Amos Carr: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1.	Amos Carr was born 27 Dec 1912, Tennessee (son of James S. Kear and Laura Jane Reagan); died Nov 1974; was buried Blue Eye Cemetery, Blue Eye, Stone County, Missouri. Other Events: Census: 1930, Pine, Stone County, Missouri Census: 1940, Blue Eye, Stone County, Missouri

Generation: 2

James S. Kear was born 1871, Tennessee (son of Joel Kear and Mary "Polly" McCarter); died 1957; was buried Blue Eye Cemetery, Blue Eye, Stone County, Missouri.

Other Events:

AFN: B71N-97
Census: 1910, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1930, Pine, Stone County, Missouri
Census: 1940, Blue Eye, Stone County, Missouri

Notes:

Surname may be spelled Carr.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 23, 29.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 64.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 144.

James married Laura Jane Reagan 11 Apr 1891. Laura (daughter of Ephraim "Uncle Ephraim" Reagan and Cynthia Jane Whaley) was born 15 Jul 1875, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Feb 1952; was buried Blue Eye Cemetery, Blue Eye, Stone County, Missouri. [Group Sheet]

Laura Jane Reagan was born 15 Jul 1875, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Ephraim "Uncle Ephraim" Reagan and Cynthia Jane Whaley); died 3 Feb 1952; was buried Blue Eye Cemetery, Blue Eye, Stone County, Missouri.

Other Events:

AFN: 183V-2S
Census: 1910, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1930, Pine, Stone County, Missouri
Census: 1940, Blue Eye, Stone County, Missouri

Notes:

Laura is listed in Ephraim Reagan's Civil War pension papers but no birth date
is given.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 23, 29.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 64.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 144.

Children:

Sanford Carr was born 10 Apr 1896, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1969; was buried Blue Eye Cemetery, Blue Eye, Stone County, Missouri.
Rhelda Carr was born 22 Jun 1898, Tennessee; died 1 Mar 1987; was buried Blue Eye Cemetery, Blue Eye, Stone County, Missouri.
Alice Carr was born 2 Feb 1902, Tennessee; died 6 May 1972; was buried Blue Eye Cemetery, Blue Eye, Stone County, Missouri.
Polly Carr was born 22 Mar 1904, Tennessee; died 4 Mar 1986; was buried Blue Eye Cemetery, Blue Eye, Stone County, Missouri.
Early Carr was born 5 Apr 1906, Tennessee; died Mar 1983; was buried Blue Eye Cemetery, Blue Eye, Stone County, Missouri.
Nora Carr was born Abt 1908, Tennessee.
Algie Carr was born 23 Feb 1911, Tennessee; died 5 Aug 1984; was buried Blue Eye Cemetery, Blue Eye, Stone County, Missouri.
1. Amos Carr was born 27 Dec 1912, Tennessee; died Nov 1974; was buried Blue Eye Cemetery, Blue Eye, Stone County, Missouri.
Mae Carr was born Abt 1919, Missouri.

Generation: 3

Joel Kear was born 5 Feb 1850, Tennessee (son of Joel Kear and Sarah Huff); died 10 Feb 1926; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Buried in the Forks of the River Cemetery, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 63, 64.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 18.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 61.

Joel married Mary "Polly" McCarter 18 Aug 1870. Mary (daughter of James McCarter and Sarah Huskey) was born 7 Mar 1854, Tennessee; died 26 Jun 1937; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Mary "Polly" McCarter was born 7 Mar 1854, Tennessee (daughter of James McCarter and Sarah Huskey); died 26 Jun 1937; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 63, 64.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 18.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 61.

Children:

2. James S. Kear was born 1871, Tennessee; died 1957; was buried Blue Eye Cemetery, Blue Eye, Stone County, Missouri.
Minerva Kear was born 30 Jun 1873, Tennessee; died 22 Jun 1965; was buried Providence Baptist Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Arbinzia Kear was born 14 Mar 1876; died 8 Apr 1898; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Sarah L. "Sally" Kear was born 27 Feb 1878, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Apr 1966, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
Mary E. Carr was born 27 Feb 1878, Tennessee; died 1937; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Elbert H. Carr was born 2 Apr 1882, Tennessee; died 20 Nov 1953; was buried Providence Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Matilda "Tilda" Kear was born 29 Jan 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Jan 1974; was buried Fairview Cemetery, Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
Rev. Joel L. Carr was born 15 Jun 1889, Tennessee; died 18 May 1981; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Richard Evans Carr was born 18 Dec 1896, Tennessee; died 1 Sep 1981; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Ephraim "Uncle Ephraim" Reagan was born 24 Aug 1833, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Daniel Wesley Reagan and Nancy Ogle); died 23 Jan 1924, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

AFN: 183T-2N

Notes:

Ephraim was born in Gatlinburg and lived in the area all his life. He is not listed in the 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census. He was a farmer and served from 27 June 1866 to 12 December 1871 and from 25 January 1886 to 13 July 1888 as a postmaster in Gatlinburg.

