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Journeys Through Jackson 2004 Vol.14 No.01

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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.
  • 5" c - e 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 V , No. I W i n t e r 2 0 04 C JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. 2004 Officers ^ President Dorris D. Beck Vice President. L. Roy Shuler Secretary Lynn Allen Treasurer E. Lawrence Morton Librarian Dorris D. Beck Office Manager Ruth C. Shuler Computer Coordinator. Deanne G. Roles Chair, Publications (Editor) R. Larry Crawford Journeys Through Jackson is the official publication of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. Members and non-members are invited to submit genealogical materials for publication, with the understanding that the editor reserves the right to edit these materials for genealogical content, clarity, or taste. The Society assumes no responsibility for errors of fact that may be contained in submissions, and except where noted, the opinions expressed are not those of the editor or of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. The Society accepts no advertising for this publication except for notices for other non-profit groups. From the Editor The holidays have come and gone, and we're off to another year in the genealogical society. We always hope for the best one yet. Inside your expanded (but now quarterly) publication, please find more of the same that you've come to expect. Only you can determine if the content is to your satisfaction. Certainly there is a variety of it here. ^J We begin the issue with the usual old photographs, then move into a Civil War pension file. We have more official records, an old letter, two cemeteries, emphasis on two families, and a wonderful narrative to share with you. No fewer than nine Society members contributed materials of one kind or another for our journal this time. Remember that your submissions are always welcome, and that we will make an effort to publish these if they meet the guidelines stated above in our policy statement. Are you recruiting? Know someone who would look forward to working with genealogy as much as we will all look forward to springtime? The more the merrier in this business. Only through sharing can we approach the truth, which as always should be our final goal. One type of submission that would be especially welcome would be Bible records. These are not easy to come by, and they are one of our best sources. Clean out that old trunk, folks, and share the wealth. 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/ U ^ Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 L , ^ Table o f C o n t e n t s Expressions of Sympathy 1 JCGS Photo Album 2-4 2003 J C G S Financial Statement 5 - 6 Items for Sale by J C G S 6 The WUliam L. McCall Pension Papers . 7 - 14 The Fullbright Ancestry of Danny Jones 15 - 20 Plott Cemetery 21 Arrington Cemetery 22 - 23 The Grandchildren of David a n d Mary P a r r i s 24 1961 Jackson County Death Certificates 25 - 29 Rachel Messer Affidavit 29 1916 L e t t e r F r om Oscar Wilson 31 - 32 Jackson County Court of Pleas a n d Q u a r t e r Sessions 33-36 A Little Humor 36 Autobiography of F l o r a J a n e Zachary Watkins 37 - 42 Henderson Bryson Chronology 43 - 46 Index 47-48 Dedication We dedicate this issue of Journeys Through Jackson to the memory of longtime JCGS member Betty Blanton Ensley. Daughter of Bill a n d Sadie Shuler Blanton of the Ochre Hill community, Betty was married to Lee Ensley. Mother of four sons, the three surviving ones also members of our Society, Betty B u r r used to j o k e that she gave memberships to h e r sons as Christmas gifts to keep t h em from borrowing her copies of Journeys. To Harold, Haven, and Lee J r . , we offer our sincere sympathy a n d o u r t r u s t in t h e hope of a n Ultimate Reward. I n Sympathy JCGS offers its sincere sympathy to members R.O. Wilson and Robert Cole Holebrook, who have recently lost loved ones. While y o u r p a i n of separation is very real, may you be comforted in the knowledge of its t e m p o r a r y nature. Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m KJ U We always find it encouraging when members decide to share their old photographs with us. Above, a likeness of Minnie Trantham and George Shytle. Shared by JCGS member R.O. Wilson. '^J Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m C While most of as have seen this picture or others like it many times, we are always intrigued by flood stories. (Think about this one. We live in an area where the water flows downhill in a hurry. Most of the time that flow is normal and not dangerous. When the truly excessive or tragic weather story leads to fatalities, as did the 1940 flood in Jackson County, we seem to have a morbid fascination with the high water.) Above, also shared by R.O. Wilson, is a picture of the CuUowhee bridge over old NC 107 on August 30,1940. t , Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m KJ ,#•»**>>•* *,*. 3W" W vp* fr»-^"*.*il!» 4 Mill -IfllS^ U Above, an important photograph in the history of Sylva. Taken outside one of the buildings of the paper mill, we are unsure of just what the occasion was...possibly an expansion of the mill. The man second from the left in the first row is Lyndon McKee. On the far left in the second row is "Andy" Anderson; the three men on the far right of the second row are J. Ramsey Buchanan, Carey Woodring, and Garland Jones. Photo furnished by Rick Frizzell via his sister-in-law Debbie Jones, an employee at Jackson Paper. v J Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 C J C G S F i n a n c i a l S t a t e m e n t f o r 2 0 0 3 JC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Net Cash Flow January 01 through December 31,2003 INFLOWS Income BOOK SALES HB #1 BOOK SALES HB #2 BOOK SALES JACKSON CEM BK BOOK SALES JACKSON DELAYS BOOK SALES JACKSON DOCKET BOOK SALES KIRKS RAIDERS BOOK SALES/MACON DEED BK BOOK SALES/RESALE SWAIN C BOOK SALES/WIKE FAMILY COPIER INCOME DEPOSITS -VARIOUS ITEMS DONATIONS/CONTRIBUTIONS INTEREST INCOME MEMBERSHIPS FAMILY MEMBERSHIPS INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIPS UFE NEWSLETTER REPRINT SALES RECEIPT - COVER BANK FEE RECEIVED FOR POSTAGE SALES TAX RECEIVED Total Income Investment income CD INTEREST Total Investment income TOTAL INFLOWS $ $ $ $ $ 1,488.96 349.68 1,198.27 311.48 113.82 70.08 25.00 227.84 119.62 133.00 1,839.78 724.52 92.05 550.00 2,400.00 300.00 841.32 10.00 52.13 70.20 10,918.75 6.74 6.74 10,925.49 OUTFLOWS Expense BANK FEES - NSF CHECKS CHARGE BACKS - NSF CHECKS DUES/MEMBERSHIPS Insurance - Property/liab Misc - Awards ceremony Misc - Library Purchases Misc - Purchases/Resale MISC - REIMBURSEMENT MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE 55.00 76.20 65.00 350.00 69.42 1,159.89 1,114.90 84.61 108.75 Journeys Through Jackson Office Equipment/furnitur Office Supplies Petty Cash Post Office Box Rent Postage Printing/Copying/Reproduc Program/Presentation Fees Program/Presentation Meal Rent Office SalesTax Paid Utilities Electric Utilities Telephone WEBSITE Total Expense TOTAL OUTFLOWS INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH BALANCE AT START OF PERIOD END OF PERIOD BALANCE Winter 2004 % $ $ $ $ 249.94 425.01 1,524.00 66.00 14.80 2,669.50 175.00 50.00 2,400.00 295.15 557.01 872.55 104.98 12,487.71 12,487.71 (1,562.22) 12,091.73 10,529.51 zU^^ , y i u KJ I t e m s F o r S a l e b y J C G S Title The Heritage of Jackson County, VoL I The Cemeteries of Jackson County Jackson County Superior Court Docket Book Jackson County Delayed Births, VoL I Jackson County Delayed Births, VoL II Swain County Delayed Births Graham County Delayed Births Graham County Marriages Macon County Delayed Births The Cemeteries of Swain County Swain County Marriages The Wike FamUy Kirk's Raiders Local Price* $64.00 $35.00 $15.00 $21.20 $21.20 $21.20 $21.20 $21.20 $26.75 $45.40 $34.75 $64.00 $25.00 NC Address** $69.00 $38.50 $17.00 $23.50 $23.50 $23.50 $23.50 $23.50 $28.75 $48.00 $37.50 $68.00 $27.50 Outside NC $64.81 $36.21 $16.02 $22.11 $22.11 $22.11 $22.11 $22.11 $27.00 $45.03 $35.23 $63.81 $25.86 KJ * This price reflects books that are picked up locally and includes NC sales tax. ** This price reflects books sent to North Carolina addresses and includes NC sales tax and postage. The "Outside N C column reflects the price for books sent to addresses outside NC, and includes postage. u Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 T h e W i l l i a m L . M c C a l l P e n s i o n P a p e r s [Ed. The following represents a fraction of the total documentation surrounding the pension request of Jackson County Civil War soldier William L. McCall. Like a number of other men from the southern sections of the county, McCall enlisted in a Tennessee regiment that fought for the United States rather than for the Confederacy. His attempt to receive a pension for his services was complicated, to say the least. When JCGS member Anita Rudd wrote for his records, she received a stack of papers containing his petitions, rejection, eventual approval, medical diagrams, and further affidavits that contain much material of genealogical importance. We will pick up this story with a document from 1882, and continue into the widowhood of William McCall's third wife. In some places it will be necessary for us to transcribe the records; in others, the printed materials speak for themselves.] State of North Carolina Jackson County On this the 29 day of May A.D. 1882 Personally appeared before T.J. Bryson, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, John H. Mathis and David H. Mathis, late of Company D, 9 Regt Tenn Cav Volunteers, and after having swom according to law saith they was well acquainted with William L. McCall prior to his enlistment into Company D, 9 Regt Tenn Cav Vols on the 25 day of May 1864 and to the best of their knowledge and belief he the said Wm L McCall was then and at that time a sound man and free from disease and the said John H. Mathis and David H. Mathis further swears that after having served as U.S. soldiers with him the said Wm L. McCall in said Company D, 9 Regt Tenn Cav Vols for a period not positively recollected but to the best of their knowledge and belief was about the 15 of January of 1865 when first he the said Wm L. McCall complained in their presents of being ruptured and the said John H. Mathis and David H. Mathis further swears that said complaint of rupture was made by him the said Wm L. McCall at or near Cantonment Springs in the state of Tennessee, and further swears that they often times heard the said Wm L. McCall begging to be excused from heavy duty such as wood getting, etc. on account of suffering from said rupture and not being able to perform such duty, and therefore have reason to believe he the said Wm L. McCall received or contracted the said rupture while in line of his duty as a soldier in the said Co. D, 9 Regt Tenn Cav Vols and the said John H. Mathis and David H. Mathis further swears they are of no relation to him the said Wm L. McCall and that they have no interest directly or indirectly in the prosecution of this claim and that their personal knowledge of the disease or rupture of him the said Wm L. McCall late member of said Co D, 9 Regt Tenn Cav Vols are derived from the above stated facts and further swears their Post Office {Ed. Next line is i l l e g i b l e , but e s s e n t i a l l y means that t h e y live in J a c k s o n C o u n t y .} Isl John H. Mathis Isl David H. Mathis /s/T.J. Bryson J.P. /s/L.E.(D.E.?) Bryson /s/H.L. Baird State of North Carolina Jackson County I A.M. Parker Clerk of the Superior Court of said county & state do hereby certify that T.J. Bryson is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Jackson and that his signature is genuine. In testimony wherof I hereunto set my hand and affixed seal of office in Webster NC this 29th day of July 1882. Isl A.M. Parker Clerk Superior Court Jackson County Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 G E N E R A L - A F F I D A V I T . ,-" ' State of. ..., Cotmtrj of j • -In the matter o• l _ _ i l ™ C * ^ ^ '•' . ^ J £ ^ ^ .- : '. 1 : /•. i • 'ON THIS $J2~ day of...-.^J0L^iJA-ftA^l.... A. D. 188rti5 personally appeared befove me n • {tHj^firJr t_ frf' pV*- $&-*^~e in and for the aforesaid County, duly authorized to administer oaths :.1\.^..A...S.AA-..1L^^ aged......A...(l years, a resident of (JS^^r/u£xc^&//x.. . In iho County of.....C\..uK=3L^r=db22s» und State of kL~\—iLsCT^.-.* well known to me to be reputable and entitled to credit, and who, being duly sworn, declared In relation to aforesaid case as folloVwWs3 ! * ^>_^.^S ,.—-.. J ..CS^IA £*.ft^ rtfOTm.—Affiants ikould itate sow th»y gain a knowlodje of the faaU to vrhloa they testify. A^J^tt&^L^AiSL J^Jh^K^skJ^k .v>~ -JA-IA. I. Qb eJr- xKLf 4A^t. .QA&Aj»»dlL^.^ KJ ^ Nj!SrA. v_y sAsL&0*4U4A6C-~ dty...Aji2e6»^..Jz£j!fa H s^> Post Office addressi s Q t J k j > J ^ ^ U L J ^ J . . . . ! . . . further declare that. Interest in said case and.. -Be*-concerne.a in its prosecution. ~C7~ W r S j ^ A ^ ^ h s * • s j (If Affiants >lgn by mark, two persons wno can writs sign hflre.) [Signature of Affiants.] 8 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 49TH CONOBBSS, ) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. < IS% \T 1st Session. J \ )?*£ 0. WILLIAM L. McCALL. FEBRUARY 24,1886.