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Correspondence regarding the possiblity of a Kephart Memorial
No full textThis 1968 correspondence, between Jackson E. Price and Dan Davis, discusses the possibility of “Memorial Center” to Horace Kephart (1862-1931), noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author and promoter of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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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.
Vol. X I V , No. I W i n t e r 2 0 04
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JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.
2004 Officers ^
President Dorris D. Beck
Vice President. L. Roy Shuler
Secretary Lynn Allen
Treasurer E. Lawrence Morton
Librarian Dorris D. Beck
Office Manager Ruth C. Shuler
Computer Coordinator. Deanne G. Roles
Chair, Publications (Editor) R. Larry Crawford
Journeys Through Jackson is the official publication of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. Members and non-members are invited to submit genealogical
materials for publication, with the understanding that the editor reserves the right to edit these materials for genealogical content, clarity, or taste. The Society
assumes no responsibility for errors of fact that may be contained in submissions, and except where noted, the opinions expressed are not those of the editor or of
the Jackson County Genealogical Society. The Society accepts no advertising for this publication except for notices for other non-profit groups.
From the Editor
The holidays have come and gone, and we're off to another year in the genealogical society. We
always hope for the best one yet.
Inside your expanded (but now quarterly) publication, please find more of the same that you've come
to expect. Only you can determine if the content is to your satisfaction. Certainly there is a variety of it here. ^J
We begin the issue with the usual old photographs, then move into a Civil War pension file. We have more
official records, an old letter, two cemeteries, emphasis on two families, and a wonderful narrative to share
with you. No fewer than nine Society members contributed materials of one kind or another for our journal
this time. Remember that your submissions are always welcome, and that we will make an effort to publish
these if they meet the guidelines stated above in our policy statement.
Are you recruiting? Know someone who would look forward to working with genealogy as much as
we will all look forward to springtime? The more the merrier in this business. Only through sharing can we
approach the truth, which as always should be our final goal.
One type of submission that would be especially welcome would be Bible records. These are not easy
to come by, and they are one of our best sources. Clean out that old trunk, folks, and share the wealth.
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^ Table o f C o n t e n t s
Expressions of Sympathy 1
JCGS Photo Album 2-4
2003 J C G S Financial Statement 5 - 6
Items for Sale by J C G S 6
The WUliam L. McCall Pension Papers . 7 - 14
The Fullbright Ancestry of Danny Jones 15 - 20
Plott Cemetery 21
Arrington Cemetery 22 - 23
The Grandchildren of David a n d Mary P a r r i s 24
1961 Jackson County Death Certificates 25 - 29
Rachel Messer Affidavit 29
1916 L e t t e r F r om Oscar Wilson 31 - 32
Jackson County Court of Pleas a n d Q u a r t e r Sessions 33-36
A Little Humor 36
Autobiography of F l o r a J a n e Zachary Watkins 37 - 42
Henderson Bryson Chronology 43 - 46
Index 47-48
Dedication
We dedicate this issue of Journeys Through Jackson to the memory of longtime
JCGS member Betty Blanton Ensley. Daughter of Bill a n d Sadie Shuler Blanton of
the Ochre Hill community, Betty was married to Lee Ensley. Mother of four sons,
the three surviving ones also members of our Society, Betty B u r r used to j o k e that
she gave memberships to h e r sons as Christmas gifts to keep t h em from borrowing
her copies of Journeys. To Harold, Haven, and Lee J r . , we offer our sincere
sympathy a n d o u r t r u s t in t h e hope of a n Ultimate Reward.
I n Sympathy
JCGS offers its sincere sympathy to members R.O. Wilson and Robert Cole
Holebrook, who have recently lost loved ones. While y o u r p a i n of separation is very
real, may you be comforted in the knowledge of its t e m p o r a r y nature.
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We always find it encouraging when members decide to share their old photographs with
us. Above, a likeness of Minnie Trantham and George Shytle. Shared by JCGS member
R.O. Wilson.
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While most of as have seen this picture or others like it many times, we are always intrigued
by flood stories. (Think about this one. We live in an area where the water flows downhill
in a hurry. Most of the time that flow is normal and not dangerous. When the truly
excessive or tragic weather story leads to fatalities, as did the 1940 flood in Jackson County,
we seem to have a morbid fascination with the high water.) Above, also shared by R.O.
Wilson, is a picture of the CuUowhee bridge over old NC 107 on August 30,1940.
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Above, an important photograph in the history of Sylva. Taken outside one of the buildings
of the paper mill, we are unsure of just what the occasion was...possibly an expansion of the
mill. The man second from the left in the first row is Lyndon McKee. On the far left in the
second row is "Andy" Anderson; the three men on the far right of the second row are J.
Ramsey Buchanan, Carey Woodring, and Garland Jones. Photo furnished by Rick Frizzell
via his sister-in-law Debbie Jones, an employee at Jackson Paper.
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C J C G S F i n a n c i a l S t a t e m e n t f o r 2 0 0 3
JC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
Net Cash Flow
January 01 through December 31,2003
INFLOWS
Income
BOOK SALES HB #1
BOOK SALES HB #2
BOOK SALES JACKSON CEM BK
BOOK SALES JACKSON DELAYS
BOOK SALES JACKSON DOCKET
BOOK SALES KIRKS RAIDERS
BOOK SALES/MACON DEED BK
BOOK SALES/RESALE SWAIN C
BOOK SALES/WIKE FAMILY
COPIER INCOME
DEPOSITS -VARIOUS ITEMS
DONATIONS/CONTRIBUTIONS
INTEREST INCOME
MEMBERSHIPS FAMILY
MEMBERSHIPS INDIVIDUAL
MEMBERSHIPS UFE
NEWSLETTER REPRINT SALES
RECEIPT - COVER BANK FEE
RECEIVED FOR POSTAGE
SALES TAX RECEIVED
Total Income
Investment income
CD INTEREST
Total Investment income
TOTAL INFLOWS
249.94
425.01
1,524.00
66.00
14.80
2,669.50
175.00
50.00
2,400.00
295.15
557.01
872.55
104.98
12,487.71
12,487.71
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The Heritage of Jackson County, VoL I
The Cemeteries of Jackson County
Jackson County Superior Court Docket
Book
Jackson County Delayed Births, VoL I
Jackson County Delayed Births, VoL II
Swain County Delayed Births
Graham County Delayed Births
Graham County Marriages
Macon County Delayed Births
The Cemeteries of Swain County
Swain County Marriages
The Wike FamUy
Kirk's Raiders
Local Price*
64.00
15.00
21.20
21.20
26.75
34.75
25.00
NC Address**
38.50
23.50
23.50
23.50
48.00
68.00
64.81
16.02
22.11
22.11
27.00
35.23
25.86
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** This price reflects books sent to North Carolina addresses and includes NC sales tax and postage.
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T h e W i l l i a m L . M c C a l l P e n s i o n P a p e r s
[Ed. The following represents a fraction of the total documentation surrounding the pension request of Jackson County
Civil War soldier William L. McCall. Like a number of other men from the southern sections of the county, McCall
enlisted in a Tennessee regiment that fought for the United States rather than for the Confederacy. His attempt to
receive a pension for his services was complicated, to say the least. When JCGS member Anita Rudd wrote for his
records, she received a stack of papers containing his petitions, rejection, eventual approval, medical diagrams, and
further affidavits that contain much material of genealogical importance. We will pick up this story with a document
from 1882, and continue into the widowhood of William McCall's third wife. In some places it will be necessary for
us to transcribe the records; in others, the printed materials speak for themselves.]
State of North Carolina Jackson County
On this the 29 day of May A.D. 1882
Personally appeared before T.J. Bryson, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county,
John H. Mathis and David H. Mathis, late of Company D, 9 Regt Tenn Cav Volunteers, and after
having swom according to law saith they was well acquainted with William L. McCall prior to
his enlistment into Company D, 9 Regt Tenn Cav Vols on the 25 day of May 1864 and to the best
of their knowledge and belief he the said Wm L McCall was then and at that time a sound man
and free from disease and the said John H. Mathis and David H. Mathis further swears that after
having served as U.S. soldiers with him the said Wm L. McCall in said Company D, 9 Regt Tenn
Cav Vols for a period not positively recollected but to the best of their knowledge and belief was
about the 15 of January of 1865 when first he the said Wm L. McCall complained in their
presents of being ruptured and the said John H. Mathis and David H. Mathis further swears that
said complaint of rupture was made by him the said Wm L. McCall at or near Cantonment
Springs in the state of Tennessee, and further swears that they often times heard the said Wm L.
McCall begging to be excused from heavy duty such as wood getting, etc. on account of suffering
from said rupture and not being able to perform such duty, and therefore have reason to believe
he the said Wm L. McCall received or contracted the said rupture while in line of his duty as a
soldier in the said Co. D, 9 Regt Tenn Cav Vols and the said John H. Mathis and David H. Mathis
further swears they are of no relation to him the said Wm L. McCall and that they have no interest
directly or indirectly in the prosecution of this claim and that their personal knowledge of the
disease or rupture of him the said Wm L. McCall late member of said Co D, 9 Regt Tenn Cav
Vols are derived from the above stated facts and further swears their Post Office {Ed. Next line
is i l l e g i b l e , but e s s e n t i a l l y means that t h e y live in J a c k s o n C o u n t y .}
Isl John H. Mathis
Isl David H. Mathis
/s/T.J. Bryson J.P.
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State of North Carolina Jackson County
I A.M. Parker Clerk of the Superior Court of said county & state do hereby certify that T.J.
Bryson is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Jackson and that his signature is
genuine. In testimony wherof I hereunto set my hand and affixed seal of office in Webster NC
this 29th day of July 1882.
Isl A.M. Parker
Clerk Superior Court Jackson County
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49TH CONOBBSS, ) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. < IS% \T
1st Session. J \ )?*£ 0.
WILLIAM L. McCALL.
FEBRUARY 24,1886.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole Home and ordered to
be printed.
Mr. O'HABA, from tlie Committee on Invalid Pensions, submitted the
following
R E P O R T :
[To accompany bill H. R. 4632.]
The 'Committee on Invalid Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (H, R.
4632) granting a pension to William fj. McCall, have had the same under
consideration, and submit the following report:
Applicant's claim is based on an alleged rupture in lower part of abdomen,
caused from bard riding while in the service of the United
States and in the line of duty.
Claimant states under oath that he was ruptured on both sides in
January, 1865, from hard ridiug at Sevierville, Tenn.; was in no prior
service; was captured by a party of rebels at Sevierville, Tenn.. in
January, 1865, and after being beaterj with guns in the' hands of the
'enemy, he was placed on a very lean horse, without saddle or bridle,
and ran some 20 miles before he was released by Union soldiers. Thinks
above causes produced the double rupture, which is worse ou left side.
H-. M. Hooper, late sergeant Company D, Ninth Tennessee Cavalry,
deposes that about the last month of 1864, while the company was at
Pontooman Springs, Tenn., applicant first complained of rupture, and
was excused from duty; he refused to enter a hospital, and was treated
by regimental surgeon in camp and cared for by his friends for a period,
length of which is not recollected; was then taken to a private house
in Tennessee, where he remained for some time before he rejoined his
company; seemed to suffer considerably during remainder of his
service; that he was acquainted with applicant several years before his
enlistment, and, to the best of his knowledge and belief, applicant was
a sound man, free from disease at enlistment.
"William B,. and Alfred M. Hooper, late privates of Company D, Ninth
.Tennessee Cavalry, testified substantially as above, and further, that
they believe the rupture wascaused by the applicant's falling into, the
hands of the rebels, who, it is said, placed him ou a horse without saddle
and ran him a distance of 20 miles before he was released, and that
he complained of said rupture just after said release.
John H. and D. H. Matthews, comrades, late of Company D, Ninth
Tennessee Cavalry, besides corroborating theforegoing wituesses; stated
they ofteq heard applicant begging to be excused from duty on account
of rupture; that they knew claimant prior to and at the time of his enlistment,
and that he was sound and healthy and free from rupture.
John Slater and D. V. Moody corroborate the other witnesses.
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49TH CONGRESS, ) SENATE. ( R £ ^
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
MAY 11, 1886.—Ordered to be printed.
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Mr. WHITTHOENB, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the
following
R E P O R T : .
[To accompany bill H. K. 4632.]
" The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 4632)
granting a pension to William L. MoCall, having examined the same,
report:
That the testimouy which was before the Commissioner of Pensions
was carefully examined, and, being satisfied that the report of the
House committee (No. 700), who also examined this claim, is sustained
by the proof in the case, do adopt the said report, as herein set forth,
as a part hereof, as follows:
Applicant's claim is based oo an alleged r.upture in lower part of abdomen, caused
from hard riding while in the service of the United States and in the line of duty.
