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  1. 1.  Medora Whaley was born 1860, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Westley O. Whaley and Mary "Polly" Reagan); died INFANT; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 42.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 11.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 171.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Westley O. Whaley was born 21 May 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of John H. "Bullhead" Whaley and Mourning Ownbey); died 26 Mar 1863, Murfreesborough, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Listed in 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census with parents attending school.

    Serving in the Union Army during the Civil War, Westley O. Whaley enlisted 22
    September 1862 in Company E, 2nd East Tennessee Cavalry. He was promoted to
    corporal while on his duty. He was in hospital for the treatment of diarrhea
    at Murfreesborough, Tennessee and died later of same cause 26 March 1863.
    Buriel place is unknown.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 23.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 42.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 10, 11, 46, 129.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 170, 171.
    http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/sevier/census/1850/pg0396a.txt.

    Westley married Mary "Polly" Reagan 19 Jan 1860, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Daniel Wesley Reagan and Sarah "Sally" Whaley) was born 22 Mar 1845, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Aug 1913, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary "Polly" Reagan was born 22 Mar 1845, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Daniel Wesley Reagan and Sarah "Sally" Whaley); died 6 Aug 1913, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 2DDV-H9

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 23.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 16, 42.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 10, 11, 46, 129, 252, 254.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 170, 171.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    Children:
    1. 1. Medora Whaley was born 1860, Sevier County, Tennessee; died INFANT; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Isham Hodges Whaley was born Feb 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Oct 1908; was buried New Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John H. "Bullhead" WhaleyJohn H. "Bullhead" Whaley was born 31 Mar 1817, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of William M. Whaley and Mary Ann Ogle); died 21 Mar 1909; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: B71M-KG
    • Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Listed in 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census as farmer $300 property able to read and write.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 180, 288.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5, 10, 69, 71, 106, 129.
    "Ownby-Watson Family History", Percival David Park, May 1985, p .
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 30, 307.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 186.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 227.

    John married Mourning Ownbey Abt 1834, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mourning (daughter of John Ownby, Jr. and Elizabeth Hill) was born 11 Aug 1817, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 21 Apr 1870, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mourning OwnbeyMourning Ownbey was born 11 Aug 1817, Buncombe County, North Carolina (daughter of John Ownby, Jr. and Elizabeth Hill); died 21 Apr 1870, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: B71M-LM

    Notes:

    Listed in the 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census able to read and write.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 180, 288.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5, 10, 106, 129.
    "Ownby-Watson Family History", Percival David Park, May 1985, p .
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 186.

    Children:
    1. Whaley was born 1835.
    2. Harkless Whaley was born 10 Feb 1836, Tennessee; died 15 Feb 1926, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 15 Feb 1926, Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. 2. Westley O. Whaley was born 21 May 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Mar 1863, Murfreesborough, Tennessee.
    4. Cynthia Jane Whaley was born 1840, Trentville, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died 23 Mar 1888, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. John Brabson Whaley was born 25 Feb 1842, Tennessee; died 5 Sep 1864, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Mary "Polly" Whaley was born 1843, Tennessee; died 1889/1890; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Perry Seehorn Commodore Whaley was born 11 Feb 1846, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Dec 1926, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried 5 Dec 1926, Cedar Springs Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    8. Margaret Whaley was born 1847, Tennessee; died 22 Apr 1878; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Pinkney Henry Toomey Whaley was born 12 Sep 1848, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Oct 1920, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried 3 Oct 1920, Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    10. Joseph L. "Joel" Whaley was born 23 May 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Nov 1933, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    11. Aaron Jason Whaley was born 1851; died 1868.
    12. Sarah Elizabeth Whaley was born 6 Jun 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Oct 1926; was buried Friendship Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    13. Leander A. Whaley was born 15 Feb 1856, Tennessee; died 6 Jan 1929, Bradley, Tennessee; was buried Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    14. Isaac C. Whaley was born 27 May 1858, Tennessee; died 31 Jan 1925; was buried Bishopville Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee.
    15. Columbus M. Whaley was born 20 Oct 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Dec 1921; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  Daniel Wesley ReaganDaniel Wesley Reagan was born 15 Oct 1802, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Richard Reagan and Julia Ann Shults); died 25 Jan 1892, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    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 Sarah "Sally" Whaley 20 Jun 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of Middleton Whaley and Rebecca Ogle) was born 25 Jan 1819, Tennessee; died 5 Dec 1901; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Sarah "Sally" Whaley was born 25 Jan 1819, Tennessee (daughter of Middleton Whaley and Rebecca Ogle); died 5 Dec 1901; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: BQLJ-XQ

