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Journeys Through Jackson 2013 Vol.23 No.03

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  • Journeys Through Jackson is the official journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, Inc. The journal began as a monthly publication in July 1991, was published bimonthly from 1994 to 2003, and continues today as a quarterly publication. The journal issues in this digital collection are presented as annual compilations.
  • JL _ - _ • J o u r n e y s T h r o u g h J a c k s o n / C > N ^ _ N D E D l _ > * " ^ f c , . _ • 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 I , No. S u m m e r 2 0 13 JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC 2013 Officers u President Kenneth E. Nicholson Vice Presidents Timothy Osment, William L. Crawford Secretary Karen C. Nicholson Treasurer E. Lawrence Morton Librarian Dorris D. Beck Office Manager Ruth C. Shuler Web Master. , Deanne G. Roles Computer Technician Jason N. Gregory Chair, Publications (Editor) Sanji Talley Watson 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 This spring and summer has been a busy time for all of us at the Genealogical Society. Many people have been visiting the office to obtain information on their respective families, the monthly meetings have been well attended and informative, and we have been eagerly awaiting the reprinting of Jackson County Heritage, Vol. I. We have also replenished our stock of The 1954 Centennial DVD. There is never a dull moment at the office. If you haven't been to the office lately, or had an opportunity to see our new office, we encourage you to come by and see what we have to offer here. Our Library acquisitions and vertical files are constantly growing, so there is always something new to discover. There has been lots of positive feed back regarding JTJ, we are appreciative of the feed back and of people generously donating items for the journal. JTJ is only as good as the members of the society make it. 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 ty H o u r s o f O p e r a t i on Monday - Friday 10:30 am until 5:00 pm Saturday 10:30 am until 4 : 0 0 pm Appointments may be made for other times by contacting the Genealogical Society t r Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 O T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s Table of Contents, Announcements and Expression of Sympathy 97 JCGS Photo Album 98-102 Our Beck Family in America 103-107 JCGS Library Acquisitions 108 1928 & 1929 Death Certificates 109-112 Descendants of John Thomas Tatham 113-116 Blackwood Lumber Company 117-119 One Thing and Another 120 Descendants of Thomas Franklin 121-124 Continuation of 1929 Death Certificates 124 Scott Foundation Scholarship Winners 125-126 The James B. and Elizabeth Parris Beard Family 127-130 1880 Jackson County Census 131-134 Decoration Days 135-136 Calhoun Family Album 137-142 Index 143-144 O We offer our sincere sympathy and condolences to JCGS members Ann Davis Melton and Lynda Frady Sellers on the passing of their loved ones. The Spring issue of JTJ contained a mistake in the 1927 Death Certificates. Thanks to JCGS member Brad Gimmestad for bringing it to our attention. The corrections are below. Bumgarner, Frankie; 9 Dec 1900, Cashiers, 13 Apr 1927, Cashiers, Riley Hooper, Cashiers, Nancy Zachary, Cashiers, R. B. Bumgarner, ng, Cashiers. McCall, John Maxler, h/o Martha Matilda, 13 April 1854, Cashiers, 13 Apr 1927, Cashiers, Alex McCall, McDowell Co., Polly Ann Morgan, Alabama, J. C. McCall ,Cashiers, Cashiers. In the Winter 2013 issue of JTJ we ran a picture from JCGS member Annette Moore Shelton of a group of people believed to have been taken at Cullowhee. JCGS member Ann Hampton Peters knew the identity of one of the people in the picture. On the left, third row from the top, sitting against the pole, with his hands in his lap, was G. Taylor Hampton. She said that this picture was taken sometime before 1912. In 1912, G. Taylor Hampton was at Duke University. O Also in Spring 2013 issue of JTJ, page 91 has a picture from the collection from Gladys DeHart Leonard of young women attending Cullowhee State Normal School. JCGS member Linda Hughes Collins has identified some of these ladies. The lady in the middle is "Bill" Calhoun, sitting bottom right in front is Jessie Moody, behind her is Glenna Woodard, and sitting on the far right is Margie Shnler. We always appreciate members letting us know of any identifications of photos. 97 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m K J ^J The picture above reminds JGCS member Edith Jamison Cabe that time does fly by when you are not looking. This was the 1950-51 Ladies Basketball picture for Sylva Central High School. Edith tells us that Joe Hunt was the coach that year. She identifies the ladies for us. Front row: Louise "Bayo" West, Wanda Green, Patsy Parris, Mary Worley, Ravenna Queen, and Billie Finncannon. Middle row; Cloyce Bryson, Jean Nicholson, Delia Brown, Melba Cordell, Edith Jamison, Janice Holden. Back row; Bobbie Ann Harris, Bessta Bryson, Jackie Martin, Patsy Dillard, and unknown. ^J 98 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 ^ J C G S P h o t o A l b u m _ This building still stands between Whittier and Ela. It is now mostly hidden from the highway and is a private residence. ^^^ C 99 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m v J ^ J The picture above is of Allen James Barnes. He operated a mill below the Buck Creek Church, and was also a chair maker. He was a fifer in the Civil War, and played a fiddle. He was the son of James Herrin and Nancy Picklesimer Barnes. He was born 30 Apr 1949 in Union Co., GA, and died 1934 and is buried in Buck Creek Cemetery, Macon County, North Carolina. He married 1. Mary Jane Parker; on 6 Aug 1871 in Clay Co., NC, she was born Dec 1853 and died Nov 1881. He married 2. Sarah Minerva Narcissa Bryson in 1881. She was born on 18 Mar 1861 and died on 14 Jun 1935. She is buried Wolfstake Church of God Cemetery, Oconee Co., SC. He had the following children with Mary Jane Parker: 1. Nancy Ann born 27 Jul 1872 2. Margaret Josephine "Josie" bom 5 Nov 1873. She married George Rogers. 3. James Nathaniel "Jim" born 11 May 1875. 4. Manson Milo "Manse" born 19 Aug 1877, died 23 Feb 1958 He married M. Elizabeth Hedden. 5. William "Will" born 28 Apr 1879. He married Maryanne Jeanette Nicholson. 6. Jesse Miles born 28 Apr 1881 and died ????/. He had the following children with Sarah N. M. Bryson: 1. Delila Bell Mathis born 9 Jun 1881. She married Tom Rogers. She was step-daughter to Allen. 2. Charlotte Ingabo bom 24 May 1883 in Macon Co. She married George Tilson. 3. Martha Ellen bom 16 Mar 1885. 4. Charles Henderson bom 25 Apr 1885, died 11 Feb 1967. He married Elizabeth Tilson and Effie Miller. 5. Sarah Viola bom 19 Apr 1890. 6. Thomas Houston "Tommy" bom 11 Mar 1891. He married Mae Alexander, 25 Jun 1912. 7. Ada bom 5 Nov 1893. She married Leonard Woods. 8. Allen, Jr. bom 18 Oct 1895. 9. John Howard "Johnnie" bom 5 Apr 1897. He married Sallie Woodall, 14 Jan 1918. 10. Laura Mabel bom 23 Feb 1899. She married Alex Ball. 11. Buren Quincy "Quince" bom 14 Jul 1901. He married Ella Duckett. 12. Stella May bom 14 Mar 1903. She married Charles Bryant. W 100 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 C J C G S P h o t o A l b u m c This is a picture of the Allen James and Sarah Minerva Narsissa Bryson Barnes family. Front row: Laura, Sarah, Stella, Ingabo, Quincey. Back Row: Ada, Charlie, Johnnie, Tommy. This picture and the proceeding picture and information were submitted by JCGS member Joe Deitz. U 101 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m _ > These two pictures are submitted by JCGS member Fern Parris Hensley. The photo to the top is, left to right, Florence Wilson Parris, James and Alice Queen. The family to the right is unknown.. W 'yj 102 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 ^ _ • C O u r B e c k F a m i l y i n A m e r i c a T h e J o u r n e y f r o m G e r m a n y t o N o r t h C a r o l i na [The following is submitted by JGGS member Dorris Dills Beck. It was written by Eddie Mann of Chapel Hill and sent to Dorris and Sam. Edited for JTJ uniformity (e.g. margin justification, standard genealogical writing of dates, etc.). We have also edited and omitted a few statements.] My mother was Bessie Rebecca Beck Mann. The story of the Beck family in America follows a trail that begins in the Palatine section of Western Europe. Our immigrant ancestor, Devalt Beck, came initially in 1750 to Berks County, Pennsylvania, and was there until 1768 when he moved to Rowan County, NC. About 1805, his grandson, John Phillip Beck, moved to Haywood County, NC. John's son, Samuel Beck, moved in 1837 to [Ed. now] Jackson County, NC; and his grandson, who was my mother's father, Kimsey C. Beck, moved in 1922 to Orange County, NC. The earliest record I have located of our Beck family was of one Eberhard Beck, who was born about 1493 and lived in the area of Western Europe known as the Palatine region. The area today referred to as Rhineland, Germany, and it is located in the southwestern part of the country on the Rhine River in the German state of Baden - Wuerttemberg. My wife and I toured this area in 1985, when we visited my sister, Sandra, who was living in Frankfort at the time. We did not know of the area connection to our mother's family until much later. The Beck family apparently lived in this area for many years until 1750 when our ancestor, Devault (Debolt) Beck immigrated with his wife Catherine and three children to the American colony of Pennsylvania. Many families from the Palatine immigrated to America during this period to escape from the continuous wars and religious persecutions that were rampant in the area, and in many cases lured by the promise of land grants and economic opportunity. Devault Beck. His name was sometimes written as Debolt or Theobald Beck (1715-1789). He was our immigrant ancestor, the so-called "father" of all the Becks in America, and he traveled from his native land along with 338 other passengers on the ship "Phoenix" to London and then on to Philadelphia, docking 28 August 1750. His wife, Catherine, and their three children had traveled with him on the journey to their new home in America. In 1753, his family moved to Hereford township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, and remained there for fifteen years. They attended the Zion's Lutheran Church, and may of the family names are listed in the church records. In 1768, he moved his family down the Great Wagon Road to North Carolina and purchased land in the community of Abbot's Creek, Rowan County, North Carolina, south of present-day Lexington Many German settlers had previously migrated from Pennsylvania to that area of North Carolina beginning in 1750. At the time of Devault's immigration in 1750, he had been required to sign an oath of allegiance to the British Crown, and he initially supported Britain at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. However, on 10 November 1775, he appeared before the Committee of Safety in Rowan County and swore allegiance to the revolutionary government. In 1783, it is recorded that he received two land grants for 200 and 500 acres of land from the revolutionary government. Devault was instrumental in helping to found the Beck's Reformed Church in 1775, and he actually provided the land on which the church building is located. One of the main roads in that area is named Beck's Church Road. He died in 1789, and is buried in the church cemetery. In 2001 a special monument to him was erected at his gravesite. Jacob Beck, Jacob Beck, son of Devault and our ancestor, was born 6 Apr 1739 in Bavaria, according to his naturalization papers. He was eleven when the family immigrated to Pennsylvania. When Jacob moved to Abbot's Creek with his father in 1768, Lewis Winkler was among the group traveling to that area, and he was listed as being the owner of the property adjoining that of Devault Beck. Jacob married Lewis' daughter, Mary Winkler (1751-1822) in 1769, and they had six children. The family remained at Abbot's Creek until after his fathers death in 1789, when Jacob sold his property and moved to the nearby Swans/Potts Creek area. This was near the town of Tyro, where there was a large wagon-making 103 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 industry. One of the contributions of the Germans to the early settlement of America was the covered wagon, which made travel over long distances easier for families. While at Tyro, Jacob became a member of the church at Sandy Creek Meeting House. He was listed in the U. S. Census in 1800 as living in Rowan County, NC. After that time, he and most of his family, including his mother and three of his sons, departed to join the migration to the West. In 1805 Jacob was in the White Oak Settlement, Gibson County, Tennessee, when he wrote a letter to his son John, who was at that time in Haywood County, NC. Jacob was later listed as being in Rhea County, Tennessee in the U.S. Census of 1810. Jacob is next reported as having moved to Knox County, Indiana, in