James Eslinger

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 59, 60.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 145, 146, 229, 231, 232.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 178.

James married Martha R. Reagan 18 Aug 1906, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of David L. "Dave" Reagan, Jr. and Martha Jane Ogle) was born 23 Mar 1891, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Jan 1965; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

1. Rev Robert Eslinger was born 31 Aug 1907, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Mar 1982; was buried Little Cove Baptist Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
2. Jannie Mae Eslinger was born 6 Apr 1909, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Feb 1985; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
3. Trula Eslinger was born Abt 1913, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
4. Beulah Eslinger was born Abt 1916, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
5. Ivalee Eslinger was born Abt 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee.
6. Gladys Eslinger

James — Nancy Jane Ogle. Nancy (daughter of Isaac Leuallen "Bud" Ogle and Malinda Parthenia "Lindy" Cogdill) was born 14 Mar 1901, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 Aug 1995. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 33, 183, 212.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 144, 145.

William married Sophia Elizabeth Ogle 28 Feb 1879, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Sophia (daughter of Gilbert Ogle and Julia Ann Reagan) was born 1863, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died Apr 1891. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 33.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 144, 145.

Notes:

Listed in the 1860 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

SMHS lists burial in Eslinger Cemetery on Highway 73 across from the Gatlinburg
pump house and also in the Litle Cove Baptist Cemetery.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, 179, 182
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 112.
"In the Shadow of the Smokies", Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 531,
655.

James married Elizabeth Ogle Abt 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee. Elizabeth (daughter of Harkless T. Ogle and Margaret "Peggy" Ownbey) was born 26 Oct 1837, Tennessee; died 23 Jun 1908; was buried Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery, Cohutta, Whitfield County, Georgia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried in family cemetery on Highway 73 across from Gatlinburg pump house.

Listed in the 1860 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clan", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 179, 182.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 112.

Other Events:

• AFN: BQLK-CX

Notes:

Gilbert was a farmer and lived in the Roaring Fork area.

Gilbert left a will dated 2 Dec 1892 in which he names three sons and six
daughters. Records of his family are also found in the census of Sevier County
1860 through 1880.

Will of Gilbert Ogle

December 2nd, 1892

"In the Name of God, Amen; I, Gilbert Ogle of the Prous Flats of Gatlinburgh in
the County of Sevier and State of Tennessee, do hearby make, publish, and
declare this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking any and all wills by
me heretofore made

First I Give and bequeath to my Son & three Girls, Richard Ogle & Sarah
Ogle, July An Ogle, and Mary L. Ogle my Kitchen Furniture, Beds, Plates, knives
& forks, Bedstead & chairs

Second I Give and bequeath to my Son and three Girls, Richard Ogle, Sarah
Ogle, July Ann Ogle, Mary L. Ogle my personal Property, all that is out of
doors - Cows and Steers, Horses and all other Personal stocks that I own

Third I Give and bequeath to my three Sons and Six Girls, Richard Ogle, I. L.
Ogle, D. W. Ogle, Sophy Ogle, Marthy Ogle, Sarah Ogle, Rodey Ogle, Mary L.
Ogle, July An Ogle my real estate Land. Boundary of Land, commencing with I.
L. Ogle Line, South west to the top of the hill, Jine J. A. Conner Line with
his Line to J. Mellinger Line and with his line to Rocky draft to the Creek,
with the Creek to the Beginning.

Fourth I hereby Nominate, Constitute and appoint my Said Son R. R. Ogle
Executor and my Friend A. J. Ogle Executor of this my last Will and Testament.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed my seal thissecond day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and
ninety two.

Signed, Sealed, published, and )
declared by the said testator Gilbert) His
Ogle as and for his Last Will and ) Gilbert X Ogle
Testament in the presence of us who ) Mark
at his request and in his presence of)
each other have hereunto subscribed )
our Names as witnesses. )
A. J. Ogle, Residing at Gatlinburgh,
Tenn.-Sevier Co.
D. R. Bales, Resideing at Gatlinburgh,
Tenn.-Sevier Co.

This the December the 2nd, -- 1892"

This above will was not recorded in the Will Book of Sevier County, Tennessee,
but was found boxed with loose papers in the Courthouse.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 16, 33, 194-196.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 192.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 144.

Gilbert married Julia Ann Reagan Abt 1856, Sevier County, Tennessee. Julia (daughter of Daniel Wesley Reagan and Nancy Ogle) was born 12 Dec 1838, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Apr 1890, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Bales Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2DDT-FX

Notes:

Twin of Sophia Reagan.

Julia lived in the Roaring Fork Creek area.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 16, 33, 195-196.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 192.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 144.

Phillip married Isabella Black 15 Aug 1826, Jefferson County, Tennessee. Isabella was born Abt 1807, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

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]

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.