    Notes:

    Listed in 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census able to read and write.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 51.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 45.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 62.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 37.
    http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/sevier/census/1850/pg0396a.txt

    Children:
    1. 3. Mary "Polly" Reagan was born 22 Mar 1845, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Aug 1913, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Sarah "Aunt Sally" Reagan was born 28 Apr 1848, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 Aug 1901, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. William Brownlow Reagan was born 18 Oct 1850, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Jul 1879; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Rebecca Reagan was born 9 Jan 1856; died 10 Sep 1856; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Charles Clements Reagan was born 27 Jul 1857, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Feb 1930; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William M. Whaley was born 15 Aug 1788, South Carolina (son of Alexander Whaley and Unknown, son of Alexander Whaley and Abigail Leverich); died 30 May 1880, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    In the 1880 Mortality Schedule for Sevier County, Tennessee gave the birthplace of William M. Whaley's parents -- father and mother were born in South Carolina.

    Some researchers say he was born in Orangeburg District, South Carolina but have not provided the source.

    Family traditions say William M. Whaley, his two brothers, John and Middleton, and a sister, Delania, came to Sevier County, Tennessee from South Carolina.

    Records of William M. Whaley's military service in the War of 1812 were found in the National Archives, Washington, D.C. He enlisted on 13 November 1814 as a fifer in Captain John Porter's Company, Colonel Edwin E. Booth's Regiment, East Tennessee Drafted Militia and was discharged on 20 May 1815 at Mobile, Alabama.

    On 4 November 1850 (aged 62 years) and 2 April 1855 (aged 66 years), William M. Whaley filed applications and received bounty land grants as a result of his service in the War of 1812.

    William M. Whaley filed for pension for his War of 1812 service in the East Tennessee Militia. His pension papers give a detailed story of his military service in the War of 1812. It is given below:

    "State of Tennessee)
    Sevier County SS. On this 22nd day of May A.S. one
    thousand eight hundred and Seventy one, personally appeared before me W. H.
    Duggan, Clerk of County Court, a court of record within and for the County and
    State aforesaid, William Whaley, aged Eighty two years, a resident of 2nd
    district, County of Sevier, State of Tennessee who being duly Sworn according
    to law declares that he is married that his wifes name was Mary Ogle to whom he
    was married in Sevier County, State of Tennessee on the 26th day of December
    1811 that he served the full term of Sixty days in the military Service of the
    United States in the War of 1812. That he is the identical William Whaley who
    was drafted in Captain Wilson Maples Company, Col Booths Regiment -- Brigade --
    Division at Sevier County, State of Tennessee on or about the day of November
    1814 and was honorably discharged at Mobile, Alabama on or about the day of
    March 1815 that he does not recollect the Numbers of the Regiment or Brigade,
    that Captain Maples resigned and the Company was then Commanded by Captain John
    W. Porter that he at no time during the late rebellion against the authority of
    the United States adhered to the Cause of the enemies of the Government giveing
    them aid or comfort or exercised the functions of any office whatever under any
    authority or pretend authority in hostility to the United States and that he
    will support the Constitution of the United States, that he is not in receipt
    of a pension under any previous act, that he makes this declaration for the
    purpose of being placed on the pension roll of the United States under the
    provision of the act approved February 14, 1871 and he hearby constitutes and
    appoints with full power of Substitution and revocation M.W. McCown of
    Sevierville, Tennessee his true and lawful attorney to prosecute his claim and
    obtain the pension certificate that may be issued. And that his post office is
    at Sevierville, Sevier County, State of Tennessee and that his domicile or
    place of abode is on the big East fork of Little Pigeon river in Greenbyor
    Cove"

