the small cemetery in the field near the Locust
Field Baptist Church. The photo is shared with JCGS by his great - great granddaughter,
Nancy Briggs Kiser of Cary. Below, Walter Middleton accepts the Holden Award for his
outstanding contributions to Jackson County genealogy, while Sanji Talley Watson accepts
the Daniel Deitz Award for outstanding service to the Jackson County Genealogical Society.
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We are pleased to spotlight the family of a new member on this page. JCGS member Jim
Crawford of Atlanta spent an evening with JCGS this past spring, joined our group, and
has contributed the photograph above. The picture shows the Samuel Madison Crawford
family of Jackson, Swain, and Cherokee counties. Samuel Madison Crawford, at the left,
was a son of William H. Crawford, who in turn was a son of James Crawford, whose Bible
record we published in these pages a few years ago. Seated next to him is his wife, Cynthia
Masina Hyde Crawford, then daughter Cynthia Rose Lee and son Benjamin Pearl.
Standing in the back are son Samuel Gordon, son James Powell, daughter Lillie Florence,
and son William Lawson. While Jim has a number of relatives in JCGS, he would be one
step closer kin to Karen Nicholson and Linda Collins (descendants of John, half-brother to
William H.) and to Al Hooper and Annette Shelton (descendants of Lucinda (Senthey)
Minerva, h a l f - sister to William H.) than to the other Crawfords. However, since William
H. Crawford's wife was a Hemphill, and since Cynthia Masina Hyde's mother was a
Sherrill...you get the picture. Jim has an cnormons number of relatives among us.
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photograph, Steve identifies the man in the back as Oscar Lee Hooper, but needs to know
who the other folks are. Below, the same Oscar Lee Hooper with wife Arsula Adams, and
grandsons Samuel Adams and Denton Adams.
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location of the photographic studio...Scdro - Woolley. Robert Thomas Ensley was married
to Lula StillweH. Photograph is part of the collection of Dillard Ensley.
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Independence, Missouri, when we were there at the end of May. Obviously, we were a
month early to experience this new place, so we'll jnst have to schedule a return trip.
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[Ed. While the Fomey Creek community was technically in Swain County, its people are a mixture of families from
many counties east of Swain, and we all tend to be cousins. These materials were shared by Robert Brooks and
Christine Cole Proctor, whose families lived in that area before the construction of Fontana Dam forced the removal
of hundreds of people.]
Forney Creek Sunday School Book
Sabbath School organized Apr 8 AD 1888 at Forney's Creek Baptist Church in Swain County
North Carolina organnised by Electing Bro A.J. Parris Supt, Bro J.B. Hoyle ast. Supt. W.B.
Cole Sec.
Bro John Lester Chaplen a Licensiate A.C. Hoyle Mu. or singing teacher
A J. Monteith Teacher of 1SI male class
A.C. Hoyle Teacher of 2nd "male class
J.L. Woody Teacher of Spelling male class
S.M. Hyde Teacher, 1st Female Class
F.I. Hoyle Teacher of 2nd Female Class
A.J. Monteith Teacher of spelling class
Enrolled 80 students
In July, 1888, E.C. Monteith was chosen Teacher of music, S.B. Parris, J.L. Woody, M.J.
Woody, M.J. Monteith mentioned as other teachers
Page 5... Sina Arrington mentioned as teacher
Page 12...S.W. Monteith was elected Assistant Supt. T.G. Chambers mentioned as teacher
Page 13...H.P. Thompson mentioned as teacher
Page 16..."all lessons taken from the American Baptist Publication Society"
Page 17...J.B. Shook mentioned as Sexton, D.E. Nichols as teacher
Page 18 ...Almeda Hoyle mentioned as teacher
Page 21... 1898..."Allis" Arrington mentioned as teacher
Page 35...1906...W.H. Cole elected Sup't, T.W. Allen Assistant, Cora Monteith mentioned as
teacher !
Page 39... 1909... J.L. Shook mentioned as chaplain
Page 46... 1913...Cora Haney mentioned as teacher
Page 60... 1924...Bessie Williams, Marra'h Monteith, Christine Monteith, Estella Monteith
mentioned as teachers
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Miss Emma McHan's Public School Register, 1905 - 1 9 06
(Ed. This record appeared in The Bone Rattler, the publication of the Swain County Genealogical and Historical
Society, in slightly different format.]
School Census of District
Parents' Names
Hampton Cole
Cas Crisp
Philip Crisp
Susana Hoyle
Coleman Hoyle
Mack Woody
Joe Cole
David Shook
Morgan Duvall
Lettie Shook
Tennie Longbottom
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George Tipton
Tom Woody
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Billy Paxton
Florence
Maggie
Margaret
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[Key: Name'of deceased; spouse; date of birth; place of birth; 1983 date of death; place of death; father; mother;
informant; informant's address; cemetery. Abstracted by Larry Crawford in the Jackson County Register of Deeds
Office July 2008.]
Barnes, Anna Mae; wid; 30 Apr 1897; Jackson Co; 9 Jun; Sylva; Wiliiam Alexander; Anna
Shelton; Lottie Houston; Franklin; Buck Creek - Macon Co.
Barron, Ella Belle; wid; 25 Oct 1887; Jackson Co.; 8 Dec; Sylva; William Pink Collins;
Samantha Corbin; Anna B. Buchanan; Sylva; Wesleyanna
Beale, Callie Moss; wid; 9 Feb 1892; Jackson Co; 22 Oct;. Sylva; John J. Moss; Lena Jane
Stewart; Louise Cleaveland; Highlands; Highlands Memorial Park
Buchanan, Minnie Gregory; wid; 4 Nov 1897; Macon Co; 28 Aug; Sylva; William Gregory;
Myra Parker, D.N. Buchanan; Sandy Springs SC; Mountain Grove
Buchanan, Rufus Candler; h/o Mary Hooper; 25 Jul 1892; Jackson Co.; 6 Nov; Sylva; Charlie
Buchanan; Hester Green; Mary H.'Buchanan; Sylva; Old Savannah
Buchanan, Thomas Luther; h/o Carrie Sutton; 7 May 1898; Jackson Qo; 9 Deb;,Sylva; Henry
Buchanan; Rebecca Allison; Don Buchanan; Sylva; Old Savannah
Bumgarner, Tyra Lee; wid; 2 Jun 1896; Jackson Co; 7 Jul; Sylva; RXole Bumgarner; Octavia
Shuler; T.C. Bumgarner; Sylva; Fairview
Cabe, Mattie Buchanan; wid; 22 Jan 1896; Jackson Co; 2 Apr; Sylva; John S. Buchanan; Lillie
Tatham; Julia C. Bradley; Sylva; Wesleyanna.
Carnes, Nellie Thomas; w/o L.E.; 15 Nov 1898; Swain Co; 17 Mar; Sylva; Johnson Thomas; Ida
Jones; L.E. Carnes; Sylva; Parris
Cathey, Vinnie Henrietta; wid; 15 Nov 1896; Jackson Co; 25 Jul; Sylva; John Sutton; Leah
Bryson; Isabell Griffin; Sylva; Keener
Clampitt, Nota Belle; wid; 30 Nov 1889; Swain Co; 14 Jun; Sylva; William Brendle; Jane Cline;
Myrtle Cloer; Bryson City; Swain Memorial Park
Clodfelter, Veta Russell; wid; 26 May 1895; Montgomery Co; 27 Nov; Sylva; Alex Russell;
Creet Morgan; Helen C. Rankin; Charlotte; Center United Methodist - Montgomery Co
Clouse, Beulah Warren; wid; 8 Mar 1894; Jackson Co; 27 Sep; Sylva; Wesley L. Warren; Sarah
Burngamer; Helen Lindsey; Sylva; Keener
Deitz, Jake Walter; wid; 10 May 1891; Jackson Co; 8 Feb; Sylva; Jim Deitz; Lucy Ann
Buchanan; Grover Deitz; Sylva; East Fork
Denton, Carra Arizona; wid; 10 Sep 1897; Jackson Co.; 27 Jap; Sylva; Bob Harris; Sophronia
Ashe; Joe Denton; Sylva; Bumgarner- Whittier
Erickson, Albert Wallace; h/o Rae Andrews; 4 Aug 1896; Chicago,TL;. 23 May; Sylva; Albert
Erickson; Charlotte'McKerchey; Rae A. Erickson; Clayton QA; Rabun Mem Park - Tiger GA
Extine, William Garland; h/o Bessie Locust; 22 Nov 1898; Jackson Co; 9 Feb; .Sylva; Bill
Extine; Belle Cannon; Bessie L. Extine; Sylva; Fairview
Franks, John Henry; h/o Josephine Melton; 10 Oct 1894; Swain Co; 29 May; Sylva; Gus
Franks; Cindy Webb; Leo Franks; Sylva; Zion Hill
Haass, Herman George; wid;, 14 Aug 1889; Buffalo NY; 22 Apr; Syjva; Albert F. Haass; Annie
C. Crorier; Ruby Byrd; Cullowhee; Fairview
Harris, Eva Palestine; wid; 9 Jul 1884; Jackson Co.; 13 Dec; Sylva; S.W. Ensley; Margaret
Queen; Hubert Harris; Sylva; Fairview
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Henry, Allie Ann; wid; 25 Jan 1887; Jackson Co; 18 Sep; Sylva; Worth Bryson; Jane Pressley;
Marlow Stephens; Sylva; Fairview
Higdon, Vernon Dean; wid; 18 Feb 1890; Macon Co; 3 Oct; Sylva; Davis Dean; Alice Morgan;
James D. Higdon; Toccoa GA; Sugar Fork - Macon Co
Higgins, John Raymond; h/o Phyllis Brooks; 1 Feb 1891; Westchester NY; 1 Jul; Sylva; John
Higgins; Minnie ; Phyllis B. Higgins; Waynesville; Shepherd - Hendersonville
Hooper, Maggie Frady; 19 Dec 1893; Jackson Co; 29 Oct; Sylva; John Frady; Amanda Messer;
Priscilla Norris; Cullowhee; Pine Creek
Johnson, Leo Elizabeth; nm; 13 Jun 1893; Jackson Co; 25 Dec; Sylva; John Johnson; Rebecca
Green; John Green; Sylva; Crawford
Jones, Daisy Belle; wid; 18 Oct 1894; Stanly Co; 21 Mar; Sylva; Edwin C. Kirk; Arilla Gaddy;
Edward C. Jones; Sylva; Keener
Martin, Clarence Monroe; h/o Mary Hampton; 16 May 1891; Jackson Co; 6 Oct; Sylva;
William Carrol Martin; Eliza Ann Gibbs; Bertha M. Buff; Whittier; Thomas
Middleton, Dorcas Adams; wid; 31 Dec 1894; Jackson Co; 16 Apr; Sylva; Jasper Allen; Nancy
Jean Haskett; Jim Cowan; Sylva; Rogers
Moore, Dorothy Ann; wid; 30 Aug 1892; Macon Co; 14 Jan; Sylva; Jake Beasley; Ferbia
Franks; Minnie Moore; Sylva; Old Field
Moore, Hattie Lavada; wid; 4 Feb 1895; Cocke Co TN; 17 Jun; Sylva; Elbert Laws; Amanda
McMahan; Lucille M. Roberson; Sylva; Keener
Moore, James Frank; wid; 11 Jul 1899; Swain Co; 13 Jun; Sylva; Henry Moore; Mary Cordell;
Katherine Dills; Sylva; Sugar Fork- Macon Co
McClure, Bessie Angel; 7 Oct 1894; Macon Co; 7 Nov; Sylva; Marvin Angel; Lou Benfield;
Herschel McClure; Candler; Clarks Chapel - Macon Co
Norman, James Samuel; wid; 9 Jul 1893; Jackson Co; 24 Nov; Sylva; Robert Norman; Mary
Jane McKay; Ray Norman; Sylva; Norman - Blanton
Oates, Mary McGee; wid; 15 Aug 1892; Wellsville NY; 5 Jul; Sylva; Monley L. McGee; Eldora
English; Edward J. Oates; Naples FL; Shepherd - Hendersonville
Painter, Annie Laura; nm; 23 Dec 1899; Jackson Co; 16 Nov; Sylva; George Ellis Painter; Julia
Ensley; Mary Jo Hall; Sylva; Lovedale
Parker, Emily Mullen; wid; 9 Sep 1897; Mecklenburg Co; 11 Mar; Sylva; Solomon L. Mullen;
Cressida Boyd Hunter; Percy Parker; Cullowhee; Lovedale
Parris, Eva Belle; wid; 18 Jan 1891; Jackson Co; 31 Oct; Sylva; John Baxter Cogdill; Rhoda
Brooks; Rossie P. Hough; Asheville; Addie
Passmore, Elisha Cleveland; wid; 4 Jun 1886; Macon Co; 13 Mar; Sylva; Travis Passmore;
Nancy Adams; Ella Mae Anderson; Whittier; Holly Springs - Bryson City
Peek, Carl Augustus; wid; 8 Jul 1899; Macon Co; 25 Oct; Cullowhee; Zacharia Peek; Margaret
Peek; Billy Peek; Cullowhee; Ellijay - Macon Co
Penland, Lee; wid; 11 Jan 1894; Clay Co; 11 Oct; Sylva; Henry Penland; Mattie Ledford;
Cloyce Gribble; Hayesville; Old Shooting Creek - Clay Co
Rathbone, Annie LouEllen; wid; 21 Jul 1896; Haywood Co; 3 Jun; Sylva; David Reed
McElroy; Leona Reed; Ralph Rathbone - Waynesville; Hillcrest - Waynesville
Ray, Benjamin Franklin; wid; 14 Jul 1892; AL; 9 Jul; Sylva; Clem Ray; Hattie Humphrey; Bill
E. Ray; Sylva; Old Field
Rich, Hardy; nm; 8 May 1898; Graham Co; 5 Feb; Sylva; James Rich; Mary Waldroup; Icie
Grindstaff; Robbinsville; Bear Creek - Graham Co
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Richards, Annie Reese; wid; 20 Nov 1890; Macon Co; 20 Dec;'Sylva; Robert Reese; Myrinda
Womack; Amelia Bryson; Franklin; Salem - Macon Co
Ridley, Thomas Coleman; h/o Blanche Fisher; 4 May 1891; Jackson Co; 24 Mar; Sylva;
William Ridley; Eunice Franks; Betty Fisher; Sylva; Dills - Fisher Creek
Scott, Elsie Fox; wid; 12 May 1898; Jackson Co; 10 Jul; Cashiers; John Fox; Jane Adams;
Brenda Stewart; Cullowhee; Evitt
Smathers, Harriet Josephine; 2 May 1896; Haywood Co; 12 Mar; Sylva; John F. Smathers;
Lula Smathers; Jack T. Burress; Waynesville; Morningstar - Haywood Co.
Smith, Lorena Jaynes; wid; 7 Feb 1885; Fentress TN; 20 Nov;' Sylva; John Jaynes; Nancy
Stephens; Marjorie Dockery; Murphy; Wirmingham - Monroe Co TN
Thomas, Henry; h/o Hazel Bryson; 16 Sep 1897; MI; 23 Feb; Sylva; Harry Thomas; Ida
Williams; Hazel Thomas; Sylva; Hamburg
Thomas, Neva Gladys; wid; 26 Apr 1899; Kirkland IN; 20 Apr; Sylva; James Swisher; Lillian
McDonald; Walter Thomas; Sylva; Grandview - West Lafayette IN
Toineeta, Martha Youngdeer; wid; 15 May 1892; Jackson Co; 18 Dec; Cherokee; John
Youngdeer; Betsey Pheasant; Alice Littlejohn; Cherokee; Jenkins Creek - Cherokee
Wilburn, Cora Lee; wid; 12 Jul 1888; Jackson Co; 1 pr; Sylva; David L. Cowan; ; John
M. Davis; Richmond VA; Stillwell
Wilson, Beulah Matilda; wid; 30-Jun 1897; Jackson Co; 3.0 Jul; Sylva; Alfred Johnson; Mary
Clark; Lester Wilson; Sylva; Zion Hill
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Baker, Clarice Abel; wid; 27 Feb l'8$9; Haywood. Co; 9 Apr; Sylva; J.F. Abel; Mary Emma
Vance; Ann Hall; Asheville; Shepherd - Hendersonville
Beasley, Minnie Helen; wid; 28 Oct 1893; Macon Co; 25 Apr; Sylva; Henry Guffey; Em
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JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.
