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Acknowledgments
A lot.of our information and pictures was gathered from people
who lived in the area and helped in the settlement and growth
of their community. They are also descendants of the early
pioneers who first settled in this isolated mountain area and
made it their home.
Please forgive any mistakes that have been made because they
were not done intentionally.
We want to thank our, dear friends and family members who
were so helpful in helping us with this book. A heartfelt THANK
YOU goes out to the following people:
Kate & Elmer Leatherwood, Beverly Leatherwood, Reva L. Hannah
Gray, Ola Phillips Gates, Beatrice Grooms, Edna Fox, Yevette
& David Wilson, William P. McMahan, Nellie Ball, Darlene Frazier,
Sidney Nelson, Calvin & Hattie Williamson, Faye Moore, Ernest
Price
Junior & Helen Ball
I 654 Hale Brook Rd.
Newport, TN. 37821
(423)-623-5735
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About the Cover Page
This was the first home that my dad and mom, Jake & Annie
Ball owned. I can recall fond memories of living there as if
it were only yesterday. I was just a small boy at the time my
dad & mom bought the house from Mack Caldwell. It took the family
several years to pay for this land. When we lived there the
house had a small porch on the left side of it and there was
a rock chimney between the door and window. There was a big
apple orchard with all the old time apples in it.
The old home-place was bought by Ed & Betty Presnell a few
years back and they have restored the old house. I would like
to say a special Thank You to them for all they've done to help
preserve the past, and especially a part of my past.
Junior
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Table of Contents
I Maps
Asbury Trail
Chestnut Branch
II The Development
Waterville, N.C.
Waterville Project (Diary kept by Noah Baxter)
The T. & N.C. Railroad
Stations & Mileages of the T. & N.C. Railroad
Cataloochee Turnpike
I I I Schools
Beech Grove School . •• Cataloochee
Compton Memorial School
Raven's Branch School
Students at the White Church
School Consolidation
IV Churches & Cemeteries
Barnes Valley Cemetery
Brown's Cemetery
Brown's Missionary Baptist Church
James Brown Cemetery
Ford Cemetery
Ike McGaha Cemetery
McFalls Cemetery
Styles - Hembree Cemetery
Old Nancy Moore Cemetery
Ball Cemetery
Moore Cemetery
Price Cemetery
Pigeon Valley Baptist Church
Ravens Branch Cemetery
Ravens Branch Church of Christ
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V Communities, Early Settlers & Their Descendants
Ravens Branch
Baseball
Cake Walks & Pie Suppers
Sparks
Miller
Alfred & Polly (Barnes) Ball
Osborne & Martha Ball
Noah & Cassie (Ball) Baxter
Browns
John Lewis & Calloat (Leatherwood) Moore
Naillon
Elijah Washington Naillon
Hartford
Richard Price Family
Price Family
Andrew Johnson (A. J. ) & Nancy (Dills) Price
Charles Emitt & Rutha (Price) Brown
feal & Ladie (Jenkins) Sprouse
Nellie (Sprouse) Gates Ball
Thomas & Martha Williamson
Winnie Ford
Grassy Fork
Jack & Nancy (Tritt) Sutton
Willaim & Frances (Brown) Phillips
Noah Branson & Margaret Emmaline Phillips
John "Shubie John" & Ruth (Brown) Sutton
Elbert Phillips
Flint & Bernice (Barnes) Phillips
Charlie & Rachel Octavia Gates
Calvin (Cal) & Julia (Barnes) Messer
Columbus & Julie (Conard) Messer
Noland Family of Cataloochee
George Palmer
Young Bennett
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Rev. William P. McGee
Silas Andrew McGee
Land Transactions of John & Jessie McGee
Jasper Newton Leatherwood
Levi & Mary (Nailon) Caldwell
John Marion & Prescilla (Lockman) Palmer
Bend of the River
John & Belle (Palmer) Hicks
McGaha Family
John Casheous & Adaline (Hayes) Leatherwood
John Leatherwood
Kenneth & Genevie (Leatherwood) Presnell
George Grooms Sr.
George & Sarah Jane Grooms
William Anderson Grooms
Sarah Jane Grooms
Joseph Barnes
Chestnut Tree
Civil vj'ar
Shelton Laurel Massacre
World war II
Felix Price
Lester Hopkins
Homecomings & Reunions
A Look at our Past
Names
Early Medical Beliefs
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This book was researched and written during the months of
June 1997 to October 1997. In doing this book we gathered History
about Mt. Sterling, Cataloochee, Big Bend, Browns, Barnes Valley,
Ravens Branch, Naillon, Hartford, and Grassy Fork. We wrote
about our ancestors and those who have helped settle these areas.
During this time we tried to contact everyone possible to obtain
information, about their families, for the book. We've tried
to mention as many families as possible in doing this book.
I know we've missed some families throughout the areas mentioned,
but it was not done intentionally. Please forgive any mistakes
and any misspelled words.
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THE ASBURY TRAIL
The route of Bishop Francis Asbury and
Bishop William McKendree over the aboriginal
Cataloochee Trail, Nov., 1810
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Wate.r. ville, N.C.
Waterville is a name associated with the Walters Hydroelectric
Plant located just over the TN. / N.C. State Line.
The powerhouse generates power from a lake several miles
up the Pigeon River. The water has been tunneled through a
mountain seven miles. Approximately halfway between the Dam
and Power Plant the water drops about 600 feet. straight down.
At the time of construction, in 1927 - 1928, two teams of
workers, one on each side of the mountain, began drilling and
met at the center of the mountain.
During construction of the dam, plant, and tunnel a small
village was soon constructed near the plant for employees and
their families. There were homes, guest houses, a boarding-house,
recreation hall, and a picnic area.
Before the Waterville Power Plant was built there was a small
Dam known as the Goshner Dam on the Tennessee side. Goshner
Dam was built in 1892 by a Mr. Gaffner. He operated his small
power plant for several years before it eventually washed away.
Across the river from this small power plant lived John and
Calloat (leatherwood) Moore and their children, Charlie, Clay,
Ray, Maxine, Faye, Manney, Tunney, and Kenneth.
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Waterville Project
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The · T. & N.C. Railroad
The Tennessee and Not'th Carolina Railioad Company was
organi zed in 1900, and completed in 1901 . A company, from West
Virginia, had secured control of 55, 000 cres of timber in
Haywood County, N. C. so the railroad was built for the purpose
of developing the land ,
The line ran from Newport, TN. to Crestmont, N.C. it was
fondly known as the "Peavine ". The T. & N.C. ' payed an important
part in the life and development' of Newport and Cocke County',
not only did it serve _the lumber business it helped provide
a means of transportation for the people.
The train became a familiar sight between Newport and
Crestmont A trip from Newport to Mt. · Sterling took hlf a day,
with several stops along the way . If one wanted on the train
. they simply flagged the train to let them know . To get off you
only had to tell the conductor where you wanted to get off at.
As the need for the train declined a motor bus called a
11·Jitney" was used in its• place. ·Ei·na11y this to _ was abandoned
and the rails removed and · th road bed became part of the new
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Stations located along the railroad route , and their
approximate mileages from Newport Junction were as follows.
The numbers shown at the front of each station indicates the
mileage - from Newport to Crestmont.
0 - Newport Junction - Depot and general offices of the Railroad
Junction and Southern Railway , Unaka Tannery, and Chilhowee
Extract Company. Agent Fred Burnett .
4 - Edwina - Flag stop . Originally known as Sweetwater , and
later Taylorsburg . In early days it was the most progressive
and by far the largest community . The fare from Newport Junction
to Edwina was 15 cents.
7 - Wilton Springs - Depot. The T. & N.C. served the mines of
the LaFollette Iron Ore Company here. A highway from Wilton
Springs led to "Dark Holler" . The Whitson Fort was built in
1763 at Wilton Springs.
9 - Denton - Flag stop . Named for Captain John Denton , owner
of the Denton Mill. This was a small community , but roads led
to Greasy Cove and other places where people lived ... people
who were supporters of the "Pea Vine" and rode it to Newport
and other destinations along the route.
12 - Bluffton - Flag stop
14 - Hartford - Depot. This community was first known as Dryce .
When the Tennessee and North Carolina Railroad was built John
Hart, of Clarksburg , West Virginia was one of the owners of
the railroad and the people were so grateful for the railrod
they showed their appreciation by renaming the community for
him . Since there were more people by the name of Ford in the
area , Hart suggested adding Ford to his name , so it became
Hartford .
16 - Naillon or Naillon Town - Flag stop . It is said that the
houses here were so close to the tracks that one could sit in
the coaches and talk to the people on their front porches.
18 - Browns TN . - Flag stop
1 8 1 /2 - Canton Junction - The railroad ' s principal branch made
a connection with the main line here . The segment, essentially
a timber · spur, followed the gorge of the Pigeon River, on the
left bank, to the headwaters at the state line. The main track
left the river here and ascended up Big Creek, crossing the
river on a steel structure .
19 - Waterville N . C . - Flag stop . A point just over the state
line .
20 - Mount Sterling - Depot. Agent John Nease. A mission school
was located near the station. This area was said to have been
one of the most beautiful spots along the rai lroad.
21 - Crestmont - Depot. Agent Arthur Ford. At one time this
was a thriving community with several stores, business houses ,
mills, and houses . A special train would run on Sundays for
families who wanted to come to a nice, quite, secluded area
to picnic, or those who wanted to get away from the hubbub ·of
town and go to the theater . Hunters and fishermen found this
to be a sportsmens paradise . They would take the train into
Crestmont for the first lap of their trip into Walnut Bottoms .
They found that Walnut Bottoms was the idea place to fish for
rainbow trout, and hunt for black bear and deer .
Excursion fares for the T. & N.C. Railroad were low. Round
trip "a sightseeing" ticket was only 85 cents . The 2 1 mile ride,
"a one way" ticket was 50 cents . Many of the Depots, along the
, route, contained the community Post Office as well as the
railroad facilities in it .
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Cataloochee Turnpike
The trail into Cataloochee was an old Indian trail. Surveyors
referred to this trail as " The Cataloochee Turnpike" , but it
was by no means a turnpike. It was a very rough passage and
extemely difficult to travel .
Bishop Franci s Asbury, and his party , traveled this route
in 1 8 1 0. Their passage took them from settlements in the Newport ,
TN. area to those in Haywood County, N. C. Since this was the
route they took it must have been a well known rJute of travel.
The first record of this trail was recorded in 1799 and
indicates that it was a well marked route of travel before many
whites were in the area. There are many Indian s ites along the
route to prove this theory. This trail was an interesting, and
important Indian trail , a burial ground , a monument of stones , ·
and a camping place for the Indians.
Early Haywood County land records show that before 1 82 0 whites
were hunting and herding animals in Cataloochee. By the early
to mid 1 80 0 1 s there were many permanent settlers in Cataloochee ,
Big Creek , and Tobes Creek and there. was a need for· a better
road.
Specifications were made for bui lding the road. When the
road was completed to these speci fications toll . gate were to
be erected and a toll collected. The final location for the
road was almost exactly aiong the line of the old I ndian trail.
This testifies , to the fact, that the indians and early settlers
had a natural ability to picking the best route through the
mountains.
Beech Grove · s chool • • • Cataloochee ( abt . 1 9 1 8 or 1 9 1 9 )
1 s t . row - Gally _Hntiah, Wi lma Cldwe l l , Odell Lockman , Nettie
Caldwe l l , Boone ( Boom ) Lockman , Jul i e Burre s s , Pauline Palmer ,
Arvel Caldwe l l , Mattie Caldwe l l , Ruben Palmer , · Fanny Lockman
2nd . row - Carl Palmer , _Maggie Caldwe l l , Arlo Pa lm·er , Wayne
Lockman , Gudger Palmer , Paul Lockman , Blye Caldwel l , Boone
Caldwe l l , Kimsey Palmer , Maggie Palmer
3rd . row - Nel l i e Hannah, Fred Hannah, Laura Noland , Vernon
Palme r , Lavada Palmer ( teacher ) , Flora Palmer ( teacher ) , Eulanda
Palmer, teacher ) , Jessie Lockman, Callie Burre s s , Rachel Ewart
Back row by window - Guy Caldwe l l & Robert Palmer
P i c ture submitted by Edna ( Hicks ) Fox
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Compton Memoral· School
The school was built on 4 1/2 acres of land donated by Mr .
& Mrs. Charles N. Green and Mr . & Mrs . Osborne Ball . A large
amount of timber was he ed ed for this project so timber was
donated by several different · peol:>le.
The name Compton was given to :the school in honor of Miss
Viola Compton , a missionay who came to the Raven 's Branch
community in 905. Miss Compton, _along with Miss Estelle
Donelson , came to the area from Crawfordsv ille, Indiana to do
missionary work.
After a year of teaching Sunday School, and work , Miss
Donelson returned to Indiana , but Miss Compton remained and
worked many long , hard hours to see her dreams fulfilled.
Miss Viola Compton gave_ her money , time , love, and friendship
to the people of Raven 's Branch and in return they gave their
friendship , love, and respect to a woman they knew cared for
them and their welfar e.
It was a sad day for the, people of Raven 's Branch when the
School Board took over the running of Compton Memorial . Miss
Compton continued to help the people and do church work , but
she no longer had a · connection to the school . In later years
she went to live with a cousin in Alabama.
When the original building burned a smaller one was built
in its place . Some of the teachers who taught there were Martha
Laws , Fern Black , Seldon Greene , Reba Black , Geneva Raines ,
Goldie Leatherwood , Elaine taws , June Rolins , and Bess Wilde .
Compton
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Compton Memorial
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CompLon Memorial School seeks to reach
the boys a.ml girls of Jeast 'rennessec who
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of the mount:l ins. Hhe worked, prayed,
all(l trusted a Hcn.venl.v Father to JpacJ the
way and make it possible for these cl0.ar boys
and girls t.o have at le11st the funda11umt,als
of Pd ucation.
In l<'cbrnary, I\Jl 2, hCI' bdoved sister M aQ'
w:is c:d l ccl to her rcw:i.rd, and in her death
wa:-; horn Cornpton Memoria I. Hchool. ln
1-;epternber following a site was selected and
purchased and the clearing of the grounds
began. On Nov1m1 bet· 1 1 , began l aying the
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Students at the White Church (Taken 1920)
Front row left to right : Clyde Barnes, Clyde Clark, unk . , unk. , ·
Wade White, Woodrow Harrell Second row: Aley Harvey, Avis
Harrell, Georgie Clark, Letha Sutton, Marie White, Blanche White,
Effie Phillips, Fred White hird row : Cecil Clark, Bartley
McGaha, Hiram Leatherwood, Viola White, R . Crisp - Teacher,
Maggie Price, Hollis Sutton, George Harvey, Roy Leatherwood,
Ernest Clark Back row: Carl Leatherwood, Otto Price, Ed
Leatherwood, Ance Sutton, Grady Harrell, Ernest White, Hube
Leatherwood, Eulis Harvey
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School picture taken at Mt . Sterl ing , N.C.
Front : Wayne Whi te (son of Edd & Edi th) , ?
Bethona Ball Back : Kathleen Phi llips , ?,
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School Consolidation
From 1924 to 192 5 there were eighty-six schools in Cocke
County. Some of the schools in the area at that time were : Bell
Hil l , Blacks , Bluffton, Browns , Compton Memorial , Grassy Fork ,
Hartford, Mt. Zion , and Waterville.
The majority of these schools were one teacher schools. The
buildings were made mostly out of frame , a few were still log
buildings , and four were made from brick , or rock. They were
heated by wood stoves and the water was furnished from wel ls
or springs.
From 1925 to 1944 twenty-two schools were closed in the area ,
but nine other schools were opened including one in Barnes
Valley. This was now a total of seventy-two schools in the
county.
Between 1945 to 1965 consolidation began in the schools.
Five schools were closed and consolidated into the new Grassy
Fork school . The five schools closed were : Bel l Hill , Gulf,
Compton Memorial , New Prospect , and Waterville. Four other
schools were closed and consolidated into the new Hartford
School , they were Blacks, Barnes Valley , Bluffton , and Browns.
During the 1966 to 1967 school year only thirteen schools
were now in operation. Hartford and Grassy Fork were among the
thirteen.
Hartford School closed at the end of the 1992 school year ,
Grssy Fork is still in operation.
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Barnes Valley Cemetery
Located in Barnes Valley
William (Bill) Barnes
Jessie Barnes
1 90 0 - 1 960
5-22-1 920 - 3-8-1 995
Son of Jessie & Bernard Barnes ND
Daughter of Jessie & Bernard Barnes ND
Alice s . Barnes 9-7-1 920 - 5-23-1 986
Barnes· Age 41 yrs. ND - 1941
Becky Barnes Age 42 yrs. ND - 4-9-1951
Rev. Bedford D. Barnes 2-1 4-1887 - 1 2-7-1958
Charlie Barnes Age 70 yrs. ND - 12-1 0 - 1961
Ela Barnes 8-1 7-1 923 - 1-1 0-1 925
Keith Barnes
Ervin Barnes Age 66 yrs.
Luke Barnes Pvt. U. S. Army WWI I
3-1 8-1975 - 4-28-1975
ND - 1 0-5- 1968
1 922 - 3-1 3-1 971
Western Barnes Age 77 yrs. 1 1 days ND -1 - 16-1 954
Floyd Cephus Brown 8-30-1 926 - 1 -30-1 997
Lora Brofen
Orvil R. Brown TN. Tee. WWI I
Joe "Daddy" Brown
Sarah Jane Brown
ND
9-3-1 91 9 - 2-5-1 951
6-2-1 90 1 - 5- 17-1 969
3-2-1 892 - 3-21 -1 967
W. Ceph Brown 9-7-1 881 - 2-1 9- 1963
W. L. Brown Child of W. C. & A. Brown 3- 13- 1873 - 3-20-1 888
R.L. Brown Child of W. C. & A. Brown 3-2-1 871 - 3-1 5-1 888
Milburn Brown Child of w . c . & A. Brown 1 -1 6-1 885 - 9-1 5-1886
Zora s . Brown
D.M. Coggins
Millie Wife of David Coggins
Sarah Elizabeth Coggins
Zadock Coggins
Elizabeth P. Hoaglen
Vinson Andy Hoaglen
Martha Wife of Robert McFalls
Ollie McFalls
6-27-1 906 - 1 -4-1945
1 1 - 19-1846 - 1 2-5- 1877
1 851 - 1902
10-3-1 881 - 1 1 -6-1 882
1 0-29-1 81 5 - 1 1-1 8-1 872
7-1 6-1893 - 2-1 1 -1 961
1 1 - 11-1 883 - 2-22-1 967
1 1 -9-1 893 - 1 1 - 14-1 91 8
8-9-1 909 - 11 -14-1 910
Hilda Mcfalls
Robert: r . McFalls
Mary McFalls
Anna Sutton Miller
Dau . of Robert & Stacy Naillon
9-13-1914 - 3-4-1915
5-14-1890 - 8-6- 195 3
8-9-1898 - 12-15-19 4 1
5-10-187 1 - 8-19-1902
6-2-193 1 - 6-2-193 1
Ivey Phillips 1921 - 1923
Nicey Phillips 1918 - 1919
Ben Phillips TN . Pvt. U.S. Army WWII 10-16-1895 - 8-26-1972
Louella Phillips 2-13-1942 - 1-17-1995
Elbert Sutton
Abraham Tinker Age 91 yrs.
2-2- 1908 - 1-24-195 5
10-1-17 7 5 - 3-16-1866
The following people are said to be buried here, but have no
markers ; Lonnie Barnes, Mattie ( wife of Western Barnes ) , Stacey
Brown (first wife of Bill "Big Daddy" Barnes). There are 7 5
graves here marked only by field rock.
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Brown's Cemetery
Located . in the Brown 's community, next to Brown 's Church.
Chandler Brown
Claude Brown
Erastus W. R. Brown
Matilda Jenkins Brown
Junior Brown
Ike Browq
Maria Caldwell Brown
2-2- 1906 - 8- 17- 1 947
3- 18 -1914 - 10-7-1982
1868 - 1925
18 69 - 1952
4-23- 1 937 - 3-31 -1945
4-15-1 887 - 7-13- 1 983
9-7- 1896 - 3-9- 1970
Herman & Ferman Twins of Ike & Mary Brown 3-26-1 924 -4-1-1924
Linda Faye Brown 3-12- 1949 - 12-3- 1967
Lottie Brown
Lottie Brown
Lottie F. Brown
Mil burn Brown
Maria Brown age 70 yr. 6 mo . 7 days
William M. Brown
Sarah Rebecpa Brown
Tillson Brown
Makon (Make) Brown
Alice Lindsey Brown
Debbie Naillon Brown
Stacy N. Bradburn
Bulah Clark
David Foster
Myrtle Mae Graham
1852 - 1936
1-3- 1886 - 2-15- 1969
1907 1925
7-19- 1 889 - 4-1 7- 1949
ND - 3-9- 1 970
1846 - 1921
1838 - 1926
3-20-1 906 -6-12- 1925
3-26-1871 - 9-7- 1949
1876 5-7-1925
10-20-1886 - 3-23- 1972
5-25- 1918 - 1-10-1993
11-20-1904 - 12 -4-1904
12-25- 1918 - 11-19-192 1
7-25- 1 934 - 10-28- 1 958
Lil lie Brown Graham 3-31- 1 894 - 11- 1- 1975
Wil liam Darius Griffith 9-4- 1908 - 9-13- 1 996
Mary Edna Dau. of George & Lora Hi ll 2-9- 1 924 - 7- 15-1924
Edgar Jenkins TN. U. S. N.R. WWII 9-10-1926 - 5- 19- 1968
George Jenkins 1871 - 1933
Eliz abeth Jenkins 1869 - 1944
Infant Dau. of Garfie ld & Rosa Jenkins 1926 - 1926
Infant Son of Garfield & Rosa Jenkins 1936 - 1936
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' t Infant Son of Garfield . & Rosa Jenkins
Garfield Jenkins
Rosa Brown Jenkins
Arthur Jenkins Pvt. U . S. Army WWI I
Alice Jenkins
John Reuben Naillon
Walter Naillon
Kenneth Tommy Naillon
Vergie Shults Naillon
Joe Douglas Naillon
7-12- 1932 - 1936
1939 - 1 939
8-8-1 900 - 4-24-1972
10-9- 1900 - 2-1- 1978
12-24- 1910 - 1 1-21-1 986
10-6-1916 - 4-8-1985
10-20 - 1878 - 2-3-1969
9-26-1910 - 9-25-1982
5-14- 1941 - 11-2-1980
11- 16- 1913 - 12-23- 1972
1-6- 1913 - 8-1-1979
Buried here without a marker is Sarah Jane Grooms, first wife
of Frank Brown.