    "Attest His
    Jeremiah Chamberlain William X Whaley
    John W. Huskey Mark

    Applicant

    "Also personally appeared Jeremiah Chamberlain residing in 2nd district, County
    of Sevier & John W. Huskey residing in 2nd district, County of Sevier persons
    whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being by me
    duly Sworn Say, They were present and Saw William Whaley, the claiment make his
    mark to the foregoing declaration, that they have every reason to believe from
    the appearance of Said claiment and their acquaintance with him that he is the
    identical person he represents himself to be, and that at no time during the
    late rebellion against the authority of the United States did he adhere to the
    cause of the enemies of the Government giving them aid or comfort, and they
    have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.

    Jeremiah Chamberlain
    John W. Huskey

    "Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 22nd day of May 1871 and I hearby
    Certify that the Contents of the foregoing declaration & c were fully made
    Known and explained to the applicant and witnesses before Swearing and that I
    have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim

    "Given under my hand and Seal of office at office in
    Sevierville this 22nd day of May 1871

    "W. H. H. Duggan, Clear"

    In December 1817 when the White Oak Flats Baptist Church was formed as an arm of the Fork of Little Pigeon Baptist Church in Sevierville, William Whaley and his wife were listed as charter members.

    At the July 1833 meeting of the Church, William M. Whaley said, "he had been led to think it (is) his duty to Execrcise a public gift where upon the Church grants to him the privileges of Exercising where in the County as duty may call him". At this meeting William M. Whaley was ordained as moderator.

    It is not known just when William M. and Mary Ann Ogle Whaley moved to Big Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee (now part of Great Smoky Mountain National Park), but they were well settled between 1830 and 1840.

    William Sr. is listed in the 1840 Sevier County, Tennessee census 2 males 0-5, 3 males 5-10, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 50-60, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 20-30 and 1 female 40-50

    William M. Whaley died from "abcess of side" and was buried beside his wife Mary Ann.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 143, 288.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 3-5.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 45, 186, 214.
    Wanda Schomp, wjcrafter@email.msn.com, 17 May 1999.

    William married Mary Ann Ogle 26 Dec 1811, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of William "Billy" Ogle and Martha Jane Huskey) was born 1793, Edgefield County, South Carolina; died 1872/1880, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Mary Ann Ogle was born 1793, Edgefield County, South Carolina (daughter of William "Billy" Ogle and Martha Jane Huskey); died 1872/1880, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Mary moved with the family to Sevier County, Tennessee as early as 1805, soonafter the death of her father.

    Verification of her marriage is from William M. Whaley's War of 1812 papers inthe National Archives, Washington, D. C.

    Mary and William were members of the White Oak Flats Baptist Church. Theirfamily appears in Sevier County, Tennessee Federal Census Records, 1830 through 1880.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 143, 288.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 186, 214.

    Children:
    1. Alexander Whaley was born 1812, Tennessee; died Aft 1880.
    2. William M. Whaley, Jr. was born 1 Jan 1815, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Apr 1877; was buried New Hope Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    3. 4. John H. "Bullhead" Whaley was born 31 Mar 1817, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Mar 1909; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Nancy Whaley was born 1823.
    5. Elizabeth Whaley was born 1825, Tennessee.
    6. William Isaac Whaley was born Aug 1826, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aft 1910; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Henry A. Whaley was born 1826, Rhea County, Tennessee; died Bef 1881.
    8. Jane "Jennie" Whaley was born 1827, Tennessee; died 10 Feb 1883; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Perry Commodore Whaley was born 19 Mar 1828, Tennessee; died 14 Feb 1911, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Martha Adeline Whaley was born 1829, Tennessee; died 19 Nov 1873, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Rector Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Ira Whaley was born Apr 1831, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1908; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. Rebecca Whaley was born 1833, Tennessee.
    13. Colonel Preston Whaley was born Apr 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aft 1900.
    14. Rev. George Bradford Whaley was born Feb 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Oct 1914, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 13 Oct 1914, Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    15. Elijah Whaley was born 6 Jun 1840, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Jul 1926, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Elijah Whaley Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  John Ownby, Jr. was born 11 Jul 1781, Amherst County, North Carolina (son of John "Johny" Ownbey and Nancy Ann "Nannie" Porter); died 5 Sep 1869, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 1TQP-13

    Notes:

    John Ownby Jr. served in the War of 1812 with the North Carolina malitia. Records from the National Archives show John Ownby as a private in Captain Bradly's Company of North Carolina militia for six months but was not called out until February and continued in actual service for over fourteen days. He was discharged in Rutherford County, North Carolina on 6 March 1815. In 1858 John Ownby applied for a bounty land grant on the basis of his military service. He received a grant of 158 acres in Sevier County, Tennessee.

