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Journeys Through Jackson 2014 Vol.24 No.01

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30. . ., East side of Savannah Creek, Tatham interest in land with John Wilson and Company . . . (description runs on Buchanan's line.) 100 acre. Bk. C , pg 1354, 1841 for

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Journeys Through Jackson 2013 Vol.23 No.01

Author: Jackson County Genealogical Society (N.C.);
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93.50 (shipped to your homo.or office!) TOTAL BOOKS TO BE SHIPPED TOTAL BOOKS TO BE PICKED UP .TOTAL ENCLOSED D E A D L I N E : M a r c h 1 5 , 2 0 13 Name Address City. State/Zip_i_ SEND CHECK OR MONEY ORDER TO: Jackson Co., Heritage -:1992 Vol. 1 reprint Jackson Co. Genealogical Society. PO.Box2108 Cullowhee, NC 28723-2108 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2013 \ y F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n c o n t a c t : ; T h e J a c k s o n Co. G e n e a l o g i c a l S o c i e t y | 828-631-2646 o r 1 K e n o r K a r e n N i c h o l s o n . ; 828-586-2590 < A n n o u n c i n g t h e R e p r i n t i n g of T h e H e r i t a g e o f J a c k s o n C o u n t y , N C V o l . O n e - 1 9 9 2 i For f u r t h e r d e t a i l s c o n t a c t: I T h e J a c k s o n C o . G e n e a l o g i c a l Society \ l Kenny and Karen Nicholson 828-586-2590 j [email protected] ! Tim Osment 828-273-761? I • timosment(g!gmaiLcom . | Ruth Shuler 828-293-5227:. i rshuIer3383(g),frontier,com ^MIjiOfKWIIWSit^XWl i *-«*,*b*.KK¥<t-.'.'VtVf« I J \^J • ZZIQZ ON 'aoqMoiino 801-2 x o a o d •obs iBoiBo|Boua9 Ajunoo uos^oep tuufey-Z6S\,Vloj\ ON '"°0 uos>|oep jo eBeujeH K.J 8 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2013 F i n a n c i a l S t a t e m e n t [Ed: The Financial Statement was provided by JCGS Treasurer, Larry Morton.] ^ Jackson County Genealogical Society Net Cash Row January 1 - December 31,2012 STARTING Balance Regular Deposits Book Sales Copier Refund-half of copier contract Donations (incl royalties) Fund Raiser Grants Received Interest Income Family Memberships Individual Memberships Life Memberships Received for Postage Sales Tax Received Petty cash Total Regular Deposits , STARTING BALANCE + Deposits ' *•• . Expenses •• Advertisements' Dues/Memberships other societies • -., Insurance , Library Purchases - Cowan Fund Miscellaneous- copier contract Miscellaneous-Purchases for Resale - Miscellaneous-Awards •. . Office Supplies.. . Postofflce Box Rent Postage i/ Prepaid postage . Printing/Copylng/Reproducing Program Presentation/Meals . . Fund Raiser. Office Rent, Storage Unit Sales Tax Paid- Utilities-Telephone , Internet: DnetWebsite.Domain. A Total Expenses -• . ." ; ., . Net Income -..'.', •" v •• • •' . '•' Ending Balance- . Certificates of Deposit Prepaid postage • permit 22 Total Cash Assets YTD 9,269.20 4,079.93 224.25 133.79 826.01 10,333.00 200.00 4.80 825.00 2,180.00 750.00 160.25 318.47 (18.10) 20,017.40 29,288.60 ; ..•-'• - 100,00 140.00 604.00 9343 282.51 217.50 463.11 557.23 100.00 298.63 468.17 4,090.82 ; 50.00 1,626.48 4,536.00 ! 243.96 ; 733.58 392.87 14,896429 : \ ;• 5,121.11 . " >•. 14,390.31 2,214.60 31.09 16,638.00 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2013 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. V_^ 10 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2013 ^ ^ 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 11 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2013 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 12 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2013 / noting here that the entire area along the north shore of the Little Tennessee had been coveted for the Park ^ ^ since the 1920's; in fact, it had been included in the original park outline, drawn in 1926. hi the course of a century, Hazel Creek witnessed the coming of the first white settlers, an era of slow increase in families on subsistence farms, followed by a period of rapid industrial and job growth, an equally rapid loss of resources - an thus industry and its jobs. By the time the 1930 census was taken, there were but two dozen individuals on the entire north shore who listed saw mill or logging as their trade, and most of these were well to the east of Hazel Creek. Just over a decade later, there was to be no more permanent human presence. And yet .... even now, there is something about this place which seems to want people around, and it

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Journeys Through Jackson 2019 Vol.29 No.01

