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Journeys Through Jackson is the official journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, Inc. The journal began as a monthly publication in July 1991, was published bimonthly from 1994 to 2003, and continues today as a quarterly publication. The journal issues in this digital collection are presented as annual compilations.c
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T h e Official Journal of t h e J a c k s o n C o u n t y G e n e a l o g i c a l S o c i e t y , Inc.
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JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.
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President Kenneth E. Nicholson
Vice Presidents Timothy Osment, William L. Crawford
Secretary .*. Karen C. Nicholson
Treasurer E. Lawrence Morton
Librarian. DorrisD.Beck
Office Manager Ruth C. Shuler
WebMaster. Deanne G. Roles
Computer Technician Jason N. Gregory
Chair, Publications (Editor) Sanji Talley Watson
Journeys Through Jackson is the official publication of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. Members and non-members are invited to
submit genealogical materials for publication, with the understanding that the editor reserves the right to edit these materials for genealogical
content, clarity, or taste. The Society assumes no responsibility for errors of fact that may be contained in submissions, and except where noted,
the opinions expressed are not those of the editor or of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. The Society accepts no advertising for this
publication except for notices from other non-profit groups.
From the Editor
For 17 years, Journeys Through Jackson has been produced and edited by Robert Larry Crawford.
Through hard work and perseverance, he has taken the journal from its humble beginnings to the award
winning publication that we all receive. He has informed, educated, and at times entertained us with the
information that he has collected, been gifted with, and allowed to use by members and friends of the
society alike. He has dedicated untold hours to ensuring that our journal was as good as he could make it.
He is and will continue to be a valuable resource for the society. As the new Editor, I stand in awe of the
tremendous work and effort that Larry has given the society as Editor. I have no hesitation in saying I
cannot begin to fill his shoes, only hope that I can follow in his footsteps. Thank you, Larry, for all the
work you have done and will continue to do for the society.
Larry and I graduated from Sylva-Webster High School in 1963. Our paths did not cross again until I
became principal at Smoky Mountain High School in 1994. Larry was one of the best teachers that I have
had the opportunity to observe. His history classes were filled with students who were required to take
most of his classes. Although the classes were required, they came to love history and the teacher who
made history come alive. Larry respected his students and they respected him. One of his classes that
drew my attention to his rapport and respect from students was World Religions. Although this class was
not required and was listed as an elective it was always filled with students who knew that Larry would
continue to expect their best and they would respond with their best work.
Larry is very knowledgeable of the families of Jackson county. He is able to tell you about your
cousins, uncles, aunts, grandparents, parents and most other relatives that you might have. Larry has for a
number of years been the Editor of Journeys Through Jackson. His knowledge of and research for articles
are impeccable. His work ethic is never ending and his ability to write transcends you into the past as if
you were there.
Larry, I know that "rest" is not in your vocabulary so I know that you will continue to research and
write. As one famous person stated, "Thanks for all the memories that you bring to life for us."
— Kenneth E. Nicholson, President JCGS
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C T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s
Announcements and Expression of Sympathy 1
JCGS Photo Album 2 - 6
Prepublication Announcement 7-8
Financial Statement for 2012 9
Scott Foundation Scholarship Announcement 10
Of Mountains, Mountain People, and Mountain Waters That Call
Their Children Home 11 - 14
1927 Jackson County Death Certificates of Persons Born 1900 - 1 9 3 0 15 - 18
James Brown F a m i l y - Who are They? 19 - 24
A New JCGS Member's Ties to Jackson County 25 - 28
Franklin Descendants 29 - 32
A Native Son 33 - 36
Building the Glenville Dam 37 - 39
Continuation of Death Certificates and Library Acquisitions 40
Shepherd Photographs 41 - 46
Index 47-48
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We offer our sincere sympathy to the family of JCGS member, Franlde Jean Shelton Stewart. Our
condolences to members: Naomi Beck Seago, R. O. Wilson, Rachel Brown Phillips, Edith Jamison
Cabe, Jim Wheatley, and Pearl Brown Smith on the passing of their family members.
A good friend to the society, who allowed us to interview her and put her life on paper, passed away on 2
Jan 2013. Mrs. Nancy Jane Shook' Chastain passed away after a long and eventful life. She enjoyed
being independent, having her own garden, canning and making quilts for people in need. She was born
on 23 Oct 1909 to James Marion and Clercy Jane Hooper Shook, She will be missed by many.
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Q u e r y
We received two queries from Mrs. Linda McGuire of Durant, Oklahoma. She is a great-granddaughter of
James and Elizabeth Parker Moore. Hopefully, some of the members may be able to help Mrs. McGuire.
First Inquiry: Would anyone have information about:
Elizabeth J. Parker; b. 25 Aug 1840 in North Carolina, d. 12 Jan 1904, Indian Territory,
Oklahoma. She married James A. Moore; b 5 Apr 1830 in North Carolina, d. 10 Mar 1910. They came
to Indian Territory about 1890. Their daughter, Ella Wike remained in East La Porte. North Carolina.
My grandmother, Lula Caro Wells, lived in Indian Territory.
Second Inquiry: Does anyone know where the Masonic Lodge was located in East La Porte? James A.
Moore, a carpenter, is supposed to have carved the door to this lodge, and I would like a picture of it.
If you can help, contact Mrs. McGuire at: [email protected]
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S o c i e t y P r e s e n t s A w a r d s a t D e c e m b e r a n n u a l m e e t i n g .
From left to right: B. B. "Bud" Cantrell, James Monteith accepting for Kay Keefer Monteith, Ben H.
Battle, Jr, and Jane Gibson Nardy. Picture used with permission of the Sylva Herald.
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The Jackson County Genealogical Society presented its yearly awards as is customary at the annual
meeting. Three persons - Sue Kilby Fouts, Ben H. Battle, Jr. and Kay Keefer Monteith received the
JCGS Patron Award for their benevolent support of the Society.
The Daniel Washington Deitz Memorial Award was presented to longtime JCGS Vice-President B. B.
"Bud" Cantrell. Bud has served the Society in numerous ways, most notably as one of the program
chairmen, and always with his trademark grin.
Winner of the Robert Lee and Drucilla Holden Award for Distinguished Service to Genealogy was Jane.
Gibson Nardy. A JCGS life member, Jane is the author of several books, many articles (including some
for this publication), and is one of the mainstays of the Cashiers Historical Society. Accepting her award
with her usual wit and grace, Jane gave an anecdotal story that proves the "superiority" of genealogists.
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These Photographs are two of the
many from the estate of our late
member Willa Mae Dills Scroggs.
While we are not sure of the
identities of these persons, the
pictures are interesting examples of
social history relative to style.
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Also from the Scroggs pictures, and speaking of social history, we
don't find it bizarre to add a picture of "Old Sparky," the state's
electric chair.
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This fabulous picture is a likeness of Mrs. Sophia Hipps (1870-1956). She was the mother-in-law of one
of the Dillsboro Hensley family. Picture submitted by JCGS member Jean Hooper Scott.
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This Civil War portrait above is of Stephen H. Miller, who served in the North Carolina 29th. This picture
was submitted by bis great-great-grandson Brernm Hooper.
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[Ed: The Financial Statement was provided by JCGS Treasurer, Larry Morton.]
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S c o t t F o u n d a t i o n S c h o l a r s h i ps ^J
At the JCGS Christmas dinner and awards program in December, President Ken Nicholson
announced the endowment of a scholarship program to be administered by the Society. JCGS members
Jim and Jean Hooper Scott of Tryon provided a generous start-up fund to originate this program. A
Society committee was named and it has since met to establish the scholarship rules and parameters.
Applicants must be students at Smoky Mountain High School, Blue Ridge High School and Early
College, Jackson County Early College, or the Jackson County School of Alternatives. The applicant
must also write an essay related to family or genealogical research. The winners will then report to the
Society within one year.
In the first year, two scholarships valued at $750.00 each are to be awarded. Checks will then be
made to the college or university of the winners.
W o u l d y o u l i k e t o c o n t r i b u t e?
Make checks specifically to the Scott Foundation Scholarship Fund, and send to the Society's post office
address. This gift, of course, is tax deductible.
JCGS member Linda Hughes Collins with her great-grandson, Spencer Fitzgerald, who fished the
winning tickets in the JCGS raffle last October.
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O f M o u n t a i n s , M o u n t a i n P e o p l e , a n d M o u n t a i n W a t e r s
T h a t C a l l T h e i r C h i l d r e n H o m e
[Ed. The following article was written and submitted by JCGS member Don Casada. Its principal subject, Elizabeth Holt, is a
granddaughter of JCGS member Christine Cole Proctor.]
Close on the heels of dog days, on a warm September morning, a shuttle boat carried a gathering of folks
across Fontana Lake. Shortly after leaving the launch area at Cable Branch, the boat passed over the
streambed of what was once a fine mountain river.
From way back in the mountains, hundreds of feeder streams laughed, jumped, played, and sang along
their descending way. Boisterous waters showered diamond sprays of life onto the stream banks where
ramps, sarvis, squirrel corn, bluets and yellow root reaped the blessings of their contagious joy. They
were living, life giving waters.
Trickles became branches, branches became forks, and forks became creeks. The accumulated
collections fed the Oconaluftee, Tuckaseigee, Nantahala and Little Tennessee Rivers, waters eons older
than the Cherokee names which predated the arrival of white men. The Tuckasegee, a man among men
flowing on an east-west course, met the south-to-north flowing lady of the Little Tennessee. It was love
at first sight, and the couple was married near the place that would become the little town of Bushnell.
Tuck, the gentleman, defied human convention and took on the name of his bride. Although they called
themselves the Little Tennessee, it was Tuck's east-west course that they followed from that point on, in
deference to his better judgment. For Tuck, unlike the sweet Little T, drew much of his life blood from
the Great Smoky Mountains which they would skirt along the rest of their way. Of all those who traveled
these mountains, no one knew every holler like Old Tuck.
Now more mature in demeanor than in their earlier rambunctious ways, the two that were now one
inclined to a gentler course, as if on a front porch swing of a Sunday afternoon. But they could still kick
up their heels every now and then. Like all couples, they'd occasionally have their issues, separating to
the left and the right around Calhoun Island near Wayside. Differences resolved, they rejoined hands
downstream, and the family continued to grow along the way.
