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.

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Table of contents JCGS Interview with James Early Deitz • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1902 Voter Registration for Jackson county . . . Death Certificate!_of Jackson county Persons Born Prior to 1900 1870 census of Jackson county . • • • • • • • • • Carson Family Bible • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • Delayed Birth Certificates of Jackson County Persons Born Prior to 1900 Whiteside Cove Cemetery Census Blanton Cemetery census • • John Dills Civil War Letter Queries . • . . • • . . . . . JCGS Interview with Jamea Early Deitz 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 24 James Early Deitz was born on East Fork Road, Jackson County, 17 Dec 1899, to William Thomas and Emory Wilson Deitz. His grandparents were Nathaniel and Margaret Mirah Buchanan Deitz and Manson and Brunetta Cochran (Cockerham) Wilson. The Deitz, Buchanan, Wilson, and Cockerham families were pioneer settlers in the Savannah area of Jackson County. Early Deitz had thr~e brothers: John Burch, William Richmond, and Samuel Welch. There were five sisters: Ida D. Buchanan (Mrs. John w.); Lula D. Buchanan (Mrs. Tolvin); Lillie D. Cabe (Mrs. Jim) 1 Nora Lee D. cowan (Mrs. Thad); and Alice D. Cowan (Mrs. Cicero). All of these brothers and sisters remained in the Jackson County area except Nora Lee, who lives in Sedro Woolley, Washington. Early Deitz married Gladys Beatrice Herring, and they had three children: James Monroe Deitz, Marian Sluder Hall (Mrs. Harold, Jr.·), and Eunice Deitz Nicholson (Mrs. Paul B.). Here are some comments from Early: "Few people attended much school. I was luckier than many at that time. I went eight years to East Fork School, then I went to Viewpoint and lacked about a month finishing 9th grade. Then I boarded and was enrolled at Sylva Collegiate Institute for one semester. I attended East Fork Baptist Church most of my life. "Not much cash was available during my early days, but my parents had several acres of land. The home where I was born waa torn down in later years. OUr second·home built by my father still stands on East Fork. "The main transportation was walking. I worked on the farm, blacksmith for East Fork Mica Mine, and for Marson-Knutson Construction (Glenville Dam site); Ne..P.,rt News, va., shipyard (carpenter); Camp Davis, Holly Ridge near Wi·lmington (carpenter); Oak Ridge, TN (carpenter); Utah Construction co. (when railroad was changed for Fontana Dam) in Almond. I was a state prison guard at Whittier and finished my years of employment as a carpenter in the sign shop of the N. C. Dept. of Transportation. I retired at 65. Today, I still garden, make walking canes and ox yokaa, and read for hobbies.~ Another activity Early enjoys is visiting cemeteries. He has a vast knowledge of the cemeteries in the Savannah area and was instrumental in placing a marker for his great-great-grandparents, Richard and Rachel Strain Wilson, at an old cemetery located just south of East Fork Road. Interviewed by Daniel w. Deitz (nephew), May 27, 1991. 91-15 . .• u ., • . . -~0. ..~ . ' • t: JOGS Interview witp Mrs. Milmie Lee Harr'is. Arexander 1889 Otiitiiarli!iir iind' Death iMh!:ies • • • .- '· • 1902' Voter'Ragl:'s~ration fo.r''Jackson' county· . ': : Death Cert:ificiates of Jackson·'county Per~ons Born Prior to 1900 1870 Census of':'Jackson 'County •;. • .·'-. • • . · . • .. Jackson County Marriage'Regist~r ~853-1873 ..•••• Olivet Cemetery census ! ..-: •• • ·• ·• • ··.f • . • • . . • . • • • Delayed Birth ··eeri:if.i<:lates 'of Jackso'n County Persons Born Prior to +900 Queries . • • • • • • • ' · ... Charter Membership List • • . • • • • • • . • • . • • • JOGS' Inter'17ie>( wi~h Mrs. Minnie Lee Harris ,Alexander June 6, 1991 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 9 10 Mrs. Alexander, a cheerful, friendly lady of more than 100 years, was tickled to have a visitor •. The rqad to her daughter's home was lined with rhododendron and othe:r;' fl~q;.,~.;; ~+.'1 in full bloom, a,;d she commented that it was always pretty when the flowers bloomed. ' ....... ' • <:.:. • ~ ' ;· '' ••• j r· • Mrs. Alexaqder' was borri ih ~utherford County, date unknown. Her parents were Columbua··aud Rach~l ~~cr~~g''l '!f~rris; R~s:he1 was the daughter of pickson and Selena Hawkins sc'ruggs;'"iftef"C6luiUbus died, Rachel and Minnie came to Jackson County in a covered wagon. Minnie had brothers Richard, Felix, and Marion, and a sister, Susan, all.of,whom ~tayed in Rutherford county. There may have been other sibl;irtgs, '!.hoi:'Lan•l;'·~u'i:e', ">tq:chel m~rried Javan Parker, date and place .... • I'• I • •1 " (il: ~I.; i • • unknown; she di.eq A:prii'"lO·, l92p, ani! is buried at Sol's creek . ..!. r,'. Minnie Harri• married Jut Carey Alexander on August 8, 1910, with the ceremony performed by Rev. J., ~f. f"'.'~n !lt t,~e home of j1er mother. They ·had four children: Rachel (10-7-1911); Tolvin Raymond (9-30-1914); Willie Amanda (ll-6- 1919) 1 and Marga.ret ( 9.-14-192~) < •"/A'i.q whom she make.s her home. Rachel married Allen Hoxit and lives in Transylvania County; Willie married Shirley Mathis and lives in Syll7a; 'folvin married Z\ll,if: .. ~l.pholson and, af~er .her death, Jo Parker, and they. live .at Tuc~aGeeg~.t'/ a~~·:¥a7ga,;:~!' married Eldon Mathis and lives in Little Canada. When aeJ<ed how m~ny "l<~'l~?h~ldren .she h!L~• Mrs. Alexander laughed heartily and said, "Lots!" There are great-great-great grandchildren, but many of them live a~':'Y· Jut Carey Alel'~!lder.,si.ied in 1962 and is buried in the Sol's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, w~~e th~ ~lexanders have been members for many, many years. • -.) 1 Although Mrs. Alexander is .. har~ .• '?,~ ~l'!.'!f~n\1~ s~e has a keen mind and enjoys life. She laughs frequently and always'has a smile on her face. She remembers living in a "bo~ed-up hoqBe" and .. ~n~w ..b.l£,w.l.n\l J.n_ .through the cracks in the walls. Cooking was done on the firep~ce. ,She,~eot to school a little bit, not much, I _.I.. . .),." because "I didn't want to learn.'' One of her favorite .4ctivities was chasing the boys around the achoolhouSJe to kiss them, and she-- referred specifically to sterl.ing Melton, a well-known minist.er in,,.":~q_~so~<Coun~y, wh? wa11 "a little boy" when she was "a great big girl." ?he .mov.e\i away l!lnd worked 1.n a cotton mill for • . - -. . . •••• 'J. a while, but carne back and has lived in Canada ever since. 91-1 Table of Contents A King in Every Tree . • . • • • • • • • • • • . Death Certificates of Jackson County Persons Born Prior to 1900 1902 Voter Registration for Jackson County Delayed Birth Certificates of Jackson County Persons Born Prior to 1900 1870 Census of Jackson County East Fork Cemetery Census Queries . . . . Pedigree Charts . . • . A King in Every Family Tree 37 38 40 41 42 44 46 47 Ancestor worship didn't die when Mao Tse-tung purged old China; it still flourishes in these United States, rampantly in the South, persistently in New England. Almost none of us, it sometimes seems, can resist the temptation to swing occasionally from our family tree or, lacking a suitable one, invent one to match our aspirations. Either way, we can do so confident that since all of us are the children of Adam, we all can claim we are nobly descended. And in we can afford the price of our vanity, we all can find somebody who will sell us a coat of arms. Lest modesty deny you your birthright, consider the mathematics of probability. No matter how low your present social status, the odds are that somewhere in your background there was a castle and perhaps a King. And lest your pride swells too greatly, the odds equally favor in your ancestry both rogues and roues. To understand the probabilities, begin with the ancestors you know. Everybody has two parents. Working back from there, even if you aren't certain of their names, you can count four grandparents, and eight great grandparents. If you carry your calculations back still farther, the total of ancestors over a span of say 64 generations would be virtually beyond counting. If you take one generation as the equivalent of 20 years, 64 generations would equal 1,280 years. Thus in approximately 13 of the 20 centuries since the Nativity, we all have inherited some of the nobility and some of the villany of 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 people. That fantastic figure is cited in reference books as the classic example of the difficulties of accurately and honestly tracing a family's genealogy. Large as it is, it has not discouraged either the hundreds of us who every year retain genealogists to trace ours, nor the thousands of us who, skipping the genealogists, claim a common heritage with a name that happens to be the same as, or similar to, our own. Actually, the same ancestor appears several times in the family trees of everybody, which reduces the total number of ancestors but still leaves the total fantastically large. Actually, too, none of us can know all our ancestors back more than a few generations. Even in 10 generations, we have had 1,024 ancestors apiece. In that number there would be as many we would not care to boast of as there would of those we would proudly acclaim. So whether you name happens to be Washington or Arnold, or Grant or Lee, remember before you brag that you carry the genes of traitors as well as patriots. Think upon that while you reflect upon your heraldry, and consider that the least of those with whom you deal may, by the odds of genealogy, be nobler than you. Carolina Country Reader, Chaney, James (Ed) Moore Publishing co., Durham, 1973. 91-37 ------~-- ~able of Contents JCGS Interview with Margaret Cordelia Hall cowan • Death certificates of Jackson County Persons Born Prior to 1900 1902 Voter Registration for· Jackson county • ·: • • • • Delayed Birth Certificates of Jackson County Persons Born Prior to 1900 1870 Census of Jackson County East Fork cemetery Census Queries • • • • Pedigree Charts • • • • • JCGS Interview with Margaret Cordelia Hall Cowan ;, .. , 25 26 !18 •. 29 30 32 34 35 Margaret Cordelia "Delia" Hall wa8 born July 22, 1896, on East Fork of Savannah, Jackson County, to Loranzie Do"! and Lily Ann Buchanan Hall. Her grandparents were Joshua Kimsey it.\i'ct 'Ma~qaret Mal.is'l'a Buchanan Hall and ·James Jasper and Martha Ann Dills Bllchanan:' The' )1&.11, Buchana{l, and Dills families were all pioneer families in Jackson county. Delia had three brothers:. Coleman (died as an infant), Norman Edward, and Hampton Henry; and two sisters, Martna Victor'ia (Cabs) and Danah Lil (Deitz). Delia 'Ball married Roystan Duffield cowan II, and they had six children: Frankie Aileen (died as an infant), Bennie Dean (Settlemyre), Bernice (Higdon), Leo Broughton, Lloyd Wilkes, Roystan Du~field "R.D.• III, and Roger Bryant, Sr. Here are some c;omments from Delia Hall Cowan: "I was a part of large families, hardworking and closeknit. Families were large, worked hard, yet enjoyed life just· being together. We worked. together, suffered together, played together, and prayed together, but die~ separately, be~ng bu~ied in the same cemetery, where the graves ware mounded up and with no more than a simple stone or stick for a markef. "I married Roystan cowan, a neighbor, at age eighteen. Learning from my mother (who was the best) I was immediately a good cook and a good seamstress. cooking three meala a day over an old wood stove, especially in the wintertime, was ·no easy task. However, it was always well worth it just to see six hungry children, tired and hungry from work and play, gobble it all up. "Meals were always great in that we raiaed all our food, other than flour, lard, sugar, salt, and spices. The country ham, country eggs, fresh butter and milk was always so good and delicious and wholesome. Healthy food grew healthy children. "The horse and buggy, sled, and wagon, were meana of transportation, yet walking waa the moat common method. Large f~ilies walked together to church. "The rugged farms and woodlands proyided lots of acreage to farm, garden, mine, cut timber, ~ange 'livestocK, ~d· pick i~uits and berries. Picking wild strawberries in the spring, blac~rries in the summer, and gathering the tasty abundant varieties of apples in the fall were alwaye exciting. Wheat-threshing, 91-25 Table of COntents Samuel McJunkin 1725 - 1808 •••.•...... Death Certificates of Jackson County Persons Born Prior to 1900 1902 Voter Registration for Jackaon county ... Delayed Birth Certificates of Jackson County Persons Born Prior to 1900 1870 Census of yackson County East Fork Cemetery Census Queries . . . . Pedigree Charts . . . . Saauel McJunkin 1725 - 1808 49 so 51 52 54 56 58 59 On October 12, 1991, a DAR plaque was placed in Riverside cemetery, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, honoring Samuel McJunkin, Revolutionary War patriot. Samuel McJunkin has descendants in Jackson County. The great-great-granddaughter of Samuel McJunkin was Rosa catherine McJunkin, who married George Hiram Cope; their eon was William Barton Cope of Sylva. The following information was provided to ••Journeys Through Jackson'' by Mrs. John W. Andrawa III, daughter of William Barton and Bonnie Monteith cope. "Samuel McJunkin married Anne Bogan at Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church, Wilmington, Delaware on 9 Sap 1754. Samuel, son of Robert McJunkin and Margaret Caldwell, was born about 1725 at County Tyrone, Ireland. samuel came to America about 1740. Anne Bogan waa born about 1729 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, daughter of William and Elenore Bogan. "In 1755, samuel left hie home in Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania due to the Indian tribes being in a atate of hostility immediately after General Braddock's defeat in the French and Indian War. With many others, the McJunkin family moved south arriving at Tinker's creek, four milee from the present site of Union County court House, South Carolina on 24 Dec 1755. Samuel's sone Major Joseph, Daniel, and Samuel, Jr. served in the Revolution, another son waa killed in the Revolution. Samuel and Anne McJunkin had the following other children: John McJunkin, Jane McJunkin, Margaret (wife of Captain Robert Beatty), Nancy Anne (wife of Captain Daniel .Comer). "Samuel was an elder in the Brown's Creek Presbyterian Church for forty years. Recorda show Samuel McJunkin as soldier #300 in the Cherokee expedition commencing in October 1759, commanded by Colonel John Chevillette of the South carolina Militia. He was at the battle of Fort Prince George, s. c. Samuel furnished provisions to the Frontier Forts at Fort William Henry on the Enoree River in 1762. "George III gave samuel a grant for 150 acres in Berkley county, 13 Feb 1768. samuel was a magistrate under the Royal Government. He took a leading part in the debates preceding the Revolutionary War. During the Revolution, Samuel aupported the Whigs and was held priaoner by the British during the Battle of Cowpens. He waa a member of the Legislature that met at Jacksonboro in 1782. His name can be found on the firat censua of the United State• (1790) in Ninety­six District, Union County, s. c. The upper district between Broad and Saluda River elected him to the Fourth (1782) and Seventh (1787-1788) General Assemblies. "Anne Bogan McJunkin died during the Revolutionary War near Broad River in the vicinity of Rev. Or. Joaeph Alexander's home. Anna came to care for her son Major Joseph McJunkin, took amallpox from him and died 17 Apr 1781 at Whitmire, York Co., s.c. •on 17 Mar 1808, Samuel sold hia plantation to hie son-in-law Captain Robert Beatty and started with othera to the Indiana Territory to join his youngest son John. On the trail he became ill and died at the home of John Wilkins on Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky on 25 Apr 1808 and was buried in a roadside grave. This OAR marker is placed in Riverside Chapel, Hopkinsville, Kentucky to perpetuate hia memory.