1997 Officers
President William L. Crawford
Vice Presidents ." Barbara W. Dooley
RickL. Frizzell
Secretary Marilyn G. Morton
Treasurer David C. Frizzell
Chair, Publications R. Larry Crawford
Journeys Through Jackson is the official publication of the Jackson County Genealogical Society Members and non-members are invited tc 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
Many of the members of the Jackson County Genealogical Society have been saddened profoundly by the news
of the death of Lawrence Wood. While he was not a member of our Society, he was probably one of the best-known
genealogists in western North Carolina. He was a person who never had to lament about how much easier
this would all have been had he started earlier when knowledgeable family members were still living and able to
tell their stories. He listened, even as a child, and learned from his family, a family group who believed in
holding onto the treasures of the past and learning from them. As we all do, Lawrence had his quirks,
eccentricities, and faults. But nobody can fault the lifelong efforts he made to research genealogies of his own
and other families, and to record his findings to the best of his knowledge. Many have also been enriched by his
generosity and willingness to share his data, materials, and stories. All of us who pursue this hobby (or in some
cases, profession) should be so generous.
Lawrence Edward Wood 193 7-1997
In this last issue for 1997, we continue with the voluminous records of Betty Cope Andrews as she chronicles the
Monteith family, and we offer some results of the serious work of one of our newer members, Sharon Barger
Carnes. Her painstaking hard work with old newspapers has already been of genealogical value to the editor.
Finally, check out the membership list and their families of interest, so that 1998 can be the time that you learn
even more about your roots and connections as you communicate with them. Please respond to the separate letter
and questionnaire, and promise to be temperate with the eggnog this season. For that matter, be temperate in
everything except this consuming interest in genealogy. The happiest, most peaceful holiday to you is our wish,
filled with appreciation for your God, your family, and your friends.
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Table of Contents
Queries and Information ., 147
JTJ Mystery Photo 148
The Monteith Family of Betty Cope Andrews 149-158
Recognition of Cemetery Book Volunteers : *158
Tuckaseigee Democrat Death Notices, Reel 1, by Sharon Carnes 159-162
Surname Index for Volume VII 163-168
JCGS Membership List for 1997 169-174
Families of Interest for JCGS Members 175-178
Queries
Shirley Mace, Smoky Mountain High School, Sylva, N C 28779 seeks any information
about maternal great-grandfather Thad Winstead. .His daughter Minnie, who married
John Miller, died in the 1950's, was Shirley's grandmother.
, Barbara Bishop, 1723 Bishop Road, Chehalis WA 98532 is looking for a copy of the
W W.Clark Medford book, The Middle History of Havwood County. Waynesville, 1961.
Where might she obtain a copy?
Information
Make sure to read and respond to the special letter enclosed in this issue. It contains information and a
request of you, both of which are vital to the continued success of the Jackson County Genealogical
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about 1920. Third from the right in the first r ow is J. Edd Norman, grandfather of the JTJ
editor. Can anyone identify any of the other men, or provide a closer date for the photo?
(Scanning courtesy of Rick Frizzell for both this picture and those in the last issue of
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WILLIAM (20) B. MONTEITH
1816 - 1894
Son of
Thomas (19) S. Monteith and Sarah Gribble
WILLIAM (20) B. MONTEITH,, Thomas (1?)., Samuel (18), Henry
(17)", John (16), James (15), James X14), James (13), James (12),
William (11), Alexander (10), James (9), William (8), William
(7), William (6), William (5), William (4), John (3), Walter (2),
John (1). WILLIAM B. "BILLY" MONTEITH was born September 15,
1816 in Burke County, North Carolina; died May 30, 1894 in
Jackson County, North Carolina. Wm. B. married Mary Parris on
September 26, 1837 in Haywood County, Nort^ Carolina. Mary was
born November 29, 1819 in North Carolina, .the, daughter of David
and Mary (Marr) Parris. Mary died March . 16, 1895 in Sylva,
Jackson County j North Carolina. W. B. Monteith and Mary are
buried in the Keener Cemetery in Sylva, Jackson County, North
Carolina beside Mary's parents. Their tombstone information was
listed on Cemetery Inscription, North Carolina Archive microfilm
as Sylva Cemetery. The Tuckaseigee Democrat, Wednesday, May 30,
1894, Local News: "Mr. William Monteith, an old citizen of
Jackson, died this morning, at his home on Scott's Creek".
William and his brother Samuel bought two hundred and fifty acres
of land jointly in Haywood County on Scott's Creek in 1847 for
850. Seven
children.
JOHN (21) ALFRED MONTEITH b. February 7, 1841; d. January 5,
1921. John married Sarah Asenath Brendle March 22, 1864
in Jackson County.
TALITHA (21) ARMANDA MONTEITH b. August 11, 1843; d.
February 9, 1923. Talitha married John T. Thompson in the
1870's.
MARY (21) ELIZABETH MONTEITH b. November 21, 1846; d. April
10, 1925. Mary, married Benjamin Harris September 6, 1870.
WILLIAM (21) THOMAS MONTEITH b. February 1848; died after
1880. William married Mary Ann Queen September 14, 1871 in
Jackson County.
DAVID (21) HIX MONTEITH b. June 27, 1853; d. August 20,
1909. David married Aura Ensley September 13, 1877 in Jackson
County.
SAMUEL (21) WILEY MONTEITH b. April 13, 1855; d. June 4,
1950. Samuel married Fannie Carolina Ensley October 7, 1878 in
Jackson County.
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SARAH (21) HASELTINE "TINE" MONTEITH b. March 3, 1858; d.
October 18, 1901. Sarah married Charles Calhoum Reed
December 17, 1879 in Jackson County.
Haywood County Marriage Records Wm B. Monteath and Mary ^
Parris (d. of David) 26 Sept., 1837, J. S. Long, J. Keener.
The 1840 census Macon County, NC page 143: William Monteath
1 male age 20-30, 1 female age 20-30. Page 164: his father and
grandfather.
The 1850 census of Haywood County, NC page 194: William B.
Monteith 33, Mary 31, John A. 10, Talitha A. 7, Mary E. 4, Wm. T.
1.
The 1860 census Webster, Jackson County, NC page 324: W. B.
Monteith 43, M. 40, J. A. 19m, W. T. llm, T. A. 17f, M. E. 14f,
D. H. 8m, S. W. 5m, S. H. If.
The 1870 census Webster, Jackson County, NC page 295 #24:
Wm. B. Monteith 53, Mary 50, Talitha A. 25, Mary E. 22, William
T. 20, David H. 17, Samuel W. 15, Sarah H. 11. # 25 is his
nephew James. Page 296: John A. Monteith.
The 1880 census of Jackson County page 270 #151/160: W. B.
Monteith 63, Mary 60. #150: S. W., #149: David H., #148: Talitha
A. Thompson, #147: Wm. T. Page 274: John A. Monteith.
1900 census Dillsboro, Jackson County page 109: John A.
Monteith and son Samuel H. Monteith.
JOHN (21) ALBERT MONTEITH
1841 - 1921 ^j
Son of
William (20) B. Monteith and Mary Parris
JOHN (21) ALFRED MONTEITH, William (20), Thomas (19), Samuel
(18), Henry (17), John (16), James (15), James (14), James (13),
James (12), William (11), Alexander (10), James (9), William (8),
William (7), William (6), William (5), William (4), John (3),
Walter (2), John (l). JOHN ALFRED MONTEITH b. February 7, 1841,
Haywood County; d. January 15, 1921, Dillsboro, Jackson County.
John married Sarah Asenath Brendle March 22, 1864, in Jackson
County, A. Mingus, JP officiated. Sarah born December 26, 1842,
daughter of Rev. Elias David Brendle and Celinda Varner (Plott)
Brendle. Sarah was a midwife in this area of Jackson County.
Sarah died October 27, 1915 at Dillsboro, Jackson County. John
received a CSA pension. John and Sarah are buried in Parris
Cemetery, Dillsboro, Jackson County. Children seven.
MARY (22) HAZELTINE MONTEITH b. August 21, 1866. Mary
married J. Sherman Davis.
TALITHA (22) CAROLINA MONTEITH b. May 24, 1868; d. April 15,
1947. Ida married Samuel Jones October 10, 1888. Parris
Cemetery.
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CELINDA (22) JOSEPHINE MONTEITH b. October 29, 1870; d.
March 27, 1901. Celinda married Allen D. Cagle March 15, 1888.
WILLIAM (22) DAVID MONTEITH b. April 7, 1872; d. May 13,
1909. Parris Cemetery.
SAMUEL (22) HENRY PLOTT MONTEITH b. April 1, 1874; d.
November 7, 1959. Sam married Ida Catherine Fisher November 14,
1897. Keener Cemetery.
ELIAS (22) BRENDLE MONTEITH b. July 14, 1876; d. June 10
1954. Elias married Mary Magdalene Carson May 11, 1907. Parris
Cemetery.
DUFF (22) ARRENUS MONTEITH b. May 1, 1885; d. April 23,
1964. Duff married Cora Green February 15, 1909. Keener
Cemetery.
1850 census page 210 Elias Brindle 36, Celinda 35, Margaret
11, Mary 9, Sarah 9, Celinda 6, Lucinda 4, Henry 8
I860 census page 283: E. D. Brendle 45, T. 44, M. M. 19, S.
A. 17.
1870 census Webster, Jackson County page 296: John A.
Monteith 29, Sarah A. 27, Mary H. 3, Talitha C. 2.
1880 census Webster, Jackson page 274: John A. Monteith 39,
Sarah A. 37, Mary H. 13, Talitha 11, Sulinda J. 10, William D. 8,
Samuel P. 6, Elias B. 3.
1900 census Dillsboro, Jackson County page 109B: John A.
Monteith Feb. 1841 age 59, Sarah A. Dec. 1842 57 married 36 yrs.
had (7 children) William D. Apr. 1872 28, Elias B. July 1876 23,
Duff A. May 1885 15, Salinda Cagle Oct. 1870 29 wd., Cora L. G-dau.
Sept. 1890 9.. Samuel Monteith Apr. 1874 26, Ida Dec 1879
20, Hugh E. Sept. 1898 l*
1910 census Dillboro, Jackson County page 190B: John A.
Monteith 69, Sarah 67 married 46 yrs. (7 children-5 living), Duff
A. 24, Cora G. 20 d-in-law, Roger c. 5/12 grandson. #188 Elias
B. Monteith 32, Maggie M. 33, Edna C 2, Cora L. Cagle niece 19.
#191 Samuel H. Monteith 36, Ida C 30 ml2 (4 children 3 living),
Hugh E. 11, Julius L. 7, Frank H. 4.
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TALITHA (21) ARMANDA MONTEITH
1843 - 1923
Daughter of
William (20) B. Monteith and Mary Parris
TALITHA (21) ARMANDA MONTEITH, William (20), Thomas (19),
Samuel (18), Henry (17), John (16), James (15), James (14), James
(13), James (12), William (11), Alexander (10), James (9),
William (8), William (7), William (6), William (5), William (4),
John (3), Walter (2), John (1). TALITHA ARMANDA MONTEITH b.
August 11, 1843 in Haywood County; d. February 9, 1923, Sylva,
Jackson County. Talitha "Minda" married John T. Thompson in the
1870's. John was born February 7, 1841; died April 4, 1916.
They are buried at Old Field Cemetery, Beta, Jackson County.
Family members tell once John got his days mixed up, shelled corn
and headed to the mill, when he met someone who asked why he was
going to the mill on Sunday. Monday he got dressed for church,
since he had broken the Sabath. Children six.
MARY (22) H. THOMPSON b. July 21, 1873; d. October 5, 1921.
Mary married Murry Rickman.
SARAH (22) ELIZABETH THOMPSON b. December 23, 1875; June 21,
1930.
WILLIAM (22) DAVID THOMPSON b. May 21, 1877; d. July 15,
1972.
SAMUEL (22) COLEMAN THOMPSON b. October 1879. Cole married
Nancy T. Ensley.
BENJAMIN (22) F. THOMPSON b. July 7, 1882; May 26, 1963.
Ben married Emma E. "M" Frizzell.
FLORA (22) ELVIRA THOMPSON b. December 6, 1885; d. May 25,
1978.
1880 census Webster, Jackson County page 270 #157: J.
Thompson 38, Talitha A. 37, Mary H. 7, Sarah E. 4, William D. 3,
Samuel C. 8/12.
1900 census Sylva, Jackson County page 221 John Thompson
Feb. 1841 59, Talitha Aug. 1843 58.
1910 census Sylva, Jackson County page 279: John Thompson
68, Talitha A. 66 married 38 yrs. (6 children 6 living),
Elizabeth 35, William D. 33, Samuel C. 31, Benjamin F. 28, Flora
E. 24.
1910 census Sylva, Jackson County page 279 Murry Rickman 35,
Mary 38, m 16, 2 Children, Elenor 10, Sarah A. 7.
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MARY (21) ELIZABETH MONTEITH
1846 - 1925
Daughter of
William (20) B. Monteith and Mary Parris
MARY (21) ELIZABETH MONTEITH, William (20), Thomas (19),
Samuel (18), Henry (17), John (16), James (.15), James (14), James
(13), James (12), William (11), Alexander (10), James (9),
William (8), William (7), William (6), William (5), William (4),
John (3), Walter (2), John (1). MARY "POLLY" ELIZABETH MONTEITH
b. November 21, 1846. in Haywood County; d. April 10, 1925 in
Sylva, Jackson County. Mary married Benjamin Harris September 6,
1870. Ben was born January 27, 1846 son of William Harris and
Mary C. (Harris) Harris. Ben served in the Civil War. Ben and
Polly Harris owned a track of land situated between Allen's
Branch and Mills Branch Road reaching from Scotts Creek to the
top of the mountain west of the "Pinnacles." This land was
divided between his eight children. Ben died October 11, 1898.
They are buried at Old Field Cemetery. Children eight.
SARAH (22) HASELTINE HARRIS b. December 13, 1871; d. April
7, 1958. Sallie married William Edward "Bill" Ward April 5,
1891. Sallie married second Charles Calhoun Reed. Old Field
Cemetery.
JAMES (22) WILEY HARRIS b. December' 23, 1873; d. March 6,
1943. Jim married Sarah Catherine Ward about 1895. Old Field
Cemetery.
MARY (22) ISABELLE HARRIS b. March 23, 1876; d. October 22,
1960. Belle married, Albert Clinton Barnes about 1898. Old Field
Cemetery.
IDA (22) CUMIRE HARRIS b. September 25, 1879; d. August 11,
1953. Ida married William "Will" Mitchell about 1896. Old Field
Cemetery
WILLIAM (22) THOMAS HARRIS March 3, 1881; December 27, 1961.
William married Ira Elizabeth Hunnicultt December 25, 1902. Old
Field Cemetery.
BENJAMIN (22) CANDLER HARRIS b. May 31, 1883; d. February 6,
1969-. Dock married Eva Palestine Ensley December 2, 1902.
Fairview Cemetery.
JOHN (22) WESLEY HARRIS b. January 25, 1885; April 16, 1960.
Wes married Florence Theodocia Hunnicultt April 18, 1909. Old
Field Cemetery.
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FANNIE (22) ARMINDA HARRIS b. March 23, 1888; d. July 8,
1962. Minda married Carey Walker Mills in 1904. Old Field
Cemetery.
Jackson County Journal, April 17, 1925, Mary Harris dies.
1880 Jackson County page 270 Benj. Harris 32, Mary E. 31, ^y
Sarah H. 6, James W. 5, Mary B. 4, Ity C. 2.
1910 census Sylva, Jackson County page 279 #244 Clinton and
Belle Barnes and family. #248 Wm. T. Harris' family. #250 James
Harris' family. #252 William and Ida Mitchell. #253 Cary Mills.
#254 Dock Harris' family.
WILLIAM (21) THOMAS MONTEITH
1848 - >1880
Son of
William (20) B. Monteith and Mary Parris
WILLIAM (21) THOMAS MONTEITH, William (20), Thomas (19),
Samuel (18), Henry (17), John (16), James (15), James (14), James
(13), James (12), William (11), Alexander (10), James (9),
William (8), William (7), William (6), William (5), William (4),
John (3), Walter (2), John (1). WILLIAM THOMAS MONTEITH b.
February 1848, in Haywood County, North Carolina; died after v,
1880. William married Mary Ann Queen September 14, 1871 in
Jackson County. Mary was born November 1, 1856, the daughter of
Alfred and Polly (Atkins) Queen. Mary died December 25, 1892.
After Tom died, Mary Ann Queen Monteith married Christopher
Leander "Lee" Hunnicutt. Children four.
MARGARET (22) S. MONTEITH b. 1873, d. 1888
MARY (22) T. MONTEITH b. March 1875; d. July 18, 1902. Mary
married James Robert Wilkes in 1888.
CALLIE (22) ATTIE MONTEITH b. March 1877; d. May 3, 1901.
Callie married Arthur L. King.
WILLIAM (22) ALFRED MONTEITH b. April 26, 1878; d. May 26,
1978. Bill married Nancy Jane "Jenny" Sparks July 19, 1902.
1880 census Webster, Jackson County #156 Wm. T. Monteith 30,
Mary A. 30, Margaret S. 7, Mary T. 6, Callie A. 4, William A. 2,
Ellis Queen 17 brother.
1900 census Sylva, Jackson County page 221 Lee Hunnicutt,
William A. Monteith s-son 31, Jennie 24, Ora 6, Charles 4, Ida 2.