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According to Bonnie Ball the first school, and church in
the area was a commissary ran by missionaries who came there
to teach about 60 years ago . This burnt down and another building
was built, this building also served as a school and church
combined . This building also burnt.
The land had been donated and deeded to the church by Lynn
Brown so a new bui lding was erected for the church . The church
was bui lt out of the wood from the D . R . Will iamson house at
Waterville.
The church, now standing, Brown ' s Missionary Baptist Church
was established in 1970 . Their Homecoming is the 2nd . Sunday
in June . They celebrate Old Timers Day each year the 2nd. Sunday
in Sept .
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Located about 1 /4 mile off Highway 32 to the left on the mountain
above Barnes Valley.
Eldridge Brown Tee. 4 Arty. WWI I
Eldridge Brown Jr.
James Brown
Nancy Jane Brown
John Brown Tn. PFC Arty . WWI I
Polly Brown
Larkin Brown Jr.
Wilburn Dallas Brown
Clay Shults
Cindie Shults
3-23- 191 6
3-28-1 950
6-15-1 851
1 857
8-21-1 919
5-25-1896
7-1 3-1889
6-1 4-1 953
3-28-1 950
3-18-1941
11-23-1937
6-26-1945
1 1 -28-1936
1 -31 -1 971
3-29-1949 3-30-1949
7-2-1 894 - 12-21 -1 974
1 -1 0- 1907 - 1 2-30-1 977
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Located on Hwy. 32 about 1/2 mile from the TN. / N. C. line.
It is on the left side of the road, coming from the state line
and located on a hilltop about 200 yards off the road.
Eura Dau. of Frank & Martha Brown
Albert Coggins
Infant Ford
Bertha Wife of Arthur Ford
Fletcher W. Ford
Rena Wife of F.W. Ford
Robert Ford
Serena Hopkins Ford
William Ford
Hattie Dau. of W.M. & S. Ford
Dorothy Ford
Jack Ford
Imogene B. Ford
Burrel W. Ford
Sarah E, Ford
Nancy Hopkins
Myrtle Johnson
Rhoda Ford Phillips
McKinnley Phillips
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8-17-1904 - 1 -2-1908
1979 - 1979
3-7-1884 - 11-11-1921
3-26- 1888 - 4-29-1964
12-9-1888 - 8-22-1935
10-7-1930 - 8-7-1953
1859 1945
1857 - 1948
4-3-1898 - 3-1-1910
8-27-1916 - 8-25-1935
11-19-1909 - 8-25-197 1
8-24-1909 - 11-3-1974
1-22-1907 - 9-2-1923
10-29-1923 - 1-1-1996
9-10-1866 - 4-21-1915
7-5-1897 9-26-1919
5-1-1914 - 9-6-1990
2-19-191 7 - 5-1-1977
There are approximately 10 unmarked graves.
Ford Cemetery
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Located on the road from Barnes Valley to Grapevine Hollow atop
a hillside.
Ike McGaha
Mary Parton McGaha
Infant McGaha
Lewis Gates TN. Pvt. Inf . WW I
Ida M. Fish
11-15-1860 - 2-21 -1929
1-19- 1884 - 1 1- 1 1 - 1961
10-1- 1966 - 10-1-1966
4- 18-1897 - 11-22-1971
4-28- 1 906 - 2-27-1989
There are 4 unmarked graves, two are said to be that of McGaha
infants .
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Located on Barnes Valley road near Highway 32.
Mikayla Dynelle Allen
Ernest Banks
Douglas Dorsey
David McFalls TN . SP4 Korea
Douglas McFalls
John McFalls
Newman McFalls TN . Pvt. Inf . WWI
Cora McFalls
Clarence McFalls
Kenneth Ray McFalls
Leslie McFalls
Elizabet-h Ramsey
James H. Ramsey
Henry Clay Ramsey U. S. Army WWI I
Lola B. Ramsey
Richard Clay Ramsey
Walter I. Ramsey TN. Pvt. WWI I
Ronald M. Ramsey
3-21-1995 - 3-21- 1995
5-27-1936 9-22-1986
4 -21- 1943 - 1- 28- 196 7
1-28-1927 - 4 -30 - 1962
4-21-1943 - 1-28- 196 7
11-3-1920 3-12-1931
5-17-1 892 - 9-13- 1 94 7
12- 4- 1898 - 6 - 7-1980
2-15-1 919 - 8-24-1 968
11-17-1 944 - 11-10-1965
1-11 -1925 - 6-29-1963
7-17-1881 - 1-15- 194 1
10-4 - 1872 - 1-3- 1955
9-22-1919 - 12-18-1991
5-8- 1923 - 1-8-1983
11-2 6 - 1949 - 11-26-1949
12-2- 1912 - 12-28-1942
ND - 1-10-1969
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Located in upper Cosby about 2 miles above Hooterville , cemetery
is on the left side of the road about 3/4 mile from the main
road .
Diana Benson
Cathy Campbell
Aley c . Hembree
David Oscar Hembree
John Luther Hembree
J . S . (Seph) Hembree
Nancy Sutton Hembree
James Hembree
Nancy E. Hembree
Margaret M. Hembree
W. M . Hembree
Mary E . Jackson
Martha M. Messer
Clarinda Phillips
Mary A. Phillips
Nora Victora Phillips
Samatha Phillips
Charlie Ramsey
Clyde Ramsey
Millie Ramsey
William Ramsey
Esther Styles
Junior Styles
Mennie Styles
Phillip L. Styles TN. Cav.
Robert Styles
Theodore Styles TN. Pvt . WWII
Pearl Walker Styles
Sary Matildy Styles
Zachariah Styles
2-26- 1954 - 3-3- 1954
3-31- 1956 - 10-29- 1958
5-3- 1898 - 5-6- 1898
4- 11- 1894 - 4-12-1894
5-8- 1892 - 2-19- 1895
1-14- 1886 - 1-13- 1970
5-3- 1899 - 1-26- 1974
11- 10- 1838 - 4-10- 1922
3-3- 1844 - 2-3- 1937
3-1- 1892 - 3-3- 1892
8-3- 1885 - 8-23- 1887
ND 11-20 - 1884
3-27- 1867 - 3-8- 1895
ND - 2- 15- 1882
10-22-1900 - 1-4-1906
11 -26- 1904 - 2-9- 1905
5-6-1902 - 5- 11- 1902 '
3- 13- 1887 -6-6-1903
4- 17-1910 - 7-29-1911
8-8- 1847 - 5- 1- 1913
5-25-1834 - 6-12 - 1903
1836 - 1922
7-30- 1934 -9- 16- 1936
1-19- 1876 - 2-3- 1898
ND - ND
1889 - 6-15- 1958
3-24- 1917 - 12- 19- 1954
1896 - 1955
1-8- 1897 - 10- 16- 190 1
5-28- 1861 - 1-26- 1937
Martha Sutton Style' ts
Margaret Valentine Styles
Martha Sutton
Hardy Sutton
Zelpha c . Sutton
Bartly Sutton
Jona Sutton
Eliza Sutton
1-1 6-1863 - 4-5- 1889
10-26-1865 - 8-23- 1922
ND - 1 -1 1 - 1 9 4 0
1- 14- 1886 - 4-3- 196 1
1865 - 2-5- 1945
3-1880 - 7 - 1- 1897
8- 15-1902 - 7-28- 1908
7 - 7 - 1835 - 8-24-1903
The following people are said to be buried here, but have no
markers. Betsey Lindsey wife of James Hembree, Rachl Ramsey,
and Arthur Sutton. There are approximately 20 more graves marked
only by field rock.
Old Nancy Moore Cemetery
Located on a ridge between Banes Valley and the Pigeon River
j ust over Naillon Town. There is a road to it.
General Dewey Barnes 4-26-1904 9-5-1916
Minnie Lee Barnes 5- 18-1902 - 11-18- 1903
Hugo Son of N. K. & Bertha Barnes 10- 11- 1917 - 11-23-1918
Isaac L. Naillon 9-8- 1890 - 10 - 19- 1918
Sarah Jane Wife of G . E. Woody 1- 1-1865 - 2- 15- 1924
Also said to be buried here is Delsie Price , age 20. There are
about 20 other unmarked graves here.
Located about 50 yards below the above cemetery is the following
Jim I. Gates N. C. PFC Btry. WWI I 2-11-1922 - 8-25- 1958
Joe Naillon and his wife Margaret Sutton Naillon are also said
to be buried here in unmarked graves .
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Located in the Raven's Branch area about 1/2 mile from the church
on the left side of the road, atop the hill .
Osborne Ball
Ira Ball
John Ira Ball
Mary Ball
Sarah Jane Ball
Royal Ball
1779 - 5- 1860
5 -7-1827 - 11-15- 1893
8-1- 1872 - 8- 16-1888
1-16-1831 - 10-16-1867
7-30-1870 - 5-30-1892
4-9-1869 - 11- 19-1888
Ben Ball died 2-26-1924
Effie Lee Dau . of N . & C. Baxter 4 - 17- 1918 - 2-15-1923
Noah Baxter
Cassie Anne Baxter
Osborne B. Baxter
Dan Hall
James Thomas Hall
Lucinda Ramsey Hall
Anna Wife of W . L. Messer
Mekey Messer
Caroline Messer
o . s . Messer
Liddie 0 . Messer
Osborne Messer
Robert Messer
Andrew J. Miller
Nancy Jane Miller
Louisa Miller
Emma Miller
Reuben B . Miller TN. Pvt. Inf .
Garfield Miller
Tom Mooneyham
? Price
Willie Ramsey (wife of James)
Joe Lewis Rollins
William Arrawood Co. E TN.
12-4-1873 - 5-8- 194 4
4-21-1877 - 3-16-1963
4-5-190 1 - 12-1954
died 1-4- 1932
11- 5-1880 - 11-4-1963
6-10-1895 - 7-28-1966
died 8-14-1876
1810 - 2-28-1966
died 5- 19-1923
7-22-1844 - 11-17-1927
2-2- 1849 - 5-19- 1923
2-7-1888 - 9-21-1967
7-1-1875 - 5-11-19 0 1
died 3-25-1939
9- 18- 1860 - 12- 16-1861
died 12-21-1937
died 3-18- 1934
ND - 4 -22-1942
died 5-5-1915
died 8- 1926
ND - 11-12-1856
died 3-1939
12-6-1868 - 3- 1-1917
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Nancy Lucille Miller Age 5 5
Bil ly Joe Miller
Spicey Sparks Wife of G. W . Sparks
Luther Sparks
Earnest Sparks
G. J. Sparks
Thersay Sparks
Delia Sparks
·. • 2-25- 1 936 - 5-22- 1978
7-1 0 - 1 93 3 - 6 - 19- 1989
1-1 7-1 960 - 8- 16- 1994
1 -1 -1848 - 7-22- 1 90 0
5-1 4 - 1903 - 5-3 1-1907
5- 3 1-1 90 5 - 8-27-1906
2- 17-1 9 1 1 - 1 2- 3 1- 191 1
6-6-1 913 - 6-6-1914
8 - 13- 1914 - 9-1 1-1 920
As you come off the hill, from the cemetery, located to the
right, about · S0 yards on a ridge is a small private cemetery.
Osborne Ball
Martha Holt Ball
3-16- 1873 - 12- 2 2 - 1947
died 7-4-1946
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Located on Moore property
Infant Glenda Fay carver
William Clark
(twin dau. ) d. 2-6-1945
5- 13 -1867 - 2-3-1931
David C. Cook Lt. N. C. Inf.
Elizabeth Cook
John G. Cogdill
Alice S. Cogdill
Ben Lewis Cates
Paul A .. Jenkins
1- 25-1841 - 6-20-1881
11-20-183 7 - 1- 27-1911
1- 9-187 1 - 9-14-1953
12 -13-187 1 - 8- 29-1940
9-19-1866 - 3-1-1892
3-4-1926 - 6-23-1952
Roy S. Jenkins PFC U. S. Army WWII 11-22-1915 - 2-22-1965
Martin Mccann
John Lewis Moore
Calloat L. Moore
Kenneth Moore U.S. Army
Clay Wayne Moore
Amon Price
Bedford Price TN. Sgt. Arty.
Maggie Arrowood Price
Deborah C. Moore
Harold Moore
Docia Wright
Elenor. Ola Thibedeua
Rev. Lester L. Raines
ND
12- 19 -189 2 3-5-1972
10 -27-1895 - 5- 4-1962
7-18- 1933 - 2-4-1993
3-20- 1918 - 6-4-1969
4-22-1883 - 7-17-1957
7-7-1885 - 1-14- 1953
4-7-189 7 10-1-1936
3-12-1960 - 6-3-1982
8- 2-1940 - 5-25-1983
12 -10-187 0 - 2-6-1949
1- 9-1920 - 11-30-1990
2-17-1911 - 12-2 9-1977
5- 15- 1915 - 2-6-19 94
3-4-1927 - 5- 20-1975
1- 6-1907 - 7-25- 1945
born 10-13-1896
6-24-189 9 - 8-11-1962
Eunice c. Raines
Grady W. Duckett
Zona Johnson Wilson
John Jr. Wilson
John Wilbur Smith
James Edward Price
Rev. W. S. Price
Pvt. U. S. ·Army WWI 5- 16-1898 - 8- 16-1979
7-30-1850 - 4-6-1938
Susie Price
Kenneth 'Lil ·Ken ' Price
Polly- Price
5-71852 - 3-20-1944
3-2-1933 - 3-25- 1995
5- 10-1912 - 7-10- 1985
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Located on Green Corner Road approximately 2 miles above Green
Corner Cemetery .
Ellen Price Cogdill 11-22-1 894 - 1 2-27-1 937
James F . Cogdill 8-6-1 890 - 11-2-1 962
Baby Gates Child of Jim Ike Gates ND
Baby Gates Child of Jim Ike Gates ND
Baby Gates Child of Jim Ike Gates ND
Baby Gates Child of Jim Ike Gates ND
Jack Child of Jim "Ike Gates ND
Lester & Hester Children of Jim Ike Gates ND
Malinda Child of Jim Ike Gates
Nancy Child of Jim Ike Gates
Bobbie Child of Charles Gates
Ellen - Child of Charles Gates
Geneva Child of Charles Gates
James Tillard Gates
Julius · Child of Wesley Gates
R.J. Gates
Roy Child of Wesley Gates
A . J Price
Nancie Price
Child of Jack Price
Claude Price
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
12-7-188 5 - 10- 12-1960
ND
5-8-1927 - 11-11 - 1948
ND
·1 865 - 1 940
1 8 78 - 193 3
ND
8-12-191. 1 - 1-14-1953
Turner Price TN. Sgt r AAF 5-11 -1920 - 1- 14-1953
Feli Price Sgt . Major U . S . Army 9-12-1904 - 10-4-1 966
Clyde c . Price
Nichola Price Pvt . U . S . Army
Annie B . Price
Bobby Hal Woody
Sarah Raines
4-7-1917 - 2 - 2 8-198 7
1 -28-1909 - 10-14-1985
4-16-1915 1-2 1-1994
12-3 1-1937 - 6-1-1986
4-6-1861 - 7-15-1937
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Grave of David Price TN . Pvt .
3 8 U. S. Vol . Inf. Oct. 8 , 193 5
Located on Snownbird Mountain
on a ridge near what once was
Joe Smith property, and was once
the Price homeplace . There are
9 unmarked graves here . They are
said to be graves of chi l dren.
rwo belongiflg to Bedford and
Maggie Price, and one chi l d of
Joe & Carrie Greene .
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Pigeon Valley Bapt-ist Church The Pigeon Valley Baptist Church was organized on October
26, 1889, in _ Hartford TN. The church met in the _school building
that was located on the hillside just below what is now the
Clark Cemetey. Rev. J.B. Cogdill was the first pastor and W.N .
Johnson was the church clerk.
In November 1893 the church met and elected Rev. Eli Trentham
for their pastor, he served till 1895.
A new church was erected in 1910 on the banks of Mill Creek.
Trustees of the church were : Rev. Henry Husky, Bro. J.M. Black,
and Bro. M. S. Sisk.
Other pastors over the years were: Rev I. N. Bradley, Rev.
George Williams, Rev. William Hall, Rev. Eli Thomas, Rev. Lee
Thomas, Rev. Lewis Cates, Rev. Will Weaver, Rev. J. P. Davis,
Rev. Homer Brown, Rev. Jess Johnson, Rev. Soll ie Fish, Rev.
Roe Ford, Rev. Blaine Conard, and Rev. H. A. Freeman.
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Dora Alexander
Brad Jr. Son of B. Arrowood
Leio Hall Wife of J. W. Arrowood
Julia Ball
Martha Ball
? Green
Charles N. Green
Laura E. Green
Dellie Green
Elizabeth Wife of B A. Green
Ida Green
Isaac Green
Sarah Green
L.E. Green
N. A. Wife of S. D. Green
W. A. Green
Winnie. Green
M. C. Johnson
Robie Johnson
Johnnie Allen Justus
Rebecca Justus (Arrowood)
Olive Justus
Victoria Justus
Allie Kirkpatrick
David Knight
Nancy Knight
Martha Laws
Martin Laws
William H. McKinney Pvt. WWI
Sarah Ann Parks Messer
Audrey Lee Rollins
Decima Rollins
Allen Teague
Ethel Green Waters
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4-14-1919 - 9-24-1923
6-13- 1884 - 12- 12-1909
3-6-1880 - 4-26- 1900
11- 1853 - 12- 16-1915
ND - 10 -23- 1887
2-13- 1859 - 8-30 - 1923
7-25-1864 - 7-9- 1917
ND - 2-25- 1903
9-26-1846 - 10-17-1904
6-16-1885 - 6- 16-1890
5-27- 1822 - 9-7- 1907
2-27- 1820 - 8-11-1906
ND - 9-9- 1897
7-30-1880 - 4-11-190 1
2-4-1870 - 5-2-1918
ND - 4- 1918
4-22- 1882 - 10-19-1918
10-8-1912 - 12-11-1919
7-3-1876 - 7-15- 1912
6- 16-1882 - 9-26- 1957
3- 11- 1898 - 8- 1899
1-7- 190 0 - 5-10 - 1914
ND - 12-1917
10-24-1830 - 10-26- 1898
2-13- 1833 3-24- 1923
7-11-1855 - 7-29- 1899
9-23- 1851 - 8- 10- 1918
1 1-12-1883 - 12- 19- 1969
7-5-1881 - 8-4- 1924
9-4- 1896 - 6-24- 1916
10-23-1913 - 12-20- 1955
ND - 9-9- 1921-
7-4- 1890 - 8-30 -1917
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Raven ' s Branch Church of Christ
-The church was organized in the ye_ar 18 66. by Lawson Maddron
and Jess Baxter in the home of Solomon and Martha Ann (Vaughn )
Rollins. It was first called the Mount Pleasant , Church . of Christ .
The Raven ' s Branch Church, built in 1 905, was dedicated on
Easter Sunday 1 906, by Jasper Haynes .
The above picture was .submitted· in memory of Faye Wilson
Green . Information about the church submitted by Frances Bal l
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Ravens Branch
The first families to settle in the Ravens Branch area were ;
John and Sara Laws, James and Amanda Laws, Solomon and Martha
Rollins, and Isaac and Sarah Green. They found the land to be
fertile, with plenty of trees, wild game was plentiful, and
there were cool, clear streams. These men choose Ravens Branch
to settle down, build their homes, and raise their fami lies.
John and Sara settled near Messer Mountain. Isaac and Sarah
settled on a large tract of land near Green Hil l. Sot omon and
Martha built their home near where the Grassy Fork School now
stands . James and Amanda built a log house near what is now
Laurel Fork .
As soon as these men built and completed their homes, they
began clearing the land for crops. Being religious people, they
held church services in the homes of Solomom Rollins and Isaac
Green until they could build a church. Isaac Green and John
Potter were the first elders.
A log church was built in 1874, on land donated by Isaac
Green and was located on almost the same spot as the present
Ravens Branch Church of Christ stands today . The church also
served as a school until Compton Memorial School was built.
The log church was eventually torn down and a new church
erected in 19 05 - 19 06. A more modern church was built in 1947,
and still stands today.
John and Sara Laws had 10 children, Isaac and Sarah Green
had 11, or more, children. James and Amanda Laws had 4 or 5
children, and Soloom and Martha Rollins had S r or more,
:children . . As the chil dren grew up and married their parents
would give them a piece of land of their own to build their
homes on.
Charles N. Green built a large general store. He had almost
everything a person needed ; food, household items, medicines,
clothing, hardware, etc . Linke Rollins also owned a store up
the creek from Charles ' store. Another store owner in the area
was Ben Ball. Guldor and Dave Laws operated a grist mill .
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sball7 a port popular in the United States _ ( where it
is the national: game) . · It is ·played by two opposing teams of
· nine piayers eafh--a. pitcher , catcher , four infielders , and
three outfielders .
In the twenties and thirties the communities had ball teams
with each team having a place to play, the community ball field.
Going to the ball games was a big deal and everyone enjoyed
seeing their team play . Some of the players were Atlanta Brave
caliber.
Ravens Branch Ball Team ( Taken in the 192 0 's)
Front row - Alton Justus, Sam Green, George Laws, Bernie Hal l ,
Joe Holt , Osborne Baxter
Back row - Chan Johnson, Charlie Hal l , Ike Hal l , Polk Baxter ,
Roy Laws ( Young boy on the end is Creed Laws)
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Cake Walks & Pie Suppers
I can remember when they use to have pie suppers at the school
and the girls would spend a lot of time making their boyfriends
favorite pie and he'd have to bid on it. The boy would try to
outbid the other bidders so he could pair off with his girlfriend
and eat the pie she had made .
Sometimes his friends would decide to have a little fun with
him and they ' d bid against him just to run the price up on him .
It was all done in fun though, or so they ' d say.
A cake walk was always fun to, usually everyone who wanted
to walk would pay a nickel, or dime, to participate . They would
then gather around in a circle and when the music started playing
everyone would start walking. When the music stopped, everyone
would stop. The cake would be hidden in a certain spot and ever
who had stopped at that spot won the cake.
The cake walk first originated back in the 1840 ' s. Couples
would dance, and strut around a square area and the couple that
was the most inventive with their dance would win te cake.
By the late 1 80 0's the cake walk had reached great popularity
and soon became very popular at a lot of social functions and
events.
I was told, by someone who had recently participated in a
cake walk, that it now costs a dollar, and instead of walking
around to music you stand in one spot to play. She said everyone
who wanted to be in the cake walk would gather around in a circle
and in the center of the circle was a spinner. Someone would
spin it, and ever who it was pointing towards when it stopped
won the cake .
