• Creator
  • Carroll, Roy
• Format
  • Manuscripts (documents)
• Type
  • Text
• Date
  • Date original: 1984-11-12;
• Source institution
  • Western Carolina University
• Source Collection
  • Cataloochee History Project
• Identifier
  • GSMNP_Cata-214_108_03_Carroll

/ (> FIRST GENERATI ON OF CAL. .. .:US !N CATI\LOCJCHEE ( 1. Henry Colwell, born c. 1759 or 1760 in Pennsylvania . Married 7. Settled in Buncombe Co., N.C. in 1807. By 1810, he and wife had 3 sons and 3 daughters, a 11 "to 10 yrs of age." St 111 1 i vi ng in 1850Tn Spring Creek area, Buncombe Co. , N.C. Died before 1870 Census. 2. James Colwell, son of 1. above, born c. 1801, died late 1866 or early 1867. Married Mary ? in 1814 or 1815. Had at least 4 sons and 4 daughters, including: - a. Levi, born October 14, 1815, died Nov. 4, 1864 (Gravestone, Caldwell Cemetery) b. Reuben A., born c. 1832, married Nicey Evans on October 11, 1854 (Early Marriage Bonds, Haywood Co., 1808-1870). c. Alfred, born c. 1834 or 1835, married Elizabeth Hall on September 13, 1857 (Early Marriage Bonds .... ) d. Louisa, born c. 1841. 1. levi B. Colwell, son of 2. above, married Mary Ann Nailand (Neyland?) about 1836. Mary Ann was bot·n f~ay 27, 1817, and died February 18, 1917(Gravestor Caldwell Cemetery). She was from Buncombe Co., N.C. In 1830 Census, a neighbor of Henry and James C. was Patrick Nailand. Levi and 14ary had 12 children: a. Harriett Elizabeth, born June 11, 1837, died October 25, 1903 (Gravestone, Little Cataloochee Baptist Church), married Daniel J. Cook, July 25, 1854 (Early Marriage Bonds ..•. ) b. Louisa Matilda, born Aug. 12, 1837 (should be 1838), died March 17, 1896 (Gravestone, Little Cataloochee Baptist Church) Harried (lst) Creighton Bennett, June 3, 1856 (Early Marriage Bonds .•.• ) and rnlirried (2nd) J. Valentine ("Tine") Woody, October 29, 1880. c. Nancy Jane, born Sept. 9, 1841, died Nov. 22, 1918 (Palmer Family Bible; Haywood Co. Death Certificate Book 5. p. 169). Married George Lafayette (NFate•) Palmer in 1860 (Palmer Family Bible). d. William Jarvis Harrison, born Feb. 9, 1844, died July 20, 1929 (Gravestone Caldwell Cemetery; Haywood Co. Death Certificate, Book 16, p. 102}. married Susan Adeline Woody, April 24, 1870, (Index to Marriages, Ha~od Co., 1850-1921) . She was born March 28, 1848. died Jan. 6, 1929 (Haywood Co. Death Certificate Book 16, p. 98). e. Andrew C .• born May 9, 1845, died Feb. 2, 1916 (Gravestone Caldwell Cemetery), married Charlotte Matilda <Nens, Sept. 27, 1868 (Index to Marriages, Haywood Co .• 1850-1921). f. David Marion, born 1847, died ___? __ , married Eliza Cagle about 1867. g. Reuben A., born 1849, died __ ? __ . After 1870 married a Nancy woody and moved to Spring Creek, Madison Co. h. Hiram J., Born June 3, 1851, died May 19, 1922, (Haywood Co. Death Certificate Book 10, p. 96; gravestone Caldwell Cemetery} married Mary Elizabeth Howell, Jan. 22, 1880 (Index to Marr-iages, Haywood Co., 1850-1921). i. John W., born 1854, died __ ? __ , married Nicey (N1cie) McGee, Feb. 10, 1876 (Index to Marriages, Haywood Co., 1850-1921). j. Doctor L., born Oct. 1856~ died --7--• married Sarah M. Palmer, Feb. 4, 1885 (Index to Marriages, Haywood Co., 1850-1921). k. George Henry, born Dec. 1857, died --7 __ , married Margaret (Maggie) Sarah Mauney, April 6, 1881 (Index to Marriages, Haywood Co., 1850-1921). 