1900 census Lee Hunnicutt Aug. 1857 42 wd. m.12, Ira E. May
1882 18, Lawson T. Aug. 1885 14, Jane N. Mar. 1889 11, Florence
Sept. 1890 9, William A. Monteith s-son Apr. 1879 21.
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1853 - 1909
Son of
William (20) B. Monteith and Mary Parris
DAVID (21) HIX MONTEITH, William (20), Thomas (19), Samuel
(18), Henry (17), John (16), James (15), James (14), James (13),
James (12), William (11), Alexander (10), James (9), William (8),
William (7), William (6), William (5), William (4), John (3),
Walter (2), John (1),. DAVID HIX MONTEITH b. June 27, 1853 at
Webster, Jackson County, North Carolina; d. August 20, 1909 in
Jackson County. David married Aura Ensley September 13, 1877 in
Jackson County. Aura was born September 11, 1859 in Jackson
County, daughter of John and Jane Ensley. She died from
pneumonia February 11, 1929. They are buried Old Field Cemetery,
Beta, Jackson County. Children eight.
MARY (22) JANE MONTEITH b. March 26, 1879; d. April 1, 1910.
Mary married Henry Washington Ward March 12, 1899. Bumgarner
Cemetery.
SARAH (22) MELUINN MONTEITH b. February 22, 1883; d.
September 6, -1971. Sarah married Frank Gates.
JOHN (22) ERWIN "HICKS" MONTEITH b. December 16, 1886; d.
August 22, 1976. Hicks married Laura Magdalene Gibson. Hicks
married Rebecca Louretta Emeline "Becky" (Cope) Ensley.
CORA (22) ETHEL MONTEITH b. September 1, 1890; d. March 11,
1980. Cora married Henry ^Washington Ward 1911. Cora married
Richard Phillip Bradley. They are buried Bradley Cemetery at
Wilmot.
NANCY (22) H. "ANNIE" MONTEITH b. May 21, 1894; d. December
19, 1940. Annie married William Hunnicultt. Old Field Cemetery.
WILLIAM (22) HOBERT "BILL" MONTEITH b. March 13, 1897; d.
March 2, 1985. Bill married Mary Ellen Wike.
JAMES (22) DEWEY MONTEITH b.- September 24, 1900,. James
married Margaret Mae Gates. Fairview Cemetery.
(22) MONTEITH
1880 census Webster, Jackson County page 270 #158 David H.
Monteith 26, Arra 20, Mary J. 1.
1900 census Jackson County page 221 #171 Hix Monteith Jun.
1852 47, Aura Aug. 1858 41, Sarah M. Feb. 1883 17, John E. Dec.
1886 13, Cora E. Sept. 1890 9, Nancy A. May 1894 6, William H.
Mar. 1897 3.
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1855 - 1950
Son of
William (20) B. Monteith and Mary Parris
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(21) WILEY MONTEITH, William
Henry (17), John (16), James (15),
(12), William (11), Alexander
William (7), William (6), William
SAMUEL
Samuel (18),
(13), James
William (8),
John (3), Walter (2), John (1) SAMUEL WILEY
13, 1855, Webster, Jackson County; d. June
Jackson County. Samuel married Fannie "Bub" Carolina
October 7, 1878 in Jackson County. Bub was born April 6
(20), Thomas (19),
James (14), James
(10), James (9),
(5), William (4),
MONTEITH b. April
4, 1950, Sylva,
Ensley
1862,
daughter of John and Jane Ensley. Bub died January 18, 1910 in
Jackson County. Sam married Artie Davis of Dix Creek after
Fannie died in 1910. They are buried in Old Field. Children
eight.
JULIA (22) H. MONTEITH
William Allen Mill October 21,
b. December
1897.
1879. Julia married
MARY (22) J. MONTEITH b. January 10, 1882; d. January 11,
1882.
EVA (22) MELL MONTEITH b. March 25, 1883; d. August 17,
1958. Eva married Julius Thomas Dean. They are buried at Old
Field.
FANNIE (22) C. MONTEITH b. July 18, 1885; d. July 18, 1885.
SARAH (22) TELITHA MONTEITH b. April 14, 1888; d. February
13, 1972. Sarah married William "Bill" Norton. Buried at Old
Field.
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SAMUEL (22) C. MONTEITH b. September 11, 1891;.d. September
17, 1891. Old Field Cemetery.
ARRY (22) NELLIE MONTEITH b. October 3, 1893; d. September
17, 1971. Arry married Will Norton.
TINNIE (22) MAE MONTEITH b. October 2, 1897; d. May 29,
1989. Tinnie married Richard Earl Moore. They are buried at Old
Field.
1880 census Webster, Jackson County #159: S. W. Monteith 24,
Fanny C 18, Judia H. 6/12.
1900 census Jackson County Sam W. Monteith Apr. 1855 45,
Fannie C. Apr. 1862 38 (8 children 5 living), Eva M. Mar. 1883
17, Sarah T. E. Apr. 1888 12, Arry N. Oct. 1893 6, Tennie M. Oct.
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SARAH (21) HASELTINE MONTEITH
1858 - 1901
Daughter of
William (20) B. Monteith and Mary Parris
SARAH (21) HASELTINE MONTEITH, William (20), Thomas (19),
Samuel (18), Henry (17), John (16), James (15), James (14), James
(13), James (12), William (11), Alexander (10), James (9),
William (8), William (7), William (6), William (5), William (4),
John (3), Walter (2), John (1). SARAH HASELTINE "TINE" MONTEITH
b. March 3, 1858 Webster, Jackson County; d. October 18, 1901
Sylva, Jackson County. Sarah married Charles Calhoum Reed
December 17, 1879 at W,. B. Monteith's residence in Jackson
County. Charles born October ll, 1853, son of John H. Reed and
Susan (Morgan) Reed. After the death of Tine, Charles married
Sarah Haseltine (Harris) Ward. Charles died April 26, 1919 in
Jackson County. They are buried at Old Field Cemetery. Children
eight.
MARY (22) SUSAN REED b. March 2, 1881; d. February 24, 1901.
Mary married Edgar Parris October 3, 1897. Buried at Old Field.
TALITHA (22) MAGDALINE REED b. May 16, 1883; d. July 22,
1969. Mag married Edgar Bernard Fisher". Buried at Old Field.
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Vice Presidents Robert Blackwell, James Monteith
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 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
As usual, we will not burden the membership with excuses for a late publication. We'll just say that
~* there have been some health issues that demanded precedence and attention. With that said, on with the
y ^ show: Celebrate with us as we blow our own horns about awards and honors received by the Society. Laugh
with us over prescriptions for Mr. Miller's mule, which you will find in our first article. Be grateful with us
for the work of JCGS members, who have contributed two wonderful sets of pictures, a pedigree chart with a
cross reference, and the customary potpourri of other photographs, official records, and of course, pure
genealogy from the records of Betty Cope Andrews and Betty Queen Monteith.
As we said in our last 2005 issue, resolve to do more genealogy in 2006. Want a good way to help your
Society? Recruit new members so that even more folks can join in this fun.
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Honors for the Society 2-3
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Documents in the Miller Family 7-10
Photographs in the Sanji Watson Collection 11-14
Early 20* Century Jackson County Marriage Licenses 15-18
Descendants of J o h n Gribble 19-26
JCGS Financial Report for 2005 27
JCGS L i b r a r y Acquisitions 28
1969 Jackson County Death Certificates 29-32
Linda Brooks Banwarth Pedigree C h a r t s 33-34
Descendants of J o h n Jacob Wild 35-38
Households in Scotts Creek Township in 1880 39-42
Photographs in t h e Dillard Ensley Collection 43-46
Index 47-48
T h e S o c i e t y ' s A n n u a l A w a r d s
At the December annual meeting/Christmas party/society dinner, Ruth
Shuler presented the Society's annual awards. The Robert Lee a n d Drucilla Holden
Award, established in 1995 b y M a r y Katherine Sherrill Lowder and Nancy Sherrill
Wilson in honor of their maternal grandparents, was presented to Betty Cope
Andrews. The honoree has done extensive work on her Cope, H a r r i s , Monteith,
Fisher, and W a r d families, and has been a frequent c o n t r i b u t o r to JTJ.
The Daniel Deitz Award, established by Daniel's family in 1999, honors
persons who contribute significantly to the Society itself. For 2005, the Society
honored L a r r y and Marilyn Morton, a husband and wife team who have been
invaluable to the w o r k of JCGS. Presently serving as t r e a s u r e r and secretary of the
group, t h e Mortons a r e volunteers at t h e office and ane always involved in t h e w o rk
of our group.
I n Sympathy
We offer our condolences to J C G S member Katy Holden Heindl, who recently lost
her mother. While we a r e saddened by these inevitable events, we t a k e comfort in
the realization that this separation is temporary.
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In November, JCGS was chosen as a participating community by WNC Communities,
which recognizes community - based organizations involved in many various phases of
community betterment. The award, which carried a grant of 400 to the Society, was
presented at a luncheon at Grove P a r k Inn. Shown.above are WNC Communities Director
Linda Lamp and board member Robert Sipes presenting JCGS President Dorris Beck with
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On the same weekend when Dorris was receiving the Communities Award, we were in
Raleigh for tbe North Carolina Genealogical Society's workshop and awards presentation.
Journeys Through Jackson received the 2005 award for Excellence in Periodical Publishing.
And while the next award does not recognize JCGS as such, we are glad to include Deanne
Gibson Roles, shown here with Nancy Manning as they receive the award for Excellence in
Web Presence for the Old Buncombe Society. Deanne is one of our own, of course, and
coordinates our Web site as well as many other genealogical endeavors.
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see the connection. Submitted by Sam and Dorris Beck.
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We don't pretend to know who the above group might be, but we certainly hope someone
will come through with an identification for such an outstanding Mystery Photo. Submitted
by JCGS member Helen Miller Wood. In keeping with the times, persons were not
portrayed as very happy, and the elderly lady seated at the far right looks almost as grim as
the one second from the left. This might well be a four-generations photograph. The man
with the moustache has his hand on the shoulder of (probably) his wife. They might well be
the parents of some of the younger people in the back and the grandparents of the baby.
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[Ed. We wish everyone would come across old shoeboxes full of ihese kinds of materials, and have enough foresight
to hold on to them. Shared with us by JCGS member Helen Miller Wood, the papers belonged tc her grandfather
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John B. Miller was borned May the 6 1861
Emeline Miller was borned April the 12 1871
William A. Miller was borned Jan. the 3 1892
Minnie E. Miller was borned Sept. the 30 1893
Charlie W. Miller was borned Nov. the 6 1895
Died Nov. the 20 1897 2 years and 14 days old
Essie L. Miller was borned April the 16 1898
Twin boys were borned Jan the 24 1900 Dead borned
Jessie B. Miller was borned Jan. the 28 1901
Nettie E. Miller was borned Nov. the 13 1902
Robert G. Miller was borned Nov. the 17 1904
Martha L. Miller was borned Oct. the 15 1910
Francis O. Miller was borned Nov. the 3 1915
Births of J.B. and A.E. Miller's family
Written by Jessie B. Miller Addie N.C.
[Ed. John B. Miller was the son of William Miller and his wife Martha Clayton, daughter of
George and Artie Bryson Clayton. Emeline Miller was Nicy Amy Emiline Parris, daughter of
Alfred Washington and Louisa Conner Parris.]
Edna Mae Parris was born Nov 14th 1920
Frank Willard Parris was born Aug 26 1924
Kenneth James Parris was born July 10 1927
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Family of J.E. and Minnie Clayton
John M. Clayton was borned April the 25 1913
Vergie E. Clayton was borned Feb. the 27 1916
Lillie E. Clayton was borned April the 12 1918
Sally Elizabeth Clayton was borned July 11 1927
Emiline Miller was married at the age of 20 years
Family of W.A. and Gertie Miller
Willie M. Miller was borned Sept 9th 1917
Wayne S. Miller was born Oct 26 1919
Jessie Fae Miller was born Oct 20 1922
Emma Irene Miller was born March 30 1925
Junior Miller was born Aug 28 1927
Emiline Miller Died at the age of 53 years December 4th 1924 and was buried the 5 of Dec. 1924
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The Parris Family
Louisa Parris was born February the 21SI1841
Alfred Parris and Louisa Conner was married Febraar the
James Robert Parris was born July the i 1th 1860
John Alfred Parris was born Januarx the 18th 186^
Mar> Parris was born February the i 8" 1866
Celinda Parris was born September the 12 1868
Emeline Parris was born Aprul the 12th ] 871
Creacy Parris was born June the 18th 1875
Lydia Parris was born March the 17 18
Laura Parris was born November 15 ] 880
Docia Parris was born May 27 1883
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Jack, Mary, Theodocia"
[Ed. Very interesting photograph here. Docia Parris married James Baxter Laney in
Swain County. So does the inscription read "Uncle Back"? Their youngest child, Velma,
who was not born at the time of this photograph, was one of the Parris descendants who
tried for years to establish the correct identities of Parris siblings in Jackson County.]
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Sylva Township, Jackson County. N.C.
Nov 21,1901
Received of John B. Miller his taxes for the year 19C1. as follows:
For State Tax S.9E
For School Tax 2.14
For General County Tax 1.23
For Special County Tax 2.17
Total 6.52
/s/J.W. Davis, Sheriff
Scotts Creek Township, Jackson County, N.C.
Jan 4th 1923
Received of John B. Miller
His taxes for the year 1922, as follows:
Poll tax
County Tax
School tax
Bridge and Road Tax
Stock Law Tax (Dog)
Special for School
Total .
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Isl E.L. Wilson, Sheriff
The ones who were Baptized Sun August 12,1928 By Rev K. Allen
Margret Parris Glenn Nations
Edith Parris Mode Cogdill
Burlee Shular Bob Henry
Edna Hoyles Lloyd Painter
Mamie Parris Grady Norman
Georgie Mae Fisher J.V. Jones
Mamie Cogdill Cole Greene
Kay Sluder Gamie Pannell
Cecil Lindsey Hobert Littrell
Roy Lindsey Irene Morris
Dan Bishop Bessie Jones
Sam Morris
Written by Frances Miller Aug 13, 1928
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Above, a school group, possibly from Addie. Below, the only examples we have ever seen of
prescriptions for a mule.
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[Ed. We asked JCGS member Sanji Talley Watson to share old photographs with us. ana she complieG Following
are some of her submissions.]
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A number of the pictures shared with us by Sanji concentrate on the Shook family. Above,
the Tim and Clercy Hooper Shook family. The daughters are Jemima (Tucker), Bertha
(Fisher), Martha (Owen), Jane (Chastain), Mary (Davis), and Ida (Orr). The sons are
Clyde, Willard, Vess, George, and Fate Shook. Below, William Jesse and Rachel Malinda
Reed Burrell.
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Sanji reports that the above photograph was taken about two weeks before the Rocky
Hollow congregation moved to Cedar Baptist Church. A partial list of those in the picture
would include Alonzo Brown, Alvin Luker, Jim Middleton, Dave Middleton, Eldon Shook,
Eva Brown Prince, Selma Jean Middleton, Mae Haskett, Lucy Watson Middleton, Delia
Mae Shook Luker, Eoma Luker, Doris Luker, Dorothy Luker, Theda Middleton, Delores
Middleton, Wayne Prince, J.B. Brown, James Brown, and Ronnie Haskett. For those
members unfamiliar with the territory so to speak, the Cedar church is located on Highway
2S1 a few miles south of Tuckasegee. The names above are very representative of this part
of Jackson County, and all of these last names are still found in the Cedar Valley area.
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On the following page, one of the older photographs submitted. It shows Jim Shook, Laura
Shook (Chastain), Theodocia (Shook) Watson, Joseph Marion Shook, Elizabeth Jemima
(Middleton) Shook, Vess Shook, and Lecy Watson. Picture taken ca. 1908-1909.
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[Ed. We continue in this issue with the abstractions of Jackson Count? marriage "licenses, unless s different location is
stated, the persons lived in Jackson County. Abstracted b> Larr\ Crawford in the Jackson Counts Register of Deeds
Office March 2006 ]
Ellis Beasley (22) (white), son of Jerry and Mattie Beasley (both living), to Artie Dillard (21).
(white), daughter of John and Dora Dillard (both living)... marriage by Russell Painter. J.P.. 13
Aug 1911 at Svlva.
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H.W. Ward (36) (white), son of Decater and Jane Ward (both living), to Cora Monteith (20).
(white), daughter of Hix Monteith (dead) and Ira Monteith (living...marriage by J.H. Bradley,
J,P. 13 Aug 1911 at Wilmot.
Cole McMahan (24) (white), son of Levi McMahan (living) and Lucian McMahan (dead), to
Emma McMahan (21) (white), daughter of Lucresia McMahan (living)...marriage by A.W.
Davis, Baptist Minister, 18 Aug 1911 at the jail in Webster.