Damned by progress and dammed by the TVA, laughter and family ties along this section of the Little
Tennessee have been silenced and broken for seven decades. The life-giving energy from North Carolina
Counties of Jackson, Macon (Macon's part includes a charitable donation from Rabun County, Georgia),
Graham and Swain is deadened by the dam, harvested by turbines, and sent by wires without payment
into Tennessee. The formerly vibrant river lies buried beneath 370 feet of stagnant water and silt
accumulation at the point where our boat passed over.
Our destination was Hazel Creek, a place where unhindered waters still flow and echoes of laughter yet
linger, unreachable by the roads of an uncivilized world. There are those who despair the lack of road
access to this land, including some of our little company. A sense of betrayal by the same federal
government - which took the land that many called home - underlies the despair. But were there now a
road to this place, I fear that the song it sings softly in minor mountain key would be lost in the discordant
strife and the noise. That has certainly been the case for Cades Cove, located just across the spine of the.
Smokies, where an armada of automobiles daily assault what was once a place of perspicacious people
imbued with both the spirit and ability to make do.
There are reasons aplenty to go to this place and others like it. I routinely find myself seeking the refuge
of walking and crawling, sometimes tumbling and sliding through these mountains, most often alone.
Whisperings of advice and signs of parental affection — as well as stern admonitions - from these
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mountains (which are indeed our parents) are most readily perceived by the wonderfully lonesome, if .
somewhat prodigal, child. ^—^
But on this day, I was glad to be in the company of some like-minded companions. Though seeking a
place, ours was not a search for solitude. We were intent on congregating, cornmitting, honoring, and
remembering.
Proctor
The particular place on Hazel Creek to which we were headed has been known since the late 1800s as
Proctor. Sometime before 1830, Moses and Patience Proctor settled here and began raising a family.
Their home place was on what is now known as Shehan Branch in Possum Holler. It empties into Hazel
Creek - or directly into the lake itself when it is full - almost four miles from where Hazel Creek once
emptied into the Little Tennessee River.
The Proctors had come over the main spine of the Smokies from Cades Cove. If it was solitude and
elbow room they sought, they found it. Based on the sequence of names in the 1830 Macon County
census (this area is now in Swain County, but Swain wasn't formed until 1871) and knowledge of where
other families located, it was likely well over a half-dozen miles to their closest neighbors. Something
just felt right about this particular place, so they carved out a home and a life for themselves and their
children here. Bradshaws, Cables and others were soon to come to the area, but it remained sparsely
populated for decades.
In 1848, Joseph Brackett composed the Shaker Hymn, "Simple Gifts". Though penned a thousand miles
away near the northeastern end of the Appalachian Mountain range, the words could well have applied to
the lives of Patience, Moses, and their children in the Hazel Creek valley: v /
'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,
'tis the gift to come down where you ought to be.
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
It will be in the valley of love and delight.
Times and seasons pass; lives and circumstances change. The Civil War took away two of their sons,
Moses, Jr. and Mansfield. Moses, Sr. died, perhaps of a broken heart, in 1864. Patience lived to see the
end of the war and the return of two sons and a son-in-law, but according to family tradition described by
Duane Oliver in Remembered Lives, she was never the same. She died in 1870, and is buried beside
Moses on the ridge near their home.
Over time, their children and their children's children drifted to and fro, ranging up the river and across
the mountains back into Tennessee. Ritter Lumber Company arrived and set up a massive operation in
the early 1900s, providing hundreds of jobs - for a time. But by the late 1920s, the raw materials of the
entire Hazel Creek basin had been sawn, kiln dried, cut to dimension, and shipped away to become floors,
furniture, books and toilet paper, so Ritter Lumber closed shop. While there were still several dozen
farnilies who owned land and lived in the area, including some descendants of Moses and Patience, the
vast majority of the Hazel Creek drainage was now owned by land speculators such as Jack Coburn and
George Stikeleather (to whom Ritter had sold its vast holdings). Private fishing waters were established ,
with uninvited natives unwelcome.
Physical connections to vestiges of life as it had once been were completely severed by the construction
of Fontana Dam in the early 1940s. Exercising powers of what might be called pre-eminent domain with
a will, TVA acquired all lands on the north shore of Fontana, removed the people and turned the land over ^ j
to the Department of Interior for inclusion in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is worth
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/ noting here that the entire area along the north shore of the Little Tennessee had been coveted for the Park
^ ^ since the 1920's; in fact, it had been included in the original park outline, drawn in 1926.
hi the course of a century, Hazel Creek witnessed the coming of the first white settlers, an era of slow
increase in families on subsistence farms, followed by a period of rapid industrial and job growth, an
equally rapid loss of resources - an thus industry and its jobs. By the time the 1930 census was taken,
there were but two dozen individuals on the entire north shore who listed saw mill or logging as their
trade, and most of these were well to the east of Hazel Creek.
Just over a decade later, there was to be no more permanent human presence.
And yet .... even now, there is something about this place which seems to want people around, and it
Journeys Through Jackson 2006 Vol.16 No.01
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2006 Officers
President Dorris D. Beck
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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composite is s e l f - explanatory, with Carl's father at the top right.
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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 .
.51
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.44
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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
Journeys Through Jackson 2002 Vol.12 No.05-06
Journeys Through Jackson is the official journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, Inc. The journal began as a monthly publication in July 1991, was published bimonthly from 1994 to 2003, and continues today as a quarterly publication. The journal issues in this digital collection are presented as annual compilations.Ky J o u r n e y s
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JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.
2002 Officers
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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 die 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, die 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
Does anyone know what season it is at the moment? Three weeks ago we were shivering through a
blackberry winter that was breaking records in many places, then in the last few days we have sweltered.
When we would complain as children about the weather, our very wise mother would inform us that it was '
not a bit of our business. Wise words indeed. y
Join us in this issue for our usual mixture of official records, family descent, the continuation of the
cemetery census we have been publishing, a small humorous recipe, and some excellent how-to materials
from the North Carolina State Archives. We also, of course, have some fine old photographs for your perusal.
Notice on the first page this time about our picnic announcement, and make sure to return your
Holden Award nomination by August 1. If at all possible, be with us for our covered - dish meal, always a
highlight of the summer. And as always, regardless of the weather, keep on digging.
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Dedication and Announcements 69
JCGS Photo Album 70 - 72
Papers Concerning Individual Indian Reservations 73 - 76
The Cure 76
The Descendants of Abraham Enloe 77 - 80
Some Examples of Land Grants. 81 - 84
The Picklesimer Descendancy of Lonnie Daves 85 - 88
Watauga Baptist Church Cemetery. 89-92
Genealogy Information from the North Carolina State Archives 93 - 96
1953 Jackson County Death Certificates 97 - 1 0 0
Items for Sale by JCGS 100
Index 101-102
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Dedication
This issue of Journeys Through Jackson is dedicated to the memory of JCGS member R.L.
Crawford. Robert Lester Crawford Jr. passed away Sunday June 2. We and R.L. would have
funny conversations about the similarities of our names, even though we were not related. (R.L.
was a descendant of the Macon County, thus Haywood County, Crawford family as contrasted to
the Willets and Cullowhee Crawfords of Jackson County, and even though many persons have
expended great genealogical efforts, those families have not been connected after 1769.) R.L.
was an Air Force veteran of World War U, and was a much-liked member of our Society. We
extend our sympathy to his widow, children, and grandchildren.
Announcements
Make your plans now to be with the Society at the annual picnic in August. On Thursday August
8 at 6:30 p.m., we will gather at the WCU picnic area for our meal and our annual awards
presentation. We hope to see you there. Please find your Holden Award nomination with this
issue and mail to the Society address.
Sold out. The second volume of Jackson County Heritage is no longer available; therefore,
members who know of persons interested in purchasing a copy should take their names and
addresses for a waiting list. We will need 100 names before we can consider a reprint.
Deanne Gibson Roles, our Technology Coordinator, reports that she is now placing notices of
family reunions at our Website. An excellent idea.
Genealogy fairs and seminars coming up this summer in Macon County (June) and Rowan
County (August).
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Above, a fine photograph of the Caney Fork Nicholson family. This picture shows the R.A. and
Miranda Hooper Nicholson family, and is submitted by JCGS member Kenneth Nicholson,
who identifies the following: On the back row are Marion, G.T., the parents R.A. and Miranda,
Hut, Lucy (who married into the Queen family), and Will. The lads in the next row are Marion's
sons excpt for G.T.'s son Raymond Sr. on the right. The seated ladies are Marion's wife Ellen
(Wood), G.T.'s wife Parthenia (Page), Varinia (who married into the Stephens family), Hut's
wife Lola (Stephens), and the other women and children are not yet identified. The little boys in
front include G.T.'s sons John and Burder on the left and three others. Kenny would welcome
further identifications. We would estimate the year of this picture as about 1908 - 1910.
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The dapper outfit above is a gathering of a Balsam area chapter of the International Order of Odd
Fellows. More treasures from the photograph collection that belonged to Julia Bryson
Crawford, whose grandson Bill Crawford submits this picture for us. Bill's grandfather
"Ranzy" and uncle Hebron Bryson are both in the picture.
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The picture above is not as old as the photos we usually run, but the subject is a living - history
example that is worth preserving. The persons in the picture are identified as Talmadge
Monteith, Edith Monteith, and Wiley Green, and the photograph shows a sorghum mill in
operation between Dillsboro and Barker's Creek. Submitted by JCGS member Tim Barker, who
obtained the photo from Dale Pittman. (Photograph credit - Van Fossen Photos, Chicago,
Illinois.)
