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Journeys Through Jackson 2003 Vol.13 No.05-06

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  • Journeys Through Jackson is the official journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, Inc. The journal began as a monthly publication in July 1991, was published bimonthly from 1994 to 2003, and continues today as a quarterly publication. The journal issues in this digital collection are presented as annual compilations. Issue number on piece has v.13, no.3-4 May-June 2003, numbering should have been no.5-6.
  • J o u r n e y s T h r o u g h J a c k s o n T h e Official J o u r n a l of t h e J a c k s o n C o u n t y G e n e a l o g i c a l Society, Inc. Vol. X I I I , N o 3 - 4 M a y - J u n e 2 0 03 JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. 2003 Officers President Dorris D. Beck Vice President. L. Roy Shuler Secretary Lynn Allen Treasurer E. Lawrence Morton Librarian Dorris D. Beck Office Manager Ruth C. Shuler Computer Coordinator. Deanne G. Roles Chair, Publications (Editor) R. Larry Crawford Journeys Through Jackson is the official publication of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. Members and non-members are invited to submit genealogical materials for publication, with the understanding that the editor reserves the right to edit these materials for genealogical content, clarity, or taste. The Society assumes no responsibility for errors of fact that may be contained in submissions, and except where noted, the opinions expressed are not those of the editor or of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. The Society accepts no advertising for this publication except for notices for other non-profit groups. From the Editor Well, is this the latest one yet, or what? Our apologies, but no excuses. Just that the garden is healthy, thank you. In this issue, find a really family- oriented publication. We have information on Fullbright, thanks to Danny Jones; on Green, thanks to Dorris Dills Beck; on Dills, thanks to Ruth Shuler; our second installment on Parris; and the conclusion of the Selma Lewis Frizzell interview. We also send some of the usual official records your way, and we trust that they are helpful to you as you do your research. In our last issue, we indicated that we had made some errors earlier in the publication of information sheets from the North Carolina State Library. In this issue, we include others of those sheets, with another apology to the staff at that library for our oversights. Finally, notice that your Holden Award ballot is included in this issue. Please return this form to the Society address by August 1,2003, so that the nominations can be counted. The picnic will be August 14 at WCU. See you there. V i s i t u s a t o u r W e b s i t e : h t t p : / / w w w . j c n c g s . c o m/ t >. * *. Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s Announcements 69 JCGS Photo Album 70 - 72 The Family of George Washington Green 73-76 Jackson County Court of Pleas and Q u a r t e r Sessions 77 - 79 JCGS Library Acquisitions 80 Items for Sale by J C G S 80 The Fullbright Ancestry of Danny Jones 81 - 84 1957 Jackson County Death Certificates 85 - 88 Interview with Selma Lewis Frizzell 89 - 92 The Grandchildren of David and Mary Parris, P a r t 2 93 - 95 North Carolina Marriage Bonds for Grooms with Surname "Dills" 96 Information Sheets from the North Carolina State L i b r a r y 97 - 1 0 0 Index 101-102 J C G S A n n u a l A u g u s t P i c n i c a n d A w a r d s P r e s e n t a t i o n a t W C U P i c n i c A r e a T h u r s d a y A u g u s t 1 4 a t 6 : 3 0 p m . B r i n g c o v e r e d d i s h e s a n d j o i n t h e f u n . 69 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 J C G S P h o t o A l b um '4 u % " y. % M The photograph above shows the G.C. Crawford family in front of their home in the Willets community of Jackson County. Although G.C. (George Chastain or Chatt) Crawford was the editor's great-grandfather, we had never seen this picture until it was shared with us by new JCGS member Christina Parris Kennedy. Identified, the folks are from left: Chatt Crawford holding George, Bethel with her doll, Sarah Catherine Pannell Crawford, Mamie, Cicero, and Lee. Mary, P.J., Rob, and Chastain would already have been away from home when this picture was made in 1913 or 1914. 70 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 J C G S P h o t o A l b um G r a d u a t i n g E x e r c i s es a t C E N T R A L H I G H S C H O OL F r i d a y E v e n i n g 8:15, A p r i l 2 4 , 1 9 25 A Merry life _ _ L. Denza Presentation of Diplomas ._ Prof. A. C. Lovelace Rose Bud ..: _ Eduardo Marzo Springtime Fantasy '.'. R. M. Stults Literary Address .~..,» X)r< A. C. Herd GRADUATES Sue Allison Grady Crawford Lucy Belle Fisher Laxelle Henson John Henson Lee Henson Annie Jo Hooper Azalee Harris Lyda Moody Elisabeth Moody Hicks Wilson Sayre Moore Leah Nichols Annie Parris Jacob Parris Willa Parris Richard Potts Sara Sue SherriU Ralph Sntton Hannah Warren Harriet Wilson ^o- Sce, "Betty, Tho Girl of My Heart", by the seniors, Saturday evening, April 25, 8:00 o'clock. Above, also shared by Christina Kennedy, is a self-explanatory program from Sylva Central High School. Christina's grandfather, Jacob Parris, is among the graduates. 71 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 J C G S P h o t o A l b um Above, a picture of the Dillard Coward family of Sylva. Seated are Dillard Coward, Flodia Hooper Coward, grandson Roger Lee Dillard Jr., son Kent Coward; standing are son Orvillle Coward, daughter-in-law Nancy Potts Coward, daughter Mary Jane Coward Dillard, and son-in-law Roger Lee Dillard Sr. This photograph would have been made about 1950. Submitted by JCGS member Gene Middleton through the courtesy of Mary Jane Coward Dillard. As most Jackson Countians know, members of this family have been especially distinguished in the areas of education and law. 72 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 D e s c e n d a n t s o f G e o r g e W a s h i n g t o n G r e e n J r . a n d S a r a h C a t h e r i n e A s h e G r e e n [Ed. The following genealogy of the Green family of the Savannah area is submitted by JCGS President Dorris Dills Beck.] Introduction George Washington Green, Jr. (20 May 1842 - 12 Sep 1923) was the son of George Washington Green, Sr. (d. 10 Mar 1890) and Nancy Gasperson Green (d. 7 Nov 1889). He married Sarah (Sallie) Catherine Ashe (19 Jun 1844 - 21 Jan 1909), daughter of Elcanah Ashe and Martha Mary Mason Ashe. George W., Jr. served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, enlisting in Thomas' Legion on 24 Sep 1862 as a fifer. Later he is listed in Co. H, 62nd North Carolina Infantry as a private, He and Sallie had eight children. George and Sallie are buried in Old Savannah Baptist Church Cemetery. George Washington Green, Sr. and Nancy are buried in Green Hill Cemetery in Waynesville. Family in Census Records 1850 Macon County, North Carolina George W. Green Nancy Silas Mary M. Pleasant William Sarah Nancy Geo(rge) W. Jeremiah Cynthia Isaac Sarah Gasperson Elcanah Ashe Mary Sarah C. Daniel H. 47 41 20 18 17 14 12 10 8 6 4 1 68 26 21 6 3 farmer laborer laborer t farmer 1860 Jackson County, North Carolina G(eorge) W. Green N(ancy) G(eorge) W. J(eremiah) A(ndrew) S (Cynthia) I(ssac) N(athan) M(«ariah) 56 50 18 14 12 10 7 4 Haywood Co., NC Burke Co., NC Macon Co., NC Macon Macon Macon Macon Macon Macon Macon Macon Macon VA Lincoln Co., NC Macon Co., NC Macon Macon Elc(anah) Ash M(ary) S(arah) C(atherine) D.H. (male) L.A. (female) 35 35 15 13 3 73 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 1870 Jackson County, North Carolina George W. Green 67 G(eorge) W. Green (Jr.) 27 TN Nancy 60 Sarah C. 26 NC Mariah 14 Cordelia P. 3 Judson H. 3/12 1880 Jackson County, North Carolina George W. Green (Jr.) 38 Sarah C. 36 Cordelia (Palestine) 13 Judson H. 10 Mariah A. 7 Robert W. 4 Nancy A. 1 1900 Jackson County, North Carolina George W. Green (Jr.) 58 May 1842 Sarah C. 55 June 1844 George H. 16 18 Dec 1883 Mary (granddaughter) 4 18 Apr 1896 Note: Sarah C. Green died 21 Jan 1909; George W. Green died 12 Sep 1923 Children and Grandchildren of George W. and Sallie: Mary Haseltine Green (4 Jan 1864 - 1864) Cordelia Palestine Green (7 Mar 1867 - 8 Dec 1959) m. 4 Mar 1882 Daniel Grandison Sutton (22 Mar 1860 - 15 Jun 1920), son of Joseph and Lucinda Parton Sutton. Both buried Locust Field Cemetery. Their children: Alonzo Sutton (26 Jun 1884 - 26 Aug 1968) m. 19 Dec 1915 Melissa Gunter (29 Oct 1 8 9 4 - 1 1 Jul 1968) d/o of Thad Gunter (6 Jun 1861 - 13 Dec 1947) and Josephine Messer Gunter (22 Oct 1858 - 25 Nov 1945). Alonzo and Melissa buried Locust Field. Fannie Sutton (13 Jan 1888 - 20 Jul 1981) m. 4 Jun 1915 James Coleman Pangle (6 Dec 1891 - 16 Jul 1978), s/o of Marcus William Pangle and Mary Etta Sutton. Both buried Locust Field. Walter Sutton (26 Jul 1891 - 25 Sep 1979) m. 29 Nov 1922 Lila Turpin (24 Nov 1904 - 1 Feb 1972) d/o James H. Turpin (1871 - 1950) and Elmeta Brown Turpin (1882 - 1973). Walter and Lila buried Locust Field William McKinley Sutton (26 Mar 1896 - 26 May 1956) m. 22 Jul 1916 OUie Jones (b. 27 Apr 1898) d/o Larkin Jones and Anna Dills Jones. William and Ollie buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Franklin, NC. 74 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 Joseph Lincoln Sutton (13 Jun 1 8 9 9 - 4 Sep 1984) m. 9 Jan 1920 Margaret Fisher Allison (6 Mar 1 9 0 4 - 1 Aug 1964) d/o William Cary Allison (21 Feb 1873-18 May 1847) and Laura Tennessee Miller Allison (16 Feb 1878 - 1 Sep 1953). Joe and Margaret buried Old Field. Burton Sutton (14 Sep 1902 - 28 Feb 1984) m. 27 Jul 1934 Veda Brooks (b. 4 Apr 1912) d/o Thomas Brooks (15 Jan 1 8 7 7 - 4 Sep 1956) and Polly Gunter Brooks (13 Jun 1881 - 3 Jan 1952). Burt buried Locust Field. Frank Sutton (2 Oct 1904 - 13 Jan 1984) m. 27 Sep 1935 Mary Alice Bradley (b. 4 Mar 1918), d/o Kelly Bradley and Myrtle Brooks Bradley. Frank buried Old Savannah. Birdell Sutton (14 Feb 1907 - 23 Feb 1994 m. 2 May 1928 Claude Asher Bowman. Both buried Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Hickory, NC. Hyman Dan Sutton (16 Apr 1909 - 14 Nov 1999) Never married. Buried Old Savannah. Judson Haines (Judd) Green (27 Feb 1870 - 28 Apr 1943) m. #1 12 Sep 1889 Rhoda Amanda Brooks (3 Dec 1872 - 20 Apr 1898) d/o William Thomas Brooks (12 Jul 1 8 5 3 - 4 Apr 1940) and Sarah Melvina Green Brooks (16 Feb 1854 - 20 Apr 1936). Judd m. #2 19 Jun 1898 Sarah Hensley (1879 - 1964). Judd and Sarah buried Old Savannah. Children with Amanda: Annie M. Green (6 Jul 1890 - 8 Jan 1976) m. 5 Dec 1908 Frank Collins Green (19 Dec 1881 - 27 May 1974), s/o John H. Green and Mary Jane (Molly) Wyatt Green. Collins and Annie buried Bumgarner Cemetery, Wilmot, NC. S.C. Green (18 Sep 1891 - 1891) Infant death Donnie Green (3 Dec 1892 - 1892) Infant death William Pierson Green ( 19 Feb 1893) m. 17 Dec 1916 Callie Aileen Phillips (b. 1 Feb 1896 Russellville, TN), d/o George Phillips and Lizzie Simpson Phillips. Ivalee Nancy Green (19 Jan 1 8 9 5 - 2 1 Nov 1984) m. 13 Apr 1913 Thad Clingman Messer (10 Mar 1888 - 10 Sep 1975), s/o J. Rufus Messer (6 Aug 1855 - 20 Sep 1928) and Rebecca Rogers Messer (6 Feb 1858 - 3 Mar 1938). Ivalee and Thad buried Moody Cemetery, Barkers Creek, NC. Mary Jane Green (b. 19 Apr 1896) m. 18 Feb 1917 Samuel Olin Sweatt (7 Sep 1894 - 10 Apr 1960), s/o Alford Thomas and Fannie Emily Bigham Sweatt. Samuel buried Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte, NC. Children with Sarah: Isaac (Ike) Green (13 Nov 1900 - 28 Feb 1985) m. #1 Mary Elizabeth Estes (16 Feb 1905 - 28 Feb 1965), d/o Curtis Estes (11 Jul 1873 - 7 Oct 1950) and Laurazona 75 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 Bradley Estes (14 Jun 1884 - 30 Aug 1926); m.