Claimant states under oath that be was nrptnred on both sides iu January, 1665,
from bard ridiDK at Sevierville, Tenn.; was in oo prior service; was captured by a
party of rebels at Sevierville, Tenn., in January, 1860, aud after being beaten with
guns iu the bands of the enemy, be was placed on a very lean horse, without saddle
or bridle, and ran some 20 miles before he was released by Union soldiers. Thinks
above causes produced the double rupture, which is worse on left side. \J
H. M. Hooper, late sergeant Company D, Ninth Tennessee Cavalry, deposes that
about the last month of 1664, while tho oompany was at Poutooman Springs, Tenn.,
.applicant first complained of rupture, and was excused from duty; he refused to enter
a hospital, and was treated by regimental surgeon in camp aud cared for by his
friends for a period, length of which is not recollected; was then taken to a private
house ID Teunessee, where he remained for some time before he rejoined his company:
seemed to suffer considerably duriugreoiainderof bisservioe; that he was acquainted
with applicant several years before nis enlistment, and, to the best-of bis knowledge
aud belief, applicant was a sound man, free from disease, at enlistment.
William R. and Alfred M. Hooper, late privates of Company D, Ninth Tenuessee
Cavalry, testified substantially as above, and further, that they believe the rupture
was caused by the applicant's falling into the bands of the rebels, who, it is said, ( placed him on a horse without saddle and ran him a distance of 20 miles before he
was released, and that he complained*of said rupture just after said release.
John H. and D. H. Matthews, comrades, late of Company D, Ninth Tennessee Cavalry,
besides corroborating the foregoing witnesses, stated they often heard applicant
begging to be excused from duty on account of rupture; that they knew claimant
prior to and at the time of his enlistment, and that he was sound and healthy, and
free from rupture.
John Slater aud D. V. Moody corroborate the other witnesses.
.This claim was rejected upon the ground of no.record, no medical evidence pJ
or since service, and claimant's declared inability to furnish same, or that of a co
missioned officer who saw f he hernia in the service.
The only record shows that claimant was absent sick May and June, 1865.
There is no conflict of lay testimony that applicant was a sound man prior to and I
the time of his enlistment, that he was captured while in the line of duty aud In tbl
service of the United States, and that he suffered from the hands of the enemy sued
[PRIVATE—NO. 573.] ,
An act granting a pension to William L McCall.
Be it enacted by- the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior
be, and hereby is, directed to place the name of William L McCall,
late a private in Oompany D, Ninth Tennessee Cavalry, on the
pension-roll, subject to the conditions and limitations of the pension , )
laws. ">—'
Approved, July 6,1886. \
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Washington, D. C, Janiu>Cryl5, 1898.
In forwarding to the pension agent the executed vouchex^for your next
quarterly payment please favor me by returning this circular to him with
replies to the questions enumerated below.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Journeys Through Jackson 2013 Vol.23 No.01
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T h e Official Journal of t h e J a c k s o n C o u n t y G e n e a l o g i c a l S o c i e t y , Inc.
V o l . XXIII, N o . I W i n t e r 2 0 13
JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.
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President Kenneth E. Nicholson
Vice Presidents Timothy Osment, William L. Crawford
Secretary .*. Karen C. Nicholson
Treasurer E. Lawrence Morton
Librarian. DorrisD.Beck
Office Manager Ruth C. Shuler
WebMaster. Deanne G. Roles
Computer Technician Jason N. Gregory
Chair, Publications (Editor) Sanji Talley Watson
Journeys Through Jackson is the official publication of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. Members and non-members are invited to
submit genealogical materials for publication, with the understanding that the editor reserves the right to edit these materials for genealogical
content, clarity, or taste. The Society assumes no responsibility for errors of fact that may be contained in submissions, and except where noted,
the opinions expressed are not those of the editor or of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. The Society accepts no advertising for this
publication except for notices from other non-profit groups.
From the Editor
For 17 years, Journeys Through Jackson has been produced and edited by Robert Larry Crawford.
Through hard work and perseverance, he has taken the journal from its humble beginnings to the award
winning publication that we all receive. He has informed, educated, and at times entertained us with the
information that he has collected, been gifted with, and allowed to use by members and friends of the
society alike. He has dedicated untold hours to ensuring that our journal was as good as he could make it.
He is and will continue to be a valuable resource for the society. As the new Editor, I stand in awe of the
tremendous work and effort that Larry has given the society as Editor. I have no hesitation in saying I
cannot begin to fill his shoes, only hope that I can follow in his footsteps. Thank you, Larry, for all the
work you have done and will continue to do for the society.
Larry and I graduated from Sylva-Webster High School in 1963. Our paths did not cross again until I
became principal at Smoky Mountain High School in 1994. Larry was one of the best teachers that I have
had the opportunity to observe. His history classes were filled with students who were required to take
most of his classes. Although the classes were required, they came to love history and the teacher who
made history come alive. Larry respected his students and they respected him. One of his classes that
drew my attention to his rapport and respect from students was World Religions. Although this class was
not required and was listed as an elective it was always filled with students who knew that Larry would
continue to expect their best and they would respond with their best work.
Larry is very knowledgeable of the families of Jackson county. He is able to tell you about your
cousins, uncles, aunts, grandparents, parents and most other relatives that you might have. Larry has for a
number of years been the Editor of Journeys Through Jackson. His knowledge of and research for articles
are impeccable. His work ethic is never ending and his ability to write transcends you into the past as if
you were there.
Larry, I know that "rest" is not in your vocabulary so I know that you will continue to research and
write. As one famous person stated, "Thanks for all the memories that you bring to life for us."
— Kenneth E. Nicholson, President JCGS
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C T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s
Announcements and Expression of Sympathy 1
JCGS Photo Album 2 - 6
Prepublication Announcement 7-8
Financial Statement for 2012 9
Scott Foundation Scholarship Announcement 10
Of Mountains, Mountain People, and Mountain Waters That Call
Their Children Home 11 - 14
1927 Jackson County Death Certificates of Persons Born 1900 - 1 9 3 0 15 - 18
James Brown F a m i l y - Who are They? 19 - 24
A New JCGS Member's Ties to Jackson County 25 - 28
Franklin Descendants 29 - 32
A Native Son 33 - 36
Building the Glenville Dam 37 - 39
Continuation of Death Certificates and Library Acquisitions 40
Shepherd Photographs 41 - 46
Index 47-48
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We offer our sincere sympathy to the family of JCGS member, Franlde Jean Shelton Stewart. Our
condolences to members: Naomi Beck Seago, R. O. Wilson, Rachel Brown Phillips, Edith Jamison
Cabe, Jim Wheatley, and Pearl Brown Smith on the passing of their family members.
A good friend to the society, who allowed us to interview her and put her life on paper, passed away on 2
Jan 2013. Mrs. Nancy Jane Shook' Chastain passed away after a long and eventful life. She enjoyed
being independent, having her own garden, canning and making quilts for people in need. She was born
on 23 Oct 1909 to James Marion and Clercy Jane Hooper Shook, She will be missed by many.
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Q u e r y
We received two queries from Mrs. Linda McGuire of Durant, Oklahoma. She is a great-granddaughter of
James and Elizabeth Parker Moore. Hopefully, some of the members may be able to help Mrs. McGuire.
First Inquiry: Would anyone have information about:
Elizabeth J. Parker; b. 25 Aug 1840 in North Carolina, d. 12 Jan 1904, Indian Territory,
Oklahoma. She married James A. Moore; b 5 Apr 1830 in North Carolina, d. 10 Mar 1910. They came
to Indian Territory about 1890. Their daughter, Ella Wike remained in East La Porte. North Carolina.
My grandmother, Lula Caro Wells, lived in Indian Territory.
Second Inquiry: Does anyone know where the Masonic Lodge was located in East La Porte? James A.
Moore, a carpenter, is supposed to have carved the door to this lodge, and I would like a picture of it.
If you can help, contact Mrs. McGuire at: [email protected]
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S o c i e t y P r e s e n t s A w a r d s a t D e c e m b e r a n n u a l m e e t i n g .
From left to right: B. B. "Bud" Cantrell, James Monteith accepting for Kay Keefer Monteith, Ben H.
Battle, Jr, and Jane Gibson Nardy. Picture used with permission of the Sylva Herald.
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The Jackson County Genealogical Society presented its yearly awards as is customary at the annual
meeting. Three persons - Sue Kilby Fouts, Ben H. Battle, Jr. and Kay Keefer Monteith received the
JCGS Patron Award for their benevolent support of the Society.
The Daniel Washington Deitz Memorial Award was presented to longtime JCGS Vice-President B. B.
"Bud" Cantrell. Bud has served the Society in numerous ways, most notably as one of the program
chairmen, and always with his trademark grin.
Winner of the Robert Lee and Drucilla Holden Award for Distinguished Service to Genealogy was Jane.
Gibson Nardy. A JCGS life member, Jane is the author of several books, many articles (including some
for this publication), and is one of the mainstays of the Cashiers Historical Society. Accepting her award
with her usual wit and grace, Jane gave an anecdotal story that proves the "superiority" of genealogists.
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These Photographs are two of the
many from the estate of our late
member Willa Mae Dills Scroggs.
While we are not sure of the
identities of these persons, the
pictures are interesting examples of
social history relative to style.
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don't find it bizarre to add a picture of "Old Sparky," the state's
electric chair.
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of the Dillsboro Hensley family. Picture submitted by JCGS member Jean Hooper Scott.
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S c o t t F o u n d a t i o n S c h o l a r s h i ps ^J
At the JCGS Christmas dinner and awards program in December, President Ken Nicholson
announced the endowment of a scholarship program to be administered by the Society. JCGS members
Jim and Jean Hooper Scott of Tryon provided a generous start-up fund to originate this program. A
Society committee was named and it has since met to establish the scholarship rules and parameters.
Applicants must be students at Smoky Mountain High School, Blue Ridge High School and Early
College, Jackson County Early College, or the Jackson County School of Alternatives. The applicant
must also write an essay related to family or genealogical research. The winners will then report to the
Society within one year.
In the first year, two scholarships valued at $750.00 each are to be awarded. Checks will then be
made to the college or university of the winners.
W o u l d y o u l i k e t o c o n t r i b u t e?
Make checks specifically to the Scott Foundation Scholarship Fund, and send to the Society's post office
address. This gift, of course, is tax deductible.
JCGS member Linda Hughes Collins with her great-grandson, Spencer Fitzgerald, who fished the
winning tickets in the JCGS raffle last October.
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O f M o u n t a i n s , M o u n t a i n P e o p l e , a n d M o u n t a i n W a t e r s
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[Ed. The following article was written and submitted by JCGS member Don Casada. Its principal subject, Elizabeth Holt, is a
granddaughter of JCGS member Christine Cole Proctor.]
Close on the heels of dog days, on a warm September morning, a shuttle boat carried a gathering of folks
across Fontana Lake. Shortly after leaving the launch area at Cable Branch, the boat passed over the
streambed of what was once a fine mountain river.
From way back in the mountains, hundreds of feeder streams laughed, jumped, played, and sang along
their descending way. Boisterous waters showered diamond sprays of life onto the stream banks where
ramps, sarvis, squirrel corn, bluets and yellow root reaped the blessings of their contagious joy. They
were living, life giving waters.
Trickles became branches, branches became forks, and forks became creeks. The accumulated
collections fed the Oconaluftee, Tuckaseigee, Nantahala and Little Tennessee Rivers, waters eons older
than the Cherokee names which predated the arrival of white men. The Tuckasegee, a man among men
flowing on an east-west course, met the south-to-north flowing lady of the Little Tennessee. It was love
at first sight, and the couple was married near the place that would become the little town of Bushnell.
Tuck, the gentleman, defied human convention and took on the name of his bride. Although they called
themselves the Little Tennessee, it was Tuck's east-west course that they followed from that point on, in
deference to his better judgment. For Tuck, unlike the sweet Little T, drew much of his life blood from
the Great Smoky Mountains which they would skirt along the rest of their way. Of all those who traveled
these mountains, no one knew every holler like Old Tuck.
Now more mature in demeanor than in their earlier rambunctious ways, the two that were now one
inclined to a gentler course, as if on a front porch swing of a Sunday afternoon. But they could still kick
up their heels every now and then. Like all couples, they'd occasionally have their issues, separating to
the left and the right around Calhoun Island near Wayside. Differences resolved, they rejoined hands
downstream, and the family continued to grow along the way.
Damned by progress and dammed by the TVA, laughter and family ties along this section of the Little
Tennessee have been silenced and broken for seven decades. The life-giving energy from North Carolina
Counties of Jackson, Macon (Macon's part includes a charitable donation from Rabun County, Georgia),
Graham and Swain is deadened by the dam, harvested by turbines, and sent by wires without payment
into Tennessee. The formerly vibrant river lies buried beneath 370 feet of stagnant water and silt
accumulation at the point where our boat passed over.
Our destination was Hazel Creek, a place where unhindered waters still flow and echoes of laughter yet
linger, unreachable by the roads of an uncivilized world. There are those who despair the lack of road
access to this land, including some of our little company. A sense of betrayal by the same federal
government - which took the land that many called home - underlies the despair. But were there now a
road to this place, I fear that the song it sings softly in minor mountain key would be lost in the discordant
strife and the noise. That has certainly been the case for Cades Cove, located just across the spine of the.
Smokies, where an armada of automobiles daily assault what was once a place of perspicacious people
imbued with both the spirit and ability to make do.