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L o o s e P a p e r s C o n c e r n i n g I n d i v i d u a l R e s e r v a t i o n s f or
C h e r o k e e I n d i a n s
[Ed. It is hardly the scope of our publication to delve into all of the political convolutions and shenanigans centering
around the status of the American Indian. In a nutshell, let it be sufficient to say that the state of North Carolina gave a
halfhearted effort to provisions of the 1819 treaty which would allow the Cherokees individual reservations. These
papers predate the Indian removal efforts of the 1830's by some years, and show that the Cherokees who lived in the
Smoky Mountains were to be exempt from the controversies that surrounded the Trail of Tears by the mere fact that
they were property owners in the state of Norm Carolina. If all of this had come to pass, then the history of our
immediate area would have been somewhat different from the way it eventually transpired. We all know that a federal
reservation was eventually a reality. We all also know the disgraceful way that the American Indian was treated, even
if some of us' would prefer to deny the facts. But with political opinions and sermons aside, here are some factual
documents from our area from the early 1820's. Transcribed by Larry Crawford from material gathered in the North
Carolina State Archives in the Haywood County loose court papers January 2002.]
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November the 20, A.D. 1820
"A true and acerat [Ed. "accurate" is our best guess. This man was challenged even more than
many of his contemporaries where spelling was concerned, and we suspect that he made some of
the Cherokee names unrecognizable.] Numeration of the Indians that is living on the purches also
the number of reservations that has been Surved. I was at a loss to distinguish the age and sects
and have added each family together."
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Longblanket
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Little george
Cat
Cinoa
Conigoss
Cohoos
Bird
John Welch
Bets
Beare in the hole
Bever Carer
Joney Cuchey
Oter
Twainkelly
Mores
Uehchuler
Temomaker
John Urey (Ucey?)
Omicker
Snipe
Mardoge
Wolf
Ginny
Haywood County Is/ J Phillips
No. in family Reservations
3 1
4 1
6 1
6 1
2 1
10 1
6 1
2 1
5 1
8 1
3 1
3 1
8 1
7 1
7 1
5 1
6 1
8 1
2 1
5 1
10 1
5 1
6 1
7 1
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Santylake
Skikimy
Sug (Sreg?)
Cutehey
Waley
Little dear
Six kiler
Whiporwill
Eightkiler
Sharp
Rabbit
Partridg
Gideon Mores
Dick Walker
Lowin
Cob
Yaler Bird
Tom
Jack
Spik buck
Pots
Big Tom
Drownding bare
Jacob
Dead bare
Walter
Standing dear
Qual
Sapsucker
Borg
Rain
Canot
Tick
Kehuskey
Saley
Arnick
Big bare
Standing wolf
Nicky Jack
Jacob
Betts
Butterfly
Small horn
Willnotey
Jonston
Big buck
Cowin
Big Tom
Grass
Bare at home
No. in Family
4
2
2
6
4
5
25
5
10
3
7
7
4
10
5
4
3
5
8
10
10
8
14
16
6
7
5
5
3
5
8
7
7
2
4
7
1
6
4
8
5
4
5
7
8
7
12
7
1
1
Reservations
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Name No. in Family Reservations
William Reed 7
Shoney John 10
Nicky Jack 6
Noine 7
Stekoy 4
Total 487
[Ed. The following are court cases with Cherokees as plaintiffs against white men who have
encroached on the formers' land. We do not have the outcomes of the trials or hearings. In at
least one case, a defendant (Bryson) was the ancestor of many JCGS members. It is also likely
that we have JCGS members who are descended from the plaintiffs or certainly from the list
above.]
State of North Carolina
To the Sheriff of Haywood County, Greeting:
You are hereby commanded to take the Body of Abraham Picklesimer if to be found in your
County, and him safely keep, so that you have him before the Honorable Judge of our Superior
Court of Law at our Court to be held for the County of Haywood at the Court-House in
Waynesville on the 2 Wednesday after the 4^ Monday in September next, then and there to
answer Old Nancy in a plea of Trespass Ouare Clausum Fregit [Ed. The legal expression means
that the defendant has unlawfully settled on the plaintiffs property.] wherefore he Broke his
Close to her.. .Damage two hundred pounds
Herein fail not, and have you then and there this Writ.
Witness John B Love Clerk of our said Court, at offr
in March 1823 in the XL7 Year of our Independence.
office on the 2 Wednesday after the 4^ Monday
Is/ John B Love Clk
[Ed. A note on the back reads: July the 5 1823 the within writ comprise by the Defendant paving
all cost (Signed by William Parker, A. Picklesimer, and Old Nancy.)
State of North Carolina
[Ed. The same form and language are used in this case. The Plaintiff, Whyckah (Grass Grows)
has sued John Bryson, Senior for one hundred pounds. Issued the 16th day of April 1823 by
Love. On the back, a note reads that Bryson compromised by paying all costs.]
[In still another case, Tegenlossey brought the trespass charge against Adam Watson, the
summons issued 24 June 1822. It was evidently to go to trial in Haywood Superior Court in the
October term of 1822.]
[Finally, He Wolfe brought suit against Alfred Brown wherefore with force and arms entered into
the possession and Close of said Plaintiff and damaged him Two hundred Dollars.] Issued 18
May 1824
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[Finally, He Wolfe brought suit against Alfred Brown wherefore with force and arms entered into
the possession and Close of said Plaintiff and damaged him Two hundred Dollars.! Issued 18
May 1824 KJ
State of North Carolina Superior Court of Law
Haywood County Oct term 1826
The Bear going in the hole
Vs
George Dickey
The Defendant swears that he was advised and believed that the Registers book Sitting
out the Treaty of Release would be received in evidence & that the Originals would not be
required
Sworn to in Open Court
This 7th Day of Oct 1826
Jno B Love Clk
/s/George Dickey
[Ed. This case had begun back in 1822. George Dickey and Jacob Shuler were bound to Bear
Going in the Hole for one hundred pounds in October of 1822. We are forced to admit here that
we succumbed to the temptation of using this suit partially because of the very colorful name of
the Plaintiff. Did this name get shortened through the years? Another reason we used this one is
because we have JCGS members who are lineal descendants of the Defendant and Co-Bondsman
above.]
T h e C u r e
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[Ed. The following is, quite frankly, hilarious. The submitter does not wish her name to be used here, and we will
honor that request, but she found the handwritten slip of paper in her family's trunk. Let's just say that this medication
was a predecessor for penicillin.]
Take alum and Copperas in equal proportions and burn them Sepparately until they become white
then beat them into a dust Then mix with Balsam or Pine turpentine Equal proportions Work
into pills by rolling in flour or Some dry Substance to prevent Sticking Take two or three pills a
day or more if the case is bad; Also wash well with a Solution made of wild Cucumber bark and
the bark off of prickley Ash root; Beat or cut fine, and Soaked in warm water; also Inject the
Solution frequently by a Serreng or Some means. Abstain from Spiritous liquors and women. \y
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[Ed. We continue in this issue with the work of JCGS member Peggy Queen Mason.]
20. NANCY ELVIRA4 ENLOE (JOHNM.3, ABRAHAM2, ANTHONY*) was b om 1863. She married THOMAS IRVIN
HUGHES 1889 in Yellow Hill (Cherokee). He was bom November 25, 1861, and died 1954.
Children of NANCY ENLOE and THOMAS HUGHES are:
i. WALTER MINGUS5 HUGHES, b. February 22,1891; d. January 06,1971.
ii. ROBERT CASSIUS HUGHES, b. September 12,1892.
21. ELIZA JANE4 ENLOE (WESLEYMATTHEW3, ABRAHAM2, ANTHONY*) was b om 1854. She married DAVID
MANLEY HYATT February 29, 1872 in Swain County, NC. He was bom 1850.
Children of ELIZA ENLOE and DAVID HYATT are:
i. JULIA CAROLINE5 HYATT, b. March 05,1873.
ii. PEARL HYATT,
iii. NED HYATT.
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22. MARY MALINDA4 ENLOE (WESLEY MATTHEW3, ABRAHAM2, ANTHONY*) She married NATHAN FIDELIA HYDE.
Children o f MARY ENLOE and NATHAN HYDE are:
i. HARVEY EDMOND5 HYDE, b. March 15,1886, Cherokee County, NC.
ii. BERTHA LADOSKA HYDE, b. October 03,1888, Cherokee County, NC.
iii. ETHEL FIDELIA HYDE, b. November 17,1893, Cherokee County, NC.
23. JAMES FRANK4 ENLOE (WESLEYMATTHEW3, ABRAHAM2 ANTHONY*) was bom June 05,1855, and died Jury 04,
1914. He married BETTY KNIGHT June 20,1894 in Dillsboro, Jackson County, NC. She was bom February 01,
1870.
More About JAMES FRANK ENLOE:
Burial: Clark Whittier Cemetery
Child o f JAMES ENLOE and BETTY KNIGHT is:
i. LLOYD KIMSEY5 ENLOE, b. July 11,1895: d. May 09,1917.
More About LLOYD KIMSEY ENLOE:
Burial: Clark Whittier Cemetery
24. JOHN MINGUS4 ENLOE (WESLEY MATTHEW3, ABRAHAM2, ANTHONY1) was b om 1865. He married MARY
AMANDA MONTGOMERY. She was b om 1868.
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Children o f JOHN ENLOE and MARY MONTGOMERY are:
i. NANNIE HELEN5 ENLOE, b. May 27,1900.
ii. FLORENCE KATHRYN ENLOE, b. February 26, 1890.
iii. RALPH WALKER ENLOE, b. January 15,1897.
iv. WALTER W. ENLOE, b. November 16,1887.
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25. JOSEPH JOHNSON4 ENLOE (WESLEYM47THEW3, ABRAHAM2. ANTHONY*) was born 1865. He married LULA
HAYES. She was born 1875. \y
Children of JOSEPH ENLOE and LULA HA YES are:
i. NORA KATE5 ENLOE, b. February 04,1898.
ii. EDNA ENLOE, b. January 02,1904.
26. ALICE MINERVA4 ENLOE (WESLEYMATTHEW3, ABRAHAM2, ANTHONY*) was b om January 13,1855 in Swain
County, NC, and died February 23, 1943. She married WILLIAM ALLEN DILLS October 08, 1876 in Oconeylufry
Township, Swain County, NC, son of PHILLIP DILLS and MARY BUCHANAN. He was bom April 08, 1842 in
Macon County, NC, and died November 25, 1900.
