Nancy Elmina "Callie" Bradley

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• AFN: B71M-J9

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 23
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 105, 153.
Ephraim Reagan Civil War pension papers, US National Archives.

Nancy married Hugh Henry Cole 10 Dec 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee. Hugh (son of John Pinkney Cole and Lucy Parker) was born 1854, Knox County, Tennessee; died Apr 1888, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Cole Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

1. Pinkney Jackson Cole was born 3 Nov 1885, Tennessee; died 15 Mar 1974; was buried Chilhowee Cemetery, Seymour, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Nancy married Ephraim "Uncle Ephraim" Reagan 21 Jan 1890, Sevier County, Tennessee. Ephraim (son of Daniel Wesley Reagan and Nancy Ogle) was born 24 Aug 1833, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 Jan 1924, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

1. Martha L. Reagan was born 15 Dec 1891, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Mar 1965; was buried Valley View Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
2. Frank Reagan was born 27 Sep 1893, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Bef 1931.
3. Isaac A. Reagan was born 10 Jan 1896, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Dec 1969, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Chinquapin Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
4. Zettie Rosetta Reagan was born 5 May 1898, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Sep 1963, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
5. Charles Reagan was born 8 Mar 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 2 Feb 1939, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
6. Richard Columbus "Fishing Dick" Reagan was born 23 Sep 1902, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Nov 1959; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
7. Callie Reagan was born 28 May 1905, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 25 Dec 1995, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
8. James Marcus Reagan was born 7 Apr 1908, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 Sep 1988; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
9. William Boyd Reagan was born 3 Sep 1910, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Apr 1942, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 20 Apr 1942, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

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Andrew Jackson Bradley enlisted on 30 April 1838 at Valley River, Cherokee County, North Carolina as a private in Captain Thomas Angel's Company, 3rd Regiment of North Carolina Militia for six months duty. He participated in rounding up the Cherokee Indians and starting them on the westward journey to a new reservation in Oklahoma. This was the "Cherokee Trail of Tears." He was discharged on 6 July 1838 at Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina. His personal description at enlistment was: 5 feet 8 inches in height, grey eyes, auburn hair, and fair complexion.

Andrew Jackson Bradly was married to Mary Elvira Trentham by Reverend Richard Evans.

Prior to 26 December 1850, Andrew Jackson Bradley bought 100 acres of land from Solomon & Peter Milsaps. This land was located "on the right hand fork of the west fork of Little Pigeon River, it being part of an Entry made by David Millsaps including the land where Solomon & Peter Millsaps formerly lived..." Then on 26 December 1850, Andrew Jackson Bradley sold this tract of land to James Wesley Huskey.

There is a family story of the Civil War days. Uncle Isaac (Ike) Bradley often told the narrative as it is given below.

"Way back in times of Civil War - that was before my days - in time of the Civil War they drove them out of here. The Rebels, you know they drove the Rebels out, and they got so hard on my mind they wouldn't let them make nothing. They moved them to North Carolina. They got started across there and they aimed to go thru on the second day out but they got water-bound and they couldn't get to them. They had to stay there about five days.

"Five days. They lived on three pounds of sheep's tallow. Mutton tallow, they called it. They ate that mutton tallow and kept alive, five days until the water runned out.

"I can't dispute it because my mammy's told it, my brothers have told it and my brother's fussin' got to 'em when the river got out.

"My daddy owned, in time of Civil War, he owned Trentham property over by the forks of the river. He owned two or three hundred acres there, but they run him out. He was in the Rebel army and they runned him out. He owned all that. He got it to take care of his mammy-in-law, my grandmother, and when they runned him out he gave it to his other brother-in-laws - Uncle Robert and Uncle Isaac Trentham. He gave it to them to take care of their own, so he just turned it over to them."

After his Confederate service in Civil War, Andrew Jackson Bradley received a grant of 100 acres of Colonel William Thomas. The land was located in the area of Tow String Creek, Swain County, North Carolina (now Great Smoky Mountains National Park). The original hand-written document by Colonel William Thomas is still in existence and in possession of one of Andrew Jackson Bradley's descendants.

Andrew Jackon Bradley was listed in the 1850 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 16, 21, 77.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 102, 105, 139, 150.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 248.
"Smoky Mountain Historical Society Journal", Summer 1995, Vol XXI, No. 2, p 31.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 162.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 50.

Andrew married Mary Elvira "Polly" Trentham Oct 1847, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of William Thomas Trentham and Easter Ogle) was born 20 Jul 1829, Tennessee; died 2 Nov 1907; was buried Ownby Addition Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married by Rev. Richard Evans.