Cake walks have changed over the years, and have been done
many different ways, but no matter how it is done it is still
always fun to cake walk, and hopefully even win • . . the cake.
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The tales of my Mother, Barbara Sparks Disbrow and her early
life in Ravens Branch, Tennessee drove me to look up my ancestors
and find out more about my family in 1 9 9 0 . I too remembered
going up in the hills as some say to visit when my grandfather
was alive and to his funeral in 1 9 6 9 but after that they became
only memoris until I returned in 1 9 9 0 and sought out those still
living and made some wonderful new family ties and friendships.
My earliest known Sparks ancestor is John Sparks who · was
born in 1 7 9 1 in North Carolina. He was married to a woman named
Sally who was born in 1 7 8 8 in South Carolina. I have only found
two children of this marriage so far . The oldest is John J.
Sparks who was born in 1 8 2 1 in North Carolina and died in 1 8 6 3
presumably in the Civil War although no records have yet been
located. The second child was Thomas Sparks who was born in 1 8 2 9
in North Carolina and also married a woman named Sally .
Earliest records of John J . Sparks are found in Haywood
County, North Carolina around Fines Creek. Here most , of his
family was born with a couple being born in Cocke County,
Tennessee. His first wife was Edy Brown who was born in 1 8 2 0 in
South Carolina . Edy apparently died around 1 8 5 5 in Haywood
County, North Carolina and left him with a young family .
John remarried to Martha Jane Rogers who was born in 1 8 3 6
and died in 1 8 8 2 . Martha and John had some additional children
before John was killed in 1 8 6 3 . She was left a very poor widow
after his - passing and asked for assistance to pay her expenses .
She remarried to a Green in a few years and he helped raise her
young children.
The children of John J. Sparks are as follows :
1 . Johh T. Sparks ( 1 8 4 1 - ) married Alicia C. Davis
2. George Washington Sparks ( 1 8 4 2 - 1 9 2 8 )
· 3 . Joseph Sparks ( 1 8 4 3 - )
4 . Junious "James" Sparks ( 1 8 4 5 - )
5 . Maurice N. Sparks ( 1 8 4 9 - 1 9 1 0 ) married Stacy Brown
6 . Elizabeth Sparks ( 1 8 5 4 - 1 8 8 0 )
7 • Martha Sparks ( 1 8 5 5 - ) ,··
Children of John & Martha
8 . Mary Margaret Sparks ( 1 8 5 7 - 1 9 2 3 ) married Robert Mooney
9 . Nancy Eleanor Sparks · ( 1 8 5 9 - 1 8 8 4 ) married Spencer Green
From these lines we know the following descendants. John T.
Sparks and his wife Alicia had a daughter c . M. Sparks who
married D . C. Davis. Maurice- married Stacy and settled in the
Waynesville, North Carolina area where many of their descendants
still reside. His family looks like this :
Chi ldren of Maurice N . Sparks and Stacy Salinda Brown
1 . Ellen Laurene Sparks ( 1 8 7 1 -19 2 1 ) married Wesley R .
Curry ( 1 8 6 3 -1 94 6 ) No Chi ldren .
2 . Joseph L . Sparks ( 1 874- ) married Althea E .
Williamson ( 18 7 6 - ) Nothing Known .
3 . Wil liam Mattison Sparks ( 1 875-1 94 1 ) married Mattie
Rachel Williamson ( 1 8 8 3 - 1 9 7 3 ) .
Children :
A . Evan Thomas Sparks ( 1 906-1 9 8 2 ) m - Maude Morgan
B . Ellen Pauline Sparks ( 1 907-1 9 0 9 )
C . Maude Abbie ( 1 9 1 0 - ) m - Frank Lavelle
D. Amanda Thelma Sparks { 1 9 1 2- ) m - Edwin Reece
E . Ada Minnie Sparks ( 1 916- ) m - Cli fton Taylor
F . Edwin Rufas Sparks { 1 919- ) m - Erika
G . Mary Lee Sparks { 1 9 2 2-1 9 2 4 )
H . Wi l l iam Bruce Sparks { 1 9 25- ) m - Clara Stough
4 . J . Nathan Sparks { 1 878-195 2 ) Unmarried
5 . Dollie F . Sparks ( 18 7 9-1954 ) married Robert E .
Arrington { 18 7 0 - 1 9 3 8 ) .
Children :
A . Marcie Love Arrington { 1 921- ) m - Hoyt Waters
6 . Alfred Hardy Sparks ( 1 881-195 2 ) married Demia Treadway
{ 1884-1954 ) .
Chi ldren :
A . Harry Monroe Sparks { 19 0 6-1951 ) Unmarried
B . Hel len Laurena Sparks ( 1907-1919 )
C . Maurice Randolph Sparks ( 1 910-1916 )
D . John Wesley Sparks { 19 1 2-1985 ) married Ruth
Hooper ( 1 9 1 2 - ) .
E . Ned Houston Sparks { 19 1 3 - ) married Beulah Mae
Arrington { 1 915-1983 ) .
F . Mary Margaret Sparks ( 1 921- ) married Lester
Eavanson ( 1 917- ) .
7 . Zimery R . Sparks { 1 885-1955 ) married Clara Evaline F ish
{ 1888-1973 ) .
Children:
A . Dol lie Varden Sparks ( 1 908-1 9 9 0 ) Unmarried
B . Agnes V . Sparks ( 1 91 1 - 1 99 0 ) m - Glenn Green
c . Wi l l iam Barnett Sparks { 191 4-1976 ) m - Dollie
Phil l ips
D . George Jackson Sparks ( 1918-1978 ) m - Clara
Carrdus
E . Andrew Nathan Sparks { 19 2 2 - ) m - Helen
Bentley
F . Ruth Elder Sparks ( 1 925-19 9 6 ) m - Filbert Revis
G . Mari Jane Sparks { 19 2 8 - ) m - Victor Dungan
H . Stacy E . ( 19 3 0 - ) m - James Heaton Jr .
8 . Amelia D . Sparks ( 1887-1 9 3 8 ) married John A . Hawkins
( 1 864- ).
Children:
A . Hartsel Samuel Hawkins { 19 1 2- )
B . Hardy Rufas Hawkins ( 19 1 4- )
c . Ben j amin s . Hawkins ( 1 917- )
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E. Clarence C. Hawkins
F. Male Hawkins (1924-
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The children of Martha and John also settled in the Haywood
County area and are known as follows. Mary Margaret Sparks
married Robert J. Mooney {1854 ) and had the following
children:
1.
2.
3.
Mary
(1873-
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Jesse L. Mooney {1882-1949) married Nellie McCracken
{1883-1976 ).
Children :
A. Robert Ben jamin Mooney {1907-1967 ) Unmarried
B. Ed,na Lee Mooney ( 1908- · m - Robert Fisher
( 1'899- ) .
C. Carl David Mooney (1910-
(1921- ).
D. Gerald Waldo Mooney (1913-
Carver {1913- ).
E. Joseph Pinkney Mooney (1916-
Green {1926- ).
) m - Effie Davis
) m - Janice
m - Frances
Mattie E. Mooney {1885- 1951) Unmarried
James E. Mooney {1887- )
Margaret married 2nd to William Thomas Kirkpatrick
. ). they had the following childr en :
Ella Myrtle Kirkpatrick {1895- )
. Iva Dee Kirkpatrick {1899-1914 ).
· The other child of John J. Sparks and his first wife Edy
Brown is our ancestor · George Washington Sparks. He came to ·
Ravens Branch and Del Rio, Tennessee and settled on land . He was
a farme.r. and a · man khow for a feisty temper as we ll as. a good
heart ; His first wife was Spicy Ball {1848-1 900). They had the
following hildren .
1. Mary Elizabeth Sparks {1866-1886)
Chi ld :
A. Morice Sparks (1886-1927? )
2. Silas Sparks (1870-1932) married 1st to Ida Laws
{1875- 19?? ).
Children :
A. deorge Martin Sparks {1894-1973 ) m - Hilda
Perkins (1895-1900).
B. Thmon Sparks (1897-1898)
c. Manota Mae Sparks (1899-1972) m - Gervis
Claiborne (1900-1963 ).
Silas married 2nd to Nancy Ellen Black ' {l880- 1958 )
Childr en :
D. Frank B. Sparks (1915- 1990 ) m - Robbie McMahan
(1919- ).
E. Doris Sparks (1917- · ) m - Horace Leonard
Green (1906- 1986) .
3. Ira Sparks (1873-before 1900)
4. Martha Sparks (1876-before 1900)
5.
6.
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Benjamin Isaac Spar½s (1878-1958) married Deborah
Flora Ann Miller {1887-1957 ).
Children :
A. Luther Sparks {19031907 )
B. Earnest Sparks {1905-1906 )
c. Laura Sparks {1907-1907)
D. George Herbert Sparks {1909- 1969) married
Essie Belle Ramsey {1914- 1978) . This couple
were my grandparents .
E. G. J. Sparks {1911-1911)
F. Thersay Sparks {1913-1914 )
G. Talbert Edward Sparks {1915-1993 ) married
Beatrice Jenkins (1917-1993 ). Lived their
entire lives in Del Rio and active members of
the community with a large family .
H. Martha Ernaline Sparks {1917- ) married
Alfred s. Gregg (1916-1995) . Martha resides
in Newport.
I. Delia Sparks (1919-1920 )
J. Flueradellis Sparks (1921- ) married
Cleophus O'Neal (1914-1984 ). Del as she is
known resides in Newport .
K. Clara Mae Sparks (1923- 1923 )
John Conley Sparks (1880-1917) married Millie Smith
(1889- after 1920) .
Children :
A. Ida M. Sparks {1904-before 1986) Unmar ied
B. Hattie c. Sparks {1907-before 1986 ) Una iried
C. Murray Taft Sparks {i909-1986 ) married
Eli zabeth Swanger {1911-1993 ).
D. Mary M . . Sparks {1913- ·) married
Brooks .
John Jacob Sparks {1883-1961) married Martha · ane
Ellison {1883-1958).
Chi ldren :
A. Eula Sparks {1905-1987 ) married Grove Lyda
( 1904- , ) .
B. Cora Elizabeth Sparks (1907 ) married
Horner A. Craft (1911-1970 ).
c. Viola Sparks (1909-1993 ) married Broadas
Graydon {1911- ).
D. Flos sie Sparks {1912- ) Unm arried
E. John Walter Sparks (1914- 1964) married
Ernestine Black {1919- ).
F. Oras Huck Sparks (1917- ) married Lo is
Friar {1915- ).
G. Opal Juanita Sparks (1921- ) married Roy A.
Lawless (1921-1973 ).
H. Ernest L. Sparks ( 1922-'1 ) married Ethe1
Harwell (1922- ).
I. Mae Frances Sparks {1926-1985) Unmarried
George Mi lburn Sparks {1885-1958 ) married Edna J.
Cogdill (1896-1969 ).
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B. James Walter Sparks ( 1917-
Gennievee Vinson ( 1922- ) .
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c . Cora Sparks ( 19 20-1986 ) married Joe Davis
( 1914- ) .
D. Naomi Sparks ( 1922-
Waters ( 19 14- ) .
) married Clemson
E. Ruth Sparks ( 19 25-
VanOrden ( 1917-
) married Chester
) . F. Carl Sparks ( 1929- ) married 1st Joyce
Hawks, 2nd Mary Temms ( 1941- ) , 3rd Neal
McKenny ( 19 3 2- ) .
G . A. L. Sparks ( 19 3 3-
( 1935- ) .
) marI ried Sara Brady
H. Mattie Sparks ( 1936-
Alewine ( 19 30-197 7 ) .
) married Henry
I. Edith June Sparks ( 19 3 8-1 9 3 8 )
Riley Louis Sparks ( 1889-1954 ) married 1st to Essie
Thomas.
Children :
A. Edna Sparks married Percy Moser
Riley married 2nd to Beulah Moore
Children :
B. J. B. Sparks
C. Lucille Neal .· Sparks ( 1918-
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After the death of Spicy, George married Catherine Bice
Eggrs who was known as Tennessee . . She had some children from her
first marriage and sh·e and George had two more children. As they
grew older they went· to live with George ' s son Joseph in
Greenville, South Carolina where · George died in 1 9 2 8. We have
not found out when Tennessee died bt .believe - it was in Tennessee
and between 1 928-19 3 5. Their childre are as follows:
10. Bessie Sparks ( 19 03-1975 ) married Steve Sydle Dabbs
( 18 95-197 2 ) .
Children :
A. Patricia ( adopted)
11. Harry Louis Arnold Sparks '( 19 05-1988 ) married 1st
to Charlotte Virginia Woods ( 19O7.l.1978 ) .
Children : ..
A. George Randolph Sparks ( 1928- ) married to
Duane Louise Mills_. ( 1931- ) .
Harry married 2nd to Pauline Huffman Seaman
( 1910- ) . Pauline and her step-son both reside
in Newport News , Virginia.
There are many families in the Cocke County area who have
married into the Sparks branches. One who has diligently
researched it is Brenda Green Wilburn. Many thanks go out to her
for her help in compiling notes and dates etc . .
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Our earl iest known ancestor is Will iam Mil ler who was born
in 1806 in Tennessee . We do not know exactly where he was born
or when ad where he died . The only known child we know of is
our direct ancestor , George W. Miller . He was born in 1828 in
Cocke County , Tennessee . on February 1 8 , 1849 he married
Temperance Potter , daughter of Johnson Potter and Sara Gwyn in
Cocke County , Tennessee .
Temperance was born in 1 8 3 1 in Carter County , Tennessee and
died in 1889 in Cocke County , Tennessee . George and Temperance
were farmers and lived and worked land in the Ravens Branch and
Del Rio area of Cocke County . George was a soldier in the Civil
War and was kil led near Atlanta , Georgia in a battle on August : 6 ,
186 4 . Records of his service and military life are in the hands
of several of his descendents .
1 .
George and Temperance had the following chi ldren :
Al fed C . Miller ( 1 851-
( 1 858-1937 ) .
Children :
) married Sarah Louise Teague
A . Martha Miller ( 1 875- m - Jesse. Ramsey
B . Nancy A . Mi l l er ( 1878- )
C . James M . Mil ler ( 1 880- )
D . George Mil ler ( ) m - Myrl ----
E . Rachel Mil ler ( ) m - Jess Laws
F . Debbie Jane Mil ler ( )
G. Cordie Miller (
H . Ben Miller ( . .
I . John Miller (
J . Bruce Mi l l er (
) m - Etta swi'nger .
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) m - N61 Suttles
2 . Sarah A. Mil ler ( 18 5 3 - ) Nothing Known
3 . Emi ly Catherine Mil ler ( 1856-1941 ) married Johnny Greene
( 1 852-1935 ) .
Children :
A . Alfred Greene ( 187 3-1885 )
B . Unnamed Greene ( 1 873-1873 )
c . Rachel Greene ( 1 874- ) m - Taylor Clark
D . Eli zah Greene ( 1878-1 9 2 1 ) m - Hester Dockery
E . Elisha Greene ( 1 878-1917 ) - Dovie Clark
F . Ruben Henry Greene ( 1879-19 6 2 ) m - Amanpa Potts
G . George Jacob Greene ( 1880- )
H . Tempie Eli z abeth Greene ( 1881-1884 )
I . Hannah Elvira Greene ( 1 882- )
J . Sarah El len Greene ( 18 8 3 - ) m- Rube - Kirkpatrick
K . Wil l iam Lawson Greene ( 1887- ) m - Rachel
L . Sarah Greene ( 1 888- )
M . Charlotte Greene ( 1890-
N . Lonibe l l Greene ( 1 892-
-Freeman
) m - Wi l l iam Granviel
) m - Sam Smithpeters
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O . James Robert Greene ( 1 8 9 4 - ) m - '-Bertha Banks
P . Cassie Greene ( 1 897-19 7 8 ) m Johnny Bal l
Q . Benjamin Ashley Greene ( 1 897-194 1 ) m - Gracie
Alexander
R . Robert Greene ( 1 899- )
S . Dovie Greene ( 18 9 9-1991 ) m 1st - Ben McKinney
m 2nd Garfield Ball
4 . Rachel A. Mil ler ( 1 857- married Ben Ashley
5 . Mary C . Miller ( 1 859- ) married Lawson Dunn
Chi ldren :
A . Lawson Dunn Jr .
6 . Hannah Elvira Miller ( 1 860-1 9 3 6 ) married John Jones Jr .
7 .
( 18 6 1 - 1 9 2 2 ) .
Children :
A . Tempi E . Jones ( 18 8 9-1 908 )
B . Wi l l iam Jones ( 1 890- ) m - Mil l ie Black
C . Swan Jones ( 1 891- ) m - Wi llie Mae McDonald
D . Harriet Jones ( 1 893-i91 3 ) m - Dave Messer
E . Estela Jones ( 1895-1 9 1 9 )
F . El len Jones ( 1 899-1985 ) m - Royal Green ( 1 8 8 0 -
1 9 4 0 )
G . James Jones ( 1 901-19 7 0 ) m - Wi llie Edna McKnight
H . Curtis Jones ( 1 907-191 0 )
I . Burt Jones ( 1 908-19 1 5 )
J . Carter Jones ( 1909-19 7 0 ) m - Virgie ___ _
Andrew Johnson Mil ler the · youngest child was born June 2.8 ,
1 8 6 1 in Hartford , Cocke County , Tennessee . He was married
on February 1 8 , i 8 8 2 in Cocke County , Tennessee to Emily
Ruff or Emma as she was known . Emma was the daughter of
George L . Ruff and Annie Green who were from Haywood
County , North Carolina . Emma was born March 2 2 , 1 8 5 6 in
Fines Creek , Haywood County , North Carolina and died March
1 8 , 1 9 3 4 in Hartford , Tennessee . Andrew' died March 2 5 ,
1 9 3 9 in Hartford , Tennessee . They both are buried in the
Ball Cemetery . Emma had been married prior - to Andrew and
lef_t a young widow with two children . Both Mary and Noah
were raised by Andrew as if they were his own children :
Chi ldren :
A . Mary Oma Miller ( 1876-1 9 7 7 ) m - Rueben Marron Holt
( 1 8 7 8 - 1 9 2 9 ) . They were married on January 7 , 1 8 9 7
i n Hartford , Tennessee . Mary and Rueben moved to
Florida and raised their fami ly , several of whom
still reside around Florida . Rueben disappeared
in 1 9 2 9 while in town one day and was never heard
from again.
Chi ldren :
1 ) Nancy ( 1 898-19 7 2 ) m - 1st Charles Richardson
2nd Ora Hill carpenter
2 ) Ida Mae ( 1 8 99-1977 ) m - ____ Manning
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4) Floyd W Holt (1905-1984 ) m - 1st Lerleen ---
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5) Hattie (1908-????) m - ____ Cain
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6) Unknown Holt died young
7) Rueben E. (1917-1995 ) m - Leara Hall
8) Jewell (1919- 1990) m - 1st Stanley Anderson
2nd Rufas Lowe
3rd Dallas Hemphi ll
4th Chuck Tyson
9) Ruth (1922- ) m - Rex Lightcap
10) Fletcher c. (1926- ) m - 1st Evelyn Oliver
2nd Evelyn Burney
B,. Noah Green Ruff ( 1879-1933 ) married a woman from
England named Annie ( -1933 ). Noah and Annie
lived in Chicago and owned a barber shop along
with a rental home . One day in 1933 they both
disappeared without a trace . Neither was ever
heard from again . They did not have any ch ildren .
c. Deborah Flora Ann (1887-1957 ) married Ben jamin
Isaac Sparks (1878-1958 ). They were married
December 21 , 1901 in Ravens Branch , Tennessee .
They both farmed and worked hard to live off the
land and raise a family. Ben Ike as he was known
had a fiery temper and it carries through the
family today as the "Sparks Temper" , also red hair
runs in the family to go along with the temper.
Chi ldren :
1) Luther (1903-1907)
_2) Earnest (1905-1906 )
3) Laura {1907-1907)
4) George Herbert (1909-1969) married Essie Belle
·Ramsey (1914-1978 )
5) G. J. (1911-1911)
6) Thersay (1913-1914 )
7) Talbert Edward (1915-1993 ) married Beatrice
Jenkins (1917-1993 )
8) Martha Erna line (1917- ) married Alfred s.
Gregg (1916-1995 )
.9) Delia {1919-1920)
io) Flueradellis (1921- ) married Cleophus
O'Neal (1914-1984 )
11) Clara Mae (1923-1923)
D. Garfield (1888-1915 ) . rnarried Ellen Fish on July
23, 1909 in Ravens Branch , Tennessee . Garfield
died under mysterious circumstances which were
never spoken about too much . Heand Ellen did not
have any chi ldren and she later remarr ied to a
Harrison Caldwel l. Ellen died in 1936.
E. Carrie Belle (1890-1972 ) married Jacob Ro llins
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(1888-1972 ). They wer later to divorce . Carrie
moved to South Carolina near her daughter and died
in Gastonia , North Carol ina .
Chi ldren :
1) Emma Elizabeth (1909- ) m - Will iam Ellison
(1905-1979)
2) Elsie R. (1911-1982) m - Isaac Rollins (1909-
1963 )
3) Rueben (1920-1972 ) m - Flossie Kendrick
F. Julia Mae (1892-1893) Died Young
G. Naomi (1894-1898 ) Died Young
H. Ari:zona "Zon ie" (1895-1968 ). Zonie married to
David L.Maness (18??-1931) on September 29, 1911
in Hartford , Tennes see . This family left
Tennessee and moved to South Carolina . Zonie
ended up living near a daughter in Paris ,
Tennessee .
Children :
1) Clarence (1913-1978) m-Hattie Worthy (l918- )
2) Jessie (1915- ) m - ____ Shelton
3) Robert (1917- 1977)
4) Ruby Cecil (1919- ) m - 1st Fletcher Ashley
2nd Frank Whitlock
I. Rueben Bartley (1899-1942 ) married Nola Davis
(1908- ) on June 28, 1927 in Hart ford ,
Tennessee . Rueben was wounded during World War I
and had steel plate in his head which lead to his
early death at a young age . Nola and several of
her fmaily members still live in the Hartford
area .
Children :
1) Auton (1927-
2) Verlan (1929-
3) Lita (1932-
4) Cardell (1934-
) m 1st Violet Duckett
2nd Minnie Davis
) m - Ruth Barnes
) m - Ralph Bul lentin
) m Hannah Bullentin
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Alfred ( 9 -8- 1852 - 2-23- 1921) married Aug. 25, 1877 to Polly
Ann Barnes ( 5- 1856 - ?) . Alfred is the son of Ira and Mary
(Miller) Ball. Polly is the daughter of Thomas and Francis
( Caldwel l ) Barnes. Alfred and Poll y raised their family of eight
children in Cosb y , TN.