Author: Jackson County Genealogical Society (N.C.);
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Journeys Through Jackson is the official journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, Inc. The journal began as a monthly publication in July 1991, was published bimonthly from 1994 to 2003, and continues today as a quarterly publication. The journal issues in this digital collection are presented as annual compilations.c J o u r n e y s T h r o u g h J a c k s o n L . ' O x y ^ ^ H x<£ QB Wi^m^ - T h e O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e J a c k s o n C o u n t y G e n e a l o g i c a l S o c i e t y , Inc. V o l . X X I X , No. 2 0 1 9 V o l . 1 L . JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. 2019 Officers President Kenneth Nicholson Vice Presidents Ruth Crawford Shuler, Norma Bryson Clayton Secretary Lynn Hotaling Treasurer Michael Clayton Librarian George Frizzell Office Manager Mary Buchanan Smith Web Master. Lynn Hotaling Computer Technician Jason N. Gregory Chair, Publications (Editor) Sanji Talley Watson Journeys Through Jackson is the official publication of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. Members and non-members are invited to submit genealogical materials for publication, with the understanding that the editor reserves the right to edit these materials for genealogical content, clarity, or taste. The Society assumes no responsibility for errors of fact that may be contained in submissions, and except where noted, the opinions expressed are not those of the editor or of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. The Society accepts no advertising for this publication except for notices from other non-profit groups. From the Editor There are many exciting things happening with the Society. A fund raiser in June, our Annual Picnic in July, and finally plans are being made for an update to the county Cemetery book. Information on how you can help will be forth coming. Summer is just around the corner, so plan on coming in to the office and library and check out all of the new things that we have. M e m b e r s h i p s a r e d u e a t t h e f i r s t o f t h e y e a r. A b a r g a i n f o r j u s t $ 2 0 . M a k e s u r e t o g e t y o u r s i n! G e t a m e m b e r s h i p f o r a f r i e n d o r f a m i l y m e m b e r a s a g i f t. Journeys Through Jackson 2019 Vol. 1 U T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s Table of Contents 1 JCGS Photo Album 2-6 WW I Soldiers from Jackson County 7-12 Deanna Gibson Roles 13-14 1949 Jackson County Death Certificates 15-17 Continuation from page 12 17 Announcement #1 18 Descendants of John Thomas Tatham 19-24 1880 Jackson County Census Records 25-28 Outline Descendant Report for Frederick (Baumgarten) Bumgarner 29-32 Library Acquisitions 33-35 Announcement #2 36 Descendants of William Solomon Parker, Sr 37-40 WiU of John "Ten Shilling" Chastain 41-42 Index 47-48 U Our p r a y e r s a n d c o n d o l e n c e s a r e o f f e r e d t o t h e f o l l o w i n g p e o p l e a nd t h e i r f a m i l i e s: JCGS Member - Kirk Stephens on the passing of his mother, Barbara Ann Stephens. JCGS Member - Sue Cypher on the passing of her brother, J. L. Anders. JCGS member - William Bishop on the passing of his son, Bill Bishop L / A w a r d s P r e s e n t e d a t t h e D e c e m b e r M e e t i n g Patron Award — Joy and Lambert Hooper Daniel Washington Deitz Award - Joe Deitz and the Deitz family Robert Lee and Drusilla Holden Award - Charlie Shuler Journeys Through Jackson 2019 Vol. 1 J C G S P h o t o A l b um The following photographs are part of an excellent collection donated to JCGS by Nancy Dutkovich, daughter to Joe Dutkovich and Helen Cowan. We have pulled just a few of the photographs to share. There are many more at the office if you would like to see more of them. <u KJ The photograph to the upper left is Alice Emory Deitz. The photograph above is of Zelphia Emory Wilson Deitz The photograph to the right is of Emory and Bill Tom Deitz. ^ y Journeys Through Jackson 2019 Vol. 1 < w J C G S P h o t o A l b um O O Upper right-hand photograph: Coley Cowan, Alice Deitz, Odessa Deitz. Photograph above: Nova Lee Deitz and Lillie Deitz. The youngsters in the photograph to the left are: Enloe Deitz and Heyward Cowan. Journeys Through Jackson 2019 Vol. 1 J C G S P h o t o A l b um V J Upper left: Early Deitz, Richmond Deitz, Sam Deitz, all brothers. Upper right: Lawrence Deitz, Coley Deitz, Thad Cowan and some fine-looking dogs. To the right: Nelse Deitz and Bill Thomas Deitz O • 'KJ Journeys Through Jackson 2019 Vol. 1 O J C G S P h o t o A l b um < w U The photograph on the top; Front Row: William Thomas Deitz; Alice Deitz; Emory Deitz; Mark Deitz. Standing: Earl Deitz; Nora Lee Deitz; Ossie Buchanan; Lilie Deitz; Richmond Deitz; Lula Buchanan; Tolvin Buchanan; Sam Deitz. The bottom photograph are: Back Row: John Deitz, Bill Tom Deitz; R. N. Deitz; Tom Deitz; Webb Deitz and Sherman Deitz. Front Row: Hoyle Deitz and Alice Deitz. Journeys Through Jackson 2019 Vol. 1 J C G S P h o t o A l b um ^ y y y Thank you to JCGS member Lynn Hotaling for the picture and the caption. The Jackson County Genealogical Society recently presented its 2018 awards. The Daniel Washington Deitz Memorial Award, presented for service to the JCGS, went to Joe Deitz and The Deitz Family, traditional mountain musicians who have frequently volunteered their talent to perform at Society events. The Robert Lee and Drusilla Holden Award, given for service to the study of genealogy, went to Charlie Shuler of Caney Fork, for his" extensive knowledge and documentation of his family history and genealogy and that of other Caney Fork original settlers. The Society's Patron Award went to Lambert and Joy Hooper for their work in documenting and funding the banners that were displayed on Main Street to honor Jackson County veterans who gave their lives in combat. From left are Deitz Family members Joe Deitz, Delores Deitz and Chrystal Deitz; JCGS President Kenny Nicholson; Charlie Shuler; and Lambert Hooper. Not pictured are Deitz Family band members Bill Deitz, Linda Deitz Ledford and Ella Ledford; and Joy Hooper. KJ Journeys Through Jackson 2019 Vol. 1 U W W I S o l d i e r s f r om J a c k s o n C o u n ty O In past issues of JTJ, we shared the draft cards of the eligible men residing in Jackson County. The following is a list of the men that were inducted into the military. To read; Name of man; age; hometown. Transcribed from records held in North Carolina State Archives, The Digital Library, 2019, by Sanji Talley Watson. Whites O Name Adams, Andy Adams, William A. Adams, William Crawford Aiken, Eular Alexander Bowen Alexander, D. V. Alexander, John W. Alexander, Will Alley, Felix Morris Allison, Coleman Birch Allman, Frank Arlington, Lenore Bruce Ashe, Alex Elisha Ashe, James Ashe, James Elisha Ashe, John Emanuel Ashe, Roy Robert Ashe, Thomas Ashe, Thomas Walter Ashe, William Donaldson Baley, Clyde Barnes, Hurshal Barnes, Robert Battle, John Bascombe Bennett, Dock Bentley, Joel Berry, James R. Biddix, William Walter Bigwitch, Charlie Birch, Melvin Sylvester Bishop, Hugh Neal Blakely, Charlie Andrew Blanton, William Ransom Bradbum, Chaple Bradley, Bedford Bradley, Morgan J. Bridges, Richmond Pearson Brooks, Joe Lee Melvin Brown, Claud Brown, Robison Browning, John C. Bryson, Bascom Bryson, Harley McDuff Bryson, Kimsey Bryson, Samuel Richard Buchanan, Clyde Davis Buchanan, Edgar Buchanan, Garland Age 25 21 21 23 25 22 21 25 24 21 22 28 19 25 20 30 21 23 22 27 23 25 28 21' 29 22 28 22 29 21 21 21 22 28 22 25 22 22 21 24 26 28 23 30 21 19 23 21 Hometown Eastlaporte, N. C. Eastlaporte, N. C. Tuckaseigee, N. C. Rich Mountain, N. C. Glenville, N. C. Kilgo.N.C. Argura, N. C. Tuckaseigee, N. C. Speedwell, N. C. Greens Creek, N. C. Webster, N. C. Balsam, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Speedwell, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Webster, N. C. Webster, N. C. Tuckaseigee, N. C. Tuckaseigee, N. C. Webster, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Glenville, N. C. Glenville, N. C. CuIIowhee, N. C. CuIIowhee, N. C. Glenville, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Whittier, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Gay, N. C. Cherokee, N. C. Willetts, N. C. Whittier, N. C. Wilmot, N. C. Cherokee, N. C. Whittier, N. C. Greens Creek, N. C. Argura, N. C. Argura, N. C. Gay, N. C. Fall Cliff, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Cashiers, N. C Fall Cliff, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Greens Creek, N. C. Greens Creek, N. C. Journeys Through Jackson 2019 Vol. 1 Buchanan, Rufus Buchanan, V. C. Bumgarner, Fred Charles Bumgarner, Lewis Wilburn Bumgarner, Roy Carl Butler, Lacey McDonald Cabe, Frank A. Cabe, Walter C. Cagle, Otho V. Campbell, Andrew Stover Cannon, Lewis Henry Cathey, Benjamin Hamilton Cathey, Humphrey Posey Chastain, William Childers, Carl Christy, Norman Roberts Clayton, Ceyman Cogdill, Edgar S. Coggins, Lloyd Coggins, Rector Coggins, Samuel Edward Cooper, Arnold Cope, Andy L. Cope, Robert Lee Cotter, David Claire Cowan, Coleman Cowan, James Donald Cowan, Thad Coward, Dillard Crawford, George Nelson Crawford, James Avery Crawford, James Wilson Lee Crisp, Lonnie M. Crow, John T. Crow, Robert Crow, Styles T. Cunningham, Samuel Cunningham, Severe Cunningham, W. H. Daves, Nathan Davis, George Deitz, Jake W. Deitz, Richmond Dillard, Benjamin Franklin Dillard, Daniel H. Dills, Cicero Andrew Dills, George N. Dills, Judson Candler Earley, Randolph Elders, Candler Elders, Harley Elders, Joe Ellenburg, Travis Melton Ensley, Oscar Ensley, Reuben Evans, George 23 21 22 20 21 21 22 22 25 21 26 27 21 26 22 27 29 23 22 28 21 24 22 22 21 30 19 21 21 21 23 27 25 26 23 21 22 25 24 21 25 26 22 24 22 21 24 30 26 23 22 25 22 26 22 21 Greens, Creek, N. C. Greens Creek, N. C. Fall Cliff, N.C. Sylva, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Gay, N. C. Greens Creek, N. C. Greens Creek, N. C. Whittier, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Tuckaseigee, N. C. Erastus, N. C. Balsam, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Balsam, N. C. Erastus, N. C. Erastus, N. C. Fall Cliff, N.C. Cherokee, N. C. Addie,N. C. Willets,N.C. CuIIowhee, N. C. Greens Creek, N. C. Sylva, N.C. Greens Creek, N. C. Cowarts, N. C. CuIIowhee, N. C. Addie, N. C. CuIIowhee, N. C. Balsam, N. C. Cashiers, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Cashiers, N. C. Webster, N.C. Wilmot, N.C. Dillsboro, N. C. CuIIowhee, N. C. Barkers Creek, N. C. Greens Creek, N. C. Greens Creek, N. C. Webster, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. CuIIowhee, N. C. Whittier, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Greenville, S. C. Sylva, N.C. Wilmot, N. C. Sylva, N. C. KJ W Journeys Through Jackson 2019 Vol. 1 <J O O Evitt, Dock Richmond Extine, Harley Fowler, Jones Fox, Cail Fox, Griffin Fox, Merritt Fox, Will Fox, Zollie Franklin, Elias Raymond Franks, George Franks, John Henry Galloway, Justice B. Gibbs, Charlie Hampton Gibbs, William Asbury Gidney, Landrum Hilliard Green, Allen Green, Coleman Lee Green, Felix Ethel Green, Grover Cleveland Green, Jerry Green, Joseph L. Green, Lenoire Green, William Benjamin Gribble, David C. Guffey, Charles Eugene Gunter, Julius Hall, Jimerson