Listed in the 1850 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

Mary Elvira Trentham Bradley, widow of Andrew Jackson, filed for a pension on Andrew Jackson Bradley's Indian Wars military service. She stated that they lived 20 years at Ocona Lufty, North Carlolina, and 25 years in Sevier County, Tennessee. A pension was granted at the rate of eight dollars per month.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 16, 21, 77.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 102, 105, 139, 150.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 245, 248.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 162.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 50.

Notes:

According to the 1800 and 1810 Federal Census, Isaac Bradley and Anne lived in Rutherford County, North Carolina.

Isaac Bradley is listed with his second wife in the 1820 and 1830 Federal Census of Burke County, North Carolina; the 1840 and 1850 Federal Census of Haywood County, North Carolina; and the 1860 Federal Census of Jackson County, North Carolina.

On 12 April 1841, Isaac Bradley bought two tracts of land from John Hyde of Cherokee County, North Carolina for $475.00. The first tract, located on the east side of the North Fork of Oconaluftee River, contained 150 acres.

On 27 September 1841, Isaac Bradley bought 100 acres of land from the State of North Carolina for $5.00. This land was located on the "Left hand Fork of Oconaluftee River" and began "at a white oak Sapling on his old line near the West Bank of the Right hand Fork of said River and near the Waggon Road..."

On 20 March 1846, Isaac Bradley sold one tract of land on "the right hand Fork of Oconaluftee River" to his son, William Bradley for money.

Then on 29 May 1848, Isaac Bradley sold another 107 acres of land to his son, William Bradley for $10.00. This land began "at a large chestnut on the east bank of the right hand Fork of the Oconaluftee River..."

Also on 20 May 1848, Isaac Bradley sold 89 acres of land to his son-in-law, Israel Carver, for $10.00. This tract began "at a Chestnut at the mouth of a small Branch on the west side of the right hand Fork of the Oconaluftee River..."

In another 29 May 1848 deed he sold 120 acres of land to his son, Thomas Bradley for $10.00. This land began "at a Chestnut at the mouth of a small Branch on the West side of the right hand Fork of the Oconaluftee River..." The deed indicated that Thomas Bradley was to "sustain the said Isaac Bradley and Sarah Bradley his Parents for life; if not the said Thomas Bradley forfeits his right of said Land as regards possession until the death of said Parents, then the said Thomas Bradley shall have full possession of sd Lands to his only use..."

On 1 July 1848, Isaac Bradley made a deed for 16 acres of land to his son, Augustine Bradley for $40.00. This land was located on "the east side of the north Fork of Oconaluftee River" and began "at a large Cestnut on the east bank of said river..."

The land in all these transactions is now part of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

As shown by the above deeds, most of Isaac Bradley's land was divided among his children prior to his death. No will has been found in Haywood or Jackson County, North Carolina. Isaac died at his homeplace and was buried with his wife in the Bradley-Carver family cemetery, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 105, 136, 137-138.

Isaac — Sarah Coxey. Sarah (daughter of William Coxey) was born 1782, Icard, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 1870, McDowell County, North Carolina; was buried Bradley-Carver Cemetery, Swain County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Sarah Coxey Bradley, widow of Isaac, was living with her son Thomas Bradley at the time of the 1860 Federal Census was taken.
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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 105, 136, 137, 138.

Notes:

Sometime in the early 1820's, William Trentham and his family migrated to Sevier County, Tennessee from Haywood County, North Carolina. They settled in the Two-Mile Branch and Forks of the River area, now part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

William Trentham was one of the early school teachers for the White Oak Flats community. A story handed down for generations about him as the school teacher in White Oaks said -- "William Trentham seems to have known how to enforce order among what must have been a body of turbulent pupils, for it is told of him that he once whipped a daughter of Daniel Wesley Reagan for spitting into the school books of her fellow students. This so incensed the father of the girl that he vowed there should be no more schools of that kind where he lived, so he locked the schoolhouse and took away the key."

William Trentham and his wife Easter Ogle were listed in the 1830 and 1840 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

William Trentham was appointed as the only postmaster for the White Oak Flats community. The post office was organized on 11 November 1840 and was disbanded on 13 June 1844. He also served as the Justice of Peace for the 11th Civil District (White Oak Flats).

William Thomas arrived at home after an extended trip in the woodland with a ruptured appendix and without proper medical attention resulted in his untimely.

William Trentham was buried with his wife in the Trentham Family Cemetery, now part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. William's grave stone gives 1843 as his date of death.
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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 49.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 164.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 101-102.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 359
Bonnie Trentham Myers, Bltrentham@aol.com, 20 November 2000..

