Rhoda E. Conner

Notes:

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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 197.

Notes:

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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 195, 196.

Avery married Margaret Elizabeth Stinnett 11 Oct 1875, Sevier County, Tennessee. Margaret (daughter of William Stinnett and Elizabeth "Betty" Evans) was born 1863, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 195, 196.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 111.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 195, 218.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 141.

Robert married Amillia "Milly" Ogle Abt 1846, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Amillia (daughter of William "Black Bill" Ogle and Nancy Bohanon) was born 1 Apr 1831, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 May 1909; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Amillia and Robert's family appear in the Sevier County Federal Census Records, 1850 through 1880.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 111.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 195, 218.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 141.

Notes:

Buried in the Stinnett Cemetery, just off from Elkmont highway in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Timothy Welch Stinnett lists birth as 1827 and death as 1900.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 159.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 70, 196, 130, 166.
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 200.

William married Elizabeth "Betty" Evans 21 Oct 1858. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard E. "Preacher Dick" Evans, Rev. and Mary Olief "Olive" Ownbey) was born 1840, Tennessee; died 1888; was buried Fighting Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 159.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 196.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 130.

Notes:

It is believed that Samuel Conner was named for his grandfather Samuel Conner. Family tradition says "Samuel Conner is said to be of red Irish ancestry while some of his younger generations is crossed with 'Black Dutch'." Samuel Conner was listed in the 1790 Federal Census of Lincoln County, North Carolina.

On 24 September 1819, Samuel Conner bought 100 acres of land from John Hyde for $150.00. This land was located "on South West side of Natahala Johns Fork of the Oconaluftee River..." in Haywood County, North Carolina, now part of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Samuel Conner was listed in the 1820 Federal Census of Haywood County, North Carolina. There was one male and two females born 1810/1820; one female born 1794/1804; one male born 1775/1794; and one male born before 1775 in the household.

Samuel Conner was listed in the 1830 Federal Census of Haywood County, North Carolina. There was one male and two females born 1825/1830; one female born 1820/1825; one male and one female bor 1815/1820; two females born 1810/1815; and one male and female born 1780/1790 in the household. Their eldest daughter, Susannah, was already married to John Watson and lived next door to Samuel Conner in the 1830 census.

On 4 April 1834 Samuel Conner bought 84 acres of land from Jacob Couches for $120.00. This land was located "on both sides of the North Fork of Oconaluftee River" and joined his land in Haywood County, North Carolina, now part of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The Oconalufty Baptist Church was organized on 6 June 1836. Samuel Conner and his wife Nancy Swearingen joined the church as charter members.

The Oconalufty Baptist Church "resolved that we have our Church meetings at Both Brothers Samuel Conners & Jacob Mignes (Seigor) Each one in their turn for conven[ience] of the Aged & infirm until we get a Regular meeting house and that we have a prayer meeting at Brother S. Conner & Brother Minges on each Fork of sd river Between Each Monthly meeting Each one in its turn."

Samuel Conner died at his homeplace on the waters of Ocanalufty River. Exact date of death and burial site have not been located.

It was indicated that one of Samuel Conner's heirs had not received their share in the estate. There is a Power of Attorney in Jackson County, North Carolina - it is given below:

"State of North Carlina)
Henderson County )

"Know all men by these presents that we Busrod Conner & wife Massee Conner heirs at law of the estate of Samuel Conner Deceased have this day constituted and appointed B. M. Enloe our legal and lawful attorney to settle with Joel Conner in all matters pertaining to our interest in the said estate of Samuel Conner Dec'd as full & as lawfully as if we were present at the settling thereof and we further authorzie the said B. M. Enloe to sell and dispose of all our interst in the land owned by sd Samuel Conner Dec'd as full as if we present doing thereof

"In testimony whereof we have set our hands and seals this the 12th June 1859

"Attest His
Joseph Masewell Bushrod X Conner (Seal)
James Masewell Mark
Her
Massee X Conner (Seal)
Mark

"State of North Carolina)
Jackson County )

"Court of Pleas and Quarter Session - June Term 1859, the foregoing power of attorney was duly proven before me by the oath of James Maxwell subscribing witnesses thereto & recorded - let it be registered - certified the 22nd September 1859

A. M. Enloe, Clear"

From the Abstract of Titles for Great Smoky Mountains National Park, "we do not find any conveyance from Samuel Conner for either of the tracts conveyed to him by the foregoing deeds. He was one of the earliest settlers on Ocona Lufty River and he and those under whom he claims have been in the continuous posession of these lands for nearly a century." (This note was written in 1920's/1930's)
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Reference:
"Ownby-Watson Family History", Percival David Park, May 1985, p 66.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 183-184, 185, 217.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 285.