A story is told of his skill with a gun and his knowledge of the woods. It seems he was going in home late one night. Along about the old swimming hole in the Park, he heard a noise in the hemlocks overhead. The night was very dark and he could barely see an outline of something crouched in the tree above the river road. Knowing he had only one chance to shoot at whatever it was, he decided to risk it and fired. It fell to the road with a crash. Waiting a few minutes to be sure it was more that just stunned, Ephraim went up to it, examined a paw and knew at once "it" was a "painter". Knowing the panthers usually traveled in pairs, he made tracks for home, Next morning he returned and found his panther still stretched across the road.

During the Civil War Ephraim served with the Union army in Company G, 6th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry. He enrolled 16 Sep 1862 and was mustered out 30 June 1865. He was described then as being 5 feet 7 inches tall, with dark hair, fair complexion and blue eyes.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 16, 23.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 10, 12, 129.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 105, 153.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 198.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 289.

Ephraim married Cynthia Jane Whaley 9 Jun 1853, Sevier County, Tennessee. Cynthia (daughter of John H. "Bullhead" Whaley and Mourning Ownbey) was born 1840, Trentville, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died 23 Mar 1888, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Cynthia Jane Whaley was born 1840, Trentville, Jefferson County, Tennessee (daughter of John H. "Bullhead" Whaley and Mourning Ownbey); died 23 Mar 1888, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

AFN: 183T-3T

Notes:

Listed in 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census as Synthia with parents attending school.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 23.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 10, 12, 129.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 198.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 289.
http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/sevier/census/1850/pg0396a.txt

Children:

Mourning Reagan was born 25 May 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Oct 1894; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Nancy Elizabeth Reagan was born 16 Jul 1856, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Nov 1921, Blue Eye, Carroll, Missouri; was buried 12 Nov 1921, Blue Eye Cemetery, Stone County, Missouri.
Lydia Reagan was born 26 Jun 1857, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Mar 1947; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
John E. (H.) Reagan was born 18 Sep 1858, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Sep 1919; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Margaret L. Reagan was born 1 Mar 1862, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
Mary "Polly" Reagan was born 23 Sep 1866, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 27 Jan 1909, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Meigs Mountain Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Ephraim J. Reagan, Jr. was born 3 Nov 1867, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Oct 1920.
Sarah R. "Sally" Reagan was born 31 Oct 1869, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
Sophia Reagan was born 25 Jul 1871, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
Westley O. Reagan was born 6 Aug 1872, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Apr 1958, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried West O. Reagan's Family Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Arminda Reagan was born 23 Nov 1874, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 Dec 1947, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 11 Dec 1947, Headrick Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
3. Laura Jane Reagan was born 15 Jul 1875, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Feb 1952; was buried Blue Eye Cemetery, Blue Eye, Stone County, Missouri.
Cynthia Jane Reagan was born 17 Jul 1876, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
Julia Ann Reagan was born 4 Oct 1878, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1913/1914, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Knox County, Tennessee.
Noah Robert Reagan was born 7 Apr 1882.

Generation: 4

Joel Kear was born 5 Feb 1796, North Carolina (son of James Kear and Molly Shelton); died 28 Jul 1871; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

From Scotland.

Some researchers list him buried in Forks of the River Cemetery.
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References:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 74.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 29.

Joel married Sarah Huff 6 Jun 1838. Sarah (daughter of Leonard Huff and Sarah Baker) was born 11 Jul 1809, Tennessee; died 15 Sep 1886; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Sarah Huff was born 11 Jul 1809, Tennessee (daughter of Leonard Huff and Sarah Baker); died 15 Sep 1886; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Ezalee Kear Spencer lists given name as Baker with sisters Lydia and Charity and a brother.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 74.