#2 Bonnie Roberta McMahan Green (b. 12 Mar 1913) wid/o Henry J. Green. Ike and Mary buried Darrington, WA. Roy Sevier Green (26 Apr 1903 - 27 Nov 1990) m. Maggie Frances Jones (17 Jul 1904 - 3 Mar 1991) d/o Coleman and Flora Jones. Luther Green m. Ida Gibson Nathaniel Green (b. 29 Oct 1906) m. 24 Jun 1924 Stella Gunter (b. 1904), d/o Frank Gunter. James Burton Green (b. 26 Feb 1908) m. #1 Becker; m. #2 Beulah Fuller; m. #3 Bonnie Bridges Henry Judson Green (18 Sep 1 9 1 0 - 4 Nov 1962) m. 3 Jul 1931 Bonnie Roberta McMahan, d/o Wesley Coleman and Emma McMahan. Henry buried Locust Field. Bessie Louise Green (b. 26 Jun 1 9 1 2 - 2 3 Jan 2003) m. 24 Dec 1928 Algie Joseph Sutton (5 Feb 1909-13 Feb 1986). Both buried Old Savannah. Jessie Leitha Green (b. 26 Jan 1915) m. 23 Jul 1932 Frank Cabe (b. 26 Sep 1908). Wallace B. Green (14 Nov 1916 - 10 Feb 1996) m. 4 Sep 1951 Glenna Jane Martin (b. 24 Jul 1933), d/o John M. Martin, Sr. (17 May 1 8 8 7 - 5 Oct 1962) and Julia P. Green Martin (7 Jul 1891-20 Jul 1976). Wallace buried Green Hill Cemetery, Waynesville. Joe Green (b. 6 Sep 1918) m. Nora Gunter. Lessie Green (13 Dec 1919- 12 Oct 1928) buried Old Savannah. George Green (b. Swain Co., NC) Twin Green, Infant Death Twin Green, Infant Death [Ed. We will continue with this family in a later issue.] 76 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 J a c k s o n C o u n t y C o u r t o f P l e a s a n d Q u a r t e r S e s s i o ns [Ed.. We continue in this issue with the work of JCGS member Ruth C. Shuler. We are in the March, 1854 minutes.] The court proceed (sic) to levy the tax for the years 1853 (the above court being present). Tax at $ 1.50 of which 1-3/4 cts on every hundred dollars worth of land goes to the lunatic asylum, 6 cts on every hundred dollars worth of land goes to the State, 6 cts on every hundred dollars worth of land to the poor tax and the balance for county purposes. Of each poll 20 cts goes to the state, 12 cts to the poor, 5-1/2 cts to the lunatic asylum, and the balance for county purposes. Charles Bumgarner came into court and renewed his bond as Coroner for the year 1854 in the sum of two thousand dollars, with John B. Luna(?) and Allen Fisher as securities which bond was accepted by the above court, (end of page 33) On motion, a vote to repeal the order made on yesterday authorizing the next Court of Pleas and Quarter Session of Jackson County to be held in the town of Webster was taken. The following justices being present (to wit): Peter King, J. B. Sherrell, W. R. Buckham, John Wilson, W. R. Crawford, W. H. Higdon, Wm. Tatham, Jno. Zachary, Jacob Wike, Allen Fisher, L. A. Hooper, A. Bumgarner, W. H. Thomas. Which motion was confirmed by a majority of the above court voting in the affirmative (Thomas and King not voting). It was, therefore, ordered that the order made on yesterday authorizing the next court to be held in Webster be, and the same is, hereby cancelled and in all things made null and void. And further ordered that the next court be held at the same place it was this session. E. D. Davis came into court and filed his bonds as Sherriff, for the year of 1854, with John W. Davis, Jno. B. Love, T. D. Bryson, John Wilson as securities, which bonds were accepted by the following court (to wit): W. H. Thomas, Wm. Tatham, A. Bumgarner, J. B. Sherrell, Peter King, John Wilson, W. R. Buckhanan, L. C. Hooper. Barrett Carter & Company vs. Allen Fisher, T.D. No. 8: W(?). Debt: Judgment by default final according to note filed for $111.34 of which sum $97.68 cts is principle and bears interest from the 31 st of March 1854 until paid and costs of the suit to be taxed by the Clerk / No paper to issue till after Deer. term. Court adjourned, (end of page 34) Wednesday morning, Court met. Present P. King, A. Fisher Geo. W. and Ebenezer Fomy vs. P. L. Davis: Judgment by default final according to" note filed for $132.86/100 of which $110.50 cts is principle to bear interest from the 21st of March 1854 until paid and costs of the suit to be taxed by the Clerk. The following named persons were drawn to serve as Jurors at June term 1854 (to wit): 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. . A. T. Galloway Hudson Coward Aron Butler John Brown Abel Hyatt Josiah Watson 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. John A. Hooper Nathan Thompson Jr. John Monteith John Green A. H. Queen Nathan Middleton 25. 26. 28. 28. 29. 30. Wm. B. Queen Jno.- Zachary W. A. Coleman James Raby Philip Henson G. W. Bryson 77 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Benj. Williams John Patterson Amos Ash Sen. Alexander Wilson J. H. Ally Sam Beck 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. J. T. Carson Nathan Coward John D. Brown Wm. Newton Peter Butler Dan Bryson 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. J. W. Hill James Parker James Fisher Junr. F. P. Allison P. L. Davis Nathan Allen A bond for the maintenance of a bastard child of Caroline Mathis was returned into court. Also a bond for the maintenance of a bastard child by Elizabeth Poston(?) was returned into court. Both of the above bonds are accepted by the court. State vs. R. L. Sellers: A.B. Defendant comes into court and submits. Fined three dollars and costs and ordered into custody of Sherriff until fine and costs are paid. J. F. Parks confesses Judgt. for fine and cost with defendant, (end of page 35) Present: Peter King, Allen Fisher, J. B. Sherrell, W. R. Crawford, A. Bumgarner, William Higdon, L. C. Hooper, W. R. Buckhan, William Tatham James (R?)aby made application to the above court for a licenses for retailing spirits which was rejected by the majority of the same. Tatham and Higdon voting in affirmative, Sherrell and Buckhan not voting, all the rest voting in negative. On motion it is ordered by Court that E. D. Davis be allowed the sum of fifty dollars out of the county moneys for his extra services as Sherreff of Jackson County up till this term. (A majority of the justices present) John B. Allison and Peter King were allowed nine dollars each for their services as members of the Select Court. J. B. Sherrill was allowed seven dollars for his services as a member of the Select Court. F. W. Potts filed his bond as constable for the year 1854 in the sum of four thousand dollars with J. L. Potts, J. Keener, R. A. Edmonston, Henry Jackson, J. B. Allison, & B. F. Allison as securities which bond was accepted by the following court (to wit): Peter King, J. B. Sherrell, Allen Fisher, Wm. Higdon, A. Bumgarner, L. C. Hooper, William Tatham, W. R. Buckham (end of page 36) Ordered by court that the county trustee pay to Robt. Collins one dollar out of the taxes paid into the county fund in 1854 for taxes overpaid in the year 1853. R. A. Edmonston was duly appointed Processioner for the county of Jackson (a majority of the justices of said county being present) and filed his bond in the sum of four thousand dollars with E. D. Brindle, J. Keener, D. G. Bryson, D. Rogers as securities which bond was accepted by the Select Court. Ordered by court that Sherriff of this county pay to John B. Allison seventy dollars on the following conditions: That the said Allison give bond in the sum of five hundred dollars to indemnify the County of Jackson against probable costs and expenses that may be incurred by a suit being commenced by the County Court of Macon County upon the taxes collected by the Sherriff of Jackson County in that portion of said county formerly belonging to Macon County and that the said monies be applied toward the building of the court house and jail of this county. And the court hereby further orders that J. B. Allison defend the suit if brought at the expense in the proper name of the County of Jackson. And further ordered that the Shff make speedy collection of taxes yet due in the whole county, (end of page 37) Warren Barker records the ear mark of his stock (to wit) a swallow fork in the left ear. Jasper Dills records the ear mark of his stock (to wit) a swallow fork and under bit in the left ear, slit and under bit out of the right ear. 78 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 The execution of a deed for lands from James R. Davis to John Messer was duly proven before the Court by the oath of James Turpin and E. D. Davis, the subscribing witnesses therto, and ordered to be registered. The execution of a deed for lands from John Dills to Jacob Deets was duly proven before the court by the oath of Thomas Montieth one of the subscribing witnesses therto. Recorded and ordered to be registered. The execution of two different deeds for lands from Samuel Gibson to John Davis was duly proven before the court by the oath A. J. Davis, the subscribing therto. Recorded and ordered to be registered. The execution of a deed for lands