1. Mary, born 1864, living in 1870, but apparently died young. ( ( ( SECOND GENERATION OF CALDWELLS IN CATALOOCHEE (from 1860 on, the name appears occasionally as Colwell but more often as Caldwell) ~~ ( continued.) levi B. Colwell (or Caldwell) married Mary Ann Nailand (or Neyland) about 1836. lie was born Oct. 14, 1815, and died Nov. 4, 1864. Mary Ann or "Granny Pop,H as she came to be known, was born May 27, 1817, and died Feb. 18, 1917. Their 12 children are listed above. levi was captured by Union raiders marauding through Cata1oochee in 1864. He managed to escape, but died soon thereafter f rom the exposure and hardship he had experienced. It is not known whether the youngest daughter, Mary, was born before or after his death. At any rate, his widow, Mary Ann, was left with nine children still at home. levi's son And rew ("Andy") was made the administrator of his est.ete. Mary Ann's tragedy was compounded by the death of her father-in-law, James, in late 1866 or early 1867. A few months later (late 1867 or early 1868), Mary Ann Colwell married Jonathan H. Woody, a widower who had moved into the valley with five ch i ldren about 1866. (Sources: Haywood County Commissioners Minute Book, October 5, 1868-Feb. 15, 1881, p. 12; Tax list, Haywood County, 1866-68, C.R . 049.701.1 . North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, N.C.; Estate Records, Haywood Co . , Inventories and Accounts of Sales, 1866-75, pp. 26-27, and 44, N.C. State Archives, Raleigh.) The 1860 Census for Madison County, N.C. (created from parts of Buncombe and Yancey Cos. in 1851) lists Jonathan H. Woody, age 41 . and his wife Malinda (Plemmons), age 41, and their nine children: William M. , born c. 1843; Martha Jane, born c. 1844; James Valent i ne, born 1846; Susannah A., Born 1848; Nancy M. (or J.), born 1850, Lucinda E., born 1852; Stephen l., born 1853; Robert Jackson, born 1856; and Rebecca E., born 1860. Jonathan's wife, Malinda, died about 1861. In 1866, he and five children, Susannah or Susan, Nancy, Stephen, Robert Jackson ("Jack"), and Rebecca (•Becky•) came from the Spring Creek area to Cataloochee in 1866. He and his family had known the Cal dwells for many years. By the time of the 1870 Census, six of the children of levi and Mary Ann Colwell had married and set up households of their own. The ir daughter Harriett Elizabeth and her husband, Dan Cook, had settled on Coggins Branch in the Little Cataloochee area; louisa Matilda and her husband, Creighton Bennett, had settled next to them; wh1le Nancy Jane and her husband "Fate" Palmer were in Cataloochee, as were the t hree older sons: William Jarvis Harrison and his wife Susan, the daughter of Jonathan Woody; Andy and his wife Charlotte, and David Marion and his wife Eliza. The 1870 Census of the Cataloochee area lists Jonathan Woody and his wife, Mary Ann, and indicates that three of his children (Steve, Jack, and Becky} and six of her children (Reuben, Hiram, John, Doctor, George, and Mary) were still living at home. The youngest child, Mary Caldwell, apparently died young. Uer name does not appear in any subsequent census. - Seven of the eight sons of Levi B. Colwell married and set up their own households on farms in Cataloochee. The son who left was Reuben A. who married a Nancy Woody (apparently not Jonathan's daughter , but surely related to him) somet ime after 1870 and moved to Spring Creek in Madison County where relatives of the Caldwells and Woodys were still living. 3d. William Jarvis Harrison Caldwell, eldest son of 3 above, married,4/24/1870, Susan (or Susannah) Adeline Woody, daughter of Jonathan and Mal i nda Woody, born March 28, 1848, died Jan. 6. 1929 (Haywood Co. Ueath Certificate Book 16, p. 98). The 1900 Census indicates that they had 10 children, 9 of whom were still living at the time: (1) Sarah Jane, born 1870. She married a William Mitchell Sutton. (2) Malinda Margaret ("Lindy"), born June, 1872. She married a George Sutton , about 1894. (3) levi B., born Hay, 1874. Harried (lst) Etta Palmer, Sept. 2, 1900 (Haywood Co., Index to Marriages, 1850-1921), married (2nd),_?,_. (4) John l., born Feb. 9, 1875, died March 1, 1942 (Haywood Co. Death Certificate Book 29, p. 73). Married Elizabeth Ann ("Annie") Sutton, daughter of Solomon and Easter (Will iams ) Sutton , on Sept . 