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Julia Ann McCarter

Female 1854 - 1938  (84 years)


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  1. 1.  Julia Ann McCarter was born 29 Mar 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of George B. McCarter and Rhoda Ogle); died 24 May 1938; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 2 Jul 1870, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 74.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 60.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 69, 72, 194.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 203.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 174, 178.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 9, 58, 66, 153, 251.

    Julia married Levi Hamilton Ogle 26 Sep 1869. Levi (son of Preston Ogle and Rebecca "Becky" Conner) was born 12 Oct 1847, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Dec 1921; was buried Baskins Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Dicy Jane Ogle was born 14 Nov 1869.
    2. Rhoda Elizabeth Ogle was born 2 Jan 1871; died 26 Jan 1871; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Rebecca Rosann Ogle was born 2 Jan 1871; died 1 Feb 1871; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Beda Alice Ogle was born 17 Aug 1872, Tennessee; died 8 Nov 1957; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Hamilton Ogle was born 17 Apr 1875; died 17 Apr 1875; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Preston Columbus "Little Pres" Ogle was born 1 Jul 1876, Tennessee; died 22 Oct 1965; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Richard L. "Broom Tying" Ogle was born 1 Apr 1879, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 31 Jan 1956; was buried Boyds Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Ether Ogle was born 9 Dec 1881, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Sep 1942, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 2 Oct 1942, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Ellis Jane Ogle was born 11 May 1885, Tennessee; died 14 Dec 1970; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Amos H. Ogle was born 23 Aug 1895, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 Jan 1943, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 30 Jan 1943, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Mollie Emma Ogle was born 14 Mar 1900, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Jun 1989; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  George B. McCarter was born 25 Nov 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Joseph Benjamin McCarter and Nancy Reagan); died 19 Feb 1912, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    George was a Baptist minister and a farmer.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 53.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 112.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 69.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 201, 202.

    George married Rhoda Ogle 2 May 1850, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Rhoda (daughter of Harkless T. Ogle and Margaret "Peggy" Ownbey) was born 16 Oct 1829, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Jan 1919, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 14 Jan 1919, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Rhoda Ogle was born 16 Oct 1829, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Harkless T. Ogle and Margaret "Peggy" Ownbey); died 12 Jan 1919, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 14 Jan 1919, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Listed in the 1850 through 1880 and the 1900 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 53, 168.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 112.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 69.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 201, 202.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 9.

    Children:
    1. Joseph Manning "Mannin" McCarter was born 22 Jan 1851, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Dec 1926.
    2. Richard Evans McCarter was born 9 Aug 1852, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Aug 1929; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. 1. Julia Ann McCarter was born 29 Mar 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 24 May 1938; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Noah S. McCarter was born 19 Jun 1855, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Noah McCarter Family Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Joseph Benjamin McCarter was born 1809, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of James McCarter and Rebecca Ogle); died 12 Dec 1884, Cartertown, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 53.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 51, 62, 69.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 201."The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 37, 201.

    Joseph married Nancy Reagan Abt 1828, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of Richard Reagan and Julia Ann Shults) 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. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Nancy Reagan was born Abt 1810, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Richard Reagan and Julia Ann Shults); died Abt 1854, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Nancy and Joseph McCarter are listed in the 1830, 1840 and 1850 census records of Sevier County.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 6a, 53.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 51, 62, 69.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 37, 201.

    Children:
    1. 2. George B. McCarter was born 25 Nov 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 19 Feb 1912, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Mary McCarter was born 1833, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Daniel G. McCarter was born 1835, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Sep 1859, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Eli McCarter was born Feb 1838, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1916, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Elizabeth L. McCarter was born 1840, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1880/1889, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Aaron W. McCarter was born 1842, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Abt 1879, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  Harkless T. Ogle was born 1811, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley); died 21 Mar 1892; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Harkless T. was born and lived all his life in Sevier County, mostly in Gatlinburg. He appears in the census records for the county from 1830 through 1880. His name is also recorded in the church minute books for the White Oak Flats Baptist Church. Death dates are given there for him and his second wife.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 94, 168.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 112.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 286.

