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Journal - Newsletter 1977 - 1981


KEY: B--Biography; E--Eulogy; G--Genealogy; H--History; I--Informative; M--Memories;N--News; O--Obituary; P--Poetry; R-Research
Table of Contents Key Notes:
1977 -- Volume III -- #1   Volumes I & II Not Available
Shallow Grave Marks Historic Site In Cocke Co. H by David Popiel, Newport Plain Talk, 1974
The Campbell Family Massacre H by Donna Walker
TN Militia, Sevier & Cocke Co. Regts. 1796-1811 R compiled by Mrs. John T. Moore & D. B. Reagan
Rev. War Soldiers & Patriots, Blount Co. TN R compiled by Inez Burns, Blount Co. Historian
Things I Remember M by Flora Carr Gibson
The First Family Christmas I Can Remember - 1917 M by Olin Watson
Grave of Campbells Re-located and Marked I by Jim Shular
Sadly Missed -- Francis Marion "Bud" Wright O by Alice Fleming
Harkless Orlie Trentham 1892 -- 1976 O by Beulah Linn, Sevier County Historian
In Memory -- Nella Mae Bohanan Brown Van Arum O by Margaret Lawson
A Christmas Worth Remembering M by Rita Cantu
Preserving Your Heirlooms I by Ed Trout, 2pp.
Arthur, John, Bause and Steve Ketched A Bear M as told to P. J. McCarter by W. Arthur Ogle, 1907
John Denton Patriot-Pioneer H/B by David Templin, 4pp.
1977 -- Volume III -- #2    
A Salute to Mountain Mothers M by Kathleen Lassiter Manscill, 3pp. w/pics.
Early Hotels H by Margaret Ann Roth, 3pp. w/pics.
Old Cocke County Fort Has Colorful History H by Ola Fancher, Newport Plain Talk 10-2-1969
A Tribute -- Mrs. L. W. (Mary Hardin) McCown B by E. R. Walker III, May 2, 1977, 2pp.
1977 -- Volume III -- #3    
Care of Unfinished (Raw) Wooden Objects I by Ed Trout, 2pp.
TN Militia, Cocke Co. (Cont. from Issue #1) R compiled by Mrs. John Trotwood Moore, 2pp.
A Trip Back Home M by Flora G. Gibson
Historical Scan of the Life of John Mitchell Whaley B by Kate Whaley Marshall, 4pp.
1977 -- Volume III -- #4    
Sugarlanders Get Together M letter fr Alie Newman Maples to SMHS, 8/31/1977
Care and Repair of Glass Objects I by Ed Trout
Pittman Center H by Margaret Ann Roth, 4pp. w/pics.
Our Southern Highlanders H/B by Robert Park, orig. pub. around 1930, 5pp.
Memories of the Sugarlands M poem by Alie Newman Maples
KEY: B--Biography; E--Eulogy; G--Genealogy; H--History; I--Informative; M--Memories;N--News; O--Obituary; P--Poetry; R-Research
1977 -- Volume III -- #5    
Cocke County: A Thumbnail Sketch H by E. R. Walker III, Cocke County Historian 5pp.
Cocke County Pensioners -- 1883 R 2pp.
Cocke County Wills R 1809-1855, 5 entries
Watering Places In Cocke County H by Eddie Walker III, 4pp.
Eddie Walker -- Cocke County Historian B by Duay O'Neil
The Hanging of Peter Reece G/H by Duay O'Neil, 2 pp.
Arriving At Pittman center B/H by Dr. Robert F. Thomas
1977 -- Volume III -- #6    
Friends and Neighbors -- Yonder M by Flora Carr Gibson, 2pp.
The Naming of White Oak Flats H by Donald B. Reagan, 3pp. w/pics.
Roaring Fork School -- Fifty Years Ago M by Herb Clabo, fr Camping In The Smokies-1977
Our Southern Highlanders -- The Bear Hunt H/B by Robert Park, orig. pub. 1934, 2pp.
