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Journal - Newsletter 2002 - 2006


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:
2002 -- Volume XXVIII -- #1    
Letters I Three from members to editor Jim Shular
Sevier County Community Schools - 1915 H Sam Maner, Beulah Linn, 8 pp w/pics.
The Right Name for the Right Cousin I Genealogy Society of Rowan County
Inez Burns I Submitted by Betty Boone Best
Gertrude Andrews Gibson Remembers M/B Nellie Gibson Jones & Ruth Gibson Dew, 4 pp.
Joel Carr O Died 21 Nov 1903, submitted by Wilma Moore
The James Calloway Gibson Family Bible G Copied August 2000 by Jim Shular.
Rev. Caleb Rule O W. H. Lewellyn, Florence Evans, Arlie Baker
Civil War and Genealogy, Sevier County G Charles G. Hurst, Jr., 4 pp w/pics
Hall's Top Remembered M Juanita Reed, 3 pp w/pics
Setting It Straight - Adams Family G J. Pauline Risner
Pauline Francis Risner O Died August 14, 2001
Elizabeth Angeline Brown Roberts B Charles N. Roberts, 2pp
North Callahan Honored With Portrait at UT-C I Author of SMHS Smoky Mountain Country
Obits - Nancy Ann Whitehead Oliver, Mary Sellars & O Charlie Fisher, Martha Jane Roberts, Lewis Trotter
Hand-Made Brick, McMahan Bros. & Dockery Kiln H Vindicator, June 24, 1908, Contr. By Beulah Linn
2002 - Volume XXVIII #2    
Letters I Five in response to past stories.
Discovering White Oaks Sinks H Betty Boone Best, 6 pp w/pics
E. TN Marriages Found/War of 1812 Pension Recds. G Sam Maner, Genealogist & Wayne Shaw, 2 pp
Justice of the Peace Courts I Glenn Cardwell, 2 pp.
Obits - Bruce Harrison Atchley, Sr. and O Blanche Runyon Chilton
Benjamin Langston, Union Soldier in the Civil War B Sue S. Parton, 4 pp
History of Campground Methodist Church, 1807-- H (Author unknown) 3 pp. w/pic.
Jones Family Bible G Contributed by Pollyanna Creekmore
Birthdates of Children to Robert Duggan. Sr. G Contributed by Beulah Linn, Sevier CO. Historian
2002 - Volume XXVIII #3    
Letters I Big Greenbriar, Rose Glen, Shadow of Smokies
The Huffstetler Brothers and the Civil War B/H Glenna Julian, 5 pp, w/pic.
The Trotter - McMahan House H Robbie Jones, History & Architecture of Sevier Co. TN
McCeldry Cemetery M/G Ruby Clabo Hall, 5 pp w/pics
State Summary of Tennessee War Casualties G Blount, Cocke, Sevier Counties, U. S. Navy 1946
Obits, Dodgen, Keener, Luther, Joslin, McClary & O Sutton
The WW II Honor List of Dead and Missing G Contributed by Dr. Elmer A. Greene, MD, 4 pp.
Melungeons In General H The Appalachian Quarterly, Sept 2002.
2002 - Volume XXVIII #4    
Headrick Chapel - Symbol of Rural East Tennessee H David Frye, 5 pp w/pics.
Ancestor Certificates I Headrick Chapel announcement.
Friends of Headrick Chapel News Release I/H Nat'l Registry of Historic Places Listing, 2 pp
Church Record - Headrick Chapel - 1902 I/H List of contributors to building Chapel.
Church Record - Headrick Chapel - 1908 I/H List of contributors for Chapel bell.
Church Record - Headrick Chapel - (no date) I/H List of contributors for Chapel addition.
William Headrick B Jim Shular, 2 pp.
Killed In A Raid-Attempt Bank of Sevierville Robbery H Maryville Times, 1899, 4pp w/pics
The Stuff of Legends - C. B. McCarter M/B Glenda McCarter Johnson, 3 pp
Daisy M Bonnie Trentham Myers
KEY: B--Biography; E--Eulogy; G--Genealogy; H--History; I--Informative; M--Memories;N--News; O--Obituary; P--Poetry; R-Research
2003 - Volume XXIX #1    
Fort Harry, Tennessee (In Great Smokies Nat'l Park) H Pete Prince, Ghost Towns In The Great Smokies
Rev. War Pension Appl. of John McCroskey B/H August 1832, 3 pp.