5, 1901 (Haywood Co., Index to Marriages, 1850-1921). Annie Sutton was born March 24, 1925, and died Nov. 7, 1963 (Haywood Co. Death Certificate Book 50, p. 27). (5) Mollie C., born 1877, died 1878 (Gravestone Palmer Cemetery). (6) louiscs A. ("lou"), born Sept. 2, 1879, died Feb. 4, 1968 (Haywood Co., Death Certificate Book 55, p. 268). She married {1st) Jesse Frank Palmer, in January 1900, and married (2nd) Thomas King . (7) leona Moselette, born Aug. 1881 . She married lucius Baxter Leatherwood. ... - - - •7 '3d •. (ccint.inued) ( ( ( (8) Rudolph. born Aug. 1884, died 1905 (Gravestone Palmer Cemetery). Never married. (9) James Cleveland, born July 1886, died March 16, 1939 (Haywood Co. Death Certificate Book 26, p. 157). Harried Avie McElroy of Fines Creek on Nov. 20, 1910 (Haywood Co . , Index to Marriages,1850-1921) (10) Fannie, born Jan. 20, 1888 (Index to Delayed Birth Certificates, Haywood Co.) . She married Harley Bryson of Iron Duff. 3e. Andrew~) Caldwell, second son of 3 above, born MC'ly 9, 1845, died Feb. 2, 1916. Married Charlotte Matilda Owens, daughter of J. Franklin and Julia Ann (McDonald) Owens on Sept. 27, 1868. Charlotte was born Oct. 1, 1850, and died May 20, 1935 (Haywood Co. Death Certificate Book 22, p. 222). The 1900 Census indicates that Andy and Charlotte had six children, 4 of whom were still living at the time: (1) Milia ('"Milie") Magdala, born May 20, 1871, died Sept. 12, 1962 (Haywood Co. Death Certificate Book 49, p. 232). She married, March 2, 1888 (Haywood Co., Index to Marriages, 1850-1921) William A. Palmer, son of JesseR. and Mary ("Polly") Ann (Rogers) Palmer. William A. Palmer was born Sept. 9, 1856, and died Oct. 31, 1927 (Baywood Co. Death Certificate Book 14, p. 132). {2) Alice E. (Cumi), born May 27, 1873, and died Sept. 28, 1947 (Gravestone, Palmer Family Cemetery). She married, Feb. 13, 1890 (Haywood Co., Index to Marriages, 1850-1921) George Newton Palmer, son of JesseR. and Mary ("Polly") Ann (Rogers) Palmer, George N. , or "Turkey George" as he was called, was born Jan. 24 , 1858, and died Jan. 16, 1939 (Gravestone, Palmer Family Cemetery; Haywood Co. Death Certificate Book 26, p. 107). (3} Mary E •• born c. 1874, died __ ? __ . (4) Jan~s W., born 1877, died 1880 (Gravestone, Palmer Cemetery). (5) 01 iver, born c. 1879, died _?_. (6) Gudger, born Feb. 1880, died prior to 1910. Married Annie M. _1_ in 1899. :f. David Mar·ion Caldwell, third son of 3 above, born 1847, died early 1883. Married, c. 1866 or 1867, Eliza Cagle, who was born c. 1844. She had apparently been married before, because in the 1880 Census Marion C. has a stepdaughter named Elizabeth, aged 17 . Other children in the household at the time of the 1880 Census included: (1) Mary (or Nancy?), born c. 1866. (2) [Laura] Bell, born c. 1868. '1) Charlotte C., born c 1870. (4) David A., born c. 1872. (5) [William) Erastus (or Ra s tus), born Oct. 25, 1875, died 1·1ay 18, 1942 (Haywood Co. Death Certificate Book 29, p. 74). (6) [Silas] Carmine, born April 7, 1877, died July 1, 1959 (Haywood Co. Death Cer t i fi cate Book 46, p. 31). (7) Jerry R •• born c. Nov. or Dec. 1879. Marion and Li t a had at least two other children born after 1880: (8) Mari on Hubert, born March 4, 1882, died Aprfl 25, 1964 (Haywood Co. Death Certificate Book 51, p. 44). Married Maude Lee (Ibid.) (9) Fred Houston born Oct. 1883 died Oct. 11, 1964. His death certificate states date of birth as Oct. 1884. but that is too late, because his father died in late Janu~ry or early February 1883. (Haywood Co. Death Certificate Book 51, p. 41; Superior Court, Haywood Co., Orders and Decrees, p. 272). Married Margaret (Maggie) Moody (Ibid.) p .,., , ;,.