    In 1816, just after the War of 1812 was over, John Ownby Jr. and his family moved from Rutherford County, North Carolina to Sevier County, Tennessee. This Ownby family was the only one listed in the 1830 Federal Census of East Tennessee.

    On 4 February 1858, John Ownby Jr. made a will to dispose of his property. In his will, he said, "I give and bequeath to my son John H. Ownby all my property both real and personal consisting of one hundred and twenty five acres of Land, Cattle, Hogs, Horses, household furniture, etc. I have given and bequeath all my property to said son John in consequence of his kindness in taking care of myself and wife in our age and during our infirmity."
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    Reference:
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 13.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 64, 105.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 203.

    John married Elizabeth Hill 14 Mar 1803, Rutherford County, North Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of John Hill) was born 6 Nov 1784, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 24 Aug 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth Hill was born 6 Nov 1784, Buncombe County, North Carolina (daughter of John Hill); died 24 Aug 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 1TQP-28

    Notes:

    Donald B. Reagan has birth date as 6 November 1786.
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    Reference:
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
    13.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 64, 105.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 203.

    Notes:

    Bride: Elizabeth Hill
    Groom: John Ownby
    Bond Date: 11 Mar 1805
    County: Rutherford
    Record #: 01 245
    Bondsman: Arthur Ownby
    Witness: R Lewis, Clerk of Court
    Bond #: 000135548

    North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868

    Children:
    1. Amos Ownbey was born 22 Dec 1807, , Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 8 Sep 1894, , Reynolds, Missouri.
    2. Margaret "Peggy" Ownbey was born 20 Mar 1810, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 6 Feb 1849, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Westly Ownbey was born 6 Apr 1812, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died Nov 1869, Wayne County, Missouri; was buried New Prospect Cemetery, Wayne County, Missouri.
    4. Harrison Ownbey was born 22 Jan 1814, , Buncombe County, North Carolina.
    5. Aaron Ownbey was born 26 Oct 1815, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 29 Oct 1897, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 1898, Aaron Ownby Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. 5. Mourning Ownbey was born 11 Aug 1817, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 21 Apr 1870, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Rhoda Ownbey was born 17 Aug 1819, , Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 26 Aug 1827, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Mary Olief "Olive" Ownbey was born 11 Jul 1821, , Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 26 Apr 1908, , Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. James Ownbey was born 17 Jun 1823, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 27 Aug 1827, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Ann Ownbey was born 9 Dec 1825, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 31 Aug 1827, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. John H. "Humpy John" Ownbey was born 27 Oct 1827, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Dec 1875; was buried Big Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. Martha Ownbey was born 1829, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    13. Son Ownbey was born 1831, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died See Notes.

  5. 12.  Richard ReaganRichard Reagan was born 1776/1777, Prince George County, Maryland (son of Timothy Reagan and Elizabeth Trigg); died 1829, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 1829, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: BQLJ-VD

    Notes:

    The eldest son of Timothy and Elizabeth Reagan, Richard was born in Maryland or Virginia. He moved with his parents to Virginia, North Carolina, and then to Sevier County, Tennessee. Here he married circa 1796, Julia Ann Shults. Richard Reagan was one of the early settlers in the Emert's Cove, moving either with or very soon after Frederick Emert settled there circa 1800. They moved from there to White Oak Flats (now Gatlinburg) circa 1806.