• 91-49 Table of COntent• Voluae 2 Ruaber 1, January 1992 Dills Cemetery Cenaua • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • . . Death Certificate& of Jackson County Persons Born Prior to 1900 Delayed Birth Certificates of Jackson county Peraona Born Prior 1902 Voter Regiatration for Jackaon County 1870 Census of Jackaon county • • Locust Field cemetery Cenaua Thompson (Buchanan) Family Bible 1991 Annual Report • • • • • • • Dilla C..etery canaua . . . 1 . . . 2 to 1900 3 4 6 8 10 ll This small cemetery ia located in Dills Cove in Sylva. Thia cenaua, taken in June 1991, waa submitted by Dorrie Beck. Robert Ulyaaee Garrett Joyce s. Dills Garrett Robert U. Garratt Jr. Annie Josephine Garrett Juanita Kohn Garratt Theodocia A. Garrett 09/13/1876 - 09/27/1964 04/27/1879 - 08/11/1971 05/05/1900 - 11/05/1966 06/27/1917 - 06/16/1936 10/30/1901 - 02/28/1976 06/09/1905 - 08/18/1984 Allan Bartlett Dilla 06/02/1848 - 07/14/1939 Celinda Joaephine Dills 10/31/1844 - 02/12/1931 Allen Jonah Dilla Cora Benaon Dills Margie E. Dills Hal A. Dilla John Samuel Higdon Laura Dilla Higdon 06/03/1881 - 10/15/1961 06/25/1884 - 10/14/1953 12/21/1910 - 05/21/1915 07/09/1909 - 07/18/1909 02/16/1873 - 04/26/1965 05/26/1875 - 06/07/1968 Jamee Earneat Woolley, Sr. 12/08/1918 - 08/30/1991 Theodoaia Dilla Died 10/05/1901 Age 22y, 6m, 15d Iaola Dilla Thoaa• Guy B. Thoma• Infant Thomas Lois Leslie Bryaon Thaddeua Clingman Bryson Cleoma Haaeltine Bryaon 01/04/1873 - 09/28/1952 08/10/1903 - 08/30/1903 [Son of B.W. & Isola] Diad 05/08/1900 [Son of B.W. and Isola Thomas] 11/11/1899 - 07/31/1901 (Son of T.C. & Tina] 05/17/1869 - 07/28/1965 07/02/1876 - 09/19/1963 05/28/1871 - 11/25/1925 04/17/1901 - 06/17/1921 John s. Forater Lexoua Dilla Forater Marjorie Forater 03/14/1921- 01/13/1928 (G-dau of Delzamo Dills Foratar] Etna Dill• Forater William Allan Forster Patricia W[oolley) Burton 02/11/1874 - 01/13/1956 07/11/1909 - 04/03/1961 07/26/1942 - 02/03/1981 92-1 ( Table of content• Voluae 2 Number 2, February 1992 JOGS Interview with Ora Ethel coleman • • • . • • Death Certificates of Jackson County Persons Born Family Bible of John M. Bryaon • • • • 1902 Voter Registration for Jackaon county 1870 Cenaua of Jackson County Locust Field Cemetery Census Queries • • . • • • • • • • • Prior to 1900 JCGS Interview with ora Ethel COl ... n 13 14 15 16 18 20 22 [Interviewer's Note• Miaa Coleman'• 4th great grandfather waa Revolutionary War soldier John Stiles (l Feb 1757 • 17 Sap 1833). John and hi• wife Sarah (1754- 17 Oct 1818) raised ten children in present day Jackson County. John and sarah are buried in the Dilla Cemetery in Sylva. Ora Ethel COleman was born in Cherokee county, NC on 13 Apr 1891 to Gamaliel and Harriet Elizabeth Stiles Coleman. Her grandparents were Rev. Absalom and Jane Elizabeth Kilpatrick Coleman and John L. and May Anne Sutton Stiles. Ethel had nine aiblinga, Vivian Lesley, Bessie, Owen Decatur, Ulysses washington, Willis Gamaliel, Floria Mayannie, Absalom Winfred, Janie Elizabeth, and William Butler. Ethel waa raised in the Peraimmon Creek community in an area now part of the HiwassQe Lake district. Concerning her life, Ethel •aid, wx am the oldaat of ten children. My father was a farmer, carpenter, deputy sheriff, Justice of the Peace, and singing leader of the Hiwassee Baptist Church. I went to school, but I didn't learn much. I did learn to read and write. I began to cook at the age of seven. I could make the best biscuits you ever ate. I'd like to have some of my biscuits now." "My father used to take people across the Hiwassee River on a flatboat. When I was about 15, a man and hia wife and their two children wanted Pop to take them across. Well, they got about halfway over, and the man just got up and jumped in the river. After they got him out, the doctor said he was dead before he hit the water because there was not a drop of water in hie lungs." After World War I, several of Ethel's brother• went to Athens, TN, to live and work. Since hia sons were doing wall in McMinn county, Gamaliel decided to move the rest of the family to Athena. In November l920, they moved to Athens in four covered wagona. The wagons traveled on.present•day Highways 64 and 441. Ethel and her sister Bessie, neither of whom married, lived with their mother and father until they died in 1956 and 1959, respectively. When Bessie died in 1983, Ethel went to live at the Athena Life Care, where ahe is today. Ethel could paaa for a woman 30 yeara her junior. She is in remarkably good health and is seldom sick. She said, "When I go to bad, I alaap like a baby." Laat April, on her lOOth birthday, many friends and relative• came to celebrate her long life, and President Bush aant a congratulatory meaaage. Ethel aang several of her favorite gospel hymns tor her friends and family. Interviewed by 5th couain, David Stile• oo 20 Jan 1992. 92-13 _,•.•_ __.,.~ · -··,. • ..._~. t et·o•t: • .........- . -'-.--.._.... .. ,......._._. _ ~able of Content• Volwae 2 Nuaber 3, March 1992 Jack•on County Sunday School Rally of 1903 1902 Voter Regi•tration for Jackaon county Delayed Birth Certificates of Jackaon County Persona Born 1870 Cenaua of Jackaon County • • • Family Bible of w. H. Haaket Family Bible of Jacob Marion Shuler Locust Field Cemetery census • • • Prior to 1900 Jackson County Sunday School RALLY AT RIVER HILL CHURCH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24 AND 25, 1903 PROGRAM SATURDAY A.M. 10:00 Oponi,ng Exercite 10:10 Address of welcome: T. G. Picklesimer Re-.poMe: Prof. CharJH E • .EillcJns, Principe', Svtv• Collegjare Institute 10:35 Buaine .. 10:45 Song 23 24 26 28 30 31 32 10:50 Addr .. t, wHow to get more ot our young people into Sunday Schoot•; R. F. Jerren. General discussion led by R. V. Btown P.M. P.M. SUNDAY 11:15 In what weya can thit AISociation promote the best interst in Sunday School Work; Protident 0. H. Harris, General ditoussion led by T. C. Bryaon 11:55 Song 12:00 1:00 1:05 BIISktt Oinner Song Velue of the Sunday School to the Social and Intellectual Ufe of the Community; Mia• Nollie Smith, (Essay! General diacu11ion led by J. N. Wilson •nd J. Long, S•n. 1:45 Spiritual re.Wll: Reva. E. Myers end T. F. Deitz. General discuaeion 2:15 2:20 8:00 Song Bueineet Lecture: Prof. R. L. Media on A.M. 10:00 Union Sundey School oonducted by President 0. H. Harris 11:00 Sennon By Rev. T. F. Deitz 12:00 Beeket Dinner 1 :00 Mas• Meeting of Sundey School Children, Singang, Addr .. eOI to the children. by Mrs. D. H. Herrie, W. l. Heneon, end othore 2:00 Report• end edjourrwnent Submitted by Jo Ann Smith 92-23 ·---------··----· \. Table of contents Volume 2 Huaber 4, April 1992 Death certificates of Jackson County Persona Born Prior to 1900 1890 Programme from W.H.H. Huqhea• Academic School 1870 Census of Jackson County • • • • • • • . 1902 Voter Registration for Jackson county 1890 Tuckaseigee Democrat: Items of Interest Queries • • • • • ., 33 35 36 36 40 42 ~ .. ' ) Death Certificates of Jackson County Persona Boru Prior to 1900 (Abstracted froa recorda in Jackson county Register of Deeds' Office) Volume IV 1917 Key to _,_: Name of dcecaNd, p!Ke of binb, dato ot bitlb, da1c of dalh, f1lher'• name, pUce of binh, mother'• nam., pJ1ce of binh, infonn&Dt, addreu, placo of burial Allen, Robt., not given, NC, 02-09-1917, Sylva, sam Allan, NC, not given, not given, Nc, sam Allen, Sylva, Keener Ashe, Talmage, 06-12-1890, Canada, 05-27-1917, Canada, Coleman Ash, not given, Martha Broom, NC, John Ashe, Argura, Sols Creak Baxter, Mary, Age 73, NC, 07-23-1917, Sylva, Joe Cockrem, NC, unknown, NC, Lawrence Hyatt, 'sylva, Beta Bentley, Lydia R., 10-02-1863, Macon County, 07-24-1917, Hamburg, !sam Franks, Macon County, Sara Jennings, Macon County, J.F. Franks, Glenville, Glenville Bigmeat, Adam, Age 24, Jackson County, 07-14-1917, Qualla, Sigett Bigmeat, Graham County, not given, Jackson County, Isach Bigmeat, Whittier, •on Soco" Bigwitch, Mrs. Arcie, Abt 1850, NC, 07-14-1917, Qualla, John Larch, NC, Nancy Larch, NC, R.O. Holt, Cherokee, Jackson County Bradley, Mattie, 01-14-1692, NC, 04-22-1917, Dillsboro, Thomas Hastings, TN, Eppe(?) More, TN, Thomas Hastings, Sylva, Sylva Broom, Talmage, 04-20-1896, NC, 10-27-1917, Sylva, Milas Broom, NC, not given, not given, NC, J.C. Ingram, Sylva, Argura Broom, Talmage [duplicate], 10-18-1896, not given, 10-27-1917, Canada,R.M. Broom, NC, Texada Mathia, NC, R.M. Broom, Argura, Oak Ridge Brown, George Monroe, 12-25-1882, Barker's Creek, 03-03-1917, Barker's Creek, David Brown, GA, Mary Ann Davia, NC, Willie Brown, Dillsboro, Keener Brown, Lela, 08-06-1890, Jackson county, 06-17-1917, canada, John Long, NC, Laura Aahe, NC, J.R. Brown, Argura, Rich Mountain Brown, Lon, 05-30-1886, Jackson canada, 03-01-1917, canada, John Brown, Nc, Sarah Alexander, NC, Sarah Dawson, Argura, Sols Creek Bryaon, Adlll!l, Abt 57, NC, 10-11-1917, Sylva, not given, not _given, not given, not given, ·John Bryson, Sylva, Beta 92-33 -------------------··-·-·· Table of Contents Vol~e 2 Number 5, May 1992 JCGS _Interview with Lou ·Annie Be.ck ••••••• 1902 Voter Registration for Jackson county Death Certificates of Jackson County Persons Born Prior to 1900 1870 Census of Jackson County . • . . • • • . • 43 44 46 48 1890 Tuckaseigee Democrat: Muster Roll, Co. B, 25th North Carolina RegimentSO 1890 Tuckaseigee Democrat: Items of Interest 51 New Savannah Cemete~y Census . . . . . . • • . . 52 JCGS Interview with Lou Annie Beck In 1899, William McKinley became the first president to ride in an automobile by taking a trip in a Stanley Steamer. This was also the year that Lou Annie Beck was born. She will be 93 years old on June 13, l992. Lou Annie was one of eight children born to samuel Manus (16 Aug 1861 - ·12 Mar 1954) and Eva Magdalin Frizzell Back (13 Jun 1861- 25 Feb 1954), and she is the only one living totiay. Other~hildren in this family were John Candler, Bessie Victoria Parker, Kimsey Cornelius, Ida Elmina Deitz, Emliss Dee, James Roy who died at· the age of one year, and Shirley Ray. Lou Annie's grandparents were Stephen Jackson (b. 21 Jun 1836) and Eliza Dawson Beck and Ninian Edward (Ning) (b. 11 Feb 1828) and Elizabeth (Betsy) Ann Frizzell Bryson (10 Jul 1835- 13 Aug 1908). Lou Annie lived most of her life in the East Fork community of ·Jackson County except for a time when the family moved to Cramerton to work in the cotton mills. They also lived near the mouth of Cope Creek at one time where her father worked in the pole yard. She has lived in Sylva for the last fourteen years. In recounting her school experiences, Lou Annie said she did not get to go to school very much because she was needed at home. One teacher she remembers was Jerome Phillips. She talked of the games the youngsters played during recess, and she recalled that Canan Hall (Deitz) was a good friend of hers. Lou Annie said she learned to cook when her mother told her that she and her sister, Ida (Deitz) were going to the field to hoe corn and that they were leaving her at home to prepare a good dinner for the workers, so she had to learn to cook. Lou Annie remarked that East Fork Church was important in her life and was a center of social activity. She was baptized on September 8, 1914, by Rev. R.W. Green and Rev. R.N. Deitz after a revival. She later taught sunday School and especially enjoyed her work with the children. Lou Annie brought out a doll which her brother, John, had bought and given to her on an occasion when she was making a speech at school. This occurred around 1906, so the doll is about eighty six years old. She also told about her father working at the Hog Rock mines and bringing home rations he had bought at Dave Bigham's store which was located near the mines. She also explained that they did not buy very much since they farmed and raised most of what they needed. Lou Annie never married. She lived with her parents and helped take care of them in their old age. After their deaths, she lived with her brother, Shirley, and his wife, Susie Hall Beck, until his death in 1979. Lou Annie has impaired vision and has had cataract surgery. She also has glaucoma. She still reads her Bible and the literature which members of her sunday School Class bring when they visit her. She loves to talk and enjoys having company. Interview and Story by Dorris Dills Beck, 17 April 1992. 92-43 I . Table of Contents Volume 2 Number 6, June Volume 2 Number 7, July JCGS Interview with Eu1a Brown Hooper . . • 1891 Tuckaseigee Democrat: Items of Interest 1902 Voter R~wistration for Jackson County Obituaries and Other Interesting Data ...• Queries . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . Death Certificates of Jackson County Persons Born 1870 Census of Jackson County Shuler Family Cemetery New Savannah Cemetery Census Ahnentafel Chart Pedigree Chart l992 1992 Prior to 1900 JCGS Interview witb Mrs. Eula Brown Hooper 53 54 56 58 59 60 64 68 70 71 72 Eula Brown Hooper, born 6 November, 1898, is a daughter of J. Willie Coats Brown and Arlesia 4 Cowa~d .. -He~-qrandpa~ents-were_Javan.Benjamin and sara Jane Hooper Coward and William A. and Lula c. Coats Brown. Eula had a sister, Anna Lou Brown, born 14 September 1905, died 31 December 1931, buried at Lower coward Cemetery. Eula was married to Ransom Earl Hooper, born 12 November 1889, died 13 July 1976, buried at Hooper Cemetery on Caney Fork Road. Their only child, Norma Carolyn Hooper, born 22 November 1924, died 17 February 1926, also is buried in the Hooper cemetery. I asked Eula questions about the COWARDS. One interesting thing she told me: she said Javan Benjamin Coward's oldest child, also his only son, was Eular H. coward. Eular died at age 18, on 17 May, 1894, and his mother wanted him buried close to home. His was the first grave in the Lower Coward Cemetery. Javan's wife, Sara Jane Hooper Coward, lived to be 103 years old. Eula said the Baptist Church asked Javan to give the cemetery to them and they would guarantee that no blacks would be buried there. Javan replied that blacks had to be buried, too, and it would remain a community cemetery. (This interview took place on 24 July 1990, before the beginning of JCGS, and we are grateful to Trudy Adam~ for sharing with us. Trady said that her husband copied two photographs Eula had, one of her husband's mother, Sylvitha Coward Hooper, and one of Sara Jane Hooper Coward.) 92-53 -------~---------------------------------------- Table of Contents JCGS Interview with Harley and Flora Belle Mathis Powell Family Bible of William Riley and Dorcas Dillard Franklin Information on James S. and Keziah H. Queen 1919 Jackson County Death Certificates Hyatt Cemetery ·• Queries • • • • Balsam Cemetery Family Charts • JCGS Interview with Ha~ley and ~lo~a Belle Mathi• Powell 83 84 85 86-87 88-89 • . 89 • . 