    Harkless married Margaret "Peggy" Ownbey Abt 1828, Sevier County, Tennessee. Margaret (daughter of John Ownby, Jr. and Elizabeth Hill) 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. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Margaret "Peggy" Ownbey was born 20 Mar 1810, Rutherford County, North Carolina (daughter of John Ownby, Jr. and Elizabeth Hill); died 6 Feb 1849, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 1TQQ-9L

    Notes:

    Margaret came to Sevier County with her family about 1816.

    Appeared in the 1840 and 1840 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 168
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 105, 112.
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 13.

    Children:
    1. 3. Rhoda Ogle was born 16 Oct 1829, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Jan 1919, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 14 Jan 1919, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Beda Ogle was born 18 Feb 1831, Tennessee; died 18 Feb 1878; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Noah Ogle was born 1833, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Feb 1897, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Anna Ogle was born 15 Jan 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 15 Mar 1912; was buried Lower Fighting Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Elizabeth Ogle was born 26 Oct 1837, Tennessee; died 23 Jun 1908; was buried Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery, Cohutta, Whitfield County, Georgia.
    6. Eli Thomas Ogle, Rev. was born 1839, Tennessee; died 24 Apr 1867; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Arthur Ogle was born 18 May 1841, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Feb 1889; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Sophia Ogle was born 1 Jan 1843, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Apr 1928, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 8 Apr 1928, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. John W. Ogle was born 7 Apr 1844, Tennessee; died 27 Feb 1927.
    10. Westley Ogle was born 24 Mar 1848, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Mar 1927.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  James McCarter was born Abt 1782, Abbeville County, South Carolina (son of William McCarter); died 1815; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    No personal data was found about James McCarter except he died shortly after the birth of Jeremiah M. McCarter in 1815. Rebecca and James McCarter came from Edgefield District, South Carolina to settle the Cartertown section and owned it at one time. They did not take part in the settlement of White Oak Flats.

    Burial at Cartertown Cemetery not confirmed.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 46.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 62.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 229.

    James married Rebecca Ogle Abt 1800, Edgefield County, South Carolina. 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]


  2. 9.  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. William McCarter was born Abt 1800, , South Carolina.
    2. Isaac McCarter was born Abt 1803, , Edgefield, South Carolina.
    3. John McCarter was born 1805, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died Abt 1848.
    4. 4. Joseph Benjamin McCarter was born 1809, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Dec 1884, Cartertown, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Thomas McCarter was born 18 Jan 1811, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Feb 1888; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. James McCarter, Jr. was born 1813, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Abt 1860/1870, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  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]


  4. 11.  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. 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. 5. 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.

  5. 12.  Thomas J. Ogle was born 1784, Wilkes County, Georgia (son of William "Billy" Ogle and Martha Jane Huskey); died 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Thomas went with his parents to Ninety Six District, Edgefield County, South Carolina from Wilkes County, Georgia.

    Tom was named with his brother, Hercules, as coexecutor of their father's will in 1803 in Edgefield District, South Carolina. He also signed the 1811 deed of conveyance which disposed of the land left by William Ogle to his "four boys". Another deed, dated in 1825 and disposing of land in Edgefield District, South Carolina, was signed by Thomas and Sophia Ogle. They had apparently rented out this land after moving to Sevier County, Tennessee.

    No Tennessee land grants prior to 1824 were found for Tom Ogle but it is known that he was in Sevier County as early as 1805. He and Hercules Ogle deeded 48 acres of land at the mouth of Walden's Creek to William Murphy in 1807. According to the deed, found in the Tennessee State Library and Archives, they held title to the land "by virtue of seizure and occupancy". The exact date of Tom's settlement in Gatlinburg is not known but he was one of the first settlers there.

    Records of Tom's service in the War of 1812 were found in the National Archives. He served in Captain Andrew Lawson's Company of East Tennessee Drafted Militia Regiment, commanded by Colonel William Johnson, and fought against the Creek Indians. In 1850 and 1855, Tom received bounty land grants as a result of his service.