Hall, John Hurshall Hall, Norman Henderson, R. C. Henry, Elsie McKinley Hensley, Baxter Hensley, Isaac Henson, Lawrence Henson, Rufus Benjamin Henson, William Thomas Higdon, Archalous William Higdon, Cornelius W. Hipps, Leonidas Joseph Hooper, Dillard McKinley Hooper, Joe Hooper, Lloyd Hooper, Orie Hooper, Ransom E. Howell, James 0. Hoyle, Dock Hilliard Hyatt, Pearly Asbury Jackson, Walter Henry Jamison, Ernest William Jennings, Sam Jones, Carrie Jones, Elsie Richard Jones, Fred W. Jones, George Washington Jones, Robert Jones, Walter L. 21 21 29 24 27 22 22 21 21 22 21 21 21 24 22 28 26 26 24 25 26 21 21 24 22 26 27 29 26 28 23 21 22 27 21 22 30 30 26 21 27 25 26 28 28 26 21 22 21 24 24 21 22 27 24 21 Bessie, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Glenville, N. C. Tuckaseigee, N. C. Norton, N. C. Tuckaseigee, N. C. Fall Cliff, N. C. Speedwell, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Gay, N. C. Gay, N. C. Glenville, N. C. Sylva, N.C. Beta, N. C. Sylva, N.C. Whittier, N. C. Greens Creek, N. C. Greens Creek, N C. Greens Creek, N. C Speedwell, N. C. Gay, N. C. Greens Creek, N. C. Gay, N.C. Gay, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Greens Creek, N. C. Greens Creek, N. C. Barkers Creek, N. C. Cashiers, N. C. Willets, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Addie, N. C. Webster, N.C. CuIIowhee, N. C. Gay, N. C. Gay, N. C. Whittier, N. C. Tuckaseigee, N. C. Speedwell, N. C. Glenville, N. C. Glenville, N. C. Eastlaporte, N. C. Whittier, N. C. Willets, N. C. Gay, N.C. Eastlaporte, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Bessie, N C. Wilmot, N.C. Addie, N. C. Barkers Creek, N. C. Gay, N. C. Barkers Creek, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Journeys Through Jackson 2019 Vol. 1 Keener, Adam Leroy Keener, James Ernest Keener, Rufus Kellar, Charles H. Kellar, William Harry Key, J. Clyde Knight, John Percival Lambert, John Corbett Ledford, William Lewis, John Bryson Littlejohn, Guy Long, Charles Long, John Robert Lusk, Lexton McCall, James McCall, Journey McCall, Lawton McCall, Ray McCall, Walter E. McConnell, Walter Birch McHan, James McKay, Jesse Talmadge McMahan, Baxter McMahan, Elsie McMahan, Kelse McMahan, Lawrence McMahan, Nelson Madison, Monro Boiling Martin, Isaac Martin, Olvin Herald Mashburn, Benjamin Harrison Mashburn, George Mathis, George Ed Mathis, Samuel Huston Medford, Wiley Fincher Melton, Lambert Melton, Michel Melton, Woodford Messer, Hastin Messer, James Messer, James Messer, Joe Messer, Wilburn McKinley Moody, Marion Moore, Ed Moore, Frederick Moore, Tom Monteith, Charley Monteith, Hugh Ednie Monteith, Lawrence Monteith, Lee Monteith, Walter Morgan, John Mull, Milas Nation, Jesse Nations, Claud 22 18 21 21 24 21 18 21 23 22 21 25 24 21 19 24 26 22 22 21 21 25 21 22 22 22 25 19 21 21 25 32 24 21 21 24 25 22 23 22 25 23 21 21 22 18 30 23 20 24 26 27 27 23 22 25 Willets, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Willets, N. C. CuIIowhee, N. C. CuIIowhee, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Balsam, N. C. Cherokee, N. C. Addie, N. C. Webster, N.C. Whittier, N. C. Whittier, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Cashiers, N. C. Cashiers, N. C. Grimshawe, N. C. Cashiers, N. C. Cashiers, N. C. Cashiers, N. C. Webster, N. C. Barkers Creek, N. C. Balsam, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Webster, N.C. Greens Creek, N. C. Beta, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Webster, N. C. Barkers Creek, N. C. Whittier, N. C. Speedwell, N. C. Sylva, N.C. Willets, N. C. Addie, N. C. Whittier, N. C. Argura, N. C. Argura, N. C. Argura, N. C. Barkers Creek, N. C. Barkers Creek, N. C. Barkers Creek, N. C. Barkers Creek, N. C. Whittier, N.C.RFD#1 Erastus, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Webster, N.C. Webster, N. C. Glenville, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Glenville, N. C. Glenville, N. C. Glenville, N. C. Glenville, N. C. Argura, N. C. Whittier, N. C. Wilmot, N. C. u : V_J ! KJ : 10 Journeys Through Jackson 2019 Vol. 1 O c o Nations, Dock Nicholson, Blaine Nicholson, Eugene F. Nicholson, Garfield Norris, Charley Norris, Harley Norton, Lem Norton, Oscar Lee Owen, John Owen, McKinley Pangle, Allen Pangle, James P. Pangle, Lunie Lorano Parker, Albert D. Parker, Felix Eugene Parker, Holmes Parris, Claude Monroe Parris, Fred Leroy Phillips, Dombey Phillips, James Potts, James Hubert Powell, Tillman Pressley, Elliott Cling Pressley, Harley Bowers Price, Charles N. Price, Marion Avery Queen, Dewitt Queen, Jasper Quilliams, Author Raby, Chester Reed, Boyd Reed, Frank Pierce Rhinehart, Frank Tompkins Rhinehart, William Jenkins Rice, Walter E. Robinson, Cecil Edgar Robinson, Eldridge Lebo Robinson, Erastus Robinson, George Robinson, James William Robinson, Judson Robinson, Oscar Robinson, Rufus Robison, Julius Robison, William Oda Rogers, James Rogers, John Ruble Seago, James Lewis Seago, Royal G. Seay, Curtis James Self, George N. Shelton, Mitchell Sherrill, Walter Burke Smith, John Stephens, Charlie Stillwell, Carl Edward 25 21 23 22 23 21 23 27 26 21 28 25 21 26 24 22 21 27 23 21 23 22 21 30 24 22 22 23 22 25 22 28 21 21 23 23 23 30 23 29 21 23 25 26 26 29 26 22 25 21 25 23 30 24 24 19 Wilmot, N. C. Cowarts, N. C. Kilgo, N. C. Tuckaseigee, N. C. Cashiers, N. C. Bessie, N C. CuIIowhee, N. C. CuIIowhee, N. C. Wolf Mountain, N. C. Wolf Mountain, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Barkers Creek, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Sylva, N.C. Sylva, N. C. Rich Mountain, N. C. Addie, N. C. Whittier, N. C. Cowarts, N. C. Wolf Mountain, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Tuckaseigee, N. C. Speedwell, N. C. Speedwell, N. C. Tuckaseigee, N. C. Balsam, N. C. Cowarts, N. C. Whittier, N. C. Gay, N. C. Whittier, N. C. Rich Mountain, N. C. Greens Creek, N. C. Webster, N. C. Webster, N. C. Cashiers, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Willets, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Sylva, N.C. Speedwell, N. C. Eastlaporte, N. C. Sylva N.C. Webster, N. C. Wolf Mountain, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Wolf Mountain, N. C. Cowarts, N. C. Webster, N.C. 11 Journeys Through Jackson 2019 Vol. 1 Stillwell, Ephraim Posey Stillwell, William Alexander Suttlemyre, Eli Sutton, Austin Sutton, Corbett Sutton, David Sutton, E. Clinton Sutton, George Sutton, Homer Sutton, Raymond Ulysses Sutton, Walter Talent, Dorrence Marcellus Tatham, Will Taylor, Hansel Howell Teague, Perry Jackson Teleski, Jesse Tilley, Charles Osborn Tioneeta, Arneach Tramper, Ammons Turpin, Lyle Jones Varner, Thaddeus Teague Ward, Homer Ward, John Hardy Warren, Lee Warren, Walter Dean Watson, Grover Watson, Louie Watson, Vaughn Bryson Watson, Zebulon Webb, William B. Wike, Frank Witcher Wike, John Marvin Wike, Milas Wikle, Jason Wikle, Pearson Wilkes, John A. Wilky, George R. Williams, John Moore Wilson, Coleman Womack, Homer Wood, Crawford Wood, Demos Wood, Edward Wood, John L. Wood, William B. Woodard, Loranza Woodard, Mat Woodard, Oscar Woodard, Sam Woodring, William Walter Woods, Jerry Manuel Wyatt, Garland Young, Anderson 30 18 22 25 23 21 22 25 24 23 26 24 25 23 19 25 25 24 30 21 21 25 27 31 26 23 21 21 23 25 28 25 26 26 26 31 25 25 29 25 27 21 21 23 24 22 28 24 26 21 28 25 22 Sylva, N. C. Webster, N. C. Wilmot, N.C. Dillsboro, N C. Dillsboro, N. C. Greens Creek, N. C. Greens Creek, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Sylva, N.C. Barkers Creek, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Gay, N. C. Speedwell, N. C. Webster, N. C. Whittier, N. C. Speedwell, N. C. Cherokee, N. C. Cherokee, N. C. Whittier, N. C. Whittier, N. C. Wilmot, N. C. Whittier, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Bessie, N. C. Erastus, N. C. Tuckaseigee, N. C. Bessie, N. C. Gay, N. C. Sapphire, N. C. Eastlaporte, N. C. Eastlaporte, N. C. Barkers Creek, N. C. Barkers Creek, N. C. Glenville, N. C. Dillsboro, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Wolf Mountain, N. C. Wolf Mountain, N. C. Cowarts, N. C. Cowarts, N. C. Cowarts, N. C. Norton, N. C. Gay, N. C. Gay, N. C. Greens Creek, N. C. Tuckaseigee, N. C. Sylva, N. C. Wilmot, N.C. Glenville, N. C. ^J \ < j : '^y 12 Journeys Through Jackson 2019 Vol. 1 o D e a n n a G i b s o n R o l es On November 9,2018, Jackson County Genealogical Society lost one of our members, Deanna Gibson Roles. What made her stand out is her dedication to the genealogy of the people in Western North Carolina. She volunteered at several Genealogical Societies in Western North Carolina. She was instrumental is forming the First Families of Buncombe. She was the web master for our society and several others. She was always in our office on Fridays volunteering her time and talent to helping others. She will be missed by many. But we do envy her to a certain extent, for now she has found all those missing relatives, broken the brick walls and answered the countless questions. C / Deanne Gibson Roles, 71, of Franklin passed away Friday, November 9,2018. Born in Buncombe County on June 28, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Paul Joseph Gibson and Helen Louise Edwards Gibson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Janet Gibson Becker of Silver Spring, MD. Deanne graduated from Western Carolina University with a degree in Chemistry and worked as a Chemist for BASF in Enka, NC. She was a member of Sylva-Webster Class of 1965; Macon, Jackson, Swain, Buncombe, and Madison Genealogy Societies; and the North Carolina Genealogy Society (she loved to attend the NC conferences and was a presenter at times). She is survived by her children, Wendy Awald (Stephen) of Hendersonville, Heidi Daniels of Franklin, and Chris Roles (Norma) of Concord, CA; five grandchildren, Caice Roles of New Jersey, Shelton Freeman of Franklin, Sawyer Awald of Hendersonville, Conner Awald of Hendersonville, and Elias Roles of Concord, CA; brother-in-law, Perry Becker of Maryland; and nieces, Lauren Becker and Caroline Becker Silva, both of Maryland. A Memorial Service will be held at 2 pm, Tuesday, November 13 in the Chapel of Macon Funeral Home. Rev. Vic Greene and Rev. Janet Greene will officiate. Burial will be in the Iotla Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at Macon Funeral Home. Condolences can be made to the family at www.maconfuneralhome.com O 13 Journeys Through Jackson 2019 Vol. 1 ^ y v _ J \^> 14 Journeys Through Jackson 2019 Vol. 1 O 1 9 4 9 J a c k s o n C o u n t y D e a t h C e r t i f i c a t e s o f P e r s o n s B o r n 1 9 0 0 - 1 9 4 9 u u [Key to reading the following: Name of deceased; Date of birth; Place of birth; 1949 date of death; Father's name; Father's place of birth; Mother's name; Mother's place of birth; Informant's name; Informant's address; Cemetery. Abstracted by Sanji Talley Watson in the Jackson County Register of Deeds Office 2019.] Barkers Creek Carter, Thomas Lee; 30 May 1923; Jackson Co.; 24 May; Claxton Carter; ng; Nellie Robinson; ng; Mrs. Nellie Carter; Dillsboro; Franklin McAlhaney, Lloyd Franklin; 29 Apr 1904; SC; 2 Apr; H. F. McAlhaney; ng; Lilly Bishop; ng; Mrs. L. F. McAlhaney; Cherokee; (Near Hampton, SC) Canada Ashe, James B.; 11 May 1949; Argura; 11 May; Virgil Ashe; Jackson Co.; Hulda Golden; Jackson Co.; Grover Wilks, MD; Sylva; Tuckaseigee Brown, Bobbie Eugene; 12 Nov