90 91-92 They are Jackson Countians by birth and residents by choice for nearly a century. They have been married now for seventy-two years. They know so much about our county and its people because they have lived here and opened their home to generations. They are the epitome of friendly and generous neighbors, always with a gift from the garden and a sincere question about the condition of the neighborhood residents. Ha~ley Powell was born September 20, 1900, at Tuckasegee to John Webster and Lizzie White Powell. This was a family of two girls and six boys. Harley went to school at a one-teacher school at Big Ridge and, like other boys of his age, started working early in life. He well ~emembers $1 a day for wages and, like so many Jackson Countians, started his work in timber. As the years progressed, Harley Powell would work in highway construction, serving as the foreman on road projects in several areas. During World War II, he moved his family to Oak Ridge to work in the defense effort. He later became a merchant in Asheville, then retired as the owner of the store in Tuckasegee that we know as Ken's Grocery. ~lo~a Belle was born in Jackson County May 22, 1899, to Jefferson Davis and Fannie Dills Mathis. She relates that her father's mother, Haseltine Mathis, moved hera from Tennessee when her hue band John was killed in "The Old War." How memorable to hear that bloody conflict referred to in the way that so many mountain people said it. She also grew up in a family of eight children, and she says that she worked all of her life, using a tone of voice that indicates that she believes everyone should do just that. Flora Belle Mathis Powell married Har-ley 72 years ago in Greenville, South Carolina. She is the mother of seven children, five of whom are living, and she tells proudly of her 22 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren, and eight great­great- grandchildren. Neither of the Powells will hesitate to tell a visitor that people in the past were better to each other, more neighborly, and more honest. They appreciate the fact that people have so much more today, but they also would rather see people with the type of character from the "days back yonder." Although Mr. Powell's hearing is not what it once was, and Mrs. Powell's eyesight has failed, one is always welcome to stop in on the front porch, sit down, and talk a while. Is this not how it is supposed to be for everyone? Can all of us learn from the wisdom of years? I believe so. Thank you, Mr. Powell, for the twinkle in your eye as you say something funny, and thank you, Mrs. Powell, for your keen insights toward both history and modern life. I am privileged to be your neighbor. (Interviewed by Larry Crawford, August, 1992.) 92-83 -·----~-------------- Table of Contents Volume 2 Number 8, August 1992 JCGS Interview with Frank Norton Hoyle cem·ete.ry CenstHSM, '·~ ~ •.. ..; c ... •. .. • '• • ·• ··• 1870 Censu~ of Jackson County • . . • . • Death Certificates of Jackson County Persons Born Prior to 1900 1891 Tuckaseigee Democrat: Items of Interest Nineteenth Century Church Obituaries Balsam Cemetery census Queries ........ . JCGS INTERVIEW WITH FRANK NORTON 73 74 75 76 78 79 80 82 One hundred four years ago, during 1888, the first hand-held camera was marketed by Eastman Kodak Company, Grover Cleveland was president, and, on June 25, Frank Norton was born in Highlands NC on Hicks Road. His parents were John and Libby Dockina Norton; he had two siblings, Ernest and Lela. Frank's grandparents were Elias (b. 1812, 10-28-1854) and Mary "Polly" Holden ( 1-27-1816, 3-25-1897) Norton. Elias was the third child of Barak (5-10-1777, 9-1-1869) and Mary Nicholson (6-31-1788, 3-26-1883) Norton, the first white settlers in Whiteside Cove near cashiers in the 1820's. Frank married Nellie Henson, and their three sons were Paul, Alfred, and Benjamin "Ben" Franklin Norton. In appearance,. Frank Norton looked 30 years younger than his actual age. He sat straight in his chair and did not wear glasses or a hearing aid. A pleasant smile crossed his face often as be spoke softly about his life. In reminiscing about his childhood, Frank vividly recalled attending his first school locat~d at Shortoff near the bead of Cashiers about three miles on Buck Creek Road. Once he asked his teacher, Charlotte Young, if he could go to the spring for a drink. She gave him permission. This natural fountain of water had formed a big pool around it. Unfortunately, Frank fell in and got soaked. The teacher immediately sent him home with his older brother! He stated that school terms only lasted about three months, then the fall season sent them out to pick beans. Frank also attended the Cullowhee State Normal School while the family rented Will Norton's place at the mouth of Cullowhee Creek. Will; Norton was a member of the board of this institution and served as sheriff of Jackson County. In 1933 Frank left Cullowhee and returned to Highlands. When asked if he knew another centenarian, Ranzy Crawford who lived to celebrate his 102nd birthday, Frank said he went to '"singing school" with him on Wayehutta. As a child Frank and his brother, Ernest, took "vacations'" from work to fish. He enjoyed ~ating speckled or mountain trout. They were real fish, he mused, much better than fish today that's been stock fed. During the winter holidays, a bunch would gang up and go rabbit hunting. He remembered receiving a 16-gauge gun for a present one Christmas. As for deer hunting, some men drove Frank to cedar Creek in Glenville. They set him in a stand and left, saying they would pick him up in the afternoon. It was a saturday morning and Frank thought he'd freeze to death. He didn't see a track, much less a deer. He was beginning to get a little warm when four 92-73 Table of Contents JCGS Interview: Sophronia Hoffman Jones Page • • Descendant List for Biram Monteith • • • • • • • Death Certificates of 1919, continued • • ,. , , . , 1870 Census of Jackson· County· .' · ~ : ........ · ;:,:_ ; .• Lineage Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . •• ! . .;.• .. ' • • 93 94-97 98-99 100 101-102 (Some fifty or more years ago, Max Ellis Hoffman, DDS, of Asheville NC, published a book entitled The Hoffmans of North Carolina. In that book was information on Sophronia Hoffman Jones Page, who was known locally as "Aunt Phrone Jones" and who, at that time, was ninety-seven years old. Bar first husband was Nelson Jones and her second, John Henry Page. The following letter was written to Dr. Hoffman by Mrs. Page and is submitted for publication by JoAnn Smith, of Raleigh NC.) "Dear Dr. Hoffman: "Cowarts NC Jackson County Nov. 10, 1936. "I am glad to get your latter. Yes, my nama was Sophrona Hoffman, some called it Huffman in Burke County where I was raised. I was born on April 9, 1841. I was the youngest child of Frederick Hoffman. My mother was Fanny Warlick ~afore she married my father. "My grandfather was Samuel Hoffman. He came from Garmany when he was a small boy with his people. His father was George and he had a brother, I don't know his name, that stayed somewhere down the country. I know there was two big rivers to cross, I think they were the Yadkin and Catawba. They come there from Pennsylvania way back I don't know when. There was another brother, I think he was Jacob, that come later and lived way off down the river in Lincoln County. Then Grandaddy Samuel had brothers and sisters that married into the Martins and Heltedrant and Wagners and Kistlers, I don't remember their names now it's been so long since my daddy told us about these things. You know my daddy always talked funny talk to us and he called it Dutch, he said his father was born over int he Dutch country and could talk a lot of it to his children. My father was in the little war about 1814 I think, but his father was with Col. McDowell of Morganton in the big war with some other furl;'en country. My father moved up here in these mountains in 1843 when I wee about 2 years old. He went back to Burke sometimes but never took us children. Be died in 1884 and was buried on Caney Fork. He was a good man, a fine hunter, and all hie neighbors loved him. "My uncle Michael used to coma and vie it us but I haven't seen any kin from Burke in many years, I guess they all forgot us in these mountains. I will soon be 96 years old and expect to see a hundred. "Come and see me. I don't have much, but I want to see more of my kinfolks. Your Friend, Sophrona Page." 92-93 l Tabla of Content• Obituary and Raaolution of Reepaet for the Rev. Charlaa S. Buchanan Items of Genealogical Intaraat in tha Tuekaaaigae Democrat, 1892 Eulogy of Shariff William Allan Hanaon • • • • • • • • Civil War Letters of John J. Buchanan ••••••••• Jackson County Namee in Hamilton, Washington, Cemetery Dills Cemetery and Quean Cemetery • • Linaaga Charta for Beau Allen Hudgina Quarie• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ob:l.t:u&Z7 and laaolu.t:l.on of leap-t for the ..... CharlA• I. Bnnb•n•n 103 i04-105 106 107 108-109 109 110-112 112 (This obituary, taken from the Old Savannah Baptist Church recorda, is submitted for publication by Chip Buchanan, great-great-great-grandson of Rev. Buchanan.) Aftar a brief illness God in hie infinite wisdom eallad his servant, Rev. Chaa. S. Buchanan, from his earthly labors to raeaiva his reward. Bro. Bu.ehanan was born February 4, 1826, and waa married to Minarvia Green in 1848. To this union ware horned twelve children, eight of whom are living, ninety-three grandchildren, and aevaral great-grandchildren. Thia couple lived a peaceful Chriatian life bearing their trial• and diffieultiea with patience until the death angel called the loving wife to the great bayondwhere there is no trouble November 1909. Uncle Charla• joined the Old Savannah Baptiat Church Sapt. 13, 1845. He waa ordained to tha min:L.try June 10, 1877, and laid aaida these earthly ear .. , took up heavenly bli .. May 31, 1911. Rev. T. F. Deitz conducted the burial sarvicaa. Whereas it has eo pleaaad our kind Heavenly Father to ramova from our midst this, our brother, Therefore ba it reeolved let, that while we bow in humble aubmiaaion to the will of our Creator, wa do not the 1••• mourn the loaa of our brother. · 2nd, That our church baa auatainad an irreparable lose in tha death of one of ita moat loyal mambara and eapabla advisers, tba Sunday School a faithful worker, and the community a true and good citizen. 3rd, That wa extend our heartfelt sympathy to the family of the deceased and commend them to the Heavenly Father. 4th, That a copy of thaea Reaolutiona ba spread upon the minutes of the Church and eopiaa eant to the Jaekeon CountY Journal and to tba Biblical Recorder for publication. Lula Aahe, W. C. Cagle, and R. W. Green, Committee Chip writes: "I got my copy of the obituary from Violet Melton (C. S. Buchanan's great-granddaughter who livaa in Savannah Community today). But later when I got a copy of tba Old Savannah Baptiat Church records I found that thia obituary is from that record. I read the ebureb recorda word for word from the beginning of the church till about 1900 and this ia far and away more impressive and informative than any other obituary in that time frame.• 92-103 ~---- 1 ' .. '-- TABLI 01 COII'l'EB 1'S Philip and Mary Bn eli .inen Dill a , , , , , Ka~at for Information for Publication ~u.al financial Kaport' for 1!192 , , , , Preaid~t'a Annual Kaport for 1992 • • • • • Jaebon County Dea\:h Certificate• for 1920 • • 1870 Jackeon CoUnty Ceneue, Caney Fork TOWDAhip Qu.ari•• • • • • • • • • • , • • , , • • Liua&• Chart, Carl Hark Barkar • , Liua&• Chart, Michael-tan. Wood , • • • Philip and Mary Buchanan Dilla • • 1 1 • 2 • • 3 • 4-5 • 6-7 • 8 9 10 (Phillip Dills was a son of Bartlett and Susan Henson Dills. He and his wife, Mary {Polly} Buchanan, had nine children: John Ramsay Dills, Andrew J. Dills, George M. Dills, Martha Ann Dills, Dorcas L. Dills, Marcus Lafayette Dills, William Allen Dills, Rebecca M. Dills, and Phillip Leonidas Dills. The original of this document belongs to Gracie Dills, whose husband, the late Jesse Grady Dills, was a son of Marcus Lafayette and a grandson of Phillip Dills. The copy is submitted for publication by Dorris Dills Beck, great-granddaughter of Phillip and Mary Buchanan Dille.) Philip Dills was born in Rutherford County, N. C., Jan. the lOth, 1808. His parents moved to Baywood County in the year of 1819 near the place where Webster now stands. He lived with his parents till the year of 1828 at which time he was married to Mary Buchanan whose parents moved from Burke County and was living near where Webster now stands. They were married on the 15th of Nov. 1828, settled within one mile of where Webster now stands, and lived there till the year of 1840 at which time they moved to the place where he now lives about one mila from where Dillsboro now stands. His companion died Feb. 9th, 1892 after she had entered her 86th year. They lived harmoniously together for teh term of 63 years 3 months L 24 days. They raised 9 children of their own and 6 "orfant" grandchildren. She joined the Baptist church at Savannah let day of May 1844. He joined at the place Aug. 17th, 1844. Both lived consistent members of the church where they first joined till she died and now rests beyond the river while her body sleeps near the old church. He still fills hie seat at the old church having been one of its deacons from the year of 1848, Dillsboro, N.C. Nov. 6th, 1895 Ka~at for Material to be uaed in "Journaya• Please submit material such as the above, Bible records, obituaries, church records, and other original material which is not available anywhere else. We also need members' lineage charts for publications. Cemetery censuses should be submitted with location of the ce~etery specified and an indication of where the survey started, i.e., southeast corner nearest church. Please also indicate the date that the cemetery census was done. Thanks for your assistance in helping to make "Journeys" a publication filled with genealogical information. 93-L TABLE OF CONTENTS Stillwell Family • • • • • • • • Queriee • . . • . . . . . . . . 1920 Jac~on County Death Certificates 1870'Canay Fork Township Census Wealeyanna Unitea Methodist Church Cemetery SnLLWILL l.6HILY Firat Generation 11-12 12 13-14 15-18 19-20 WillU. J!, Stillnll (b. 1806 Burke Co. NC, d. 1903 Judson, Swain Co, NC) manied Mariah C. Welch on 17Feb 1836 in Haywood Co. NC. Mariah (b. 1818 in either NC or TN, d. 1899 Judaon, Swain Co. NC) waa the daughter of John Welch IUid •ancy Bradshaw Welch. William and Mariah were buried at the Judson Cemetery at Judson NC in Swain County but were moved to the Lauada Cemetery at Bryson City, Swain Co., NC in 1943 by the TVA. William and Mariah had ten children. (See Second Generation #l - 10.) Second Generation (Children of William H. and Mariah Welch Stillwell) (1) J ... e 1!, Stillwll (b. 1836 Macon Co. NC, d. 18Sep 1920 Gastonia, Gaston Co. NC) married Hary PoiDdezter (b. 1843, d. 04Aug 1919 Greenville SC) on 02Jan 1867 at Almond NC, Jamea and Mary are buried at the Davia Cemetery at Almond, Swain Co. NC. They had two children. (2) •aacy L. Stillwell (b. 21Mar 1837 Macon Co. NC, d. 030ct 1893 Swain Co. NC) married D~id Green Cuthbertson (b. 05Jun 1828 Maryville TH, d. 02Feb 1860 Almond NC) on 28Nov 1853 in Macon Co., NC. He waa the son of D~id IUid Harth& Broolu Cuthbertaon. David and Nancy were buried at the Judson Cemetery, Judson, Swain Co. NC but moved to the Lauada Cemet:ery at Bryson City, Swain Co., NC by the TVA. David and Nancy had four children. (3) lliaabeth (Betaey) H. Stillwll (b. 1841 Macon Co. NC, d. Swain Co. NC) married Alfred H. Totheruw (b. 1835 Buncombe Co. NC, d. Swain Co. NC) on 29Feb 1862 in Macon Co., NC. He waa the aon of Joahu& IUid Martha Totherow. Alfred and Betsey are buried at the Weaaer Creek Cemetery in Swain Co., NC. They had four children. (4) Har1aret (Pa117) I. Stillw.ll (b. 01May 1843 Macon Co. NC, d. 08May 1925 Swain Co. NC) married Tbaaaa Patton 8.