There are reasons aplenty to go to this place and others like it. I routinely find myself seeking the refuge
of walking and crawling, sometimes tumbling and sliding through these mountains, most often alone.
Whisperings of advice and signs of parental affection — as well as stern admonitions - from these
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mountains (which are indeed our parents) are most readily perceived by the wonderfully lonesome, if .
somewhat prodigal, child. ^—^
But on this day, I was glad to be in the company of some like-minded companions. Though seeking a
place, ours was not a search for solitude. We were intent on congregating, cornmitting, honoring, and
remembering.
Proctor
The particular place on Hazel Creek to which we were headed has been known since the late 1800s as
Proctor. Sometime before 1830, Moses and Patience Proctor settled here and began raising a family.
Their home place was on what is now known as Shehan Branch in Possum Holler. It empties into Hazel
Creek - or directly into the lake itself when it is full - almost four miles from where Hazel Creek once
emptied into the Little Tennessee River.
The Proctors had come over the main spine of the Smokies from Cades Cove. If it was solitude and
elbow room they sought, they found it. Based on the sequence of names in the 1830 Macon County
census (this area is now in Swain County, but Swain wasn't formed until 1871) and knowledge of where
other families located, it was likely well over a half-dozen miles to their closest neighbors. Something
just felt right about this particular place, so they carved out a home and a life for themselves and their
children here. Bradshaws, Cables and others were soon to come to the area, but it remained sparsely
populated for decades.
In 1848, Joseph Brackett composed the Shaker Hymn, "Simple Gifts". Though penned a thousand miles
away near the northeastern end of the Appalachian Mountain range, the words could well have applied to
the lives of Patience, Moses, and their children in the Hazel Creek valley: v /
'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,
'tis the gift to come down where you ought to be.
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
It will be in the valley of love and delight.
Times and seasons pass; lives and circumstances change. The Civil War took away two of their sons,
Moses, Jr. and Mansfield. Moses, Sr. died, perhaps of a broken heart, in 1864. Patience lived to see the
end of the war and the return of two sons and a son-in-law, but according to family tradition described by
Duane Oliver in Remembered Lives, she was never the same. She died in 1870, and is buried beside
Moses on the ridge near their home.
Over time, their children and their children's children drifted to and fro, ranging up the river and across
the mountains back into Tennessee. Ritter Lumber Company arrived and set up a massive operation in
the early 1900s, providing hundreds of jobs - for a time. But by the late 1920s, the raw materials of the
entire Hazel Creek basin had been sawn, kiln dried, cut to dimension, and shipped away to become floors,
furniture, books and toilet paper, so Ritter Lumber closed shop. While there were still several dozen
farnilies who owned land and lived in the area, including some descendants of Moses and Patience, the
vast majority of the Hazel Creek drainage was now owned by land speculators such as Jack Coburn and
George Stikeleather (to whom Ritter had sold its vast holdings). Private fishing waters were established ,
with uninvited natives unwelcome.
Physical connections to vestiges of life as it had once been were completely severed by the construction
of Fontana Dam in the early 1940s. Exercising powers of what might be called pre-eminent domain with
a will, TVA acquired all lands on the north shore of Fontana, removed the people and turned the land over ^ j
to the Department of Interior for inclusion in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is worth
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/ noting here that the entire area along the north shore of the Little Tennessee had been coveted for the Park
^ ^ since the 1920's; in fact, it had been included in the original park outline, drawn in 1926.
hi the course of a century, Hazel Creek witnessed the coming of the first white settlers, an era of slow
increase in families on subsistence farms, followed by a period of rapid industrial and job growth, an
equally rapid loss of resources - an thus industry and its jobs. By the time the 1930 census was taken,
there were but two dozen individuals on the entire north shore who listed saw mill or logging as their
trade, and most of these were well to the east of Hazel Creek.
Just over a decade later, there was to be no more permanent human presence.
And yet .... even now, there is something about this place which seems to want people around, and it
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2006 Officers
President Dorris D. Beck
Vice Presidents Robert Blackwell, James Monteith
Secretary Marilyn G. Morton
Treasurer E. Lawrence Morton
Librarian Dorris D. Beck
Office Manager Ruth C. Shuler
Computer Coordinator. Deanne G. Roles
Chair, Publications (Editor) R. Larry Crawford
Journeys Through Jackson is the official publication of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. Members and non-members are invited to submit genealogical
materials for publication, with the understanding that the editor reserves the right to edit these materials for genealogical content, clarity, or taste. The Society
assumes no responsibility for errors of fact that may be contained in submissions, and except where noted, the opinions expressed are not those of the editor or of
the Jackson County Genealogical Society. The Society accepts no advertising for this publication except for notices for other non-profit groups.
From the Editor
As usual, we will not burden the membership with excuses for a late publication. We'll just say that
~* there have been some health issues that demanded precedence and attention. With that said, on with the
y ^ show: Celebrate with us as we blow our own horns about awards and honors received by the Society. Laugh
with us over prescriptions for Mr. Miller's mule, which you will find in our first article. Be grateful with us
for the work of JCGS members, who have contributed two wonderful sets of pictures, a pedigree chart with a
cross reference, and the customary potpourri of other photographs, official records, and of course, pure
genealogy from the records of Betty Cope Andrews and Betty Queen Monteith.
As we said in our last 2005 issue, resolve to do more genealogy in 2006. Want a good way to help your
Society? Recruit new members so that even more folks can join in this fun.
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Honors for the Society 2-3
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Documents in the Miller Family 7-10
Photographs in the Sanji Watson Collection 11-14
Early 20* Century Jackson County Marriage Licenses 15-18
Descendants of J o h n Gribble 19-26
JCGS Financial Report for 2005 27
JCGS L i b r a r y Acquisitions 28
1969 Jackson County Death Certificates 29-32
Linda Brooks Banwarth Pedigree C h a r t s 33-34
Descendants of J o h n Jacob Wild 35-38
Households in Scotts Creek Township in 1880 39-42
Photographs in t h e Dillard Ensley Collection 43-46
Index 47-48
T h e S o c i e t y ' s A n n u a l A w a r d s
At the December annual meeting/Christmas party/society dinner, Ruth
Shuler presented the Society's annual awards. The Robert Lee a n d Drucilla Holden
Award, established in 1995 b y M a r y Katherine Sherrill Lowder and Nancy Sherrill
Wilson in honor of their maternal grandparents, was presented to Betty Cope
Andrews. The honoree has done extensive work on her Cope, H a r r i s , Monteith,
Fisher, and W a r d families, and has been a frequent c o n t r i b u t o r to JTJ.
The Daniel Deitz Award, established by Daniel's family in 1999, honors
persons who contribute significantly to the Society itself. For 2005, the Society
honored L a r r y and Marilyn Morton, a husband and wife team who have been
invaluable to the w o r k of JCGS. Presently serving as t r e a s u r e r and secretary of the
group, t h e Mortons a r e volunteers at t h e office and ane always involved in t h e w o rk
of our group.
I n Sympathy
We offer our condolences to J C G S member Katy Holden Heindl, who recently lost
her mother. While we a r e saddened by these inevitable events, we t a k e comfort in
the realization that this separation is temporary.
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In November, JCGS was chosen as a participating community by WNC Communities,
which recognizes community - based organizations involved in many various phases of
community betterment. The award, which carried a grant of 400 to the Society, was
presented at a luncheon at Grove P a r k Inn. Shown.above are WNC Communities Director
Linda Lamp and board member Robert Sipes presenting JCGS President Dorris Beck with
the award certificate.
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On the same weekend when Dorris was receiving the Communities Award, we were in
Raleigh for tbe North Carolina Genealogical Society's workshop and awards presentation.
Journeys Through Jackson received the 2005 award for Excellence in Periodical Publishing.
And while the next award does not recognize JCGS as such, we are glad to include Deanne
Gibson Roles, shown here with Nancy Manning as they receive the award for Excellence in
Web Presence for the Old Buncombe Society. Deanne is one of our own, of course, and
coordinates our Web site as well as many other genealogical endeavors.
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We don't pretend to know who the above group might be, but we certainly hope someone
will come through with an identification for such an outstanding Mystery Photo. Submitted
by JCGS member Helen Miller Wood. In keeping with the times, persons were not
portrayed as very happy, and the elderly lady seated at the far right looks almost as grim as
the one second from the left. This might well be a four-generations photograph. The man
with the moustache has his hand on the shoulder of (probably) his wife. They might well be
the parents of some of the younger people in the back and the grandparents of the baby.
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[Ed. We wish everyone would come across old shoeboxes full of ihese kinds of materials, and have enough foresight
to hold on to them. Shared with us by JCGS member Helen Miller Wood, the papers belonged tc her grandfather
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John B. Miller was borned May the 6 1861
Emeline Miller was borned April the 12 1871
William A. Miller was borned Jan. the 3 1892
Minnie E. Miller was borned Sept. the 30 1893
Charlie W. Miller was borned Nov. the 6 1895
Died Nov. the 20 1897 2 years and 14 days old
Essie L. Miller was borned April the 16 1898
Twin boys were borned Jan the 24 1900 Dead borned
Jessie B. Miller was borned Jan. the 28 1901
Nettie E. Miller was borned Nov. the 13 1902
Robert G. Miller was borned Nov. the 17 1904
Martha L. Miller was borned Oct. the 15 1910
Francis O. Miller was borned Nov. the 3 1915
Births of J.B. and A.E. Miller's family
Written by Jessie B. Miller Addie N.C.
[Ed. John B. Miller was the son of William Miller and his wife Martha Clayton, daughter of
George and Artie Bryson Clayton. Emeline Miller was Nicy Amy Emiline Parris, daughter of
Alfred Washington and Louisa Conner Parris.]
Edna Mae Parris was born Nov 14th 1920
Frank Willard Parris was born Aug 26 1924
Kenneth James Parris was born July 10 1927
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Family of J.E. and Minnie Clayton
John M. Clayton was borned April the 25 1913
Vergie E. Clayton was borned Feb. the 27 1916
Lillie E. Clayton was borned April the 12 1918
Sally Elizabeth Clayton was borned July 11 1927
Emiline Miller was married at the age of 20 years
Family of W.A. and Gertie Miller
Willie M. Miller was borned Sept 9th 1917
Wayne S. Miller was born Oct 26 1919
Jessie Fae Miller was born Oct 20 1922
Emma Irene Miller was born March 30 1925
Junior Miller was born Aug 28 1927
Emiline Miller Died at the age of 53 years December 4th 1924 and was buried the 5 of Dec. 1924
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The Parris Family
Louisa Parris was born February the 21SI1841
Alfred Parris and Louisa Conner was married Febraar the
James Robert Parris was born July the i 1th 1860
John Alfred Parris was born Januarx the 18th 186^
Mar> Parris was born February the i 8" 1866
Celinda Parris was born September the 12 1868
Emeline Parris was born Aprul the 12th ] 871
Creacy Parris was born June the 18th 1875
Lydia Parris was born March the 17 18
Laura Parris was born November 15 ] 880
Docia Parris was born May 27 1883
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Jack, Mary, Theodocia"
[Ed. Very interesting photograph here. Docia Parris married James Baxter Laney in
Swain County. So does the inscription read "Uncle Back"? Their youngest child, Velma,
who was not born at the time of this photograph, was one of the Parris descendants who
tried for years to establish the correct identities of Parris siblings in Jackson County.]
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Sylva Township, Jackson County. N.C.
Nov 21,1901
Received of John B. Miller his taxes for the year 19C1. as follows:
For State Tax S.9E
For School Tax 2.14
For General County Tax 1.23
For Special County Tax 2.17
Total 6.52
/s/J.W. Davis, Sheriff
Scotts Creek Township, Jackson County, N.C.
Jan 4th 1923
Received of John B. Miller
His taxes for the year 1922, as follows:
Poll tax
County Tax
School tax
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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
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Above, a school group, possibly from Addie. Below, the only examples we have ever seen of
prescriptions for a mule.
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[Ed. We asked JCGS member Sanji Talley Watson to share old photographs with us. ana she complieG Following
are some of her submissions.]
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A number of the pictures shared with us by Sanji concentrate on the Shook family. Above,
the Tim and Clercy Hooper Shook family. The daughters are Jemima (Tucker), Bertha
(Fisher), Martha (Owen), Jane (Chastain), Mary (Davis), and Ida (Orr). The sons are
Clyde, Willard, Vess, George, and Fate Shook. Below, William Jesse and Rachel Malinda
Reed Burrell.
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Sanji reports that the above photograph was taken about two weeks before the Rocky
Hollow congregation moved to Cedar Baptist Church. A partial list of those in the picture
would include Alonzo Brown, Alvin Luker, Jim Middleton, Dave Middleton, Eldon Shook,
Eva Brown Prince, Selma Jean Middleton, Mae Haskett, Lucy Watson Middleton, Delia
Mae Shook Luker, Eoma Luker, Doris Luker, Dorothy Luker, Theda Middleton, Delores
Middleton, Wayne Prince, J.B. Brown, James Brown, and Ronnie Haskett. For those
members unfamiliar with the territory so to speak, the Cedar church is located on Highway
2S1 a few miles south of Tuckasegee. The names above are very representative of this part
of Jackson County, and all of these last names are still found in the Cedar Valley area.