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Journeys Through Jackson 2006 Vol.16 No.01

Author: Jackson County Genealogical Society (N.C.)
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. .51 .81 .44 1.00 .53 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 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2006 C Above, a school group, possibly from Addie. Below, the only examples we have ever seen of prescriptions for a mule. ^ % " ^ y ^ u ^ J ^ Z ^ ^ f ^ r , i i t ^ J ^ 10 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2006 c ^ P h o t o g r a p h s i n t h e S a n j i W a t s o n C o l l e c t i on [Ed. We asked JCGS member Sanji Talley Watson to share old photographs with us. ana she complieG Following are some of her submissions.] ->'. . •'"*-.- •••"'-'- -'•' '-'.*i ' ""„;?•,. • ,'ir " • •f^-r-*— 'f* ' ,'%nMjlVa*ly=tTFrfiP,F u According to Sanji, the picture above is of Benson Picklesimer. We'd say that the firearm is rather noteworthy. 11 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2006 ^ ^ 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. O 12 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2006 ^ C 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. K , 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. 13 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2006 K . < w < w 14 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2006 U E a r l y 2 0 C e n t u r y J a c k s o n C o u n t y M a r r i a g e L i c e n s es [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. ^ C 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. 15 ^ c c Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2006 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. 16 C / o o Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2006 Zeb V. Watson (48) (white), son of J.H. Watson (dead) and Lucinda Watson (living), to Dora M. Hall (39) (white), daughter of Ben Farmer (living)...marriage by J.J. Gray, Methodist Minister, 8 Oct 1911 at residence of L.W. Monteith. Sylva. John H. Hinkle (23) (white) of Transylvania County, son of Perry and Man' Hinkle (both living in Transylvania Count}), to Rosa M. Henson 0 " n (white), daughter of Wesie> and Hattie Henson (both living j...nc other information given. Thurman Potts (20) (white), son of Francis and Hannah Potts (both living), tc Fannie Crisp (19) (white), daughter of Sam Crisp and (both living)...marriage by Thomas H. Queen, Baptist Minister. 15 Oct 1911 at "my house near Balsam Station." Harrison Franks (22) (white), son of Jack and Lou Franks (both living), to Myrtle Franks (18) (white), daughter of Garrett and Arzelia Franks (both living)... marriage by H.H. Hooper, J.P., 15 Oct 1911 at L.J. Franks', Glenville. Shelvin Queen (23) (white), son of Geo. Queen (living) and Ellen Queen (dead) to Lizzie Daves (18) (white), daughter of Sarah Daves (living)...marriage by J.H. Mathews, J.P., 22 Oct 1911 at Thos Daves' house, Canada. Jerry Green (22) (white), son of Chas and Becca Green (both living), to Mirdell Wilson (16) (white), daughter of Jim Wilson (dead) and Florence Morrison (living); Florence and Riley Morrison give consent; marriage by B.H. Hooper, J.P., 15 Oct 1911 at the residence of the bride, Cullowhee. Robert Hedden (21) (white), son of Dillard and Catherine Hedden (both dead), to Minnie Terry (16) (white), daughter of M.T. and Josie Terry (both living)...marriage by M.A. Norman, Baptist Minister, 15 Oct 1911 atM.T. Terry's, Scotts Creek. Wesley Crow (22) (Indian), son of Severe Crow and Laura Crow (mother living), to Mollie Welch (32) (Indian), daughter of John G. Welch (living) and Lizzie Welch (dead)... marriage by William Ratliff, Baptist Minister, 24 Oct 1911 at John L. Maney's, Wrights Creek. Mack Frizeli (21) (white), son of Cole and Lucye FrizeU (both dead), to Sallie Morgan (21) (white), daughter of John Morgan (dead) and Lizzie Morgan (living)...returned not executed 23 Oct 1911. J.C. Shular (37) (white), son of David and Susan Shular (both living), to Fannie Parker (28) (white), daughter of Mat and Martha Parker (both living)...marriage by Russell Painter, J.P., 22 Oct 1911 at Dillard Parker's, Scotts Creek. Lawrence Barker (28) (white) of Swain County, son of Mack and Delsie Barker (both living), to Rosa Stephens (24) (white), daughter of Henry Parker (living) and Vira Barker (dead).. .marriage

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Journeys Through Jackson 2011 Vol.21 No.02