-yar (b. 15Dec 1840 Macon Co. NC, d. 07Feb 1912 Swain Co NC). He waa the aon of Joel Alaza!'dar s-,.ar IUid •ancy lather Tbompaon 8.-yar. Thomaa and Peggy are buried at the Davia Cemetery, Almond, Swain Co., NC. They had four children. (5) *manda A, Stillwll (b. 13Dec 1845 Macon Co. NC, d. 06Sep 1934, Stecoah, Graham Co. NC) married Joel Lafayette Criap (b. 06Dec 1842 Cherokee (now Graham) Co. NC, d. 03Apr 1924, Stecoah, Graham Co. NC) on 02Sep 1865 in Macon Co., NC. He was the eon of John Leroy Cri.-p and l'w:cay Mariah Hoaua Criap. Joel and Amanda are buried at the Crisp Cemetery at Stecoah, Graham Co., NC. They had nine children. (6) Mariah H. Stillnll (b. 15Jan 1848, Macon Co. NC, d. 09Jul 1936 Swain Co, NC) married William (Dick) li!=hard Wri&ht (b. 28Jan 1849, d. 14Feb 1924 Swain Co., NC). He waa the eon of .r .... iTisht. Dick and Mariah are buried at the Wright Cemetery, Almond, Swain Co., NC. They had eleven children. (7) Hary llulina llt:l.llnll (b. 300ct 1850 Macon Co. NC, d. 05Jun 1909 Swain Co, NC) married Jeaaa K. Dalosiar (b. 11May 1847, d. 220ct 1886 Swain Co, NC) on 12Jul 1869 in Macon Co., NC. He was the eon of Bdward and ll:l.aabeth Poindexter Daloa:l.er. Jesse and Mary are buried at the Lauada Cemetery, Bryson City, NC. They had eight children. 11 Tabl• of Contact• Vol,_ 3, :lumbn 3, March 1993 Veterans' Honor Roll: Rober~-Bveret; Gray.Bampton . . ...••. • Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . ! . . . . 21 21 22-23 24-26 27-28 29-JO 1921 Jackson County Death Certificates ... Jackson County: In The Beginning... • ••••. Old Savannah Baptist Church Cemetery Census Lineage Charts: Neil Baumgartner, Brandi Frizzell a s [ ROBERT EVERETT GRAY HAMPTON J Gray, aacond child of Ida Victoria Jones and G. Taylor Hampton, vas born March 25, 1917, in Asheville NC1 educated in NC, PA, SC, and graduated from Southeastern High School in Detroit, MI, in the early 1930s. Be vorked in the auto factories, participated in the Michigan National Guard, and left Detroit in 1935 to attend WCTC in Cullovhee NC. Gray was a popular person on campus, active in several spores, a member of the Monogram Club, and editor of the 1939 yearbook. -The blond, blue-eyed man worked in the bookstore and at other jobs to attain a BS in Education in 1939. White there he met and married Jeanne York of Canton NC. They moved to the Charlotte NC area vhere Gray had a teaching/coaching position at the Harrisburg High School. They were divorced in June 1941 prior to his enlistment-in the Army Air Corps. They had no children. ~ Gray vas thrilled to become a pilot. He had basic training at Arledge Field, Stamford, Texas, where he was named captain of his cadet class and selected by his officers as typical. He was in the Class 42-D, Company A. His picture was widely circulated in the national press and in Army Air Corps publicity releases ao ios "typical flying cadet.• Be then was stationed at Mills Field, CA, to complete P-38 fighter plane instruction needed prior to being sent overseas. His plane crashed and burned during taka-off for his final training flighe on 25 May, 1942, and he was killed. The weekend pravioualy, Gray had gone to Gilroy, CA, to viaie with brother McLean and family. "Mac• heard of the crash -from a radio news broadcast, and he and Rose weno to the site where they maintained a vigil until Gray's body was recovered. McLean was named as honor guard and accompanied his brother's remains to the Detroit area for full military services. Gray is buried at White Chapel Memorial Park, near Birmingham, MI. The entire family was devastated as were many of the relatives and college friends who had known the handaome, £unloving man. Be was the first graduate of WCTC to be killed in WWII and is honored with several others by a memorial marker on the WCU campus. ***************************************************************************•*~****** ·Queries My great-grandmother was Martha Lucy Cl....,te b. 1845. She was the illegioimate daughter of a Hr. Roser• from Cullowhee. This Mr. Rogers had a sister Hary RDsers who m. Juan Ch&etain. Mary los•n was the daughter of Dwid loser• I b. 1789. I kn= ohe issue of Dnid IDs•r• I, but I need someone to tell em which one was my great­grandfather. Dcvid loser• I had the following sons: (1) iDbert m. S-=antha Kuaaianl (2) Hugh m. Vinnie Parkar; (3) Dwid II, b. 1830, vho never married. Because of oheir ages, I feel that Hush and lobart los•r• are the only choices. Write or call Beau HUdsina, 16 Hampden Road, Asheville NC 28805, phone 704-298-1030. 9 3-2 l --------~----- ---· /j/93 -- Jacla!on COllllty fn the 19th Century TABLE OF CONTENTS 1921 Jaclcson County Death Celtll!cat;,;, . • • • • • . • • • • • • . . . . . • . . . . . . . • . . • • • • • • • • • • . . . • • • • • • • . . . • • 31 FrtzzeU-Moss Bible Record . · · · • · • · • · · · · · · · · · • • · · · · · · · • · · · · • • · · · · · · · · · • • • • · · • 32·33 Veterans' Hono R U ••• ' ' ·• ' • ' . ' ' • ' ' ' · · · · · • • : • • • • · · · · · · · ' • • • • • · · · · r o .......... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 34 ........................................................ 35 1893 Tuckaseio;Jee Democrat ....•...•.•....••••••.... , , , • • • 3 6- Old Sa ' ' '' ' ' ' ' ' ' ... ' '.' ' ' ' ' ·' • • ·' 37 Lineag=:c~= c~:us .·; ................. ·. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-39 Ty Ashe .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. 'O •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 0 , •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• JACKSON COUNTY IN THE 19TH CENTURY (F'or about • thirty~ period {1867·18971, the a.v. L. 8r't.Non oflWeJoh com~ tau• of the NoJlb CaroUna Bllfin"' Dtr!ctDry. Ustfno fac:ts aboQt tho North Cvollna countlea. Jo Ann Smith 111lbmlttod tho !oUowtng mawtal abotractocl !rom th- -rloo.) In 1890 the Jackson County population waa 7,343. S. H. Bryson was chUrnan of the county commissioners, W.H.H. Hughes, register of deeds, and L. C. Hall, county treasurer. J. W. Fisher was clerk of Superior Court, which met the sixth Monday after the first Monday in March and August. Lawyers were G. W. Dill4rcl and Walter E. Moore, both of Webs1er, and R. H. Cannon and E. R. Hampton, both of Sylva. J. W. Terrell was chairman of the county board of education with B. H. Cathey and the Rev. B. N. Queen the other members. C. Cowan was superintendent of schools. Three schools (not operated by public funds) were lis1ed in the county: Jackson Academy in Sylva (R. L. Madison, principal); Normal High School at Hamburg (A. E. Pickard, principal); Cullowh- School (Rev. T. C. Buchanan, principal). [Note: This material must have been compiled prior to July 1889, because Rev. Buchanan was principal of Cullowhee School only during 1888-1889. When Buchanan resigned on July 19, 1889, the school committee members, L. J. Smith, R. L. Wal8on, and William Wilson, along with other community leaders, persuaded Prof. R. L. Madlson to become principal o!lhe Cullowhee. The 1889-90 school year began on August S, 1889, with Madison in charge.] Branson lis1ecl 31 towns and post oflices, with Webster the largest population. Magistrates were located throughout the county, as shown below: Barker's Creek: William Bumgarner, Jesse F. Brown; Canacia: }. C. Wood, W. A. Oueen; ~ £2Ik: G. W. Hawkins, W. A. Brown, R. H. Stevens; Cashjer's Yanev: Taylor Norton, H. M Bennett, Thos. Zachazy; Cullowhee: J, E. Moses, Lee Hooper, John Bumgarner; Pfll!!hgro: S. T. Early, J. C. Walkins, ]. W. Jones, P. Merrick, James P. Williams; Hamburg: W. A. Fowler, Thos. Wilson, James Wilson; Q,,u,: Jas. H. Cathey, E. H. Hampton, W. ]. Miller, W. H. Thomas, Jr.; Em!!: Javan Davis,]. J. Jackson, M M W!ke; Sayannab: E. C. Ashe, Alfred Davis, W. H. Buchanan; Scott's ~ D. L. Robinson, L. F. Fisher, S. R. Cook; ~: W. M Rhea, A. M Parker, A. W. Bryson, H. P. Brendle, L. W. Allen; Webster; Joseph Davis, A. J. Long, Sr. Meetings of the East LaPort Lodge No. 385, A.F. and A.M, were held on the Saturday on or before the full moon at 2 p.m., June 24 and December 27. J. W. Fisher's boarding house and F. H. Leatherwood's hotel were in operation at Webster. J. H. Bryson was operating the Alleghany House in Dillsboro. D. D. Davis had a boarding house in Cullowhee and Elbert Hall had one al Scott's Creek. There were three boarding houses in Cashiers, those or Mrs. E. H. Bryson, Riley Hooper, and Alex. Zachary. W. B. Allen, E. C. Ashe, and J. T. Myers had blacksmith ehops in Webster; J. E. McLain had one al Big Spring. 31 \..__,. TABLE OF CONTENTS Old Savannah Cemetery Census 0 o,o I 0 I I I 0 0 0 0 I 0 I 0 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 1 0 t 0 0 toO 0 O 0 O I O I 0 0 0 I 0 0 I O O 0 O 41-45 ~k ~er Family ............•.....•.•• , •• , • • . . . • . • • . . . . . • . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 46-47 Wei lle orafn os shHlolan o. r Roll ......... . . ....... ',' ..... ' . ' .. ' ' . ' ... ' ' . ' .... ' ' · · ' · · · · · · · · · · · · 48 Ge J Hall " " " " " " " " " . ..........•....................•............. 49 nealogical Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . so 0 0 I 0 0 0 I I 0 0 0 0 0 0 o o o 0 0 0 0 0 o 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 O O * * * * * * * • * * * * • * * * * * * * OLD SAVANNAH W\PTIST CHURCH CEMETERY CENSUS (Cenous talaln fn May, 199Z, by Loah S. !loW, Holan C. Vonc:e, and Donia D. s.cll) The Old Savannoh Baptist Chun:h, founded In 1838,111 among the olda8l churches In )aclalon County, The cemetery to not only one of the oldest but la on. of thel.arQest In the county. The church and c:elTI&tery are loeatad on the right olde of Highway 441 In the Savannah Conununlty. Thla """""" begjiUI at tha top of the hlllln the cametery neailllllt the church and worlc:e down. Thera are many gzaves with no names. Mazy Sutton Maly C. Jlshe Boyd Dee Chllders 1863-1898 1874- 1948 2/ll/38 - 11!17/91 Mitchell Sutton Joseph Wlley Howazd M. Chllders 1866-1939 s/o Mr/MrS. sna. Oull1lams 1910- 1984 1/6/02 - 7/26/03 (m. Nina I 0/29/29) Cordella Sutton SDas Nelson Buchanan 1867-1953 1 LT E1cana Jlsh 12/6/1899- 6/9/55 113NC MUCSA Woodrow w. Savage Sallie Sutton Buchanan 3/21/13- 2/14189 BIVIn Fred .1\she 3/13/1889- 10/10/80 12/22/1893 - 513/75 (m. 7/3/13) John W. Wilson (Children: James, Edith, Eve, 7/8/1891 - 5/13/67 }Ignes Hope Jlahe Bfil, Wlllle, Sllas, Ida) Infant of F .M., M.C. Jlahe Lela B. Wilson 1916 ]ames Ralph Buchanan 6/6/1895 - 8/29/81 3/22/21 - 2/20/88 Daisy B. Ida Brooks d/o F .M., M.C. Ashe ] . M. Barker 4120/1872 - 12/11/28 3/10/06 - 511/07 6/8/1896 - 1/7/70 Swanson Brooks ~Brooks Bertha S. Barker 4128/1888-? 10/19/1891 - 6/3/1893 5/1/06 - 5/11!77 Lessle J. Green Infant daughter of Neal Sutton 12/13/19- 10/12/28 D.H., Marthe M. Jlahe 6/27/1882- 10/1/54 b. & d. 411411888 Amanda B. Greene Llzzle Brooks Sutton 12/3/1872 - 9/11/1898 (Thla ceiUIWI continues wllh the 12/28181 - 7/B/60 part of the cemetery on the hfU Fellx M. Jlshe opposlle the church, Jqeglnnlna Cha:rlle C. Sutton 1878- 1933 at the baclc of this section.) 412/02 - 3/21/BO 93- 41 TABLE OF CONTENTS Veterans' Honor Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , , , , , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J, D. Coward/Lou Ellen Norton Family Bible Record · . . ' ....... ' . ' .. . 5 1 1893 Tuckaseigee Democrat . ' · ' · · ' · ' ' · · ' · ' ' · · ' ' · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 52-53 R h T' ....................................................... 54 O~c tps ................................................................... 55 uenes .............. .. .......... ...... ............... 55 Old Savannah Baptist Church Cemetery Census ............... : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : . ~~-58 Coward Ancestry Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Charles Bruce Williams Ancestry Chart ...................... : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 60 :> (Veterans' Honor Roll J <: (Thanks to Dorris Dills Beck who submitted these clippings from the Asheyjlle Citizen. Dorris said unfortunately she did not have dates for these items.) Dills Arrives Sa!ely in Australia Pvt. Grady L. om., son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse G. Dills of Cullowhee, is now in Australia, according to a message received by his parents. Pvt. Dills entered the anny on August 18, 1941, and was stationed at the Jackson (Miss.) air base before leaving for foreign duty. Dills Reenlists in Regular Army Cpl. Grady L. Dlll8, son of Mrs. Gracie Dills and the late Jessie Dills or Cullowhee, reenlisted in the U. S. army recently. He entered the army August 18, 1941, and served 42 months overseas in New Guinea. the Philippines, and Okinawa. He was a gasoline truck driver at the front lines. He recently spent a furlough with his mother. (Dorris says, "Grady drowned on AprU 18, 1987, while engaged in his favorite sport--fishing. He lived in Medical Lake, WA.) Alexander on Furlough Cpl. Leroy ~. grandson or Mrs. Marqaret Alexander of Cullowhee, ia now home on a 90-day furlough. He re-enlisted in the regular army recently. He has served 31 months in the army with most of this time overseas. He has served in England, France, and Belgium. Tallent is Sent to Vtrginia Base D. M. '1'allant, Jr~ son or Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Tallent of Sylva, recently spent a short furlough with his parents. He has been transfeZTed from Bainbridge, Md., where he took his navy "boot' training, to Little Creek, Va. He volunteered last December 1. Young Tallent is a graduate of Sylva high school and was a Boy Scout. He was employed by the state highway department before entering the navy. f- (Dorris: "D. M. died on January 30, 1983.") 93- 51 Table of content• Veteran•' Honor Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuckaaeigee Baptiat Aaaociation Liat of Niniatera, 1931 Autograph Book of Suaan Pugate, Caahiera NC rbia 'D That fro• your Editor • • ••••• Brown c ... tery • • • • • • • • • • • Old Savannah Ceaetery (COapletion of cenaua) Stillwell Cemetery , • • • OBCGS Workahop Announceaent ; Love Ceaetery • • • • • Rule• for Genealogiata VBT!!RAHS' HONOR ROLL Froa the Sylya Herald apd Ruralite, September 29, 1943• • • 61 . • 62 63-65 • • 66 • • 66 67-68 69-77 78 79 80 SYLVA GIRL IN ARMY (Beneath.