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On the following page, one of the older photographs submitted. It shows Jim Shook, Laura
Shook (Chastain), Theodocia (Shook) Watson, Joseph Marion Shook, Elizabeth Jemima
(Middleton) Shook, Vess Shook, and Lecy Watson. Picture taken ca. 1908-1909.
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[Ed. We continue in this issue with the abstractions of Jackson Count? marriage "licenses, unless s different location is
stated, the persons lived in Jackson County. Abstracted b> Larr\ Crawford in the Jackson Counts Register of Deeds
Office March 2006 ]
Ellis Beasley (22) (white), son of Jerry and Mattie Beasley (both living), to Artie Dillard (21).
(white), daughter of John and Dora Dillard (both living)... marriage by Russell Painter. J.P.. 13
Aug 1911 at Svlva.
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H.W. Ward (36) (white), son of Decater and Jane Ward (both living), to Cora Monteith (20).
(white), daughter of Hix Monteith (dead) and Ira Monteith (living...marriage by J.H. Bradley,
J,P. 13 Aug 1911 at Wilmot.
Cole McMahan (24) (white), son of Levi McMahan (living) and Lucian McMahan (dead), to
Emma McMahan (21) (white), daughter of Lucresia McMahan (living)...marriage by A.W.
Davis, Baptist Minister, 18 Aug 1911 at the jail in Webster.
B.H. Harris (19) (white), son of W.M. and Allie Harris (both living), to Flora Watson (18)
(white), daughter of Lou Watson (living)...marriage by L. Bumgarner, J.P., 20 Aug 1911 at
Sylva.
W.D. Barnes (27) (white), son of G.N. Barnes (living), and Josie Barnes (dead), to Rilda
Arwood (18) (white), daughter of Nathan Arwood (dead), and Kans Arwood (living)... marriage
by L. Bumgarner, J.P., 20 Aug 1911 at Sylva.
Erve Pannell (21) (white), son of M.J. and Matilda Pannell (both living), to Lillian Henson (21)
(white), daughter of Rufus and Laura Henson (both living)...marriage by J.T. Carson, Baptist
Minister, 27 Aug 1911 at the residence of M.N. Wiggins, Scotts Creek.
A.F. Clouse (28) (white), son of M.C. Clouse (dead) and Manerva Clouse (living), to Beulah
Warren (18) (white), daughter of W.L. and Sallie Warren (both living)...marriage by L.
Bumgarner, J.P., 27 Aug 1911 at Sylva.
John Williams (26) (white), son of J.K. and Polly Williams (both dead), to Elnora Frady (17)
(white), daughter of Napoleon and Lizie Frady (both dead); A.-W. Cope and Joe Williams give
consent as the parties E. Frady has been and is staying with; rriarriage by J.L. Kinsland, Baptist
Minister, 3 Sep 1911, at the home of J.K. Williams, Savannah.
E.D. Dills (64) (white), son of Jack and Margaret Dills (both dead), to Hiley D. Gibson (15)
(white), daughter of Joe Franklin (dead) and Clementine Gibson (living); Clementine Gibson
gives consent as mother; marriage by P.N. Price, J.P., 1 Sep 1911 at River Township.
Bob Moore (26) (white), son of CC. and Aima Moore (both living), to Dessie Henson (19)
(white), daughter of Sam and Millie Henson (both living)...marriage by E.N. Brown, J.P., 4 Sep
1911 at JE.M. Cowart's house, Caney Fork.
John Martin (22) (white), son of Richard and Jane Martin (both living), to Zettie Green (21)
(white), daughter of John Green (living) and Mollie Green (dead)...marriage by W.W. Anthony,
Minister, 7 Sep 1911 atNath Bumgarner's, Qualla.
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Abey Pettey (21) (black), son of Jim Pettey (living) and Lucinda Pettey (dead), to Nina Love
(3 8) (black), daughter of Annis Love (living)...marriage by M.Y. Jarrett, J.P., 6 Sep 1911 at
Dillsboro.
Jim Whitmire (25) (black), son of Robt. And Mollie Whitmire (both living), to Mamie
Thompson (28) (black), daughter of Sam and Mirica Thompson, marriage b\ M.Y Jarrett. J.P..
6 Sep 19i 1 at DiUsboro.
Tom Norman (25) (black), son of Harry Norman (living) and Marsella Norman (dead), to Carry
Washington (22) (black), daughter of Monroe and Lou Washington (both dead)...marriage by
M.Y. Jarrett. J.P. 6 Sep 1911 at Dillsboro.
Joe Cunningham (21) (white), son of Sam Cunningham (dead) and Tinie Sherrill (living), to
Lola Green (20) (white), daughter of W.T. Green (living) and Hattie Green (dead)... marriage by
M.Y. Jarrett, J.P., 9 Sep 1911 at Dillsboro.
Card Robinson (21) (white), son of W.H. Robinson (living) and Lizzie Robinson (dead), to
Lake Alexander (14) (white), daughter of M.P. and Sallie Alexander (both living); consent of
M.P. and Sallie Alexander as parents; marriage by M.P. Alexander, Baptist Minister, at M.P.
Alexander's, Cashiers Valley.
Garland Barker (29) (white), son of Rufus and Jane Barker (both dead), to Mattie Love (28)
(white), daughter of J.L. Love (dead) and Albia Love (living)... marriage by J.J. Gray, Methodist
Minister, 27 Sep 1911 at Sylva.
Oscar Carver (21) (white), of Macon County, son of Nelson Carver (living in Macon County)
and Martha Carver (dead), to Lydia Passmore (21) (white), daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah
Passmore (both living)...marriage by J.L. Kinsland, Baptist Minister, 15 Oct 1911 at Nathaniel
Passmore's, Savannah.
Walter McDowell (21) (black), son of Allen and Rachel McDowell (both living), to Gertie
Gaither (20) (black), daughter of Henry Gaither (dead) and Sarah Gaither (living)... marriage by
M.Y. Jarrett, J.P., 30 Sep 1911 at Dillsboro.
Thos. O. Wilson (30) (white), son of R.M. Wilson (dead) and Hicks Wilson (living) to Luetta
Buchanan (21) (white) , daughter of W.O. and Cordelia Buchanan (both living)...marriage by
JJ. Gray, Methodist Minister 1 Oct 1911 at Sylva.
Erastus Blanton (28) (white), son of W.R. and Pina Blanton (both living), to Bessie Shular (20)
(white), daughter of R.B. and Emelyn Shular (both living)...marriage by M.A. Norman, Baptist
Minister, 3 Oct 1911 at Scotts Creek.
Don Frizeli (22) (white), son of Mack and Mary Frizeli (both living) to Minnie Watson (16)
(white), daughter of Bob and Mant Watson (both living); Bob and Mant Watson give consent as
parents; marriage by A.W. Davis, Baptist Minister, 8 Oct 1911 at the schoolhouse on Long
Branch in Cullowhee.
Albert Ross McDonald (27) (white) of Ohio, son of O.C., S.E. McDonald (both living), to Ethel
Eliza Griffes (27) (white) of Florida, daughter of J.A., Eliza Griffes (both dead)...marriage by
Henry C. Parker, Episcopal Minister 9 Oct 1911 at Balsam Lodge, Scotts Creek.
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Zeb V. Watson (48) (white), son of J.H. Watson (dead) and Lucinda Watson (living), to Dora
M. Hall (39) (white), daughter of Ben Farmer (living)...marriage by J.J. Gray, Methodist
Minister, 8 Oct 1911 at residence of L.W. Monteith. Sylva.
John H. Hinkle (23) (white) of Transylvania County, son of Perry and Man' Hinkle (both living
in Transylvania Count}), to Rosa M. Henson 0 " n (white), daughter of Wesie> and Hattie
Henson (both living j...nc other information given.
Thurman Potts (20) (white), son of Francis and Hannah Potts (both living), tc Fannie Crisp
(19) (white), daughter of Sam Crisp and (both living)...marriage by Thomas H. Queen,
Baptist Minister. 15 Oct 1911 at "my house near Balsam Station."
Harrison Franks (22) (white), son of Jack and Lou Franks (both living), to Myrtle Franks (18)
(white), daughter of Garrett and Arzelia Franks (both living)... marriage by H.H. Hooper, J.P., 15
Oct 1911 at L.J. Franks', Glenville.
Shelvin Queen (23) (white), son of Geo. Queen (living) and Ellen Queen (dead) to Lizzie Daves
(18) (white), daughter of Sarah Daves (living)...marriage by J.H. Mathews, J.P., 22 Oct 1911 at
Thos Daves' house, Canada.
Jerry Green (22) (white), son of Chas and Becca Green (both living), to Mirdell Wilson (16)
(white), daughter of Jim Wilson (dead) and Florence Morrison (living); Florence and Riley
Morrison give consent; marriage by B.H. Hooper, J.P., 15 Oct 1911 at the residence of the bride,
Cullowhee.
Robert Hedden (21) (white), son of Dillard and Catherine Hedden (both dead), to Minnie Terry
(16) (white), daughter of M.T. and Josie Terry (both living)...marriage by M.A. Norman, Baptist
Minister, 15 Oct 1911 atM.T. Terry's, Scotts Creek.
Wesley Crow (22) (Indian), son of Severe Crow and Laura Crow (mother living), to Mollie
Welch (32) (Indian), daughter of John G. Welch (living) and Lizzie Welch (dead)... marriage by
William Ratliff, Baptist Minister, 24 Oct 1911 at John L. Maney's, Wrights Creek.
Mack Frizeli (21) (white), son of Cole and Lucye FrizeU (both dead), to Sallie Morgan (21)
(white), daughter of John Morgan (dead) and Lizzie Morgan (living)...returned not executed 23
Oct 1911.
J.C. Shular (37) (white), son of David and Susan Shular (both living), to Fannie Parker (28)
(white), daughter of Mat and Martha Parker (both living)...marriage by Russell Painter, J.P., 22
Oct 1911 at Dillard Parker's, Scotts Creek.
Lawrence Barker (28) (white) of Swain County, son of Mack and Delsie Barker (both living), to
Rosa Stephens (24) (white), daughter of Henry Parker (living) and Vira Barker (dead).. .marriage
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JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.
2009 Officers ^J
President James E. Monteith
Vice Presidents Nelma J. Bryson, B.B. Cantrell
Secretary Marilyn G.Morton
Treasurer E. Lawrence Morton
Librarian Dorris D. Beck
Office Manager Ruth C. Shuler
Computer Coordinator. Deanne G. Roles
Chair, Publications (Editor) R. Larry Crawford
Journeys Through Jackson is the official publication of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. Members and non-members are invited to submit genealogical
materials for publication, with the understanding that the editor reserves the right to edit these materials for genealogical content, clarity, or taste. The Society
assumes no responsibility for errors of fact that may be contained in submissions, and except where noted, the opinions expressed arc not those of the editor or of
the Jackson County Genealogical Society. The Society accepts co advertising for this publication except for notices for other non-profit groups.
From the Editor
The Jackson County Arts Council indoor yard sale has come and gone, and we participated
vigorously. We had a good day, if awfully tiring for some of our loyal volunteers. Other good days have been
in the evenings when our group meets on the second Thursday. Our attendance has been a little down, but we
attribute that to the fact that everyone stays so busy. v_y
We trust that the membership will not find this issue top-heavy. We seem to have a lot of photographs
this time over and above our regular-feature Photo Album. AH phases of genealogy are interesting, so read
and enjoy the work of your fellow Society members.
Many thanks this time to Beau Allen Hudgins, Ruth Crawford Shuler, R.O. Wilson, Mack Sutton,
cousin Mark Blanton, Sue Gunnells Phillips, Rachel Brown Phillips, Betty Cope Andrews, Bill Crawford,
Barbara Shelton Smith, Barbara Dills Bishop, Elizabeth Moss Wilson, Dorris Dills Beck, and Deanne Gibson
Roles. AH have, in some way, contributed to this issue.
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JCGS Awards, Expressions of Sympathy 49
JCGS Photo Album 50 - 54
World W a r I I Clippings 55 - 58
Photographs - Blackwood L u m b e r Company 59 - 62
David L. Shelton Pension Application 63 - 66
Jackson County Death Certificates 67 - 69
Little T r e a s u r e s - Leah Heinz P a p e r s 70
Descendants of J o h a n n e s Risch 71 - 74
Buck C r e e k Cemetery 75 - 76
Archibald Nelson P r i c e Family Continued ; 77 - 80
Photographs from B a r b a r a Dills Bishop 81 - 84
Thomas Belew Stalcup Will a n d Descendants 85 - 88
Certain Owens a n d Piersons F r om S o u t h e r n Jackson County 89 - 92
JCGS Space in t h e Old Courthouse 93
JCGS L i b r a r y Acquisitions 94
One T h i n g a n d Another 94
Index 95-96
J C G S A w a r d s
At the February meeting of the Society, two JCGS members were honored for their
dedication and contributions. Mary Katherine Sherrill Lowder received the Robert Lee
and Drusilla Holden Award for distinguished service to genealogy. Mary Katherine
compiled The Robert Lee Holden Family with Allied Lines of Norton and Taylor and along
with her Sherrill first cousins and her sister Nancy Sherrill Wilson, completed publication
of The William Robert Sherrill and Mary Cowan Sherrill Family. Mary Katherine has also
contributed in many other ways to our society, both with genealogy and with other support.