from Robert Bryson to Lewis H. Tilly was duly proven before the court by the oath of Joseph Keener the subscribing witness therto. Recorded and ordered to be registered, (end of page 38) The execution of a deed for lands from Robert Bryson to Benjamin Tilley was duly proven before the court by the oath of Joseph Keener the subscribing witness therto. Recorded and ordered to be registered. The execution of a deed for lands from E. Brown and G. Brestes to McCharger(?) Alexander was duly proven before the court by the oath of A. T. Davidson one of the subscribing witnesses therto. Recorded and ordered to be registered. The execution of a deed for lands from Thomas Gribble to Solomon Frady was duly proven before the court by the oath of Burdett Cowan the subscribing witness therto. Recorded and ordered to be registered. The execution of a deed for lands from James M. Battle to W. W. Enloe was duly proven before the court by the oath of Jason Sherrell one of the subscribing witnesses therto. Recorded and ordered to be registered. The execution of a deed for lands from Robert Herren to William H. Bryson was duly proven before the court by the oath of Andrew Cathey the subscribing witness therto. Recorded and ordered to be registered. After due examination of the probate of a power of attorney from James M. Battle to James L. Logan and the certificate of the clerk of Washington (?) County Ga. I find the same to be correct. Let jt be registered in Jackson County. Certified 21st March 1854. /s/D Rogers, C.Clrk (end of page 39) Special Minutes The execution of a deed for lands from J. L. Moore to Henry Bell was duly proven before me by the oath of Joseph Keener one of the subscribing witnesses therto. Recorded. Let it be registered in Jackson County. Certified the 8th day of April 1854. /s/ D. Rogers Clk The execution of a deed for lands from Henderson Bryson to R. B. Hix was duly proven before me the 19th of April by the oath of Hosea Bumgarner, one of the subscribing witnesses therto. Let it be registered in the County. Certified May 19th, 1854. /s/ D Rogers, Clk. (end of page 40 and end of March 1854 minutes) 79 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 J C G S L i b r a r y A c q u i s i t i o ns 3 Call No. 917.58 917.58 917.58 917.58 917.58 929.3 975.6 Author Medford, Robert Trout, Ed Title Foxfire 3 Foxfire 4 Foxfire 7 Foxfire 8 Foxfire 10 The Families of Haywood County, NC Based on the 1930 Census Records Historic Buildings of the Smokies Donor Dorris Beck Dorris Beck Dorris Beck Dorris Beck Dorris Beck Purchase Geoffrey Cantrell I t e m s f o r S a l e b y J C G S Title Local Price Mailed to NC Address Outside NC The Heritage of Jackson County, Vol. 1 The Cemeteries of Jackson County Jackson County Superior Ct. Docket Book Jackson County Delayed Births, Vol. 1 Jackson County Delayed Births, Vol. II Swain County Delayed Births Graham County Delayed Births The Cemeteries of Swain County Swain County Marriages The Wike Family $64.00 $35.00 $15.00 $21.20 $21.20 $21.20 $21.20 $45.40 $34.75 $64.00 $69.00 $38.50 $17.00 $23.50 $23.50 $23.50 $23.50 $48.00 $37.50 $68.00 $64.81 $36.21 $16.02 $22.11 $22.11 $22.11 $22.11 $45.03 $35.23 $63.81 Prices for books picked up locally and for mailing to North Carolina addresses reflect North Carolina sales taxes. The "outside NC" column reflects the price of the book with postage included. We are temporarily sold out of Jackson County Heritage, Volume II, Kirk's Raiders by Bumgarner, and all volumes of back issues of Journeys Through Jackson. 80 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 T h e F i i l l b r i g h t A n c e s t r y o f D a n n y J o n e s [Ed. We continue in this issue with the work of JCGS member Danny Jones.] 35. LUCY9 MCCLURE (MAHALA KATHERINE* FULBRIGHT, DANIEL1, JOHN WILLIAM, JOHN WILHELM VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB*, DANIEL NIKOLAUS*, SIMON2, HANS') She married JOHN ADAIR. Children of LUCY MCCLURE and JOHN ADAIR are: i. OTIS10 ADAIR. ii. ELSIE ADABR. 36. JESSE9 MCCLURE (MAHALA KATHERINE1 FULBRIGHT, DANIEL1, JOHN WILLIAM, JOHN WILHELM VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB*, DANIEL NIKOLAUS*, SIMON7, HANS') He married PANSY WARE. Children of JESSE MCCLURE and PANSY WARE are: i. HOMER10 MCCLURE. ii. ELLIS MCCLURE. iii. JACK MCCLURE. iv. FLORENCE MCCLURE. 37. JAMES D.9 MCCLURE (MAHALA KATHERINE1 FULBRIGHT, DANIEL1, JOHN WILLIAM*, JOHN WILHELM VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB*, DANIEL NIKOLAUS*, SIMON2, HANS') was born April 29, 1858 in Laclede County., Missouri, United States, and died August 16, 1935 in Stoutland, Missouri, United States. He married MINERVA BOHANNAN. She was born June 10, 1864 in Laclede County., Missouri, United States. Children of JAMES MCCLURE and MINERVA BOHANNAN are: i. JAMES D.10 MCCLURE, JR.. ii. ROWENA RENE MCCLURE. iii. VELMA MCCLURE. 38 DAVID9 MCCLURE (MAHALA KATHERINE1 FULBRIGHT, DANIEL1, JOHN WILLIAM, JOHN WILHELM VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB*, DANIEL NIKOLAUS*, SIMON2, HANS') was born 1859 in Lebanon, Missouri, United States. He married EDITH CORABEL MIDDLES WARTZ. She was born 1863 in Ohio, United States. Children of DAVID MCCLURE and EDITH MJDDLESWARTZ are: i. RALPH10 MCCLURE. ii. RAY MCCLURE. 39. JOSEPH9 MCCLURE (MAHALA KATHERINE* FULBRIGHT, DANIEL1, JOHN WILLIAM, JOHN WILHELM* VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB*, DANIEL NIKOLAUS*. SIMON2, HANS') was bom March 01, 1872 in Lebanon, Missouri, United States, and died July 24, 1955 in Lebanon, Missouri, United States. He married MARY KINNETT December 24, 1893 in Lebanon, Missouri, United States. She was born August 13, 1871 in Lebanon, Missouri, United States. g j Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 Children of JOSEPH MCCLURE and MARY KINNETT are: i. NEWT10 MCCLURE. ii. JOSEPH MCCLURE. iii. ELLIS MCCLURE. iv. NORMA MCCLURE. . 50. v. HUGH MCCLURE, b. December 23, 1897, Eldridge, Missouri, United States; d. March 01,1978, Lebanon, Missouri, United States, vi. IDA MCCLURE. vii. LULA MCCLURE, b. February 02,1901. 51. viii. LENA McCLURE, b. February 06, 1904, Lebanon, Missouri, United States; d. July 1987, Springield, Missouri, United States, ix. EULA MCCLURE, b. M a y 2 7 , 1 9 0 6. x. EWIN MCCLURE, b. February 03,1912. 40. HENRY DAVID9 FULBRIGHT (EPHRAIN ROBERTSON1, WlLUAM WILSON1, JOHN WILLIAM6, JOHN WILHELM1 VOLPRECHT, HANSHIOB*, DANIEL NIKOLAUS?, SIMON2, HANS1) was born D e c e m b e r 10, 1833, and died August 02,1861. He married MARY ABIGAIL MECKLIN. Children of HENRY FULBRIGHT and MARY MECKLIN are: i. LOUISA BELL1 0 FULBRIGHT. 52. ii. ROBERT EPHRAIM FULBRIGHT, b. February 08, I860; d. March 29,1926. i i i . HENRIETTA FULBRIGHT. Generation No. 6 4 1 . JOSEPH LESTER1 0 FULLBRIGHT (HENRY LEE9, JACOBS, PETER1, GEORGE6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANSHIOB*. DANIELNIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANSX) C h i l d o f JOSEPH LESTER FULLBRIGHT is: i . BOBBY LEE1 1 FULLBRIGHT. 4 2 . BERTHA ALICE1 0 STATLER (PETER AMOS9, SARAH* FULBRIGHT, JACOB1 FULLBRIGHT. JR., JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANSHIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS?, SIMON2, HANS1) was born January 31,1883 in Sedgewickville Mo'", and died October 18,1973 in Jackson Moyo. She married MALACHI HASTING STATLER December 15, 1907 in Sedgewickville Moy<?. He was born June 25, 1881 in Sedgewickville Mo; o , and died May 19, 1948 in Sedgewickville Moyo. Children of BERTHA STATLER and MALACHI STATLER are: i. DELLA M A E " STATLER i i . CARRIE E D N A STATLER 53. iii. COY TRUMAN STATLER, b. February 27,1915, Sedgewickville MO; d. January 28,1978, Van Buren Mo. • i v . THURMAN GEFFORD STATLER 82 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 4 3 . ASHURY BYRD1 0 FULLBRIGHT (DANIEL MONROE9. Eif, BARNETT1, JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3. SIMON2, HANS1) was b o m S e p t e m b e r 15, 1868 in Webster, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA, and died October 28, 1950 in Cullowhee, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA. He married (1) ELIZABETH MALITA YORK December 05, 1889 in Sylva, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA, daughter of JESSE YORK and NANCY WALLIS. She was bom January 29, 1873 in Virginia, and died January 25, 1928 in Jackson County, North Carolina, USA. He married (2) NORA TALMAGE PAINTER, daughter of ELBERT PAINTER and MARY BRYSON. She was born October 05, 1888 in Cullowhee, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA, and died February 1977 in Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina USA.. Children of ASHURY FULLBRIGHT and ELIZABETH YORK are: i. NEOLA A.11 FULLBRIGHT, b. October 29,1890; d. June 30,1891. ii. ANNIE ARDELA FULLBRIGHT, b. August 12,1892; d. September 03,1946. iii. LIZZIE DEE FULLBRIGHT, b. December 2 6 , 1 8 8 9 ; d. August 0 6 , 1 9 9 4 ; m. WELL L. PAINTER. 54. iv. MINNIE LEE FULLBRIGHT, b. March 31, 1907; d. February 1978, Canadys, South Carolina, USA. v. MANNIE LEE FULLBRIGHT, b. March 31,1907; d. July 11,1907. 44. THOMAS POLK10 FULLBRIGHT (DANIEL MONROE9, Elf, BARNETT1, JACOB6. JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS') was b o m A p r i l 3 0 , 1 8 7 0 i n Webster, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA, and died March 06, 1942 in Jackson County, North Carolina, USA. He married SARAH ELLEN COWAN October 05, 1893, daughter of DAVID COWAN and NANCY DEITZ. She was bom June 28, 1877, and died March 08, 1919. Children of THOMAS FULLBRIGHT and SARAH COWAN are: i. MAY11 FULLBRIGHT, b. 1896; d. 1918. ii. SADIE L. FULLBRIGHT, b. M a r c h 3 1 , 1 8 9 7 ; m. OSCAR T. CLING. iii. CORA MAE FULLBRIGHT, b. January 19,1899; d. May 15,1919. i v . JESSIE F. FULLBRIGHT, b. 1 9 0 2 ; m . J IM JONES. v. NELLIE M. FULLBRIGHT, b. S e p t e m b e r 2 3 , 1 9 0 6 ; m. PAUL WOODY. v i . NANNIE CECIL FULLBRIGHT, b. S e p t e m b e r 0 9 , 1 9 0 9 ; m. FRED ROSS. 55. vii. ALVIN DAVID (SOL) FULLBRIGHT, b. March 08, 1911, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA; d. September 13, 2000, Skyland Care Center, Sylva, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA. viii. THOMAS MONROE FULLBRIGHT, b. 1915; m. ELOISE BRADLEY. 