• photograph appear• thia caption)• Bard at work doing her part to help beat the Axia ia Ni•• Bvelyn Sherrill, daughter of Mr. and Nra. w. R. Sherrill, of thia city. Now atationed at Spokane Aray Air Field, Spokane, Waah., Private Firat Claaa Sherrill ia aaaiataut file clerk in baae headquarter• and i• doing work which foraerly held a full aervice aoldier froa aore actiYe duty. She received her baaic training at Daytona Beach, Fla., aud·graduated froa the aray adaiuiatration achool in RuaaellYille, Ark., before arriYing at SPAAP. In ciYilian life Pfc. Sherrill taught achool at Qualla. (~. DOtal Mia• Sherrill waa the aunt of our aember Bill Crawford. She taught aauy of ua at SylYe Bl ... utary School after the war.) JACXSON COUJn'r MAN IS PROKO'.rBDI After apeuding a abort leaYe with relative• and friend• in Jackaou county, Lt. Lloyd B. DaYia recently reported for duty at Camp Breckinridge, Ky. Lt. DaYia waa graduated froa the aedical adaiuiatratiou officer candidate achool at caap Barkeley, Texaa, on Auguat 18 •• a aecoud lieutenant. Lt. Davia ia the aou of the late Mr. and Mra. J. Robert "Bob" DaYia, who lived on the Cullowhee Road. Be ia a graudaou of the late Bilaa Da•i• who waa a large property owner in Jackaou county. DaYia ia the firat Jackaou county negro to receive a co .. iaaiou in the United state• aray. NBDAL AWARDBD POSTIIUICOUSLY TO PFC. IIICITBI •1wooc1 Baith, of Cherokee, baa received the Purple Heart awarded poathuaoualy to hia aou, Pfc. Sheridan J. Baith of the aariuea, who waa killed in action on Guadalcaual october 24, 1942. Mr. saith alao received the Preaideutial Unit Citation aade to the firat aariue di•i•iou, reinforced, under the co...U.ud of Naj. Gen. Alexander A. Vandergrift, of which Pfc. Baith waa a aember. Be alao will receiYe the def•u•• aedal for hi• aou' • aervice in Cuba and Puerto Rico prior to the entrance of the United state• into the war and the Aaia-Pacific caapaigu aedal. Pfc. Baith attended the Cherokee Indian high achool and Chilocco Indian achool. Be waa actiYe in athletic• while a atudeut at Cherokee froa which he waa graduated in 1937. PVT. PRAHKLIN FINISBBS MARINB BOOr TRAININGI pyt. Ira •• Franklin haa beau apeuding a few daya with hia pareuta, Mr. and Mra. I. •· Franklin, of Syl•a, after haYing coapleted hi• boot training at the u. s. Marine baae, Parri• Ialand. P¥t. Franklin returned to the New Ri••r Marine baae, where he will take training •• a aechanic. Before entering aervice he attended Sylva high achool. The Franklin• alao have another aou, Pvt. Blaer L. Franklin, who haa been in aervice for 18 aoutha and baa been overaeaa for aore than a year. 61 Table or Contents Veterans' Honor Roll ...... , . , , , , Whatever Happened to Rev. Charles Bracken Fugate? ... An Unexpected Resource: the Carson House Gunter Cemetery Census ...... , , ....... . Revolutionary War Veterans? .................. , ....... . Letter to john Gribble from Sarah and Thomas Monteith ......... . jackson County Physicians ............................. . Queries and Announcements .... . Lineage Chan of Betty Luedtke .. . * * * * * * * * * * VETERANS' HONOR ROLL 82-83 ' ...... '. 34 .... 85 .. 86 . 87 .... 88 . ... 89 .. ...................... 90 (F~om ihe Svlva Herald a..nd Ruralite or October 20, l943, comes this utl.cle entitled 'Dillard Gla.n Upholds Soidierly Traditions:) Friends of D. H. Dillard of Sylva say that he comes of tiqhting stock, and, although Mr. Dillard modestly says Utt~e. the facts speak for themselves. Now just "Mr. Dillard, • employed by Annour Leather Company, he was once Corporal Dillard, serving in Wor:d War I under Major R. Grecg Cherry, of Gastonia, chief speaker at the recent unveiling of the Jackson county honor­roil shield. The former corporal, after the day's ceremonies, when Major Cherry had descended from the rostrum, approached his former commander for the purpose of recalling himself to the Gastonia man. It wasn't necessarf. Major Cherry called Mr. Dillard by name and seized his hand in the vice-grip of one old buddy greeting another No wonder either! Both members of the famous 30th Division, they together had been in the forefront, among the breakers of the Hindenbero line. Under fire together in the Argonne, often for 12 hours without cessation. they had fought in the final battle that terminated ln the Annistlce, November 11, 1918. The fighting Dillard of that war is shown ln the picture of him and his uncle, the late Rlley Franklin, Confederate soldier, whose chief pride was the fact that he followed Lee and jackson four years in the War Between the States. Corporal Dillard's two sons carry on ln the true spirit or jackson county stock. There is Pic. john C., of a quartermaster corps somewhere in the far west, and Pfc. Lloyd Dillard, now being trained at Fort Bragg for duty overseas. Both were inducted early in the year. Their father, like most veterans who heard the shrapnel shriek for protracted periods, is very reticent in telling of his exploits. In the service during War l for three years, the greater part of which was spent in Europe, he was among those retained in the army of occupation after the armistice. He was on duty on foreign soil five months after the last firing. Asked for at least a few highlights of his experience, he laughed: 'Weil, the announcement of the coming armistice was about the highest, you might say. Our celebration in a little village in southern France was something to remember." 'But the fighting--tell something about that,' insisted the Herald reporter. "Well," chuckled the late corporal, 'the highliqht of the actual fighting came right at the last. How those Genna:ts ran, and did we boys laugh at them! Our fellows said they could play marbles on every one of the German's coattails.' (Editor's Note: This a.rtlcle was accompanied by photoqraphs oC D. H. Dillard and Riley franklin, Pfc. l.loyd B. :li.Hard, and Pfc. John C. ::u:a.:=.; 'l'ahla ol CQn!wts JCGS InteiViewa .. .lva Queen Daughterly Shumate ....................................... 91 Sifting and Sorting Through the Claytons . • . . . .. • .. .. . • . .. • . • • . • . .. • .. . . .. . . .. . . . . . . 92-95 ( This 'N That from your Editor , .. , . . . . . . . . . , , . , .. , , . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9S WNC Names in Darrington, WaShington, Cemetery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96-99 'The Jackson GU&Ids" • . . • . . . . . . . . , . • . . . , . , . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . 100-1 07 LettQIII Written in 1915 and 1918 ........ , ..... , ... , ... , ............. , ... , .. , ........ 108 Reprint of Page 89, September journeys• ...•............................... , ........ 109 Reprint of Betty Luedtke Lineage Chart, Page 90, September journeys• ..................... 110 • • * • • • • • * • • • JCGS Interviewa .. .lva Queen Daugherty Shumate (TM lollowtDG ortlcJe _,.c!. In tile A11!4!!!1!t gntpp.'Tim• 011 - l, 1883, oacllo rwpdnlod boR bJ ponaloolcn.) Iva Shwnate celebratee 106th Birthday Iva Queen Daugherty Shumate of Black Mountain, a cieecendant of pioneer faml1lea of the area. celebrated her 106th birthday on ThiU'IIday. She wu born Nowmber 4, 1887, near Beta in Jackson County, daughter of ElliS Worth Queen and Amy Lee Ensley. In the early 1890s her family moved to Black Mountain, where her !ather established the first mercantile store. She wu married to Lewis Albert "'de" Daugherty, a veteran of the Spanish Amarican Wu, in 1901. Her husband owned a &tore and home on Cheny Street and wu the llrst rural mail carrier, d.elivaiing the mall on horseback He clled in 1911. In 1917 she was married to ~William Shumate, who bought a large tract of land and built the home at Black Mountain where they lived for mere than 80 yeara. After his cl-.th in 1962 Iva Shumate mavecl to her present home in Black Mountain, but the old homeplac:e with orlginal bulldinga Ia still used by her family. On Saturday her daughter and aon-in-law, Mae Daugherty Goolsby and Henry Clayton Goolsby, hosted a country dinner and birthday puty at the old homaplace for membenJ of the family. Gueet8 included two granddaughtera, 11iz great-granclcl1.ildr and 111M111 gre&t~t-gzandchildran. In conjunction with the town of Black Mountain'• c«UeMlal celebration UU. year, Mrs. Shumate wu invited to attend'the chuler banquet u an honor gU8III and wu recognized u the town'• ~ citizen. She rode in the SollfWOOCI Featlval centennial parade and wu featured in the recently publi8hed "History of Black Mountain. • Mrs. Shwnate ill the oldeat member of the f'lnlt Baplilll Church of Black Mountain, which ,_. parents helped found. On her lOOth birthday, everyone in IOWD wu invited to a reception in her l'oonlx at the Monte Vlllta Hotel. ••• * ••• The Jackson County Genea1ogical Society congratul8tee Mza. Shumate on attaininq thla birthday and wishes her many mere happy and healthy years. Many of our memberll are related to Mrs. Shumate through the Queen and Ensley lami1iaa. 91 ~, .j .;, ' t I ,_ I ~ ~ :> ~ H ; ; i·l' f t Table of Contents Xn Memori~: Audrey Buchanan Goddard . . • • Vatarans' Honor Roll ........... . Roater, NC Soldier& in the Revolutionary War Penaioners on the,Roll ..... . From ·Your !l:di tor • . . . • . . . . • • . George Cunningham, Sol~iar of the Revolution Queries an~ Announcements An Xriah Xmmigrant to the Cherokee Country Norman Cemetery . . . Dillard Cemetery Smith Family Rapaarch The Tuckaseiqee D.mocrat Ancestor Lilt, Betty Cope Index . . . . . ..... Andrewa * * * * * * * * IN MEMORIAM 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 6-9 . 10 ll-12 13-15 16-18 19-20 21-23 Proverbs 31:10 says: "Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies." Audrey Goddard was such a woman. Audrey was the daYghter of James Ramsey and Annie Long Buchanan. She was descended from four well-known Jackson County families--Long, Brown, Dills, and Buchanan. After Audrey and her husband, Charles G. Goddard, moved their family to Sylva, Audrey completed her education at Western Carolina University, training to be a school librarian. In 1975 I had the privilege of supervising her student teaching at Fairview Elementary School. It was during this time that I really got to know her and learned to appreciate her. Audrey was one of those rare individuals whose love for people and whose faith in God permeated everything she did. Her commitment to any task she attempted inspired us all. She shared her knowledge and faith with all who knew her. Henry Drummond said: "To love abundantly is to live abundantly and to love forever is to live forever." Audrey Goddard loved abundantly, and she will live forever. We shall continue to cherish our. precious memories of her. Dorris D. Beck (Audrey passed.away on Monday, January 10, 1994. She was a member of Jackson County Genealogical Society.) 1 '' Table of Contents Joum•'l' Jhough Jacfuon, March-April, 1994 John Stiles, Soldier of the Revolution Civil War Pension Recorda . Prom Your Editor Family Camatariee (Piahar, Carson, Clayton, Sutton, Cogdill, Jonaa) Latter to J. H. Mathia Prom·J. T. Cathay Big Ridge Cemetery ~ansua • . . . . . . . . Formation of Tuckaaiegaa Baptist Association Social Security Recorda (Waya to Usa them in Your Research) Probate Terminology Queriee ....... . 'Index "Four Centuriea of Wamdly Hiatory," Conference 'Infor.mation Veterana• BoDor Roll John Stiles, Soldier of the Revolution . . 25 26-29 • • 2 9 30-32 • . 32 33-34 . . 35 36-41 42-43 . . 43 44-48 49-50 In re&ponae to our queat to find and print information on Revolutionary War vaterana of Jackson County, JCGS member David Stilas aent the following latter: "I am sending a copy of a family atory I wrote about John and Sarah Stilaa, my graat-great­great- great-grandparenta. Although John fought for Georgia during the Revolutionary War, ha lived in the Jackson County araa from 1780 until hia death in 1833. When I found John and Sarah's gravea in Dilla Cemetery in 1992, they were marked only with concrete block& laval with the ground. I aant a copy of John'a war recorda to the Veteran•' Affair• Office in lfaahington, and they ••nt me a free bron:• marker for John's grave. On July 22, 1992, aome of my cou&ina and I placed the marker at John's grave. I am now collecting donation• from John and Sarah's deacendante to purchase a bronze marker for Sarah'• grave.• David'& atory waa included in Jackson County Heritage, Volume I, and pertinent detail• are excerpted here. Jolm Stiles, born J'abruary 1, 1757, enlisted in the Continental Line in Savannah, Georgia, on March 4, 1776. He eerved thirteen months in Captain John Green'• Sixth Company under Lt. Col. Joaeph Habersham of the Georgia Battalion. Apparently he waa a good aoldier, for he achieved the rank of eergeant before he wae discharged on April 4, 1777. Strong Britieh aympathiee vera widespread in many of the southern atatea during the Revolutionary War. Since General George Washington waa holding the Rngliah at bay in the New England etatae, the Britiah forcaa, therefore, decided to atep up their southern campaign not long after John' a discharge. Savannah waa captured December 29, 1778, followed cloaaly by aeveral other Georgia citiea. Thia increaaing Britieh threat ia moat likely the raaaon John moved hia family northward into weatern North Carolina. In 1798 he bought land on both aidaa of Scott• Creak in preaent-day Sylva. On December 27, 1830, at the age of 73, John teatifiad in the Court of Plaaa and Quarter Seseiona for Haywood County that he had, indeed, fought in the Continental Line during the Revolutionari War. Coneequently, he wae granted a pension of eight dollar• per month beginning January 12, 1832. Perhape hia health began to decline in the apring of 1833, for on May 13 of that year he dictated hia laat will and teatament. Four montha later, on September 17, 1833, tha old Revolutionary War soldier died and waa buried beeida hia firet wife Sarah in Dille Cematery. I am proud to claim kinship to a man who helped hia countryman begin a new era of freedom for America that haa laated for over two hundred year•. 25 ·~ ....... _ ... ~ ....................... ~·~ .... -.~ ....... ~~ ... --. ·~· . Table of Coatcats Joumeys TllrtHiglt Jtu!ksmt, May-June, 1994 Family Bible Record of Charles S. and Manervah Green Buchanan .•.••.....•................ 51-52 Broughton Hospital Cemetery . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 From Your Editor: Cedar Grove Baptist Church .......••.•••..•.•.......•.•••••••.•...... 53 Whatever Happened to James H. Frizzell •.••.•...........•.•...••.•••.•••••••........•. 54-56 Resources for Cherokee Genealogy ...•••••.•..•.............•.•••••••••••••••...•...•. 57-58 Company A, 16th Regiment, North Carolina Troops ..........•.•.••.•••..••.•••••........ 59-63 Old Field Cemetery Census .....•.••....•..•..•..•.........•.•.......•.............. 64-69 Some Cook Family Information .............................................••......... 70 Index ..•.•.........•••.•.•..•..............•......•.......•.................... 71-73 * * * * * * * * • • • * FAMILY BmLE RECORD OF CHARLES S. AND MANERVAH GREEN BUCHANAN (This Bible record and the other lorormadoa listed are from tbe papen of Mrs. Cbarlty Bucbaoaa Gates, shared by ber a:raoddaughter, Cbrtsty Gates. Vou will notice that two families are included, tbe Cbarles S. Buchanan family and tbat of bit 100, Charles J. Buchanan, alona: witll some notes tbat cvidendy apply to other mc111ben of tbe famUies.) Charles S. Buchanan was born February the 4, AD 1826 Manervah [Green] Buchanan was born June the 17th AD 1829 Charles S. Buchanan and Manervah Green was married Oct the 15th 1848 Silas Buchanan was born April the 2nd 1849 Margot [Margaret) Buchanan was born November the fint AD 1850 and dide December the 28 1851 Lucy Ann Buchanan was born June the 8 AD185:Z Martba Carline Buchanan was born Feb the 13 AD 1854 Leandlr Buchanan was born Feb the 5th AD 1856 Mary Jane Buchanan was born Jany the 14th AD 1858 William D. Buchanan was born Feb the 5th AD 1860 Sarsb J. Buchanan was born Dec the 7 1861 John L. Buchanan was born Augst 21 1864 .Columbus A. Buchanan was born April the 16(?) 186? Larey (Laurs) Elender Buchanan was born May the 10 1867 Charles J. Buchanan was born September the 23 1873 Margaret Buchanan died December the 28th AD 1851 Mary J. Barker died July 14th AD 1898 Leander Buchanan dide Decem her the 15 1899 Silas Buchanan dide October the 9 1905 Charles Buchanan died May 31, 1911 Charles Buchanan was born Sept 23, 18- (see above) Hester Buchanan Green born Aug 29, 1870 Rufus Buchanan born July 25, 1892 Sl ~~~~~~~~~-_f. Table of Contents Journeys 17rrough Jackson, July-August, 1994 The Robert Lee and Drusilla Holden Award ........... , ... , ..... , .. , , .................... 75 The Tuckase/gee Democrat, June-December, 1895 , , ..... , ................................. 76-77 Queries ............................................. , .... , , ...................... 