Children:

Elizabeth Kear was born 10 Nov 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 May 1871, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Lydia "Aunt Liddy" Kear was born 24 May 1840, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Dec 1926, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Joseph Kear was born 16 Jun 1841, Tennessee; died 7 Dec 1923; was buried Prospect Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Mary Ann Kear was born 20 Mar 1843, Tennessee.
John Kear was born 20 Oct 1844, Tennessee; died 6 Feb 1929; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Charity Manerva Kear was born 21 Jun 1846, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Nov 1909; was buried Myers Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Sarah Kear was born 8 May 1848, Tennessee; died 18 Jun 1923; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
4. Joel Kear was born 5 Feb 1850, Tennessee; died 10 Feb 1926; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Rev. Henry Baker Kear was born 12 Jan 1852, Tennessee; died Bef 1941; was buried New Mexico.
James Kear was born 14 Sep 1854, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Jul 1926; was buried Concord Cemetery, Whitfield County, Georgia.

10.

James McCarter was born 7 May 1825, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of John McCarter and Nancy Anderson); died 28 May 1898; was buried Huskey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 102.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 18, 63, 102, 106, 142.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 342.

James married Sarah Huskey Abt 1848, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of Stephen "Old Steve" Huskey and Mary Ann "Polly" Ogle) was born 1829, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Jun 1863; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

11.

Sarah Huskey was born 1829, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Stephen "Old Steve" Huskey and Mary Ann "Polly" Ogle); died 4 Jun 1863; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 102.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 63.

Children:

Elbert McCarter was born 13 Oct 1849, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Dec 1936, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 8 Dec 1936, Huskey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Stephen McCarter was born 26 Oct 1851; died 5 Oct 1866; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
5. Mary "Polly" McCarter was born 7 Mar 1854, Tennessee; died 26 Jun 1937; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Sarah McCarter was born 12 Jan 1856, Tennessee.
James "Bud" McCarter, Jr. was born 1 Mar 1857, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Mar 1944; was buried Huskey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Edman McCarter was born 29 Apr 1861, Tennessee; died 23 May 1935; was buried Waldens Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

12.

Daniel Wesley Reagan was born 15 Oct 1802, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Richard Reagan and Julia Ann Shults); died 25 Jan 1892, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

AFN: 2DDT-XD

Notes:

Daniel moved with his parents to White Oak Flats (Gatlinburg) when he was about four years old. He lived all of his life here or on various other tracts of land in the area.

Listed as Ragan in 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census as farmer with $1000 property unable to read or write.

An industrious man, Daniel began acquiring land before he married. In theTennessee State Library and Archives there are records of eight entries in his name, dating from 1824 to 1872. The state archivist says this was all purchased land. He is listed in the 1837 tax lists of Sevier County, Tennessee.

An 1859 grant, previously surveyed land, was resurveyed and entered probably because of Gatlin's extensive claim in the area and the Courthouse fire. This 1859 grant was for 600 acres up both sides of the river from Baskins Creek to the Two Mile Branch. In May 1866, he added another 640 acres to this holding. There are also grants for 1,000, 600, and 4,000 acres on Roaring Fork granted in 1839, 1868 and 1872. Most of this land was divided among his children - no will has been found. Daniel moved around and lived on several of his farms - his wife said after his death that she wanted to spend the rest of her years in one spot, she was so tired of moving. She spent her remaining years with her stepdaughter and her husband, Mariah and Thomas H. McCarter.

Daniel was a blacksmith as well as a farmer. Tradition says he built the first wagon in the settlement, making the wheels of one piece of split white oak. His son, Charles C. Reagan, built the first wagon that crossed the Smokies. Although no record has been found to verify it, Daniel probably served as a Justice of Peace. He did keep the community post office. When the settlement officially became Gatlinburg and the post office was established, Daniel and Joel Conner received the contract to carry the mail from Sevierville to Casher's Valley, South Carolina. Daniel's sons, Richard R. and Ephraim Reagan, served as postmaster in the village.

Definitely a Union man but too old to go to service during the Civil War, Daniel served as "muster" officer and drilled the men of the village out in the "Flats". He also served the community as food distributor. Because of his activities and his three oldest sons being in the Union army, he often had to hide out in the mountains to escape the Confederates. The youngest son, Charles C., often told of his father taking him to the woods and showing him the meat and food supplies he had hidden. Daniel didn't think the Rebels would bother the women and children and if he did have to hide out, then Charles must see that food was brought in for the people as it was needed---a big responsibility for a seven year old boy.