Other Events:

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

Notes:

From Sevier County, Tennessee Deed Book 'L', pages 145, "I Isaac T. Ogle, have this day bargained and sold and do hereby transfer & convey to Isaac Ogle Junr., William Ogle and their heirs for the consideration of fifty dollars to me paid a tract of land in the State of Tennessee, Sevier County, District No. 11, containing by estimation fifty acres..." This land was located between Baskins Creek and Roaring Fork Creek above Mountain View Hotel. It joined the lands of Thomas Ogle Senr., Isaac T. Ogle, and Andrew Conner. Date of this deed is 13 April 1866.

Also from Sevier County, Tennessee Deed Book 'L', Page 148 and 149, "I, Isaac T. Ogle, have this day bargained, sold and do hereby transfer and convey to Isaac Ogle Jr., William Ogle, Rebecca Compton, Mariar McCarter, Sophiar Clabaugh, Artalisa Ogle, Mary Ogle, Margaret Malzeasy Ogle and their heirs for the consideration of one hundred and fifty dollars to me paid a tract of land in the State of Tennessee, Sevier County, and District No. 11, containing by estimation five hundred and fifteen acres..." This land was also located between Baskins Creek and Roaring Fork Creek above the Mountain View Hotel. It joined the lands of old Isaac Huskey Sr., George B. McCarter, Gilbert Ogle, Arthur Ogle, and Thomas I. Ogle. Also the date of this deed is 13 April 1866.

Listed in the 1840 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 61, 194.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 192.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 175.

Isaac married Nancy "Nan" Conner Bef Nov 1838, , Haywood, North Carolina. Nancy (daughter of Samuel Conner and Nancy Swearingen) was born 11 Feb 1823, Haywood County, North Carolina; died 28 Mar 1890, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

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

Notes:

Appears in the 11th district of the Sevier County census 1850 though 1880.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 61, 194.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 192, 217.

Other Events:

• AFN: 2DDT-XD

Notes:

Daniel moved with his parents to White Oak Flats (Gatlinburg) when he was about four years old. He lived all of his life here or on various other tracts of land in the area.

Listed as Ragan in 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census as farmer with $1000 property unable to read or write.

An industrious man, Daniel began acquiring land before he married. In theTennessee State Library and Archives there are records of eight entries in his name, dating from 1824 to 1872. The state archivist says this was all purchased land. He is listed in the 1837 tax lists of Sevier County, Tennessee.

An 1859 grant, previously surveyed land, was resurveyed and entered probably because of Gatlin's extensive claim in the area and the Courthouse fire. This 1859 grant was for 600 acres up both sides of the river from Baskins Creek to the Two Mile Branch. In May 1866, he added another 640 acres to this holding. There are also grants for 1,000, 600, and 4,000 acres on Roaring Fork granted in 1839, 1868 and 1872. Most of this land was divided among his children - no will has been found. Daniel moved around and lived on several of his farms - his wife said after his death that she wanted to spend the rest of her years in one spot, she was so tired of moving. She spent her remaining years with her stepdaughter and her husband, Mariah and Thomas H. McCarter.

Daniel was a blacksmith as well as a farmer. Tradition says he built the first wagon in the settlement, making the wheels of one piece of split white oak. His son, Charles C. Reagan, built the first wagon that crossed the Smokies. Although no record has been found to verify it, Daniel probably served as a Justice of Peace. He did keep the community post office. When the settlement officially became Gatlinburg and the post office was established, Daniel and Joel Conner received the contract to carry the mail from Sevierville to Casher's Valley, South Carolina. Daniel's sons, Richard R. and Ephraim Reagan, served as postmaster in the village.

Definitely a Union man but too old to go to service during the Civil War, Daniel served as "muster" officer and drilled the men of the village out in the "Flats". He also served the community as food distributor. Because of his activities and his three oldest sons being in the Union army, he often had to hide out in the mountains to escape the Confederates. The youngest son, Charles C., often told of his father taking him to the woods and showing him the meat and food supplies he had hidden. Daniel didn't think the Rebels would bother the women and children and if he did have to hide out, then Charles must see that food was brought in for the people as it was needed---a big responsibility for a seven year old boy.

A civic minded man, Daniel furnished the meeting house for the village--the five sided building used for the school, church and "voting place". According to one of the land grants, this was located at the "mouth of the lane", now Reagan Lane, near the old River Road. Although he furnished the meeting place for the Baptist Church for many years, Daniel was not found on the membership roll of the church and did not give the land for the present building site, as has been stated by many sources.

Daniel Wesley Reagan did give the land for the oldest part of the White Oak Flats Cemetery (Gatlinburg Cemetery) to the community. This was originally a family plot on the farm of his father, Richard Reagan. The first burial there was a child of Daniel Milsaps, the first school teacher in Gatlinburg.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 6a, 15-16.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 51.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 45.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 37.

Daniel married Nancy Ogle 30 Jan 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley) was born 24 Aug 1810, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Feb 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: 2DDT-ZK

Notes:

Listed in the 1830 and 1840 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 6a, 16, 167.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 51.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 37.