77 Long Distance Research (A Research Aid) .•..............••............................ 78-81 Old Field Cemetery Census .....•...•............................................... 82-87 Some Jennings Family History .................. · ..•.................................... 88 "One Ark Short" ...•.•..•.........•.............................................. 89-91 Jackson County 1860 Mortality Schedule ............................................... 92-93 Poston Bible Record . . . . . . . . • . • . • . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Index ..............•........................................................... 95-97 Announcements .................................................................... 98 * * * * * • * * * • * • * • • * * * * • ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ROBERT LEE AND DRUSILLA HOLDEN AWARD Mary Katherine Sherrill Robinson and Nancy Sherrill Wilson, members of JCGS, have established the Robert Lee and Drusilla Holden Award under the auspices or the Jackson County GenealoJ~ical Society, Inc. The award, to be presented annually, will honor Mr. and Mrs. Holden, who were the donors' maternal grandparents and were residents of the Speedwell community. The purposes of the award are: (1) to recognize distinguished service to genealogical activities, (2) to encourage research into family history, or (3) to reward publication of family history and/or Jackson County records. Each recipient will receive a personal plaque, and a large plaque will be placed in the Society's office to list the names of all recipients. The award will be announced to the public at the August meeting of the Society, and the first award will be presented in August, 1995. A selection committee will be named soon to begin developing a nominations process for the award. Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Wilson have made an initial girt of S1,000 to the Society, but the corpus of the fund will not be used for awards. Interest on the fund will be added back to the fund and the total will be available for special projects of the Society, such as library books, equipment, etc., upon the approval of Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Wilson and the Society's Board of Directors. This is a erowth fund, which means that others may make donations to the fund if so desired. On behalf of the membership of JCGS, the Board of Directors extends grateful appreciation to Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Wilson for their generosity and their dedication to fostering genealogy. It is our hope that they can attend the August meeting at which time the public announcement will be made. • * * • • * * • * * * * * * * * • * * • Renovation is to begin on the old Jackson County court house within the next few weeks, and we continue to look forward to an office in that structure once the renovation is complete. President Archie Crawford, Bill Crawford, and other members have spoken to one or niore of the commissioners and, while no definite word has been given yet, the outlook appears favorable. Wo11ldn't it be wonderful if we could have "a home" to begin the new year? We encourage our members to keep our needs before the commissioners and to keep working toward the establishment of our very own office and genealo11ical library. 75 Table of Contents Journeys Through Jackson, September-October, 1994 Edd Doug (Doog) Davis, Jllj:kson County's First Sheriff .....•.•......... , , , , , , . , . , ... , .... 99-100 "One Ark Short" •••.•.•.....•••...........••••.•.•...•.....................•.•. 101-104 1870 Jackson County Mortality Schedule ..............•...••......................... 105-106 Nation Family Roots in Jackson County •.....................•..•.................... 107-108 Queries . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . • • • . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . • • • . • . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . .....•......... 1 08 A Connected Gathering ..•••.....•......•••............•....•....•.••.•.......... 109-110 Long Distance Research (A Research Aid) ••................••............•........... 111-116 Jerry Frady Carlisle Pedigree Chart ...••.................••............................ 117 Charles Williams Pedigree Chart ••••••.............••.................•....•.•......... liS Index ......•................••••.....•.....•..•••.............•.••••......... 119-121 Announcements ••••.••..••..•..•••.•...•••.....•...•......••.....•..•.•............ 122 * • * • * * * * • * • * EDD DOUG (DOOG) DAVIS, JACKSON COUNTY'S FIRST SHERIFF (The Jackson County Journal of January 29, 1906, carried the following tutoblograpby or the county's first sberifJ and has some Interesting information about the county's !ormadon. This same article was printed In the Historic Webster newsletter in April, 1974. with some parenthetical, explanatory c:ommcnbl.) The author of this article was born In Buncombe County (now Transylvania) Sept. 4, 1827. My father lived where the late George C. Neil lived to the time or his death, on what was then known as Lamb's Creek which was a tributary of French Broad Rlver. Its bead waters were near where Davidson's river bas its source, with which it ran parallel but being much smaller. It was then known as Ben Davidson's river but of late years the "Ben" has been dropped. There has been a postoffice at this place for more t~an seventy years. Davidson's River postmaster, Ben Davidson, was my great-grandfather. When I attended school the course embraced reading, writing, and arithmetic. My teachers were David Hadden, Benj. D. Gullick, and James Patton. During the winter of 1839-40 I attended a school at an old Presbyterian camp ground, this school being taught by Charles McDowell Paxton, under the same conditions as the other teachers. In the spring of 1840 my father moved to Caney Fork (then Haywood County). I worked on the farm and attended several little schools tauaht by E. B. Erwin and B. B. Edmonston. My last school days were spent under the instruction or that whole-souled clever young man, J. Newton Bryson, in the year 1857. The old log school house stood near where the store house of Henson Brothers, or Painter (Cullowhee), now stands. (The store house was at the northwest end or bridge.) This now brings us to the time when Jackson County was organized, the statute under which It was done providing that it be organized at tbe dwelling bouse or Daniel Bryson. This was done about the lOth or 21st day or March, 1853. His Honor J. W. Ellis (afterward Governor) was holding the spring term of the court and appointed J. Newton Bryson, Clerk of the Superior Court. Ellis was Governor when hostilities broke out between tbe states. President Lincoln called on him to furnish 7500 soldiers to bring tbe South under subjection, to which Ellis sent an indignant refusal, or course. When the magistrates appointed bad qualified, they proceeded to the election of the following County officers: Clerk County Court, J. Keener; Coroner, Charles Bumgarner; Register, J.D. Buchanan; Trustee (now treasurer), 99 --------------------------------- ---- Table of Contents Journeys Through Jackson, November-December, 1994 News of Interest to the Society Membership •.....•. · ..•...........•........................ 123 Manilla Arizona Buchanan ............................................................ 124 Major William Hoffman Higdon ....•.•......................•..•.................. 125-126 Pine Ridge Cemetery Census ..........................•............................... 127 Old Ashe Family Cemetery ...•..••............................................. : . .... 128 Queries ......................................•................................... 128 Book Reviews .......................•............•...•............................ 129 Cashiers-Born Woman Raised Governor of Tennessee ....•...•.......................... 130-131 Long Distance Research (A Research Aid) ................................................ 131 Deaths Reported in Sylva Herald January-March 1993 ........• , ...••....••........•..... 132-133 JCGS Membership List 1994 .•.•.•..................•. , ........................... 134-140 Lineage Chart, George Harry Ensley ...•••.............................................. 141 Lineage Chart, Brian Thomas McMahan .........................................•....... 142 • * * * • * * • * * * • News of Interest to the Society Membership At the December meeting officers for the coming year were elected. Brian McMahan will serve as president; Helen Vance, vice president; Dorris Beck, secretary; David Frizzell, treasurer; and Ruth Shuler, publications chair. A planning meeting for these officers will be scheduled around the first of January, and we invite suggestions from the membership for proerams, ideas of projects, and ways to make our Society more responsive to your needs. Please let us hear from you. You will remember that the Robert Lee and Drusilla Holden Award was initiated last year by our members Mary Kathryn Sherrill Robinson and Nancy Sherrill Wilson to honor their grandparents. Work will begin soon by a committee to develop guidelines and procedures for presentation of the first award in August. The award was begun with a contribution of $1,000 from Mary Kathryn and Nancy, and the Society would be happy to receive other donations to this fund. Two of our members have recently published books dealing with Jackson County. Barbara Dooley's volume, "The 1860 Federal Census of Jackson County" is now available. Barbara compiled this manuscript several years ago while worklna with the Jackson County Historical Association on The History of Jackson County. Congratulations also to member Jane Nardy for her work on a pictorial history of Cashiers and the surrounding area. While I have not yet seen the book, I understand it is a handsome volume. These books will help to make available more information about Jackson County. An interesting letter comes from member David Stiles: "On October 16, 1994, about thirty descendants of John and Sarah Stiles met at Scott's Creek Baptist Church in Sylva for their annual Stiles reunion. Following a covered-dish lunch, we went to Dills Cemetery to place a bronze marker at the grave of Sarah Stiles. She was born 240 years ago in 1754, and the day after the dedication ceremony was the 176tb anniversary of her death on October 17, 1818. Sarah's husband John (February 1, 1757- September 17, 1833) was a Revolutionary War veteran who farmed in the Sylva community for over fifty years. On ~uly 22, 1992, we placed a bronze marker at his grave in Dills Cemetery." David is a fourth-great-grandson of John and Sarah Stiles. Our thanks to David and the Stiles family for their efforts in marking these graves for posterity. 12 3 / ,1 l' .' Table of Contents, Joumeys Through Jackson, January-February 1995 Veterans' Honor Roll •...........•.•••.....••.••••••...•..••.•....................... 1-2 Family Cemetery Project: Ensley Cemetery, Lower Stephens Cemetery ..••...................... 3-4 Thomas Merton Henson Family Bible ...........•.•.••....•...•.....•...••.............. 5-6 Queries ....••........••.....•...•.......•..•..•..•.•..•..•........................ 7 Jackson County Death Certificates 1922 ••••....•........................................ 8-11 German Names ...•.•..•.••.••...•.....•.............•............................. 11 The Tuckaseigce Democrat ......•.••••••••••...............•..........•.•.•......... 12-13 Rogers Cemetery, Cullowhee •••••••.•...••.•.......•...........•••.................. 14-15 Some Hall Family Information • • • . • • . . • . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . • . • • . . • • • . . . . . . • . . . . . 16 JCGS Financial Report for 1994 •.••.••..........•.......................•............. 11 Harry Robert Bumgarner: Lineage Chart and Ahnentafel . . • . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-20 Index ..........••.••••••••••••••.••......•.........••.....•••.•................ 21-26 * • * * * * * • * * * * VETERANS' HONOR ROLL (The followioe; article about two Jacksoa Couary mea ia tbe Battle or the Bula:e wu written by Bob Terrell, himself .. Jackson County nadve, aad was published in tbe Asheville Citizen .. Times oa Jaauary 10, 1995. It is reprinted here by permission of tbe Asheville Citizen-Times Publisbina: Company.) Brothers Recall Winter Battle SO Years Ago A couple of brothers who, like the rest of us, are beginning to get a little long In the tooth, sit by the fire these winter days and thank the Good Lord for the warmth, recalling exactly 50 years ago when they were certain that they might freeze to death before the ~inter was over. Bill and Carl Crawford, who 11rew ·UP in Balsam In Jaekson County, spent the winter of 1944-45 helping fight the Germans in the Battle of the Bul11e, one of the most fierce and difficult campaigns In the history of warfare. Carl, of the 30th Infantry, landed on Omaha Beach on June 12, 1944, six days after D-Day. "We thought everything would be all rillht by then," be said, "but our lieutenant was shot by a sniper a minute after he stepped off the landln11 ship." Bill, who fought five campaigns with the 6th Army, came into Normandy more than a month after the invasion, landing at Utah Beacb, findln11 bls unit attached to Gen. Georse Patton's 3rd Army. The way be explains it, "I bad the misfortune of serving under Patton. He was a regular Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He could be either an ordinary guy or a raving maniac, and you never knew which. But he knew bow to fight. His theory was to mass bls armor, keep probing, and don't stop." Bill was assigned to armor-tanks-and ours had a rough time of it. "Our tanks weren't a match for tbe German tanks," Bill said. "Ours were in the 30- to 34-ton range, and we were going up against the 90-ton Tiger tanks. About tbe only way we could destroy theirs was with flamethrower tanks or by calling in the Air Force when the weather permitted." Bill's division commander, Maj. Gen. Robert Grow, received a wire from Patton soon after they landed which simply stated, "Time is factor. Take Brest." Brest was on a peninsula defended by 80,000 crack German troops. Forty thousand of them were concentrated in tbe city itself. Facing these massed numbers were 10,000 American doughboys. As they approached the city, a German infantry division of 17,000 men hit them from the rear, inflicting serious casualties. But tbe Americans rallied 6,000 troops and wiped out the German division. "Tbe Bulge was a slngfest wbleb we won an inch at a time," Bill said. "It wasn't unusual to go two nights without sleep, we were on the go so fast with Patton's army. Once I went four days without sleep. \ Table of Contents, Journeys Tbrougb Jackson, March-Apr;il, 1995 Eva Phillips Ensley .................................................................. 27 Ella Blanton Shuler .................................................................. 28 Company F, 29th Regiment, NC Troops, CSA .............................................. 29-33 Some Messer-Crisp Family Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Lower Coward Cemetery Census ...................................................... 35-38 Queries ........................................................................... 39 Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 9 Rogers Cemetery Census . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-41 Lineage Chart: Mary Jane Edwards .................................................... 