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  1. 1.  Benjamin Parton was born 28 Jun 1873, Tennessee (son of Richard M. C. Parton and Martha Shultz); died 28 Dec 1925, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 29 Dec 1925, Richard Parton Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 34.

    Benjamin — . [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Richard M. C. Parton was born May 1854, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of John Parton and Catherine M. Evans); died 30 Mar 1937, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 1 Apr 1937, Richard Parton Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 31, 34.

    Richard married Martha Shultz 4 Oct 1872. Martha (daughter of Frederick Jackson Shultz and Hannah Lindsey) was born 12 May 1847, Tennessee; died 20 May 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 21 May 1919, Richard Parton Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Martha Shultz was born 12 May 1847, Tennessee (daughter of Frederick Jackson Shultz and Hannah Lindsey); died 20 May 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 21 May 1919, Richard Parton Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 31, 34.

    Children:
    1. 1. Benjamin Parton was born 28 Jun 1873, Tennessee; died 28 Dec 1925, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 29 Dec 1925, Richard Parton Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Hannah Estelle Parton was born Oct 1876, Tennessee; died 2 Oct 1950; was buried Richard Parton Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Essie Parton was born Abt 1877, Tennessee; died 2 Jun 1927, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 2 Jun 1927, Richard Parton Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Parton was born Abt 1878; died See Notes.
    5. Jacob Leonard Parton was born 14 Jan 1880, Tennessee; died 23 Apr 1955, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 25 Apr 1955, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. William Newton Parton was born Oct 1882.
    7. John W. Parton was born Feb 1885; was buried Richard Parton Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Parton was born Abt 1888; died See Notes.
    9. Alfred Brooks Parton was born 27 Jun 1890, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 15 Dec 1967; was buried Headrick Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. James R. Parton was born Feb 1897.
    11. James R. Parton was born 21 Jul 1898, Tennessee; died 1 Jan 1967, Jefferson County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Parton was born 1828/1829, Burke County, North Carolina (son of Benjamin Parton and Hannah L. Cole); died 8 May 1865, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 33.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 304.
    "Mountain Ways Two", Gene Aiken, 1986, p 181.

    John — Catherine M. Evans. Catherine (daughter of Rev. Richard Evans and K Catherine Emert) was born 3 May 1829, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Catherine M. Evans was born 3 May 1829, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Rev. Richard Evans and K Catherine Emert).

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 33.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 304.
    "Mountain Ways Two", Gene Aiken, 1986, p 181.

    Children:
    1. George W. Parton was born Feb 1853, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 May 1924, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 23 May 1924, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    2. 2. Richard M. C. Parton was born May 1854, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Mar 1937, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 1 Apr 1937, Richard Parton Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Benjamin Parton was born 1856, Tennessee; died 1896.
    4. Caldona Malinda Parton was born 11 May 1863, Tennessee; died 26 Sep 1937, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 28 Sep 1937, Richard Parton Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  Frederick Jackson Shultz was born 15 Feb 1813, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Martin S. E. Shults, Jr. and Barbara Ann Emert); died 11 Mar 1898, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: MC7S-NV

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 16.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 342.

    Frederick married Hannah Lindsey Abt 1832/1833, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Hannah (daughter of Jesse Lindsey and Salina Ivey) was born 18 Apr 1815, Tennessee; died 2 Apr 1901; was buried Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Hannah Lindsey was born 18 Apr 1815, Tennessee (daughter of Jesse Lindsey and Salina Ivey); died 2 Apr 1901; was buried Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 16, 31.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 342.