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Journeys Through Jackson is the official journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, Inc. The journal began as a monthly publication in July 1991, was published bimonthly from 1994 to 2003, and continues today as a quarterly publication. The journal issues in this digital collection are presented as annual compilations.c J o u r n e y s c T h r o u g h J a c k s o n T h e O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e J a c k s o n C o u n t y G e n e a l o g i c a l S o c i e t y , Inc. V o l . X X I , N o . I I S p r i n g 2 0 11 JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. J, 2011 Officers President James E. Monteith Vice Presidents B.B. Cantrell, Kenneth Nicholson Secretary Marilyn G.Morton Treasurer E. Lawrence Morton Librarian Dorris D. Beck Office Manager Ruth a Shuler Computer Coordinator. Deanne G. Roles Chair, Publications (Editor) Robert L. 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 offact 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 Well, it's certainly different composing the journal from the comfort (?) of one's living room, but we suppose that one little adjustment or two won't hurt anybody. The move out of the former office went smoothly and in unbelievably swift time. Many thanks to James Monteith, Jason Gregory, Bill Crawford, . —-. Sam Beck, Harry and Dollie Bumgarner, Bud Cantrell, Rick Frizzell, David Frizzell, Ruth Shuler, Jason's ^_J cousin Ben Robinson, and a small little plug for grand - nephew Benjamin Brown, who decided to play with the broom and sweep the floor. Others were willing: members Ken Nicholson and Sam Shuler offered to help also, but other commitments kept them away. Most of us then had a piece of cake and a cup of coffee together before an executive committee meeting. We trust that the present issue is up to par. We want to get this one out early, because onr move is still pending, and we need to conserve time and energy. Thanks to Jason Gregory, Perry Sutton, Harold Ensley, Grover and Ernestine Jones, Jean Brown, Ruth Shuler, Betty Queen Monteith, Libby Brooks Knight, Larry C. Farley, and to all of the members who participated in the program about old tools. AH of these folks have been instrumental, in one way or another, with the issue now before you. The Macon cemetery book is selling well, and we are hopeful of a second volume before 2011 is over. But we don't want to get the cart before the horse. Happy springtime and happy reading. 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 / -J Journeys Through Jackson S p r i n g 2011 T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s Expressions of Sympathy 49 JCGS Photo Album 50 - 54 JCGS Members Explain t h e Uses of Old Tools a n d Implements 55 - 60 1880 Jackson County Census 61 - 66 From Jackson County to t h e Governor's Mansion 67 - 68 The (Failed) Petition to F o rm Jackson County 69 - 72 Descendants of Thomas F r a n k l i n 73 - 76 Documents and Photographs in the I.H. Brooks Family 77 - 82 1920 Jackson County Death Certificates 83 - 86 Descendants of William H. Farley 87 - 90 Photographs in t h e Wood Family of Grays Ridge, C a n a d a Township 91 - 94 Index V. 95-96 In Sympathy We offer our sympathy to JCGS members Irene Hooper and Peggy Mason, both of whom have recently lost loved ones. . In Memoriam We dedicate this issue to the memory of JCGS member Neil Irvin Baumgartner, who recently passed away at the age of 94. Neil was walking proof that one did not need to be loud, talkative, and aggressive to live a successful life. When he was physically able, Neil would make the drive over from Candler to be with us monthly, and when he became unable to do so, we missed him at our meetings. Neil participated in one of our Patriot Issues several years ago, relaying his World War H experiences. We hope that he was able to see that many of his Bumgarner questions had been answered before his passing, and we express our sympathy to his family. Our New Home Construction moves forward on the new Jackson County library, Old Courthouse complex. We are still looking at a potential late - spring move. 49 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2011 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m KJ • ,-.>.••• .jiS.l&F. ' : •'. ••?•••-'iM • ;;••"• • v ; , ' ; ^ Jk : . ' W S 1 § - : - : - . £ ^ . . ; > =^ y -. ^ y $ M -"*."*V'.* l, .t-..*. *.,- n i.5g"v,* -<»^< -^-C&3i^3£ * • » • f..;f- - - •«; ^^Sl :,-y-W'yx^-**. We found this one in the old family pictures. It shows the Sylva Volunteer Fire Department in the early 1950's. Pictured, kneeling, left to right, are Bob Abrams, Dick Green, Ray Cogdill, Roscoe Dills, Ovied Beck, Bart Cope, Tilghman Bass, and Darnce Tallent. Standing, left to right, are Roscoe Poteet, Charlie Price, Claude Campbell, Claude Queen, Dick Wilson, O.E. Brookhyser, Alliney Bryson, Grayson Cope, Clyde Rector, Jake Bales, Glenn Crawford, Charles McMahan, John Echols, Felix Picklesimer, Boyd Sossamon, Woody Hampton, Phil Stovall, Eddie Queen, and Bob Phillips. V KJ 50 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2011 C J C G S P h o t o A l b u m *_< C 3b ' Above, the steel bridge at Barker's Creek. To its left sat a Baptist church, which we believe pre-dates the Rockdale congregation. One can see snow on the ground. Below, a picture at Dillsboro looking up the river. Photographs shared by Dillsboro resident Perry Sutton. •ff^f *'*8i3^"tM'£w *h&% TjgftJ 51 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2011 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m KJ ^_y •l' f This picture was shared by JCGS member Harold Ensley. He and JCGS members Grover and Ernestine Jones supplied identifications. See the next page. ^y 52 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2011 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m The picture shows a Blanton - Shuler reunion in 1948 (or possibly a Tar Heel picnic) in Jackson County's westernmost part, that is, in the Skagit Valley of Washington state. It was held at Albert Blanton's residence in Hamilton, Washington. The young folks in the front row, beginning fifth from the left, are Clara Sue Morgan, Truett Morgan, Ernestine Shuler, Alice Shuler, Wendy Lou Morgan, and Jamie Morgan. In the second row (those kneeling) are Charlie Ensley, Albert Blanton, Earl Blanton, Henry Buchanan, the next older man not identified but looks like John Blanton, Ott Morgan, Fate Shuler, 3 unid., Euler Ensley, Wilford Nations, and Glenn Shular. Standing in the back are unid., Arvilla Blanton, Louise Blanton, Rachel Shuler Blanton, Jerdie Shuler Morgan, Patsy Cope Blanton, Ethel Blanton Shuler in the exact center, lady in hat is Mrs. Breedlove, whose husband is beside Euler Ensley, then Lizzie Nicholson, Lawrence Nicholson, Oladell Clark Blanton, Bedford Blanton (holding Judy), Gertie Ensley Nicholson, Ellen Ensley, Ivalee Davis Ensley, and Hill Nicholson. Any further identifications would be very welcome. We found this picture in an envelope at the Society office as we were preparing to move. It was identified as "Baxter Nations and wife, Vivian age 2." Could this picture, as well as the first one on the next page, belong to Mrs. Clara Franklin or one of her daughters? Vivian Nations was Mrs. Franklin's father. What is the building in the background? Barkers Creek, Nations Creek, Wilmot folks help us out, please. 53 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2011 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m KJ v_*> This picture, found in the same envelope, was identified as "Felix Jones." We know that there were several men of that name in the Barkers Creek area. Help, readers? Below, a photo of Rev. Lawrence Crawford and his wife Amanda Hamilton Crawford. \ y 54 Journeys Through Jackson S p r i n g 2011 J C G S M e m b e r s E x p l a i n t h e U s e s o f O l d T o o l s a n d I m p l e m e n t s [Ed. At the February JCGS meeting (the last one to be held at the office we had occupied for thirteen years) five JCGS members brought tools and implements mostly from the past. The meeting was one of the most informative (and certainly one of the funniest) gatherings that we have ever had. One can see in the picture below that there are several tables loaded with everything from froes to a bark spud to an antique tool chest. The members explained the uses of many of these tools and implements. The entire program (except for the very last few minutes) was recorded by JCGS member Jason Gregory, who submits representative pictures and text for this article.] Bill Crawford (pictured): "This is a Collins axe. You see how long they are and how thin they are. That's 'cause t h e y ' r e for chopping leads in trees. Can you imagine how long it would t a k e to chop a lead in a t r e e t h a t is as big t h r o u g h as one of these tables here? " I ' v e always been interested in axes 'cause not too many people these days know much about them. If they need to cut a t r e e they use a power saw. They might use an axe to bust a little kindling." (Not pictured) "This one is a Sager axe, a p r e t t y p o p u l a r b r a n d . They dated their axes. This one says Sager Chemical Axe 1946." 