More About ALICE MINERVA ENLOE:
Burial: Parris Cemetery
Notes for WILLIAM ALLEN DILLS:
William Allen Dills was a member of Co. B, 25th Regiment, NC Infantry, and also Co. H, 62nd Regiment, NC
Infantry. He was captured by Union forces and sent to prison at Camp Douglas, Missouri. After the war, when
he returned to North Carolina he was appointed district surveyor for Jackson County. He established the town of
Dillsboro, selecting a location on his farm next to the railroad.
More About WILLIAM ALLEN DILLS:
Burial: Parris Cemetery
Children of ALICE ENLOE and WILLIAM DILLS are: ^y
i. MINNIE5 DILLS, b. 1878; d. 1968; m. BUFORD EDGAR GRAY; b. 1873; d. 1938.
More About MINNIE DILLS:
Burial: Parris Cemetery
More About BUFORD EDGAR GRAY:
Burial: Parris Cemetery
45. ii. GERTRUDE DILLS, b. July 08,1885; d. November 27,1948.
iii. BEULAH DILLS, b. 1886; d. 1965; m. ARTHUR HALE (CAP) WEAVER, August 09,1922, Jackson County,
NC;b. 1886; d. 1962.
More About BEULAH DILLS:
Burial: Parris Cemetery
More About ARTHUR HALE (CAP) WEAVER:
Burial: Parris Cemetery
27. MARY CAROLINE4 SHERRILL (ZELPHE MINERVA ETTA3 ENLOE, ABRAHAM2, ANTHONY*) was b om 1840, and
died 1927. She married OBIDIAH BOAZ FOUTE February 23,1861. He died August 16, 1875 in Union City,
Tennessee.
Notes for MARY CAROLINE SHERRILL:
Caroline Sherrill made her home with her uncle Samuel Sherrill in Robbinsville after her parents died. She married
Obidiah Boaz Foute from Tennessee on February 23, 1861. They made their home at Union City, Tennessee.
After Obidiah died on August 16, 1875, Caroline returned to North Carolina. She sold the farm of her parents at ,
Andrews and bought property on East Buffalo, a few miles below Robbinsville. —
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Children o f MARY SHERRILL and OBIDIAH FOUTE are:
46. i. LEILA ETHIO5 FOUTE.
47. ii. NANNIE BOAZ FOUTE, b. 1870.
48. iii. MARY MAGDEUNE FOUTE.
49. iv. FANNY FOUTE.
28. W. HANABLE4 ENLOE (WILLIAM WATSON3, ABRAHAM2, ANTHONY*) was bom October 25,1843, and died
October 21,1900. He married MARTHA HYATT.
More About W. HANABLE ENLOE:
Burial: Campground Cemetery
Children o f W. ENLOE and MARTHA HYATT are:
i. EDGAR5 ENLOE, b. October 14,1873; d. September 05,1896.
ii. CHARLIE ENLOE.
iii. FRED ENLOE.
50. iv. MAMIE ELIZA ENLOE, b. 1888.
29. BiRUM4 ENLOE (WILLIAM WATSON3, ABRAHAM2, ANTHONY*) He married CLEMENTINE CONLEY September 15,
1872 in Jackson County, NC.
Child of BRUM ENLOE and CLEMENTINE CONLEY is:
i. BERT5 ENLOE.
30. BERTHA4 ENLOE (WILLIAM WATSON3, ABRAHAM2, ANTHONY*)
Notes for BERTHA ENLOE:
Never married
Child of BERTHA ENLOE is:
i. WILLIE5 ENLOE.
31. ARAZELLIE J.4 ENLOE (WILLIAM WATSON3, ABRAHAM2, ANTHONY*) She married CHARLES COLEMAN ASHE
November 01,1874 in Jackson County, NC
Child o f ARAZELLIE ENLOE and CHARLES ASHE is;
i. ROBERT AMOS5 ASHE, b. April 20,1878, Whittier, Jackson County, NC-Generation
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32. SARAH E.5 ENLOE (WILLIAM ALFRED4, SCROOP WILLIAM3, ABRAHAM2, ANTHONY*) was b o m 1862 in Jackson
County, NC- She married SlON THOMAS EARLY July 08, 1885 in Jackson County, NC. He was bom 1852 in
LeadvUle, VA.
Child o f SARAH ENLOE and SION EARLY is:
i. SCROOP DEwTTT6 EARLY, b. October 14,1896, Dillsboro, Jackson County, NC-
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33. LAURA REBECCA5 ENLOE (WILLIAM ALFRED4. SCROOP WILLIAM3, ABRAHAM2, ANTHONY*) was b om February
10,1865, and died July 09,1921. She married WALTER EVANS MOORE 1883, son of HAMILTON MOORE. He
was bom October 14, 1856 in Hominy Creek, Buncombe County, NC, and died January 23, 1933. y )
More About WALTER EVANS MOORE:
Burial: Webster Cemetery
Children of LAURA ENLOE and WALTER MOORE are:
i. MARY EMELINE6 MOORE, m. EUGENE BEARDEN.
ii. NINA MOORE, m. HOLMES BRYSON.
iii. TOM MOORE.
iv. HANNAH MOORE, b. October 13,1898.
v. DOROTHY MOORE.
vi. LEWIS MOORE, b. September 12,1889; d. April 05,1891.
More About LEWIS MOORE:
Burial: Webster Cemetery
vii. LUCY MOORE, b. April 29,1895; d. August 12,1896.
More About LUCY MOORE:
Burial: Webster Cemetery
viii. HARRY MOORE, b. December 03,1891; d. July 26,1895.
More About HARRY MOORE;
Burial: Webster Cemetery
34. MELVINA MAGDELINE (MAGGIE)5 ENLOE (WlLUAM ALFRED4, SCROOP WILLIAM3. ABRAHAM2, ANTHONY*) Was bom December 16, 1868 in Webster, NC, and died November 15, 1959. She married JOSEPH J. HOOKER February
05, 1890. He was bom October 09, 1864, and died July 20, 1931.
More About MELVINA MAGDELINE (MAGGIE) ENLOE:
Burial: Webster Cemetery
Notes for JOSEPH J. HOOKER:
Judge Joseph J. Hooker practiced law in Dillsboro in the earlly 1900's. His office still stands at the comer of Front
and Church Streets.
More About JOSEPH J. HOOKER:
Burial: Webster Cemetery
Children o f MELVINA ENLOE and JOSEPH HOOKER are:
i. JOSEPH J.6 HOOKER, JR., b. December 08,1890; d. March 04,1897.
More About JOSEPH J. HOOKER. JR.:
Burial: Webster Cemetery
ii. MARY IDA HOOKER, b. August 21,1893; d. November 25,1893.
More About MARY IDA HOOKER:
Burial: Webster Cemetery
iii. INFANT HOOKER, b. April 17,1895; d. April 17,1895.
More About INFANT HOOKER: ^y
Burial: Webster Cemetery
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S o m e E x a m p l e s o f L a n d G r a n t s
[Ed. We include in th.is issue some examples of land grants with local importance. The first is a Granville Land Grant
for Humphrey Cunningham. The land itself was located in Rowan County, but many of the Cunningham
descendants live here. The following two grants are from the state of North Carolina, and were issued to John
Monteith and Jason Frizzell for land on Little Savannah in then-Macon, now-Jackson County. Whe
Journeys Through Jackson 2015 Vol.25 No.01
Journeys Through Jackson is the official journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, Inc. The journal began as a monthly publication in July 1991, was published bimonthly from 1994 to 2003, and continues today as a quarterly publication. The journal issues in this digital collection are presented as annual compilations.Journeys
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The Official Journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, Inc.
Vol. XXV, No. I Winter 2015
JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.
2015 Officers
President ..................................................................................................................... Timothy N. Osment
Vice Presidents .................................................................................... Jason N. Gregory, Lynn Hotaling
Secretary ............................................................................................................... Mary Buchanan Smith
Treasurer ............................................................................................................... Teresa Deitz Manring
Librarian................................................................................................................................ Marie Clark
Office Manager ............................................................................................................. Karen Nicholson
Web Master ..................................................................................................................... Deanne G. Roles
Computer Technician ................................................................................................... Jason N. Gregory
Chair, Publications (Editor) ..................................................................................... Sanji Talley Watson
Journeys Through Jackson is the official publication of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. Members and non-members are invited to
submit genealogical materials for publication, with the understanding that the editor reserves the right to edit these materials for genealogical
content, clarity, or taste. The Society assumes no responsibility for errors of fact that may be contained in submissions, and except where noted,
the opinions expressed are not those of the editor or of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. The Society accepts no advertising for this
publication except for notices from other non-profit groups.
From the Editor
As usual, we will start with the weather. Here in Jackson County, the weather changes from day
to day. We have had some snow and ice, but, signs of spring are already appearing.
In the next issue, we plan on running all the members names with contact information and
families of interest. If you have not updated your information in a while, now would be a good time to do
so. Each issue from here on out will contain, depending on space available, all new members that have
joined since the last JTJ. That will give all members, new and old, a chance to see if there is anyone they
would like to contact and share information with.
As always, our Society owes its success to our members. You have graciously submitted and
donated materials for articles and ideas for articles to the Editor. We appreciate all feedback that is given.
This publication belongs to the membership as a whole and we hope that it is something that you read and
reread several times.
If you find yourself with a few hours of free time on your hands, please consider volunteering at
the Society. We are always glad to have people come in to share their knowledge of our area and our
families. Contact the JCGS office if you would like to volunteer.
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents, Announcements and Expression of Sympathy................................1
JCGS Photo Album........................................................................................................ 2-6
Doctor’s Daily Journal ................................................................................................ 7-12
The Descendants of James Thomas Tatham ........................................................... 13-18
JCGS 2014 Annual Meeting ...................................................................................... 19-20
The Shuler Family and the Civil War ...................................................................... 21-24
1880 Census Records for Jackson County ............................................................... 25-30
Descendants of Archie Blanton ................................................................................. 31-36
Library Acquisitions ........................................................................................................37
Note from Tim Osment, JCGS President ......................................................................37
2014 Treasurer’s Report .................................................................................................38
1935 Jackson County Death Certificates ................................................................. 39-42
WWI Draft Cards ...................................................................................................... 43-46
Index ............................................................................................................................ 47-48
We offer our sincere condolences and sympathy to the family of JCGS Life member Francine Hyatt on
her recent passing. We also extend our condolences and sympathy to JCGS members, Naomi Seago,
Larry & Marilyn Morton, Leslie Morgan, Marie Treadway, Tom McClure on the recent passing of
their loved ones.