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole Home and ordered to be printed. Mr. O'HABA, from tlie Committee on Invalid Pensions, submitted the following R E P O R T : [To accompany bill H. R. 4632.] The 'Committee on Invalid Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (H, R. 4632) granting a pension to William fj. McCall, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report: Applicant's claim is based on an alleged rupture in lower part of ab­domen, caused from bard riding while in the service of the United States and in the line of duty. Claimant states under oath that he was ruptured on both sides in January, 1865, from hard ridiug at Sevierville, Tenn.; was in no prior service; was captured by a party of rebels at Sevierville, Tenn.. in January, 1865, and after being beaterj with guns in the' hands of the 'enemy, he was placed on a very lean horse, without saddle or bridle, and ran some 20 miles before he was released by Union soldiers. Thinks above causes produced the double rupture, which is worse ou left side. H-. M. Hooper, late sergeant Company D, Ninth Tennessee Cavalry, deposes that about the last month of 1864, while the company was at Pontooman Springs, Tenn., applicant first complained of rupture, and was excused from duty; he refused to enter a hospital, and was treated by regimental surgeon in camp and cared for by his friends for a period, length of which is not recollected; was then taken to a private house in Tennessee, where he remained for some time before he rejoined his company; seemed to suffer considerably during remainder of his service; that he was acquainted with applicant several years before his enlistment, and, to the best of his knowledge and belief, applicant was a sound man, free from disease at enlistment. "William B,. and Alfred M. Hooper, late privates of Company D, Ninth .Tennessee Cavalry, testified substantially as above, and further, that they believe the rupture wascaused by the applicant's falling into, the hands of the rebels, who, it is said, placed him ou a horse without sad­dle and ran him a distance of 20 miles before he was released, and that he complained of said rupture just after said release. John H. and D. H. Matthews, comrades, late of Company D, Ninth Tennessee Cavalry, besides corroborating theforegoing wituesses; stated they ofteq heard applicant begging to be excused from duty on account of rupture; that they knew claimant prior to and at the time of his en­listment, and that he was sound and healthy and free from rupture. John Slater and D. V. Moody corroborate the other witnesses. Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 i • 49TH CONGRESS, ) SENATE. ( R £ ^ 1st Session. f \ N- ' IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. MAY 11, 1886.—Ordered to be printed. KJ Mr. WHITTHOENB, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following R E P O R T : . [To accompany bill H. K. 4632.] " The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 4632) granting a pension to William L. MoCall, having examined the same, report: That the testimouy which was before the Commissioner of Pensions was carefully examined, and, being satisfied that the report of the House committee (No. 700), who also examined this claim, is sustained by the proof in the case, do adopt the said report, as herein set forth, as a part hereof, as follows: Applicant's claim is based oo an alleged r.upture in lower part of abdomen, caused from hard riding while in the service of the United States and in the line of duty. Claimant states under oath that be was nrptnred on both sides iu January, 1665, from bard ridiDK at Sevierville, Tenn.; was in oo prior service; was captured by a party of rebels at Sevierville, Tenn., in January, 1860, aud after being beaten with guns iu the bands of the enemy, be was placed on a very lean horse, without saddle or bridle, and ran some 20 miles before he was released by Union soldiers. Thinks above causes produced the double rupture, which is worse on left side. \J H. M. Hooper, late sergeant Company D, Ninth Tennessee Cavalry, deposes that about the last month of 1664, while tho oompany was at Poutooman Springs, Tenn., .applicant first complained of rupture, and was excused from duty; he refused to en­ter a hospital, and was treated by regimental surgeon in camp aud cared for by his friends for a period, length of which is not recollected; was then taken to a private house ID Teunessee, where he remained for some time before he rejoined his company: seemed to suffer considerably duriugreoiainderof bisservioe; that he was acquainted with applicant several years before nis enlistment, and, to the best-of bis knowledge aud belief, applicant was a sound man, free from disease, at enlistment. William R. and Alfred M. Hooper, late privates of Company D, Ninth Tenuessee Cavalry, testified substantially as above, and further, that they believe the rupture was caused by the applicant's falling into the bands of the rebels, who, it is said, ( placed him on a horse without saddle and ran him a distance of 20 miles before he was released, and that he complained*of said rupture just after said release. John H. and D. H. Matthews, comrades, late of Company D, Ninth Tennessee Cav­alry, besides corroborating the foregoing witnesses, stated they often heard applicant begging to be excused from duty on account of rupture; that they knew claimant prior to and at the time of his enlistment, and that he was sound and healthy, and free from rupture. John Slater aud D. V. Moody corroborate the other witnesses. .This claim was rejected upon the ground of no.record, no medical evidence pJ or since service, and claimant's declared inability to furnish same, or that of a co missioned officer who saw f he hernia in the service. The only record shows that claimant was absent sick May and June, 1865. There is no conflict of lay testimony that applicant was a sound man prior to and I the time of his enlistment, that he was captured while in the line of duty aud In tbl service of the United States, and that he suffered from the hands of the enemy sued [PRIVATE—NO. 573.] , An act granting a pension to William L McCall. Be it enacted by- the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In­terior be, and hereby is, directed to place the name of William L Mc­Call, late a private in Oompany D, Ninth Tennessee Cavalry, on the pension-roll, subject to the conditions and limitations of the pension , ) laws. ">—' Approved, July 6,1886. \ 10 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 Certificate Jfa; SIR. J J A ^ z l . 3-402. ^ ^ ^ m t g r b m a t rf t U c % n U v i ° v ' B U R E A U OF P E N S I O N S, Washington, D. C, Janiu>Cryl5, 1898. In forwarding to the pension agent the executed vouchex^for your next quarterly payment please favor me by returning this circular to him with replies to the questions enumerated below. Very respectfully, Commissioner. First. Are you^married ? If so, please state your wife's full-pame and her maiden name. Answer. L^-^f^C/^i^jS^l. Second. When, where, and by whom were you married ? Answer. . w nen, wnere, ana Dy wnom were you married t _ Third. What record of marriage exists ? . Answer. *<&A.. Fourth. Were yon previously married ? ' If so, please state the name of your former wife and the date and place of her death or^dwQrce. " ^ i z ^ ^ / a ^ . . . . a 5 k , . ^. Fifth. Have you any children living? .If so, please state their names a»d the dates of their birth. Answer^ 'JZ^L \%:*£:.....* Date of reply, 11 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 SOUTH." CM* FtB i » was, a Div: V .IL?.J£6.&£J2^. SIK: .3. Reg't ob*^^..j£c> (3A^/ Washington, D. C, KJ 'PENSIONS, Will you kindly answer, at your earliest convenience, tho questions enumerated below? The information is requested for futuro use, and it may be of great value to your family. Very respectfully, ^ ^ L i ^ ^ & l S r ^ /i S / / r Y / ~~) * I • / Coiiftifisswner. .2Z>,.&..,..-^, No. 1. Are you a married man? If so, please state your wife's full name, and her maiden name. A.navteT:.<fa^..jPl*JlJa*<tt^^ —j £ ^ ^ ^ ^ . . . . ^ . J . . . J X ^ p / 2 ^ ^ ^—•* No. 2. When, where, and by whom were you married? Answer: .JA^-7&^-J&Ji&*ix^-Gtt^_^ No. 3. What record of marriage exists? A n s w e r : . . . i 4 r f e v u ^ . ^ ^ . ^ . . . / . 6 ^ j & « * r j ^ - . . . v < J -^cjy )?Aja2f^sO>Qr>A^asU^^ No. 4. Were you previously married? If so, please state the name of your former wife and the date and place of her death or divorce. Answer: ..-J^c^e^^.kM^^^./^rAac^^ No. 5. Have you nny children living? If so, please state their names and the dates of their birth. Answer:^^..M^^Q^^/^.f^JCg^^^t^/t. .ii...<ku3ta^^c^-r....^M^-^^^---^-.<^^^!>^^, .'A*sia^..i&£.^.J^.-uQ.JlT.J.yt<Jy .J&?jL**~.—£^..ll£^je^.stet^....-^i*^*L ...^^dJr.X<>--^.^..-J^-)iJ * ^ * ^ < ^ . . - X - ^ ^ ^ - ^^ : /^4^JLSL.-<^--^--J-ty-% - KJ Date of reply, . " ^ ™ . / ^ , 189?- 0-9 12 (SI ff nature.) KJ Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 ' yi J /T> ' TTT *^z-y,l~*^:^-t '•>& ^ i ^ - w s ^ J v z v t J : 4 ? , 7 / / £ ^ < p ^ €? 13 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 [Ed. In 1918, members of the William L. McCall family were involved in trying to extend the McCall pension to his widow Elizabeth. We will print pertinent information from those \^y depositions here.] On this 6 day of June, 1918, at Martin, county of Franklin, State of GA., before me, Thos H. Goethe, a Special Examiner of the Bureau of Pensions, personally appeared Mrs. Mattie Dean, who, being by me first duly sworn to answer truly all interrogations propounded to her during this special examination of aforesaid claim for pension, deposes and says: I am 41 years of age...I reside as stated above...I am the wife of Haden Dean. My father's name was William L. McCall and he was a pensioner of the U.S. He was married three times...His first wife was Martha Fowler. She died and then he married my mother who was Talitha Bryson. My mother died and then he married Elizabeth Orr. (Mother) died in June 1904...Mother died here with me. (Father was single) about one year after the death of (my mother). (Mrs. Martha E. McCall deposition) I am 35 years of age...I reside as stated above. I am the wife of John McCall who is a farmer. My husband is the son of William McCall who was a soldier. He was a pensioner. My husband's mother died and then William McCall married Elizabeth Orr...the second Sunday in June.. .After marriage they lived as husband and wife till Mr. McCall died. She has bome a good name since his death. (John L. McCall deposition) I am 48 years of age...and I reside near Martin, GA., which is my post office address. I am the son of William McCall who was a soldier during the Civil War in the U.S. Army and who drew a pension at the time of his death. My father was married three times and no more. His first wife was a Fowler but she died and then he married my mother (who) was Talitha Bryson. She is dead. She was dead about a year I think and then father married Elizabeth Orr. I was present and saw father and Elizabeth Orr married. They were married by Rev. Lyda and the month I know was June and they married on the second Sunday of the month and I think the date was the 10*. They were never divorced or legally separated. They lived peaceably and claimant treated father well so far as I was ever able to judge. I knew her before she and father married and she was a woman of good standing... So far as I know she has stood well since Father passed away. [Ed. Both John McCall and his wife set the year of his father's third marriage by the age of their daughter Leona, called "Lebo," who was a six-months-old baby at the time of the marriage. Leona had been born 31 Dec 1903.] KJ KJ 14 Journeys through Jackson Winter 2004 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 conclude this family delineation in this issue. For information or corrections, one may write to Danny at 3100 Greywood Lane Matthews NC 28105.] 88. BILLIE CORA LEE12 STYLES (GENEVA LOUISE" FULLBRIGHT, SAMUAL ROSCOE™, DANIEL MONROE9, ELf, BARNETf, JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB", DANIEL NIKOLAUS*, SIMON2, HANS1) was born December 06, 1929 in Cullowhee, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA, and died November 02, 1980 in Brevard, Transavalynia County, North Carolina, USA. She married CHARLES DALLAS PARKER. He died in Brevard, Transavalynia County, North Carolina, USA. Children of BILLIE STYLES and CHARLES PARKER are: i. SAMUAL R.13 PARKER, b. November 15,1947; m. BILLIE PENDLETON. 109. ii. MICHAEL THOMAS PARKER, b. April 01, 1950, Cullowhee, Jackson County, . North Carolina, USA. 89. CONSTANCE JEAN12 PRATT (SALLIE MAEn COX, LAURA EMMA™ FULLBRIGHT, WILLIAM WESLEf FULBRIGHT, JACOB1, BARNETT1 FULLBRIGHT, JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB*, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1). She married DAVID SAUNDERS". Children of CONSTANCE PRATT and DAVID SAUNDERS are: i. PAMELA13 SAUNDERS75 ^ , ii. MELISSA SAUNDERS75 90. RICHARD WAYNE12 HARBUCK (MARTHA RUTH11 COX, LAURA EMMA10 FULLBRIGHT, WILLIAM WESLEf FULBRIGHT, JACOB*, BARNETf FULLBRIGHT, JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1)'5. He married BARBARA KNIGHT'5. Child of RICHARD HARBUCK and BARBARA KNIGHT is: i. RICHARD WAYNE13 HARBUCK, JR.75 91. GEORGE KENNETH12 CAMP, JR. (ALMA CHRISTINE11 COX, LAURA EMMA10 FULLBRIGHT, WILLIAM WESLEf FULBRIGHT, JACOB*, BARNETf FULLBRIGHT, JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1)15. He married VICKI SWAIN75. Child of GEORGE CAMP and VICKI SWAIN is: i. GEORGE KENNETH13 CAMP III75. 92. GORDON MAURICE12 DUFF (LORENA11 COX, LAURA EMMA10 FULLBRIGHT, WILLIAM WESLEf FULBRIGHT, JACOB*, BARNETf FULLBRIGHT, JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1)'5. He married FRANCIS SMITH75. Children of GORDON DUFF and FRANCIS SMITH are: W i. JESSICA DAVIS13 DUFF75. ii. FRANCIS LORRAINE DUFF75. 15 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 93. SUSAN LORENA12 DUFF (LORENA11 COX, LAURA EMMA10 FULLBRIGHT, WILLIAM WESLEf - : FULBRIGHT, JACOB*, BARNETf FULLBRIGHT, JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS KJ HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1)'5. She married CHARLES W. COWART, JR.75. Children of SUSAN DUFF and CHARLES COWART are: i. JACOB LEE13 COWART75 ii. CHARLES PATRICK COWART75 94. PATRICK MATTHEW12 DUFF (LORENA11 COX, LAURA EMMA10 FULLBRIGHT, WILLIAM WESLEf FULBRIGHT, JACOB*, BARNETf FULLBRIGHT, JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1)'5. He married VALARIE RYAN75. Children of PATRICK DUFF and VALARIE RYAN are: i. CATHLEEN RYAN13 DUFF75 ii. PATRICK MATTHEW DUFF, JR.75 95. VICTORIA ROSE12 MCCLAIN (ROSALYE11 COX, LAURA EMMA10 FULLBRIGHT, WILLIAM WESLEf FULBRIGHT, JACOB*, BARNETf FULLBRIGHT, JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1)'5. She married (1) THOMAS CASTLEBERRY75. She married (2) LINTON WELCH75. Children of VICTORIA. MCCLAIN and THOMAS CASTLEBERRY are: i. THOMAS MATTHEW13 CASTLEBERRY75. ii. ASHLEY AMANDA CASTLEBERRY75. W 96. PAULA GAYLE12 PRESKITT (ROSALYE11 COX, LAURA EMMA10 FULLBRIGHT, WILLIAM WESLEf FULBRIGHT, JACOB*, BARNETf FULLBRIGHT, JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1)'5 was born Private. She married CHARLES E. HANKS'5. Child of PAULA PRESKITT and CHARLES HANKS is: i. LAURA LEIGH13 HANKS75, b. Private. 