    Children:
    1. William Harrison Shultz was born 5 Jul 1834, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Nov 1910; was buried , McMinn, Tennessee.
    2. Martin Van Buren Shultz was born 7 Nov 1835, Tennessee; died 17 Feb 1901; was buried Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Barbara Ann Shultz was born 1836, Tennessee.
    4. Shultz was born Abt 1838; died See Notes.
    5. Jesse Derrick Shultz was born 30 May 1840, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 15 May 1918; was buried Tudor Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Lydia Emaline Shultz was born 18 Jan 1843, Tennessee; died 8 Apr 1909; was buried Tudor Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Jacob Whitten T. Shultz was born 1847, Tennessee.
    8. 3. Martha Shultz was born 12 May 1847, Tennessee; died 20 May 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 21 May 1919, Richard Parton Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Deborah Malinda Shultz was born 1 Jan 1848, Tennessee; died 12 Feb 1923, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 13 Feb 1923, Arch Shultz Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Rev. Jackson Pinkney Shultz was born 8 Jun 1851, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 15 Apr 1921; was buried Buttram Cemetery, McMinn County, Tennessee.
    11. Matilda Hannah Shultz was born 19 Apr 1853, Tennessee; died 27 Feb 1887; was buried Arch Shultz Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. Melita Narcissus Shultz was born 25 Jun 1856, Tennessee; died 2 Sep 1941; was buried Arch Shultz Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Benjamin Parton was born 1801, North Carolina (son of John Parton); died Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    1830 Cocke County, Tennessee, 1840 Greene County, Tennessee, 1850 Murray County, Georgia, and from 1850's until his death in Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 33.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 305.
    http://www.rootsweb.com/~tncocke/1830ctmp.htm

    Benjamin — Hannah L. Cole. Hannah was born 1795, North Carolina; died Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Hannah L. Cole was born 1795, North Carolina; died Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 33.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 305.

    Children:
    1. 4. John Parton was born 1828/1829, Burke County, North Carolina; died 8 May 1865, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Elisha Wilburn Parton was born 1828, Haywood County, North Carolina; died 18 Jun 1864, Andersonville Prison, Macon County, Georgia; was buried Andersonville National Cemetery, Macon County, Georgia.
    3. Angeline Lorina Harriet Parton was born May 1830, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aft 1900, Swain County, North Carolina.
    4. Benjamin Christopher "B. C." Parton was born 4 Aug 1832, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 6 Jul 1916, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 7 Jul 1916, Chris Parton Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Martin Franklin "Moses" Parton was born Abt 1841, Greene County, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  Rev. Richard Evans was born 22 Nov 1789, South Carolina (son of William Evans); died 11 Jul 1854; was buried Emerts Cove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: MC7T-33

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 58.

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    Reference
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 42.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 52, 304.
    "Mountain Ways Two", Gene Aiken, 1986, p 181.

    Richard married K Catherine Emert 26 Mar 1812. K (daughter of Frederick Emert and Barbara Ann Neidig) was born 27 Dec 1780, Tennessee; died 1888, Tennessee; was buried Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  K Catherine Emert was born 27 Dec 1780, Tennessee (daughter of Frederick Emert and Barbara Ann Neidig); died 1888, Tennessee; was buried Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: MC7T-48

    Notes:

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    Reference
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 42.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 52.
    "Mountain Ways Two", Gene Aiken, 1986, p 181.

    Children:
    1. Barbara Evans was born 12 Feb 1813.
    2. Rebecca Elizabeth Evans was born 25 Nov 1816, Tennessee; died 8 Dec 1896; was buried New Hope Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    3. George W. Evans was born 3 Mar 1819.
    4. Mary L. "Polly" Evans was born 26 Aug 1823, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Frederick E. Evans was born 26 Jan 1826.
    6. 5. Catherine M. Evans was born 3 May 1829, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Richard McAgee Roger Evans was born 15 Jan 1832, Tennessee; died 28 Apr 1902; was buried Boyds Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Margaret J. Evans was born 29 Apr 1837, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Mar 1915, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 14 Mar 1915, Chris Parton Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Sarah L. Evans was born 3 Jan 1840, Tennessee.

  5. 12.  Martin S. E. Shults, Jr.Martin S. E. Shults, Jr. was born Abt 1773, Tryon County, North Carolina (son of Johan Martin "Martin" Shults and Juliana Stentz); died 11 Nov 1846, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Emerts Cove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: MC7S-CB

    Notes:

    Martin Shults Jr. moved to Sevier County, Tennessee from Sullivan County, Tennessee circa 1794/1795 with his mother, Juliana Shultz, and his brothers and sisters.