Remember our monthly meetings!
Every second Thursday of the month.
Topics are varied and we try to have something of
interest for everyone.
Come out and join us.
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JCGS Photo Album
On a recent warm spring day, the Keener Cemetery marker identifying the final resting place of one of Sylva’s
founding fathers, General Erastus Rawley (E.R.) Hampton, shines in the noonday sun. In recognition of Sylva’s
125th anniversary, the stone was cleaned and reset by the Town of Sylva. An adjacent plaque designating
Hampton’s historical contributions will be installed in 2015. Hampton’s daughter, Mae is credited with selecting
the name “Sylva”, after one of her father’s hired hands, William D. Selvey (Sylva).
The picture above is one found in the
numerous pictures that have been
donated to the society. It is a picture
of Grady Parker of Cullowhee as a
young man.
The picture to the left is of Samuel
Manus Beck (1 Jul 1861-12 Mar
1954) and his wife, Eva Magdalin
Frizzell (13 Jun 1861-25 Feb 1954.)
They were married in Sunday, 10 Jun
1883. They reared their family in the
East Fork Community. They are the
grandparents of long time JCGS
member, Sam Beck.
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JCGS Photo Album
The two pictures are of the Balsam Grove School located in the Caney Fork Community. They are part of
the pictures donated by member, Loreda Davis, and are stored as the Wood Collection at the JCGS office.
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JCGS Photo Album
To the left is Richard Mealus and Irona
Texada Mathis Broom with their
granddaughter, Brenda Broom.
To the bottom is a picture of Richard and
Irona’s family with the addition of Bob
Mathis.
These pictures were donated to the society by
Martha L. Gross.
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JCGS Photo Album
This is a familiar sight in Jackson
County. Many of the men here
worked in the logging business at
one time or another. Both of these
pictures are part of the Wood
Collection.
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JCGS Photo Album
The soldier above is listed as Dick Warlick. The man and woman above are Coot and Ora Wood. The picture
below is of workers at a logging camp. No location is known and the only identification on the picture is the name
Mack Cook. These photographs are also of the Wood Collection.
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Doctor’s Daily Journal
ED: Recently member Anna Frazier brought the 1915 Daily Journal of Dr. C. Z. Chandler to our attention. We have decided to
publish the days that he has completed in the journal. All spelling and abbreviations are as written in book.
DATE WEATHER PATIENT PAYMENT COSTS
Jan 1 Fair W. E. Moore – for visit 1.00
-- incidental 1.00
Jan 2 Fair John Pruett – by cash 2.00
Mrs. C. H. Daniels – for Tub. Inj. 1.00
Edgar Early – for 1.00
Mrs. Jno. Phillips – for Tub. Inj. 1.00
Sarah Monteith – by cash .50
Jan 3 Cloudy Ranson Cowan – Prof Services, (wife)
Pole Buchanan – for visit 2.50
-- incidental 1.00
Jan 4 Fair D. K. Moore – by cash 2.50
Jno. R. Crawford – by cash 2.50
Pole Buchanan – for visit 7.00
Merrit Green – for visit 1.00
-- incidental 1.00
Jan 5 Cloudy & rainy Dollie Sutton – by cash 5.00
Jas. Mallonee – for vacc – wife 1.00
-- incidental 1.00
Jan 6 Rainy Jefferson Stand Life Ins. Co. 20.00
D. H. Bryson – by cash .50
Jan 7 Clear & warm Fate Ashe – by cash 1.00
L. J. Bryson – by cash 1.00
Jas. Mallonee – for visit 1.00 1.00
R. Van Ensley -- 1.00
-- incidental 1.00 1.00
Jan 8 Cool & cloudy Robt. Clayton – ½ 2.00
Pole Buchanan – for visit 6.00
Jeff. Stand. L. Ins. Co. – for Ex. J. J.
McDonald
5.00
Mrs. Jack Stutz – for med & Rx 1.00
Joe Davis – by cash ½ .50
Jan 9 Fair Silas Quillians – ½ cash 1.25
Prudental Ins. Co. 2.50
F. A. Luck – for visit 1.00
Jobe Stanley – for 2 Tub. Inj 2.00
Mrs. Jno. Phillips – for Tub inj. 1.00
Mrs. C. H. Daniels – for tun inj 1.00
R. L. Standish – for visit 7.00 7.00
W. D. Frizzle – by cash ½ 7.50
R. F. Jarrett – by cash ½ 4.20
Sam Monteith – for visit
2.00
D. A. Monteith – visit 1.00
Jan 10 Fair & warm T. P. Mehaffey – for prof. Services 3.00 3.00
Jan 11 Sleet & rain Jackson County – for attending meeting
– Sanitary Board
4.00
Rufus Jones – ½ 2.50
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Jan 12 Cool & cloudy, snow John Stanley – for tub inj 1.00
J. H. Cathey – by cash ½ 1.00
Lonnie Cunningham – Prof, services,
wife
3.00 10.00
Pry Cathey, Jr. – for ex & micro. Exs. 3.00
Jan 13 Clear & warmer Wm. Jones – ½ 1.00
Edgar Early – For tub inj. 1.00
Jan 14 Rain, warmer Rebel Hatcher – by cash on acct. 3.00
Jan 15 Clear & warm John Stanley – for tub. Inj. 1.00
Ed. Robinson – for dressing foot 1.00
B. R. Morgan – ½ 1.00
C. M. Wells – Dec 12, by cash on
settlement
11.12
Jan 16 Warm & cloudy J. B. Ensley – on acct. 8.50
Mrs. Jno. Phillips – Tuberculius Inj. 1.00
W. B. Wilkes – Prof. Services 2.00 2.00
Mrs. Epps – Tuberculius Inj 1.00 1.00
Jan 17 Rain W. C. Green – For med. 1.00
-- incidentals 2.00 2.00
Ed. Robinson – for dressing foot 1.00
Jan 18 Cloudy & rain Cling Mills – for visit 5.00
Jan 19 Cloudy & snow Thos. Buchanan – by cash ½ 2.50
Edgar Early – Tub. Inj. 1.00
Cling Mills – for visit 5.00
Robt. Clayton – for visit 5.00
Jan 20 Snow, colder Jobe Stanley – for tub. Inj. 1.00
Jno. McCoy – for visit 1.00
Ed Robinson – for dressing foot 1.00
Jan 21 Clear, cold Ransom Deitz – Prof. Services for wife 10.00 10.00
Geo. Pangle – for visit 1.00
Jan 22 Cloudy, cool Napolean Buchanan – by cash on acct. 4.00
Robt. Garrett – for visit 1.50
Jan 25 Cloudy & cool Layfayette Ashe – by ½ cash 1.00
Mrs. C. H. Daniels – Tub. Inj. 1.00
Edgar Ensley – Tub. Inj. 1.00
John Beck – ½ 2.00
Jan 26 Cloudy & cool S. W. Enloe – for visit 1.50
-- incidental 2.00 2.00
Jan 27 Cloudy & warmer Mrs. Fannie Elmore – for visit & ex. 2.00
Mrs. Thad Clayton – for visit 1.00
F. A. Luck – For visit 1.00
Cabe Cope – for visit 5.00
Jas. Hensley – Prof. Services (wife) 6.00 10.00
Jan 28 Clear & warm Jno. R. Crawford – for visit 5.00
Jan 29 Joe Mason – by cash ½ 1.50
Jan 30 Cloudy & colder Tho. Bradley – Prof. Services wife 10.00 10.00
Ace Nations – ½ 5.00
Chas. Fisher – ½ 2.50
Mrs. Jno. Phillips – Tub. Inj. 1.00
Mrs. C. H. Daniels – Tub. Inj. 1.00
Jan 31 Cloudy & cool J. R. Crawford – Prof. Services wife 15.00
149.50 158.00
Feb 1 Rainy & warm W. J. Cogdill – for urinolysis 1.00
Feb 2 Cloudy & rainy E. E. Brown – ½ 5.00
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Jno. R. Crawford – for prof services wife 4.00 10.00
J. A. Monteith – by cash ½ 4.00
Flem Woodard – by cash ½ 4.00
Thos. Clayton – for a child 1.00
Feb 3 Cloudy & cold Fred Bryson – for visit & med 1.50
David Hall – Prof. Services for self 10.00 10.00
Feb 4 Clear & cool F. A. Luck – for visit 1.00
Grandison Buchanan – Prof. Services
boy
8.00
A. A. Deitz – for visit 4.00
-- incidental 1.00 1.00
Feb 5 Rainy & warm Robt. Clayton – Prof. Services for wife 45.00 45.00
Feb 6 Clear & cool Coot Wood – ½ 2.00
Abe Moore – for visit 4.00
John Shepherd – ½ 2.50
Mrs. Jno. Phillips – Tub. Inj. 1.00
Jobe Stanley – Tub. Inj. 1.00
Edgar Early – Tub. Inj. 1.00
Baird – removed tonsils (girl) 10.00
H. M. Bumgarner – for visit 1.00
Feb 7 Clear & cool J. M. Leatherwood – Prof. Service for
wife
15.00
Feb 8 Clear & Cool Ace Deitz – for visit 8.00
Feb 9 Clear & cool Cole Gribble – ½ 5.00
Jefferson St. Life – ½ 5.00
M. Parker – ½ 2.25
Dave Phillips – ½ 3.00
Charlie Hall – for visit 4.00
LaGrant Dills – for visit 1.00
Feb 10 Cold & clear Robt. Garret – for visit 1.50