( 1 ) W i 11 i am Ba 11 ( 6 - 1 8 7 8 - ? )
( 2) John Ball (2- 5 - 1 881 - 6-4- 1 927) married Dora Valentine
(3) Martha Ball (8- 1 883 - ?) married John Miller
( 4 ) Jacob (Jake) Ball (4- 3 - 1886 - 5 -24-1 970) married Anna
Elizabeth (Annie) Gunter (7- 12- 189 1 - 1 2-26- 1988)
( 5) Kervie Ball (8- 18- 1888 - 5-26- 1969) married Delia McGaha
(6) James Lawson Ball ( 1 1- 189 1 - 7-7 1925)
( 7) El len Ball ( 4-21- 1894 - 11-20- 1983) married ( 1) Newton
(Mute) McGaha (2) John Carver ( 3) Winfield Scott Ball
(8) Margaret Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bal l (2-21- 1897 - 5 -22- 1967)
married Oscar Campbell
Alfred is buried at Tritt Cemetery, in CoBby , TN . in a grave
marked only by fieldstone. Although we could find no death
certificate on Polly , she is believed to be buried beside Alfred,
in a grave marked only by fieldstone.
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Osborne Ball ( 1779 - 1860) married Sept . 26, 1803, in Grainger
Country, TN. to Martha Patsy Thomason ( 1786 - ?) . Osborne was
born in N.C. and Martha was born in Virginia .
We find them in the 1810, Buncombe County, N.C. census.
Sometime between 1811 - 181 7 they moved to Cocke County, TN.
and bought 1680 acres of land in the Ravens Branch area,
givingsome to his children .
Osborne was said to be part Indian • • s ome clai he was
Cherokee, some Choctaw, and others say he was Blackfoot. We
have no written proof of this, however we have all been told
this.
The Balls were Baptist • • Ira and his family were charter
members of Mt . Zion Church at Grassy Fork. Later his son was
a deacon .
Osborne and Martha Patsy had about sixteen children .
( 1) Royal Ball ( 1804) married Elizabeth . Price
( 2) Maranie Ball ( 1805) married Matthew Black
( 3) Merriman Ball ( 1806) married Rebecca Burke
( 4) Meekie Ball ( 1807 - 2-28- 187 1) married Soloman Messer
( 5) Adonijah Bal l ( 1 808 - 11-1908) married Mary Polly Hal l
( 6) Elmina Bal l ( 1810 - 6- 1 9 - 1893) married Alexander Stinett
( 7) Alfred Ball ( 3-28-1811) married Mahala Williams
( 8) H. Morgan married Melina Henry
( 9) Nelson Ball
( 10) John Ball
( 1 1) Aaron Ball
( 12) Sarah Bal l
( 13) Tilman Bal l ( 1 821) married Elizabeth Bales
( 14) Mary Ball
( 15) Almeda Bal l
( 16) Ira Ball ( 5-7- 1827 - 11-15-1893) married ( 1) Mary Mil ler
( 2) Mary Ann Katherine Potter
Osborne Ball is buried at the Ball Cemetery, overlooking
his orginal homeplace • .h e has a homemade marker. Martha Patsy
is believed to be buried somewhere in the Shady Grove/Edwina
area near where her son Merriman lived.
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Noah Baxter ( 12-4-1 873 - 5-81 944), son of James Knox Polk
and Rebecca Matilda (Caton) Baxter, grew up in the Catons Grove
and Bluffton areas of Cocke County . While teaching school at
Bell Hill, Noah met and married Cassie Anne Ball (4-2 1-18 77
- 3-16- 1943) on Dec . 3, 1899 . Cassie was the daughter of Ira
and Mary Ann Katherine (Potter) Ball of Ravens Branch.
Noah and Cassie had 9 children they were :
(1) Osborne B. married Rachel Hall
(2) Docie Mae married James Rollins
(3) Lewis Knox Polk married Emma Hall
(4) Samuel Noah married Jewell Justus
(5) Mattie Jane married Benjamin Franklin Ashley
(6) Viola C. married Frank Grandberry
(7) Goldie Ellen married C.E. Chuck Leatherwood
(8) Georgie Marie married Paul Hicks
(9) Effie De Lee died young .
Noah was a farmer, surveyor, teacher, carpenter, and all
r he did, he did well •• he was a man of method and order . Noah
was a keeper of charts, survey maps, church records, . social
events, family facts, daily egg, and visitor count . He kept
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diaries and recorded everything . Cassie was a perfect helpmate
for him, a real worker and manager .
Cassie ran the farm (with help from the children) when Noah
did jobs that took him away fom home . Cassie cooked, canned,
gathered and stored food for the winter months . She was a "Herb
Doctor" and gathered roots, plants, and bark from the wild . ·
She made clothing, quilts, pillows, feather beds and bedding
and kept her family clean and neat . When help was needed in
the community for birthings, sickness, or death she was always
there . She loved people •• living or dead and felt it was her
sacred duty to keep the graves at the Ball Graveyard clean .
Noah and Cassie moved into their home on Long Branch Road
on Dec . 4, 191 1, and spent the rest of their days there . They
are buried nearby, at he Bal l Graveyard .
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Brown's community was once called Moraine, before that there
was a Post Office called Tampa. William Erastus (Rat) Brown
carried mail, on foot, from Hartford to Brown ' s for 25 years.
Others who carried mail were Milburn Brown (4 years) and Garfield
Jenkins .
Brown's community all but disappeared with the construction
of I-40. Neighboring communities are Hartford, Barnes Valley,
and Mt . Sterling, N. C.
Robert Brown (18 2 2-1882) son of Henry and Tempy (Wakefield)
Brown, married March 1 9, 1 845 to Narcissus Elizabeth Green (9-
12-183 0 - 6-26-1916) . Narcissus parents were James and Stacy
(Willard) Green. Robert and Narcissus had 1 1 children.
Robert moved his family from Haywood County, N. C. to Cocke
County, TN. to a place known as Tinker Branch (near Barnes
Valley) sometime around 1870. An entry for 1182 acres of land
was recorded for Bob Brown on Jan. 28, 1875.
Robert and Narcissus are buried in the Barnes Valley Cemetery,
there are no markers.
Children and Grandchildren of Robert and Narcissus Brown
1 . William M . Brown (1846-192 1) married Sarah Rebecca Fish (18 38-
1926)
1. Larkin Brown married Sylvia Huskey
2. Erastus (Rat) Brown married Matilda Jenkins
3. Malcolm Brown married Alice Lindsey
4 . Martha Brown married Isaac Clark
5 . Eli zabeth (Sis) Brown married James Ramsey
2. Lettie E . Brown (4-2 2-1848 - 6 - 1 0 - 1933) married (1) William
D. Griffith (6-28- 1 8 3 3 - 1873) (2) John B. Coggins (b. 1855)
1. Sarah Eli zabeth Griffith married George Jenkins
2. Ellen Griffith married James Jenkins
3. Robert (Bob) Griffith married Nancy Evelyn Ford
4. Anna Coggins (died young)
5 . George Coggins married Catherine Jenkins
6. Mal olm (Make) Coggins married Rinda Messer
7. Eliza Coggins married John Barnes
8. Serena (Rene) Coggins married Fletcher W. Ford
3. Tempy Charlotte (Lottie) Brown (1852- 1936)
4. Wiley Columbus (Lum) Brown (b. 1853) married Adaline Barnes,
daughter of Thomas & Fannie (Caldwell) Barnes .
1. Robert L. Brown (died young)
2. William L. Brown (died young)
3. Milbern Brown (died young)
4. Dovie Brown married (1) ? Hall (2) George W. Mcsween
5. Stacy Salinda Brown (1855 - 3-28- 1929) married William Barnes
(11-18-1846 - 1-2- 1944), son of Thomas & Fannie (Caldwell)
Barnes.
1. Mary Alice Barnes married Anderson Ramsey
2. Malcolm Barnes
3. Joel Barnes
4. Western Barnes married Martha (Mattie) Jenkins
5. Bedford Barnes married Li zzie Naillon
6. Charles Barnes married Sarah Shultz
7. Mattie Barnes married Bill McGaha
8. Ida Barnes married Garfield Jenkins
9. Jack Barnes (died young)
10. Curt Barnes
11, 12 , & 13. Set of triplets (died young)
6. James (Froggy) Brown (6- 15-1857 - 3-18- 194 1) married Nancy
Jane Barnes (1857 - 11-23- 1937), daughter of Thomas & Fannie
(Caldwell) Barnes.
1. Fannie Brown married Billy Phillips
2. Miles Brown married Isabelle Jenkins
3. William Brown married Debbie Naillon
4. Robert Brown
5. Sallie Brown married William Naillon
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7. Lottie Brown married John Reuben Naillon
8. Larkin Brown married Po lly Jenkins
7. Henry Manson (Jeff) Brown (2-1 4-1861 - 12- 18- 1937) married
(1) Rebecca Phil lips (2) Laura Jenkins
1. Joe Brown
2. Martha Brown married ? Price
3. Ceophus Brown married Charity Phil lips
4. Frank Brown married Sarah Jane Grooms
5. Robert Brown
6. Alice Brown married ? Shults
7. Henry Brown married Virgie Jenkins
8. Leona Brown married Luther Jenkins
9. Elizabeth Brown married Belvin Webb
10. Mary Brown married Grady Hogan
11. Cindy Brown married Clay Shults
12. Tildy Brown married (1 ) Raymond Sutton (2) Weldon Moore
13. Sam Brown
8. Sarah E. Brown (b. 186 4) married George Bennett
9. Hester C. Brown (b. 1867) married George Fish
10. Robert Baxter (Back) Brown (b. 1870) married Margaret
Phil lips
1. Scott Brown married Nannie Brandeburg
2. Charlie Brown married Nancy Valentine
3. Elmer Brown married Charlie Ellison
4. Burl Brown
5. Robert Brown
6. Mae Brown married Anderson Partin
7. Ida Brown married Floyd Litteral
11. Ruth Bel le Brown (b. 1872) married John McFalls
1. Newman McFalls married Cora Brown
2. Robert McFalls
3 . Larkin McFalls married Maude Hopkins
4. Ellen McFalls married Allen Gates
5 . Nora McFalls married ? Wise
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John Lewis Moore ( 1 2 - 1 9 - 1 89 2 - 3 - 5 - 1 9 72) married June 1 5 ,
1 9 1 5 to Calloat Leatherwood ( 1 0 - 2 9 - 1 89 5 - 5 - 4- 1 9 6 2) . John and
Calloat raised eight children. ( 1 ) Charlie , ( 2) Clay Wayne ,
( 3) Ray , ( 4) Maxine , ( 5) Faye , ( 6) Manney, ( 7) Tunney , and
( 8) Kenneth.
Both John and Calloat were kind hearted people and willing
to help others in need. John and Calloat had a small country
store and once a week they traveled the rough roads into Newport
to purchase what the family needed. The following story was
told to us by their daughter , Faye.
One day when John , Calloat, and son Clay was headed into
town a deer jumped off the cliff and into the road in front
of the truck. Before the ·deer could recover Calloat jumped from
the truck and grabbed it. By this time the deer had recovered
from his addled condition and so began a fright between woman
and deer.
The deer dragged Calloat down _ the bank towards the river ,
but the determined woman hung on and called out for help. Neither
husband or son responded. C lay finally called out for his momma
to let the deer go, but Calloat kept hanging on. Finally she
was able to get her kni fe out , which she always carried with
her, and cut the deer ' s throat. After the deer bled to death
she dragged it back up the bank , they loaded it into the back
of the truck and she returned home to dress it out.
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Naillon was a small community locatedfa mile above Hartford. ■
This small community consisted of several families and one small
store. The store was operated by Jim Ike and Eva Lee Gates during
the fifties.
The first Post Office in the area was Naillon, it opened
Oct. 8, 1880 . This Post Office was opened due to Elijah W.
Naillon and A. Pallas Bryant. Naillon was a Post Office for
35 years before it was discontinued on April 1, 1916, when rural
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Nail lon Town disappeared.
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Naillon Post. Office
Cocke County, Tennessee
USPS Historian, Corporate Information
Title Date Appointed
Elij ah V . Naillon Postmaster 10 / 08/1880
Isaac Cates Postmaster 0 2 / 09 / 1883
John Ford Postmaster 10 / 0 4 / 1883
Reuben P . Clark Postmaster 0 7 / 17 / 190 1
Joseph s . Green Postmaster 0 4 / 15/1 902
Lewis S . Rains Postmaster 03/23/1911
William B . Ford Postmaster . 08/03 / 1911
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Elijah Washington Naillon (10-26-183 0 - 6-25-1 904) , married
first to Nancy Moore (1 821 - 8-4-1 895) . Elijah was the son of
Patrick (born 1769 in Ireland) and Francis (Russell) Naillon.
Nancy was the daughter of William and Nancy (Copes) Moore .
Elijah and Nancy • children were:
(1 ) Rosannah (b. 7 - 15-1849)
(2) Selina Catherine (10-21 - 1852 - 7 - 3 0 -1 922)
(3) William Elihu (4-28- 1857 - 1936) md. Sarah Jane Price
Elijan's second marrige was Harriet Moore Brown (1 0 -8-1 838
- 5 -2 1-1 906) ,· daughter of William Robert and Nancy (Moore) Brown.
Elijah and Harriet's children were:
(1 ) Asa Woodfin (9-1 8-1 854 - 12- 1854)
(2) Samantha Caroline (9-1 8-1 856 - 5-6-1938) md. Jonathan
Woody
(3) Lydia Margaret (1 2 -29- 1858 - 8-2 2 - 1942) md. Reuben Black
(4) Joseph Reed Vance (3-9-1e61 - 10-25-1 933) md. Margaret
Sutton
(5) Theodosia Darthina (8-1 -1 863 - 10 -25- 1 905) md. (1) William
Barnes, (2) Charles August Peterson ·
(6) Aaron Montgomery · (2- 1-1 866 - 5 - 21 1 947) md. Mary Sutton
(7) lijah Russel l (3-27-1 868 - 11- 3 0 -1 939) md. Nancy F
(8) George Francis (10-8- 187 1 - 2-1 0 -1 950) md. Ruth Butler
(9) Doctor Lafayette (1- 24-1874 - 7-22-1930) md. (1 ) Sarah
Ann Law, (2) Delia Thacker
(10) Benjamin Parker (5-3 0 - 1876 - 1 91 6) md. Rose Owens
(1 1) Robert Taylor (1-31 - 1878 - 11-24- 1958) md. Pearl Woody
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names such as Dryce , Pigeon Valley , Helterbrand Station , and
Camp Hercules . In the late 180 0 1 s Scottish Lumber Company became
the first big operation to the area .
Early settlers of this small mountain community wer Williams,
McMahans , McGahas , Redmonds , and Clarks. In 1905 Hartford was
permanently named after John Hart, one of the owners of the
T . and N. C. Railroad Company and the Ford family , a prominent
family in the area.
In 1 917 Boice Hardware Company came to the area , and so began
Hartford ' s second "boom era". A band mill was erected at
Hartford, thus began the growth of the town.
Soon houses , streets , boarding-houses, barber shop , depot
station , commissary, theater , and a new school were built. The
first school was a log building which also served as a church.
The Pigeon Valley Church, organized iri 1 889, also continued
to grow.
In the 1960 1 s Interstate 4 0 began , and so did Hartford ' s
third boom. New life was again brought to this quiet farming
community. A new school was built in 1963 , this new building
would consolidate the children from Browns, Barnes Valley ,
Blacks , Bluffton , and the old Hartford School. In 1992 , to
everyone ' s dismay , the Cocke County Board of Education closed
this school down at the end of the school year .
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Richard Price (1 790 1860) born in N.C. , married Feb. 1 1 ,
1 825 , to Lydia Messer (1795 - 1860) . Richard and Lydia had five
children : Jame · Turner ( 1 814 -· 191 2) , Daniel (h. ·1820) , Solomon
(1 828 - 1870) , Sarah (b.i 1832) , and Joseph M.· (1 850 - 1 897) .
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Lydia (Messer)
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Joseph M. Price
Sarah A.
Nancy E.
Julius F.
Margaret L.
James W.
Sarah L.
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Daniel A. Crawford
John Shanks
Peyton Endaily
Henry Endaily
James Turner Price
Jinnette (Woody)
Deletha
Daniel Price
Anna
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to over 7 feet tall and weighed around 300 pounds of pure muscle,
not an -:;ounce of fat about him.
He _was known for his strength, endurance, and keen sense
· of direction. He could travel great distances through the
mounta±ns. He also make good Irish Whiskey.
Dick and Lydia settled in the mountains above Hartford and
he supported his family by hunting, farming, and making whiskey .
He knew the secret of good whiskey making, and made some of
the bet. Whiskey making was considered an honorable profession
handed down from father to son.
Bodies of Five Missing Since Wednesday, Found
January 19, 1953, the bodies of five Cocke County citizens,
missing since January 14, were found. Their 1939 Plymouth -car
was pulled from the Pigeon River, near Hartford. The car was
completely submerged in the water as officers, garage -men,
funeral home attendants, and volunteers worked to locate and
remove the car from the icy water.
Officers had been searching for nearly a week, but a brother,
Nick Price, was the one who found tire tracks indicating that
a car had left the road and plunged into the river.
The five were : Claude Price age 41, Turner Price age 32,
Letha (Barnes) Price age 38, Bedford Price age 67, and William
M. Barnes age 75.
This was a tragedy for both the Price and Barnes families.
William was · the father of Letha, Turner was Letha 's husband.
Claude and Turner were brothers and Bedford was their Uncle.
Triple funeral services were held for Claude Price, an9- Turner
and Letha Price at the Mt. Zion Church in Grassy Fork. Burial
was in the family cemetery at Hartford. The next day services
ere held for Bedford Price at the Mt. Zion Church and burial
was also in the family cemetery. William M. Barnes services
ere held and burial was in the Large 's Cemetery at Cosby.
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James Turner Price (4-28- 181 4 - 11 -21 -19 12) married (1 )
Jinnetta Woody (1 829 - 12-27- 1888) , ( 2) married Feb. 23, 1 889
to Elizabeth Kilby. Elizabeth had a daughter, Dovie, who married
James Turner's son Turner Price.
Children of James Turner & Maggie
( 1 ) Deletha ( 1 842 - ND)
( 2) Daniel (1 848 - 1 91 1 )
( 3) David ( 1 84 9 - 1 938)
( 4) Eliza c . ( 1 850 - ND)
( 5) Joseph ( 1 851 - 1 9 1 2)
( 6) Will Solomon ( 1853 - 1938)
( 7) Lucinda ( 1 859 - ND)
( 8) Andrew Johnson ( 1 865 - 1 9 4 0)
( 9) Wilse ( 1 870 - 1 948)
( 1 0) Ruth ( 1 872 - ND)
( 1 1 ) Mercy ( 1 874 - 1 9 28)
( 1 2 ) Turner (1 876 1 920)
( 1 3 ) Adaline (1 877/- 1 927)
Will Solomon Price married Oct. 28, 1872 to Susan Messer
(5-7-1852 - 3-20- 19 4 4) .
Children of Will and Susan
( 1 ) Mary Jane
( 2 ) Reuben
( 3 ) Joe
( 4 ) Dellar
( 5) Amon
( 6 ) Bedford
( 7) Nancy
( 8 ) Carrie
( 9 ) Hescar
( 1 0 ) Edward
Bedford Price (7-7- 1885 - 1-1 4-1953) married July 12, 19 12
to M ggie Arrowood (4-7- 1897 - 10-1-1936).
Children of Bedford & Maggie
( 1 ) Abiga
( 2) Hesie
( 3) Gladys
( 4 ) wattola
( 5) Lawrence
( 6 ) Ray
( 7 ) Desmel
( 8) Otoa & Alda (a set of twins)
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( Ca l dwe l l ) W a l t er s , Mamie C . Brown , S he l l y C a l dwe l l , M a r y Ann
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2 nd . Row : Kim C a l dwe l l , N i c k P r i c e , Annie P r i c e , Mary E l l e n
Edwards , W i l l i e T . C a l dwe l l Jr . , I k e Brown , Dorothy ( Ca l dwe l l )
S u t ton , C l yde C a l dwe l l
3 rd . Row : James 0 . C a l dwe l l , W i l l i e C a l dwe l l , E r r i e C a l dwe l l ,
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Andrew Johnson ( b . 1 2-1 7-1 8 6 5) was the son of James Turner
and Jinnette ( Woody) Price and grandson of Richard and Lydia
( Messer) Price .
At a young age A. J . fell in love with the mountains and would
sometimes disappear for weeks with only a dog for companion .
A. J . married Nancy Dills on Dec . 4 , 1 892 , at Birdtown , N . C .
he was 2 7 years old and she was 1 4 . Nancy was half, i f not
full-blooded, Cherokee. Nancy ' s Indian name was Snowbird.
She was a mid-wife and by the age of 1 2 she was de livering
babies .
A . J . was a hunter , farmer, carpente r , beekeeper , blacksmith ,
farrier , and wheelwright. He made cabinets , caskets , wagons ,
and s l eds . He helped build the Goshner Dam and worked on the
Watervi l l e Proj ect in 1 92 7 - 1 928.
A . J . and Nancy had fourteen children , of which ten lived .
Nancy dj ed of blood poisoning Nov . 3 , 1 933 and was buried in
the Price cemetery under a pine tree . A . J . cut the pine tree
down and built a bench on the stump of the tree . He would go
each evening and set by Nancy ' s grave .
A . J . died of heart failure April 2 6 , 1 940 and was buried
beside Nancy .
Chi ldren of A . J . & Nancy Price
( 1 ) Ellen ( Elon) ( 1 1 -24-1 8 9 4 - 1 2 - 2 7-1 937) married Jim Cogdill
( 2) Ca] lie ( Calota) ( 3-1 0 - 1 898 - 1 2- 6 - 1 984) married Horace
Lindsey
( 3) Frank ( 2 -9- 1 90 1 - 1 0-1 0 - 1 95 4 ) married Velma Jenkins
( 4) Felix ( 5-1 9- 1 904 - 1 0 - 4 - 1 96 6 )
( 5) Rutha ( 1 0 - 3 - 1 90 6 - 1 1 -4 - 1 984) married Charles Emmitt Brown
( 6) Nickolus ( Nick) ( 1 -2 8-1 909 - 1 0- 1 4-1 985) married Annie Brown
( 7) Claude ( 8-1 2-1 91 1 - 1 -1 4 - 1 953)
( 8) Vera ( 2-2 0 - 1 91 4 - 8-1 4 - 1 93 7) married Jack Hayes
( 9) Clyde ( 4 - 7-1 91 7 - 2-2 8- 1 98 7 ) married Liddie Cagle
( 1 0) Turner ( 5- 1 1 - 1 92 0 - 1 - 1 4-1 953) married Letha Barnes
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Charles Emitt Brown (abt. 190 0 - 11-26- 1975) married May
30, 1925 to Rutha Evlernia Price (11-3- 190 6 - 11-4- 184) . Rutha
was the daughter of A. J. & Nancy (Dills) Price. Charles was
25 when he met and married Rutha, she was 18.