the section that later became Pike County. In 1820 he was listed in the U.S. Census as living in Madison Township, Pike County, Indiana. A brother, George Beck, in 1807 had moved his family to nearby Washington County, Indiana. The historic Beck's Mill in that location is now operated as a tourist attraction. Some of the descendants of the George Beck branch of the family later migrated south into Texas. It has been written that after the conclusion of the Revolutionary War in 1783, many Germans, as well as other groups, moved to the western territory of the U.S., attracted by the availability of fertile land at attractive prices. Jacob died in Logan, Pike County, Indiana, in 1826, and is buried in the Beck's Church Cemetery there. John Phillip Beck. John Phillip Beck (1777-1861), our 4-greats grandfather, was born in Abbot's Creek, NC, and lived there until 1793, when he is reported in one family account as having moved to Buncombe County, NC, at age 16. Some of the later Beck family have written that he went to Lincoln County to join other family already in this location. It has also been written in a history of the Swearingen family that John stayed behind in Lincoln County when his father left for Gibson County, Tennessee. In Lincoln, John met Jane Swearingen (b. 7 Oct 1785), and about 1800 they were married. I have read that during this time in the German community the age of consent was 15, and it was not unusual to find that a 40-year old man was married to a 15-year-old young lady. Jane was the daughter of Samuel Swearingen HI, who along with his father, Samuel Jr., had recently moved from Anson County to the Lincoln area. In the early 1800's, John Beck reportedly lived on the Meadow Branch of Little Creek of Buffalo in Lincoln. In 1806, he joined his father-in-law in a move from Anson County to present day Swain County, NC, to the area on the Oconalufty River that later became known as Smokemont. John, it is written, "took up land there at $2 per acre and built a sturdy log house for his family." John Beck was a farmer, and he also assisted in the operation of his father-in-law's mill. During this time water-powered mills were important for milling grain, and Samuel Swearingen had built a grist mill on a tributary of the nearby Soco Creek very soon after he moved to the area. John served as an inspector of elections, and he was well-respected in the Community. John Beck was among the early pioneers, and he was one of the first white settlers in this part of North Carolina. In 2011, my wife, Jean, and I toured this area, and we were able to visit the historic Lufty Baptist Church. It was originally established in that community in 1832, with John and Jane Beck being listed in the church records as charter members, but the current building was built later. John donated the land on which the later church building was constructed. Incidentally, it is the last remaining structure left from the old Smokemont community, and it has been preserved as part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The oldest church in the Smokies is now on the National Register, and it will be preserved and never torn down. When the lumbering industry played out, people moved to other places, and the area eventually became incorporated into the national park. The church building can be visited, and there are historic signs pointing the way located north of the town of Cherokee on the Oconalufty River. John died in 1861, just months before the start of the Civil War. It is said that he did not have to endure the sadness to his family brought on by that conflict, but his wife Jane was not so fortunate. She lived to see four of her grandsons leave for action in that war, with two of them being killed. John and Jane Beck are perhaps buried in the old church cemetery there; however, their graves have never been located. They had nine children, five girls and four boys. The third born and second son was our ancestor, Samuel Beck. Most of the family members in Swain and Jackson Counties are descended from our John Beck and Jane Swearingen. Much of the information on John Beck is from a paper entitled, "John Beck, One of Swain's first families," by Elaine S. Beck. I do not know of her relationship to John Beck. 104 o KJ <J o u u Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 Samuel Beck. (1806-1893) Samuel Beck, our 3-greats grandfather, was born in Smokemont, Swain County, NC. He married Cynthia White, also of the Smokemont community. Samuel and "Cinthy" Beck are listed as charter members of the Ocona Lufty Baptist Church, and it is in the Church records that they were dismissed by the church from membership in 1837 when they moved to Camp Creek, Qualla, NC. They were instrumental in establishing the "second oldest church in the Great Smokies," the Shoal Creek Baptist Church in Qualla. After the original church building was destroyed by fire in 1874, the home of Samuel Beck was used as a temporary church. A new building was erected in 1875. Samuel and Cynthia had seven children, the fourth one being our ancestor Stephen Jackson Beck. It is noteworthy to mention that Stephen and his three brothers all enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1862, and their unit was assigned to Virginia in 1864. William and John, the two oldest brothers, lost their lives there, with Stephen and brother Samuel Carson Beck being the two who survived. Samuel Beck was a blacksmith, and he was the Postmaster at Qualla for as long as he lived. He is buried in the Beck Cemetery on Beck Branch beside his wife Cynthia, "on a knoll overlooking the farm he had worked so hard to retain and restore," according to one account. It is a private cemetery and is in an isolated location. Much of the information on the Beck family during this and the next two generations is derived from a paper written by Lou Annie Beck and entitled "Samuel Beck, my Great Grandpa." Lou Annie was the sister of my grandfather Kimsey Cornelius Beck. I am also indebted to Dorris Dills Beck, wife of my mother's first cousin, Samuel Franklin Beck, who has done extensive research on the Beck family history and who very generously shared much of her records with me. Stephen Jackson Beck. (1836-1919) Stephen Jackson Beck, our 2-greats grandfather, was born in Qualla, Jackson County, NC. In a paper entitled, "The Beck Brothers of the Thomas Legion in the 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign," written in 2000 by Lewis S. Buchanan, Sr., it is related in detail the experiences that Stephen and his three brothers endured in the Civil War. In 1862 the four of them enlisted in the Confederate Army and were assigned to Company D of the 69th NC Infantry Regiment, known as the Thomas Legion. It was named for its commanding officer, Colonel William H. Thomas, a respected community leader in Jackson County. In the beginning the Legion consisted of 10 companies and 1,125 men, and was assigned to Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee guarding railroads and the like. Two of the companies, A and B, were comprised of Cherokee Indians, while the other eight were white. In 1864 the company was transferred to join the main body of the Confederate Army in Virginia. In skirmishes with Federal forces in the Battle of Cedar Creek on 19 October 1864, and in another battle near Winchester, the two eldest brothers, William Albert Beck, age 34, and John Alvertes Beck, age 30, lost their lives. By the conclusion of these battles, the Legion had been reduced from the original 1,125 men to 150 men. The two Beck brothers who were killed are buried in the Stonewall Confederate Cemetery that is located in Winchester, Virginia. Grandpa Stephen, age 28, and brother Samuel Carson, age 25, both returned home to resume their lives. Stephen served as a postman and carried the mail to Oconalufty until his father died in 1893, at which time he moved the Post Office to his house and served as the Postmaster for fifty years. He served also as Justice of the Peace for many years, and his jurisdiction as JP included many of the areas where the Cherokee Indians resided. He reportedly was well respected by the Indians for his handling of the JP duties. He served as a school teacher in his younger years, and he was a deacon in the church at Qualla for some fifty years. He was married to Eliza Dawson and they had seven children, three of them born before his enlistment in the Confederate Army. Their third child and second son, Samuel Manus Beck, was our ancestor. Grandpa Stephen died in 1919 and is buried in the Thomas Memorial Cemetery in Qualla. The church and cemetery are located off Highway 441. My wife and I were able to visit both the church and cemetery, and we took photos of his grave and headstone. It is situated on the crest of a hill overlooking a scenic mountain view in the distance. The inscription on the headstone reads, "Sgt. Stephen J. Beck, Co. F Thomas N.C. Inf. CSA." Samuel Manus Beck (1861-1954) Samuel Manus Beck my great-grandfather, was born in Qualla, and he lived there in the early years of his life. He married Eva Magdeline Frizzell in 1883 and they settled 105 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 * on East Fork. In addition to his regular job, Sam was a farmer, and he raised livestock, especially sheep. ' . According to Lou Annie Beck's paper, in those days there was a stock law and one could allow cattle, V_y sheep and hogs to roam freely in the mountains. She said that Sam, her father, had a large bunch of sheep and that "he would feed them and salt them all along." He would bring them home in the fall of the year and shear them. Her mother, Maggie, would prepare the wool and spin it and knit it into blankets, clothes, and socks. She sold a lot of what she made, including many pairs of socks to men who worked in the nearby Hog Rock Mine. Sam's regular job was at the Harris Clay Company Mine. He walked over the mountain every day to work in the mine, located on Little Savannah, and then he would return home each afternoon. Clay was being mined - it was kaolin, a white clay from which fine porcelains were made. He also worked at other times as a skidder operating a horse-drawn rig to drag, or skid, logs to te train station. The logs were from chestnut trees, and they were used in various parts of the country as poles for power lines. The bark from the trees was called "acid" bark, and it was removed from the logs and used in the tanning of hides. Sam and Maggie were both born in 1861, and they celebrated 71 wedding anniversaries. Each lived to the ripe old age of 92, and died within 15 days of each other. Except for a move to Cramerton, NC in 1921 to take a new job, from which they moved back I 1925 they lived out their lives in Jackson County. Of their eight children, the third one was my grandfather, K. C. Beck. Sam died in 1954, and he is buried in the East Fork Cemetery. It is located off the East Fork Road south of Dillsboro, behind the Deitz Memorial Baptist Church. There was a split in the East Fork congregation in 1955. One group built the Deitz Memorial church building, and another group built the new East Fork Baptist Church located one-half mile away. Kimsey Cornelius Beck (1887-1937) Kim Beck, as he was called by the family, was my grandfather. He was born in Jackson County at the family home on East Fork Road. In 1910 he married Mamie Lee Bryson, and they lived in the nearby small town of Webster. My wife and I visited Webster on two occasions, and we were able to visit the neighborhood where my grandparents and the first four of their daughters (including my mother) lived, and we also visited the church they attended. The house and the . j church were a short distance from the Bryson home place where Mamie Lee was born. In 1917 on his ^"^^ draft registration form, Kim listed his family as wife and 3 children, and stated that his occupation was as fireman (of steam) with the Sylva Tanning Company. Four of their daughters were born in Webster, including my mother, Bessie. Good jobs were hard to come by during this time, and Kim and his father moved to Cramerton, NC to take jobs in a textile mill there. His father remained in Cramerton for four years; however, one year later Kim moved his family to Carrboro, NC to take a job with the T. A. Loving Construction Company. The company was contracting for work at the University of North Carolina in nearby Chapel Hill, and Kim was hired to "lay brick and set stone" as he said in one of his letters. He often would write letters to his family in Jackson County, and his sister Lou Annie kept most of them. I have the originals often of these letters, and I have been able to learn about some of the experiences of his family in their new home and community. In some of the letters he talked about his new job and how much money he was making, about his conversion to Christianity, and about his two youngest daughters who were born in Carrboro. With six adoring daughters, he was treated like a potentate. Because of a work accident resulting in a brain tumor, Kim died young at age 50. My mother's sister, Louise, would often talk of her father and how his girls looked up to him with love and respect. All