General Jackson Stinnett

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1910, District 1, Bradley County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 148, 167, 168.
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

General married Margaret Jane "Peggy" Bohanon 25 May 1879, Sevier County, Tennessee. Margaret (daughter of James Bohanon and Sophia Ogle) was born 1864, Tennessee; died 1894; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

1. Martha Ann Stinnett was born 16 Mar 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Aug 1955, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 12 Aug 1955, Hendrons Chapel Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee.
2. Mack Calvin Stinnett was born 22 May 1882, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Nov 1960, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried 16 Nov 1960, Hilcrest Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee.
3. Harkless Stinnett was born Mar 1889, Tennessee.
4. Robert Stinnett was born Jan 1892, Tennessee.
5. Harkless Stinnett was born Abt 1893, Tennessee.

General — Purren Kersey Breeden. Purren (daughter of Isaac Breeden and Martha Hurst) was born May 1865, Tennessee; died 1936. [Group Sheet]

1. Walter Osborn Stinnett was born 18 Jan 1896, Tennessee; died 17 Jan 1947; was buried Subligna Cemetery, Chattooga County, Georgia.
2. Jackson Stinnett was born Abt 1901, Tennessee.
3. Elmina Stinnett was born 1901, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Jun 1932, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried 5 Jun 1932, Blue Springs Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.

Notes:

John Stinnett owned land in the Greenbriar section of Sevier County, Tennessee near Gatlinburg. The property is in the Smoky Mountains National Park now. John moved to Whitfield County in Georgia late in his life but he was at the home of his son, Isaac, on Laurel Creek in Sevier County, Tennessee when he died.

SMHS lists birth as 15 November 1835.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 36, 144, 148.

John married Mary Bohannon 1853, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Henry Bohannon, Jr. and Catherine "Kate" Powell) was born 26 Jan 1836, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Aug 1921, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 5 Aug 1921, James Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 36, 144, 148.
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Notes:

Alexander was eleven or twelve years old at the time of his mother's second marriage. He was his mother's favorite child and when she gave him the family farm it caused an uproar in the rest of the Stinnett family. The other children later caused trouble over this and it must have gone on for quite a while. There are court records where they paid monetary sums to several of his children to cover their inheritance from John. As late as 1874, Elizabeth appeared in court and swore she had made and signed a deed for fifty acres of land to Alexander in 1866.

From the Minutes of the New Salem Baptist Church:
"...Took up a case against Brother Alexander Stinnett for fornication and finding no proof he was acquitted for the same."

Baptist farmer.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 148.

Alexander married Elmina Ball Mar 1830, Cocke County, Tennessee. Elmina (daughter of Ausburn Ball and Martha "Patsey" Thomason) was born 31 Oct 1812, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 19 Jun 1893, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Stinnett Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Donald B. Reagan lists name as Elmira McKissick.

Religion: Baptist.

Elmina's birth place is not confirmed. She is said to be a Native American. She lived the rest of her life on the Stinnet farm.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 148.

Notes:

Henry Bohannon Jr. appeared in the 1830 through 1870 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

In 1840 Sevier County, Tennessee he is listed as 2 males 0-5, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 30-40, 3 females 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 20-30.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 17.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 139, 144.
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 314.

Henry married Catherine "Kate" Powell Abt 1825, Sevier County, Tennessee. Catherine was born 7 Jun 1807, Shenandoah, Virginia; died 2 Feb 1893, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Family tradition says Catherine Powell came with her Uncle Horatio Butler's family from the valley of the Shenandoah in Virginia to Sevier County, Tennessee. Catherine Powell, widow of Henry Bohannon Jr., was listed in the household of John Clowers in the 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

Timothy Welch Stinnett lists surname as Bohannon.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 17.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 139, 144.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 44.
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 314.

Notes:

It is beleived McKissick was killed in the Indian wars about 1812 while his wife
was expecting.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

— Elizabeth Wilkerson. Elizabeth was born 1794, South Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Housewife
Baptist
Buried in Henry Cemetery.

It was said that "Old Betts" as she was called, was ruler of the roost and a hellcat on wheels. It is believed that Betts was married first to a McKissick and he was killed in the Indian wars about 1812. She was expecting a child at that time. Alexander was eleven or twelve at the time of his mother's marriage to John Stinnett.

From the minutes of the New Salem Baptist Church On the fourth Saturday in April 1863; The New Salem Baptist Church of Jones Cove met in business session and brought a charge of fornication against Elizabeth Stinnett, and cited her to the next business meeting to defend herself against the charge. In the next meeting she had a witness that testified for her and she was cleared of the charge by a vote of the body present and restored to full fellowship. There was no mention who the third party was. It probably was Thomas Stinnett, a son of John by a previous marriage. He came to Tennessee and lived for a while. He was listed in the 1860 census as living in the Stinnett household. He either died or moved before the next census. There is a Thomas Stinnett buried in the Number one Henry Cemetery in Old Henry Town.

