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Sophia Levetia Ogle

Female 1881 - 1935  (53 years)


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  1. 1.  Sophia Levetia Ogle was born 26 Jun 1881, , Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Eli William Ogle, Rev. and Sarah "Aunt Sally" Reagan); died 2 Apr 1935.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 43.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 174.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 174.

    Sophia — Samuel R. C. Watson. Samuel (son of Samuel P. Watson and Martha "Patsy" Ogle) was born 12 Nov 1867, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Eli William Ogle, Rev.Eli William Ogle, Rev. was born 8 May 1847, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Henry Ogle and Catherine Roberts); died 18 Jan 1902, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Eli was a Baptist Minister.

    Listed in the 1870, 1880 and 1900 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 16, 43, 280.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 46.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 173, 174.

    Eli married Sarah "Aunt Sally" Reagan 29 Aug 1867, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of Daniel Wesley Reagan and Sarah "Sally" Whaley) 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. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Sarah "Aunt Sally" ReaganSarah "Aunt Sally" Reagan was born 28 Apr 1848, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Daniel Wesley Reagan and Sarah "Sally" Whaley); died 9 Aug 1901, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Listed in the 1870, 1880 and 1900 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 16, 43, 280.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 46.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 173, 174.

    Children:
    1. Mary Rosalee Ogle was born 12 Jul 1868, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 Aug 1906; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Martha E. "Lizzie" Ogle was born 25 Dec 1869, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Nov 1876; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Sarah Catherine Ogle was born 12 Dec 1871, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Jan 1957.
    4. Margaret Charlotte "Lottie" Ogle was born 5 Dec 1873, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Nov 1881; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Deborah Ernestine Ogle was born 8 Dec 1875, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Jan 1961; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Eli Lofton Ogle was born 10 Oct 1878, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Nov 1934.
    7. 1. Sophia Levetia Ogle was born 26 Jun 1881, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 2 Apr 1935.
    8. Ernest Russell "Edward R." Ogle was born 21 Jun 1885, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Jan 1886; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Henry OgleHenry Ogle was born Mar 1824, , Sevier County, Tennessee (son of William "Black Bill" Ogle and Nancy Bohanon); died 17 May 1904; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Henry Ogle served during the Civil War in Company E, 9th Tennessee Cavalry Volunteers. He enlisted on 1 Oct 1863 and was discharged 11 Sep 1865 at Knoxville, Tennessee. His personal description was as follows: "age, 40 years; height, 5 feet 9 inches; complexion, dark; hair, dark; eyes, blue."
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 279
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 141.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 236.

    Henry married Catherine Roberts 29 Jul 1841, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Catherine (daughter of Rev. Eli Roberts and Elizabeth Gobble) was born 1824, Tennessee; died 1 Jan 1892. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Catherine Roberts was born 1824, Tennessee (daughter of Rev. Eli Roberts and Elizabeth Gobble); died 1 Jan 1892.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 43.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 141.

    Children:
    1. Caswell T. Ogle was born 11 Nov 1843, Tennessee; died 16 Jan 1911, Roane County, Tennessee.
    2. Deborah Ogle was born 1845, Tennessee; died See Notes.
    3. 2. Eli William Ogle, Rev. was born 8 May 1847, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Jan 1902, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Levi Evans Ogle was born 12 Jun 1850, Tennessee; died 3 Jul 1921; was buried Dudley Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Henry H. Ogle was born 24 Dec 1853, Tennessee; died 20 Nov 1923; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Margaret Malithia "Letta" Ogle was born May 1858, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Dec 1920; was buried Forest HIll Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    7. Mary Catherine Ogle was born May 1867, Tennessee; died 30 Mar 1940; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Alvin Ogle was born Abt 1865, 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. 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. 3. 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 "Black Bill" Ogle was born 1790, Edgefield County, South Carolina (son of William "Billy" Ogle and Martha Jane Huskey); died 25 Aug 1855, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Cole Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    William came with his mother and the family to Sevier County, Tennessee as early as 1805, soon after the death of his father.

    From RECORD OF COMMISSIONS OF OFFICERS IN THE TENNESSEE MILITIA 1796-1811, compiled by Mrs. John Trotwood Moore, William Ogle was commissioned as a Lieutenant of the 11th Regiment of Sevier County, Tennessee on 14 Februeary 1811 by the governor of the State of Tennessee.

