Levi Trentham

Notes:

"The Prophet of the Smokies".
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 80, 82-83.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 107.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 211, 293.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 114, 204.

Levi married Litha Emaline Ownby 4 Jan 1872. Litha (daughter of David Ownby and Eliza Ogle) was born 1 Jan 1847, Tennessee; died 4 Apr 1928; was buried Levi Trentham (Elkmont) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

1. David Trentham was born 5 Oct 1872.
2. Eliza Trentham was born 27 Dec 1873, Tennessee; died 4 Mar 1908; was buried Elkmont Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
3. Mary "Polly" Trentham was born 28 Apr 1875; died 4 Feb 1943; was buried Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
4. Martha Trentham was born 12 Oct 1876.
5. Lewis Trentham was born 11 Oct 1878, Tennessee; died 7 Dec 1959; was buried Beaty Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
6. Ellen Trentham was born 1 Jun 1881, Tennessee; died 16 Apr 1976; was buried Valley View Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
7. Robert Lee Trentham was born 13 Feb 1883, Tennessee; died 15 Jan 1947, Whitfield County, Georgia; was buried Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia.
8. Jonas Trentham was born 11 Mar 1885, Tennessee; died 25 Oct 1963; was buried Levi Trentham (Elkmont) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
9. Pharis Trentham was born 6 Oct 1886, Tennessee; died 31 Oct 1965; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
10. Rushia Trentham was born 11 Aug 1890, Tennessee; died 1 Feb 1982.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 211.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 102, 107.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 89.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 118.

Robert married Mary R. "Polly" Fancher 16 Apr 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Johnson Fancher and Frances Louise Adams) was born 18 Mar 1831, Wear's Valley, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Jun 1913; was buried Trentham Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 211.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 102, 107.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 89.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 118.

Notes:

Sometime in the early 1820's, William Trentham and his family migrated to Sevier County, Tennessee from Haywood County, North Carolina. They settled in the Two-Mile Branch and Forks of the River area, now part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

William Trentham was one of the early school teachers for the White Oak Flats community. A story handed down for generations about him as the school teacher in White Oaks said -- "William Trentham seems to have known how to enforce order among what must have been a body of turbulent pupils, for it is told of him that he once whipped a daughter of Daniel Wesley Reagan for spitting into the school books of her fellow students. This so incensed the father of the girl that he vowed there should be no more schools of that kind where he lived, so he locked the schoolhouse and took away the key."

William Trentham and his wife Easter Ogle were listed in the 1830 and 1840 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

William Trentham was appointed as the only postmaster for the White Oak Flats community. The post office was organized on 11 November 1840 and was disbanded on 13 June 1844. He also served as the Justice of Peace for the 11th Civil District (White Oak Flats).

William Thomas arrived at home after an extended trip in the woodland with a ruptured appendix and without proper medical attention resulted in his untimely.

William Trentham was buried with his wife in the Trentham Family Cemetery, now part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. William's grave stone gives 1843 as his date of death.
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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 49.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 164.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 101-102.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 359
Bonnie Trentham Myers, Bltrentham@aol.com, 20 November 2000..

William married Easter Ogle 1826, Sevier County, Tennessee. Easter (daughter of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley) was born 6 May 1806, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Jan 1883; was buried Trentham Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In the minute books of the White Oak Flats Church a mention is made of "Sister Easter Trentham" in the records of the January 1827 meeting.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mounty Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 49.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 139, 164.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 101,102.

Johnson — Frances Louise Adams. Frances was born 1 Jan 1810, Tennessee; was buried Fancher Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 101.
Bonnie Trentham Myers, Bltrentham@aol.com, 20 November 2000.

Robert married Lucinda Trentham Abt 1792, , North Carolina; divorced Yes, date unknown. Lucinda (daughter of Martin Trentham) was born Abt 1778/1780. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 101.
Bonnie Trentham Myers, Bltrentham@aol.com, 20 November 2000.

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]

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.