55 Journeys Tfirough Jackson Spring 2011 ^J Rick Frizzell (pictured): "This is a hand auger for boring holes. If you have seen old barns with hand - hewn timbers in it, they were usually put together with tree nails or wooden pegs. You would use this type of auger for anything that needed a fairly large hole." R.O. Wilson: "Sled runners!" Rick: "Of course you can see it took a fair bit of elbow grease to use." (Not pictured) "This one is handmade. I don't know who made it. I was talking to Sam about it before we got started. This was my grandfather's uncle Sherman Deitz's froe. He split boards and shingles with it, and I 'm not sure why Grandpa ended up with it, but Dad said he remembered Uncle Sherman coming over to build a barn for Grandpa, and aside from the posts and poles that were put up, they were pretty much square timbers or round timbers, but all the boards and shingles had been split with that froe." "What I don't have is...who had brought the maul?" James Monteith: "I did." (hands maul to Rick) Rick: "It looks like this one has been used a time or two." James: "Yeah, it has." Rick: "Did you use it, or did it get used on you?" James: "Neither one." Rick: "Well, I didn't know if maybe a hit or two on the head." yj ^y 56 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2011 C James Monteith (pictured): "This I use every day in cruising timber. This is what they call a Biltmore stick. What you do to use the thing it's got the diameter of the tree, and you'll hold this out just like... let's pretend that Dorris is a big old tree." (Everyone laughing as James holds the stick in front of Dorris Beck) "What this stick does is if you hold it out at arm's length in front of the tree, let's say it's a 22-inch, then I would put it down in my tally book and have to compute how much board feet there was on a tract of land." James Monteith holding up an old blow pot 57 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2011 James Monteith: "This is an old blow pot. Now I've got a real tale to tell with this. My Daddy...I found this thing and took it to my dad and he said, 'What are you going to do?' I said 'I want to see if it will work.' "Well, he wouldn't let me try it (I was just a young man), he held it in his arms just like this and he smoked then and he was trying to start it, and he had it turned up wide open and he had a beard similar to mine and that thing caught afire and burnt his beard plumb off his face." u (General and loud laughter) "I remember him standing around tossin' it around, he didn't want to throw it down 'cause he was afraid it would blow up. He said, 'Don't you try that again son, don't you ever try that again.' I said 'I ain't a going to, daddy." (James demonstrates the burning of the beard) ^y James: " R.O., it's your turn now. Do you want me just to hold the things up and you can talk about it from back there?" R.O.: "What time is it? Let's get out of here." KJ 58 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2011 C R.O. Wilson: (pictured) "I brought a couple of old grabs and a grabskip and one thing and another." "This is a J grab. You would drive this into one log at the end, and drive the other end into the other log, and right here you can hook your horse here in this guinea horn they call it, and if your logs are starting to run, you can pull your horse into a J hold they call it, and as they went by, your hook would slip off and go on." Sam Beck: "Hold that up so every one back here can see what you're talking about!" R.O.: "Well, I can hold it up if they want to look at the lowdown thing. This is called a little rabbit J. They had bigger and longer ones too." (Not pictured) "This here's a draw knife, it's got one handle on it. I only remember seeing one handle on it all these years. That thing is a hundred and fifty years old, every bit of it. It belonged to my Grandfather Wilson. He was a Civil War veteran, and that was his, and it's been there at home all these years. I asked Dad, I said, 'Dad, where'd you get that?' He said, 'That was Dad's.' So I was guessing a hundred and fifty years, I might be wrong. Boy, that thing's sharp." 59 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2011 u Jason Gregory: (Pictured) "I brought in the tools that were used to make wooden water pipes. Now this pump auger is about seven feet long, and well, it could bore through a log that is seven feet or less. It was mainly used to drill to the center of a 14-foot log. These wooden water pipes were buried from the spring head and were locked together in a taper lock joint at the ends. They ran to the springhouse and other places needing water. These buried underground pipes would last 50 or 60 years. \ y R.O.: "Water sealed!" Ruth Shuler: "Jason, tell them about that document about that auger." Jason: Well, this is at least as old as my third great-grandfather W.A. Robinson. In his father's 1853 estate record, it lists 'one seven-foot auger.' So his father had passed pipe-making skills on to his son. In W.A.'s 1896 will, he leaves 'to my son Ephraim my pump auger and handsaw.' I found the auger in Ephraim's abandoned house in the attic over one hundred years later." [Ed. Jason went on to demonstrate how he had used the auger, and brought samples of logs that he had attempted to convert into water pipes. The drilling, not easy work, sometimes resulted in the auger not going exactly where it was meant to go. The results were also very humorous, especially when Jason admitted that the tiresome work led to his using a large spade bit hooked to a 36" extension used in an electric drill.] ^ 60 Journeys Through Jackson S p r i n g 2011 C 1 8 8 0 J a c k s o n C o u n t y C e n s u s [Ed. We continue in this issue with the 1880 Jackson County census. We will conclude the Wallace enumeration of the Qualla area.] Nos. 21-25 22-26 23-27 24-28 24-29 24-29 25-30 26-31 Name and Age Andrew Johnson 23 Callie M. 16 James E. Angel 32 Erastus H. 9 Andrew D. 7 Glenn D. 2 Edwin 3/12 BettieE. 15 Sarah J . Gipson 25 Benjamin H. Cathey 34(?) Salena A. 29 James H. 13 SelmaA. 9 Lilly M. 7 John J . Green 21 Samuel Beck 74 Hester E. 45 Charity Clemments 47 Bascom 21 BowenA. 20 Theodocia Cathey 19 Stephen J. Beck 45 Aliza L. 44 Mariah J. 23 AldenL. 20 Samuel M. 18 ClarindaA. 15 Laura J. 11 Stephen F. 9 Andrew J. 6 Jackson House 67 Martha 57 Joseph H. 17 LethyanS. 13 William W. Enloe 65 Bettie 26 Occupation Farmer Keeping House Farmer (widower) Son Son Son Son born March Sister, Keeping house Servant, housekeeper Farmer Keeping House Son, works on farm Daughter Daughter Servant, works on farm Farmer Wife, keeper of house Housekeeper, widow Son, works on farm Son, works on farm Daughter, boarder Farmer Wife, keeper of house Daughter, Housekeeper Son, works on farm Son, works on farm Daughter, at home Daughter, at home Son Son Farmer Wife, keeper of house Son, works on farm Daughter, at home Farmer, widower Daughter, keeper of house POB,FPOB,MPOB GA,GA,GA NC,TN,NC NC,NC,NC <( (( K « (( « « « « M CC « a u « <( (t « NC,NC,NC « « « « « « « (( (C (( « u <( « « NC,NC,NC GA, SC, NC NC, NC, GA N C N C N C « « « <( « « NC, NC, ? NC,NC,NC « « « U (( « «( (( « (( « « « M « M (( <« « « (( « « (( «( <C « (( « « <C « « NC,NC,NC « « « 61 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2011 27-32 28-33 29-34 30-35 31-36 33-37 34-38 Willis L. 9/12 Elijah Brown 46 Mary A. 48 Cleriseia 20 Alike L. 18 LeonidasB. 15 Harrell Martin 54 Nancy 51 JulettyM. 30 ThadousH. 25 Sarah J. 22 James M. 20 JohnE. 17 Dallas A. 14 Calvin S. 12 MaryE. 9 Wm. P. Shelton 39 IngaboD. 32 Emmy J. 9 Mattie M. 6 E v y C 3 Jesse T. 7/12 Susan Davis 60 William G. 26 Alfred 22 Martha L. 19 Lucinda E. 17 Henry Borden 25 MaryF. 22 William R. 7 Catherine E. 5 JohnH. 3 Samuel 1 Marcus E. Moody 29 MatildyT. 27 Maggie M. 7 James H. 6 Lucius 4 Chancellor 8/12 Loranzy Woodfin 17 Talitha Woodfin 20 MadyE. 15 Grandson Farmer Wife, keeper of house Daughter, housekeeper Daughter, at home Son, works on farm Farmer Wife, Keeper of house Daughter, housekeeper Son, works on farm Daughter, at home Son, works on farm Son, works on farm Son, works on farm Son, works on farm Daughter Farmer Wife, keeper of house Daughter, at home Daughter, at home Daughter, at home Son Widow Son, works on farm Son, works on farm Daughter, at home Daughter, at home Farmer Wife, keeper of house Son Daughter Son Son Fanner Wife, keeper of house Daughter, at home Son, at home Son, at home Son, born September Servant, works on farm Keeper of house Sister - housekeeper « « « TN, TN, TN « « a « « « « (C « u « « TN,TN,TN (C <t « NC, "." (( CC (C « « « « « « « u u « (C «( « « <« <« (( « S C N C S C N C N C N C NC,SC,NC NC,SC,NC (« U (t t( « « TN,VA,VA TN, SC, TN a u « « <( « <( <« « TN,TN,TN <C (( « « a a « <« « « « « « « « NC,NC,NC NC,NC,GA NC,NC,NC <( c< a << « <« « « <( « « (( NC,AR,NC « a <c 62 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2011 C 35-39 35-40 36-41 36-42 37-43 38-43 ThadiusM. 9 James H. 7 MinnieS. 1/12 Harrison Moody 43 Amanda M. 36 Sallie L. 10 Clarence A. 7 Rubin A. 4 Felix Harrison 2 Wm H. Thomas Jun 22 Elmina J. 26 FinleyGipson 32 Alike D. 25 MaryM. 12 George Ann 9 James H. 8 IderB. 6 A. (?) 4 MarandaP. 3 JohnM. 4/12 James T. Conley 31 EmerR. 29 RosyL. 12 William D. 5 Candis D. 5 Stewart 4 Jesse F. 10/12 William Conley 63 Elizabeth M. 65 Sarah Hedricks 19 Robert Ensley 42 Martha 43 Clingman W. 19 James R. 17 Alfreds. 14 Amy A. 12 George R. 11 Alcedona 10 Leander 9 Talithey 8 Andrew R. 6 Mariah C. 4 Haynes L. 2 Brother, at home Brother, at home Daughter, born May Farmer Wife, keeper of house Daughter, at home Son, at home Son, at home Son, at home Farmer Wife, keeper of house Farmer Wife, keeping house Daughter Daughter Son Daughter Daughter Daughter Son, born January Farmer Wife, keeping house Daughter Son Daughter Son Son, born October Farmer Wife, keeping house Servant, housekeeper Fanner Wife, keeping house Son, works on farm Son, works on farm Son, works on farm Daughter, at home Son, works on farm Daughter, at home Son Daughter Son Daughter Son « <c « ({ « « « NC " N C N C N C (C « « M (( « « « « (( (( « « (( « N C N C NC C< <( « TN,TN,TN N C NC, NC NCTN,NC « « « « « « « « « « « « (( « (C u « « N C N C N C TN,TN,TN AR,NC,TN NC, NC, TN M « « <( (( « « « « KY,NC,NC NC,NC,NC TN,TN,TN NC,NC,NC « « « « « (( <( « « « «( (( « « « U <c <c M <( C( « « (( « (( <( « « u (( K (( (( (C <« 63 Journeys Tlirough Jackson Spring 2011 39-44 40-45 41-46 42-47 43-48 44-49 45-50 Andrew Cathey 71 Rebecca M. 30 MontavalB. 24 Thomas Stiles 38 Amanda E. 39 CansusB. 14 Marcus M. 12 Columbus H. 9 Laura 7 Hellen 3 Jason 1 Henderson Gates 19 Greenberry Davis 24 Joseph 18 Sarah Ann Beck 20 Thomas Ward (Word?) 52 Margaret E. 26 Margaret E. 7 Julie Ann 6 Elizabeth 38 Samuel W. Gibson 64 Nancy 56 AmericusW. 22 MontvalR. 19 Fanny T. 17 Samuel W. Cooper 38 JaneE. 33 Leander W. 12 Florence E. 8 DoraE. 8 MaryE. 6 Charley C. 3 Hattie M. 2 John A. Gibson 35 Elmina M. 41 Jason Columbus 12 Jesse L. 10 Margaret E. 8 John Alfred 6 James R. 4 Lillie A. 2 Coleman A. 6/12 Farmer, widower Daughter, keeping house Son, works on farm Farmer Wife, keeping house Daughter, at home Son, works on farm Son Daughter Daughter Son Stepson, works on farm Farmer Brother, works on farm Half-sister, housekeeper Farmer Wife, keeping house Daughter Daughter Sister, housekeeper Farmer Wife, keeping house Son, works on farm Son, works on farm Daughter, housekeeper Farmer Wife, keeping house Son, works on farm Daughter Daughter Daughter Son Daughter Farmer Wife, keeping house Son, works on farm Son, works on farm Daughter Son Son Daughter Son, born November NC,NC,NC « a « a a « N C N C N C <( « « « « « a « « (( (( « ii « (« <( (« ii « ii « GA, GA, NC N C N C N C <( « a a « « NC, Eng, NC N C N C N C a <c a it tt « NC,Eng,NC N C N C N C «< a « a a «< « a a u a a NC,NC,KY N C N C N C « « <( a (C « « (( a « « a « n « u a u NC, NC, NC « « « a u « « (( « « a it « a it « « tt u tt « a it tt ^J v_y KJ 64 Journeys Tltrough Jackson Spring 2011 C 46-51 46-52 47-53 46-54 47-55 48-56 48-57 49-58 50-59 Samuel M. Gipson 45 Rachel A. 28 Sarah M. 11 WmF 3 MaryM. 1 Elvira Gipson 47 Thomas 21 Cordela 13 James F. Gibson 30 ModeniaT. 29 Nancy C 9 Robert E. 7 Maggie L. 4 SadaD. 1 Wallace A. Ward 54 Sarah 44 William A. 17 AmyR. 13 Lilly M. 5 Merrit Sellers 21 Rosy J. 23 Fannie A. 1 RuthE. 14 Henderson Ward 58 Margaret 49 Catherine F. 25 Thomas C 18 Polly M. 15 Andrew J. 11 Elias B.