97. STEPHEN ERNEST12 PRESKITT (ROSALYE11 COX, LAURA EMMA10 FULLBRIGHT, WILLIAM WESLEf FULBRIGHT, JACOB*, BARNETf FULLBRIGHT, JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1)'5. He married CYNTHIA BASS75. Child of STEPHEN PRESKITT and CYNTHIA BASS is: i. STEPHANIE MICHELLE13 PRESKITT75. 98. JANET DIANE12 PRESKITT (ROSALYE11 COX, LAURA EMMA10 FULLBRIGHT, WILLIAM WESLEf FULBRIGHT, JACOB*, BARNETf FULLBRIGHT, JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1)'5. She married GARY PARKER75 Child of JANET PRESKITT and GARY PARKER is: - i. BRYAN13 PARKER75 V_y 16 w Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 99. PERRI LYNN12 HENDRTX (ADA PERRY11 POOL, LENA10 MCCLURE, JOSEPH3, MAHALA KATHERINE* FULBRIGHT, DANIEL1, JOHN WILLIAM5, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1) She married DOUG PENDER March 22, 1975 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Child of PERRI HENDRTX and DOUG PENDER is: i. MICHAEL13 PENDER. 100. GERALD RICHARD12 POOL (WILLIAM LEN11, LENA10 MCCLURE, JOSEPH*, MAHALA KATHERINE* FULBRIGHT, DANIEL1, JOHN WILLIAM5, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1) He married TERRI O'HARA December 1973 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Children of GERALD POOL and TERRI O'HARA are: i. JASON EMIL13 POOL, ii. JAMIE POOL. 101. WILLIAM LEN12 POOL, JR. (WILLIAM LEN11, LENA10 MCCLURE, JOSEPH3, MAHALA KATHERINE* FULBRIGHT, DANIEL1, JOHN WILLIAM5, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1) was born July 15, 1955 in Springfield, Missouri, United States, and died December 1980 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. He married MARSHA CLARICE GARLAND November 07,1970 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Children of WILLIAM POOL and MARSHA GARLAND are: 110. i. DANIEL KEITH13 POOL. 111. ii. JOSHUA ABRAM POOL. 102. MARY JANE12 FULBRIGHT (FRANK DABBS11, ROBERT EPHRAIM10, HENRY DAVID9, EPHRAIN ROBERTSON*, WILLIAM WILSON1, JOHN WILLIAM5, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1) was born October 17, 1917, and died April 07, 1975. She married HOWARD ARTHUR RAGSDALE. He was born July 27, 1912, and died April 14, 1996. Children of MARY FULBRIGHT and HOWARD RAGSDALE are: i. WILLIAM HOWARD13 RAGSDALE. ii. ROBERT MARK RAGSDALE, m. RENEL PADEN. 112. iii. JANE CAROLYN RAGSDALE, b. April 11,1947, Prowers County, Colorado, USA. iv. JOHN ARTHUR RAGSDALE, m. SUSAN BREWER. v. JUDY LEORA RAGSDALE, m. GARY BARHAM. vi. DAVID HERSCHEL RAGSDALE. vii. JEAN MARILYN RAGSDALE. 17 u Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 Generation No. 9 103. DELBA SUE13 BLAYLOCK (MARY ALICE12 STATLER, COY TRUMAN11, BERTHA ALICE10, PETER AMOS9, SARAH* FULBRIGHT, JACOB1 FULLBRIGHT, JR., JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS1, SIMON2, HANS1)'6. She married CHARLES LEE DAWSON'*. Children of DELBA BLAYLOCK and CHARLES DAWSON are: i. RICHARD JAMES14 DAWSON76, ii. CHRISTINA JEANETTE DAWSON76, iii. MELISSA DAWN DAWSON76. iv. THOMAS RAY DAWSON76. 104. PAULA MARIETTA13 BLAYLOCK (MARY ALICE12 STATLER, COY TRUMAN11, BERTHA ALICE10, PETER AMOS9, SARAH* FULBRIGHT, JACOB1 FULLBRIGHT, JR., JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1) was born 76. She married (1) HAROLD DOUGLAS BELDON. was born76. She married (2) DONALD PAUL GURLIN. Child of PAULA BLAYLOCK and HAROLD BELDON is: i. BECKY MARIE14 BELDON76 Child of PAULA BLAYLOCK and DONALD GURLIN is: ii. RACHEL SUZANNE14 GURLIN76 105. WESLEY DON13 BLAYLOCK (MARY ALICE12 STATLER, COY TRUMAN11, BERTHA ALICE10, KJ PETER AMOS9, SARAH* FULBRIGHT, JACOB1 FULLBRIGHT, JR., JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1) He married PAULA MARIE WAMBLE. Children of WESLEY BLAYLOCK and PAULA WAMBLE are: i.AMANDA MARIE14 BLAYLOCK76 ii. WESLEY DON BLAYLOCK, JR76 106. DAVID PAUL13 STATLER (PAUL TRUMAN12, COY TRUMAN11, BERTHA ALICE10, PETER AMOS9, SARAH* FULBRIGHT, JACOB1 FULLBRIGHT, JR., JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1) He married TRICIA HALES. Child of DAVID STATLER and TRICIA HALES is: i. JARED DAVID14 STATLER76. 107. MARY ELIZABETH13 STATLER (PAUL TRUMAN12, COY TRUMAN11, BERTHA ALICE10, PETER AMOS9, SARAH* FULBRIGHT, JACOB1 FULLBRIGHT, JR., JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1) was bom 7<J. She married TIM FOLEY, was bom 16 Children of MARY STATLER and TIM FOLEY are: t^y i. JULIAN14 FOLEY76. ii. JUSTIN FOLEY76. 18 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 108. CUTIS ALTON13 FULLBRIGHT (ALTON POLK12, ALVIN DAVID (SOL)11, THOMAS POLK10, DANIEL MONROE9, ELI*, BARNETT1, JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS1, SIMON2, HANS1) was bom December 10, 1962 in Sylva, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA. He married JANA BETH JOHNSON October 28, 1988 in Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA, daughter of HAROLD JOHNSON and MARY CARTER. She was bom November 30, 1962 in Washington County, Tennessee, USA. Children of CUTIS FULLBRIGHT and JANA JOHNSON are: i. AUSTIN CURTIS14 FULLBRIGHT, b. April 24, 1993, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA. ii. BRADLEY KENNETH FULLBRIGHT, b. December 07, 1994, Washington County, Tennessee, USA. 109. MICHAEL THOMAS13 PARKER (BILLIE CORA LEE12 STYLES, GENEVA LOUISE11 FULLBRIGHT, SAMUAL ROSCOE10, DANIEL MONROE9, Elf, BARNETf, JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1) was bom April 01, 1950 in Cullowhee, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA. He married (1) MARY VICTORIA SMITH, daughter of ERNEST SMITH and MARY DAVIS. She was bom April 22, 1951 in Brevard, Transylvana County, North Carolina. He married (2) MERIDETH. Children of MICHAEL PARKER and MARY SMITH are: 113. i. JEFFERSON MICHAEL14 PARKER, b. July 03, 1969, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, San Diego County, California, USA. 114. ii. CHRISTINE ELIZABETH PARKER, b. June 28,1970, Camp Pendleton, Ocean Side, San Diego County, California, USA. 110. DANIEL KEITH13 POOL (WILLIAM LEN12, WILLIAM LEN11, LENA10 MCCLURE, JOSEPH9, MAHALA KATHERINE* FULBRIGHT, DANIEL1, JOHN WILLIAM5, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1) He married BRANDY LEIGH JULIAN August 05, 1995 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Children of DANIEL POOL and BRANDY JULIAN are: i. NATHANIEL JULIAN14 POOL. ii. NOAH JOSEPH POOL. 111. JOSHUA ABRAM13 POOL (WILLIAM LEN12, WILLIAM LEN11, LENA10 MCCLURE, JOSEPH9, MAHALA KATHERINE* FULBRIGHT, DANIEL1, JOHN WILLIAM5, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1) He married JILL ELIZABETH CHOATE July 27, 1996 in Russellyille, Arkansas. Child of JOSHUA POOL and JELL CHOATE is: i. ASHER JUDAH14 POOL. 19 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 'KJ 112. JANE CAROLYN13 RAGSDALE (MARY JANE12 FULBRIGHT, FRANK DABBS11, ROBERT EPHRAIM10, HENRY DAVID9, EPHRAIN ROBERTSON*, WILLIAM WILSON1, JOHN WILLIAM5, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1) was bom April 11, 1947 in Prowers County, Colorado, USA. She married JOHN REVELLE STULP, JR.. Children of JANE RAGSDALE and JOHN STULP are: i. JOHN REVELLE14 STULP III. ii. JANEA ELAINE STULP. iii. JASON HOWARD STULP. iv. JEREMY DUNAFON STULP. v. JENSEN TRENT STULP. Generation No. 10 113. JEFFERSON MICHAEL14 PARKER (MICHAEL THOMAS13, BILLIE CORA LEE12 STYLES, GENEVA LOUISE11 FULLBRIGHT, SAMUAL ROSCOE10, DANIEL MONROE9, ELI*, BARNETf, JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1) was bom July 03, 1069 in Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, San Diego County, California, USA. He married (1) LYNNETTE MCCALL. He married (2) DEBORAH CANTRELL April 12, 1997 in Little River, Transylvania County, North Carolina, USA. Child of JEFFERSON PARKER and LYNNETTE MCCALL is: KJ i. LORNE TREK15 PARKER, b. August 06,1988. Child of JEFFERSON PARKER and DEBORAH CANTRELL is: ii. MADELYN ANNA15 PARKER, b. May 20,2000. 114. CHRISTINE ELIZABETH14 PARKER (MICHAEL THOMAS13, BILLIE CORA LEE12 STYLES, GENEVA LOUISE11 FULLBRIGHT, SAMUAL ROSCOE10, DANIEL MONROE9, Elf, BARNETf, JACOB6, JOHN WILHELM5 VOLPRECHT, HANS HIOB4, DANIEL NIKOLAUS3, SIMON2, HANS1) was born June 28, 1970 in Camp Pendleton, Ocean Side, San Diego County, California, USA. She married SCOTT MATTHEW SHORE June 17, 1989 in Richmond Ave. Baptist Church, Lehigh Acres, Florida, USA, son of l-RANKLIN SHORE and LINDA HADSOCK. He was bom October 28, 1968 in Orlando, Orange County, Florida, USA. Children of CHRISTINE PARKER and SCOTT SHORE are: i. CAYLEE CHRISTINE1S SHORE, b. August 02,1991, Cape Coral, Florida, USA. ii. COLTON SCOTT SHORE, b. October 29,1993, Naples, Florida, USA. KJ 20 i C F f c ^ ^mim 5^™w«l^ T V Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 P l o t t C e m e t e r y [Ed. We conclude this cemetery census in this issue. Refer to September - October 2003 issue of JTJ for the first 13 rows. Census compiled by JCGS member Bill Crawford 11 Sep 2003.] Row 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Name Joseph Manson Carver Sr. Lucille Arrington Carver John B. Arrington Ora Davis Arrington Charles E. Snyder Addie L. Winchester Sophrona Mehaffey Sarah M. Davis John P. Davis Robert L. Lewis Ora V. Mehaffey Robert L. Mehaffey Hazel Mehaffey Ella Plott H.C. Plott Lawrence Plott Holmes Plott Ernest Plott 6 unmarked Melita McClure Infant McClure 2 unmarked James R. McClure Mary Moody McClure Fred McClure Hilda Way Rhinehart Leona Hooper M.L. Hooper Selma R. Hooper S.H. Bryson H.B. Plott C J . Plott Lura Almarie Davis Arthur Davis Hazel E. Dillard Betty Emma Dillard James Winston Mehaffey Carol Mehaffey James R. McClure DOB 21 May 1914 13 Feb 1920 29 J an 1899 14 May 1902 23 Oct 1885 9 Mar 1877 1 Aug 1831 12 Apr 1860 8 Jan 1859 30 J un 1922 31 Aug 1877 4 Jan 1874 27 Nov 1906 1871 1883 1885 2 Mar 1908 19 Mar 1896 27 Apr 1870 15 Feb 1873 10 May 1910 29 Nov 1927 Feb 1897 7 Sep 1877 14 May 1875 23 Jun 1843 8 ArJr 1839 11 J an 1849 22 Feb 1908 1882 2 Feb 1008 22 Dec 1933 12 Nov 1919 (no dates) 22 Jul 1912 DOD 18 Dec 1970 18 J a n 1990 31 Aug 1961 26 Mar 1972 24 Oct 1918 14 May 1908 15 Aug 1912 17 Mar 1941 5 J u n 1930 26 Feb 1938 25 Sep 1955 1 Jul 1921 9 May 1907 21 Sep 1901 17 J u l 1901 1883 1954 1933 27 J u n 1911 21 Mar 1896 27 Oct 1934 5 J a n 1952 5 Feb 1996 2 Aug 1928 May 1897 24 Nov 1928 7 Feb 1947 24 J a n 1909, 9 Mar 1917 13 May 1934 22 Feb 1908 1940 17 Apr 1942 13 J a n 1947 2 Mar 1920 19 Aug 1984 Comment m. 14 Nov 1937 w/o O.H. w/o Robert d/o R.L., O. d/o H.C., L.A.; age 9m, 27 days Age 28,11,11 d/o J.R., Mary s/o J.R., Mary s/o A.H., Mollie Infant s/o W.L., M.M. B.M. 2 US Navy WWH 21 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 15 15 15 15 Louise Arrington McClure Hoyt B. Webster L. Carmen Davis Jordan Webster Robert Lee Jordan 5 Nov 1914 10 Nov 1908 4 Nov 1905 23 Oct 1902 22 Oct 1996 25 Oct 1990 21 Oct 1993 4 Nov 1952 Pvt. US Army WWH m/o Bob, Bill, John Jordan KJ A r r i n g t o n C e m e t e r y [Ed. Also located in the Saunook community of Haywood County, the Arrington Cemetery also is the resting place of persons with Jackson County roots or connections. Located atop a hill to the left of four-lane Highway 23 as one goes toward Waynesville, the cemetery is in poor condition. Census taken 11 Sep 2003 by JCGS member Bill Crawford.] Row 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 Name Joseph Arch Rider 4 unmarked Bessie Bradley Inman 1 unmarked Ritchard Inman 5 unmarked Harley Inman 1 nnmarked W.T.Lee Helen Wyatt Illegible Wyatt Illegible Wyatt 1 unmarked Joseph Suttles 1 unmarked 2 unmarked Rosa M. Downs Ruby Downs Laurie E. Arrington Mary Etta Arrington 2 unmarked Annie P. Rider William F. Rider Bedford O. Rider 1 unmarked Mrs. E JT. Brooks J. Arthur Brooks 1 unmarked Nettie L. Scruggs 2 unmarked Margaret R. Scruggs 3 unmarked DOB 1880 1895 18 Mar 1910 6 Jun 1887 (no dates) (no dates) 10 Feb 1870 12 Mar 1921 21 Aug 1918 30 Jun 1909 12 Mar 1905 21 Jun 1913 4 Aug 1914 6 May 1908 17 Sep 1861 28 Aug 1887 9 Jul 1862 DOD 1914 1922 27 Nov 1929 14 Sep 1947 15 May 1945 24 Oct 1922 20 Sep 1918 21 Sep 1912 14 Mar 1924 19 Oct 1913 28 Aug 1914 30 Aug 1936 23 Apr 1906 5 Nov 1909 7 Nov 1918 Comment Baby d/o E.R., A. d/o E.R., A. s/oC.W.,M.J. w/o Paul s/o J.W., M J . w/o J.R. d/o Illegible w/o Geo. KJ KJ 22 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 C 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 10 unmarked Elizabeth Arrington Elbert S. Arrington Catharine Arrington 8 unmarked Fredrick H. Mehaffey Roy Arrington Bonnie Arrington 3 unmarked Homer Conard Manurvy Conard 3 unmarked Lynda Gail Rogers 5 unmarked 6 May 1844 (no dates) 5 May 1844 24 Oct 1915 9 Mar 1905 14 Dec 1899 1901 1862 12 Mar 1946 10 Dec 1881 25 Feb 1923 24 Dec 1915 23 Jun 1905 1 Mar 1900 1915 1915 4 Jul 1946 w/o E.S. Corp., Co. E., 29 NC Inf. CSA w/o E.S. s/o M/M F.C. d/o M/M Dillard [Ed. We had not noticed this before, but above one can see that the two wives of Elbert S. Arrington were bom exactly one day apart. The second wife was Catharine or Catherine Blanton, older sister of the editor's great - grandfather William Riley Blanton. Arrington had a number of children with Elizabeth, one with Catherine. On the preceding page, the E. J. Brooks is the younger sister of the editor's great - grandmother Depina Ensley Blanton. She was Elizabeth Jane Ensley, one of the daughters of William and Lucretia Parris Ensley. She was first married to Thomas Henson Queen, second to John Brooks. (Also, the mother of John Brooks was Catherine Blanton Arrington's oldest half-sister.) The S. H. Bryson buried in the Plott Cemetery was first married to Sina Crawford, one of the daughters of William R. and Olive Hemphill Crawford. Bryson was one of the sons of Robert Bryson and Mary Cunningham, his first wife.] 23 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 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 s . 