Feb 11 Clear & warmer Thad Baird – for visit 2.50
Rufus Monteith – for visit and med. 2.50 1.50
F. A. Luck – for visit 1.00
Feb 12 Clear & warmer Chas. Hall – for visit 4.00
Cling Lewis – for visit 3.50 3.50
W. R. Sherrill – for visit 2.50
Jas. Anderson – for visit 2.00 2.00
Robt. Hatcher – for visit 1.00
Feb 13 H. B. Pressley – for visit 1.00
Mrs. Epps – for Tub. Inj. 1.00 1.00
Mrs. Phillips – for Tub. Inj. 1.00
W. R. Sherrill – for visit 2.50
Feb 14 Warm, cloudy, rainy W. R. Sherrill – for visit 2.50
Nelson Wilson – Prof. Services for wife 8.00 10.00
Jobe Stanley – for Tub. Inj. 1.00
Feb 15 Cloudy & rainy W. R. Sherrill – for visit 3.00
Jas. Anderson – Prof. Services for self 2.00
-- incidental 1.00 1.00
Edgar Early – for tub. Inj. 1.00
Feb 16 Cloudy & cooler Matt Crawford – ½ .50
W. R. Sherrill – for visit 2.50
Lawrence Cowan – for visit 1.00
Jas. Cowan – for visit 1.00 1.00
Feb 17 Clear & warm Sam Crisp – for visit 6.00
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Doyck Sutton – for visit 5.00 5.00
-- incidental 1.00 1.00
Feb 18 Clear & warm Cling Lewis – Prof. Services wife 10.00 10.00
W. R. Sherrill – for visit 1.00
Harris Clay Co. – Prof services for Jess
Baker
5.00
Feb 19 Clear & warm Incidental 1.00 1.00
Feb 20 Clear & warm Fate Elders – for visit with DDH 7.50
Mrs. Jno. Phillips – Tub. Inj. 1.00
J. M. Stillwell – Prof. Services for girl 10.00 10.00
Feb 21 Clear & warm James Ensley – Prof. Services for wife 10.00
Feb 22 Cloudy & warm Wm. Williamson – for visit etc. 5.00
J. C. Estes – for visit 3.00
J. J. Hooper – for visit 2.00
Feb 23 Cloudy & warm Thad Beard – for visit 2.50
Whit Fore – for visit 1.50
Mrs. Robinson – by cash ½ 1.50
Feb 24 Cloudy & colder Tom McNeely – for visit 1.50
Pole Buchanan – by Cash ½ 4.50
Thos. Norman – for visit 4.00 8.00
Wm. Smith – for visit 5.00
Feb 25 Clear & colder Jno. R. Crawford – ½ 8.50
-- incidental 1.00 1.00
Wm. Smith – for visit 5.00
Feb 26 Clear & cool Wm. Smith – for visit 5.00
Burton Stiles -- by c. ½ 5.00
J. M. Leatherwood – by cash on acct. 10.00
Feb 27 Clear & warmer Charlie Hall – ½ 3.00
Mrs. C. H. Daniels – for Tub inj. 1.00
Mrs. Jno Phillips – for Tub. Inj. 1.00
-- incidental 1.00 1.00
Wm. Smith – for visit 5.00
Feb 28 Clear & cool Wm. Smith – for visit 5.00
179.25 288.50
Mar 1 Clear & cool Wm. Smith – for visit 5.00
Mar 2 Clear & cool Wm. Smith – for visit 5.00
Henry Hall – Prof. Services wife 10.00
-- incidental 1.00 1.00
Thad Beard – visit with DDH 1.00
Mar 3 Clear & warm Wm. Smith – for visit 5.00
E. M. Smathers – for visit 6.00
Thos. McNeely – Prof. Services for boy 25.00
Mar 4 Cloudy & cool Wm. Smith – for visit 5.00
-- incidental 1.00 1.00
Wm. Williamson – for visit 3.00
Mar 5 Cloudy & rain E. M. Smathers – for visit 8.00
Wm. Smith – for visit 5.00
J. R. Crawford – for visit 1.00
Henry Raby – for visit 6.00 6.00
Mar 6 Clear & cool Vina Monteith – ½ 2.00
Wm. Smith – for visit 5.00
Jess Parker – Prof services for wife 10.00
Mrs. Jno. Phillips – for Tub. Inj. 1.00
-- incidental 1.00 1.00
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Tom McNeely – ½ 2.50
Mar 7 Cold, cloudy, snowy Mrs. Clara Smith – for visit 5.00
Mar 8 Clear & cold Masonie M -- ½ 1.50
Walter Cagle – Prof. Services wife 10.00
Wm. Smith – for visit 5.00
J. A. Parris – for visit 1.00
Mar 9 Fair Burton Ashe – for visit 5.00
Mar 10 R. L. Elders – ½ 7.50
Anderson Cowan – for visit 15.00 15.00
Wm. Smith – for visit 5.00
Edgar Early – for Tub. Inj. 1.00
Mar 11 Clear & warm Jess Baker – by cash on acct. 5.00
Mr. Grainger – for visit 5.00
Mar 12 Clear & warm Henry Brogden – for visit 2.00
Deen Sutton – for visit 2.00
Mar 13 Clear & warm Allen Sutton – ½ 5.00
Burt Stiles – ½ .50
Wm. Smith – for visit 5.00
Mrs. C. H. Daniels – for Tub. Inj. 1.00
Jas. Anderson – for Tub. Inj. 1.00 1.00
Mar 14 Clear & warm Geo. McConnell – for visit 3.50
Wm. Williamson – for visit 1.00
Mrs. Clara Smith – for visit 5.00
-- incidental 1.00
Mar 15 Cloudy & warm Swartz Brooks – Prof. Services for boy 1.00 7.00
Wm. Smith – for visit 5.00
Geo. McConnell – for visit 3.50
Wm. Williamson – for visit 4.00
Mar 16 Cloudy, snow & rain Arthur Dills – for visit 2.50
Jobe Stanley -- for visit 1.00
Edgar Early – for Tub. Inj. 1.00
E. M. Smathers – cash on acct. 5.00
Wm. Smith – for visit 10.00
Mar 17 Clear & cold Goldman Green – for visit – mother 3.50 7.00
-- incidental 2.00 2.00
Aaron Bryson – for visit 2.50
Wm. Smith – for visit 5.00
Hube Bryson – for visit 2.00 2.00
Mar 18 Cloudy & cool Gay Sutton – Prof. Services for wife 10.00 10.00
Rchd. Hall – Prof services for self 10.00
F. A. Luck – for visit 1.00
Laurence -- by cash ½ 1.50
Mar 19 Cloudy, cold & rain Wm. Smith – for visit 5.00
Jno. Dillard – for visit & ex. 5.00
Mar 20 Cloudy & cold Jas. Anderson – for Tub inj. 2.00 2.00
Mrs. Daniels – Tub inj. 1.00
Wm. Morgan – for visit 1.00
Walter Bryson – visit & med 1.50
Mrs. Eugene Allison – for visit 2.50
Mr.. Luck – for visit 2.00
Mar 21 Cloudy & snow Severe McDowell – for visit 2.00
Jno. Dillard – for visit 2.00
J. H. Cathey – services for Jule 3.00
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Mar 22 Cloudy & snow John R. Crawford – ½ 5.00
Severe McDowell – for visit 2.00
-- incidental 1.00 1.00
M. D. Hardin – for visit 1.00
Mar 23 Cloudy & cool J. H. Cathey – for dressing – Jule 1.00
Edgar Early – Tub. Inj. 1.00
-- incidental 1.00 1.00
B. R. Morgan – services for child 1.50
Mar 24 Clear & warmer Mr. Luck – for visit 1.00
Jobe Stanley – for Tub. Inj. 1.00
Jno. Dillard – for visit 1.50
Mar 25 Clear & warm Lawson Queen – ½ 2.00
Mrs. David Frizzle – for visit 2.00
Mr. Williamson – for visit 2.50
Severe McDowell – for visit 1.00
Gay Sutton – for visit 5.00
Mar 24 Cloudly, warmer &
rain
Mrs. Clara Smith – for visit 5.00
Mr. Luck – for visit 1.00
Jas. Cabe – Prof services for son 5.00
-- incidental 1.00 1.00
J. H. Cathey – dressing Jule’s head 1.00
Mar 27 Cloudy & rain Ed. Howell – for visit 5.00
Mrs. Epps – Tub. Inj. 1.00 1.00
-- incidental 2.00 2.00
Mar 28 Clear & warmer Mrs. Clara Smith – for visit 5.00
Jas. Anderson – Tub. Inj. 1.00
Ed. Howell – for visit 5.00
Mar 29 Clear & warm Jas. Sutton – for 2 visits 15.00
Ace Deitz – for visit 1.00
C. M. Danner – by cash ½ 11.25
Mar 30 Cloudy & snow Roy Buchanan – Prof. Services for wife 10.00 10.00
Louis Jones – Prof. Services for wife 10.00 10.00
Mar 31 Cloudy & cold Roy Sutton – for visit 5.00
120.50 375.00
Apr 2 Cloudy, rain & snow Aaron Bryson – Prof. Services for wife 100.00
Apr 3 Abe Moore – by cash ½ 2.00
Cole Bradley – by cash ½ 1.50
Geo. Snyder – ½ 1.25
Apr 4 Clear & warm Baxter Hall – Prof Services for wife 10.00
Cole Allison – for visit 1.50
Apr 6 Robt. Hatcher – ½ 1.50
Winfield Turpin – ½ 2.50
Apr 7 Clear & warm Jno. Pruett – for visit 2.50
Walter Bryson – for visit 2.50
Apr 8 Clear & warm Sam Davis – Prof. Services for self 50.00 50.00
Whit Fore – ½ 1.00
Apr 9 Clear & warm Robt. Clayton – for visit 4.00
Robt. Hatcher – for visit 1.00
Jas. Davis – visit for Arrwood 1.00
Fate Ashe – ½ 1.00
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Descendants of John Thomas Tatham
ED: This family record was submitted by JCGS member, Mary Buchanan Smith. It will continue in following issues.
20. Thomas Nathaniel Tatham was born 4 Jun 1839 in Savanah, Jackson Co., NC and died Sept. 1919 in
Young Harris, Georgia. He is buried in Young Harris, Georgia. He married Artie Mae Bryson on 15 Feb 1865 in
Jackson Co., NC. She was born 10 Aug 1850 in Jackson Co., and died 8 Jan 1890 in Jackson Co., NC. She is buried
at Wesleyanna Methodist Church Cemetery, Jackson Co, NC. She was the daughter of Daniel J. Bryson and
Lucinda Jones.