4 5 . JOHN NELSON1 0 FULLBRIGHT (DANIEL MONROE9. ELI8, BARNETT1, JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4. DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON1. HANS1) was b o m March 25, 1877 in Webster, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA, and died July 22, 1967 in Bryson City, Swain County, North Carolina, USA. He married IVA B. WILD 1902. She was bom September 17, 1883, and died November 02, 1954 in Webster, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA. 83 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 Children of JOHN FULLBRIGHT and IVA WILD are: i. EDNA RUTH11 FULLBRIGHT, b. February 07,1905; d. October 28,1918. 56. ii. NETTIE JANE FULLBRIGHT, b. October 06,1906; d. September 30,1985, Sylva, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA. i i i . BONNIE P. FULLBRIGHT, b. 1 9 0 8. i v . HOWARD FULLBRIGHT, b. 1 9 1 0 ; d. 1 9 7 4 ; m . BESSIE (?). v . HOMER FULLBRIGHT, b. A b t . 1 9 1 2. vi. ANNIE LEE FULLBRIGHT, b. June 16,1920; d. January 14,1927. 46. WILLIAM ELI10 FULLBRIGHT (DANIEL MONROE9, EL?, BARNETT1. JACOB6, JOHN WlLHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4. DANIEL NIKOLAUS3. SIMON1, HANS1) was b o m S e p t e m b e r 23, 1 8 7 2 in Webster, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA, and died February 28, 1943 in Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina, USA. He married ALMA MOFFITT November 30, 1898 in Jackson County, North Carolina, USA, daughter of HEUTE MOFFITT and MARY (?). She was bom July 30, 1882, and died March 29, 1961. Children of WILLIAM FULLBRIGHT and ALMA MOFFITT are: 57. i. GEORGE MCCULLOUGH11 FULLBRIGHT, b. December 10, 1899; d. May 31, 1972. ii. LlZZE FULLBRIGHT, b. January 02,1901; d. 1925; m. FARRY PAINTER, iii. NELLIE BELLE FULLBRIGHT, b. October 1 4 , 1 9 0 3 ; d. October 1 4 , 1 9 0 3. 58. iv. BEULAH MAE FULLBRIGHT, b. M a y 2 9 , 1 9 0 5. v. GRACE FAYE FULLBRIGHT, b. May 29, 1905, North Carolina, USA; d. April 1990, Kings Mt., North Carolina, USA; m. HENRY HAMPTON. 59. vi. MAGGIE EVELYN FULLBRIGHT, b. April 18, 1908; d. February 02, 1993, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA. v i i . CLARA KATHLEEN FULLBRIGHT, b. M a y 2 4 , 1 9 1 0 ; m . ROBERT FLYNN. viii. RALPH FULLBRIGHT, b. S e p t e m b e r 29, 1915; m. SARAH JENKINS, November 21,1935. ix. ROY FULLBRIGHT, b. September 2 9 , 1 9 1 5 ; m. JANE HAMBREE, 1936. x. ANN FULLBRIGHT, b. M a y 0 1 , 1 9 1 8 ; m . STANLEY ROSE. 4 7 . SAMUAL ROSCOE1 0 FULLBRIGHT (DANIEL MONROE9, Eif, BARNETT1. JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1) was b o m June 15, 1879 in Webster, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA, and died December 01, 1943 in Cullowhee, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA. He married BERTHA MAGDALENE PAINTER December 25, 1904 in Cullowhee, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA, daughter of ELBERT PAINTER and MARY BRYSON. She was bom April 01, 1881 in Cullowhee, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA, and died February 05, 1955 in Cullowhee, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA. Samuel Fullbright was a cabinetmaker. He worked for Blackwood Lumber Company for several years. The Grandchildren all referred to him as Poppa. 84 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 1 9 5 7 D e a t h C e r t i f i c a t e s o f J a c k s o n C o u n t y P e r s o n s B o r n P r i o r t o 1 9 00 [Key to reading the following: Name of deceased; spouse (sometimes given); date of birth; place of birth; date of death; township of death; father's name; mother's name; informant's name; informant's address; cemetery. Abstracted by Larry Crawford in the Jackson County Register of Deeds Office June 2003.] Allen, Harriet Ann; 15 Feb 1866; not given; 4 Jan; Sylva; Alfred Coward; Eliza Rogers; Gersie Bryson; Sylva; Cullowhee Allison, Thomas Bragg; 27 Jul 1884; Greens Creek; 4 Nov; Greens Creek; Mont B. Allison; Martha Wilson; Mrs. T.B. Allison; Greens Creek; Old Savannah Ashe, John Wilburn; h/o Margaret; 20 Dec 1871; NC; 18 Nov; Sylva; Heram Ashe; Sallie Ashe; not given; not given; Hooper-Speedwell Bisnet, John Christopher; h/o Elsie; 12 Apr 1878; Mobile, AL; 19 Jun; Barkers Creek; Isadore Bisnet; Martha Powell; Mrs. Elsie Bisnet; Whittier; Bumgamer-Wilmot Bradley, George Washington; h/o Flora; 28 Oct 1872; Swain Co.; 1 Oct; Sylva; William Bradley; Mintie Griffin; not given; not given; Shoal Creek Broom, Ann Cantrell; 16 Jan 1879; Transylvania Co.; 30 Apr; Canada; William Cantrell; Ann Hendrix; Ralph N. Broom; Tuckasegee; Broom Brown, Emily C ; 6 Jan 1877; Cowarts; 29 Aug; Cullowhee; Huriah Brown; Leticia Bishop; Mrs. L.A. Buchanan; Cullowhee; Cox Brown, Sarah Ezabelle; 24 Aug 1882; Jackson Co.; 28 Nov; Sylva; Varrie Shelton; Nancy Jane Long; Wallace Wood; Tuckasegee; Wolf Mountain Brown, Thad Richardson; h/o Betty; 22 Sep 1889; Cowarts; 9 Jun; Caney Fork; W.W. Brown; Hazel Parker; Bernard Brown; Cullowhee; Cowarts Bryson, Wells; 2 Jun 1877; Jackson Co.; 2 Apr; Savannah; Taylor Bryson; unknown; Stella Mae Wilson; Cullowhee; Hooper-Speedwell Buchanan, John Jefferson; h/o Mary Jane; 31 Jul 1898; Gay; 14 Jan; Caney Fork; John Buchanan; Lilly Tatham; Claude Buchanan; not given; Stephens Carver, Hettie Maybelle; w/o Julius; 4 Apr 1878; Swain Co.; 20 Jun; Qualla; Ambrose Maples; Martha Carver; Julius Carver; Whittier; Union Hill Casey, Hattie Emley; w/o Charles; 6 May 1885; NC; 6 Dec; Cullowhee; Tom Davis; Lena Camps; Charlie Casey; Cullowhee; Cullowhee Cody, Ellen Bumgarner; w/o Henry; Oct 1885; NC; 8 Apr; Sylva; Stephen Wyatt; Magaline Williams; Henry Cody; Asheville; Bumgarner Conseen, Annie; w/o Buck; 31 May 1894; NC; 7 Apr; Qualla; Jim Oocumma; Esther Larch; Woodrow Welch; Cherokee; Family Coward, John Nathan; h/o Mary W.; 4 Mar 1879; Webster; 6 Sep; Sylva; Tolvin Coward; Rebecca Bryson; Mary Wood; not given; Wood (Wolf Mountain) Crawford, George C ; h/o Sarah McHan; 17 Mar 1871; NC; 30 Mar; Scotts Creek; Phillip Crawford; Adelaide Clayton; Mrs. G.C. Crawford; Sylva; Crawford [Ed. G.C. Crawford Family] Cunningham, Eugene; h/o Bonnie; 25 Oct 1881; Franklin; 18 May; Webster; Rufus Cunningham; Sallie Campbell; Bonnie Cunningham; Webster; Stillwell Dalton, Joseph; 11 Feb 1889; Macon Co.; 13 Oct; Dillsboro; Lane Dalton; Sarah Shuler; Pallie Dalton; Dillsboro; Parris 85 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 Deitz, Ransom Vanderbilt; h/o Mamie; 18 Apr 1885; NC; 13 Dec; Sylva; John Deitz; Harriet Styles; not given; not given; East Fork Deitz, Rufie Violet; w/o A.A.; 6 Feb 1881; NC; 1 Nov; Savannah; Rufus Buchanan; Violet Wilson; A.A. Deitz; Sylva; East Fork Elders, Rufus Candler; h/o Ellen; 18 Aug 1893; Jackson Co.; 2 Jan; Barkers Creek; Lafatfe Elders; Pollie Wikle; Dallas Elders; Barkers Creek; Elders Flanagan, Mary Joseph; 27 Aug 1872; IL; 31 Jul; Qualla; Michael O'Connor; Julia Walsh; Gertrude Flanagan; Cherokee; Norman OK Frizzell, Charles Cabe; h/o Etta; 9 Aug 1897; Webster; 25 Jun; Webster; John Frizzell; Elizabeth Cabe; Mrs. Charles Frizzell; Webster; Stillwell Galloway, Wade Mack; h/o Eulah; 4 May 1886; not given; 30 Jan; Cullowhee; Clifford Galloway; Penetta Owens; Paul Galloway; Cullowhee; Cullowhee Gibson, Dorothy Ann; 7 Sep 1875; Jackson Co.; 29 Mar; Canada; Henry Gibson; Eliza Reese; Lawrence Gibson; Tuckasegee; Sols Creek Gibson, Robena; 10 Apr 1878; Haywood Co.; 17 Oct; Canada; Henry Gibson; Elizabeth Reece; Lawrence Gibson; Tuckasegee; Sols Creek Green, John William; h/o Kate; 5 Mar 1875; McDowell Co.; 1 Aug; Scotts Creek; Henry Green; Mary L. Hogan; Dick Green; Sylva; Addie Griffin, Rass; h/o Marie James; 22 Dec 1374; Haywood Co.; 7 Mar; Sylva; Jim Griffin; Rachel Cagle; Bertha Tucker; Sylva; Bethel-Cherokee Gunter, George Baxter; 17 Jan 1873;Swain Co.; 17 Mar; Qualla; Marion Gunter; Eliza Nations; Oscar Gunter; Whittier; Hyatt's Chapel Hall, Mary Cordelia; 29 Nov 1876; Jackson Co.; 18 Aug; Sylva; Rufus Buchanan; Violet Wilson; Rufus Hall; Sylva; Old Savannah Hoyle, Hester Thompson; w/o A.C; 19 Jun 1874; Swain Co.; 3 Apr; Whittier; Edmond Thompson; Nancy Monteith; Mrs. D.T. Johnson; Whittier; Shoal Creek-Thomas Huston, Fred Lawson; 24 May 1898; Macon Co.; 8 Sep; Sylva; Calvin Huston; Elizabeth Gregory; Ruth Huston; East LaPorte; Sugar Fork (Franklin) Hyatt, John L.; h/o Beulah Shelton; 6 Feb 1882; NC; 2 Dec; Sylva; Samuel L. Hyatt; Eliza Winchester; John Hyatt; Bryson City; Qualla Jones; James Dillard; h/o Eva Hoyle; 18 Nov 1877; NC; 7 Dec; Scotts Creek; Charles Jones; Martha Crawford; Mrs. Eva Jones; Balsam; Jones Klotzbier, Maria; w/o John; 4 May 1892; Rherabach GER; 29 Aug; Sylva; Phillip Jazkel; Challis; John Klotzbier; Miami, FL; Miami Memorial Lovedahl, John Van; 18 Apr 1872; Jackson Co.; 2 Mar; River; Eric Lovedahl; Margaret Watson; Mrs. Howard Wood; Cowarts; Cowarts McCall, Zadie; 29 May 1895; Cashiers; 28 Oct; Sylva; Beeman McCall; Amenda Roten; Ransom McCall; Cashiers; Pleasant Grove McMahan, Lou Etta; 15 Apr 1892; Greens Creek; 21 Dec; Sylva; Warren McMahan; Josephine Green; Luther McMahan; Sylva; Old Savannah Mashburn, Lawrence Ervin; 27 Nov 1890; Macon Co; 7 Aug; Barkers Creek; Gilbert Mashburn; Mollie Stiles; Delcie Greene; Whittier; Hensley 86 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 Melton, Mary Margaret; w/o L.A.; 26 Apr 1897; Argura; 6 Apr; Sylya; Bryson Wood; Sarah Long; L.A. Melton; Sylva; New Hope Moore, John William; 6 Oct I88I4 Transylvania Co.; 11 Aug; Hamburg; Giles F. Moore; Georgia Ervin; Mrs. J.W. Moore; Glenville; Big Ridge Mull, Cynthia Buchanan; w/o Dave; 15 Jan 1871; NC; 2 Feb; Scotts Creek; George Buchanan; Hilda Jane Coward; Fred McClure; Sylva;Addie Nations, Alma; w/o W.E.; 29 Oct 1876; Swain Co.; 6 Jan; Barkers Creek; Finley Gibson; Alice Conley; Floyd Nations; Whittier; Nations Nations, Pearl; 25 Jul 1889; Jackson Co.; 6 Mar; Barkers Creek; Caleb Denton; Lilly Spivey; Walter Nations; Whittier; Nations Nations, William Ervin; 7 Nov 1869; Jackson Co.; 31 Jan; John Nations; Jane Stillwell; Floyd Nations; Whittier; Nations Nicholson, Debbie Masengale; 12 Mar 1870; Jackson Co.; 9 Apr; Sylva; Bobby Masengale; Millie Wilson; Rose Ledford; Sylva; Cowarts Nicholson, Florence; 28 Jul 1874; Fairfield; 3 May; Hamburg; not given; not given; Mrs. Western Moss; Glenville; Hamburg Painter, Ada Mae; 14 Jan 1898; Macon Co.; 10 Nov; Sylva; Ransey Leatherman; Nancy Shepard; Walter Williams; Sylva; Love Chapel Parker, Ellen