    It has been often stated that Richard's son, Daniel Wesley Reagan, was the first white child born in White Oak Flats but this seems to be an error. A granddaughter said that Daniel Wesley was about four years old when the family moved to the Mill Creek site in White Oak Flats. The land records indicate this to be correct. Daniel Wesley was born in 1802 in Emert's Cove area and this makes the date of the family settling in White Oaks about 1806.

    Most of Richard's adult life was spent in Sevier County, Tennessee and since the early records of the county have been lost only a few official records for him have been found. There are four land grant records in the Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee. The first of these four land grants, dated 1808 reads:

    "...being in the county of Sevier and District South of French Broad and Holston on the East fork of Little Pigeon.... corner to Frederick Emmett....running with meanders of said river.... Then with the land of John Roberts on said river bank."

    Richard paid 12 1/2 cents per acre for this land and although by the date of this grant it is known he had moved to the Mill Creek site in White Oaks, he retained this land and made the final payment in 1819.

    The second grant in 1813 is for ten acres, part of an entry that had been assigned to Robert Wear. This was "in the county of Sevier in the White Oak Flats." This land ran up the river, crossed the same, and joined other lands of Richard Reagan, which indicates earlier land entries that have been lost.

    The third land grant in 1813 was for fifty acres "...in the county aforesaid in the White Oak Flats on Stoney Creek..." From courses and directions in this grant, Stoney Creek must have been the name used for Mill Creek in the earlier days. It is now called LeConte Creek. The first is a very appropriate name.

    The fourth land grant in 1828 reads: "...containing twenty-five acres, lying in the County aforesaid, on Mill Creek in the White Oak Flats." This land joined the land of Isaac Ogle, and Daniel W. Reagan as well as Richard's own lands.

    In 1837 Daniel Wesley Reagan, Richard's son, had a grant surveyed for the purpose of joining the lands surveyed in Richard Reagan's name. It is apparent from this record that several of Richard's early records are missing. This grant for 100 acres included a narrow strip of land on both sides of the river from Mill Creek to Baskins Creek. (The grant is in a very legible handwriting and it is spelled BASKINS) At a line running along the upper side of the cemetery from Baskins Creek to "the lane" (Reagan Drive now) his land joined Thomas J. Ogle. From the lane to a point near Mill Creek, he joined lands of William and Isaac Ogle. Their land included what was once called the Airport Field.

    Here on this farm in the heart of Gatlinburg, Richard's grandson, John H. Reagan, of Texas fame, was born in 1818. In the letter to his children written in 1865 while he was imprisoned after the Civil War, he said that his grandfather, Richard Reagan was of "....medium stature and good appearance, a very religious man, and member of the Methodist Episcopal church from his youth until his death...." He also said that Richard "owned the neighborhood mill and blacksmith shop; was justice of the peace for his precinct...." Richard was the class leader of the Methodist Society which met in his home before there was a meeting house built. He also kept the post office for the community. His grandson might have been writing his epithet when he said of Richard, "He was an upright good man....a contented and happy man, whose faith was in God and whose hope was in Heaven.."

    Family records say that Richard died of a fractured skull in 1829. A family story handed down through the generations tells that "Richard Reagan died when as he was taking his horses from pasture to the barn, a limb flew off a beech tree and struck him in the head." Another family story tells the same thing at the same time - "A few days before the accident, a bird flew into the porch where he was sitting, smoking his pipe, and lit on his head. He sprang from his chair, declaring it was his 'death sign' and was greatly disturbed. Whether or not it was a warning, he thought it was. The accident happened and he died a few days after that."

    Most sources say that Richard and Julia Ann Reagan had three sons and four daughters - it is possible there were others. One is thought to have been a son, Aaron Reagan, and a daughter named Barbara who died as a young girl. The other two daughters are unknown.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 2a, 5-6.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 6, 51.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 31-44.

    Richard married Julia Ann Shults 1796, Sevier County, Tennessee. Julia (daughter of Johan Martin "Martin" Shults and Juliana Stentz) was born 1775, Tryon County, North Carolina; died 23 Apr 1845, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Julia Ann ShultsJulia Ann Shults was born 1775, Tryon County, North Carolina (daughter of Johan Martin "Martin" Shults and Juliana Stentz); died 23 Apr 1845, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: BQLJ-WK

    Notes:

    Julia Ann Shultz came with her mother, Juliana Shultz, and her brothers and sisters to Sevier County, Tennessee circa 1794/1795 from Sullivan County, Tennessee.