Memories of A Mountain Boy M by Pinkney J. McCarter, 2pp.
Two Old Timers Near 68th Anniversary B from The News Record, April 9, 1959
"Andy Huff's Place" -- The Mountain View Hotel H Gatlinburg's First Hotel by Donald Reagan, w/pics.
The Gatlinburg News -- 1924-25 H excerpts from, 3pp.
Christmas Time M poem by Alie Newman Maples
Christmas In The Hills With Paw and Maw M by Alie Newman Maples, 2pp.
Gatlinburg Community Fair -- Sept. 18, 1925 R Listing of Premium Winners, 4pp.
1978 -- Volume IV -- #1    
Memories of A Mountain Boy M by Pinkney J. McCarter 5 pp.
High Holiday Spirits at Sugarlands N from Gatlinburg Press, Dec. 27,1977
1978 -- Volume IV -- #2    
Some Early Memories M by Olin Watson, 3pp.
Butler Family Seeded Deep G by Duay O'Neil, reprint fr Cocke Co. Banner 1977
Our Southern Mountaineers H by Inez Burns, 4pp.
Callia E. Shults, Feb. 5,1843 -- April 1,1922 O copied from old newspapers
Family Bible of Russell & Polly Owenby Ogle G as copied from the faded original.
First Settler of Gatlinburg H by Lucinda O. Ogle, 3pp. w/pics.
1978 -- Volume IV -- #3    
Inez E. Burns, Blount County Historian B by Adele (Mrs. Boyd) McKenzie
Mountain Foods -- Old and New I by Aileen W. Fowler, 4 recipes.
Montvale -- The Saratoga of the South H by Inez Burns, 5pp. w/pic.
Blount County Tennessee H by Inez Burns, 3pp. w/pics & map of forts
Sam Houston Schoolhouse -- Maryville, Tennessee H by Adele McKenzie, 3pp. w/pic.
Cades Cove H by Inez Burns, 4pp.
Genealogy Collection -- Blount County Library G listing of publications and records available
1978 -- Volume IV -- #4    
Early Days At PI BETA PHI School M by Lucinda O. Ogle, 3pp. w/pics.
Preservation and Care of Leather I by Ed Trout, 2pp.
Grandmother's Best Dress M by Sharon Hurst, Camping in the Smokies, 1977
Ancestor Charts Mary Rowe Ruble G also Phillip DoIuglas Ogle
Ancestor Charts Carolyn Porter Wilkins G also Jesse Alexander McCoy
Mountain Foods -- Old and New I by Aileen W. Fowler, 4 more recipes
My First Trip to Knoxville, Tennessee M by Maggie Clabough Ogle, 2pp.
Harris Had A Mill H by Oscar Harris, Cocke Co. Banner, Feb. 23,1977
1978 -- Volume IV -- #5    
Mountain Recipes -- Skin Cancer Salve & Soap I from Marie Trentham
Old-timers Will Head for the Hills In October I The Gatlinburg Press, Sept. 5,1978 reprint
Reminiscence of Early Days In The Smoky Mtns. M by S. Otis Trentham 2 pp. reprint 1967 Newsletter
KEY: B--Biography; E--Eulogy; G--Genealogy; H--History; I--Informative; M--Memories;N--News; O--Obituary; P--Poetry; R-Research
The Gopher Wood Tree M by Olin Watson
TN Militia, Blount Co. 1796 -- 1811 R 2pp. compiled by Mrs. John Trotwood Moore
George G. McKoy G by JA McCoy
Query -- Stephen Winton G  
Ancestor Charts Betty Ruth Davis G also Cora Alice Watson
Ancestor Charts Walter Lee Reagan G also Herman Jinks Smith
1977 - 1978 SMHS Membership List I 3pp.
