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.

• Creator
  • Jackson County Genealogical Society (N.C.)
• Format
  • Newsletters
  • Periodicals
• Type
  • Text
• Date
  • Date original: 2003-10
  • Date digitized: 2017-07-10
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  • Dimension: 11" x 8.5"
  • Pages: 36 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • Bible records
  • Cemeteries
  • Death certificates
  • Jackson County (N.C.) -- Genealogy
  • Registers of births, etc. -- North Carolina -- Jackson County
  • Voting registers -- North Carolina -- Jackson County
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  • Western Carolina University
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  • Jackson County Genealogical Society
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  • HL_JTJ_2003_13-09-10
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  • Jackson County Genealogical Society

? s*> 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 , No. 9 - 1 0 S e p t e m b e r - O c t o b e r 2 0 03 C JA CKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. 2003 Officers 3> 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 We do not like to use these pages to whine and complain, preferring always to build up, rather than tear down, but this time we have something to say. While we were compiling the James Parris family for this issue, we needed to consult a book donated to the society by Bernie Cooper, a JCGS member from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. That book contains pedigree charts and family group records of Bernie's families, including the Ensley and Parris connections. That book was not to be found on our shelves, and this marks '""* the second time that this has happened. We are not happy with that circumstance. To make lemonade from _V that sour lemon, it did give us a chance to communicate with new JCGS member Hugh Marshall (and, regrettably, to interrupt his Saturday-morning pancake breakfast with his small children), and that was a pleasant conversation. Maybe we can prevail on the better nature of someone to return that book; or maybe we can beg Bernie for another copy. Not good. On a happier note, look inside your journal for a description of Shoal Creek Baptist Church; for an old tax list from the Shoal Creek- Oconaluftee community; for the first part of a census of the Plott Cemetery in Haywood County's Saunook community; for family information on Fullbright and Parris; for more official records from Jackson County; and finally, for our usual fine old photographs. Fall. The best time of year. Football, apples, clear days, cool nights, genealogy. Unbeatable in any of those combinations. 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/ Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s Announcements 137 JCGS Photo Album 138 - 1 4 0 Shoal Creek Baptist C h u r c h 141 - 1 4 4 1841 T a x List for Shoal Creek, "Lufty" 145 - 1 4 6 Jackson County Court of Pleas and Q u a r t e r Sessions 147 - 1 5 0 Plott Cemetery 151 - 1 5 4 The Fullbright Ancestry of Danny Jones 155 - 1 5 8 1959 Jackson County Death Certificates 159 - 1 6 2 JCGS L i b r a r y Acquisitions 162 The Grandchildren of David a n d M a r y P a r r i s , P a r t 4 163 - 1 6 8 Index 169-170 Query Those.knowledgeable about t h e F r a d y family should check t h e queries a t t h e J C GS Web site. Sharon Frady Williams seeks information on her great - great grandfather Miniard W. Frady. O B C G S G e n e a l o g y F a i r JCGS will p a r t i c i p a t e in t h e Old Buncombe County Genealogy F a i r on October 25 at the Asheville Mall. Come see us there, a n d visit w i t h o t h e r societies a n d vendors from 10 in t h e morning until 9 t h a t night. What a productive day t r i p for a fall Saturday! See you there. 137 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 J C G S P h o t o A l b um KJ v J The photograph above shows the Herbert Conner band, a group that included family of JCGS member Rebecca Badger. Rebecca submits this picture with a request for members of t h e b a n d to be identified. Ideas, members with Tuckasegee and Glenville connections? KJ 138 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 C J C G S P h o t o A l b u m The wonderful old picture above shows Christian Rasor Dean a n d his wife Haseltine Carson Dean. They a r e great — g r a n d p a r e n t s of J C G S members David Frizzell and Rick Frizzell, who shares the picture with us. The Deans lived on C a r s o n Branch in the Willets community, a n d a r e buried t h e r e in t h e Carson Cemetery. 139 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 J C G S P h o t o A l b um ^J gv,--<£»« - The photograph above is of James Sutton, and is submitted by JCGS member Clara Sutton Stern. The photograph came from Mrs. Lula Buchanan Alexander Kloss, who said that it was in the home of her parents, Tom and Carrie Sutton Buchanan. Clara asks for any further information that anyone has about this picture. v_y 140 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 S h o a l C r e e k B a p t i s t C h u r c h 1 7 5 t h A n n i v e r s a r y [Ed. We were privileged to attend this celebration in July. We present the following from the program of that day, and add to it a slightly edited reminiscence of one of the church members.] O S h o a l C r e e k B a p t i s t C h u r c h 1 8 2 8 - 2 0 0 3 I n the early years of the nineteenth century this area of North Carolina was very sparsely settled, with homes usually several miles apart. The staunch men and women who lived here were deeply religious, God-fearing people. They realized the need for a building in which to assemble for worship; thus, July 26, 1828, the church 'which we now know as Shoal Creek Baptist Church came into being. The United or Missionary Baptist Church, to be known as Mount Zion, was established at Yellow Hill in what is now Cherokee, NC. At that time, Yellow Hill was a part of Haywood County, later becoming Swain County. This church with forty-three original members was constituted by a presbytery of three men: Humphrey Posey, Adam Corn, and Stephen White. Irf April of 1836, the Mount Zion Church divided, creating the Oconalufty and Shoal Creek Churches with Shoal Creek retaining 'the keys and records. The first Shoal Creek Church building, located near the home of Albert Keener at what is now the entrance to Camp Creek Road, was destroyed by fire on October 19, 1874. Brother Samuel Beck gave the use of his home for a meeting place until a new building could be completed. On August 7, 1875, a committee was appointed to select a location and plan to build a new church. The new building, located on property in the Jerry Field near Qualla School, was constructed on land granted by Sarah Jane Thomas for this one purpose. This building was used until December. 1915. In January, 1916, the building committee was instructed to sell the old building for material with which to finish the new church. 141 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 KJ Pastors of Shoal Creek Baptist Church 1828-32 1832-34 1834-37 1837-40 1840-47 1847-54 1854-60 1860-68 1868-70 1870-80 1880-82 1882-84 1884-85 1885-87 1887-88 1888-89 1889-91 1891-93 1893-95 Adam Corn Stephen White George Colon David Elders S. Gibson I.T.S. Sherrill E. D. Brendle J. L. Buchanan W.H. Connor E.D. Brendle W. Ensley E.D. Brendle & A.H. Simms W.H. Connor E.D. Brendle A.H. Simms A.B. Thomas W. Ensley J.P. Panther A.H. Simms 1895-1900 W.H. Connor 1900-01 1901-02 1902-03 1903-09 1909-10 1910-11 1911-12 1912-13 1913-14 1914-15 1915-16 1916 _ Ammons R.L. Cook J.W. Kesterson T.F. Arrington A.C. Queen P.F. McGee J.A. Gibbs W.L. Bradley C.F. Owen O.P. Williams T.F. Arrington T.F. Deitz During the early years, meetings were held once a month, usually including both Saturday and Sunday servicesi Later, services were held on the second and fourth Sundays. Pastors received only the money taken after each service. However, "poundings" were popular during which members of the congregation would surprise the pastor with gifts of food including canned goods, meats, vegetables, and staple items. Shoal Creek Baptist Church first called a full-time pastor in 1960, at which time the church also voted to pay a set salary. The earliest deacons of Shoal Creek Baptist Church included Samuel Sherrill, John Hyde, Stephen Beck, John Nations, Nathan Hyatt, Elijah Brown, Daniel Lester, John B. Gibson, Nimrod Childers, H. L. Moodey, A.J. Galloway, J. B. Hoyle, CM. Fisher, and W. V. Farley. It is- perhaps unique to Shoal Creek history that John B. Gibson's great-grandson Gene currently serves as deacon; Nimrod Childers's great-granddaughter Jean Childers is currently a member of the church. KJ KJ 142 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 Memories of Gene Gibson at Shoal Creek Baptist Church The earliest memory that I have of attending the Shoal Creek Baptist Church was in the wood - framed, weather-boarded, and sealed structure built in 1918 and served until 1956, when the congregation entered the present block-and-brick building currently used. The Great Depression, as it was known, had the whole United States under siege, and the church suffered financially, along with the business world. Money was scarce, and paying jobs both inside and outside the Shoal Creek community were almost non-existent. Trusting almighty God and farming for a livelihood was the only way to go. Automobiles were few, roads were almost primitive, so walking and taking near cuts through fields and woods during the winter months "wjere the best way to church. J.L. Rogers (1927 - 1937) was the first fulltime, half-time pastor that I can remember. Second and fourth Sundays were his schedule, but during the winter months, weather sometimes didn't permit him to travel from Haywood County near Lake Logan to Shoal Creek. There was no s e t salary, only the "hat" collection was taken. No reflection on the church members, but the collections were mostly coins, and if any bills were given they were mostly of the $1.00 dimension. With gasoline prices $.18 - $.20 per gallon, I've heard my Dad say that it was doubtful if the collection bought his gasoline .at times. He was a spirit -.filled, ingenious man who did carpentry work, cut logs and wood, and farmed to make ends meet. At this time the Methodist Church next door was very active, with preaching services held on the 1st and 3rd Sundays. So the two denominations shared their preaching services with each othen- Since most farmed for a living, had no telephone or television and only a few battery-operated radios, the local church became the center of community activities, a heritage almost lost today. It was not uncommon for members and non-members alike to gather at the church shortly after 9:00 A.M. for Sunday School that started at 10, to catch up on the current news. My first remembrance was that the building had .a belfry or bell tower out front with doors, entering the bell tower from each side.