Painter; 18 Oct 1872; Jackson Co.; 20 May; Sylva; James T. Painter; Mahala Bumgarner; W.C. Reed; Thomasville; Lovedale Parris, Lela Cogdill; w/o Dill; 20 Jul 1880; NC; 11 Jun; Scotts Creek; W.J. Cogdill; Mary Jane Wilson; Jake Parris; Sylva; Crawford [Ed. G.C. Crawford] Paxton, Christopher Winfield; h/o Iola; 7 Nov 1881; Glenville; 14 Feb; Hamburg; not given; Lou Paxton; Mrs. Dee Robinson; Glenville; Glenville Paxton, Rhoda Iola; 29 May 1877; Haywood Co.; 28 Feb; Hamburg; William BUrress; Gathrine Strutton; Mrs. Dee Robinson; Glenville; Glenville Phillips, Mary Parker; w/o James M.; 12 Oct 1883; NC; 27 May; Sylva; W.M. Parker; Martha Hooper; Margaret Coward; Sylva; Balsam Grove Powell, Stancel Benjamin; 11 Feb 1889; Cherokee; 14 Oct; Qualla; John Powell; Dorothy Driver; Holmes Powell; Cherokee; Yellow Hill Reed, John Napoleon; h/o Beth; 21 Nov 1887; Sylva; 15 Sep; Sylva; James Reed; Marcella Farmer; Mrs. John Reed; Sylva; Old Field Robinson, Mary Elizabeth; w/o Pless; 16 May 1872; Jackson Co.; 3 Nov; River; Wash Hooper; Luisa Golden; Lawrence Cooper; Cullowhee; Tuckasegee Rogers, Julia Robinson; w/o Tom; 19 Feb 1890; Jackson Co.; 14 Jun; Dillsboro; Jim Robinson; Sallie Franklin; J.W. Rogers; Dallas, NC; Franklin (Long Branch) Rogers, Rosie Ann; 25 Oct 1859; Webster; 3 Nov; Webster; John Stillwell; Elizabeth Harris; Bonnie Cunningham; Webster, Stillwell Sanders, Samuel; 16 Oct 1863; Macon Co.; 12 Mar; Webster; Miles Saunders; Frankie Vaughn; Mary Sanders; Franklin; Maple Springs (Bryson City) Shepard, John Henry; h/o Elizabeth; 23 Jun 1877; Macon Co.; 18 Jul; Sylva; Joseph Shepard; Winnie Franks; Mrs. Charlie Guffey; Sylva; Keener Shepard, Prentis Canary; 22 Apr 189-; Macon Co.; 15 Jul; Sylva; Tom Shepard; Maggie McDonald; Rose Lee Freeman; Sylva; Old Field Sherrill, Minnie Holcombe; 1 Dec 1875; NC; 15 Dec; Qualla; J.W. Holcombe; Eliozabeth Holcombe; George Sherrill; Whittier; Sherrill 87 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 Shular, Addie Mae Guffie; w/o Jesse; 1 Oct 1884; Macon Co.; 18 Feb; Sylva; Henry Guffie; Emma Meritt; Jesse Shuler; Franklin; Watauga Smathers, George E.; h/o Emma Crawford; 2 Jul 1878; Jackson Co.; 11 Jan; Scotts Creek; Scott Smathers; Sara Waldrop; Woodrow Smathers; Balsam; Crawford Smith, Emma Coward; 29 Aug 1891; Cowarts; 14 Feb; River; Javan Coward; Jane Hooper; Bill Smith; Tuckasegee; Tuckasegee Snyder, Elsie Burnette; w/o W.C; 19 Jul 1890; Buncombe Co.; 16 Aug; Sylva; Eldridge Burnette; Elizabeth ; Maggie Pressley; Black Mountain; Buchanan (Waynesville) Stephens, Lulu Parker; w/o L.M.; 30 Nov 1874; NC; 4 Oct; Caney Fork; Anderson Parker; Elmina Brown; Howard Stephens; East LaPorte; Stephens Streater, Willie James; h/o Ada; 26 Dec 1891; Chesterfield, SC; 17 Mar; Cullowhee; not given; not given; Margaret S. Miller; Cullowhee; Cullowhee Sutton, Dallas; h/o Amanda E. Brown; 13 Apr 1884; NC; 28 Sep; Sylva; Mitchell Sutton; Mary Messer; Realis Sutton; Dillsboro; Long Branch Sutton, John Franklin; 12 Mar 1874; Jackson Co.; 22 Jun; Sylva; Jerome Sutton; Sarah Ashe; Leon Sutton; Sylva; Keener Tallent, William Riley; 14 Feb 1859; Macon Co.; 18 Sep; Sylva; Ephram Tallent; Sallie Roper; Mrs. J.A. Parris; not given Webster Tooni, Elijah Larch; h/o Agnes; 27 Dec 1899; NC; 5 Nov; Qualla; Mike Tooni; Annie Jumper; Agnes Tooni; Cherokee; Tooni Family Tucker, John Milas; h/o Hattie Moody; 28 Apr 1881; NC; 12 Mar; Sylva; John Tucker; Sarah Morgan; Ned Tucker; Waynesville; Pine Creek Turpin, James Allen; h/o Etta; 30 Dec 1880; Waynesville; 28 Jun; Sylva; John B. Turpin; Almeta Tate; Mrs. J.A. Turpin; not given; Turpin Chapel Weider, James Callender; 30 Nov 1876; Cleveland, OH; 6 Jul; Dillsboro; William Weider; Josephine NEwcombe; Erexenia Falkenburg; Dillsboro; Hart (Macon, GA) Wiseman, Naomi Hooper; w/o William; 15 Oct 1884; NC; 6 Aug; Sylva; Henry Wiseman; Annie Saures; Mrs. Grady Woodard; Sylva; Wesley Chapel Wood, Mary Priscilla Jones; w/o Andrew Jackson Wood; 24 Dec 1866; NC; 28 Dec; Caney Fork; not given; not given; Mrs. Brady Parker; Cullowhee; Balsam Grove Wood, Minda Parker; w/o J.W.; 10 May 1873; NC; 3 Mar; Caney Fork; John L. Parker; Martha Parker; Mrs. Lonnie Morgan; Cullowhee; Balsam Grove Zachary, Charles L.; h/o Maggie; 25 May 1872; Jackson Co.; 16 Apr; Cashiers; Alexander W. Zachary; Elizabeth Bryson; Maggie Zachary; Cashiers; Wike 88 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 I n t e r v i e w w i t h S e l m a L e w i s F r i z z e ll [Ed. In this issue, we conclude the interview shared by George Frizzell.] GF: Did he still work for Blackwood after you moved back over here? GMo: No. No, he just went to farming. And he'd farm for Jim Bryson . . . Davis, you know . . . or . . . . Work for them. No, Blackwood was just like everything else. It begin to go down. I don't hardly know why. Because the l u m b e r . . . quit selling lumber. They had to have a lot of lumber to keep * em going. Big sawmill. GF: What do you remember about the Depression? GMo: I remember you couldn't get a pair of shoes, you couldn't get a bit of sugar that you had stamps to get it with. You had to have stamps to get flour and stuff like that. You'd have to have a little old book of stamps to get your sugar. GF: Wasn t that when the war was going on? GMo: Well that was when the Depression was. GF: Same time? GMo: Same time. GF: You know they was hitting hard times about the time Daddy was bom. GMo: Yeah. GF: Was it bad around here then? GMo: Well, I didn't think it was. Not then. GF: Wasn't till later? GMo: Later, yeah. Course I didn't pay no attention -long as we lived at East LeePort. After we got back, though, was when we felt the worst part of it. GF: Was Franklin Roosevelt president before you moved back here? GMo: Yeah, I think so. When was Hoover? GF: FDR was elected in 1932. 89 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 GMo: Seems like Hoover was t he president then, when the Depression was on. But we still lived at East LeePort then. And when we moved back down here, then is when you had to have stamps to get sugar, and coffee, and flour, and shoes. You couldn't get a pair of shoes if you didn't have a stamp to get it. GF: Did Grandfather have to go to war? GMo: I hadn't been married long, but your grandpa, he didn't have to go the World War One. I know your grandpa built a little building right down here below the reservoir, in that little flat place there, and put "em up a m i l l . . . a corn mill. Him and Norm, then, operated that corn mill. They ground corn for everybody that had corn to grind - make bread or feed or anything. They'd bring it down there. And then after that, why Fidel Cabe and them built one up there. That's the reason they call it the Old Mill Hill, up yonder. They run with a big old waterwheel, and they ground corn that way. But their's was just a gas m i l l . . . gas motor. He'd take corn o u t . . . toll they called it. They had a little scoop there and when they'd grind so much, why they know'd how to take their part out [laugh]. That was the f i r s t . . . whenever'n they hear'd that the war was over. I know they was down there and they brought the news up to the house here. Said the war was over. The first war was over. GF: Was there many jobs around here at all? GMo: No. that's the reason Darrell left and went to California. And then Carroll went. And Grady, he left and went to Youngstown, Ohio, and worked up there. They just wasn't jobs for children after they finished high school. They just wasn't' nothing f o r ' em to do. Just farming. GF: Did you prefer growing up in the mountains? GMo: I never did like to live in town or where you couldn't step what you'd be right in somebody's face. GF: How did it differ to live in California when you lived there and to live here? GMo: They's a lot of difference. People would live right at t he edge of the yard. Well you wouldn't know % em. They would just be strangers to you. It's different. They was pretty friendly, but then they's hard to get acquainted with, you didn't know much about * em, because they never did visit and they's just like still strangers to you. And live right next to the edge of the yard. Course they worked. And go the these here dinners, or suppers ~ they called x em dinners -- they'd eat supper, and sit and smoke and drink whiskey, and beer, and wine. 90 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 Well, I never did associate much with N em. But then that night that Glenn died - - 1 mean that he got killed in the car wreck - took him to the hospital and this lady that lived right down just right at the edge of the yard, got her to take us up to the hospital. After you get used to Nem and be friendly with them, why they'll be friendly with you and do anything for you. But then they're gonna let you go to them first. But she never did come to visit me, long as we lived out there. GF: People just didn't visit? GMo: No. GF: How else was it different from living around here? GMo: They's a lot of difference. And there was so much racket a-going on where we lived, -cause they's a road in front of the house, and a road in back of the house, and a road at each end. So we was just surrounded by roads. And they'd haul logs taking % em to the sawmill. When they'd pass down in front of the house, why the whole house would shake. Big old logs in big trucks. I like to never got used to the racket of it. Course we would go over to the river of a - 1 mean to the ocean - and walk up and down on the beach and pick up stuff. Carroll, he'd take his gun over there and practice shooting. Wasn't allowed to shoot around where we lived. Ah boy, them big waves come up there, why they'd sweep you on under. GF: What did you do when you were in California to keep busy? GMo: I just done their cooking and the washing and things like that. I'd have to go to the grocery store and buy everything we eat. You see, Bill and Carroll and Glenn, they all worked. Course you grandpa, he'd done retired. He'd make a garden in the spring of the year. Course we could leave carrots in the garden and they'd be just as firm and good all winter long. It wasn't that cold out there. But I just didn't like it. Up there where that sawmill and all of that old sawdust stuff a-blowing. Why, I'd have to sweep the porch three or four times a day when the wind was a-blowing, and that air