Martha Etta Bales

Other Events:

• Census: 1910, District 11, Cocke County, Tennessee
• Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 32, 59.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 142.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 127.

Martha — Amos Marshall Eslinger. Amos (son of Isaac Eslinger and Sarah Elizabeth Ogle) was born 6 Aug 1899, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 27 Mar 1995; was buried Levi Trentham (Elkmont) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

1. Luecrettie Eslinger was born Abt 1918, Tennessee; died 20 Oct 2006, Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 23 Oct 2006, Jakes Creek Cemetery.
2. Tipton Eslinger was born 17 Jan 1930, Tennessee; died 15 Oct 1980; was buried Mountain View Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, District 14, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1910, District 11, Cocke County, Tennessee
• Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Ephraim was a farmer and lived on Roaring Fork whose homeplace is being preserved by the Park Service.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 31, 59.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 137, 141, 229.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 127.

Ephraim married Nancy Minerva Reagan 10 Mar 1889, Sevier County, Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of David L. "Dave" Reagan, Jr. and Martha Jane Ogle) was born 26 May 1873, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Apr 1936, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 12 Apr 1936, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1910, District 11, Cocke County, Tennessee
• Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1930, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Their homeplace is being preserved by the National Park Service in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 31, 59.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 137, 141, 229.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 127.

Other Events:

• AFN: BQLK-BR
• Census: 31 Aug 1870, District 14, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1910, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Caleb came to Gatlinburg from the 10th district of the county, first appearing in the census record of 1860 when he was in the household of Jacob Houser. He went to visit his folks in the 10th district of Sevier County where he died and was buried.

There is an Bales infant born 6 February 1831 died 19 February ?? in Bales Cemetery listed as son of J.W. and M. L. This infant may have been Caleb's brother thus making his parents J. W. and M. L. Bales.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 16, 31, 59, 61.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 137.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 42, 88.

Caleb married Elizabeth Margaret Reagan 16 Apr 1861. Elizabeth (daughter of Daniel Wesley Reagan and Nancy Ogle) was born 8 Jun 1837, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Mar 1912; was buried Bales Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2DDT-DR
• Census: 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 31 Aug 1870, District 14, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1910, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Lived on Roaring Fork after her marriage.

Notes:

Aaron Ownby, JP performed Elizabeth and Caleb's wedding.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 54, 59.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 194.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 210, 228, 229.

David married Martha Jane Ogle 4 Jul 1872, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of Preston Ogle and Rebecca "Becky" Conner) was born 26 Jan 1857, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Jan 1934, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 34, 59.
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 54.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 194.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 210, 228, 229.

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:

David died at Gallatin, Tennessee on 20 June 1864, while serving with the Union Army during the Civil War.

David L. was a farmer and for a period of time in the 1830's served as clerk of the White Oak Flats Baptist Church in Gatlinburg. He became a member of the church at the March 1833 meeting "by experience."

During the Civil War, David served with the Union under Captain William J. Trotter in the 9th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry, Company H, commanded by Colonel Joseph Parsons. The company was organized at Sevierville and David L. enlisted, 1 October 1836, for three years. He was mustered in at Knoxville, 28 October 1863. His death which occurred at Gallatin, Tennessee was probably due to typhoid fever.

An affidavit filed with his wifes pension claim states that they were married about the 1st of July 1833 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee by William Trentham, Justice of Peace.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans",Donald B. Reagan, 1978, 6a, 54.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 141.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 51.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 37, 209.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 259.

David married Jane "Jennie" Ogle Abt 1 Jul 1833, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. Jane (daughter of William "Black Bill" Ogle and Nancy Bohanon) was born 1818, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Sep 1879; was buried Bales Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

An affidavit filed with her pension claim states that she was married about the 1st of July 1833 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee by William Trentham, Justice of Peace. Jane is on the 1837 membership roll of the White Oak Flats Baptist Church.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 6a, 54.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 141.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 51.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 37, 209, 210.

Notes:

Preston and his family were listed in the 1850 through 1880 Federal Census of
Sevier County, Tennessee.

Preston enrolled as a private 1 Oct 1863 in Company H, 9th Regiment of the
Tennessee Cavalry Volunteers during the Civil War. He died at Camp Nelson,
Kentucky of typhoid fever.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 73.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 194.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 47.

Preston married Rebecca "Becky" Conner 4 Dec 1843, , Haywood, North Carolina. Rebecca (daughter of Samuel Conner and Nancy Swearingen) was born 1828, Haywood County, North Carolina; died 13 May 1892, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 73.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 192, 194, 218.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 144.