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Journeys Through Jackson 2002 Vol.12 No.05-06

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Journeys Through Jackson is the official journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, Inc. The journal began as a monthly publication in July 1991, was published bimonthly from 1994 to 2003, and continues today as a quarterly publication. The journal issues in this digital collection are presented as annual compilations.Ky J o u r n e y s T h r o u g h J a c k s o n r< l a s L , fOUNDED 1*^2 T h e O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e J a c k s o n C o u n t y G e n e a l o g i c a l S o c i e t y , I n c. C V o l . X I I , N o . 5 - 6 M a y - J u n e 2002 JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. 2002 Officers y 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. V i s i t u s a t o u r W e b s i t e : h t t p ; / / w w w . m a i n . n c . u s / j c g s / Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2002 T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s 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 Ky 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). Ky 69 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2002 J C G S P h o t o A l b um KJ •" * £ * • * * - Vf #^ : ; ' ' v. i <arr. ..;'s ^ "-?* : > l ^ # ^ A l ' ^ k ^ 4 : l ^ - * • # ^ - * k W . ^ - . KJ 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. Ky 70 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2002 Ky J C G S P h o t o A l b u m Ky Ky 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. 71 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2002 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m Kj y 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.) Ky 72 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2002 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.] Ky Ky 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." State of North Carolina Name Longblanket J im 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 73 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2002 Name 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 Ky KJ Ky 74 Ky Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2002 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 75 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2002 [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 Ky [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 76 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2002 T h e D e s c e n d a n t s o f A b r a h a m E n l o e [Ed. We 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. Ky 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. Ky 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. 77 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2002 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. — 78 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2002 Ky 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 No. 4 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- 79 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2002 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 80 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2002 Ky 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