B.H. Harris (19) (white), son of W.M. and Allie Harris (both living), to Flora Watson (18)
(white), daughter of Lou Watson (living)...marriage by L. Bumgarner, J.P., 20 Aug 1911 at
Sylva.
W.D. Barnes (27) (white), son of G.N. Barnes (living), and Josie Barnes (dead), to Rilda
Arwood (18) (white), daughter of Nathan Arwood (dead), and Kans Arwood (living)... marriage
by L. Bumgarner, J.P., 20 Aug 1911 at Sylva.
Erve Pannell (21) (white), son of M.J. and Matilda Pannell (both living), to Lillian Henson (21)
(white), daughter of Rufus and Laura Henson (both living)...marriage by J.T. Carson, Baptist
Minister, 27 Aug 1911 at the residence of M.N. Wiggins, Scotts Creek.
A.F. Clouse (28) (white), son of M.C. Clouse (dead) and Manerva Clouse (living), to Beulah
Warren (18) (white), daughter of W.L. and Sallie Warren (both living)...marriage by L.
Bumgarner, J.P., 27 Aug 1911 at Sylva.
John Williams (26) (white), son of J.K. and Polly Williams (both dead), to Elnora Frady (17)
(white), daughter of Napoleon and Lizie Frady (both dead); A.-W. Cope and Joe Williams give
consent as the parties E. Frady has been and is staying with; rriarriage by J.L. Kinsland, Baptist
Minister, 3 Sep 1911, at the home of J.K. Williams, Savannah.
E.D. Dills (64) (white), son of Jack and Margaret Dills (both dead), to Hiley D. Gibson (15)
(white), daughter of Joe Franklin (dead) and Clementine Gibson (living); Clementine Gibson
gives consent as mother; marriage by P.N. Price, J.P., 1 Sep 1911 at River Township.
Bob Moore (26) (white), son of CC. and Aima Moore (both living), to Dessie Henson (19)
(white), daughter of Sam and Millie Henson (both living)...marriage by E.N. Brown, J.P., 4 Sep
1911 at JE.M. Cowart's house, Caney Fork.
John Martin (22) (white), son of Richard and Jane Martin (both living), to Zettie Green (21)
(white), daughter of John Green (living) and Mollie Green (dead)...marriage by W.W. Anthony,
Minister, 7 Sep 1911 atNath Bumgarner's, Qualla.
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Abey Pettey (21) (black), son of Jim Pettey (living) and Lucinda Pettey (dead), to Nina Love
(3 8) (black), daughter of Annis Love (living)...marriage by M.Y. Jarrett, J.P., 6 Sep 1911 at
Dillsboro.
Jim Whitmire (25) (black), son of Robt. And Mollie Whitmire (both living), to Mamie
Thompson (28) (black), daughter of Sam and Mirica Thompson, marriage b\ M.Y Jarrett. J.P..
6 Sep 19i 1 at DiUsboro.
Tom Norman (25) (black), son of Harry Norman (living) and Marsella Norman (dead), to Carry
Washington (22) (black), daughter of Monroe and Lou Washington (both dead)...marriage by
M.Y. Jarrett. J.P. 6 Sep 1911 at Dillsboro.
Joe Cunningham (21) (white), son of Sam Cunningham (dead) and Tinie Sherrill (living), to
Lola Green (20) (white), daughter of W.T. Green (living) and Hattie Green (dead)... marriage by
M.Y. Jarrett, J.P., 9 Sep 1911 at Dillsboro.
Card Robinson (21) (white), son of W.H. Robinson (living) and Lizzie Robinson (dead), to
Lake Alexander (14) (white), daughter of M.P. and Sallie Alexander (both living); consent of
M.P. and Sallie Alexander as parents; marriage by M.P. Alexander, Baptist Minister, at M.P.
Alexander's, Cashiers Valley.
Garland Barker (29) (white), son of Rufus and Jane Barker (both dead), to Mattie Love (28)
(white), daughter of J.L. Love (dead) and Albia Love (living)... marriage by J.J. Gray, Methodist
Minister, 27 Sep 1911 at Sylva.
Oscar Carver (21) (white), of Macon County, son of Nelson Carver (living in Macon County)
and Martha Carver (dead), to Lydia Passmore (21) (white), daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah
Passmore (both living)...marriage by J.L. Kinsland, Baptist Minister, 15 Oct 1911 at Nathaniel
Passmore's, Savannah.
Walter McDowell (21) (black), son of Allen and Rachel McDowell (both living), to Gertie
Gaither (20) (black), daughter of Henry Gaither (dead) and Sarah Gaither (living)... marriage by
M.Y. Jarrett, J.P., 30 Sep 1911 at Dillsboro.
Thos. O. Wilson (30) (white), son of R.M. Wilson (dead) and Hicks Wilson (living) to Luetta
Buchanan (21) (white) , daughter of W.O. and Cordelia Buchanan (both living)...marriage by
JJ. Gray, Methodist Minister 1 Oct 1911 at Sylva.
Erastus Blanton (28) (white), son of W.R. and Pina Blanton (both living), to Bessie Shular (20)
(white), daughter of R.B. and Emelyn Shular (both living)...marriage by M.A. Norman, Baptist
Minister, 3 Oct 1911 at Scotts Creek.
Don Frizeli (22) (white), son of Mack and Mary Frizeli (both living) to Minnie Watson (16)
(white), daughter of Bob and Mant Watson (both living); Bob and Mant Watson give consent as
parents; marriage by A.W. Davis, Baptist Minister, 8 Oct 1911 at the schoolhouse on Long
Branch in Cullowhee.
Albert Ross McDonald (27) (white) of Ohio, son of O.C., S.E. McDonald (both living), to Ethel
Eliza Griffes (27) (white) of Florida, daughter of J.A., Eliza Griffes (both dead)...marriage by
Henry C. Parker, Episcopal Minister 9 Oct 1911 at Balsam Lodge, Scotts Creek.
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Zeb V. Watson (48) (white), son of J.H. Watson (dead) and Lucinda Watson (living), to Dora
M. Hall (39) (white), daughter of Ben Farmer (living)...marriage by J.J. Gray, Methodist
Minister, 8 Oct 1911 at residence of L.W. Monteith. Sylva.
John H. Hinkle (23) (white) of Transylvania County, son of Perry and Man' Hinkle (both living
in Transylvania Count}), to Rosa M. Henson 0 " n (white), daughter of Wesie> and Hattie
Henson (both living j...nc other information given.
Thurman Potts (20) (white), son of Francis and Hannah Potts (both living), tc Fannie Crisp
(19) (white), daughter of Sam Crisp and (both living)...marriage by Thomas H. Queen,
Baptist Minister. 15 Oct 1911 at "my house near Balsam Station."
Harrison Franks (22) (white), son of Jack and Lou Franks (both living), to Myrtle Franks (18)
(white), daughter of Garrett and Arzelia Franks (both living)... marriage by H.H. Hooper, J.P., 15
Oct 1911 at L.J. Franks', Glenville.
Shelvin Queen (23) (white), son of Geo. Queen (living) and Ellen Queen (dead) to Lizzie Daves
(18) (white), daughter of Sarah Daves (living)...marriage by J.H. Mathews, J.P., 22 Oct 1911 at
Thos Daves' house, Canada.
Jerry Green (22) (white), son of Chas and Becca Green (both living), to Mirdell Wilson (16)
(white), daughter of Jim Wilson (dead) and Florence Morrison (living); Florence and Riley
Morrison give consent; marriage by B.H. Hooper, J.P., 15 Oct 1911 at the residence of the bride,
Cullowhee.
Robert Hedden (21) (white), son of Dillard and Catherine Hedden (both dead), to Minnie Terry
(16) (white), daughter of M.T. and Josie Terry (both living)...marriage by M.A. Norman, Baptist
Minister, 15 Oct 1911 atM.T. Terry's, Scotts Creek.
Wesley Crow (22) (Indian), son of Severe Crow and Laura Crow (mother living), to Mollie
Welch (32) (Indian), daughter of John G. Welch (living) and Lizzie Welch (dead)... marriage by
William Ratliff, Baptist Minister, 24 Oct 1911 at John L. Maney's, Wrights Creek.
Mack Frizeli (21) (white), son of Cole and Lucye FrizeU (both dead), to Sallie Morgan (21)
(white), daughter of John Morgan (dead) and Lizzie Morgan (living)...returned not executed 23
Oct 1911.
J.C. Shular (37) (white), son of David and Susan Shular (both living), to Fannie Parker (28)
(white), daughter of Mat and Martha Parker (both living)...marriage by Russell Painter, J.P., 22
Oct 1911 at Dillard Parker's, Scotts Creek.
Lawrence Barker (28) (white) of Swain County, son of Mack and Delsie Barker (both living), to
Rosa Stephens (24) (white), daughter of Henry Parker (living) and Vira Barker (dead).. .marriage
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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.
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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.
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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.]
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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.
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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?
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[Ed. The following is submitted by JCGS member (and President) Dorris Dills Beck. Dorris emphasizes that she
welcomes corrections and additions to this work.]
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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 - )
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Watts, Jim
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Sherman, Robert M.
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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.
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Guide to the Manuscript
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Generations: Your Family in
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Americans in Conflict: The Civil
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Mayflower Families Through Five
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Microfilm Resources for Research
The Ring-Tailed Panther
Guide to Genealogical Records in
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All of Me From AtoZ
1995-96 APG Directory of
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The Heritage of Catawba County,
Volume 1,1986
The Wike Family: Descendants of
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Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to
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Kentucky Marriages, 1797-1865
Swiss and German Pioneer Settlers
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The Pennsylvania German in the
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Wykle Family and Related
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Keeping Up With the Joneses
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[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.
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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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The Official Journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, Inc.
Vol. XXXI, No. I 2021 Vol. 1
JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.
2 0 2 0 O f f i c e r s
President
Vice Presidents
Kenneth Nicholson
Secretary.
Treasurer
Librarian
Ruth Crawford Shuler, William "Bill" Crawford
Lynn Hotaling
Karen Nicholson
Office Manager Mary Buchanan Smith
Kirk Stephens
.... Sanji Talley Watson
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Editor
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.
People frequently ask us questions about transcriptions of records or abstractions that we do for JTJ. We have to
transcribe those records as they are written. If a person's name is misspelled, we have to write it as the person wrote
it. If there are more than one listing for a person, we have to put all of the listings. Sometimes, the person recording
the information has lapses of legible writing or has written so faint that it is hard to read or decipher. If there are
blanks in the information, know that everything has been done to try to get accurate information.
As always, if you have any information, stories, pictures or family pedigree charts, please feel free to get them to
us. Unbeknownst to you, you may have that one piece of information, a date or a name that someone has been
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CORRECTION: In the last issue oi JTJ, we identified the mother in the picture on page 94
incorrectly. We have listed Jemima Middleton Shook, it should read Clercy Jane
Hooper.
From the Editor
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents 1
JCGS Photo Album 2-6
1890 Soldier and Sailor Census 7-14
President Kenneth Nicholson 15
Library Acquisitions 16
Descendants of John Thomas Taham 17-20
1959 & 1960 Jackson County Death Certificates 21-24
Outline Descendant Report for Frederick (Baumgarten) Bumgarner 25-28
1880 Jackson County Census 29-32
Descendants of William Solomon Parker, Sr 33-36
Index 39-40
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to drag out your research and work on it. If we can help in any way, please
feel free to call and come in.
The Jackson County Genealogical Society offers our prayers, thoughts
and condolences for JCGS member Kirk Stephens on the passing of his
sister, Rhonda Stephens Lockman (1957-2020).
To any of the members that have also suffered losses in the past months,
we offer our prayers, thoughts and condolences to you also.
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JCGS Photo Album
Here are some more pictures that were shared with the Society by Larry Crawford.
Picture to the above left; Larry has identified as Hester
(Grandma) and unknown.
Picture above: A creek in Washington State in 1951.
Picture to the left: Possibly Evelyn Crawford Terrell,
holding Roger.
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Picture to the above left is a total mystery to Larry,
so if anyone knows anything about this picture,
please let us know.
Picture above: Larry is not sure who the left is but
has an idea that the person on the right may be
Paul Hoyle.
The picture to the left: There is a note on the back
that says Mary Lawson.
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JCGS Photo Album
The picture above is of the Hute and Bessie Blanton family. The two oldest boys, Glenn and Guy, are not
in the picture. In the back is Gertude, to the right of Bessie, Eloise to the far left, Vaughn in Hute's lap and
Don A. in Bessie's lap.
The picture below: left to right: Unknown; Hazel Norman, Kathleen Jones; Eldrie Norman, Willa Mae
Bryson.
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This picture is supposed to be the Clemmy Wood family. Can anyone
identify the people in this picture.
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JCGS Photo Album
The pictures are Catherine Watson (4 Oct 1826-2 Jul 1899) and John Moore (4 Jan 1824-16 Jul 1900).
She was the daughter of George WUliam Watson (27 Oct 1802-7 Dec 1872) and Francis Gribble (1805-13
Aug 1876). She was the granddaughter of Adam Watson and Catherine Hughes, also, John Gribble and
Margaret Black.
He was the son of Abner Senter Moore (10 Jul 1801-26 Aug 1884) and Annie Cook (4 Oct 1804-Oct
1877). He was the grandson of John Parker Moore and Charlotte Millie Redmond.
They were married 18 Jan 1846. They had the following children; Frances E.; Abner S.; Anna A.; Isaac
Talor; N. W.; George Mericus; John Ellis; Martha Jane; Leander Thomas; Mary Caroline; and Ulyes
Grant.
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1890 Soldiers and Sailors Census
In January 1921, the 1890 census was destroyed in a fire at the Commerce Department Building in Washington, DC,
25% was destroyed by fire and 50% was destroyed by the water used to put out the fire. At the time of the census, it
was administered by the Department of the Interior, but in 1902, the Census Bureau was formed.
The 1890 Schedules were different, workers prepared a separate sheet for each family. On these schedules they
recorded questions relating to: Race (White, Black, Mulatto, Quadroon, Octoroon, Chinese, Japanese, Indian); Home
Ownership; ability to speak English; Immigration; and Naturalization. Women were asked number of children bom
and number living at the time of the census.
The 1890 Census of Soldiers and Sailors was done in 1890 to obtain a record of surviving Union Soldiers. In reporting,
some of the enumerators added Confederate soldiers. Most, then drew a line through those. Not all townships, or all
counties were saved.
As the majority of the 1890 Census was destroyed in a fire, with only a small amount of it being saved, only pwrtions
of the following states were saved: Illinois; Georgia; New Jersey; Alabama; Minnesota; New York; Ohio; South
Dakota, North Carolina and Texas. The records saved for North Carolina were just a few of the Gaston and Cleveland
County records. All total, nationwide, only 6150 names are recorded on the saved records.
The following is the 1890 Census records for the Soldiers and Sailors for Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain and
Transylvania Counties. How to read: House No.; Family No; Names of Surviving Soldier, Sailor and Marines, and
Widows; Rank; Company; Name of Regiment or Vessel; Date of Enlistment; Date of Discharge; Length of Service.
Haywood County
Waynesville Township
House/ Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of Date of Length of
family Enlistment Discharge Service
68/69 Owenby, Robert N. 25 Sep 1863 16 Aug 1965
110/112 Robinson, Horidatis F. P G 11 1 Jan 1863 30 Jul 1865 2y, 7m
172/174 Lanning, William C. P F 2 Nov 1863 Aug 1865
4/ Williams, Alexander P F 6 17 Aug 1861 Jan 1863
1/1 Barnes, Francis P C 2 VA 25 Sep 1861 30 Oct 1862
Barnes, Francis L G 4 VA 29 Aug 1963 8 Mar 1864
Barnes, Francis L F 180 1 Oct 1864 20 Jul 1865
30/30 Gaylor, Alexander B. Soldier
""" Francis Barnes served three different times, the first two was with the Virginia Cavalry, the second was in the
Infantry.
East Fork Township
House/
family
Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of
Enlistment
Date of
Discharge
Length of
Service
59/60 Gibson, Elijah L. P C 10 NC 5 Dec 1864 15 Apr 1865 ly, 4m, lOd
SD 5 ED 118 (Post office listed as Pigeon River)
House/ Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of Date of Length of
family Enlistment Discharge Service
68/69 Russel, Jospeh H. P 3 NC Inf 1 Mar 1865
152/153 HaU, Leander W. 2Sgt H 3 NC Inf 1 Jan 1865 4 Apr 1865 7m, 8d
161/161 Clark, Mickie L. P G 8TNInf 1862
174/175 Edwards, Oliver P H 11 TNCa Sep 1863 1865 ly, 5m
249/250 Hall, George Jr. P H 3 NC Inf 1 Jan 1865 8 Aug 1865 7m, 8d
251/252 Clark, Richard M. P H 3 NC Inf 1 Jan 1865 8 Aug 1865 7m, 8d
263/264 Vick, Noah - Ely Vick wid. P 1 TNCa
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278/279 Robinson, William T. P G 14 IL Ca 1 Mar 1864 31 Jul 1865 ly, 5m
279/280 Robinson, Henry C. H 3 NC Inf 20 Mar 1865
307/308 Harkin, Daniel G. Corp C 3 NC Inf 8 Oct 1864 8 Aug 1865 10m
Clyde Township
House/
family
Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of
Enlistment
Date of
Discharge
Length of
Service
3/3 Swangin, Rebecca A.
widow of John Swangin
» K 10 •• Mar 186? 186? 2y
51/51 Massey, John
US Soldier
P H 3NC 25 Jun 1865 8 Aug 1965 6m, 13 d
59/59 Grasty, Joseph J.