Mountain Culture Finally Discovered N by John Coward, The Gatlinburg Press reprint
1978 -- Volume IV -- #6    
Christmas of Yesteryears M by Beulah D. Linn
Census Schedule November 28, 1795 R Territory of the US South of the River Ohio
Beulah D. Linn, Sevier County Historian B by Ruth Shields Ownby 2pp.
Paw Paw Hollow Baptist Church -- 1802, 1805, 1820 R from Paw Paw Hollow Baptist Church Minutes
The Christmas Orange-Conversation w/my Mother M by Florence Cope Bush
Excerpts from U.S. Territorial Papers 1791-1793 R 8 Excerpts, 2pp.
Excerpts from US Territorial Papers, 1791-1793 R Letters of Gov. Blount, Acting Gov. Smith
Ancestor Chart of Pauline Loutina Shields G compiler E. R. Walker III, Cocke Co. Historian
Lt. Abraham Slover's Militia --1794 R Muster & Payrolls Jan. 25 to Feb. 25, 1794
Sevier County TN -- Abstracts of Deed Book H R by Elaine Ramsten Wells 2 pp. 1835 -- 1846, 2pp.
Petitions to General Assembly of Tennessee R 6pp. 1819 - 1825
Brabson Store Account Book 1818 -- 1821 R copied by Estalena Brabson & Beulah Linn, 2pp.
Teaching to Meet the Needs M by Aurelia Cate Dawson
Census Report, September 19, 1791 R The Territorial Papers of the U.S. 1790-1796
The Settlement of Dumplin Valley H by Glenn A. Toomey, 1947
List of Tax Property & Polls/Capt. Williams Co. 1814 R Our East TN Kinsmen by Aurelia Cate Dawson
Town of Sevierville Was Incorporated April 22,1850 H by Beulah D. Linn
Thomas Ferguson Family Bible Record G from Jefferson County, Family Bible Records
1979 -- Volume V -- #1    
A History of Rev. Russell Ogle and His Wife Polly M by Ambers Ogle, 2pp. w/pic.
Ancestor Charts Dorothy J. Hudgens G also Beatrice C. Sullivan
Ancestor Charts Beverly Ann Parton G also James Christopher Turner Conway
Sevier Co. TN - Abstracts of Deed Book H (cont.) R abstracted by Elaine Ramsten Wells, 4pp.
Home Remedies I collected by Marie Trentham
1979 -- Volume V -- #2    
Ancestor Charts, Sue Shelley Parton/Colleen Bibee G also James Ernest Mitchell
Sevier Co. TN -- Abstracts of Deed Book H (Cont.) R abstracted by Elaine Ramsten Wells, 4pp.
Origins of Community Names in Cocke Co. TN R Folklore Class, Cosby HS/ E. R. Walker III 2pp.
A Weather All Their own I by Bill Hooks, National Park Service
The Death of Thomas Shields On The TN Frontier H/B from Narratives of the Westward Movement
Beatrice Conway Sullivan O by E.R. Walker III
Lydia Kear Whaley M by Simeon Huskey, reprint from Newsletter, 1967
The Parton Family G by Beverly Parton Bowen, 3pp.
1979 -- Volume V -- #3    
Sevier Co. TN -- Abstracts of Deed Book H (Cont.) R abstracted by Elaine Ramsten Wells, 4pp.
Ancestor Charts, Georgia R. Catoe, Wilbur L.Templin G and Alma P. Houk
Petition From Sevier County, to State of TN. H request by militia to choose own uniform, 1821
A Thing of Beauty I by Florence Cope Bush, 2pp. w/pics.
The Browns of "Browns" G by Eddie R. Walker III, 4pp. w/pic.
1979 -- Volume V -- #4    
Apple Time In Boogertown I by Florence Cope Bush, 3pp. w/diagrams.
