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Journeys Through Jackson 2012 Vol.22 No.03

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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.
  • y y J o u r n e y s T h r o u g h J a c k s o n as i@7J w 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. C V o l . X X I I , No. S u m m e r 2 0 12 JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC ^j 2012 Officers President Kenneth E. Nicholson Vice Presidents B.B. Cantrell, William L. Crawford Secretary Karen C Nicholson Treasurer E. Lawrence Morton Librarian Dorris D. Beck Office Manager Ruth C. Shuler WebMaster. Deanne G. Roles Computer Technician Jason N. Gregory Chair, Publications (Editor) Robert L. Crawford Journeys Through Jackson is the official publication of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. Members and non-members arc 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 from other non-profit groups. From the Editor Rosalind Rowlson Behrc.Sue Clement Bolick...Edith Jamison Cabe...Joy Cagle...Don Casada.. .Joyce Cooper.. .Shirley Denton Ensley.. .Sandra Fergus.. .Brad Gimmestad.. .Vicki Greene.. .Karen Grooman...Eucella P. Hamilton...Judy Harbour...Fern Parris Hensley...Tommy Jenkins...R.A. & JoAnn Luker.. .William A. McEntire Jr.. ..Michael J. McLain.. .Celia Hooper Miles.. .Frances Fisher Moore.. .Leslie A. Morgan...Kristi Nicholson...Charlie Norris...Donald Reece...Betty Raby Rowland...Lee & Tracy Terry...Tracy J. Whitaker...Shirley Ann Wilkey...Jim & Faye Wood...Leeunah Vance Woods. Why are these names so important? We know that each individual above is important to his or her family and friends; we also realize the intrinsic worth (thus importance) of every human being. Above and beyond all that, these persons listed above either chose to become members of this fine organization, or their membership was a result of extraordinary generosity which they shared with JCGS. The names above are FBRST-TIME MEMBERS. We acknowledge them proudly. Find a big old glass of iced tea so sweet that it's probably sinful, and sit down with the efforts of your fellow JCGS members. Enjoy the pictures submitted by Frankie Jean Shelton Stewart, Annette Moore Shelton, Nelma Jean Bryson, Jean Hooper Scott, and Billie Monteith Bryson. Our lead article by Don Casada and Wendy Meyers is extraordinary; Sanji Talley Watson's interview with Mrs. Chastain just gets better and better; peruse the maps shared by Jason Gregory and Richard Hotaling; Deanne Gibson Roles shares a Civil War document written by a man who coinciden tally shows up in Jean Scott's submission of her Grandmother Rachel's memoirs; Frances Fisher Moore shared wonderful materials on a Fisher family whom we have never spotlighted before; see the next installment of Betty Queen Monteith's work, which caused Bill Crawford to remark, "These people are kin to everybody in the world!"...and of course the usual official records, along with Dorris Dills Beck's faithful submission of our library acquisitions. Happy reading and happy hunting. J •Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 L , T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s Announcements a n d Expressions of Sympathy 97 JCGS Photo Album 98-102 Bumgarner Home Place Visit, P a r t 1 103 - 1 0 8 Interview With Mrs. J a n e Chastain, P a r t 2 109 - 1 1 2 Jason Gregory a n d R i c h a r d Hotaling Share Old Maps 113 - 1 1 6 1925 J a c k s o n County Death Certificates 117 - 1 1 9 A Civil W a r Reminiscence 120 Thomas G. F i s h e r Family 121 - 1 2 6 The Story of My Life...Rachel Mazelle Green Hensley 127 - 1 3 0 Descendants of Thomas F r a n k l i n 131 - 1 3 4 1880 Jackson County Census 135 - 1 3 8 One T h i n g a n d Another 139 - 1 4 1 JCGS L i b r a r y Acquisitions 142 Index 143-144 I n M e m o r y T. W a l t e r M i d d l e t on We dedicate this issue to the memory of JCGS member Walter Middleton. Walter hardly needed any more words said about him, because when one is a bona fide war hero and a published author many times over, the- accolades have always been present. What some persons might have forgotten was that Walter was also a minister. One day we were talking with him about the future, and he remarked, "I took care of that a long time ago." That one simple statement speaks volumes about this man, who was minister, historian, and friend. Our lives were better because of him. Interesting note from JCGS member Thomas Gross in Maryland. He says that our picture at the bottom of Page 52 in the Spring issue is a familiar sight to him because he grew up in southern California. It was taken on Catalina Island, a place he had visited many times. Next question for those who like music trivia: Who sang "26 Miles" and when? We say The Four Preps in 1956. The connection should be obvious to those who remember popular music before its metamorphosis in 1963. Although we were able to do so personally, we again offer our sympathy to JCGS member Betty Cope Andrews in the recent loss of her mother. 97 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m U We might as well start off our Photo Album section this time with a classic. Above, the Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School Class of 1912. Some of the persons in the picture are Burder Long, Commodore Tilley, and Robert Shelton. Picture submitted cooperatively by JCGS members Annette Moore Shelton and Frankie Jean Shelton Stewart. Below, in the same collection, a World War I picture of Felix Shelton, one of the sons of William M. Shelton and his wife Belle Rogers. He served in the 30th Division. yj yj 98 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m L , Also submitted by Annette and F r a n k i e Jean, t h e photograph above shows S.P.C. Shelton a n d his second wife R u a h Wike. We consulted Monte W i k e ' s massive book about the Wikes to learn that this couple m a r r i e d in 1868 (Shelton lost his first wife 7 J u n 1868), had six children, and moved to Brown County, Texas. S.P.C. (Samuel Pierson Carson) Shelton (13 Apr 1833 - 1917) m. (2) R u a h Wike (15 Nov 1837 - 1906), daughter of Andrew Wike and M a r i a h Fullbright. Both are buried in Zephyr Cemetery, Brown County Texas. The couple above h a d six children: Robert Nixon Shelton (20 J u l 1869 J a c k s o n Co. - 1 1 Sep 1946 Brown Co. TX) F r a n k Andrew Shelton (16 J a n 1871 J a c k s o n Co. d. prob. TX) Wolford R. "Wood" Shelton (7 F e b 1872 Jackson Co. - 22 Oct 1949 Brown Co. TX) H a t t i e Shelton (16 J a n 1874 Jackson Co. - Feb 1974 Brown Co. TX) Minnie Shelton (4 M a r 1876 Jackson Co. - 1 5 Dec 1886 Brown Co. TX) Miranda Shelton (Jul 1880 Jackson Co.) We can deduce from the above dates of t h e children t h a t t h e family moved to Texas in t h e 1880's. Source: Wike, Monte and Noma, The Wike Family, Descendants of Jacob M. Weik of North Carolina', Lubbock, TX, 2002: pp. 242 - 244. y 99 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m yj Above are three siblings in the Battle family from the Qualla - Shoal Creek area. These are Dave Battle, Sallie Battle Raby, and James Battle. From the JCGS book Cemeteries of Jackson County, David K. Battle (2 May 1874 - 20 Jan 1952), Sarah J . Raby (1879 - 1965), and James E. Battle (3 Oct 1876 - 21 Apr 1967); all are buried at Thomas Memorial Cemetery. Picture submitted by JCGS member Nelma Bryson. Below, George Hensley and Edward Hensley, sons of Robert and Edith Gunter Hensley. Picture submitted by Jean Hooper Scott, with identifications by F r a n k Brooks. Jean's mother Gypsy Hensley Hooper was a first cousin of these men, both of whom we believe are still living. v_> y y 100 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m i y ^ Above, another example of the negatives donated to us and centering around the Wood family of Canada's Grays Ridge community. This dude could be a Wood, or an acquaintance of a Wood, or maybe there is another explanation. Some of us believe that this picture is staged! We know next to nothing about the American West. What is evident is that this picture was not taken in Jackson County. Colorado? Utah? Bill Crawford says that the man has been leading the black horse and that the black horse was not exactly willing to be led. 101 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m y j §BP:*A"B- • ^>> The pictures above are shared with us by JCGS member Billie Monteith Bryson. At the top left, Candas Mariah Stillwell, wife of David Reed Ashe, shown on the right. They are buried at Davis Cemetery at Almond. They are Billie's grandparents. In the bottom photograph, Amos and Nancy Stiles Ashe, parents of David Reed Ashe. V_> 102 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 y< A V i s i t t o t h e F o r m e r H o m e p l a c e of E p h r a i m a n d N a n c y B l a n t o n B u m g a r n e r , P a r t 1 Don Casada and Wendy Meyers [Ed. We requested this article from JCGS member Don Canada because we believe that this'is vitally important We will use Don's and Wendy's own words in this first of two articles.] An Overview of Our Project Anyone venturing out for a stroll on many of the trails of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park knowingly or unknowingly ventures through areas in which people lived, loved, raised families, and buried their dead. As two avid hikers who are also great lovers of antiquity, we have engaged in an exhaustive project to preserve the rapidly fading history of the individuals and families that populated many of the sections of Swain County which now lie inside the boundaries of the national park. To create as complete and well-rounded a portrait of life in this time as possible, we rely on a number of sources such as topographic and land acquisition maps, deeds, census and vital records, school records, old newspapers, photographs and written and oral -histories. However, the most objective method we employ is to hike to and document these settlers' home sites. We observe and make note of all evidence of the human presence such as chimneys, foundation remains, detritus, non-native vegetation, excavations and anything else notable about .the site. Coupled with what we are able to locate in other sources, we are often able to-"paint a picture," no matter how small, of the family unit and their home environment. We have written this article to share an example of this fascinating work, especially as it relates to an extended family long in evidence in Jackson County: the Bumgarners. In this article, Don Casada provides the "feet on the 'ground" narrative from the home site search, and Wendy Meyers provides the historical background and biographical sketches. Background for the Day's Hike One of the small feeder streams to Deep Creek, located approximately 2.5 miles from the present gate near the Deep Creek campground, is named Bumgarner Branch. It is so named in honor of the first known white family to settle on the branch, Ephraim and Nancy Bumgarner. Ephraim was born ca. 1817 in what was then Haywood County, a member of a large family of Bumgarners living in the area.1'3 He married Nancy Blanton 2 Mar 1850, and they went on to have five children; brief biographical sketches are included at the end of this article.4 Sometime after 1860, Ephraim and Nancy moved their family to this branch, faraway from their extended families, and established a new life for themselves.2 On March 6, 2012,1 (Don) set out on a beautiful late winter morning'With the intent of making my way to their home place, with a secondary goal'of locating and following, as best I could, the old Pullback trail which went from Bumgarner Branch over the ridge and down to the famous Bryson place, then to return by the Deep Creek trail. One might conclude, from an examination of a 1931 topographic map5, that reaching the old home place of Ephraim and Nancy Bumgarner would be a relatively easy trek of around three and a half miles; that assumption is actually far from correct. Come walk (and crawl) along with me to see the beautiful territory and broad range of society that existed on pre-1930 Deep Creek. •The Deep Creek Trail - from Junevwhank parking area to Hammer Branch For reference purposes, a section of the Ref. 1 map is shown as Figure 1. Our starting point is the parking area at the mouth of Juneywhank Branch. Distances listed in parentheses in Figure 1 and noted below are referenced to that beginning. 