US Soldier
P I 3NC 3 Mar 1865 5m, 5d
133/136 Brown, Thomas W. Sgt. L 1 TN
CA
1 Oct 1862 5 June 1865 2y, 9m, 5d
•Recruiting Officer ** Michigan Cavalry
Crabtree Township
House/
family
Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of
Enlistment
Date of
Discharge
Length of
Service
11?/- Jones, Hesekiah P F 7NC 1 Oct 1863 16 Aug 1965 ly, 10m, 15d
168/- Welch, John H. P D 4TN ??Jul 1863 ??Jul 1865 ly, 11m, 13d
17/17 Shipman, Marion T. P F 2NC 1 Oct 1863 16 Aug 1865 ly, 10m, 15d
Iron Duff Township
House/
family
Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of
Enlistment
Date of
Discharge
Length of
Service
63/63 Colwell, James A. P H 3 NCI 5 Feb 1864 5 Aug 1865 ly, 6m
Cataloochee Township
House/
family
Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of
Enlistment
Date of
Discharge
Length of
Service
6/6 Lacknore, Warren J. P 3 NCI 15 Oct 1864 5 Apr 1865 6m, lOd
20/20 Caldwell, Andy C. P 62 NCI 11 Nov 1864 5 Apr 1865 5m, 9d
23/23 Messer, Elijah M. P 63 NCI 15 Sep 1864 5 Apr 1865 6m, 20d
31/31 Cagle, Henry H. P 9TNC 15 Oct 1864 5 Apr 1865 6m, lOd
93/93 HaU, John P 60OHC 18 Aug 1864 5 Aug 1865 7m, 17d
95/95 Louis, Harry H. P K 5TNI 14 Feb 1862 5 Apr 1865 3y, lm,21d
29/29 CaldweU, WUly J.
Jonathan Creek Township
House/
family
Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of
Enlistment
Date of
Discharge
Length of
Service
89/92 Messer, Samuel K 11 TNC 1862 1865 2y
186/191 Roberts, Elbert F. P K 23 IN I Aug 1864 Aug 1865 ly
Jackson County
Cullowhee Township
House/
family
Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of
Enlistment
Date of
Discharge
Length of
Service
88/91 KeUer, WiUiam H. P 1 79 PA I 6 Mar 1865 17 Jul 1865 5m, lid
140/145 Gibbs, William K. 1 Sgt A 188 NYI 6 Sep 1864 1 Jun 1865 9m, 26d
Scotts Creek Township
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House/
family
Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of
Enlistment
Date of
Discharge
Length of
Service
140/144 Henry, James P I THA Apr 1864 Aug 1865 ly, 4m
24/25 Crawford, Martha widow of
Crawford, Robert P.
P D 9TNC
Dillsboro
House/
family
Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of
Enlistment
Date of
Discharge
Length of
Service
92/92 Cunningham, Aaron P E 2TNC 2y
Cashiers
House/ Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of Date of Length of
Family Enlistment Discharge Service
27/27 Hooper, Alfred M. P D 9TNC 1 Jun 1864 11 Sep 1865 ly, 2m, lid
84/84 Heaton, Hanabaid H. P G 5TNI 1 Apr 1862 15 May 1865 3v, Im, 14d
42/42 Hooper, William R. P D 9TNC 7 Sep 1863 11 Sep 1865 2y, Om, 4d
Caney Fork Township
House/
family
Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of
Enlistment
Date of
Discharge
Length of
Service
51/51 Fortner, William D. P H 11 TNC 1863 1864 ly, 6m
Hamburg Township
House/
family
Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of
Enlistment
Date of
Discharge
Length of
Service
2/2 McCall, William P D 9TNC 1863 1865 1 y, 6m
103/103 Smith, William P D 3US V Oct 1864 Dec 1865 ly, 4m
42/44 Hooper, Henry M. P D 9TNC 9 Mar 1864 11 Sep 1865 ly, 6m
Canada Township
House/
family
Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of
Enlistment
Date of
Discharge
Length of
Service
6/6 Owen, Andrew J P D 3NC? 13 Aug 1864 1865 10m
64/65 Fortner, Elijah W. P L 9TNC 15 Sep 1863 14 Sep 1865 ly, 1 Im, 30d
72/74 Mathis, David H. P D 9TNC 25 May 1864 11 Sep 1865 ly, 3m, 17d
87/89 Crawford, Rudison N. P E 1 TNI 1 Apr 1864 1 Aug 1865 ly, 4m
103/105 Mathis, John N. P D 9TNC 25 May 1864 11 Sep 1865 ly, 3m, 17d
Macon County
Nantahala Township
House/ Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of Date of Length of
family Enlistment Discharge Service
113/116 Morgan, J. H. P C 3TNI 26 Jul 1864 30 Nov 1864 4m, 4d
124/127 Garrison, E., widow of P C 5TNI 5 Aug 1864 16 Jul 1865 11m, lid
Garrison, ? H.
130/133 Gregory, A. M. P F 10 TNC 4 Aug 1863 4 Aug 1865 ly
156/165 Garrison, Jospeh H. P C 5TNI 5 Aug 1864 16 Jul 1865 llm, l i d
119/122 Winfrey, ?. B. Sgt H 3TNI 1863 1865
166/173 Lambert, S. C. P A ??I 12 May 1863 1865
167/174 Jones, Louis P L 3TNC 3 May 1864 2 Jul 1865 l y , 2m, i d
50/51 Jones, Riley P L 3TNC 3??? 1864 1865
168/175 Ledbetter, Daniel P E 3TNI 16 Jul 1864 20 Dec 1864 3m, 4d
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Highlands Township
House/
family
Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of
Enlistment
Date of
Discharge
Length of
Service
1/1 Thompson, John R. Maj K Staff
Commisary
General
23 Nov 1863 Dec 1865 2y, Im
49/50 Smith, Charies O. P B 2DC' 9 Aug 1861 5Jun 1863 2y, 9m, 26d
43/44 Towbridge, Marietta C
widow of James A
Towbridge
P G 1 CN H.A. 11 Sep 1861 22 Nov 1861 2m, 1 Id
50/51 Wells, Benson O. P N 70 TNI 4 Oct 1861 8 Oct 1862 ly, 4d
88/84 Heacock, Jonathan P 14TN 1 8 Oct 1861 19 Feb 1863 ly, 4m, 1 Id
89/90 Partridge, William P 24 Kan
103/104 Henry, Antte P F 2 Wis I llJun 1861 24 Dec 1862 ly, 6m, 13d
Henry, Antte P A 1 Wis A 18 Nov 1863 18 Aug 1865 ly, 9m
104/105 ?illick, Clenger Corp I 1 CNHG 4TN 1864 1 Oct 1865 ly,3m, 27d
106/107 Webb, William P C 2TNC 18 Sep 1862 5 Jul 1865 2y, 7m, 17d
109/110 Hallech, Joseph 2Lt G 1 MNI 13 Feb 1864 13 Jun 1865 ly, 4m
114/115 Poole, Stephen P A 2MnI 1 Mar 1865 12 Jul 1865 4m, lid
116/117 Walden Theron D. Corp D 72 NY I 23 May 1861 23 May 1862 ly
123/124 Anderson, William N. 1 Lt H 80 OH I 18 Apr 1861 25 Aug 1865 4y, 4m, 7d
131/132 DifTenderfer, Charles L. Sgt C 3 Wis I 22 Apr 1861 24 Jul 1864 3y, 3m, 2d
135/136 Rideout, James P I 1 Maine I 8 Jul 1861 10 Dec 1861 5m, 2d
Rideout, James 1 Lt G 15 Maine I lOJun 1862 22 Jul 1866 4y, 6m, 12d
• District of Columbia •• Militia
Franklin Township
House/ Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of Date of Length of
family Enlistment Discharge Service
89/95 Hodgin, Wm. L. Spt G 3TN 24 Jul 1864 30 Aug 1865 llOd
90/96 Hodgin, Martin D. P G 3TN
228/??? Bulgin, William L. ??
260/277 Willis, Ruben A. Spt F lOTNC 13 Apr 1863 1 Aug 1865 ly, 8m, 18d
331-349 Blair, William p K 3TNC 20 Mar 1864 10 Jun 1865 ly, 2m, 20d
334/352 Burke, Clarence H. Spt H 59?? Dec 1863 1 Aug 1865 ly, 8m
14/14 Haney, Malissa widow
67/69 Glenenell, Mary widow •
* 1872 widow of US Soldier
Millshoal Township
House/
family
Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of
Enlistment
Date of
Discharge
Length of
Service
33/34 Williams, James L. P L 2 Reg 1862 1865 2y, 8m
Sugarfork Township
House/
family
Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of
Enlistment
Date of
Discharge
Length of
Service
1/1 Teague, Milley widow of
Manley Teague
P 1862 8m
Rogers, Willard T. P M 4TNC 7 May 1864 12 Jul 1865 ly, Im
Smith's Bridge Township
House/
family
Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of
Enlistment
Date of
Discharge
Length of
Service
149/151 Young, Anderson W. P L I2TNI 3 Aug 1864 25 Oct 1865 ly, 2m, 22 d
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Cowee Township
House/
family
Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of
Enlistment
Date of
Discharge
Length of
Service
2/2 Shephard, Henry C. P
28/30 Shephard, Jace P
i i m Shuler, Geo. W. C 3TNC
39/41 Shuler, Joseph L. P C 3TNC Jun 1864 Jan 1864 7m
206/209 Raby, Markus A. P H 16 NC 3 May 1861
112/115 Mathis, Andrew J.
Swain County
Nantahala Township
House/
family
Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of
Enlistment
Date of
Discharge
Length of
Service
1/1 Sawyer, Nathan T. P C 3TN1 26 Jul 1864 30 Nov 1864 4m, 4d
116/116 Clampitt, James * L lOTNC Nov 1864 1865
120/120 Street, Lelissa E. widow of
John Street
Sgt E 3 NCI
93/93 Tetherow, Alfred 3TN1 1864 1864
261/261 Massey, Samuel P K 10 MIC 4 Sep 1863 2y, 5m
271/271 Cathey, Josiah A. P C 5TNI 5 Aug 1864 16 Jul 1865 llm, 9d
281/281 Bearmeat, Daniel P D lOTNC
285/285 Mumblehead, Nancy widow
of Mose Mumblehead
P lOTNC
286/286 Arneach, Okwataga P D 3 NCI 15 Nov 1864 8 Aug 1865 9m, 23d
287/287 Brown, John P D 3 NCI 15 Nov 1864 8 Aug 1865 9m, 23d
292/292 Otter, Thomas P D 3 NCI 15 Nov 1864 8 Aug 1865 9m, 23d
300/300 Hiwana, Noah J. Sf?t G 3TNI 1 Jul 1864 30 Nov 1864 5y
35/35 Aber, Daniel J.
• Teamster
Forney's Creek Township
House/
family
Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of
Enlistment
Date of
Discharge
Length of
Service
21/21 P B 3 6 Jun 1861 1865 4y
9/12 Gibson, John P F 3MtI Dec 1864 1865 8m
18/21 Mcclure, Thomas T. P C 3TNMt 26 Jul 1864 30 Nov 1864 4m, 4d
21/25 Anthony, Jasper W. P C 3TN1 26 Jul 1864 30 Nov 1864 4m, 4d
26/30 Guntcr» Mary widow of
Enos A. Gunter *
P E 39 NC Aug 1861 15 Feb 1864 3y, 6m
23/31 Anthony, Nancy A. widow
of William Anthony
Corp C 3TN 26 Jul 1864 30 Mar 1864 4m, 4d
31/34 P G NCI 20 Aug 1862 25 Apr 1865 2v, 8m, 5d
36/39 Hemphillt Nancy widow of
William W. Hemphill *
P G 62 NCI 1862 Sep 1865 Died in
prison
42/45 Panther^ Samuel C. * P NC Art. May 1862 30 Apr 1865 3y
46/49 Woody^ John • P K TLNC Oct 1862 1863 3m
48/51 P B 1 SC** 23 Dec 1864 9 Apr 1865 3m, lid
48/51 Lcstcr» Daniel • Capt B 1 SC 1864 1 Jul
1865*»»
8m. I5d
51/54 Penland, William J. P E 8TN 23 Jul 1863 ly, 3m
53/57 Hoylc, Jacob L. • P A 6NC May 1861 1863 2y, 6m
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58/62 Jenkins, Jeremiah P K 8 10 Jun 1864 10 Jul 1865 ly
61/65 Nichols, William P A NC 1864 1864 ly
68/72 Proctor, James P 1864 1865
70/74 Monteith^ Thomas S. * P G 62 NCI Mar 1863 1864 8m
73/77 Crisp, William P. P L 3TNC 30 Mar 1864 3 Aug 1865 ly, 2m, 4d
/82 Welch, Joseph * P H NCI Jul 1862 Apr 1865 2y, 7m
88/93 Stewart, Rylent W. 2NC? Sep 1863 ly, 7m
95/100 Higdon, John H. * P NCI 1863 ly, 10m
97/102 Lassey^ Peter C. • P I 26 NCI 14 Oct 1862 14 Oct 1863 ly
103/108 P I 26 NCI Jul 1862 1863**»* ly, 4m
107/112 Bradshaw, Josiah R. Sgt K I NCC 21 Jun 1861 1865 3y, 8m
112/117 Cook, Henry B. P 62 NCI 1862 1863 8 m
113/118 Brookst George A • P 1 25 NCI 1862 1863 11m
115/120 Crisp, James Morison P 1 Mar 1863 1 May 1865 ly, Im
106/111 Wilson, Adam P A 3TNC 1862 1865
119/124 Cogdill, Joseph W. * P B 25 NCI 1861 1865 3y, 6m
121/126 Welch, Joseph W. * P H TLNCI 1862 1865 3y
128/133 Payne, Green B. P C 3TNI 18 Sep 1864 1865 6m
133/138 Powell, William J. P B 6TNI 8 Mar 1862 15 Mar 1865 3m, 7d
146/154 Cathey» George • Capt C TLNCI 1 Sep 1864 15 Apr 1865 8m, 15d
150/150 Elliott^ Briee B. P C TN Art Jan 1863 Apr 1865 2y, 3m
148/163 Wndardt James * P B 3TNI May 1861 30 May 1865 4y
73/77 Crisp, Elizabeth
* Confederate Soldier Sharp Shooter ••• Disbanded Captured
Oconalufty Township
House/
family
Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of
Enlistment
Date of
Discharge
Length of
Service
14/14 Got-p-a, John I P D 3 NCI 11 Jun 1864 8 Aug 1865 ly, 2m, 19d
18 Os-lay-iway, Nancy widow
of Thomas Os-lay-iway
P D 3 NCI 15 Nov 1864 8 Aug 1865 9m, 23d
23/23 Os-lay-iway, Or-sti-na-gar P D 3 NCI 11 Jun 1864 8 Aug 1865 ly, 2m, 19d
26/26 Kannothe, Tom P D 3 NCI 11 Jun 1864 8 Aug 1865 ly, 2m, 19d
32/32 Brown, Nancy widow of Ben
Brown
P D 3 NCI 11 Jun 1864 8 Aug 1865 ly, 2m, 19d
36/36 Patterage, David P D 3 NCI 11 Jun 1864 8 Aug 1865 ly, 2m, 19d
53/53 Walk, Nancy widow of John
Walk
P D 3 NCI 11 Jun 1864 8 Aug 1865 ly, 2m, 19d
81/81 Swaney, John spt C 3TNI 26 Jul 1864 30 Mar 1865 ly, 4m, 5d
107/107 Johnson, Stephen P D 3 NCI 11 Jun 1864 8 Aug 1865 ly, 2m, 19d
129/130 Walkingstick, James P
44/1 Cayb, Annie widow
Charleston Township
House/
family
Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of
Enlistment
Date of
Discharge
Length of
Service
1/1 Gray, Jamie M. P I 3 NCI 8 Feb 1865 8 Aug 1865 6m
6/6
Monter^'ille Wright *
P A 1861 1864
107/109 ??? Morgan R. * P
347/404 Crowe, Jacob H. P H 2 NYC 27 Jun 1861 21 Jun 1865 3y, 11m, 24d
429/429 Frisby, Lorany P B 2NC Jan 1863 16 Aug 1865 2y
370/377 Henderson, Zachariah P H 2 NCI 1 Oct 1863 6 Aug 1865 ly, 19m, 5d
462/468 Bradshaw, William R. P A 9TNI 1 Apr 1865 1865
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152/156 Waters, James B.