Annie Mae Emert, Widow of Korean War POW, Dies O 81, died January 27, 2003
American Graves Regis. Command - Cocke, Sevier G/H WW II buried overseas, MIA or buried at sea, 4 pp.
Tallassee, Tennessee H Betty Boone Best, 3 pp w/pics
Spencer Clack Marker Unveiled I/H Sevier County Record-Republican Nov. 11, 1931
President's Annual Report I Glenn Cardwell, President, 2 pp.
2003 - Volume XXIX #2    
Beulah D. Linn Obit & Tribute O/B Tribute by Ruth Shields Ownby, 2 pp. w/pic
Malinda Beck, Early Obit (1883) O From Antioch Baptist Church minutes.
Address of General E.E. Creswell H cont. from Spring 2003 Journal, fr Rowena McFalls
Early General Stores in Louisville Tennessee H By Betty Boone Best, 6 pp. w/pics
Chilhowee (Tallassee) Baptist Church Cemetery G Herman & Betty Boone Best, 2pp. w/pic
Mary Maria Trotter Garrison, Early Obit (1922) O/B From Methodist Advocate Journal, 1923
James Adam Thomas, Early Obit (1925) O Tennessee Genealogical & Historical Society
American Graves Registration Command-Blount Co. R Blount County Dead, WWII, 9 pp.
2003 - Volume XXIX #3    
Texans Visit Sam Houston's Home Site I/H By Betty Boone Best, 4 pp. w/pics.
Book Review, Bet Yet Stories of Early Life I By Bonnie Trentham Myers, 220 pp.
Obit: Gerry Large Amos O 81, died February 25, 2003.
Benjamin Stinnett B/G By Margaret Stinnett, 4 pp, w/pic.
Book Review: Mountaineers of the Smokies I By Margaret Stinnett, 330 pp.
American Graves Registration - Blount County G/H Contributed by Dr. Elmer A. Green, MD, 9 pp.
Obit: Omajane Overton Meridieth O 82, died July 9, 2003
Obit: Carol Jane Whitehouse O 86, died August 9, 2003
Submitting Articles for Publication I SMHS welcomes donated stories about area.
How Many Relatives Do You Have? I Illustration of 23 generations of ancestors.
2003 - Volume XXIX #4    
Sleds and Wagons H By Bobby Loveday 4 pp. w/pics
Old Time Crafts Alive And Well I Pics/ 2003 Christmas Past Celebration, GSMNP
Farewell, Lucinda O Jim Shular Eulogy of Lucinda Ogle w/pic.
In Remembrance of Lucinda Oakley Ogle O Linda James
Elmer Mize Obituary O  
Book Review: Mountain Berry Baskets & Poetry I Book by Bill Alexander
Autumn Picnic In Cocke County I Aileen Fowler, 5 pp. w/pics of 2003 picnic.
Early Layman Families G Earl R. Layman, 7 pp. w/extensive footnotes.
KEY: B--Biography; E--Eulogy; G--Genealogy; H--History; I--Informative; M--Memories;N--News; O--Obituary; P--Poetry; R-Research
2004 - Volume XXX #1    
Inez Elizabeth Burns 1907 - 2004 B By Betty Boone Best, 7 pp. w/pics
Brickey Cemetery in Tuckaleechee Cove G Update by Herman & Betty Boone Best, 3 pp.
Some East Tennesseans Awarded DSC, WW I I/H 2 pp.
Pink Roses M/H By Shirley Hembree, 2 pp.
Ella Costner - Poet Laureate of the Smokies B By R. Glenn Cardwell, 4 pp. w/pics
Crime and Punishment in Knoxville, TN 1793-1797 H Abstracted from court records, 7 pp.
Obituary - Ina Walker King O  
Obituary - Roma Annice Wear Thomas O  
2004 - Volume XXX #2    
Farewell to Martha I/H By Michael Baumstark, 2 pp. w/pics
The Ijams Passenger Pigeon (Picture of) I/H (Same as above)
The Autobiography of James Shelton B By James Shelton 5 pp.
