Pleasant "Pless" Stinnett

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, District 1, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Pleasant — Phoebe Hurst. Phoebe (daughter of Byram Hurst and Mary Hurst) was born Jan 1860, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Jul 1934, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 31 Jul 1934, Howard View Baptist Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

1. Doctor Roger Stinnett was born 18 Oct 1885, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 14 Dec 1959; was buried Howard View Baptist Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Benjamin was married to Pheba Proffitt by P. H. Shults, Justice of the Peace.
In 1870, Ben and family were living in District # 12, Cocke County, Tennessee on
the farm of Joseph Webb, age 79, on Upper Cosby which was close to Sevier County
and Dunn's Creek. They had two children at this time, Plesant (Pless) born in
1866 and Mary Jane, born in 1868. By 1880 Ben had moved back Sevier County,
Tennessee, in the Rocky Flats area near Shults Grove and was farming the Berry
Williams farm. By 1900 Ben, Pheba and Mary Jane were living in Newport,
Tennessee in a rented house. In 1995, Ben was a day laborer, Mary Jane had been
married and divorced and was living with them with her three children, Pless,
Ben, and Henry. Around 1910 Ben and Pheba moved to Knoxville and lived there
until they died. Ben was listed as a merchant on his death certificate.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Benjamin married Phoeba Proffitt 22 Aug 1865, Sevier County, Tennessee. Phoeba (daughter of Pleasant Proffitt and Nancy Ogle) was born 6 Nov 1848, Georgia; died 25 Sep 1934, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried 25 Sep 1934, Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Timothy Welch Stennett list birth as 1850 and location as Georgia.
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Reference
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 60.
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Notes:

Alexander was eleven or twelve years old at the time of his mother's second marriage. He was his mother's favorite child and when she gave him the family farm it caused an uproar in the rest of the Stinnett family. The other children later caused trouble over this and it must have gone on for quite a while. There are court records where they paid monetary sums to several of his children to cover their inheritance from John. As late as 1874, Elizabeth appeared in court and swore she had made and signed a deed for fifty acres of land to Alexander in 1866.

From the Minutes of the New Salem Baptist Church:
"...Took up a case against Brother Alexander Stinnett for fornication and finding no proof he was acquitted for the same."

Baptist farmer.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 148.

Alexander married Elmina Ball Mar 1830, Cocke County, Tennessee. Elmina (daughter of Ausburn Ball and Martha "Patsey" Thomason) was born 31 Oct 1812, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 19 Jun 1893, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Stinnett Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Donald B. Reagan lists name as Elmira McKissick.

Religion: Baptist.

Elmina's birth place is not confirmed. She is said to be a Native American. She lived the rest of her life on the Stinnet farm.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 148.

Other Events:

• AFN: 1TQQ-TC

Notes:

Age 26 in 1850.

Killed by "Bush Whackers" near Newport (Chestnut Hill)

Joe Payne lists death as 1891.
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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 174, 252.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 58, 59.
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
"Proffitt Family History", Jeff Bridgett, p 8.

Pleasant married Nancy Ogle Abt 1846, Sevier County, Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of William Thomas Ogle and Sarah E. Bohanon) was born 2 Jun 1829, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Jan 1850. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

First name may be Rosann.
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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 174.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 58.
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
"Proffitt Family History", Jeff Bridgett, p 8.

Notes:

It is beleived McKissick was killed in the Indian wars about 1812 while his wife
was expecting.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

— Elizabeth Wilkerson. Elizabeth was born 1794, South Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Housewife
Baptist
Buried in Henry Cemetery.

It was said that "Old Betts" as she was called, was ruler of the roost and a hellcat on wheels. It is believed that Betts was married first to a McKissick and he was killed in the Indian wars about 1812. She was expecting a child at that time. Alexander was eleven or twelve at the time of his mother's marriage to John Stinnett.

From the minutes of the New Salem Baptist Church On the fourth Saturday in April 1863; The New Salem Baptist Church of Jones Cove met in business session and brought a charge of fornication against Elizabeth Stinnett, and cited her to the next business meeting to defend herself against the charge. In the next meeting she had a witness that testified for her and she was cleared of the charge by a vote of the body present and restored to full fellowship. There was no mention who the third party was. It probably was Thomas Stinnett, a son of John by a previous marriage. He came to Tennessee and lived for a while. He was listed in the 1860 census as living in the Stinnett household. He either died or moved before the next census. There is a Thomas Stinnett buried in the Number one Henry Cemetery in Old Henry Town.

Elizabeth is not listed in the 1870 census of Sevier County, but in 1874 she made an appearance at the County Court Clerk's Office at Sevierville, Tennessee and gave a sworn statement to the clerk that she had made and signed a deed for fifty acres of land to Alexander Stinnett in 1866. She is next found living with her daughter, Margaret and Thomas Wilkerson in Wear's Valley, District No. 6, Sevier County, Tennessee. She is ninety years of age and she probably died there. No one knows where she is buried, possibly in Wear's Valley or maybe in the Stinnett Cemetery. Alexander was the favorite child and she gave or sold him the farm that belonged to John. It must have caused trouble with their other children and there was a court action over this.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Other Events:

• Also Known As: Osborne Ball

Notes:

Misty Spinelli lists given name as Asborn.

On the GRS CD ROM # CD 229 Marriage Records for the Southern States an Osbourne Ball married Patsey Thomason on 26 September 1803 in Grainger County, Tennessee.

1830 Cocke County, Tennessee Census lists Asbern Ball next to Royal Ball.

1850 Cocke County, Tennessee Census lists given name as Osborne, age as 71, occupation as Farmer and value of land $200.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
Misty Spinelli
http://www.liberty.com/home/hannibal/censusb.txt.

Ausburn married Martha "Patsey" Thomason 26 Sep 1803, Grainger County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of George Thomason and Rachel Hudspeth) was born 18 Apr 1785, Virginia; died 1860, Taylorsburg, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Ball Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Misty Spinelli lists surname as Thompson.

1850 Cocke County Census lists age as 64 unable to read or write.
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Reference:
Misty Spinelli
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Notes:

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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 58.
Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
"Proffitt Family History", Jeff Bridgett, p 7.

Samuel married Sarah B. Webb 1 Feb 1821. Sarah (daughter of Jesse Owen Webb and Anna McMurty) was born 17 Sep 1799; died 20 Apr 1879; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Jefferson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

William T. Ogle was licensed to preach at the September 1834 meeting of the White Oak Flats Baptist Church. He was ordained at Bethel Baptist Church on the 4th Saturday of October 1836. He served the Gatlinburg church and others until his death.

In 1860, William T. and his family appear in the census records with his father in the 11th district (Gatlinburg). He was mentioned as the oldest son and was named executor of his father's will in 1862.
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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 52.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 139, 174.

William married Sarah E. Bohanon 22 Dec 1825, Sevier County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of Henry Bohanon and Amillia Shotwell) was born 1807, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 25 Sep 1887; was buried Boogertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 52.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 139, 174.
"A Genealogy of the Rolen Family of Sevier County, Tennessee," Wilma Rolen p 4.