217/223 Jenkins, Jermiah
417/423 Franklin, Malisie
168/174 W?????, Joseph * P ThL 1862
168/175 llarg???, John G. * P K 4SC 15 Apr 1861 4 Apr 1865 3y, 1 Im, 2d
170/177 Lake, Benjamin B. Capt B 1 OhC 10 Sep 1861 22 Feb 1864 2y, 7m
171/178 F???? Daniel G. * Capt G ThL 27 Aug 1861 1865
180/188 Mathis, David P B Jul 1863
185/193 C????4 John ? * P H 3TNI 1 Jul 1864 25 Dec 1864 5m, 5d
204/212 Burns, Sarah widow of
Asbufi' Burns •
P May 186?
212/220 Birchfield, Sarah A. widow
of Robert L. D. Birchfield
Capt
214/222 McLean, Woodfln K. P B 2 NCR 1 Apr 1864 16 Aug 1865 ly, 4m, 16d
224/230 Hyde, James H. 1 Lt D 1 TNA 1 Nov 1861 20 Jul 1865 3y, 8m, 19d
376/383 Garrett, Nancy C. widow
of William Garrett
P Kirk's
Regiment
378/385 Fox, Robert L. P B 7NC 25 Sep 1863 14 Aug 1865 ly, 10m, 28d
383/390 Mathis, John P A Bry son's
Reg.
Jul 1864
•Confederate
Transylvania County
Little River Township
House/
family
Name Rank Co. Reg. Date of
Enlistment
Date of
Discharge
Length of
Service
18/18 Capps, Comelus A. P F 1 KYC 22 Jul 1864 24 Jul 1865 ly, 5m, 2d
19/19 Jones, Solomon P F 2 NCI 1 Oct 1863 16 Aug 1865 ly, 10m, 16d
72/74 Shipman, Caleb P F 2 NCI 1 Oct 1863 16 Aug 1865 ly, 10m, 16d
74/76 Merrell, Perry Spt. F 2 NCI 1 Oct 1863 16 Aug 1865 ly, 10m, 16d
75/77 Merrell, William F. P F 2 NCI 1 Mar'865 16 Aug 1875 5m, 16d
84/84 Merrell, Samuel P F
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Vol. VI, No. 7-8 July-August, 1996
JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.
1996 Officers U
President Brian T. McMahan
Vice Presidents Barbara W. Dooley
Rick L. Frizzell
Secretary Dorris D. Beck
Treasurer David C. Frizzell
Chair, Publications jR. 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, nor are the opinions expressed those of the editor or
of the Jackson County Genealogical Society.
FROM THE EDITOR
As much as I enjoy gathering genealogical materials for JTJ, I must confess to being not quite semi-literate with
computers; therefore, this issue has been somewhat delayed while I floundered in ignorance of Word Perfect and its thousands
of nuances. Fortunately, Ruth and Kirk have come to my rescue, taking the materials and arranging them into a legible journal.
My sincere thanks to them.
And what materials these are! In this issue we run the first of two parts of a primary source document, the minutes
of the Sassafras Gap Primitive Baptist Church. For those of you who do not yet use church records in your genealogy research,
you are in for a rare treat.
We also publish this time a memorial tribute to Mrs. Arzelia Wells. As I read mis story, I couldn't help but be touched ^—'
by the fact that Mrs. Wells must have been a woman of great dignity and grace. If she welcomed the greeting "Aunt," one
would hope that she accepted that as a term of respect for her age and her many accomplishments, rather than a pejorative term
given her because of her race. We are honored by publishing this memorial to her.
Third, make sure you read the comments (and corrections) that have come to the "Queries" section. Even with all of
the exciting genealogy being swapped on the Internet, there is still no substitute for a good "Queries" section to stimulate the
genealogical juices of those of us who still reside in the world of letters and telephone calls. Now don't misunderstand me.
I am fascinated by the on-line services, and I have been the grateful recipient of much information, especially from Rick
Frizzell. (I even asked him to do a regular column for this publication, a request he didnt exactly refuse, but one he didnt seem
overly excited about either. I'll ask again.)
I received an interesting flyer in the mail from Harry Ensley, Jr. about an Ensley reunion. The flyer is duplicated in
its entirety in this issue. The others of you I beg for forgiveness, but I have a question of Harry: If I am able to attend, which
family color do I wear? Hannah? Jane? William Jr.? This is not a private conversation, readers, but rather a lesson in
mountain genealogy. Hannah was my gggm, Jane my ggggm, Billy my gggf. If we are to wear ancestor name tags, I'll look
as if I'm running for political office; if we wear particular boutonnieres, I'll resemble the winner of the Kentucky Derby.
Advice, please.
Finally, allow me to praise one of our most active members. Mack Sutton is indefatigable with cemetery records!
He has done an amazing job with the cemeteries in the northern part of our county, enough to fill these pages for months. Mack
has three particular things going for him: he is determined, he has a sense of humor, and he is retired. Would that all of us were
all three.
—Larry
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Table of Contents^ Journeys Through Jackson
July-August, 1996
Queries .' '•' 15-16
Jackson County'Wills •• '• 77-78
Sassafras Gap Primitive Barjtist Church ; 79-83
Haywood County Bastardy Bonds • 84-85
Conley Cemetery, Bradley Cemetery- • <• 86
Robinson Cemetery 87
Mrs. Zelia Wells 88
Elizabeth Ann Frizzell Brysbn •• - 89-90
Ensley Reunion ; > 91
NCGS Ancestor Exchange Project .-..: 91
Types of Old Photographs •.. • 92
Stephens Ahnentafel Chart .- i. •. 93-96
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QUERIES AND INFORMATION
David Gibson, 1217 Highland Avenue, Abilene TX 79605, writes that he is responsible for an internet web site
that is focused on Jackson County. The URL for this site is
http://www.acn.edu/~gibsdnd/geiieaIogy/jackson. He is specifically looking for volunteers who are willing
to do research in books or other materials they may have at their disposal.
Bill Hensley, 114 Brushy Hollow Lane, Dallas NC 28034, phone 704-922-5457, seeks information about his
great-grandfather Jeremiah Hensley and great-grandmother Ingabo Quilliams. Also seeks information about
William Andrew McAnless and Mary Magdaline McMahan, the father and mother of his grandmother
Polly Emily Hensley.
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Barbara L. Stanford, 1025 Cumberland Ct., Chesapeake VA 23320-8178, seeks information on these couples
and their families: Isaac Elijah Stiles m. Martha Jane Qneen on 31 Mar 1874; Thomas Stiles m. Mary Ann
?; James Stiles m. Airy ? '(Isaac Elijah was the son of Thomas; Thomas was the son of James.)
Virginia Hoyle Wilson submits the following announcement: "The fifth annual gathering of the HOYLE
FAMILY HOMESTEAD ASSOCIATION will be held on Saturday, September 14, 1996, at the Hoyle House,
1213 Dallas Stanley Highway, Dallas NC. Please bring a folding chair for your comfort. Parking places are
provided, with special places for the elderly and handicapped. A menu for lunch is available and tickets can be
bought when you register. The program usually starts at 10:00 a.m. and lasts through 3:00 p.m. Please plan on
attending and bring your family. Last year the youngest guest was a few weeks old and the oldest was over 90.
The Hoyle House was entered in the National Register of Historical Places October 21,1993, by the NC
Department of Cultural Resources Division of Archives and History. It is thought to be the oldest house in
Gaston County, being built before 1758."
Charles E. Carroll, 7110 Alamo Road, Fredericksburg TX 78624-6110, seeks information concerning the
following Jackson County families: Eva Cunningham married to John Estes in 1894. Peggy Cunningham
married to Joe Brooks in 1898. Andrew J. Parris b. 1834, d. 1894. Humphrey Cunningham, b. 1846,
married Cynthia Sutton abt. 1865. George Cunningham, m. Samantha abt. 1876. Who were parents of
Lucy McMahan? Lucy m. John Cunningham in 1845. Who was N. S. Cunningham? He was listed in the
1880 census as the father of Clingman, Caldonia, and Sallie Cunningham.
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QUERIES AND INFORMATION (continued)
The North Carolina Genealogical Society Annual Meeting and Workshop titled "Indian Heritage in North V )
Carolina" will be held October 25-26, 1996, at Peace College in Raleigh NC. Speakers include Wesley
Taukchiray, Dr. George Schweitzer, Virginia DeMarce, and Jerry Stover. Cost per registrant is 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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.)
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(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
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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 '
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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
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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
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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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Vol, VI, Wo. 9-10 September-October, 1996
JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.
1996 Officers U
President Brian T. McMahan
Vice Presidents Barbara W. Dooley
Rick L. Frizzell
Secretary Dorris D. Beck
Treasurer David C. Frizzell
Chair, Publications R. Larry Crawford
Journeys Through Jackson is the official publication of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. Members and non-members are invited to submit
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, nor are the opinions expressed those of the editor or
of the Jackson County Genealogical Society.
FROM THE EDITOR
Seasons come and go, and we are fortunate here in the mountains to be able to observe all four. But fall is speciaL.the
colors of nature, the various festivals, and the intensity of feeling tend to make it the most celebrated time in the mountains.
But like Robert Bolt's portrayal of Thomas More, we should be "for all seasons." Genealogically that translates to
uncovering that family bible record, visiting that aged person who has so much to share with us, or writing that personal
reminiscence that will one day be its own valuable source document. What better time than this fall to try some of these? And
late in the season, once the unfriendly critters are no longer there, why not take a trip to an abandoned cemetery and take its
census?
In this issue we spotlight the 1996 Holden Award, we give even more information on the NCGS Ancestor Exchange
Project, and we conclude the minutes of the Sassafras Gap Church. We continue with several other features as well, so sit back
with a good mountain-grown apple or two, or a handful of chinquapins, and enjoy your Journeys.
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J C G S C a l e n d ar
C h e c k t h e S y l v a H e r a l d for M e e t i n g P l a c es
O c t o b e r 10, 1 9 9 6 Jennifer S c h m i dt
N o v e m b e r 14, 1 9 9 6 Jane N a r dy
D e c e m b e r 12, 1 9 9 6 Annual M e e t i ng
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September-October, 1996
Queries „. H 97
Holden Award 97
NCGS Ancestor Exchange Project 98-100
Moody Cemetery (Barker's Creek) 101-104,114
Sassafras Gap Primitive Baptist Church 105-108
The Family of William Mack Frizzell ...'. , 109-111
Jackson County Delayed Birth Certificates v.. 112-114
Martha E. Hooper Pedigree Chart 115
Katherine Cunningham Pedigree Chart 116
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QUERIES AND INFORMATION
Query: Aileen Ir-vin Tajver, P.O. Box 303' Warrensville, NC 28693, would like to hear from persons
doing Queen research. She is looking for the parents of Reuben Queen, and noticed the HERITAGE
BOOK article on'Samuel Queen. She says, "We know where he lived by the census records but need
parents' names. Any info will be greatly appreciated."
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RUTH SHULER IS HONORED WITH THE 1996 HOLDEN AWARD
At the society meeting on September 12, President Brian McMahan presented the 1996 Holden Award to
Ruth Shuler. Citing her many contributions to our Society, Brian concluded his presentation by calling Ruth an
"ambassador" for our Society and a person who always furthers its interests.
(For our newer member^ who are not yet familiar with the Holden Award, it was established in 1995 by
Mary Katherine Robinson and Nancy Wilson, who named the award for their maternal grandparents, Robert
Lee and Drusilla Holden. It is presented annually by the Society after a committee has reviewed nominations
submitted by JCGS members.)
The 1996 winner is a very familiar name to most JCGS members. Ruth served as the Society's charter
president, and was one of the driving forces behind the JACKSON COUNTY HERITAGE BOOK. She has
also been the "Journeys" editor, has chaired or served on numerous Society committees, and has been at the
forefront of most JCGS activities. Her principal genealogical interest is the Cockerham/Cochran family.
Ruth is married to Roy Shuler, and they live in Cullowhee, where they are active members of the Cullowhee
Presbyterian Church. They have three children and three (nearly four) grandchildren. In May, Ruth retired as
the Administrative Assistant to the Chancellor at Western Carolina University.
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N O R T H C A R O L I N A G E N E A L O G I C A L S O C I E TY
A n c e s t o r E x c h a n g e P r o j e c t
The North Carolina Genealogical Society is proud to announce the
start of the new Ancestor Exchange project! Through this project,
members of NCGS can submit information about their North Carolina
ancestors for publication in a research directory book, called
Ancestor Exchange. Its purpose is to stimulate the exchange of
genealogical information among researchers who are working on the same
North Carolina family lines.
More than just a typical surname directory though, this book will
include full names, dates, and North Carolina places! The format will
be similar to "Index to North Carolina Ancestors Volume II" published
by the Society in 1984 and currently on sale for 1.00 each to
submit - a bargain considering the amount of publicity each of these
ancestor names will receive and the benefits of finding a new cousin!
Non-members are also encouraged to participate in the project.
Non-members pay $5.00 for each ancestor submitted though, with no free
entries. Please consider joining the Society if you are not currently
a member. Discounted participation in the Ancestor Exchange project
is one of many NCGS benefits!
The submission form for the NCGS Ancestor Exchange is shown on
the next page. Please enter your name and address at the top of the
form. This information will be published in the Ancestor Exchange book
as your contact information. For this reason, listing your telephone
number is optional.
The next portion of the submission form consists of the
information for each ancestor. Each ancestor to be submitted must
have either been born, married, resided, or died in North Carolina.
To complete the form, first, enter the full name of the ancestor.
Please use ALL CAPITAL LETTERS for the surname, and regular
capitalization for the given names (e.g. John Adam SMITH) .
Next, fill in the blanks for each event in that ancestor's life.
For all events (i.e. birth/marriage/death), if the event did not occur
in North Carolina, please only list the state or foreign country in
which the event occurred. Counties should be listed for all North
Carolina events where known. If you do not know a piece of information
that has been requested, please ;just write down "Unknown". For dates
estimates, please use ca or circa (e.g. cal750) . For questionable
data, please follow the information with a question mark.
If your ancestor was married more than once, please choose only
one marriage and spouse to list in the book. We recommend listing the
primary marriage, the marriage of greatest interest to you as a
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researcher, or else the first marriage. Be sure to use ALL CAPITAL
LETTERS on the spouse's surname.
Only ancestors who were either born, married, resided, or died in
North Carolina are eligible for submission to the NCGS Ancestor
Exchange project.
If additional entries are desired beyond the eight provided on
this submission form, please just copy the form.
When you have completed the submission form, mail it along with
any payment due to
Ancestor Exchange
North Carolina Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 1492
Raleigh, NC 27602
Be sure to include a SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope) with
your entry, and- we will send you a computer print-out of how your data
will appear in the book. You can then proofread this information and
return any necessary corrections to the Society prior to publication of
the Ancestor Exchange book.
Completed entries are due no later than November 30, 1996.
This id" an opjportunity for .all NCGS members to have "queries" about
their North Carolina ancestors published in a more permanent form that
will surely become a popular networking tool for NC genealogists to find
common ancestors. Please spread the word about the project to all of
your genealogy friends with ancestors din North Carolina - the more names
in the book, the,.more chances for-a connection!
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NCGS Membership Number:
Submitter:
Address: •
City: State: Zip Code:
Telephone number (optional):
Below, please fill out all known information about each of the ancestors
you are submitting, using the instructions provided. Please copy this
form if additional entries are desired. Each ancestor to be submitted
must have either been born, married, resided, or died in North Carolina.
After completing this form, please mail it with a SASE and any payment
due to Ancestor Exchange, NCGS, P.O. Box 1492, Raleigh, NC 27602. The
entry deadline is November 30, 1996. See the instruction sheet for
details and costs.
Ancestor Name: .
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Birth year: ; Birth NC county:
Birth state or foreign country:
Marriage Year: Marriage NC county:
Marriage state or foreign country:
Name of spouse (first or primary) :
NC county of primary residence:
Death Year: Death NC county:
Death state or foreign country:
Ancestor Name:
Birth year: Birth NC county:
Birth state or foreign country:
Marriage Year: Marriage NC county:
Marriage state or foreign country:
Name of spouse (first or primary) :
NC county of primary residence:
Death Year: Death NC county:
Death state or foreign country:
Ancestor Name:
Birth year: Birth NC county:
Birth state or foreign country:
Marriage Year: Marriage NC county:
Marriage state or foreign country:
Name of spouse (first or primary) :
NC county of primary residence:
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BARKER'S CREEK CEMETERY (MOODY CEMETERY)
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(Editor's Note: The Moody Cemetery, known in modem times as Barker's Creek Cemetery, is located up the Barker's Creek Road on a hill behind the
Rockdale Baptist Church. It is one of the largest cemeteries in northern Jackson County. Census taken over an eight-day period in June 1996 by Mack
Sutton. 79 graves are marked only with fieldstones.)