103 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 When I was a boy, a man with Bryson family roots in Jackson County, Ranger Bill Rolen and his family (wife Lola, sons Ron and Billy) lived in the former Morris home located at the mouth of \J Juneywhank Branch (Fig. 2). The place where Bill stands in the photo is now the paved parking area from which the day began. At just over one- quarter mile, one of the most easily accessible but also loveliest waterfalls in the Park (Fig. 3), adorns the opposite side of the creek, with water cascading down Toms Branch in a graceful stair step fashion. One-half mile from the start, the first of three bridges on Deep Creek spans the stream just below a popular pair of swimming holes. Beyond the bridge, a mild ascent begins. Another tenth of a mile further along, shortly after completing the climb out, an attentive eye may note an old wagon road above the trail on the right. The wagon road led around the side of the hill to Indian Creek. In the same area, a dam owned by the town of Bryson City once pooled the waters of Deep Creek and used the accumulated hydraulic energy to power a turbine-generator which provided power for the town. The waters impounded by the dam backed up to a short ways above the mouth of Indian Creek, which the Deep Creek Trail crosses at 0.8 miles. Indian Creek was significantly more populated than was Deep Creek above their junction, in spite of the fact that its drainage area is but one-fourth that of upper Deep Creek. Families with the surnames Blanton, Cathey, Harrzog, Kitchens, Laney, Queen, Randall, Read, Shuler, Stiles and Wiggins lived on Indian Creek. Joining them were Bumgarner descendants of Nancy and Ephraim, some of whom lived one-quarter mile up Georges Branch, a feeder that runs into Indian Creek about three miles from the confluence with Deep Creek.2*6-' Just around the bend, a second bridge over Deep Creek is crossed at 0.9 miles. Hammer Branch, which joins Deep Creek just below the bridge, was once home to the Moses Wiggins family (which lived about three-fourths of a mile up the branch).10 The area also provided a retreat location for a i J northern couple of considerable wealth and prestige, Marion and Ethelberta Pyne Russell Eppley. Mrs. Eppley was descended from a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a general who served under George Washington. Marion Eppley was a PhD chemist (Princeton, 1919) who had a stellar military and business career, and left private foundations and charitable organizations that continue to provide support for scientific research today2. Their 1930 home at Beacon Rock in Newport, Rhode Island, included four live-in servants3. Both are buried in Arlington National Cemetery.11 The Eppleys formed what must have been an exceptionally intriguing relationship with a mountain character named Sam Hunnicutt, whose family, by oral tradition, lived at the mouth of Hammer Branch. Census records confirm that the family lived in this area in 1910 and 1920, but we have not established their exact residence.7'8 Hunnicutt wrote the book Twenty Years Hunting and Fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains, a series of tales about individual hunting and fishing outings. It was initially released in 1926 and republished in 1951, but had been out of print and in short supply for decades until his granddaughter, Virginia Hunnicutt Zakroski, released an edited version in 2011. The style may be a bit rough around the edges, but it affords an excellent sense of the times, people, and the wealth of knowledge and ability required to get around in these mountains. Continuing on the Deep Creek Trail - Hammer Branch to Bumgarner Branch Turning to the north and leaving the mouth of Hammer Branch, the trail takes a northeasterly course, paralleling that of the stream. In the next half mile, there were two homes above the road to the west, on property owned by Edd Cline and Will Jenkins.10'12 At about 13 miles, one reaches the lower end of an area that has long been known as "The Jenkins Fields." This was once a half-mile long stretch of bottomland fields, owned and cultivated by the Jenkins family. Today, the fields where tall stalks of corn and the vines of watermelons and pumpkins once held sway have been replaced by a recovering forest. "" 104 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 Vui«-i4.i *.'•• Pulfeaclc^ i l ' ' /^ Trail' Ephrsum, Martcy •. fiumgarrtB'r place- TofhsBranch'- * • Falls' (o:i3) . ; . ^ Figure 1. Topographic map section and a few points of interest The numbers in parentheses are distances from the trailhead at the Deep Creek parking area. 105 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 Figure 2. Bill Rolen standing in what is now the parking area at the mouth of Juneywhank Branch. The ranger home in which he, bis wife Lola Caldwell Rolen, and sons Ron and Bill, Jr. lived was owned by the Morris family before being taken by the Park. Photo courtesy of William T. Rolen, Jr. \ J ~* T"i I "•""TiTK <V3l • ^ V Figure 3. Toms Branch Falls. Toms Branch is reportedly named for Thomas Wiggins, who once ran a mill along Deep Creek a short ways below tbe falls. y y 106 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 At 1.8 miles, the final bridge over Deep Creek is reached. On the left, just before crossing the bridge, a path leads steeply up the ridge to a cemetery with a handful of graves marked by simple field stones without names inscribed. The orientation is northeast to southwest, which is consistent with the long-held understanding that this was an Indian cemetery. Although there was a bridge at the time the land was taken for the Park, there is visual evidence suggesting that the area just below the bridge had been used as a ford in earlier days. Across the bridge and just beyond the Deep Creek Loop Trail connector sat the Jenkins home (Figs. 4,5). Park Service photographs ascribe the home to Will Jenkins, although the land the upon which the home sat belonged to his father, George Washington Jenkins, whose property spanned both sides of Deep Creek from the lower end of Jenkins Fields to above the bridge. Will owned property immediately down the creek from his father, and this property also spanned both sides of Deep Creek.10'12 The modern day trail/road continues on the east bank of Deep Creek, first wandering from the creek before swinging back to its banks. An older road climbed the side of the ridge behind the Jenkins place, leaving the more level ground north of the home available for cultivation. Throughout the Smokies, evidence of older roads that hewed more to the hills than the flat sections give evidence of settlers intent on making the best use of available ground. At 2.2 miles into our walk, we reach a place known as the Turnaround (Fig. 6). It is aptly named, being a wide circular loop that if followed, turns one around and routes him back down the creek. At the upper end of the Turnaround, the wide road diminishes to a backcountry trail - albeit one that was used for wagon travel in days past - and begins an ascent as it continues on upstream. Shortly above the Turnaround, the old wagon road that went behind the Jenkins place reconnects. After a short climb, the trail levels and in wintertime, offers fleeting glimpses of Beaugard Ridge and Coburn Knob. After traveling a short distance further, we reach Bumgarner Branch at 2.6 miles. Nearby below the trail is the Bumgarner Branch campsite, by far the most easily reached backcountry campsite in the Deep Creek area. Figure 4. Jenkins home, viewed from the northwest (from approximately the current-day Deep Creek Trail, perhaps fifty yards past the bridge). Photo 10331, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sugarla'nds archives. C 107 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 yj Figure 5. Jenkins home, viewed from the east (from approximately the current-day Deep Creek Loop Trail). Note that the chimney on this end of the house has been partially dismantled. A stove pipe penetrates the wall. It is likely that the kitchen was on this end of the house. Photo 10332, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sugarlands archives. yJ Figure 6. Deep Creek Turnaround in 1936. Photo 11819, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sugarlands archives. V_> 108 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 L - C I n t e r v i e w w i t h M r s . J a n e C h a s t a i n . . . P a r t 2 [Ed. We continue in this issue with the work of JCGS member Sanji Talley Watson.] We lived with Don's father, James Robert Chastain in the house Don's mother Sarah, was one of Absalom's daughters. She had died by the time I moved in. He (Absalom Woodring) had built the house out of hemlock logs, the bottom where there is fields now was full of big hemlocks. He built this house after an earthquake came and tore up his first house, it tore the chimney down. He was gone about a month looking for a sawmill, and he came back with one. He made the house out of huge hemlocks that were about two and a half feet across and made the roof out of locust boards. We didn 't know until a storm came and loosened some of the roof boards-that the roof didn't have any nails In it, it was put up there with long locust spikes. We had to put the boards back with nails, but those spikes he used was as yellow as gold The old house was later torn down and a new one was built where it stood. The inside had tongue and groove floors; the boards were about two and a half to three feet across. Absalom Woodring was one of the first people to come into these parts. He had been other places looking for the place he wanted to settle He came to tlte Tuckaseigee River and decided that he liked the lay of the land When he came here he had a wagon pulled by steers, a cart and cow tied behind it He had one boy with him. When he got here to the river he decided that it was where he was going to stay. He went to the courthouse and bought,land for 25 cents an acre He bought property from the Moody Bridge area all the way to where Bear Lake is now. He got it from ridge top to ridge top. Later, when others started moving in here, they bought property from him. The Wikes, Hoopers,.Chastains and others. Most of Absalom's family is buried in the Wike Cemetery. There is a whole line of them almost in the middle of the graveyard He wanted-a place that'his family could be buried together. Don and a few others planted wheat in the bottom land there at that home place They bought their own thresher. After the wheat got ripe, they would cut it and then we would shock it up. You 'd gather it up and tie it together with another stalk of wheat, then you would let it stand in the field for three days. Then they would run the thresher. We never sold- any of the wheat but used what we made and divided it with the families that .helped grow and put up the wheat They were Elihue Chastain, Robert Chastain, Fate Shook, Joe Marion Shook, and us. We used all that we grew. After the wheat was gathered they would turn around and plow the land again, then they planted field corn. You can plant field corn up into late June early July and it will still make. After we gathered the corn they would replant with wheat The thresher is still in the old barn down there We had a watermill that would grind corn, so people could get corn ground into meal and grits there We grew pigs into shoots and sold them to Blackwood Lumber Company. We would take them to Ed Hooper, he ran the commissary. There was an Adams man that killed the pigs and other animals and dressed the meat We took some pigs in one time and he had taken a cow out back and never have I seen a man skin a cow as fast as he could. 