James Harkless Eslinger: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

James Harkless Eslinger was born 24 Sep 1835, Tennessee (son of Phillip Eslinger and Isabella Black); died 4 Jan 1905; was buried Little Cove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

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]

Children:

Rhoda Eslinger was born 31 Jan 1855, Tennessee; died 24 Apr 1885; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Harkless Eslinger was born Oct 1856, Tennessee.
John Harvey Eslinger was born 1861, Tennessee; died 1929, Griggs, Oklahoma.
William Eslinger was born Sep 1864, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Jan 1917.
Hettie Jane Eslinger was born 18 Apr 1867, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Jan 1954, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried Cedar Springs Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
Westley Edward Eslinger was born 3 Feb 1874; died 1951; was buried Decatur Cemetery, Benton County, Arkansas.

Generation: 2

2. Phillip Eslinger was born Abt 1802, Tennessee.
Phillip married Isabella Black 15 Aug 1826, Jefferson County, Tennessee. Isabella was born Abt 1807, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Isabella Black was born Abt 1807, Tennessee.

Children:

Nancy Ann Eslinger was born Abt 1826, Tennessee.
William Eslinger was born Abt 1828, Tennessee.
Catharine Eslinger was born Abt 1831, Tennessee.
Robert Eslinger was born Abt 1834, Tennessee.
1. James Harkless Eslinger was born 24 Sep 1835, Tennessee; died 4 Jan 1905; was buried Little Cove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Isaac Eslinger was born Abt 1836, Tennessee.
Alexander Eslinger was born Abt 1840, Tennessee.
Harriet Eslinger was born 9 May 1843, Tennessee; died 26 Jul 1918, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 26 Jul 1918, Underwood Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.