of the girls were beautiful women, and Papa Beck was protective of them as far as the boyfriends were concerned, and he was a very strict father. Louise said he was a good provider, and he saw to it that his girls were well-dressed. Since he had no boys, there was no one to carry on the Beck name in the Orange County area. The male members of his family remained in Jackson County. I was five years old when he died, and I have no recollection of ever having seen him. He was hospitalized for the last two years of his life. He is buried in Westwood Cemetery in Carrboro. On one of our visits to Webster and Sylva, Jean and I spent time with my mother's first cousin, Samuel Franklin (Sam) Beck and his wife Dorris Dills Beck. Sam is the same age as I am, and we were told that he was the one in the family that most resembled my grandfather Kim. So although I never had the opportunity to know my grandfather in person, I at least now have seen someone who resembles him. Sam showed us some of the furniture and guns that had 106 ^J < w o c Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 belonged to my grandfather and to my great-grandfather Samuel. Sam had refinished the furniture, and he had serviced and taken good care of the weapons. As we were leaving, he gave to me to keep the hunting rifle that had been given to my grandfather when he was thirteen years of age. This rifle is a gift that I cherish, and I am very appreciative of Sam's generosity in giving it to me as Kim's male descendant. As I stated previously, Sam's wife Dorris is a genealogist, and much of my information on the Beck family is based on information she shared with me. Bessie Rebecca Beck Mann (1911-1996) Bessie Beck Mann, my mother, was born in 1911 in Webster, Jackson County. She was the oldest of six girls born to Kim and Mamie Lee Bryson Beck. The family lived until 1921 in Webster, which [was at first] the county seat of Jackson County. The Webster neighborhood where they lived was directly across the Tuckaseigee River from Mamie Lee's parents, Marcus and Mary Bryson. My wife and I had the good fortune to visit with Mrs. Deitz, the current occupant of the Marcus Bryson home place, and to tour the house. When I was an infant, my mother took me by train to visit the Beck family on East Fork in Jackson County, and in a later visit in 1956 I was able to inspect the house which had been abandoned but was still standing. We took photos at that time. In 2011, with the help of cousin Sam Beck, we were able once again to visit the location; however, it was overgrown and virtually inaccessible. After the move to Carrboro in 1922, the family settled into their home community. My mother would tell of times when she would walk and take lunch to her father who was working on the construction of Kenan Stadium in the adjoining town of Chapel Hill. She would sit with him under a tree and visit as he ate his lunch. My mother attended Chapel Hill High School, and there she met my father, Edward N. Mann. They were married in 1931, and their first born, yours truly, came into the picture in 1932. During this time Carrboro, as were many areas of the country, was experiencing the Great Depression, and my mother needed to help to support her family. In the late 1930's, she worked for a time as a sales clerk in the Old World Gift Shop in Chapel Hill. It was a Viennese candy store owned by the noted Papa Danziger family. The store became a landmark in downtown Chapel Hill and a favorite of residents and visitors to the area or many years. In 1942-1944 my mother, as did many of the women in Carrboro, worked in the Carrboro Munitions Factory to manufacture various types of bullets and artillery shells for the war effort. This was during the Second World War while my father was away in military service. After his return, my parents added to their family with another daughter, Susan, and Mother then chose to be a stay-at-home mother, while remaining active in local and national politics. My father died in 1991, and my mother continued to live alone in her home on Oak Street in Carrboro until she took ill and moved into a nursing facility in 1995. She lived there until her death in 1996. Her sister Louise, known to all the family as Sissie, was Mother's caregiver and stayed with her after my father's death every night until the end. As the oldest son, I had the responsibility of managing my mother's financial records and helping to arrange for her physical care. Mother had four children in all, my sister Sandra, my brother Ronnie, my sister Susan and me. Ronnie, Susan, and I remained in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area for most of our lives, and three of us are now retired there. Sandra married a high school classmate who was a career officer in the US Air Force, attaining the rank of Major General, and they lived in several places around the world. They retired to Peachtree City, Georgia, were they now live. 107 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 L i b r a r y A c q u i s t i o n s Call No. 976.8 976.8 929.2 929.2 975.6 929.2 929.2 929.2 929.2 929.2 287 286.1 929.2 920 920 929.2 973.2 975.6 016.9 929.2 929.2 929.2 810 929.3 929.2 929.2 976.8 929.2 929.2 929.2 970.3 970.3 973.7 97307 423 979 Author Green, Missy Tipton Gregory, Tony D. Reid, Larry E. Willis, Opal M. Shepherd, Robert M. Peters, James M. Maynard, Virginia G. Bailey, Lloyd R. Brown, Stuart E., Jr. Bailey, Lloyd R., Sr Cullowhee Baptist Historical Committee Mellen, Diana L. Terrell, Bob Peterson - Parker, Shirley Dorman, John Frederick Rouse, Paarke, Jr. Medley, Mary L. SC Dept. of Archives Riddle, Wintson A. Riddle, Merrell J. Pressley, Sandra Pendergast, Debbie Johnson, William P. Lane, Donald W. Harris, John Silver Parish, Thurman LeBeau. Arma Jean Thornburg, Chas. C. Ill Davenport, Robert Finger, John R. Blankenship, Bob Harris, Sherry Beller, Susan Provost Reaney, P. H. Title Cades Cove People of Cades Cove, Tennessee The Longhunter or The Life and Times of James W. Reed Leonard Higdon of North Carolina Known Descendants, 1755-1986 The Heritage of Toe River Valley Volumes III, VII, VIII, IX Pond Creek and Letterbox Descendants of Anna & Jacob Peters, Sr. The Venturers: The Hampton, Harrison, and Earle Families ofVA, SC, & TX The Byrd Family of the Toe River Valley Pocahontas' Descendants A History of the Methodist Church in the Toe River Valley The History of Cullowhee Baptist Church, 1821-2011 Yesterday: The Hampton, McCracken. Longwith, Mabry & Wells Families Tales of the Comet: The Fast-paced Life of Ed Sutton The Homesteader and His Daughters The Prestons ofSmithfield and Greenfield in Virginia The Great Wagon Road History of Anson County, NC A Guide to Local Government Records in the SC Archives Charles Gosnell's Descendant of Madison County, NC Swain County, NC Marriages 1917-1926 & 1927-1950 Our Family Tree: Sanders/Saunders Kwitchyerbellyakin and Other Bits and Pieces of Everyday Living Surry & Wilkes Counties, NC Taxables, 1771-1800 Templeton Family of Scott Co., Virginia Silver: These Are Our People The Old Home Place Thornsberry Roots & Branches A Discourse on the Thornburg Family Roots of The Rich and Famous Cherokee Americans Cherokee Roots, Volume 2 Civil War Records Cadets at War A Dictionary of English Surnames Kellogg Pictures (Pacific Northwest) Donor Dorris Beck Dorris Beck Larry E. Reid Ann Hampton Peters Ann Hampton Peters Ann Hampton Peters Ann Hampton Peters Ann Hampton Peters Ann Hampton Peters Ann Hampton Peters Ann Hampton Peters Ann Hampton Peters Ann Hampton Peters Ann Hampton Peters Ann Hampton Peters Ann Hampton Peters Dorothy Luker Henry Winston A. Riddle Merrell J. Riddle Larry Crawford Ann Hampton Peters Ann Hampton Peters Ann Hampton Peters Gene Brown Ann Hampton Peters Ann Hampton Peters Sandra Lucas Sandra Lucas Sandra Lucas Sanji Talley Watson 108 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 O o o 1 9 2 8 a n d 1 9 2 9 J a c k s o n C o u n t y D e a t h C e r t i f i c a t e s o f P e r s o n s B o r n 1 9 0 0 - 1 9 3 0 [Key to reading the following: Name of deceased; Date of birth; Place of birth; 1927 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 Sanji Talley Watson in the Jackson County Register of Deeds Office 2013.] Continuation of 1928 Death Certificates from Spring Issue of JTJ Sylva Township Browning, Infant Girl; 30 Mar 1928; Jackson Co.; 30 Mar; Newton Browning; NC; Cara Jones; NC; Newt Browning; ng; Savannah Burch, Ruby; 12 Mar 1927; Sylva; 18 Apr; Grady Burch; NC; Georgia Cagle; NC; Z. V. Cagle; Sylva; Old Field Passmore, Leonard Abraham; 4 Jan 1928; Sylva; 8 May; J. C. Passmore; NC; Elsie Palmer; NC; Cara Passmore; Sylva; Wesley's Chapel Franklin, Infant Boy; 27 May 1928; Sylva; 27 May; Alvin Franklin; Sylva; Maude Bryson; Sylva; J. Davis; Sylva; Wesley's Chapel Shytle, Marrie; 11 Mar 1928; Sylva; 30 Apr; C. L. Shytle; Sylva; Emma Medford; NC; C. L. Shytle; ng; Beta Deitz, Infant Boy; 25 Jan 1928; Sylva; 25 Jan; Joseph H. Deitz; Sylva; Georgia Cogdill; Sylva; S. C. Cogdill; Sylva; Beta Gibbs, Cecil; lm, 26d; Sylva; 26 Apr; W. A. Gibbs; SC; Millie Robinson; NC; W. A. Gibbs; Sylva; Lovedale Ammons, Margie May; 18 Feb 1928; Sylva; 28 Aug; Harvey Ammons; Macon Co.; Lydia Styles; Macon Co.; Harvey Ammons; Sylva; Lovesdale Seymour, Infant Boy; 16 Nov 1928; Sylva; 16 Nov; John S. Seymour; SC; Lillian Sherrill; SC; John S. Seymour; ng; Cullowhee Luther, Majorie Dale; 14 Mar 1921; Asheville, NC; 15 Jan; Elmer Luther; ng; Rhonda Faster; Asheville, NC; A. J. Dills; ng; Sylva Jackson, Bertha; w/o Joe; 14 Feb 1909; Jackson Co.; 17 Feb; Sim Morgan; NC; Mira Deitz; NC; Sim Morgan; ng; East Fork Roberts, Emmitt; 28y; NC; 5 Feb; ng; ng; Caroline Roberts; NC; Tom Stanley; ng; Wesley's Chapel Smith, I. J.; 25y; ng; 29 Nov; J. E. Smith; ng; ng; ng; ng; Greenville,SC West, Marvin; 8 Jan 1927; Robbinsville; 22 Mar; Glenn West; Andrews; Myrtle Sherrill; Robbinsville; Glenn West; ng; Robbinsville Jamison, Thos. Theo; 1925; Sylva; 11 Feb; W. Mont Jamison; Sylva; Etta Warren; NC; W. M. Jamison; ng; Wesley's Chapel Morrison, Janie; ly, 8m, Id; Sylva; 19 Apr; Perm Morrison; Glenville; Myrtle Hedden; Glenville; Jane Coward; Sylva; Webster Hall, Bennie Estella; 11 Aug 1911; Swain Co.; 21 Oct; Jim Hall; NC; Mrs. D. M. Henry; NC; Vincent Hall; Bryson City, NC; Marble Wike, John Irving; 24 y; Swain Co.; 8 May; T. J. Wike; Swain Co.; Terrie Morgan; Swain Co.; J. H. Wike; ng; Maple Springs, Bryson City Ryan, Charles Joseph; ly, 6m, 14d; Orlando, FL; 24 Jul; Joseph R. Ryan; NY; Nellie E. Candler; NC; Mary T. Candler, Sylva; Sylva Howell Charles Simer, 18 y, 5 m, 7 d; Dillsboro; 12 Jun; John C. Howell; Dillsboro; Ada Worley; NC; John C. Howell; Dillsboro; Dillsboro 109 o Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 Robinson, Dallas Boneda; 1914; Sylva; 7 Jul; ng; Glenville; Effie Bryson; Glenville; Jack Robinson; Glenville; Glenville Wilson, Alfred Nelson; 17 Jun 1928; Sylva; 18 Jun; Lucus Wilson; NC; Irine Thompson; NC; Lucus Wilson; ng; Keener Wilson, Infant Girl; 9 Nov 1928; Sylva; 9 Nov; Estus Wilson; Sylva; Violet Allen; Sylva; Estus Wilson; ng; Stillwell Wilson, Violet; 22y, 8m, 5d; Jackson Co.; 14 Nov; George Allen; Jackson Co.; Hallie Love; Jackson Co.; Severe McDowell; Sylva; Stillwell Webster Township Clark, Hattie Sue; 11m, 6d; Webster; 6 Apr; George Clark; Alabama; Louise Blakely; NC; Hattie Blakely; ng; Parris Allen, Mary Alma; 30 Oct 1928; Webster; 31 Oct; Johnie Bab; Scotts Creek; Jessie Allen; Webster; Hattie J. Allen; ng; McDowell 1 9 2 9 D e a t h C e r t i f i c a t es Barkers Creek Township Nations Isaac H.; 7 Jun 1929; Barkers Creek; 8 Jun; Candler Nations; NC; Mary Lou Parris; NC;Candler Nations; Whittier; Moody Bradley, Thadus Carl; 14 Aug 1929; NC; 14 Aug; Thad Bradley; NC; Bessie Sellers; NC; Norman Nations; Whittier; Hensley Sherill, Tishey Wikle; w/o John; 11 Feb 1902; NC; 5 Oct; John Wikle; GA; Mary Beasley; NC; John Sherill; Whittier; Moody Canada Township v_y Mathis, Randall; 23 Dec 1928; ng; 23 Jan; John Mathis; NC; Pearl Massingale; NC; John Mathis; ng; Sols Creek Alexander,Clara; 25 Jan 1929; ng; 27 Jan; Walter Alexander; NC; Alice Alexander; ng; Walter Alexander; Argura; Sols Creek Brown, Infant Girl; 21 Feb 1929; ng; 21 Feb; Frank Brown; ng; Floy Phillips; ng; Frank Brown; Wolf Mountain; Canada Owen, Martha; 4May 1929; ng; 4 May; Wiley Owen; Jackson Co.; Ella Galloway; Jackson Co.; ng; ng; Owen Hoxit, Conrad Lewis; 6 Nov 1927; Argura; ng; Madison M. Hoxit; NC; Ruby Harris; Waynesville; Mrs. Madison M. Hoxit; ng; Argura Roper, Troy; 4 Aug 1929; ng; 5 Aug; Carl Roper; Franklin; Ethel Smith; Franklin; Carl Roper; East La Porte; Harris Reece, Infant Boy; 3 Nov 1929; ng; 3 Nov; Wesley Reece; Jackson Co.; Leva Alexander; Jackson Co.; Lawrence Gibson; ng; Sols Creek Payne, Douglas Carl; 16 May 1928; Fontana, Swain Co.; 19 Sep; Floyd Payne; Buncombe Co.; Lizzie Maynor; Graham Co.; Floyd Payne; ng; C. B. Melton Caney Fork Township Hooper, Albert H.; 15 Feb 1929; East La Porte; 15 Feb; Huff Hooper; East La Porte; ? Deitz; Greens Creek; Huff Hooper; ng; Stephens Brown, Infant Girl; 8 Apr 1929; Cowarts; 8 Apr; A. E. Brown; NC; Ora Hooper; NC; A. E. Brown; ng; Brown Queen, Howard; 18y, 6m, 4d; Cowarts; 20 