5 , 6 . . . T h e B e t s y P a r r i s D i l l s a n d E l l e n d e r P a r r i s D i l ls F a m i l i e s [Ed. We continue in this issue with the editor's own work on the extensive Parris family.] Elizabeth "Betsy" Parris was the fifth child of David and Mary, and was bom 9 May 1807. Her family was delineated in the January - February 2000 issue of Journeys Through Jackson. With her husband Peter Dills, she was the mother of a large family. We will repeat the names of the children here. Their children: Grandchild #32...Mary Dills (no records have emerged on this daughter) Grandchild #33...Peter Dills (also, nothing yet for us on this son) Grandchild #34...Marion Dills m. Lila Ensley and Margaret Potts Hill Grandchild #35...Didama Dills m. Absalom Davis Grandchild #36...Talitha Dills m. John Potts GrandchUd #37...Ruth Dills m. Cornwell Herron and Raines Grandchild #38.. .David Dills m. Susanna Conner Grandchild #39...Elizabeth Dills m. David Sweatman GrandchUd #40...Bartlett DiUs m. Elizabeth Ann Jones Grandchild #41...John DUls m. Martha Gunter Grandchild #42...WUliam M. DUls m. Susan Clementine Franklin GrandchUd #43...Sarah DUls (no records on this daughter) Grandchild #44...Martha Jane Dills m. James C. Davis and R.C. Conner KJ Notes: JCGS members descended in this famUy include Cance Carnes (Marion), Ocie Stinnett (Didama), and Brian McMahan (David). Sarah Parris was the sixth child bom to David and Mary. We know only her birth date, 9 Jun 1809. EUender Parris was the seventh child bom to David and Mary. She was bom 17 Dec 1810, and did not live a long life. Before her marriage, she was the mother of: Grandchild #45...Cynthia Parris (16 Jan 1831 - 12 Sep 1908) m. John Bailey Ensley and lived at Cullowhee. Their children: Malvinia Ensley (31 Jul 1846 - 15 Jan 1929) m. A. J. Long Joseph Ensley (15 Jan 1849 - 27 Jun 1910) Mary Ann Ensley (29 Mar 1 8 5 2 - 4 Oct 1922) m. J. R. Long and J.M.Smith Martha Jane Ensley (1853 - 1863) Samuel Bailey Ensley (26 Apr 1856-10 Apr 1932) m. Elizabeth Lois Long Mariah Ensley (1858 - 1863) Lovincy Magdalene Ensley (1860 - 1863) John Bowen Ensley (22 Nov 1862 - 24 Aug 1954) m. Mary Queen, Lucie Luck Ellen Theodocia Ensley (1865 - 10 Oct 1949) m. William Smith Sarah Belle Ensley (11 Oct 1867 - 18 Mar 1890) unmarried Emmaline Candis Ensley (1870 - ) m. John D. Brown, J.R. Smith Ellender Parris family continued on p. 30 24 KJ Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 C 1 9 6 1 J a c k s o n C o u n t y D e a t h C e r t i f i c a t e s o f P e r s o n s B o r n P r i o r t o 1 9 00 [Ed. Key to reading the following: Name of deceased; spouse; date of birth; place of birth; date of death; township; father's name; mother's name; informant; informant's address; cemetery. Abstracted by Larry Crawford in the Jackson County Register of Deeds Office January 2004.] Alexander, Jud Carry; h/o Minnie; 20 Nov 1873; Cowarts; 25 Jun; Canada; Sam Alexander; Rachel Coward; Tolvin Alexander; Tuckasegee; Sols Creek Ammons, Martha Heaton; 15 Dec 1880; SC; 16 Apr; Canada; Heaton; Catherine Heaton; Albert Ammons; Sylva; Lovedale Battle, William Fidel; 24 Sep 1872; NC; 11 Jan; Qualla; James F. Battle; Adelade Keener; Wayne Battle; Andrews; Qualla (Thomas?) Beasley, Pherby Octava; 23 May 1875; Macon Co.; 6 Apr; Sylva; John Franks; Nancy Ann Ammons; Ernest Jamison; Sylva; Keener Beck, Maude Louise; w/o Bayless; 21 Oct 1891; Buncombe Co.; 15 Apr; Hamburg; William Snipes; Maudie Smith; Earl Beck; Brevard; Beck Bennett, Mattie May; w/o Dock S.; 18 Jul 1897; Sylva; 12 Jun; Webster; Robert Sutton; Emma Henry; Dock S. Bennett; Webster; Fairview Bird, Eva Pate; w/o Joel M.; 17 Jan 1893; NC; 26 Mar; Sylva; L.H. Pate; Rachel Malpass; Joel M. Bird; Sylva; Thomas Bollenbach, William Henry; h/o Lily; 7 Jun 1890; NY; 18 Jul; Savannah; William Bollenbach; Louise Geib; Lilly Bollenbach; St. Petersburg, FL; Presbyterian - Jeffersonville NY L , Bradley, James Harrison; h/o Elba Deitz; 23 Oct 1897; Jackson Co.; 6 Jun; Sylva; James ^ ^ Harrison Bradley; Angeline Bryson; Lewis Bradley; Dillsboro; Old Savannah Brown, Sophie Shelton; wid/o Manley; 25 Nov 1875; NC; 19 Oct 1956; Canada; Jack Shelton; Ivey Shelton; Tinsley Brown; Balsam Grove; Sols Creek Browning, Cora Jones; w/o Newton; 8 Jun 1889; Sylva; 2 May; Sylva; Coleman Jones; Theodocia Woodard; Newton Browning; Sylva; Lovedale Bryson, John Bee; h/o Lina; 23 Oct 1889; Erastus; 4 Apr; Hamburg; Allen Bryson; Martha Leopard; Lina Bryson; Cullowhee; Double Springs Bryson, Mary Ann; wid/o Jim; 8 May 1880; Jackson Co.; 10 Jul; Sylva; Taylor Fowler; Cinda Bryson; Frank Bryson; Glenville; Hamburg Bryson, WUliam Fitzhugh; wid/o Texas T.; 18 Jan 1866; Sylva; 30 Nov; Sylva; William Hamilton Bryson; Agnes Wilson; Fred Bryson; Sylva; Wesleyanna Buchanan, Thomas Judson; h/o Florence; 3 Dec 1877; Sylva; 30 Jan; Barkers Creek; Silas Buchanan; Eva Brooks; Elbert Carnes; Dillsboro; Old Savannah Buchanan, Lula Green; wid/o Pole; 21 Oct 1883; Jackson Co.; 9 Feb; Sylva; Jerry M. Green; Emma Briggs; Julie Buchanan; Sylva; Greens Creek Bnehanan, John Wilson; h/o Angeline; 13 Jun 1877; Macon Co.; 30 Mar; Sylva; Delonas Buchanan; Elanor Blaine; Mrs. John W. Buchanan; Sylva; Old Field Bnehanan, Henry Bethel; 9 May 1898; Jackson Co.; 7 Jun; Greens Creek; T.F. Buchanan; Hattie Lewis; Eary Buchanan; Sylva; Old Savannah Bnehanan, Ennis Osborne; h/o Lula; 7 Oct 1881; Jackson Co.; 15 Jul; Savannah; Frank Buchanan; Tina Wilson; Lula Buchanan; Greens Creek; East Fork Bumgarner, Cora Maude;, wid/o Penn; 22 Jul 1879; CO; 1 Feb; Sylva; William Hill; Malinda Worley; Mrs. R.L. Revis; Whittier; Bumgarner L t Bumgarner, Minnie Hester; wid/o Rufus Oscar; 6 Aug 1880; Henry Co. VA; 23 May; Sylva; Joseph Nunn; Emma Louise Nunn; Mrs. G.S. Kilpatrick; Sylva; Love's Chapel 25 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 Burch, Gracie Carolyn; w/o Barney; 17 May 1886; Jackson Co.; 16 Oct; Sylva; Fate Davenport; not given; Barney Burch; Sylva; Wesley Chapel \ I Burch, Lillie; w/o Luther; 20 May 1888; Jackson Co.; 26 Oct; Sylva; not given; Helen Bryson; Luther Burch; Sylva; Wesley Chapel Cabe, Elizabeth Coggins; wid/o Joe; 9 Jun 1867; NC; 17 Jan 1960; Webster; Fate Coggins; Nersis Coggins; Zack Hooper; Canton; "church" (?) Cannon, Montreville Byrd; h/o Mary Alice; 26 Jul 1888; Sylva; 22 Aug; Dillsboro; Albert Henry Cannon; Amanda Allison; James C. Cannon; Dillsboro; Parris Catolster, WUliam; wid/o Sally; 15 Jun 1875; NC; 18 Jan 1957; Indian reservation; Charlie Catolster; Eva Wolfe; Alexander Catolster; Cherokee; "Family" Cole, James Monroe; h/o Carrie T.; 31 Oct 1888; NC; 6 Jun; Cullowhee; Joseph Cole; Cynthia Hoyle; Mrs. James M. Cole; Cullowhee; Cullowhee Baptist Cope, George Cebern; wid/o Alice H.; 30 Jul 1874; NC; 25 Feb; Sylva; George Cope; Melissa Arrington; Robert Cope; Sylva; "church" Cunningham, Samuel Cary; h/o Ellar; 24 May 1896; Dillsboro; 25 Nov; Sylva; George Cunningham; Samantha Hensley; Ellar Cunningham; Sylva; Parris Dalton, Arnold Columbus; wid/o Lessie Robinson; 28 Jan 1883; Macon Co.; 6 Dec; Sylva; not given; Josephine Dalton; Charles Oscar Dalton; Dillsboro; Franklin - Long Branch Daves, BeUe Alexander; wid/o John; 14 Jun 1882; NC; 28 Jan; Ben Alexander; Hulda Ashe: Luther Alexander; Tuckasegee; "church" DUls, Frank; 29 May 1888; Dillsboro; 11 Feb; Dillsboro; Jasper S. Dills; Emma Prudy Rogers: Ralph ; Canton; Sutton Dills, Alien Jonah; wid/o Cora Henson; 3 Jun 1881; Sylva; 15 Oct; Sylva; Allen Bartlett Dills Josephine Brendle; Willa Mae Scroggs; Sylva; Dills >^j Dyer, Jerry Louis; h/o Laura; 25 Jan 1867; NC; 27 Jan; Sylva; John Dyer; Kate Chambers Laura Dyer; Bryson City; Watkins - Bryson City Elman, John William; h/o Amanda; 4 Aug 1891; Deny PA; 15 Aug; Qualla; William Elman; Anna Mensinger; Alameda Elman; Greensburg PA; Westmoreland PA Elyea, Rosa; 29 Apr 1874; Millian GA; 6 Oct; Cashiers; George W. Dwelle; Jane Luke Gray; George Elyea; Atlanta; Oakland - Atlanta Ensley, VaUie Carylee; 17 Mar 1879; Macon Co.; 14 Jan; Sylva; Columbus Dalton; Josephine Dalton; Mrs. T.D. Sluder, Columbia SC; Franklin - Long Branch Fincannon, Rhoda Brunettie; wid/o John; 30 May 1881; Jackson Co.; 10 Jul; Ham Wykle; Jane Beasley; Jeneva Summey; Waynesville; Barkers Creek Fisher, William Lee; wid/o Rhoda Jane Mills; 4 Oct 1873; NC; 12 May; Sylva; William Towers Fisher; not given; Mrs. Don Fisher; Sylva; Crawford Frady, Rebecca Ann; wid/o Samuel B.; 16 Mar 1888; Swain Co.; 2 Feb; Sylva; Henry Queen; Becky Ray; Ellis Frady; Sylva; Wesley Chapel Frady, Sarah Buchanan; wid/o Albert; 7 Dec 1861; Jackson Co.; 21 Jun; Sylva; Charles S. Buchanan; Minerva Green; Julie Buchanan; Sylva; Greens Creek Gass, Daniel C ; wid/o Dona G.; 9 Aug 1878; TN; 21 Jan; Whittier; Horace Gass; Tina Conner; Wade Gass; Bryson City; Shoal Creek (Thomas?) Gerhardstein, Cynthia Bethel; w/o Chris A.; 22 Mar 1892; NC; 5 Jun; Sylva; John B. Ensley; Molly Queen; Chris A. Gerhardstein; Asheville; Keener Godfrey, Allen Frank; h/o Icie Wall; 28 Nov 1885; GA; 28 Mar; Sylva; John Wesley Godfrey; Fannie Turpin; Mrs. Frank Godfrey; Clayton, GA; Rabun Gap 26 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 Green, Loyd McKinley; h/o Lula; 30 Jun 1889; Haywood Co.; 19 Jan; Sylva; Mack Green; Mary Smith; Floyd Green; Gulf Breeze FL; Parris Green, Delcie Violena; w/o Willis; 6 Jun 1899; Macon Co.; 10 Jul; Sylva; Gilbert D. Mashburn; Mary Louise Styles; Andrew J. Mashburn; Franklin; Hensley Green, Theodore Dolph; wid/o Hannah; 10 Aug 1877; McDowell Co.; 16 Nov; Scotts Creek; Henry Green; Mary Louisa Hogan; Mrs. Irvin Pannell; Sylva; Addie Gunter, Laura Elizabeth; 13 Feb 1874; Whittier NC; 3 Aug; Barkers Creek; Jim Brooks; Caroline Buchanan; Frank Gunter; Waynesville; Barkers Creek Gunter, Claude; h/o Bonnie; 6 Jan 1896; Whittier; 24 Nov; Sylva; Thad Gunter; Josephine Messer, Bonnie Gunter; Whittier; Barkers Creek Harris, Shuford; h/o Tiny; 6 Oct 1880; Jackson Co.; 7 Jul; John Harris; Molly Queen; John Harris; Longview WA; Harris Harris, WUliam Thomas; h/o Coralee; 3 Feb 1881; Sylva; 27 Dec; Sylva; Benjamin Harris; Mary Ann Monteith; Azalee Shepherd; Waynesville; Old Field Henson, William Rickmond; h/o Lizzie; 5 Mar 1893; Jackson Co.; 17 Mar; Sylva; William Rufus Henson; Laura Crawford; Lizzie Henson; Sylva; Addie Higdon, Manuel Baxter; 19 Jun 1885; NC; 18 Jun; Sylva; Joseph Higdon; not given; Paul Higdon; Bryson City; Maple Springs - Bryson City Holden, Mary DrusiUa; wid/o Robert Lee; 8 Aug 1882; NC; 8 Oct; Cullowhee; Edley Taylor; Belsora Norton; Iris Sherrill; Cullowhee; Hooper - Speedwell Hooper, Bertha Lorene; wid/o Hershell; 25 Feb 1886; Sylva; 15 Feb; Sylva; John B. Ensley; Mary Queen; John L. Hooper; Mountain Home TN; Keener Hoyle, Baxter Napoleon; h/o Fannie Parris; 28 Sep 1890; Sylva; 2 May; Sylva; Martin Hoyle; Alice Blanton; Alvin Hoyle; Sylva; Blanton Hyatt, Ora Nichols;w/o Baxter; 15 Sep 1887; Sylva; 21 May; Sylva; W.H. Nichols; Robena Moody; Walter Hyatt; Whittier; Green Hill - Waynesville Jones, John Baxter; h/o Fannie; 18 Nov 1883; NC; 22 Mar; Barkers Creek; Richard Jones; Nations; Raymond Jones; Whittier, Nations Jones, David Elbert; h/o Myrtie L.; 3 Sep 1883; Madison NY; 18 Apr; Qualla; not given; not given; Myrtie L. Jones; Tampa FL; Hamilton NY Jones, James; h/o Evelyn L.; 24 Nov 1897; Haywood Co.; 5 Dec; Sylva; R.A. Jones; Clarica McDaniel; Evelyn L. Jones; Whittier; Dellwood Keener, Ida W.; wid/o James; 19 Nov 1874; Sylva; 18 May; Sylva; Richard Wilson; Ezabelle Hix Wilson *; J.E. Keener; Sylva; Keener Lowe, William Henry; h/o Gladys Viola; 12 Feb 1899; Newcastle IN; 16 Aug; Sylva; Henry Shyer Lowe; Emma Catherine Concler; Mrs. W.H. Lowe; Naples FL; Crestlawn - Naples FL Massey, Maude Payne; w/o James Henry; 15-Jun 1888; NC; 4 Sep; Dillsboro; Taylor Payne; Harriet Payne; James H. Massie; Sylva; "church" Mathis, Simon; 8 Jul 1886; Swain Co.; 28 Jul; Sylva; Pete Mathis; Francis Bradley; David Mathis; Whittier, Union Hill Mathis, Boone; h/o Emily; 14 Feb 1890; Jackson Co.; 26 Oct; Sylva; Joe Mathis; Rebecca Ashe; Venia Mathis; Tuckasegee; Mathis Messer, Hannah Anne; wid/o Charlie Sr.; 4 Apr 1880; Swain Co.; 9 Oct; Sylva; Lee Frady; Emma Barker; Charlie Messer Jr.; Sylva; Messer Miller, Millie Ophelia; wid/o John; 18 Mar 1891; Macon Co.; 10 Sep; Sylva; Thad Winstead; Betty Folcher ?; Lillian Clawson; Sylva; Parris 27 u Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 Mills, Mary EsteUa; w/o Rufus; 5 Jun 1884; Sylva; 25 Sep; Sylva; Will Bumgarner; Frances Bumgarner; Pearl Jacobs; Cullowhee; Cullowhee Baptist Moore, James Robert; h/o Dessie Henson; 27 Apr 1884; NC; 20 Dec; Cullowhee; Columbus Moore; Annie Rolan; Mrs. J.R. Moore; Cullowhee; "church" McCaU, Willie Hicks; h/o Anna; 30 Apr 1872; Cashiers; 5 Jan; Cashiers; J.C. McCall; Martha Jackson; Leamon McCall; Cashiers; Zachary Nicholson, Frances Parthenia; wid/o George Thomas; 22 Jan 1880; GA; 16 Feb; Sylva; John Henry Page; Minervia Talley; R.R. Nicholson Sr.; Sylva; Coward Nicholson, James Norman; 4 Aug 1881; Cowarts; 1 Aug; Canada; George Nicholson; Marinda Hooper; Herbert Nicholson; Tuckasegee; Wood Norman, Hester Blanton; wid/o Ed; 9 Feb 1886; NC; 25 Dec 1960; Sylva; W.R. Blanton; Depina Ensley; Mrs. Glenn Crawford; Norman Norman, Lavada Johnson; wid/o George; 29 Jan 1883; NC; 15 Sep; Sylva; John Johnson; Rebecca Green; Leo Johnson; Sylva; Norman Owen, James Elbert; 5 Jan 1891; Jackson Co.; 14 Apr; Canada; Baxter Owen; Mary Wood; Garland Owen; Tuckasegee; Shepherd - Hendersonville Owen, Fred Clement; h/o Lela; 29 Aug 1897; VA; 10 Oct; Sylva; D.W. Owen; Ann Elizabeth Hundley; Mrs. Fred Owen; Durham; Maplewood - Durham Pangle, Allen Rufus; 17 Oct 1889; Dillsboro; 4 Dec 1960; Dillsboro; Will Pangle; Mary Sutton; James C. Pangle; Sylva; Locust Field Parker, Dovie Levada; 1 Oct 1888; Jackson Co.; 5 Feb; Sylva; Matt Parker; Martha Hooper; Mrs. Dan Cowan; Webster; Stillwell -., Parris, Lettie Emaline; wid/o Manley; 13 Jul 1876; Balsam; 3 Sep; Scotts Creek; Cole Bryson; >^y Ollie Henson; Fred Parris; Hendersonville; Addie Passmore, Andrew Floyd; wid/o Minnie; 9 Oct 1881; NC; 28 Sep; Sylva; James Passmore; Lucy Moore; Howard J. Ball; Sylva; Sweetwater Church - Hayesville Peterson, Hugh; h/o Patricia Elizabeth Russell; 21 Aug 1898; Ailey GA; 3 Oct; Sylva; William James Peterson; Catherina Johanna Calhoun; Hugh Peterson Jr.; Peterson - Montgomery Co. GA Price, Laura Annie; wid/o William S.; 27 Aug 1871; NC; 17 Apr; Jasper Watkins; Catherine Dills; Fred