42-43 Lineage Chart: Stevie Leigh Jones ..................................................... 44-45 AnnoWlcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... 46-4 7 Index .................................•............... · .•....................... 48-52 • • • * • • • • • • • • • • CONGRATULATIONS, EVA PHILLIPS ENSLEY, ON YOUR JOOTH BIRTHDAY This issue of Journeys Through Jackson is dedicated to our faithful member Eva Phillips Ensley, who will celebrate her tOOth birthday on April18, 1995. Mrs. Ensley, known familiarly as "Aunt Evie" or "Nannie·Ensley," was honored with a birthday party on April 9 at which numerons family members and friends gathered to pay tribute to her. She is an extraordinary penon whose sense of humor is wonderfuL Someone told me that she went to the recent motorcycle rally held in Jackson County, but when I askea her if she had ridden any motorcycles, she said, "No, not lately." She tends her flowers, cooks, does needlework, and keeps life lively for her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends. She also reads carefully each iSsue of Journeys Through Jackson. Born April 18, 1895, to Daniel and Isabella Phillips, she has lived her entire life in the Cane Creek section of Cullowhee community. Her husband, Oscar Ensley, died several years ago, and she lives with a daughter, Ruth E~ey Bryson. Few organizations have the good fortune to mark a centennial celebration for a member. Jackson County Genealogical Society is indeed proud to say, "HAPPY BmTHDAY, Mrs. Ensley." We wish for you many more happy years! You are an inspiration to all of us. 27 JOURNEYS THROUGH JACKSON May-June and July-August, 1995 TABLE OF CONTENTS .. Queries .................................................................... 53 Words from the Pa~t: Old Newspaper Clippings ....................................... 54-55 Gunter Cemetery. Census . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Jackson County Death Certificates for 1923 ......................................... 57-61 Jackson County Bastardy Bonds ................................................. 62-64 Addie Cemetery Census ....................................................... 65-71 Eli Fullbright Family Bible Record ............................................... 71-81 Baptismal Record of Wilhelmina Rosch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Ahnentafel Chart of Marilyn Griffm Morton ........................................ 83-84 A Research Aid: Gazetteers ..................................................... 85 Amenca's Best Map Libraries .................................................. 86-90 Lineage Chart of Marilyn Griffm' Morton . . . . . . . . . . • • • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . 91 A Product Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Index (Because of computer problems, the index for this issue will follow later.) • • • • • • • • • • QUERIES From the Sylva Herald of June I, 1995: Information wanted about the following people from Jackson County: John A. Moore, born Jackson County early 1900s; Fannie Estes, born Jackson County 1900; clio Tom Estes, mother unknown. John and Fannie had three children: Viva, Mamie, William Marvin. Granddaughters of Mamie Jane Moore are seeking relatives in Jackson County area Anyone having information please call collect Carolyn Batton Key, 910-582-8486, or Joyee Batton Lyerly, 910-582-0154. Correspondence may be directed to Joyce Batton Lyerly, 115 Ridgeview Drive, Hamlet NC 28345. Looking for information about Martha Rose and Mary Crain. 1860 Haywood census lists Martha Rose living in home of William Rathbone. In 1870 Haywood census, she and daughter Mary reside with John Brackett family. Was Martha Rose daughter of William Rathbone? Who is father ofCrain/Crane children? I believe Mary to be my great-grandmother. Please write: Kirk Stephens, 16 Laurel· Branch, Sylva NC 28779 .. Seeking information about Richard DiiiJ, son of Bartlett Dills who was a son of Peter Dills and Elizabeth B. Parris. Richard Dills was the father of Garland Dills, Sam's father. Write Sam Dills, P. 0. Box ISS, Epping NH 03042. 1 . I Sam Dills publishes "The Dills Newsletter." If you would like to be added to his mailing list, write to Sam at the address given above. Searching for information on William Fleming Proffitt (b. 260ct 181 S) and wife Sineea Lott Hodges Proffitt, married in TN about 1845. John Lott, father of Sineca, lived Selmer, McNary Co., TN. Write Jack Clemens, 1920 N. Washington, Magnolia AR 71753. 53 Table of Contents, Journeys Through Jackson September-October, November-December, 1995 Queries and Requests ........................................................ 93-95 Love Cemetery ............................................................... 9 5 Deed, Property of William Sutton ................................................ 96-97 Beck Cemetery Census ...................................................... 98-100 A Civil War Letter from B. I'. Davis .............................................. 101 The Family of Rachel Malinda Frizzell and Amos Ashe .............. ·. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 02-1 OS Will of William Frizzell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Jackson County Death Certificates ............................................. 107-111 Crawford Cemetery Census . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112-115 Ad Astra, Caroline, per Aspera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 16-118 Norton Methodist Episcopal Church Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Jackson County Ear Marks ................................................... 120-122 Membership List ......................................... , ................ 123-129 Ancestor Charts of Barbara Dills Bishop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130-132 Ancestor Charts of Stevie Leigh Jones 133-134 • • • • • • • • • • QUERIES AND REQUESTS See Sutton deed on pages 96-97. Dorris Dills Beck and Helen Cable Vance are asking for help in detennining which of those listed are offspring of William Sutton, Sr, and which may be grandchildren. Write Dorris at 590 Dillsboro Road or Helen at Route 3, Box 299, Sylva ]\/C 28779. Researching the history/genealogy of my grandmother Sadie Pierson Moss Webb, bam 9May 1878 (probably Norton Community, Jackson Co.), died 25 Dec 1940. Burial in Norton Cenietery. Her children: Howard Lee Moss "Shorty" (my dad), Arthur Monroe Moss (kllled,in France WWI), Eugene Moss, Estus Moss, Eleanor Moss, Henry Moss (?). Sadie married my grandfather William Henry (Bill) Moss, date not known, or name could be James Monroe Moss. He was killed in the Red Jacket Mine in Mingo Co., WV A. Any infonnation, fonns, or fees needed, please ·send to Louise Moss Ansley, 105 8th Ave. S.E., Winchester, TN 37398. Seeking infonnation on John Candler Brown Sr. and wife Lula Elmira Wood. My husband was J. C. Brown, Jr. Write Jean G. Brown, 4295 South Fox St., Englewood CO 80110-4566; phone 303-789-2977. My interest is in the Thomas Legion and my great-great-grandfather, Capt. James Wilson Terrell, who lived somewhere around Webster. If anyone knows the location of the Terrell homeplace, I would appreciate directions, infonnation, etc. Write Donald M. Cowan Sr., P. 0. Box 186, Fairview NC 28730. Seeking infonnation on Marion Tipton Stanford and wife Margaret Branton Stanford, who were married 93 Table of Cont~nts, Journeys Through Jackson January-February, 1996 Queries ..................................................................... 1 Civil War Diary of E. A. Brown •••.•••••...•••••..•.•........ ; ••................ 2-4 -'fhe Family Bible of W. E. Brown .••••..•••...•.•••..........•....•.............. 5-6 The Family of Margaret A valine Frizzell and Solomon Frady •.••.......•.....•........ 7-10 Abstracts ·of Jackson County Wills ...•...•••....•.............•....•..•...•.... 11-13 Webster Cemetery Census ...•.••....••.....•.....•.•••••••....•.....••..•..... 14-19 New Members with Families of Interest •.•....••.........•.•••••...•.........••••.. 19 Treasurer's Report for 1995 ....•••.•.......•••.•........•••••••................ 20 Index .............•.....•••••••.••...••••••..•.........••................ 21-25 • * * • * • • * * • QUERIES My g-g-grandparents were Jolla Jeakiq (1805-), son of Jonas and Ana Jeukins, and Mary Nations (1805- born SC), daughter of Jeremiah(?) (1788-) and Nanc:y(T) (1788-) Natio- .Job ud Mary Nations Jeakiq were married Ia 1825. Census records list the followiag children: James (1829-), Naaey (1830-), Mitdlell (1832-), .Jeac:Biiall (1833-), .Job (1837-), PoUy (1839 -), William (1840-), F. Marioa (1845-), and Samael W. *1847-). However, a review of the 1830 and 1840 census records indicates that there w.S probably one more child-an older daughter. (She could have been born in 1826 or 1827 and would have been old enough to marry prior to the 1850 census.) Is there another child? Are Marv's parents Jeremiah and Nancy Nations? I would be happy to share information on these lines. Write Dr.·Merrell Jeakiq Riddle, Route 2, Box 276A, Old Fort NC 28762. Phone 704-668- 4976. Seeking information on family of Dave Broom, born Argura, attended Cullowhee High School, graduated Glenvill" High School, and family of Earl Crawford, also born Argura, died 1980. Also interested In general history of Jackson County. Write Carol Broo-, Box 411, Vader WA 98593. Donald· M. CoWllll is Interested In a connection, if any, between Buncombe and Jackson Co. CoWllllS. Write Donald M. COlftll Sr., P. 0. Box 186, Fairview NC 28730 phone 704-628-2046. Seek any descendants or relatives of wmw. Bri•va (b. 1790) and Belljaalill Styles BlrcJumaa. Write Mallie N. Davis, .Jr., Rt. 20, Box 1081, Conroe TX 77301-4102. Bryaa Aldridge offers for sale fie Greeu Family, 469 pp., full name index,- of descendant of George Wasllillgtoa Greea, Sr., and Naaey Gaspenoa Greea. Send $55.00 (includes p&h) to Bryaa K. Aldridge, Route 5, Box 118, Marion NC 2875~ phone 704-738-3437 or Carroll C. GreeD, Route 2, Box 277-A, Old Fort NC 28762 phone 704-668-7120. 1 March-April, 1996, Journeys Through Jackson Table of Contents Queries .......................................................................... 27 Letter from Thomas S. Monteith to John Gribble ........................................... 28 The Family of John Alexander Frizzell and Nancy Monteith ..... , , .......................... 29-30 Family Bible of Thomas Monroe and Maggie Eula Nations Davis ............................. 31-32 Jackson County Death Certificates 1925 .•.............................................. 33-36 . Descendants' Chart of Daniel Moody .................................................. 37-38 Jackson County Wills ............................................................. 39-42 Pressley Family Information .......•........•....•.................................. 43-44 Lineage Chart of Norma Merrell Jenkins (Riddle) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Ahnentafel Chart of Stevie Leigh Jones .................................................. 46 Index .................................... · ...................................... 47-54 QUERIES (I) Seeking information on parents and siblings of my great-grandfather Absal•• "Aps" Davis, b. ca 1827. Absalum married Didemia Dills. In 1880 census there is 3 sister Mary Davis living with Absalum. Can anyone tell me about her? (2) Jackson County marriage records list Sam Gibson (age 30) and Racbel Messer (age H) married 6 Feb. 1873. The 1880 census, Qualla Township, lists Sam and Rachel with three children, Sarah (4). William (3), and Mary (1). Rachel Angeline Messer was my grandmother. Was she married before she married my grandfather John Davis? If she was, what happened to Sam and children? Write Ocie Stinnett, Route 2, Box 185A, Horse Shoe NC 28742. Trudy Adams seeks oldest son (b. ca 1825 NC) of James Coward and Chloe Denton. Was in Haywood 1830, 1840 census but not 1850 .... Aiso seeks father of Benjamin Frank Coward, b. II Oct. 1857, Cullowhee, married Annie Sullivan b. 8 Sep 1851 on 23 Nov 1878. Benjamin d. 22 Mar 1923, Walhalla SC; Annie d. 1928 Walhalla. Only child was John Lawrence Coward b. I Feb 1884, Salem SC; d. 6 May 1926 Walhalta .... Aiso seeks parents of John Nelson Hunter b. 17 Jun 1840, in 1850 living in household of Jonathan and Martha Coward. Caney Fork. In 1860 living with Hutson Coward- John Hunter m. 3 Dec 1872 Minerva Brown, dau. of William Brown and Phaniab Rogen. John d. 23 Jan 1929, Minerva d. 13 Apr 1887, buried Brown Cemetery, Caney Fork. Write Trudy Adams, 2140 Marion St., Birmingham AL 35226-3012. Edna Smith seeks father of grandmother Lydia Alice Parker, wife of Solomon H. Parker, maiden name also Pnker. Father killed, according to Asheville News of Feb 12 1857 by a Hooper in Jackson County. Seeks any information about parents of both Lydia Alice and Solomon. Write Edna Smith. 205 Red Bow Lane. Hendersonville NC 28791. Beau Allen Hudgins writes that her ancestor, William Hamilton Bryson, was included in the book State Troops and Volunteers by Greg Mast. Bryson is pictured in uniform accompanying an article that covers his military record. :-lEW :~'!EMBERS: Louise Moss Ansley, 105 Eighth Ave. SE, Winchester TN 37398, phone 615-967-0500. Families of interest: ;\loss, Pierson. Potts. Cemeteries: Norton, E't'itt. and Highlands. Lila Jurgens. 2067 Citico Rd., Vonore TN 37885. Family of interest: Kirkland. 27 -----------·--------------·· ( ""-· Journeys Through Jackson, May-June, 1996 Tabla of Contents Queries and Information , . . Franklin Pierce was no Mystary Campground Cametery Census Thomas Ossie Dilla . . , . • . Confederate Statue is Restored Jackson County Death Certificates for 1926 Mathis Letters . . • . . . A Schoolteacher 1 s Contract Mary Frizzell Buchanan Sutton Cemetery, Swain County, and Joaaph Lineage Chart, Shawna Green Hall .... sutton family * * * • * * * * * * * * * * * * • QUERIES 55 56 57-60 61-62 62. 63-67 68-70 70 71-72 73 74 Elizabeth Barton Route 2, Box 294, Brevard NC 28712 (ph. 704-883-9506) seeks information on the children born to Eleanor McCall born ca. 1816, married Henson Marvin Cook, born ca. 1815. Eleanor waa d/o Samuel McCall (b.l769) and wife Eleanor Ellison(b.l780), who moved from present Transylvania County before 1840, and lived at Horse Cove under Whiteside Mountain in Macon Co. Will share info on children who remained in Buncombe (now Tranaylvania), but also needs info on their son Johnson McCall. ****************************************************************************** IN MEMORY OF JCGS MEMBER EVA PHILLIPS ENSLEY April 18, 1895 M~y 11, 1996 ***************************************************************************** 55 ... Table of Contents, Journeys Through Jackson July-August, 1996 Queries ......................................................................... 75-76 Jackson County Wills ............................................................. 77-78 Sassafras Gap Primitive Baptist Church ............................................... 79-83 Haywood County Bastardy Bonds .................................................... 84-85 Conley Cemetery, Bradley Cemetery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Robinson Cemetery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Mrs. Zelia Wells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Elizabeth Ann Frizzell Bryson ....................................................... 89-90 Ensley Reunion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 NCGS Ancestor Exchange Project . . .. . . . . . .. .