Charles and Rutha moved into a little one room shack located
on a ridge in the gap of Snowbird Mountain . Charles worked at
the construction site of the Walters Hydroelectric Plant, but
after the plant was completed his job was gone . Charles then
became a sharecropper and with Ruth's knack for growing flowers
and a garden they were able to make a living and provide for
their family .
Children of Charles & Rutha
(1) Roy D. Brown (5-31-1926)
(2) Lee Roe (Buck) Brown (11- 16 - 1927)
(3) Edith Areba (Dode) Brown (10-29-1929)
(4) Betty Lela Brown (2-18-1932)
(5) Ruby Jean Brown (4-14-1936)
(6) Beulah Mae Brown (5-24- 1941)
(7) Dorthy Elizabeth Brown (10 - 16-1942)
(8) Infant Boy (died a few days old)
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Rankin & Catherine (Revis) Sprouse . Ladie was the daughter of
Jerry Jenkins . Jerry married Aug . 19, 1877 to Nancy Baxter she
died in 1880, Jerry then married Sally Sutton on Nov . 5, 1881 .
Chi ldren of Neal & Ladie
(1 ) Clyde Sprouse married Arl etha Miller
(2) Glenn Sprouse married Bernice Fish
(3) Martha Sprouse mar ried (1) Joe Fra zier (2) Scott Caughron
(4) Paul Sprou se
(5) George Sprouse married Verta Caughron
(6) Nellie Sprouse married (1 ) Lewis Gates (2) Dan Ball
(7) Henry Sprouse married Lovella Phillips
(8) Elmer Sprouse married Judy Flanigan
(9) Frank Sprouse married Bobb ie McFalls
(10) Walter Sprouse married Geradine Jenkins
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William "Billy" Phillips (11- 18- 1871 - ND) married June 22,
1890, to Frances "Fannie" Brown (3- 10 - 1872 - 7-21- 1958) . Billy
is the son of Jonas & Sarah "Sally" (Sutton) Phillips . Fannie
is the ?aughter of James "Jim" & Nancy Jane (Barnes) Brown .
Children of Billy & Fannie
(1) Sarah Jane Phillips (3-7- 1892 - 3-21- 1967) married William
Cephus Brown (9-7- 1880 - 2- 19- 1963)
(A) Jessie Brown (5-20- 1920 - 3-8- 1995) married Bernard Barnes
(1) Uyluss Barnes (6-30-1943) married Jane Barnes
(A) Ruthie Barnes (2-28- 1960)
(1) Lori Beth Barnes (8- 1982)
(2) Heather Jane Barnes (7-31- 1989)
(B) Tommy Barnes (7-25- 1963)
(C) Sherry Barnes (12-13- 1967)
(B) Maybelle Brown (9- 4- 1922) married John Hembree Jr . John
is the son of John & Dora Hembree
(1) Gladys Hembree (7- 16- 1947)
(2) Bonnie Lou Hembree (8-4 - 1949) married Eugene Barnes
(A) Randolph "Randy" Barnes (2- 18- 1975)
(3) Lynda Hembree (7- 12- 1960) married Chris Thomas Lewis
(A) Christy Dawn Lewis
(C) Rocky Brown (4-26- 1924)
(D) Floyd Brown (8-30- 1926)
(E) William "Bill" Brown (9-26- 1928 - 3-9- 1982) married Ada
Cureton
(F) Nola Brown (5-16- 1931) married Edward Danields
(1) Wayne Danields (7-12- 1953)
(2) Edward Danields Jr . (4-30- 1955)
(3) Larry Danields (7- 16- 1960)
(2) Joseph "Joe" Phillips (10- 19- 1895 - 1-31- 1937) married
Charity Webb
(3) George Dewey Phillips (1- 1899 - 1912)
(4) " Pruda Phillips (1902) married Jonas Webb
(A) Reese Webb married Gladys Presnell
( B ) Cparity Webb married David Ogle
( C ) Margrette Ella Webb
( 5 ) Janave Phil l ips ( 1 906 - 1 91 6 )
( 6 ) Roxie Phil l ips ( 1 907 ) married Bob Ramsey
( A ) Buddy Ramsey
( B ) Ruby Ramsey
( C ) Den z i l Ramsey
( D ) Shirley Ramsey
( E ) Elmer Ramsey
( F ) Barbara Ramsey
( 7 ) Rastus Phi l lips died in infancy
( 8 ) Jobe Phi l l ips died in infancy
( 9 ) Walter Phi l l ips ( 8-29- 1 91 1 - 6-1 1 -1 967 ) married Viola "Ola"
Brown ( 2 - 1 5 - 1 91 9 ) . Ola is the daughter of Joseph & Zora ( Sutton )
Brown.
( A ) Wi l l iam "Bil ly" Phi l l ips ( 1 -1 5-1 94 2 ) married Delores
Lunsford
( 1 ) Dianne Phi l l ips ( 7 - 1 8 - 1 963 )
( B ) Charlie Allen . Phi l lips ( 1 0-1 5-1 95 1 - 1 0-.22-195 1 )
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Noah (Brance) Phillips (3- 10- 1870 - 1-26- 1940) married March
8, 190 0 to Margaret Emmaline Phillips (1 1-11-1 874 - 8-30-1955) .
Brance is the son of Joseph P. Phillips (1- 10- 1 85 2 - 11-1 6 192 2)
and Margaret Griffin (1 2-7- 1 846 - 1 - 15-1 912). Emmaline is the
daughter of Jonas Phillips (8-30 - 1847 - ND) and Mary Jane Coggins
( 10 - 1 1-1 846 - 4-4-192 2).
Children of Brance and Emmaline
(1) Alice Phillips (1 -8- 1896 - 3- 2 0 - 1943)
(2) Miley Molly Phillips (3-8-1904 - 5 - 2 1- 1 980) married Jessie
Seagle
(A) Gladys Grace Seagle (12-23-1928)
(B) Glenn Joseph Seagle (7-12-1930)
(C) Zelma Seagle (3- 15-1932 - 3- 15-1932)
(D) John B.rance Seagle (7-13-1934)
(E) Donald Jack Seagle (5- 19-1937 - 11-23-1955)
(F) Dorothy Fay Seagle (3-12- 1939) married Leon Loope
(G) Bobby Rex Seagle (1 -30 -I1 944)
(3) Joe E. Phillips (1-30-1900 - 11-14-1930)
Ola (Brown) Phi llips Gates
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Amos , Raymon d , Zora , Otha , & ' Ota
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Shubie John is the son of Andrew Jackson & Melissa (Willis)
Sutton. Ruth (9-1882 - ND) is the daughter of Henry Manson
(2-14- 1861 - 12-18- 19 37) & Rebecca (Phillips) Brown (1862 -
abt. 1 899 ) .
Children of Shubie John Ruth
(1) Elbert Sutton married Edith Barnes
(2) Rebecca "Becky" Sutton married Earvin Barnes
(3) Odie Belle Sutton died young
(4) Robbie Sutton died young
(5) Cordie Sutton died young
(6) Easter Sutton married Dan Mullinix
(7) Stacey Sutton married Bob Neilan
(8) Alice Sutton married Curt Barnes
(A) Betty Barnes (2-26- 1946) married George Jenkins
(1) Pat Jenkins (7-8-19 74)
(2) Timothy married Becky Sue Forrester
(A) Samantha Brooke Jenkins (7-14-1989)
(3) eorgia Jenkins married Kenneth Bingham
(A) Marjorie Bingham (1- 14- 1989)
(4) Melissa Jenkins married David Weeks
(A) Rose Weeks
(5) Alice Jenkins (4-6-1976)
(6) Curt Jenkins (11- 17-1977)
(B) Jimmy Barnes (3-28- 1948) married Shirley Jenkins
(1) Donna Barnes (2-10 -1970) married Randy Snodgrass
(A) Lincoln Randolph Snodgrass (6-25-1990)
(B) Jimmy Shade Snodgra ss (1-7-1992)
(2) Linda Barnes (3-28-197 1)
(A) Christopher Dwight Barnes (2- 15-1992)
(3) Marie Barnes (2-23-197 3)
(4) John Barnes (6-2-1974)
(C) Tommy Dale Barnes (5-27-1951) married Linda Love Jenkins
(1) Tommy Dale Barnes Jr. (7-8- 1973)
(2) Keith Barnes (4-18-1975 - 5-1975)
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(3) Amy Barnes (7-30-1 978)
(4) Anna Lisa Barnes (7-7-1 985 )
(9) Elwood Luke Sutton
(10) Liza Sutton
Ruth (Brown ) & John "Shubie John" Sutton
Baby Sister of Ola (Brown ) Phillips Gates
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Elbert Phillips : '
Elbert Phillips (3-22-1905 - 8 - 2 7 - 1982) married (1) Nola
McGaha (1-5-1907 - 1- 15- 1929) (2) Ota Sutton (4- 19-1908 - 12-
19- 1985). Elbert is the son of Rebecca Cordelia (4- 2 4 - 1888 -
3-13-1963) & George Washington Phillips (7-14-1885 -
r 9-1-1963) Rebecca married (1) George Phillips (2) Greenberry
Messer (7- 12- 1882 - 12-2-1967). Rebecca is the daughter of Jonas
& Mary Jane (Coggins) Phillips. George is the son of Joseph
& Margaret (Griffin) Phillips ; Greenberry is the son of William
"Doc" & Betty (Phil lips) Messer.
Children of Elbert Phillips
(1) Nora Phillips (1- 2 2 - 1928) married William Ira Ball (6- 2 8 - 1918
- 1-3 - 1963)
(A) Rebecca Ellen Bal l (1- 5 - 1951) married Claude Junior Sisk
(1) Franklin Wayne Sisk (10 - 5 - 1966) married Hope Ramsey
(A) Zachary AAron Sisk (10-2- 1991)
(2) Robert Bryan Sisk (11-3 - 1967)
(3) Anthony Todd Sisk (6- 2 6 - 1969)
(4) Debra Renee Sisk (9- 2 3 - 1972) married Randy Olen Leonard
(A) Ashley Renee Leonard
(B) Charles Wil liam Ball (1- 11- 1957) married (1) Debra Ramsey
(1) Crystal Gail Bal l (10- 15-1979)
(C) Mary Ann Ball (5- 1- 1958 - 5-8-1958)
(D) Debra Ann Bal l (12 - 3 1- 1960 - 1- 2 1- 1961)
(E) Donna Kay Bal l (5- 17- 1967) married David Hurst
(1) Danny Ray Hurst (1- 1- 1990)
(2) Dalton Lee Hurst (1- 13-1993)
(2) Elmer Phillips (6-16 - 1932) married Betty Hunter
(A) Kathy Phillips (6- 4 - 1952) married Daniel Edward Tyler
(1) Nathanial Benjamin Tyler (10 - 6 - 1976)
(2) Jonathan Phillips Tyler (10 - 12 - 1979)
(B) Terry Phillips (2-1-1954) married Janet Pinner
(1) Jenifer Amanda Phillips
(2) Amy Elizabeth Phil lips
(C) Genella Phillips (10 - 10 - 1956) married Allan Randal l
: 1 ( 1) Jereme Randall
( D) Euel Leith Phillps ( 5- 7 - 1958 - 6 - 28- 1 972)
( 3) Delmer Phillips ( 6 1 6 - 1 932 - 6-16 - 1932) twin to Elmer
( 4) Burton Phillips ( 2- 2 2 - 1934) married Sarah Francis Hunter
( A) Larry Burton Phillips ( 8- 1 - 1 955) married Donna Inman
( 1 ) Joni Phillips
( 2) Justin Phillips
( B) Harry Steven Phillips ( 5- 4 - 1 958) married Kathy Ledford
( 1) Mathew Phillips
( 2) Melanie Phillips
( C) Roy Lynn Phillips ( 2- 2 0- 1 9 6 0 - 1980)
( D) Michael Lee Phillips ( 7- 1 9-19 64) married Sara Farmer
( E) Julie Maria Phillips ( 10 - 13- 1974) married Kenneth Rich
( 5) Ernest Phillips ( 5- 2 - 1 935) married Frances Conard
( A) Tammy Rene Phillips ( 7-22 - 19 6 1) married Mario Anthony
Gitano
( 1 ) Stephanie Nicole Gitano ( 9 - 14-1 988)
( 6) Colene Phillips ( 4- 9 - 1937) married Thomas Rogers
( A) Perry Thomas Rogers ( 2- 1 995) married ( 1) Kathy Ledford
( 2) Emily Sherill. Emily has jwo children from a previous
marriage , Christopher & Allison Sherill.
( 1 ) Sherry Darlene Rogers
( 2 ) Ginger Kay Rogers
( 3) Sandra Joyce Rogers
( B) Bobby Carroll Rogers ( 4 -1 956) married Robin West
( 1) Bobby Carroll Rogers Jr.
( 2) Scotty Thomas Rogers
( C) Jimmy Darrell Rogers ( 5- 1 958) married Deborah Jenkins
( 1) Selena Rogers
( D) Janice Darlene Rogers ( 4- 19 6 2) married Robert Leming
( 1 ) Kyle Leming
( 2) Brian Leming
( E) Rhonda Joyce Rogers ( 2- 19 6 4) married Leon Dills
( 1) Travis Dills
( 2) Carmen Dills
( 3) Haley Dills
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(7) Carena Phillips (4-9- 1937) married Fred Lee Henline
(A) Diane Sheila Henline (12-26-1 957) married (1 ) Terry Miller
(2) Phillip Hove
(1) Jason Miller
(2) Kristen Hove
(B) Edward Lee Henline (7-9-1 960) married Lynette Browing
(1) Amber Lee Henline
(2) Tanya Rae Henline
(C) David Dwayne Henline (7-17-1 962) married Lisa Jenkins
(D) Je ffrey Burl Henline
(8) Arnold Zeb Phillips (1 2-22-1938) married Mary Emma Thomas
(A) Debra Sue Phillips (3-22-1 964) married Christopher Glenn
Sigmund
(B) Thomas Randall Phillips married Angela Adams
(1 ) Thomas Randall Phillips Jr.
(C) Timothy Andrew Phillips
(9) Jack Phillips (1 -4-1 941 ) married Carol Connard
(A) Jack Douglas Phillips married Peggy Mathis
(1) Josh Phillips
(B) Ronnie Wayne Phillips married Laura Hoxit
(1 0) Kelly Phillips (10-1 3-1 942) married Geraldine Jenkins
Geraldine has two children from a previous .marriage Kim
& Charles Rose .
(A) Donna Renee Phillips (4-9-1968) married Edward Lewis
Beaver
(B) Teresa Marie Phillips (5-2-1969)
(C) Michelle Lynn Phillips (1 1 -3-1 97 1) married Craig Manning
(1) Amber Danielle Manning (4- 20-1 992)
(1 1) Pauline Phillips (1 -9- 1944 - 1-9-1944)
(1 2) Lorena Phillips (2 -27-1 947)
(1 3) Beecher Phillips (2-8- 1 949) married Ann Caldwell
(14) Earl Mitchell Phillips (6-8-1 949) married (1 ) Cathy McClain
(2) Carolyn Boyes
"(A) Anita Michelle Phillips
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Flint Phillips (11 - 11 - 1911 - 1 2- 11- 1984) , married Bernice
Barnes (7- 1 4- 1920 - 3 - 15 - 1984) . Flint is the son of John Todd
and Sarah Sallie (Fish) Phillips . Bernice is the daughter of
Charlie and Sarah (Shults) Barnes .
Flint and Bernice had the following children:
(1 ) Dorothy Phillips married Manson Brown
(2) Darlene Phillips married Keith Frazier
(3) Francis Phillips (9- 12- 1937 - 2- 3 - 1 985) married Robert
Hillard
(4) Edna Phillips married Wilburn Hollowell
(5) Nellie Mae Phillips married (1) Stewart McFalls (2) Robert
Harrington
(6) Charles Lewis Phillips (10-24- 1950 - 4-71 974)
(7) Bobby Phillips
(8) David Phillips
(9) Danny Ray Phillips (7-18-1953) married (1 ) Teresa Cureton
(2) Janette Samples
(A) Heida Phillips
(10) Julie Ruth Phillips (7-25- 1956) married Steven Bernard
Hannah (11-21- 1953)
(A) Nita Mae Hannah (11-9- 1978)
(B) Stanley Boyd Hannah (8- 3 - 198 1 )
(11) Sarah Louise Phillips (9-3 - 1957) married Jerry Darnell
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Charl'i e (1889 -1919) married Rachel Octavia "Tave" Phillips
(5-2-1892 - 8-2- 1969) . Children of Charlie & Tave are :
(1) Leonard Gates (1911 - 1943) married Cora Emma Drady
(A) Arnold Gates
(B) Charles Gates
(2) Lloyd Gates (11-23-1912 - 10-10-1941)
(3) Arlie Gates (9-4-1915 - 2-11-1994) married Viola "Ola" Brown
(4) Claude Gates (4-18-1917 - 6-25- 1984) married (1) Selma Banks
(2) Nancy Gregg
(A) Rachel Jane Gates (4-19-1944) married (1) James Hudson
(2) Terry Woodward
(1) Joyce Hudson married Danny Lewis
(A) Lindsey Kathleen Lewis (7-18- 1989)
(2) James Richard Hudson (1-12- 1970)
(3) Kevin Earl Hudson (2-1971)
(B) Freda Sue Gates (2-5-1947) married (1) Ted Black (2) Robert
"Bob" James
(1) Kathy Regina Black (10-26-1964) married (1) Daniel James
(2) Harvey Ford
(A) Daniel James (10-15-1984)
(2) Vickie Petula Black (4-26- 1966 -4- 1972)
(3) Nicke Allen Black (2- 1969)
(C) Judith Ann Gates (6- 19- 1953) married Steve Maze
(1) Steven Claude Maze (9-29-1973)
(2) Misty Michelle Maze (12-23- 1978)
(5) Creed Gates (11-10-1918 - 12- 1995) married Magdalene "Maggie"
Shults
(A) Carroll Gates (11-17-1950) married Penny Barnes
(B) Julie Ellen Gates (3-11-1954) married Junior "Cob " Manis
(1) Leisa Ann Manis (6-28- 1971) married James Avery Grooms
(A) Cortney Lesha Grooms (11-21- 1989)
(C) Creed Sherman Gates (4-8- 1959) married Karon Kay Hall
(1) Meka Octave Gates (6- 16-1982)
(D) Terry Lynn Gates (11-15-1966) married Kimberley Cates
(1) Aaron Creed Gates (5-5-1992)
Octavia (Tave), Arlie, & Charlie Gates
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Ola (6r6W) Gates, Ike Brown, Mack Brown, and
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Calvin ( Cal) & Julia ( Barnes) Messer
Calvin ( Cal) Messer ( 2-2- 1 8 98 - 1 0-1 5-1 974) , married Julia
Barnes ( 1 0-28-1 9 1 7 - 6-5-1 98 6) . Cal ' s parents were William Doc
and Elizabeth Betty ( Phillips) Messer. Julia ' s parents were
Charlie and Sarah ( Shults) Barnes.
Cal and Julia had the following children :
( 1 ) Edward Messer
( 2) Douglas Messer
( 3) Kenneth Messer
( 4) Joyce Messer
( 5) Kathy Messer
( 6) Calvin ( Cal) Messer Jr. ( 4- 5- 1 9 4 5 - 1 2-26-1 9 9 5)
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Even though Cal was from the hills of TN. he was very popular
and sought after . Cal presided over square dances and beef shoots
for 30 years a _ Cataloochee Ranch .
Cal was well known for his fiddling, but he could also be
persuaded to spout some mountain lore . His mountain music was
a welcome to everyone, young and old alike.
Cal and Julia are buried at Phillips Cemetery in Cocke County ,
TN.
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George (Stuck) and Edie Beth (Conard) Messer were the parents
of Columbus (Lum) Messer. Daniel Boone and Besty (Palmer) Messer
were his ·grandparents. Parents of Julie ( Coni:ird) Messer were
George (Bud) and M. Charity (Williams) Conard.
Children of Columbus and Julie Conard Messer
Children Spouse
Texas Robert Hall
Mamie Arthur Bradley
Hester Rufus Messer
Their Children
Marie
Roy
Lucilla
Norman
John A.
Francis
Manson
Clayton
Marshall
Roy
Stanley
Wilburn
Charlotte
Bonnie
Annie
Lottie Jacob Leatherwood Hazel
Bonnie
Helena Burr
John Herman
Jane
Mamie
Woodrow
Mary
Sue
Zeffie
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1 9 2 0 - 1 9 4 4
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Alma Harvey
Ada Farmer
Susie Harvey
Floyd Phillips
Scott Ball
Ernest White
died in infancy
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Noah Cagle
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Elwood Holland
Clayton Pressley
Carson Hannah Jr .
Ila Kay Pressley
Wm. Frank Conard
R. L. Parks
.Jack ·T. Spain
Children
Manson
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Vinson Cumi Long
L-uther
Forrest
Leroy
John
Lavada
Stanley
Lillian
Wilma
Wilford
Raeford
Edna
Elease
Howard
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Robert White
Annie M . Sutherland
Weaver Jolly
Wilfred Hannah
unknown
Loretta Putman
? Rathbone
unknown
died in I infancy
Marion Mattie Leatherwood Lena Burr Crawford Jenkins
/ Raymond Manson Mary Dodson
Mabel Ricketson
Annie Maye Benjamin C . Bolden _
Marion Herbert Edith Leatherwood
Eli zabeth Aletha Robert B. Caldell
twin girls-- - ( Mack E. Ro•binsori
Maudie Arletha died in infancy
.:Norman Edgar Edna z . ·sul;..t on ·
Bessie -May Ward
JoA. nn Caldwell.·, Jenkins
Jarvis Dee Imogene Downs
Mattie Lucilla Norman Owen
Troy Lee Della V. Sutton1
Nellie Blye Hershel Owen
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Wi l liam Reddy Nolan ( 5 - 1 5 - 1 783 - 3 - 1 5 - 1 85 7) , son of Pierce
and Katherine Noland, moved to the Cataloochee Valley in 1 84 1 .