Jun; W. L. Queen; NC; Sine Parker; NC; F. C. Queen; ng; Queen V_/ 110 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 Watson, Infant Boy; 16 May 1929; Rich Mountain; 16 May; Isac Watson; SC; Annie Sue Rice; SC; Isac L j Watson; ng; Rich Mountain Hensley, Jerry; 3m, 1 Id; Yancey Co.; 7 Sep (Burial); Joe Hensley; Yancey Co.; Roxie Edwards; Yancey Co.; Dan Hensley; Cowarts; Coward Parker, Maxine; ng; ng; ng; (stillborn); Brady Parker; Rich Mountain; Nellie Wood; Rich Mountain; ng; ng Hensley, Brisco; 1 Jun 1929; Rich Mountain; 27 Oct; Marcus Hensley; Yancey Co.; Edea Wilson; Yancey Co.; ? Potter; Rich Mountain; Rich Mountain Hooper, Fannie; 5m, 16d; Cowarts; 2 Nov; Walter Hooper; Rich Mountain; Leah Mabel Henson; NC; ng; Brasstown Wood, Ora Blanche; 2y, 29d; Rich Mountain; 13 Mar, Carl Wood; Rich Mountain; Bonnie Phillips; Rich Mountain; Early Wood; Cowarts; Balsam Grove Masier, J. B.; 23 Jun 1924; Cowarts; 2 Oct; William Clide Masier; Fairview, VA; Debbie Hooper; Cowarts; ng; Brasstown Edward, Lester; 3 Feb 1927; Rich Mountain; 4 Dec; ng; ng; Martha Jane Edward; Yancey Co.; ng; ng; Balsam Grove Cashiers Township Rogers, Gladis Arlee; 9m, 16d; Cashiers; 2 Jan; Lonie Rogers; SC; Daisy Rice; NC; Walter Rice; Cashiers; SC Dover, Dorethy E.; 19 Sep 1928; Cashiers; 23 Jan; David F. Dover; McDowell Co.; Maggie Lyda; Buncombe Co.; D. F. Dover; Cashiers; Oteen Miller, Bessie May; 3y, 8m, 20d; Pisgah Forest; 12 Oct (Burial); Evitt Miller; Highlands; Addie Henry; Highlands; Highlands ^ L , Cullowhee Township Reynolds, Homer Mark; 16 Nov 1902; Jackson Co. 23 Feb; Lona Reynolds; Buncombe Co.; Lorena Mann; Buncombe Co.; Lona Reynolds; Cullowhee; Greens Creek Passmore, Grady Lee; 8 May 1929; Speedwell; 26 Jun; Mathew Passmore; Gay; Gurtha Palmer; Cherokee, NC; Mathew Passmore; Speedwell; Gay Dillsboro Township Cunningham, Rollins Aaron; 15 Jun 1929; NC; 16 Jun; J. S. Cunningham; NC; Eva McMahan; NC; J. S. Cunningham; ng; Locust Field McMahan, William; 1902; NC; 9 Jun; Thos. O. McMahan; NC; Margart McMahan; NC; James McMahan; ng; Locust Field Robinson, Infant Girl; 13 Dec 1929; Jackson Co.; 13 Dec; Judson Robinson; NC; Maggie Elders; Ark; John Davis; ng; Franklin Tucker, Mary Lois; 3d; Jackson Co.; 26 Feb; Dayton Tucker; NC; Bertha Griffin; NC; Dayton Tucker; ng; Parris Mashburn, Infant Girl; 25 Apr 1929; Dillsboro; 25 Apr; Weaver Mashburn; NC; Delia Messer, NC; Weaver Mashburn; ng; Parris Parris, Beulah May; May 1927; NC; 23 Jul; Frank Parris; NC; Martha Wike; NC; Frank Parris; ng; Locust Field Greens Creek Township Green, Carl; 8 Mar 1924; Greens Creek; 8 Jan; Harley Green; NC; Mary C. Estes; N; Harley Green; Greens Creek; Old Savannah Hamburg Township 111 v j Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 Young, Vera Edith; w/o Leddie; 24y, 7m, 8d; Jackson Co.; Harlin Bryson; Jackson Co.; ? Bryson; Jackson Co.; Leddie Young; ng; Glenville Lanning, Altamma P.; 7 Mar 1928; Glenville;24 May; Luther Lanning; Transylvania Co.; ? Stevens; Jackson Co.; Luther Lanning; Glenville; Glenville Russell, Carl Davis; 25 day; Glenville; 31 Dec; Jess Russell; Glenville; ? Rochester; SC; Jess Russell; Glenville; Glenville Qualla Township Jumper, Mary; ly, 2m; Indian Reservation; 9 May (Burial); Edward Jumper; Indian Reservation; Nancy Wiheat; Indian Reservation; Edward Jumper; Cherokee; Soco Creek Oxner, Infant Boy; 31 May 1929; Whittier; 2 Jun; R. H. Oxner; NC; Dellia Davis; NC; R. H. Oxner; Whittier; Thomas Wood, Vency; 11m, 17d; Qualla Town; 10 Aug; Nelson Wood; Jackson Co.; Bertha Phillips; Jackson Co.; Nelson Wood; Whittier; Whittier Hyatt, Lillian Doris; 15 Apr 1920; Jackson Co.; 18 Sep; Ransom Dickson Hyatt; Jackson Co.; Ethel Bradburn; Jackson Co.; ng; ng; Hyatt Woods, Gladys Gemima; 18 Feb 1929; Whittier; 9 Nov; Claud Woods; NC; Emma Watson; NC; Claud Woods; Whittier; ng River Township Price, Mary Jane; 23 Dec 1928; Tuckasegee; 30 Dec; John Booth Price; Tuckasegee; Callie D. Moses Price; Tuckasegee; ng; ng; Baptist Cemetery Hooper, Infant Girl; 29 May 1929; Tuckasegee; 29 May; Lloyd C. Hooper; NC; Gertie Hoyle; NC; Lloyd C. Hooper; ng; Hooper Woodring, Mamie Leona; 11 May 1928; NC; 1 Jul; Wash Woodring; NC; Lettie Garrett; SC; Jim Shook; ng; Woodring i J Lanning, Edwin; 23 Jul 1929; Tuckasegee; 23 Jul; Eugene Lanning; Glenville; Kathleen Moses; Asheville; ng; ng; Moses Chastain, Luther Lee; 1 Oct 1929; East La Porte; 7 Dec; Don Chastain; NC; Janie Shook; NC; Don Chastain; ng; Wike Savannah Township Hyatt, Earley Monroe; 28 Mar 1922; Jackson Co.; 6 Jan; Rena Hyatt; Gay; Victoria Collins; Gay; P. A. Hyatt; Gay; Zion Hill Cown, Oliver G; 28 y; Gay; 28 Feb; Arch Cowin; Gay; ng; ng; Jasper Cowen; Gay; East Fork Gregory , Pamie; 22 y; Gay; 11 Apr; Engle Cope; Gay; Molie Higdon; Gay; Will Gregory; Gay; Zion Hill Quilliam, William Callman; 12 y; Gay; 12 May; Silas Quillams; Jackson Co.; Luccellar Mason; NC; V. C. Buchanan; Gay; New Savannah Passmore, Grady Lee; lm, 17d; Jackson Co.; 16 Jun; Mathew Passmore; NC; Gurtha Palmer; N; Joshua Passmore; Speedwell; New Savannah Franks, Perley; 4 m, 19 d; Gay; 10 Aug; John Henry Franks; Gay; Tishie Bishop; Gay; Georgia Franks; Gay; Zion Hill Cabe, Vannita Calla; 6y, 7m, 16d; Gay; 10 Aug; Herman Cabe; Gay; Vid Higdon; Webster; N. Higdon; Gay; Gay Gregory, Marry, Magdalene; ly, 6m; Gay; 9 Sep; Frank Gregory; Macon Co.; Norelle Frady; Gay; Garland Frady; Gay; East Fork Cabe, Charles Alvin; 22 y; Jackson Co.; 25 Jul; Robert Cabe; Gay; Omie Runler; Gay; John Buchanan; Greens Creek; Greens Creek Wilson, Annie; 27 y; Gay; 10 Nov; Engle Cabe; Gay; Molie Higdon; Gay; Judson Cabe; Gay; Zion Hill Continued on page 124 112 w Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 < w O O D e s c e n d a n t s o f J o h n T h o m a s T a t h am ED: This was submitted by JCGS member, Mary Buchanan Smith. It will continue in following issues. 1800 Census Buncombe County, North Carolina Thomas Tatham; one male under 10,1 male 16-25; on female 26-44. 1810 Census Haywood County, North Carolina Thomas Tatham; 2 males 09; 1 male 10-15; 1 male 26-45; 1 female 0-9; 1 female 26-45; 1 female 45+ 1820 Census Haywood County, North Carolina Tatham, Thomas; 2 males 0-10; 1 male 10-16; 1 male 45+; 1 female 0-10; 1 female 10-16; 1 female 16-26; 1 female 45+ 1840 Census Cherokee County, North Carolina Listed families: Thomas Tatham, John Tatham, Thomas Tatham, Jr., Jefferson Bryson 1850 Census Cherokee County, Valley Town, North Carolina I860 Census Cherokee County, Valley Town, North Carolina John Thomas Tatham, age 86, living with son James and wife Martha Tatham Information from books belonging to Bell Tatham, Local cemeteries, Census Records for Haywood, Macon, Cherokee and Jackson Counties, Vital records and land records. Thomas Tatham and James Whitaker in House of Representatives in 1828 (North Carolina,) "and was there after represented in the senate four times by Gen. Ben S. Britton, with James Whitaker, Asaph Enloe, James W. Gunn and Thomas Tatham and Jacob Siler in the house." 1831-1834. Ann Murray: is the daughter of William Murray, J r . and Margaret Johnston. She was born on 13 Mar 1771 in Buncombe Co., NC. She died on 12 Jun 1845 in Valley Town, Cherokee Co., NC. John Thomas Tatham and Ann Murray were married on 9 Jun 1798 in Buncombe Co., NC. They had 6 children: 3. i. John Tatham: He was born on 6 May 1799 in Buncombe Co., NC. He married Jane Russell on 26 Feb 1820 in Haywood Co., NC. He died on 2 Sep 1863 in Chico, CA. He is buried in Row A, Lot 45, Grave C. Chico Cemetery, Chico, CA. 4. ii. Margaret Murray: She was born in 1803 in Buncombe Co., NC. She married James M. Bryson on 10 Nov 1832 in Macon Co., NC. 5. iii. William Henry Tatham: He was born on 14 Jan 1803 in Buncombe Co., NC. He married Isabella Wilson on 12 Jan 1826. (Ref. Bible of John & Ann Tatham.) He died on 28 Jun 1858 in Jackson Co., NC. He is buried in Wilson-Tatham-Bryson Cemetery, Savannah, Jackson Co., NC. 6. iv. Ellen Sidney Tatham: She was born on 6 Jul 1806 in Haywood Co., NC and died 12 Dec 1890 in Tucker, DeKalb Co., GA. She is buried in Tucker Cemetery, DeKalb Co., GA. 7. v. Thomas Clinton Tatham: He was born on 16 Jun 1810 in Haywood Co., NC. He married Mary "Polly" Phillips on 15 Aug 1830. (Ref. Bible of John & Ann Tatham.) He died on 8 Dec 1875 in Cherokee Co., NC. He is buried in Valley Town Cemetery, Cherokee Co., NC. 8. vi. James W. Tatham: He was born on 30 May 1813 in Haywood Co., NC. He married Martha Norton on 11 Jan 1845 in Macon Co., NC. He died on 13 May 1891 in Cherokee Co., NC. He is buried in Valley Town Cemetery, Cherokee Co., NC. Notes for James W Tatham: 1850 Census Cherokee County, North Carolina 113 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 James W. Martha Thomas 37 26 77 farmer farmer b.NC b. SC b.VA v j 1860 Census Cherokee County, North Carolina James W. 47 farmer b. Haywood Co. Martha 36 b. Pickens District II, SC Thomas 86 b. Botetart County, VA The Cherokee County, NC Agriculture production 1850-1860 James W. Tatham, 37, 100 farming acres, 24 stock, 10 sheep, 65 hogs, 196 bushels rye and oats, 700 bu. Corn, 26 bu. Wheat, 25 bu. Potatos, 150 lbs. Butter, 30 lbs. Flax, 20 lb of wool. 1880 Census Valley Town, Cherokee County, North Carolina J. W. 67 farmer NC parents b.NC Martha 56 NC mother b. SC Mary Holden 22 niece NC father b. SC, mother b. NC Bible of John Thomas and Ann says Jas' W. Tatham died Nov 5, 1891 at 6 o'clock and 18 minutes am. Generation 3 John Tatham: He was born on 6 May 1799 in Buncombe Co., NC, he died on 2 Sep 1863in Chico, CA. He is buried Row A, Lot 45, Grave C, Chico Cemetery, Chico, CA. Notes for John Tatham: 1820 Census Haywood County, North Carolina John Tatham: 1 male 16-26; 1 female 16-26. John Tatham and J. Phillips witness deed Sep 23,1830, Macon County, NC Macon County Deed BK A, page 264, Mortgage: Edward L. Poindexter to Michkel Wikel and John Tatham all of Macon $200, one Negro girl Silvia about 13 years old. Wikel and Tatham endorsed note to me to Bank of the State of NC at Morganton for $200, May 30, 1835. John Tatham left Jane by 1845 and moved first to Missouri, then next to California. He probably took Martha Bryson with him. Their first child Thomas Benton Tatham was born in 1845 in Missouri. Note: Martha Bryson was a sister to Thomas Jefferson Bryson, brother- in-law to John. 1850 Census, Chico, CA John 60 Trader NC Martha 43 NC Thomas Benton 5 MO W. C. 3 MO 1860 Census Chico Township, Butte County, California John Tatham 61 NC Farmer real estate value $1000, personal $3000 Martha 51 NC Thomas B. 16 MO i J William C. 14 MO ^~^ 114 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 Lucretia A. 8 CA C ; Jno. A. 4 CA . c L / Also listed is John Tatham, age 26, Miner, b. NC, (listed in Butte County, CA.) Maybe John Tatham's son by first wife, Jane. 1870 Census Chico Township, Butte County, California Martha 62 TN Keeping House real estate 400, personal 600 William 23 TN John 16 CA Living next door is John Moore 32 Canada Farmer real estate 3000, personal 2400 Lucretia 18 CA Thomas 1/12 CA John is buried in California. Listed as Colonel (Honorary title given to local militia. John's from Macon Co., NC) Buried Sec 8 Blk, Row A, Lot 54, Grave C, Chico Cemetery, Chico, California. Buried with spouse Martha. Macon County, North Carolina Land Records Bk. A, Page 167,1833. I, James M. Bryson for value of John Tatham, assign and transfer back unto John Tatham all interest in a tract or parcel of land, No. 33 in District 11, which land the John Tatham conveyed unto my wife Margaret by the name of Margaret Murray containing 52 acres of land in Macon County, NC which John Tatham in Franklin in the year 1822 bought from the State of North Carolina, which title I return to John Tatham, etc... 20 Dec 1833. Book A, Page 204. Bond for $10,000 for John Tatham, Clerk of Court, pledged by Tatham, Richard Wilson, Snr, Thomas Tatham, Snr., John Wilson, William Bryson, Sr., John Dobson, John Dillard, Zachariah Cabe, etc. ...8 Oct 1833. Book A, Page 204. Bond: John Tatham, Thomas Tatham, Thomas Roane, James Bryson, etc. for John Tatham, Clerk of Court, $10,000. Bk. B, Pg 53. John Tatham for sum of $45.20,280 acres, Section 107, District 6. Being part of the land purchased from the Cherokees. Bk. B, pg 53. John Tatham, 100 acres, for $20.00 in District 9. For ten dollars for one hundred acres paid into our tresury by David Shelton and Nathan Tatham a tract of land 100 acres being in Macon County on the Pasture fork of Toscaway River 18th District section #13,.... Hyatt's line ... file 14th Oct 1843. Registered 13 Day March 1852. David Shelton and John Tatham for $10.00 for 200 acres on the Toscaway River, Macon Count in the 18th District, Entered the 27th day of August 1842. Jane Russell was the daughter of Matthew R, Russell, Sr. and Jane Mclntire. She was born in 1800 in Buncombe Co., NC, and died abt. 1870 in Macon County, NC. Notes for Jane Russell: 1860 Census Macon County, North Carolina 115 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 Jane Linna A. L. Hicks Cintha (Tatham) 57 23f 32m 26f b. Haywood Co. b. Macon Co. b. Macon Co. b. Macon Co. farmer 1870 Census Macon County, North Carolina Jane 70 Lurnie 34f Cynthia Hicks 38 Ada F. Hicks 5 Real estate value $300.00, personal value $345.00 Robert A. Phillips44m b. Macon Co. Farmer Clarinda (Tatham) 3 Of b. Macon Co. Harriet P. 5f b. Macon Co. Jonathan W. 3m b. Macon Co. Nancy A. Phillips 86f b. TN Jasper Stiles 17m b. Macon Laborer Real estate value $3000.00, personal value $2069.00 Property Records: Book F, Page 136, Macon County, NC I, Jane Tatham, lawful heir a legatee of Mathew Russell, late deceased have for the sum . . . of $25.00 to me in hand paid by A. M. Russell, all my right title and interest in all the land which said Mathew Russell deceased did own at his death being in the County of Macon on the waters of Sugartown known as District No. 11, No. 47, also 84, District 11 also No. 49, District 11, which said Mathew Russell did possess of and which by his will as v J hereafter to fall to me or my heirs . . . I quit all claim . . . etc. October 19, 1849. John Tatham and Jane Russell married on 26 Feb 1820 in Haywood County, NC. They had 9 children: i. James Nathaniel Tatham: He was born on 16 Jun 1821 in Haywood Co., NC and died on 23 Oct 1847 in Mexico. Notes for James Nathaniel Tatham: Nathaniel was a soldier in the Mexican War and died in Mexico. "Officers of the Cherokee/Macon County, NC Mexican War" 61 men from these counties arrived in Salisbury" James N. Tatham listed as 1st Lieutenant Listed on 18 Mar 1847 - in the Charlotte Journal ii. Rozine Tatham: She was born on 20 Feb 1823 and died on 13 May 1823. Ref: Bible of Thomas and Ann Tatham. iii. Ann Tatham: She was born on 25 Jun 1824 an died on 24 Jul 1826. 