Wesley King

Notes:

SMHS lists birth as 13 August 1898.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 242.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 87.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 166.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 245.
"Smoky Mountain Historical Society Newsletter", V XXI No 1, Spring 1996, p 6.

Wesley married Margaret Myrtle Ogle Dec 1920, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Margaret (daughter of Madison Cates Ogle and Martha Jane Trotter) was born 28 May 1892, Tennessee; died 26 Jul 1982; was buried Huskey Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

1. Burnice Isaiah King was born 30 Sep 1921, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 22 Jun 2005, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 26 Jun 2005, Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
2. Martha Evelyn King was born 21 Jan 1924.
3. Helen Phyllis King was born 22 Apr 1926, Tennessee; died 24 Jun 1941; was buried Huskey Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
4. Maude Aileen King was born 1 Dec 1928; died 4 Jun 2000; was buried 6 Jun 2000, Huskey Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
5. Harry Nathaniel King was born 7 Dec 1930, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 14 Apr 1993.
6. Thomas Hugh King was born 29 Jul 1934.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 101.
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 41.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 241, 242.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 86.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 34.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 165, 166.
Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 245.

Nathaniel married Mary Elizabeth "Polly" McCarter 19 Aug 1877, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Thomas Hill McCarter and Marriah Reagan) was born 29 Jun 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Mar 1932, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Huskey Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 101.
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 41.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 241, 242.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 86.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 34, 60.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 165, 166.
Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 245.

Other Events:

• Census: 1920, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Death Certificate for N.W. King age ninety, died 1921, number #73.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 101.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 140, 237, 241.
"In the Shadow of the Smokies", Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 290.
Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

Nathaniel married Alpha Ogle Abt 1848, Sevier County, Tennessee. Alpha (daughter of Isaac "Shucky" Ogle and Susannah Bohanon) was born 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Mar 1860, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Huskey Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Alpha died after the birth of Alpha King in 1860. Alpha and Nathaniel's family appear in the Sevier County Federal Census records, 1850 and 1860.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 101.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 140, 237, 241.
Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

Other Events:

• AFN: BQLK-9L

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 16, 41.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 79.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 80, 86.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 64.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 164, 165.
"In the Shadow of the Smokies", Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 573.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 10.

Thomas married Marriah Reagan 22 Aug 1861, Sevier County, Tennessee. Marriah (daughter of Daniel Wesley Reagan and Nancy Ogle) 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. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 2DDT-CL

Notes:

Marriah was reared by her stepmother, Sarah Whaley Reagan. Sarah made her home with Thomas and Marriah after Daniel Wesley Reagan died. Their son, Eli, preserved the records of the Daniel Reagan family by making copies of the Bible record for other members of the family. The Bible was later lost in a fire at his home.

Marriah and Thomas died within a week of each other.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 16, 41.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 79.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 80, 86.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 64.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 164, 165.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 10.

Notes:

Listed in the 1830 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 192, 230, 237.
Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

William married Ellender Keller 22 May 1824, , Blount County, Tennessee. Ellender was born 1808, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 192, 230, 237.
Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

Notes:

Shucky moved with the family to Sevier County, Tennessee as early as 1805, soon after the death of his father.

Isaac was one of the first settlers in Gatlinburg. No land records prior to 1824 were found for Isaac Ogle but it is shown by Richard Reagan's early grants that Isaac and William, his brother, entered land adjoining Richard's land on Mill Creek. This ran from Mill Creek down to "the lane" (Reagan Lane) and nearly to the old river road. Later records show this land as belonging to Isaac alone and still later to his son, Elijah Ogle. Isaac also entered land near the road from the Glades, running down to the mouth of Roaring Fork Creek in Gatlinburg. As his sons and daughters became of age, he gave them these lands and he moved to the Banner area north of Gatlinburg.

Isaac and his wife, Susannah, were charter members of the White Oak Flats Baptist Church. The family appears in the Sevier County, Tennessee Federal Census records, 1830 to 1880. Isaac died 2 Sep 1881 according to the Death Register of 1881 found in Sevier County Courthouse.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 225.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 138.

Isaac married Susannah Bohanon Abt 1809, Sevier County, Tennessee. Susannah (daughter of Henry Bohanon and Amillia Shotwell) was born 1793, Virginia; died Bef 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 82.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 138.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 67, 79.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 62, 80.

Thomas married Mary Ownby Abt 1834, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of John Ownby and Mary Jane "Granny" Coone) was born 1814, Rutherford, North Carolina; died 1886, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 67, 79.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 62, 80.

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]

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.