A civic minded man, Daniel furnished the meeting house for the village--the five sided building used for the school, church and "voting place". According to one of the land grants, this was located at the "mouth of the lane", now Reagan Lane, near the old River Road. Although he furnished the meeting place for the Baptist Church for many years, Daniel was not found on the membership roll of the church and did not give the land for the present building site, as has been stated by many sources.

Daniel Wesley Reagan did give the land for the oldest part of the White Oak Flats Cemetery (Gatlinburg Cemetery) to the community. This was originally a family plot on the farm of his father, Richard Reagan. The first burial there was a child of Daniel Milsaps, the first school teacher in Gatlinburg.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 6a, 15-16.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 51.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 45.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 37.

Daniel married Nancy Ogle 30 Jan 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley) was born 24 Aug 1810, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Feb 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

13.

Nancy Ogle was born 24 Aug 1810, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley); died 18 Feb 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

AFN: 2DDT-ZK

Notes:

Listed in the 1830 and 1840 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 6a, 16, 167.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 51.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 37.

Children:

Richard Reason "Uncle Dick" Reagan was born 12 Nov 1830, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Apr 1912; was buried Ownby Addition Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Robert N. A. Reagan was born 2 Apr 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Sep 1832; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
6. Ephraim "Uncle Ephraim" Reagan was born 24 Aug 1833, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 Jan 1924, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Martha "Aunt Patty" Reagan was born 24 Apr 1835, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Feb 1864.
Elizabeth Margaret Reagan was born 8 Jun 1837, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Mar 1912; was buried Bales Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Julia Ann Reagan was born 12 Dec 1838, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Apr 1890, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Bales Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Sophia Reagan was born 12 Dec 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Oct 1887, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Daniel Wesley Stephen Reagan was born 11 Sep 1840, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Feb 1914, Tennessee; was buried Baskins Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Marriah Reagan was born 7 Apr 1842, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 Feb 1923, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

14.

John H. "Bullhead" Whaley was born 31 Mar 1817, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of William M. Whaley and Mary Ann Ogle); died 21 Mar 1909; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

AFN: B71M-KG
Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Listed in 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census as farmer $300 property able to read and write.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 180, 288.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5, 10, 69, 71, 106, 129.
"Ownby-Watson Family History", Percival David Park, May 1985, p .
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 30, 307.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 186.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 227.

John married Mourning Ownbey Abt 1834, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mourning (daughter of John Ownby, Jr. and Elizabeth Hill) was born 11 Aug 1817, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 21 Apr 1870, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

15.

Mourning Ownbey was born 11 Aug 1817, Buncombe County, North Carolina (daughter of John Ownby, Jr. and Elizabeth Hill); died 21 Apr 1870, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

AFN: B71M-LM

Notes:

Listed in the 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census able to read and write.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 180, 288.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5, 10, 106, 129.
"Ownby-Watson Family History", Percival David Park, May 1985, p .
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 186.

Children:

Whaley was born 1835.
Harkless Whaley was born 10 Feb 1836, Tennessee; died 15 Feb 1926, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 15 Feb 1926, Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Westley O. Whaley was born 21 May 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Mar 1863, Murfreesborough, Tennessee.
7. Cynthia Jane Whaley was born 1840, Trentville, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died 23 Mar 1888, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
John Brabson Whaley was born 25 Feb 1842, Tennessee; died 5 Sep 1864, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Mary "Polly" Whaley was born 1843, Tennessee; died 1889/1890; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Perry Seehorn Commodore Whaley was born 11 Feb 1846, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Dec 1926, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried 5 Dec 1926, Cedar Springs Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
Margaret Whaley was born 1847, Tennessee; died 22 Apr 1878; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Pinkney Henry Toomey Whaley was born 12 Sep 1848, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Oct 1920, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried 3 Oct 1920, Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
Joseph L. "Joel" Whaley was born 23 May 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Nov 1933, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
Aaron Jason Whaley was born 1851; died 1868.
Sarah Elizabeth Whaley was born 6 Jun 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Oct 1926; was buried Friendship Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Leander A. Whaley was born 15 Feb 1856, Tennessee; died 6 Jan 1929, Bradley, Tennessee; was buried Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
Isaac C. Whaley was born 27 May 1858, Tennessee; died 31 Jan 1925; was buried Bishopville Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee.
Columbus M. Whaley was born 20 Oct 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Dec 1921; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.