8. iv. Rachel R. Tatham: She was born on 24 Jan 1826 in Macon Co., NC. She married John Clark Fulcher on 14 Dec 1846 in Macon Co., NC. v. Linna Elizabeth Tatham: She was born on 13 May 1826 in Cherokee Co., NC. Notes for Linna Elizabeth Tatham. 1880 Census, Ellijay, Macon County, North Carolina i j Lives with sister Cynthia Tatham Hicks 116 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 C v O L . | Blackwood L u m b e r C o m p a n y [Ed. The following article is one of several donated to the Society by JCGS member Charles K. Wike. We hope to use more of his materials in subsequent issues. Following his narrative, see the map that was attached.] East LaPorte, NC, was the home of Blackwood Lumber Company. Before coming to East LaPorte, the company operated a mill known by another name in Forney's Creek, located below Bryson City, and, before that, in Virginia. They moved to East LaPorte around 1920, several years before I was born A railroad was built from Sylva to East LaPorte to haul in machinary and other supplies as well as to haul out lumber. Originally, the mill was for hardwood flooring, but later it was used to produce all kinds of lumber. Besides the mill, they bought several thousand of acres of virgin timberland in Moses Creek, Caney Fork, Sugar Creek and John's Creek areas. Railroads were built into these places with narrow-guage railroads built on to the tops of the mountains. In several places, where it was to steep for trains, th log cars were moved up and down the mountain by skidders on what was called inclines. I have heard that flume was used on John's Creek. Logging camps were set up and followed the loggers as they worked through the woods. The workers lived in railroad cars which were moved from one location to the next and set off on sidings. My dad, Thomas Wike, worked for a while supplying materials for these camps, as well as working in the commissary. The mill was built and operated as a double-sided band-saw mill. There was a mill-pond where the logs were unloaded from the log cars. A huge "bull chain" pulled the logs out of the pond and into the mill to a narrow area that was elevated above the rest of the mill. It was here that the logs were inspected for rocks and dirt that had not washed off in the pond. Ramps angled down each side of this area where the logs waited to be sawed into lumber. The saw filing room was located above this area and over the saw, a large ban which ran on two large wheels. As the saw got dull, it would be replaced with a sharp saw, and the saw filer would re-sharpen the used saw. A stem-driven carriage transferred the log through the saw. A mechanical device. . . turned the logs on the carriage. "Dogs" held the logs against the carriage. A carriage operator rode the carriage and operated the dogs, inching the log forward as the lumber was sawed. The sawyer, a man who determined how the log would be cut, was stationed at the end of the carriage. He operate the levers that made the carriage go. Sawdust from the saws was used to fire the boilers. Two boilers powered the mill. A leather belt, approximately eighteen inches by one-half inch thick by twenty feet long, transferred the power to all the mill machinery. After the boards were cut, they went through the trimmers, if necessary, to cut bark from the edges of the boards. Then the lumber went to the edger where it was trimmed to proper length. After the trim operation, the boards were carried on long chains to an inspection shed where they were graded and sorted into grade, length, and type of wood. Here the boards were separated and placed on transfer buggies. These buggies were pushed down long docks to the proper area, and the lumber was stacked in large stacks approximately eight feet wide by twenty to twenty-five feet high- Packing strips were placed between each layer, and the lumber was allowed to air dry for a while. Depending on the customer's need, the lumber was either placed in a boxcar, or processed further. If the Customer wished, they could kiln-dry the lumber or plane the lumber or do both. A separate boiler generated the steam to operate the planing mill and the kiln. The planer was about four or five feet wide and could operate full capacity continuously, planing both sides of the lumber in one pass. The kiln would hold as many as four boxcars at a time. The chips from the planer as well as slabs from the mill, were used to fire the boiler. 117 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 The log trains pulled as many as eighteen or twenty log cars at a time. The log cars were equipped with rails on which a loader was located. As the loader loaded each car, it had the capacity to move on to the V J next car and could rotate a full 360 degrees. Types of train engines were Climax and Shays which were built to maneuver sharp turns and steep grades. Some of the men I remember who worked at the mill were John Moses who worked at the log pond and, also, at the commissary, later on. Lonnie Watson inspected the logs at the top of the bull chain. Oscar Wike rode the carriage, and Guy Wachob was the sawyer. Guy took over this job after his father died. Sam Cunningham loaded the scrap slabs onto a flat car where they were taken to the planer- boiler for fuel. Luther Wike operated the cut-off saws. "Dad" Lowe inspected and graded the lumber as it came from the mill. Jack Cole and Cleo Cole stacked lumber onto the transfer cars. Jess Cole, Monroe "Roe" Cole, Clifford Monteith, and Ralph Queen stacked the lumber. Emmitt Bryson operated the planer. This was a very dangerous job, and over the years he lost most of the fingers on both hands. Bill Bennett was one of the firemen who operated the boilers. Claude Rogers was the saw filer. The men who ran the train were Roy Whitaker, engineer, "Shorty-buck" Buchanan, fireman, and Bill Winchester, Brakeman. They operated the train from Sylva to East LaPorte. Bill Adams was operator of the switch engine. The section crew were Oscar Debusk, Leamon Bennett, worker, and others I don't remember. Some of the management members were Joseph Keys, president (until his death at which time his wife assumed the job.) R. B. Michaels was superintendent. Hagan Hamilton, V. R. Riley, and Vester Duncan held jobs in management. The commissary was manned by, Pritchard Smith, manager, Mack Adams, meat cutter, Fred Cope and Thomas Wike, clerk, just until the Depression hit. There were many others, but I don't remember them. Before the Depression, the mill produced about one hundred fifty thousand board feet of lumber each day when it was operating both sides. At one time there were about two billion board feet of lumber in the stacks. When the depression hit, about fifty percent of the labor force was laid off. People were allowed . J to stay in their homes, but they had no work. Wages were twenty-five cents an hour. The workers were allowed to draw money called script on their next pay. Originally, the script was in paper with the denomination printed on it. Before the mill closed, metal coins were issued. These coins had Blackwood's name and the denomination of the coin embossed on them. The workers were paid only once each month. Mr. Charlie Robinson was bookkeeper. He was followed by Mr. Farley, and G. M. Romine. T. D. L. Waters was bookkeeper for the T&SE railroad, the name of the line from Sylva to East LaPorte. Dr. W. H. Woody was the company doctor. He was paid by payroll deduction each month of about fifty cents per month per employee, a crude form of HMO. For this fee, each employee was able to receive health care for himself and his family. Dr. Woody was allowed to treat other people in the area also. Other people I remember were Bethel Gunnels who drove a passenger car on the railroad from East LaPorte to Sylva each day, Andy Edwards who operated the loader, Reubin Mull who built the trestle for the railroad, and again, Vester Duncan who built all the houses and "outhouses." One outhouse served two houses. It had a partition in the center, and each side had two holes that opened into a common pit. The company had its own slaughter pen where Mack Adams did his own butchering. They also had a big barn located near the "turn hole" in the creek. Emmitt Bryson lived in a house by the creek behind the barn. When the flood came in August 1940, his house, along with General Burrell's and Ralph Queen's houses and the barn, was washed away with no loss of lives, but every thing they had was lost. There was a huge hog in the barn, and after the waters went down, it was found alive in the bottom of a huge drift in the island behind our house. Somehow, it had managed to survive under ten or fifteen feet of water. After the hog was removed from the island, it met its demise at the slaughter pen and by the hand of Mack Adams. Several stacks of lumber and all the railroad trestles washed away, too. i j 118 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 The flood occurred while the Glenville dam was being constructed. The company building the dam _ j had all their equipment hauled by the train. The trestles and tracks lost in the flood were replaced. Three knot-free fir timbers, each eight inches by sixteen inches by thirty-two feet long, were placed under each rail on the trestles. These were busy days for the railroad. When the war (WWII) started, the federal government bought lots of lumber from them, and the company was prospering again. Mrs. Keys, who was now president, decided to close the mill about 1944 or 1945.1 have heard it was because of a political disagreement; she was a Republican, and Roosevelt was running for his fourth term as president. The timberland was sold to Mead Corporation, which in turn sold the right-of-way for the Blue Ridge Parkway to the federal government for more than thy paid for the whole property. Mead cut pulpwood from the land for many years and sold logs to Guy Wachob who had put up a small circle sawmill. When Mead closed the paper mill, the entire timberland was sold to the government and became part of the Pisgah Forest. It is now known as the Roy Taylor Forest. The mill and the railroad were sold for scrap. While the mill was being dismantled, it caught fire from a cutting torch and burned to the ground. Fire-fighting units from Sylva and Franklin fought the blaze, but they could only keep the houses nearby from burning. All of the company houses except the big house (Mrs. Key's house) were sold and torn down. Traces of the mill and community are all that is left today. c o 119 J Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 O n e T h i n g a n d A n o t h e r v _ J [Ed. Our potpourri of genealogical treasures, discoveries and nonsense.] M e n s S u i ts One lol" mens and young mens models, hlue'xcrgr, pin stripes, gray and tan mix­tures in two nnd three button model.**. Pos ilivcly the bent ynlur* The Paris linn ever offered. Values to $2T>. Birthday Bale prion $ 1 5 . 0 0 OTHER KTK'S BT7TTS TKOU t&M ST. MENS STRAW HATS IK TJUIAVA juro rjunrr STRAWS VALUES TO t(-M VALUES TO tUO VALUES TO WJO SALE PBICE SALE HUCE 8ALE F1UOB $2-95 $1,95 $1.45 l'lH_wEX wS' h iuSS ZbrSwBa*) I rKfoJfltTliI » B*1I | UKOLEA SXAXM3T0 W ORK 8 8 c o_r suosza !