was a-stirring all the time. See, them big old things was built like that - - they's tall, you know - and they'd put that old sawdust and stuff under there, set it afire, and then that dust - smoke and dust - would settle. They'd have to climb up on the house and clean the gutters out around, sweep the top of the house off. 91 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 GF: Did you just miss being around all your kinfolk back here or what? GMo: Yeah. They ain't no place like being back where you's raised. Didn't have no kinfolks out there, other'n just Carroll a n d . . . well, Darrell was out there then. And then Helen and Paul, they moved. And Grady. They's all down in the southern part of California, and we lived up in the northern part up there - Areata. But Lord, it sure don't look like Areata now. It's completely different. All them old smokestacks is all gone. No lumber. No logs. Nor no nothing. And they ain't many houses right around where we lived. GF: Did you stay in touch with the people back home? GMo: Yeah. We wrote backards and forwards, and they's call us lots of times. Course they's about three hours difference in our time and their time. We're ahead of them. Anyway, whenever'n they'd call us, why it'd be a way in the night. They'd call about six o'clock and it'd be about nine o'clock there. Well, you're a-getting tired. You ought to get up in that chair. GF: I'm doing pretty good. I sit in the floor all the time anyway. GMo: Oh, you do. GF: I . .. GMo: Let me see about our fire. 92 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 T h e G r a n d c h i l d r e n o f D a v i d a n d M a r y P a r r i s : P a r t 2 T h e W i l l i a m P a r r i s F a m i l y [Ed. Second of the children of David and Mary Morrow Parris was William, born 26 May 1802. He would become the ancestor of a huge family of descendants, many of whom would stay in the Jackson County area. That William was a son'of David and Mary seems very clear to us...his birth date is recorded in the old Bible page in our possession, and the same birth date is also found in the Nelson Bible to which we alluded in our previous issue. We have heard from time to time from descendants who claim a different parentage for William, but we believe our evidence is firm. Likewise, we have seen for years a middle name of "Coleman" for this man, and it may well have been so, but we lack any firm documentation that proves that assertion. A few persons in this family eventually became members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and the records in that church's files reveal the existence of a Bible record that was possibly in this discrete family. In any case, William Parris married Rhoda Cunningham, and they lived near what is now Sylva, very possibly in the Grindstaff Cove-Dills Cove area. A grandson, Lebo Parris, visited here from Idaho in 1911, and went to visit the graves of his father and grandfather in what is now called Keener Cemetery, a name that seemed to surprise Lebo Parris. (Lebo Parris kept a journal of his visit, and it is a genealogical treasure.) According to descendants, William Parris died 3 Feb 1847, and we have no reason to question the veracity of that date. Certainly Rhoda was one of the Parris women who was widowed by the time of the 1850 Federal Census.] The Family of William and Rhoda Cunningham Parris: Grandchild #9 (of David and Mary Parris)...Andrew Jackson Parris Andrew Jackson Parris was bom 18 May 1831 and died 30 Jan 1894. He married 2 Sep 1851 Margaret Louisa Brooks in Macon County. (Remember that Macon County was just across the river at that time, and that Jackson County was not yet functioning as a government entity.) They raised their family in the Barkers Creek-Wilmot area of Jackson County. Margaret died in Idaho in 1893 and is buried there. Andrew Jackson has a grave marker in Keener Cemetery. Their children: Mary Parthinia Parris (4 Jul 1852 - 2 Jan 1877) m. William W. Jones William Logan Parris (15 Sep 1854 - 22 Sep 1922) m. Mary M. Nations • Isaac David Parris (11 Aug 1856-19 Feb 1939) m. Mary Davis, Sally Elders Rhoda Amanda Parris (3 Jun 1858 - 29 Jun 1927) m. Samuel Alfred Jones James Robert Parris (18 Sep 1859-9 Dec 1859) Andrew Coleman Parris (24 Apr 1862 - 31 Mar 1930) m. Adlyn Cado Jones Lebo Francis Parris (7 Apr 1866-7 Sep 1932) m. Mary Ellen Wike Rufus Candler Parris (9 May 1873 - 11 Dec 1902) m. Malissa Cunningham Grandchild #10...Margaret Elizabeth Parris Margaret Elizabeth Parris was born 18 May 1833 and died 24 May 1893. She married Simpson H. Brooks, and they raised their family in the Sutton Branch area. They are buried in Old Savannah Cemetery in the older section on the hill behind the church. Their children: Eva E. Brooks (6 Dec 1850 - 17 Jul 1927) m. Silas Buchanan William Thomas Brooks (12 Jul 1853 - 4 Apr 1940) m. Sarah Melvina Green John Wesley Brooks (8 Sep 1855 - 17 Jun 1934) m. Martha Caroline Buchanan James Ellis Brooks (ca. 1860 - ?) no further record Rhoda Cordelia Brooks (25 Jan 1867 - 14 Sep 1906) m. William Wesley Estes Isaac Hester Brooks (22 Jan 1870 - 2 Jan 1955) m. Ida Messer Swanson M. Brooks (28 Apr 1871 - 30 Apr 1952) m. Ida Ashe, Alice Gunter Coleman S. Brooks (6 Aug 1872 - 29 Jan 1951) m. Mariah A. Green 93 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 Samuel E. Brooks (16 Nov 1875 - 11 May 1956) m. Mary Ardelia Dills Note: Simpson and Margaret had 70 grandchildren of their own. Grandchild # 11...Mary Telitha Parris Mary Telitha Parris was born to William and Rhoda 3 Oct 1835. We do not know her date of death nor her burial place as of yet, but she is probably buried in Swain County in the Ela area, where she lived with her second husband. She married 30 Dec 1861 Leander Cooper and later Rufus H. Sherrill. Her children: James Leander Cooper (25 Jul 1862 - 21 Nov 1927) m. Hattie Henderson Montreville Sevier Sherrill (21 Dec 1867 - 19 Jun 1960) m. Paralee Cutcher Rhoda A. Sherrill (ca. 1868-2 Sep 1885) Andrew J. Sherrill (ca. 1870-5 Feb 1881) Grandchild # 12...William J. Parris William J. Parris was born 8 Feb 1837, according to the Bible record we cited earlier. We have no other record of his life, so we assume he died as an infant or a child. Grandchild # 13...Ruth K. Parris Ruth K. Parris was born 13 Jan 1839, and again, we assume she did not live to adulthood. Grandchild # 14...Sarah Jane Parris Sarah Jane Parris was born to William and Rhoda 20 Feb 1841 and died 16 Feb 1903. She married Logan Bumgarner, and they raised their family in the Sylva area. She and Logan are buried in Keener Cemetery. Their children: Cole Bumgarner...no records William H. Bumgarner (23 May 1860-27 May 1888) m. Frances Bumgarner Guerillas Bumgarner (25 Jan 1861 - 29 Feb 1924) unmarried Lewis Monroe Bumgarner (ca. 1863 - ?) m. Hattie Dermid Belle A. Bumgarner (May 1864 - ?) no records Rhoda Magdalene Bumgarner (ca. 1866 - ?) m. Fidilla Harrison Evans James Powell Bumgarner (10 Jul 1867 - 19 Jan 1949) m. Nancy Melvina Jones Rebecca M. Bumgarner (ca. 1869 - ?) m. Wiley Cunningham Sarah A. Bumgarner (23 Jan 1872 - 29 Jun 1922) m. Wesley L. Warren Charles B. Bumgarner (ca. 1875 - ?) m. Sally Moore Ella May Bumgarner (16 Mar 1877 - 16 Dec 1961) m. Charles Fanning Smathers Herschel M. Bumgarner (Aug 1881 - ?) m. Bessie Dillard Note: JCGS member Harry Bumgarner is far more knowledgeable about this family than are we. The lack of specific dates for so many of their children derives from the fact that many of this family did not stay in Jackson County. A few died young, and Rhoda, Powell, and Sarah all raised large families here, but some of the others lived in Haywood, Buncombe, and other counties, and we have failed to fill in these blanks adequately. 94 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 Grandchild # 15.. .Celinda Parris Celinda Parris was born 6 Mar 1843 and died 29 May 1902. She married 20 May 186,6 Thadeus D. Welch. At the time of the Lebo Parris visit, some of this family were living in Andrews. They are buried in Green Hill Cemetery in Waynesville. Their children: William D. Welch (2 Aug 1870 - 30 Oct 1899) Mattie Love Welch (11 Apr 1872 - 14 Apr 1923) m. Joseph E. Taylor Mary M. Welch (1877-14 Oct 1939) m. Walter Hawk Grandchild # 16...Rhoda Amanda Parris Rhoda Amanda Parris was born 25 May 1845 and died in 1876. She married Burton L. Pharr, and they lived in Canton. They are buried in Locust Field Cemetery there. Their children: Cora Lee Pharr (26 Nov 1874 - 8 Dec 1962) m. Joseph Zell Smathers Berta Pharr (1 Jun 1876-6 Feb 1961) m. Virge McClure Further notes about this family: 1) We need to acknowledge the assistance of JCGS member Lucy Parris Holcombe, who some years ago informed us of so much of the Haywood County families. 2) While a few of these families appear to be rather small, and while William and Rhoda evidently reared only six children (or more particularly, Rhoda, because of William's early death), the number of descendants in the Andrew Jackson, Margaret Elizabeth, and Sarah Jane families is truly amazing. 3) We are still curious about why so many of the Parris men died about 1847 or 1848. Surely some information will come our way to shed some light on this issue. Samuel, John, and Wiley would live to be old men. Their brothers William, James, David, and Alfred did not. 4) Sources used to compile this article include census records, marriage records, grave markers, and as mentioned before, the personal knowledge of JCGS members. 5) We are not sure how many JCGS members descend from the William Coleman Parris family, but certainly JCGS president Dorris Dills Beck is a Margaret Elizabeth descendant, and members Grover Jones of Darrington, Washington and April Dawn Brendle of Sylva are Andrew Jackson descendants. If you should see yourself (a few generations back) in these pages, we would like to hear from you. 95 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 N C M a r r i a g e B o n d s : G r o o m s w i t h t h e S u r n a m e " D i l l s" [Ed. The Society recently purchased the microfiche set An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina Stale Archives. The eighty-eight microfiche are available for research at the JCGS office. Ruth Shuler abstracted the following for Journeys.