The Daniel Washington Deitz Memorial Award, for service to the Jackson County
Genealogical Society itself, was presented to James Monteith. Always finding old pictures,
volunteering at the Society office, doing many unnoticed jobs, James also serves the Society
as its president. We are pleased to recognize them again here.
I n S y m p a t hy
We dedicate this issue of Journeys Through Jackson to the memory of Pauline Dean Ensley,
Helen Davis Cooper, and Regenia Pannell Fisher. We offer our sympathy to their families.
We also send condolences to JCGS members Alvin Middleton, Ronald Haskett, Pearl
Smith, and Clyde Phillips, all of whom have recently lost family members.
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The picture above shows Leah Rachel Bryson Sutton, daughter of Hamilton and Agnes
Matilda Wilson Bryson. This is the photograph Beau Hudgins sent to Leah Sutton Heinz
some years ago, (reference; p. 70). V_v
In this picture, we show just how much fun
genealogy can be. The baby in the photograph is Erline Murray, and she is being held by
Ruth Choate, who sent the picture to Ruth Shuler in response to a query in the Grand
Junction, Colorado, newspaper. Erline Murray's mother was Byrda Bolton, whose mother
was Winifred Cockerham, whose father Jesse Chandler Cockerham left (in the 1840's) what
would become Jackson County a few years later.
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A three-brothers photograph from the Speedwell community of Cullowhee. On the left is
Thomas Cleveland Wilson, father of JCGS member R.O. Wilson; standing is Bub Enos
Wilson; on the right is Oscar Wilson, grandfather of new JCGS member Claude Wilson of
Oroville, California. All of these three men were sons of Enos and Elizabeth Bennett
Wilson. Below, an image of the funeral card of their first cousin Robert Archaelus Wilson
(1863 - 1887). The card is printed on heavy card stock, and was in the possession of Leah
Sutton Heinz.
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The photograph above shows Jeremiah (Jerry) Hensley (Feb. 1848 - 3 Oct 1928) and his
wife Margaret Ingabo Quilliams Hensley (20 Oct 1846 - 7 Oct 1913). They are buried at
Locust Field Cemetery.
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We used the photograph on the previous page in Volume I of Jackson County Heritage. In
2007 cousin Mark Blanton of Rome, Georgia, sent another (much larger) copy of the
picture. We believe that it shows a singing school because the man seated (or stooped) in
the center is the editor's paternal great - grandfather Crawford. He would have been one
of the instructors of the school. We have always believed that the picture represented
persons from the Ochre Hill, Cane Creek, and Wayehutta communities. All of those
communities were closer - connected in another time than they are today, because major
paved roads don't go through Cracking Chestnut Gap.
Mark identifies the fourth kneeling child from the left as Harley Shuler. Just behind him,
and dressed in white, would be his older sister Bessie, who married Erastus Blanton. She is
holding Winford, their oldest child. Bessie and Erastus were Mark's grandparents. The
other woman holding a baby is Emiline Watson Shuler, holding Annie Belle. On the
extreme right in the middle row would possibly be Edward Shuler. We are guessing that
identity from another photograph.
The man standing third from the left in the middle row is Edd Norman, and is the maternal
grandfather of the editor, Ruth Shuler, and Jean Brown. (We are his only grandchildren.)
He was an outstanding tenor singer, and would have provided contrast to some of these
Shulers, who were among the best bass singers we ever heard.
On the back row, either that man is standing on something, or he is one of the tallest men
who ever lived around here.
With this photograph, we would ask JCGS member Ernestine Jones to see if her father
(LaFayette or ' T a t e " Shuler) is identifiable, and we would request the same of JCGS
member Harold Ensley, requesting if can find his grandmother Sadie Blanton, who was also
one of these Shulers from Cane Creek.
Needless to say, we would welcome any other identifications. Since we have concentrated
on the Bob Shuler family here, wouldn't it be reasonable to assnme that Rachel Shuler
Blanton and Jerdie Shuler Morgan are two of the young girls here? And Mark is of the
opinion that Johnny Shuler is just in front of his mother Emiline.
We would guess that this picture was made about 1912 or 1913.
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[Ed. The following were shared with us by JCGS member Rachel Brown Phillips. The clippings were cut from
various newspapers, but we suppose most are from Sylva and Asheville papers. We were pleased to find references to
Society members, and we will add those to the other news given here, regrettably some of it the very worst that a
family could hear. Wc are, as always, in awe of the sacrifices of this generation.]
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[Ed. The following pictures of an important part of Jackson County's economic history are shared by JCGS member
Sue Gunnells Phillips. Sue is the daughter of a Blackwood employee.]
Above, Blackwood employees. Bethel Gunnells, Sue's father, is in front center in
shirtsleeves and heavy gloves. At one time he was a blacksmith for the company. Below,
some of the employee housing at the mill.
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The picture above is a real classic. It shows the company bus, which ran on the railroad
tracks and carried passengers to Cullowhee Normal School and also up Caney Fork. Mr.
Gunnells drove the bus. In this photograph, the two men on the left are unidentified, the
other three are Ed Hooper, Jim Potts, and Bethel Gunnells. Gunnells was from Athens,
Georgia, but when he met Sue's mother, he stayed forever. She rode the bus to classes at
the normal school, now of course Western Carolina University. Below, the lumber
company's train. It is a Shay locomotive, a 3-piston machine with a geared side drive for
power to ascend steep grades. (Thanks to buddy Mike Shay for that information.)
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*+> Above, a big view of the mill. Below, the East LaPorte bridge, the road coming up Caney
Fork and passing in front of the Adams house.
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Above, the mill itself. Below, the view from the hill above Caney Fork Road, showing the
village of East LaPorte, with the school in the background. Sue's mother taught at the
school. One can also ascertain the Tuckaseigee River to the left.
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D a v i d L . S h e l t o n ' s P e n s i o n A p p l i c a t i o n
[Ed. The following is a perfect example of how, in genealogy, one finds something valuable while looking for
something else. We copied this pension application from the Lawrence Wood papers located in the Macon County
Historical Society's museum.]
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State of North Carolina, County of Jackson: On this 13th day of October A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-three personally appeared before me, a Clerk of the Superior
Court within and for the County and State aforesaid, David L. Shelton, aged 76 years, a
resident of Fidelity County of Jackson, State of North Carolina, who being by me first duly
sworn according to law, deposes and says...[served with Samuel Patterson in the Indian
Wars March or April 1838 until July 1838 and was honorably discharged]...that he is
married; that the maiden name of his wife was Drucilla Burrel to whom he was married at
Union Co., in the state of Georgia, on the 10th day of March, A.D. 1838, t h a t his wife is now
dead, having died on the 27,h day of March, A.D. 1890 at Fidelity, in the state of North
Carolina, that he has not since remarried...
[Above, the first part of the personal affidavit of Shelton. Obviously, the important genealogy of
this is that it gives his wife's maiden name, the date and place of their marriage, and the date of
her death, which we read as 1890, but which might be 1892. The next question for us would be
to inquire exactly where Fidelity was in the Canada community. Some of Shelton's people are
buried at Rock Bridge, others at Wolf Creek.]
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County, Georgia, "for a few months after his discharge" but since then he has resided at Fidelity.
Below, the beginning of the affidavit of Walter M. Burrell, age 76, of Visage, Towns County,
Georgia. Burrell says that Shelton is the identical person who served in the company under the
name of Bright Burrell. Our question would be if this man (Walter M. Burrell) was a brother-in-law
of David L. Shelton. Furthermore, was the Bright Burrell of reference here also a brother-in-law?
How were they connected to the Civil War soldier (also named Bright Burrell) whose
letters we published in our winter 2009 issue?]
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[The above letter is dated 18 Jun 1895 and is written from Painter, North Carolina. A few of the
interesting statements are that "You have Walter Burrell from Georgia and J. Dogens
(Dodgion?) who will swear that I volunteered at the beginning and remained a soldier until
I was discharged under Capt. Patterson I taken Bright Burrells place in the company. The
capt was to erace Bright Burrells name and place my name on the roll Bright Burrell
never served a day in the company. I served in my own name I had no relation with Bright
Burrell...I haven't received any pay for my service as a soldier no land warrant as your
record will show]
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(his mark)
[Ed. We don't know if this matter were ever resolved to Shelton's satisfaction, but the
indications from the file, which is supposed to be complete, are that he remained without pay or
warrant. David Shelton and Drucilla Burrell raised a family of nine children, namely Louisa
(ca. 1839), Isabella (ca. 1842), Martha Emily (ca. 1844), Elias (ca. 1845), Elizabeth (ca. 1848),
Nellie C. (ca. 1852), Mary Y. (ca. 1854), Zeb V. (ca. 1848), and Keziah (ca. 1861), according to
census records of Haywood County for 1850 and Jackson County for 1860 and 1870. See also
Beau Allen Hudgins in Jackson County Heritage, Vol. IL] \ J
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1 9 8 9 D e a t h C e r t i f i c a t e s o f J a c k s o n C o u n t y P e r s o n s
B o r n P r i o r t o 1 9 0 0
[Key to reading the following: Name of deceased; spouse; date of birth; place of birth; 1989 date of death; place of
death; father's name; mother's name; informant's name; informant's address; cemetery. Abstracted by Larry Crawford
in the Jackson County Register of Deeds Office April 2009.]
Adams, Cola Haynes; h/o Myrtle Raby; 19 Aug 1898; Whittier; 18 Mar; Sylva; Pink Adams;
Lola Fox; Jack Adams; Whittier; Union Hill
Ashe, Ralph M.; h/o Effie Alexander; 1 Dec 1899; Jackson Co.; 21 May; Sylva; Francis M.
Ashe; Lillie Middleton; Effie A. Ashe; Canton; Fairview
Barker, Sallie Mae; never married; 3 May 1888; Jackson Co.; 26 Jan; Sylva; Frank Barker;
Mary Buchanan; Viola Deitz; Sylva; Fairview
Buchanan, Willie Leo; wid; 26 Jul 1896; Cowee NC; 26 Dec; Sylva; John E. Rickman; Sara
Sanders; Thomas D. Buchanan; Sylva; New Savannah
Bunn, Edith Belle; w/o Roy J . Bunn; 25 Mar 1896; Menlo IA; 1 Jul; Sylva; Judson Whitaker;
Clara ; Roy J. Bunn; Cashiers; Maple Springs Crematory - Asheville
Bunn, Fannie Finch; wid; 16 Dec 1897; Vance Co.; 7 Sep; Sylva; George Washington Finch;
Mary Frances Jackson; John T. Bunn; Sylva; Maple Springs Baptist Church - Louisburg
Davis, Essie Price; wid; 15 Jan 1898; Jackson Co.; 1 Aug; Sylva; Napoleon Price; Elizabeth
Hooper; Billy Smith; Brevard; Fairview
Doty, Celene Barger; wid; 2 Sep 1891; Charlton IA; 24 Sep; Sylva; William B. Barger; Amanda
Lewis; Margaret Pentz; Franklin; Rabun Memory Gardens Crematory - Clayton GA
Elliott, Mary Maude; w/o Alton Elliott; 30 Mar 1899; Robbinsville; 15 Jun; Sylva; Will Crisp;
Mary Carver; Alton Elliott; Robbinsville; Bear Creek - Robbinsville
Gass, Emma Hazel; wid; 17 Dec 1898; Blount Co TN; 25 Apr; Whittier; William Steve Wells;
Annie Anderson; Harvey Gass; Whittier; Thomas
Gibson, Frank; wid; 16 Nov 1897; Jackson Co.; 31 Mar; Sylva; Lum Gibson; Belle Styles; Cumi
Painter; Sylva; Fairview
Haynes, Kate Laura Smathers; wid; 31 Jul 1899; Haywood Co.; 27 May; Sylva; Sylva; John F.
Smathers; Lula Smathers; William Haynes; Clyde; Crawford Memorial Gardens - Clyde
Hedden, Eula Mae; w/o Jeff Hedden; 24 Apr 1896; Hayesville; 27 Oct; Webster; John Handley
Crawford; Clarissa Ann Sellers; Jeff Hedden; Sylva; Shepherd — Hendersonville
Higdon, Lola Jane; never married; 15 Oct 1897; Jackson Co.; 21 Apr; Sylva; Columbus Higdon;
Violet Jane Wilson; Greta Jane Davis; Sylva; Deitz Memorial (East Fork)
Hooper, Etta Fisher; wid; 22 Jul 1889; Jackson Co.; 15 Aug; Sylva; Thomas Jasper Fisher;
Alice Ray; Gladys Wimbish; Sylva; Dills (Fisher Creek)
Jones, Lottie Hestell; wid; 1 May 1898; Jackson Co.; 4 Nov; Sylva; Thomas L. Brown; Ida Jane
Cochran; Ruth Mosteller; Sylva; Brown (Barkers Creek)
Lowe, Margaret Viola; wid; 2 Jan 1899; Newport TN; 30 Mar; Sylva; Ike Henry; ;
Herbert H. Lowe; Franklin; Mount Comfort - Alexandria VA
Marr, William; h/o Mae Edwards; 8 Mar 1895; Nantahala; 31 Dec; Sylva; Brady Marr; Nancy
Grant;
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President Kenneth Nicholson
Vice Presidents Ruth Crawford Shuler, Norma Bryson Clayton
Secretary Lynn Hotaling
Treasurer Michael Clayton
Librarian George Frizzell
Office Manager Mary Buchanan Smith
Web Master. Lynn Hotaling
Computer Technician Jason N. Gregory
Chair, Publications (Editor) Sanji Talley Watson
Journeys Through Jackson is the official publication of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. Members and non-members are invited to
submit genealogical materials for publication, with the understanding that the editor reserves the right to edit these materials for genealogical
content, clarity, or taste. The Society assumes no responsibility for errors of fact that may be contained in submissions, and except where noted,
the opinions expressed are not those of the editor or of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. The Society accepts no advertising for this
publication except for notices from other non-profit groups.