    During the period of 1796-1806, records show Martin Shutlz Junior owned lands in the area of Webb's Creek by right of occupancy. He sold it to Joseph Anderson in 1808 prior to the issuance of land grants by the State of Tennessee. The records read in part as follows:

    (1) "State of Tennessee District South French Broad and Holston

    "In pursuance of the law in such cases made and provided and by virtue of a Deputation from Robert Wear Esq surveyor for the district Aforesaid I have surveyed for Martin Shults 11 Acres 1 Rood 1 Chains of land held and Claimed by right of occupancy Situate in Sevier County on the waters of Webbs creek having such form and Boundaries as represented surveyed 2nd May 1807 Given under my hand this 6th day June 1807

    "Variation of the Needle 5 Degs East Laid down by a Scale 40 chs to the inch

    Thomas Price, D S

    "I Martin Shults for and in Consideration of the sum of Twenty five dollars to me in hand paid the Receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged do hereby assign over the within Survey of Lane unto Joseph Anderson In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 4th day February 1808

    Test
    William Freazier Marting Shults (Seal)
    Isaac Love

    "State of Tennessee Sevier County Court February Sesions 1808

    "This was the Execution of the above Transfer of land being duly proven in open Court by the oaths of William Feasher and Isaac Love the subscribing Witnesses thereto and the same is admitted to record

    Test Saml Wear C S C"

    (2) "State of Tennessee District South French Broad and Holston

    "In pursuance of the laws in such cases made and provided and by virtue of a Deputation from Robert Wear Esqr surveyor for the District Aforesaid I have surveyed for Martin Shults 42 Acres 2 roods 3 Chains of land held and Claimed by right of Occupancy situate in the County of Sevier on the water Webbs creek having such form and Boundaries as represented Surveyed 1st May 1807 Given under my hand this 6th day June 1807

    "Magnetic Variation 5 degs Laid down by a scale 40 chs to the inch

    Thomas Price, D S

    "I Martin Shults for and in Consideration of the sum of Seventy five Dollars to me in hand paid the Receipt Whereof is hereby Acknowledged do hereby Assign over the Within Survey of land to Joseph Anderson In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 4th day of february 1808

    Test
    William Freasher Marting Shutls (Seal)
    Isaac Love

    "State of Tennessee Sevier County Court February Sessions 1808

    "This was the Execution of the above transfer of Land being duly proven by the oaths of William Freasher and Isaac Love the subscribing witnesses thereto and the same is admitted to record

    Test Saml Wear C S C"

    There is another land grant for Martin Shultz from the State of Tennessee. He entered 55 acres 1 rood 5 chains on the waters of East Fork of Little Pigeon River. It was surveyed on 29 August 1807 and granted on 9 May 1810. This land joined vacant lands and lands of Frederick Emert in the Emert's Cove area.

    Martin Shultz Junior was commissioned as a Captain in the militia for Sevier County, Tennessee according to Sevier County, Tennessee Surveyors Book #1 - 5,000 Acres of land entry for William Roberts and Isaac A. Miller dated 12th day of May 1830. It reads as follows:

    "State of Tennessee) "By virtue of Entry No. 760 dated 12th
    Sevier County ) day of May 1830

    "I have surveyed for William Roberts and Isaac A. Miller as joint entrees five Thousand acres of land in said County on the waters of Birds Creek and the west fork of little Pigeon River

    "Begining on a Pine at the ford of the Glade Branch near Captain Shults muster ground...Surveyed 23 day of November 1838.

    D. Emmitt )
    & ) C C John Mullendore, Cty Curveyor
    Thos. McCarter)

    In 1813, Martin Shultz Junior signed a petition aksing the Tennessee General Assembly for redress on the validity of land claims in Sevier County, Tennessee. This petition is in Tennessee State Library and Archives,
    Nashville, Tennessee.