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Asbe
Harl Monroe (Korea)
16 Aug 1932-26 Sep "1990
Lillie Sherrill
3 Oct 1933
Charlie
13 Mar 1865-3 Jan 1954
Arty Messer
25 Sep 1871-13 Mar 1945
Bargeon
Herbert Alexander Jr.
23 May 1934-20 Jul 1992
Gail Freer
15 Jan 1943
Brett
1960-1984
Herbert Alexander III
1964-1986
Beck
Dewey L.
18 Nov 1903-19 Mar 1983
Bessie V. Davis '
4 Nov 1906
Brooks
Walter
7 Jul 1911-11 Aug 1983
Helen Bradley
18 Jul 1918
Thomas
15 Jan 1877-4 Sep 1956
Polly Gunter
13 Jun 1881-3 Jan 1952
Lyman Steve
30 Jan 1905-23 Sep 1977
Ray Claud
8 Feb 1916-16 Aug 1982
Floyd I.
1901-1981
Margaret G.
1907-1970
J. Worley
21 Nov 1907-12 Feb 1982
Ruby Jones
18 Dec 1914-2 Mar 1981
Joseph
13 Feb 1945-19 Feb 1945
W. Cornelius
18 Feb 1909-17 May 1962
Leola Estes
4 Jul 1917-
Elenora (d/o Co.,Leola)
b&d 2 Jan 1945
Bobby
8 Mar 1941-31 Jul 1974
Katherine W.
10 Aug 1942
Charlie C.
15 Sep 1930
Mae Ann Green
31 Oct 1931-13 Feb 1991
Charlie
12Febl890-nodod
Lula Cabe
17 Jun 1891-9 Feb 1958
Bertha (d/o Charlie,Lula)
1 Jan 1911-Dec 1914
John W.
8 Sep 1855-17 Jun 1934
Caroline Buchanan
13. Feb 1854-5 Sep 1941-
Maggie
9 Sep 1878-18 May 1897
Lillie
1 Jan'1885-5 Jul 1897
Joseph H.
14 Mar 1883-18 May 1964
Alva Jones
13 Dec 1885-6 Apr 1969
John Dillard
20 Feb 1887-17 Aug 1966
Stella Gunter
25 Jul 1889-11 Jul 1975
Arthur T.
23 Jun 1908-29 May 1977
Naomi A.
23 Feb 1921 '
AbeH.
5 Oct 1922
Mary Carnes
15 Jul 1925-14 Mar 1995
Brown
Sarah
7 Jul 1845-14 Jul 1935
Bumgarner
Ralph L.
30 Jul 1931-1 Nov 1973
Carnes
Roy J.
20 Sep 1900-5 Jun 1983
Myrtle Thomas
30 Mar 1900
Chasteen
Joe Hyman
1912-1976
Grace W.
1920
Conard
D.H.
9 Aug 1912-25 Mar 1933
Creasman
William Thomas (USMC)
20 Mar 1956-22 Apr 1978
Cram
RoyM.
2 Jan 1918-1 Apr 1983
Mardel M.
13 Nov 1922-24 Mar 1994
Culpepper
Ashley Kip
11 May 1985-14 Jan 1994
Davis
John P.
25 Feb 1852-15 Mar 1921
Angelina Messer
16 Apr 1852-15 Feb 1931
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BARKER'S CREEK CEMETERY (continued)
Rachel Annie
7 Apr 1924-28 Apr 1924
Margie M.
9 May 1923-17 Sep, 1993
Lester
2 Dec 1948-18 Feb 1949
Ellis J.
28 Sep 1918-18 Nov 1918
Walter R.
16 Feb 1914-5 Sep 1985
William McKinley
1895-1979
Ella Mae Nations
1916-1994
Ruth Ella
21 Mar 1948-2 Apr 1950
Carl Reese
25 Apr 1932-21 Oct, 1964
George R.
1884-1960
Laura E.
1893-1967
Hillard Ervin (WWII)
12 Aug 1922-2 Jul 1969
W. Nelson
1881-1960
Dezzy Elders
10 Feb 1889-1 Apr 1987
Candler-
10 May 1884-25 Nov 1910
W. Pink
21 Feb 1-867-10 Jul 1936
Cordelia McMahan
1871-1918
Brian A.
9 Jan 1971-25 Mar 1971
Selmer
3 Dec 1910-12 Sep 1913
Corsey G.
7 Feb 1919-20 Nov 1930
Dills
Charles (s/o Charlie, Ever)
21 Aug 1920
Wayne (WWII)
7 Jan 1916-18 Apr 1995
James
10 Oct 1880-25 Nov 1964
Sallie
20 Apr 1884-9 May 1939
Marie
26 Nov 1912-16 Jul 1939
Tobrader
27 Jun 1927-4 May 1939
Bonnie Marie (d/o Homer &
Bonnie)
14 May 1945
Infant of Homer, Bonnie
4 Jul 1954
Elders
Sterling T. (WWII)
20 Jul 1918-27 Dec 1983
Hellen C.
20 May 1925
Harley E.
8 Sep 1895-22 Oct 1918
Pierce M.
1895-1915
John E.
22 Mar 1827-5 Jun 1910
J.B.
d. 11 Feb 1914, age 90
Thomas A.
12 Jul 1891-20 Apr 1940
Arley
27 Mar 1881-6 Oct 1934
Brunette Wykle
30 May 1881-10 Jul 1961
Lee
5 Dec 1878-28 Jul 1951
Ervin
15 Jan 1854-14 Sep 1933
Ellen
8 Jan 1860-16 Aug 1951
P.L.
14 Jan 1867-24 Mar 1937
Mary Wikle
10 Sep 1873-28 Oct 1930
Jode
1890-1970
Marie
1920-1947
Joe
24 Nov 1891-13 Jul 1939
Fuller R. (WWII)
10 Sep 1905-28 Apr 1969
Nancy C.
16 Feb 1915-19 Jul 1991
D.F.
23 Mar 1858-1 Oct 1947
Dovie
18 Mar 1869-20 May 1948
Lee
1895-1934
Paville
17 May 1916-27 Sep 1993
Fannie Brooks
26 May 1920
George Ray
31 Jan 1945-9 May 1986
Estes
SamW.
31 May 1904-11 Feb 1968
Birdie Brooks
3 Apr 1910-1996
Edward
19 Jul 1927-4 Mar 1928
Fish
Zemmery L.
4 Mar 1912-10 Jan 1980
Addie S.
23 Aug 1917
Fisher
Rufus M.
19 Dec 1856-7 Nov 1927
Emily C.
20 Apr 1854-28 Jun 1927
Demerris Irene (d/o Lee)
7 Dec 1903-12 Jun 1905
Flowers
Leanna Mae
8 Oct 1939-14 Sep 1978
Frady
Asbury S.
9 Aug 1935
Ellen Messer
11 Feb 1933-21 Nov 1962
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Garland
Michael Edward (s/o Ralph)
28 May 1961-1 Jun 1961
John W.-1860-1900
Gibson
Jessie (s/o Dock, Rosie)
b&d 10 Jan 1925
Curtis E.
27 May 1966,-6 Jun 1966
Dock
28 Aug 1902-17 May 1973
Rosa Elders
9 Jul 1906-11 Mar 1940
Howard Edward
9 Apr 1926-31 Jul 1965 -
James R.
1 May 1874-24 Sep 4 950
Artie E.
15 Oct 1876-23 Jun 1960 .
Claudel (d/o Hobert, Maggie)
12 Aug 1926-9, Feb 1927
Hobert R.
1898-1983
Maggie Gunter
1898-1984
Godfrey
William J.
1897-1963
Mildred P.
1907-1992
Gootie
Herbert
1932-1994
Frankie
1940-1994
Gunter
Patsy E. ,• (
11 Sep 1953-5 Jan 1954
Claude
6 Jan 1896-24 Nov 1961
Bonnie
11 Feb 1909
ThadB.
6 Jun 1861-13 Dec 1947
Josephine Messer
22 Oct 1858-25 Nov 1945
Hamby
Mark Allen
9 Nov 1975-28 Ndv 1975
Johnston
Sue Chasteen
15 May 1944-22 Apr 1966
Jones
John H.
22 Mar 1883-27 Fe*b 1950
Early
9 Sep 1902-29 Feb 1956
Cora W.
21 Dec 1907
A.D.
26 Jul 1860-5 Aug 1931
Mary P.
5 Mar 1859-20 Jan T888
Mary Naomi
8 Nov 1920-9 Nov 1920
Ellen Buchanan
10 May 1867-29 Nov 1958
Cleo M.
11 Aug 1916-5 Nov 1920
Callie B. (w/o John)
6 Aug 1888-12 May 1911
Nicy (d/o John, Callie)
30 Apr 1904-13 Jun 1910
Laura (d/o W.W.,Mary)
13Aprr871-17Novl873
W.W. (CSA)
27 Jan 1843-14 May 1925
Mary P. (w/o W.W.)
4 Jul 1852-2 May 1877
Rebecca (w/o W.W.)
11 Aug 1844-22 Jun 1926
Maybelle
30 May 1884-8 Sep 1884
Jehu I.
16 Sep 1887-17 Jan 1955
Buena V.
3 Aug 1889-26 Jan 1943
General
26 Jun 1898-4 Feb 1986
Rosa M. Keever
1 Mar 1906-1996
Baby, s/o General
21 Aug 1943-22 Aug 1943
Wallace G. (US Army)
22 Aug 1924-11 Nov 1944
Felix B.
24 Sep 1911-8 Jul 1987
Janet Brooks
3 Mar 1916
Jones
Homer
13 May 1908-13 Jul 1934
Evelyn I. Gibson
27 Mar 1911
Ledford
Mollie B. Wykle
19 Feb 1896-16 Feb 1976
Lillard
Rhonda Jean
1 Dec 1958-11 Mar 1960
Mclntyre
Thomas S.
3 Apr 1888-19 Sep 1969
Ida Parris
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Jim
31 Mar 1923
McMahan
James A. (WWI)
17 Jan 1896-8 Mar 1972
Ola Bell
11 Jul 1908
Arthur B.
15Jull931-6.Dec 1932
Cathy Jean
26 Oct 1952-27 Oct 1952
Rutha M.
10 May 1842-25 Oct 1918
G.P.
11 Apr 1872-1893
J.B.
17 Oct 1880-28 Aug 1882
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BARKER'S CREEK CEMETERY (continued)
W.L.
5 Jun 1873-25 Jan 1891
L.E.
6 Feb 1875-18 Sep 1893
G.W.
26 Mar 1871-18 Sep 1893
Martin
Mary Ellen
b&d 14 Mar 1977
Marshall
Dorothy Lee Beck
1927-1976
Messer
Thad C.
10 Mar 1888-10 Sep 1975
Ivalee
19 Jan 1895-21 Nov 1984
Everett
17 Oct 1920-24 Feb 1922
Glin J.
20 Feb 1935-21 Oct 1938
Bruce R.
18 Aug 1959-3 Sep 1959
Homer Reaves
1915-1996
J. Rufus
6 Aug 1855-20 Sep 1929
Rebecca
6 Feb 1858-3 Mar 1938
Jarvas
9 Apr 1917-10 Apr 1917
James N.
2 Jun 1892-6 May 1918
Adam (no dates)
Reeves (twin/o Adam)(no
dates)
Charles Winford (no dates)
Edd
1 Jul 1888-18 Jan 1971
Deszy
7 Jul 1904-6 Sep 1939
Scott Allen
1971
Ivalee
May 1901-31 Mar 1944
JoeE.
25 Jan-1895
Fannie Brooks
20 Aug 1895-14 Sep 1971
Gladys
3 Apr 1918-21 Mar 1936
Ella Mae
10 Oct 1920-22 Nov 1921
Harrison
18 Jun 1856-5 Feb 1925
Laura
6 Dec 1869-2 Jan 1911
Bill Henry
10 Apr 1950-6 Jul 1963
James (WWI)
25 May 1895-19 Feb 1954
Flonnie Gunter
5 Dec 1906-16 Nov 1965
Linda Lue (d/o James, Flonnie)
13 Feb 1952-29 Sep 1952
Auther
b&d 25 Dec 1922
Moody
Joseph H.
27 Mar 1839-8 Apr 1913
ArtyB.
12 Dec 1832-11 Jul 1884
Lillie A. (d/o Joe H.)
19 Jan 1874-8 Jun 1897
Nations
James R. (Korea)
23 Jan 1930-22 Nov 1973
Candler V.
23 Oct 1902-26 Jan 1990
Mary Love
25 Oct 1909-2 Nov 1938
Jannie A.
24 Jul 1933-8 Mar 1934
D.E.
1 Oct 1880-22 Nov 1953
Annie R.
25 Sep 1892-13 Jun 1962
Odell R.
17 Dec 1925-22 Feb 1969
W.L.
15 Sep 1854-30 Sep 1922
Mary E.M.
12 May 1856-18 Mar 1936
Leila (d/o W.L..M.)
11 Aug 1889-20 Dec 1910
Sallie
23 Aug 1868-19 Aug 1949
Albert J.
22 Sep 1895-17 Apr 1970
Delia W.
26 May 1907-20 Aug 1971
Patterson
Leona (w/o R.C.)
15 Jun 1900-15 Feb 1927
Seagle
John P.
15 Oct 1841-8 Mar 1905
Seago
Robert Lee
26 Oct 1922-22 Jun 1994
Naomi Beck
9 Mar 1932
Sherrill
W. John
31 Jul 1894-28 Sep 1976
Ella L.
12 Aug 1914-25 Jan 1983
Thomas
Johnson
5 Jul 1866-5 Jan 1952
Ida Jones
6 Jan 1873-5 Mar 1897
Sallie Jones
15 Mar 1875-20 Jan 1944
Ward
Montgomery
12 Feb 1902-4 Aug 1941
Delia Jones
19 Jan 1909-22 May 1985
Wike
Brunita
12 Jan 1909-22 Jan 1909
....see page 114
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SASSAFRAS GAT- PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH (continued)
(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.)
Feb the 19th, 1881
Pastor not in attendance no meeting
March the 20th 1881
Pastor not in attendance theirfour no meeting
Aprilethe 16th 1881
Pastor not in attendance theirfore no meeting
(Pg. 13) July the 16th 1881
Church met Pastor not in attendance James N. Cathey was called to the Chair who called the Church in Session
Read & addopted the minuts of Previous meetings. The Church went in to an election of Deligates to Represent
here in the next Tennessee Primitive Baptist Association which election resulted in the choice of John Brown James
N. Cathey and John H. Mathis The Church agreed to send one $ 1.00 dollar for minuts Church granted a letter
of Dismission to our Sister Jane Canteral. On motion adjourned J.N. Cathey Mod John H. Mathis Ch. Clk
August the 17th 1881
Church met according to adjournment and was called in session by the Pastor Eld John A. Corn. Preaching at 11
oclock by the Pastor Eld John A. Corn also preaching in the evening by the same
Saturday Aug the 20th 1881
Church met & was called in session by Pastor Read and addopted the minut of July meeting and our Pastors time
being expired the church held an Election for the purpose of electing a suply for the next year which resulted in the
choice Elders John A. Com and John H. Thomas (Pg. 14) The Church also held an election for two Deacons which
Resulted in the choice of James N. Cathey and W.S.F. Wood and set a parte our regular time in October for the
ordinations of Deacons The Church called Eld George H. Thomas withe Eld John A. Corn to Constitute a Presberty.
Church also set a parte the said Oct Meeting for a Communion season & Footwashing. The minut to the
Association as prepared by the Clerk was Read & with the propper corections was receaved & addopted Theire
was preaching by the Pastor In Conclusion opened the dore of the Church & Received W.D. Fortner by experence
On motion adjourned Their was preaching in
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Vol W, 9{p. 9-10 Septem6er-Octo6er, 1994
President's Message
I went back to Cullowhee to get a VCR
repaired and came away with a whole lot of
memories about growing up within a hundred
yards of the repair place. When I was a small
boy my daddy had a T-model Ford and Bill
Ingram had four small lots in Cullowhee facing
the highway. Bill wanted that Model-T and my
daddy wanted a place to build a house, so it's not
surprising that they got together and made a
trade—then came the building of a house. This
was even before the Depression and the only
lumber that was to be had for the price that my
daddy could afford was green oak. It did dry
after some time, but we had some pretty good
cracks to deal with. This was no major problem
because we also had newspapers and cull paper
from the paper mill in Sylva to fill up the cracks
and cover the walls inside. We lived there many
years and survived many cold nights. We never
even knew that it was hard because it was all
that we had at the time.
I'm getting away from my story a little, which
was to be about that big hole in the side of the
hill facing the highway. We grew up with a lot of
business coming to Cullowhee; most of the people
who came on later never knew of them. First of
all we had Moss's Store which was general
groceries and feed and connected to that was a
dance hall. Then there was a dry goods store
with rooms above. Also, a small restaurant in
the next building. But then comes the surprise.