• Ouugt ttf U.B'I DtpkrtiMat ' JOMll-nav O VWSHrteAkLlL S 9 8 c HEX'S rAXOT BOSS 1 5 c / HEXS' .H sAuEm-BA I* umox 6 9 c _M*a anSiAl XKu C-rrOtbWhlraA;X D ep•a rtment TAJOM BOOK StTPPORTTR.B 1 9 c m n si_ HOSE 2 5 c . lOSX'S SAlfSXST\eXXBT* This ran in the Jackson County Journal, 13 July 1927. It is an ad for The Paris Store. It was owned and operated by Mr. A. M. Simmons. The gentlemen in the picture were employees of the store. The store opened in July, 1917. It was located where Blackrock Outdoor store is on Main Street, Sylva now. The ad was given to us by JCGS member, Linda Hughes Collins. The gentleman in the top picture was her father. He later became the Register of Deeds for Jackson County. Looking at these prices, it makes one wish for earlier times when things in life were cheaper and probably better made than now. v ^ R e v o l u t i o n a r y W a r P a t r i o t H o n o r ed On 30 June 2013, a ceremony honoring Revolutionary War Patriot, Samuel Monteith (1756-1840) was held at Old Love Chapel Cemetery in Jackson County. The service was conducted by the Silas McDowell Chapter, North Carolina Society, Sons of the American Revolution and the American Legion Post 104. There to present the story of Samuel Monteith was descendant and JCGS member James Monteith. A marker was unveiled at the grave of Samuel Monteith, honoring him for the service given to this country in our fight for freedom. Highland bagpipe music filled the air and people in period dress were also in attendance. There are plans in the making to honor other Revolutionary War Patriots in Jackson County at later times. W 120 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 O 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 i n [Ed. We finish in this issue the fine work of JCGS member Betty Queen Monteith] . c L, "r" t : O L- 5. Charles AMn Wakey (b.24 Sep 1940-Jackson Co..NC;d.14 Oct 1995-Jackson Co.NC) sp: Ctara Belle Clayton (b.28 Apr 1942-Jackson Co.,NC;iriAM 195S;rX24 Sep 2008-Jackson Cc.NC) - 4. William Elbert Fowler (b.1903-Jackson Co.,NC) - 4. Mamie Fowler (b.23 Aug 1905-DBteboro,Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Ritter - 4. Thomas Austin Fowler (b.12 Nov 1907-Jackson Co.,NC;d5 Jun 1971-Gastonla.Gaston CO..NC) sp: ElSe Simpson - 5. Austin L Fowler (b.17 Mar 1927-Gaston CcxJ4C?l.17 Sep 1973-Forsyth Co..NC) sp: NeKe Metis Rush (b.22 Jun 1927-Gaston Co„NC) 5. Bettie Sue Fowler (b.11 Mar 1929-Gaston Co^NC) sp: Gordon sp:NelDesn Bryant 5. Tommy Dean Fowler - 4. Margie Cordelia Fowler (b.28 Apr 1910-MlsbofCyJacJaon Ca,NC;d.19 Nov 1963-Transytvar_ Co.,NC) sp: Robert tee Rhodes (m.1 Jan 1926(Div)) 5. Thomas Garrett Rhodes (b.14 Dec 1934-Jackson Co.JMC) 5. Mamie Jotene Rhodes (b_> May 1941-Gaston Co.,NC) - 4. James FranKfin Fowler (b.19 Aug 1912-Dfflsrj«o,JacfcsonCa,NC;dJ4 Mar 1974-Mecktenburg CO..NC) sp: Lucille Simpson - 4. Sarah Edffii Fowler (b.16 Aug 1915-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Norton - 4. Want Fowler (b.4 Oct 1918-Jackson Co..NC;d.4 Oct 1918-Jackson Co.JMC) 4. John Buford Fowler (b.11 Jun 1921^lack8on Co,NC) 4. Ruth Made Fowler (b.18 tfec 1924-Jackson Co.JMC) so: Murray sp: James Henry Robinson fc2 ttar 1858-Georgla;ra20 Jan1884.-d^Apr1930-JacksonC6..NC) - 3. Lute Gertrude Robinson (b24 Dec 1884-Jackson Co.,NCtfL28 Aug 1967-Oackson C0..NC) sp: John Baxter Davis (b4 Nov 1879-Jackson Co„NC?i_ Jul 1905;d.8 May 1953-Jackson Co.,NC) - 4. James Thjaddas Davfe (b.6 Apr 1906-Dasboro^lackson Co.,NC;d.8 Mar 1967-Jackson Co..NC) sp: Clara Amestine "Pets" Russell (b.29 May 1908-HamBton Ca,TN;d.27 May 2005-Jackson CaiNC) L 5. McAfcie Davis (b.4 Jan 1929-Jackson Ca.NC) sp:ChQders sp: Shelton - 4. Paul Bwth Davis (b.15 Sep 1921^Jackson CojMC;d.20 Sep 1921-Jadcson Co..NC) 4. Cad Adam Davis (b.16 Aug 1923-Jackson Co.,NC;«_Q Mar t990gacfcson Co^NC) sp:Se»y EBzabe* TJb* Clayton (b.11 Jul 1927-Jackson Co.,NC;d.13 Mar 2005-Buncombe Ca.NC) - 5. Cart Adam, Jr. Davis (b.12 Jan 1949%Jackson CaJMC) sp: Sharon Sue Hubble (bJ30 Nov 1955-Jacfcson Co.JMC-.rn.22 Oct 1976) 5. James Elbert Davis (b.28 May 1951-Jackson CaJMC) sp: Sandra Kay Hoyle (m.4 May 1985) - 4 . Ruth Davis 4. John Davis 4. Samuel Davis b: P. 121 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 •- 4. George Davis - 3. Wiliam Edgar Robinson (b.9 Feb 1886-Jackson Co..NC;d.25 Jul 1959~ckson Co.,NC) 1 sp: Mary Ethel Key (b.13 Sep 1889-Macon Co.,NC;m.Abt 1908;d.14 Apr 1988-Jackson Co..NC) - 4. WiMam Edgar Jr. Robinson (b.3 Jan 1909-DiHsboro^ackson Co.,NCtf .5 Aug 1947-Jackson Co..NC) sp: Margie - 4. John i Albert Robinson (b.16 Mar 1913-Dfllsboro,Jackson Co^NCrd.2 Jan 2002-Syiva1Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Mary Nova Harris (b.27 Aug 1914-Jackson Co..NC;m.31 Jul 1932;d2 Nov 1997-Jackson Co.,NC) - "5. James Robert Robinson (b.20 Nov 1934-Jackson Co.JMC) sp: Ellen Caloway (b.28 May 1940;m.14 Aug 1960) - 5. Mary Ann Robinson (b.6 Apr 1943-Jackson Ca.NC) sp: Henry Lee Walker (b.21 Aug 1942-Jackson Co.,NC;m.27 Dec 1963) sp: Lucille Minnie Tucker (b.20 Apr 1930-Catawba.Co.,NC;m.26 Jul 1999;d.23 Dec 2000-Sytva.Jackson Co.,NC) •- 4. Betty Victoria Robinson (b.6 Jul 1919-Jackson Co.,NC;d_t Oct2004-St Petersburg.Pineles CaJrL) sp: Joseph P. Borders '— 5. Lynda Borders - 3. Lassie C. Robinson (b.14 Jul 1887-Jackson Co.,NC;d.13 Oct 1920-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Arnold Columbus DaKon (b.28 Jan 1883-Macon Co.JMC;mJ20 Oct 1905;d.6 Dec 1961-Jackson Co.JMC) - 4. Arthur Beauregard DaKon (b.30 Dec 1906-Bafeam.Jacfcson Co.,NC;d.15 May 1980-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Sylvia May Hutchinson {b.Abt 1911;raAbt 1928;d_! Feb 1999TAnderson,WV) L- 5. Arthur B. Jr. Dalton (b.5 Feb 1929;d.24 Nov 1952) - 4. LSHe M. Dalton (b.27 Sep 1908-Jackson Co.,NC;d.3 Aug 1943-Mecklenburg Cc.NC) sp: Wade Cranford (m.(Div)) - 4. Frank Columbus Dalton (b.2 Dec 1910-Dillsboro.Jackson Ca,NC:d.Apr 1961-West Virginia) - 4. Arnold Columbus Jr. Dalton (b.4 Nov 1912-Dfflsboto^Jackson Co..NC;d.25 Jan 1961-West Virginia) 4. Charies Oscar Dalton (b.23 Jan 1917-Dfflsboro^ackson Co.,NC;d.19 Jan 1995-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Cora Mae Campbell (b.8 Sep 1920-Carter Co.,TN;d.23 May 1994-Jackson Ca.NC) - 5. Charles Oscar, Jr. Dalton (b.23 May 1943-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Mary Arm Fox (o21 Aug 1947-Jackson Co..NC.m28 Dec 1963) 5. Kenneth Roy Dalton (b.18 Jan 1950-Jackson Co.,NC) •- 4. Gertrude Dalton (b.18 Mar 1919-Jackson Co.,NC;d.28 Jan 199S-Tyrone,Fayette Ca.GA) sp:Nordan - 3. Jufcs M. Robinson (b.19 Feb 1890-Jackson Co.,NC;d.14 Jun 1957-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Thomas Nathan Rogers (b.29 Jan 1891-DlsborovJackson Co.,NC) - 4. James WHiam Rogers - 4. Ralph Lawrence Rogers (b.17 Sep 1912-Jackson Co.,NC;d.23 Mar 1990-Dallas,Gaston Co..NC) sp: Grace Bowen - 5. Patricia Rogers (b.23 Nov 1950-Gaston Co.,NC) sp: Burgess - 5. Vickie Renee Rogers (b.19 Mar 1954-Gaston Co.,NC) sp: Carpenter - 5. Judy Lynn Rogers (b JO Nov 1955-Gaston Co.,NC) sp: Brady - 5. Raiph Robin Rogers (b.6 Sep 1957-Gaston Co.,NC) V_> ^J W 122 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 O c - t : L- aTarnrnyJeanRogers'(b.11Aug1958-GastonCo.JMC) i sp:Tesenair - 4. Rboe Rogers (b.11 May 1914-Jackson Co.JMC;d.19 Sep 1915-Jackson Co.JMC) 4. Cumi Virginia Rogers (b.13 May 1916-Jackson Ca,NC;<L27 Jul 1998—iston Co.,NC) sp: Loyd Tnitl Hedgepeth (b.13 Nov 1919-North Caroilna;d.5 Nov 1984-Gaston Ca.NC) -SLOnferMppalh sp: Lee Unsberger 5. Gfnger Hedgepeth sp: Jerry OTJonoghue - 4. Lewis Gethro Rogers - 4. Mary Elizabeth Rogers (b.19 Jun 1921-Jackson Co.,NC) L- 4. Thomas Elbert Rogers (b.9 Nov 1928-Jackson Co.,NC;d.13 May 1988-Da9as,Gaston Co.,NC) sp: Eretta Bowens 5. Douglas Gterm Rogers 5. Bobbfe Rogers sp: Smith 3. Uffie Robinson (b.28 Nov 1892-Jackson Co.,NC;d-30 Sep 1893-Jackson Co.JMC) 3. James Oscarftobinson (b.2 Jan 1895-Jackson Co.JMCrf.18 Jun 1936-Jackson Ca.NC) sp: Eva Brooks (bJVug 1895-Jackson Co.JMC-,m.17 Aug 1913) - 4. Thomas Robinson twin (b.25 Apr 1915-Jackson CoJNC;d.13 Sep 1915-Jackson Co.,NC) - 4. Robert Lee Robinson twin (b.25 Apr 1915-Jackson Ca.NC) sp: Myrtle Shytle (1x21 Sep 1900-NCtf.19 Oct 1985-Ricnwood,Nicnolas Co.,WV) - 4. Henrietta Robinson (b.30 Jun 1920-Jackson Co.,NC;d.13 Mar 2005-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Cance Davis Jr. Cames (b.10 Dec 1916-Jackson Co,NC;m.25 Oct 1936;d.19 May 1987-JacksonCo.,NC) - 5. Wanda Jo Cames (b.2 Apr 1937-Jackson Co.,NC;d.1 Jul 2006-Aberdeen.WA) sp: WBBe Lonzy Nations (b.18 Feb 1931<Jackson Co.,NC) - 5. Robert Davis Carries (b.21 Sep 1939-Jackson Ca.NC) sp: Maggie Ella Irene Gibson (£28 Nov 1940-Jackson Ca.NC) sp: Karen UoyMcCeB - 5. Daniel Alton Cames (b.7 Mar 1942-Jackson Ca.NC) sp: Jean Buchanan - 5. Rita Am Cames 0x20 Aug 1944-Jackson Ca.NC) sp: FrankAnderson - 5. Linda Elene Cames'(b^8 Oct 1946-Jackson Ca.NC) sp: Manuel Scott Cooper - 5. James Canes Carries (b.22 Mar 1949-Jackson Co.,NC,-d.16 Apr 2010-Jackson Co.JMC) sp: unknown - 5. Johnny Ray Cames (b.191Apr 1952-Jackson Co..NC) sp: Joanna Brock *- 5. Deborah Pautette Cannes (b.26 Jun 1957-JadcSon Co.,NC;d.24 Dec 2008-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: James Edwin Sutton (b.16 May 1954-Jackson Co.,NC) 4. Bonnie Robinson (b.10 Nov 19_-Jacksoh Co.JMC) sp: Ralph Fraley o 123 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 *— 5. Larry Fraley - 4. James Oscar Jr. Robinson (b.23 Mar 1925-Jackson Co..NC;d.7 Dec 1984) sp: Oriene Donaldson — 5. James Allen Robinson — 5. Lane Robinson — 5. Scott Robinson *- 5. Greg Robinson 4. Pauline Robinson (b.23 Jun 1929-Jackson Ca.NC) sp: Ernest Boiling 5. EmeslJr. BoHtng t : 5. Jimmy Boiling w C o n t i n u a t i o n o f 1 9 2 9 D e a t h C e r t i f i c a t es K J Scotts Creek Township Bryson, Julia Inez; 16y, 8m, 2d; NC; 18 Feb; Estes Bryson; NC; May Queen; NC; Estes Bryson; Sylva; Beta Cogdill, Eva Betty; 2y, 2m; NC; 13 Jun; Sam Cogdill; NC; Maud Jones; NC; Sam Cogdil; ng; Addie Cope, Adam L.; h/o Emeline Mathis; 29y, 4m, 13d; N; 7 Dec; L. L. Cope; NC; Elizabeth Lindsay; NC; L. L. Cope; Willets; Addie Cope, Ellen Elizabeth; 11 Nov 1929; ng; 11 Nov; Lucus Cope; NC; Nellie Blanton; NC; Lucus Cope; Sylva; Norman Derrick, Roy Edward; 18 Apr 1928; Balsam; 30 Oct; Arthur N. Derrick; NC; Nina McCall; NC; Arthur N. Derrick; ng; Balsam Brown, Hamilton; 29 Mar 1928; Sylva; 10 Dec; Jessie F. Brown; Jackson Co; Gussela Morgan; Webster; Jessie F. Brown; Sylva; Cullowhee Sneed, Infant Girl; 14 Dec 1929; Jackson Co; 15 Dec; Blake Sneed; NC; Neoma Tucker; NC; Blake Sneed; Sylva; Cherokee Sneed, Infant Boy; 14 Dec 1929; Jackson Co; 14 Dec; Blake Sneed; NC; Neoma Tucker; NC; Blake Sneed; Sylva; Cherokee Sylva Township Dillard, William Zebulon; 1 Nov 1910; Sylva; 12 Jan; Eugene Dillard; GA; Sarah Bell Dillard; Wilmot; Mrs. Eugene Dillard; Sylva; Dillard Pulliman, John Groust; 15y; Andrews, NC; 31 Mar; John Pulliman; Andrews; Sallie Huskins; Proctor; Mrs. John Huskins; ng; Andrews Jones, Cleasure; 18 May 1927; Sylva; 28 Mar; Lenard Jones; NC; Bessie Cope; ng; Lenard Jones; ng; Zion Hill Nations, Earl; 2y, 6m; NC; 10 Jun; Weave Nations; ng; Galena Raines; NC; H. Nations; ng; ng Montgomery, Bonnie Green: w/o Frank; 20y, 3m, 13d; Noland, NC; 19 Sep; Arthur Greene; Bushnell; Annie Shuler; Bryson City; ng; Andrews Hoyle, Bertha; 25y; Haywood Co; 13 Oct; Jerry Mull; Jackson Co; Polly Rhinehart; Haywood Co; Hilliard Hoyle; Willets;ng Crawford, Ray; 26 Nov 1926; Sylva; 7 Nov; Adam Crawford; NC; Ellen Cook; NC; Mrs. Adam Crawford; ng; Old Field Thompson, Roy; 5y, 2m, lOd; Jackson Co; 11 Dec; Ennis Thompson; NC; Betha Hooper; N; Candler Cabe; ng; Greens Creek v_x 124 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 O _ • O S c o t t F o u n d a t i o n S c h o l a r s h i p W i n n e r s In December of 2012, an announcement was made the of the endowment of the Scott Foundation Scholarship by JCGS members, Jim and Jean Hooper Scott of Tryon. A committee was set up to establish the Foundation. The committee decided that the Foundation would award two college scholarships in the amount of $750 to deserving seniors in Jackson County Schools. An application with essay was the initial step of the process, followed by an interview with the Scholarship Committee. The winners will also be required to report to the Society within one year of the award for an update on their progress in college. JCGS is pleased to announce that the 2013 winners of the Scholarship are Devon Picon and Summer Dakota Watson, both from Smoky Mountain High School. Following are the essays written by the winners. Devon Picon is the son of William "Bill" Picon and Tina Fisher. He is plans to attend Montreat Anderson College. Following is his essay. "Welcome to Jackson County." We have all seen the signs when entering our county but in 1915 my great-grandfather didn't receive any welcome when he arrived. My great-great-grandfather, Henry Taylor and his wife, Polly Ann, along with my great-grandfather, Claude (who was five at the time) traveled across Ellijay Mountain from Macon County into Jackson County on foot with everything they owned in a wagon pulled by donkeys. They arrived on Pressley Creek and bought acres of farm land from a family named the Tilley's. They started clearing and working the land by building a corn crib, barn, wooden house and hiring people from the surrounding roads to work on the farm. As the work grew so did the family. My great-grandfather, Claude had 5 brothers and 3 sisters. The farm consisted of cattle, horses, chickens and donkeys. They planted vegetable gardens, flower gardens and tended to the land as needed. The local school house was located at the lower end of Pressley Creek so the children were able to walk and attend school. After several years of living in the wooden house, Henry decided to build a rock house on the land. During this process the wooden house was torn down so the wood could be used in the rock house which meant that the girls and their mother would sleep in the com crib and the boys along with Henry would sleep in the barn. The rock to build the new house was collected from the land by using a sled pulled by the donkeys or horses. An unknown gentleman who was a carpenter came and stayed with the family during this period to help Henry and his sons build the house. Since my great-grandfather was the oldest son he learned how to run electric wiring in the house and the next oldest son, Howard learned how to be a carpenter. Over the years the house has been known as the Henry Taylor house. In 2001, my mother bought this house from my great-grandmother. We moved in during the month of March and all I can remember thinking was how cool it was to be living in the same house that my great-great- grandfather had built for his family back in 1916. I wish that the rooms of the house could tell stories of the past. Three generations of the Taylor family have lived in the house to date. The first thing that I learned from the house was that a rock house is ALWAYS cold. The wood floors are made from white oak and maple trees off of the land. They creak with certain steps, the walls are covered in old bead board and no room is level. Outside we have a can house. The spring that we still get our water from use to run through the can house to keep the entire canned goods cool in the summer. There are old items from dishes, jars and antiques all from years ago stored in there now. When I step in this rock can house, the temperature drops so I feel the chill of cold air against my skin it's damp and dark but there's loads of history that can be felt simply by the atmosphere. 