William Reddy was married to Judith Allen ( 3 - 1 4 - 1 785 - 9- 1 3-
1 85 5) . The Noland Family came from Ireland.
At least seven children were born to William and Judith Noland
they were: Peggy, Sarah Eli zabeth, Nancy, Thomas, Allen, Phi l l ip,
and Eli j ah . Sarah Eli zabeth married Evan Hannah and Phillip
married Mary "Polly" McClure .
Wil l iam Reddy Nolan, Evan Hannah, and their fami lies became
the first permanent white settlers in Cataloochee Valley .
Phillip Noland was sheriff of Haywood County in the early
part of the Civil War . Phi l l ip and Polly had eleven children
over a period of twelve years of marriage . The youngest chi ld
was born 7 months after Phil lips death from an assassins bullet.
Children of Phil lip and Polly : Harriet Amanda (b. 1 1 - 1 5 - 1 85 0 ) ,
Mary Luellen ( b . 4-5- 1 85 2 ) , Mar_ha Ann ( b . 4-25- 1 85 3 ) , William
Pinkney ( 5 - 1 0 - 1 85 5 - 8-9- 1 85 5) , Margaret Malisia ( 7 -8- 1 85 6 -
8-28- 1 856) , John Hardy ( b . 7 - 2 2 - 1 857) , Winafred "Winnie Mae"
( b . 3 - 2 - 1 859) , Sarah Josalene ( 3 1 2 - 1 86 0 - 8-2 2 - 1 86 0 ) , Harrison
Riley ( b . 3 - 3 1 - 1 86 1 ) , Risena Adaline ( 4 - 1 6 - 1 86 2 - 6 - 1 7 - 1 863) ,
(' Nancy Malinda Irene ( 5 - 4 - 1 86 3 - 1 0- 28- 1 86 6) .
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According to 1860 Haywood County , N.C. Census, George Palmer
was born in 1858 . George was the son of Jesse R. and Mary "Polly"
(Rogers ) Palmer.
1870 Cattaloochee Census
Jesse Richardson Palmer Sr. 35 born in N.C.
Martha (Mary) Ann "Polly" (Rogers ) 34 I I
William A. 1 4 II
George N. 1 2 I I
Mary Jane "Polly" 1 0 I I
Robert James 9 I I
Julia 8 II
Margaret 6 I I
Jesse Richardson Jr. 4 I I
Sarah 3 I I
Elizabeth Melissa 4 / 12 II
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with his wife and children . George made his living by digging
ginseng, farming, hunting, and trapping.
George got the nickname 11 Turkey George 11 from an episode he
had with a bunch of wild turkeys. It seems that the wild turkeys
were eating his corn crop, so George decided to build a pen
and catch them . He caught several of the turkeys and when he
entered the pen to kill them he thought he was the one who was
going to be killed by the time those turkeys finished with him.
Afterwards he was nicknamed Turkey George Palmer.
Will and Eleanor Palmer with grandaughter , Ada
Young Bennett
Young Bennett ( 3- 9 - 18 1 2 - 1894) , married March 1 0 , 1832 to
Elvira Alice Meece ( 9- 1-18 1 1 - 189 1 ) . They had the following
children; Jasper Newton , Archibald L . , Creighton , Washington
George , Sylvanus Crisenberry, Sophia Elvira , Young Amanuel ,
Manson Turner , Mary Louisa, and Henry P.
Young, along with Levi Caldwell , were some of the first
settlers to arrive in Cataloochee Valley. Young, and his wife ,
settled down in this beautiful valley to raise their family.
Young was a prosperous farmer , he owned cattle and bought up
several sections of land .
In the early 18 60 ' s , when the Civil War broke out , six of
Young and Elvira ' s sons fought for the confederate cause . Two
of their sons never returned home , they were killed in battle .
Three of them were captured and imprisoned.
Towards the end of the war General George Kirk , and his troops
went through Cataloochee looting, raiding, and burning peoples
homes . Innocent people were shot and· killed , Young ' s home was
burned to the ground . After this incident , the troops were known
as "Kirk ' s Marauders" .
Young and Elvira are buried in the Palmer ' s Chapel Cemetery
at Big Cataloochee .
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The first appearance of the McGee fam ily of the Cataloochee Valley in America was 24
March 1725. On this date Robert Magee received a grant of 285 acres of "New Land". New
land is land having no previous owner. This land located on the south side of the Nottaway
River. Also, it is on the south si_de of the James River in Surry County, Virginia. He died here
in 1730 just five years after the grant. He could have been in America before this date. To date
no earlier record of this family exist.
Ralph Magee, one of Robert's sons and wife Ann Nowland lived here raising thirteen
children. Ralph died 28 September 1770. Their son John Nowland McGee was born 19 Dec.
1744. This John N. McGee (wife unknown) received a grant of land in Burke County, North
Carolina on the fork of Lower Fork of Little River 28 October 1779 about five miles from where
his brother Ralph McGee received a grant in Wilkes County, NC. This grant to John Nowland
,- was because of his service in the American Revolution. One of John Nowland's four sons of
record, John No wland, Jr or II was born 20 Feb. 1781 in Albemarle Parish Surry County,
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Virginia. This John McGee II is often referred to as Father John McGee. Public records in
Haywood County, North Carolina indicate he was well educated Some records show him as a
School Teacher other records show him as a Lawyer. Father John II manied 1st. Mary (Polly)
Munday, daughter of William Munday and Mary (Polly) McGee. They were parents of seven
children and lived near his and Mary's parents before he enlisted 1 April 1813 in the war of
1812. He served in Capt. William Dunlaney's Company of Inft., 4 Reg't Virginia Militia when
he lost his Arm.
Upon his return from the war he found his wife had died in 1814. His children were
divided into several neighbors' homes. Even with the handicap of only one arm he gathered his
children. He married 2 September 1818 in Wilkes County, NC, Elizabeth (Betsy) Duncan
Smith. Her husband was killed in the War of 1812. She was a widow with three children that
we know of
Father John and Betsy settled, as a squatter in Haywood County, NC on land at the head
of Hurricane Creek. Hurricane Creek is a branch of Cataloochee Creek. Later he received a
North Carolina grant for four tracks of land in this area. They cleared land, built a home and
barn and operated a farm. John and Betsy had three children. On 29 Jan 1840 the Sheriff sold
their homestead at public auction because they owed $4.45 and could not pay.
John and Betsy moved to Frost Bottoms, Anderson County, Tennessee to be near her
people. Betsy died before 1 847. In 1847 one armed Father John N. McGee and his third wife,
Deborah Millican of Sevier County, Tennessee sold land in Sevier Co. TN. They came to
Waynesville, NC and lived there until he died 6 May 1857. The June Session 1857 of Haywood
County, Court proved the Will of John Noland McGee II. He left many books among them were
his family Bible and a copy of Sr. William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England.
This book had great influence in the American colonies where it provided the colonist with their
chief source of information about English Law.
All of John N. McGee's 10 children lived near him in Haywood County for some years
but seven moved later to parts westward. Only three lived their entire lives in Haywood County.
Sarah (Sallie) McGee born 28 May 1819, daughter of John N. II married Calib Snyder and lived
in the Rush Fork Section. John Nowland McGee III born 21 March 1821, son of John N. II,
married Mary Massey and lived in the Crabtree Section. Jessie McGee, born 31 May 1823,
married Lucinda Adaline Duncan 1 8 October 1844 in Haywood County, NC. Lucinda was a
relative of Betsey Duncan whom Jessie had met in Anderson County, Tennessee. Of all of the
children Jessie seems to have benefited most from his father's education and was very active in
the civic affairs of Haywood County, North Carolina.
Jessie lived until about 1880 on land he owned on Caldwell Fork. Jessie later received
two grants North Carolina Grants on Hurricanes Creek and one on Fines Creek. Jessie opeted
a Mill and Furniture building shop for many years. The Mill, located on McGee's branch where
it enters Caldwell's Fork Creek revived its power from a Barrel wheel. The Mill rocks are there
today. The graves of Jessie who died in 1902, and wife Lucinda are in the Cemetery near by.
The cemetery, the branch and a hiking - horse riding trail bears McGee name today.
Jessie enlisted at Haywood Co. NC 6 April 1863 in Co. E. Reg. 29 age 40 as a Private in
the Confederate Army.
In Later life Jessie lived where the Methodist retreat, "Lake Junaluska" is today. He and
Lucinda were parents of fourteen children. Thomas McGee was born ca 1845. John K. McGee
was born ca 1 847. Fredella F. McGee was born ca 1848 married Martha Frank Patton
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Spartanburg, SC. Lonesome Elizabeth McGee born ca 1852 married Jasper Newton
,_ Leatherwood 29 Jan 1870. They raised seven children in the White Oak section of Haywood
County, NC. Lonesome is buried near Jessie and Lucinda in the cemetery near the Mill site on
McGee Branch.
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Jessie's sixth child, Ira George Washington McGee, born 12 Aug 1853 married Sarah
(Sallie) Messer of the White Oak section 29 Aug. 1872. They lived on a branch that flows into
Hurricane creek. This creek bears his name on many of today's maps. All of their thirteen
children were born there. Laura B. McGee (1873-1900 married General Gates McMahan and
they were parents of four children on Mingus creek in Swain Co. NC. Zebulon Love McGee
(1874-1955) married Elsie Swanger 5 Sept 1901. They were parents of six children living in
Clyde, NC. Alice Dana McGee (1875-1923) married James Nelson Compton at Clyde, NC.
They raised four children in Laurens Co. SC. Silas Andrew McGee (1878-1929) married Sarah
Jane Henry of Newport, TN in 1904. Silas was an outstanding Methodist Minister and father of
two sons. Julia McGee (1877-1928) married James Wilson Reid and they were parents of five
children in Salisbury, NC. William Andrew (Will) McGee (1889-1937) married Jessie Trull,
daughter of a Methodist Minister. They raised three children in Graham Co. NC. Maggie
McGee (1880-1958) married William Alvin (Rado) Raby 26 Jan 1904 in Whittier, NC. They
raised four children in Clyde and Canton, NC. Hettie Ester (Hester) McGee (1884-1954)
married William Anderson Moore and they raised four children in Laurens County, SC. Dock
Lee McGee (1886-1970) married Marie Seigler 1905 and they raised four children in Laurens
Co. SC. Jessie McGee (1887-1935) married Clarence A Bobo 1881 and they raised three
children in Laurens County, SC. Major J. McGee (1889-1971) married Elizabeth (Lizzie) Smith
and they raise four children in Cherokee and Bryson City, NC. Gazzie McGee (' 1891-1980)
married William Claude Caldwell and they raised four children in Haywood Co. NC. Kelly
McGee youngest of George Ira's children (1893-1929) married Maude Gillespie in 1912 and they
were parents of seven children. After Kelly died young Maude and the children moved to
Spruce Pine, NC living near her parents.
Ira George accepted a position as Land Manager for the Logging Company and the
family moved to Round Bottoms in Swain County, NC. Gazzie remembered riding bcrund her
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out their lives in Round Bottoms on Straight Fork Creek the rest of their lives having raised
t.h.i neen children.
Jessie's seventh child Nancy (Nicie) McGee (1 859- ) married John Caldwell IO Feb.
1876 in Haywood Co. NC. They were parents of two children. In 1885 they lived on Caldwell
b'ork of Catal oochee.
Jessie eighth child Wiley Fredella P. McGee (1855-1883) married Alice V. Estes 26
Aug. 1883. They raised 5 children in Haywood Co. NC.
Jessie's ninth child William Patterson McGee ( 1859-1911) married Laura Belle Caldwell
i 883. He was a Methodist Minister in Charlotte, NC. We know of only three of their children.
Jessie's tenth child Julia McGee (1861- ) married Robert Rogers.
Jessie's eleventh child Jessie H. McGee (1863- ) married Mary Catum. He was a
Doctor in Cosby, TN. They had one son that was a Nav y Captain.
Jessie's Twelfth child James McGee (1 864- ).
Jessie's thirteenth child Sarah (Sally) Jane McGee (1865- ) married S. Brad Yoder.
They operated a store in Clyde, NC and moved to California
Jessie's forthteenth Child Loucinda McGee (1865- ).
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William Patterson McGee ( 4- 28- 1859 - 12-22-1 91 1 ) , son of
Jessie and Lucinda ( Duncan) McGee was born in Haywood County,
N. C. On August 10, 1883 William married Laura Belle Caldwell.
He was educated at Clyde and Waynesville High Schools and
Weaverville College.
William was admitted, on a trial bases, to the Holston
Conference at Morristown, TN. in the year 1 889. He served the
following pastoral Circuits: Bryson City Station, Webster,
Canton, Haywood, Belwood, Morven, and Concord.
Rev. McGee's average salary was around $600. 0 0 per year.
On this he managed to pay his expenses, support, and educate
his family. Loyalty to do right, and courage to stand by his
convictions were dominant principles of his character.
It is said that Rev. McGee was a true friend to others and
the doors to his house, and that to his heart, were always open
to family and friend. He was a good husband, father, and friend.
His last appointment was Calvary Station, Charlotte, N.C.
but at the end of only one brief month, the call came which
ended his earthly labors. On Sunday, December 10, 1911, he
preached his last sermon. He was in such an exhausted condition
that he could not reach home without assistance.
The last rational words he spoke were to one of his sons.
Calling him to his bedside he said, "My son, I have done the
best I could, now I leave it with you ; be a man. "
Rev. William Patterson McGee is buried in a cemetery at
Charlotte, N. C.
McGee Family information submitted by William P. McMahan
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Silas Andrew McGee (2- 1 2-1878 - 10-14-1929 ) was born near
Canton, N.C. He was the son of George Ira and Sarah ( Messer )
McGee and grandson of Jessie McGee. Silas was the second of
thirteen children .
George Ira was a farmer so Silas grew up an average country
boy. His family was also members of the Methodist Church and
devout Christians .
At the age of fourteen, Silas was converted and joined the
Methodist Church at Canton , N . C . His education was acquired
in the public schools of Haywood County and Waynesville Academy.
Silas soon felt the cal l to preach, and on December 1 6, 1 899,
at the age of twenty-one, he became licensed to preach. For
two years he served as a missionary to the Cherokee Indians .
After this he served for four years with the Otterbein Church
in Greene County, TN.
On July 2 1 , 1904, Silas married Sarah Henry of Newport, TN.
they had two sons. Dwight Haddan and Grant Oliver. Silas was
very devoted to his sons. Dwight became a preacher in the Holstorf
Conference and Grant taught school near Roanoke, Va .
Silas served and labored diligently in the interests of the
church and whatever he did was well done, and the service
rendered was willingly and sincere . His faith in God and the
integrity of the Holy Scripture was the chief secret of his
fruitful ministry.
Silas McGee was described as an agent of the Lord, a true
friend , a kind husband, a loving father, and a loyal citizen.
He never tired of talking about his friends at Pennington Gap,
Va .
Silas died at 6 : 0 0 A . M . October 1 4, 1929. The good people
at Pennington Gap loved Bro. McGee and held him in high esteem,
so as a kindness to his family , they met all the funeral
expenses . He is buried at Emory, Va .
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Front : Clara Lucille ( Moore) Davis, Hettie Ester ( McGee) MooreM
Mary Ruth ( Moore) McMahan, Sarah Jane ( Henry) McGee, Dwight
McGee, Silas Andrew McGee, Grant Oliver McGee, Sarah ( Messer)
McGee, George Ira Washington McGee
Back : Chester or Jess Raby, William Claude Caldwell, Gazzie
( McGee) Caldwell
·t. · .. Land Transactions of John & Jessie McGee NCGRANTS.SAM
1810, 30 Nov. NC, The Asbury party sat down on the bank of Cataloochee Creek, gave oats to
their horses and ask God's blessing on their own meal of bread. Afterwards, John McGee being
familiar with the streams of the area, lead the horses through the water (The Journal and letters
of Frances Asbury Vol. VII, page 655).
John McGee (born 20 Feb 1781)* came from the war of 1812 where he lost one arm. He
married a widow Elizabeth (Betsy) Duncan Smith (born 4 June 1786)* 2 Sept. 1818 in Wilkes
County, North Carolina. They moved to Haywood County, North Carolina settling as a squatter
on the head of Hurricane Creek. Hurricane Creek is a branch of today's Rough Fork of
Catalooche Creek in the Smoky Mountain National Park. Betsy had three children by her first
husband, William Smith (born 28 Oct. 1805)*, Tom E. Smith (born 8 Feb. 1813)* and
Elizabeth.
From the writings of William J. Smith (son of William Smith), we know his father was raised
in Haywood County, North Carolina. One arm John McGee was a Lawyer and did legal work in
Waynesville. John McGee become in debt, resulting in their place being sold at auctioned, being
purchased by Col. Sam Love. They moved to Frost Bottom in Anderson County, Tennessee
where the family of Betsy Smith lived (Smith, W. J. Jr. Frost Bottom History May;1 4, 1927 Vol.
XL # 20, Clinton Courier, Anderson County, Tennessee). * Dates from the Family Bible of
One arm John McGee. John McGee left two books, his Family Bible and a copy of Blackstone.
Blackstone was the first book on English Law and was the standard of law used by the Colonial
Government. John McGee and his son Jessie McGee's name shows up many time in legal papers
of Haywood County, North Carolina.
State Grant # ) I I.} (Warrant issued) John McGee [born 20 Feb. 1781] entered two hundred
acres of land in Haywood County on or near the head of the North fork of Hurricane Creek
below Sam Lovxal?? (Probably Sam Love) Redmond Dawn. The creek including an old Indian
camp for compliment. Entered 19 Feb. 1831.
State Grant #71 7 19 Feb. 1831 John McGee 200 acres in Haywood County at the head of
Hurricane creek below Sam ---
State Grant # 830 15 Dec. 1838 John McGee 100 acres ofland in Haywood County lying on the
North side of the middle fork of Cataloochee creek beginning on the branch of the creek and
runs up the creek so as to include an Indian camp for compliment.
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State Grant # 1052 2 April 1839 John McGee 200 acres in Haywood County on Hurricane
Creek beginning on a marshed running down said creek including for compliment.
John and Betsey lived in Haywood Co. NC until 29 Jan. 1840 when their Home and 100 acres
was sold because he owed $4.25 and could not pay it. They moved to Anderson Co. Tennessee
near the home of Betsey Duncan's parents and family. After she died he married Deborah
Millican of Sevier Co. Tennessee and they moved back to Waynesville. The Court of Haywood
County sent John McGee to Anderson County, Tennessee in Feb. 1846 to settle.the estate 1 •
Isaac Duncan This required two trips. John died __ . His Will was probated in Haywood
County June session of court 1847.
Jessie McGee born 1822 or 23
State Grant # 2686 Jessie McGee entered and claimed 200 acres of land in said county and
waters of fines creek beginning on a stake near the corner of his home land and running down
Fines creek to Noland line and then with Noland to Matthew Ross line then various corners for
compliment. Entered 19 May 1856.
State Grant # 2723 Jessie McGee entered & claimed 50 acres ofland in the said cpunty on the
waters of Hurricane creek, beginning at North East __ mouth East comer on L. Morgan line
and running various corners for compliment. Entered 31 May 1856.
State Grant # 2790 Jessie McGee entered & claimed 100 acres of land in said county on waters
of Hurricane Creek beginning on a chestnut on the trail branch and running comers foe
compliment. Entered 25 June 1 856.
State Grant # 2838 Jessie McGee entered & claimed 200 acres ofland in said county on the
waters of Hurricane creek beginning on a chestnut on the said branch and running various
corners for compliment. Entered 6 Dec. 1856.
Haywood County, NC Deed Book G. p. 285 20 Sept 1856 Jessie McGee to Thomas Ferguson
land north side of Fines Creek 100 acres. Registered 30 March 1858.
Haywood County Deed Book U p. 300, 4 Aug. 1885 Jessie & wife Lucinda McGee of Haywood
Co. NC to John and Nicie Caldwell 100 acres on Caldwell Fork ofCataloochee bordering
Lands of Patton McGee for $ 1 1 0 0 . 0 0 Jessie signed & Lucinda made
her mark . Nicie is the daughter of Jess ie .
., M ARRIED, '. II
On the 27th ult. by_Rev. Wm. Hicks, J. Stark Simms,
Esq., of Polk county, to Miss Martha L . , daughter of
Wm. Bryson, Esq . , of Hendersonville.
On the 1st inst . , by Isaac M. Broyles, Esq. , Ephram
A. R ay, of Yancey, to Miss Mollie Tomlin, of Missouri.
On the 4th, by S . D. Poor, Esq., Add Thomas to Miss
M . Gaddice, all of Yancey.
Asheville News, Feb. 12, 1857
B U R N S V I L L E
HIGH SCHOOL.
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The Trustees ·of this ln!titu
51:=m:1r tion are happy in aruioonclng t.o th e.
:__ publk tht they have secured the
.aonr o( R. Do" W°Wl>fl , .A. M., u Preide nt;
ahid Rev. W111. C Bo.umaH.-, as Assiftaut.
The wion m corumn on Monday the 6th
of Aprtl. Jii. P. PENLAND, Prei.
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Asheville News, April 2 , 1857
State of North Carolina, ; YANC Y COUNTY.
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Jasper Newton Leatherwood, born Jan. 3, 18 44, died abt . 19 11,
married Jan . 29, 1870 to Lonesome Elizabeth McGee, born 18 52,
died abt . 190 7. Jasper was the son of John Burns and Margaret
(McNabb ) Leatherwood. Lonesome was the daughter of Jessie and
Lucinda (Ducan ) McGee.
Jasper and Lonesome raised seven ch ildren they were : Mack
born abt . 187 1, Newton 18 73, Robert 1877, Cassius Gudger 1879,
Charles, Parker P. 5-1 3-1886, and Julia.
Jasper and Lonesome were some of the first settlers to live
in the White Oak section of Haywood County, ·N. C. Jasper was
a carpenter by trade and he also had an interest in a saw mill.
Both Jasper and Lonesome died in Haywood County, N.C. Lonesome
is buried on McGee Branch, in Cataloochee, near her parents,
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(1-3-1844 - 191 1)
Levi & Mary (Nailon) Caldwell
Levi Caldwell ( 10 -1 4 - 181 5 - 11-4-1 864) , married Mary Nailon
(5- 2 7 - 181 7 - 2 - 18- 191 7), they had twelve children . Levi, along
with Young Bennett, was one of the first settlers of Cataloochee.
Levi and Mary's first home, in Cataloochee, was a log house.
As the family grew Levi decided to build a bigger, nicer, modern
log house. Levi built his second home, but he only got to enjoy
it for a few years.