    William Ogle was one of the first settlers in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. No land records prior to 1824 were found for William Ogle, but it is shown by Richard Reagan's early grants that William Ogle and his brother, Isaac Ogle, entered land adjoining the Richard Reagan's land on Mill Creek. This ran from Mill Creek upward to the area below the Cherokee Orchard, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. As his sons and daughters became of age, he gave them these lands. He moved to the Sugarlands area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

    William Ogle is listed on the 1837 Tax List of Sevier County, Tennessee.

    He and Nancy were members of the White Oak Flats Baptist Church.

    William Ogle was appointed as one of nine commissioners of the Sevier County Turnpike Company in 1841. It was "for the purpose of receiving subscription to the amount of twenty five thousand dollars to be applied to the purpose of making a turnpike road from the northern termination of the Smoky Mountain Turnpike road in Sevier County, Tennessee to some point on the most practical leading routes."

    William Ogle and his family appeared in the 1830 through 1850 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

    An affidavit found in the Sevier County Courthouse, by R. R. Reagan and Mark Roberts, states that William Ogle left a will but that it was destroyed in the courthouse fire of 1856. The affidavit stated that his wife, Nancy be supported and have the use of both real and personal property during her lifetime. At her death, the lands "should be equally divided between his sons, James, Henry, and William Ogle; personal property is to be equally divided between all his sons and daughters with the exception of Thomas I. Ogle, husband of his daughter, Sarah Ogle of twelve and half dollars which was to be deducted from his and her share."

    In the GUARDIANS, EXECUTORS and ADMINISTRATORS Settlement Book for Sevier County, Tennessee, there is a record for the estate of William Ogle. This gives a list of the living heirs of William Ogle. Quoted from the aforesaid book, "the above statement shows that there is in the hand of the Executor, the sum of $88.06/100 dollars to be divided among eleven heirs, to wit, William, James, Henry, & Thomas Ogle, Robert Conner & wife Milly, Samuel Watson & wife Martha, David Reagan & wife Jane, the heirs of Joseph Anderson & wife Mary, John Huskey and wife Elizabeth, the heirs of Aaron Ogle, and the heirs of David Watson & wife Rachel. So that Thomas Ogle may receive eleven & 25/100 dollars less than either of the other heirs.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 140, 262-263.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 141.

    William married Nancy Bohanon Abt 1810, Sevier County, Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of Henry Bohanon and Amillia Shotwell) was born 1795, Virginia; died 3 Jun 1869; was buried Cole Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Nancy Bohanon was born 1795, Virginia (daughter of Henry Bohanon and Amillia Shotwell); died 3 Jun 1869; was buried Cole Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Nancy was living with a son, William (Ned) Ogle in 1860. It is said that she was buried with her husband in a very old cemetery near Huskey Gap in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. This must be the Cole Cemetery.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 140, 262-263.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 139, 141.

    Children:
    1. James Ogle was born 1812, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1858/1860.
    2. William W. "Ned" Ogle was born 7 Jan 1814, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Aug 1874; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Sarah "Sally" Ogle was born Aug 1816, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 31 May 1901; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Jane "Jennie" Ogle was born 1818, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Sep 1879; was buried Bales Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Mary Ogle was born 1820, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Aaron Ogle was born 1822, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Abt 1849/1850, Gilmer County, Georgia.
    7. 4. Henry Ogle was born Mar 1824, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 May 1904; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Elizabeth Ogle was born 1827, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Rachel Ogle was born 1828, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Oct 1859; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Amillia "Milly" Ogle was born 1 Apr 1831, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 May 1909; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Martha "Patsy" Ogle was born 1833, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Jun 1902; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  Rev. Eli Roberts was born 23 Oct 1801, Tennessee (son of Phillip Roberts and Margaret Coons); died 9 Aug 1859; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 151.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 318.

    Eli — Elizabeth Gobble. Elizabeth was born 1801, Tennessee; died 1850/1859; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth Gobble was born 1801, Tennessee; died 1850/1859; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 151.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 318.

    Children:
    1. 5. Catherine Roberts was born 1824, Tennessee; died 1 Jan 1892.
    2. Margaret Roberts was born Abt 1825, Tennessee.
    3. Deborah Roberts was born 1828, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Levi Roberts was born Abt 1830, Tennessee.
    5. Mary Roberts was born Abt 1832, Tennessee.
    6. Rev. Mark Roberts was born 16 Feb 1835, Tennessee; died 1 Nov 1912; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Elizabeth Jane Roberts was born 1838, Tennessee; died Abt 1870; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Eli Cunningham Roberts was born 1840, Tennessee; died 1860/1869; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Jemima Roberts was born 1843, Tennessee; died Abt 1882.

  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.