- There was no straight-through entrance. The sanctuary was one large room, and to separate the different classes for Sunday School, wires were stretched from side to side and curtains hung. They separated only visual contact. 143 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 The first seats or benches were a one-board plank possibly 14 inches wide and a one-board plank back rest. Straight-horizontal, straight-vertical, no contour to fit the legs or back. There was no danger of anyone dozing or sleeping, because one couldn't get that comfortable. I was janitor and fire builder during the winter of 1943-1944, building a fire in the sanctuary first and in two stoves in two classrooms that were built around 1937 on the back behind the pulpit. Arriving no later than 8:45-9:00 A.M., I had time to sweep the church while the fires heated the building. The janitor's salary was $.25 per Sunday. The framed building was a perfect place for wasps in winter. Each Sunday after the fires were built, the wasps came to life and sometimes were very annoying to both the preacher and the congregation. That is unknown today in our modern buildings with central heating units. Lighting for revival meetings was provided with kerosene oil lamps set on special shelves along the outside walls. (There was no electricity at this time.) In 1946 the building was wired and electric lights were installed. In 1948-1949 two classrooms were added on the front, and the existing doors of the belfry became classrooms doors, while a double door was placed in the front to enter straight in. Once a year a "pounding" was given the pastor. Since almost everyone farmed, people had plenty of non-perishables and canned goods to share. Corn, corn meal, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, canned beans or tomatoes, and even a gallon of homemade molasses would show up. This was before insecticides were used, and honey bees were abundant, so even a jar of honey could be seen at these poundings. Each Thanksgiving the same procedure was used to send food to the orphanage at Thomasville, later named the N.C. Baptist Children's Home. I remember one Thanksgiving my Dad and Mr. Ham Hoyle took the team and wagon and picked up the items for the orphanage. One non-Christian lady who never attended church waved for them to pick up some canned beans. We held our 150th anniversary celebration inl978 and our 175th anniversary in 2003. I would like to know that the 200th anniversary would be held in 2028, but at 76 years of age, I have small hope of attending. In my time, there have been 20 part-time and full-time pastors. All were good, but some were better. When I think of the song "Church in the Wildwood," there is no church as dear to me as the ones I remember at "The Jerry Old Field," past and present. Respectfully submitted, Gene Gibson 144 Kj \J KJ Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 1 8 4 1 S h o a l C r e e k T a x L i s t [Ed. Called both the "Lufty" Company and the "Shool Creek" Company on the document, the following is a list of taxpayers in the area for 1841. Found in the Haywood County papers in the North Carolina State Archives September 2003 by Larry Crawford. We have changed surname spellings to those recognized today.] Taxpayer Adams, David P. Bradshaw, Merrell Beck, John Sen. Beck, Jacob Beck, John Jr. Battle, James M. Bradley, Isaac Beck, Samuel Bradley, Pleasant Bradley, J.H. Cockerham, Jess C. Collins, Robert Carroll, John Carroll, JameS Cargal, John Conley, John Carter, William Carter, Nelson Conner, Joel Cockerham, John Davidson, John Enloe, Abraham Enloe, John Enloe, Wesley Enloe, Scroop Enloe, B.M. Enloe, Watson Enloe, A.L. Floyd, Henry Floyd, Rufus Farley, William Farley, Langley Gibson, Samuel Gibson, John H. Gibson, John Jr. Gibson, John S. Gibbs, John Gibson, Joshua Gibson, Isaac Gibson, Samuel Jr. Griffith, William Hughes, Ralph Harris, Daniel Harden, Henry Land: 1050 125 205 40 84 155 200 ... 90 • • • 581 225 274 50 50 176 150 170 175 100 137 310 100 250 344 ... ... 200 260 ... 322 52 233 109 233 60 88 ... 76 70 ... 150 173 75 i Valuation 1025 150 368 80 80 250 300 • •• 100 ... 1800 350 500 50 50 300 100 150 350 100 750 2200 300 700 525 • •• • •• 175 600 • • • 300 13 150 300 50, 50 62 • •• 130 100 • • • 650 200 25 White ... 1 ... ... 1 1 ... 1 1 1 • >• L ... 1 ... 1 • •• • •• 1 1 • • • • •• 1 1 1 1 1 1 •*•• 1 1 1 • •• • •* 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 • •• ... 1 "Poles" Black • • • • • • • • • • • •• • •• ... ... • •• • •• ... • •• • •• • •• • • • • •• • •• • •• • •• • •• • •• 2. 1 • •• • •• 1 • •• • •• • •• • • • • •• • •• • •• • •• • • • • •• • • • • • • • •• • • • • •• • •« • •• • •• • • • "Poles" Tax Amount $3.41 2/3 $1.50 $1.22 2/3 $.26 2/3 $1.26 2/3 $1.83 2/3 $1.00 $1.00 $1.33 1/3 $1.00 $6.00 $2.16 2/3 $1.66 2/3 $1,16 2/3 $.16 2/3 $2.00 $.33 1/3 $.50 $2.16 2/3 $133 1/3 $4.50 S8.33 1/3 $2.00 $3 33 1/3 $3.75 $1.00 $1.00 $1.58 1/3 $2.00 $1.00 $2.00 $1.04 1/3 $.50 $.73 1/3 $1.16 2/3 $1.16 2/3 $1.26 2/3 $1.00 $1.43 1/3 $133 1/3 $1.00 $2.16 2/3 $.66 2/3 $1.08 2/3 145 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 Taxpayer Lands Valuation Hyatt, Nathan Hughes, Jason Hyatt, E.G. Harris, J.P. Killian, Wm. R. King, J.W. Love, Thomas heirs Mingus, John Sr. Mingus, Abraham Mingus, Hannah Mingus, Jacob Sr. Mingus, Ephraim Mingus, Lawson A. Mingus, J.A. Nations, Christopher Redmond, Morgan Russell, Woody StiUweU, Jacob Sherrill, Ute SherriU, Samuel Sr. Sherrill, Jason SherriU, George SherriU, J.B. Sherrill, Joseph Sellers, Isaac StiUweU, Ephraim Sherrill, Samuel Jr. StiUweU, Samuel Jr. Turpin, James H. Thomas, Wm H. Watson, John Woody, Henry Totals 447 ... ... • • * ... 600 640 150 350 150 375 315 ... ... ... 50 ... 200 100 564 140 190 329 155 160 • • • • •• • •• 150 3375 ... 100 14866 1300 ... ... ... ... 100 2000 600 550 250 660 520 ... ... ... 35 • • • 250 25 695 100 200 400 175 150 • • • ... • •• 300 7950 ... 50 28680 .. 1 1 1 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 1 1 .. 1 1 .. .. .. .. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 White "Poles" Black "Poles" Tax Amount $7.33 1/3 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $.33 1/3 $6.66 2/3 $3.00 $1.83 $.83 1/3 $2.20 $1.73 1/3 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.83 1/3 $3.08 1/3 $5.32 $3.33 1/3 $.66 2/3 $233 1/3 $1.58 1/3 $1.50 $1.00 $6.00 $1.00 $3.00 $27.50 $1.00 $1.16 2/3 U ^J 10 $162.60 1/3 Notes: 01) In some cases, the word "insolvent" is listed beside the tax amount. 02) J.A. Mingus is listed as "out of the state." 03) Ute Sherrill, Samuel Sherrill Jr., and James H. Turpin were all taxed for stud horses. v_y 146 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 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 court minutes transcribed by Ruth C. Shuler.] Minutes of June Term 1854 28 Sep 2003 Hunter Library Microfilm 413; C.055 North Carolina, County of Jackson Be it remembered that on the third Monday & nineteenth day of June in the year AD 1854, a Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions was opened & held for said County at Allen Fisher's old store house, being the place fixed upon by the Justices of the said county for holding one of the terms of said court & the time appointed by law for that purpose. Present: Peter King, A. Bumgarner, Allen Fisher Of the Jurrors summoned to this court the following named persons were drawn, sworn, and charged as grand Jurrors, to wit: 1. James Parker 7. Peter Butler 13. Samuel Beck 2. W.A.Coleman 8. Nathan Coward 14. T.H.Galloway 3. Daniel Bryson 9. Nathan Middleton 15. Nathan Thompson 4. S.W. Hill 10. Josiah Watson 16. P. L. Davis 5. F.P.Allison 11. William Newton 17. John A. Hooper 6. Alexander Wilson 12. J. H. Alley 18. G. W. Bryson (P. L. Davis listed again at bottom) P. L. Davis appointed foreman, who was charged by A. S. Merrimon, Solicitor. R. L. Sellers appointed as constable to attend the Grand Jury. John D. Brown, Hudson Coward, N. Allen, Ute Sherrill, Amos Ash, A. H. Queen, James Raby of the original venire answered to their names the second call, were accordingly swom & took their seats in the Box. The remainder of the 3 herif summoned to this court were excused. State vs. James Raby: S.W. John Clemons called and failed to answer (end of page 41) Ordered by court that James H. Wiggins be exempted from serving as a Dheri. Ordered by court that the Qheriff of this county be authorized to issue a license to Lewis Hubberd to hawk & peddle in the cpunty of Jackson twelve months, terminating on the 3rd Monday in June 1854 (sic) T. D. No. 1: State vs. David Morgan, A.B. Defendant pleads not guilty, whereupon the following named persons were swom & DheriffDed, to wit: 1. JohnD. Brown 7. Ute Sherrill 2. Ellis Shelton 8. James Raby 3. Amos Ash 9. H. M. Cook 4. A. H. Queen 10. D. L. Shelton 5. Hudson Coward 11. R. Norton 6. Nathan Allen 12. Wm. P. Ward ' Who found the defendant not guilty in manner & form as charged in the Bill of Indictment. T. D. no. 2: State vs. James Mathis, Andy Pressly, T & A Defendants pleads not guilty, whereupon the following named D herif were sworn & empanneled (viz) 1. John Monteith 7. D. Shook 147 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 2. A. Hooper 8. W. Zachary 3. C. Bryson 9. Wm. B. Queen 4. T.Sanders lO.T.Cogdell J 5. J. Robeson 11. A. Sellers ^^ 6. James Shelton 12. J. Hall Who found the defendants not guilty in manner & form as charged in the Bill of Indictment. State vs. John Cogdell, A.P.: Alfred Queen and W.