Notes for Thomas Nathaniel Tatham:
The family of Thomas Tatham is listed in a Bible in possession of Mattie Buchanan Cabe – from her
mother, Lillie Tatham Buchanan.
Thomas N. Tatham enlisted 27 Apr 1861, age 21, Co. A, Jackson Co., NC, 16th Infantry Regiment, CSA.
Mustered our 5 Oct 1861, Transferred 5 Oct, 1861. NC Troops 1861-1865. He also served Co. K., 39th
Regiment, NC, CSA. He lost an eye in the War. Served in Thomas’s Legion.
1870 Census, Jackson Co., NC 1880 Census, Jackson Co., NC
Thomas Tatham 30 Tatham, Thomas 41 b: NC
Artie Mae 20 Artie 30
Lilly E. 1 Lillie 11
Robert 9
Pinkney 5
Charley 2
1900 Census Jackson Co., NC
Thomas Tatham 60 1910 Census, Thomas N. Tatham, age 72,
Pinkney C. 26 living with daughter Lillie Tatham Buchanan
Daniel 19 and family.
John W. 13
13 Jan 1883 – Thomas N. Tatham, L. C. Hall … appointed Guardian to John Tatham, Wm. Tatham,
George Tatham, Irvin Tatham, “minor orphans of James Tatham.” (This is interesting considering James
did not die. His wife Arminda Cabe Tatham died.)
He is buried in Woods Grove, Young Harris, Georgia. Application for Confederate Tombstone made, to be
shipped to W. C Tatham, Hayesville, Clay Co., NC.
Artie M
Prosperity without growth? : the transition to a sustainable economy
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Global Luxury Brands
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In order to address the omissions sited above, this chapter identifies and examines several overarching strategic questions. Initially it identifies and explores concepts of ‘real’ and ‘accessible’ luxury and the tensions between the two within the context of changing notions of fashion. It then analyses the strategic use of fashion by luxury brands to re-position themselves in broader markets by providing accessible luxury.
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Objectives: this study examines the impact of environmental degradation, focusing on air pollution and CO2 emissions, as key climate stressors on health outcomes, specifically pollution-related mortality and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). The research explores how healthcare infrastructure, accessibility, quality, and policies contribute to climate resilience by mitigating pollution-related mortality and supporting adaptation to environmental stressors.Study design: using panel data from 145 countries between 2009 and 2017, the study assesses both the direct effects of environmental factors on health outcomes and the mitigating role of healthcare systems. The design incorporates variation across countries and time to better understand these relationships.Methods: panel analysis models estimate the relationship between air pollution, CO2 emissions, and health outcomes. Interaction terms between CO2 emissions and healthcare system indicators are tested to determine if stronger healthcare systems can reduce pollution-induced mortality and DALYs.Results: the study confirms that air pollution exposure is significantly linked to increased mortality and DALYs. While improved healthcare infrastructure, accessibility, and quality help mitigate some pollution-related health risks, they are insufficient to offset the long-term negative effects of CO2 emissions. The interaction terms between CO2 emissions and healthcare resilience are statistically insignificant, suggesting that even well-functioning healthcare systems cannot fully counteract the harmful consequences of environmental degradation.Conclusion: while strengthening healthcare systems is vital for enhancing resilience to air pollution, the persistent adverse effects of CO2 emissions stress the need for integrated environmental and health policies. Emission reduction strategies and stricter environmental regulations must complement healthcare improvements to effectively safeguard public health
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An interview with author Tim Leighton about the paper
Journeys Through Jackson 2009 Vol.19 No.02
Journeys Through Jackson is the official journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, Inc. The journal began as a monthly publication in July 1991, was published bimonthly from 1994 to 2003, and continues today as a quarterly publication. The journal issues in this digital collection are presented as annual compilations.c
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JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.
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President James E. Monteith
Vice Presidents Nelma J. Bryson, B.B. Cantrell
Secretary Marilyn G.Morton
Treasurer E. Lawrence Morton
Librarian Dorris D. Beck
Office Manager Ruth C. Shuler
Computer Coordinator. Deanne G. Roles
Chair, Publications (Editor) R. Larry Crawford
Journeys Through Jackson is the official publication of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. Members and non-members are invited to submit genealogical
materials for publication, with the understanding that the editor reserves the right to edit these materials for genealogical content, clarity, or taste. The Society
assumes no responsibility for errors of fact that may be contained in submissions, and except where noted, the opinions expressed arc not those of the editor or of
the Jackson County Genealogical Society. The Society accepts co advertising for this publication except for notices for other non-profit groups.
From the Editor
The Jackson County Arts Council indoor yard sale has come and gone, and we participated
vigorously. We had a good day, if awfully tiring for some of our loyal volunteers. Other good days have been
in the evenings when our group meets on the second Thursday. Our attendance has been a little down, but we
attribute that to the fact that everyone stays so busy. v_y
We trust that the membership will not find this issue top-heavy. We seem to have a lot of photographs
this time over and above our regular-feature Photo Album. AH phases of genealogy are interesting, so read
and enjoy the work of your fellow Society members.
Many thanks this time to Beau Allen Hudgins, Ruth Crawford Shuler, R.O. Wilson, Mack Sutton,
cousin Mark Blanton, Sue Gunnells Phillips, Rachel Brown Phillips, Betty Cope Andrews, Bill Crawford,
Barbara Shelton Smith, Barbara Dills Bishop, Elizabeth Moss Wilson, Dorris Dills Beck, and Deanne Gibson
Roles. AH have, in some way, contributed to this issue.
V i s i t u s a t o u r W e b s i t e : h t t p : / / w w w . j c n c g s . c o m /
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JCGS Awards, Expressions of Sympathy 49
JCGS Photo Album 50 - 54
World W a r I I Clippings 55 - 58
Photographs - Blackwood L u m b e r Company 59 - 62
David L. Shelton Pension Application 63 - 66
Jackson County Death Certificates 67 - 69
Little T r e a s u r e s - Leah Heinz P a p e r s 70
Descendants of J o h a n n e s Risch 71 - 74
Buck C r e e k Cemetery 75 - 76
Archibald Nelson P r i c e Family Continued ; 77 - 80
Photographs from B a r b a r a Dills Bishop 81 - 84
Thomas Belew Stalcup Will a n d Descendants 85 - 88
Certain Owens a n d Piersons F r om S o u t h e r n Jackson County 89 - 92
JCGS Space in t h e Old Courthouse 93
JCGS L i b r a r y Acquisitions 94
One T h i n g a n d Another 94
Index 95-96
J C G S A w a r d s
At the February meeting of the Society, two JCGS members were honored for their
dedication and contributions. Mary Katherine Sherrill Lowder received the Robert Lee
and Drusilla Holden Award for distinguished service to genealogy. Mary Katherine
compiled The Robert Lee Holden Family with Allied Lines of Norton and Taylor and along
with her Sherrill first cousins and her sister Nancy Sherrill Wilson, completed publication
of The William Robert Sherrill and Mary Cowan Sherrill Family. Mary Katherine has also
contributed in many other ways to our society, both with genealogy and with other support.
The Daniel Washington Deitz Memorial Award, for service to the Jackson County
Genealogical Society itself, was presented to James Monteith. Always finding old pictures,
volunteering at the Society office, doing many unnoticed jobs, James also serves the Society
as its president. We are pleased to recognize them again here.
I n S y m p a t hy
We dedicate this issue of Journeys Through Jackson to the memory of Pauline Dean Ensley,
Helen Davis Cooper, and Regenia Pannell Fisher. We offer our sympathy to their families.
We also send condolences to JCGS members Alvin Middleton, Ronald Haskett, Pearl
Smith, and Clyde Phillips, all of whom have recently lost family members.
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The picture above shows Leah Rachel Bryson Sutton, daughter of Hamilton and Agnes
Matilda Wilson Bryson. This is the photograph Beau Hudgins sent to Leah Sutton Heinz
some years ago, (reference; p. 70). V_v
In this picture, we show just how much fun
genealogy can be. The baby in the photograph is Erline Murray, and she is being held by
Ruth Choate, who sent the picture to Ruth Shuler in response to a query in the Grand
Junction, Colorado, newspaper. Erline Murray's mother was Byrda Bolton, whose mother
was Winifred Cockerham, whose father Jesse Chandler Cockerham left (in the 1840's) what
would become Jackson County a few years later.
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A three-brothers photograph from the Speedwell community of Cullowhee. On the left is
Thomas Cleveland Wilson, father of JCGS member R.O. Wilson; standing is Bub Enos
Wilson; on the right is Oscar Wilson, grandfather of new JCGS member Claude Wilson of
Oroville, California. All of these three men were sons of Enos and Elizabeth Bennett
Wilson. Below, an image of the funeral card of their first cousin Robert Archaelus Wilson
(1863 - 1887). The card is printed on heavy card stock, and was in the possession of Leah
Sutton Heinz.
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The photograph above shows Jeremiah (Jerry) Hensley (Feb. 1848 - 3 Oct 1928) and his
wife Margaret Ingabo Quilliams Hensley (20 Oct 1846 - 7 Oct 1913). They are buried at
Locust Field Cemetery.
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We used the photograph on the previous page in Volume I of Jackson County Heritage. In
2007 cousin Mark Blanton of Rome, Georgia, sent another (much larger) copy of the
picture. We believe that it shows a singing school because the man seated (or stooped) in
the center is the editor's paternal great - grandfather Crawford. He would have been one
of the instructors of the school. We have always believed that the picture represented
persons from the Ochre Hill, Cane Creek, and Wayehutta communities. All of those
communities were closer - connected in another time than they are today, because major
paved roads don't go through Cracking Chestnut Gap.
Mark identifies the fourth kneeling child from the left as Harley Shuler. Just behind him,
and dressed in white, would be his older sister Bessie, who married Erastus Blanton. She is
holding Winford, their oldest child. Bessie and Erastus were Mark's grandparents. The
other woman holding a baby is Emiline Watson Shuler, holding Annie Belle. On the
extreme right in the middle row would possibly be Edward Shuler. We are guessing that
identity from another photograph.
The man standing third from the left in the middle row is Edd Norman, and is the maternal
grandfather of the editor, Ruth Shuler, and Jean Brown. (We are his only grandchildren.)