Ancestor Charts, George R. Shields, Agnes R. Hill G and (Madolin) Ruth Cowan
Early Herb Medicines I by Marie Trentham
Thomas Denton R contributed by Eddie Walker
KEY: B--Biography; E--Eulogy; G--Genealogy; H--History; I--Informative; M--Memories;N--News; O--Obituary; P--Poetry; R-Research
Stokely Memorial Library Receives Rare Book Copy R Escape from East TN to Federal Lines, 1861--1865
The Harrisburg Community H from Gatlinburg Press, 8-5-1976, Beulah Linn
1979 -- Volume V -- #5    
Historic D.A.R. Landmark -- The Ogle Log Cabin H by Lucinda Oakley Ogle, 2pp. w/pics.
Sevier Co. TN -- Abstracts of Deed Book H (Cont.) R abstracted by Elaine Ramsten Wells, 3pp.
Petitions From North of French Broad H to TN General Assembly, 1799/1823/1826, 3pp.
An Old School Ledger -- Mar 15, 1873-1883 H transcribed by Eddie R. Walker, 3pp.
McMahan -- Family Tree G by Nora Trotter McMahan, Aug. 27,1923, 4pp.
The Pipers H by Florence Cope Bush, 2pp. including sketches
Letter From Meedy White Shields, Oct.25,1909 H copied & contributed by Mary Shields Shore
1980 -- Volume VI -- #1    
"O-heh-yah-tah" (Disappearing Chestnut tree) M by Florence Cope Bush, 4pp. w/diagrams
"Friendship Cemetery" or "Whaley Cemetery" R/G record of burial sites, Big Greenbriar, GSMNP 2pp.
Ancestor Charts, Blanche Henderson G by George Richard Fox, Jr.
What Constitutes an "Old Timer" M by John O. Morrel, 2pp.
1980 -- Volume VI -- #2    
'Doc' Thomas Dies at 88 O/B Missionary to Mountain Folk, 2pp.
Verless J. Morton B by Henry Morton, 2pp.
Trentham Family Cemetery R/G record of burial sites, in GSMNP
More Old-Time Remedies I by Marie Trentham
Ancestor Charts, Mary R. Ruble, Phillip D. Ogle G and Jesse Alexander McCoy
Just A Thinking M by Olin Watson
A Man Came To Gatlinburg M by O.R. Medlin as told to Olin Watson. 2pp.
1980 -- Volume VI -- # 3 & 4    
Petition of Veterans of Mexican War R submitted by Beulah Linn
Trion Community M by Mary Shields Shore, 4pp.
Mary Bradley Carver H/G by Florence Cope Bush, 3pp. w/pics.
Oldhams Creek or Boogertown Cemetery G Cemetery records listed, 3pp.
Ancestor Chart -- Jack Elden Lewis G compiler Jack E. Lewis
In the Shadow of the White Rock I book review by Mrs. E. R. Walker, Sr.
The East Tennessee Baptist Rev. James W.H. Coker B Harriman, Tennessee, November 24, 1897
Roll of Soldiers, Third Dist. Sevier Co. -- 1904 R submitted by Beulah Linn
1980 -- Volume VI -- #5    
Isaac Thomas, Excerpts from Book of Same Name B by Charlotte B. Wynn, 6pp. w/Will
Ancestor Chart, Philip A. Wynn G by Charlotte B. Wynn
Old Letter Tells Interesting History of Sevierville H written by M.A. Rawlings, July 6, 1856
Trion Community (Part II) H/G by Mary Shields Shore, 4pp.
The Body Snatchers/How Bologna Came to Smokies M by Florence Cope Bush, 2pp.
1981 -- Volume VII -- #1    
Greenbrier In The Early Days H by Margaret Ann Roth, 7pp. w/pics.
Lost Record of Cocke Co. Court House, Newport TN R copy of Sally Huff's Will, Oct. 10, 1840, 3pp.
Rev. Eli McCarter B by Earl McCarter, w/pic.