(blank) summoned to this court; called & failed to answer (End of page 42) State vs. John Cogdell, A.B.: Defendant came into court & pleads guilty, submits. Fined one dollar & all costs & ordered into custody of sheriff until fine and costs are paid. A. J. Cogdell confesses. Judgment with Defendant for fine & costs. State vs. W. L. Watson, A.B.: Defendant came into court, pleads guilty. Submitted. Fined ten dollars & all costs & ordered into custody of Hheriff until fine & costs are paid. Court adjourned to meet tomorrow 10 o'clock. Tuesday morning, court met according to adjournment. Present: P. King, A. Fisher, A. Bumgarner J. T. Whitfield vs. James McKenny: S. W. Hill, agent for plaintiff, comes into court and withdraws his suit & confesses judt for costs T.D. No. 4, State vs. Jonathan Herren: Defendant pleads not guilty, whereupon the following named 0 herif were sworn & empanneled (viz) . 1. JohnD. Brown 7. Nathan Allen ""— 2. Amos Ash 8. A. H. Queen 3. Ute Sherrill 9. J.Green 4. James Raby 10. L. (T?) Fisher 5. S.W. Allison 11. E. Shelton 6. J. Montieth 12. H. Coward Jurrors not agreed, withdrawn & mistrial ordered (End of page 43) T. D. No. 5, State vs. Solomon Parker, A.B.: Defendants pleads not guilty, whereupon the following D herif were sworn & empanneled, to wit: 1. Coleman Bryson 5. W.L.Brown 9. A.H. Queen 2. Daniel Shook 6. J. T. Jones 10. John Green 3. Jesse Hall 7. Andrew Hoover 11. A. D. Cathey 4. W. Zachary 8. B.F.Allison 12. H. Bryson Who found the Defendant not guilty in manner & form as charged in the Bill of Indictment. Richard Jones came into court & nheriffDe? A boy the name of James Hankins (Hawkins?) & who was by this court duly bound to said Jones on the following conditions, as an apprentice. The said Richard Jones is to give said apprentice until he is twenty-one years old, two years •heriffOe & provide him with food and clothing to his condition in life; at the expiration of his term of servitude he is to give him a horse, bridal & saddle & bible & a new suit of cloths (does to be worth sixty dollars). In compliance with the above conditions Richard Jones filed a bond in the sum of Two Hundred Dollars & gave William Higdon for security, which Bond was accepted by the following court (to wit): Peter King, Allen Fisher, A. Bumgarner, J. B. Sherrill, Wm. Higdon State vs. Sabra Burns, A.B.: 148 Journeys Through Jackson: September — October 2003 The Defendant pleads guilty, submitted, fined one dollars & all costs & ordered into the custody of Sheriff until fine & costs are paid. (End of page 44) State vs. Foster Cain & Joseph Shook Defendants pleads not guilty, whereupon the following named persons were swom & HheriffZed (to wit): 1. Wilson Ensley James Wilson 2. M.Long JohnL. Potts 3. G. Bumgarner DemsaRaby 4. Warren Barker J. L. Stevenson 5. Charles Bumgarner D. L. Dillard 6. J. B. Love John Gribble Jurrors not agreed & mistrial ordered. Court Adjourned. Andrew J. Wood having been appointed Deputy Shff came into court & took the oath of office for his qualification. Wednesday morning. Court met according to adjournment. Present: P. King, A. Fisher, A. Bumgarner T. D. No. 8, State vs. Joseph Gunter, Af? Defendant pleads not guilty, whereupon the following named Qherif were swom & DheriffOed (viz): John Green W. Robeson Thos. Watson John Monteith James Nations Thomas Eustrus A. Henry John D. Brown John R. Queen Amos Ash H. Coward James Raby Who found the Defendant not guilty in manner & form as charged in the Bill of Indictment. Ordered by court that the notes due the county of Jackson for the sale of the Town lots of Webster be delivered to the Chairman of the County Court & that he proceed to make speedy collection of the sums. (End of page 45) State & Lucinda Graham vs. (Rufus Barker, line drawn through), Ephriam Henry: TheDefendants waive all objections to the informality of the proceedings & consent for all necessary amendments to be made. The Defendants comes into court & denies that he is the father of the bastard child of Lucinda Graham, as charged in the warrant. Therefore issue made up to try that fact. Whereupon the following named persons were swom & DheriffOed (viz) D. Shook Love Gunter A. H. Queen Abram Sellers A. Hooper John Davis Nathan Allen J. B. Sherrell Leander Cooper William Hoper R. Norton Who find the issues in favor of the defendants. R. A. Edmonston came into court & tendered his resignation as Processioner of the county of Jackson. Was accepted by the court. Ordered by court that the Sherrif of this county pay to John B. Allison the first installment remaining due for the Public Buildings out of the tax levied for that purpose, which may hereafter come in his hands. And further ordered that the Chairman of the County Court pay the sum which may be remaining due in the first installment for the Public Buildngs out of the moneys which may come into hands from the sale of the town lots in Webster. 149 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 Ordered by court that Joseph Keener & William Hooper be appointed to settle with Josiah Watson, administrator of Adam Watson, deceased, (end of page 46) Ordered by court that John B. Allison be requested to give his receipt for the moneys heretofore paid him by the Oheriff to be applied toward the public buildings. (2) S. Merrimon, County Solicitor.came into court & resigned his office as solicitor to take effect on Wednesday of December term of this court. Ordered by court that David Rogers clerk of the County Court be allowed the sum of four dollars for books, by him purchased for said office. On motion it is ordered by court that the next session of the County & Superior Court be held at this place. A majority of the Justices present. The office of County Solicitor having become vacated by the resignation of A. S. Merrimon, the Court went into the election of Solicitor, which resulted in the election of William Williams. Ordered by court that William Tatham be allowed the sum of forty Dollars as a compensation for services rendered in running the county line of Jackson County. State vs. Moses Watson: Defendant pleads guilty. Came into court & submitted, fine two dollars fifty cents & all cost & ordered into custody of Oheriff until fine & costs are paid. All paid. (end of page 47) Ligury White, a Cherokee Indian, vs. B. M. Enloe, R. L. Sellers This case dismissed under rule for security at September term 1853 & ordered to be entered Nisir pro turn? Judgment against security & plaintiff for costs of the suit. State vs. James Raby: Defendant pleads not guilty, whereupon the following named jurors were swom & empanelled (to wit): 1. James Nations B. F. Allison 2. Eli Fullbright John Davis 3. John R. Queen Nathan Allen 4. John Green A. H. Queen 5. William Philips H. Coward Amos Ash John Montieth Jurors withdrawn & not agreed. Mistrial ordered. Chas. Bumgarner bound with defendant to Dec. term $200 each. State vs. Jonathan Herren & Isabella Gunter: Defendants pleads Guilty. Came into court & submitted & suit dismissed by Defendants paying all costs. Henry Wilkes confesses judgment with defendants, paying all cost. State & Cintha Henry vs. Levi McMahan: Bastardy It is ordered that this case be dismissed. (End of page 48) v J KJ v_y 150 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 P l o t t C e m e t e r y [Ed. Although located in the Haywood County community of Saunook, the Plott Cemetery is important to Jackson County persons because of its geographic proximity. Location: From Clyde's Restaurant in Hazelwood, go west on Old Balsam Road 2.2 miles. Turn left on'Boulder Drive. Cemetery is 100 yards on the left. Consider-Row 1 as furthest from the cemetery entrance. Census compiled 11 Sep 2003 by JCGS member Bill Crawford.] Row 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 Name Vaughn Rhinehart Jr. Beulah M. Hall Rhinehart 1 unmarked Kenneth C. Rhinehart Frances C. Rhinehart Malachi Michael Wyatt Eric Aldridge James HaU Derry Rhinehart Samuel E. Rhinehart Mable Barbee Walkingstick Judy Wilena Rhinehart Shuler Ammons HiUiard G. Rhinehart Jr. Tammy M. Inman Edna Mae Rhinehart John Berry Rhinehart Rev. HiUiard G. Rhinehart Dale Rathbone Frankie Rathbone Richard Rhinehart Delia Rhinehart John T. Davis Shirley "C" Inman Allen Dee Clark Leona Clark Clark William Guy Arlington Eva Rhinehart Arrington William Guy Arrington Jr. "Bill" Vivian Selene D. Arrington John T. Rhinehart Sarrah Rhinehart James Rhinehart Eva Hooper Rhinehart Vaughn R. Rhinehart William David Freeman Lois Hooper Freeman Arrington, Infant Son - James R. Arrington Roy Elden Arrington DOB 19 Nov 1929 9 Oct 1927 1927 1928 29 Jun 2002 15 Sep 1972 17 Mar 1968 1903 13 Feb 1960 1 Mar 1946 11 Jul 1938 27 Jan 1967 19 Sep 1970 12 Dec 1935 2 Jul 1909 17 Jun 1941 5 Feb 1923 22 Nov 1924 30 Jun 1905 5 Dec 1904 1889 25 Jul 1944 25 Mar 1925 2 Jan 1926 3 Apr 1908 28 Sep 1911 4 Jul 1933 13 Jan 1933 29 Apr 1875 15 Nov 1871 3 May 1897 12 Jun 1904 10 Aug 1899 22 Oct 1927 28 Nov 1926 14 Feb 1927 DOD 10 Aug 2000 1980 29 Jun 2002 15 Sep 1972 9 Jun 1968 1965 11 Feb 1999 10 Mar 1984 24 Nov 1998 3 Jun 1975 22 Sep 1970 4 Mar 1936 3 Dec 1965 9 Mar 1979 19 Dec 1996 21 Aug 1985 30 Apr 1980 4 Apr 1993 1961 27 Feb 1999 30 Oct 1976 28 Dec 1996 8 Jan 1967 29 Aug 1992 17 Aug 2000 25 Jan 1998 18 Aug 1935 12 Aug 1935 5 Jan 1931 20 Jan 1946 20 Aug 1980 