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Types of Old Photographs ............................................................ 92 Stephens Ahnentafel Chart ......................................................... 93-96 •••••••••••• QUERIES AND INFORMATION David Gibson, 1217 Highland Avenue, Abilene TX 79605, writes that he is responsible for an internet web site that is focused. on Jackson County. The URL for this site is bttp:/!www.acu.edu/-gibsondlgenealogy/jackson. He is specifically looking for volunteers who are willing to do research in books or other materials they may have at their disposal. Bill Hensley; 114 Brushy Hollow Lane, Dallas NC 28034, phone 704-922-5457, seeks information about his great-grandfather Jeremiah Hensley and great-grandmother lngaho Quilliams. Also seeks information about William Andrew McAnless and Mary Magdaline McMahan, the father and mother of his grandmother Polly Emily Hensley. Barbara L. Stanford, I 025 Cumberland Ct., Chesapeake VA 23320-8178, seeks information on these couples and their families: Isaac Elijah Stiles m. Martha Jane Queen on 31 Mar 1874; Thomas Stiles m. Mary Ann ?; James Stiles m. Ally ? (Isaac Elijah was the son of Thomas; Thomas was the son of James.) Virginia Hoyle Wilson submits the following announcement: "The fifth annual gathering of the HOYLE FAMILY HOMESTEAD ASSOCIATION will be held on Saturday, September 14, 1996, at the Hoyle House, 1213 Dallas Stanley Highway, Dallas NC. Please bring a folding chair for your comfort. Parking places are provided, with special places for the elderly and handicapped. A menu for lunch is available and tickets can be bought when you register. The program usually starts at 10:00 a.m. and lasts through 3:00p.m. Please plan on attending and bring your family. Last year the youngest guest was a few weeks old and the oldest was over 90. The Hoyle House was entered in the National Register of Historical Places October 21, 1993, by the NC Department of Cultural Resources Division of Archives and History. It is thought to be the oldest house in Gaston County, being built before 1758." Charles E. Carroll, 7110 Alamo Road, Fredericksburg TX 78624-6110, seeks information concerning the following Jackson County families: Eva Cunningham married to John Estes in 1894. Peggy Cunningham marriedtoJoeBrooksin 1898. AndrewJ.Parrisb. 1834,d.1894. Humphrey Cunningham, b. 1846, married Cynthia Sutton abt. 1865. George Cunningham, m. Samantha abt. 1876. Who were parents of Lucy McMahan? Lucy m. John Cunningham in 1845. Who was N. S. Cunningham? He was listed in the 1880 census as the father of Clingman, Caldonia, and Sallie Cunningham. 75 ., .... ··~··· ............ ~-·-·-----~ ... --·~·-·· ........... --------_....,_ ... _ Table of Contents, Journeys Through Jackson September-October, 1996 Queries ...................................... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Holden Award ..................................................................... 97 NCGS Ancestor Exchange Project ................ · .................................. 98-100 Moody Cemetery (Barker's Creek) . .. . . . .. . .. . . .. . . . . . .. . . .. .. . .. . . . . . .. .. . . . . . I 0 1-1 04, 114 Sassafras Gap Primitive Baptist Church ............................................. I 05-1 08 The Family of William Mack Frizzell ... : ........................................... 109-111 Jackson County Delayed Birth Certificates ........................................... 112-114 Martha E. Hooper Pedigree Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Katherine Cunningham Pedigree Chart . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . . . .. . .. . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 •••••••••••• QUERIES AND INFORMATION Query: Aileen Irvin Tarver, P.O. Box 303 Warrensville, NC 28693, would like to hear from persons doing Queen research. She is looking for the parents of Reuben Queen, and noticed the HERITAGE BOOK article on Samuel Queen. She says, "We know where he lived by the census records but need parents' names. Any info will be greatly appreciated." * ••••••••••• RUTH SHULER IS HONORED WITH THE 1996 HOLDEN AWARD At the society meeting on September 12, President Brian McMahan presented the 1996 Holden Award to Ruth Shuler. Citing her many contributions to our Society, Brian concluded his presentation by calling Ruth an "ambassador" for our Society and a person who always furthers its interests. (For our newer members who are not yet familiar with the Holden Award, it was established in 1995 by Mary Katherine Robinson and Nancy Wilson, who named the award for their maternal grandparents, Robert Lee and Drusilla Holden. It is presented annually by the Society after a committee has reviewed nominations submitted by JCGS members.) The 1996 winner is a very familiar name to most JCGS members. Ruth served as the Society's charter president, and was one of the driving forces behind the JACKSON COUNTY HERITAGE BOOK. She has also been the "Journeys" editor, has chaired or served on numerous Society committees, and has been at the forefront of most JCGS activities. Her principal genealogical interest is the Cockerham/Cochran family. Ruth is married to Roy Shuler, and they live in Cullowhee, where they are active members of the Cullowhee Presbyterian Church. They have three children and three (nearly four) grandchildren. In May, Ruth retired as the Administrative Assistant to the Chancellor at Western Carolina University . • • • • * ••••• * * 97 .... Journeys Through Jackson, January-February 1997 Table of Contents Queries . . • . . . . . . . . • . • . . . . . • • • . • . . • . • . . • • . • • . • . . • . • . • . • . . . • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 1 Rooting Through The Internet ..•••••••..•..•••...•••••..••••••...•..•..••......••... 2-4 The Turpin Box •..•••.•..•...••.•.•.•.•••.•.••......••..•...•...••....•.........•• S-8 The Family of Samuel M. Frizzell and Sabina Deitz •••••.••.••••••••.•.•••.•.......••.. 9-11 1996 Treasurer's Report • . . • . . . • . • . • • . • • • • . • . • • . • • . • • • . • . . . • . . • • • . . • . . • • . . • . . • • . . . . . 12 Bumgarner Cemetery Census •••••.••.•••••••.••.•••.••.••.•.•..•.•••.....•.....••• 13-16 Jackson County Death Certificates for 1927 ••••••.•••.•••••••••••••.••.••...••••..... 17-20 A Civil War Letter ..•••.....•••.••••••••.•••••••••.••••..•••..••••••••..•...••••. 21-22 Pedi&ree Charts .••.•.••.••••••••.•.••••••••••.•••••.••••••••.•••••••••....•...•• 23-24 QUERIES AND INFORMATION William J. Millsap, 43303 E. Shannon Lane, West Richland WA 99353 (ph. 509-967-2046), seeks info on parents of Andrew Dillard Brown, b. Jackson 25 Aug 1870. Believed to be from Caney Fork, registered 19 Jan 1889 to marry Hannah A. Watson. Not executed, by reason of consanguinity. She later m. (17 Feb 1992) W.W. Thompson of Jackson Co. Andy m. (1) Forest Gibson, 1 child, Hettie Tytina Brown, b. 4Feb I 893. Forest d. soon, said to be buried Tuckaseegee in a churchyard. Andy m. (2) Etta Levada Hedden on I Jul 1894 at Hamburg; I child, Vera Mae Brown. Hettie m. Fred Bryson of Jackson Co. Vera Mae, b. 7 Apr I 895, Glenville, m. WillieS. Cartee of Anderson Co. SC. Andrew d. 10 Jan 1937, Rocky Bottom SC. Family traditions: Andy's father a Civil War veteran; possibly married prior to war; married after war to Watson, perhaps Margaret, said to have been m. to a Watson, her maiden name unknown. Believed to be buried Jackson Co. Byron Hill, PO Box 120603, Nashville, TN 37212 E-mail GBH333@aol.com, seeks parents/o Green B. Hill, b. ca. 1775 NCNAIMD!m. Martha lvey. Lived Surry Co. NC 1800, Pendleton SC 1800, Franklin Co.GA 1805, Jasper Co. GA 1812, Fayette Co. GA 1840, Randolph Co. AL 1854. Possibly connected Isaac Hill line. Dixie Clower Gallaher, 3167 Roxburg Drive West Lexington KY 40503-3441 (ph. 606-223-8642) seeks info parents of great-grandparents John Slatten, b. 1843 SC, lived Jackson and Transylvania 1870's-I 890's, d. 28 May 1906 Walters, Comanche Co. (now Cotton) OK. Moved to Oklahoma !891-1900. M. Margaret Hooper, b.l5 Dec I 848 (now )Jackson, d. 10 Jul 1891, bur. Big Ridge. Would like list of genealogists to contact. Linda Maxwell corrects the Moses Butler will (JTJ 1996,p.77) by saying that the dtr. is Jane Reid, the witness S.W.Reid. Belinda K. Teague-Levy, 6388 Overbrook Circle Frederick, MD 21702 seeks info on Jackson Co. Teague family. Grandfather was Charlie, son of George. Father is William A., b. 3 Dec 1929 Jackson Co. Also seeks correspondence with Ammons family. Grandmother was Clyda, dtr/o John, Martha. Ph. 301-473-9009. 1 Journeys Through Jackson, March-April, 1997 Table of Contents Queries and Information ......•.....•.••..........•.........•.•................... 25-26 Mountains Climbed and Rivers Crossed ..................•........•.•....••......... 27-32 Jackson County Delayed Birth Certificates ........•..•..............••.............. 33-36 The Family of Dorcas Jane Frizzell and George W. Bryson ...•.....•...••••.•.......... 37-38 Lloyd Cowan's Prayer for 1997 •.•..........•.......•..•................••........... 39 Landis-Dysart Family . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . • • . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . • • . . 40 Nations, Hughes, and Watson .•. Families of Clint Gold ..•..•..••..••...••.••........••• 41-43 North Carolina State Archives Veterans Project •••••....••.•.•...•••••••....•.......... 44 Buchanan Families of Mallie N. Davis Jr ••••••••••...••.•.••.....••••...•.•..•....... 45-47 Ward Cemetery .•......•..••••••....•.•...••.•••••...•••........••••.....•..•... 48-49 NCGS Workshop . . . . • . . . . . • • • . • . . . . . • . . . • . • • • • • . . . . . . • • • • • . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . • . . . . . . . • 50 Ancestor Charts .••.••..•.••.••••••..•.••...•..•.•••.•••.••.•.•...••••...•....•.. 51-54 May 31,1997 Dr. George K. Schweitzer Founders Auditorium Western Carolina University QUERIES AND INFORMATION JCGS member William Eugene McClure (Gene) 92 C Keystone Ext. Asheville, NC 28806-0000, is assisting a family in locating parents oflda Nancy (Doll) Phillips, who married George William (Bill) Clayton, son of Daniel Jasper and Mary Catherine (Mollie) West Clayton. Where did this Phillips family live? Is someone researching this family? Nancy S. Baker, I 04 Oaktimbers Rd. Telford, TN 37690 seeks dob, parents, other info about Sarah Jane Smith, m. S. Burton Reece in Haywood Co. 19 Jun 1896. Sarah Jane is buried at Providence Methodist in Marion, died ca. 1929. Mrs. James Booth Chastain, 3814 N. Asbury Bethany OK 73008 seeks parents of Jessie Erastus Chastain, b. 17 Nov 1854, d. 17 Jan 1900 (b.&d. Jackson Co.). Son James Franklin Chastain born 24 Nov 1889 Sylva, d. I Sep 1940 Lehigh, OK. Ocie Stinnett, Rte. 2, Box 125 A Horse Shoe NC 28742, asks if maps are available to show changes in townships in Jackson County, Dillsboro in particular. James A. Black, Jr. 89 Stoney Knob Rd. Weaverville NC 28787, sekks information on Hoxed/lloxit, Slatton families. A.J. Hoxed, b. ca. 1821-22, m. Martha Slatton, b. ca. 1836-37, possibly d/o John Slatton, b. 1799 and wife Nancy, b. ca. 1805. 25 Journeys Through Jackson, May-June, 1997 Table of Contents Queries and Information •......•..•.........•...•.••.........•.................... 55-56 Cathey Family Materials of Marty Grant ..•........................•.............•.. 57-61 Gaston-Lincoln Workshop . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . . • . . • • . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 62 Jackson County Delayed Birth Certificates ........................................... 63-66 Five Dills Brothers in the Civil War ................................................ 67-70 World War I Draft Registrations from Jackson County ••.•....•.••••...•...•.••••...•. 71-76 The Family oflngabo Frizzell Tilley ................................................ 77-78 Jackson County Cemeteries ....•..•..•.••..••.••...•.•...•..•.•.....•.••••••...•.• 79-81 Family Group Record of Merritt R. Mathis .......................................... 82-83 Ancestor Chart .......... ; .. , • • .. . . • . .. . .. • .. • . .. . .. .. • .. • .. . . .. . • .. .. • .. • . . • . . . . • • 84 QUERIES AND INFORMATION Trudy Adams, 2140 Marion Street Birmingham, AL 35226-3012 responds in a most interesting way to the death certificates published in JTJ Vol. 5, No.9-10, 11-12. Trudy writes, "One problem I wish to bring up. In the death certificates of persons born before 1900, Alfred Coward's death date is listed as 1924. I'm not questioning the information as listed, because this is the date also given on his grave stone in the David Rogers Cemetery (across the street from University Inn). This man was known as "Uncle Alf." He was a slave of my great-grandfather, Nathan Coward. I was born in 1923 and remember Uncle Alf quite well, so he couldn't have died in 1924. Anna Deyermond of Cullowhee remembers him. My sister, who was born in 1926, also remembered him. When we would visit my grandmother at Cullowhee, Uncle Alfwould come riding· up on a mule to visit my mother and her sister, who usually came with us. I think his death date was more likely to have been 1934. Uncle Alf married Eliza Rogers, a slave girl who was part of Jane Rogers' dowry when she married Nathan Coward. That is why they are buried in the Rogers Cemetery." [Ed. Can a descendant of Alfred and Eliza, or another person from Cullowhee shed some light on this? One wonders if family members checked official records when erecting the stone, and thus perpetuated an error.] JCGS member Lavine G. Callicott, 5807 Delta Lane Suitland, MD 20746-3839, is doing research on her Green/Greene family and has joined our Society. She would also like to purchase a copy of THE illSTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY (Williams, ED.) and asks of its availability. Historical Association members, can you help? Dorris Dills Beck, 590 Dillsboro Rd. Sylva, NC 28779 reports that the Buchanan Bible that belonged to Roy Buchanan and which has family information for Rev. Nathan Thompson and his wife Esther is now in the WCU Archives. Roy had arranged for this prior to his death. Dorris passes along that she has the genealogical information from this Bible, and she will be glad to share this with interested persons. Dorris also shares this with us. Persons who have enough information about an ancestor's arrival in America to request the National Archives to search their records should request their form NA TF-81 from National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20408 A search request reply may take 6-8 months. 55 ' Journeys Through Jackson, July-August, 1997 Table of Contents Queries and Information ...........•........•..•.•..•......................... 85 The Thomas W. Johnson Response to the Turpin Box ...••..................... 86-92 ROOTS (Researching Qur Qrigins Together Successfully) ••...••................ 93-94 The Family of Thomas S. Monteith and Sarah Gribble ••..••..•.....••..••..... 95-100 1928 Jackson County Death Certificates •••••••.••..•••.•.••••......••...... 101-104 The Cathey Ancestry of Marty Grant ••••..••..••.••••.••••..............•. 105-108 A John Sutton Update by Mack Sutton and Clara Stem •.•••••.....•...••..•. 109-114 QUERY New JCGS member Sandra Davis Blanton, 577 Browns Valley Rd Corralitos, CA 95076 relates that she was able to document her Hooper name in NC up to the 1880 census, but is confused about the Davis line. Who was the father of John W. Davis, her ggg grandfather? Why is his wife Sarah in the census and Jane in the Heritage Book? Who were her parents? What happened to Mary A.