} Dills, Bartlett and Nancy A. Patton, 30 Aug 1859, Macon County; Bondsman Levi Dills; Witness I. H. McCloud; Bond #77191 Dills, Bartlett and Esther Harris (d/o Daniel), 17 Jun 1848; Haywood County; Bondsman D(aniel) G. Bryson; Witness J. Keener; Bond #65274 Dills, Henry and Susa Furr, 18 Dec 1838; Macon County; Bondsman John Dills; Witness J. K. Gray; Bond #77193 Dills, Henry H. and Margaret E. Carpenter, 18 Mar 1865; Macon County; Bondsman J. F. Nickels; Witness R. C. Slagle; Bond #77192 (married 19 Mar 1865, W. H. Conner, M.G.) Dills, Jeremiah and Rachel S. Payne, 7 Feb 1863; Macon County; Bondsman W. C. Kimzey; Witness R. C. Slagle; Bond #77194 Dills, John and Margaret Gibson, 9 May 1851; Macon County; no bondsman listed; Witnes J. K. Gray; Bond #77196; (married 9 May 1851 by I. N. Keener, J.P.) Dills, John Jr. and Lucinda Cabe, 6 Dec 1847; Macon County; Bondsman B. W. Moore; Witness J K Gray; Bond #77195 Dills, John S. and Maryan Frasier, 27 Jan 1863; Macon County; Bondsman J. A(rthur) Cla?; Witness R C. Slagle; Bond #77189 Dills, Levi and Martha Love, 26 Nov 1860; Macon County; Bondsman J. (ames) L. Robi?; Witnes L F Siler; Bond #77197 ; (married 27 Nov 1860 by John Spears, M.G.) Dills, Marin (Marion) and Liley Ensley, 23 Mar 1850; Haywood County; Bondsman T. Berton Gunter; Witness Samuel Gibson; Bond #65273 Dills, Phillip and Jane Henderson, 31 Jan 1856; Macon County; Bondsman John (x) Dills; Witness J *> Crawford; Bond #77190 Dills, S. Ervin and Abagail Brooks, 21 Jan 1860; Macon County; Bondsman Levi Dills- Witness R C Slagle; Bond #77198 Dills, Thomas and Nancy Fowler, 2 Apr 1798, Rutherford County; Bondsman Philip Henson; no witness listed; Bond #133144 Dills, William and Rebecca Bews, 16 Aug 1773; Guilford County; Bondsman John Buis; Witness Thomas Henderson; Bond #54851 Dills, William and Mary McGaha, 24 Mar 1842; Macon County; Bondsman Andrew S. McDow; Witness J. K.Gray; Bond #77199 Dills, William N. and Catharine Watson, 22 Oct 1847; Haywood County; Bondsman Eli Arrington; no witness given; Bond #65275 96 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 FINDING SLAVE RECORDS Efforts to find records of ancestors believed to have been enslaved require thorough preparation before beginning research prior to 1865. The 1870 federal population census schedules, the first on which the former slave is listed by name, must be studied carefully for other individuals of that surname who may be possible family members and potential former owners. Even if one knows that an ancestor was born during slavery, he must study all subsequent census schedules carefully and systematically from the latest available (currently 1930) backwards. Births, deaths, and marriages should be searched for all known and suspected family members Co-habitation records not only indicate the number of years a couple have lived together as man and wife but also confirm the family tradition that the ancestor "was bom in slavery." The family researcher should look for other county records such as deeds, estates, and tax lists; cemetery records; Bible records; and church records. Freedmen's Bureau, Freedman's Savings and Trust Company records, and WPA slave narratives may also prove useful. Slaves were enumerated on all federal census records, 1790-1860, but not by name. From the 1870 census, the researcher should proceed backwards to the 1860 and 1850 separate slave schedules which list, under the name of the owner, each slave by sex, specific age, and color only; no slave names are given. The researcher will be looking for a male or female, and his family if appropriate, who is 10 and 20 years younger than the individual(s) he identified on the 1870 census schedule. 1790, 1800, and 1810 census schedules indicate only the total number of slaves; while 1820, 1830, and 1840 schedules list them by sex and age range. This data presents possible former slave owners, for it is the records of the slave owners that one must search and analyze for information about slaves before 1865. The researcher will need to leam as much as he can about the owner and his family: his wife and in-laws, his children and whom they married, even where he attended church. One could acquire slaves through purchase, inheritance, marriage, and natural increase (ch.ldren, grandch.ldren, etc. of slaves acquired earlier). Records of the ownership of slaves are found in both public and private records. Public records are those created by the owner as required by local, state, and national governments. Local records, i.e., the county records in North Carolina, are the most fruitful for genealogists. These are the records which record marriages of owners, deeds of gift/trust of slaves, purchase/sale of slaves, transfers of land among family members wills/settlements/divisions of real and personal property at the death of a person, lists of taxable property, and records of actions in the local county courts. The miscellaneous records of some North Carol.na counties include some slave records. Guide to Research Materials in the North Carolina State Archives: County Records (\ 1th rev. ed., Division of Archives and History, 1997) lists for each county those records, original and microfilmed which are available for research in the Archives Search Room. Preliminary Guide to Records Elating to Blacks in the North Carolina State Archives (Archives Information Circular No. 17) by Thornton W. Mitchell is available from the North Carolina State Archives, 4614 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-4614. Private records are those kept by the owner/owners (family Bibles recording their births or deaths, business ledgers contracts, leases, and other records relating to the health and work of their slaves). Since these are personal records kept by the owner for his own use they may be difficult to find. Those that have-surv.ved may still be in the possession of the family, in a manuscript collection, or in an archives. Guide to Private Manuscript Collections in the North Carolina State Archives, edited by Barbara T. Cain, Ellen Z. McGrew, and Charles b. Morris (3rd ed. Raleigh: North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1994),is a guide to collections of private- papers in our state archives. The Southern Historical Collection at UNC - Chapel Hill and Perkins Library at Duke University also have outstanding manuscript collections. Records of white churches, generally held in their respective church repositories, are another category of private record which should be sought, as slaves often were members of the local white churches or were permitted to worship at their owner's church. 97 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 FURTHER READING AND SOURCES Burroughs, Tony. Black Roots, a Beginner's Guide to Tracing the African-American Family Tree. New York: Simon & Schuster. 2001. Federal Writers' Project [WPA]. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United Slates, from Interviews with Former Slaves. 17 volumes. Reprint, St. Clair Shores, Mich.: Scholarly Press, 1976. [Volumes 13 and 14 are North Carolina.] Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers'Project, 1936-1938. Online (American Memory) <http://memorv.loc.pov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html> Manuscript Division and Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Freedman's Bank Records. CD-ROM. Salt Lake City, Utah: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2000. National Archives and Records Administration. Black Studies: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1996. Streets, David H. Slave Genealogy: A Research Guide with Case Studies. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1986. Thackery, David T., and Dee Woodtor. Case Studies in Afro-American Genealogy. Chicago: The Newberry Library, 1989. Thackery, David T. Finding Your African American Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide. Orem, Utah: Ancestry, c2000. University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. Afro-American Sources in Virginia: A Guide to Manuscripts, Michael Plunkett, Editor, and Guide to African American Documentary Resources in North Carolina, Timothy D. Pyatt, Editor. Online <http://www.upress.virginia.edu/plunkett/mfp.html>. Walker, James D. Black Genealogy. Athens: University of Georgia, Center for Continuing Education, 1977. White, Bametta McGhee. "The Red Book." Typescript, 1991. Copy at State Library of North Carolina, Raleigh [Genealogy vertical file: Norman family]. White, Bametta McGhee. compiler. Somebody Knows My Name: Marriages of Freed People in North Carolina County by County. 3 volumes. Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., cl995. Witcher, Curt Bryan. African American Genealogy: A Bibliography and Guide to Sources. Fort Wayne, Ind.: Round Tower Books, 2000. Woodtor, Dee Parmer. Finding a Place CaUed Down Home: A Guide to African American Genealogy and Historical Identity. New York: Random House, 1999. [Her Interactive Guide for Beginners on the Internet at <http://www.afrigeneas.com/guide/> is highly recommended.] ARTICLES Brasfield, Curtis. '"To My Daughter and the Heirs of Her Body:' Slave Passages as Illustrated by the Latham-Smithwick Family." National Genealogical Society Quarterly 81 (December 1993): 270-282. Cemy, Johni. "From Maria to Bill Cosby: A Case Study in Tracing Black Slave Ancestry." National Genealogical Society Quarterly 75 (March 1987): 5-14. Mills, Gary B. Notes and Documents: "Can Researchers 'Prove' the 'Unprovable'? A Selective Bibliography of Efforts to Genealogically Document Children of Master-Slave Relationships." National Genealogical Society Quarterly 89 (September 2001): 234-237. Jupiter, Del E. "Agustina and the Kelkers: A Spanish West Florida Line." National Genealogical Society Quarterly 80 (December 1992): 265-279. Jupiter, Del E. "From Agustina to Ester: Analyzing a Slave Household for Child-Parent Relationships." National Genealogical Society Quarterly 85 (December 1991): 245-275. McBride, Ransom. " Searching for the Past of the North Carolina Black Family in Local, Regional, and Federal Record Resources." North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal 9 (May 1983): 66-77. Mallory, Rudena Kramer. "An African-American Odyssey through Multiple Surnames: Mortons, Tapps, and Englishes of Kansas and Missouri." National Genealogical Society Quarterly 85 (March 1997): 