Littleton; Franklin; Salem Methodist - Franklin Ramsay, Robert S. Sr.; h/o Katheryne M.; 12 Jun 1899; Memphis TN; 1 Sep; Balsam; Will A. Ramsay; Amelia Mitchell; Mrs. R.S. Ramsay; Balsam; Memorial Park - Memphis Reed, Mary Callie; 10 Dec 1867; Jackson Co.; 12 Oct; Sylva; Jim Buchanan; Lou Buchanan; Grady Reed; Sylva; Old Savannah Ridley, Ava Viola; w/o Charlie; 2 Jun 1884; Macon Co.; 11 May; Berry Elders; Elizabeth Chastain; Myrtle Tallent; Sylva; Parris Robertson, Zed Douglas; 19 May 1888; Lancaster Co SC; 19 Jul; Cashiers; Z.L. Robertson; Labisiana Rollings; W.B. Chandler; Abbeville SC; A.R.P. Due West SC SherriU, Mary Cowan; wid/o W.R. 29 Jul 1874; Webster; 17 Feb; Sylva; Joseph Cowan; Sarah Allman; Evelyn Sherrill; Sylva; Keener Sherrill, Augustus WUburn; h/o Maude W.; 16 May 1880; NC; 8 Mar; Cullowhee; Hugh B. Sherrill; Georgianna Sherrill; Mrs. Maude W. Sherrill; Cullowhee; Thomas Chapel - Bryson City Shook, Willard D.; 22 Oct 1879; NC; 25 Feb; Canada; James C. Shook; Nellie Shelton; Mrs. Lonnie Bolt; Brevard; Rock Bridge Shook, Clarey Jane; w/o Jim; 17 Jun 1896; Jackson Co.; 27 Sep; Sylva; Washie Hooper; Louisa V_V Golden; Jim Shook; Glenville; Shook 28 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 Sorrells, Joseph Marion; h/o Anna; 10 May 1878; Macon Co.; 16 Mar; Savannah; Will Sorrells; Millie Brown; Ira Watson; Sylva; Zion Hill StUlwell, Molly Jane; 22 May 1879; Jackson Co.; 28 Nov; Webster; Harvey Stillwell; Amanda Buchanan; Clifford Beck; Sylva; Stillwell Tallent, Jess; h/o Fannie Campbell; 18 Oct 1879; Macon Co.; 12 Sep; Sylva; John Logan Tallent; Amanda Jacobs; Claude L. Tallent; Connelly Springs; Iotla Methodist - Franklin Thompson, Mack Grady; h/o Ethel Johnson; 7 Oct 1891; NC; 3 Mar; Sylva; William S. Thompson; Sallie Angel; Grady Thompson; Oakwood GA; Ridgecrest - Franklin Thornton, John Pinkney; wid/o Martha; 29 Sep 1884; Spartanburg SC; 9 May; Sylva; Robert Thornton; Francis Gassett; Mrs. S.C. Thornton; Sylva; Cowpens SC Tower, Sarah Edith; w/o Frank; 20 Jun 1885; Meadville MO; 4 Jul; Sylva; William Hinton; Mary Ann Ainsworth; Mariane Ritter; Sarasota FL; Bethel- Franklin Watson, Garland F.; h/o Etta Golden; 14 Apr 1884; NC; 6 Mar; River ?; Robert Watson; Sara Knight; Etta G. Watson; Tuckasegee; Shook Watson, Rhoda Ann; 24 Jan 1896; Jackson Co.; 15 Nov; Cullowhee; J.M. Watson; Nannie Hoxit; Rufus Watson; Cullowhee; Cullowhee Wilson, Ollie Mae; 12 May 1895; Leicester NC; 2 Mar; Sylva; A.H. Wilson; Donna Wells; Mrs. Frederick Love; Sylva; Alexander Chapel - Leicester Wike, Eliza; wid/o Richard; 19 Dec 1885; Jackson Co.; 19 Dec; Sylva; Bill Cantrell; not given; Hayes Wike; Cullowhee; Wike Woodard, George Washington; h/o Ella; 25 May 1887; Gay; 24 Aug; Savannah; John Woodard; Mandy Williams; Mrs. G.W. Woodard; Sylva; Zion Hill R a c h e l M e s s e r A f f i d a v i t [The following is shared by Society member Deanne Gibson Roles from her'Society program in January.] State of North Carolina Haywood County This day personally appeared before me Samuel Gibson one of the acting Justices of the Peace for said County and State aforesaid, Rachel Messer, widow and Relict of Solomon Messer now dec'd and after being swom deposith and saith that she was married to Solomon Messer now dec'd in the county of Lincoln in this state, and that Joseph Messer now dec'd was as she understood both from her husband Solomon Messer now deed & Joseph Messer also she understands is deed, formerly of the County of Livingston in the State of Kentucky were brothers and that she & her husband Solomon Messer was at Joseph Messer now deed, in the County of Livingston in the state of Kentucky in the year 1816 or 1817, & that Joseph Messer Jr., Solomon Messer, John Messer, Reuben Messer, Henry Messer, Jane Messer, now married to Jas Turpin, Elizabeth Messer, Sally Messer, Margaret Messer, Anna Messer, Polly Messer, Rachel Messer are the children of Solomon Messer & herself. Swom to and subscribed before me this 29 day of Jan 1845. Isl Samuel Gibson JP Rachel Messer (her mark) [Ed. Interesting that given the date of this document, the other daughters are still called "Messer." All were middle-aged women by this time and all were married. Probably most of the Jackson County Messers descend here.] 29 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 Ellender Parris family continued from p. 24 KJ Ellender Parris married 9 Jul 1841 Bartlett Dills and they were the parents of: GrandchUd #46... Alf red Marion Dills (25 Oct 1 8 4 3 - 2 9 Sep 1925) who married Matilda Viann Corbin. This family lived in Macon County, and Alfred and Viann are buried there in the Jennings Cemetery. Their children: Mary Lavonia Dills (4 Jan 1868 - 26 Aug 1952) unmarried Allen Leander Dills (4 Dec 1869 - 15 Feb 1961) m. Elma Elizabeth Higdon Nancy Caldonia Dills (9 Dec 1872 - 4 Aug 1954) m. Mack Monroe Pressley Vian Arizona Dills (22 Feb 1875 - 6 Mar 1952) m. Samuel P. Young Sarah Viola Dills (21 Apr 1877 - 26 Dec 1964) m. Jacob I. Young John Ramsey Dills (12 Jun 1879 - ?) Harley Marion Dills (16 Jun 1881 - 1 Feb 1926) m. Tiney West Notes on these families: 01) JCGS members Cance Carnes, Brian McMahan, and Ocie Stinnett descend from Betsy Parris Dills through three different ones of her children. 02) JCGS member Denise Jenkins Haney descends from Ellender Parris Dills. 03) Hard - working genealogist and former JCGS member Dillard Ensley descends from Ellender Parris. 04) One of the more intriguing genealogical problems in the Parris family is associated with this line. Family members, especially in the John Bowen Ensley family, knew that -„, Cynthia Parris's biological father was Joseph Messer. What was not emerging was which >^_y Parris daughter was her mother. The late Audrey Buchanan Goddard, a lineal descendant of Cynthia, straightened all of this out with reference to an old letter which named "Nellie" Parris. "Nellie" is of course a nickname for Ellender. Mystery solved. Undoubtedly, Ellender had been misplaced in family memory because of her early death. 05) See Journeys Through Jackson January - February 2001 for the Alfred Marion Dills family Bible. 06) The daughter of Cynthia who was named Mary Ann led researchers (editor included) on a wild goose chase because of an unusual genealogical circumstance. Mary Ann had a husband, son, grandson, and son-in-law all named J.R. Long. Again, Audrey Goddard to the rescue, even with a humorous story about the son and son-in-law opposing each other in a local political election. 30 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 1 9 1 6 L e t t e r F r o m O s c a r W i l s o n [Ed. The following is shared by JCGS member R.O. Wilson. We have kept the original spellings, but we have added spacing for punctuation. The letter relates all of the illnesses in the family, but also is a good example of the Jackson Countians who left the Appalachians for the Pacific Northwest and the economic opportunity there. It even adds one small political note. R.O. is a nephew of Oscar Wilson.] Joyce Clallam Co. Wash September the 24 1916 Camp 7 Dear brother I received your letter on the 20 I was sorry to hear that pa is dead I have ben expecting to hear of his death most any time. I am glad to now that the balance of you ar all well and getting along all rite. This leaves us all well at the present tho some of us have bin sick often and on for the last two years Roy was sick last spring and (illegible) with an abses of the somache and we had to take him to the hospital and have an operation. It cost me $150 and Ralph was sliding down the street on a sled in the snow last January and fell off and hit his side against a piece of scantling sticking out of the snow and it liked to killed him thair was ten days that we thought he wood not live but he got all rite in about two months I taken the grip and neumony in april 1914 and was all that summer that I could not do any thing. And Christmas before that Laura threw her ankle out of place and was two months crippling around with that and at that time the children all had the hoopen coff and Donnie taken relaps at the time I had the grip and it settled in her throat and tonsils and gathered in the side of her neck and had to bea operated on. I spent $400 then and $200 since nad has got about $400 in det Times is pety good now crops ar good this year I am a 125 miles west acoss the sound in a loging camp I am filing sawsLget four dollard a days I have about 75 saws to file I have a helper this is the Puget sound mill and timber co. they saw 290,000 feet a day thair ar three camps hear the work about five hundred men they have had a big fire this weak and burnt up one camp and four bridges. It is about thirty miles out to cape flattery that is the comer of the u.s. land I will go-home when the election comes off country So I will haft to close for this time Emmer and all is getting along Wilson is collecing lots of republican vots in this rite soon as possible and let me know how Sallie Yours truly Oscar Wilson 31 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 KJ Ky Above, a likeness of Oscar Wilson, author of the letter on the previous page. Below, the envelope for that letter. ^ ______ KJ 32 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 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 with the county court minutes, as transcribed by JCGS member Ruth Shuler.] Continuation of Minutes for June 1854 Term Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 20 January 2004, Hunter Library Microfilm #413-185 Thursday morning Court met according to adjournment Present: Peter King, Allen Fisher, Alexander Bumgarner Ordered by court that the county court clerk be authorized to issue a rendition Expenses to the Sherriff of this County for the sale of a tract of land levied on as the property of A. Cogdell by F. W. Potts, Constable, known as the Stiles tract at the instance of M. Frances. Ordered by court that James Buchanan, son of John Buchanan, be exempted from working on public roads for three years (word three crossed out). (End of page 49) H. L. Potts vs. Henry Wilkes and Ute Sherrill; Appeal; Pleas severally. Gen. issue statute of limitations. The following named jurrors were swom and empannelled to try the issue, to wit: 1. A.H. Queen 6. Amos Ash 2. Hudson-Coward 7. JohnD. Brown 3. L. C. Hooper 8. P. L. Davis 4. John Montieth 9. John N. Queen 5. Nathan Allen 10. John Green By agreement between the partners, ten were to be a sufficient number of jurrors, who find all the issues in favor of Plaintiff. Therefore it is considered by the court here present that the Plaintiff recover eight dollars & fifty cents to bear interest from March 15th 1854 until paid, together with the costs of the suit to be taxed by the clerk from which judgment the Defendants prays an appeal to the Superior Court which is granted and give for security E. D. Davis. The following named persons Court (Viz): Benjamin Harris James Buckham John H. Watson Philip Wike A. D. McKinny James Wilson John W. Gibbs A. J. Wood Elias Norton James Queen Wm. Brown A. K. Taylor John Stewart Lewis Tilly (end of page 50) were drawn to serve as jurrors at September term of the Superior Elkanah Ash Thompson Wilson Silas Green David Birchfield John Rives (?) Andrew Pressley John W. Conley James Conley William Conley D. L. Dillard William Tatham Jason Barker Rufus Fisher James Hall John Ensley John Enloe John Gribble Samuel Buchanan Andrew Bryson Jesse Lowe Albert Low Andrew Cope Moses Butler Abram Low William Farley Robert Collins 33 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 (Note: The following table was not identified by name; however, the paragraph following the table refers to the swearing-in of the Judges of Elections and mentions the Justices of the Peace. It would appear, then, that these names reflect the Judges of Elections.) Precincts Scotts Creek A. Bumgarner JP Savannah J. Wilson JP Cullowhee J. Wike JP Caney Fork Wm. Hooper JP Cashiers Valey A. Zachary, JP Shoal Creek J. B. Sherrill JP Deep Creek M. Coleman JP Hog Back (whole?) Governor J. B. Love G. Buckham Isaac Ash Wm. Tatham John Watson G. W. Bryson J. W. Davis F. Huffman Senate Thos. Gribble Sam Parris Wm. Higdon J. R. Buckham H Bumgarner H. Wilson Edward Hooper D. M. Brown Commons Sherriff P. L. Davis Andrew Cope Nathan Allen Rufus Fisher Jacob Mason Silas Green J. M. Hooper A. Pressley Jesse Hall Chs. Buckham R. V. Hix A. Bryson William Brown A. D. Hooper H. Coward J. D. Brown A. Zachary A. D. McKiny Watson Enloe J. W. Conly Elias Norton M. Zachary William Farley Sam. Beck Jesse Low Wm. Norton S. W. Hill Thmp. Wilson G. W. Cooper Allen Parker Jms. Kirkland Robert Birchfield E. Dill James Reid W. Barton Jessee Low John Mingus N. Hyatt Robert Collins W.M. Enloe Wm. Garrett W. A. Enloe Nat. Thompson Jms. Wiggins L. H. Galloway Abram Low John Fisher Sam Reed Ordered by court that the several Justices appointed to swear the Judges of elections be appointed to take in the taxable property for 1854 (end of page 51) Ordered by Court that Charles Bumgarner, W. H. Bryson, and Amos Ash be appointed Commissioners to view and lay off Tuckasiege River (for the passage of fish as provided in the Statute in such cases) from the mouth of Cullowhee Creek to the County line of Macon County. And further ordered that said Commissioners designate a certain portion of the river for that purpose and report to next term of this Court. The execution of a deed for lands from William Sutton to William Higdon was duly proven before the court and by the oath of Warren Barker, one of the subscribing witnesses therto, and ordered to be registered. Certified June 26th A.D. 1854 The execution of a deed for lands from William Tatham to William Higdon was duly acknowledged in open court by William Tatham, the maker therof, and ordered to be registered. The execution of a deed for lands from John A. B. (Fitzg)? C & M.E. of Haywood County to Daniel Bryson was duly proven in open court by the oath of Robert Bryson, the subscribing witness therto. Recorded & ordered to be registered. The execution of a deed for lands from W. R. Fortner to Levi Brown was duly proven in open court by E. D. Davis, one of the subscribing witnesses therto, and ordered to be registered. KJ Ky KJ 34 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 