4 Nov 1994 2 Feb 1936 27 Jun 1958 20 Jun 1996 Comment d/o Samuel, Effie NC S2 USNR WWII m. 14 May 1942 S2 USN WWII s/o M/M James SFC US Army WWII Pvt US Army Korea m. 22 Aug 1953 PFC US Army WWI m. 4 Nov 1944 s/o M/M Arthur s/o Bill, Vivian Sgt US Army WWII 151 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 Ethel C. Arrington William Rufus Arrington Belle Smathers Arrington W. Hobart Arrington Oma G. Arrington Willie Mae Rhinehart Darrell Eugene Clark Everett Harley Clark Edith S. Clark Edna M. Clark Thomas M. Hooper Annie J. Hooper Hubert Clifford Hooper James Edward HaU James Edward HaU Jr. James Albert Griffin Bernice N. Griffin Harrison G. Griffin Cora Lee D. Griffin Wesley Scott Cogdill David Earl Davis Bobby Jean Arrington William O. Davis Bertha Moore Davis Thelma K. Arrington Baby Plemmons Hubert Plemmons Jay M. Plemmons Baby Neal Yates Plemmons Donald H. Snyder Ruby McClure Snyder Claude E. Snyder George Garnet Snyder Marion Everett Snyder Alice Messer Snyder Bud D. Dillard Lois V. Dillard Clyde Arlen Sorrells Mary Dillard Sorrells Clarence Jackson Hooper Wayne H. Browning EUa Jane Browning Robert F. Davis Bessie Conner Davis Frank R. Griffin Helen D. Griffin Bruce Robert Singleton Mary Jo Mason Singleton William T. Mason William H. Bradley 28 Feb 1932 24 Sep 1886 28 Dec 1889 17 Nov 1898 26 Mar 1910 9 Apr 1937 1968 19 Aug 1914 19 May 1913 25 Feb 1914 13 Mar 1893 23 Nov 1899 21 Oct 1921 29 Aug 1911 4 Nov 1938 22 Mar 1925 20 Jan 1928 29 Mar 1917 3 May 1923 4 Aug 1970 3 Sep 1942 13 Feb 1939 18 Oct 1895 13 May 1902 9 Sep 1908 1901 1905 1946 5 Dec 1905 18 Jul 1913 29 Mar 1896 30 Nov 1908 30 Aug 1869 20 Jul 1870 5 Apr 1931 6 Nov 1934 18 Dec 1927 29 Jan 1929 18 Sep 1919 1914 14 Aug 1921 27 Mar 1924 15 Aug 1920 11 Mar 1925 19 Aug 1926 13 Aug 1933 7 Jun 1914 13 Jul 1923 3 May 1943 20 Apr 1970 6 Sep 1980 24 Jun 1988 29 Dec 1975 1969 19 Oct 1995 27 Sep 1940 25 Apr 1976 13 Oct 1959 6 Sep 1938 29 May 1972 17 Apr 1991 24 Jun 1973 17 Apr 1984 23 Sep 1995 4 Aug 1970 3 Sep 1942 16 Feb 1939 9 Nov 1966 17 Feb 1953 11 Jul 1986 1944 1958 1995 1947 13 Mar 1979 12 Jun 1987 11 Nov 1954 3 Apr 1947 12 Oct 1949 23 Apr 1959 2 Feb 1986 12 Sep 1995 2 May 2001 1948 19 May 1947 5 May 1991 25 Jan 1982 23 May 1976 30 Apr 1996 2 Apr 1981 m. 25 Apr 1954 US Army WWII s/o M/M T.D. Hooper m. 8 Jun 1940 s/o Mary, WiUard NC Cpl. Co. A 115 MG BN 30 Div WWI PFC US Army WWII h/o Bessie A. US Army WWII m. 21 Dec 1940 KJ \ J KJ 152 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 " 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 Genevieve Mason Bradley John Thomas Mason Oberia Mehaffey Mason W.H. Mason Kate Erwin Arrington Oscar Truman Arrington * Robert Oscar Arrington Louie B. Nichols Ada A. Nichols Henry Hudson Hooper Gary Eugene Plemmons Lawrence William McClure . Catherine Ann Counihan Edward W. McClure Jr. Edward W. McClure Julia H. McClure Joseph Mack McClure Jane M. Woody McClure Ollie Jean McClure Charles E. Arrington Ollie Mason Arrington Ruby A. Moffett 1 unmarked Jack W. Arrington Dorothy H. Arrington Lucy M. Troutman David F. Troutman Trula Ann Troutman Robert M. Long Ruth T. Long W.I. (Ivy) Troutman Annie C. Troutman Rev T.F. Arrington Margaret M. Arrington Austin F. Arrington Florence C. Arrington Iris Davis 1 unmarked Thomas L. Lipe Thomas A. Lipe Ruth I. Lipe Lawrence H. Hooper Evelyn Bryson Hooper Michael Dean Rogers Ernest B. Hooper Lucille R. Hooper Michael D. Gibson M. Christine Gibson Thomas W. Barber 7 Sep 1925 25 Aug 1884 1 May 1894 5 Mar 1858 18 Apr 1885 24 Jul 1882 1916 1917 1918 28 Oct 1910 8 Dec 1946 22 Nov 1925 17 Jul 1995 6 Nov 1923 1898 1899 15 Sep 1951 31 Aug 1931 31 Aug 1930 29 Sep 1891 12 Mar 1891 1918 12 Oct 1916 9 Jun 1914 5 May 1912 7 May 1910 . 8 Apr 1934 16 Dec 1915 27 Jun 1916 1883 11 Jul 1886 15 Oct 1854 16 Oct 1853 1877 1882 14 Sep 1928 14 May 1927 4 Jun 1927 1 May 1907 24 Nov 1909 5 Aug 1948 1914 1918 19 Apr 1947 18 Sep 1949 1933 13 Feb 1975 19 Jan 1970 15 Jun 1973 3 Mar 1952 29 Apr 1965 30 Dec 1949 1979 1987 31 Dec 1979 16 Jan 1990 28 Sep 1995 17 Jul 1995 20 Jun 1995 1970 1980 2 Oct 1982 3 Jan 1958 1987 15 Oct 1997 2 Feb 1949 8 Dec 1998 29 Jul 1998 17 Apr 1996 1969. 27 Jun 1946 16 Oct 1937 23 Sep 1931 1965 1964 9 Nov 1966 27 Aug 1950 19 Feb 1976 20 Mar 1956 1 Nov 2000 1 Dec 1968 1980 1993 19 Jul 1994 1934 S2 US Navy WWII US Navy US Army WWII Cpl US Army WWI m. 13 Feb 1921 m. 11 May 1940 s/o R.I., T.A. NC PFC Co. A 27,h Inf Div Vietnam SS BSM Cpl US Army WWII m. 15 Feb 1947 s/o E.M., G.C. 153 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 2 unmarked James G. McElroy John R. McElroy 1 unmarked Mary Louise Troutman Earl Homer Mason J.W. Mehaffey Mary Mehaffey Minnie Jane Mehaffey Minnie Mason Mehaffey Ula Francis Mehaffey James Edgar Mehaffey Infant Spicey 4 unmarked Horace Patton Mary Elizabeth Fulbright Jacob Fulbright 1 unmarked Frank Arrington Jr. Samuel B. Arrington Lucy Brooks Arrington Dena Lipe Robert Lee Lipe Robert Bruce Lipe Baby Arrington Pauline Arrington Peggy Sue Nichols 3 unmarked Walter Lee Brooks Ada Stiles 4 unmarked 15 Jan 1923 9 Aug 1934 3 Nov 1918 22 Jan 1911 7 Feb 1852 28 Sep 1855 20 May 1888 10 Jan 1892 2 Nov 1920 28 Apr 1913 3 Oct 1902 29 Jul 1889 1821 1886 23 Sep 1887 31 Oct 1889 10 Apr 1897 19 Dec 1920 23 May 1896 5 Mar 1912 20 Apr 1943 8 Oct 1896 31 Jan 1893 13 Apr 1923 4 Sep 1934 21 Jun 1919 28 Oct 1921 14 Dec 1932 19 Jan 1934 3 Dec 1953 3 Feb 1960 31 Dec 1967 8 Apr 2001 28 Apr 1913 3 May (illeg.) 18 Jun 1914 1885 28 Dec 1918 16 Jul 1928 30 May 1977 28 Mar 1930 21 May 1992 27 Aug 1971 14 Nov 1926 3 Dec 1912 20 Apr 1943 24 Dec 1934 14 Nov 1918 d/o W.I., Annie Inf. d/o Edgar, Betty US Army WWII Purple Heart s/o - William, Minervia s/o J.W., Lula w/o R.B. US Marine Corp WWII NC Wagoner US Army WWI d/o O.T., K.A. Pvt. US Army w/o Robert v j KJ [Ed. We will conclude the Plott Cemeteryin our next issue.] \J 154 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 C T h e F u 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.] 56. NETTIE JANE11 FULLBRIGHT (JOHN NELSON10, DANIEL MONROE9, ELI*, BARNETT7, JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1) was b o r n O c t o b er 06, 1906, and died September 30, 1985 in Sylva, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA. She married WILLIAM HAYES BEASLEY April 11, 1928 in York, South Carolina, USA. He was born September 09, 1903, and died December 17, 1988 in Sylva, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA. Children of NETTIE FULLBRIGHT and WILLIAM BEASLEY are: i . HARRY R A Y 1 2 BEASLEY, d . 1 9 3 5. ii.. J O Y C E A N N B E A S L E Y , d . 1 9 3 5. i i i . JOSEPH L A M A R BEASLEY, m . I J D I T H J A N N E T T E QUEEN. i v . JERRY N E L S O N BEASLEY, m . J U D I T H F R E N C H. 57. GEORGE MCCULLOUGH11 FULLBRIGHT (WILLIAM ELI10, DANIEL MONROE9, EL?, BARNETT7, JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1) was b om December 10, 1899, and died May 31, 1972. He married MARIE JACOBS. Children of GEORGE FULLBRIGHT and MARIE JACOBS are: 84. i. KENNETH1 2 F U L L B R I G H T. 8 5 . ii. CAMILLA F U L L B R I G H T. 8 6 . iii. JUANITA F U L L B R I G H T. 87. . iv. LARRY F U L L B R I G H T. 5 8 . BEULAH MAE1 1 FULLBRIGHT (WILLIAM ELI10, DANIEL MONROE9, ELI8, BARNETT7, JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1) was b o m M a y 29', 1905. She married ROBERT H. DOCKERY July 07, 1923. Children of BEULAH FULLBRIGHT and ROBERT DOCKERY are: i . WALTER1 2 D O C K E R Y. i i . H E L E N D O C K E R Y. i i i . ROBERT W I L L I A M DOCKERY. 5 9 . MAGGIE EVELYN1 1 'FULLBRIGHT (WILLIAM ELI10, DANIEL MONROE9, Eif, BARNETT1, JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1} was b o m A p r i l 18, 1908, and died February 02, 1993 in Gastdnia, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA. She married JOHN HUTTON R E E D M a y 1 6 , 1 9 3 7. Children of MAGGIE FULLBRIGHT and JOHN REED are: i . W I L L I A M A . 1 2 R E E D . i i . J O H N H E N R Y R E E D , J R . . 155 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 6 0 . GENEVA LOUISE1 1 FULLBRIGHT (SAMUAL ROSCOE10, DANIEL MONROE9, EII, BARNETT7, JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1) was b o m ^J September 11, 1906 in Cullowhee, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA, and died August 20, 1963 in Pisgah Forrest, Transylvania County, North Carolina, USA. She married WILLIAM R. STYLES October 31, 1924. He was bom April 05, 1905 in Jackson County, North Carolina, USA, and died June 1975 in Salem, New Jersey, USA. Children of GENEVA FULLBRIGHT and WILLIAM STYLES are: i. DORIS ELIZABETH12 STYLES, b. 1926, Cullowhee, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA; d. Cullowhee, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA; buried in Cullowhee Baptist Church Cemetery. 