~ ., 11 t n1d·.u•l 1. fou r th son of 3 abovfl . bo r n 1849 . died ? . Mard ed afte1· 1870 . Nancy !~uod y . ~loved to SprinQ Cr·ee:: . Madis on Co . ( ' ( ( lt.. Hiriam ,J, Caldwell, fifth son of 3 above , born June 3, 1851, died May 19, 1922. Married {Haywood Co., Index to Marriages, 1850-1921) on Jan. 22, 1880, to Mary Elizabeth Howell, daughter of Albert Howell and Eleanor (Ferguso~ Howell. She was born March 17, 1855, died Aug. 25, 1937 (Haywood Co. Death Certificate Book 25, p. 94). Hiram J . and M11ry Elizabeth had five children: (1) Harriett ("Hattie"), born Dec. 1880, died_?_. She married Verlin A. Campbell. (2) William, born March 1885, died 7. (The Index to Delayed Birth Certificates, Haywood Co. Book 20, p. 32, lists a James M., son of Hiram and Mary E., born March lO:-f885, fs this supposed to be James W. for James William?) (3) Dillard Wilson, born October 28, 1890, died March 23, 1962. ~tarried Clercy White (Haywood Co. Death Certificate Book 43, p. 35) . {4) John Connie, born 1895, died 1896 (Gravestone, Caldwell Cemetery). (5) Reuben Eldridge, born Jan. 8, 1898, died June 13, 1973 (Index to Delayed Birth Certificates, Haywood Co., Book 25, p. 29). Interview with his widow, Pearl (Valentine) Caldwell, July 2, 1977). Reuben Eldridge C. married (March 23, 1923) Pearl Valentine, daughter of Robert Valentine and Emma (Killian) Valentine. She was born July 23, 1904, in Cosby, Tenn. (Marriage Certificate, and interview with Pearl Caldwell, July 2, 1977). ' · John W. Caldwell, sixth son of 3 above, born c. 1854 or 1855, died ? • Married Nicie McGee (Feb. 10, 1876), daughter ofJesseMcGee and ? • She was born Oct. 5, 1857, died Dec. 7, 1923. Her husband wasSt111 living at the time of her death (Haywood Co. Death Certificate­Book 10, p. 140). 3j. John W. and Nfcie had at least two children: (1) Charles, born c. 1879, died _?_. (2) Robert, born c. 1883, shot and killed Aug. 9, 1922. (The 1910 Census lists a RobertS., age 28, and wife Agnes, age 24, married 6 years, but I am not sure this is John and Nicie's son.) Doctor L. Caldwell, seventh son of 3 above, born Oct. 1856, died 1901 (Gravestone, Caldwell Cemetery). Harried (Feb. 4, 1885) Sarah E. (or H?) Palmer, daughter of Jesse Palmer and Mary Ann or "Polly" (Rogers) Palmer. She was born 1867, died 1899 (Gravestone, Caldwell Cemetery). Doctor l . and Sarah had seven (?) children: (1) Herbert E., born April 1887, died 1903 (Gravestone, Caldwell Cemetery). (2) George l., born 1888, died 1893 (Gravestone, Caldwell Cemetery). (3) Jessie, born Hay 1890, died _l_. (4) Minnie, born April 1892, died __ ? __ . She married Thurman Davis of Iron Duff. (5) Thomas H., born Feb. 21, 18~4 (Index to Delayed Birth Certificates, Haywood Co.}, died ? . (6) Eston F., born March 1896 (still living 1978). (7) Harden ("Hardy") Robinson, born April 1, 1898 (Index to Delayed Birth Certificates, Haywood Co.), died_?_. :-Ill - - - ( ( ( ll.. George Henry Caldwell, eighth son of 3 above, born Dec. 1857, died 1928 (Gravestone, Caldwell Cemeter·y). t~arried Margaret ("Maggie") Sarah Mauney (or Mooney) (April 6, 1881), daughter of Hosea ("Hosey") Mooney and f·lary (Hill) r.,ooney. She was born Jan. 11, 1858, died Dec. 23, 1949 (Haywood Co., Index to Marriages, 1850-1921; Death Certificate Book 37, p. 32). George Henry and t4argaret had eight children : (1) James Roscoe, born Feb. 11, 1882, died July 26, 1925 (Gravestone, Caldwell Cemetery; Haywood Co., Death Certificate Book 12, p. 58}. Married Eliza Rich, Aug. 2, 1921 (Jarvis Caldwell, Family Bible). (2) Ida Love, born Nov. 18, 1883, died Oct. 26, 1936 (Jarvis Caldwell Family Bible). (3) William Claude, born March 16, 1886, died l~arch 9, 1933. Married Gazzie McGee, Sept . 