The execution of a deed for lands from Elizabeth Sherrill to J. (T.?) A. Thompson was duly proven in open court by the oath of G. W. Lemming, one of the subscribing witnesses therto, and ordered to be registered, (end of page 52) The execution of a deed for lands from James Wilson to John Gribble was duly acknowledged in open court by James Wilson, the maker therof, and ordered to be registered. The execution of a deed for lands from Moses Watson to Henry Watson, Andrew J. Watson, and Leander Watson was duly acknowledged in open court by Moses Watson, the maker therof, and ordered to be registered. The execution of a deed forpersonal property from Moses Watson to Moses Leander Watson was duly acknowledged in open court by Moses Watson, the maker therof, and ordered to be registered. The execution of five different deeds for lands from William Barnes to J. N. Whitner was duly proven in open court by the oath of S. W. Hill, one of the subscribing witnesses therto, and ordered to be registered. David Hall records the ear mark of his stock (to wit) a swallow fork and under bit in each ear. (end of page 53) Minutes, September Term 1854 (Note: These minutes appear to record items that have taken place since June term of court but before September term is officially opened.) Deeds and Recorded at said Court, North Carolina, County of Jackson The execution of a deed for lands from Daniel Wood to Hosea Bumgarner was duly acknowledged before the Court by Daniel Wood, the maker therof, recorded, and ordered to be registered. Certified September 22nd A.D. 1854. The execution of a deed for lands from James H. Bryson to Hosea Bumgarner was duly acknowledged before the Court by James Bryson, the maker therof, recorded, and ordered to be registered. Certified September 22nd A.D. 1854. The execution of a deed for lands from W. W. Enloe to J. H. Parks was duly acknowledged before the court by W. W. Enloe, the maker thereof, recorded, and ordered to be registered. Certified September 22nd A.D. 1854. The execution of a deed for lands from William Parton to Isaac Brooks was duly proven before the court by the oath of Simpson H. Brooks, recorded, and ordered to be registered. Certified September 22nd A.D. 1854. The execution of a deed for lands from Jacob Mason to Elcanah Ash was duly acknowledged before the court by Jacob Mason, the maker therof, recorded, and ordered to be registered. Certified September 22nd A.D. 1854. 35 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 -e- The execution of a deed for lands from William Moss to John H. Watson was duly proven before * the court by the oath of Joseph Keener, the subscribing witness therto, recorded, and ordered to KJ be registered. Certified September 22nd A.D. 1854. (End of page 54) The execution of two different deeds for land from Jones Jenkins to D. J. Allen was duly proven before the court by the oath of N. Birchfield, one of the subscribing witnesses therto. Recorded, and ordered to be registered. Certified September 22nd A.D. 1854. The execution of a deed for lands from William Sloan to Jessee Owens (nextportion left out) the maker therof, recorded, and ordered to be registered. Certified September 22 A.D. 1854. The execution of a deed for lands from Amos Sheperd to R. L. D. Burchfield was duly proven before the court by the oath of N. Birchfield and ordered to be registered. Certified September 22nd A.D. 1854. The execution of a deed for lands from Allen Fisher to W. W. Lowdermilk was duly acknowledged before the court by Allen Fisher, the maker therof, recorded, and ordered to be registered. Certified September 22nd A.D. 1854. The execution of a deed for lands from W. H. Bryson to James Wilson was duly acknowledged before the court by W. H. Bryson, the maker therof, recorded, and ordered to be registered. Certified September 22nd A.D. 1854. (End of page 55) KJ A L i t t l e H u m o r In the March-April 2003 issue of Journeys, we remarked about the foresight of a Georgia legislator with a sense of humor. (He had proposed that all Georgia restaurants be required by law to serve sweet tea.) Thanks to the tenaciousness of JCGS member Linda Hnghes Collins, we now have the business card and a short note from Georgia Representative John Noel, who represents District 44 in the Georgia House. Linda met Representative Noel, showed him the JTJ, and received some nice remarks from him. KJ 36 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 A u t o b i o g r a p h y o f F l o r a J a n e Z a c h a r y W a t k i n s [Ed. We print the following with the gracious permission of Connie Ganz of Lake Oswego, OR. Prepared for JTJ by JCGS member Ruth Shuler.] AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF FLORA JANE ZACHARY WATKINS (30 Mar 1856-1945) [Bracketed information added by Connie Ganz, ggg-granddaughter via Flora's son Talmage Watkins] I was bom in Cashiers, Jackson County, North Carolina, in the year 1856. My brother [Charles Franklin Zachary, b 1869] and I were great chums and worked together at little projects about the bam and garden. We had a little playhouse and a cemetery, where we buried all our little pets. My father fMordecai Zachary] had a sawmill and grist mills and brought me little squirrels and other pets. If they died, we buried them in the cemetery in front of my mother's [Elvira Evelina Keener Zachary] window. My father had a nice orchard of ap£le trees, and I have been in the top of every one of them and gathered some of the most delicious apples anybody ever tasted: Granny Rogers, Morgans, and other varieties. Some of the trees are still there, others gone with time. Many families of the Southern aristocracy came to this valley [Cashiers Valley NC] for the summer season, and many of them boarded in our house. Among these were the Hamptons [Lieutenant General Wade Hampton III, 1818-1902 - Governor of SC 1877-79 and considered by some the wealthiest man in the US prior to the Civil War]* the Prestons [Wade's first wife was Margaret Frances Preston, daughter of Gen. Francis Preston 1796-1832], and the Calhouns (John C.) [John Caldwell Calhoun 1782-1850]. We had a handsome croquet yard. I have played croquet with young Wade Hampton [b 1840], son of the general by his second [sic—Wade was bom from the first marriage] marriage. General Hampton had three children, two boys and a girl [?]. I used to ride behind young Wade on his horse. One day he had started hunting on a mule. The mule jumped and he fell and broke his leg. Miss Kate Hampton brought him a cushion to put his foot on. He said, "There's no use for you to pray for God to make you any better, for you are as good as God Almighty will let you be." Miss Kate and her sisters did much service for the people who lived in the community. They distributed literature, taught classes in Sunday school, and did many other things for the people. They were model Christians in every respect. One Sunday, the carriage of the general [Hampton] was driving upO to the church. The general alighted, with the baby [George, Mary, Alfred, or Catherine?] in his arms, and assisted his wife [second wife Mary Singleton McDuffie, married Jan. 27,1858] to the ground. Then-he offered her die babe to hold wtiile he helped the Negro nurse. Mrs. Hampton drew herself up with great '_ and refused. General Hampton's sister-in-law was Mrs. Dunwoodie; her son went with [my] sister Mary. Mrs. Dunwoodie was left widowed when her husband was killed in South Carolina. She brought her children to Cashiers Valley. She was also a sister-in-law of Preacher Edwards. I went to school in Cashiers Valley, to the fall school, which held for a term of about four months each year. The teacher boarded at Uncle Bill Norton's. Later, I taught two schools at Whittier [NC]. I also taught a subscription school at Bryson City [NC]. From there, I went to the school established by the Friends [Quakers] at Maryville TN [Maryville College]. I lived here for four years, in the house of Mrs. Newby; paying a part of nty expenses by sewing for this lady. At the end of four years, I graduated from this school. During this time, I never once returned to my home for a vacation. I went with Mrs. Newby's children to school. 37 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 James Bruff, a professor in the school, was one of my good friends. One Sunday, just as I was —• resting after dinner, Professor Bruff came by to ask me to go on a walk with him. He had broken KJ two roses from the bush, and he gave one of them to me. As we sat and talked, his rose disappeared, and he asked for mine. Years later, after my marriage, I was ripping up the skirt I had worn on this day and found the dried rose in one of its folds. I met Mr. [John Christian] Watkins in Webster [NC] at the home of my sister, Mary [Mary Talula Zachary, b 1855], two weeks after my return from school. This was in June, and in October of the same year [October 14,1880] we were married. When I was introduced to him, I was holding Mary's baby [Lettie, Max, or Roland Coggins Jr., from fourth marriage to Roland Coggins May 10,1874?], and said, "If I get up, someone will have to hold the baby." After our marriage, we lived in Webster. There had never been a Sunday school in Webster with literature. I took up a collection to order literature. After we married, he would not go to the Methodist Sunday school. I went on. Finally, they organized the Baptist Sunday school and asked me if I could go with him. He was well-pleased. After Rosa was bom [ 1888 or 1889], I joined the Baptist Church. We entertained Dr. M. N. Curry and Preacher Conley from Thursday until Monday. Dr. Curry explained the Baptist faith from the Bible. (Mr. Watkins was about 40 [sic-he was bom in 1837, so was actually 33] and I was 22 [sic - she was bom in 1856, so was actually 24] when we were married. We moved to Dillsboro [NC] when [fourth child John Dixon, who followed Richard, Charles, and William Leber in birth order - all bom in Webster] Dixon was a baby. [He was bom around 1886.] The other children [Benjamin, Talmage, Rosa, Fred, Paul, and Tom] were bom here [in Dillsboro]. We started the church here. The Earleys, Watkins, Mason, and Dills were the first families to move here. Then came the Enloes. (We were in Dillsboro when the first train came \j through. There was a great celebration. A dinner was spread down at the tunnel, and all the convicts were fed. [William] Leber was a baby. This was about 1886 [1885?]. Judge Davis said, "Call him Judge." Mr. Watkins was a magistrate for 16 years and never had a case turned down. Leber took "hip-joint disease" when he was nine. He was sent to Atlanta and kept there for two months. Dr. Hipkiss [how funny is that?] from Baltimore was in Dillsboro and waited on Leber. Advised sending him to Atlanta. Mr. Harris said, "I want an interest in this cure," and handed Mr. Watkins a bill. We bought this home [on Haywood Road, now the Squire Watkins Inn in Dillsboro NC] soon after we came to Dillsboro. Mr. Watkins built a little shack to live in and moved over here. Started this house when Pa came home from Tennessee. He had a kiln. Had started the house then. Got the lumber from mills throughout the country. The house was patterned after the old [childhood] home ]Mordecai Zachary House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1998]. Lindsey Bumgardner built it. It had no windows for a year or two. Boards served for windows. The house was not finished when Mr. Watkins died. I finished it. The house was damaged by men blasting nearby. Walter Moore entered suit for damages. From this, I received enough money to finish up the house and paint it. Many of the supplies were ordered from Hickory. Charles Rich painted it white. Mr. Watkins died in 1899. Left his property covered with mortgages...He had gone on the sheriffs bond and everything was covered. Mr. Hooker advertised it for sale. I said, "It is not I you are turning out in the street. It is a house full of little helpless children. You cannot stand on - the fence and fall on both sides. You are their lawyer." He replied, "Before God and man, I am KJ doing the best for you." Mr. Moore said, "You and Leber write 160 letters tonight. Mail them 38 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 out to every lodge (Masonic) in the state. State the circumstances." We did this, and the money poured in. I went to Judge Davis and tried to borrow money. He had just loaned every dollar to the Cullowhee school. He sent me to the Wike girls. They had loaned all theirs. We met Jim Buchanan. "Did you get the money?" "No." He wrote me a check for $600. [Son] Charlie [Watkins] went to work for Mr. Harris. We put every available dollar on the house and got it paid off. Charlie decided he could be of more help if he went west [California] with Charlie Zachary [Flora's brother]. We kept on.digging and . They wanted me to give away my children. Hooker said, "Let it go on sale and then you can borrow money." Miss Hattie Moore, a teacher, wanted [son] Fred [Watkins], seven. She would give him a horse and $100 when he was 21.1, thinking it over, saw a picture of my boy looking through iron bars if I did not let them take him. I said, "I will stand it if I can." He stayed one month. I sent them money and said to send him home. I thought I would die before I got him back home. I said, "If we starve, we will starve together." Mrs. Morrison gave me many quotations from the Scripture where the Lord would take care of widows and orphans. (It was after this I sent for him.) When [son] Fred was 15 or 16, he got a job as a news butch. Worked for over a year. Came home and went to school here. Professor Dawson was teaching here. Later, he joined the Navy. Once, he told me the preacher said to him, "My son, will you never wake up?" Fred said to me, "Mama, I felt the hand on my shoulder." He served in the Navy until his four years were up, in 1918. He was discharged. He worker in New York as a steward in a cafe. told me Fred didn't look Well. Next day, I went to New York and brought him back to Asheville. He died in October 1918 [flu epidemic?]