109 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 We would always plant a garden. We would plant a few rows of corn so that we could be eating corn by the fourth of July. Sometimes you would plant it and it would get frostbit, so we v_^ would just plant more Weather was different titan it is now. We worked all the time If it rained we would work in the house When I was growing up, we would boil water and scald the house walls and the floors. Dad made us scrubbers out of the inside of hickory bark. We would clean the bedsteads, springs, everything. We would take old cloth and tie it into a bunch to clean the coils on the bed springs. They sure lasted longer than mops do now. We would make lye soap. We would make ii one day and let it dry in the smoke house, then wrap it up in paper bags and put it in the cellar where it couldn't freeze We would make enough in the fall to last all year. The last time I made lye soap, Mrs. Crow gave me four gallons of lard We would make lye soap out of grease and red devil lye Take one can of lye and one gallon of grease, cook it together, pour it into a tray and let it sit for two days. It's the best stuff to clean just about anything with. We would make hominy too. I made it as long as my boys were at home I would can it after it was made We would save hickory coals and ashes, put them in a bag, put them in a big pot, with half a bushel of dried corn, put water with them, and cook them for about an hour and half. Take it out of the pot and wash it off really good. You have to get the lye washed off the corn. That made the husks come off the corn. Then put it back into the pot and cook it again until the corn was done Made awful good hominy. We doctored at home a lot The Doctor was called only if it was something really bad Mom kept all kinds of things to make medicine with. She had herbs drying in the smoke house She v_V knew what to use for just about anything. She made a thing that would help clean your stomach out and stop heartburn. She would give you one teaspoon of apple cider vinegar and follow it with water two times a week. You didn 't have stomach trouble or heartburn. One of my Aunts had a baby that was born with his head busted open. When he was born, my aunt died The midwife bound his head up to get his head to grow together. James Sebastian and Mary Ann Hooper Shook took him in and raised him. The man lived a long time There were very few doctors and people did what they had to, to survive We were raised to help any one that needed help, even though Mom and Dad had 13 children altogether. When Catherine Brown died, they took her son Jim Woodring in and raised him just like another kid Grandpa Joe Marion would go to Walhalla to trade; he had a store. There were no roads, just Indian trails, so it would take a week to go down there and a week to come back. He would always bring back white sugar, brown sugar and green coffee . The brown and white sugar would always be in a bag that was down in a tow sack. The coffee would have to be taken care of when he got back, it you didn't it would mold and go bad We would put the green coffee in a pan about one inch high, fill it full, put it on the stove You would have to stir it every few minutes. The fire couldn't be a big fire, it would get too hot But you had to keep a close eye on it anyway to keep it from burning. It would take half a day to brown about a pound of coffee It wasn't like coffee is today. It was a strong coffee People would most of the time just drink one cup, not like they do today, drinking coffee all the time It was some strong stuff. - 110 c Journeys.Through Jackson Summer 2012 One time Grandpa-went to Walhalla and met a colored man named Jack, Be had just gotten out of the Army, and his family was gone He was by himself. Grandpa got to talking with him and told him that he would give him a place to live if he wanted to come and help out He told him that he could live with his son and help the family. So, he came to the mountains with Grandpa and moved in with us when I was a small girl He helped with the farm work and helped raise the children. ..One time, it was in the winter, we had been out feeding the stock, and I ran into the house. I ran up to the fireplace to warm up, and the flannel dress I was wearing caught on fire Jack was there and he laid the baby down and put the fire out If it wasn 'tfor him, I would have burned up far sure Mom and Dad or nobody could have got to me in time He lived with us for about 15 years,- and he finally told Grandpa that he wanted to go back to South Carolina so he could be buried down there Grandpa took him back to Walhalla. He was a good man to us all Me and my brother Vess would play, but we could get into everything, not like what kids get into today, but just being kids. One time we got the idea to ride in the flume of the waterwheel at the corn mill We got to riding in the water going down and Vess hollered for me to get out and I couldn 't He grabbed me right before I went into the wheel We didn 't tell Mom or Dad what we did, because we knew that we would get in trouble That flume was 40 foot high coming down through there, it was a wonder we didn't get killed When we got down, we went and piled rocks until we dried off. Never did tell Mom where we got so wet, just that-we had been piling rocks. Four of our children were bom at that house J. C, Luther, Lyman and John. J. C was delivered by a Doctor from Sylva, I can't remember his name Bui, Cora Tritt was there too. When J. C. was born, he was.born dead. The doctor just laid, him on the foot of the bed He was about a 7 month baby. Cora grabbed him up and put him in a dishpanwith water in it and told Don to get a bucket of fresh water from the spring. Don brought in that bucket of water and Cora poured it over J. C. When she poured that cold water over him, he squealed He was alive He was a tiny baby maybe about 4 'A pounds. They didn't have scales to weigh babies back then. Everybody just made a guess at what they would weigh. That doctor was really surprised and he had a strange look on his face when J. C lived We had to pin J. C to the pillow to find him in the bed After that I never wanted another doctor, just a midwife, they knew more about helping with births than the doctors anyway. Luther only lived a few weeks, and we burled him in the Wike Cemetery. Lyman was delivered by Cora Tritt too. He was a big baby, it was hard to carry him, he was so big. Mom said that he came here all grown up. John was delivered by Cora Tritt, he was a little over a year old when we moved to the home place Cora Tritt delivered all of Roy Tritt's children too, all 5 girls and the boy. I kept the girls while the boy was being born. Columbine was the oldest When the girls were told that they all had a. little brother, she thought that each one of them had a little brother, and asked where was they going to keep them. They explained that there was only one little brother then. Cora was a very good midwife, she was better than any doctor. There was another midwife that was good, she lived in Little Canada and everybody called her Aunt Mary Jane She was the one to deliver J. B. Chastain. I l l Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 We moved from the Absalom Woodring place to the home place up here (STW - Hooper Chastain Road, Tuckasegee) Where my son John's house sits now is where Washie Hooper's v_^ house set Oscar, one of his sons, built over the hill at the big spring. When Oscar got sick, he moved in with Mom and Dad They took care of him until he died He asked if me and Don would take over the land when he got sick. We paid $133 on 134 acres of land After that the land taxes was $14 a year for five years and then it went up from there Ed Brown finally got us a good road up in here Don worked and paid him $500 more for the land Was glad to get moved from down on the river. It would flood all the time and wash every swinging bridge across the river away. That made it hard to get across the river. Roy Tritt built himself a boat and sometimes he would take his girls across the river, then he would take me and my family across the river too. Kenneth was the only child we had that was born at the home place here We logged the home place and over the hill towards Oscar's place They hauled the logs out on a wagon and took the lumber to Sylva and Canton. Don worked at the copper mine for over 5 years. I was scared for him to be in those mines, I didn 't want him to go in them. There were five long tunnels, they would hack the copper loose, put it in wheelbarrows and dump it into a chute to fill trucks up. Then the trucks would go to Tennessee Sometimes you could feel the ground shaking where the machines were working under ground I was always afraid that they would cave In and that they wouldn't be able to get out of there John Moody wouldn't let them come down the creek any more and that was one of the reasons they closed the copper mine down. Don didn't work a public job any more -* after that, he was in his 70's then. '\^J The Depression was a hard thing, but people here had been living hard lives already. The biggest difference here was that sometimes there wasn't certain things in the stores. But, people here were already poor and knew how to survive Hoover didn't seem like he was doing anything to help the people out of the Depression. It seemed like he closed everything down, it was hard to get stuff at the grocery stores, jobs were closing down everywhere In my opinion, it's not much different than it is now. People losing their jobs, price of stuff is so high. But, I feel that it is going to get worse People need to learn to take care of themselves more We were living up here at the home place when the flood came in '40. We had a radio, and listened every night for about a week to hear what the flood did everywhere else. For a long time, we didn't have a radio and you had to wait for someone to come through to tell you the news. There was a lot of water came through here in that storm. Don had to put up planks to keep the water out of the basement The sky just opened up and water came pouring out, haven't seen anything like that before or since There was a lot of wind with the storm too. Couldn't see much of the storm, it hit after dark and it was bad Lots of trees got blown down around here The river water was in the highway, the bottoms were covered in mud Jim Golden lived where Ima Jean Broom lives now, he had mud up to the front of his house Essie Davis had water to almost go Into their house; they lived near the bridge on Grassy Creek. (to be continued in a later issue) 112 V_/ Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 J a s o n G r e g o r y a n d R i c h a r d H o t a l i n g S h a r e O l d M a p s [Ed. On a recent trip to the North Carolina State Archives, JCGS member Jason Gregory made pictures of some old maps. We reproduce his pictures here.] We realize that the reader will need a magnifying glass to use these maps with much success, but we can say with certainty that the dark line moving north then swinging around to the west is the Tuckaseigee River. On the far right center, one can read "Henderson County" with "Macon County" to the south. The inscription in the left center reads, " This map is a fair representation of those parts of the gold region which has been surveyed in the county of Haywood and made by order of court this the 17,b day of March 1845." We can read the names of Nathan Coward, William Shelton, Charles Bumgarner, Daniel Bryson, and Hooper Hawkins. We believe the last name to represent co-owners of a 640-acre tract. We suppose it is possible that some of these persons lived on the properties listed here, but we are sure that some of them did not live in this section, which we now call Canada. The second map, on the following page, appears to be just to the south of this one. C 113 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 v > y y K^> 114 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 **a^: HJV^ ^ j f e* ast&J^ ;0i\S,« irw*^ c The next two maps are portions of maps shared with the Society by Richard Hotaling. They show the location of post offices at the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth. According to JCGS member Vee Jones of Haywood County, Hoosier Post Office was located at the mouth of Sugar Creek on Caney Fork. Now follow the map and leave Cullowhee going south up Wilson Creek to Fall Cliff, and one comes to Fernhurst before Erastus. Where was Fidelity? We can see that it was in Canada, and Bill Crawford is of the opinion that it was at Grays Ridge. 115 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 yJ yj On the left, see in Macon County the location of Etna, located between West's Mill and the county line with Swain County. This resolves a discussion held recently at the Swain society. Look in the extreme south of Jackson County. Was Georgetown post office where Sapphire is now? Was Effie in Horse Cove? Chances are that Belhaven in Macon County was not a very large place. Where was Barker post office? This map makes it appear that it was on the road between Dillsboro and Franklin, and the Barkers lived on Sutton Branch. (Some of them still do.) We see no other post offices on this road at this particular time, but later Deets, Gay, and Greens Creek would all have offices. With effort one can see Big Spring, which was changed to Compton in 1903, then Barkers Creek in 1905. Source for the historical details here: The History of Jackson County. Max R. Williams, Editor for Jackson County Historical Association, 1987, Appendix IV, p. 580. V_> 116 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 C 1 9 2 5 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 1 9 0 0 - 1 9 3 0 [Ed. Key to reading the following: Name of deceased; spouse; date of birth; place of birth; 1925 date of death; father's name; father's place of birth; mother's name; mother's place of birth; informant's name; informant's address; cemetery. Abstracted by Larry Crawford in the Jackson County Register of Deeds Office June 2012.] Webster Township Potts, Lena M.; w/o Ferdie; 17 Mar 1906; NC; 29 Dec 1926; L.D. Bradley; NC; Lola Hall; NC; J.H. Bradley; Greens Creek; Greens Creek Frizzell, Infant Boy; 26 Dec 1926; NC; 26 Sep 1926; Amps Frizzell; NC; Esther Frady; NC; E.D. Beck; Webster; Stillwell Queen, Robert Murray; 29 Apr 1925; Eagle Lake FL; 25 Jul 1926; J.E. Queen; NC; Ruth Delk; FL; J.E. Queen; Eagle Lake FL; Eagle Lake FL Gray, Infant Boy; 18 J an 1926; NC; 18 J a n 1926; ng; ng; Vida Gray; NC; Bill Casey; Webster; Webster Thomas, Ruth; 21 Nov 1919; NC; 25 Nov; ng; ng; Effie Thomas; NC; Roseta Casey; ng; Webster Frizzell, Infant Girl; 28 Aug 1925; ng; 28 Aug; W. Don Frizzell; NC; Selma Lewis; NC; W. Don Frizzell; Webster; Stillwell Rhinehart, Kate; 11 Mar 1925; ng; ng; Frank Rhinehart; Webster; Leona Mull; NC; ng; ng; Webster Frady, Johny Lou; 24 Jun 1925; NC; 29 Jun; Kelly Frady; NC; Blanch Buchanan; NC; E.D. Beck; Webster; Stillwell Massey, Hattie; 25 Mar 1900; Jackson Co.; 3 Mar; William Massey; NC; Cloye Davis; NC; Frank Henson; Webster; Jackson Co. Sylva Township Nicholson, William Oscar; h/o Pearl Stanford; Mar 1904; Sylva; 2 Dec; Oscar Nicholson; NC: Alice Walker; NC; Oscar Nicholson; ng; Sylva Hall, Nina Lela; age- 12y, 4d; Greens Creek; 3 Nov; David C. Hall; NC; Mary Cordilia David Hall; ng; Sylva Conner, Myrtle Caroline; 2 Dec 1925; 5 Dec; Sylva; Joseph Conner; NC; Etta Thompson; NC Jos. Conner; Sylva; Tuckasegee Deitz, Roy Edwin; age 4 hrs.; NC; 17 Mar; J.H. Deitz; NC; Georgia Cogdill; NC; J.H. Deitz; ng: Beta Womack, Rebecca Leona; 14 Jul 1925; Sylva; 5 Nov; William George Womack; Franklin: Bertha Viola Sprinkle?; Franklin; C. Wallen, Jr.; Sylva; Sylva Coward, Harriett; age 2,2,1; Sylva; 24 Apr; Dillard Coward; Cowarts; Flodia Hooper: Tuckaseigee; Dillard Coward; ng; Tuckasegee Cogdill, Carl; age 16,2,2; Addie; bur. 28 Mar; S.W. Cogdill; Addie; Latisha Clayton; Addie; P.E. Moody; Sylva; Addie Ensley, Oscar Bill; age-4 days; Sylva; 1 Mar; Tom Ensley; NC; Sallie Aiken; NC; Elsie Ensley; ng; Ensley Scotts Creek Township Crawford, Arthur Conrad; age 1 mo., 9 days; NC; 7 Dec; Robert Crawford; NC; Bertha Smathers; NC; Robert Crawford; Balsam; Crawford [Ed. G.C. Crawford Family Cemetery] Clayton, Infant (Gender not given); 23 Nov; ng; 23 Nov; ng; Grady Clayton; NC; Margaret Boyd; ng; Grady Clayton; ng; Addie 117 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 Berdett, John Jr.; 20 Jul; ng; 20 Jul; John B. Williams; Macon Co.; Emmer Johnson; Macon Co.; John B. Williams; ng; Balsam [Ed. Note this child's actual last name.] V_^ Parris, Mary Ethel; w/o Claud; age 24,6,21; Addie; 10 Apr; John Green; Haywood Co.; Kate Ensley; Addie; Ida Crawford; ng; Addie Mull, Zona; age 25,3; TN; 29 Mar; Jim Knight; TN; ng; TN; ng; ng; Haywood Co. Savannah Township Higdon, Walter Cleveland; 9 Jul 1925; Jackson Co.; 9 Jul; B.F. Higdon; Jackson Co.; Ader Williams; Jackson Co.; Frank Higdon; not given; Zion Hill Deitz, Infant Girl; 15 Nov 1925; ng; 15 Nov; Horace Deitz; NC; Nellie Buchanan; NC; Horace Deitz; Greens Creek; East Fork Deitz, Margaret Belle; 6 Feb 1925; Jackson Co.; 31 May; Savannah; Sherman Deitz; Jackson Co.; Laura Frady; Jackson Co.; Memphis Buchanan; ng; East Fork Deitz, Grover Samuel; 31 Jan 1925; Jackson Co.; bur. 8 Apr; John Deitz; Jackson Co.; Ida Elmina Beck; Jackson Co.; R.N. Deitz; Greens Creek; East Fork River Township Broom, Sallie (middle name illegible); w/o Hobert; 15 Jan 1907; NC; 8 Dec; Mat Mathis; NC; Tishie Coggins; NC; Hobert Broom; Tuckasegee; Double Springs Broom, Geneva Lee; 11 Nov 1925; Tuckasegee; 11 Nov; Hobert Broom; Tuckasegee; Sallie Mathis; NC; ng; ng; Mountain Woodring, Frank; age 4,1,25; Tuckasegee; 11 Nov; Wash Woodring; Tuckasegee; Lettie Garrett; SC; E.L. Chastain; ng; Woodring Hamilton, Johnnie Edith; 21 Jul 1915; East LaPorte; 18 Jul; G.C. Hamilton; Robbinsville; Callie Collins; Tellico Plains TN; Ed Norton; East LaPorte; East LaPorte [Ed. DOB should be Jun] \_> Ashe, Martha Elvira; 8 Mar 1925; 8 Mar; S.A. Ashe; Tuckasegee; Myrtle Melton; Argura; ng; ng; Melton Qualla Township Tahquette, Alfred Clayton; 4 Dec 1913; Jackson Co.; 26 Dec; John L. Tahquette; Graham Co.; Anna George; Jackson Co.; Marian Tahquette; Cherokee; Jackson Co. Panther, Alfred; 29 Aug 1915;' Jackson Co.; 7 Dec; Mark Panther; Jackson Co.; Lindy Littlejohn; Jackson Co.; Leander Lossiah; Cherokee; Jackson Co. Toineeta, Johnny; 1 Jul 1925; Jackson Co.; 1 Jul; Arneach Toineeta; Jackson Co.; Martha Youngdeer; Jackson Co.; Josie Lee; Cherokee; Jackson Co. Mountain Township Coggins, Clyde; 17 May 1904; Erastus; 13 Sep; Mark Coggins; TN; Ten Moody; Erastus; Mrs. Mark Coggins; ng; Double Springs Stewart, Raymond Cleveland; 17 May 1925; ng; 9 Jun; Jehue Stewart; Erastus; Thelma McCall; Grimshawes; Mrs. Jehue Stewart; ng; Double Springs Bryson, Sallie Emmer; 8 Sep 1924; ng; 9 Apr; Walter Bryson; NC; Betha Carroll; NC; Mrs. Walter Bryson; ng; Pine Creek Cashiers Township Monteith, Essie Birdell; 21 Nov 1925; Cashiers; 24 Nov; J.C. Monteith; Cashiers; Addie London; Franklin; E.E. Monteith; Cashiers; Glenville Allen, Infant Boy; 11 Jan 1925; Cashiers; 13 Jan; Frank Allen; Salem SC; Marjorie Bumgarner; - ^ Cashiers; Frank Allen; Cashiers; Cashiers \^y 118 c Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 Cullowhee Township Crawford, Infant Girl; 27 Jun 1925; ng; 27 Jun; Alvin Crawford; NC; OIlie Stewart; NC; Alvin Crawford; Cullowhee; Cullowhee Roper, Infant Girl; 27 Jun 1926; Cullowhee; J. HarVey Roper; NC; Edna Dills; NC; L.B. Newman; Cullowhee; Cullowhee Seago', Selma Elizabeth; age 1 day; Speedwell; 17 Jul; nothing else given until Informant Minnie Seago; Speedwell; Speedwell Caney Fork Township Thomas, John Henry; 9 Jul 1925; Rich Mtn.; 15 Jul; Caney Fork; John Thomas; Macon Co.; Ethel Cagle; Haywood Co.; "mother"; Rich Mtn.; Rich Mtn. Carpenter, Not Given; age 23,9,11; Scaly?,' 5 Apr; James Carpenter; ng; Ida Bell; ng; John Carpenter; ng; not given Watson, Burder; 24 May 1925; Cowarts; 21 Aug; Enos Watson; Caney Fork; Lessie Kilby; GA; "mother"; ng; Balsam Grove Edwards, Hall; 12 Jul 1925;Rich Mtn.; 3 Sep; ng; ng; H Edwards; Yancey Co.; Marcus Edwards; Rich Mtn.; Rich Mtn. Roper, J.C; 30 May 1925; Rich Mtn.;- 30 May; Carl Roper; Franklin; Esther Smith; Franklin; C.L. Harrington; ng; Rich Mtn. Mason, Gertrude; age-8,11,9; Rich Mtn.;. 26 Jul; J.C. Mason; NC; Flora Wood; Rich Mtn.; Dillard Wood; Rich Mtn.; Rich Mtn. Phillips, Clara Lue; 16 Apr 1925; Cowarts; 3 May; Dombey Phillips; Cullowhee; Grade Daves; SC; W.G. Phillips; Cowarts; not given Nicholson, Quentin; age 3,6,13; Cowarts; 15 Jun; Hobert Nicholson; Cowarts; May Middleton; Tuckaseigee; General Burrell; ng; Coward Nicholson, Thurman Ervin; age 2,6,9; Cowarts; 12 Apr; Ben Nicholson; Cowarts; Frances Parker; Jackson Co.; "mother"; Cowarts; Cowarts Parker, Wilford Marie; Apr 1925; Rich Mtn.; 18 Apr; Perry Parker; Rich Mtn.; Olar Alexander; SC; James Shular; ng; Rich Mtn. Hooper, Earl; 9-Feb 1925; Balsam Grove; 9 Feb; Benjamin Cook;. Brasstown; Pearl Hooper; Brasstown; May Owen; Cowarts; Balsam Grove Canada Township Harris, Vess Jr.; age 2 days; ng;> 1 Feb; Vess Harris; Jackson Co.; Ellar Harris; Jackson; Lee Phillips; Wolf Mtn.; Canada Smith, Darkis; age 10m, 18d; Jackson Co.; 18 Mar; M.L. Smith; Jackson; Annie-Cline; Swain Co.; ng; ng; Canada- Harris, Infant Girl; 18 Apr 1925; Jackson Co^; 18 Apr; Suford Harris; Wolf Mtn.; Delia Hoxit; Wolf Mtn.; ng; ng; Harris Shelton, Infant Boy; 10 May 1925; Wolf Mtn.; 10 May; Ransom Shelton; Wolf Mtn.; Vinna Owen; Wolf Mtn.; ng; ng; Wolf Creek 119 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 A C i v i l W a r R e m i n i s c e n c e [Ed. The following reminiscence is taken from the Evelyn M. Hyatt private manuscript collection in the North Carolina State Archives. We do not know where or if it was previously published. The last official record of the soldier, according to North Carolina Troops, was in February 1865. Submitted by JCGS member Deanne Gibson Roles.] The first time I joined the army I ran away from home with the second company that left Waynesville, with Sam Bryson as Captain.' My father came for me and took me home because I was too young to join the troops. Two days later Marion McDaniel and I went to Asheville This time I was successful in my attempt to join the Southern lines. The first fight I was in was the Seven Day's Battle at Richmond, Virginia. Lafayette Fullbright was killed on my right and Bill Franklin on my left We fought for six days. I was wounded at Fredricksburg, but was so scared that I have forgotten the details. I was standing near a rock wall when I was shot Captain Freeman saw me and told me to get to cover if I could I got to a church, but soon the roof was shot off. Finally an ambulance pulled by two mules started with me to some rock cliffs where doctors were stationed The mules were killed by shots, but I got out of the ambulance and walked to the hospital, from our old camp place in Richmond I stayed there two days and nights. Joe Brown, Rastus Howell and I asked for a furlough. I got mine, but the other two did not We had to go back to the hospital under guard. We pulled a plank off the fence and put a paper beside it so we could tell where the plank was. That night we escaped and got on a train bound for Raleigh. The next day I got in the back of a mail hack and came to Asheville I stayed home sixty days. Pink Welch was my first Lieutenant and Sam Bryson my first Captain. I was at Gettysburg. We crossed from Gettysburg over Rock Bridge into Maryland Then we came to the sad time at Appomattox. I saw the white flag raised and asked Captain Freeman what that meant He said that we were going to surrender. I told him that I did not want to surrender and asked him if I could leave He said I could, but advised me not to do it Fourteen of us decided to try to make it home. We slipped away and got under the bluff of the river. I slipped along the bank of the Appomattox River while the officers were parlaying in front between the tines. The fourteen of us got to the top of the Blue Ridge and turned towards home We traveled most of the time and got to Burnsville, North Carolina. It was here that we ran into Kirk, the renegade Chris Mitchell, Ace Chambers and two others decided to give up. The rest of us went on the other side of then ridge to Big Laurel We came down Big Laurel until we struck French Broad When we reached Asheville Kirk was there We broke a canoe loose and crossed French Broad River. We had to forge as best we could for our grub on the way home Times had changed at home. We'went to register to vote Green Garrett, Bill Shook and Uncle Jack Welch, a former slave and cook for the Pink Welch camp were the registers. They told me I was a rebel and they could not register me...I registered and voted... and I will be a Democrat and vote that way until I die Jake Evans s_> yJ \^> 120 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 T h o m a s G . F i s h e r F a m i l y [Ed. We were pleased in April to make the acquaintance of Nancy Fisher Patton and Frances Fisher Moore of Franklin. They visited in the JCGS office and lent us some exceptional materials on their Fisher family. The Thomas of the title was their great - great grandfather, one of the Jackson County Fishers from the Beta - Scotts Creek - Fisher Creek area.] - ^ ~ ~ r ~ g ~ ^ < a ^ y Above, Thomas Guy Fisher (19 Mar 1830 - 8 Sep 1888), who is buried in Old Field Cemetery. He was one of the sons of James and Mary Gilleland Fisher. His family Bible record follows. 121 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 T h o m a s G u y F i s h e r f a m i l y B i b le yj [Ed. The title page and copyright information are missing.] Marriages Thomas G. Fisher and MA. Allen was married the 15'h Janry 1857 Thomas G. Fisher and Manerva Crawford was'married the 11th January 1872 [Ed. The surname "Sutton" is written above "Crawford."] James N. Fisher and Julia S. Gibson was married Aug 25th 1889 Births Thomas G. Fisher was born March the 19th 1830 M.A. Fisher was born Nov 15th 1836 died Sept 7,h 1870 Sarah Ann Fisher was born May 27* 1858 Harriett C. Fisher was born Oct the 14 AD 1859 WA. Fisher was born Oct 16,h 1861 EA. Fisher & M.C. Fisher was born Apr 19 1866 James N. Fisher was born Feb 3rd 1869 Howard Fisher was born Nov 41872 Martha C. Fisher was born May 12 1874 Palistine Fisher was born Sept. 25 1876 [Ed. The following notations are in the James N. Fisher family.] J.N. Fisher was born Feb 3 1869 Julia S. Fisher was born Jan 29 1867 Harry C. Fisher was born May 281890 Thomas C. Fisher was born July 61892 Myrtle Fisher born April 30 1894 James N. Fisher Jr. was born Aug 3 1896 William J. Fisher was born May 24 1899 Kibby A. Fisher was born May 29 1901 John S. Fisher was born Dec 4 1903 Stanly G. Fisher was born July 61908 Julia S. Fisher died Oct 20 1918 J N Fisher died March 29 1933 Stanley G. Fisher died June 51954 Myrtle Fisher died April 7 1967 J.N. Fisher Jr. died Nov 6 1967 Harry C. Fisher died Nov 26 1965 Thomas Craig Fisher died Oct 211968 Rabun Gap GA John S. Fisher died Aug 211970 Kibby A. Fisher died Jan 19 1983 W.J. Fisher died July 19 1983 yj v_> 122 c - Journeys Through Jackson- Summer 2012 L e t t e r t o T h o m a s G. F i s h e r ' s P a r e n ts [Ed. Thomas Guy Fisher was one of the sons of James and Mary Gilleland Fisher. The following is a transcription of a letter written to the above couple by her brother. We will add spacing and paragraphing only for clarity where punctuation is absent] June 6 1859 To Jackson County Dear brother and sister we are About to have a Little Recning with you this evening in the first place we wish to no what is the Reason of your not Righting to us and so you can say of us the fact is Did not kno where you was until a few Days backe I heard a few words about you we can say to you this evening that we are Bouth in tollerlib health hopeing that our letter may find you All well and Doing'well we are hear by our selves" our Children som of them not fur from us and som of them have got of two hundred miles from us Maryann and Tomson was with us a few nights back they were in common health Maryanns health is not overly good At All times she wises to be remembered to you bouth and All the fammly We All wish to no of you whether som you Cold not turn out this summer and come to see us and we want you to Right to us and let us no how you are coming on for. this world and what the prosspect is for the world to come as to our prosspect we are bound for Caneen land and has that good feeling and bright hope for the same we a r e All getting old and that it is Right that we shold no each and All of our feeling Concerning our futer I don't know that I have any thing more than we are geting Vary Dry hear our corn and cotten oates Kneeding Rain wheat Gropes are good now beginning to cut When you Right Direct your letter to Jefferson Court house and give us the best satisfaction you can About your own concernes and I wold like to no About Ant ? Aliens Conection how they are coming on and your own children Allen and all of them we belong to the Methedis Church and som of our Children and som to the baptis The people hear are devided on the tempperence cause AH that I have to say to you About it is hang out for free trade and (state's?) rights I will further state to you that washenton Gilleland is now at worke on the Road Close Above Cleve tomson old place A bilding A house for James Glesson And will be there All the summer and the grateter part of next winter so that if any of .you shold be passing Call on him and let us no About you All washenton has his fammyly ther with him Wm Gilleland to James Fisher May god add his blessings on us all and forgive us our sines and At last save us All so we bid you All Farwell with the warmth of our love to you All [Ed. The letter was addressed as follows: Jefferson GA James Fisher North Carolina havwood County Scotts creek Gilleland did not realize that Jackson County had been formed.] 123 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 J a m e s N. F i s h e r F a m i ly James N. Fisher (3 Feb 1869 - 28 Mar 1933) m. (25 Aug 1889) Julia Gibson (29 J a n 1867 20 Oct 1918) Children of James and Julia: \ J Harry Clifton Fisher Thomas Craig Fisher Annie Myrtle Fisher James N. Fisher Jr. William Jay Fisher Kibby A. Fisher John S. Fisher Stanley G. Fisher 28 May 1890 - 26 Nov 1965 6 Jul 1 8 9 2 - 2 1 Oct 1968 30 Apr 1 8 9 4 - 7 Apr 1967 3 Aug 1 8 9 6 - 6 Nov 1967 24 May 1899-20 Jul 1893 29 May 1901 - 1 9 Jan 1983 4 Dec 1 9 0 3 - 2 1 Aug 1971 6 Jul 1 9 0 8 - 5 Jun 1954 yj The photographs above are of Julia Gibson Fisher, then James N. Fisher (on the right) pictured with his brother Bill. K^ 124 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 Above, the James N. Fisher and Julia Gibson Fisher home in Rabun County, Georgia; picture taken in 1926 before the construction of a modern or paved 441 South. On the right, Harry C. Fisher (28 May 1890 - 26 Nov 1965) and his wife Maude Ludle York Fisher (3 Aug 1893 - 7 Aug 1981). Below, a family group picture of the James N. and Julia Gibson family with the first four children. y 125 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 \ y ^JW.^- The two Marines pictured above are James Hillyer Fisher (World War IT) and his father Harry C. Fisher (World War I). James Hillyer Fisher was the father of Mrs. Patton and Mrs. Moore. [Ed. Also in these materials was a remarkable Civil War letter. The first Mrs. Thomas G. Fisher was Minerva Adeline Allen, whose brother Joseph J. Allen wrote to her the following:] Camp 25 Regment Weldon N.C. February 22 1864 Dear Sister I take this opportunity of writing you afew lines to let you no that I am well hoping that this may come Safe to hand and find you and the children well I have nothing of interest to writ at this time as for war news I have non at this tim mor than we are all prest in for the war I Saw a man Shot the other day he blong to Company F 25 he was rid to a stake tha shot 5 balls threw him that was the wost Site that I ever Saw to take a well man and kill him the boys are all well that I Sen (in) Camp a good many of (them) Swar that tha are Coming horn when thare time is out I thot that I wod get to Com horn when my tim was out but we will haft to Stay unless we throw down our guns and Come horn I don't like to stay in this war three years and then runaway and Spile all I am a gont to Stick till my time is out Adline you must excus bad Spelling and writing writ to me and give me all the nus I must clos remain you brother until death yj J.J. Allen to M.A. Fisher [Ed. We consulted the series North Carolina Troops and found the following in the 25th Regiment: In Company B from Jackson County, J. J. Allen was captured at Petersburg in June of 1864, sent to Elmira where he was paroled March 14, 1865. He died in a Richmond hospital 28 March 1865. On the day he mentions in his letter he was a witness to the execution of William L. Reece of Company F from Haywood County on February 18. Reece was convicted of the murder of G.W. Chambers. To have an eye-witness account of this execution write home about it, and for the letter to be preserved, is remarkable indeed.] KJ 126 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 C T h e S t o r y o f M y . L i f e . . . R a c h e l M a z e l l e G r e e n H e n s l e y [Ed. We continue in this issue with these memoirs, as submitted by JCGS member Jean Hooper Scott.] Well, when Pa got that place sold at Murphy, he came back to Haywood to find another farm. He found one at Hyder Mountain, five miles below Clyde I don't remember anything about that move, but we were moving again and we had to make new friends, but some of the people there were our relations, so it was easy there There was a Mr. Pat Dotson and Uncle Jake Evans and Aunt Liddie Dotson. They all had children and Uncle John Bramlett had A dozen. My Grandnia's brother was Uncle Jake Evans. She was an Evans before she married my Grandpa Smith. He was 50 years old when they were married and she was 30. He was Colonel Smith in the Old War. After he got back he was Clerk of the Court in Waynesville for 16 years. He owned most of the land around Waynesville and Lake Junaluska, better known then as Tuscola. They had three children, Uncle John and my'mother and her twin sister. When we moved to Hyder Mountain, Daddy put up a corn mill It was run bywater with a big water wheel People came for miles to get com ground Uncle Hiram McCracken had a wheat mill on Crabtree to grind wheat After Pa got his corn mill up, we sure did have lots of company. For miles around, people would bring wagon loads of corn. That sure was a fine place, almost level ground,'two hundred and fifty acres. II was a beautiful place We always had one or two preachers on Sunday. I remember one Sunday we had Uncle Hosy Moony [Ed. Hosea Mauney] and preacher Willis Fincher. My mother and my sister Mattie were getting dinner and they had a pan of pickled beans'on the stove I slipped behind the stove with a long brass pin I was sticking in the beans and eating them. Ma caught me at that and it scared me so bad that I dropped my pin in the pan of beans and ran. Well, at dinner Preacher Fincher got that pin in his plate and they were all wondering how that big pin got in those beans. My mother looked straight at me My Daddy bought a cane mill and all the people started raising cane for molasses. When the cane was cut and made into molasses, we made ours last and had a big candy pulling with the last run. Well, by then my Grandma Green and Aunt Samanthy Green were" living with us. Aunt Samanthy was supposed to make the candy, and she did and put it in a big dish pan in the kitchen to cool for the night, and shut the kitchen door after she went out I sneaked in the kitchen and came back out and left the door open. An old hen and her chickens went in and that big gang of chickens got in that big pan of candy and what a mess. All stuck up in that warm candy, but again then I was someplace, of course, and they never knew how the door got open. She made more candy and was pretty mad. I remember a Mr. Jim Buchanan coming to our house to get a place for him and three other men to board They were hunting curly walnut logs to buy for lumber. Pa let them board' with us and he sure did have plenty of money. He carried it tied up in a big red bandana. He would give me and my brother Lloyd all his change, and we had little cloth bags Ma gave us to put it in. Then Bob told us to bury our sacks and our money would grow. Well, we found us a good place right above our spring under some big bird-eye bushes and buried it Then in a few days we went to see if it was coming up and he found his but I never saw mine again. Mr. Buchanan gave me some more because I cried so hard 127 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 We had a funny little wash woman. She had a girl she would bring with her on wash day. Her name was Margaret Stanford. The girl's name was Luly. She would spend the night v_^ with us and we sure had lots of fun with them. One night we were playing blindfold and Mrs. Stanford swallowed her chew of tobacco. We sure laughed at her, but she did not care I sure can remember my first chew of tobacco. I was at Uncle Jake Evans' playing with Senia and Pearl, and they chewed it and got me to chew some I began to feel sick and started home, but I never got any closer than my dad's mill He carried me to the house and I was so limber Ma thought I was dead I could not speak. Well, I don't know what they did for me, but I heard Ma say, "Mack, you had better send Bob to Clyde after the doctor." That scared me and I said no. Then they started asking what I had eaten, and I said "Nothing." Then they asked me if anything had bit me, like a snake or a spider and I said no, but I was afraid to tell I chewed tobacco. Next day Aunt Maggie Evans came and told them what her girls had got me to do. Ma told her it better not happen again. I learned to ride horses as soon as I could walk. Bob would let me ride the horses and hold the harness; a little later Pa bought me a little horse and a side saddle I sure thought I was something then. I would brag to my friends about my horse and saddle We had Christmas trees, and my dad and Mrs. Pat Dotson were always Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus. They sure were funny. We did not get many toys - mostly candy peppermint and an orange I always got a rag doll my mother had made She made dolls for all the little girls around the neighborhood The public road ran by Pa's mill and I would watch big droves of cattle, sheep, horses and turkeys being driven in the fall to market someplace Big shepherd dogs kept the cattle on the road; they never got in the fields. We would ice skate on the mill pond in winter when we could slip off from Ma. We only got to go to school three or maybe ^ four months a year. \^y Chapter 3 I remember when my Uncle John Green left home. He told his wife at breakfast that he was going up on the hill to cut fire wood There was a big snow on the ground and he said it might get worse He got his ax and started up. the mountain. His wife fed their two children and listened for him to cut a tree; however, she never did hear a tree fall. She waited until dinner time and he never came to dinner. She then wrapped the children up and went to see where he was. She could not find him, but his tracks led on up the hill, so she went back to the house and waited until supper time She then fed the stock and the children and by then it was dark and snowing again. She could not get out in the snow with two small children, but by morning the snow was nearly knee deep and she had to do something. She wrapped them up and came to our house and told Pa. He said he would get up a searching crowd She wanted to go too, but Pa said, "No, it's too bad for you." He got several friends and they started the search on both sides of the mountain and the valleys too. They tracked him until it started raining and melted the snow off in spots. Well, they searched for two weeks and to this day, no one knows what became of him. His wife and children stayed with us till then and she went back home and gave Pa and Ma her baby. I was sure happy. I had a baby sister, but when we started to move to Murphy, she took her baby back. Her name was Lily and the other one was Daisy. In the fall, our mother taught us at home and we were always ahead of the other -^ children our age Me and my brother Lloyd were the best spellers in the school My daddy was \j a rock and brick mason. He built chimneys and rock walls all around Haywood County and 128 y Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 Jackson even, all the way to Cataloochee and Crablree on Fines Creek. Him and some of the Gaddis boys done all that rock work at Lake Junaluska, and he helped build the big smokestack at Canton. He built that big rock wall in Sylva and he did a lot of work for Dr. Hooper in Sylva. My brother Lloyd made a school teacher, and taught school at Flatrock in Haywood on Utah Mountain but that was tlte last one he would ever teach. By the time I was eight years old, my oldest.brother Bob had married and later my sister got married I had to start then helping my next brother milk the cows, and I did not know which side to milk on. I milked on either side, but I soon learned Well, by then my dad took another notion to ramble again. We were all begging him to not sell out, but this man came along getting people to go to Missouri and enter land the government was giving to people. They would give everyone 18 years old and over one hundred and fifty acres, so Pa took the Missouri Fever and sold his land to Bill McCracken with most of our furniture, and he gave tlte rest away. We-were to be at Clyde 'on a certain day to get on the train. This same man was to meet us there. Pa had already given him money for our train fare and he never came We stayed in Clyde three days and Pa was really mad, so he and my cousin Erastus Hipps got the law to find him. Tliey made him pay their money back. My cousin and his family were going with us. I was nine years old then. My mother was all crippled up with rheumatism and Iliad to start cooking and doing all the house work. My mother would sit by the stove and tell me how to do the cooking, how much soda and salt to put in the bread and to salt everything. One night I put supper on the table and Ma sat at the end and poured milk and coffee, and I started to the table with the coffee and dropped it on her feet It sure scalded her feet and legs so bad and it hurt me so bad I cried all night. I thought she would die. It so happened her feet and legs soon got well and that was the fall Pa went hunting for another farm. He met up with cousin Bud Fincher, and he had a big farm in Iron Duff. He went to rent it, so Pa rented his place that year and did not buy. We lived close to our old neighbors again, Mr..Zack Davis and Mr. Bob Davis, Mr. Tom Davis, and Aunt Lizzy Rogers. That summer everybody around us took smallpox and lots of children died Pa had us all vaccinated Dr. France Davis came to vaccinate us and I hid I heard him tell Ma that I would die if I took smallpox That scared me and I, came out Pa and Ma went from house to house, helping with the sick and dying. He helped dig graves too. There was a little house way out from ours and they would come to it and change clothes, then come on to the house and see about us. We never took smallpox, but our arms sure were bad Tlien that summer, Bob got married to Lulle Yarberry and I knew I had lost my best brother. That fall, Pa came to Clyde to look for a farm. He found one about ajniiefrom Clyde Mr. Mack Penland owned it, and he bought it, so tlte moving started again. We lived there, I guess, two years and moved in Clyde to Dr. Sam Medford's house That summer, I had typhoid fever again. Dr. Sam Medford treated me. We lived there two years, then Pa, Claude, and Lloyd went to Dillsboro to cut timber for a Mr. Frank Moody. Pa bought a farm from a colored man whose name was Tom Love He sold out at Clyde and we moved to Dillsboro, North -Carolina. My brother Claude got married to Miss Lena Carnes. Me and Lloyd were all that was left We lived tltere three years. My Dad had friends over at Franklin, North Carolina, and when they heard we lived at Dillsboro, they came and got Pa to sell again. He bought a big 200-acrefarm on Rabbit Creek and it sure was grown up with weeds. The weeds were almost as high as the house, and it was a big two-story house made of logs. Me and Pa, Lloyd and some hired hands went over there to clean up around so we could move again. The men would work outside and I was afraid to stay in that house and cook. We only 129 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 had a camping outfit with us, so there was not much house work to do. We stayed one week and we sure did work. So Saturday, Pa said we could go home that evening, but again 12 \_^ o'clock it was storming so hard he said we could not start across Cowee Mountain that night [Ed. There is no error in the preceding sentence. "Again" in this sense means "approximately." In our region, the traditional pronunciation would be "agin," and its meaning is still the same. This is an archaic usage, but an engaging one.] I started crying. Bob was with us. He told Pa he was going to take me home if he lived to get there Then Pa gave in and the rain had stopped Well, when we got to the top of Cowee Mountain, it was worse on the other side We could hardly see the road One of the mule's names was Dave, and he sure was homesick too. He gave a big snort, shook his head and started down the rough road and I mean ROUGH. Pa said, "Hold that mule!" Bob,said, "Don't hold him, let him go!" All the streams were up and in the road We got way down on Savannah and the bridge was washed away. We barely got stopped before we saw the bridge was gone Well, that stopped us from getting home again. So Pa started trying to get a place to stay. I guess we looked so wet no one seemed to want to keep us, but at last he went to a little house and knocked on the door. This man came to the door and he said if we could put up with them, we could stay. He and his daughter lived there They were all alone He built a big fire and we got dry, but the men had to sit up all night, they only had one bed and a cot 'We had our food and gave it all to them next morning. His name was Mr. Moss. Well, we got home Sunday morning around 10 o'clock, tired, sleepy and dirty. I told my mother how that place was, and I said I don't thinkyou ought to sign the deed for Pa to sell this place, and she said, "He is the head of the house and the one that makes the living for us, so if that place suits him, it will suit me" Then I said no more, and we got all our things done up, we were ready to move again. There were three wagons, and it took us two weeks to get all our things moved Claude and Bob drove two wagons and our brother-in-law drove that last one. The last week, Bob Gunter (my sister's husband) could not drive, and that left one wagon without a driver. Pa said to me, "You will have to drive that one this week." I said, "Make Lloyd drive it" Pa said, "He can't, and you know that!" Did I get mad! We were going up Savannah and a big crowd of people was standing on their porch looking at us, and I hollered and told them to look, maybe they would know us next time They all went inside then, hauled wood for the fires and done all kinds of farm work except plow. We finally got over that mountain and settled down.again. We never knew how long though, and was a beautiful place when we got it fixed up. Pa made palings and made a big garden and a big yard, built a big log barn. Again, then we had lots of friends there and they were pretty close We got acquainted at church and loved them all They were country people like us and we were happy, but not for long. Bob turned our crop that winter for the next summer, then Pa hired the rest done, only what I could do. Pa then said that farm was not for him because he was not going to farm, he was getting too old to work horses, and it was too big a farm for me and Lloyd was not going to make a farmer, he had to teach school I sure did hate to leave there. I had so many more friends than I had any place else and we had such a good Sunday School and such good singing. I did enjoy singing and I hated to go back to Dillsboro, for I never did like it there My fourteenth birthday was at Franklin, and I got several nice presents, one was a trunk. [To be continued in a later issue] V V ^y 130 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 D e s c e n d a n t s o f T h o m a s F r a n k l in c y [Ed. We continue in this issue with the work of JCGS member Betty Queen Monteith.] 5. Herbert Hoo\jSBt?Saipns (b.1928-Swafn Co.,NC) sp: Helen Loujs^fteSS (b. 1935) —• 5. Gladys Geneva Nations (b.11 Nov 1930-Swain Co.,NC) sp: James Ernest Holder (b.29 Mar 1912-Haywood Co.,NC) - 4. Taylor Nations (b.Nov 1888-Swain Co:,NC) sp: Lona Jenkins (b.Abt 1895-Swain Co.,NC;m.4 May 1913) - 4. Josephine Allrfair Nations (b.9 Mar 1893-Swain Co.,NC;d.3 Sep 1942-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Posey Edmond Thomas (b.15 Sep 1891-Yancy Co.,NC;m.5 Jul 1913;d.25 Aug 1963-Swain Co.,NC) — 5. Carl Thomas (bAbt 1915-Swain Co.,NC) — 5. Vinnie Thomas (b.6 Jul 1916-Swain Co.,NC) 5. Ruby Ann Thomas (b.7 Aug 1918-Swain Co.,NC;d.24 Feb 2007-Swain Co.,NC) sp: James Wheeler Smith (b.20 Apr 1916-Swain Co.,NC;d.8 Mar 2007-Swain Co.,NC) — 5. Ralph Thomas (bAbt 1921-Swain Co.,NC) 5. Garfield Thomas (bAbt 1923-Swain Co.,NC) 5. Hazel Thomas (b.15 Nov 1923-Swain Co.,NC;d.27 Feb 1990-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Nathaniel Smith (b.1 May 1921-Swain Co.,NC;d.19 Nov 1986-Swain Co.,NC) — 5. Violet Joyce Thomas (b.17 Aug 1925-Swain Co.,NC) 5. Everett Thomas (b.1927-Swain Co.,NC;d.1927-Swain Co.,NC) - 4. William McKinley Nations (b.Mar 1894-Swain Co.,NC) - 4. Laura B.Tula" Nations (b.24 Dec 1896-Swarn Co.,NC;d.9 Oct 1956-Swain Co.,NC) sp: John Henry Higdon (b.14 Mar 1892-Swain Co.,NC;m.2 Aug 1913;d.21 Dec 1984-Swain Co.,NC) — 5. Fred Clangton Higdon (b.1 Feb 1915-Swain Co.,NC;d.31 Dec 1988-Morganton.Burke Co.,NC) sp: Lillie Ann Cochran (b.22 Jun 1919-Swain Co.,NC;d.1 Jan 1987-Morganton.Burke Co.,NC) — 5. Ethel Higdon (b.1 Jun 1917-Swain Co.;d.26 Jun 1979-Swain Co.) sp: Kirkland — 5. Mary Alice Higdon (b.9 May 1926-Svirain Co.) sp: Zeb Ledford (b.13 May 1914-Swain Co.,NC) 4. Ullie Birdie Nations (b.Dec 1897-Swain Co.,NC) 3. Mary B. Franklin (b.3 Dec 1859-Haywood Co.,NC;d.3 Aug 1912-Swain Co.,NC) - 3. Emiline "Emma" Franklin (b.17 Mar 1861-Haywood Co.,NC;d.1 Jan 1940-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Zebulon V. Nations (b.5 Jan 1861-NC;m.5 Feb 1882,d.19 Apr 1935-Jackson Co.,NC) - 4. Callie Nations (b.1 Sep 1883-Jackson Co.,NCrd.20 Jun 1968-Jacksdn Co.,NC) sp: Joseph Hampton Hensley (b.15 Jul 1883^Swain Co.,NC;m.Abt 1905;d.15 Apr 1927-Jackson Co.,NC) — 5. Theodore R. Hensley (b.24 Nov 1906-Jackson Co.,NC;d.13 May 1994-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Bertie Levese Rowland . 5. Julius Burton Hensley (b.4 May 1908-Jackson Co.,NC;d.13 Sep 1Q55^Jaekson Co.,NC) sp: Helen Elizabeth Games (b.30 Nov 1914-Jackson Co.aN.G;d£2sMay 2006-Jackson Co.,NC) 131 '\J Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 — 5. William Jewell Hensley (b.22 Jul 1910-Wilmot,Jackson Co.,NC;d.10 Apr 1990-Jackson Co.,NC) - 5. Hazel Lee Hensley (b.25 Oct 1913-Barkers Creek,Jackson Co..NC;d.6 Jun 1997-Buncombe Co.,NC) sp: Jesse James McCall (b.13 Jul 1914-Macon Co.,NC;m.6 Jul 1935;d.7 Oct 1967-Buncombe Co.,NC) sp: James Ragan Gragg (b.30 Apr 1888-North Carolina;d.3 Apr 1972-Canton.Haywood Co.,NC) - 4. William Vance Nations (b.4 Nov 1885-Jackson Co.,NC;d.24 Feb 1958-Barkers Creek,Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Margaret Ellen Jones (b.12 May 1888-Jackson Co.,NC;mAbt 1909;d.24 Jan 1962-Swain Co.,NC) - 5. Myrtle Dortha Nations (b.12 Mar 1910-Jackson Co.,NC;d.6 Oct 1967-Darrington,Snohomish Co.,WA) sp: William Paul Jones (b.26 May 1907-Jackson Co.,NC;d.20 Ap^1974-Darrington,WA) - 5. Ulyes Vance Nations (b.28 Sep 1911-Jackson Co.,NC;d.6 Apr 1979-Jackson Co.,NC) i sp: UNKNOWN 5. Thurman Nations (b.9 Jun 1913-Jackson Co.,NC;d.21 Feb 1983-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Beulah Lily Davis (b.15 Jan 1918-Jackson Co.,NC;m.16 Oct 1935;d.19 Mar 1996-Jackson Co.,NC) - 5. Vergie. Nations - 5. Dewey E. Nations (b.27 Jul 1920-Jackson Co.,NC;d.22 Jul 1992-Dam'ngton.Snohomish Co.,WA) sp: Iris A. Brooks (b.20 Mar 1929-Jackson Co.,NC;d.22 Jul 1992-Darrington,WA) - 5. Hubert Nations - 5. Wilfred Nations (b.26 Sep 1926-Jackson Co.,NC;d.14 Feb 2002-Darrington,Snohomish Co.,WA) —• 5. Mildred Nations (b.15 Apr 1930-Jackson Co.,NC;d.6 Oct 1998-Swain Co.,NC)" sp: Floyd Cook - 4. France Burton Nations (b.1 Feb 1887-Wilmot,Jackson Co.,NC;d.20 Oct 1946-Barkers Creek,Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Mattie Lou Hensley (b.3 Mar 1888-Jackson Co.,NC;m.20 Dec 1908;d.5 Mar 1963-Jackson Co..NC) - 5. Bonnie Audrey Nations (b.7 Sep 1909-Wilmot,Jackson Co.,NC;d.28 Dec 2000-Ariington,Snohomish Co.,WA) sp: Hershell E. Parris (b.25 Nov 1904-Whhtier,Jackson Co.,NC;d.17 Jan 1991-ArHngton.Snohomish Co.,WA) 5. OIlie Mae Nations (b.1 May 1911-Barkers Creek,Jackson Co.,NC;d.11 Jun 1989-Dam'ngton.Snohomish Co.,WA) sp: John Forbin Jones (b.7 May 1905-Barkers Creek,Jackson Co.,NC;d.14 May 1959-Darrington,SC,WA) i sp: Ora Everette Ward (b.20 Jun 1901-Jackson Co.,NC;m.1962;d.12 Nov 1983-Jackson Co.,NC) - 5. Mamie Lillian Nations (b.25 Dec 1913-Wilmot,Jackson Co.,NC;d.3 Sep 1980-Sylva,Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Richard Lyle Jones (b.30 Jul 1909-Whrttier,JC,NC;m.10 Nov 1933;d.22 Apr 1998-Swain Co.,NC) 5. Zebulon Vance Nations (b.4 Mar 1915-Barkers Creek.Jackson Co.,NC;d.17 Apr 1915-Barkers Creek.JC.NC) - 5. Charlie B. Nations (b.25 May 1916-Jackson Co.,NC;d.27 Feb 1960-Dam"ngton,Snohornish Co.,WA) sp: Virgie Juanita Elders - 5. Troy Vance Nations (b.20 Mar 1920-Jackson Co.,NC;d.15 Dec 2009-Darrington,WA) sp: Juanita L Grace (b.5 Mar 1921;d.27 Nov 2003-Darrington,WA) - 5. Carrie Inez Nations (b.18 Mar 1922-Wilmot.Jackson Co.,NC;d.23 Apr 2009-Arlington,WA) sp: Lauriston Craig Monteith (b.27 Apr 1912-Sylva,Jackson Co.,NC;m.15 Mar 1941) - 5. Samuel Harry Nations fb-15 Jan 1924-WiImot.Jackson Co.,NC;d.28 May 2000-Darrington,WA) sp: Bertha Hampton (b.8 Dec 1929-Hfcjh Shoals,NC;m.10 Aug 1945) —• 5. Donald Rtehard Nations (b.28 Apr 1926-Jackson Co.,NC;d.5 May 2003-Arlington.Snohomish Co..WA) sp: Edith Geneva Littrell (b.8 May 1929-Whittier,JC,NC;m.18 Jan 1945;d.16 May 2003-Arlington,SC,WA) U 132 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 4. Mary Elizabeth Nations (b.17 Jul 1888-Jackson Co.,NC;d.17 Dec 1980-Jackson Co.,NC) I sp: Roy Arthur Settlemyre (b.3 May 1890-Wilmot,JC,NC;m.19 Dec 1909(Div);d.6 Aug 1968-Burke Co.,NC) — 5. Robert Vance Settlemyre (b.5 Jan 1911-Whittier,Jackson Co.,NC;d.4 Mar 1968-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Mildred Viola FrankTm (b.8 Aug 1919-Sylva.Jackson Co.,NC;m.19 Jun 1957) 5. Arthur Bedford Settlemyre (b.13 Jan 1913-Wiimont,Jackson Co.,NC;d.18 Jan 1972-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Annie Mao Ward (b.30 Jan 1919-Jackson Co.,NC;m.(Div)) 5. Carrie Belle Settlemyre (b.25 Oct 1914-Jackson Co.,NC;d.23 Sep 2000-Swain Co.,NC) i sp: Henry Oscar Wilson sp: Dewey Bradley i sp: James Walter Witherbee (b.13 Dec 1915-lllinois;d.8 Aug 1978-Swain Co..NC) - 5. Ella Marie Settlemyre (b.26 Aug 1916-Jackson Co.,NC;d.12 Feb 1920-Jackson Co.,NC) - 5. Celia Settlemyre (b.25 Jul 1918-Jackson Co.,NC;d.13 Feb 1940-Jackson Co.,NC) 5. James Coy Settlemyre (b.1921 ^Jackson Co.,NC;d.24 Dec 2000-Whittier,Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Inez R. Elders (b.4 Dec 1924-Jackson Co.,NC;m.Abt 1941 ;d.9 Oct 1999-Whittier,Jackson Co.,NC) 5. Scott Burton Settlemyre (b.28 Apr 1923-Jackson Co..NC;d.3 Jan 1985-Swain Co.,NC) i sp: Louise Harwood i sp: Mae Belle LittreH (bJ26 Nov 1922-Jackson Co.,NC;d.29 Aug 1997-Sylva,Jacksoh Co.,NC) - 5. Willa Mae Settlemyre (b.11 Jul 1927-Jackson Co.,NC;d.29 May 1969) i sp: Charles Ellis Ward (b.29 Mar 1925-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Howard Totten 4. Taylor Lee Nations (b.28 Jul 1891nJackson Co.,NC;d.1 Dec 1967-Whittier,Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Lela Ashe (b.Abt 1893;mAbt 1923;d.15 Nov 1950^Morganton,Burke Co.,NC) - 5. Robert Lee Nations (b.6 Sep 1924-Barkers Creek.Jackson Co.,NC;d.8 Sep 1924-Barkers Creek,Jackson Co.,NC) - 5. Daniel Nations (b.2 Jun 1926-NC;d.4 May 1977-Jackson Co.,NC) - 5. Joseph A. Nations (b.16 Sep 1930-Jackson Co.,NC;d.2 Mar 1990-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Maggie Raby 4. Dollie Carrie Ann Nations (b.12 May 1895-Wilmot,Jackson Co.,NC;d.9 Jun 1962-Syh/a,Jackson Co.,NC) sp: George Jones (b.6 Jun 1890-Wilmot,Jackson Co..NC;m.17 Dec 1911;d.18 Oct 1918-Wilmot.Jackson Co.,NC) - 5. Sylvester Jones (b.22 Jul 1913-Barkers Creek,Jackson Co.,NC) - 5. Horace Leon Jones (b.27 Sep-1916-Jackson Co.,NC) - 5. Robert George Jones (b.24 Mar 1919-Wilmot.Jackson Co.,NC;d.22 Sep 1993-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Hester Love Messer (b.30 Sep 1922-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Lee Raby (b.6 Mar 1886-Jackson Co.,NC;m.24 Jun 1922;d.26 Mar 1939-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Edward M. Messer (b,1 Jul 1888-Barkers Crk.,Jackson Co.,NC;mAft 1939;d.18 Jan 1971-Jackson Co.,NC) 4. Robert Marion Nations (b.30 Jun 1897-Wilmot,Jackson Co.,NC;d.12 Feb 1970-Syh/a,Jackson Co.,NC) ; sp: Ivalee Cook (b.3 Jul 1893-Swain Co.,NC;m Abt 1920;d.22 Marl 962-Jackson Co.,NC) ' —• 5. Florence Nations (b.24 Nov 1925-Jackson Co.,NC;d.26 Jul 1987-Jackson Co.,NC) ,' sp: Howard C. Frizzell (b.8 Dec 1924-Jackson Co.,NC;d.8 Aug 1980-Jackson Co.,NC) c 133 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 3. Elijah Lee Franklin (b.9 May 1863-Haywood Co.,NC;d.19 Mar 1943-Qualla,Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Mary Hbyle (b.Abt I867;m.17 Nov 1889;d.Bef 1914) 4. Jim (Hoyle) Franklin (b.1886-Swain Co.,NC) - 4. Fannie Franklin (b.Abt 1888-Swain Co.,NC;d.Bef 1920) j sp: Willie Garline Barker (b.31 Mar 1884-Swain Co.,NC;m.2 Mar 1906;d.23 Nov 1951-Swain Co.,NC) [ 5. Troy Lee Barker (b.19 Jul 1914-Swain Co.,NC;d.6 Feb 1989-Swain Co.,NC) ' sp: Jessie Lee Barker (b.25 May 1917-Swain Co.,NC;d.27 Apr 1992-Swain Co.,NC) — 5. Fannie Barker i sp: Sprinkle < 5. Claude Barker ! 5. Clyde Barker ! 5. Gene Barker (b.1912-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Dolly Frady (b.1914;m.28 Jul 1938) — 4. Annie Franklin (b.Abt 1893-Swain Co.,NC) sp: John Woodard (b<Abt 1893;m.30 Jul 1911) v_> - 4. Allie Franklin (b.1894-Swain Co.,NC;d.Bef 1915-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Nelson Barker (b.1886-Swain Co.,NC;m.30 Sep 1907) - 4. Malinda Franklin (b.Abt 1897-Swain Co.,NC) i sp: James E. Stanford (m.30 May 1914) —• 5. Leonard Stanford (b.5 Apr 1936-Jackson Co.,NC;d.7 Apr 1936-Jackson Co.,NC) - 4. Mattie Franklin (b. 1902-Swain Col.NC) - 4. Corie (?) Franklin (b.1904-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Louisa Shipman (b.1893-North Carolina) - 4. Thomas William Franklin (b.3 May 1917-Henderson Co.,NC;d.2 Mar 1973-Oteen,Buncombe Co.,NC) sp: Josie Crow - 4. Alvin Franklin twin (b.15 Oct 1921-Jackson Co.,NC) —• 4. Alma Franklin twin (b.15 Oct 1921-Jackson Co.,NC) 3. Sarah Jane Franklin (b.20 Jul 1866-Haywood Co.,NC;d.2 Jan 1929-Swain Co.,NC) sp: John D. "Johnny" Shepherd (b.26 Sep 1864-Swain Co.,NC;m.5 Apr 1886;d.8 May 1922-Swain Co.,NC) - 4. Daniel Columbus Shepherd (b.18 Apr 1887-Alarka.Swain Co.,NC;d.8 Feb 1969-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Ethel Mary Hickey (b.27 Dec 1893-Tennesse;d.26 Jul 1958-Gaston Co..NC) - 5. Floy Jane Shepherd (b.24 Jun 1911-Swain Co.,NC) - 5. Hazel Maxine Shepherd (b.22 Aug 1917-Swain Co.,NC;d.22 Sep 1999-Gaston Co.,NC) sp: Dewey Lee Splawn (b.11 Nov 1913-Cherokee Co.,SC;d.25 Apr 1993-Lincoln Co.,NC) - 5. James Earl Shepherd (b.23 Nov 1920-Swain Co.,NC;d.7 Dec 1920-Swain Co.,NC) 5. Edna Pauline Shepherd (b.3 Dec 1921-Swain Co.,NC) 5. Paul Shepherd (b.13 May 1925-Swain Co.,NC) - 5. Fred Shepherd (b.18 Apr 1927-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Hattie Louise Barker (b.17 Mar 1894-Swain Co.,NC;mAft 1958;d.30 Jan 1975-Swain Co.,NC) S_> ^y 134 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 L> y 1 8 8 0 J a c k s o n C o u n t y C e n s u s [Ed. We continue in this • 42-43 43-44 44-45 45-46 46-47 47-48 issue with the census enumeration of JCGS member Sanji Talley Watson] A.N.Ashe 46 Elizabeth 42 Sarah 20 Charley 15 Maroe 8 Dee 5 Henry Messer 60 Catherine 48 Angeline 28 Melvina 26 Harrison 23 Josephine 20 Margaret 18 Frances 14 James 12 Arty 8 John Bradley 36 Nancy 34 James 13 Sarah 11 Morah 9 Daniel 7 Phillip 4 . Margaret 2 ,, James Ward 27 Elizabeth 21 Sarah 5 Caldona 3 .Wallas 1 Julios 3/12 L. G. Ward 59 Margaret 59 Thad Hans 22 John Brooks 24 Martha 26 Laurah 5 Dorka 4 Thomas 3 Margaret 1 Wife - Keeping house Daughter - At home Son - Works on farm Son Son Wife - Keeps house Daughter - At home Daughter Son - Works jon farm Daughter - At home Daughter - At home Son - Works on farm Son - Works on farm Daughter Wife- Keeping house Son - Works on farm Daughter - At home Daughter Son Son Daughter Wife - Keeping house Daughter Daughter Son Son Wife - Keeping house Servant - W6rks on farm Wife - Keeps house Daughter Daughter Son Daughter NCGANC NC GA SC NC NC SC cc cc cc cc cc cc CC tt ti NC NC NC cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc CC it ti tt tt tt ti tt tt NC NC NC NC SC NC NCNCNC cc cc cc-cc cc cc cc cc cc cc tt tt tt cc cc NC NC NC cc cc cc <c cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc NC NC NC cc cc cc cc cc cc NC NC NC cc cc tt it it tt cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 135 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 48-49 49-50 50-51 51-52 52-53 53-54 54-55 55-56 56-57 57-58 Tolitha Potts 40 Elias 24 Rufus Messer 26 Rebecca 21 William 2/12 W. P. Jones 35 Rebecca 33 Hattie 11 Mary 10 Lela 6 Luler 2 Jane 5/12 Ruben Messer 58 Elizabeth 45 Robert 21 Graham 19 John 14 Manerva 10 Henry 7 Samuel 4 Mary Messer 54 J. B. Raby 41 Bidford 12 Amanda 9 Morah 7 Ellah 4 A. E. Beck 59 Marah 22 David 19 John 15 William 6 J.L.Davis 33 M.J. 29 John 7/12 David Brown 28 Morah 28 Nancy 6 William 3 Malissa /12 Martha Parker 20 Keeping house Son -Works on farn Wife - Keeping house Son Wife - Keeping house Daughter - At home Daughter - At home Daughter Daughter Daughter Wife - Keeping house Son - Works on farm Son - Works on farm Son - Works on farm Daughter - At home Son Son Sister - Border Son - Works on farm Daughter Daughter Daughter Keeping house Daughter - At home Son - Works on farm Son - Works on farm Son Wife - Keeps house Son Wife - Keeping house Daughter Son Daughter Border NC NC NC cc cc cc NCNCNC SC SC SC NCNCSC NCNCNC cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc u cc cc cc cc cc cc NCNCNC cc cc cc cc cc cc tt cc cc cc <c cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc NCNCNC NCNCNC cc cc cc cc tt tt ti cc cc cc cc cc NCNCNC cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc NCNCNC cc cc cc cc cc cc GANCNC NCNCNC NC GA NC cc cc tt tt ti cc NCNCNC 136 Journeys Through Jackson -Summer 2012 C y 58-59 * 59-60 , 60-61 61-62 61-63 62-64 63-65 64-66 65-67 Henry 2 Harry Franklin 30 Harriett 25 Eliga 6 Morah 3 Henry 1 " John Franklin 60. Matilda 49 Rachel 18 Vina 16 John 14 Lear 10 David Turpin 35 Morah 36 Tennisee 13 .James 9, Lottie 2 Turpin 1/12 Emeline Messer 20 Rice Gunter 23 Martha 23 Wesley 2 Martha Turpin 32 Cdlerado 7 Allen 4 James Jenkins 50 Rosa 52 Thomas 18 G. M. Gunter 49 . Elizabeth 39 . Jessie 12 Dela 8 George 7 Hiram 5 Thomas 2 J. B. Elders 54 Eliza 51 Border Wife -Keeping house Son , . Daughter Son t "Wife - Keeping house Daughter * At home Daughter - At home Son - Works on farm Granddaughter - At home Wife - Keeping house Daughter - At home Son ' Daughter Daughter Sister in law - Keeping house Wife - Keeping house Son Keeping house Daughter Son Wife - Keeping house Son - Works on farm Wife - Keeping house Son - Works on farm Daughter Daughter Son , Son Son Wife - Keeping house cc cc cc TNNCTN SC SC SC TNTNSC cc cc cc cc <c cc NCNCNC KYKYKY TNNCKY cc cc cc cc cc cc TNTNTN NCGANC 'NCNCNC cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc NCNCNC NCNCNC cc cc cc cc cc cc NCNCNC cc cc cc cc cc cc NCNCNC cc a cc cc cc cc NC NC NC NC SC NC NCNCNC cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc NCNC NCNCNC 137 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 66-68 67-69 69-71 70-72 71-73 72-74 73-75 74-76 John 19 Rufus 14 Fuller Elders 21 Berran 17 Marah 5/12 R. L. Gunter 52 Angeline 45 Thaddeous 17 Morah 15 Laurah 12 George 10 Coleman 6 Samuel 4 Martha Partin 41 HarvePartin 20 Mary 18 Nancy 15 Rebeca 8 Agnes Partin 22 William 8 Margaret 4 Sarah 1 Eli Burgess 18 Sidney Gunter 82 Marah 41 Elonza 17 Sarah 14 Patsy Watson 67 M. C. Ward 29 Tolitha 28 Linorah 9 Irah 8 Elmina 7 Elvira 5 Candes 2/12 Thomas Shepard 27 Sarah 22 Alsedona 2 Son - Works on farm Son - Works on farm Wife - Keeping house Daughter Wife - Keeping House Son - Works on farm Daughter - At home Daughter - At home Son - Works on farm Son Son Son - Works on farm Daughter - At home Daughter - At home Daughter Housekeeping Son Daughter Daughter Border - Works on farm Daughter - At home G'son - Works on farm G'daughter - At home Sister Wife - Keeping house Daughter Son Daughter Daughter Daughter Wife- Keeping house Daughter cc cc cc cc cc cc NCNCNC cc cc cc cc cc cc NC SC NC cc cc cc NCNCNC cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc NCNCNC NCNCNC cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc NCNCNC cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc NCNCNC cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc NCNCNC cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc u NC NC NC cc cc cc cc cc cc \ J 138 r y Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 O n e T h i n g a n d A n o t h e r [Ed. Our potpourri of small genealogical treasures, discoveries, and nonsense. The Ochre Hill records were abstracted in 1980, before we were conscientious and knowledgeable enough to record every source. Our belated thanks to the church officials and congregation.] E x c e r p t s f r o m t h e O c h r e H i l l B a p t i s t C h u r c h h o o k Founders dismissed from Mount Pleasant 15 Nov 1890 Alexander E. Henry Martha A. Mills William E. Hall Elizabeth Cook James B. Cook Rebecca A. Woods MA. Norman Mary M. Shuler Thomas C. Woods V.E. Sutton Altha J . Hall M.M. Sutton Nancy A. Mills Mary E. Mills 1897 Obituary...Martha A. Mills...daughter of G.W. & Artie E. CIayton...born 8 Feb 1841...married first William Miller, 2 children, 1 living, he died in Civil War...married 2nd W.P. Mills, 4 boys, 3 living...her date of death 25 Mar 1897 [Ed. This account had a mistake; we believe that there were 3 children by Miller, namely John B. Miller, Sarah Miller Mathis, and Artie Miller Mills. Certainly John B. and Sarah were still living when their mother died.] 1897 Obituary...Nancy A. Mills...born Knoxville 19 Jul 1821...married Reuben Mills, 5 children, "3 living"...her date of death 21 Jul 1897 [Ed. This was Nancy Amelia Elliott, born in Blount County, Tennessee. Living children would have been William Pinkerton Mills, Rebecca Mills Wood, and Nancy Angeline Mills Parris.] 1899 Obituary...Nicy K. Wood...daughter of Michael B., Margaret Hooper Wood...born 1 Jun 1876...her date of death 10 Mar 1899 1899 Obituary...Rebecca Wood...wife of T.C. Wood...daughter of Reuben, Nancy Mills...born November 1842...died 28 Apr 1899...survived by husband, brother, sister, son, daughter [Ed. See Nancy A. Mills' obituary above.] 1899 Exclusion of Sina Bryson Calhoun for divorce. [Ed. See the next obituary. Sina was a daughter of John Sullivan Bryson and his wife Olive Mariah Crawford. She later married into the Franklin family that has been the subject of Betty Queen Monteith's work in these pages.] 1900 Obituary...A.C. Calhoun...born 24 Apr 1878...son of J.P., M.E. Calhoun...his date of death 17 Mar 1900 [Ed. This man's given name was Addison Cresswell...son of John Philmore and Margaret Clayton Calhoun...buried in Old Field Cemetery] 1900 Obituary James Isaac Norman...born 26 Feb 1846...married Sarah M. Brooks 20 Nov 1866...3 children, Martha, Emma, Robert Vance...his date of death 5 J u n 1900 [Ed. 139 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 We recently published this man's family Bible record. Cemetery at Ochre Hill] Buried in Norman-BIanton 1901 Obituary Kansas Jones...daughter of Jesse, Eva Jones...born 3 Jun 1881...her date of death 13 Jul 1901 [Ed. Possible burial at Addie Cemetery...parents are buried there.] 1902 Obituary M.E. Calhoun...daughter of G.W., Artie E. Clayton...born November 1848...married J.P. Calhoun 3 May 1868...8 children, 5 sons, 3 daughters, all survive except A.C. Calhoun...her date of death 12 Feb 1902 [Ed. She was Margaret Clayton, who married John Philmore Calhoun. She is buried in Old Field Cemetery...Specific date of birth 30 Nov 1848 from her grave stone] yJ 1 9 1 8 A d v e r t i s e m e n t s C o p i e d f r o m The Jackson County Journal [Ed. We have a very fine gift of an original copy of the Journal for 27 Jul 1917. Most of the news in that particular issue was war-related, and we intend to publish an article about this in the fall. In the meantime, enjoy the interesting - and very dated - advertising. Thanks to JCGS member Betty Raby Rowland for this exceptional gift.] O p p o s i t e B q t h , , D r u g S i o r e s . . ' H a r d w a r e C o . KJ Members, was this some kind of kerosene cook stove? y y 140 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 y 9 9% * M .«£-$*-* r «v- - v ^ n ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ o ^ f t ^ n - ^ ^ ? £ > v * fe I M W ^ ^ ^ % < * < ' < * # # & * 5% J L%^03Qei* « e ^ ** V • ** » c Without being hypercritical, we believe that the typesetter had a bad hair day when he started working with the millinery company's advertisement Opposit the depote? We believe, however, that we could enjoy some good *'tea bone" at 18 cents per pound. Who exactly were the Ensley Brothers in 1917? We remember "Ensley's Store" as a business operated by proprietors who were uncle and nephew. 141 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 J C G S L i b r a r y A c q u i s i t i o n s Call No. Author Title Donor 929.2 929.2 940.54 940.54 976.4 929.2 286.1 929.2 929.2 929.2 929.3 929.3 929.3 920 070 920 McDonald, Victoria Casey Hoffman, Max Ellis Hillenbrand, Laura Kershaw, Alex Guerra, Mary Ann Brown, Sara Queen Daves, Glenn D. J r. Johnston, Henry P. Sr. King, Henry Lee Gen. Society of Old Tryon County Kraktovil, Judy S. Kraktovil, Judy S. Gray, Trula V. Lasley, Bob Cowan, George N. Just Over the Hill The Hoffmans of North Carolina Unbroken: A World War H Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption The Longest Winter The Alamo Ancestors and Descendants of Sam Love Queen and Glee Clark Queen East Sylva Baptist Church History Daves in America William R. King and His Kin A King Genealogy Index to Obituaries and Death Notices Georgia Governors' Journals, 1789 - 1798; County, State, and Militia Officers Index to War of 1812 Service Records for Volunteer Soldiers from Georgia A Coal Camp Chronicle Hometown Memories: Memorable Tales of the Smokies and Blue Ridge Mountains These Ninety Three Years Victoria Casey McDonald Vee Jones, Bill Crawford Sam Beck Sam Beck Ruth Shuler Joe Sam Queen, Charlie Queen Ruth Shuler Lonnie and Jennifer Daves Scott Philyaw Scott Philyaw Linda Miller Duncan Purchase Purchase Larry Crawford Bobbie Henderson John Bunn S e e o u r W e b s i t e f o r t h e b o o k s w e h a v e f o r s a l e . W e o f f e r H e r i t a g e V o l u m e I I , c e m e t e r y b o o k s f o r s e v e r al c o u n t i e s , a c o u r t d o c k e t b o o k , m a r r i a g e b o o k s , a nd m a n y t i t l e s b y M e r r e l l J e n k i n s R i d d l e . v_> 142 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 I n d e x f o r JTJ, V o l u m e X X I , N o . H I L c Adams 109 Aiken 117 Alexander 119 Allen 118, 122, 126 Allison 141 Andrews 97 Ashe 102, 118, 133,135 Barker 134 Battle 100 " ,Beck 117, 118, 136, 142 Belli 19 Berdettll8 Blanton 103,104 Boyd 117 Bradley 117, 133, 135 Bramlett 127 Brooks 132, 135, 139 Broom 112,118 Brown 110, 120, 136,142 Bryson 100, 102, 104, 113, 118, 120,139 Buchanan 117, 118,127 Bumgarner 103, 105,113,118 Bunn 142 Burrell 119 Cagle 119 Caldwell 106 Calhoun 139,140 Carnes 129,131 Carpenter 119 Carroll 118 Casada 103 Casey 117, 142 Cathey 104 Chambers 120, 126 Chastain 109, 111,112,118 Clayton 117, 139, 140 Clinel04,119 Cochran 131 Cogdill 117 Coggins 118 Collins 118 •Conner 117 Cook 119, 132, 133,139 Cope 97 Cowan 142 Coward 113,117 Crawford 101, 115, 117, 119, 122,'139, 142 Crow 110,134 Daves 119,142 Davis 112, 117, 129,132,136* Deitz 117,118 D e l k l l7 Dills 119 Dotson 127, 128 Duncan 142 Edwards 119 Elders 132, 137,138 Elliott 139 Ensley 117, 141 Eppley 104 Evans 120, 128 133, 118, 127, Fincher 127,129 Fisher 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126 Frady 117, 118, 134 Franklin 120, 131, 133, 134, 137, 139 Freeman 120 Frizzell 117, 133 Fullbright 99,120 Gaddis 129 Garrett 118,120 George 118 Gibson 120, 122, 124,125 Gilleland 121, 123 Glesson 123 Golden 112 Gragg 132 Gray 117,142 Green 118, 127, 128 Gregory 113 Groce 132 Gross 97 Guerra 142 Gunter 100, 130, 137,138 Hall 117,139 ., Hamilton 118 Hampton 132, 141 Harrington 119 Harris 119 Hartzogl04 Harwood 133 Hawkins 113 Henderson 142 Henry 139 Hensley 100, 127, 131,132 Henson 117 Hickey 134 Higdon 118, 131 Hillenbrabd 142 Hipps129 Hoffman 142 Holder 131 Hooper 100, 109, 110, 112, 113, 117, 119, 127, 129, 139 Hotaling 113,115 Howell 120 Hoxit 119 Hoyle 134 Hunnicutt 104 Hyatt 120 Jenkins 104, 105, 107, 108, 131, 137 Johnson 118 Johnston 142 Jones 115, 132, 133, 136, 140, 142 Kershaw 142 Kilby 119 King 142 Kirk 120 Kirkland 131 Kitchens 104 Knight 118 Kraktovil 142 Laney 104 Lasley 142 Ledford 131 Lee 118 Lewis 117 Littlejohn 118 Littrell 132, 133 London 118 Long 98 Lossiah 118 Love 129 Mason 119 Massey 117 Mathis 118,139 Mauney 127 McCall 118,132 McCracken 127, 129 McDaniel 120 McDonald 142 Medford 129 Melton 118 143 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2012 Messer 133, 135, 136, 137 Meyers 103 Middleton 97, 119 Miller 139,142 Mills 139 Mitchell 120 Monteith 102, 118, 131, 132, 139 Moody 112, 117, 118,129 Moony 127 Moore 98, 121, 126 Morris 104 Moss 130 Mull 117,118 Nations 131, 132, 133 Newman 119 Nicholson 117, 119 Norman 139 Norton 118 Owen 119 Panther 118 Paris 118 Parker 119, 136 Parris 132,139 Partin 138 Patton 121,126 Phillips 119 Philyaw 142 Potts 117,136 Queen 104, 117, 131,139,142 Raby 100, 133, 136,140 Randall 104 Reece 126 Reed 104 Rhinehart 117 Rogers 98,129 Rolen 104,106 Roles 120 Roper 119 Ross 131 Rowland 131, 140 Scott 100,127 Seago 119 Settlemyre 133 Shelton 98, 99, 113,119 Shepard 138 Shepherd 134 Shipman 134 Shook 109, 110, 120 Shular 119 Shuler 104, 139, 142 Smathers 117 Smith 119, 127, 131 Splawn 134 Sprinkle 117, 134 Stanford 128,134 Stewart 98, 118, 119 Stiles 102,104 Stillwell 102 Sutton 122,139 Tahquette 118 Talley 109,135 Thomas 117, 119, 131 Thompson 117 Tilley 98 Toineeta 118 Tomson 123 Totten 133 Tritt 111 Turpin 137 Walker 117 Wallenll7 Ward 132, 133, 135,138 Watson 109, 119, 135 Weik99 Welch 120 Wiggins 104,106 Wike 99,109 Williams 116, 118 Wilson 133 Witherbee 133 Womack 117 Wood 101, 119, 139 Woodard 134 Woodring 109, 110,112,118 Woods 139 Yarberry 129 York 125 Youngdeer 118 Zakroski 104 yj KJ yJ 144 •? y MEMBERSHIP Membership in the Jackson County Genealogical Society is open to all individuals who apply and pay dues. 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