William married Easter Ogle 1826, Sevier County, Tennessee. Easter (daughter of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley) was born 6 May 1806, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Jan 1883; was buried Trentham Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In the minute books of the White Oak Flats Church a mention is made of "Sister Easter Trentham" in the records of the January 1827 meeting.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mounty Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 49.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 139, 164.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 101,102.

John married Mary Ledbetter Abt 1762, , Brunswick, Virginia. Mary (daughter of Richard Ledbetter and Mary Walton) was born Abt 1745, , Brunswick, Virginia; died Abt 1825, , Rutherford, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 133, 135.

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 101.
Bonnie Trentham Myers, Bltrentham@aol.com, 20 November 2000.

Robert married Lucinda Trentham Abt 1792, , North Carolina; divorced Yes, date unknown. Lucinda (daughter of Martin Trentham) was born Abt 1778/1780. [Group Sheet]

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 101.
Bonnie Trentham Myers, Bltrentham@aol.com, 20 November 2000.

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Thomas went with his parents to Ninety Six District, Edgefield County, South Carolina from Wilkes County, Georgia.

Tom was named with his brother, Hercules, as coexecutor of their father's will in 1803 in Edgefield District, South Carolina. He also signed the 1811 deed of conveyance which disposed of the land left by William Ogle to his "four boys". Another deed, dated in 1825 and disposing of land in Edgefield District, South Carolina, was signed by Thomas and Sophia Ogle. They had apparently rented out this land after moving to Sevier County, Tennessee.

No Tennessee land grants prior to 1824 were found for Tom Ogle but it is known that he was in Sevier County as early as 1805. He and Hercules Ogle deeded 48 acres of land at the mouth of Walden's Creek to William Murphy in 1807. According to the deed, found in the Tennessee State Library and Archives, they held title to the land "by virtue of seizure and occupancy". The exact date of Tom's settlement in Gatlinburg is not known but he was one of the first settlers there.

Records of Tom's service in the War of 1812 were found in the National Archives. He served in Captain Andrew Lawson's Company of East Tennessee Drafted Militia Regiment, commanded by Colonel William Johnson, and fought against the Creek Indians. In 1850 and 1855, Tom received bounty land grants as a result of his service.

In December of 1817 when the White Oak Flats Baptist Church was formed as an arm of the Sevierville church, Tom Ogle and his wife were listed as charter members. The first church building was started in 1855 on Tom's land. It was located where the Arrowcraft Shop stands now. A deed conveying title of the land to the church by Thomas Ogle was executed on 8 April 1861. This is found in Sevier County Courthouse in Deed Book M, page 211.

Thomas J. Ogle has three land entries, which are dated from 1 May 1824 through 23 Jan 1826, in the Surveyor's Book No. 1 of Sevier County, Tennessee. These land entries were granted by the state of Tennessee. All these were located in the White Oak Flats community and Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Tom left a will dated 27 Sep 1861 and probated in County Court in February of 1862. It is recorded in Will Book I, p 74-75. William T. Ogle is mentioned as Tom's eldest son and is named executor of the will. Also Tom mentioned "my son Thomas Ogle... my Sons, to wit., Preston, Levi and Caleb..." In the Court records, Thomas Ogle's will was admitted for probate 3 Feb 1862. On 3 March 1862, Caleb Ogle and Wilson Duggan were appointed administrators of the estate of Thomas Ogle. (Court Minutes Book I, page 747 and 752)

There is a list of "Inventory of the property belonging to the estate of Thomas J. Ogle, Dec'd., late of Sevier County, Tennessee in the Inventory Book, page 190/92.

In the GUARDIANS, EXECUTORS and ADMINISTRATORS Settlement Book for Sevier County, Tennessee, there is a record for the estate of Thomas J. Ogle. From this book, the following list of the living heirs of Thomas J. Ogle is quoted: "the above Settlement shows that there is in the hands of the administrators the sum of $187.23 to be equally divided among twelve heirs, to wit., Levi, Hercules, Isaac, Rebecca wife of Preston, William T., Celeb, Thomas, Esther Trantham, Hichols Ownsby, Jacob Evans, Andrew Conner, and David Owensby & wife."

The family appears in the Federal Census records of Sevier County from 1830 through 1860. The census and other records found show that the second generation of Ogle sons in Gatlinburg began using their father's initial in their names when there was confusion created by the same names.
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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 47-48.
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 154-155, 211.

Thomas married Sophia Bosley Abt 1804. Sophia was born Abt 1789, Maryland; died 13 Jul 1857, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Sophia is spoken of as the "red-headed woman" in the family stories. It is said she hoped and prayed for a church and minister of their own in the community. Her hopes were realized when their son, William T. Ogle, became a minister of the Gospel, as did a younger son, Caleb Ogle.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 47-48.
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 154-155, 211.