88. ii. BILLIE CORA LEE STYLES, b. December 06,1929, Cullowhee, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA; d. November 02,1980, Brevard, Transavalynia County, North Carolina, USA. 6 1 . EDITH IRENE1 1 FULLBRIGHT (SAMUAL ROSCOE10, DANIEL MONROE9, ELI8, BARNETT7, JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1) was b o m April 19, 1908 in Cullowhee, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA, and died June 04, 1989 in Hickory, Catawaba County, North Carolina, USA. She married PAUL THOMAS HAMILTON September 25, 1930 in Clayton, Rabun County, Georgia, USA. He was bom August 28, 1909 in Robbinsville, Graham County, North Carolina, USA, and died September 03,1990 in Hickory, Catawaba County, North Carolina, USA. Edith was the "care-taker" for her family . She cared for her immediate family as well as those of her maternal family as they needed her . She was a strong spiritual leader as well as a gentle loving person. She always put others before herself and seldom complained even though she faced many health problems in her own life. She was an accomplished seamstress and homemaker. Following her move from Cullowhee to Hickory in 1960, she had more time for herself, but again looked for someone to help. She kept a neighbors child, Paul Childers, whom we called "Little" Paul, from the time he was about six months old until his parents moved to Durham. They became part of our extended family and continue to be so. She taught a ladies Bible class at Highland Baptist Church for many years until her health forced her to give it up. The ladies in her class were faithful and loyal to her during her fight with cancer. Following her death, they still continued to "look after her little girl" and helped to fill the void left by her home going. Paul Hamilton was raised by brothers and sisters following the death of both parents before he was three years old. Followed older brother Devrohe into logging camps and helped with the cooking. Learned the carpentry trade from his wife's, Edith, father. He was basically self taught. He learned to read blueprints and later on worked for major construction companies including J.A. Jones on the Oak Ridge project in Tennessee. He worked as director of maintenance for Western Carolina College at Cullowhee for many years. Later went to work for L. B. Gallimore out of Greensboro where he remained until he retired at the age of sixty-five. He was a master builder and took great pride in his work as well as any construction project that he was in charge of. 156 KJ \J Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 C h i l d o f EDITH FULLBRIGHT a n d PAUL HAMILTON i s: i. EUCELLA PAULINE12 HAMILTON, b. February 22, 1938, Cullowhee, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA. Eucella graduated from Cullowhee High School in 1956 and from Western Carolina College in 1960. Majored in Music Education with a concentration in piano and voice. Moved to Hickory, North Carolina in 1960 and taught in the junior high schools there for thirty years, retiring in June of 1990. Did graduate work at UNC-Chapel Hill with Lara Hoggard in choral music as well as several other outstanding choral directors: Waring,' Shaw, Luboff. Served as organist for Highland Baptist Church for twenty-eight years as well as several years as choir director in the absence of a full time minister of music. Went to Mountain Grove Baptist Church as their minister of music in August, 1991, and is still working there. 6 2 . MARY KATHLEEN1 1 FULLBRIGHT (SAMUAL ROSCOE10, DANIEL MONROE*, ELI8, BARNETT7, JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1) was b om November 15,1913 in Speedwell, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA, and died June 12,2000 in Matthews, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA. She married FRANCIS FLOYD (PAYNE) JONES December 23, 1940 in Cullowhee Baptist Church, Cullowhee, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA, son of JOHN JONES and ARDONA BROOKS. He was bom March 01,1907 in Addie, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA, and died October 25, 1972 in Sylva, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA. Francis Floyd Jones was known by the nickname of Payne to almost everyone. He got the name by following one of the train engineers around who was named Payne. The locals used to say there goes Payne "and Little Payne. In his early years he worked as a logger when the Balsam Mountains were being logged for the Balsam Firs for use in making airplanes. He would walk from his home in Addie, Jackson County, North Carolina to the top of the Balsam Mountains, a distance of about 10 to 15 miles. In the evening after the shift was over the loggers took the easy way home and road the last logs down the flume to the mill. He was just months shy of being too old to be drafted into the Second World War when his notice came that he was being drafted into the Navy. He did his basic training at Port Deposit near Havre de Grace, Maryland. The best men of each class would be offered a tour of duty on President Roosevelt's Yacht. Francis was offered such a tour. He turned it down because he also know that the next tour of duty was to the front lines. He was posted to the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Florida. When he arrived the new recruits were marshaled by an old Chief Petty Officer and marched down to the beach where they were assigned to swim out to PBYs that were being brought into the station for repair and attach a cable to allow the planes to be brought into shore. He ask how many of the group could swim. Everyone but Francis said that they could. (A sailor had to pass a swimming test in basic training.) The Chief walked down to him as ask "Sailor you can't swim?" He replied "NO Sir!" The Chief said "See that rock? Go sit on it." He did while everyone else went into the cold water of the James river to retrieve the planes. This went on for over a week. Each morning the same question and same answer. Each day the seat on the same rock. Finally the 157 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 Chief sent Francis to the shop, with orders to straighten it out, which was like throwing Br'er Rabbit into the Briar Patch! According to my father that shop was in such a mess it was a wonder that anyone could find anything to ever repair a plane. He got it organized and running smoothly. \ When he was released from service he has a staff of 8 to 10 men under him. Several of them out ranked him. While stationed in Jacksonville, he took Kathleen to the boardwalk on Sunday. They had only five dollars between them for the day. However my Father was one of the luckiest men around. He played bingo and other games. When they came home that night not only had he paid for everything that they wanted to do that day but had won a full ham and had $50 in his pocket as well. He was mechanical. If it had moving parts he could fix it. We were in Colorado on vacation and had just left a small town about 2 or 3 in the afternoon. We were about 15 miles outside of town in the middle of nowhere. We started to lose power and smell gas. Daddy pulled off to the side of the road and looked under the hood of the car. The glass part of the gas pump and filter had broken. He pulled out his tool kit, took the broken glass part off, hooked the gas line back together and taped it with electricians tape. We were thus able to restart the car and drive back into town for repairs. C h i l d o f MARY FULLBRIGHT a n d FRANCIS JONES is: i. DANNY FLOYD12 JONES, b. February 24, 1948, Sylva, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA. KJ Bom in C. J. Harris Hospital on top of Courthouse Hill in Sylva, Jackson County, North Carolina. Raised in Cullowhee, North Carolina. First home was on part of the old Painter Home place. It was a small five-room house with a porch on the front, white clapboard on the shoulder of a hill. There was a large garden plot next to the house. Tallie and Byrd Fulbright's home was one house down the lane. Other relatives lived in the nearby houses. In the kitchen of my grandmothers house, by the sink, hung a metal dipper. Water has never tasted as good or as cold from anything else. There was a porch on two sides of the house and it seemed that there were rocking chairs everywhere. Everybody had one. I even had my own little red chair. We lived in the little house until I turned five when we were to build on top of the hill but the FHA would not approve a loan because of the location of the road into the lot. Daddy bought a lot from Frank Brown Sr. on the western edge of the college campus above the Brown Farm. We built a six room two bath brick house with a full basement on the lot. Over the years Daddy purchased additional pieces of land from Mr. Brown until we had over an acre of land. We lived in the little house behind my grandmother's until the new house was finished. We moved into the new house the fall that I started the first grade. My grandmother died of cancer the following February 5, 1955. Was accepted to Western Carolina University at Cullowhee, North Carolina. Graduated class of 1970 in Business Administration with major in Management Accepted into the MBA Program at the University of Georgia in Athens Georgia. Graduated class of 1972. KJ 158 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 1 9 5 9 D e a t h C e r t i f i c a t e s o f J a c k s o n , C o u n t y P e r s o n s B o r n P r i o r t o 1 9 0 0 [Ed. Key to reading the following: Name of deceased; spouse (sometimes given); date of birth; place of birth; 1959 date of death; township or place of death; father's name; mother's name; informant's name!