125 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 Thankfully my mom thought enough about keeping the house in the family and teaching me about my heritage, so I am fortunate to be able to see a little bit of how it was in 1916, but for me it's mainly all v_y about family history and keeping the memories alive. Summer Dakota Watson is the daughter of Ronnie and Sanji Watson. She is plans to attend Southwestern Community College and to pursue a Nursing degree. Following is her essay. The Importance of Family For all of my life, family has been a big part of my life. I was always taught that when all else fails, your family will be there for you. My grandfather came from a family of eleven, and my grandmother from a family of four. I have been fortunate enough in my life to have many great aunts and uncles also be a part of my life. Two of my favorites were my great-great aunt Jane Shook Chastain and my great-great uncle Fate Shook. Aunt Jane was always willing to talk to me and tell me things about the family and about life. Uncle Fate was always teasing me and showing me love. My grandparents have all gone except for one of my grandmothers, but I still have lots of other relatives that care about me and pray that I make the right choices in my life. Family gatherings are an important part of who I am. We always go to family reunions and cemetery decorations, and any other event that might be happening. When someone in our family, or a family friend passes away, I was taught that you took food to the family and try to help them in anyway you can. When someone is in need, you help them, however you can. I have been taught that you help everyone, because that could easily be you in that condition. I was always taught that the older generation had a lot to teach the younger generations. They have had - j trials and troubles, but they also had joys and good things happen to them. We can learn a lot from them ^—^ by just listening to what they have to tell us. Sometimes we think that they are old and don't know about things, but in reality, they have experienced many of the same things as we have. I consider myself lucky for having my grandmother with me for ten years. She taught me a lot about different kinds of things. I would help her cook, can garden vegetables, and just spend time with her telling me stories. She and I would have fun baking cakes for cakewalks and making sugar toast. Friday nights I would always stay with her. That was our special time. On Saturday mornings, we would get up and I would fix breakfast for the two of us. Some of my cousins, who are close to me, have always been there in my life. They have opened their hearts to me, and helped me to be a better person. They have taught me the life lessons of living a Godly life and putting others before myself. They have praised me when I have done well, talked to me when I have not lived up to my potential and offered advice when I needed it. My mother has also tried to teach me the importance of family and who you are. I have helped her over the years with the family history. I would go with her to cemeteries, to the courthouse, spend hours looking at old photographs and talking to older people about our family. I have grown up hearing stories about who I am related to and how we are related. Family to me, is one of the most important things in my life. They have helped make me into the person that I am, and will lead me to the person I need to be. W 126 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 C * _ O T h e F a m i l y o f J a m e s B . a n d E l i z a b e t h J a n e P a r r i s B e a r d By Larry Crawford James B. Beard (13- May 1844 - 23 Jul 1935) was one of the sons of Thomas and Mary Roberts Beard, enumerated as Family # 1059 in the Haywood County, North Carolina Census of 1850. Technically in Haywood, the family actually lived somewhere in the Scotts Creek - Beta area of present Jackson County. After enlisting in Jackson County on 30 May 1861 (organized into Company B of the North Carolina 25th Regiment) he was then discharged 16 Jul 1862 for being "underage." We can find no other official records concerning Civil War service, but there is a possibility that he was somehow involved with the Thomas Legion. James Beard then married (24 Apr 1865 - Jackson County), Elizabeth Jane Parris, seventh of the eight daughters of James Parris and Amy McEntire. Elizabeth Jane was born 22 Jan 1842 and died 21 Dec 1933. According to a Bryson City Times article in the early 1930's (prior to the death of Jane or James), both were born "near Beta ... and lived there until two years after their marriage an moved to Swain County in 1866... For 35 years they lived on Indian Creek near Bryson City." The article also mentions James Beard's expertise with bear and coon hunting, and Jane's loyalty to the Baptist Church, presumably the one on Indian Creek. James and Elizabeth Jane are buried in the Deep Creek Cemetery near the park entrance. The 1870 Census for Jackson County, reveals Deep Creek family #22-23 as James and "Betsy Jane." They have two children at the time, Mary M., age 3, and Thaddens G. age 1. Shown as family #14 in Charleston township of Swain County in 1880, this family apparently already resided on Indian Creek. This 1880 enumeration shows Mary as age 12, Emoline as age 10, Martha M. as age 8, and Thaddeus G. as age 11. Beard Children and Grandchildren The oldest of the Beard children was Mary Modenia, born 18 Feb 1866. She married (21 Sep 1882 - Swain County) James LaFayette Wiggins (6 Jul 1857 - 23 Jun 1954). Mary Modenia died 13 Apr 1950, and is buried with her husband in Deep Creek Cemetery. Mary Modenia reported I 1910 that she was the mother of eleven children, ten of them living. The Wiggins children were as follows: (1) Louisa J. Wiggins (25 Dec 1883 - 29 Jun 1972) married Tildon Branton. They are buried in Swain Memorial Park. (2) Elizabeth (Eliza) M. Wiggins (1886 - 1979) married Lawrence Nicholson. Buried in Green Hills Cemetery, Burlington, Washington. (3) James M. Wiggins (born 20 Nov 1888) registered for the 1917 required draft in Bessemer, Alabama, and is on the 1930 Census in Birmingham. (4) Laura Belle Wiggins (born 3 Apr 1890) married Fred Brendle. (5) Martha E. Wiggins (27 Jul 1893 - 24 Nov 1978) married Harley Clingon Freeman. Buried Evergreen Cemetery in Charlotte. (6) Cora Wiggins (1899 - 1954) married Zell Stillwell. They are buried in Thomas Cemetery at Qualla. (7) Theodore Lewis Wiggins (born 6 Mar 1900-9 Sep 1984) lived in Washington state in 1930 and 1940, but died in Pasco, Florida. Wife's given name was Gladys. 127 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 (8) Grover Cleveland Wiggins (25 Oct 1902 - 23 Feb 1923) buried Thomas Memorial Cemetery. \_/ (9) Sallie May Wiggins (28 Mar 1 9 0 5 - 1 8 Oct 2005) married Charles Montgomery Hyatt. Buried in Calvary Episcopal Churchyard, Fletcher, North Carolina. (10)Lucy Wiggins (1 Nov 1908 - 2000) married William M. Cooper. Buried Green Hills Cemetery, Burlington, Washington. (One can surmise that the child who died was born between Martha and Cora.) Also in this family in 1920 Census is small boy listed as Lee, a grandson, born about 1915. He Married Mildred Estes in Swain County in 1938, giving J. L. and Mary as his parents. Lee is also buried in Burlington, Washington. The next-born children of James B. and Elizabeth Jane Parris Beard were twin sons, James Thomas Beard and Thadeus Grant Beard, born 20 Jul 1868. James Thomas also died that day. Thadeus Grant married (14 Oct 1886 - Swain County) Mary E. "Mollie" Shuler (10 Jul 1869 - Mar 1932). They are buried I Bryson City Cemetery. They were the parents of nine children as follows: (1) James William Beard (29 Oct 1 8 8 7 - 4 Sep 1965) married Willie Belle Simpson. Buried Calvary Episcopal Churchyard. (2) N. Luella Beard (27 Feb 1 8 8 9 - 9 Sep 1936) married Zack L. Massey. Buried Green Hill Cemetery in Waynesville. v J (3) Thadeus Walter Beard (21 Jul 1891 - Jan 1968) married Helen . Possibly buried in the Sarasota, Florida area. (4) Richard P. Beard (30 Oct 1894 - 22 Apr 1924) buried in Bryson City Cemetery. (5) Elizabeth Jane Beard (14 Nov 1896 - 1985) married Cyril W. Minett, buried Largo, Florida. (6) Bertha Lucinda Beard (11 Feb 1899 - 17 May 1994) married Judson Marion Anderson. Buried Oneco, Florida. (7) Lucille Beatrice Beard (14 Feb 1901 - 4 Jun 1988) married Harry W. Winslow. Buried Clearwater, Florida. (8) Nancy Telia Beard (10 Jun 1903 - 31 Mar 1960) married (1) Bryan Jenkins and (2) Robert Randall. She is buried in Bryson City Cemetery. (9) Roy Grant Beard (12 Apr 1 9 0 5 - 1 2 Nov 1989) married Betty Meadows. Buried Swain Memorial Park. Fourth of the children of James B, and Elizabeth Jane Parris Beard was Amy Emiline Beard, born 11 May 1869. She married (24 Oct 1884 - Swain County) James Asbury Keenum (15 Dec 1861 - 8 Jan 1936). After living in Swain County for a time, they moved to Fannin County, Georgia, then to Polk County, Tennessee. Amy Emiline died 2 Oct 939. She and James Asbury are buried in Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery in the Suit community of Cherokee County, North Carolina. They were the parents of nine children as follows: 128 u Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 (1) James William Keenum (31 Mar 1886 - 17 Nov 1960) married Laura . Buried at Friendship, Cherokee County. (2) Nancy Jane Keenum (7 Feb 1888 - 7 Nov 1957) married Lonas Payne. Buried Mountain View Cemetery in McCaysville, Georgia. (3) Robert Lee Keenum (17 Dec 1 8 8 9 - 2 4 Feb 1975) married Delia Walker. Buried at Friendship. (4) Thadeus Coleman Keenum (25 Aug 1892 - 28 Mar 1956) married Laura Gaddis. Buried Mountain View Park in Marietta, Georgia. (5) John Wesley Keenum (4 Aug 1894 - 22 Oct 1969) married Jennie Reese. Buried at Friendship. (6) Hettie Maybell Keenum (19 Apr 1 8 9 7 - 1 8 Apr 1964) married Winslow Jenkins. Buried Flax Creek Cemetery in Cherokee County. (7) Hiram Bowlen McKinley Keenum (11 May 1 9 0 0 - 1 Jul 1902) buried "on the Beard farm in Swain County." (8) Roy Clinton Keenum (10 May 1 9 0 3 - 1 7 Oct 1905) buried in Flinthill Baptist Church Cemetery in Fannin County, Georgia. (9) Ralph Francis Keenum (24 Mar 1906 - 18 May 1986) married Addie Parker. Buried Garrett - Hillcrest Cemetery in Waynesville. , C Fifth and youngest of the children of James B. and Elizabeth Jane Parris Beard was Martha M. "Mattie" Beard, born 8 Feb 1871. She married (15 Mar 1888 - Swain County) Robert Lee Cline (7 May 1870 - 23 Dec 1939). This family lived in the Ela community. Mattie died 22 Nov 1949, and she and Robert are buried in the Cline Cemetery at Ela. One census records indicates that Mattie had seven children, but we can find documentation on only five. Linda Lewis Brauer, a descendant James Manley below, had supplied data which we had never found. (1) Mary C. Cline (13 Jan 1891 - 3 Apr 1980) married Robert Henry Webb. They are buried at Thomas Chapel Cemetery on Galbreath Creek. (2) Catherine (Kate) Cline (13 Mar 1893 - 17 Apr 1931) married (1) Sevier Huskey and (2) Harvey or Harry West. She and Sevier are buried at Thomas Chapel. (3) James Manley Cline (5 Apr 1895 - 7 Oct 1970) married Bessie Irene Dunbar. They are buried in Kanopolis Cemetery, Kanopolis, Kansas. (4) Oscar