12, 1909 (Jarvis Caldwell Family Bible). (4) Cordell Millard, born March 15, 1889 (Index to Delayed Birth Certificate), died Oct. 14, 1959. Married 1st Nittie Austin of Fines Creek (?), 2nd Bessie Owens in March 1917 (she died Aug. 30, 1941), and 3rd Altha Owens (she died Feb. 28, 1960) (Jarvis Caldl'lell Family Bible; Haywood Co. Death Certificate Book 46, p. 28). (5) Doctor Norman, born Nov. 7, 1891, died ~larch 21, 1964. Married Lizzie White of Maggie Valley, Dec. 26, 1915. She died Sept. 16, 1965 (Jarvis Caldwell Family Bible; Haywood Co., Death Certificate Book 51, p. 39). I am not sure of date of birth: Index to Delayed Birth Certificate has Oct. 1, 1891, Death Certificate has Nov. 1, 1891, and the Family Bible has Nov. 7, 1891. (6) Jarvis Reuben, born Oct. 5, 1895 (Haywood Co., Index to Delayed Birth Certificates). Still living 1978. Married Bonnie Childers, Dec. 24, 1919 (Jarvis Caldwell Family Bible). (7) Homer Paul, born June 10. 1898, died March 1, 1963 (Haywood Co. Death Certificate Book 50, p. 26). Married Floras Burress. Aug. 8, 1925 (Jarvis Caldwell Family Bible). (8) Hattie Love, born Oct. 27, 19001 died July 6, 1975. Married Jesse Brooks of Franklin. June 7. 1935 (Jarvis Caldwell Family Bible).

This 123-acre tract 214 in Cataloochee was owned by Eldredge Caldwell. The Caldwell House in Big Cataloochee is among the few preserved structures that remain today. The house was built between 1898 and 1903 by Hiram Caldwell. The Caldwell Barn, adjacent to the house, was built in 1923. While, in general, the Great Smoky Mountains region was sparsely populated, the Cataloochee Valley remained an exception. By 1900, the population of Cataloochee had grown to 1,000 residents living in hundreds of log and frame homes. A few historic buildings have been preserved on site, including two churches, a school, several homes, and outbuildings. The North Carolina Park Commission was tasked with purchasing land for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and people living in Cataloochee were among those displaced. Cataloochee families continue to return for annual reunions. In 2001, the National Park Service re-introduced elk into the valley.

• Creator
  • Stupka, Arthur
  • Grossman, Charles S., 1900-1972
  • Unknown
  • Asheville Citizen Times
  • Carroll, Roy
  • Exline, Edouard E., 1905-1960
  • Wilburn, Hiram Coleman, 1880-1967
  • Caldwell, Pearl
  • Trout, Ed
  • Flaugh, Dianne L.
  • Sloan, W. N.
  • North Carolina Park Commission
• Format
  • Clippings (information artifacts)
  • Land surveys
  • Letters (correspondence)
  • Manuscripts (documents)
  • Publications (documents)
  • Photographs
  • Portraits
• Type
  • Text
  • StillImage
• Date
  • Date original: 1928-1929; 1935-1938; 1953; 1971; 1976; 1984; 1996; 1999-2000;
  • Date digitized: 2015-09-22
• Extent
  • Dimension: 2" x 4" - 11" x 8.5"
  • Pages: 137 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • Abstracts of title
  • Acquisition of property
  • Barns
  • Dwellings
  • Farm buildings
  • Government purchasing of real property
  • Land titles
  • Land titles -- Registration and transfer
  • Landowners
  • North Carolina, Western -- Genealogy
  • Real property -- Maps
  • Real property -- North Carolina -- Haywood County -- Maps
  • Reports
  • Women -- Portraits
• Location
  • Haywood County (N.C.)
  • Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)
  • Cataloochee (N.C.)
• Source institution
  • Western Carolina University
• Source Collection
  • Cataloochee History Project; Historic Photographs Collection; Historic Structures Reports;
• Identifier
  • GSMNP_Cata-214
• Repository
  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park