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- Bef 1910


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  McMahan (child of Paris Witt McMahan and Louisa Dockery); died Bef 6 May 1910.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Paris Witt McMahanParis Witt McMahan was born 16 May 1852, Tennessee (son of Nancy); died 8 Sep 1929, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 9 Sep 1929, New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1910, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Paris married Louisa Dockery 20 Feb 1873, Sevier County, Tennessee. Louisa (daughter of Isaac Dockery and Charlotte "Lottie" Thomas) was born 12 Aug 1858, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 Feb 1918, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 24 Feb 1918, New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Louisa DockeryLouisa Dockery was born 12 Aug 1858, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Isaac Dockery and Charlotte "Lottie" Thomas); died 23 Feb 1918, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 24 Feb 1918, New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1870, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1900, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1910, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    McMAHAN, Louisa (black) age 61 b.sevier Co fa Isaac Dockery (Sevier Co) no Louise Dockery (Sevier Co) d.1918 #35
    Source: Sevier County Death Certificate Index 1914-1925

    Children:
    1. James Isaac"Jim" McMahan was born 2 Nov 1873, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Jun 1952, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. McMahan was born 1 Nov 1874; died 1 Nov 1874; was buried McMahan Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. William Newton McMahan was born 6 Jun 1879, Tennessee; died 15 Dec 1948, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 17 Dec 1948, New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Mollie Lee McMahan was born Feb 1881, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Jun 1954, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Mattie L. McMahan was born 24 Sep 1882, Tennessee; died 17 Sep 1972; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Florence McMahan was born Mar 1884, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1957.
    7. Nancy Jane McMahan was born 1 Mar 1886; died 4 Sep 1887; was buried McMahan Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Samuel Paris McMahan was born Dec 1887, Tennessee; died 25 Jul 1960, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. John H. "Smoke" McMahan was born Jan 1890, Tennessee; died 2 May 1924; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Frederick Stuart "Fred" McMahan was born 28 Jun 1893, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Oct 1980; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Mamie McMahan was born Dec 1893, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Bef 8 Aug 2002.
    12. Fannie V. McMahan was born Jun 1898, Tennessee.
    13. McMahan died Bef 6 May 1910.
    14. McMahan died Bef 6 May 1910.
    15. 1. McMahan died Bef 6 May 1910.
    16. McMahan died Bef 6 May 1910.
    17. McMahan died Bef 6 May 1910.


Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Nancy was born Abt 1818, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Not confirmed as mother of P. Witt.

    Children:
    1. 2. Paris Witt McMahan was born 16 May 1852, Tennessee; died 8 Sep 1929, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 9 Sep 1929, New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Fanny C. McMahan was born Abt 1860, Tennessee.

  2. 6.  Isaac DockeryIsaac Dockery was born May 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Benjamin Dockery and Nancy Gibson); died 24 Jun 1910; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, Cocke County, Tennessee
    • Census: 10 Aug 1860, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 14 Jun 1870, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1880, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1900, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    In the late 1860s, Isaac Dockery (1832-1910) built a brick kiln near Sevierville and established a brick masonry business. Dockery, who was born a free Black, moved to Sevierville to work as a merchant clerk for a white businessman, Henry M. Thomas, before the Civil War. After the war, Dockery became instrumental in establishing the brick masonry tradition within the African-American culture of Sevier County. Often, he inscribed his initials, “I D,” and sometimes a date on his bricks as a trademark. Dockery taught his brick masonry craft to his sons, his sons-in-law, and his grandsons.

    Dockery constructed brick foundations and chimneys for many dwellings throughout the county, but his most notable buildings were located in Sevierville. Recognized as Sevier County landmarks, these buildings include the New Salem Baptist Church (1886), the original Murphy College building (1891), the Sevierville Masonic Lodge (1893), and the elaborate Sevier County Courthouse (1896).

    Dockery moved to Newport in adjoining Cocke County in 1898 and died at his son’s home in Knoxville in 1910. He was buried in the public cemetery for African Americans near Sevierville.

    Several members of Dockery’s family also became well-known brick masons in Sevier County, including Paris Witt McMahan (1852-1929), a former slave who established the Riverside Steam Brick Company that operated near Sevierville until the 1930s; George and Stewart Burden (1890-1988), who established a highly productive collection company in the early twentieth century; Bill Coleman, who moved to neighboring Jefferson County; and Joe Leak McMahan, Sr. (1881- 1964).