*, informant's address; cemetery. Abstracted in the Jackson County Register of Deeds Office by Larry Crawford September 2003.] Allen, Nettie Lee; w/o Luther; 1884; NC; 2 Nov; Cashiers; Robert Dean Lee; Nancy Ray; L.L. Allen; Cashiers; Green Hill - Waynesville Barnes, Alvin Griggin; 9 Mar 1885; NC; 10 Oct; Tuckasegee; John Barnes; Evelyn Watson; Robert Barnes; Tuckasegee; "Church" (Tuckaseigee Baptist?) Bell, James Robert; 2 Jun 1899; Dillsboro; 14 Dec; Dillsboro; James Robert Bell; Emma Sherrill; Mrs. P.W. Kincaid; Dillsboro; Parris Bramlet, Charlotte, Lottie; 5 Jun 1886; Dillsboro; 21 Feb; Barkers Creek; David Turpin; Mary Messer; Willie Bramlet; Dillsboro; Bee Knob Brown, Lillie Shook; w/o Alonzo; 1 May 1889; NC; 16 May; Tuckasegee; James Shook; Hulda Brown; Alonzo Brown; Tuckasegee; "Church" (Tuckaseigee Baptist?) Bryans, Blanche Estella; wid/o Albert; 14 Jan 1883; Spartanburg, SC; 9 Jun; Sylva; John D. Moore; Hester C. Cantrell; Wilson Bryans; Glenyille; Glenville (Glenville Wesleyan?) Bryson, Clara Crawford; w/o Hebron L.; 23 Sep 1874; NC; 22 Mar; Sylva; George Crawford; Nancy Morrow; Walter Bryson; Waynesville; Crawford Bryson, Pauline McFee; w/o Davis; 1 Feb 1877; NC; 5 Oct; Sylva; Javan Davis; Ellen Bryson; not given; not given; Cullowhee Buchanan, Logan Alexander; 17 Mar 1885; Jackson Co<; 16 Oct; Sylva; D.W. Buchanan; EUa {^ Blaine; Paul Buchanan; Yadkinville; Cullowhee Burrell, Victoria; w/o D.C.; 18 Apr 1872; Tuckasegee; 4 Feb; Canada; Silvester Melton; Margaret Mull; Otellia Brown; Tuckasegee; Melton Conley, George Robert; h/o Grace Moore; 2 Apr .1896; Macon Co.; 31 Mar; Sylva; James P. Conley; Emma Sue Wallace; Mrs. Earl Cabe; Franklin; Carson Chapel - Franklin Cook, James Thomas; 10 Mar 1884; NC; 25 Apr; Sylva; Marcus Cook; Martha Lemon; Marie McClure; Sylva; Balsam Grove Cope, Alice Hall; w/o George Cebren; 10 Sep 1872; NC; 26 Aug; Savannah; Robert Hall; Katherine Woodring; G.C. Cope; Sylva; "Church" (Old Savannah?) Coward, Lawerence; h/o Isabella Parker; 22 Aug 1884; NC; 16 Dec; Caney Fork; James Coward; Mary Hooper; Duane Coward; Cullowhee; Coward Coward, Maude Zachary; w/o Eric; 27 Mar 1880; Jackson Co.; J 5, Dec; Sylva; C.B., Zachary; Mary Coward; Mrs. Woodie Hooper; Cullowhee;" East LaPorte Crisp, Joel Phillip; 28 Apr 1869; NC;, 12 Jun; Qualla; John B. Crisp; not given; Richard Crisp; Whittier; Shoal Creek (Thomas) Cunningham, John Henderson; 26 Jun 1879; Macon Co.; 15 Nov; Sylva; Thomas C. Cunningham; Caroline Ledford; Robert L. Blaine; Franklin; Bethel Methodist - Franklin Davis, Joseph Wilburn; h/o Carrye J.; 11 Sep 1896; Sylva; 23 Jun; Sylva; William Vance Davis; Cumi Fisher; Carrye J. Davis; Sylva; Old Field Extine, James Henry; wid/o Sallie Gibbs; 4 Mar 1867; Jackson Co.; 17 Nov; Sylva; Andrew Extine; Sarah Rochester; Maude Extine; Sylva; Keener 159 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 Fincannon, John Amzey; h/o Brunetta; 3 Jan 1871; NC; 31 Jul; Sylva; George Fincannon; Wike; Mrs. John O'Kelly; Drexel; Wike Franks, Myrtle Candis; w/o Harrison; 23 Sep 1892; Macon Co.; 11 Mar; Hamburg; Garrett ^) Franks; Arzelia Southers; Don Franks; Sylva; Hamburg Freas, Esther Morgan; w/o Herman Edward; 28 May 1882; Macon Co.; 24 Sep; Sylva; Alfred Morgan; Fannie Eugenia Siler; A. Rufus Morgan; Franklin; St. John's Episcopal - Franklin Goldsmith, Mary Fugate; 12 Apr 1881; Cashiers; 12 Apr; Cashiers; Charles Fugate; Arlesa Norton; Mrs. T.W. Reed Jr.; not given; Zachary Gray, George Dallas; 1 Sep 1869; Franklin; 3 Dec; Dillsboro; John Gray; Avaline Dehart; Odell Gray; Hackensack, NJ; Paerris Green, Clingman Lewis; 28 Nov 1867; NC; 1 Jan; Greens Creek; David Green; Eliza Quinn; Mary Cochran; Whittier; Greens Creek Greene, Maggie Viola; 19 Jan 1877; Cowarts; 5 Sep; Sylva; Tom Hooper; Nancy Coward; Mrs. Bill Sutton; Sylva; Keener Gribble, James Thomas; 19 Sep 1879; Macon Co.; 29 May; Sylva; James W. Gribble; Mary Higdon; J.T. Gribble; Jacksonville, AR; Keener Gunter, Artie Elizabeth; 25 Jun 1871; NC; 10 Sep; Webster; John Wiggins; Elrnira Whiteside; Vincent Gunter; Bryson City; Lauada Hall, David Coleman; 1 Jun 1885; NC; 23 Jun; Sylva; Matcher Hall; Dorcus Green; Walter Hoyle; Sylva; Old Savannah Hall, Lela; wid/o Dick; 21 Feb 1878; Sylva; 13 May; Greens Creek; Rufus Buchanan; Violet Wilson; Mack Hall; Sylva; East Fork Hayes, Hattie Floyd; w/o J.C; 2 Nov 1888; NC; 1 Jul; Qualla; J.L. Floyd; Callie Cooper; Mrs. Frank Hall; Whittier; Shoal Creek (Thomas) Higdon, Madison Vespucius; 17 Apr 1885; Greens Creek; 8 Jan; Sylva; Columbus Higdon; \^J Violet Wilson; Dennis Higdon; Sylva; Massie Creek - Cleveland, GA Hooper, Merritt Edgar; 5 Oct 1890; NC; 1 Oct; Cullowhee; Hutt Hooper; Catherine Parker; Claude A. Hooper; Sylva; Cullowhee Houston, Robert Hensley; h/o Mattie Calloway; 15 Dec 1885; Macon Co.; 2 Sep; Cullowhee; James Houston; Mary Potts; Walter Houston; Highlands; Buck Creek - Macon County Howell, Laura Ann; wid/o Robert C ; 10 Nov 1869; Jackson Co.; 7 Apr; Sylva; Harvey Moody; Cordelia Hyatt; Mrs. Victor Brown; Cullowhee; Green Hill - Waynesville. Knight, Cora Mae; w/o Robert L.; 13 Sep 1881; Sylva; Isaac Davis; Letishia Dillard; R.L. Knight; Cullowhee; Hooper - Speedwell Knupp, Matilda Dora; w/o Luther; 15 Oct 1877; Madison Co.; 4 Apr; Sylva; Billy Anderson; Catherine Arwood; Ella Gibson; Sylva; Wesley Chapel Lambert, Fred George; h/o Ada; 1 Aug 1891; Swain Co.; 13 Sep; Qualla; Monroe Lambert; Rectiner Treadway; Ada Lambert; Whittier; Toe String Larch, David; h/o Winnie O.; 24 Apr 1881; NC; 21 Nov; Qualla; Daniel Larch; Cinda? ; not given; not given; "Family" (Soco) Lewis, Ellen Virginia; 29 May 1875; Macon Co.; 14 Jul; Sylva; Columbus Moore; Annie Roland; Ruth Bird; Sylva; Lovedale Mathis, Sarah Terchie; 14 Dec 1877; NC; 6 Aug; Mountain; Frank Coggins; Evaline Bryson; Oma Queen; not given; Double Springs Medford, Joseph Manson; h/o Flora Palmer; 17 Sep 1880; NC; 13 Dec; Sylva; Lebo Medford; Jane Rogers; Mrs. L. M. Medford; Waynesville; "Church" - Haywood Co. vy 160 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 Middleton, Nancy Angeline; 1 Apr 1874; Jackson Co.; 16 Dec; Sylva; Marion Long; Betsy Hooper, Mrs. Carl Swanger; Sylva; East LaPorte ^ / Mills, Joseph David; 21 Jan 1894; Willets; 6 Oct; Scotts Creek; Thomas C. Mills; Ida Sutton; Mrs. Joseph Mills; Sylva; Ochre Hill Monteith, Samuel Henry; h/o Ida C ; 1 Apr 1874; Dillsboro; 7 Nov; Sylva; John A. Monteith; Sarah Brendle; Hugh Monteith; Asheville; Keener Moore, Margaret; 1 Mar 1875; NC; 2 Feb; Sylva; Daniel K. Moore; Caroline Dickey; Edith Hall; Sylva; Webster Morgan, Carolina Louise Mcintosh; w/o Ralph Siler; 29 Apr 1888; Waynesville; 16 Apr; Webster; Donald McKay Mcintosh; Caroline Louise Ledford; Mrs. W.A. Hyatt; Waynesville; Green Hill - Waynesville Morris, Grace Rosa; age 71; Oregon; 20 Aug; Sylva; Ramson P. Roland; not given; John Morris; Sylva; Webster Morris, Mattie; w/o John C ; 20 Sep 1892; Cowarts; 5 Sep; Sylva; James Coward; Mary Jane Hooper; John C. Morris; Sylva; Keener Morris, William Jackson; h/o Grace; 20 Oct 1890; Webster; 4 Feb; Webster; M. H. Morris; Margaret Long; John H. Morris; Sylva; Webster Nations, Mary; w/o Jim; 1 Jul 1889; Jackson Co.; 9 Nov; Sylva; Humphrey Cunningham; Susan ; Jim Nations; Whittier; Nations Nelson, Sidney Hugh; h/o Addie; 29 May 1887; Haywood Co.; 11 Jun; Qualla; Holland Nelson; Sallie Smith; Addie Nelson; Whittier; Hillcrest - Waynesville Nicholson, Elbert Oscar; h/o AJice Walker; 12 Aug 1882; NC; 3 Mar; Sylva; William Nicholson; Emma Medlin; Lonnie Nicholson; Sylva; "Church" - Sylva Painter, Alma; 10 Sep 1896; not given; 28 Sep; Sylva; Sam Painter; Amanda Shuler; Reuben \ ^ Painter, Greer, SC; Buff Creek (Addie) Parker, Bessie Victoria; wid/o Jesse; 25 Oct 1888; Jackson Co.; 11 Jun; Sylva; S.M. Beck; Maggie Frizzell; Sam B. Parker; Sylva; Keener Parker, Perry Loamer; 27 May 1880; NC; 21 Sep; Sylva; Robert Parker; Rebecca Brown; Brady Parker, Cullowhee; Balsam Grove Queen, Agnes Josephine; 28 Apr 1889; London, Ontario; 4 Mar; Sylva; Robert Scott; Elizabeth Rankin; Estelle M. Stewart; Toronto, ONT; Keener Ray,-Minnie Jordan; 15 May 1877; NC; 3 Nov; Qualla; William Jordan; Eliza Lindsay; Ernest Ray; Whittier; Sherrill Robinson, William Edgar; h/o Ethel; 9 Feb 1886; Dillsboro;. 25 Jul; Dillsboro; John Robinson; Sallie Franklin; Albert Robinson; Sylva; Franklin - Long Branch Shelton, Elbert Vance; h/o Mollie; 18 Sep 1881; Canada; 6 Apr; Cullowhee; not given; Kiscon Shelton; Mollie Shelton; Cullowhee; Cullowhee Shelton, Sarah Jane; 15 Jun 1868; Indiana; 26 Jul; Cullowhee; RPowell; Sarah Holbrooks; Fred C. Shelton; Cullowhee; Arlington, IN Sprague, Kate Hale; w/o John Frederick; 21 Feb 1869; Raleigh; 10 Jan; Sylva; Peter Hale; Mary Badger; Kate Hale Turner; not given; Oakland - Raleigh Stewart, Celia Pearl; 18 Jul 1889; Erastus; 26 Mar; Mountain; W.R. Stewart; Macie Henderson; Blanche Wright; Spartanburg, SC; Pine Creek Stillwell, Estella; w/o A.R.; 11 Nov 1877; Jackson Co.; 16 Dec; Sylva; James M. Buchanan; Elrnira Bridges; C.E. Stillwell; Phoenix, AR; Stillwell U 161 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 Sutton, Palestine Green; 7 Mar 1867; Jackson Co.; 8 Dec; Barkers Creek; George Green; Sallie Ashe; Mrs. James Pangle; Sylva; Locust Field Waldroup, B. Harrison; h/o Melvina; 12 May 1892; NC; 16 Jan; Cashiers; Dolphas Waldroup; Arty Lindsay; Richard Waldroup; Hendersonville; Beula - Hendersonville Watson, Minerva Caldonia; 9 Jan 1874; Cullowhee; 28 Jan; Sylva; Newton Watson; Sarah Phillips; Lucy Crawford; Cullowhee; Cullowhee Webster, Herbert Weaver; h/o Emma Gibson; 1 Jul 1892; NC; 9 May; River; John Webster; Lizzie White; Emma Webster; Tuckasegee; Bee Knob Wells, Arzila Jane; 14 Apr 1880; Macon Co.; 16 Jan; Dillsboro; Bus VanHook; not given; Mrs. James Wells; Dillsboro; Parris Williamson, Jesse Anderson; h/o Roxie; 4 Apr 1894; Sevier Co. TN; 23 Jun; Qualla; William Williamson; not given; Winston Williamson; Whittier; Sherrill Wooten, Cora Delenia; 18 Mar 1877; Macon Co.; 9 Mar; Webster; Thomas Mashburn; Margaret Loudermilk; Weaver Mashburn; Dillsboro; Stillwell KJ J C G S L i b r a r y A c q u i s i t i o n s Call No. Author Title Donor FA 975.6 973.7456 929.2 F F 929.5 9293 Alley, Howard E. Holland, Lance Jordan, Weymouth R. Parker, James C. Frazier, Charles Silinonte, Joseph M. Riddle, Merrell J. Presumed Dead: A Civil War Mystery Fontana: A Pocket History of Appalachia North Carolina Troops, 1861 -1865, Vol. XV The Strain Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Andrew Strain, Sr. Cold Mountain Tombstones of the Irish Born: Cemetery of the Holy Cross, Flatbush, Brooklyn Macon County, North Carolina, Delayed Birth Records Dorris Beck Dorris Beck Purchase Larry Crawford Dorris Beck Jane Nardy Merrell Riddle \J KJ 162 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 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 4: T h c f J a m e s P a r r i s F a m i l y [Ed. We continue in this issue with the editor's own work on the extensive Parris family. The fourth segment will be one of the largest families, with many JCGS members descended here.] James Parris, fourth of the children of David and Mary Morrow Parris, was born in South Carolina 16 Aug 1805, according to the Bible record. He married Amy McEntire, one of the younger daughters of James and (probably) Lucretia Gregory McEntire of Rutherford County. James would be one of the Parris men who did not live to see the 1850 census, dying about 1847. He is, according to family tradition, buried in what would later be called Keener Cemetery in Sylva. Amy, who reared the youngest children of a large family with James, was bom 8 Apr 1808 and would live until 20 Jul 1890. She. is supposed to be buried in Old Field Cemetery. According to census records, Amy lived with various ones of her children, and at least once is shown as a midwife. Their children: Grandchild # 20...Drucilla Ellender Parris Cunningham Brooks Drucilla Ellender Parris (1826-1912) married (1) John Cunningham and (2) (12 Jan 1849 - Haywood Co.) Joseph Isaac Craton Brooks. Either widowed or divorced from Cunningham, "Ellen" moved with "Crate" to the Tuskegee area of Graham County. They are buried in Lauada Cemetery, presumably moved from one of the flooded cemeteries of Fontana. Children with John Cunningham: Clingman L. Cunningham (1843 - 25 Mar 1919) George Cunningham (ca. 1845 - ) Children with Craton Brooks: James B. Brooks (7 Nov 1849 - 16 Oct 1928) m. Modenia Crisp Margaret Jane Brooks (1854 - 12 Mar 1936) m.