From the Editor
There are many exciting things happening with the Society. A fund raiser in June, our Annual Picnic in
July, and finally plans are being made for an update to the county Cemetery book. Information on how you can help
will be forth coming.
Summer is just around the corner, so plan on coming in to the office and library and check out all of the
new things that we have.
M e m b e r s h i p s a r e d u e a t t h e f i r s t o f t h e y e a r.
A b a r g a i n f o r j u s t $ 2 0 .
M a k e s u r e t o g e t y o u r s i n!
G e t a m e m b e r s h i p f o r a f r i e n d o r f a m i l y m e m b e r a s a g i f t.
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Table of Contents 1
JCGS Photo Album 2-6
WW I Soldiers from Jackson County 7-12
Deanna Gibson Roles 13-14
1949 Jackson County Death Certificates 15-17
Continuation from page 12 17
Announcement #1 18
Descendants of John Thomas Tatham 19-24
1880 Jackson County Census Records 25-28
Outline Descendant Report for Frederick (Baumgarten) Bumgarner 29-32
Library Acquisitions 33-35
Announcement #2 36
Descendants of William Solomon Parker, Sr 37-40
WiU of John "Ten Shilling" Chastain 41-42
Index 47-48
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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
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Patron Award — Joy and Lambert Hooper
Daniel Washington Deitz Award - Joe Deitz and the Deitz family
Robert Lee and Drusilla Holden Award - Charlie Shuler
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The following photographs are part of an excellent collection donated to JCGS by Nancy Dutkovich, daughter to
Joe Dutkovich and Helen Cowan. We have pulled just a few of the photographs to share. There are many more at
the office if you would like to see more of them.
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The photograph above is of
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The photograph to the right is of
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Upper right-hand photograph: Coley
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Photograph above: Nova Lee Deitz and
Lillie Deitz.
The youngsters in the photograph to the
left are: Enloe Deitz and Heyward
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Upper left: Early Deitz,
Richmond Deitz, Sam Deitz, all
brothers.
Upper right: Lawrence Deitz,
Coley Deitz, Thad Cowan and
some fine-looking dogs.
To the right: Nelse Deitz and
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The photograph on the top; Front Row: William Thomas Deitz; Alice Deitz; Emory Deitz; Mark
Deitz. Standing: Earl Deitz; Nora Lee Deitz; Ossie Buchanan; Lilie Deitz; Richmond Deitz; Lula
Buchanan; Tolvin Buchanan; Sam Deitz.
The bottom photograph are: Back Row: John Deitz, Bill Tom Deitz; R. N. Deitz; Tom Deitz; Webb
Deitz and Sherman Deitz. Front Row: Hoyle Deitz and Alice Deitz.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Eastlaporte, N. C.
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Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Rich Mountain, N. C.
Glenville, N. C.
Kilgo.N.C.
Argura, N. C.
Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Speedwell, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Webster, N. C.
Balsam, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Speedwell, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Webster, N. C.
Webster, N. C.
Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Webster, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Glenville, N. C.
Glenville, N. C.
CuIIowhee, N. C.
CuIIowhee, N. C.
Glenville, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Cherokee, N. C.
Willetts, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Wilmot, N. C.
Cherokee, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Argura, N. C.
Argura, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Fall Cliff, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Cashiers, N. C
Fall Cliff, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
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Buchanan, V. C.
Bumgarner, Fred Charles
Bumgarner, Lewis Wilburn
Bumgarner, Roy Carl
Butler, Lacey McDonald
Cabe, Frank A.
Cabe, Walter C.
Cagle, Otho V.
Campbell, Andrew Stover
Cannon, Lewis Henry
Cathey, Benjamin Hamilton
Cathey, Humphrey Posey
Chastain, William
Childers, Carl
Christy, Norman Roberts
Clayton, Ceyman
Cogdill, Edgar S.
Coggins, Lloyd
Coggins, Rector
Coggins, Samuel Edward
Cooper, Arnold
Cope, Andy L.
Cope, Robert Lee
Cotter, David Claire
Cowan, Coleman
Cowan, James Donald
Cowan, Thad
Coward, Dillard
Crawford, George Nelson
Crawford, James Avery
Crawford, James Wilson Lee
Crisp, Lonnie M.
Crow, John T.
Crow, Robert
Crow, Styles T.
Cunningham, Samuel
Cunningham, Severe
Cunningham, W. H.
Daves, Nathan
Davis, George
Deitz, Jake W.
Deitz, Richmond
Dillard, Benjamin Franklin
Dillard, Daniel H.
Dills, Cicero Andrew
Dills, George N.
Dills, Judson Candler
Earley, Randolph
Elders, Candler
Elders, Harley
Elders, Joe
Ellenburg, Travis Melton
Ensley, Oscar
Ensley, Reuben
Evans, George
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Greens Creek, N. C.
Fall Cliff, N.C.
Sylva, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
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Whittier, N. C.
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Cowarts, N. C.
CuIIowhee, N. C.
Addie, N. C.
CuIIowhee, N. C.
Balsam, N. C.
Cashiers, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Cashiers, N. C.
Webster, N.C.
Wilmot, N.C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
CuIIowhee, N. C.
Barkers Creek, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Webster, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
CuIIowhee, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Greenville, S. C.
Sylva, N.C.
Wilmot, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
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Extine, Harley
Fowler, Jones
Fox, Cail
Fox, Griffin
Fox, Merritt
Fox, Will
Fox, Zollie
Franklin, Elias Raymond
Franks, George
Franks, John Henry
Galloway, Justice B.
Gibbs, Charlie Hampton
Gibbs, William Asbury
Gidney, Landrum Hilliard
Green, Allen
Green, Coleman Lee
Green, Felix Ethel
Green, Grover Cleveland
Green, Jerry
Green, Joseph L.
Green, Lenoire
Green, William Benjamin
Gribble, David C.
Guffey, Charles Eugene
Gunter, Julius
Hall, Jimerson
Hall, John Hurshall
Hall, Norman
Henderson, R. C.
Henry, Elsie McKinley
Hensley, Baxter
Hensley, Isaac
Henson, Lawrence
Henson, Rufus Benjamin
Henson, William Thomas
Higdon, Archalous William
Higdon, Cornelius W.
Hipps, Leonidas Joseph
Hooper, Dillard McKinley
Hooper, Joe
Hooper, Lloyd
Hooper, Orie
Hooper, Ransom E.
Howell, James 0.
Hoyle, Dock Hilliard
Hyatt, Pearly Asbury
Jackson, Walter Henry
Jamison, Ernest William
Jennings, Sam
Jones, Carrie
Jones, Elsie Richard
Jones, Fred W.
Jones, George Washington
Jones, Robert
Jones, Walter L.
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Glenville, N. C.
Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Norton, N. C.
Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Fall Cliff, N. C.
Speedwell, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Glenville, N. C.
Sylva, N.C.
Beta, N. C.
Sylva, N.C.
Whittier, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Greens Creek, N C.
Greens Creek, N. C
Speedwell, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Gay, N.C.
Gay, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Barkers Creek, N. C.
Cashiers, N. C.
Willets, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Addie, N. C.
Webster, N.C.
CuIIowhee, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Speedwell, N. C.
Glenville, N. C.
Glenville, N. C.
Eastlaporte, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Willets, N. C.
Gay, N.C.
Eastlaporte, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Bessie, N C.
Wilmot, N.C.
Addie, N. C.
Barkers Creek, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Barkers Creek, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
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Keener, James Ernest
Keener, Rufus
Kellar, Charles H.
Kellar, William Harry
Key, J. Clyde
Knight, John Percival
Lambert, John Corbett
Ledford, William
Lewis, John Bryson
Littlejohn, Guy
Long, Charles
Long, John Robert
Lusk, Lexton
McCall, James
McCall, Journey
McCall, Lawton
McCall, Ray
McCall, Walter E.
McConnell, Walter Birch
McHan, James
McKay, Jesse Talmadge
McMahan, Baxter
McMahan, Elsie
McMahan, Kelse
McMahan, Lawrence
McMahan, Nelson
Madison, Monro Boiling
Martin, Isaac
Martin, Olvin Herald
Mashburn, Benjamin Harrison
Mashburn, George
Mathis, George Ed
Mathis, Samuel Huston
Medford, Wiley Fincher
Melton, Lambert
Melton, Michel
Melton, Woodford
Messer, Hastin
Messer, James
Messer, James
Messer, Joe
Messer, Wilburn McKinley
Moody, Marion
Moore, Ed
Moore, Frederick
Moore, Tom
Monteith, Charley
Monteith, Hugh Ednie
Monteith, Lawrence
Monteith, Lee
Monteith, Walter
Morgan, John
Mull, Milas
Nation, Jesse
Nations, Claud
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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.
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Nicholson, Blaine
Nicholson, Eugene F.
Nicholson, Garfield
Norris, Charley
Norris, Harley
Norton, Lem
Norton, Oscar Lee
Owen, John
Owen, McKinley
Pangle, Allen
Pangle, James P.
Pangle, Lunie Lorano
Parker, Albert D.
Parker, Felix Eugene
Parker, Holmes
Parris, Claude Monroe
Parris, Fred Leroy
Phillips, Dombey
Phillips, James
Potts, James Hubert
Powell, Tillman
Pressley, Elliott Cling
Pressley, Harley Bowers
Price, Charles N.
Price, Marion Avery
Queen, Dewitt
Queen, Jasper
Quilliams, Author
Raby, Chester
Reed, Boyd
Reed, Frank Pierce
Rhinehart, Frank Tompkins
Rhinehart, William Jenkins
Rice, Walter E.
Robinson, Cecil Edgar
Robinson, Eldridge Lebo
Robinson, Erastus
Robinson, George
Robinson, James William
Robinson, Judson
Robinson, Oscar
Robinson, Rufus
Robison, Julius
Robison, William Oda
Rogers, James
Rogers, John Ruble
Seago, James Lewis
Seago, Royal G.
Seay, Curtis James
Self, George N.
Shelton, Mitchell
Sherrill, Walter Burke
Smith, John
Stephens, Charlie
Stillwell, Carl Edward
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Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Cashiers, N. C.
Bessie, N C.
CuIIowhee, N. C.
CuIIowhee, N. C.
Wolf Mountain, N. C.
Wolf Mountain, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Barkers Creek, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Sylva, N.C.
Sylva, N. C.
Rich Mountain, N. C.
Addie, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Cowarts, N. C.
Wolf Mountain, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Speedwell, N. C.
Speedwell, N. C.
Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Balsam, N. C.
Cowarts, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Rich Mountain, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Webster, N. C.
Webster, N. C.
Cashiers, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Willets, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Sylva, N.C.
Speedwell, N. C.
Eastlaporte, N. C.
Sylva N.C.
Webster, N. C.
Wolf Mountain, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Wolf Mountain, N. C.
Cowarts, N. C.
Webster, N.C.
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Stillwell, Ephraim Posey
Stillwell, William Alexander
Suttlemyre, Eli
Sutton, Austin
Sutton, Corbett
Sutton, David
Sutton, E. Clinton
Sutton, George
Sutton, Homer
Sutton, Raymond Ulysses
Sutton, Walter
Talent, Dorrence Marcellus
Tatham, Will
Taylor, Hansel Howell
Teague, Perry Jackson
Teleski, Jesse
Tilley, Charles Osborn
Tioneeta, Arneach
Tramper, Ammons
Turpin, Lyle Jones
Varner, Thaddeus Teague
Ward, Homer
Ward, John Hardy
Warren, Lee
Warren, Walter Dean
Watson, Grover
Watson, Louie
Watson, Vaughn Bryson
Watson, Zebulon
Webb, William B.
Wike, Frank Witcher
Wike, John Marvin
Wike, Milas
Wikle, Jason
Wikle, Pearson
Wilkes, John A.
Wilky, George R.
Williams, John Moore
Wilson, Coleman
Womack, Homer
Wood, Crawford
Wood, Demos
Wood, Edward
Wood, John L.
Wood, William B.