Samuel — Nancy Swearingen. Nancy (daughter of Samuel Swearingen, III and Massey) was born 1792, Burke County, North Carolina; died Jan 1854; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Nancy Swearingen Conner, widow of Samuel Conner, and her two sons, Robert and
Andrew, received their letters of dismission from the Oconalufty Baptist Church
in March 1847 meeting. Shortly after March 1847, Nancy Swearingen Conner and
her two sons migrated to Sevier County, Tennessee. The rest of Samuel Conner's
family was already married and lived in Sevier County, Tennessee except Joel S.
Conner who remained in Swain County, North Carolina.

Nancy Swearingen Conner was listed in the 1850 Federal Census of Sevier County,
Tennessee as the head of household with her son Andrew at home.

The SMHS lists birth date as 1790
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Reference:
"Ownby-Watson Family History", Percival David Park, May 1985, p 66, 67.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 184, 217.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 285.

Notes:

William came with his mother and the family to Sevier County, Tennessee as early as 1805, soon after the death of his father.

From RECORD OF COMMISSIONS OF OFFICERS IN THE TENNESSEE MILITIA 1796-1811, compiled by Mrs. John Trotwood Moore, William Ogle was commissioned as a Lieutenant of the 11th Regiment of Sevier County, Tennessee on 14 Februeary 1811 by the governor of the State of Tennessee.

William Ogle was one of the first settlers in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. No land records prior to 1824 were found for William Ogle, but it is shown by Richard Reagan's early grants that William Ogle and his brother, Isaac Ogle, entered land adjoining the Richard Reagan's land on Mill Creek. This ran from Mill Creek upward to the area below the Cherokee Orchard, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. As his sons and daughters became of age, he gave them these lands. He moved to the Sugarlands area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

William Ogle is listed on the 1837 Tax List of Sevier County, Tennessee.

He and Nancy were members of the White Oak Flats Baptist Church.

William Ogle was appointed as one of nine commissioners of the Sevier County Turnpike Company in 1841. It was "for the purpose of receiving subscription to the amount of twenty five thousand dollars to be applied to the purpose of making a turnpike road from the northern termination of the Smoky Mountain Turnpike road in Sevier County, Tennessee to some point on the most practical leading routes."

William Ogle and his family appeared in the 1830 through 1850 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

An affidavit found in the Sevier County Courthouse, by R. R. Reagan and Mark Roberts, states that William Ogle left a will but that it was destroyed in the courthouse fire of 1856. The affidavit stated that his wife, Nancy be supported and have the use of both real and personal property during her lifetime. At her death, the lands "should be equally divided between his sons, James, Henry, and William Ogle; personal property is to be equally divided between all his sons and daughters with the exception of Thomas I. Ogle, husband of his daughter, Sarah Ogle of twelve and half dollars which was to be deducted from his and her share."

In the GUARDIANS, EXECUTORS and ADMINISTRATORS Settlement Book for Sevier County, Tennessee, there is a record for the estate of William Ogle. This gives a list of the living heirs of William Ogle. Quoted from the aforesaid book, "the above statement shows that there is in the hand of the Executor, the sum of $88.06/100 dollars to be divided among eleven heirs, to wit, William, James, Henry, & Thomas Ogle, Robert Conner & wife Milly, Samuel Watson & wife Martha, David Reagan & wife Jane, the heirs of Joseph Anderson & wife Mary, John Huskey and wife Elizabeth, the heirs of Aaron Ogle, and the heirs of David Watson & wife Rachel. So that Thomas Ogle may receive eleven & 25/100 dollars less than either of the other heirs.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 140, 262-263.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 141.