. Next year Talmage died [in Byrd GA, south of Rome, where he was stationed as a railroad employee] with influenza. I made four trips to California to see [son] Charlie [Watkins], [half-sister by father's second marriage] Rose [Zachary Fisher], [half-sister by father's second marriage] Hattie [Zachary Boyd], Joe [?], [half-brother by father's second marriage] Sam [Zachary], and brother Charlie [Zachary]. One time, I stayed a year. My [son] Charlie was in Mexico in 1916, when the U.S. and Mexico had the trouble. He wrote me to come to Camino [CA], sixth miles from Sacramento, in the Sierra Nevadas [mountains]. This was the time I stayed a year. Charlie had an English cook, who cooked for about forty of the men. I helped with the management. From there, we went up to Rose's [Zachary], at Chico [CA] to spend Christmas. We went to Harrie's [Zachary], in Red Bluff [CA], and I waited on her. Charlie [Watkins] wrote me to come to Westwood [CA - Lassen Co.]. We received a message of Virginia (Cannon's) birth [bom ro Rosa Watkins and husband James Cannon in Dillsboro NC]. Charlie said,-"Mamma, she (Rosa) has gone through two of the most trying ordeals of her life without you.'" I went on to Westwood. There, I had some dental work done. Charlie [Watkins] told the dentist: "Find everything you can to do; I want to keep her here this fall." [Flashback] While I was going to school in Franklin [NC] to Preacher Bowman, I met Frank Ray. (I was living with [older sister] Mary [Talula Zachary].) Professor Bowman made a rule that boys and girls could not speak to each other without written permission from him. Frank wrote me a note to know if he could go with me to church Sunday. I told him I could not go without permission from Professor Bowman. Frank said he had written permission in his pocket. At church, he took my arm; when I protested, he said he had written permission in his pocket. It was all a lie. When I came home, he got the school at Shoal Creek and came to see me every weekend. At a Sunday school picnic at Webster, our Sunday school was invited to parade. (I tried to avoid Frank all the time because he drank.) In the party at Webster, I saw Frank. He asked me to stay and go back with him on horseback. Pa [Mordecai Zachary] said I might. Sallie Barly and I were together. Next morning, Frank came after me. I told Sallie to go with us. 39 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 When Frank drove by, I said, "Come on, Sallie. Frank, can Sallie go with us.?" Frank said, "I reckon there's room." We stayed all night at Sam Cooper's. Next morning, he turned his pony KJ out so he could not catch it for me to ride home. I told him I was going to walk. I rode home. He went on to school. That night he came after the pony. [Many years later] His wife died and my husband died. One morning, I walked out to make a fire to wash wearing an old kimono. Around the bend in the road came Frank. I had seen him at Webster once before that, at court. He had said, "Well, Flo, I reckon we just as well begin where we left off." I replied, "Frank, I think we're too old and have too much sense for such foolishness." The night he died, the last word he said was to ask if I were coming. I loved him better than any other man on earth; I could not help it to save my life. But I had resolution enough not to marry a man that drank. He rained his life with liquor. He married a right nice woman and raised some nine children. The night he died (I was in California), I saw him come in at the door just as plain. He came in and looked everywhere until he saw me. Then he looked straight at me and turned and walked out. In a day or two, I received a letter from Nell [Watkins, wife of Talmage] saying he was dead. He quit drinking after he had a fall across a stove while he was drunk. Once, [daughter] Rosa was over at Cousin Wiley's, sewing. She wanted me to go over and help her. Frank was going, so I went with him. We drove across the mountain. He had a very bad cold. He said, "Flo, if I had thought about it, we would have gone down through Brindle Cove [ ], where a still is, and got a little for my cold." I said, "You have used it all your life. Why not use it for some benefit now?" We went back. He got the liquor and gave me a little dish of draut. Wiley said, "Where have you and Frank been?" I told Frank, and he said, "Flo, die with it [the secret of the still] in you. END KJ CHILDREN OF JOHN CHRISTIAN AND FLORA JANE ZACHARY WATKINS (Squire) John Christian Watkins, b. 1847 in VA; 1880 census indicates he was living with A. M. and S. R. Davis (married couple) and their 13-year-old daughter, Ivy, in Webster, Jackson NC. John's occupation was listed as retail merchant. His parents were both bom in Virginia. John Watkins was the justice of the peace/magistrate in Webster? Dillsboro? NC and this is what earned him the title of Squire. "J. C. was considered one of the best judges in the area and never had a decision reversed in his court." D. 1899 in Dillsboro NC, Parris Cemetery? Flora Jane Zachary, b. March 30,1856 in Cashiers, Jackson, NC; d. 1945 Dillsboro NC. Parris Cem.? Flora had red (strawberry blonde) hair. She had nine full siblings and three half-siblings. Her father, Mordecai Zachary, built a large home in Cashiers that is now a registered national historic site. Mordecai, whose father, John Alexander Zachary, was an early settler in the area, owned and operated a sawmill in Cashiers. They had several famous summer boarders in that home during Flora's childhood: General Wade Hampton and family, the Prestons, and John C. Calhoun/family. Flora went to school in Cashiers Valley NC. She was further educated at Maryville College TN. Began teaching career in Webster NC where she lived with her older sister, Mary Talula Zachary. Flora and John were married October 14,1880, in Webster, Jackson NC. John C. Watkins and family moved to Dillsboro NC around 1886. Built one of the largest private houses ever built in Dillsboro and one of the finest examples of Queen Anne architecture. Builder was Lindsey Bumgardner. They were one of the settler families (along with Earleys, Mason, Dills, and Enloe) in Dillsboro NC and helped start the church there. They lived in Dillsboro when the first train v_y came through in 1886. When John died in 1899, the house was not completed, and the mortgage 40 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 debt left Flora in a desperate situation. Members of the Masonic Lodge contributed, and she was able to keep the house with the help of income from boarders. In 1915 Flora's son-in-law and daughter bought the home. In 1983, they sold it to Tom and Emma Wertenberger, who restored the home and opened it as the Squire Watkins Inn, Bed and Breakfast (http://www.bbonline.com/ncsquirewatkins). 1. Richard "Dick" Watkins, b Webster NC; m. Opal^d.? Resided in Asheville, Buncombe Co NC. Railroadman. 2. Charles Christian Watkins, b. Webster NC; m. Shields, San Joaquin Co CA? Moved to Camino CA. Went west to California with Flora's brother, Charles Franklin Zachary. Died ? Children: Betty Lou Watkins, b. June 9, 1931, Living in Chico CA in 2002; m. Lewis. Children: Karen Lewis m. Cvitkovich; Donald C. Watkins, b. August 28, 1924, Living in Chico CA 2002. 3. WUliam Leber Watkins, b Webster NC. Flora called him Leber. Took "hip-joint disease" when he was nine. Sent to Atlanta, where lie stayed two months. D. ? 4. John Dixon Watkins, b. Webster NC. Flora called him Dixon. 5. Benjamin Talmage Watkins, b. 1887 in Dillsboro NC; m. Nelle Harriet Sarvis (b Mark Center OH) September 30,1914, in Cisco GA; d November 11, 1919, in Byrd GA from Flu epidemic. Buried in Dillsboro NC, Parris Cemetery. Talmage worked for Southern Railway out of North Carolina and was stationed at a rail stop known as Byrd GA (12 miles south of Rome GA, now defunct. Southern Railway station list in 1916 and 1921). Children: Twins Harold Sarvis and Harry Benjamin* Watkins, b Jun 19, 1915, in Byrd GA Attending physician was Dr. Cheney; nurse was Lizzie Green. Birth weight: 6-1/2 pounds •Originally named Harry Vandivere Watkins, but after Talmage's death, Nelle changed his name to Harry Benjamin in memory of his father. Nelle records that the twin boys took a train ride to visit their Grandma (Flora) Watkins at age 4 months. After Talmage's death Nelle and the twins moved to Sylva NC. The boys began school at age 6 in September 1921. Teacher's name was Miss Hall. By 1935, Nelle and the boys (now 20) were living in Asheville. In 1936 Harry married Myrtle Ruth Morse. They had three daughters: Barbara Lee (1936) and twins Gail and Gloria (1940). Moved to Modesto CA 1945. Harold married Mary and they had four daughters: Maribeth (m. Hothersall), Kathy (m. Howe), Patricia (m. Setzer), and Joan. Harry died June 4, 1989, Modesto, CA. Harold died May 15,2002, Gastonia NC. Nelle also later moved to Modesto CA and died there in 1977. 6. Rosa Watkins, b. 1888,1889, or 1890 in Dillsboro NC; m. Cannon, d ? Children: James, is still living in Dillsboro NC as of 2002. Married Zelda, from Latvia. Their son, John Cannon, also lives in Dillsboro area. 7. Fred Watkins, b 1891 ? Dillsboro NC. Worked as a news butch at age 15 for a year. Served in the Navy 1914-1918. Got sick while working in New York as a steward in a cafe; Flora brought him back to Asheville, and he died October 1918. 8. Paul Watkins, b. 1891 in Dillsboro NC; d. 1962. Married (1) Alice Ledford/divorced; (2) Lucy Starnes 9. Tom Watkins, b in Dillsboro NC 10. Infant female Watkins, d. soon after first birthday Children of Mordecai N. Zachary and wife Elvira Evelina Keener, m. 9 Feb 1852, Haywood CoNC (info from Rootsweb message 18822, Nov. 13,2001, entitled Ellis Keener connections) 41 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 Mordecai N. Zachary, b 25 Feb 1822, Cashiers Valley NC; d 1898, Whittier NC; burial Old -. Whittier Cemetery; found as postmaster in Whittier NC 5-2-1853 and later residing in Cashiers \^J NC. He returned to Whittier; His parents: John Alexander Zachary, b 1779 in Surry Co NC; Sarah Roberts, b 1785 in Surry Co NC. 1. Amelia Josephine "Jo" Zachary, b. 9 Jan 1853 NC; > Knob CA 2. Mary Talula Zachary, b. 8 Jan 1855 NC; d. Texas 3. Flora Jane Zachary, b. 30 Mar 1856 NC, m. John Christian Watkins, lived Dillsboro NC 4. WUliam Keener "Will" Zachary, b. 29 Mar 1858 NC; d. Everett WA 1937 5. Sara Matilda "Matt" Zachary, b. 26 Dec 1859, m. Seth Stallcup, d Apr 30, 1930 6. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Zachary, b 2 Jun 1861, Whittier NC; m Ben Warren; d. Oct. 10, 1887 7. Jesse R. Zachary, b. 5 Apr 1863, d Apr 20, 1863 8. David Mordecia "Dave" Zachary, b 14 Mar 1865 Cashiers Valley NC; m Amanda Carter; d 23 Oct 1923, b. Whittier Cemetery 9. Thomas W. "Tom" Zachary, b. 7 Apr 1867, m. Emma Jane Ledford; d Whittier NC 10. Charles Franklin Zachary, b 3 Apr 1869 Whittier NC; d 1934, Hayfork, Trinity Co CA Children of second marriage, which took place about 1871: 1. Amaleza E. "Rose Anna" Zachary, b. 25 Jun 1871, Whittier NC; > Chico CA 2. Harriett Sue "Hattie" Zachary, b. 8 Mar 1873, Whittier NC; > Red Bluff CA 3. Samuel "Sam" Zachary, b 11 Dec 1874, Whittier NC; m. Susan Hyde; >North Bend OR (Note: The Jackson County Cemetery book records the following burials at Parris Cemetery in Dillsboro NC - Flora J. Zachary Watkins 31 Mar 1856 - 17 Oct 1945 \Jj J. C. Watkins 11 Aug 1846 - 7 Mar 1899 William Leber Watkins 19 Jun 1883 - 21 Oct 1908 Fred H. Watkins 21 Jul 1890 - 13 Nov 1918 Rosa Watkins Cannon 27 Aug 1888 - 24 Dec 1967 James Coleman Cannon 19 Mar 1886 - 14 Feb 1954 Buried next to J. C. Watkins is Susan R. Watkins Davis - 2 Dec 1825-5 Jan 1899, wife of A. Davis. Is there a family connection? James Coleman Cannon, Jr., died January 2004.) KJ 42 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 C h r o n o l o g y o f H e n d e r s o n B r y s o n [Ed. The following is the editor's own work and is self- explanatory.] Birth Bom approximately 1815 - 1817 to John W. Bryson and Jane Poston Bryson. [1850 Macon County census gives age as 33.] [Jackson County land transaction gives Henderson Bryson conveying 1/14 of the estate of John Bryson to Carson P. Bryson 25 Oct 1851.] 1820 Census 1820 Haywood County, NC census, p. 211 lists John Bryson Senr with 4 males age 0-9. Henderson would have been about 3 - 5 years old. 1830 Census 1830 Macon County, NC census, p. 29 lists John Bryson Sr. with 3 males age 10- 15. Henderson would have been about 1 3 - 1 5 years old. Ca. 1836 About 1836, Henderson married Caroline Davis from Buncombe County, NC, daughter of David Davis and Sarah . (Note: This family lived on South Hominy Creek. While I knew that the Henderson family was listed in the 1840 Buncombe County census, I was unsure of Caroline's maiden name until finding a list of her children in the David Davis estate file in the North Carolina state archives.} {Note: Henderson Bryson's mother's people, the Postons, lived in this area of Buncombe County, so it is not at all farfetched to consider that Henderson went to the same place as had his father for a wife. We need to remember that these 19* century people rode from place to place on old trails through the mountains. If one thinks of the Blue Ridge Parkway, one can see that the distance from Cullowhee to the foot of Mount Pisgah was not that far.} 27 tiay 1836 On 27 May 1836, Henderson Bryson enters state land grant # 102,50 acres on the waters of Cullowhee Creek, District 7, south comer of Section 13, south boundary line of Section 13; registered in Macon County 15 December 1838. [Source: Macon County NC deed book C, p. 1169.] {Note: Does this perhaps mean that Henderson had turned 21 years old? Was there an age restriction on the land grants from the state?} Ca. 1837 About 1837, daughter Martha J. was bom to Henderson and Caroline in Macon County. [Source: 1850 Macon Co., NC census shows Martha as age 13 and bom in Macon.] Ca. 1838 About 1838, daughter Isabella E. (possibly Emma) was bom to Henderson and Caroline in Buncombe County. [Source: 1850 Macon County, NC census shows Isabella as age 11 and bom in Buncombe County.] 24 Jul 1839 On 24 Jul 1839, son George Wilburn was bom to Henderson and Caroline. [Source: Hamburg cemetery gravestone for George W. Bryson gives date of birth as 24 Jul 1839.] [Source 2: 1850 Macon County, NC census gives son George as age 9and bom in Macon County.] {Note:By much study of the discrepancy, it appears that the census taker actually omitted Isabella's age, then filled in the wrong ages for her and subsequent children. See the 1850 census below in its proper place.