Woodard, Loranza
Woodard, Mat
Woodard, Oscar
Woodard, Sam
Woodring, William Walter
Woods, Jerry Manuel
Wyatt, Garland
Young, Anderson
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Dillsboro, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Sylva, N.C.
Barkers Creek, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Speedwell, N. C.
Webster, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Speedwell, N. C.
Cherokee, N. C.
Cherokee, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Wilmot, N. C.
Whittier, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Bessie, N. C.
Erastus, N. C.
Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Bessie, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Sapphire, N. C.
Eastlaporte, N. C.
Eastlaporte, N. C.
Barkers Creek, N. C.
Barkers Creek, N. C.
Glenville, N. C.
Dillsboro, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Wolf Mountain, N. C.
Wolf Mountain, N. C.
Cowarts, N. C.
Cowarts, N. C.
Cowarts, N. C.
Norton, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Gay, N. C.
Greens Creek, N. C.
Tuckaseigee, N. C.
Sylva, N. C.
Wilmot, N.C.
Glenville, N. C.
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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.
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Deanne Gibson Roles, 71, of Franklin passed away Friday, November 9,2018.
Born in Buncombe County on June 28, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Paul Joseph
Gibson and Helen Louise Edwards Gibson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in
death by her sister, Janet Gibson Becker of Silver Spring, MD. Deanne graduated from
Western Carolina University with a degree in Chemistry and worked as a Chemist for BASF
in Enka, NC. She was a member of Sylva-Webster Class of 1965; Macon, Jackson, Swain,
Buncombe, and Madison Genealogy Societies; and the North Carolina Genealogy Society
(she loved to attend the NC conferences and was a presenter at times).
She is survived by her children, Wendy Awald (Stephen) of Hendersonville, Heidi Daniels
of Franklin, and Chris Roles (Norma) of Concord, CA; five grandchildren, Caice Roles of
New Jersey, Shelton Freeman of Franklin, Sawyer Awald of Hendersonville, Conner
Awald of Hendersonville, and Elias Roles of Concord, CA; brother-in-law, Perry Becker of
Maryland; and nieces, Lauren Becker and Caroline Becker Silva, both of Maryland.
A Memorial Service will be held at 2 pm, Tuesday, November 13 in the Chapel of Macon
Funeral Home. Rev. Vic Greene and Rev. Janet Greene will officiate. Burial will be in the
Iotla Baptist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at Macon Funeral Home.
Condolences can be made to the family at www.maconfuneralhome.com
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of birth; Mother's name; Mother's place of birth; Informant's name; Informant's address; Cemetery. Abstracted by Sanji Talley
Watson in the Jackson County Register of Deeds Office 2019.]
Barkers Creek
Carter, Thomas Lee; 30 May 1923; Jackson Co.; 24 May; Claxton Carter; ng; Nellie Robinson; ng; Mrs. Nellie
Carter; Dillsboro; Franklin
McAlhaney, Lloyd Franklin; 29 Apr 1904; SC; 2 Apr; H. F. McAlhaney; ng; Lilly Bishop; ng; Mrs. L. F.
McAlhaney; Cherokee; (Near Hampton, SC)
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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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JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.
2002 Officers
President Dorris D. Beck
Vice President L. Roy Shuler
Secretary Lynn Allen
Treasurer David C. Frizzell
Librarian Dorris D. Beck
Office Manager Peggy Q. Mason
Computer Coordinator Deanne G. Roles
Chair, Publications (Editor) R. Larry Crawford
Journeys Through Jackson is the official publication of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. Members and non-members are invited to submit
genealogical materials for publication, with the understanding that the editor reserves the right to edit these materials for genealogical content, clarity, or
taste. The Society assumes no responsibility for errors of fact that may be contained in submissions, and except where noted, the opinions expressed are
not those of the editor or of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. The Society accepts no advertising for this publication except for notices for other
non-profit groups.
From the Editor
We finish this year in the Jackson County Genealogical Society with a wide range of feelings and
emotions. In this past year alone, we have said goodbye in these pages to an unusually high number of our
friends in the Society, and we never do so without the ambivalence of loss and hope for a rewarding eternity.
For all of those families who have had their Uves touched in this way, we again offer our sympathy.
In another respect, we have had the most successful year in the history of our Society. When Tommy
Sutton, James Massingale, Thomas Kryssbek, and Paul Lindsay paid membership dues late in the year, they
pushed us over another membership record. We thank you gentlemen, one and all.
Another wonderful gift came to the Society from JCGS member Hazel Barker, and with its impetus,
the Society voted to purchase a new microfilm machine. We now have a very fine reader at the office, and
a number of donated rolls of film. The Society plans to purchase more rolls in the future, so that we may have
yet another resource for the good of our membership.
We don't live in a perfect world, nor is our group a perfect microcosm. But we will take what we have
and be grateful for the opportunity to preserve more of the history of Jackson County's families. We have
some of the most interesting meetings held in Western North Carolina, and those meetings are always well-attended.
Philosophically, we have a healthy abhorrence of both sloth and snobbery, and we work diligently
to ensure their continued absence.
May all of you have the happiest holiday ever, and may all of you renew your membership.
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Expressions of Sympathy 171
JCGS Photo Album i 172 - 1 7 4
The Family of Silas a n d Eva Brooks Buchanan 175 - 1 7 9
JCGS L i b r a r y Acquisitions 180
The Descendants of A b r a h am Enloe .-. 181 - 182
First Families of Old Buncombe 183 - 1 8 5
Mystery Photos 186
The Fullbright Ancestry of Danny Jones 187 - 1 9 0
Ochre Hill C h u r c h Books 191 - 1 9 2
JCGS Membership for 2002 .-. 193-200
Where J C G S Members Live t ...; 201
Happy Holidays : ! 202
Index 203-204
In Memory
We dedicate this issue of Journeys Through Jackson to the memory of JCGS member Dave
Broom of Vader, Washington. We offer our sympathy to his wife Carol, also a JCGS
member, and to all of the members of the Broom family.
We also offer our sincere sympathy to JCGS member Christine Cole Proctor on the recent
loss of her husband Troy. Our neighbors, friends, and cousins in Swain County lost a good
one in Troy. Heaven's gain.
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We are always glad when JCGS member Carl Sutton makes a trip through Jackson County,
because he has a talent for finding (and sharing) old photographs in his family. On this page,
Benjamin Evans Buchanan and his first family. In the front row are Victoria Nancy, age 7;
Benjamin, holding Octa; Maude B., age 4. In the back are James Nathaniel, age 15; the wife
and mother, Josepha Lucille Elmore Buchanan; Emma E., age 17; William Elmer, age 11; and
Enley E., age 8.[Ed. This photograph would have been taken in 1899, since Emma (Mrs. Arthur
Allen) was born in 1882, and Octa (Mrs. Bedford Ensley) was born in 1898.]
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Carl also shares with us this picture of Benjamin -Evans Buchanan, this time with part of his
second family in the yard of the farm house. In the front are Mary Alethia (1910-1988),
Buchanan, Wade Hampton (1911-1988), second wife Carolina Buena Vista Isabelle Thompson
(1880-1955), William Roosevelt (1912-1999), and Missouri Ellener (1908-1988). The taller girl
in the back is Carrie, a daughter from the first family, 1901-1988. She would become Carrie
Buchanan Ward. Benjamin Evans Buchanan and his second wife had eight children.
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Now here is one for members to study around that winter fire. Carl Sutton relates that the man
third from the right is Leroy Sutton (1891 - 1974), son of William Allen Sutton. Carl would
like to know the identities of any of the other men, as well as the location and the type of business
pictured here. We can see what appear to be bolts of cloth, grips, other luggage on the top, an
umbrella, possibly shoeboxes. Was this a general mercantile business with dry goods. Help,
members?
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[Ed. The following is submitted by JCGS member (and President) Dorris Dills Beck. Dorris emphasizes that she
welcomes corrections and additions to this work.]
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1850 Census, Macon County, NC Charles S. Buchanan 24 fanner b. Macon Co.
Minerva Buchanan 21 b. Macon Co.
Silas Buchanan 1 b. Macon Co.
Note: According to the family Bible, Margaret Buchanan was bom 1 Nov 1850 and died
28 Dec 1851, and therefore does not appear on airy census.
1850 Census, Haywood County, NC
1860 Census, Jackson County, NC
I860 Census, Jackson County, NC
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Simpson H. Brooks 25 farmer
Margaret Brooks 17
C(harles) S. Buchanan 34 fanner
M(inerva) Buchanan 29
S(ilas) Buchanan 10
L(ucy) A(nn) Buchanan 8
M(artha) C(aroline) Buchanan 5
L(eander) Buchanan 4
M(ary) J(ane) Buchanan 2
W(illiam) D Buchanan 4 months
S(impson) H. Brooks 35 farmer
M(argaret) E(lizabeth) Brooks 27
E(va) E. Brooks ' 9
W(illiam) T. Brooks 6
J(ohn) W. Brooks 4
Charles Buchanan 44 farmer b. NC
Minerva Buchanan 40
Silas Buchanan 21
Lucy A.. Buchanan 18
Martha C. Buchanan 16
Leander Buchanan 14
Mary J. Buchanan 12
William Buchanan ' 10
Sarah Buchanan 8
John J. Buchanan 5
Columbus Buchanan 3
Elender (Laura E.) 1
Note: Although Silas and Eva E. Brooks were married 24 Dec 1868, he still appears in
this census with his family; however, Silas and Eva are both listed in this census in the
household of his aunt and uncle Isaac and Martha (Buchanan) Mason, with whom he had
lived through part of his childhood.
1870 Census, Jackson County, NC
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1880 Census, Jackson County, NC
Isaac Mason
Martha Mason
Silas Buchanan
Eve Buchanan
Silas Buchanan
Eva Buchanan
Martha F(lorence) Buchanan
William C. Buchanan
Sarah C(ordelia) Buchanan
Laura L(ouetta) Buchanan
Thomas J(udson) Buchanan
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1900 Census, Jackson County, NC Silas Buchanan (b. April 1848) 51 fanner
Eve E. Buchanan (b. Nov 1846) 49
Martha F(lorence) (b. Jul 1870) 29
Tolvin E(stes) (b. Jul 1879) 20
James H(arley) (b. Mar 18 82) 18
Magnolia E(lizabeth) (Apr '85) 15
Dora E. (b. Jul 1887) 12
Silas N(elson) (b. Dec 1889) 10
Hattie B.(b. Oct 1892) 8
Freddy Lee (b. Jun 1895) 4
ArthurN.(b.Aprl895) 5
Note: Arthur was the son of Martha Florence and a grandson of Silas and Eva.
Sources: United States Federal Census for Haywood County, North Carolina 1850; for Macon
County, North Carolina, 1850; for Jackson County, North Carolina, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900;
Buchanan Family Bible; Heritage of Jackson County, Vol. II.
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Silas Buchanan (2 Apr 1849-4 Oct 1905) was a son of Rev. Charles S. Buchanan (4 Feb
1826 - 31 May 1911) and Minerva Green Buchanan (17 Jun 1829 - 3 Nov 1909). His paternal
grandparents were William Ramsey Buchanan (ca 1793 - 1870) and Margaret Stiles (B. 1800).
His maternal grandparents were Silas Green and Lucena (Lucy) Sutton) Green. Silas married 24
Dec 1868 Eva E. Brooks (6 Nov 1850 - 17 Jul 1925), daughter of Simpson H. Brooks (15 Dec
1824 - 24 May 1893) and Margaret Elizabeth Panis (18 May 1833 - 27 Oct 1919). Her maternal
grandparents were William Coleman Parris and Rhoda Cunningham. Silas Buchanan and Eva,
Charles S. Buchanan and Minerva, and Simpson and Margaret Brooks are all buried in Old
Savannah Baptist Church Cemetery.
Children and Grandchildren of Silas and Eva Brooks Buchanan are the following:
Martha Florence Buchanan (18 Jun 1870-20 Feb 1928) bur. Old Savannah (no marker)
Arthur N. Buchanan (8 Apr 1894 - 14 Dec 1924) bur. Old Savannah (no marker) y
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V^/ Bob Buchanan (5 Sep 1907 - 24 Aug 1958) bur. Old Savannah (no marker)
William C. Buchanan (1 Jul 1872 - 12 Jan 1935) m. 6 Sep 1891 Arie (Earie) Barker (daughter
of Alfred and Ann Barker of Swain County). W.C. is buried at Old Savannah
Leila Buchanan (16 Jun 1892, Alarka,. Swain Co.) i
James Ellis Buchanan (Nov. 1893)
Doshia E. Buchanan (b. Nov. 1895) '
Walter Buchanan (31 Jul 1897 - 27 Nov 1944) (born Alarka, bur.Swain Memorial Park)
Bertha Buchanan (9 Mar 1899, Alarka)
Silas A. Buchanan (11 Jun 1901, Alarka)
Maggie Buchanan (2 Feb 1903, Swain County)
Orpha Buchanan (27 Feb 1912 - 7 Sep 1927) buried Old Savannah-
Bert Buchanan
Lassie Buchanan
Etta Buchanan
Artie Buchanan
Sarah Cordelia Buchanan (22 Mar 1874- 19 Nov 1936)'m. 27 Aug 1892-Robert Wesley
Green (23 Sep 1875 - 24 Feb. 1954) Buried Old Savannah '
Ollie Vesta Green (4 Jun 1893 - 15*JuM920) (bur. Old Sava)inah) m. 9 Aug 1914 Jesse
Grady Dills
Laura BeUe Green (8 Dec 1894-21 Feb 1978) m. Jack Wykle (19 Feb 1895 - 23 Feb
1979) Both buried Old Savannah '
Prudence Kathryn Green (14 Oct 1896 - 14 Nov 1896) (Buried Old Savannah, no
* j marker)
^ Lorenie Matilda Green (8 Sep 1897 - 11 Dec 1963) m. Kelse Jason McMahan (5 Mar
1895-2 Aug 1974) (Both buried Watauga Baptist Church Cemetery, Macon County)
Martha AHetha (Mattie) Green (8 Jan 1900 - 22 Apr 1987) m. 23 Jun 1918 #1 Gaither
Morgan; m. 2 Jan 1932 #2 Frank Trantham (2 Sep 1 9 0 8 - 1 9 May 1980), son of Estes
and Iva Lee Buchanan Trantham. Mattie and Frank are buried at-Old Savannah.