In Memory of Margaret Ann Roth O By R. Glenn Cardwell, 2 pp. w/pic.
Scott Ellis O October 18, 1951 – June 21, 2004.
Smoky Mountain Family Names and Family Origins I/G By Jack W. Weaver, Winthrop University, 4 pp.
GSMNP WW II Newsletter I/H By “The Gang”, 2+ pp.
In Memoriam - Estel Otha Ownby O November 25, 1910 – April 19, 2004.
Florence Cope Bush O March 29, 1933 – July 20, 2004.
In the Smokies, A Trip to Gregory’s Bald in 1896 I/H Clinton Republican 8-9-1900, from Betty B. Best
2004 - Volume XXX #3    
Burns Family Cemetery G By Betty Boone Best, 4 pp, w/pic
Helen Callahan Obit O September 29, 2004.
Secretary of State Announcement I Three Pubs. on TN History & Historical Records.
Dr. Marion Scott Moffett Obit O Co-Author of East Tennessee Cantilever Barns.
Mary Ruth Williams Obit O September 13, 2004.
Isham C. Hodges G/H By John R. Hodges, 3 pp, w/query context.
Rev. John Henry Wright-Images of a Life of Service M 5 pp. 19 selected photos from Wright Collection.
From the Mountains to a Mansion B/H By Carolyne Ivey Knowles & Gwen Ivey Sapp,5pp.
Covemont Presbyterian Church, Photo M Landscape, ca, 1925 in Rocky Flats, Wears Valley.
2004 - Volume XXX #4    
Autobiography of James Shelton - Part II B/H By James Shelton 4 pp.
Tanasqui: Glimpse of Sevier County 437 Years Ago H By E. Raymond Evans, 10 pp.
North Callahan Obituary O 2 pp. w/pic.
Cherel Henderson - New Director of ETHS I Former editor of SMHS Newsletter/Journal
Virgil F. Carmichael Obituary O Incl. Judge & Mrs. Carmichael pic.
Robbie Rainwater Obituary O  
Mrs. B. A. Proffitt Drowns - (1889) I Sevier County Republican - Friday Nov. 29, 1889
David Harkness, Historian - Obituary O  
Time M Sevier County - S.C. Republican, April 18,1890
Inman Family Bible G Transcribed by Larry Fox, 1 pp.
Festival of Christmas Past Celebrated I By Jim Shular
Author Identified I Thanks Kay Fisher, Clinton Co.(Ohio)Hist. Society
Myers Family Bible G Copied by James E. Shuler, Dec. 5, 2004
KEY: B--Biography; E--Eulogy; G--Genealogy; H--History; I--Informative; M--Memories;N--News; O--Obituary; P--Poetry; R-Research
2005 - Volume XXXI #1    
The Harrisburg Community H By Beulah D. Linn, 5 pp. w/pics.
Henderson Bible Record G From Bonita McMahan Rough, 1 pp.
Ancestors of Staci Kay Rhea G From Staci Kay Rhea, 3 pp.
Bible of Persada J. Dill G Contributed by Larry Fox, 1 pp. w/pic.
Johnston and Agnes Myrtle Jones Family Bible G Copied by Jim Shular 1999, 3 pp. w/graphics.
Interesting Letter from Texas H Charles B. Fox, Sevier Co. Republican, 8/30/1889
Andy Turner and Myrtle Shular Family Bible G Copied by Jim Shular, 12/4/2004, 1 pp.
Descendants of John and Mary Cole G Frederick Hyzny, 4 pp. w/pic.
Dixon Family Papers Found in English Loft G/H From Mike O'Donnell, United Kingdom, 1 pp.
2005 - Volume XXXI #2    
James Logan Harris 1827 -1917 G/H By John S. Harris, 3 pp. w/pics.
Mary Noailles Murfree H By Russ Clement, 5 pp. w/pics.
Do We Still Have Stills? H By Betty Boone Best, 3 pp. w/pic.
The Mystery of Dorothy Randolph Haggard G By Gina K. Fox, 2 pp.