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

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Journeys Through Jackson 2012 Vol.22 No.03

Author: Jackson County Genealogical Society (N.C.);
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Publication date: 01/01/2012
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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.y y J o u r n e y s T h r o u g h J a c k s o n as i@7J w T h e Official J o u r n a l 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 Society, Inc. C V o l . X X I I , No. S u m m e r 2 0 12 JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC ^j 2012 Officers President Kenneth E. Nicholson Vice Presidents B.B. Cantrell, William L. Crawford Secretary Karen C Nicholson Treasurer E. Lawrence Morton Librarian Dorris D. Beck Office Manager Ruth C. Shuler WebMaster. Deanne G. Roles Computer Technician Jason N. Gregory Chair, Publications (Editor) Robert L. Crawford Journeys Through Jackson is the official publication of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. Members and non-members arc 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 Rosalind Rowlson Behrc.Sue Clement Bolick...Edith Jamison Cabe...Joy Cagle...Don Casada.. .Joyce Cooper.. .Shirley Denton Ensley.. .Sandra Fergus.. .Brad Gimmestad.. .Vicki Greene.. .Karen Grooman...Eucella P. Hamilton...Judy Harbour...Fern Parris Hensley...Tommy Jenkins...R.A. & JoAnn Luker.. .William A. McEntire Jr.. ..Michael J. McLain.. .Celia Hooper Miles.. .Frances Fisher Moore.. .Leslie A. Morgan...Kristi Nicholson...Charlie Norris...Donald Reece...Betty Raby Rowland...Lee & Tracy Terry...Tracy J. Whitaker...Shirley Ann Wilkey...Jim & Faye Wood...Leeunah Vance Woods. Why are these names so important? We know that each individual above is important to his or her family and friends; we also realize the intrinsic worth (thus importance) of every human being. Above and beyond all that, these persons listed above either chose to become members of this fine organization, or their membership was a result of extraordinary generosity which they shared with JCGS. The names above are FBRST-TIME MEMBERS. We acknowledge them proudly. Find a big old glass of iced tea so sweet that it's probably sinful, and sit down with the efforts of your fellow JCGS members. Enjoy the pictures submitted by Frankie Jean Shelton Stewart, Annette Moore Shelton, Nelma Jean Bryson, Jean Hooper Scott, and Billie Monteith Bryson. Our lead article by Don Casada and Wendy Meyers is extraordinary; Sanji Talley Watson's interview with Mrs. Chastain just gets better and better; peruse the maps shared by Jason Gregory and Richard Hotaling; Deanne Gibson Roles shares a Civil War document written by a man who coinciden tally shows up in Jean Scott's submission of her Grandmother Rachel's memoirs; Frances Fisher Moore shared wonderful materials on a Fisher family whom we have never spotlighted before; see the next installment of Betty Queen Monteith's work, which caused Bill Crawford to remark, "These people are kin to everybody in the world!"...and of course the usual official records, along with Dorris Dills Beck's faithful submission of our library acquisitions. Happy reading and happy hunting. J •Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 L , T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s Announcements a n d Expressions of Sympathy 97 JCGS Photo Album 98-102 Bumgarner Home Place Visit, P a r t 1 103 - 1 0 8 Interview With Mrs. J a n e Chastain, P a r t 2 109 - 1 1 2 Jason Gregory a n d R i c h a r d Hotaling Share Old Maps 113 - 1 1 6 1925 J a c k s o n County Death Certificates 117 - 1 1 9 A Civil W a r Reminiscence 120 Thomas G. F i s h e r Family 121 - 1 2 6 The Story of My Life...Rachel Mazelle Green Hensley 127 - 1 3 0 Descendants of Thomas F r a n k l i n 131 - 1 3 4 1880 Jackson County Census 135 - 1 3 8 One T h i n g a n d Another 139 - 1 4 1 JCGS L i b r a r y Acquisitions 142 Index 143-144 I n M e m o r y T. W a l t e r M i d d l e t on We dedicate this issue to the memory of JCGS member Walter Middleton. Walter hardly needed any more words said about him, because when one is a bona fide war hero and a published author many times over, the- accolades have always been present. What some persons might have forgotten was that Walter was also a minister. One day we were talking with him about the future, and he remarked, "I took care of that a long time ago." That one simple statement speaks volumes about this man, who was minister, historian, and friend. Our lives were better because of him. Interesting note from JCGS member Thomas Gross in Maryland. He says that our picture at the bottom of Page 52 in the Spring issue is a familiar sight to him because he grew up in southern California. It was taken on Catalina Island, a place he had visited many times. Next question for those who like music trivia: Who sang "26 Miles" and when? We say The Four Preps in 1956. The connection should be obvious to those who remember popular music before its metamorphosis in 1963. Although we were able to do so personally, we again offer our sympathy to JCGS member Betty Cope Andrews in the recent loss of her mother. 97 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m U We might as well start off our Photo Album section this time with a classic. Above, the Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School Class of 1912. Some of the persons in the picture are Burder Long, Commodore Tilley, and Robert Shelton. Picture submitted cooperatively by JCGS members Annette Moore Shelton and Frankie Jean Shelton Stewart. Below, in the same collection, a World War I picture of Felix Shelton, one of the sons of William M. Shelton and his wife Belle Rogers. He served in the 30th Division. yj yj 98 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m L , Also submitted by Annette and F r a n k i e Jean, t h e photograph above shows S.P.C. Shelton a n d his second wife R u a h Wike. We consulted Monte W i k e ' s massive book about the Wikes to learn that this couple m a r r i e d in 1868 (Shelton lost his first wife 7 J u n 1868), had six children, and moved to Brown County, Texas. S.P.C. (Samuel Pierson Carson) Shelton (13 Apr 1833 - 1917) m. (2) R u a h Wike (15 Nov 1837 - 1906), daughter of Andrew Wike and M a r i a h Fullbright. Both are buried in Zephyr Cemetery, Brown County Texas. The couple above h a d six children: Robert Nixon Shelton (20 J u l 1869 J a c k s o n Co. - 1 1 Sep 1946 Brown Co. TX) F r a n k Andrew Shelton (16 J a n 1871 J a c k s o n Co. d. prob. TX) Wolford R. "Wood" Shelton (7 F e b 1872 Jackson Co. - 22 Oct 1949 Brown Co. TX) H a t t i e Shelton (16 J a n 1874 Jackson Co. - Feb 1974 Brown Co. TX) Minnie Shelton (4 M a r 1876 Jackson Co. - 1 5 Dec 1886 Brown Co. TX) Miranda Shelton (Jul 1880 Jackson Co.) We can deduce from the above dates of t h e children t h a t t h e family moved to Texas in t h e 1880's. Source: Wike, Monte and Noma, The Wike Family, Descendants of Jacob M. Weik of North Carolina', Lubbock, TX, 2002: pp. 242 - 244. y 99 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m yj Above are three siblings in the Battle family from the Qualla - Shoal Creek area. These are Dave Battle, Sallie Battle Raby, and James Battle. From the JCGS book Cemeteries of Jackson County, David K. Battle (2 May 1874 - 20 Jan 1952), Sarah J . Raby (1879 - 1965), and James E. Battle (3 Oct 1876 - 21 Apr 1967); all are buried at Thomas Memorial Cemetery. Picture submitted by JCGS member Nelma Bryson. Below, George Hensley and Edward Hensley, sons of Robert and Edith Gunter Hensley. Picture submitted by Jean Hooper Scott, with identifications by F r a n k Brooks. Jean's mother Gypsy Hensley Hooper was a first cousin of these men, both of whom we believe are still living. v_> y y 100 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m i y ^ Above, another example of the negatives donated to us and centering around the Wood family of Canada's Grays Ridge community. This dude could be a Wood, or an acquaintance of a Wood, or maybe there is another explanation. Some of us believe that this picture is staged! We know next to nothing about the American West. What is evident is that this picture was not taken in Jackson County. Colorado? Utah? Bill Crawford says that the man has been leading the black horse and that the black horse was not exactly willing to be led. 101 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m y j §BP:*A"B- • ^>> The pictures above are shared with us by JCGS member Billie Monteith Bryson. At the top left, Candas Mariah Stillwell, wife of David Reed Ashe, shown on the right. They are buried at Davis Cemetery at Almond. They are Billie's grandparents. In the bottom photograph, Amos and Nancy Stiles Ashe, parents of David Reed Ashe. V_> 102 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 y< A V i s i t t o t h e F o r m e r H o m e p l a c e of E p h r a i m a n d N a n c y B l a n t o n B u m g a r n e r , P a r t 1 Don Casada and Wendy Meyers [Ed. We requested this article from JCGS member Don Canada because we believe that this'is vitally important We will use Don's and Wendy's own words in this first of two articles.] An Overview of Our Project Anyone venturing out for a stroll on many of the trails of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park knowingly or unknowingly ventures through areas in which people lived, loved, raised families, and buried their dead. As two avid hikers who are also great lovers of antiquity, we have engaged in an exhaustive project to preserve the rapidly fading history of the individuals and families that populated many of the sections of Swain County which now lie inside the boundaries of the national park. To create as complete and well-rounded a portrait of life in this time as possible, we rely on a number of sources such as topographic and land acquisition maps, deeds, census and vital records, school records, old newspapers, photographs and written and oral -histories. However, the most objective method we employ is to hike to and document these settlers' home sites. We observe and make note of all evidence of the human presence such as chimneys, foundation remains, detritus, non-native vegetation, excavations and anything else notable about .the site. Coupled with what we are able to locate in other sources, we are often able to-"paint a picture," no matter how small, of the family unit and their home environment. We have written this article to share an example of this fascinating work, especially as it relates to an extended family long in evidence in Jackson County: the Bumgarners. In this article, Don Casada provides the "feet on the 'ground" narrative from the home site search, and Wendy Meyers provides the historical background and biographical sketches. Background for the Day's Hike One of the small feeder streams to Deep Creek, located approximately 2.5 miles from the present gate near the Deep Creek campground, is named Bumgarner Branch. It is so named in honor of the first known white family to settle on the branch, Ephraim and Nancy Bumgarner. Ephraim was born ca. 1817 in what was then Haywood County, a member of a large family of Bumgarners living in the area.1'3 He married Nancy Blanton 2 Mar 1850, and they went on to have five children; brief biographical sketches are included at the end of this article.4 Sometime after 1860, Ephraim and Nancy moved their family to this branch, faraway from their extended families, and established a new life for themselves.2 On March 6, 2012,1 (Don) set out on a beautiful late winter morning'With the intent of making my way to their home place, with a secondary goal'of locating and following, as best I could, the old Pullback trail which went from Bumgarner Branch over the ridge and down to the famous Bryson place, then to return by the Deep Creek trail. One might conclude, from an examination of a 1931 topographic map5, that reaching the old home place of Ephraim and Nancy Bumgarner would be a relatively easy trek of around three and a half miles; that assumption is actually far from correct. Come walk (and crawl) along with me to see the beautiful territory and broad range of society that existed on pre-1930 Deep Creek. •The Deep Creek Trail - from Junevwhank parking area to Hammer Branch For reference purposes, a section of the Ref. 1 map is shown as Figure 1. Our starting point is the parking area at the mouth of Juneywhank Branch. Distances listed in parentheses in Figure 1 and noted below are referenced to that beginning. 103 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 When I was a boy, a man with Bryson family roots in Jackson County, Ranger Bill Rolen and his family (wife Lola, sons Ron and Billy) lived in the former Morris home located at the mouth of \J Juneywhank Branch (Fig. 2). The place where Bill stands in the photo is now the paved parking area from which the day began. At just over one- quarter mile, one of the most easily accessible but also loveliest waterfalls in the Park (Fig. 3), adorns the opposite side of the creek, with water cascading down Toms Branch in a graceful stair step fashion. One-half mile from the start, the first of three bridges on Deep Creek spans the stream just below a popular pair of swimming holes. Beyond the bridge, a mild ascent begins. Another tenth of a mile further along, shortly after completing the climb out, an attentive eye may note an old wagon road above the trail on the right. The wagon road led around the side of the hill to Indian Creek. In the same area, a dam owned by the town of Bryson City once pooled the waters of Deep Creek and used the accumulated hydraulic energy to power a turbine-generator which provided power for the town. The waters impounded by the dam backed up to a short ways above the mouth of Indian Creek, which the Deep Creek Trail crosses at 0.8 miles. Indian Creek was significantly more populated than was Deep Creek above their junction, in spite of the fact that its drainage area is but one-fourth that of upper Deep Creek. Families with the surnames Blanton, Cathey, Harrzog, Kitchens, Laney, Queen, Randall, Read, Shuler, Stiles and Wiggins lived on Indian Creek. Joining them were Bumgarner descendants of Nancy and Ephraim, some of whom lived one-quarter mile up Georges Branch, a feeder that runs into Indian Creek about three miles from the confluence with Deep Creek.2*6-' Just around the bend, a second bridge over Deep Creek is crossed at 0.9 miles. Hammer Branch, which joins Deep Creek just below the bridge, was once home to the Moses Wiggins family (which lived about three-fourths of a mile up the branch).10 The area also provided a retreat location for a i J northern couple of considerable wealth and prestige, Marion and Ethelberta Pyne Russell Eppley. Mrs. Eppley was descended from a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a general who served under George Washington. Marion Eppley was a PhD chemist (Princeton, 1919) who had a stellar military and business career, and left private foundations and charitable organizations that continue to provide support for scientific research today2. Their 1930 home at Beacon Rock in Newport, Rhode Island, included four live-in servants3. Both are buried in Arlington National Cemetery.11 The Eppleys formed what must have been an exceptionally intriguing relationship with a mountain character named Sam Hunnicutt, whose family, by oral tradition, lived at the mouth of Hammer Branch. Census records confirm that the family lived in this area in 1910 and 1920, but we have not established their exact residence.7'8 Hunnicutt wrote the book Twenty Years Hunting and Fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains, a series of tales about individual hunting and fishing outings. It was initially released in 1926 and republished in 1951, but had been out of print and in short supply for decades until his granddaughter, Virginia Hunnicutt Zakroski, released an edited version in 2011. The style may be a bit rough around the edges, but it affords an excellent sense of the times, people, and the wealth of knowledge and ability required to get around in these mountains. Continuing on the Deep Creek Trail - Hammer Branch to Bumgarner Branch Turning to the north and leaving the mouth of Hammer Branch, the trail takes a northeasterly course, paralleling that of the stream. In the next half mile, there were two homes above the road to the west, on property owned by Edd Cline and Will Jenkins.10'12 At about 13 miles, one reaches the lower end of an area that has long been known as "The Jenkins Fields." This was once a half-mile long stretch of bottomland fields, owned and cultivated by the Jenkins family. Today, the fields where tall stalks of corn and the vines of watermelons and pumpkins once held sway have been replaced by a recovering forest. "" 104 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 Vui«-i4.i *.'•• Pulfeaclc^ i l ' ' /^ Trail' Ephrsum, Martcy •. fiumgarrtB'r place- TofhsBranch'- * • Falls' (o:i3) . ; . ^ Figure 1. Topographic map section and a few points of interest The numbers in parentheses are distances from the trailhead at the Deep Creek parking area. 105 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 Figure 2. Bill Rolen standing in what is now the parking area at the mouth of Juneywhank Branch. The ranger home in which he, bis wife Lola Caldwell Rolen, and sons Ron and Bill, Jr. lived was owned by the Morris family before being taken by the Park. Photo courtesy of William T. Rolen, Jr. \ J ~* T"i I "•""TiTK <V3l • ^ V Figure 3. Toms Branch Falls. Toms Branch is reportedly named for Thomas Wiggins, who once ran a mill along Deep Creek a short ways below tbe falls. y y 106 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 At 1.8 miles, the final bridge over Deep Creek is reached. On the left, just before crossing the bridge, a path leads steeply up the ridge to a cemetery with a handful of graves marked by simple field stones without names inscribed. The orientation is northeast to southwest, which is consistent with the long-held understanding that this was an Indian cemetery. Although there was a bridge at the time the land was taken for the Park, there is visual evidence suggesting that the area just below the bridge had been used as a ford in earlier days. Across the bridge and just beyond the Deep Creek Loop Trail connector sat the Jenkins home (Figs. 4,5). Park Service photographs ascribe the home to Will Jenkins, although the land the upon which the home sat belonged to his father, George Washington Jenkins, whose property spanned both sides of Deep Creek from the lower end of Jenkins Fields to above the bridge. Will owned property immediately down the creek from his father, and this property also spanned both sides of Deep Creek.10'12 The modern day trail/road continues on the east bank of Deep Creek, first wandering from the creek before swinging back to its banks. An older road climbed the side of the ridge behind the Jenkins place, leaving the more level ground north of the home available for cultivation. Throughout the Smokies, evidence of older roads that hewed more to the hills than the flat sections give evidence of settlers intent on making the best use of available ground. At 2.2 miles into our walk, we reach a place known as the Turnaround (Fig. 6). It is aptly named, being a wide circular loop that if followed, turns one around and routes him back down the creek. At the upper end of the Turnaround, the wide road diminishes to a backcountry trail - albeit one that was used for wagon travel in days past - and begins an ascent as it continues on upstream. Shortly above the Turnaround, the old wagon road that went behind the Jenkins place reconnects. After a short climb, the trail levels and in wintertime, offers fleeting glimpses of Beaugard Ridge and Coburn Knob. After traveling a short distance further, we reach Bumgarner Branch at 2.6 miles. Nearby below the trail is the Bumgarner Branch campsite, by far the most easily reached backcountry campsite in the Deep Creek area. Figure 4. Jenkins home, viewed from the northwest (from approximately the current-day Deep Creek Trail, perhaps fifty yards past the bridge). Photo 10331, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sugarla'nds archives. C 107 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 yj Figure 5. Jenkins home, viewed from the east (from approximately the current-day Deep Creek Loop Trail). Note that the chimney on this end of the house has been partially dismantled. A stove pipe penetrates the wall. It is likely that the kitchen was on this end of the house. Photo 10332, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sugarlands archives. yJ Figure 6. Deep Creek Turnaround in 1936. Photo 11819, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sugarlands archives. V_> 108 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 L - C I n t e r v i e w w i t h M r s . J a n e C h a s t a i n . . . P a r t 2 [Ed. We continue in this issue with the work of JCGS member Sanji Talley Watson.] We lived with Don's father, James Robert Chastain in the house Don's mother Sarah, was one of Absalom's daughters. She had died by the time I moved in. He (Absalom Woodring) had built the house out of hemlock logs, the bottom where there is fields now was full of big hemlocks. He built this house after an earthquake came and tore up his first house, it tore the chimney down. He was gone about a month looking for a sawmill, and he came back with one. He made th

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

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