    Martin Shultz Junior entered numerous land entries in Sevier County, Tennessee during his lifetime. They include: 160 acres-5 August 1824; 15 acres-12 August 1824; 50 acres-28 August 1824; 222 acres-28 August 1829; 69 acres-28 August 1829; 31 acres-28 August 1829; 50 acres-28 February 1832; 31 acres-16
    October 1836; and 113 acres-11 March 1839
    .
    Martin Shultz Junior and his wife, Barbara Ann Emert, were 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 6, 70.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 6, 16.
    "Ownby-Watson Family History", Percival David Park, May 1985, p 32.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 42.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 407.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 341.

    Martin married Barbara Ann Emert 1797, Sevier County, Tennessee. Barbara (daughter of Frederick Emert and Barbara Ann Neidig) was born 27 Dec 1778, Berks County, Pennsylvania; died 23 Sep 1875, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Emerts Cove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Barbara Ann EmertBarbara Ann Emert was born 27 Dec 1778, Berks County, Pennsylvania (daughter of Frederick Emert and Barbara Ann Neidig); died 23 Sep 1875, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Emerts Cove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: MC7S-DH

    Notes:

    First name may be Barbary. Barbara Ann Emert, widow of Martin Shultz Junoir, was listed with her children in the 1850 through 1870 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Lived in Emert's Cove area.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 6, 70.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 6, 16.
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 42.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 196, 341.

    Children:
    1. Phillip S. Shultz was born 26 May 1798, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Feb 1871, , Tennessee; was buried Anderson County, Tennessee.
    2. Jacob Whitten Shultz was born 20 Dec 1800, Tennessee; died 22 Jan 1878, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Holders Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    3. Barbara Shults was born 20 Mar 1803, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Sep 1834, , Madison, Missouri.
    4. Elizabeth Shultz was born 1804, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Shultz was born 1806, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1806, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Mary Shultz was born 1808, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Martin M. Shultz was born 15 Dec 1810, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 May 1841; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. 6. Frederick Jackson Shultz was born 15 Feb 1813, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Mar 1898, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Pleasant Wear Shultz was born 5 Jan 1815, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Mar 1884, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Old Shults Family Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. John R. Shultz was born 30 Mar 1817, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 Jun 1889, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Old Shults Family Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Shultz was born 1819, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1819, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. Alexander Preston Perry Shultz was born 17 Feb 1822, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Nov 1917; was buried Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery, Grainger County, Tennessee.
    13. Anna Caroline Shultz was born 24 Jul 1826, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Sep 1902, , Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried , Sevier County, Tennessee.

  7. 14.  Jesse Lindsey was born 22 Feb 1787, North Carolina (son of William Lindsey and Rachel); died 15 May 1864; was buried Emerts Cove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Jesse — Salina Ivey. Salina (daughter of Joel Ives) was born 27 Jun 1797, Tennessee; died 2 Nov 1874; was buried Emerts Cove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Salina Ivey was born 27 Jun 1797, Tennessee (daughter of Joel Ives); died 2 Nov 1874; was buried Emerts Cove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. William Lindsey was born 14 Apr 1813, Tennessee; died 11 Dec 1863.
    2. 7. Hannah Lindsey was born 18 Apr 1815, Tennessee; died 2 Apr 1901; was buried Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Jesse Lindsey was born 22 Aug 1816.
    4. Lydia Lindsey was born 4 Aug 1817, Tennessee; was buried Emerts Cove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. James Lindsey
    6. Sara Jane Lindsey was born 10 Mar 1822, Tennessee; was buried Jaynola Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee.
    7. Rachel Lindsey was born 4 Dec 1824, Tennessee; died 30 Jun 1907; was buried Magnolia Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    8. John Lindsey was born 22 Feb 1827, Tennessee; died Abt 1861/1865.
    9. Elizabeth Lindsay was born 28 May 1828, Tennessee; died 19 May 1908; was buried Boyds Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Sherrod H. Lindsey was born Abt 1831, Tennessee; died 1864/1865.
    11. Martha A. Lindsey was born 10 Apr 1833, Tennessee; died 10 Mar 1919; was buried Holders Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    12. Joel Lindsey was born 15 Mar 1835, Tennessee; died 22 Aug 1899; was buried Lindsey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    13. Eli R. Lindsey was born 31 Dec 1838, Tennessee.
    14. Patsey Lindsey


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