(l)Charles Jones (2) Robert Clinton Hyde Laura Elizabeth Brooks (12 Oct 1861 - 19 Mar 1931) m. Jason Martin Crisp Nancy Aldonia Brooks (11 Aug 1867 - 24 Dec 1931) m. Henry G. Woodard Joseph Estes Brooks (1874 - ) m. Katie Josephine Lovin Notes on this family: 01)The marriage to Brooks shows Ellen as "Eloner Cunningham." 02) Clingman Cunningham's death certificate in Jackson County gives his mother as "Miss" Parris. 03) The late Esta Hyde Jenkins (daughter of Margaret above) of Stecoah in Graham County provided most of the information on the second family. She could remember her grandmother Ellen, and she also said that the Joseph Estes Brooks family moved to the Jasper, Georgia area. (We never met Mrs. Jenkins in person, but telephone conversations with her were a treat. To say she was humorous is a huge understatement.) 04) We also wonder if Ellender were the mother of children.who did not live. Notice the large gaps in birth dates, atypical of the times, but possibly a matter of choice in this family. 05) George Cunningham (possibly went by Brooks) maybe did not survive the Civil War. 163 Journeys Through Jackson September — October 2003 Grandchild #21.. .Mary Ann Parris Ensley Mary Ann Parris (16 May 1 8 2 9 - 1 7 Oct 1906) m. 20 Jul 1845 Wilson Coleman Ensley, j one of the sons of William Ensley and his wife Judith Lackey Ensley. They raised a large family on Cope Creek in Jackson County, and are buried there in the Ensley Cemetery. Their children: Salinda Jane Ensley (1846 - 1860) Samantha Mariah Ensley (15 Jan 1849-7 Jul 1906) m. Rudison Henry Crawford William Thomas Ensley (1850 - ) m. Sarah Elizabeth Aiken James Joseph Ensley (1952 - 1926) m. Sarah Ellen Snyder Thaddeus Clingman Ensley (22 Jan 1855 - 19 Jul 1949) m. Nancy Talitha Fisher Ellender Ensley (1857 - 1901) m. Humphrey Rickman Snyder Josephine Ensley (1862 - 1908) m. Benjamin Aiken Abraham Lincoln Ensley (23 Nov 1865 - 15 Jun 1948) m. Laura Louisa Sherrill Sarah Ensley (1867 - 1903) m. Pender Mack Bryson Henry Dock Ensley (1870 - 1903) m. Mary Elizabeth Nichols Notes on this family: 01) See the September - October 2002 JTJ for more on the Samantha Mariah family. 02) The genealogical work on this family was shared by George Harry Ensley, Jr., a JCGS member and a descendant of Abraham Lincoln above. 03) Other JCGS members in this family are Carroll Ensley, Betty Painter Foti and Lynda Ensley Webster, all of whom descend from William Thomas above; Hugh Marshall and Carol Prager, who descend from Sarah Ensley Bryson above; and Bernie Cooper, who is a descendant of Henry Dock above. j Grandchild #22...Lucretia Parris Ensley Lucretia Parris (11 Dec 1 8 3 0 - 9 Feb 1885) married (26 Nov 1849 - Haywood County) William Ensley, a brother to Wilson Coleman above. They also lived in the Cope Creek - Beta area of Jackson County, and are buried there in Old Field Cemetery. Their children: Depina Adeline Ensley ( 27 Feb 1850 - 11 Jan 1930) m. William Riley Blanton. Hannah Ensley (18 May 1851-30 Mar 1924) m. Thadeus Grant Bryson John B. Ensley (1853 - 6 Mar 1873) m. Sarah Franklin. James Robert Ensley (18 Sep 1854 - 15 Aug 1934) m. Mary Ann Parris. William Hamilton Ensley (27 Sep 1855 - 24 Aug 1924) m. (1) Ingabo Dills (2) Margaret P. Shook (3) Margaret Hipps Elizabeth Jane Ensley (17 Sep 1859 - 23 Apr 1906) m. (1) Thomas Henson Queen (2) John Brooks Sims Wilson Ensley (22 Sep 1860 - 4 Oct 1934) m. Margaret Haseltine Queen Thadeus Coleman Ensley (24 Mar 1862 - 6 Jan 1946) m. Rebecca E. Henson Cordelia Ensley (16 Apr 1864 - 29 May 1903) m. James Madison Crawford Curtis Columbus Ensley (1866 - ) m. Mattie Irian Bryson Amy Paralee Ensley (30 Jan 1869 - 18 Jul 1943) m. Ellis Worth Queen Doctor W. Ensley (25 Sep 1871 - 4 Feb 1928) m. Fanny Maybell Bryson Humphrey Posey Ensley (12 Oct 1872 - 2 Jul 1922) m. Mabel Murdock ^J 164 Journeys Through-Jackson September - October 2003 Notes on this family: 01) There was also possibly another son, ordinal position sixth, in this family. Family stories give his name as Nathan, and say that he died as an infant or small child. 02) Technically, Depina was a Parris descendant but presumably not an Ensley one. She went by Ensley, and credited "Billy" Ensley with raising her, but in the settlement of his estate, she was awarded only half of the settlement given to the other daughters. This is a clear indicator that she was not his child, but we have never found any documentation or heard a family story that would reveal.her true paternity. Since this is the editor's own family, we will not stop looking. The funny story that goes with Depina's statement about "raising" is that she refused to vote. "I married Will Blanton, but Billy Ensley raised me." (Generally, Ensleys here are Republicans, Blantons emphatically the opposite.) 03) The birthdays of the three oldest sons are somewhat in question, but we believe we have them in the correct order. 04) JCGS members descended in this family include Ruth Crawford Shuler, Jean Crawford Brown, Larry Crawford, Betty Blanton Ensley, Harold Ensley, Haven Ensley, Steve Ensley, and Ernestine Shuler Jones, all descended from Depina; Bill Crawford, Roy McClure, and Gene McClure, all descended from Hannah; Lynn Allen, descended from John B.; Rick Frizzell and David Frizzell, descended from William Hamilton; and Louise Brooks Snyder, descended from Elizabeth Jane. We also need to recognize longtime JCGS member Mary Cecil Bryson Patterson, a descendant of Thadeus Coleman. Grandchild.#24...Ruth Parris Ruth Parris was bom 4 Mar 1832. We had never heard of this child until we saw a Bible record that came from the Jane Beard family. (Sefe below.) We believe that she did not live to adulthood. Grandchild #25...Sarah Parris Sarah Parris was bom 17 Nov 1833 (Death certificate would indicate 1832, but that is not possible.) She married Wallace A. Ward. This family lived in the Qualla section of Jackson County, we would presume on or near Camp Creek. There is a family story that Wallace Ward died in Arkansas, but we have yet to confirm that. Sarah died 22 Jun 1921, and is buried in the Ward Cemetery on Camp Creek. She reported 5 of 9 children living in the 1910 census. Their children: Mary Elizabeth Ward (9 Feb 1850-7 Mar 1937) m. Marcus LaFayette Blanton James Washington Ward (16 Nov 1 8 5 2 - 7 Aug 1915) m. (1) Sarah Elizabeth Shehan (2) Margaret LeeAnna Davis William Alexander Ward (10 Dec 1860 - 16 Dec 1913) m. Mary Taylor Martha J. Ward (1864 - ) Amy S.R. Ward (1867 - ) Lillie Mabel Ward 0875 - ) m. Thomas John Stiles Notes on this family: 165 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 01) Is the Amy above also named "Rhodesta"? She was another who supposedly moved to Arkansas. 02) In JCGS, member Barbara Ward Carnes is a descendant through William Alexander, *J and member Gene McGinnis is married to Hilda Buchanan, a Mary Elizabeth descendant. Grandchild #26...Martha Parris Martha Parris (14 Jan 1835 - 12 Mar 1915) married Robert Ensley, brother of Wilson and William above. They first lived in Jackson County, but made their home in Towns County, Georgia, where they are buried in Old Union Baptist Church Cemetery. Their children: Lucius Wilburn Ensley (14 Jan 1859 - ) Dorcas Jane Ensley (26 Jun 1860 - ) William Clingman Ensley (1 Sep 1861-8 Oct 1930) m. Minnie M. Ledford Rufus Wilson Ensley (20 Nov 1862 - ) m. (1) Mary E. Cogdill m. (2) Sally Ann Cook James Robert Ensley (17 Dec 1863 - 1937) m. Sally Moody Alfred Sherman Ensley (6 Mar 1866--25 Feb 1885) m. (1) Hattie Jones (2) Mary Longly Amy Alma Ensley (16 Apr 1867 - ) m. William Conley George Radcliff Ensley (26 Aug 1868 -) Alcedona Ensley (14 Apr 1870 - 1 Apr 1943) m. Arthur P. Ledford Leander Ensley (29 May 1871 - ) m. Ida Erwin Talitha Ensley (3 Nov 1872 - 2 May 1914) m. Lewis Casteel Andrew Ensley (1 Jan 1874 - 28 Sep 1956) m. Minnie Miranda Daniel Mariah Cannie Ensley (1 Jun 1875 - 2 May 1934) m. (1) Alonzo Hullender (2) John Sampson Haynes S. Ensley (15 Oct 1877 - 1880) " ^ Joshua Huston Ensley (30 Sep 1880 - ) m. (1) Bonnie May Pierce (2) Dolly Smotherman Cairo Ensley (9 Mar 1882 - ) m. Agnes Sampson Notes on this family: 01) All of the genealogical information courtesy of Harry Ensley, Jr. 02) The oldest two children died very young and are supposed to be buried in Jackson County. 03) The sons in this family moved west, several to Colorado. 