Ralph Clayton Riggs: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1. Ralph Clayton Riggs was born 10 Nov 1942, Tennessee (son of Clayton Riggs and Pauline Carr); died 5 Sep 1958; was buried Eusebia Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.

Generation: 2

Clayton Riggs was born 16 Nov 1914 (son of George Riggs and Flora Jane McNeeley); died Mar 1981.

Clayton — Pauline Carr. Pauline (daughter of Elbert H. Carr and Mattie Elizabeth Lawson) was born Abt 1921, Tennessee; died 3 Mar 2008, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried 8 Mar 2008, Eusebia Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Pauline Carr was born Abt 1921, Tennessee (daughter of Elbert H. Carr and Mattie Elizabeth Lawson); died 3 Mar 2008, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried 8 Mar 2008, Eusebia Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1930, Eusebia, Blount County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

Children:

1. Ralph Clayton Riggs was born 10 Nov 1942, Tennessee; died 5 Sep 1958; was buried Eusebia Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Bobby Riggs
Jackie Riggs died Bef 3 Mar 2008.
Tommy Riggs died Bef 3 Mar 2008.

Generation: 3

4.	George Riggs was born 8 Mar 1877; died 16 Feb 1969; was buried Eusebia Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee. George — Flora Jane McNeeley. Flora was born 14 Apr 1881; died 27 Mar 1962, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Eusebia Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Flora Jane McNeeley was born 14 Apr 1881; died 27 Mar 1962, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Eusebia Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.

Children:

Burnette Riggs died Bef 9 Feb 2006.
Minnie Riggs was born 8 Apr 1902; died 15 Feb 1993; was buried Highland Memorial Park Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
Mattie Riggs was born 6 Aug 1904; died 4 Apr 2002, Fairpark Health Care Center; was buried 10 Apr 2002, Eusebia Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Walter Riggs was born 13 Mar 1907; died 19 Apr 1968; was buried Eusebia Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
George Riggs was born 30 Jun 1909; died 3 Mar 1941; was buried Eusebia Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Carl Riggs was born Abt 1912; died 9 Oct 1999, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried 12 Oct 1999, Eusebia Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
2. Clayton Riggs was born 16 Nov 1914; died Mar 1981.
Arizona Riggs was born 29 Mar 1918; died 27 Jun 1963; was buried Cedar Grove Batist Church Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Hajen L. "Bob" Riggs was born 13 Jul 1920; died 9 Feb 2006, Shannondale of Maryville, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried 12 Feb 2006, Eusebia Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Lovana Riggs was born 13 Mar 1923.

Elbert H. Carr was born 2 Apr 1882, Tennessee (son of Joel Kear and Mary "Polly" McCarter); died 20 Nov 1953; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1930, Eusebia, Blount County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 64.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 18, 70, 164.
Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

Elbert — Mattie Elizabeth Lawson. Mattie (daughter of Richard West Lawson and Mary Manerva King) was born 16 Jan 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Dec 1975; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Mattie Elizabeth Lawson was born 16 Jan 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Richard West Lawson and Mary Manerva King); died 11 Dec 1975; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1930, Eusebia, Blount County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 64.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 18, 70, 164.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 247.
Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

Children:

Ola Ellen Carr was born 12 Mar 1904, Tennessee; died 4 Nov 1973; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Flora Carr was born 26 May 1904, Tennessee; died 26 Apr 1986; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
West Ray Carr was born 31 May 1906, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 2 Apr 1991; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Mary Edna Carr was born 22 Nov 1909, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Mar 1963; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Ethel R. Carr was born 19 Aug 1915, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Feb 2018; was buried 3 Mar 2018, Highland South Memorial Park Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
Hazel Carr was born 20 Mar 1918, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Mar 2014; was buried 8 Mar 2014, Knob Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
3. Pauline Carr was born Abt 1921, Tennessee; died 3 Mar 2008, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried 8 Mar 2008, Eusebia Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Florence Carr was born 25 Oct 1926, Seymour, Tennessee; died 3 May 2012, Tallahassee Memorial Hospital; was buried 7 May 2012, Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Emma Carr died INFANT.

Generation: 4

12.

Joel Kear was born 5 Feb 1850, Tennessee (son of Joel Kear and Sarah Huff); died 10 Feb 1926; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Buried in the Forks of the River Cemetery, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 63, 64.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 18.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 61.

Joel married Mary "Polly" McCarter 18 Aug 1870. Mary (daughter of James McCarter and Sarah Huskey) was born 7 Mar 1854, Tennessee; died 26 Jun 1937; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

13.

Mary "Polly" McCarter was born 7 Mar 1854, Tennessee (daughter of James McCarter and Sarah Huskey); died 26 Jun 1937; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 63, 64.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 18.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 61.

Children:

James S. Kear was born 1871, Tennessee; died 1957; was buried Blue Eye Cemetery, Blue Eye, Stone County, Missouri.
Minerva Kear was born 30 Jun 1873, Tennessee; died 22 Jun 1965; was buried Providence Baptist Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Arbinzia Kear was born 14 Mar 1876; died 8 Apr 1898; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Sarah L. "Sally" Kear was born 27 Feb 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Apr 1966, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
Mary E. Carr was born 27 Feb 1878, Tennessee; died 1937; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
6. Elbert H. Carr was born 2 Apr 1882, Tennessee; died 20 Nov 1953; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Matilda "Tilda" Kear was born 29 Jan 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Jan 1974; was buried Fairview Cemetery, Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
Rev. Joel L. Carr was born 15 Jun 1889, Tennessee; died 18 May 1981; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Richard Evans Carr was born 18 Dec 1896, Tennessee; died 1 Sep 1981; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

14.

Richard West Lawson was born 15 Apr 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of James Houston "Red Jim" Lawson and Hettie Elizabeth Mattox); died 12 Jun 1940, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 94, 245, 247.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 160.
Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 293.

Richard married Mary Manerva King 5 Mar 1878, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of William Henry King and Martha Jane Headrick) was born 11 Jan 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Apr 1954, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

15.

Mary Manerva King was born 11 Jan 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of William Henry King and Martha Jane Headrick); died 20 Apr 1954, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 94, 245, 247.
Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 293.

Children:

John Andrew Lawson was born 23 Feb 1879, South Carolina; died 22 Feb 1956, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
George Henry Lawson was born 28 Nov 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Dec 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
7. Mattie Elizabeth Lawson was born 16 Jan 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Dec 1975; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Nancy Ellen Lawson was born 4 Mar 1888, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 Aug 1957; was buried Knob Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
James Daniel Lawson was born 26 Jan 1890, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Oct 1933, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Melvin Early Lawson was born 15 Jun 1893, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1980, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Aura Rebecca Lawson was born 11 Dec 1896, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Jun 1977; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.