Roy R. "Tubby" Griffin

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 22.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 139.

Roy married Mary Louella "Ella" Parton 23 Sep 1928. Mary (daughter of William Earl "Will" Parton and Mary Louvisha Whaley) was born 17 Jun 1909, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 May 1965; was buried Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

1. Imogene Nola Griffin was born 3 Dec 1929, Tennessee; died 30 Jun 1987; was buried Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.

Roy — Mabel Andes. Mabel (daughter of William Alexander Andes and Louisa Jane Davis) was born 1 Sep 1912; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Killed in train accident at Elkmont. Buried in Elkmont Cemetery in the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 18, 22.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 146.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 139.
"In the Shadow of the Smokies", Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 692.

Daniel married Arra Jane Reagan 25 Feb 1909. Arra (daughter of Richard Reason "Uncle Dick" Reagan and Sarah Caroline Bradley) was born 8 Sep 1881, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 22 May 1952; was buried Elkmont Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 18, 22.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 20.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 146.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 77, 92, 139, 200.

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1DDV-7W

Notes:

Listed in 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census as farmer.

Richard Reason lived all his life in the Gatlinburg area. Some time after the Civil War he moved his home and store to the Sugarlands.

R. R. Reagan served the district for many years as a Justice of the Peace and as a tax collector. He was the county sheriff from 1870 to 1874. When the Gatlinburg Post Office was established in 1856 by the U. S. Postal Department, Richard served from 12 December 1871 to 10 July 1883 as postmaster, but not the first.

Serving the Union during the Civil War, R. R. Reagan enlisted 16 Sep 1862 in Company E, 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry. A commissary sergeant, he was discharged 5 July 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee. His personal description at that time was: 5' 9" in height, dark hair, dark complexion and yellow eyes.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 16, 17.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 144, 171.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 141, 146.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 8.

Richard married Sarah Caroline Bradley 9 Jun 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of James Holland Bradley and Martha Grant) was born 31 Jul 1842, Tow String Creek, Swain County, North Carolina; died 16 Jan 1886, Sugarlands, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 17.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 141, 145-146.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 15.

Other Events:

• AFN: 2DDT-XD

Notes:

Daniel moved with his parents to White Oak Flats (Gatlinburg) when he was about four years old. He lived all of his life here or on various other tracts of land in the area.

Listed as Ragan in 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census as farmer with $1000 property unable to read or write.

An industrious man, Daniel began acquiring land before he married. In theTennessee State Library and Archives there are records of eight entries in his name, dating from 1824 to 1872. The state archivist says this was all purchased land. He is listed in the 1837 tax lists of Sevier County, Tennessee.

An 1859 grant, previously surveyed land, was resurveyed and entered probably because of Gatlin's extensive claim in the area and the Courthouse fire. This 1859 grant was for 600 acres up both sides of the river from Baskins Creek to the Two Mile Branch. In May 1866, he added another 640 acres to this holding. There are also grants for 1,000, 600, and 4,000 acres on Roaring Fork granted in 1839, 1868 and 1872. Most of this land was divided among his children - no will has been found. Daniel moved around and lived on several of his farms - his wife said after his death that she wanted to spend the rest of her years in one spot, she was so tired of moving. She spent her remaining years with her stepdaughter and her husband, Mariah and Thomas H. McCarter.

Daniel was a blacksmith as well as a farmer. Tradition says he built the first wagon in the settlement, making the wheels of one piece of split white oak. His son, Charles C. Reagan, built the first wagon that crossed the Smokies. Although no record has been found to verify it, Daniel probably served as a Justice of Peace. He did keep the community post office. When the settlement officially became Gatlinburg and the post office was established, Daniel and Joel Conner received the contract to carry the mail from Sevierville to Casher's Valley, South Carolina. Daniel's sons, Richard R. and Ephraim Reagan, served as postmaster in the village.

Definitely a Union man but too old to go to service during the Civil War, Daniel served as "muster" officer and drilled the men of the village out in the "Flats". He also served the community as food distributor. Because of his activities and his three oldest sons being in the Union army, he often had to hide out in the mountains to escape the Confederates. The youngest son, Charles C., often told of his father taking him to the woods and showing him the meat and food supplies he had hidden. Daniel didn't think the Rebels would bother the women and children and if he did have to hide out, then Charles must see that food was brought in for the people as it was needed---a big responsibility for a seven year old boy.

A civic minded man, Daniel furnished the meeting house for the village--the five sided building used for the school, church and "voting place". According to one of the land grants, this was located at the "mouth of the lane", now Reagan Lane, near the old River Road. Although he furnished the meeting place for the Baptist Church for many years, Daniel was not found on the membership roll of the church and did not give the land for the present building site, as has been stated by many sources.

Daniel Wesley Reagan did give the land for the oldest part of the White Oak Flats Cemetery (Gatlinburg Cemetery) to the community. This was originally a family plot on the farm of his father, Richard Reagan. The first burial there was a child of Daniel Milsaps, the first school teacher in Gatlinburg.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 6a, 15-16.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 51.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 45.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 37.

Daniel married Nancy Ogle 30 Jan 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley) was born 24 Aug 1810, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Feb 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: 2DDT-ZK

Notes:

Listed in the 1830 and 1840 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 6a, 16, 167.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 51.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 37.

Notes:

James Holland Bradley and his second wife Martha were listed in the 1830 and
1840 Federal Census of Rutherford County, North Carolina.

On July 1843, James Holland Bradley bought 50 acres of land from John Watson of
Sevier County, State of Tennessee for $75.00. This land was located "in the
County of Haywood on the waters of Oconaluftee River, West Fork on a branch
formerly called Davidrum Branch..." This land is now part of Great Smoky
Mountains National Park.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 17.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 106, 138, 141.

James — Martha Grant. Martha was born 25 Jul 1805, North Carolina; died 27 Feb 1879, Tow String Creek, Swain County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Martha Grant Bradley, widow of James Holland Bradley, was listed in the 1850
Federal Census of Haywood County, North Carolina; and in the 1860 and 1870
Federal Census of Jackson County, North Carolina.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 17.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 138, 141.