Alice Sharp Obit (1918) O  
Blount Historian Honored (Inez Burns) I/H Three pictures with captions.
Jane Kizer Named New Blount County Historian I Betty Boone Best, pics.
Dr. Sarah B. McNiell New Maryville Historian I Betty Boone Best, pics.
Obit: Herbert Frank Lawson O One page w/pic.
John Mullendore Dead (1889) H/O Sevier County Republican, Friday Nov. 15, 1889
J. R. Sharp, Obit. (1915) O Died Saturday, July 10, 1915.
William Clabough Obit (1918) O Two testimonials, J.O. Cox, Pastor.
2005 - Volume XXXI #3    
The Tennessee & North Carolina Railway Company H By John (Pete) Ascher, 8 pp. w/many pics
Fox Family Additions G Larry D. Fox, 2+ pp.
Court Minutes, Cocke Co. Vol. I, Deed Book "E" R/H Trans. Nancy Lampson O'Neil, 7 pp. to be cont.
Unmarked Grave: Remembering American Patriot B/H Book Review - Debra Pack Gilberstadt 1+ p.
Malinda Jane Adams Carnes B/G By Sharon Rose, 4 pp. w/pic
Obit - Agnes Bowers Jenkins O  
2005 - Volume XXXI #4    
The Palen Fence H E. Raymond Evans, 9 pp. w/many pics
From South Carolina To The Smokies G Compiled by Barbara McCarter Koffman, 2 pp.
Quarterly Court Minutes -Cocke County H/R Transcribed by Nancy Lampson O'Neil, 10 pp.
Deane Levi, Mamie Watson Obits O  
The Huff Family H/G R. Glenn Cardwell, 2 pp.
KEY: B--Biography; E--Eulogy; G--Genealogy; H--History; I--Informative; M--Memories;N--News; O--Obituary; P--Poetry; R-Research
2006 - Volume XXXII #1    
Aaron Rule & His Ancestors G Gina Fox, 3 pp.
Down Memory Lane – Part V B/H Ezalee Kear Spencer, 5 pp.
Murphy Family of Waldens Creek G Roy C. Siple, 8 pp. w/pics.
Ferrell H. Campbell Reminiscences, 1898-1902 B/H Ferrell H. Campbell, 7 pp.
Robert A. Pennington Obituary O Bagpiper Extraordinary
2006 - Volume XXXII #2    
Down Memory Lane, Part VI B/H Ezalee Kear Spencer, 4 pp, w/pics
Childhood Memories of Life on The Farm B/H Sharon Rose, 2 pp.
Obituary – Peter “Pete” Hayden Prince O Glenn Cardwell, 1 pp. w/pic
A Smoky Mountain Trip In 1938 B/H Richard Kauffman, 10 pp. w/pics.
Ruth Large Obituary O  
Boyd’s Creek H Jim Buckenmyer, 2 pp. w/pics
Blount, Cocke and Sevier Countians fr VA in 1850 G 4 pp.
2006 - Volume XXXII #3    
Pioneer Travels In 1804: An Addendum G/H Barbara McCarter, Koffman 2pp.
Map of the Untied States in 1825 H  
Lawson Madron G/B Dallas Madron, 4.5 pp
Book Review: The Drifters I Rose Mary Lawson
The Other Carnes Family H/B Marilyn Baker, 6 pp.
Dedication of Jonathan Mize’s Headstone 5-22-2004 I James W. Mize, Jr., 6 pp. w/pics
In Old Tennessee – a Poem H/I Alfred Biddleton McCreay revised by Stanley Mize
2006 - Volume XXXII #4    
Down Memory Lane – Part VII B/H Ezalee Kear Spencer, 1.5 pp.
Nancy Sutton O Sevier County Republican, June 7, 1911
In Memoriam – Mrs. Nancy Huffaker Keener O Sevier County Republican, March 1, 1911
Free Family Descendents 1787 - 2006 G Grace Free Parkhill, 7 pp.
The Old Soldier H Sevier County Republican, May 7, 1913
Anderson McMillan and His Descendants G 10 pp. compiler uncertain.
Patsy Temple Waters Obit O w/pic

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