William married Nancy Bohanon Abt 1810, Sevier County, Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of Henry Bohanon and Amillia Shotwell) was born 1795, Virginia; died 3 Jun 1869; was buried Cole Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Nancy was living with a son, William (Ned) Ogle in 1860. It is said that she was buried with her husband in a very old cemetery near Huskey Gap in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. This must be the Cole Cemetery.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 140, 262-263.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 139, 141.

Notes:

John and Elizabeth lived in the Old Henry Town community, now called Howard's
View. At that time Jones Cove was the center of District #1 that included Pearl
Valley, Henry Town and Dunn's Creek up to Rocky Flats and over on Yellow
Britches and West to Wilhite and to what is known as Bethany Church community.
Many of these areas were broken up into smaller communities such as Martha's
Branch, Bugger Town and Bummer Town. When combined into one district it was
known as Jones Cove on the waters of Dunn's Creek by communities in the
surrounding counties.

All available records on the Stinnett name indicate that the first family to
settle permanently on the waters of Dunn's Creek was John Stinnett. He bought
land in Sevier County, Tennessee on Dunn's Creek before the year 1829. In the
year 1803, this John Stinnett and James Stinnett Sr. and James Stinnett Jr.
owned several hundred acres of land on Sinking Creek in Cocke County, Tennessee.
John may have lived there before buying land in Sevier County, Tennessee. These
Stinnetts may have migrated through Western North Carolina. In the 1790 census
there was a John Stinnett and a William Stinnett living in the Salisbury
District of Rowan County, North Carolina. Both were young men with a wife and
one child each, both males. They may have moved into Washington County,
Tennessee and on down the river routes to Cocke County, Tennessee by way of the
Nallichucky River. There was a William Stinnett living in Cocke County,
Tennessee in 1800. He was appointed Ensign in the Militia that year. In 1810,
William received a grant for 31 acres of land near the mouth of English Creek.
All the above Stinnetts except James Jr. were gone by the time the 1830 Census
was taken. This James had a family and appeared to be living where William had
bought land.

John Stinnett owned land in District #1 of Sevier County, Tennessee on Dunn's
Creek before 1829. On 1 May 1829, a survey was made for 25 acres of land
joining John's line and granted by the state of Tennessee. It was signed by
Gov. William Carroll on 28 February 1832.

On the 1837 Sevier County, Tennessee District #1 tax list, John, Riley, and
Alexander Stinnett were listed as property owners and tax payers.

John was among the first settlers to come to the Henry Town area of Jones Cove,
Sevier County, Tennessee. He had a young wife and several children at home. It
appears he has been married three times and this wife is Elizabeth Wilkerson.
His second wife was probably a King. There is no clue who his first wife was.

Occupation: Farmer
Religion: Baptist

Buried in Henry Cemetery.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

John married Elizabeth Wilkerson 1823, , Sevier County, Tennessee. 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.

Notes:

Affectionately called "Preacher Dick", he was received into the White Oak Flats Baptist Church in October of 1839 "by experience". In October of 1843, he was granted the right "to exercise a public gift wherever his lot Should be Cast." He was ordained at the church on the 27th of October 1846 "through the assistance of Brothers Isaac Kimbro and Eli Roberts as presbytery..." (Church minutes book of White Oak Flats Baptist Church). This began his long and fruitful service to the Lord and his fellow man.

Beside the Gatlinburg Church, he served New Salem Church, Lebanon in the Glades, Friendship in Greenbrier, the Hills Creek Church and at both Evan's Chapel No. 1 and 2. He also made visits to the Indians in North Carolina. Dr. Burnett, in his book about pioneer ministers credited Richard Evans with converting more than 10,000 souls to Christ and personally baptizing more than 1,800 persons.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 158.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 106, 130.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 128.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 52.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 126.

Richard married Mary Olief "Olive" Ownbey 30 Jan 1840, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of John Ownby, Jr. and Elizabeth Hill) was born 11 Jul 1821, , Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 26 Apr 1908, , Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

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Notes:

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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 51.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 106, 130.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 52.