Thaddeus Austin Green (2 Aug 1 9 0 2 - 6 Dec 1973) m. 10 Sep 1922 Beulah Elba
Cagle (25 May 1 9 0 5 - 6 Sep 1976) daughter of Burder" and Mattie Sutton Cagle. Austin
and Beulah are buried at Old Savannah. I
Gracie Ellen Green (10 Nov 1 9 0 4 - 3 Apr 1994) m. 26 Feb 1921 Jesse Grady Dills (1
Aug 1891 - 29 Aug 1945) (his'm. #2) , son of Marcus Lafayette and Lydia Caroline
Sutton Dills. Gracie and Jesse are buried at Cullowhee Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mary Magdalene Green (26 Mar 1907 - 28 Mar 1907) Buried Old Savannah, no marker
Dorothy Evelyn Green (27 May 1 9 0 8 - 9 Oct 1990) m. John Nicholson ( 1 9 0 8 - 5 Apr
2000) son of John Allan and Tina Walker Nicholson. Dorothy and John are buried at
Hollywood Cemetery, Gastonia, NC.
Fannie Lovonia Green (5 Sep 1910) - 19 Feb 1995) m. 7Mar 1931 Otis Steve Byrd
(25 Aug 1911 - 26 Apr 1985) son of George Lee and Elizabeth Johnson Byrd. Lovonia
and Otis are buried at Harlem Memorial Cemetery, Harlem, GA.
Silas Homer Washington Green (22 Feb 1913 - 29 Jun 1979) m. Kathleen Bryson (28
Jun 1917 - 25 Dec 2000), daughter of John Franklin and Delia Mae Stevens Bryson.
Homer and Kathleen are buried at Fairview Memorial Gardens, Sylva, >JC.
Annie Rozelle Green (20 Apr 1915-28 Jun 1978) m. Joseph Hobert Chambers (9 Jan
1906 - 22 Apr 1971). Both are buried at Crawford Memorial Gardens, Clyde, NC.
L ^ Otho Wesley Green (11 Jul 1918 - 18 Oct 1922) Buried Old Savannah
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Laura Louetta Buchanan (10 Aug 1 8 7 5 - 2 Aug 1951) m. Clingman Lewis Green (28 Nov
1867 - 1 Jan 1959). Both are buried in Greens Creek Cemetery.
Grover Cleveland Green (13 Jan 1893 - 10 Dec 1994) m. #1 Daisy Buchanan. Grover
died at age 101, buried in Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, TX.
Dewey Benjamin Green (3 Oct 1898 - 13 Aug 1973) m. Gracie Trantham (5 Mar
1910 - 14 Jan 1994) daughter of Estes and Iva Lee Buchanan Trantham. Dewey and
Gracie are buried in Greens Creek Cemetery.
Wiley Ray Green (23 Oct 1900-21 Feb 1987) never married. Buried Greens Creek
Cemetery.
David E. Green (22 Mar 1902-7 Feb 1958) Buried Greens Creek Cemetery.
Eva Green (25 Jul 1904 - 31 Aug 1972) m. Lloyd David Keener (20 Jan 1890 - ) Both
are buried in Lovedale Baptist Church Cemetery.
Lula Green (1906 - 1983) m. Theodore R. Brooks (1904 - 1986), son of Varn Brooks.
Lula and Theodore are buried in Pine Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mary Ethel Green (7 Dec 1908 - 12 Apr 1985) m. Gus P. Cochran (16 Apr 1895 - 5
Jul 1979). Both are buried in Greens Creek Cemetery.
Lucy Green (22 Feb 1910 - ) m. Spurgeon Buchanan (9 Jun 1909 - 22 Oct 1977), son
of Valley Buchanan. Spurgeon is buried in Greens Creek Cemetery.
Leoma Green (26 Jan 1912 - 20 Mar 1986) never married. Buried Greens Creek
Cemetery.
Ferry Green (7 Jun 1918 - ) m. 15 Jul 1954 Inez Brooks
Octie Green (30 Aug 1921 - ) m. B. Holmes Allison (18 Jan 1 9 1 2 - 2 2 Aug 1979)
Buried Greens Creek Cemetery.
Lenore Green (d. 28 Apr 1943) m. Nell Trantham. Lenore is buried in Greens Creek
Cemetery.
Lennie Green
Thomas Judson Buchanan (3 Dec 1877 - 30 Jan 1961) m. #1 Ada Barker, daughter of Alfred
and Ann Barker of Swain County. M #2 (Jul 1913) Florence Dills (17 Feb 1884 - 30 Nov 1962),
daughter of William W. and Anna Rogers Dills. Jud and Florence are buried at Old Savannah.
Fannie Buchanan (d. 19 Sep 1989, Canton, NC) m. Herbert Reynolds
Lizzie Buchanan m. Weaver Nations
Coy Lee Buchanan (4 Feb 1903 - 1 Feb 1978) Died in Virginia
Edith Irene Buchanan (21 Sep 1914-4 Mar 1996) m. 10 Mar 1935 Jesse Elbert
Carnes (24 Jul 1913-16 Jan 1999) son of Cance Davis and Lottie Ellen Gibson Carnes.
Edith and Elbert are buried in Franklin (Long Branch) Cemetery.
Winnie Eloise Buchanan (26 Nov 1916-15 Dec 1916
Johnny Buchanan (born and died 30 Dec 1917)
Nora Birdell Buchanan (6 Jun 1919 - ) m. Edd Cope (10 Sep 1907 - 18 Jun 1995)
Buried Old Savannah
Gertrude Ethel Buchanan (13 Jan 1925 - ) m. 22 Sep 1946 Joseph Russell Lambert
(27 Nov 1925 - 17 Nov 1949) Buried Bethel Cemetery, Cherokee.
Tolvin Estes Buchanan (16 Jul 1879 - 1918) m. Lydia Hutchins (9 May 1887-31 Dec 1938),
daughter of Franklin Pierce and Mary Tabor Hutchins.
Dora Elvira Buchanan (4 May 1904 - ) m. William Newt Shuler
Robert Leroy Buchanan (11 Nov 1906 - ) m. #1 Joann McGee; m. #2 Sarah Baker
Fred G. Buchanan (19 Mar 1908 - ) m. #1 Winnie McGee; m. #2 Lodella Haynes
Buenia Vesta Buchanan (16 Mar 1912 - ) m. Clyde Chambers
Essie Nervina Buchanan (22 Dec 1914 - ) m. Hoyt Scarborough
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Norman Estes Buchanan (22 Mar 1916 - 1 Jan 1966) m. Rpby Estella Davis (30 Mar
W 1911 - )
James Harley Buchanan (27 Mar 1882-5 Mar 1943) m. #1(20 Sep 1903) Mary Trantham (d.
15 Aug 1921) No children. M. #2 Elba Brooks (27 Aug 1906 - 14 Feb 2002)
Floyd Ray Buchanan (16. Jul 1925-2 Oct 1944)
George Buchanan (6 Apr 1927 - ) m. 12 Jun 1953 Hazel Harkins (27 Sep 1931 - )
Sarah Azilee Buchanan (1 Jul 1929 - )-m. Ralph Henry Buchanan (10 Dec 1921 - 1
Jul 2002), son of Verlon and Laura Cloer Buchanan. Ralph is' buried in Georgia
Memorial Park. .
Elizabeth Magalene Buchanan (Maggie) (4 Sep 1933 - ) m. James Roy Cabe (3 Jan
1933 - 28 Dec 1976), son of Lyndon and Hattie Rickman Cabe. Roy is buried at Old
Savannah. »
Mary Carolyn Buchanan (4 Aug 1935 - ) m. Henry Clarence Moore (28 Jul 1928 - ),
son of Claude and Dorothy Beasley Moore.
Annie Dee Buchanan (5 Mar 1938 - ) m. Lester Conley Waldroop, Jr. (29 Apr 1930 -
2 Sep 1989) i
Roberta Buchanan (-14 Apr 1942 - ) m. Ted Eugene Crawford (29 Jul 1939 - ) , son of
James Alvin and Olive Stewart Crawford I
Magnolia Elizabeth Buchanan (13 Apr11885 -^ 8 Apr 1973) m. Lee C. Estes (14 Mar 1878 - 20
Aug 1965) No children. Both are-buried at Old Savannah.
Dora E. Buchanan (16 Jul 1 8 8 8 - 7 Jun 1941) m. James Arthur Allman (17 Mar 1884 - 23
Feb 1976), son of Polk and Elizabeth Stillwell Allman. Dora and Arthur are buried in Stillwell
L . Cemetery.
W William Polk'Allman (1909 - 8, Jan, 1987) m. Maude .Roland (d. 28 Nov 1995),
daughter of William G. and Maggie Hall Roland
Silas Nelson Buchanan (6 Dec 1 8 8 9 - 9 May 1955) m. 3 Jul 1913 Sallie Anna Sutton (13 Mar
1889 - 20 Oct 1980). Both are buried at Old Savannah.
Edith Buchanan (2 Jul 1914 - ) m. 19-Mar 1934 Perry Hall (9 Apr 1910 - 4 Jan 1993),
son of Sharm and Estella Childers Hall-. Perry is buried at Old Savannah.
Eva Cordelia Buchanan ( 2 May 1917-22 May 1917)
Clifford Weaver (Bill) Buchanan (6>Dec 1918 - 6 Jul 1961) m. Edith Cabe (24 Feb
1924 - ) , daughter of Candler T. and Pearl Hall Cabe. Bill is buried at Old Savannah.
James Ralph Buchanan (22 Mar 1921-20 Feb 1988) never married.
Willa Mae Buchanan (22 Jan 1923 - ) m. Claude Grover Green (22 Feb 1922 - 8 Mar
1987), son of Walter and Mattie Bell Green.
Silas Vester Buchanan {27 Dec 1924 - ) lives Crescent City, CA.
Ida Mae Buchanan (18 Sep 1927- 22 Dec 1999) m. #lk Jerry Mooney; m.#2'Edsel
Quinn
Hattie B. Buchanan (1 Oct 1892 - 29 Mar 1980),m. 19 Nov 1919 Hershel J. Hall (7 Dec 1888
- 10 Jul 1971) Both are buried ait Old Savannah.
Charlie Craton Hall (bom and died 12 Dec 1921)
Lessie Mae Hall (15 Aug 1925)m. Don Franks (1925 - 1984) Buried Old Savannah
Bessie Lee Hall (9 Nov ,1928 - )
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Call No. Author Title Donor
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929.1
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362.8
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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
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[Ed. We conclude in this issue with the Enloe work of JCGS member PJeggy Queen Mason.]
43. L u c i u s ARTHUR5 ENLOE (WILLIAM ASAPH (ACE/*, BENJAMIN MATTISON3, ABRAHAM2, ANTHONY1) was born
1876. He married PAULINE DEWEESE.
Child of Lucius ENLOE and PAULINE DEWEESE is:
i. GLENN ROBERT6 ENLOE, b. December 20,1911.
44. HERBERT C.5 ENLOE (WILLIAM ASAPH (ACE)*, BENJAMIN MATTISON3, ABRAHAM2, ANTHONY1) was born 1892.
He married ANNE COCHRAN. She was bom 1895.
Child of HERBERT ENLOE and ANNIE COCHRAN is:
i. JUDSON HAMOND6 ENLOE, b. February 25,1927.
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45. GERTRUDE5 DILLS (ALICE MINERVA* ENLOE, WESLEY MATTHEW3, ABRAHAM2, ANTHONY*) was b om July 08,
1885, and died November 27, 1948. She married ERNEST LYNDON MCKEE August 19, 1913. He was born
September 11, 1871, and died October 06, 1952. ,
Notes for GERTRUDE DILLS:
Gertrude Dills McKee was a pioneer woman in North Carolina politics, being the first woman ever elected to the
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. ""
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distances from the trailhead at the Deep Creek parking area.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Figure 6. Deep Creek Turnaround in 1936. Photo 11819, Great Smoky Mountains National
Park, Sugarlands archives.
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[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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