    It is said that Julia Ann used a German Bible and hymn book and spoke German as easily as she did English.

    Julia Ann was living with her son, Daniel Wesley, at the time of her death. It was thought that she had recovered from a spring cold but when she didn't arise as usual on the morning of April 23, 1845, the family found that she had passed away in her sleep.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 2a, 6.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 6, 51.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 407.

    Children:
    1. Timothy Richard Reagan was born 1797, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1847, Fulton County, Arkansas.
    2. Mary Ann Reagan was born 1798, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 Mar 1878, , Phelps, Missouri; was buried , Phelps, Missouri.
    3. Elizabeth Reagan was born 28 Dec 1800, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 24 Aug 1831, , Floyd, Indiana.
    4. 6. Daniel Wesley Reagan was born 15 Oct 1802, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 25 Jan 1892, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Jane Reagan was born 1804, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Abt 1870/1879, Lawrence County, Arkansas.
    6. Aaron Reagan was born 1806, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Bef 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Reagan was born 1808, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Nancy Reagan was born Abt 1810, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Abt 1854, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. David L. Reagan was born Abt 1812, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Jun 1864, Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee.
    10. Reagan was born Abt 1814, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Reagan was born Abt 1816, , Sevier County, Tennessee.

  7. 14.  Middleton WhaleyMiddleton Whaley was born 1800, South Carolina (son of Alexander Whaley and Abigail Leverich, son of Alexander Whaley and Unknown); died Abt 1850/1860, South Carolina; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Family traditions say Middleton Whaley, his two brothers, William M. and John, and a sister, Delania, came to Sevier County, Tennessee from South Carolina.

    Record of Middleton Whaley's military service in the War of 1812 was found in the National Archives, Washington, D.C. Middleton Whaley served as substitute for William Boman, 1 October 1814 to 31 December 1814, in Captain Andrew Lawson's Company in 3rd Regiment of Tennessee Militia, commanded by Colonel William Johnson. Later in the same company, he enlisted as a private on 20
    September 1814 at Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee and was discharged on 3 May 1815. No bounty land grants or pension records were found in the National Archives.

    In December 1817 when the White Oak Flats Baptist Church was formed as an arm of the Sevierville church, Middleton Whaley was listed as a charter member.

    Middleton and Rebecca are listed in Sevier County Census 1830 to 1870. In the 1840 census is listed 1 male 20-30, 1 male 40-50, 2 females 20-30, 1 female 50-60.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 45.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 62.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 229.

    Middleton married Rebecca Ogle Abt 1818, Sevier County, Tennessee. Rebecca (daughter of William "Billy" Ogle and Martha Jane Huskey) was born 1782, North Carolina; died Abt 1870/1880; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Rebecca OgleRebecca Ogle was born 1782, North Carolina (daughter of William "Billy" Ogle and Martha Jane Huskey); died Abt 1870/1880; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    According to the 1850 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tenn., Rebecca listed North Carolina as her birthplace.

    Rebecca was already married to James McCarter by 1803 as indicated by the will of her father, William Ogle. Rebecca was willed "a cow and calf, bed and furniture, pot and some other furniture. Also I give unto my beloved grandson William McCarter a young sow."

    Rebecca and James McCarter came from Edgefield District, South Carolina to settle the Cartertown section and owned most of it at one time. They did not take part in the settlement of White Oak Flats.

    Rebecca and her second husband Middleton are listed in Sevier County Census 1830 to 1860.

    Rebeccaa and Midleton were charter members of White Oak Flats Baptist Church.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 153.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 45.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 62.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 62.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 229.

    Children:
    1. 7. Sarah "Sally" Whaley was born 25 Jan 1819, Tennessee; died 5 Dec 1901; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Martha "Patsy" "Marthy" "Granny Pat" Whaley was born 23 Jan 1820, Tennessee; died 14 Jan 1892; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Aaron Whaley was born 2 Jan 1823, Tennessee; died 8 Jun 1908; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.