Elizabeth is not listed in the 1870 census of Sevier County, but in 1874 she made an appearance at the County Court Clerk's Office at Sevierville, Tennessee and gave a sworn statement to the clerk that she had made and signed a deed for fifty acres of land to Alexander Stinnett in 1866. She is next found living with her daughter, Margaret and Thomas Wilkerson in Wear's Valley, District No. 6, Sevier County, Tennessee. She is ninety years of age and she probably died there. No one knows where she is buried, possibly in Wear's Valley or maybe in the Stinnett Cemetery. Alexander was the favorite child and she gave or sold him the farm that belonged to John. It must have caused trouble with their other children and there was a court action over this.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Other Events:

• Also Known As: Osborne Ball

Notes:

Misty Spinelli lists given name as Asborn.

On the GRS CD ROM # CD 229 Marriage Records for the Southern States an Osbourne Ball married Patsey Thomason on 26 September 1803 in Grainger County, Tennessee.

1830 Cocke County, Tennessee Census lists Asbern Ball next to Royal Ball.

1850 Cocke County, Tennessee Census lists given name as Osborne, age as 71, occupation as Farmer and value of land $200.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
Misty Spinelli
http://www.liberty.com/home/hannibal/censusb.txt.

Ausburn married Martha "Patsey" Thomason 26 Sep 1803, Grainger County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of George Thomason and Rachel Hudspeth) was born 18 Apr 1785, Virginia; died 1860, Taylorsburg, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Ball Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Misty Spinelli lists surname as Thompson.

1850 Cocke County Census lists age as 64 unable to read or write.
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Reference:
Misty Spinelli
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Notes:

Family tradition says Henry Bohannon served in the American Revolution from the state of Virginia. A record in Virginia State Library's "List of Revolutionary Soldiers of Virginia" showed Henry Bohannon served as a private in the 1st Virginia Regiment of the Continental Line, Light Dragoon, commanded by Captain Robert Boling for a three year enlistment, 6 July 1778 to Jun 1781. The regiment was raised from the area south of James River for the relief of General Nathaniel Greene in the South during the Revolutionary War.

In Virginia Soldiers of 1776 by Louis A. Burgess, it was found that apparently this same Henry Bohannon received bounty warrant number 1394 for 100 acres on 6 July 1781 and bounty warrant number 1390 for 200 acres on 23 June 1783 from the State of Virginia. It was for his Revolutionary War service in the Continental Line. As late as 1856, the records show the bounty warrants were not redeemed. It is believed this Henry Bohannon went to the state of South Carolina, and later to Sevier County, Tennessee, rather than into the Kentucky and Ohio military district under the auspices of the state of Virginia.

In 1790 Federal Census of Ninety-six District, Abbevile County, South Carolina, there was 1 white male over 16 years; 4 white females in the household ... Henry Bohannon and his wife, Amillia Shotwell, three daughters born from circa 1786 to 1790.

From 1800 Federal Census of Abbeville District, South Carolina, there were 2 white males and 2 white females under 10 years of age; 2 white females age 10-16; 2 white females age 16-26; 1 white male and 1 white female age 26-45 in the household ... Henry Bohannon and his wife, Amillia Shotwell, eight children born from circa 1786 to 1800. [NOTE: This household was listed under the name - HENRY BUCKHANAN]

Circa 1801, Henry Bohannon and his family migrated to Sevier County, Tennessee from Abbeville District, South Carolina. There was one early land entry for Henry Bohannon in Sevier County. This land grant, dated 15 June 1810, is as follows:

"...a certain tract or parcel of land containing one hundred and fifty and three roods lying in the County of Sevier in the District South of French Broad and Holston, there being due and chargeable on said land the sum of one hundred and fifty Dollars seventy five Cents with the Interest thereon." This land joined the line of Hugh Duggan, James Oldham and vacant lands. It was located in the watershed of the East Fork of Little Pigeon River.

At an early date the family evidently lived in White Oak Flats community (now Gatlinburg, Tennessee). In November 1817 the Forks of Little Pigeon Baptist Church met with a group of people from White Oak Flats community...they agreed to hold a meeting for reception of new members at "Henry Bohannon's place in White Oak Flats."

In December 1817 when the White Oak Flats Baptist Church was formed as an arm of "Fork of Little Pigeon Baptist Church" in Sevierville, Tennessee, Henry Bohannon's wife, Amillia, was listed as a charter member.

There was another land entry for Henry Bohannon dated 25th day of January 1826. This land grant indicated that this family moved from White Oak Flats community to the area of Middle Creek and Pigeon Forge. It was as follows: "...a certain tract of land containing fifty acres, lying in the county aforesaid, on the waters of Mill Creek..." and joined the vacant lands and William White's line.

Listed in 1840 Sevier County, Tennessee census 1 male 5-10, 1 male 70-80, 1 female 5-10 and 1 female 40-50.

It is believed that Henry Bohannon lived and died at his home on "waters of Mill Creek".
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Reference:
"Ownby-Watson Family History", Percival David Park, May 1985, p 67.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 137-138.
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Henry married Amillia Shotwell Abt 1785, Abbeville County, South Carolina. Amillia (daughter of Robert V. Shotwell and Hannah Burdine) was born 1765/1770, Culpeper County, Virginia; died Mar 1813, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Ownby-Watson Family History", Percival David Park, May 1985, p 67.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 137.
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.