In 1863, Levi was captured and taken prisoner by a group
of Union raiders. Eventually he was able to escape and return
home . Weakened from the hardships he endured during this time,
Levi never fully recovered his health and died soon afterwards.
Being a widow, with a house full of children to raise, Mary
later married Jonathan Woody (3-9-1 81 2 - 11-30- 1894), a widower
with children of his own to rais e . Jonathan and his family had
lived in Cataloochee for awhile, but moved out . After his wife's
death Jonathan, and five of his nine children, moved back to
Cataloochee .
Levi and Mary are both buried at the Caldwell Cemetery, in
Big Cataloochee. Jonathan is buried in the Little Cataloochee
Cemetery.
Levi Caldwell
1860 Haywood County Census
Age 46 Farmer born in NC
Mary Ann (Nailon) 43 NC
Nancy Jane 18 NC
William Jarvis Harrison 1 6 NC
Andrew C . 1 4 NC
David Morris 1 3 NC
Reuben A. 1 2 NC
Hiram J . 9 NC
John W . 6 NC
Doctor L. 4 NC
George H. 3 NC
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Stephen Lloyd
Jackson Ciscero
Mary Robina
Reuben A. Caldwell
Hiram J. I I
John w . "
Doctor L. II
George H. I I
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1870 Haywood County Census
·•- Age 82 Farmer born in TN
·. 78 NC
1 6 NC
1 4 NC
1 1 NC
22 NC
19 NC
1 6 NC
1 4 NC
1 3 NC
6 NC
I couldn ' t
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help , but notice there was a 35 year difference
during the 10 year census taking. According to
birth records Mary ' s age would have been 53 years old, and
Jonathan ' s would have been 58, in 1870.
Mary Ann Nailon
1817 - 1891
Wife of Levi Caldwell
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Lockman ( 2-25-1875 - 3-20-194 5 ) . John is the son of Fayte ( Fate )
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Children of John & Prescilla
( 1 ) James · Palmer ( 8-12- 1893 -193 1 )
( A ) Kenneth Palmer
( B ) Fred Palmer
( 2 ) Hairm Palmer ( 5-7-1895 ) married Rachel Woods
( 3 ) Lonnie Palmer ( 2- 19-1897 - 5-1-1934 ) married George Ewart
( A ) Hugh Ewart
( B ) John Ewart
( C ) Geneva Ewart
( D ) Kenneth Ewart
( E ) Fanny Ewart
( 4 ) Linton Palmer ( 12- 18-1899 - 1 0-17-1965 ) married ( 1 ) Lona
Nolden ( 2 ) Vergie Jenkins
· ( 5 ) Hazel Palmer ( 6-7-1902 - 10-1-1968 ) married Troy Burgess
( 6 ) Belle Palmer ( 7- 19-1905 - 9-11-19 3 1 ) · married John Rickman
Hicks ( 2-2-1900 - 1-3-1928 )
( A ) Luther Franklin Hicks ( 5-12- 1924 )
· ( B ) Wayne McNeil Hicks ( 6-13-1926 )
( C ) Edna Devonia Hicks ( 4-15-1928 )
( 7 ) Maggie Palmer ( 3-8- 1907 - 1-24-193 3 )
( A ) Vina Lee ( 1 1-1- 1927 )
( B ) Billy ( 4- 5 - 1·93 1 )
( 8 ) Carl w . Palmer ( 12-21 - 1908 - 2-15-1972) married Stella Davis
( A ) Doria Ann Palmer
(9) Pauline Palmer ( 10-27- 1910 ) married ( 1 ) Ben Shelton ( 2 )
Paul Cummins
( A ) Ruby Jean ( 3-3-1927 )
( B ) Dorothy ( 1 1-30-1928 )
( 10 ) Ruben Larry Palmer ( 9-26-1913 - 1-5-197 7 ) married Vergie
Jenkins
( 1 1 ) J.R. Palmer ( 3-26-191 6 - 2-20-1981 ) married Myrtle Messer
( 12 ) Vola Mae Palmer ( 517-1919 - 6-1919 )
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Big Bend was once a very, rough, remote, isolated, and
inaccessible area in the northern part of Haywood County, N. C.
The people who lived there were plain, poor, and uneducated.
Those that belonged to Big Bend stayed there and made it their
home even though it was hard to get any . • • doctor, undertaker,
teacher, minister, or even the law, to come into this section
to attend to their needs. This seems to have been a lost colony,
and a forgotten community.
Some of the families living in Big Bend over the years were ;
McGaha's, Hicks, Smith ' s, Packett ' s, White's, Grooms, Brown ' s,
Sutton's, Gates, Henderson ' s, and Price ' s . During this time,
and considering all the families in this section, which included
about 75 to 80 children, there was no school, church, recreation,
or any religious services to employ the minds of the young people
in the wholesome things of life .
This was more or less a land of make it yourself or do
without. Most of the houses· were j ust crude little log cabins
that were built many years ago. The women did their housework,
canned and stored food, and helped the men tend the crops, work
the fields, and dig ginseng and other roots. The men were also
kept busy hunting, fishing, and tending their stills.
The people lived to themselves and had their own habits,
r laws, and were even masters of their own destiny. Therefore
crime visited these free open-hearted people, and those who
remember the records will know the dreadful toll it took. It
has been said that a few men who went into The Bend never came
out of The Bend and were never seen, or heard of again. Letha
Hicks has told us of several incidents that has happened there
over the years, and how a few men lay in unmarked graves out
in the woods.
There are many interesting legends centering around the
community, some known, some pnknown. One story is that of Scott
Brown and Mims White who were slain at "The Restin ' Log", in
August, 1930.
The scory goes that a Brown , a McGaha , and Gates man were
making moonshine and that they had these two women watching
out for them in case someone came along. One of these women
just happened to be the wife of Scott Brown. Scott Brown and
Mims White did come down the trail on their way to the dam,
to meet Mims's wife .
Well the women started screaming and hollowing to warn the
three men making moonshine that someone was coming. The men
came running down the trail and shot Scott and Mims. They dragged
the bodies over to where a big chestnut tree had fallen . The
tree had left a big sink hole so they shoved the bodies off
in the hole and left them .
The next morning they went back to where they had left the
bodies and found that one 'of the men was still alive. He begged
them to help him , but one of the men just said, "Dead men tell
no tales" . He then took his gun and shot him again , it has been
said that he took the butt of his gun and bashed the other man's
head in just to make sure he was dead also.
The mother of Scott Brown made many trips to .Waynesville ,
N. C . and Newport , TN . trying to get the law to ,olve the mystery
as to the whereabouts of her son. People were questioned, but
no one in The Bend was talking , so the case remained an unsolved
mystery for seven months.
· Finally one of the men did talk , some say it was because
he felt guilty over what had happened and . just couldn't live
with the guilt any longer. The law was led to a mountain top
overlooking Big Bend. There placed under the roots of the
upturned tree , were the almost decayed bodies of Scott Brown
and Mims White.
Those who committed the crime were relatives, all the families
in The Bend were either related by blood or marriage. This was
not the first time, nor the last, that neighbor has killed
neighbor . . or even slain his own brother.
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John Rickman Hicks ( 2- 2- 19 0 0 - 1-3 - 19 2 8) , son of Merit &
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Jane ( Colwell) Palmer.
Children born to John ·and Belle Hicks were :
( 1) Luther Franklin ( 5- 12 - l 9 j4) married ( 1) Mary Elizabeth
Brwer ( 2) Aalee Loftis
( A) Donald Wayne Hicks ( 2- 19 4 7)
( B) David Franklin Hicks ( 11- 1948)
( C) Max Luther Hicks
( 2) Wayne McNeil ( 6- 1 3 - 9 26) married Ruth Gentri
f A) Sammy Hicks ( 7- 19 - 1949) married Kathy
( 1) Ti.na Marie Hic_ks ( 7- 12 - 19 7 2)
( 2) Cristopher Michael ( 12 - 2 6 - 19 7 6)
( B) Dianna Hicks ( 2- 17- 153) married Mike Riddla
( C) Sharon .Hick ( 3- 2 3 - 1956) married Danny Lee -
( 1) Charles Lee
( 3) Edna Devonia- -( 15- 19 28) married James Boyd Fox ( 5- 3 1
· 19 2 1)
( A) Delores Pearl Fox ( 12 - 17 - 19 4 6) married Roy Ezra
Lynch _ _
( 1) Denni s Mark Lynch ( 10 - 1- 19 65)
2) Douglas Scott Lynch ( 7- 23-19 70)
( 3) Donnie Ezra Lynch - ( 4-5- 19 7 2)
- - -- ( B -Danny -be Fox arried Joyce Beaver
( 1) Jonathan Lee Fox ( 12 - 2 3 - 19 74)
_ -( 2) Jeffery Wayne Fo ( 10 - 2 6 - 19 7 7)
-- ( C)- DaVid Wayne Fox married Elise Griggs
( D) Devonia Gail Fox married Ricky Espinosa
( 1) Michelle Devonia Espinosa ( 12 - 25- 19 7 4) ·
( 2) Deanna Marie Espinosa ( 1- 19 7 7 - 197 7)
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Samuel McGaha born abt. 1797 married Anna born abt. 1792
Robert McGaha ( 1 800 - abt. 186 3 )
Isaac McGaha ( 1805 - between 1870 - 1880 ) . married Frances
James Is9ac Burleson McGaha · ( 1 83 3 - 191 9 ) married abt. 1854
to Mary Louisy Admony Faitsy Ann Jane Yarborough ( 1833 - 1908 )
Wilce ( Wilson ) McGaha ( 1 854 - 1 900 - 1901 ) married Sept. 1 ,
1 889 .to Rachl Smith ( 1 859 - 3-25- 1 930)
William Thomas McGaha ( 2-9-1880 - 6-12-1 97 5 ) married in 1 898
to Nancy Haseltine Wilson ( 1-1 -1878 - 2- 1 9- 1 960 )
Adam ( Ad ) McGaha ( 7-1 5-1 885 - 7-7-1 950 ) married in 1904 to Sarah
Eli zabeth Robert
James Riley McGaha ( 6-9-1 893 - 2-24 - 1 929 married Caledonia Barnes
Victoria McGaha ( 1 897 - 196 3 ) married ( 1 ) Walter Grooms ( 2 )
Leonard Grooms
Ben - McGaha ( 5-19-1883 - 1-7-196 3 )
Anne Elizabeth McGaha born 1857, Anne married Colbert Smith
abt. 1878
Robert Smith McGaha /( 1-8- 186 3 - 2-12- 1 93 6 ) married July 6, 1 884
to Florence Elizabeth Brown
Nancy L McGaha ( 2-20-1865 - 2-20- 1939 ) married abt. 1883 to
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r James Riley McGaha ( 3-1 0- 1 86 6 - 12-6-195 1 ) married abt. 1897
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Lettie McGaha ( 1853 - 1 947 )
Margaret McGaha ( 6- 1 0- 1 869 - 1 - 1 6 - 1942 ) married abt . 1 888 to
Joseph Packett
Thomas McGaha born April 1872 married abt. , 1896 to Sarah
Elizabeth ( Liz zie ) Ball
Vergie Ball McGaha ( 8-7-187 6 - 5-13-1954 )
William McGaha born 186 1
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Parents of John Casheous were John Burns and Margaret (M.ct:Jabb) Leatherwood
. Parents of Adaline Hayes 'were Allan and Susan·
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Children of John Casheous and Adaline (Haynes) Leatherwood
Children
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Spouse
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Their Children Spouse
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Jacob Verlin (1) Telia Owen -- Joseph Cephus
Elizabeth
Mattie Clentine
Samuel Packston
Minnie Carver
Alex Hill
Marion L . Messer
Emma Jane Messer
May Cope I Norman
Casheous (Cash) died age 7
Gaye Leatherwood unmarried
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Bonnie_
Helena Burr
John Herman
Jane
Mamie
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Mary
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Zeffie
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Glenn Messer
Noah Cagle
Gussie Justice· ·
Elwood Holland
Clayton Pressly
Carson . Hannah Jr. i
Ila K . Pressley
Wm . Frnkonard
R . L . Parks ·
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Dick Moody
Jack Messer
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Lena
May
Stella .
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Rev . Frank M.
Jarvis
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James Elder
Dee Garringer
Kenneth Huffman
Allen Mehaffey
Minnie Bailey
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Pearl Clark
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Marcus Allen · Mattie Jones
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Charlie Myrtle Dotson
- - . . James Horace Mattie Frnklin
Ethel
Hilliard
Daisy
Howard
Lena
Anna Dee
Ruby
Marshall
Roland
Margaret
Lucille
Edwina
Lawrence B.
Leonard
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Harold Smith
William Shine
Ruth Holloway
Ben Hill
Willie Medford
Ernest Rogers
Harry L . Stamey
Ernest Caldwell
Ruby Noland
Virgina Clark
Oliver Hill
died age 9
Edwin Jackson
Amelia Bradley
Gilda Moody
Claudia Boyd
James Horace Jr. Louise Noland
Argyle Harley Stevenson
Arvil Lazella ?
Carl
Arnie James Osborne
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Virgil McCracken
Ernest
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Elmer
Bill
Tom
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Nora
Maggie
Quincy
Jessie
Allie
Cora
Grace
Jarvis
Emerson
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Edna Anderson
Fannie Stevenson
Noreen Edwards
Miley Price
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Charlie Medford
Lee Williamson
Tom Edwards
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Fred Brendle
died unmarried
died in infancy
Vera Kinsland
Grace Holder
Ethel Palmer
Lucy Hipps
Mary
Sally
Mazie
Bernice
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Harold (Dink) Bryson
Oscar Brown
Lynn Caldwell
Virgil Robinson
Robert Robers
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to Jacob Verlin Leatherwood
Margaret (1 1 -4- 1 86 1 - 1 0- 1 - 1 862) Sister to J . V . Leatherwood
John Leatherwood - The gravestone states that he died Octoper
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his birth March 3, 1779. He is reportedly buried with 5 or 6
of his slaves ( no markers to prove thi) • . . .
Another marker in the same generaY area maks the grave of Ann,
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wife of John Burns • • Revolutionaiy. Soldier • .,Ann died Oct . 1"6, • I
1848 at the age of 94 years 5 months . John :& Ann ' s daughter,
Sarah married John Leatherwood .
Hillcrest Memorial : Joseph Cephas Leatherwood ( 6 -16-1882 - 8-
15- 1958)
. ' Mattie Clementine ( Leatherwood) Messer ( 6- 17-1886 - 6 -17-1965)
Marion Messer ( 12-28-1885 - 7-5-1974)
Elizabeth ( Leatherwood) Hill ( 7- 2 2 - 1884 - 7-19- 196 1)
Jane ( Messer) Leatherwood ( 7-4-1888 10-9-1960) Samual's widow
Herbert Messer ( 4- 5 - 1912 - 1-28-1960)
Annie Mae ( Messer) Bolden ( 11-9- 1909 - 7-29-1963)
Mack Robinson ( Elizabeth Aletha ' s husband)
Sutton Town Cemetery : Columbus Messer ( 9- 2 5- 1852 - 1- 16-1905)
Father of Lottie Messer Leatherwood.
Vinson Messer ( 6- 17-1889 - 7-12 - 1940)
Zada Burgess ( 12 - 2 7 - 1888 - 1- 6 - 1966) Sister of Julie
Miles Ensley Messer ( 11-28- 1868 10- 14- 1968) Uncle to Lottie
Davis Cemetery, near Cove Creek Baptit Church: Jacob I
VerlinLeatherwood ( 6- 7 - 1864 - 7 - 2 2 - 1958)
Lottie ( Messer) Leatherwood ( 4-4-1879 - 7-4-1956)
· Vinson Woodrow Wilson Leatherwoqd- ( 1- 5 - 19 13 - · 10.-·s-=-1946-) PFC
in th 7 1st . Infantty, World War· I I and recieved th Bronze
Star during his servic .
Mary ( Leatherwood) Conard
Frank Conard ( 10 - 5-1910 -
( 7- 11-1916 . - 8-2 - 1960) I
9-13- 1967) ,
Martha Leatherwood ( daughter of Woodrow and Ila Kay), there
was no marker to give dates .
Leatherwood Cemetery on Quall a R,oad: Margaret_ ( McNabb)
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J. C. Leatherwood (1-261833 · - 16-7-1919)
T.A. (Adaline) Leathewood (born 6-5- 142)
Annie Leatherwood (11-28 1879 - '12- 17- 189 5)
Sallie Duckett (6-5-1877 - 3-1 a- 1949)
Mark Duckett (4- 11-1867 - 4-29- 194 1)
Telia Owen Leatherwood (1866 -1 896)
Gaye Leatherwood (has old marker which belonged to Telia Owen
Leatherwood. Was placed to mark _grave when new marker was . placed
at Telia Owen Leatherwood 's grave) .
James Horace Leatherwood (born 9-22- 1882)
Mattie F. Leatherwood (9-4-1883 - 1-22- 1943 )
Norman Leatherwood (5-1 0-1890 - 4-10-192 4)
Samual Packston Leatherwood (3-1 6 -1888 - 7-30-1935)
Annie Dee Leatherwood (9-71920 - 9-26-1 939)
John Leatherwood
John Leatherwood ( 1-2- 1779 - 10-31846) , married Nov . 25 ,
1802 to Sarah !I Sally"· :Burns. John was the son of Edward and
Elizabeth (0alker) Leaiherwoo. Sarah was the daughter of John
and Ann Burns. John - bought land on Jonathan Creek , in Haywood
County, N . C . and built ·a home. He and Sarah raised ten chi ldren.
( 1) Mary Polly (b. 1804) married Reuben Moody
( 2) Edward (b 180 7)
( 3) John Burns ( 1809 - 1861) married Margaret McNabb
(4) Samuel (b. 111) arried Tirza Haynes ( 1- 1 - 1822 - 1-22-1893)
(5) Abel Jackson ( 1815 - 19 0 4) married Elvira McNabb
(6) Adelne married Zack Allen
( 7) El izabeth "Betsy" '·married William McNabb
(8) Nancy Virlintia married Posey Haynes
( 9 ) Jason Luther married Matilda Arrington
( 10) Elias
Edward, Jason , and Elias were all three born blind. I
John Leatherwood was a man of substantial wealth and he owned
over 5 0 0 acres of land . He was known for his industry, hounds ,
c_attle, thriftiness , .and his fine apple brandy .
Records show tha·t. he bought and sold many slaves , and was
thoughtful about their welfare, even in his will. John was very
fond of the Cherokee and spoke their language fluently , his
mother was half-Cherokee .
John is buried, in a small cemetery, near Dellwood, N. C . ,
along with a few of his slaves .
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Th is picture wa s taken (abt. mid-forty's) at the CCC Camps at
Mt . Sterling , N.C . where mo st of the families lived and worked .
Those pictured are : Ralph (Sonny) Hannah Jr. (boy at front) ,
Lore tta Su tton (girl on tr icycle) , Anderson (Pete) Sutton (boy
bes ide car) , Dorothy (Caldwell) Sutton , Dale (Leatherwood)
Mil ler, Lucille (Leatherwood) Bryson, Jewel Sutton (little girl) ,
Reva (Leatherwood) Hannah , and Robert (Bob) Hannah (little boy) .
The old car belonged to Ralph Hannah Sr.
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right are Reva , Vera , James , & Agnes
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Leatherwood ) had give Boyd t h e l umber to b u i l d their l i t t l e
home . I t took Boyd a year t o b u i l d their house so during that
time they l ived w i th Boyd ' s mother , Madi e ( Mae ) Hannah .
Boyd and Reva were mar r i e d A pr i l 1 9 , 1 9 4 0 and she s a i d i t
was i n 1 9 4 1 they moved into t h e i r "Wedding Home . "
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George Grooms Sr. (1800 - ?) married about 1819 to Anera
(180 1 - ? ) Anera is said to be a Cherokee Indian . In the early
to mid 1800 ' s some of the Grooms, both male and female,
intermarried with the Cherokee Indians .
Children of George & Anera
(1) George Grooms Jr . (1822 - 4 10-1865) married Sarah Jane
Franklin (1824 - 1895) . George was murdered by Captain Albert
Teagues Confederate scouts. George, his brother, He,nry, and
Henry ' s brother-in-law, Mitchell are all three buried at the
Sutton Family Cemetery # 1 Mt. Sterling, N . C . It is said that
all three are buried in a single pine coffin in the same grave .
(2) Solomon Grooms (1823 - 1-15-1863) married Elizabeth McGaha
(1827 - ? ) Elizabeth was the daughter of Samuel & Anna McGaha.
Solomon was arraigned at Waynesville, N. C. on Monday, October
20, 1862, for the ax murder of Oscar L . Townsend a hired hand .
He was convicted, and hanged Friday, January 15, 1863 in
Waynesville at what later became known as "Cobb Hill", above
Dellroad, in the Bandmill section and is buried in Ha7wood Co • .
(3) John Grooms (1825 - ?) married (1) Frances (Fanny) Norton
(1830 - ? ) , (2) Nancy Green
(4) Sallie Grooms (1829 - ?)
(5) Henry Grooms (1832 - 4- 10- 1865) married Eliza Caldwell
(1- 16- 1841 - 2-4-1 908) . Henry was murdered, along with his
brother George, and his brother-in-law, Mitchell Caldwell. Henry
was a fiddle player and before they shot him he played his
favorite tune, "Bonapart' s Retreat11
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(6) Anderson Grooms (1836 ? ) married Nancy J . McGaha (1837
- abt . 1879) . Nancy was the daughter of Samuel & Anna McGaha.
(7) Dorcas Grooms (1 838 - ?)
(8) Ernaline Grooms (1841 - 12- 14- 1882) married a Ball . Ernaline
is also buried at the Sutton Family Cemetery # 1.
(9) Ernestine Grooms (1842 - ? )
George & Sarah Jane Grooms
George Grooms ( 1822 - 4-10-1865) married Oct. 18, 1 848 to
Sarah Jane Franklin ( 1824 - 1895) . George's parents were George
and Anera (Anne) Grooms Sr. Sarah's parents were Bentley and
Elizabeth (Davis) Franklin.
George and Sarah lived in Haywood County N. C. , they had six
children.
( 1) William Anderson Grooms ( 1-1- 1850 - 6-17-1914) married Feb.
12 , 1871 to ( 1) Ctherine Cordelia Willis (2) Laura Gentry
( 2) Amanda (Mandy) Grooms ( 4- 2 2 - 1854 - . ?) married Oct. 2 0 , 1871
to Christopher Columbus Barnes
(3) Emalia (Milly) Grooms (3- 10- 1857 - ?) married April 10 ,
1875 to Hance Rector
(4) LeVina (Viney) Grooms (3-12 - 1858 - ?) married March 29,
1889 to John Ledford
(5) James Grooms ( 12-9- 1859 - ? )
(6) Joseph Grooms ( 5- 15 - 1862 '. - ? ) married Sept. 1 , 1 883 to Mollie
Carroll I
George enlisted in 1863, as a Private in the Eleventh TN.