    Fred McMahan (1895- 1980), perhaps the most notable of Dockery’s descendants, attended Knoxville College in the late 1910s and earned his master’s degree in Architectural Engineering at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Around 1920, he returned to Sevierville and established the J. F & N McMahan Construction Company with his brothers, James and Newt McMahan.

    One of the most prolific black builders and brick masons in the state, McMahan and his construction company were responsible for scores of Sevier County buildings, beginning with the Pleasant View Rosenwald School in 1921-22. The company built landmark buildings throughout the county and in adjoining counties between 1920 and 1960, including dwellings, churches, schools and college campus buildings, automobile showrooms and service stations, a WPA-funded post office, and commercial buildings.

    One of the most important buildings that Fred McMahan constructed may be the Dwight and Kate Wade House, which was finished in 1940 at SevierviIle. This house was designed by Verna Cook Salomonsky, a leading female architect from New York City, and is a replica of an avant-garde exhibition dwelling at the 1939-40 New York World Fair’s “Town of Tomorrow” exhibit.

    McMahan’s own home still stands outside Sevierville.

    The Historic Architecture of Sevier County, Tennessee
    Robbie D. Jones

    Isaac — Charlotte "Lottie" Thomas. Charlotte (daughter of Mary Thomas) was born 11 Nov 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Apr 1913; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  3. 7.  Charlotte "Lottie" Thomas was born 11 Nov 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Mary Thomas); died 30 Apr 1913; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. Adaline Dockery was born 1853, Tennessee; died 27 Jan 1924; was buried 29 Jan 1924, New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Nancy E. Dockery was born 8 Feb 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Jun 1919, Jefferson County, Tennessee; was buried 4 Jun 1919, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
    3. 3. Louisa Dockery was born 12 Aug 1858, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 Feb 1918, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 24 Feb 1918, New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Isaac Wilburn Dockery was born 10 May 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Nov 1927, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 13 Nov 1927, New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Mollie Caldonia Dockery was born 5 Oct 1862, Tennessee; died 7 Nov 1929; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Ambrose Burnside Dockery was born May 1865, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Jan 1946, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 3 Feb 1946, Jaybird Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    7. Samuel H. Dockery was born 1 Jan 1866, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Jun 1941, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 20 Jun 1941, Daughter Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    8. Manervy J. Dockery was born Abt 1867, Tennessee.
    9. McKendre Porter Thomas was born Mar 1867, Tennessee; died 8 Jun 1940, Hawkins, Wood County, Texas; was buried 8 Jun 1940, Jarvis, Texas.
    10. Balzora Dockery was born 2 Jun 1869; died 17 Aug 1904; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Lewis N. Dockery was born 12 Oct 1869, Tennessee.
    12. Henry T. Dockery was born 8 Oct 1872, Tennessee.
    13. Frank P. Dockery was born Abt 1872, Tennessee; died 24 Apr 1930, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee; was buried 27 Apr 1930, Rose Mound.
    14. Julas C. Dockery was born Abt 1874, Tennessee.
    15. Ida P. Dockery was born Mar 1879, Tennessee.
    16. Charlie Julius Dockery was born Abt 1879, Tennessee; died 10 Mar 1952, Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina; was buried 13 May 1952, Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee.
    17. Mattie Kate Dockery was born Abt 1881; died 13 Jun 1949, Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Benjamin Dockery was born 1798, North Carolina.

    Benjamin — Nancy Gibson. Nancy was born Abt 1800, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Nancy Gibson was born Abt 1800, North Carolina.
    Children:
    1. George Dockery was born Abt 1820, North Carolina.
    2. Solomon Dockery was born Abt 1832, Tennessee.
    3. 6. Isaac Dockery was born May 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 24 Jun 1910; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. James M. Dockery was born Abt 1833, Tennessee.
    5. Nancy Dockery was born Abt 1834, North Carolina.
    6. Benjamin Dockery was born Abt 1836, Tennessee.
    7. Elizabeth Dockery was born Abt 1842, Tennessee.
    8. Wilson Dockery was born Abt 1843, Tennessee.

  3. 15.  Mary Thomas was born Abt 1820, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. 7. Charlotte "Lottie" Thomas was born 11 Nov 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Apr 1913; was buried New Salem Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.