Ancestor Chart, Eli McCarter & Charlotte H. D. Bailey G by Earl McCarter, Charlotte B. Wynn
1981 -- Volume VII -- #2    
Music In The Mountains -- 1981 I by Glenn Cardwell, 2pp.
1840 Sevier County, Tennessee Census R pp. 156 to 161 of census records.
Bramley (Brumleys) In Early Tennessee G by Bramley, 2pp.
McMahan-A Mystery and a Possible Solution G by David Templin, 8pp.
Musical Instruments of Appalachian Settlers Part I H by Lee Schilling, 2pp.
Surnames In Big Greenbrier G by Evolena Ownby, 2pp.
Ancestor Charts, Ann Bohanon, Nora L. Robertson, G John L. Cook & Raymond D. Thomas
1981 -- Volume VII -- #3    
1840 Sevier County, Tennessee Census R transc. by David Templin and Elaine Wells, 4pp.
KEY: B--Biography; E--Eulogy; G--Genealogy; H--History; I--Informative; M--Memories;N--News; O--Obituary; P--Poetry; R-Research
James Baker Will -- 8 April 1839 R contributed by Beulah Linn
Area Settlers -- British Aliens During 1812 War R abstracted by Beulah Linn, 2pp.
Bounty Land Application of Benjamin Seaton R contributed by Mrs. Thomas Meunayer, Jr., 2pp.
Elder Isaac L. Ogle G/B by Beth Ogle Freeman, granddaughter, 3pp. pic.
Early East Tennessee Settlers -- Trotters G/B by David Templin, 13pp.
Ancestor Charts, Sharon Trentham Shockley, and G Robin Cross Sutherland
John Gilliland -- Will & Associates Documents. R contr. by Edward Walker III, Cocke Co. Historian
1981 -- Volume VII -- #4    
Memories of a By-Gone Era M by Olin Watson
Civil War Questionnaires -- Oliver P. Chambers R supplied by Edward Walker III, 3pp.
Genealogitis P by Ruby Price, contributed by Mary Ruble
Southern Hospitality H/M Olene Butler, Newport Plain Talk 4/29/1981, 3pp.
James McMahan, Sen., In Account w/M. C. Rogers H <1817-1830 by Beulah Linn, Sevier Co. Histrn., 2pp/TD>
Ogle, Ogle Castle, and Church of St. Magdalene H by Beth Ogle Freeman, 2pp. w/pic.
Legend of the Bees I by Florence Cope Bush, 2 pp.
Josias Gamble -- Early Settler of Blount Co. TN G/H by David Templin, 7pp.
1840 Sevier County, Tennessee Census R transcribed by David Templin, Elaine Wells, 4pp.
1860 Blount County Mortality Schedule R copied by David Templin, 4pp.
The Lands of Our Ancestors H by Lucinda Ogle, 2pp. w/pic.
McMahan Heirs -- Power of Attorney H presented by Beulah Linn, Sevier Co. Historian

1977 -- Volume III -- #1 | 1977 -- Volume III -- #2 | 1977 -- Volume III -- #3 | 1977 -- Volume III -- #4 | 1977 -- Volume III -- #5 |

1977 -- Volume III -- #6 | 1978 -- Volume IV -- #1 | 1978 -- Volume IV -- #2 | 1978 -- Volume IV -- #3 | 1978 -- Volume IV -- #4 |

1978 -- Volume IV -- #5 | 1978 -- Volume IV -- #6 | 1979 -- Volume V -- #1 | 1979 -- Volume V -- #2 | 1979 -- Volume V -- #3 |

1979 -- Volume V -- #4 | 1979 -- Volume V -- #5 | 1980 -- Volume VI -- #1 | 1980 -- Volume VI -- #2 | 1980 -- Volume VI -- # 3 & 4 |

1980 -- Volume VI -- #5 | 1981 -- Volume VII -- #1 | 1981 -- Volume VII -- #2 | 1981 -- Volume VII -- #3 | 1981 -- Volume VII -- #4 |



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