Calvary. George , his brother Henry, and Henry's brother-in-law
Mitchell Caldwell were all murdered at Little Cataloochee , N. C.
during the Civil War.
Sarah was left with six children to raise , she moved her
family to Madison County , N. C. and applied for a Federal Pension.
Sarah never remarried so she received this pension until she
died, in 1895.
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William Anderson Grooms
William and Catherine had five children
( 1 ) Sarah Jane Grooms married Joseph A . Ell ison
( 2 ) Ebe Grooms
( 3) George Grooms
( 4) Harvey Grooms
( 5 ) Ellender Grooms
William and Laura had four chi ldren
( 1 ) William Earnest Grooms ( 2-21-19 0 5 - 6 - 1 7 - 19 7 2)
( 2) William Henry Grooms ( 1 0-22-1907 - 10-2-1 962 )
( 3) Ernaline Grooms ( 3-10-19 11 - 11-29-1 9 71)
( 4) Zettie Grooms ( 10 - 23- 1913 - ? )
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Sarah Jane Grooms married July 7, 1 891 to Joseph A. Ellison
they lived in Cocke County for awhile, then in 1892 they moved
to Madison County, N. C . , where Sarah was raised, and her parents
still lived . Sarah Jane's parents were William Anderson Grooms
and Catherine Cordelia Willis . William ' s father, George Grooms,
was murdered by Capt . Albert Teagues Confederate scouts at Little
Cataloochee, N. C. during the Civil War, leaving behind a wife
and six children.
Joseph and Sarah Jane lived in Madison County for eighteen
years and raised their family. Times were hard so in 1910 Joseph
moved his family to South Carolina to work in the Cotton Mills.
Children of Joseph & Sarah
(1 ) William Ellison (3-31 - 1892 - 1 1 - 16-1965) married Oct . 11 ,
1 91 4 to Elizabeth Winstead
(2) Louella Ellison (3-4- 1893 - 8-6-1978) married June 20, 1 91 4
to Robert Moore
(3) Charles McKinley Ellison (4-5-1 896 - 1 0-19-1 983) married
Dec. 31, 1915 to Nancy Ellen Coggins
(4) Cenie Ellison (4-19- 1898 - 1 0-23- 1 959) married March 16,
1921 to Suttle Dulin
(5) Hubert Ellison (6- 1 2- 1 90 0 - 3-9- 1 975) never married. Hubert
stayed in the Army 24 years and was at Pearl Harbor when
it was bombed.
(6) Howard Ellison (3-3- 19D6 - 11 -1-1983 mirried Dec . 22, 1 926
to Adelle Gibson
(7) Lloyd Ellison (8-8-1 908 - 2-5-1 970) married May 7, 1 937
to Jeanette Pettit
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Joseph Barnes
This story was passed on to me by Bruce Price of Simpsonville,
S. C. Joseph Barnes was his g-g-g-grandfather. Joseph ' s daughter,
Mariah Barnes was the second wife of Richard Price Sr. Richard
and Mariah are listed in the 1 850 Haywood County, N. C. Census,
Richard ' s age at that time was 85. Bruce believes that Joseph
is also the father of Thomas & Henry H. Barnes.
Bruce found the fol lowing story in Haywood County Superior
Court Records.
Joseph Banes was found guilty of perjury on Oct. 6, 1 83 1 .
On Oct. 8, 1 831 the fol lowing sentence was passed :
"It is considered by the court the defendant, Joseph Barnes ,
be fined one sixpence and costs - that he stand in the pillory
one hour, at the expiration of which time both the ears of him
the said Joseph Barnes shal l be cut off and severed entirely
from the head and that the ears so cut off shall be nailed to
the pil lory by the sheriff of the county and there remain until
the setting of the sun and that the said Joseph Barnes be
hereafter rendered incapable of giving testimony in any of the
courts of this state or in any case whatsoever. "
sixpence - a former coin of Great Britain equal to six pennies.
pillory - a wooden frame, supported by an upright post, having
holes through which the head, and hands of a person were put
as a punishment .
perjury - the crime of wil lingly giving false evidence under
oath.
This was the kind of punishment that was enforced in the early
1 800 ' s for lying under oath. I wonder what people would do if
we had such severe punishments as this enforced now .
Chestnut Tree
The largest tree to be cut in Haywood County, N. C. was cut
on the waters of Big Creek, on Chestnut Branch, by the Crestmont
operation, in the 192 0 s.
The big tree was something to talk about and became the
topic of many a story. It was told that seven grown men could
j ust barely hold hands and reach around this giant tree.
Pictured next to the stump of th giant tree are Sidney
Nelson, James Mack Caldwell, and Little Joe Smith.
This giant tree was said to measure 13 feet and 6 inches.
Children of Ben and Nola Frazier
Top row left to right are :
Junior Frazier
Jess Frazier
Billy Frazier
Pauline Frazier
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The Civil War ( 1861 -1 865) , was a conflict between the North
( the Union) and 1 1 southern states ( the Confederacy) , and known
as the War Between the States. Its immediate cause was the
secession of the southern states from the Union ; northerners
regarded the Union as inseparable, and the war was fought to
resolve the issue. The general cause was the question of slavery,
something that was well established in the southern states.
On Dec. 20, 1860, South Carolina left the Union, quickly
followed by Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana,
and Alabama. North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Arkansas
seceded later.
The war began on April 12, 1861, when South Carolina fired
on Fort Sumter, the federal installation in Charleston harbor .
The Confederate capital was established at Richmond, Va.
The Civil War was the most destructive in U. S. History. The
casualties were greater than those of any other war, and the
physical destruction of the countryside was unjustifiable.
Cocke, and Haywood County were bdrderline counties during
the war and being so sons, fathers, brothers, and cousins j oined
both the Union and the Confederate cause. Brother fought against
brother, father against son, many such cases have been recorded.
Most of these men were peaceful men and would never willingly
hurt anyone.
Families in the North and South suffered the loss of loved
ones from war, and suffered other hardships as well . There was
stealing, looting, homes were burned, people were tortured,.
women raped, and many inocent people were killed.
Many of our ancestors fought in this war and paid a high
price for what they believed in. We can't explain all the untold
suffering and hardships they endured, but we can honor and
preserve their memory. We should also pay tribute to the women,
the brave, loving mothers, wives, and sisters who faced hardships
and suffering as well.
Shelton Laurel Mas sacre
The people of Shelton Laurel came to the valley and stayed .
Family ties were strong and the people became bound to the land
here. They loved the valley and planned to remain there living
in harmqny with nature, the seasons, and the cycle of life .
For three generations the valley had sustained and sheltered
them from the rest of the world, and so they were happy .
The Shelton Laurel Creek traced its path through the valley,
and where the creek joined the Laurel River the pa ss was narrow
and stayed that way . Where the Appalachians crested along the
Tennessee line, nature had prepared her defenses well . Yet an
invasion came to the valley in the form of war and with it came
death .
Mountain warfare escalated in savagery and more often than
not, it was the Unioni sts who were the victims . War was rapidly
invading the mountains .
The problem of des ertion was high in the confederacy . While
deserters and Unionists shaded the mountain region with a coat
of blue, enough gray remained to make the egion bitterly
conte sted . The rural mountains became a place filled with dang er .
There was a vigorous group of Rebels who boasted that they
would take no prisoners should they encounter any Unionis ts .
When Unionist were caught and hanged their bodies were sometimes
left dangling from the trees to teach others who might consider
betraying the confederate cause a les son .
By winter of 1862 the mountain people began to suffer from
deprivations of the necessities of everyday life . No deprivation
hit harder than that of salt, there was no subs titute for salt .
North Carolina was hit hard by the salt famine and what meager
amounts of salt did arrive to the area was sent to the county
seat of Marshall, there it was hoarded by loyal Rebels . Salt
was kept from the people in the rural mountainous areas .
Late one evening in early January 1863, a band of about fifty
men, many deserters, and a few men from Shelton Laurel went
to Marshall . The raiders were cold and suffering from want of
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necessities, especially salt. They was read? to satisfy their
needs, and hatred, in the sleeping town of Marshall.
The raiders plundered the stores and homes for food, salt,
blankets, clothing, and whatever else they needed. One home
that was broke into was the home of Colonel Allen who was away
at the time, b?t his wife and two sick children were home.
Hearing of the raid to Marshall, Allen and James Keith, ask
commanding officer Henry Heth to let them punish the parties
guilty of raiding the town. Heth gave the orders and made it
clear that he wanted no reports about what course of action
was taken at Shelton Laurel. Therefore the following tragedy
took place.
In January 1 863, in a remote Appalachian Valley of North
Carolina, called Shelton Laurel, thirteen prisoners were shot
to death, women were whipped, tortured, and even hanged till
they was almost dead.
As Allen ' s men moved deeper into the valley gunfire came
from behind rocks, trees, laurel thickets, and snow banks. At
first Allen ' s men met only scattered resistance, but they managed
to kill eight of the enemy. Then at Bill Shelton's place they
encountered a force of about fifty. After this skirmish six
more lay dead. Allen camped at Bill Shelton's that night as
he waited for Keith to catch up with him.
With Keith now commanding the Sixty Fourth Unit, they fanned
out into the valley, arresting those they deemed dangerous.
Hearing of the sweep in the area three men went to Marshall
and turned themselves in to the authorities there. A few more
were caught and turned over to acting general W. H. Bailey . These
men, the ones who made it to Bailey, were the lucky ones.
Out in the mountain the roundup continued and the prisoners
taken there had s9mething else in store for them and their
families. Surrounded by hostile people, and a terrain they didn't
know, it was easy to surrender to brutality, so the mood of
the soldiers was brutal. In guerrilla warfare men sometimes
feel the environment itself is hostile to them.
The Sixty Fourth hunted down the mountaineers, they went
into their cabins threatening the women. They whipped them and
tied ropes around their necks, hanging them until they was almost
dead then they 'd let them down, question them, and then hang
them again till they was nearly dead. They'd kill the livestock,
and burn the barns and houses before riding off.
When they 'd finished Keith's soldiers had taken fifteen
prisoners, most were captured quietly in their homes. Perhaps
five of those captured had taken part in the raid on Marshall,
the other eight were not even involved.
Keith told the prisoners they would be taken to Knoxville,
Tennessee and given a fair trial, but the officers knew they
had other plans for their prisoners. The prisoners were kept
in Laurel Valley over the weekend and during this time two were
able to escape during the night.
The story goes that the prisoners were being held in a corn
crib and a cousin, Tyler Rhea, slipped a rock to Joe Moore .
Joe knocked the guard on the head and escaped . He immediately
went and joined the Union Army.
Early the next morning Keith's men roused the prisoners and
proceeded to march for a few miles down the road. Then the /
prisoners were stopped near the creek, five men were ordered
to kneel down. The soldiers stood ten paces away their guns
ready.
Someone begged Keith to remember his promise of a fair trail,
another begged to be allowed to pray. Keith ignored both
requests, the order was given and the soldiers fired. Four died
instantly, but a fifth was wounded in the stomach and he withered
in agony as he begged for mercy. One of the sol diers shot him
in the head.
Five more prisoners were ordered to kneel, among these was
thirteen year old David Shelton. David begged the soldiers not
to shoot him in the face as they had done with his father. The
soldiers fired, again five victims fell over, but one had only
been wounded in both arms, it was David. He pleaded for his
life, but they shot him dead . The remaining three were told
to kneel and they in turn died also.
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The killing now finished the soldiers dug a shallow grave
and dragged the bleeding corpses to it. With the ground frozen
hard the soldiers lack of concern about the disposal of the
bodies meant that the hole was not large enough to allow the
earth to cover the dead , some of the bodies lay on top of the
ground . Later the soldiers threw a little more dirt on top of
the bodies and moved on .
The next day when the families found the dead , they discovered
that wild hogs had rooted up one man ' s body and eaten part of
his head. The families took the bodies from the ditch and carried
them up a hillside , then buried them all side by side. They
had all been kin whi le alive, now they ' d l ie in death together.
The names of the thirteen victims were : Ell ison King, Joe
Woods, Wi ll Shelton age 20 , Hellen Moore age abt. 2 5 , Wade Moore
age abt. 2 2 , Old Jim Shelton age 5 6 , James Shelton Jr . age 1 7 ,
James Metcalf age 40 , Azariah Shelton , Stob Rod Shelton , David
Shelton ( brother of Stob ) , Jasper Chandler age 1 5 , and David
Shelton age 1 3.
Keith , Allen , and the soldiers of the Sixty Fourth Unit had
murdered 1 3 men , ages 13 to 60 and left them pi led together
in a ditch , in the snow . They ' d tortured innocent women and
their children , and burned their homes. Shelton Laurel , home
of Unionist Mountaineers, and refuge for a loyal , independent
people, had now been punished. But what had they done to deserve
such a cruel punishment?
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set up two small granite stones to mark the place where the
victims of the Shelton Laurel Massacre were buried .
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World War II
World War II ( 1939-45), one of the largest conflicts in
history. The toll in human life was staggering, with 40, 0 0 0, 0 0 0
to 6 0, 0 0 0, 0 0 0 dead.
Recently recovered from the Great Depression, under Pres.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the U. S. answer to Japanese power was
to restrict U. S. /Japanese trade . Japan responded with the bombing
of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 194 1 . The United States declared
war on Japan the next day.
Under Gen. Douglas MacArthur the Allies forced the Japanese
from Okinawa, Iwo Jima, the Philippines, and other territories,
and began intensive bombing of Japan. The Japanese, refused
to surrender, and in a controversial effort to end the war the
United States, under the new Pres. Harry S. Truman, dropped
an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1 945. Three days later
Nagasaki was leveled by another blast, the Japanese surrendered.
Four days after the Pearl Harbor disaster, the United States
found itself at war in Europe. With Eisenhower as commander,
on June 6, 1944 fD-Day) . The Allied forces retook France and
entered Germany, by May 2, 1945 they ' d taken Berlin. Hitler
committed suicide on April 30. Victories to the west and south
brought an end to the European war on May 9, 1945.
Many young men, from this area, served in the war. Most of
these men were teen-agers, because a lot of them joined the
Armed Forces at the early age of 14. These young men, left their
beautiful mountain homes to fight a war in another country,
a country they knew nothing about.
We couldn't begin to list each persons name, nor their deeds.
Figures and statistics abound concerning military records,
honors, dates, injuries, and casualties. Behind each name was
a life, a human who laughed and loved just as we do. Each one
has a personal story about their home, family, and friends .
Many families suffered the loss of a loved during this time
and knows the anguish and sorrow it brougnt, but pride is there
also and we honor those who served so bravely .
Felix Price
Felix (5-1 9-1 904 - 1 0- 4 -1 966) , son of Andrew Johnson (1 2-
1 7-1 865 - 4 -26-1 94 0) and Nancy (Dills) Price (1 -3-1 878 - 1 1 -
3-1 933) ran away from home and joined the Marines a few days
after his fourteenth birthday.
Felix continued his schooling while in the service and became
thoroughly qualified in 1 5 different l anguages. He learned to
fly, and became a pilot . He flew Prime Minister, Winston
Churchill during World War I I .
He was a Colonel in the Intelligence Division. During the
invasion of Normandy he was captured, by Germans. He was held
a prisoner-of-war for months and tortured brutally.
Felix was given an honorable discharge after 38 years of
service. He is buried at the Price Cemetery in Green Corner.
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Son of Fletch w . Hopkins (1857 - 1933) , and Alice Naillon
(b . 11-1 3- 190 0) . Permission was filed and granted at the Newport
Court House on Oct . 191 5 for Fletch and Alice to marry because
she was only 15 years old . Fletch and Alice had six children,
they were : Pauline (b . 1 0-25-1 917) , Lester (10 -7- 1919 - 197q) ,
Paul Everett (b . 9-2- 1921) , Geraldine (b . 1-1 0-1924) , Austin
Peay (b. 2-19- 1926) , and Laurine (b . 9-8-1931) .
In 1942, Lester was inducted in the 35th . Division, Combat
Engineers at Fort Dix N . J . During the Normandy Invasion he was
wounded . He was a prisoner 9f war for 8 months at a prison camp .
(Normandy was the location of the allied invasion of German
occupied France during World War II) .
Lester married Lillian McGaha, daughter of Riley and Caldonia
McGaha .
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Years· and miles have put many of us out of touch with our
roots. When we do travel back to the land of our forefathers
we often leave disappointed, having found only a rundown, and
sometimes overgrown cemetery as the only link to our past.
Over the last few years, while researching our books, we
have had the opportunity to visit many of these old cemeteries.
Some of them are well tended, but there are others that are
in a state of despair . The fences (usually barb wire ) are fal ling
down, some markers have fal len and their engraving deteriorated .
Briars, vines, weeds, and even trees have grown over some graves .
We have talked to several people who are taking steps to
clean up the Hopkins, Old Osborne Ba ll, and Sutton Cemeteries.
They hope to raise money for markers for each grave, new fences,
and landscaping . To accompl ish this goal they are planning fund
raisers at . some reunions in the Summer of 98, sending out lots
of letters, and contacting anyone with relatives /ancestors buried
at these cemeteries .
Crowders Monuments, in Newport, have fot-stone type markers
starting at $25. 00 .... this incl udes a good amount of engraving,
but you have to install it yoursel f.
We need to preserve and recall our heritage now because if
we don 't, very soon now, nothing will be left to remind us of
it.
If you, and your family would like to help restore these
old cemeteries please contact the authors of this book and we
will put you in touch with others who are also working on this
project . If you live in the area why not go on over to the
cemetery of your ancestors and start working .
An old run down barn n chimney are all that remain in what
once was Nallion Town • There are a couple of old cemeteries
here, but they to are slowly deteriorating and soon no one will
ever remember that they even existed. If we ' d all do just a
little bit now, we could preserve what ' s still left of our past.
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Barnes Valley - Named for Thomas Barnes.
Black's - Named for John Black who received a land grant there
in 1827.
Bluffton - So called because of the towering bluffs.
Brown ' s - First called Moraine, but took its name from the family
of William M. Brown.
Chestnut Mountain - Named for the abundance of chestnut trees
on it.
Crippled Creek - Named for the musical mountaineers.
Fines Creek - First known as Crystal Creek, then Twelve Mile
Creek (because of its length of 12 miles). Later
it was given the name Fines Creek after Vinet
Fine was killed by Indians. His body was placed
in the creek to be removed later, but the body
washed away and was never recovered.
Grassy Fork - Named for the grassy areas of the community.
Green Corner - Named for the Greens.
Groundhog - Named after the abundance of groundhogs there.
Gwinntown - Once located on the Big Pigeon. Three Gwinn brothers,
Alman, Bartholomew, and Absolom once lived near
Kit Bullard's Old Mill. Gwinntown has long been
forgotten. In 1814 - 1816 the brothers migrated
to Missouri from Cocke County and named a settlement
there Gwinntown after their mountain home.
Great Smoky Mountains - Named for the mystic blue veil of silvery
mists that floats above them. The
Cherokee called it "Giukoustee" which
means "Smoke".
Hall ' s Top - Named for the Hall family. This was once the main
pathway to Grassy Fork and Raven's Branch.
Hartford - Named for John Hart and the Ford family.
Max Patch - Said to be named after Mack Fox who cleared part
of it.
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Naillon Town - Said to be named for the Naillon family.
Old 15th. - This was once the 1 5th. Civil District of the county.
Pigeon River - Named for the wild pigeons that lived among the
river.
"Purty Holler" (Pretty Hollow) Gap - Named for the beauty of
the landscape.
Raven ' s Branch - Named for an Indian brave who was killed and
buried in the gap of the mountain. Others say
it was named for Chief Raven, a highly respected
Cherokee Chief. Best known story is about an
old Indian squaw, named Raven, who grew tired
and could not continue the j ourney over the
mountains. She was given food and water and
left to rest. When the Indians returned for
her she had died. She was buried there.
Snake Den Mountain - Joseph Campbell discovered a snake den
on this mountain.
Snow Bird Mountain - Named for the snow birds (sometimes called
snowflake, snow buntings, or j ynco) which
nests there in the winter.
Tobes Creek - Named for Tobe Phillips (Tobias Phillips).
Trail Hollow - Named for the narrowness of the hollow itself.
It was once a back trail from Cosby to Hartford.
Waterville - A name associated with the Walters Hydroelectric
Plant located j ust over the TN. / N. C. State Line.
White Rock - A peak formed of sandstone and granite which gleams
in the sunlight, hence the name of White Rock.
It was first known as Sharp Point and has two
springs on the top, one of the springs is called
"Bear Wash". The peak was given the name, Mt.
Camerer, after one of the park officials.
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Early Medical Beliefs
1. To cure sores , mix pure lard and sulfur to create a salve.
2. Snuff placed on stings draws out the pain.
3. For a cold , mix whiskey , rock candy , and honey.
4. For leg cramps at night place a bowl of sugar under the foot
of your bed.
5. For sprains , soak a piece of brown paper in vinegar and wrap
it around the injured area.
6. Cigarette smoke blown into an ear will cure the earache.
7. For "risins" , boils , place a piece of fat meat on the sore.
8. To cure hiccups , eat one teaspoon of dry sugar.
9. To cure warts , sell them , but don't spend the money.
10. Correctly repeating Ezekiel 16: 6 will stop bleeding.
11 . Tea made from boiled polk roots helps cure rheumatism.
12. Coal oil is good for sore throat.
13. To "unclog" sinuses , suck warm salt water up the nose.
14. Boiled catnip and sugar given to babies cures them of hives.
15. Boil mint and drink it to stop diarrhea.
16. For a mashed finger , bore a hole in the fingernail to release
blood. /
17. For a black eye , place a piece of fat meat on the eye.
18. If one sticks a nail in his foot , he should soak it in hot
salt water.
19. Fry onions and make a poultice , placed on the chest cures
croup.
20. To stop a toothache , try turpentine or camphor.
21. Drink red sassafras tea in the springtime to thin your blood.
22. To remove freckles , rub lemon over them.
23. Ginger tea is good for the stomach.
24. Dandelion tea is good for the blood.
25. Linseed oil is good for burns.
26. Oatmeal and buttermilk made into a paste is good for itching .
27. Turpentine is good for snake bite , cuts , and sores.
28. Coal soot is good to stop bleeding.
29. To cure a wart , rub a sliced potato across the wart then
bury the potato.
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Days Gone, But Not Forgotten
Days Gone, But Not Forgotten
Memories
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