Andrew Cline (7 Jul 1899 - 3 Jun 1971) married Sallie Shuler. They are buried in Cline Cemetery in Ela. (5) Oren Cline died at age 15, according to notes of Linda Brauer. (6) A child who drowned, again according to Dr. Brauer. Further Notes and Details (1) This writer descends from Lucretia Parris Ensley, one of the older sisters of Elizabeth Jane Parris Beard. My mother could remember once visiting in a residence in the Shoal Creek area with "Aunt Jane Beard." O 129 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 (2) In two other direct family connections, James B. Beard's sister Elizabeth became the second wife of William Ensley after Lucretia Parris Ensley died. That marriage took place 6 Jan 1886 in Swain \_^/ County. James Beard's youngest brother, Thad became the second husband of Jane Ensley Ensley, the writer's third great - grandmother through a different ancestral line. (3) Elizabeth Jane Parris Beard would have lived in close proximity to her brother Alfred Washington Parris on Indian Creek. Their niece Belle Norman Morris would have lived in roughly the same area. Belle is buried in Deep Creek Cemetery. (4) Relative to the Keenum family, I have counted Brenda Reed Sellers a friend since school days. Her maternal grandfather was Thadeus Coleman Keenum. Cousin and genealogist Bill Crawford can remember when the youngest Keenum son (Ralph Francis, or "Little Doc") practiced pharmacy in Sylva and Hazelwood. (5) If the surname "Cline" associated with Swain County enters a picture, then a logical step would be to ask Swain County genealogist Hazel Cline Sawyer for information. She provided several documents that supported my assertion that James Manley Cline lived in Kansas. The most important of these documents is a 1989 letter to Hazel from Linda Lewis Brauer, who had visited in this area. She confirmed her Cline - Beard pedigree in this letter. Her mother Yvonne Cline Lewis lived in the western Kansas town of Syracuse. (6) In an unrelated coincidence, my best friend Mike Shay grew up in Tribune, Kansas, the town just north of Syracuse. He played football for Greeley County High School, and wonders if the Syracuse quarterback in 1968 was one of this Lewis family. He also remembers the Hazlitt brothers who played for the Syracuse team. (7) As always, additional information (especially pictures), corrections, and constructive criticism are welcome. Send to the author at either the Jackson or Swain Society address. K J References (1) Cemetery markers at Deep Creek Cemetery, Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, Cline Cemetery, others mentioned in Cemeteries of Jackson County, North Carolina and Cemeteries of Swain County, North Carolina. (2) Marriage records for Jackson County and Swain County. (3) Jordan, North Carolina Troops, Vol. VII. (4) Census records for Haywood County, Jackson County, and Swain County, North Carolina; Alabama for 1930, Washington for 1930 and 1940. (5) Marriage records for Jackson County and Swain County, North Carolina. (6) The Bryson City Times (date not certain) 1930's. Pages are torn, copies not available on microfilm. (7) World War I Draft Registration records. (8) Many references from Find-a-Grave an other Ancestry.com references such as Florida death records, courtesy Ruth C. Shuler. (9) Personal correspondence with Mae Freeman Fortner and Evelyn Beard Simpson (10) Cherokee County, North Carolina Heritage, Vol. II, Article 1046. (11) Haywood County, North Carolina Heritage, Vol. I, Article 566. (12) Letter from Linda Lewis Brauer to Hazel Cline Sawyer i j (13) Conversations with Juanita Thomasson Webb, Virgil Webb 130 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 U O L / 1 8 8 0 J a c k s o n C o u n t y C e n s u s R e c o r d s ED: This concludes the census for the Barkers Creek Township. 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Ace Deitz and Cole Sutton owned a store and post office at the mouth of East Fork that was called "Deets." JCGS member Joe Deitz inquires about the Briscoe business. ^J 134 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 _ • D e c o r a t i o n D a y s Here in Jackson County, people continue with a long-standing tradition, which is Decoration day. For those who maybe don't know or are not sure what we are talking about; a Decoration day is where people come together at local or family cemetery, place new flowers on the graves, usually have a short church service, and then proceed to have an old-fashioned country dinner. At this time the men would do upkeep on the cemetery, repairing anything that needed fixing, mow the land or even clear land for further use. This is an opportunity for family and friends to come together at least once a year, to catch up on each others lives, and to honor family and friends that have already passed. ^ _ • In early 1900's people would make their flowers for the graves out of crepe paper or women would cut huge bouquets of dahlia "dallies" flowers, gather wildflowers and ferns to place on the graves. People nowadays get flower arrangements or bunches of flowers to place on the graves. Food was always in abundance at decorations. The women would always bring out their best recipes and all in attendance would indulge until they were more than well fed. The picture above is of members of the Shook family at a decoration, c. 1940's. The picture to the right is of dinner after Shook Cemetery decoration day c. 1970's. Front row; Ruby Jean S. Woodard, Joyce Eucella S. Moore Presley, Opal Lee S. Wilson. Back row; Woodie Willene S. Talley, Dessie Shook Brown and Grover Brown. 135 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 Here is a partial listing of Decoration days of cemeteries mostly in the southeastern section of Jackson County. Please feel free to contact us with any other dates or cemeteries that we have not included. V J DATE JULY 4m Sunday 4th Sunday AUGUST 1st Sunday 2nd Sunday 2nd Sunday 3rd Sunday 3rd Sunday 3rd Sunday 3r t Sunday 4m Sunday SEPTEMBER 1st Sunday 1st Sunday 1st Sunday 2nd Sunday 3"1 Sunday 3rd Sunday 3rd Sunday 4th Sunday 4th Sunday CEMETERY Watson Cemetery, Oak Ridge Church Hooper-Speedwell Upper Coward Woodring Rock Bridge Big Ridge Pine Creek Thomas Brown Cathey's Creek Sols Creek Middleton Balsam Grove Harris Shook Cove Shook Mathis Wolf Mountain Lake "Owen" Blanton-Hoyle Bates LOCATION Hwy281 Canada Cullowhee Caney Fork Tuckasegee Canada Glenville Glenville John's Creek Canada Canada Canada Caney Fork Charlie's Creek, Canada Tuckasegee Tuckasegee Canada Canada Round Top, Blanton's Branch Charlie's Creek, Canada v_V Picture to the left was a decoration day at Shook Cemetery mid 1970's. People would come from all over to attend this event. KJ 136 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 C C a l h o u n F a m i l y A l b u m [Ed: JSGC member Christine Cole Proctor shares these pictures with us. Among others the Porter Hall family of Tuckasegee is connected to these Swain County Calhouns.] _ • This mill crew would have worked for one of the operations along the North Shore. _ • 137 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 y j The persons in this postcard (left) are not identified. Can someone name a pattern for the very detailed fabric background? Below workers with a crosscut saw, a familiar sight in our woods in that day v J \ J 138 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 _ • _ • Jim Wood to the left (in a double exposure?) The guitarist below is identified as Marie Nicholson, the other lady is Ara Calhoun. ' H H H H I I I I _ ^ _ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ ^ _ l _ _ _ F ^ _ _ K ^ ^ _ I _SEv^jf_^_?'~. fl __HHH__nE__Vi 9_^^^ ^**^ * *^>^B H^B^l Wm '•• \ / /•- J . S K m _ i - w ^ H _ _ a _ J l- J7"*^Si3_^ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ! ____________________B__B __T'*' _' i__«_5^V-* *" ^_i_i_i 0_B____5 < w 139 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 \ J Typical pictures for the time, the two young women are pictured on a post card, the two young men in World War I uniform, an unidentified little boy is to the left. K J 140 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 C t w Above, the name "Arthur" is legible on the back of this picture. Can someone identify these folks? _ • 141 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 ^J s^J This family group picture was addressed to Mrs. C. I. Calhoun, Bushnell, NC. As always identifications are welcomed. ^J 142 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 O I n d e x u o Adams 118 Alexander 100, 110 Allen 110, 131 Allison 133 Ammons 109 Anderson 123,128 Ash 132 Bab 110 Ball 100 Barnes 100, 101 Beard 127,128, 129, 130 Beasley 110 Beck 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108 Bennett 118 Bishop 112 Blakely 110 Blanton 112,124,132 Boiling 124 Borders 122 Bowen 122 Bowens 123 Bradburnll2 Bradley 110 Brady 122 Branton 127 Brauer 129, 130 Brendle 127 Briscoe 134 Britton 113 Brock 123 Brooks 123 Brown 98, 108, 110, 112, 124, 134,135 Browning 109 Bryant 100, 121 Bryson 98, 100, 101, 106, 107, 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 118 Buchanan 105, 112, 113, 118, 123 Bumgarner 97,131 Burch 109 Burgess 122 Burrellll8 Cabe 98, 112,115,124 Cagle 109 Calhoun 97, 139,142 Calloway 122 Campbell 122 Candler 109 Carnes 123 Carpenter 122 Cathey 132 Chastain 112,126 Childers 121 Clark 110 Clayton 121 Cline 129, 130 Cogdilll09, 112 Cole 118 Collins 97, 112, 120 Cook 124 Cooper 123, 128 Cope 112, 118, 124 Cordell 98 Cowan 120 Coward 109 Cowen 112 Cowin 112 Cownll2 Cranford 122 Crawford 108, 124, 130 Cunningham 111, 118 Dalton 122 Danziger 107 Davis 97, 109, 111, 121,122 Dawson 105,131 Debuskll8 DeHart 97 Deitz 107, 109, 110, 134 Derrick 112, 124 Dillard 98, 115, 124, 131 Dills 105, 106, 109, 131 Dobson 115 Donaldson 124 Dover 111 Duckett 100 Dunbar 129 Duncan 118 Edward 111 Edwards 110, 118 Elders 111 Enloell3 Ensley 129 Estes 111, 128 Farley 118 Faster 109 Finncannon 98 Fisher 125 Fortner 130 Fowler 121 Fox 122 Frady 97, 112 Fraley 123,124 Franklin 109,121 Franks 112 Freeman 127, 130 Frizzell 105 Fulbright 132 Fulcher 116 Gaddis 129 Galloway 110 Garrett 112 Gibbs 109 Gibson 110, 123 Gimmestad 97 Green98, 111 Greene 124 Gregory 112 Griffin 111 Gunnll3 Gunnels 118 Hall 109 Hamilton 118 Hampton 97 Harris 98, 110, 122 Hedden 100,109 Hedgepeth 123 Henry 108, 109,111 Hensley 102, 110,111 Henson 111 Hicks 116 Higdon 112 Holden 98 Hooper 97, 110, 111. 112, 124, 125 Howell 109 Hoxit 110 Hoyle 112, 121,124 Hubble 121 Hughes 97, 120 Hunt 98 Huskey 129 Huskins 124 Hutchinson 122 Hyatt 112, 128 Jackson 109 Jamison 98, 109 Jenkins 128, 129 Johnson 113 Jones 109,112,124, 133 Jumper 111 Keenum 128, 129, 130 Key 119, 122 Lanning 111, 112 Leonard 97 Lewis 129, 130 Lindsay 112 143 Journeys Through Jackson Summer 2013 Lineberger 123 Love 110 Lowe 118 Lucas 108 Luker 108 Luther 109 Lydalll Maiser 111 Mann 103,107, 111 Martin 98 Mashburn 111 Mason 112 Massey 128 Massingale 110 Mathis 110,112 Maynor 110 McCall 97,112. 123, 124 McDowell 110 McEntire 127 Mclntire 116 McLean 133 McMahan 111 Meadows 128 Medford 109 Melton 97 Messer 111 Michaels 118 Miller 100, 111 Minett 128 Monteith 118,120, 121 Montgomery 124 Moody 97 Moore 97, 135 Morgan 97,109,112, 124 Morris 130 Morrison 109 Moses 112, 118 Mull 118,124 Murray 113, 115,121 Nations 110, 123,124 Nicholson 98,100, 127, 139 Nordan 122 Norman 130 Norton 113, 121 O'Donoghue 123 Owen 110 Oxner 111 Palmer 111, 112 Parker 100,110,129 Parris 98, 102, 110, 111, 127, 128,130 Partinl31 Passmore 109, 111, 112 Payne 110, 129 Peters 108 Peters 97 Phillips 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116 Picon 125 Poindexter 114 Potter 111 Presley 135 Price 112 Pullimans 124 Queen 98, 102, 110, 112, 118, 121 Quilliam 112 Raines 124 Randall 128 Reece 110 Reed 130 Reese 129 Reynolds 111 Rhinehart 124 Rhodes 121 Rice 110, 111 Riddle 108 Ritter 121 Roane 115 Roberts 109,127 Robinson 109 Robinson 111, 118, 121, 122, 123, 124 Rochester 111 Rogers 100, 111, 118, 122,123 Romine 118 Roper 110 Runler 112 Rush 121 Russell 111, 113,115,116, 121 Ryan 109 Sawyer 130 Scott 125 Sellers 97, 110,130 Seymour 109 Shay 130 Shelton 97, 115, 121 Sherrill 109 Shook 112, 126, 132, 135 Shuler 97,124, 128,129,130 Shurman 131 Shytle 109,123 Siler 113 Simmons 120 Simpson 121, 128, 130 Smith 110, 113,118,123 Sneed 112, 124 Stanley 109 Stevens 111 Stiles 116, 133 Stillwell 127 Styles 109 Sutton 123, 131, 134 Swearingen 104 Talley 108 Tatham 113, 114,115,116 Taylor 125 Tesenair 123 Thomas 105 Thomasson 130 Thompson 110, 124 Tilson 100 Tucker 111, 112, 122, 124 Wachobll8, 119 Walker 122,129 Ward 132, 133 Warren 109 Waters 118 Watson 108, 110, 112, 118, 125, 126 Webb 129,130 West 98, 109, 129 Whitaker 113, 118 White 105 Wiggins 127, 128 Wiheat 111 Wike 109, 110, 111, 117, 118, 132 Wikel 114 Wilkey 121 Wilson 102, 110, 111, 112, 113, 115,135 Winchester 118 Winkler 103 Winslow 128 Wood 110, 111, 112,139 Woodall 100 Woodard 97, 135 Woodring 112 Woods 100, 112 Woody 118 Worley 109 York 131 Young 111 Zachary 97 KJ K J y j 144 c MEMBERSHIP Membership in the Jackson County Genealogical Society is open to all individuals who apply and pay dues. 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