04) With the addition of this family, there were 42 Ensley - Parris double first cousins from the James Parris - Amy McEntire, William Ensley - Judith Lackey families. Grandchild #27...William E. Parris William E. Parris was bom 8 Feb 1837 and died in 1862. Harry Ensley Jr. supplied this data. Did this man die in the Civil War? We sometimes confuse him with Samuel's William, who was two months younger, and who was delineated in our last issue. Grandchild #28...James Merrion Parris 166 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 James Merrion Parris (28 Mar 1839 - 24 Oct 1913) m. 20 Jul 1865 in Jackson County Delphia Brunettie HaU. They made their home in the Dillsboro area close to the Parris Cemetery, the land of which they donated for the cemetery, and in which-they rest. Their children: Laura C. Parris (17 Mar 1867-19 May 4892) m. William B. Bryson Allen Sampson Parris (3 Feb 1870 - 3 Oct 1939) m. Lovicia Samantha Green Alfred Monroe Parris (23 May 1873-3 Feb 1963) m. Dora Agnes Collins Jensie Ida Parris (Mar 1878 - ) Dovie Corena Parris (Aug 1880 - ) m. Claude M. Dills Notes on this family: 01) Longtime genealogist and JCGS member Lucy Parris Holcombe descends from this family, through Alfred Monroe. 02) We are not sure why we have so little data on the two youngest daughters. This is probably an oversight rjn our part. 03) James Merrion's given name is the best evidence we have seen that the older David Parris's middle name was "Marion." Grandchild #29...Alfred Washington Parris Alfred Washington Parris (Nov 1839 or 1 8 4 0 - 6 Feb 1935) m. 1 Feb 1859 Louisa Conner. They made their home in the Deep Creek section of Swain County, and are buried there in Morrow Cemetery. Their children: James Robert Parris (11 Jul 1860 - 1936) m. Arminta Kimsey John Alfred Parris (18 Jan 1864 - 26 Sep 1937) m. Emma Abigail Seay Mary Lucinda Parris (18 Jan 1866 - ) m. John Shepherd Celinda Jane Parris (12 Sep 1868 -) m. John B. Kitchens Nicey Amy Emmaline Parris (12 Apr 1871 - 4 Dec 1924) m. John B. Miller Sarah Lucretia Parris (18 Jun 1873 - 31 Mar 1925) m. John E. Davis Lydia Parris (17 Mar 1878 - ) m. James W. Vick Laura Elizabeth Parris (15 Nov 1880 - ) m. Dillard Wyries Theodocia Parris (27 May 1883 - 14 Jul 1978) m. James Baxter Laney Notes on this family: 01) The birth year of Alfred Washington is in some doubt. One source gives it as November of 1840, another as February 1840, still another as 1839. Some mistakenly place it in 1835, making him age 99 at his death. The 1900 census is one source. 02) JCGS member James Parris of Iowa is descended from this family, through James Robert. Grandchild #30...Elizabeth Jane Parris Elizabeth Jane Parris (11 Jan 1 8 4 2 - 2 1 Dec 1933) married 24 Apr 1865 in Jackson County James B. Beard. They also lived in the Deep Creek section of Swain County, and they are buried there in Deep Creek Cemetery. Their children: 167 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 Mary Modenia Beard (18 Feb 1866 - 13 Apr 1950) m. James LaFayette Wiggins Thadeus Grant Beard (20 Jul 1868-13 Dec 1949) m. Mollie Shuler James Thomas Beard (20 Jul 1868 - 20 Jul 1868) [^J Amy Emaline Beard (11 May 1869 - 2 Oct 1939) m. James Asbury Keenum Martha M. Beard (8 Feb 1872 - 22 Nov 1949) m. Robert Lee Cline Notes on this family: 01) Mrs. Evelyn Simpson of Norcross, Georgia, shared a Bible record with us some years ago. It listed most of the James Parris - Amy McEntire children. 02) To our knowledge, we do not have a Society member descended in this family, but Mrs. Brenda Reed Sellers of Sylva, a friend for years, descends from Amy Emaline Keenum. Grandchild #31...Lucinda Parris Lucinda Parris (14 Apr 1846 - 15 Apr 1916) married 13 Oct 1869 in Jackson County Benjamin T. Norman. They lived in the Oconaluftee area of Swain County, but are buried in Norman Cemetery at Ochre Hill. Their children: William D. Parris (her son) (ca. 1865 - ) m. (1) Amanda Wiggins (2) Leanah Monteith Lucretia Belle Norman (18 Dec 1872 - 8 Jan 1968) m. (l)William Lee Morris (2) McCracken Ruth Cansadia Norman (Jan 1875 - ) m. George Franklin Felix C. Norman (8 Mar 1876 - 4 Dec 1912) unmarried ? Samuel C. Norman (ca. 1881 - ) Martha Jane Norman (ca. 1882 - ) m. Leonard T. Queen Amy L. Norman (10 Jul 1884 - ) m. Elbert P. Haynes ^j Hattie L. Norman (1888 - ) m. Alconia Brooms Notes on this family: 01) This family is tough to research. We know the burial places for only Lucretia Belle (Deep Creek) and Felix (Norman Cemetery). Martha Jane is buried in Charlotte, according to a family member. 02) Lucinda reported 8 of 10 children living in 1910. There was certainly some time between the birthdates of other children for this. A Family Bible record would solve this. 03) We have no idea what happened to William D., Ruth Cansadia, Samuel, Amy, or Hattie. 04) Samuel's birth year is arbitrary on our part. He is not listed in the family in 1880 or 1900. 05) William D.'s second wife is buried with her Monteith relatives at Lauada. 06) We would welcome further information on any of these children. It is especially important to the editor since Ben Norman was a brother of Abraham, a great-grandfather. 07) While we recognize that a daughter in this family was named Lucretia Belle, we have never seen adequate proof that Lucretia Parris Ensley was also named "Belle." 168 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 I n d e x f o r J T J , V o l u m e X I I I , N o s . 7 - 8 Adams 145 Aiken 164 Aldridge 1S1 Alexander 140 Allen 147,148. 149, 150, 159, 165 Alley 147,162 • Allison 147, 148, 149, 150 Ammons 142,151 Anderson 160 Arrington 142, 151,152, 153,154 Arwood 160 Ash 147,148,149,-150 Ashe 162 Badger 138,161 Barbee 151 Barber 153 Barker 149 Barnes 159 Battle 145 Beard 167,168 Beasley 155 Beck 141,142,145,147,161,162 Bell 159 Bird 160 Blaine 159 Blanton 164, 165 Blanton 165 Bradley 142,145,152,153 Bradshaw 145 Bramlet 159 Brendle 142,161 Bridges 161 Brooks 154,157.163,164,165 Brooms 168 Brown 142,147,148,149,158,159, 160,161,165 Browning 152 Bryans 159 Bryson 147. 148,153.159,160,164, 165,167 Buchanan 140.142.159,160,161, 166 Bumgarner 147.148, 149,150 Bums 148 Burrell 159 Butler 147 Cabe 159 Cain 149 Cantrell 159 Cargal 145 Carnes 166 Carroll 145 Carson 139 Carter 145 Casteel 166 Cathey 148 Childers 142,156 Clark 151,152 demons 147 Cline 168 Cockerham 145 Cogdell 148 Cogdill 152, 166 Coggins 160 Coleman 147 Collins 145, 167 Colon 142 Conley 145,159, 166 Conner 138, 145, 167 Connor 142 Cook 142, 147, 159,166 Cooper 149,160,164 Cope 159 Corn 141,142 Counihan 153 Coward 147,148,149,150,159, 160,161 Crawford 145,151,159,162,164, 165 Crisp 159,163 Cunningham 159,161,163 Daniel 166 Davidson 145 Davis 147,149.150.151,152,153, 159.160.165,167 Dean 139 DeHart 160 Deitz 142 Dickey 161 Dillard 149,152, 160 Dills 164,167 Dockery 155 Edmonston 149 Eiders 142 Enloe 145,150 Ensley 142,149,164,165,166.168 Erwin 166 Eustrus 149 Extine 159 Farley 142,145 Fincannon 160 Fisher 142,147,148.149,159,164 Floyd 145 Foti 164 Frady137 Franklin 161,168 Franks 160 Frazier 162 Freas 160 Freeman 151 French 155 Frizzell 139,161.165 Fugate 160 Fullbright 150. 154,155, 156,157, 158 Galloway 142,147 Gibbs 142,145*. 159 Gibson 142,143,144,145,153,160, 162 Goldsmith 160 Graham 149 Gray 160 Green 148,149,150,160.162,167 Greene 160 Gregory 163 Gribble 149,160 Griffin 152 Griffith 145 Gunter 149, 150, 160 Hale 161 Hall 148, 151, 152, 159. 160, 161, 167 Hamilton 156, 157 Hankins 148 Harden 145 Harris 145,146 Hawkins 148 Hayes 160 Haynes 168 Henderson 161 Henry 149, ISO Henson 164 Herren 148,150 Higdon 148, 160 Hill 147, 148 Hipps 164 Hoggard 157 Holbrooks 161 Holcombe 167 Holland 162 Hooper 147,148,149,150,152.153, 159,160,161 Hoper 149 Houston 160 Howell 160 Hoyle 142, 144,160 Hubbard 147 Hughes 145, 146 Hullender 166 Hyatt 142,146.160,161 Hyde 142,163 Inman 151 Jacobs 155 .Jenkins 163 Jones 148, 155.156, 157, 158,163. 165, 166 Jordan 161,162 Keener 141,150 Keenum 168 Kesterson 142 Killian 146 Kimsey 167 Kincaid 159 King 146,147.148,149 Kitchens 167 Kloss 140 Knight 160 Knupp 160 Lackey 164,166 Lambert 160 Laney 167 Larch 160 Ledford 159,161,166 Lee 159 Lemon 159 Lester 142 Lewis 160 Lindsay 161,162 Lipe 153, 154 169 Journeys Through Jackson September - October 2003 Long 149, 153, 161 Longly 166 Loudermilk 162 Love 146,149 Lovin 163 Marshall 164 Mashburn 162 Mason 152,153,154 Mathis 147,160 McClure 153,159, 165 McCracken 168 McElroy 154 McEntire 163, 166, 168 McFee 159 McGee 142 McGinnis 166 Mcintosh 161 McKenny 148 McMahan 150 Medford 160 Medlin 161 Mehaffey 153,154 Melton 159 Merrimon 147, 150 Messer 159 Middleton 147,161 Miller 167 Mills 161 Mingus 146 Moffett 153 Monteith 147,149,150,161,168 Montieth 148 Moody 142.160,166 Moore 159,160,161 Morgan 147,160, 161 Morris 161,168 Morrow 159, 163 Mull 159 Murdock 164 Nardy 162 Nations 142,146,149,150, 161 Nelson 161 Newton 147 Nichols 153, 154,164 Nicholson 161 Norman 168 Norton 147,149,160 O'Kelly 160 Owen 142 Painter 158,161,164 Palmer 160 Pangle 162 Panther 142 Parker 147,148, 159,161,162 Parris 163, 164, 165, 166, 167,168 Patterson 165 Patton 154 Philips 150 Phillips 162 Pierce 166 Plemmons 152,153 Posey 141 Potts 149.160 Powell 161 Prager 164 Pressly 147 Queen 142, 147, 148, 149, 150, 155, 160, 161, 164,168 Quinn 160 Raby 147, 148,149 Rankin 161 Rathbone 151 Ray 159,161 Redmond 146 Reed 155,160,168 Rhinehart 151, 152 Riddle 162 Robeson 148,149 Robinson 161 Rochester 159 Rogers 143,150,153,160 Roland 160. 161 Russell 146 Sampson 166 Sanders 148 Scott 161 Seay167 Sellers 146,147,148, 149,150,168 Shehan 165 Shelton 147,148 Shelton 161 Shepherd 167 Sherrell 149 Sherrill 142,146, 147,148, 159,164 Shook 147,148,149,159,164 Shuler 147, 151,161, 165,168 Siler 160 Silinonte 162 Simms 142 Simpson 168 Singleton 152 Smathers 152 Smith 161 Smotherman 166 Snyder 152, 164,165 Sorrells 152 Southers 160 Spicey 154 Sprague 161 Stern 140 Stevenson 149 Stewart 161 Stiles 154,165 Stillwell 146,161 Strain 162 Styles 156 Sutton 140,160,161,162 Swanger 161 Tatham 150 Taylor 165 Thomas 141, 142, Thompson 147 Treadway 160 Troutman 153,154 Turner 161 Turpin 147. 159 VanHook 162 Vick 167 Volprecht 155,156 Waldroup 162 146 Walkingstick 151 Wallace 159 Ward 147, 165,166 Watson 146, 147, 148,149, 150, 159,162 Webster 162,164 Wells 162 White 141, 142, 150, 162 Whiteside 160 Whitfield 148 Wiggins 147, 160, 168 Wike 160 Wilkes 150 Williams 142 Williamson 162 Wilson 147,149, 160 Wood 149 Woodard 163 Woodring 159 Woody 146,153 Wooten 162 Wright 161 Wyatt 151 Wynes 167 Zachary 148, 159 KJ KJ u 170