He was an outstanding tenor singer, and would have provided contrast to some of these
Shulers, who were among the best bass singers we ever heard.
On the back row, either that man is standing on something, or he is one of the tallest men
who ever lived around here.
With this photograph, we would ask JCGS member Ernestine Jones to see if her father
(LaFayette or ' T a t e " Shuler) is identifiable, and we would request the same of JCGS
member Harold Ensley, requesting if can find his grandmother Sadie Blanton, who was also
one of these Shulers from Cane Creek.
Needless to say, we would welcome any other identifications. Since we have concentrated
on the Bob Shuler family here, wouldn't it be reasonable to assnme that Rachel Shuler
Blanton and Jerdie Shuler Morgan are two of the young girls here? And Mark is of the
opinion that Johnny Shuler is just in front of his mother Emiline.
We would guess that this picture was made about 1912 or 1913.
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[Ed. The following were shared with us by JCGS member Rachel Brown Phillips. The clippings were cut from
various newspapers, but we suppose most are from Sylva and Asheville papers. We were pleased to find references to
Society members, and we will add those to the other news given here, regrettably some of it the very worst that a
family could hear. Wc are, as always, in awe of the sacrifices of this generation.]
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B l a c k w o o d L u m b e r C o m p a n y P h o t o g r a p h s
[Ed. The following pictures of an important part of Jackson County's economic history are shared by JCGS member
Sue Gunnells Phillips. Sue is the daughter of a Blackwood employee.]
Above, Blackwood employees. Bethel Gunnells, Sue's father, is in front center in
shirtsleeves and heavy gloves. At one time he was a blacksmith for the company. Below,
some of the employee housing at the mill.
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The picture above is a real classic. It shows the company bus, which ran on the railroad
tracks and carried passengers to Cullowhee Normal School and also up Caney Fork. Mr.
Gunnells drove the bus. In this photograph, the two men on the left are unidentified, the
other three are Ed Hooper, Jim Potts, and Bethel Gunnells. Gunnells was from Athens,
Georgia, but when he met Sue's mother, he stayed forever. She rode the bus to classes at
the normal school, now of course Western Carolina University. Below, the lumber
company's train. It is a Shay locomotive, a 3-piston machine with a geared side drive for
power to ascend steep grades. (Thanks to buddy Mike Shay for that information.)
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*+> Above, a big view of the mill. Below, the East LaPorte bridge, the road coming up Caney
Fork and passing in front of the Adams house.
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Above, the mill itself. Below, the view from the hill above Caney Fork Road, showing the
village of East LaPorte, with the school in the background. Sue's mother taught at the
school. One can also ascertain the Tuckaseigee River to the left.
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D a v i d L . S h e l t o n ' s P e n s i o n A p p l i c a t i o n
[Ed. The following is a perfect example of how, in genealogy, one finds something valuable while looking for
something else. We copied this pension application from the Lawrence Wood papers located in the Macon County
Historical Society's museum.]
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State of North Carolina, County of Jackson: On this 13th day of October A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-three personally appeared before me, a Clerk of the Superior
Court within and for the County and State aforesaid, David L. Shelton, aged 76 years, a
resident of Fidelity County of Jackson, State of North Carolina, who being by me first duly
sworn according to law, deposes and says...[served with Samuel Patterson in the Indian
Wars March or April 1838 until July 1838 and was honorably discharged]...that he is
married; that the maiden name of his wife was Drucilla Burrel to whom he was married at
Union Co., in the state of Georgia, on the 10th day of March, A.D. 1838, t h a t his wife is now
dead, having died on the 27,h day of March, A.D. 1890 at Fidelity, in the state of North
Carolina, that he has not since remarried...
[Above, the first part of the personal affidavit of Shelton. Obviously, the important genealogy of
this is that it gives his wife's maiden name, the date and place of their marriage, and the date of
her death, which we read as 1890, but which might be 1892. The next question for us would be
to inquire exactly where Fidelity was in the Canada community. Some of Shelton's people are
buried at Rock Bridge, others at Wolf Creek.]
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County, Georgia, "for a few months after his discharge" but since then he has resided at Fidelity.
Below, the beginning of the affidavit of Walter M. Burrell, age 76, of Visage, Towns County,
Georgia. Burrell says that Shelton is the identical person who served in the company under the
name of Bright Burrell. Our question would be if this man (Walter M. Burrell) was a brother-in-law
of David L. Shelton. Furthermore, was the Bright Burrell of reference here also a brother-in-law?
How were they connected to the Civil War soldier (also named Bright Burrell) whose
letters we published in our winter 2009 issue?]
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[The above letter is dated 18 Jun 1895 and is written from Painter, North Carolina. A few of the
interesting statements are that "You have Walter Burrell from Georgia and J. Dogens
(Dodgion?) who will swear that I volunteered at the beginning and remained a soldier until
I was discharged under Capt. Patterson I taken Bright Burrells place in the company. The
capt was to erace Bright Burrells name and place my name on the roll Bright Burrell
never served a day in the company. I served in my own name I had no relation with Bright
Burrell...I haven't received any pay for my service as a soldier no land warrant as your
record will show]
David L. Shelton
(his mark)
[Ed. We don't know if this matter were ever resolved to Shelton's satisfaction, but the
indications from the file, which is supposed to be complete, are that he remained without pay or
warrant. David Shelton and Drucilla Burrell raised a family of nine children, namely Louisa
(ca. 1839), Isabella (ca. 1842), Martha Emily (ca. 1844), Elias (ca. 1845), Elizabeth (ca. 1848),
Nellie C. (ca. 1852), Mary Y. (ca. 1854), Zeb V. (ca. 1848), and Keziah (ca. 1861), according to
census records of Haywood County for 1850 and Jackson County for 1860 and 1870. See also
Beau Allen Hudgins in Jackson County Heritage, Vol. IL] \ J
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1 9 8 9 D e a t h C e r t i f i c a t e s o f J a c k s o n C o u n t y P e r s o n s
B o r n P r i o r t o 1 9 0 0
[Key to reading the following: Name of deceased; spouse; date of birth; place of birth; 1989 date of death; place of
death; father's name; mother's name; informant's name; informant's address; cemetery. Abstracted by Larry Crawford
in the Jackson County Register of Deeds Office April 2009.]
Adams, Cola Haynes; h/o Myrtle Raby; 19 Aug 1898; Whittier; 18 Mar; Sylva; Pink Adams;
Lola Fox; Jack Adams; Whittier; Union Hill
Ashe, Ralph M.; h/o Effie Alexander; 1 Dec 1899; Jackson Co.; 21 May; Sylva; Francis M.
Ashe; Lillie Middleton; Effie A. Ashe; Canton; Fairview
Barker, Sallie Mae; never married; 3 May 1888; Jackson Co.; 26 Jan; Sylva; Frank Barker;
Mary Buchanan; Viola Deitz; Sylva; Fairview
Buchanan, Willie Leo; wid; 26 Jul 1896; Cowee NC; 26 Dec; Sylva; John E. Rickman; Sara
Sanders; Thomas D. Buchanan; Sylva; New Savannah
Bunn, Edith Belle; w/o Roy J . Bunn; 25 Mar 1896; Menlo IA; 1 Jul; Sylva; Judson Whitaker;
Clara ; Roy J. Bunn; Cashiers; Maple Springs Crematory - Asheville
Bunn, Fannie Finch; wid; 16 Dec 1897; Vance Co.; 7 Sep; Sylva; George Washington Finch;
Mary Frances Jackson; John T. Bunn; Sylva; Maple Springs Baptist Church - Louisburg
Davis, Essie Price; wid; 15 Jan 1898; Jackson Co.; 1 Aug; Sylva; Napoleon Price; Elizabeth
Hooper; Billy Smith; Brevard; Fairview
Doty, Celene Barger; wid; 2 Sep 1891; Charlton IA; 24 Sep; Sylva; William B. Barger; Amanda
Lewis; Margaret Pentz; Franklin; Rabun Memory Gardens Crematory - Clayton GA
Elliott, Mary Maude; w/o Alton Elliott; 30 Mar 1899; Robbinsville; 15 Jun; Sylva; Will Crisp;
Mary Carver; Alton Elliott; Robbinsville; Bear Creek - Robbinsville
Gass, Emma Hazel; wid; 17 Dec 1898; Blount Co TN; 25 Apr; Whittier; William Steve Wells;
Annie Anderson; Harvey Gass; Whittier; Thomas
Gibson, Frank; wid; 16 Nov 1897; Jackson Co.; 31 Mar; Sylva; Lum Gibson; Belle Styles; Cumi
Painter; Sylva; Fairview
Haynes, Kate Laura Smathers; wid; 31 Jul 1899; Haywood Co.; 27 May; Sylva; Sylva; John F.
Smathers; Lula Smathers; William Haynes; Clyde; Crawford Memorial Gardens - Clyde
Hedden, Eula Mae; w/o Jeff Hedden; 24 Apr 1896; Hayesville; 27 Oct; Webster; John Handley
Crawford; Clarissa Ann Sellers; Jeff Hedden; Sylva; Shepherd — Hendersonville
Higdon, Lola Jane; never married; 15 Oct 1897; Jackson Co.; 21 Apr; Sylva; Columbus Higdon;
Violet Jane Wilson; Greta Jane Davis; Sylva; Deitz Memorial (East Fork)
Hooper, Etta Fisher; wid; 22 Jul 1889; Jackson Co.; 15 Aug; Sylva; Thomas Jasper Fisher;
Alice Ray; Gladys Wimbish; Sylva; Dills (Fisher Creek)
Jones, Lottie Hestell; wid; 1 May 1898; Jackson Co.; 4 Nov; Sylva; Thomas L. Brown; Ida Jane
Cochran; Ruth Mosteller; Sylva; Brown (Barkers Creek)
Lowe, Margaret Viola; wid; 2 Jan 1899; Newport TN; 30 Mar; Sylva; Ike Henry; ;
Herbert H. Lowe; Franklin; Mount Comfort - Alexandria VA
Marr, William; h/o Mae Edwards; 8 Mar 1895; Nantahala; 31 Dec; Sylva; Brady Marr; Nancy
Grant;
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