25-38. Lennon, Rachal Mills, and Elizabeth Shown Mills. "Mother, Thy Name Is Mystery] Finding the Slave Who Bore Philomene Daurat." National Genealogical Society Quarterly (September 2000): 201-224. Peebles, Minnie K. "Black Genealogy." North Carolina Historical Review 55 (Spring 1978): 164-173. Randall, Ruth. "An Interracial Suit for Inheritance: Clues to Probable Paternity for a Georgia Freedman, Henry Clay Heard Sherman." National Genealogical Society Quarterly 89 (June 2001): 85-97. Rapport, Sara. "The Freedmen's Bureau as a Legal Agent for Black Men and Women in Georgia: 1865-1868." Georgia Historical Quarterly 73 (Spring 1989): 26-53. Ruffin, C. Bernard, III. " In Search of the Unappreciated Past: The Ruffin-Cornick Family of Virginia." National Genealogical Society Quarterly 81 (June 1993): 126-138. Williams, Gary M. "Links before Emancipation: Afro-American Slave Genealogy in Virginia." Magazine of Virginia Genealogy 32 (February 1994): 3-10. Young, Tommie M. "Ten Steps in Rooting Out the Past of the Black Family." North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal 6 (August 1980): 150-161. Genealogical Services Telephone: 919-733-7222 State Library of North Carolina Mailing Address: 4647 Mail Service Center. Raleigh, NC 27699-4647 109 East Jones Street Raleigh, NC Web pages: hrto://statelibrarv.dcr.stfltc.nc.us/iss/gr/eenealog,htm Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 T R A C K I N G A N A N C E S T O R B A C K T O N O R T H C A R O L I NA A search for the parents of an ancestor who was born in North Carolina but died elsewhere depends on when he or she left this state. If the ancestor was a minor, a married woman, or a slave, you first must identify the free adult male (father, guardian, husband, or owner) in that person's life. If the ancestor was bom here before 1913, there is no birth certificate to identify parents. Begin your search for the parents in the place where you found the ancestor, not the place where the person was born. Work systematically backwards through the person's life from death to birth, starting with the will or records of the individual's own estate. Examine the inventories or accounts of sales for clues to occupation, social/economic status, ethnicity, and religion. Identify children, administrators or executors, bondsmen, and estate-sale purchasers (they may be relatives, friends, and neighbors who moved there with the ancestor). Search the deeds for a land division among heirs, for acquisition of that land, and for the earliest deed (its date may approximate a person's arrival in the county or age of majority; other information in it may give place of origin). Also examine marriage, tax, and court documents. Record complete data for the ancestor's census "family" from every census in which the person was a head-of- household in that state (remember— the person was ten years younger on each earlier census). Collect census data for about ten neighbors on each side of the family and for anyone of the same surname or anyone mentioned in probate and other documents. Study these individuals' records for clues about relationships among them as well as their arrival dates and origins. Examine county histories and maps for likely migration routes and origins of prominent settlers. Assemble all this data in chronological order, noting all sources, to use in the next stages of your search. Without vital records, proof of an ancestor's parentage will most likely be found in the place where the parents died, not where the child was born. Backtrack the ancestor's migration each step of the way. When the person ceases to appear as a census head-of-houschold, note also the presence/absence of his neighbors and associates. Search/or the group's earlier appearances along migration routes. Wherever the ancestor was when he would have been a child in the next-earlier census, look there for householders of the same surname with a child of the right sex and age. Search that householder's records. As before, begin with probate documents, deeds, and other county records. If the householder did not die in that place, retrace the migration route to look for the place where that person died. Any record you find that proves who a person's children were, also proves who was the parent of each of those children. If your ancestor was one of the children, you have found his father or mother. If not, continue your search as before. When you have found the ancestor's parent, continue tracking that parent backwards step-by-step repeating the same strategies. Genealogical Services State Library of North Carolina 109 E. Jones Street Mailing Address: 4647 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-4647 919-733-7222 http://statelibraTY.dcr.state.nc.us/iss/gT/ 99 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 S T A T E L I B R A R Y O F N O R T H C A R O L I NA G E N E A L O G I C A L S E R V I C ES West Mezzanine Archives & History/State Library Building" Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sat. 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. 109 E. Jones Street Raleigh, North Carolina Call ahead or check web page for Holiday closings E x t e n s i v e c o l l e c t i o n o f P u b l i s h e d M a t e r i a l s for g e n e a l o g i c a l r e s e a r ch • Family histories (books and unpublished compilations) • Abstracts of county, state, and federal records • Census records and indexes • County histories • Genealogical periodicals • Bibliographies, indexes, guides, and general reference books on genealogy F o c u s o n N o r t h C a r o l i na A l s o e x t e n s i v e p u b l i s h e d m a t e r i a l s for o t h e r a r e as • Colonial and post-colonial periods • Areas from which North Carolinians came • States to which North Carolinians migrated • Very good collections for Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, New England L a r g e c o l l e c t i o n o f c e n s u s r e c o r ds • Microfilm of surviving census records, 1800-1890, for the entire United States • Many of the published census indexes • 1900-1920 census microfilm for North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia • 1930 North Carolina census microfilm • Soundex indexes on microfilm for North Carolina, 1880 and 1900-1930; Georgia, 1910 Mailing address: 4647 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-4647 919-733-7222 100 http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/iss/gr/genealog.htm with links to State Library Catalog and E-Mail Reference Service Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 I n d e x f o r JTJ, V o l u m e X I I I , N o s . 5 - 6 Adair 81 Alexander 79 Allen 78, 85 Allison 71, 75, 78, 85 Ally 78 Arrington 96 Ash 78 Ashe 73, 85, 88, 93 Barker 78 Battle 79 Beck 78, 80 Becker 76 Bell 79 Bews 96 Bigham 75 Bishop 85 Bisnet 85 Bohannan81 Bowman 75 Bradley 75, 76, 83, 85 Brendle 95 Brestes 79 Bridges 76 Brindle 78 Brooks 75, 93, 94, 96 Broom 85 Brown 74, 77, 78, 79, 85 Bryson 77, 79, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89,96 Buchanan 85, 86, 87, 93 Buckham 77 Buckhan 78 Buckhanan 77 Buis 96 Bumgarner 77, 78, 79, 80, 85, 87,94 Burnette 88 Burress 87 Butler 77, 78 Cabe 76, 86, 90, 96 Cagle 86 Cain 97 Campbell 85 Camps 85 Cantrell 80, 85 Carpenter 96 Carson 78 Carter 77 Casey 85 Cathey 79 Carver 85 Challis 86 Clayton 85 Cody 85 CogdiU 87 Coleman 77 Collins 78 Conley 87 Conner 96 Conseen 85 Cooper 94 Cowan 79, 83 Coward 72, 77, 78, 85, 87, 88 Crawford 70, 71, 77, 78, 85, 86, 88,96 Cunningham 85,87, 93,94 Cutcher 94 Dalton 85 Davidson 79 Davis 77, 78, 79, 85, 89, 93 Deets 79 Deitz 83, 86 Denton 87 Dei-mid 94 Dillard 72, 94 Dills 74, 78, 79, 94, 95, 96 Driver 87 Edmonston 78 Elders 86, 93 Enloe 79 Ensley 96 Ervin 87 Estes 75, 93 Evans 94 Falkenburg 88 Farmer 87 Fisher 71,77, 78 Flanagan 86 Flynn 84 Fomy 77 Fowler 96 Frady 79 Franklin 87 Franks 87 Frasier 96 Freeman 87 Frizzell 86, 89 Fulbright 82 Fullbright 81, 82,83, 84 Fuller 76 Furr96 Galloway 77, 86 Gasperson 73 Gibson 76, 79, 86, 87, 96 Golden 87 Gray 96 Green 73, 74, 76,77, 86,93 Greene 86 Gregory 86 Gribble 79 Griffin 85. 86 Guffey 87 Guffie 88 Gunter 75, 76, 86, 93, 96 Hall 86 Hambree 84 Hampton 84 Harris 71, 87, 96 Hawk 95 Henderson 94, 96 Hendrix 85 Henson 71, 77,96 Herren 79 Higdon 77, 78 Hill 78 Hix 79 Hogan 86 Holcombe 87, 95 Hooper 71, 72, 77, 78, 87, 88, Hoover 89, 90 Hoyle 86 Huston 86 Hyatt 77, 86 Jackson 78 Jazkel 86 Jenkins 84 Johnson 86 Jones 74, 76, 81, 86, 88, 93, 94, 95 Jumper 88 Keener 78,79,96 Kennedy 70, 71 Kimzey 96 King 77, 78 Kinnett81,82 Klotzbier 86 Larch 85 Leatherman 87 Ledford 87 Lewis 89 Logan 79 Long 85, 87 Love 77, 96 Lovedahl 86 Luna 77 Maples 85 Martin 76 Masengale 87 Mashbum 86 Mason 73 Mathis 78 McCall 86 McCloud 96 101 Journeys Through Jackson May - June 2003 McClure 81, 82, 87, 95 McDonald 87 McDow 96 McGaha 96 McGrew 97 McHan 85 McMahan 76, 86 Mecklin 82 Medford 80 Melton 87 Meritt 88 Messer 75, 79, 88, 93 Middleswartz81 Middleton 72, 77 Miller 75, 88 Mitchell 97 Moffitt 84 Monteith 77, 79, 86 Moody 71 Moore 71, 79, 87, 94,96 Morgan 88 Morris 97 Morrow 93 Moss 87 Mull 87 Nations 86, 87,93 Newcombe 88 Newton 78 Nichols 71 Nicholson 87 Nickels 96 O'Connor 86 Oocumma 85 Owens 86 Painter 83, 84, 87 Pangle 74 Pannell 70 Parker 78, 85, 87, 88 Parris 70, 71, 87, 88, 93, 94,95 Parton 74 Patterson 78 Paxton 87 Payne 96 Pharr 95 Phillips 75, 87 Poston 78 Potts 71,72, 78 Powell 85, 87 Pressley 88 Queen 77 Raby 77,78 Reed 87 Reese 86 Reid 71 Robinson 87 Rogers 75, 78,79, 85, 87 Roosevelt 89 Roper 88 Rose 84 Ross 83 Roten 86 Sanders 87 Saunders 87 Saures 88 Sellers 78 Shelton 85 Shepard 87 Sherrell 77,78,79 Sherrill 71, 87,94 Shular 88 Shuler 77, 85, 88,96 Siler 96 Simpson 75 Slagle 96 Smathers 88, 94,95 Smith 88 Snyder 88 Spears 96 Spivey 87 Statler 82 Stiles 86 Stillwell 87 Streater 88 Strutton 87 Styles 86 Sutton 71, 74, 75, 88 Sweatt 75 Tallent 88 Tate 88 Tatham 77, 78, 85 Taylor 95 Thomas 73,77 Thompson 77, 86 Tilley 79 Tilly 79 Tooni 88 Trout 80 Tucker 86, 88 Turpin 74, 79, 88 Vaughn 87 Volprecht 81, 82, 83, 84 Waldrop 88 Wallis 83 Walsh 86 Ware 81 Warren 71,94 Watson 77,86,96 Weider 88 Welch 85,95 Wike 77,93 Wikle 86 Wild 83, 84 Williams 78, 85, 87 Wilson 71,77,78, 85, 86, 87 Winchester 86 Wiseman 88 Wood 85, 86, 87, 88 Woodard 88 Woody 83 Wyatt 75, 85 York 83 Zachary 77, 78 102