} 43 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 10 Mar 1840 On 10 March 1840, Henderson Bryson sells to Andrew Bryson 50 acres on Cullowhee Creek for $1. District 7, Section 13. Registered 18 February 1841. [Source: Macon County NC Deed Book C, p. 1239.] {Note: This appears to be the 1836 grant.} mo census 1840 Census for Buncombe County, NC, p. 156, gives Henderson Bryson and family, with 1 male under 5, 1 male 20-30, 2 females under 5, and 1 female 20- 30. {Note: This would seem to further substantiate a pre-1840 birthdate for George W.} 22 Mar 1841 On 22 March 1841, John Milton was bom to Henderson and Caroline. [Source: 1850 Macon County census gives son John, age 7, bom in Buncombe County.] [Source: Hooper - Speedwell Cemetery markers gives birthdate for John M.] [Source: John M. Bryson Family Bible states his birthdate as 22 March 1841, from Jackson County Genealogical Society Journeys Through Jackson, February 1992, p. 15.] 29 Dec 1842 On 29 December 1842, David Coleman was bom to Henderson and Caroline. [Source: 1850 Macon County census gives David as age 5 and bom in Macon County.] [Source: Records of Joyce Bryson Crowder, great - granddaughter of David.] [Source: Death Certificates for Jackson County, NC, 1915, Cullowhee Township, give David's birthdate as 29 December 1842.] In late 1846 or early 1847, Robert Hamilton was bom to Henderson and Caroline. [Source: 1850 Macon County census gives son Hamilton as age 3 and bom in Macon County.] On 10 January 1848, Daniel Woods sells to Henderson Bryson 50 acres on the west side of Tuckaseigee River, Cullowhee Creek, Section 7, District 19, for $200. [Source: Macon County NC Deed Book F, p. 87, registered 24 May 1850.] On 10 January 1848, Daniel Woods sells to Henderson Bryson 25 acres in Section 7, District 53, "the comer of No. 19," and "crossing Cullowhee Creek near the mouth of CowSkull Branch." for $75. [Source: Macon County, NC Deed Book F, p. 88, registered 24 May 1850.] 20 Jan 1848 On 20 January 1848, Henderson Bryson entered 25 acres on Cullowhee Creek "near the public road" "ten dollars for every hundred". Granted as State land grant #881 11 December 1850. [Source: Macon County NC Deed Book F, p. 246, registered 16 November 1851.] 30 Jul 1848 On 30 July 1848, Elizabeth Atheline was bom to Henderson and Caroline. [Source: Gravestone in Hooper - Speedwell cemetery gives " Bettie Knight*' bom 30 July 1848.] [Source: 1850 Macon County, NC census gives daughter Elizabeth as age 2 and bom in Macon County.] {Note: The unusual given name "Atheline" was present in the Poston family.} 30 Dec 1848 On 30 December 1848, Henderson Bryson enters 50 acres at ten dollars per hundred on Cullowhee Creek. Granted as State Grant #880. [Source: Macon County, NC Deed Book F, p.235, registered 15 October 1851.] KJ ca. 1846-1847 10 Jan 1848 10 Jan 1848 \J KJ 44 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 £ 30 Dec 1848 On 3 0 December 1848, Henderson Bryson enters 50 acres at five dollars for ^ every hundred on Cullowhee Creek, mentions the "old comer." Granted as State Grant # 885 . [Source: Macon County NC Deed Book F, p. 245, registered 16 November 1851.] 28 Jul 1849 On 28 July 1849, Henderson Bryson enters 75 acres at five dollars per hundred on "Elijaye" Creek. Granted as State grant # 997 23 December 1851. [Source: Macon County, NC Deed Book F, p. 381, registered 4 August 1852.] 1850 census On 16 September 1850 (Agricultural census says 16 August), the census taker for Macon County visited. Henderson Bryson was house # 487, Family # 497, p.351/701 in the Tennessee Valley. In the population schedule, Henderson is given as age 33, a fanner with real estate worm $200, bom in Haywood County, cannot read and write. Caroline is given as age 30, bom in Buncombe County, cannot read and write. Martha is given as age 13, bom in Macon County, attended school within the year. Isabella is given as age 11, bom in Buncombe County, attended school within the year. George is given as age 9, bom in Macon County, attended school within the year. John is given as age 7, bom in Buncombe County, attended school within the year. David is given as age 5, bom in Macon .County, Elizabeth as age 2, bom in Macon County, and Hamilton as age 3, bom in Macon County. In the agricultural census, p. 825, Henderson gives his farm as 30 improved, 30 unimproved acres; farm value $200; value of farm implements $10; value of livestock $150; 1 horse, 3 milch cows, 2 other cattle, 17 sheep, 20 swine. Produce: 300 bu. Indian com; 50 bu. oats; 40 lbs. wool; 15 bu. sweet potatoes; 100 lbs. butter. Homemade manufactures were $50, and the value of animals slaughtered was $75. {Note: I have already discussed that I believe the census taker got his columns confused after Isabella's age. There is also the possibility that the places of birth of George and John are confused. But the 1850 census taker for Macon County is forever to be praised for tenaciously adding counties of birth. It has always been a boon to genealogists. Using neighbors as guidelines won't work here, however. The family immediately prior to Henderson Bryson is Roderic Norton, a name always associated with an area further south in Jackson County. The name following Henderson Bryson is Thomas Upton, a name I associate with Alarka in present Swain County. I have no explanation for this, since I believe the Henderson Bryson family always (except for their Buncombe County residence) lived in Cullowhee or on present Wilson Creek, the Cullowhee Mountain Road.} 15 May 1851 On 15 May 1851, Sarah Jane was bom to Henderson and Caroline. [Source: Old Field Cemetery gravestone gives Sarah Jane's date of birth as 15 May 1851.] [Source: 1860 Jackson County NC census gives S.J. as age 9.] 21 Oct 1851 On 21 October 1851, Henry Wilson sold to Henderson Bryson land on Cullowhee Creek "line of the first improvement where William Wilson once lived," "up the creek to the mouth of the first branch called the Camp Branch," "line crossing the ridge," for $25. [Source: Macon County, NC Deed Book G, p.78, registered 25 May 1853.] 25 Oct 1851 On 25 October 1851, Henderson Bryson conveyed all rights to 1/14 of the estate of John Bryson Senr deceased to Carson P. Bryson. Mentions "lands on 45 Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 Cullowhee Creek." [Source: Jackson County, NC Deed Book 1, p. 41, registered - 9 December 1853.] ^ 14 Sep 1852 On 14 September 1852, Henry Plott sold to Henderson Bryson 50 acres in Section 7, District 19, Cullowhee Creek, for $50. [Source: Macon County, NC Deed Book F, p. 467, registered 28 November 1852.] 7 oa 1852 On 7 October 1852, F.B.J. Goodwin sold to Henderson Bryson land on Cullowhee Creek, "one improvement entered 5 November 1846" for $30. [Source: Macon County, NC Deed Book G, p. 302, registered 16 March 1854.] 21 Apr 1853 On 21 April 1853, Henderson Bryson entered 100 acres on Cullowhee Creek, at $10 per hundred, mentions "treaty lands," "line of G.B.J. Gooden lands," "line of J.M. Hooper & Co.," "crossing Flat Branch," "line of Sebem Bryson." Granted as State Grant #517 7 March 1859. [Source: Jackson County, NC Deed Book 8, p. 203, registered 29 March 1882.] NMay 1853 On 14 May 1853, Henderson Bryson entered 100 acres at 12 *A cents per acre on the "waters of the Cullowhee" mentioning "line of tract Daniel Wood bought of Henry Wilson," tract of said Bryson's." Granted 31 January 1863 as State Grant # 864. [Source: Jackson County NC Deed Book 4, p.303.] 14 May 1853 On 14 May 1853, Henderson Bryson entered 100 acres at 12 !4 cents per acre on Cullowhee Creek, mentions "line of a tract Henderson bought of Daniel Wood," "line of #193," "line of Hosea Bumgarner's." Granted 31 January 1863 as State Grant # 865. [Source: Jackson County NC Deed Book 4, p. 303.] 7 Mar 1854 On 7 Mar 1854, Henderson Bryson sold 100 acres to Richard V. Hix; mentions \^j the "gap of a ridge;" sale price $30; registered 19 May 1854. [Source: Jackson County NC Deed Book 1, p.90.] 26 Apr 1854 On 26 Apr 1854, "Carolina Davis" is listed as a paying subscriber for a subscription school in Buncombe County, paying along with her sister Minty for one subscription for a school to be conducted by E.A. Edwards. [Source: Buncombe County Records, transcript provided by Nancy Foster.] [Note: There is some truth, evidently, to the Knight story that Caroline left Henderson. One wonders if the subscription were for one of her children, and if they were living with her back at Hominy.] 7 Oct 1856 Henderson Bryson and W.H. Bryson purchase from L.C. Hooper and Sebem Bryson "1/2 of 100 acres" on Cullowhee Creek, Buck Knob, grant 27; sale price $500. Certified 15 Mar 1858. [Source: Jackson County NC Deed Book 2, p. 289.] 7 Oct 1856 Henderson Bryson purchases of L.C. Hooper and Sebem Bryson 50 acres "4 poles from the white rocks crossing White Rock Creek." Sale price $100. Certified 10 Dec 1858. [Source: Jackson County NC Deed Book 2, p. 438.] ca. 1857 A daughter Mary A. is bom to Lettie Mathis. In 1879, a "Mary A. Bryson" is married at the home of Lettie Mathis. Younger children of Lettie were fathered by Henderson Bryson. Mary A. is probably also his daughter. To be continued in a later issue 46 ^J Journeys Through Jackson Winter 2004 U I n d e x f o r Journeys Through Jackson, VoL X I V , N o . I K Ainsworth 29 Alexander 25,26 Allen 33,34,36 Allison 26 Allman 28 Ammons 25 Anderson 4 Angel 29 Arrington 21,22,23,26 Ash 33,34,35 Ashe 26,27 Baird 7 Ball 28 Barhaml? Barker 27,33,34 Barly39 Barnes 35 Barton 34 Bass 16 Battle 25 Beasley 25,26 Beck 25,29,34 Beldon 18 Bennett 25 Birchfield 33,34,36 Bird 25 Blaine 25 Blanton 1,23,27,28 Blaylock 18 Bollenbach 25 Bolt 28 Bowman 39 Boyd 39 Bradley 22,25,27 Brendle 26 Brewer 17 Briggs 25 Brooks 22,25,27,35 Brown 13,24,25,29,33,34 Browning 25 Braff38 Bryson 7,11, 12, 14, 21, 23, 25, 26, 28,33,34,35,36,43,44,45,46 Buchanan 4, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33,39 Buckham 33,34 Bumgardner 38,40 Bumgarner 25,28,33,34,45,46 Burch 26 Burchfield 36 Butler 33 Cabe 26 Calhoun 28,37 Camp 15 Campbell 29 Cannon 26,39,41,42 Cantrell 20,29 Carnes 24,25,30 Carter 19,42 Carver 21 Castlebcrry 16 Catolster 26 Chambers 26 Chandler 28 Chastain 28 Cheney 41 Choate 19 Clawson 27 Cogdell 33 Coggins 26,38 Cole 26 Coleman 34 Collins 33,34,36 Conard 23 Concler 27 Conley 33,38 Conly 34 Conner 24,26 Cooper 34,40 Cope 26,33,34 Corbin 30 Cowan 28 Coward 25,33,34 Cowart 16 Cox 15,16 Crawford 21,22,23,25,27,28 Crowder 44 Cunningham 23,26 Curry 38 Cvitkovich41 Dalton 26 Davenport 26 Daves 26 Davis 19, 21, 22, 24, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40,42,43,46 Dawson 18,39 Dean 14 Deitz 25 Dill 34 Dillard 21,33 Dills 24,26,28,30,38,40 Downs 22 Duff 15,16 Dunwoodie 37 Dwelle 26 Dyer 26 Earley 38,40 Edwards 37,46 Elders 28 Elman 26 Elyea 26 Enloe 33,34,35,40 Ensley 1,23,24,26,27,28,30,33 Farley 33,34 Fincannon 26 Fisher 26,33,34,36,39 Folcher 27 Foley 18 Former 34 Fowler 11,12,14,25 Frady 26,27 Frances 33 Franklin 24 Franks 25 Fulbright 20 Fullbright 15,16,19,20 Galloway 34 Ganz 37 Garland 17 Garren 34 Gass 26 Gassett 29 Geib 25 Gerhardstein 26 Gibbs33 Gibson 29 Goddard 30 Godfrey 26 Goethe 14 Golden 28 Gooden 46 Gray 26 Green 25,26,27,28,33,34,41 Gribble 33,34,35 Gunter 24,27 Gurlin 18 Hadsock20 Hales 18 Hall 33,34,35,41 Hampton 37 Haney 30 Hanks 16 Harbuck 15 Harris 27, 33 Heaton 25 Hedden 12 Hemphill 23 Hendrix 17 Henry 25 Hensley 26 Henson 26,27,28 Herron 24 Higdon 27,30,34 Hill 24,25,34,35 Hinton 29 Hipkiss 38 Hix 34,46 Hogan 27 Holden 27 Holebrook 1 Hooker 38,39 Hooper 9,10, 21, 26, 27, 28, 33, 34, 46 Hothersall 41 Howe 41 Hoxit 29 Hoyle 26,27 Huffman 34 Hughes 36 Hundley 28 Hyatt 27,34 Hyde 42 Inman 22 Jackson 28 Jacobs 28,29 Jamison 25 Jenkins 30,36 Johnson 19,28,29 Jones 4,15,24,25,27 Jordan 22 Julian 19 47 Keener 25,27,36,37,41 Kilpatrick 25 King 33 Kirkland 34 Knight 15,29,44 Ledford 41,42 Lee 22 Lemming 35 Leopard 25 Lewis 21,25,41 Littleton 28 Long 24,30 Love 29,34 Low 33,34 Lowdermilk 36 Lowe 27,33 Luck 24 Lyda 14 Malpass 25 Mashburn 27 Mason 34,35,38 Massey 27 Mathis 7,27,46 Matthews 9,10 McCall 7,8,9,10,11, 12, 28 McClain 16 McClure 17,21,22 McDaniel 27 McKee 4 McKinny 33 McKiny 34 McMahan 24,30 Mehaffey 21,23 Mensinger 26 Messer 27,29,30 Miller 27 Mills 26,28 Mingus 34 Mitchell 28 Monteith 27 Montieth 33 Moody 9,10,27 Moore 28,38,39 Morrison 39 Morse 41 Morton 6 Moss 36 Nations 27 Newby 37 Nichols 27 Nicholson 28 Noel 36 Norman 28 Norton 27,33,34,37,45 Nunn 25 O'Hara 17 Orr 14 Owen 28 Owens 36 Journeys Through Jackson 13,14,20, Paden 17 Page 28 Pannell 27 Pangle 28 Parker 7, 15,16,19,20,28,34 Parks 35 Parris 23,24,28,30,34 Parton 35 Passmore 28 Pate 25 Payne 27 Pender 17 Pendleton 15 Peterson 28 Plott 21,46 Pool 17,19 Poston 43 Potts 24,33 Pratt 15 Preskitt 16 Pressley 30,33,34 Preston 37 Price 28 Queen 23,24,26,27,33 Ragsdale 17,20 Raines 24 Ramsay 28 Ray 26,39 Reed 11,28,34 Reid 34 Rhinehart 21 Rich 38 Rider 22 Ridley 28 Ritter29 Rives 33 Roberts 42 Robertson 28 Robinson 26 Rogers 23,26 Rolan 28 Rollings 28 Rudd7 Russell 28 Ryan 16 Sarvis 41 Saunders 15 Scroggs 26 Scruggs 22 Setzer 41 Shelton 25,28 Sheperd 36 Shepherd 27 Sherrill 27,28,33,34.35 Shook 28 Shore 20 Shuler 1,33,37 Shytle2 Slater 9,10 Sloan 36 Smith 15,19,24,25,27 Snipes 25 Winter 2004 Snyder 21 • Sorrells 29 Stallcup 42 Starnes 41 Statler 18 Stewart 33 Stiles 33 Stillwell 29 Stinnett 24,30 Stulp 20 Styles 15, 19,20,27 Summey26 Suttles 22 Sutton 25,28,34 Swain 15 Sweatman 24 Tallent 28,29 Talley 28 Tatham 33,34 Taylor 27,33 Thompson 29,34,35 Thornton 29 Tilly 33 Tower 29 Trantham 2 Turpin 26,29 Upton 45 Volprecht 15,16, 19,20 Wall 26 Wamble 18 Warren 42 Watkins 28,37,28,39,40,41,42 Watson 29,33,34,35,36 Webster 22 Welch 16 Wells 29 Wertenberger 41 West 30 Whitner35 Whitthorne 10 Wiggins 34 Wike 29,33,34,39 Wilkes 33 Williams 29 Wilson 1,2,3, 25,27, 29,31, 32, 33, 34,35,36,45 Winchester 21 Winstead 27 Wolfe 26 Wood 28,33,35,46 Woodard 25,29 Woodring 4 Woods 44 Worley 25 Wyatt 22 Wykle 26 Young 30 Zachary 34,37,38,39,40,41,42 KJ KJ KJ 48

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