There were two car dealerships—one was in the
two-story brick building, but on the corner next
to the river was a Hudson dealership. They had
at the time three or four Hudson Terraplanes.
The thing I remember about the Hudson was that
the floorboard was lower than the bottom of the
doors. You would step down to get in and at that
time it was different Robert Brown owned one
of them and somebody in Dix Gap owned
another, but this is still not what I'm writing
about
One morning about one o'clock somebody was
yelling real loud down at the road and we
thought it was Alvin Henson, known to us as
Chink, and also known to us that he did some
celebrating on several occasions. He seemed to
be saying that the town was all high, but actually
he said the town is on fire. The first four
buildings from the edge of our yard were burning
by the time we could get out. There was an
outside stairway between the cafe and the brick
building that was the Chevrolet place, and that
opening must have saved the rest of Cullowhee.
There was no Are department to help and the Tire
just burned out and the walls fell in the right
direction. We carried water and threw on our
house which was so hot that steam would come
off the walls and the window glass broke from
the heat It survived the big fire back then but
burned down recently after being partially
demolished.
I'm going to send somebody to pick up that
VCR. I could probably write a book with one
more visit
Our genealogical society is alive and well. We
are selling some books all along and the same
faithful members attend the meetings. If you are
not one of them, we would love to have you back.
Set aside the second Thursday nite and mark
your calendar. If you grew up in Cullowhee in
the twenties and thirties you could possibly tell
some good stories. See you on October 13.
Archie
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CALENDAR
Regular Society Meeting, October 13, 7:00 p.mn
Jacksoa Comity Public Library.
October 28-19, NCGS Workshop, Raleigh (see
flyer at back of this issue).
Regular Society Meeting, November 10, 7:00
pan., place to be announced
Society Annual Meeting, December 8, 7:00 p-m.,
place to be announced.
Edd Dong Davis, Jackson County's First Sheriff
A. M. Bumgarner. I was elected to the office of Sheriff, and so have the distinction of having been the first sheriff
of this county.
When the business of electing county officers was dispatched, the court moved its sitting to an old log church
which stood near the present residence of ex-sheriff W. A. Henson, and there appointed road overseers and
patrollers. The organization of the county was completed by drawing the following list of jurors, of whom all are
now dead except Thomas Henson and George Bumgarner: Wm. Candler, Bazee Lusk, Aaron Butler, John B.
Wilkes, H. T. Galloway, John Davis, Frederick Huffman, George Bumgarner, Hugh Rogers, Albert Hyatt, James
Connelly, Absolom Woodring, Silas Green, Ben Williams, Isaac Mason, A. C. Coleman, James Wilson, J. M.
Henson, Wm. Henderson, J. J. Hooper, W. R. Buchanan, James Fisher, George Buchanan, John Monteith, Joel
S. Conner, Wm. Norton, Josiah Watson, James Kirkland, Amos Ashe, Philip Dills, E. D. Brendle, Abe Hyatt, Ben
Harris, A. M. Gocher, arid G. W. Clayton.
The following is the list of magistrates who qualified at the organization of the county, all of whom have passed
away: Allen Fisher, Wm. R. Crawford, A. M. Bumgarner, Peter King, Jonas B. Sherrill, John Wilson, Jacob
Wike, L. C. Hooper, W. H. Higdon, W. R. Buchanan, James McKinney, and John Zachary.
I held the office of sheriff for twelve successive years. When my last term expired, I engaged in farming for
the three ensuing years and then made the race for clerk of the Superior court, against M. M. Brown, the father
of the present incumbent of the office. I was successful in this race and held the office for six years. While still
in this office I made the race for representative against G. W. Spake, Dr. J. M. Candler, and Harve London. I
was again successful, and served in the legislature of 1874-5 in which-1 voted in favor of the constitutional
convention which amended and removed from the county its "carpet bag" features.
Some years afterwards I was elected a member of the Board of County Commissioners and served in that
capacity for six years.
In all, thirty years of my life have been spent in office, taking into consideration —years term as justice of the
peace my official life beginning in the office of Sheriff when I was twenty-five years old.
The first election held for the elections of members of the General Assembly was in 1854, when CoL T. D.
Bryson, was elected, having defeated John B. Allison. Bryson was defeated in 1856 by J. R.- Dills by 11 votes.
Bryson was re-elected in 1858. In 1860 Col. Jas. R. Love was elected. Joseph Keener succeeded him in 1862.
He was succeeded in 1864 by W. A. Enloe. In 1866 T. D. Bryson was again returned to the Legislature. E. M.
Painter sncceeded him in 1868. T. D. Bryson was again elected in 1870, and he was succeeded in 1872 by J. N.
Bryson. The recollection of the present generation will reach back this far, and I shall not mention the
representatives chosen since that time.
From the Historic Webster newsletter Edd Doug Davis, known as Doog Davis, became in 1853 the first sheriff
of Jackson County. With the exception of the period he lived, while sheriff, in the jail at Webster, he spent his
adult life on his large farm located between Webster and Cullowhee. Today this area is called Rolling Green.
Sheriff Davis and his wife Nancy Allen, daughter of Nathan Allen of Webster, were the parents of seven sons
and two daughters. Mr. Davis, who died at his home August 25, 1911, is buried in the family plot in Webster
Cemetery along with his wife, two of his sons, Nathan A. and Joe W., and other members of later generations of
Davises.
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Table of Contents
Journeys Through Jackson, September-October, 1994
Edd Doug (Doog) Davis, Jackson County's First Sheriff 99-100
"One Ark Short" 101-104
1870 Jackson County Mortality Schedule 105-106
Nation Family Roots in Jackson County 107-108
Queries 108
A Connected Gathering 109-110
Long Distance Research (A Research Aid) 111-116
Jerry Frady Carlisle Pedigree Chart 117
Charles Williams Pedigree Chart 118
Index 119-121
Announcements 122
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EDD DOUG (DOOG) DAVIS, JACKSON COUNTY'S FIRST SHERIFF
(The Jackson County Journal of January 29, 1906, carried the following autobiography of the county's first sheriff and has some interesting
information about the county's formation. This same article was printed in the Historic Webster newsletter in April, 1974, with some
parenthetical, explanatory comments.)
The author of this article was born in Buncombe County (now Transylvania) Sept 4, 1827. My father lived
where the late George C. Neil lived to the time of his death, on what was then known as Lamb's Creek which was
a tributary of French Broad River. Its head waters were near where Davidson's river has its source, with which
it ran parallel but being much smaller. It was then known as Ben Davidson's river but of late years the "Ben"
has been dropped.
There has been a postoffice at this place for more than seventy years. Davidson's River postmaster, Ben
Davidson, was my great-grandfather.
When I attended school the course embraced reading, writing, and arithmetic My teachers were David
Hadden, Benj. D. Gullick, and James Patton. During the winter of 1839-40 I attended a school at an old
Presbyterian camp ground, this school being taught by Charles McDowell Paxton, under the same conditions as
the other teachers.
In the spring of 1840 my father moved to Caney Fork (then Haywood County). I worked on the farm and
attended several little schools taught by E. B. Erwin and B. B. Edmonston. My last school days were spent under
the instruction of that whole-souled clever young man, J. Newton Bryson, in the year 1857. The old log school
house stood near where the store house of Henson Brothers, of Painter (Cullowhee), now stands. (The store house
was at the northwest end of bridge.)
This now brings us to the time when Jackson County was organized, the statute under which it was done
providing that it be organized at the dwelling house of Daniel Bryson. This was done about the 20th or 21st day
of March, 1853. His Honor J. W. Ellis (afterward Governor) was holding the spring term of the court and
appointed J. Newton Bryson, Clerk of the Superior Court Ellis was Governor when hostilities broke out between
the states. President Lincoln called on him to furnish 7500 soldiers to bring the South under subjection, to which
Ellis sent an indignant refusal, of course.
When the magistrates appointed had qualified, they proceeded to the election of the following County officers:
Clerk County Court, J. Keener; Coroner, Charles Bumgarner; Register, J. D. Buchanan; Trustee (now treasurer),
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(Editor's note: You will recall that we left Leo Cowan and friends seeking direction from a higher source as they struggled to deal with the
great flood of August, 1940. Now for the rest of the story.)
.ONE ARK SHORT (Continued from July-August issue)
I stood there in that raging creek, trying my best to get some of my religious teaching straightened out
in a hurry. I remembered Aunt Etta, my junior Sunday School teacher, telling us some Bible stories. Naturally,
the first one I thought of was Noah and the Ark in a flood that must have been at least as big as this one, and
to hear her tell it, it was probably a lot bigger. However, there did seem to be two big differences in Noah's
predicament and ours: we didn't have any wine to celebrate our survival, if we survived, and even if our flood
was smaller, we were still up one angry .creek and were one ark-short.
The Noah bit didn't seem to apply to our situation. I decided that prayer was the next best hope, so I
started with, "AH things bright and beautiful,, all things great arid small..." and knew right off that this would
not cut it The only other prayer that came to mind was, "Now I lay .me down to sleep..." which was downright
depressing at a time when I needed all the uplifting I could get At this point I decided to go whole hog and ask
for divine intervention. There seemed to be precedent for such a request I remembered Aunt Etta telling us
about the Israelites' trials in their exodus from bondage in Egypt Aunt Etta could never just say Israelite. She
always upped it to a whole host of Israelites. According to her, a whole host of Israelites were high-tailing it out
through the desert, leaving bondage and Egypt, seeking the land of milk and honey, and if it took them as long
as Aunt Etta said, it was probably buttermilk and honey by the time they got there.
The whole host of Israelites that were hot-footing it through the sand were being chased by the mighty
Pharaoh's, mighty army, and just at sundown, the Israelites realized they were trapped between the Red Sea
before them and Pharaoh's army behind them .and darkness and gloom settling round about them and they should
have been sore afraid, but Moses, their leader, knew the Israelites had found favor in the eyes of the Lord. The
Israelites practiced a.peculiar kind of pruning that pleased the Lord, so He had a strong wind blow out of the East
all night When morning came, the Red Sea had a wall of water on the right and-a wall of water on the left and
a dry sandy path between the-walls that allowed the whole host of Israelites to cross without even getting their
sneakers wet
When Pharaoh's army marched up to the sea and saw the two walls of water, the drill sergeant said,
"Ahabah," which being interpreted, means, "Twph, halt and at ease until we can see if the Israelites, whose little
Lebanese tennis shoe tracks we see in the sand, are actually going in the direction the tracks are going or were
they walking backwards to make ns think they were coming from a place, when in reality they were actually goipg
somewhere!" After they decided their late guests had crossed the Sea and even now were entering the wilderness,
the little drill sergeant with the big drill voice yelled, "Ten-shun, for hor, hup, trap, ree, or," and marched forth
between the water walls. When they were halfway through, the Lord pulled a, Jericho on them,.and Pharaoh's
army got drownded.
It may have been the situation I was in that made me see Aunt Etta's Bible lesson in an entirely different
light to which I had always seen i t Up to this point, I had always thought of the Israelites as the good guys and
Pharaoh and his draftees as the heavys. If someone had told me at suppertime that before the rooster crowed
I'd be standing in a raging .torrent -up to my ear lobes, pulling for the Egyptians, I'd have said their belfry was
in desperate need of an exterminator. Even remembering all the tribulations they had when Moses led them
wandering pell-mell through the wilderness of forty years because he didn't have a.road map didn't change my
mind. Aunt Etta explained Moses' shortcoming in this matter by telling us that Moses started out as a river man,
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and as far as she knew, he never owned a car in his life and had no need for road maps. Aunt Etta may not have
been a great Bible scholar,'but she was one mean story teller.
We were in the same situation that the Egyptians were 3,000 years ago, and I knew that the males of
Appalachia in the early 1900's did not practice the peculiar pruning that pleased the Lord, and I knew the Lord
knew I knew this. I also knew that if we were ever to be on dry ground again, it was time for us to get our own
selves out of this mess or join Pharaoh's army.
Bernice was the next to leave the truck. Her left hand interlocked with mine while Ray held her other
until she could get in the creek and grab the door handle. When she stepped in the creek, her skirt and slip came
up around her waist She released Ray's hand, tucked her slip and skirt to their proper place in the water, then
grabbed the door handle. A woman will be a woman come hell or high water. After Bernice got in the creek,
I tried to move toward the bank, but the current was too strong, the footing too precarious to go any direction
except downstream. We followed Winston's directions until he left the truck, closed the door, and grabbed the
door handle. Now we were all in the drink. The truck's headlights were still shining but beneath the water most
of the time now. The rain continued hard and steady; the rocks banged, ground, and tumbled around, over, and
on our feet The creek kept rising, and the sand and gravel it carried kept stinging our legs and finding its way
into our shoes and socks. Misery was shifting into overdrive.
We slowly worked our way closer to the bank of the creek. The creek seemed to have taken on a new
personality. It was hard to realize that this angry, raging torrent was the same creek I had known all my life.
For as long as I could remember, I had gone to sleep with its gentle lullaby singing in my ears. We had fished
this stream, waded i t made swimming ponds and learned to swim in it, and now it acted as if we had never
known each other. Some of the happiest times of my life were spent on a make-shift hammock swung low over
the creek in the Laurel Thicket It was there that I read Little Men, Riding Pete from Powder River, oodles of Zane
Grey, and hundreds of Big Little Books. The creek's gentle murmurings even kept me focused enough to wade
through a tome called Anthony Adverse, but deep down I always felt the creek owed me on that one. That may
have been the reason it was determined that as my hand probed the darkness, it would find nothing more
substantial than dark, wet air.
I have known the feel of flannel and slippery elm, but I have known nothing that equals the feeling of the
first alder bush I caught that night It was a small twig, no bigger than a pencil, but it held until I could get to
a larger one. After I got a firm grip on an honest-to-goodness full-grown alder bush, the word went down the
chain to Winston. He turned the door handle loose, and slowly they swung downstream and then into the bank
where they had the luck and the fun of finding their own alder bush. Five cold, wet scared, grateful people
scrambled onto solid land, crossed Grandpa's hog wire fence, then went through his hog lot back to the truck.
It still sat in mid-stream, still had headlights shining in the night The lights were the only thing that seemed
normal on this night that somehow had gone completely mad. It had already been a long, long night but there
was still a lot of night left
Winston, Ray, and I got as close as we could get to the truck, bunkered down, and tried to think of some
way to save i t The stream kept rising, and it was obvious the truck would soon wash away if something was not
done to anchor i t Bennie and Bernice had not discovered how hunkering helps the thinking process, so they stood
behind us, and they stood far enough behind us to be sure there was plenty of high ground between them and the
creek. They were followers of the fool-me-once school. Winston, being the driver, decided to go to Grandpa's
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house and get a log chain to tie the truck to a maple tree that stood on the bank. 'The rest of us, being mere
passengers, waited until Winston -returned with a log chain and Uncle Hampton with an oil lantern. Uncle
Hampton fastened one end of the chain to the tree as Winston took the other and once again entered the creek.
All he had to do to save the truck "was to Tasten the chain to the front bumper. He was within five feet of the
truck when its rear end swung downstream, with its headlights now shining upstream, leaving Winston in the dark
holding a now useless log chain. The rest of ns, being conventional passengers, sat open-mouthed and watched.
When' the rear end swung downstream, the truck held that position—but not for long. While the back
floated, the front wheels, bearing the weight of the motor, remained in place for some thirty seconds before a
surging current picked the truck up and started it on its driverless journey into the night The headlights
continued shining as we sat there watching in disbelief: We were in no mood-for and probably were completely
unappreciative of the track's spectacular farewell. The creek flowed with swells and troughs as it followed the
contour of the land. When the track topped the crest of a swell, its' lights scribed brilliant arcs of light in the
night sky, then disappeared as the rear end climbed the crests. We continued to watch our on-again, off-again
unexpected luminary as it followed the creek and finally disappeared behind a distant hill. We stood there
dumbfounded, each waiting for someone' to say something. Nothing was said. There was nothing to say.
Uncle Hampton turned and started back to Grandpa's house. We followed him and his pitiful lantern.
The headlights that had kept us attached to a Visible world that we were comfortable in were gone. I looked at
that smoky old kerosene lantern making its pathetic attempt to overcome the darkness that would soon swallow
* us, and being young and not too far removed from the age of wishing, I wished we could have a great big helping
of Mr. Edison's brilliant lights.
Some twenty yards from the ford there was a storehouse by the roadside, and just beyond the storehouse
was a driveway to Berlin's house. Berlin's family did'not live in the house in the summertime. They lived in
another house on the farm and rented this house to a Mrs.' Lewis each summer. Mrs. Lewis, who came from
Washington, D. C, found the summers on East Fork to her liking, as did her daughter Marion and the many
visitors who came calling. She had a Boston terrier named Skippy that was no visitor. Mrs. Lewis considered
Skippy a member of the family and treated him as such. Skippy had his own stool on which he sat and ate his
meals with the rest of
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