    In December of 1817 when the White Oak Flats Baptist Church was formed as an arm of the Sevierville church, Tom Ogle and his wife were listed as charter members. The first church building was started in 1855 on Tom's land. It was located where the Arrowcraft Shop stands now. A deed conveying title of the land to the church by Thomas Ogle was executed on 8 April 1861. This is found in Sevier County Courthouse in Deed Book M, page 211.

    Thomas J. Ogle has three land entries, which are dated from 1 May 1824 through 23 Jan 1826, in the Surveyor's Book No. 1 of Sevier County, Tennessee. These land entries were granted by the state of Tennessee. All these were located in the White Oak Flats community and Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

    Tom left a will dated 27 Sep 1861 and probated in County Court in February of 1862. It is recorded in Will Book I, p 74-75. William T. Ogle is mentioned as Tom's eldest son and is named executor of the will. Also Tom mentioned "my son Thomas Ogle... my Sons, to wit., Preston, Levi and Caleb..." In the Court records, Thomas Ogle's will was admitted for probate 3 Feb 1862. On 3 March 1862, Caleb Ogle and Wilson Duggan were appointed administrators of the estate of Thomas Ogle. (Court Minutes Book I, page 747 and 752)

    There is a list of "Inventory of the property belonging to the estate of Thomas J. Ogle, Dec'd., late of Sevier County, Tennessee in the Inventory Book, page 190/92.

    In the GUARDIANS, EXECUTORS and ADMINISTRATORS Settlement Book for Sevier County, Tennessee, there is a record for the estate of Thomas J. Ogle. From this book, the following list of the living heirs of Thomas J. Ogle is quoted: "the above Settlement shows that there is in the hands of the administrators the sum of $187.23 to be equally divided among twelve heirs, to wit., Levi, Hercules, Isaac, Rebecca wife of Preston, William T., Celeb, Thomas, Esther Trantham, Hichols Ownsby, Jacob Evans, Andrew Conner, and David Owensby & wife."

    The family appears in the Federal Census records of Sevier County from 1830 through 1860. The census and other records found show that the second generation of Ogle sons in Gatlinburg began using their father's initial in their names when there was confusion created by the same names.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 47-48.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 154-155, 211.

    Thomas married Sophia Bosley Abt 1804. Sophia was born Abt 1789, Maryland; died 13 Jul 1857, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Sophia Bosley was born Abt 1789, Maryland; died 13 Jul 1857, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Sophia is spoken of as the "red-headed woman" in the family stories. It is said she hoped and prayed for a church and minister of their own in the community. Her hopes were realized when their son, William T. Ogle, became a minister of the Gospel, as did a younger son, Caleb Ogle.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 47-48.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 154-155, 211.

    Children:
    1. Easter Ogle was born 6 May 1806, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Jan 1883; was buried Trentham Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Martha Ogle was born 1807, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1885; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. William Thomas Ogle was born 27 May 1810, Tennessee; died 29 Dec 1894; was buried Boogertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Nancy Ogle 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.
    5. 6. Harkless T. Ogle was born 1811, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Mar 1892; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Thomas T. Ogle was born 4 Nov 1812, Tennessee; died 23 Jul 1911; was buried De Hart Cemetery, Jackson Line, Swain County, North Carolina.
    7. Mary Ogle was born 24 Jan 1815, Tennessee; died 7 Feb 1903; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Isaac Thomas Ogle was born 1819, Tennessee; died 1890/1899; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Marriah Ogle was born 1821, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1856/1860, , Rhea, Tennessee; was buried , Rhea, Tennessee.
    10. Eliza Ogle was born 9 Apr 1823, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 Apr 1910; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Preston Ogle was born 1827, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Jun 1864, Camp Nelson, Kentucky.
    12. Levi Ogle was born Apr 1829, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    13. Caleb Ogle, Rev. was born 4 Apr 1831, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Dec 1893; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    14. Sophia Elvira Ogle was born 1833, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Aug 1897; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  7. 14.  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]


  8. 15.  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. 7. 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. 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.