1. | Joshua Ragan was born Abt 1804, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Timothy Reagan and Elizabeth Trigg); died 13 Oct 1874, MaCoupin County, Illinois; was buried Huskey Cemetery, Cold Springs Township, Phelps County, Missouri. Notes:
Joshua Ragan was born in the Middle Creek community where he lived until his marriage.
Joshua entered 50 acres of land on 10 January 1826 at Entry Taker's office for Sevier County, Tennessee. The record reads as follows:
[Sevier County, Tennessee ]
[Surveyor's Book No. 1, page 182]
"State of Tennessee
"Sevier County
"By virtue of Entry No. 370 made in the Entry Takers office for said County on the 10' day of January 1826 I have Surveyed for Joshua Ragan fifty acres of land on Little Pigeon river
"Beginning at a Spruce Pine at the foot of the mountain South one West two poles to a stake, South Eighty Seven and a half East ten poles to a chestnut on a Branch, North Sixty Eight East thirty two poles to a hickory, then down the Branch North four East nine poles to a stake, North Sixty East Eighteen poles to a stake, North twenty West ninety six poles to a Spruce Pine on the Bank of the river, then down the river North thirty three West one hundred and fifty poles crossing the river to a stake, South thirty three West Seventy poles crossing the river to a stake, then with a mountain South fifty four East one hundred thirty poles to a stake, South fifty west forty six poles to the Beginning.
"Surveyed 13' February 1826
"Stephen Huskey)
" & ) S.C.C "Guilford Cannon
"Silas Huskey ) "D. S."
The land was granted on 15 August, 1826 by the State of Tennessee.
Joshua Ragan and his wife Jane Huskey Ragan were listed in the 1830 Sevier County, Tennessee Federal Census. There were three children in the family: two males and one female age five years and under. They were living in the Gatlinburg area at that time.
In 1831, Joshua Reagan and his family migrated to Madison County, Missouri and made their home there until the "Fall of 1835". At that time the family moved to Macoupin County, Illinois. He worked for two months as a wood chopper and rail splitter in St. Clair County, Illinois in early 1836.
In June of 1836 he and Jane moved with their children to Macoupin County, Illinois. He bought 40 acres of farm on Hodges Creek in Bird Township of Macoupin County, Illinois. He hastily constructed a log cabin for his family for the coming winter. He farmed here for five years.
Joshua and Jane were listed in the 1840 Federal Census of Macoupin County, Illinois. They had eight children at that time in the household: two males age 10 and 15 years; and one female age 15 and 20 years.
In 1841 Joshua sold this farm and went to North Palmyra Township in Macoupin County, Illinois. He rented a farm here for three years. Then in 1844 he bought eighty acres of land in the Barr Township of Macoupin County, Illinois. Here he, Jane, and their family resided for several years.
Joshua and Jane appeared in the 1850 Federal Census of Macoupin County, Illinois. There were eight children at home. They were: John, age 23; Richard, age 21; Robert, age 19; Isaac H., age 17; James, age 13; Elizabeth J., age 11; Francis M., age 8; and Martha, age 5. Their eldest daughter, Catherine, was already married and lived nearby according to the census record.
In September of 1856, Joshua and his wife Jane went with the part of their family to Phelps County, Missouri where Jane died.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, he and a few of his children returned to Macoupin County, Illinois.
In the 1870 Federal Census of Macoupin County, Illinois, Joshua was listed with his son, James Miller Ragan. They were living in Township 11, Range 8 there at that time.
Joshua died at his farm in "Sowest Section 29, Township 11, Range 8".
Joshua died intestate according to the existing Macoupin County, Illinois records. His son, Francis Marion Ragan, was appointed as administrator of his father's estate by the Court of Macoupin County, Illinois on 19 November 1874.
A final settlement of the estate was ordered and made by the County Court on 1 January 1877. The names of Joshua and Jane Huskey Ragan's children are given in the intestate popers still in existence.
In 1836, they moved and stayed a few months in St. Clair County, Illinois. Then in June of 1836 they bought a farm in Bird Township, Macoupin County, Illinois.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 2a, 48.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 367, 368, 369.
Joshua married Jane Huskey Abt 1824, Sevier County, Tennessee. Jane (daughter of Isaac Huskey and Jane Miller) was born 1806, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aug 1857, Phelps County, Missouri; was buried Huskey Cemetery, Cold Springs Township, Phelps County, Missouri. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- Catherine Ragan was born 6 Jan 1825, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Jul 1911, , Okfuskee, Oklahoma; was buried Okemah, Okfuskee, Oklahoma.
- John J. Ragan was born 1 Aug 1826, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Jul 1903, Flat, Phelps, Missouri; was buried Vida, Phelps, Missouri.
- Richard Robinson Ragan was born 3 Sep 1828, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 8 Apr 1916, Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois; was buried Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois.
- Robert Nelson Ragan was born 10 Oct 1830, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 14 Mar 1908, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- Isaac Huskey Ragan was born 9 Dec 1832, , Madison, Missouri; died 21 Apr 1909, Gourd Branch, Phelps, Missouri; was buried , Missouri.
- Ragan was born Abt 1834, , Madison, Missouri; died Abt 1834, , Madison, Missouri.
- James Miller "Madison" Ragan was born 5 Mar 1837, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died 9 Dec 1924, Flat, Phelps, Missouri; was buried , Phelps, Missouri.
- Elizabeth Jane Ragan was born 15 Apr 1839, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died 20 Aug 1909, , Texas, Missouri; was buried , Texas, Missouri.
- Francis Marion Ragan was born 8 Jan 1842, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died 3 Jan 1890, Pairlie, Hunt, Texas; was buried , Hunt, Texas.
- Martha J. Ragan was born 4 Mar 1845, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died 16 Aug 1930, Keplar, Crawford, Kansas; was buried Keplar, