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Journeys Through Jackson 2012 Vol.22 No.04

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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 y T h e O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f 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 S o c i e t y , Inc. V o l . X X I I , N o . IV F a l l 2 0 12 JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. 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 are invited to submit genealogical materials for publication, with the understanding that the editor reserves the right to edit these materials for genealogical content, clarity, or taste. The Society assumes no responsibility for errors of fact that may be contained in submissions, and except where noted, the opinions expressed are not those of the editor or of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. The Society accepts no advertising for this publication except for notices from other non-profit groups. From the Editor As we say on another page in this issue: this just gets better and better. The members of this organization turned out in force on October 13 to assist in our fundraising efforts. We recognized in the newspaper those persons who helped and who are not members of the society, but here is our list of those members who were there and helping or who at least volunteered to help. Kim Shuler, Tim Osment, Ken Nicholson, Bill Crawford, Vicki Greene, Ruth Shuler, Dorris Beck, Larry Morton, Nelma Bryson, Mary Katherine Lowder, Karen Nicholson, Jason Gregory, Shirley Wilkey, Ann Melton, Betty Rowland, Sam Shuler, Jean Brown, Marie Clark, Billie Bryson, Marilyn Morton, Brian Buchanan, Jean Scott, Jim Scott, James Monteith, Raymond Bunn, John Clark, Sanji Watson, Jo Ann Luker, Nancy Zachmann, Alatha Cantrell, Mary Smith, Lynn Hotaling, Bud Cantrell, Sam Beck, Deanne Roles, and possibly others. Needless to say, we certainly do not mean to omit any name from this list of hard workers. Nor do we intend to omit any of the fine folks who contributed to this issue. Suzanne Coward Pratt, Fern Parris Hensley, Dorris Dills Beck, Jean Hooper Scott, Kenneth Nicholson, David Nicholson, Michael McKee Nicholson, Don Casada, Wendy Meyers, Betty Queen Monteith, Ruth Crawford Shuler, Jane Shook Chastain, Betty Raby Rowland, and Sanji Talley Watson. Some of the above are not members of JCGS, but we appreciate them too. We remark frequently that every editor should have our problem: we have far more material than we can squeeze into a single issue. We therefore hope to place our year-end materials, our annual meeting reports, and our holiday sentiments into a small December special issue. Happy Thanksgiving! Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s Announcements and Expressions of Sympathy 145 JCGS Photo Album 146 - 1 5 0 Awards a n d Honors 151 - 1 5 2 We Salute a Jackson County Veteran 153 - 1 5 6 JCGS L i b r a r y Acquisitions 156 1926 Jackson County Death Certificates 157 - 1 6 0 Bumgarner Branch Bushwhack 161 - 1 6 6 Descendants of Thomas F r a n k l i n 167 - 1 7 0 Cockerham/Conley Kin in West Virginia.. 171 - 1 7 4 Interview w i t h Mrs. J a n e Chastain 175 - 1 7 8 "Goodby to t h e Boys in K h a k i " from the Jackson County Journal. 179 - 1 8 2 The Story of My L i f c . R a c h e l Mazelle Green Hensley 183 - 1 8 6 William Lewis Queen Revolutionary W a r Pension File 187 - 1 9 0 Index 191-192 J C G S F u n d r a i s er Our JCGS fundraiser held October 13 was quite a success. Beautiful weather, dedicated volunteers, five different phases of activity (sales of teeshirts and books, a gun raffle, music, a hot dog supper, and a silent auction) all contributed to a busy but fulfilling day. Our thanks to all who contributed time, money, articles for the auction, food, or your musical talents for that day. Approximate amounts for each phase include $1100 from the raffle, $2700 from the auction, $850 from the food sales, $550 from clothing sales, and $350 from donations for the DVD. This total of course does not include very generous direct donations from our members and friends. Our expenses for the day will be approximately two thousand dollars. I n S y m p a t hy We offer our condolences to the family of JCGS member Ella Mae Moss Morris, who died October 18. We also express sympathy to JCGS members Dan Johnson, Margaret Painter Clark, and Thomas Lester Cope, who recently lost loved ones. 145 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m \ J yJ This late-20's photograph shows Alden Edward Coward, the soda j e r k at Hooper's Drug Store. Sent to us by Suzanne Coward Pratt, daughter of Alden Coward. Mrs. Pratt and the editor had a genial telephone conversation about the Cowards. Alden Coward was one of the sons of Elbert and Irone Queen Coward, and while Alden Coward did not make his home in Jackson County, many persons will remember his younger brother Ray, who owned a store in Lovesfield. We were also pleased to share this photograph with Lambert Hooper, who secured a copy of it for himself. yj 146 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 C J C G S P h o t o A l b u m l *3**B&-» ' W ^ y ? m m ^m ^^ y ^ m j ^ -*> &*h.rs*. _-«f^.*ft &, M>, We have used several of the negatives that belonged to members of the Wood family of the Grays Ridge area of Jackson County's Canada community. In this one, Canada resident James Nicholson identifies the building above as the Pioneer Lodge. The structure was located at Grays Ridge, and was destroyed by fire about 1948. Below, an advertisement gimmick for Sylva Hardware. The reverse side? A whetstone. Submitted by JCGS member Fern Parris Hensley. y 147 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m KJ *? I ' > v ft y[; •$$£$£'• v J Above, two pictures of the postcard variety. On the left, Annie Dills Tallent, submitted by JCGS member Dorris Dills Beck. On the right, Fred Blanton, one of the sons of Monroe and Belle Farley Blanton. Fred, who married Ruth Allman, lived in Darrington, Washington. The postcard below shows the children of Charlie and Flora Snyder Blanton. They were Emmitt, Orray, Phyllis, and Bertie Blanton. Also residents of Washington, Charlie and Flora last lived in Marysville. This picture was made 1912 - 1915. Both of the latter photographs were in the possession of Mrs. Hester Blanton Norman, their aunt and the maternal grandmother of the editor. ^J 148 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m y The above pencil drawing is a likeness of Andrew Dillard Hooper (20 Nov 1828 - 23 Aug 1899) and his wife Elizabeth Jane Long Hooper (1834 — 1865). They were the great - great grandparents of JCGS members Jean Hooper Scott and Celia Hooper Miles, who submit this picture. y On the next page, the Sylva Central High School class of 1929. Also submitted by Suzanne Coward Pratt, she identifies her father Alden Coward as the young man on the extreme left in the second row. Ada Moody, mother of Jackson County librarian Dottie Brunette, is in the exact center of the photograph in the second row. Just to her right as one looks at the picture is Cardenas Green. On the back row, second from left is Sherlie Ensley. Fourth from the left in the second row is Ernest Green. Third from the right in the second row is Dick Wilson, his double first cousin Tom Wilson fifth from the left in the same row. Ray Cogdill is standing exactly in front of the column on the right, Roger Monteith two persons left of Ray. Harry Nicholson is fourth from the left in the back row. Identifications have been a project of many persons and fun for all. 149 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m KJ KJ 'KJ 150 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 J C G S , I n d i v i d u a l M e m b e r s W i n A w a r d s a n d H o n o r s [Ed. It all just gets better and better. Within the last few weeks, the Society has received two important awards recognizing achievement And while JCGS was not responsible for the honors bestowed on several of our individual members, we proudly recognize them here.] J C G S W i n s t h e M o u n t a i n H e r i t a g e A w a r d f o r O r g a n i z a t i o ns Officers from the Jackson County Genealogical Society accept a 2012 Mountain Heritage Award from Scott Philyaw (far left), director of WCU's Mountain Heritage Center, and Susan Belcher (far right), wife of WCU Chancellor David O. Belcher. Representing the society are (from left) Kenny Nicholson, president; Ruth Shuler, office manager; and Bud Cantrell and Bill Crawford, vice presidents. Photograph and caption above used with permission of WCU Office of Public Relations J C G S is h o n o r e d w i t h N C G S A w a rd On October 13, the North Carolina Genealogical Society presented its Excellence in Publishing Award for a book of Secondary Source Material to two winners, one of which was the Jackson County Genealogical Society. Your Society won for Volume II of our Macon County Cemetery books, the volume concentrating on cemeteries lying west of the Little Tennessee River. 151 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 G a r y C a r d e n R e c e i v e s T h e S t a t e ' s H i g h e s t C i v i l i a n A w a rd On October 30, Gary Carden, playwright, storyteller, and one of Jackson County's most celebrated citizens, received the North Carolina Award for Literature. This is the highest civilian honor bestowed by the state of North Carolina. Gary has also most generously shared his work with JCGS on several occasions. We sponsored a production of his play "Birdell," for which he generously donated the proceeds, and he has entertained us royally as oar speaker at other times. We offer our congratulations to him. \ J J a n e N a r d y is t h e w i n n e r o f t h e B a r r i n g e r A w a rd Jane Gibson Nardy of Cashiers was honored on October 20 by the North Carolina Society of Historians with their Barringer Award. This award is described by the Society of Historians as " a special award given to those doing outstanding or unusual work on behalf of North Carolina history, genealogy, or preservation." Jane has been very active in many phases of all three of the above, and we are delighted to add our congratulations to one of our life members for this recognition of her many achievements. A n n M e l t o n is a l s o h o n o r e d by t h e S o c i e t y o f H i s t o r i a ns JCGS member Ann Davis Melton was also honored by the North Carolina Society of Historians with their Willie Parker Peace History Book Award for no fewer than five books. These volumes all deal with Haywood County or Waynesville and are Views From the Past - Main Street Waynesville 1896-1931 (with Henry Foy), The Early History of Love Lane, The Love Family of Haywood County, The Early History of Woolsey Heights "Millionaire's Row", and The Early History of Frog Level. Many congratulations also to Ann. v J ^J 152 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 W e S a l u t e a J a c k s o n C o u n t y V e t e r a n [Ed. The following article grew out of conversations among cousins and our wish to see this man's accomplishments in print. The content of the article is supplied by JCGS President Ken Nicholson and his brother David Nicholson, with organization and structure by the editor.] I t is a circumstance of chronological age that we were pupils in school when the nations of colonial Africa began to assert, declare, and win their independence. We remember classroom discussions about Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Kasavubu and the struggles going on in what had been the Belgian Congo. Like so many former colonies and possessions, the Congo had no experience with self-government, and in this case, the next few years would turn out to be extraordinarily contentious and violent. These struggles were a half-century ago, and it is not our purpose in these pages to discuss world history per se. However, it is very much our purpose in these pages to discuss the contributions of a Jackson County man who found himself in the center of a heroic rescue effort. In late 1964, Michael McKee Nicholson ("Peeked" to family and friends) was an A2C crew chief aboard one of five U.S. Air Force C-130 transports that carried Belgian paratroopers into the Congo. One may read Captain John R. Ewing's account in the November 1965 issue of The Airman (official magazine of the U.S. Air Force). In it, Ewing mentions Mike Nicholson by name in connection with a simple - but ultimately very important - action that saved lives. A rebel splinter group had taken hundreds of hostages in the area of Stanleyville. The Belgian mission, using United States Air Force help, was to rescue these hostages, many of whom were Europeans. On 23 November, 1964, the landings took place in Stanleyville. According to Ewing: "The rebels started shooting as the first airplane approached the open airport area. They were waiting for us! At 700 feet we were getting a real good look at them. Most of the fire came from small arms, but suddenly a line of tracers, obviously coming from a .50 caliber machine gun, sprayed across the path of our airplanes. The .50 caliber fire was a surprise - we had been briefed to expect only small arms fire. "The fighting continued on all sides as the airplanes were unloaded. All five received several hits. Capt. Jim Ostrem's aircraft had fuel gushing from a hit in the fuel tank. His crew chief, A2C Mike Nicholson, was thinking fast! He broke off a short piece of a broom handle, wrapped it with a rag and jammed it into the leaking fuel tank. The patch held for the entire flight back to Leopoldville." 153 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 u The aircraft used in the rescue operation Another source for one to read of the horror of the hostage situation is the December 4,1964, issue of Time. It describes in graphic detail the events leading up to the late-November rescue. One especially grotesque, gruesome facet of the operation for the rescuers was being forced to see the treatment of Catholic priests and nuns. The nuns, stripped nude and having been terribly abused, became part of the numbers of hostages in Stanleyville. Observed personally by Mike Nicholson, he assisted as they literally ran for the planes, and used parts of his uniform to help achieve a small measure of modesty. KJ Still another printed source is available as Leavenworth Papers, Number 14; Dragon Operations: Hostage Rescues in the Congo, 1964-1965. See http://www-cesc. armv.mil/car/resources/csi/odom.odom.asp for more information. This is a very detailed paper from the Combat Studies Institute of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. Except for background reading, we did not use this as a source for the present article. We do not believe that any of us should be surprised at this type of heroism. So many times, the person who was actually in the thick of things has little to say about these experiences. We have noticed this in several generations of veterans, and it is one reason why we believe these stories need to be told. The accolades have certainly been there. In 1964 and 1965, Mike Nicholson and others were guests of the Belgian king and queen. They were also guests of the government of Spain. In his Air Force years, he was a visitor to over a dozen countries of Europe, Africa, and island archipelagos. ^J 154 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 <W c ^ CITATION TO ACCOMPANY THE AWARD OF I H t i l R K E j t t • • Go J^ffii^». Second «Sl*!t9», JjtcSu**?! St. *lcltt>l«a> aiatirigui'shed •h.imaelf. by meritorious achievement while p a r t i c i p a t i n g in aefcjCal f l i g h t a? an- a i s c r ew rnembe.r assigned t o Operation ^Dragon Rou.ge", Republic- p'i- the' Cqiigc?, fijQW 22. Notte'rtibex ."t$<&4 to. 1?§ November i9S4- During' t h i s ' p b i l q a , Ke dTi's- "pl&^ed- ^uts't&horing airmanship, coutfAge, ,;an'd d i s t i n c t i ve pf.p'jefs;s'£ohal ' a b i l i t y in -tate succ^ssf vii. la.qtcomplis'hme.nt of hutaa^iljat'fa'h .a,irdrop and, a i r l a n d i n g missions'-, .arid tlte ey-a'ciiatlori, b'£' x e b ^ i - n e i a Jrostages' -to a sa£e jiayen- a% rje^ptJtdvriiie:. His quietly. aoUUa'g'eotis, •afAd; e"f"fe'<;tiVe p§r- 3or\rdah<i'e; und.er' ar.du'<pxi9t and a&ngeEOUS: ceffditibns demon­s t r a t e d ; "his outstanding proficiency- and' .'steadfast de.vo-t& brx t o ;<ju"ty. • ifoe profess'-iisnal ahll&ie&.ana outstanding a'ertf-al, accdrhpi;Ls$Sieh"ts of" '•Aitjl^miX^i^s^i^ti' r<^tec^ great <<<r&&£t; -upori himself- aga' ^rie 'rjni,tfed s.tate's 155 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 A nomination for Airman of the Month dated 13 October 1965 stated , " Airman Nicholson has met or exceeded every commitment levied upon him. Whether large or small, he tackles each problem with vigor and enthusiasm. He is more than capable of handling a crew chief assignment which will be available upon his completion of certification. With progressive viewpoints and sound judgment, his analysis of problems and choice of methods of accomplishing desired results are outstanding." KJ Who is Michael McKee Nicholson genealogically? Only son of Cyrus Herbert and Kathryn McKee Nicholson, he was born 13 Apr 1944. His father, Cyrus Nicholson, was a Sylva attorney and member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. Cyrus Nicholson married Kathryn McKee in 1928, one of the McKee family of Webster. From a typewritten biography of Cyrns Nicholson, we learn that he was a grandson of Andrew Nicholson. The parents of Cyrus were James M. Nicholson and Ellen Wood. In the JCGS book Cemeteries of Jackson County, James Marion Nicholson (2 May 1873 - 30 Jan 1954) and Ellen Wood Nicholson (11 Jan 1871 - 16 Jul 1964) are found in Lower Coward Cemetery at Cowarts, and are adjacent to Thomas and Parthene Page Nicholson, grandparents of Ken and David Nicholson. Ellen Wood, in turn, was a daughter of Hamilton Wood and his wife Ebbie Hooper Wood. On the maternal side, Mike Nicholson's grandparents were Henry Cummings McKee (19 Nov 1863 - 27 Jun 1921) and his wife Mattie McLain McKee (10 Dec 1872 - 15 Mar 1958). Henry Cummings McKee in turn was a son of Robert Fidelio McKee and his wife Mary Matilda Wells. Mattie was one of the daughters of John Eagleton McLain and his wife Margaret Allison. Those familiar with local history can see numerous names important in the early history of Jackson County and names with significance in the history of North Carolina. ^J We are pleased to recognize Michael "Peeked" Nicholson in these pages, and we are honored to relay this story. While he might never refer to himself as heroic, we can say it without reservation. 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. 929.2 929.3 285.1 F 929.2 979.7 976.4 Author Title Donor MacDowell, Dorothy K. Riddle, Merrell J. Wilson, Howard M. Terrell, Bob Frady, Jean Dehm, M.L. Montgomery Co. (TX) GS Supplement III to DuBose Genealogy Graham County, North Carolina Marriages, Volume H, 1911-1940 Tlte Tinkling Spring: Headwaters of Freedom The Spiderweb Trail God Will Make A Way Downtown Everett Montgomery County History, 1981 Lonnie Daves Merrell J. Riddle Gene McClure Dorris Beck Dorris Beck Dorris Beck Deanne Roles yj 156 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 1 9 2 6 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 30 [Key to reading the following: Name of deceased; Date of birth; Place of birth; 1926 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 2012.] Sylva Township Green, Clyde; 15 Dec 1912; Buncombe Co.; 7 Nov; Harvey Green; Haywood Co.; Dora Lee Monteith; Swain Co.; Harvey Green; not given; Lovedale Thompson, Frank; 3 Sep 1925; Beta; 10 Nov; S.C. Thompson; NC; Mary Ensley; NC; S.C. Thompson; Sylva; Scotts Creek Dillard, Claud Seay; age 9 mos.; Sylva; 14 Jan; John Dillard; NC; Florence Rhinehart; Webster: John Dillard; Sylva; Sylva Paris (sic), Clyde Ray; age 13,8,23; Jackson Co.; 30 Mar; Nelson Paris; NC; Pearl Jones; NC: J.E. Paris; Sylva; Addie Davis, Ella May; 17 May 1925; Sylva; 20 Oct; John H. Davis; Preston VA; Carrie M. Love: Webster; John H. Davis; not given; Webster Allison, Infant Girl; 10 Jan 1926; Asheville; 10 Jan; Sam W. Allison; NC; Eloise Allison; FL: Laura Allison; not given; Sylva Bryson, Bertha; 26 Oct 1919; Beta; 10 Oct; Thomas Bryson; NC; Lillie Love; TN; John H. Davis; Sylva; Old Field Tatham, Arthur; age 2,2,10; Macon Co.; 31 May; Dock Tatham; NC; Mai Buchanan; NC; Dock Tatham; not given; Greens Creek Note: This last name may be incorrect. It is nearly illegible on the death certificate. Dorsey, Infant Girl; 8 May; Sylva; Henry Dorsey; NC; Rosa Bryson; NC; Henry Dorsey; not given; Sylva Bryson, Beulah; age 24,1,9; NC; 17 Apr; Tom Bryson; NC; Lela Love; NC; Severe McDowell; Sylva; Scotts Creek Smith, Infant Boy; 27 Mar; NC; 27 Mar; Grady Smith; NC; Flora Garland; NC; Grady Smith; not given; Sylva Dillard, Lou Ellen; 26 Feb; not given; 28 Feb; Furman Dillard; NC; Ellen Hatcher; NC; Furman Dillard; Sylva; Dillard Frady, Infant Boy; 27 Dec 1925; Sylva; 27 Dec 1925; Sylva; Will Frady; Clay Co.; Fannie Gibbs; Swain Co.; Ida Woods; not given; Sylva Scotts Creek Township Fisher, Infant Boy; 28 Aug; not given; 28 Aug; L.W. Fisher; Willets; Allie Mills; not given; L.W. Fisher; Willets; Fisher Cogdill, Virgie; age 7,7,16; Jackson Co.; 6 Mar; Jesse Cogdill; not given; Poly J. Deitz; NC; Jim Cogdill; Willets; Cogdill Mills, Jarvis; age 1,9; not given; 2 Feb; not given; not given; Fancy Mills; NC; Fancy Mills; not given; Fisher Dietz (sic), Fay Marie; age 11 days; not given; 7 Feb; Martin Dietz; NC; Dessie Cogdill; NC; John D. Mathis; Addie; Cogdill Savannah Township Cabe, Ben; 15 Sep 1926; Jackson Co.; 15 Sep; Walter Cabe; Jackson Co.; Belle Buchanan; Jackson Co.; Robert Cabe; Greens Creek; Old Savannah 157 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 Deitz, Gertie ? Long; 9 Feb 1926; Jackson Co.; 9 Jul; Jake Deitz; Jackson Co.; Sallie Long; ^ , Jackson Co.; Thad Deitz; Greens Creek; East Fork Deitz, Jackie; 22 Sep; Jackson Co.; 22 Sep; Sam W. Deitz; Jackson Co.; Annie E. Morgan; Jackson Co.; Sam Deitz; Greens Creek; East Fork Higdon, Infant Boy; 26 Apr 1926; not given; 26 Apr; Frank Higdon; Jackson Co.; Ader Williams; Jackson Co.; Frank Higdon; Gay; Zion Hill Daulton (sic), Mildred; 27 Feb; not given; 13 Mar; Savannah; John Beacher Dalton; Macon Co.; Lola Belle Buchanan; Jackson Co.; Enis Buchanan; Greens Creek; East Fork River Township McFall, Grady; 24 Sep 1905; Towns Co. GA; 1 Oct; A.R. McFall; Towns Co. GA; Margarette Perry; GA; A.R. McFall; not given; Double Springs Moses, Orderie Virginia; 6 Oct 1925; Tuckasegee; 19 Oct; Hobert Moses; Tuckasegee; Gracie Hooper; Tuckasegee; Hobert Moses; Tuckasegee; Tuckasegee. Note: We believe that this little girl's first name would now be pronounced "Audrey." We also believe her to be buried at Tuckasegee Wesleyan Cemetery, sometimes known as Moses Cemetery. McCall, Ingrom B.; age 23; Macon Co.; 2 Nov; nothing else given except burial at Cullasaja Golden, Hattie Mae; 5 Sep 1924; Tuckasegee; 27 Jun; Delos Golden; Tuckasegee; Ercia Brown; Tuckasegee; J.C. Massongale (sic); not given; Shook Watson, Geneva M.; 27 Oct 1925; Tuckasegee; 9 Feb; Jim Wilbur Watson; NC; Dellia Young; NC; "mother"; not given; Shook Hooper, Kenneth Lyle; 30 Jan 1926; NC; 30 Jan; Monroe Hooper; NC; Florence Parrish; NC; Monroe Hooper; Tuckasegee; Wike Moses, Wilma Marie; 24 Aug 1925; NC; 15 Feb; Chas. Moses; NC; Jane Buchanan; NC; Chas. Moses; not given; Wike Wood, Eva; 18 Jan 1925; not given; 17 Feb; Magnus Wood; NC; Hulda Shook; NC; "Father"; :^J Tuckasegee; Shook Qualla Township Martin, Infant; 10 Jan 1926; Jackson Co.; 15 Jan; Clarence Martin; Jackson Co.; Mary Hampton; Jackson Co.; Clarence Martin; not given; Thomas Nelson, Mattie Lee Ocona; 23 Sep 1925; Jackson Co.; 28 Jan; J.O. Nelson; Swain Co.; Roberta Farmer; Jackson Co.; J.O. Nelson; Whittier; Jackson Co. Lossie, Lucille; 25 Jun 1925; Cherokee; 17 Oct; Leander Lossie; NC; Kina Ledford; NC; Riley Ledford; Cherokee; Birdtown Note: This last name is also spelled "Lossiah." Long, Maggie; Jun 1915; Cherokee; 22 Aug; Josiah Long; NC; Sarah Larch; NC; Josiah Long; Whittier; Soco Creek Crow, Nancy; 1911; Cherokee; not given; David Crow; NC; Charlotte Chiltoskie; NC; David Crow; Cherokee; not given Saunook, Annie; 27 May 1925; NC; 9 Apr; Joe Saunooke; NC; Margaret (?) Johnson; NC; Joe Saunooke; Cherokee; Cherokee Martin, William; age 7 days; not given; 21 Feb; Thomas Martin; Cherokee Indian Reservation; Emmaline Davis; Cherokee Indian Reservation; Thomas Martin; Birdtown; Birdtown Mountain Township Buchanan, Bertha Ruby; 15 Nov 1925; not given; 18 Feb; Will Buchanan; Macon Co.; Sallie Gregory; Macon Co.; Mrs. Will Buchanan; not given; Mountain Grove Hamburg Township Bryson, Ray; 10 Oct 1926; Glenville; 10 Oct; Hamburg; Gus Bryson; Glenville; Lillian Creswell; Troy SC; nothing else given 158 V ^ y Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 Young, Hellen Verina; not given; Glenville; 22 Dec; Teddie Columbus Young; Glenville; Vera Edith Bryson; Glenville; nothing else given Greens Creek Township Hall, Thomas; 2 Nov 1926; Greens Creek; 2 Nov; Richard Hall; NC; Mammie McMahan; NC; Richard Hall; not given; Savannah Buchanan, George Western; age 26 days; Greens Creek; 11 Oct; Verlin Buchanan; not given; Lara Clure; NC; Verlin Buchanan; Greens Creek; Savannah Cabe, Mary Catherine; age 1,1,3; Gay; 1 Mar; T.B. Cabe; Gay; Annie Reed; Greens Creek; E.W. Cabe; Gay; Wesleyanna Allison, Ottis Roy; age 3,0,15; NC; 9 May; Cole B. Allison; NC; Minnie Buchanan; NC; Z.B. Allison; Greens Creek; East Fork Allison, Davis Wilford; 16 Oct 1924; NC; 16 May; Cole B. Allison; NC; Minnie Buchanan; NC; Charlie Allison; greens Creek; East Fork Dillsboro Township Hensley, Fred Devoe; 3 Mar 1925; Jackson Co.; 5 Oct; George Hensley; NC; Georgianna Sutton; NC; Geo. Hensley; not given; Locust Field Justice, Infant Boy; 27 Mar 1926; Jackson Co.; 29 Mar; Alex Justice; NC; OIlie Mason; not given; D.L. Mason; not given; Parris O'Kelly, Jesse Columbus; 2 Mar 1926; NC; 5 May; Jesse O'Kelly; GA; Belle Walls; GA; Belle O'Kelly; not given; Parris Shuler, Perry; 5 Jun 1914; NC; 5 Nov; A.H. Shuler; NC; Nettie Phillips; NC; A.H. Shuler; not given; Locust Field Cullowhee Township Ammons, Infant Girl; 16 Nov 1926; Jackson Co.; 16 Nov; Henry Ammons; NC; Nora Claybough; NC; L.B. Newman, M.D.; not given; Cullowhee Ensley, George; 24 Nov 1926; Cullowhee; 15 Dec; Oscar Ensley; NC; Eva Phillips; NC; L.B. Newman; Cullowhee; Cullowhee Dowdle, Infant Boy; 5 Aug 1926; Speedwell; 5 Aug; David Wilbur Dowdle; NC; Delia May Bryson; NC; L.D. Newman; Cullowhee; not given Lefh (?), Wallis; age 2; Cullowhee; 24 Apr; Fred Lefh(?); SC; not given; Cullowhee; not given; Cullowhee Colored Reynolds, Pearl; age 17; NC; 6 Mar; Lonnie Reynolds; NC; (Illegible) (Manning?); not given; "Father"; not given; Greens Creek Caney Fork Township Coward, Lee Roy; 1 Apr 1926; Cowarts; 8 Sep; Lawrence Coward; Cowarts; Isabelle Parker; Cowarts; Lawrence Coward; Cowarts; Coward Ammons, Lillian Christine; 6 Sep 1926; Cowarts; 11 Sep; Alec Shope; Macon Co.; Zelma G. Ammons; Ellijay; Zelma G. Ammons; Cowarts; Old Coward Cook, James Robt; 4 Feb 1911; Rich Mt.; 13 Sep; Sam Cook; Rich Mt.; Bessie Parker; Rich Mt.; Sam Cook; Rich Mountain; Rich Mt. Green, Adam; 8 Apr 1926; Cowarts; 8 Apr; Isaac Green; Swain Co.; Etta Green; Sylva; Isaac Green; not given; Rich Mt. Mull, Helen Edna; 2 Apr 1926; Rich Mt.; 2 Apr; Richard Mull; Quinlantown; Dollie Shuler; Balsam; May Owen; Cowarts; Rich Mt. Reed, Geo. Ray; 20 Mar 1926; Rich Mt; 20 Mar; Andrew Reed; Rabun Co. GA; Effie Keener; Macon Co; Andrew Reed; Rich Mt; Rich Mt. 159 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 Hooper, Norma Carolyn; age 1,2,25; East LaPorte; 17 Feb; Ransom E. Hooper; East LaPorte; Eula P. Brown; Cowarts; RE. Hooper; East LaPorte; Moses Creek Canada Township Brown, Carlie; 23 Dec 1924; Jackson Co.; 10 Dec; J.R. Brown; Jackson Co.; Clercy Ashe; Jackson Co.; J.R. Brown; not given; Sols Creek Nicholson, TJInas; 14 Oct; Canada; 28 Oct; Ralf Nicholson; NC; Grace Mathis; NC; Ralf Nicholson; Wolf Mt.; Sols Creek Shelton, Infant; 11 Jun 1926; not given; 11 Jun; Ransom Shelton; NC; Vina Owen; NC; M.C. Galloway; not given; Wolf Creek Owen, Lenord; age 21,5,6; NC; 17 Oct; Jackey Owen; NC; Duckey Shelton; NC; R.J. Shelton: Wolf Mtn.; Wolf Creek Reece, Infant; 29 May 1926; not given; 29 May; Wess Reece; not given; Olivia Alexander; NC: Larnce Gibson; Argura; Sols Creek Rigdon, Glen B.; 27 Apr 1926; Argura; 30 Apr; John Rigdon; NC; Fay Powel; Jackson Co W.T. Rigdon; Argura; Broom Barkers Creek Township Denton, Infant Boy; 17 Dec 1926; NC; 17 Dec; Dee Denton; GA; Carrie Harris; NC; Dee Denton; not given; Bumgarner Denton, Robert Lee; age 4 days; not given; 23 Jan; Dee Denton; NC; Carrie Harris; NC; Dee Denton; Whittier; Bumgarner Parris, Charles Kenneth; age 0,1,10; NC; 6 Apr; Tom Parris; NC; Ida Gibson; NC; J.C. Gibson; Whittier; Bumgarner ^J M a k e y o u r p l a n s n o w t o b e a t t h e J C G S A n n u a l M e e t i n g , A w a r d s P r e s e n t a t i o n , a n d C h r i s t m a s c o v e r e d - d i s h d i n n e r . E a s t S y l v a B a p t i s t C h u r c h 6 : 3 0 p . m . T h u r s d a y D e c e m b e r 1 3 . u y y 160 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 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 o f 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 I I Don Casada and Wendy Meyers [Ed. We conclude here the Casada and Meyers article begun in the Summer issue.] Bushwhacking np Bumgarner Branch It is at this point that we need to turn right and leave the trail. From the appearances at the point where we leave the trail and head up the creek, it looks as if it will be an easy stroll through relatively open woods. But it most definitely is not. At this point I should pause and provide a serious warning. Up until this point, the trail walking has been exceptionally easy by Smokies standards - or any standard, for that matter. But from here on, there are stretches that are exceptionally difficult, especially if one attempts to follow the old road, as I chose to do on this day. Unless one is very accustomed to struggling through rhododendron and dog hobble hells and is in excellent physical shape, this trip is strongly not recommended. My original thought had been to start up the branch, but when I hit the tangle I had encountered on a previously unsuccessful trip, to climb far enough up the side of the steep hill to get out of the worst of it and then proceed up the face of Bumgarner Ridge until I got near the Bumgarner place home site. There's a downside to this - the side of Bumgarner Ridge is steep enough that one's right foot is consistently a foot or more lower than the left. But on the hillside there is only laurel to deal with, while the area along the branch is a major tangle of rhododendron and dog hobble. However, I changed my mind and decided that I would try my best to follow the old road, even if it meant considerably more effort. While it was a major struggle, I'm glad I chose this route. Along the way, I ran across the old telephone line (Figure 9) that once ran from the ranger station (where I started) up to the Bryson place. The telephone line had a personal connection for me, since my father, Commodore Casada, used to prefer taking this route in to the Bryson place when he was a young man. I had listened many times to him as he talked about the old "Pullback Trail," and that Bill Rolen would often ask him to check on the line, removing branches that had fallen on it and make repairs as needed on his way in and out. Figure 9. Telephone wire alongside the lower end of Bumgarner Branch. 161 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 Vestiges of the old wagon road that went up to the Bumgarner place quickly disappeared in the tangle. Occasionally, I'd be able to see enough of the ground to get a sense that I was near the road, but for the most part, progress was exceedingly slow, involving crawling under rhododendron, wading through some exceptionally healthy dog hobble, climbing over, under, or making a way around fallen hemlocks. Once, when I was able to see enough of the ground around me to recognize that I was actually in the old wagon road, I snapped a photo. (Figure 10). Photographs can't possibly do it justice, I'm afraid. U ^J Figure 10. The Bumgarner Branch Road Shortly beyond this jungle, a large hemlock had fallen, serendipitously providing a bridge across the branch. Soon afterward, the vegetation density began to lessen. I found another section of the old telephone line and followed it through a bit of rhodendron for a couple hundred yards, and then suddenly found myself in a large open area. I had finally arrived at the place to which Ephraim brought his family some time after 1860 and began to craft a new life. Multiple rock piles - literally dozens - were scattered about, indicating work done to clear the ground for crops. A short way above the rock piles is an area where their barn once stood. The photo shown in Figure 11 was taken by the Park Service in the 1930's. Park Service photos of the pair of cabins are shown in Figures 12 and 13. Despite the extensive clearing of the area and the degree of building done by the family, deed searches in both Jackson and Swain counties have failed to provide any evidence that the Bumgarners ever owned the property. The 1870 Census records indicate that they were living in the Deep Creek area, but no value is given for real estate. It is certainly possible that a deed was never recorded for the purchase of the land. O 162 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 y y Figure 11. The Ephraim and Nancy Bumgarner place in the 1930's. The structure on the right was a corn crib. There were two cabins at the site. The smaller one, clearly seen on the left, was reportedly the oldest standing cabin on Deep Creek and was constructed by Cherokees. Note the single portal (not a window) on the side facing the camera. The larger cabin, partially hidden by a tree, was of later construction. The ellipse is around what I believe to be a patch of yellowbells which are still growing at the home site. Photo 9072, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sugarlands Archives. <W Figure 12. Bumgarner cabins from the northwest. Note the dogtrot connecting the cabins and the fact that the larger cabin has a glass window. Photo 9080, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sugarlands Archives. 163 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 ^J Figure 13. Bumgarner cabins from the southwest. The tree beside the porch appears to be a fruit tree. Photo 9081, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sugarlands Archives. Family Sketch The Bumgarners probably farmed this area for the rest of their lives. An entertaining story about their time here was shared by their 3rd great-grandson Roger Wiggins of Sylva. According to oral tradition passed down through the family, Ephraim and Nancy were too poor when they arrived in the Deep Creek area to afford to buy a draft animal for use in plowing. Therefore, they had to "Plow" each other. One day, when Ephraim was hitched up and pulling the plow guided by Nancy, he had the sad misfortune of stepping into a yellow jacket's nest. When he started running away from the cloud of angry yellow jackets, Nancy, who was fully into the plowing mode, could only cry, "Whoa! Whoa!"" yj Both Ephraim and Nancy appear to have died some time between 1880 and 1900, because they appear in the former but not the latter Census records. 3,< Their places of burial are unmarked, but these are likely on a hillside near the family home or in one of the two cemeteries on Indian Creek. During their lifetimes, they raised five children, brief biographical sketches of whom follow: Lucinda E. (Sindv): (Dec. 1850/Jan.l8Sl) Lucinda never married, but had one son, John Alrine, whose father is not named on John's death certificate. I5 Court records from the spring of 1878 indicate that Lucinda and the State of North Carolina pursued bastardy charges against Abraham Wiggins, who subsequently admitted paternity of John. 16 Lucinda appears to have resided in the Deep Creek area for most of her life. In 1925, she sold an approximately 2-acre tract of land and home on upper Deep Creek; a record from 1935 located in the GSMNP archives state that the land had been cleared around 1860. The abandoned home was still standing in 1935 and was described as being a one-room box house 16' x 18' with an attached 10'xl8' kitchen.; she also had a two-stall pole barn., 2 By 1930, Lucinda was living with her son on Indian Creek, but at the time of her death 22 May 1937, she appears to hve been residing in the County Home on Deep Creek (which was adjacent to the Park boundary). 9'15 She was buried in the "county graveyard," which may be the cemetery that was located adjacent to the county home. ^ 164 y y Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 built an innovative pounding mill in the area of his Uncle Allen Bumgamer's home on George's Branch of Indian Creek. The mill was acquired by Champion Fiber and then the Park. It was on display for a time but was regrettably allowed to deteriorate and is no longer in existence. " Talitha and Jim appear to have lived together for most of Jim's life until the time of his death in 1935. Talitha died 10 April 1940, having outlived both of her children. She is buried in an unmarked grave at the Watkins Cemetery in Swain County.,s George W. (b. 1852/53): George married Mary Jane Bailey of Dillsboro in 1883 and moved to Jackson County. George and Mary Jane raised five children: Samuel, John H., William Henry, Mary Jane, and Bessie. George died 6 Mar 1916 in Jackson County, and was buried in an unmarked grave in what is now called Burch Cemetery. Allen C. (b. 2 Jun 1859): Allen married Elizabeth Stiles in 1883 * and raised 7 children in their home on George's Branch of Indian Creek: William G., Samson, Nancy, Laura, Sarah, Lucy, and Amanda Elizabeth. M In the late 1920's, the North Carolina Park Commission began purchasing lands for the creation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Allen Bumgarner, by then widowed, sold his home and 59.27 acres on George's Branch to the commission for $1,3000 and moved with several of his children to Towns County, Georgia. 9'10 After the sale his daughter Nancy was allowed to remain in her father's home with her children under a lifetime lease agreement with the park. She paid $6 per month to live there, where she remained until the early 1940's. According to her family, she was the last person to move off Indian Creek. 12•17•I* A ginseng hoe recovered from this home is currently on display at the Oconaluftee Visitors Center. " Allen Bumgarner appears not to have returned to Swain County, and died 19 Sep 1943 in Towns County.z0 He is buried in Old Brasstown Baptist Church Cemetery.u William (b. 1864-1867): We know virtually nothing about William. He appears in the 1870 and 1880 Census records and is living with his parents in the Deep Creek area. fl In the 1900 Census, he is farming; his sister Talitha and her children are residing with him and in close proximity to their sister Lucinda and her son John in the Deep Creek area. £ He disappears from the Census records after 1900, and there appears to be no extant death record.7 Closing the Loop Let us now return to our hike. The area around'the old Bumgarner place is so attractive that it was with some effort that I pulled myself away and headed up the left-hand feeder of Bumgarner Branch. Once headed up the correct holler (I initially started up the wrong one but quickly deduced my error), the old trail became quite evident, but the grade also steepened significantly. "Pullback" is an accurate description of the sense one gets when climbing the trail. The steep section doesn't last terribly long, and the way is perfectly clear during the climb, as clear as a maintained trail. Once at the top, the grade remains relatively flat much of the rest of the way to the maintained Martins Gap Trail. There are some sketches to work through, but after those encountered in the morning, these somehow seemed far less troublesome than they might'have felt on a normal outing. The old telephone line can be seen sporadically along the way, and in some cases, the insulators through which they passed can still be found. (Figure 14) Although the line obviously isn't energized, just by touching it I had a sense of closing a circuit related to my own father, who died at the tender age of 101 in 2011. It was a tangible connection with things he had seen and places he had walked. The only thing that would have been better is if the two of us could have sat down with Ephraim and Nancy, had dinner, and shared stories. 165 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 V ^ KJ Figure 14. Telephone line passes through both the tree and an insulator which had been hung from the tree near the high point on the Pullback trail coming out of the Bumgarner Branch area. It has likely been seventy years since the insulator was hung, so the growth rate of the tree has been extremely low. References (1) 1860 U.S. Census records. 2012 (2) 1870 U.S. Census records. 2012 (3) 1880 U.S. Census records. 2012 (4) North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004. LDS Church Family History Library 2012 (5) Topographic map, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina, (Eastern Hall). 1931 U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey 2012 (6) 1900 U.S. Census records. 2012 (7) 1910 U.S. Census records. 2012 (8) 1920 U.S. Census records. 2012 (9) 1930 U.S. Census records. 2012 (10) Swain County Register of Deeds. Deed books and transaction records. 2012 (11) Findagrave.com 2012 (12) Great Smoky Mountains National Park archives. 2012 (13) Jackson County Register of Deeds. Deed books and transaction records. 2012 (14) Phone conversation with Roger Wiggins, great-grandson of Nancy Jenkins. 4/09/2012 (15) North Carolina Death Certificates. 2012 (16) District Court records, 1878. 2012 (17) 1940 U.S. Census records. 2012 (18) Interview with Jessie Hampton, granddaughter of Nancy Jenkins. 4/18/2012 (19) John McDade MCGSMNP. Email regarding extended Bumgarner family artifacts. 5/17/2012 ^y 166 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 y 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 y [Ed. We continue in this issue with the work of JCGS member Betty Queen Monteith.] - 4. Mary Emily Shepherd (b.27 Oct 1888-Alarka,Swain Co.,NC;d.29 Jun 1984-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Joseph P. DeHart (b.25 Aug 1882-Swain Co.,NC;m.7 May 1911;d.24 Jul 1965-Swain Co.,NC) - 5. Louis DeHart (b.1913-Swain Co.,NC) - 5. Mary DeHart (b.1919-Swain Co.,NC) •- 5. Edward DeHart (b.1925-Swain Co.,NC) 4. William Coleman Shepherd (b.13 Aug 1891-AIarka,Swain Co.,NC;d.3 Mar 1957-York Co.,SC) sp: OIlie Mary Jane Bowers (b.3 Mar 1900-Swain Co.,NC;m.4 Apr 1917;d.9 May 1994-Swain Co.,NC) 5. William Kreed Shepherd (b.30 Dec 1918-Tennessee;d.15 Jul 1989-Uncoln Co.,NC) sp: Ruth Frisbee (b.24 Apr 1919-Swain Co.,NC;d.7 Nov 2004-Lincoln Co.,NC) 5. Derol Shepherd (b.13 May 1920-Tennessee) l sp: Hardy Crisp - 5. Mildred Shepherd (b.31 Aug 1921-Swain Co.,NC;d.2 Dec 2000-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Eulies Wiggins "(b.9 Aug 1920-Bryson City.Swain Co.,NC;m.Abt 1939;d.22 Mar 1940-FranWin.Macon Co.,NC) sp: Floyd Allen Martin (b.25 Jul 191&Alarka,Swain Co.,NC;m.6 Sep 1941) - 5. Irene Shepherd (b.30 Jun 1923-Swain Co.,NC;d.24 Jul 1988-Mecklenburg Co.,NC) sp: Cleve "Buster* Caldwell - 5. B.Odell Shepherd (b.3 Mar 1925-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Louise Green - 5. Ruby Shepherd (b.8 Sep 1927-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Wallace James - 5. Faye Edith Shepherd (b.22 Sep 1929-Swain Co.,NC;d.Bef 2000) sp: Roy James 5. John Davis Shepherd (b.4 May 1932-Swain Co..NC;d.19 Nov 1998-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Betty Lou Herron (b.26 Sep 1942-Swain Co.,NC) 5. Lorene Vennis Shepherd (b.4 Jun 1934-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Jack James - 5. Johnnie May Shepherd (b.13 Jul 1936-Swain Co.;d.4 Oct 1936-Swain Co.,NC) 5. Charles Shepherd (b.Feb 1938-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Sylvia Rowe sp: Joann Weaver 167 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 - 4. Cora Lee Shepherd (b.26 Jul 1892-Bryson City.Swain Co.,NC;d.11 Dec 1971-Jackson Co.,NC) 1 sp: William Daniel Byrd (b.10 Aug 1885-Lauda,NC;m.26 Mar 1910;d.17 Dec 1947-Swain Co.,NC) \y 5. Clyde Byrd (b.22 Sep 1911-Swain Co.,NC;d.21 Dec 1983-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Alca Gibby (b.7 Apr 1918-Swain Co.,NC;m.Abt 1936;d.18 Jan 1987-Swain Co.,NC) - 5. Emerson Grady Byrd (b.11 Nov 1920-Swain Co.,NC;d.30 Nov 2001-Gaston Co.,NC) i sp: Callie Ellen Hawkins - 5. Byron Buster Byrd (b.15 Apr 1927-Swain Co.,NC) 5. Jack Austin Byrd (b.7 May 1932-Swain Co.,NC;d.8 Sep 1986-Swain Co.,NC) 5. Mary Byrd sp: Merritt 5. Eddie Byrd - 5. Cecil Byrd — 5. Myrtle Byrd sp: Shuler *— 5. Billie Byrd sp: Herron 4. Fred B. Shepherd (b.16 Dec 1895-Swain Co.,NC;d.19 Apr 1927-Swain Co.,NC) - 4. Hattie Amanda Shepherd (b.3 Mar 1897-Swain Co.,NC;d.13 Aug 1932-Swain Co.,NC) sp: George Brendle (m.11 May 1914) L 5. Ruth Edna Brendle (b.31 May 1921-Surry Co.,NC) 4. Abbie Elsie Shepherd (b.8 Jan 1903-Swain Co.,NC;d.14 Jun 1968-Mecklenburg Co.,NC) \^J - 4. Arthur John Shepherd (b.11 Sep 1905-Swain Co.,NC;d.13 Oct 1988-Mecklenburg Co..NC) sp: UNKNOWN *- 4. Maude Buirdell Shepherd (b.26 Nov 1907-Alarka,Swain Co.,NC;d.25 Sep 2007-Swain Co.,NC) • sp: Stallcup 3. Laura Elizabeth Franklin (b.18 Sep 1870-Jackson Co.,NC;d.28 Jul 1944-Swain Co.,NC) sp: William Joshua Simonds (b.28 Sep 1869-Swain Co.,NC;m.27 Nov 1892;d.31 May 1951-Swain Co.,NC) 4. William Grover Simonds (b.1 Sep 1893-Alarka,Swain Co.,NC;d.1 Apr 1963-Swain Co.,NC) 1 sp: Catherine Woodard (b.22 Jun 1900-Swain Co..NC;m.25 Mar 1917;d.2 Oct 1991-Swain Co.,NC) — 5. Clint Simonds (b.6 Jun 1918-Swain Co.,NC;d.6 Jun 1918-Swain Co.,NC) — 5. Annie Elizabeth Simonds (b.19 Dec 1919-Swain Co.,NC;d.20 May 1989-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Alfred Clayton Simonds (b.2 Sep 1911-Swain Co.,NC;d.17 Mar 1991-Swain Co.,NC) - 5. Clyde William Simonds (b.17 Sep 1921-Swain Co.,NC;d.18 Dec 2003-Buncombe Co.,NC) i sp: Muriel Young (m-Abt 1943) - 5. Elias Norman Simonds (b.23 Mar 1923-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Barbara Birchfield - 5. Tommy Earl Simonds (b.22 Feb 1925-Swain Co.,NC;d.5 Dec 1948-Macon Co.,NC) sp: Jean Dorothy Kirkland (b.10 May 1931-Swain Co..NC;d.29 Oct 2007-Swain Co..NC) yJ 168 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 y - 5. James Walker Simonds (b.4 Jan 1927-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Margaret Louise Moore (b.4 Sep 1928-Alarka.Swain Co.,NC;mAbt 1948;d.3 Jan 2001-Swain Co..NC) sp: Jenny Naylor (b.3 Feb 1927-New York State;m.Jun 1958) - 5. Myrtle Simonds (b.20 Jan 1929-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Odell Shuler (b.15 Feb 1923-Swain Co..NC;d.23 Aug 1991-Swain Co.,NC) - 5. Clara Mae Simonds (b.12 Mar 1931-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Paul John Kirkland (b.25 Dec 1926-Swain Co.,NC) - 5. Mary Lee Simonds (b.28 Sep 1933-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Hardin 5. Nevel Simonds (b.8 May 1935-Alarka.Swain Co.,NC) sp: Irene Cochran (b.24 Jul 1938-Swain Co.,NC) - 5. John William Simonds (b.13 Jul 1938-Swain Co.,NC) , sp: Carol Jean Hall (b.27 Jul 1943-Swain Co.,NC;d.6 Mar 1991-Pennsylvania) 5. William Grover, Jr. Simonds (b.10 Aug 1939-Swain Co.,NC;d.16 Jan 2007-Swain Co..NC) sp: Barbara Herron 4. Mary Etta Simonds (b.16 Feb 1895-Alarka,Swain Co.,NC;d.28 Jan 1973-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Harley A. Buchanan (b.7 May 1892-Jackson Co.,NC;d.18 May 1978-Transylvania Co.,NC) - 5. Cora Lee Buchanan (b.23 Mar 1929-Swain Co.,NC;d.15 Jun 2009-Henderson Co.,NC) • sp: Prince Clampitt (b.25 Feb 1916-Swain Co.,NC;m.1947;d.21 Jan 2004-Swain Co.,NC) *— 5. Nannie Belle Buchanan (b.2 Dec 1930-Jackson Co.,NC;d.4 Feb 2005-Transylvania Co.,NC) sp: Harley Eugene Hampton (b.17 Sep 1928-Swain Co.,NC;d.21 Oct 1998-Buncombe Co.,NC) 4. Sarah Maggie Simonds (b.21 Apr 1896-Alarka.Swain Co.,NC;d.14 Mar 1991-Union Co.,NC) sp: William Floyd Aldridge (b.15 Mar 1894-Murphy.CC,NC;m.28 Feb 1915;d.20 Nov 1965-Mecklenburg Co..NC) - 5. Lois Elizabeth Aldridge (b.10 Mar 1916-Alarka.Swain Co.,NC;d.6 Jul 1987-Mecklenburg Co..NC) sp: Dave Patton Stewart - 5. Alice Beatrice Aldridge (b.26 Apr 1918-Haywood Co.,NC) sp: George Robinson (m.1940) 5. Roscoe William Aldridge (b.29 Jul 1921-Swain Co..NC;d.27 Jan 1998-Mecklenburg Co.,NC) sp: Sarah Margaret Tucker (m.18 Jul 1948) 5. Roy James Aldridge (b.16 Feb 1924-East LaPorte.Jackson Co.,NC;d.23 Aug 1993-Charlotte,Mecklenburg Co.,NC) sp: Opal Mae Brooks (b.4 Mar 1928-Swain Co.,NC) *- 5. Etta Aldridge (b.1925-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Hyman Goldstein 4. Phema Simonds (b.25 Jul 1900-Alarka.Swain Co.,NC;d.24 Sep 1978-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Andrew L. Earls (b.9 Jul 1897-Swain Co.,NC;m.25 Dec 1920;d.15 Oct 1948-Buncombe Co.,NC) - 5. William Noah Earls (b.6 Jan 1924-Swain Co.,NC;d.1945-WWII) - 5. Juanita Earls (b.17 Jun 1928-Alarka.Swain Co.,NC;d.30 Aug 2003-Swain Co.,NC) 169 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 170 sp: Roy Cochran (b.22 Nov 1922-Swain Co.,NC;d.26 May 2009-Swain Co.,NC) - 5. Jeanetta Earls (b.2 Sep 1934-Swain Co.,NC) t sp: Roy Earl Barker (b.10 Aug 1935-Swain Co.,NC) *— 5. Geneva Earls sp: Omer Ledford 4. Thomas Burton Simons (b.14 Sep 1902-Alarka.Swain Co.,NC;d.15 May 1970-Macon Co.,NC) sp: Lottie Clark (b.4 Jul 1906-Swain Co.,NC;d.26 Nov 1990-Macon Co.,NC) 5. Troy Dent Simons twin (b.23 Oct 1929-Macon Co.,NC) 5. John Clint Simons twin (b.23 Oct 1929-Macon Co.,NC;d.5 Apr 2001-Macon Co.,NC) t sp: Coye Sue Clark (b.19 Mar 1932-Macon Co.,NC;d.10 Jan 2010-Macon Co.,NC) - 5. Floy Jean Simons (b.10 Jan 1931-A)arka,Swain Co.,NC) sp: Lyle H. Dills sp: Kusterr 5. Pauline Simons (b.12 Feb 1933-Macon Co.,NC) i sp: Dennis. Freeman 5. Emily M. Simons (b.4 Mar 1935-Macon Co.,NC) - 5. Earl Alfred Simons (b.27 Aug 1937-Macon Co.,NC) 5. Bobbie Joe Simons (b.10 Jan 1941-Macon Co.,NC) 5. Ruth Simons "— 5. Maxine Simons sp: Arvey - 4. Nannie Simonds (b.12 Jul 1904-Swain Co.,NC;d.30 Jul 1991-Swain Co.,NC) sp: William "Bill" T. Cochran (b.16 Nov 1907-Swain Co.,NC;d.28 Jun 1987-Jackson Co..NC) - 5. Cleo Cochran •— 5. Ruth Cochran sp: Woodrow Carpenter (b.25 Nov 1931-Graham Co.,NC;d.18 Sep 1981-Swain Co.,NC) - 4. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Maybelle Simonds (b.19 Jun 1906-Swain Co.,NC;d.22 Sep 1991-Swain Co.,NC) - 4. Carl Lee Simonds (b.20 Jul 1908-Alarka.Swain Co.,NC;d.10 Jul 1958-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Margaret Irene Wiggins (b.30 Aug 1909-Swain Co.,NC;d.5 Jun 2002-Swain Co.,NC) •— 5i. Ann Simonds sp: Dewey Parton - 4. James Vincent Simonds (b.10 Sep 1910-Alarka.Swain Co..NC;d.22 Jul 1997-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Hazel Eve Baines (b.22 Jul 1921-Alarka,Swain Co.,NC;m.1947;d.5 Jul 2001-Swain Co.,NC) - 5. Linda Jane Simonds (b.14 Mar 1949-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Horace Burns (b.18 Mar 1945-Swain Co.,NC;m.10 Jul 1970) "— 5. Evelyn Geneva Simonds (b.13 Apr 1951-Swain Co.,NC;d.14 Dec 1984-Buncombe Co.,NC) sp: Jerry Joe Seay (b.15 Jul 1948-Jackson Co.,NC;m.1967) "— 4. Ray Simonds (b.19 Jan 1915-Swain Co.,NC;d.19 Jan 1915-Swain Co.,NC) - 3. Annie L. "Lula" Franklin (b.Abt 1876-Swain Co.,NC;dAft 1913) sp: Thomas M. Barker (b.Abt 1878-Swain Co.,NC;m.29 Dec 1890;d.Aft 1913) 4. William Albert Barker (b.4 Mar 1894-Swain Co.,NC) sp: Bessie Baines (b.11 Jun 1899-Swain Co.,NC;m.15 Apr 1906) 3. Amanda E. Franklin (b.1877-Swain Co.,NC;d.1946-Swain Co.,NC) v J yj KJ L Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 C o c k e r h a m / C o n l e y K i n i n W e s t V i r g i n ia [Ed. This is the work of JCGS member Ruth C. Shuler, whose primary genealogical interest is the Cockerham family who lived in the Wilmot area of Jackson County. Her extensive research and subsequent publishing of her articles have formed the bulk of the body of knowledge about this family. We have published several articles in these pages, and Ruth's work has become available to many persons searching for the truth about the Cockerhams. Her work meets the standards of honest, original genealogical research, and we are always glad to be invited to participate.] The extended family of William and Charity Cockerham spread far from their mountain homes in North Carolina to states called Missouri, Iowa, and Alabama - all before 1850. Later descendants have been found in Colorado, Montana, Texas, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Nebraska, and the subjects of this article moved to West Virginia, a place closer to North Carolina and a terrain that compares more readily with the family beginnings. Elizabeth M. Cockerham, the only as-yet-identified daughter of William and Charity, married in 1838 William Hollen Conley, whose family were neighbors in the Wilmot area of Jackson County. They were to have 12 children, of whom only three were sons. The eldest, Jesse, died S October 1862, after being wounded in the Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) in Virginia. The following information relates to the other two boys, William DeWitt or "Dee," born 1843 in Cherokee County NC, and James Taylor, bon in 1849 in Macon County (Wilmot at that time was located on the south bank of the Tuckaseigee River as a part of Macon County). Dee Conley enlisted as a private in Company A, 16th Regiment NC Troops, CSA, on £ 27 Apr 1861 at Webster. On 2 Jul 1862 he was promoted to First Sergeant. On 5 Oct 1862, while serving in the lower Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, his unit was transferred to become Company A, Infantry Regiment, Thomas Legion, under the command of William Holland Thomas, his family's friend and neighbor. The company's muster roll stated that Conley was a prisoner of war, but he may have been a paroled prisoner on the date of transfer, thus unable to report for duty until formally exchanged. He reported for duty prior to 31 December 1862, just in time to be transferred to Company K of the 39,b NC Regiment in January of 1863. He was reported present through June 1863 and then supposedly deserted about 7 September. The history of the 39'h Regiment indicates the unit's location during that time period to be Chattanooga, where the Battle of Chickamauga began on 19 September. Did Conley simply decide to go home, since he was the closest he had been to Jackson County since enlisting? Or did the chaos of that turbulent period mean that records were spotty or non­existent, and he remained somewhere in the maze of the Confederacy in the months leading up to its surrender in April of 1865? An interesting sidelight is that Benjamin Hamilton Cathey, who would later marry Conley's sister Mariah Catherine, was an officer in each of the units in which Conley served; he was reported as accounted for during September- October 1863 and then no further records. What is apparent is that both of these men survived the war. On 23 October 1866, Dee Conley and Mary Ann Hicks, oldest daughter of Rev. William Hicks and his wife Elizabeth Margaret Ward, were married in Jackson County. Rev. Hicks, a renowned Methodist minister, served various pastorates in Western North \ ^ Carolina, one of which was at Webster. He became president of Tuscola Institute in Haywood County in 1857 and later was editor of a Methodist publication in Henderson 171 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 County. He then became Superintendent of Public Instruction in Bland County, Virginia, t and Dee and Mary Ann evidently moved to that region to be near her parents. They are found in Giles County, Virginia, where Dee worked on the Newberry Plantation as a school teacher. In 1879 Dee purchased from a Newberry descendant 1373 acres of timberland on the Clear Fork of Guyandotte River in Wyoming County, West Virginia, for $2,000 and moved his family there. He later purchased additional timberland and owned a sawmill, other timber-related businesses, and a farm. Dee became ill in 1893, reportedly with typhoid, and his will, written 11 Feb 1893, is recorded in Wyoming County, West Virginia, records. It was published in Journeys Through Jackson in the Fall 2006 issue. Dee and Mary Ann Hicks Conley had ten children, the first six born in Giles County, Virginia, the others in Wyoming County, West Virginia. These ten children, their spouses, and their children in turn are as follows: (1) William D. Jr. (22 Nov 1867 - 26 Jul 1953) m. Lake May Cook Children: Lena Mae, Aileen, George W. (2) Leonidas H. (15 Jan 1871 - 29 Oct 1938) m. Emma Reed (3) Charles C. (Aug 1872 - bef. 1908) m. Maggie Cooke Children Ruth, Bessie May, Charles Wayne Seldon (4) James Taylor (22 Nov 1874 - 22 Mar 1935) m. (1) Martha Short Children: Myrlie Lee, Laura Daisy, Cecil, Clarence Arthur, Martha Bethel (raised by William D. Jr. and Lake after Martha's Death m. (2) Grace Cline no children m. (3) Mae Chapman Children: Woodrow, Ethel, Ruth, James Edward, Grethel, Ermaline, Paul, Robert (5) Mary Elizabeth (18 Mar 1876 - 1 Apr 1962) m. Robert Lee Cooke Children: Elmer Waitman, Maggie Marie, Iris, Herbert, Mary, Nannie (6) Victor Hugo Edward (1878 - ) m. Eulalie Hale Child: Victor Jr. "Buster" (7) Minnie Pearl (7 Jun 1880 - 1 7 Mar 1946) m. Mormie Duke Cooke Children: Chester Virgil, Leona Gladis, Grady, Bernice, Geneva R., Joseph, James (8) Virgil Pierce (11 Jan 1884 - 1 1 Nov 1954) m. Susie Spratt Children: Victor, Catherine, Evelyne, Joseph A. (9) Zebulon Vance (1 Sep 1885 -) m. Mabel Estell Cox Child: Marjorie (10) Henry Watterson (28 Nov 1889 - 5 Sep 1943) m. Bertha Jackson Children: Ruby Lenore, Henry W Jr., Joseph Childers, Mary Louise Items of special interest in this family: James Taylor was killed in a coal mine accident in Mingo County, West Virginia in 1935. Daughter Marjorie of Zebulon Vance enlisted in the US Marine Corps in World War n and became the first female Marine assigned to the Officer's Pay Section of HQMC. Daughter Mary Louise of Watterson was the mother of Patricia Stewart Marrs, Miss West Virginia of 1953. * j \ J 172 y Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 After Dee Conley's death in 1893, Mary Ann Was appointed Executrix of his will. There are various land transactions in Wyoming County records, including one of 24 Oct 1896, where Mary Ann sold to Joseph P. Cook for $6250 "all lands owned by William D. Conley except about 150 acres sold to Joseph Short and 120 acres now enclosed where William D. Conley is buried." In a subsequent filing, V.H., Virgil P., Z.V., and H.W. Conley, plaintiffs, instituted a Notice of Lis Pendens (a notice of pending action concerning the title to real property) against Joseph P. Cook, Mary A. Conley, the same Mary A. Conley Executrix of the last will of W.D. Conley dec'd, Elizabeth Cook (late Conley), W.D. Conley, L.H. Conley, James T. Conley, Seldon Conley (an infant and sole heir of CC. Conley, dec'd), and Minnie Cook (late Conley), the last six being heirs at law and Devisees under the will of W.D. Conley, dec'd. defendants. This notice was admitted to record 12 Oct 1908, but information on the final outcome will need to wait for another trip to West Virginia. An important part of this filing is the listing of Seldon as the sole heir of C.C.Conley. William Dee and Mary Ann Hicks Conley have a large extended family in Wyoming County, Mingo County, Raleigh County, and other parts of West Virginia. James Taylor Conley, brother to William DeWitt, went to West Virginia about 1880, accompanied by his mother, Elizabeth Cockerham Conley, who reportedly died about 1883 and is buried in an unmarked grave in Oceana. James had evidently spent some time in Arkansas, evidenced by his oldest child's birth there according to the 1870 census. James first married Emma Cannon, then Rosa Music. With Emma he had the following children: (1) Rosa Lee, born 1868, Arkansas, evidently died young. (2) William D. (22 Nov 1874 - 29 Jul 1953) m. Nellie Bowden. She had two children from a previous marriage, Dulcie Marleen and Sterling Silver, who were raised as Conleys. Will and Nellie had Jesse Randolph, Andrew Taylor, Philip Webster, William Eugene, Anita Maude, Eileen Josephine, Dolly Ray, and Giles, who died in infancy. (3) Candas D. (Nov 1874 - after 1930), twin to William D., m. Harry M. Stamper Children: Minnie Pearl, Letitia, Jessie Lee (4) Stewart (15 Nov 1877 -1943) m. Sarah Short Children: Talt, Myrtle, Fay, Ray, Fred, Beatrice, Ernest, Estel George, Ruble, Lucille, and Mary (5) Bertie E. (Apr 1882 - 6 Jan 1932) m. Okey J. Cook Children: James L., Ernest Lee, Dallas W., Paul Day (6) Emma (may have died young) With Rosa Music, a child, Sterling, was born and died in August 1889. Items of special interest in this family: Many of James Taylor's descendants are buried in Palm Gardens of Memory, Matheny, West Virginia. Jesse, son of William D., lived in Florida. Brother Billy moved to Texas. Rouchier Spratt, son of Minnie Pearl Stamper, flew the "Burma Hump" in World War II and died 12 Jan 1945 near Serenbam, India. He was buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii. Ruble, son of Stewart, lived in Florida but was returned to West Virginia for burial at Palm Gardens. The West Virginia Conley families are difficult to research because of their naming patterns. William DeWitt, known as Dee, and Mary Ann Hicks Conley had William D. Jr., 173 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 known as Willie, and James Taylor. James Taylor, brother to William DeWitt, was usually . j known as Taylor. He and Emma Cannon Conley had William D., known as Will. There is room for ample confusion. In May 2012, my brother, Larry Crawford, and I went to Wyoming County, West Virginia to do on-site research into these families. Our stay at the Twin Falls State Park Resort was a delight, and we hope to return in the future. Our days were spent in the county courthouse in Pineville and the libraries in Pineville and Oceana, where we found, in every instance, helpful and kind assistance. We visited Baileysville and Clear Fork, places where the Conleys had lived, and although we found no direct descendants, we did meet lots of friendly people. In trying to reach one particular cemetery, we crossed a bridge over the Clear Fork River, a structure which rivaled any homemade bridges we had ever seen. With bated breath we inched across, only to find that we were not at the right cemetery after all. So we inched back across the bridge and went on our way, happy to be on a paved highway again. In addition to county vital statistics and land records, two books in the Oceana library were of particular help: From Cabins to Coal Mines, Volume H, compiled and written by Paul R. Blankenship, and Reference Book of Wyoming County History, by Mary Keller Bowman. We also gleaned information from "Descendants of John Cook," a family file found in the Pineville library. Other notes: For a fascinating account of the flights across the Burma Hump in World War U, see Malaya Historical Group at http ://mhg.mymalaya.com/ww2 Information on Dee Conley's Civil War service is found in North Carolina Troops (compiled by Jordan), Volumes VI and X. We were also able to work for a short time in the public library in Beckley, but as happens so many times with genealogy trips, we ran short of time. In a happy genealogical circumstance, we were able to secure some family information for fellow Society member Deanne Gibson Roles, whose children have direct ties to Wyoming County. In Pineville we had lunch one day at a franchise restaurant called Tudor's Biscuit World. Pinto beans and corn bread. We heartily approve. (We also heartily ate.) yJ yy 174 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 y 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 3 [Ed. We continue in this issue with the interviews with Mrs. Chastain as conducted by JCGS member Sanji Talley Watson. Sanji writes, " I received an e-mail regarding the interviews with Aunt Jane from a teacher who has been sharing the interview with her students. The children in the class have requested that she answer some questions for them." Following are those questions and answers.] What did you do for Christmas? We decorated the house up real pretty, but we didn't get many store bought things for Chrismias. We would go to the woods and find a tree, cut it, bring it to the house and decorate it We would take Sears-Roebuck catalogues and cut the pages into strips to make a chain. We had to make our own glue too. We would hang those strips on the tree. We would boil chinquapins and string them up and put them on the tree too. We would get ferns and other green stuff and decorate around the house with it. We would always have a big dinner with wild turkey, dressing, pumpkin pies and fried apple pies too. We also had a big dinner like that on Old Christmas in January. The first thing I remember getting for Christmas was a big stick of peppermint candy. The second thing I remember getting was a Delft doll. Aunt Laura (Chastain) bought me and Ida one apiece for Christmas. It had Delft for the hands, feet, and head Dad and John Messer would play the banjo and we girls would dance for them. We would just be dancing in the middle of the living room floor. The living room was a big room with three beds in the back of it and the rest open. It was big enough that us girls could play tag in it When did you see your first car? We were on the way home from school one day. We walked from home to Rocky Hollow and back every day. Saw this thing coming up the road. (It wasn't a road like we have today, I guess it was more like a wagon trail.) It scared me to death. We took off running to the house and told our Mom that we had just seen a buggy coming that didn't have any horses tied to it. The next morning we got brave and went to see it again. Back in those days they had sawmills that they could move from place to place while they cut the timber. A man from Asheville was over the sawmill. He came to the house and stayed a few days with us until they got him a shack built to stay in. He kept his car in the barn. It didn't have glass windows in it, just curtains where they would be today. Lee Hooper would stop In at the house every morning for a cup of coffee before heading to work at tlte sawmill. When was your first car ride? / was about 16 or 17years old I rode in a Jeep that Don had bought in town. It wasn 't fancy, just a plain old Jeep. Ii was one of the first ones around here. 175 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 Whose funeral was the first you can remember? . i The first one was my Grandma Jemima Shook. I can just barely remember her. [Ed. Jemima Shook died in 1913.] But there was one funeral that bothered me. When I was ayounggirl, two of Uncle Fate's and Aunt Jules's (SJT- Daniel Lafayette and Julia Middleton Shook) daughters got sick. Mom would fix food and have me take it over to them. I remember going and their sitting on the porch in the summer. I would put the food on a little table for them. They always said Thank you, and I told them I would see them in the morning. We didn 't have things to cover food like people have today, so just about everything was wrapped in a cloth. You would even cover the bowls with a cloth too. Mae died first and then a while later Florence died We didn't have funeral homes like they do now. We would sit up al the house with the dead When we went to bury Florence, and I saw them lowering her casket into tlte ground with ropes, I thought, "Lord have mercy, why do they have to be buried so deep in the ground?" It bothered me for a while. Caskets were built at home, and the family would get everything ready for the funeral. Back then you didn't wait two or three days to bury somebody. It was usually the next day. People would come and bring food and have the funeral usually at the cemetery. We didn't have decorations like some places do now. Usually we just kept the weeds and trees down and tried to keep the graves nice that way. Up on the hill where Mom and Dad are buried, there is a grave of a little girl. Nobody knows yJ who she was or how she got there. Dad decided that since she was already there, that was where they would have a graveyard. Up in the Watson graveyard (SJT-Zeke Watson Cemetery), there is a woman buried. I remember that she was a Woodring woman, and she was killed by a painter. [Ed. This is the traditional, now archaic, mountain pronunciation for "panther."] If I remember correctly, it was one ofAb Woodring's girls. Zeke Watson is buried there too. He married my Mom's sister Molly Hooper. She had been home to see her Dad and when she got home, she found him lying on a bridge over the branch. She married Pies Robinson after that and when he died, she married a Cleveland man from down around Dillsboro. She would come up to the house to pick strawberries. He was a good man, and the Lord took him away from Iter too. First Wedding? / guess tlte first wedding that I remember was Aunt Laura and Uncle Elihue Chastain. I remember that they got married at her house Then after the wedding, everybody had brought food and we all had a big dinner. Then the men got busy and started building them a house. They would start it on the same day by building a log house, then covering the logs inside and out with planks. They would build a chimney for a stove in the kitchen. They would get it finished in a day. But there was always lots of men around to help. , 176 y Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 When was the first time you voted? / was 21 years old the first time I voted We had to go down to Tuckasegee and vote at the school Where were you when you heard about World War H? J was up on Shook Cove that day. My brother Willard was in the Navy, and Albert Shook went into the Army. Willard came home, but Albert didn't Wayne Owens was in the Army too, and he said that he had seen Albert overseas. As Wayne was coming home, Albert was going over there. Albert was killed while he was driving a vehicle to the land Albert would have been my age. He was born in the same year and delivered by Granny Wilson just like I was. When did you get power? We were living on our homeplace, and I think it was around 1963 or 1964. Before that we used kerosene lamps and lanterns. When did you get a washing machine? Tlte first one I remember was an old wringer washing machine But I didn't get that until the early 1960's either. Before that you had to wash clothes by hand It was a hard job and usually took all day. You would wash them using a scrub board and soap, getting them as clean as you could Then you would put them in a big pot and boil them on a fire. Then you would take them out, rinse them, then rinse them again, wring-them out, then hang them on a line to dry. If it rained or was really cold, you had to hang them in the house to dry. I would go over to Uncle Fate's and would do his washing once a week, would work in his garden hoeing too. One time Martha and Mary were doing the laundry and they saw Mom coming to the house Martha made the comment, "Here comes the Inspector." She would check the laundry that you were doing and if she didn't think it was clean, she would make you do it all over again. You learned quickly to do whatever it was right the first time so that you didn't have to do it again. Did you have store-bought clothes? Most of our clothes were flannel. They would gel the flannel at George Cole's store in Sylva. Mom always kept about 50 head of sheep, and they had to be taken care of just like a bunch of little children. Once a year we would shear the wool off them. Then we would have to clean it and wash it and get it ready to work with. Mom would take five sacks of wool to Alzadie Mathis and she would spin it for us. Mom would give her one bag of wool for spinning the rest of it for us. Then Mom would knit our caps, sweaters, gloves, and socks that came above our knees. I l l Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 When I was around 10 or 12 years old, Aunt Laura had us some dresses made that weren't ^y flannel. One year in the fall, Grandpa Joe Marion wanted me to help kill a sheep. He caught the sheep, tied its legs together, laid its head on a big block of wood, and told me that I would have to hold it still while he cut its head off. I couldn 't do it, I took off running for the house. Every fall, the family had mutton to eat. What is the secret to living a long life? Grandpa Hooper did it The night that I was born, he prayed over me for me to live through the night and to have a long life He held me off and on all night and prayed that I would live. The next morning I was still alive and he said that I was going to live, that he would see me the next week, and he went home. More firsts? I slept in a trundle bed until I was married, then we had a big bed that four posts on it. The legs had rollers on them. It was made out of walnut and oak. They were in the house that Don and I moved into when we got married The farthest that I have ever been front home was that I went with my son Kenneth and his family to Washington D.C. That was a trip. V_y / can remember when the post office in Sylva said "Tuckasegee." [Ed. We also can vaguely remember when that building was the post office. It is the building that was recently demolished by the bank that occupied it. The bank is rebuilding on the same site in the middle of Sylva.] One of the scariest things that I have ever seen was years ago I was working at the home place I looked around and there was a man standing down toward the spring. He had hair past his waist and a big old beard It scared me and I took off running, and when he saw me, he also took off running back into the woods. That "wild man" scared me to death. One thing that I know is that if you didn't make something, you usually did without. Tliere wasn't all the stores and such as there is now. Everybody shared what they had and helped each other out more than they do now. y y 178 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 G o o d b y T o T h e B o y s I n K h a k i " [Ed. The above was the headline in the 27 Jul 1917 issue of The Jackson County Journal. As Jackson County made ready for the Great War, the newspaper in that particular issue listed the members of the Sylva Radio Company, along with the draftees from the first Selective Draft. Original issue of the paper donated by JCGS member Betty Raby Rowland.] ro-m ii en iii. .ill il: «f & • ;^«nr<i.-cei^.bi^diQn.. wiUifce l i s t * I i. S y l v a o n S a t u r d a y J u l y 2Bfch i n Jion- 01- of t h e ' S y t v a . 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" ®iyMTa^(^fg3?EEf«; ';. ^rysonr^ii.''.'. • .Dm«j^j5r|jMfi*,V>l?.', •,": •. • :. &' •' ; y\]ffiM0$ufta#if J" (DimW, [Ed. We have inadvertently omitted the names of William G. Ward, John L. Wallace, and Paul L. Warren. They were in the fold of the page, and we mistakenly scanned it without them. Also, the paper included the first one hundred and fifty four names drawn in the draft. We will include the order of the drawing, because this represented the order in which the men were to be called before the exemption board.] 1. James Rogers, Dillsboro 2. James Reed, Beta 4. Steve Youngdeer, Whittier 5. Horace Phillips, Cowarts 7. J.G. Dills, Dillsboro 8. Tom Moore, Webster 10. Adam Painter, Addie 11. James Sutton, Dillsboro 3. James R. Mahaffey, Balsam 6. Leonard Stillwell, Webster 9. James Pangle, Barkers Creek 12. George Clayton, Willets u y j 180 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 13. Zeb W. Parker, Willets 14. Ben T. Potts, Balsam 16. Candler Elders, Dillsboro 17. Walter H. Studer, Sylva 19. Ben Fisher, Webster 20. Will A. Miller, Whittier 22. Milas Parker, Rich Mt 23. Dock Nations, Wilmot 15. Dredy Massingale, Argura 18. Garfield Coggins, Erastus 21. John E. Hooper, Cullowhee 24. (not listed) 25. Eunis W. Ashe, Sylva 28. (not Listed) 31. Harmon Fincher, Sylva 34. John Bryson, Erastus 36. Bob Bryson, Sylva 26. Lewis J. Henson, Beta 27. Link Harris, Wolf Mt. 29. Harley Love, Cullowhee 30. Robert W. Harris, Dillsboro 32. Lewis D. Alley, Webster 33. Will B. Blanton, Balsam 35. Justice B. Galloway, Glenville 37. Bedford Bradley, Wilmot 38. McKinley Davis, Barkers Creek 39. Holmes Parker, Rich Mt. 41. Harley M. D. Bryson, Sylva 43. Will A. Adams, East LaPorte 45. Grover C. Tilley, Speedwell 47. James W. Swaingin, Cowarts 49. Calvin Wilson, Gay 40. Frank L. Key, Fall Cliff 42. Festus McCall, Grimshaws 44. G. Taylor Hampton, Sylva 46. Andrews S. Campbell, Whittier 48. Joel M. Bird, Whittier 50. Elsie M.K. Henry, Willets 51. Steve Bradburn, Whittier 53. Wiley B. Medford, Whittier 55. Charlie Austin, Willets 57. Griver Bishop, Sylva 59. Garland Ashe, East LaPorte 61. Lewis H. Cannon, Dillsboro 63. McKinley Owen, Wolf Mt. 64. Robert McDowell, Cullowhee 66. Will W. Biddix, Dillsboro 68. Kelley Bradley, Greens Creek 70. Napoleon P. Hoyle, Willets 72. Claude W. Warren, Sylva 74. Lewis H. Rigdon, Tuckasegee 76. Julius McMahan, Dillsboro 78. Garland Wyatt, Wilmot 80. Lloyd Hooper, Glenville 82. Joel Bentley, Glenville 84. Perry Parker, Cowarts 86. Jesse W. Cogdill, Willets 52. Charley Long, Whittier 54. Early B. Wood, Rich Mt. 56. Jake Deitz, Greens Creek 58. Jasper Queen, Whittier 60. Charlie C. Queen, Willets 62. James L. Jones, Gay 65. Tom G. Hoyle, Addie 67. Paul Warren, Sylva 69. John M. Morris, Sylva 71. Will H. Moody, Sylva 73. Henry Seago, Speedwell 75. Jarvis Crawford, Cullowhee 77. Charlie Watson, Sylva 79. James C. Taylor, Whittier 81. William B. Lewis, Whittier 83. John M. Wike, East LaPorte 85. Augustus C. Crawford, Willets 87. John L. Ginter, Balsam y 88. Merrit Fox, Tuckasegee 89. James B. Dyre, Willets 90. Carl Childers, Erastus 91. John Lowen, Birdtown 92. James H. Henderson, Tuckasegee 93. Angel R. Queen, Cowarts 94. Demos Wood, Wolf Mt. 95. John C. Rucker, Sylva 96. Marion A. Price, Balsam 97. Joseph B. Keener, Sylva 98. Robert S. Campbell, Sylva 99. Will W. Bryson, Speedwell 181 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 100. Charlie A. Crawford, Addie 102. Corbett Sutton, Dillsboro 104. Eller Aiken, Rich Mt. 106. John P. Sutton, Sylva 108. Luther Ashe, Wolf Mt. 110, Deane Watson, Bessie 112. Baxter Matthis, Wolf Mt. 114. Daniel H. Dillard, Sylva 116. David Rogers, Cullowhee 118. J.B. Cunningham, Dillsboro 120. Orie Hooper, Glenville 122. Ransom R. Buchanan, Gay 124. J.C. Woodard, Gay 126. Charlie Messer, Dillsboro 128. James Ed Hall, Dillsboro 130. Sampson Parris, Addie 132. Tom Forga, Sylva 134. Leon D. Moody, East LaPorte 136. Wed. Galloway, Wolf Mt. 138. Jerry Green, Speedwell 140. Walter Montieth, Glenville 142. Lonnie Crisp, Balsam 144. Harry J. Frady, Webster 146. Roy Dills, Beta 148. Charles R. Cathey, Sylva 150. Charlie Nimmons, Webster 152. Logan George, Whittier 154. Eugene Nicholson, Kilgore 101. George L. Painter, Sylva 103. Vergil Sheppard, Sylva 105. Harrison Owen, Sr., Wolf Mt. 107. Eulah Ensley, Cullowhee 109. Oulin Martin, Whittier 111. John C. Price, Balsam 113. Hillard Parker, Rich Mt. 115. John Wyatt, Sylva 117. Ellis Beasley, Sylva 119. James O. Howell, Whittier 121. Kimsey Beck, Sylva 123. Will A. Gibbs, Beta 125. Richard Hooper, Cullowhee 127. John C. Long, Cullowhee 129. Richard E. Moore, Beta 131. James Messer, Barkers Creek 133. Charlie Bradley, Cherokee 135. Joseph C. Long, Cullowhee 137. Will Leadford, Addie 139. Johnny Sutton, Greens Creek 141. David L. Keener, Sylva 143. Garland Reed, Greens Creek 145. James Messer, Barkers Creek 147. Ben H. Mashburn, Speedwell 149. Arnech Toineeta, Cherokee 151. David H. Brown, Webster 153. Odell S. Dillard, Willets yj • u [Ed. We are reasonably sure that misspellings occur in numbers 3, 15, 25, 47, 57, 87, 89, 103, 109, 112, 137, 140, and 149, but we would not know if these were the mistakes of the draft officials or of the newspaper. We also are not aware if Nos. 131 and 145 are the same person. It's easy enough here to find persons whom we remember.] y j 182 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 y 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 the memoirs of Mrs. Hensley, as submitted by JCGS member Jean Hooper Scott.] Pa rented again that year. We had a big red cow that was roguish. We were making molasses that fall, and she came around the fence and jumped over. My brother Claude was tending the boiler. He said, "Catch that cow and I will fix her." I caught her for him, not knowing what he was going to do. He took the harness off the mule and put it on her and hitched her to the cane mill and started her around to grind cane. She took a big fit, but the lead pole kept her going and she could not get away or go sideways. Mr. Isaac Hensley came along and I thought he was going to kill himself laughing at us, working that cow. When we turned her back in the pasture, she went and drank her a good drink and laid down under a big poplar tree to rest. We had a big watermelon patch across the river from Dillsboro, and the boys would swim the river and get them one every time they got a chance. Then they would wade back where it was low. Pa would not sell any watermelons on Sunday, and that was a pretty good day to sell. Pa kept looking for another farm and there was where I met the man I married His dad and mother and another came by with a wagon and 12 children in it, and stopped to get some cantaloupes and melons. He was the oldest one of the children. Mr. Hensley bought 3 melons and 6 cantaloupes and started on, but this one boy did not get in the wagon. His dad said to me, "Take good care of Carey," and I said, "He can take care of his self for my part." He hung around all evening and asked me if he could go to church with me that night I said, "No Sir, you cannot" I still had my boyfriend at Franklin and I did not want to make him mad. Someone told the boy at Franklin I was seeing Carey, and he got mad and quit coming over there, and I did not care, for he always spent the night at our house, and I did not like that. Carey kept on coming and in the spring of 1916, April 1st, we were married, and that sure was April Fool's Day for me, and still is. I remember one day the snow was just pouring, and two sewing machine peddlers came to our house in a buggy. They stayed until dinner. I got dinner ready, and we all ate, and they kept trying to swap machines with Ma. She told them several times she would not trade hers for it was a good one, and she knew it was because it was a Singer. They just kept trying to get her machine and about three that evening Pa said he was going to do up his outside work, it was not going to stop snowing. By then it was afoot deep, and Lloyd said, "Let it snow, no one is out but these old machine agents." One said, "No trade here. I see that." Lloyd said, "No, my mother is pretty hard to beat" They got their horse and hooked it to their buggy and left at last. Me and Lloyd was afraid he would get whipped, but at supper that night, Pa started laughing and laughing at what Lloyd said to those men, and my Grandma Smith said, "Mack, don't whip him for that," and Pa did not Chapter 4 I remember one Saturday morning at breakfast Pa said, "When we get that big sweet potato patch set out today, Claude, Lloyd and you and Fred can go fishing." Fred was an orphan boy Pa had taken in. Well, you ought to have seen how fast we all worked carrying water and making holes to set the slips in, and some pouring water. Pa did tlte setting out and about 12 we got done When we ate, Pa made us promise not to go to the big sink hole where the water was so deep there was no bottom to ii. It was about a mile from our home and as soon as we got started, there was where we went. When we got to that place, there was a big tree had fell in it, and Claude walked out on that tree trunk, and he really got a scare. There in tlte water was a man's hand Well, he told us and came out of there and we sure headed for home and told Pa and some other 183 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 man at the mill Pa and 5 other men got a rope and went to that place, and they tied tlte rope ^j around one of the men, and he walked out on the tree and took hold of the hand and gave a big pull on it. It was an old black glove and not a man's hand. They came back with the glove, and Pa threw it to me on the porch and I ran, still thinking it was a hand. I sure was a coward. I was afraid of everything, but horses, cows and dogs and cats, even people. My sister had scared me so much I was afraid of everybody. She would black her face and hands when Ma and Pa were gone and scare me nearly to death, and then tell me if I told them that old black man would get me next time and I was afraid to tell. I did not know it was her until one time Pa and Ma went to Clyde She got after me all blacked up and I was afraid to turn around. I was running backwards and fell in a big wash pot, and that almost killed me. She picked me up and took me in and laid me on the bed Tlte blood was running out of my ears, nose, and mouth. I did not know anything. She ran to the mill where my brothers were and told them about me, but one thing she never told was how it happened, for she had washed all the black off. Bob ran to the house to see about me and he thought I was dead He ran to tlte barn and caught a big mule, and jumped on him with no saddle and started after Pa and Ma. He met them and told them what had happened to us. Pa said, "You go to Clyde and get Dr. Davis and don't spare that mule." And Pa did not spare the ones he was driving. Wlien they got home and asked what happened, Mattie told them I fell in the pot out in the yard. Wlten Bob and the Doctor got there, I had sort of come to, but was still bleeding. He looked me over for broken bones and found none He found my neck was not broken. By next day I was some better and Mattie was so good to me. She was afraid I would tell how it had happened and I did. Ma said, "Now you are able to tell us just what happened," and I told them an old black man was after me and I was running backwards so he could not grab me and I fell In the wash pot. Bob said, "That was Mattie all blacked up, and Pa, if you don't whip her for that, I will, and when I get done with her, she will be black and blue too." I don't know what happened. yJ After that, Ma said, " You hurry and get well and I will show you something!" I wanted to know so bad I did hurry and she showed me my pet duck on her nest, sitting. And I wanted to know how many eggs she had, so I slipped back and started to pick her up and she bit a piece almost out of my hand I started to run and she took after me. I started hollering for Ma and scared her, but when she saw that old duck after me, she laughed at us. I never went near Mrs. Duck anymore. I would go to the branch and throw her food to her. The waiting for her to hatch was so long to me. Then one morning Ma said, "You had better hurry and feed Mrs. Duck," so I got my corn and a piece of bread and went to feed her. There she sat in that big branch with all those little ducks. I started screaming for Ma. She came to me and saw the little ones. I wanted her to get them out; I was afraid they would drown. I told Pa I was big enough to hoe corn that summer, and he said no, but you can cut weeds from Lloyd's row. One day this boy who stayed with us cut my foot. I had pulled my shoes off and was barefoot Then I hit him in tlte head and cut his head with my hoe. His head was bleeding and Bob was plowing and he came by and asked what the trouble was. Fred told him and Bob said, "You had better not tell on her or she will tell on you too." He was afraid to tell on me We lived on tlte road the convicts had to work and I remember one day Pa killed 5 big hogs and they passed and saw them hanging up to cool. Pa told them when they came back by that evening he would give them a good mess, and that evening he gave them all the heads, livers, lights, hearts, and all of the ribs and backbones out of the one hog they had. Tltey had a big mess. i ; All the heads and other parts and those big ribs and backbones they were sure proud of all that meat, and thanked him over and over. The guard stood and watched. Tltey might have thought Pa 184 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 was going to give them something to escape with. That was what Pa thought He watched so far as I can remember. I remember all our girlfriends and boyfriends would gather at our house and on Sunday we would play tap hand or baseball and on Sunday Albert Bramlett wanted to read the paper and would not play. Someone gave me a match and told me to slip up and set the paper he was reading on fire I thought he would hear the match strike, but he never did I stuck it to the paper and ran. Tlte rest were watching. It burned nearly up to his hands before he saw it. He threw it in the yard and came to us and wanted to know who did that, but no one knew. We had some news back then - my mother took tlte Grit paper and the Home Comfort and Pa took tlte Yellow Jacket paper. We did not have any libraries then. I remember one Sunday it had rained the night before and there was a mud puddle in our front yard in the walk. Preacher Willie Fincher and Uncle Hosa Mooney came home with us for dinner and for some reason had to go back to the church after dinner. Wltile they were eating, Bob got a plank and I got two corn cobs and he placed them under each end of the plank over the mud puddle Well, they had a prayer and all started back to tlte church. Willie Fincher was in front He stepped up on that plank and rolled and he sat flat down in that puddle, and by the time he got up and the mud cleaned off him, me and Bob were gone. Ma cleaned his pants off as good as she could, and they went on their way to church. We were making syrup one fall and had the last run on, and all the girls and boys were going to have a good time. Jim Jones and his brother Clarence were there Jim was a smart aleck and he fell backward into a deep skimming hole and it splattered all over him. My mother would always make apple butter or peach butter out of the last run in the boiler. She made it in the molasses boiler and put it into a big stone jar and put a clean white cloth soaked in melted beeswax over tt and tied it good. It kept well, never did spoil She always had a cinnamon bark and spices to flavor it with. She put up barrels of kraut and pickled beans and pickled cucumbers. Any time we dried apples and dried peaches, my Grandma Smith would dry her some pumpkin. Well, by then, Grandma Green had died and Aunt Samanthy Green had moved to Waynesville where she could get some sewing to do. We only had Grandma Smith with us then. I remember one time my sister had to go to Waynesville to the dentist to have some teeth filled, and it had been raining for a day or so, and she was taking me with her. Pa told her that morning the river was too big for us to ford and to be sure to go to tlte bridge to cross. She promised to go to the bridge, and as soon as we got out of sight of tlte house, she turned to the ford We were on Pa's two big mares and when we got to the ford, the river was out of banks and I was scared I said, "Let's go to the bridge " She said, "No, not now." She told me to put my feet up in my saddle and to give her my bridle reins. I did, and she got in front of me and put her mare in the water and she pulled mine in behind her and those two horses swam across with water running over their backs and big logs coming down. Wlten we got out, she said, "Don 'tyou ever tell this to anyone" But Uncle John Bramlett lived up on the hill above, and some one of them saw us and in a few days they told on her. Pa never would tell her the one who told on her. She took the horses to a livery stable and got them all rubbed down and dried off before we started home. When we got to that ford, I started my horse to running. I did not aim to cross that ford again. We went by the bridge. We rode horses everywhere. I was 9 then, and I would beg to go and spend the night with some of my cousins, and Ma would say I could, and when dark began to come, I started to cry and 185 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 they would beg and pet me and try to get me to stay. Then Aunt Sarry would tell Jerry to get a ^j mule and take me home. If I was at Uncle Jake Evans', Aunt Maggie would tell Lawrence to get a mule and lake me home. I got so I would not go any place to spend the night, and I still love to be at home al night Someone gave me a little mother dog. It was good to tree opossums, but Bob wanted a fox dog. He went hunting with Uncle Jake We had a big cattle dog too and Pa said, "You can't have a fox dog here, two dogs is enough. I had made my little dog a bed in a big hollow apple tree in the yard She had two little pups. When Bob got mad because he could not have hound dogs, lie went off one night to hunt, and the next morning my little dog and our cattle dog were both dead I heard the little pups hollering and went to see what was wrong with Fanny and she was dead too. I sure did cry. I got the little pups in my dress tail and carried them to the back porch and tried to feed them milk, but tltey could not eat. Their eyes were not open. Ma said, "Rachel, you can't raise them, they will die too." I was sitting there crying with them in my lap, and John Green came to the mill with a bundle of corn on his shoulder. He came up to me and asked me what was wrong. I told him my little mother was dead He patted me on the head and told me he would get me another one and not to cry. He was a great big barefoot boy, I guess about 14 years old, but he never did get me one. Well, you can be sure Bob never got to keep his hound dogs, for he had poisoned the other dogs. I was so mad at him I never did get over that and when he got married, I did not like his wife. I sure was mad and that almost caused Pa and Uncle Jake to have trouble, for Uncle Jake had given Bob the poison so he had to take his old fox hounds back home They were good egg eaters too. Pa was good to everybody and everyone was good to everyone else then. I remember one time Bob was plowing in this big bottom and I was following him. Mr. Holcombe lived down there. Me and his little girl were playing at the end and found what we thought was an onion and we each took one bite of it. We started screaming, and Bob ran to us V_^ and asked what was wrong. We showed him what we had bitten, and he said that it was an Indian turnip. "You had better both get to the house fast as you can." She went to their house and I to mine. She did not have far to go, but I did, and by the time I got to the house, my tongue was swollen almost out of my mouth and I could not talk. I could not tell Ma what was the matter. She sent someone to find out if Bob knew what I had got into, and he told them what we had bitten into. Well, my Grandmother Smith had my Grandpa's doctor book, and she looked into it, and it said to make one poisoned on Indian turnip to drink cream and melted lard and raw eggs. Mr. Manson Tate was there. He helped with me, and they got all that mess and started pouring that down me My throat was almost closed and my face was swollen by then. Ma said, "Did you swallow any?" I shook my head no, so tltey would put a spoonful in my mouth and rub some on my face and again at bed time. I would swallow some milk, but my tongue and lips were so bad, it took about a week to get over that Then I was over being so mad at Bob for killing my dog. Ma gave him orders to watch me close then, and he did We never knew what a gun was and never had one. The little school house we went to was only one room. Mr. Handy Kirkpatrick was our teacher. We sat on benches, and me and some of my friends were sitting together one day, and Jim Jones came and sat on the one in front of us. He kept sliding along, and I was watching him. He had a big pin in his hand, and was sticking that pin in their knees. I had a big pin too, and I told Dolly Hipps if he stuck that pin in my knees, I would fix him. So here he came. I had my book up in front of me, but I was watching him and when he stuck me, I stuck the pin Iliad In to the bone. He hollered and jumped straight up. The teacher asked what the trouble was. He said, "Wltat did you do that for"? I told him and he denied it, then all the other girls told on him. He got a hard whipping. I got three licks around tlte dress tail I never felt them, but it scared me. (Continued on page 192) 186 yj Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 C E x c e r p t s f r o m W i l l i a m L e w i s Q u e e n ' s R e v o l u t i o n a r y W a r P e n s i o n F i le [Ed. The following was transcribed from copies of official records.] State of North Carolina Rutherford County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions July term 1824 Personally appeared in open court (Being a court of record) for the county of Rutherford aforesaid, William L. Queen aged 75 years formerly of Wilkes County State of Georgia but now a resident citizen of the county of Rutherford State of North Carolina, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Army of the Revolutionary War as follows "to wit" He enlisted & served under Captain James Buoy on Ogeche above Savannah under Colonel Stewart in the Georgia Regulars or continental establishment in the Army of the Revolution, in the year 1777 or thereabouts, that he served the first year under Captain John Stewart Junior, the next under Captain John Dooly, then under Captain James McFarland, That General Elijah Clark was his commander, that he was at the Battle of Augusta when Colonel Green was taken in the fort, in which battle he was wounded, that he served in South Carolina under Downs when they fought & defeated Major Duncan Corps, that (words omitted) for 5 years but cannot say exactly which for his memory has failed him, that he is very old & infirm. That as well as he now recollects he served on continental establishment all that time in the Revolutionary Army until Regularly & Honorably discharges by the proper officer but that he cannot now tell his name for he has forgotten it. That he now files this declaration for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the provision of the acts of Congress passed for the relief of Invalid and Indigent persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States during the Revolutionary War. In which said service he was wounded & has become a cripple. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18* of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with an Intent thereby to diminish it or to bring myself within the provisions of the act of Congress Entitled —An Act to Provide for Certain Persons Engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War — passed 18ffi March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person for me any property or securities, constructs or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed & by me subscribed to wit 1 cow & calf worth about $10 1 Large Iron Pot $3 1 Small Trunk $1 1 Small Dutch Oven $.75 Some old Delf table plates $.62 Vi 3 or 4 knives & forks $.37 Vi $15.75 187 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 [Ed. We edited a line from the list above. It contained an offensive racist comment which might NJ have been commonplace at the time, but which serves no purposes here.] That I am Poor a cripple & obliged to walk with a crutch, have no family and Live with my son who is also poor. I was a farmer when able to work but cannot now do any thing for a livelihood. Sworn to in open court Wm L (his mark) Queen This 4 July 1824 /s/ Isaac Craton CC I Isaac Craton clerk of Rutherford County court do hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit & the schedule thereunto annexed are Truly copied from the Records of said court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in said Schedule is fifteen dollars & 75 cents In testimony wherof I have hereunto set may hand and affixed the Seal of said court at office the 14* day of July 1824 /s/ Isaac Craton Morganton NC 2nd Sept 1824 Sir: Enclosed is the affidavit of a very old & deaf man whose memory cannot serve him as to particulars but who thinks he is entitled to a pension having been a soldier in the army of the Revolution in the Georgia troops. If his claim should be thought worthy of consideration please ys write to Your respectfully 1st Wm Roane [Ed. On the 4,h of June 1825, Henson Queen made affidavit of the service of William L. Queen. The affidavit does not specify the relationship of the two men, but Queen genealogists have historically believed that they were brothers.] State of North Carolina Macon County Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for Said County William L. Queen who being duly Sworn deposeth and Saith that by reason of old age and the Consequent loss of memory he cannot Swair (sic) posatively (sic) as to the precise lenth (sic) of his Service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the mentioned below and in the following tours (?) to wit I entered into the Service of the United States with the troops commonly called the Georgia Rangers. I was living in the State of Georgia in Wilkes County under the command of Eliga Clark Col. Smith Maj & Duly Captain I entered into the Army on the 28"1 day of Feby AD 1778 The day I recollect by the birth of one of my children This Tour(?) I entered as a privit (sic) for six months as a volunteer & was discharged by Col Clark and I did not get homebefore I was taken prisoner by the Tories and remained in custody five days or longer & KJ 188 y Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 then I was retaken by the trpops & under the command of Gen Pickens and then some time in the month of August in the year 1778 I was drafted for eight months but did not serve it out in consequence of being taken a prisoner after I had served six months and was put into the jail at 90 Six in S. Carolina & parte (sic) of the time I was in the guard house for all the time I was a prisoner was 72 days and then I was permitted by a British officer to go home & after giting (sic) home about two or three weeks I was again drafted for six months and my waggon (sic) & team of four horses and the never return but was destroyed by the British or Tories while holling (sic) provisions for the American Army &two of the horses was first rode worth one hundred dollars each & the other two was worth fifty dollars each and the waggon (sic) was worth ninety(?) dollars but this tour(?) was not performed by myself but at times a substitute by the name of James Mann. Mann my substitute went into the Service in the month of April or May inj 1779 and Served about five months of the time and was taken prisoner & remained a prisoner a few days & run off and went home Then I volunteered again in the month of February 1780 and went to Augusta and was in the battle or scrimmage(?) Then and from this time I remained in the army unto the close of the Revolutionary War or at least I was in the Servis (sic) at this tour two years at least and all of my Service was performed as a privet (sic) The mistake in my Declaration of entering into the Service in the year 1774 was occasioned by the Gentelman (sic) who drew the declaration by showing him a paper which had a memorandum of several events which was the way that I came by the times of entering into the service. He looked at a wrong date of entering the service whitch (sic) paper Shew very Satisfactory that the erroro was in the draftsman instead of myself and the first year's service specified in the declaration spoke of was not all as a volunteer but part as a drafted man & then as I have stated a few weeks interval that I was not in the army I was discharged by Col Clark generally for I was nearly always under the command of the same officers. My service was all performed while living in the state of Georgia & Wilkes County and the ?? was not performed in any one state but was all performed in Georgia & South Carolina for I was frequently crossing the line Some times I was under the command of Gen Lincoln principally in Georgia and some time in South Carolina & command by General Pickens I do not know whether either of the tours was performed in either of the states Certainly I was in several scrimmaging under the command of Gen Lincoln Gen Pickens and I am Satisfyed (sic) that I served not less than five years myself besides the time my substitute James Mann & besides the time I was a prisoner in Ninety Six all my service was performed as a privet (sic) and for which service I claim a pension this the 5<h of February A.D. 1834. William L. (his mark) Queen /s/John Wilson JP As to the credability (sic) State of North Carolina Macon County I John Tatham Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions do hereby certify that John Wilson who has subscribed to the foregoing affidavit & Certificate of the good carector (sic) of William L. Queen was at the time of signing & certifying the same an acting Justice of the Peace for said County and that due faith & credit is and ought to be given to all his official 189 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 acts as such in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 7 day of ^jj February 1834 1st John Tatham [Ed. The file also contains a 1932 letter proving that the 1832 pension request was approved, then suspended in 1835 saying that "proof of service was not sufficient." (Makes one wonder what else he had to say.) The file also mentions that son Joseph H. Queen was living in Habersham County, Georgia in 1858.] Some pure genealogy on this family: From a 1999 posting on the Queen family GenForum by a Bob Godfrey: Children of William L. Queen: Joseph H. Queen (1794) m. Ursula Jones James Queen m. Sarah Jones Moses Queen m. Jane Newton Meredith Queen William L. Queen Jr. m. Margaret Orr Virginia Queen m. Josuah (sic) Hall This is not nearly all of this family. The 1800 census shows 4 young males, 7 young females. As always, be skeptical of anything on the Internet. JCGS member Betty Cope Andrews lists Mary Queen who married Robert Hemphill as one of the daughters, a position with which we agree. The editor would therefore descend from William Lewis Queen through two daughters. There is, incidentally, no documentary evidence that Mrs. Hall was named anything but K^J "Jane." In the early nineteenth century, "Jane" was evidently spelled and pronounced as "Jennie," which of course made a metamorphosis into "Virginia." Well-meaning, but not proved as factual. (Continued from p. 188) That was all the whipping I ever got at school or at home. Lloyd got one about every day. Pa told me and Claude when he got one at school to tell him and he would give another one to us, but we sure never told Pa on him. Pa thought he was doing better at school. We never told anything on each other, that was why Ma and Pa thought they had real good children. [Ed. We conclude Mrs. Hensley's wonderful memoirs here. She had written a few more lines, but the comment about "real good children" is a perfect place to stop these tales of mischief, small deceptions, and childhood pranks. We also add that the paragraphing is ours.] KJ 190 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2012 y I n d e x f o r JTJ, V o l u m e X X I , N o . Adams 181 Aiken 182 Aldridge 169 Alexander 160 Alley 180,181 Allison 156, 157, 159 Allman 148 Ammons 159 Andrews 190 Arvey 170 Ashe 160, 180, 181, 182 Austin 181 Bailey 165 Baines 170 Bales 180 Barker 170 Barnes 180 Battle 180 Beasley 182 Beck 148,156, 180, 182 Belcher 151 Benfield 180 Bentley 181 Biddix 181 Birchfield 168 Bird 181 Bishop 181 Blankenship 174 Blanton 148, 161, 181 Bowden 173 Bowers 167 Bowman 174 Bradburn 181 Bradley 181, 182 Bramlett 185 Brendle 168 Brooks 169 Brown 158, 160, 182 Brunette 149 Bryson 157, 158, 159,161,180, 181 Buchanan 157, 158, 159,169,182 Bumgarner 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 180 Buoy 187 Burns 170 Byrd 168 Cabe 157,159 Caldwell 167 Campbell 181 Cannon 173, 174, 181 Carden 152 Carpenter 170 Carroll 180 Casada 161 Cathey 171,182 Chambliss 179 Chapman 172 Chastain 175,176 Childers 181 Chiltoskie 158 Christian 180 Clampitt 169 Clark 145, 170, 187,188,189 Claybough 159 Clayton 180 Cleveland 176 Clure 159 Cochran 169, 170, 180 Cockerham 171, 173 Cogdill 149, 157, 181 Coggins 181 Cole 177- Conley 171, 172, 173,174 Cook 159, 172, 173,174,179 Cooke 172 Cooksey 180 Cooper 180 Cope 190 Coward 146, 149, 159 Cox 172,180 Craton 188 Crawford 151, 157, 174,181,182 Creswell 158 Crisp 167, 182 Crow 158 Cunningham 182 Dalton 158 Daves 156 Davis 152, 157, 158,181,184 DeHart 167 Dehm 156 Deitz 157, 158, 181 Denton 160 Dillard 157, 180, 182 Dills 148, 170, 180, 182 Dooly 187 Dorsey 157,180 Dowdle 159 Downs 187 Duly 188 Duncan 187 Dyre 181 Earls 169,170 Elders 181 Ensley 149, 157, 159,180,182 Evans 180, 186 Ewing 153 Farley 148 Farmer 158 Fincher 180, 181, 185 Fisher 157,181 Forga 182 Fowler 180 Fox 181 Foy 152 Frady 156,157,182 Franklin 167,170 Freeman 170 Frisbee 167 Galloway 160, 181, 182 Garland 157 George 182 Gibbs 157,182 Gibby 168 Gibson 152 Gibson 160, 174 Ginter 181 Golden 158 Goldstein 169 I V Green 149, 157, 159, 167, 182, 183, 185,186,187 Gregory 158 Hale 172 Hall 159, 169, 182, 190 Hampton 158, 166, 169,181 Hardin 169 Harris 160,181 Hatcher 157,180 Hawkins 168 Hayes 180 Hemphill 190 Henderson 181 Henry 181 Hensley 147, 159, 183,190 Henson 181 Herron 167, 168, 169 Hicks 171, 172,173 Higdon 158, 180 Hipps 186 Holcombe 186 Hooper 146, 149, 158, 160, 175, 176, 178, 180, 181, 182, 183 Howell 182 Hoyle 181 Hughes 180 Jackson 172 James 167 Jenkins 166 Johnson 145, 158 Jones 157, 180, 181, 185,190 Jordan 174 Justice 159 Kasavubu 153 Keener 159, 181, 182 Keller 174 Kenney 180 Key 181 Kirkland 168, 169 Kirkpatrick 186 Kusterr 170 191 Larch 158 Latta 180 Leadford 182 Leatherwood 180 Ledford 158,170 Lefh 159 Lewis 181 Lincoln 189 Long 149, 158, 180,181, 182 Lossiah 158 Lossie 158 Love 152, 157,181 Lowen 181 Lumumba 153 MacDowell 156 Mahaffey 180 Mann 189 Manning 159 Marrs 172 Martin 158, 167, 182 Mashburn 182 Mason 159 Massingale 181 Massongale 158 Mathis 160, 177 Matthis 182 McCall 158,181 McClure 156 McCoy 180 McDade 166 McDowell 157, 181 McFall 158 McFarland 187 McGhee 180 McKee 156 McLain 156 McMahan 159, 181 Medford 181 Melton 152 Merritt 168 Messer 175, 182 Meyers 161 Michal 180 Middleton 176 Miles 149 Miller 180, 181 Mills 157 Monteith 149, 157, 167 Montieth 182 Moody 149, 181, Journeys Through Mooney 185 Moore 169, 182 180, Morgan 158, 180 Morris 145, 181 Morrison 180 Moses 158 Moss 145 Mull 159 Music 173 Nardy 152 180, Nations 180, 181 Naylor 169 Nelson 158 Newberry 172 Newman 159 Newton 190 Nicholson 149, 151, 153, 155,156, 160, Nimmons 182 Norman 148 O'Kelly 159 Orr 190 Ostrem 153 Owen 159, 181,182 Owens 177 Page 156 Painter 145, 182 Pangle 180 Paris 157 Parker 159, 182 Parris 147, 160 Parrish 158 Parton 170 Peace 152 Perry 158 147, 154, 182 160, 180, 181, ,182 Phillips 159, 180 Philyaw 151 Pickens 189 Potts 181 Powel 160 Powell 179 Pratt 146, 149 Pressley 180 Price 181, 182 Prince 180 Jackson Fall 2012 Queen 146, 180, 181, 187, 189, 190 Raby 179 Reece 160 Reed 159, 172, 182 Reynolds 159 Rhinehart 157, Riddle 156 167, 188, ,180, 180 Rigdon 160, 181 Roane 188 Robinson 169, 176 Rogers 180, 182 Rolen 161 Roles 174 Rowe 167 Rowland 179 Rucker 180, 181 Sandidgel80 Saunook 158 Saunooke 158 Scott 149, 183 Seago 181 Seay 170 Shelton 160, 180 Shepherd 167, Sheppard 182 Shook 158, 177,180 Shope 159 Short 172, 173 Shuler 151, 168,169,171 Simonds 168, ] Simons 170 Smather 180 Smathers 180 Smith 157, 183,185,186, Snyder 148 Spratt 172 Stallcup 168 Stamper 173 Stewart 169, 187 Stiles 165 Stillwell 180 Stuart 179 Studer 181 Sutton 159, 182 Swaingin 181 168 176, 159, 169 180, 188 172, 180, Tallent 148 Talley 175 Tate 186 Tatham 157, 189, 190 Taylor 180,181 Terrell 156 Thomas 171 Thompson 157,180 Tilley 180, 181 Toineeta 182 Tompkins 180 Treadway 180 Tucker 169 Wallace 180 Walls 159 Ward 171,180 Warren 180,181 Watson 158, 175, 176, 180,181, 182 Weaver 167 Weeks 180 Wells 156 West 180 Wiggins 164, 166, 167,170,180 Wike 181 Williams 158 Wilson 149, 156, 177,180,181, 189 Wood 147, 156, 157,158,180, 181 Woodard 168, 182 Woodring 176 Wyatt 181, 182 Young 158, 159, 168 Youngdeer180 yJ KJ yy> 192 s ^ 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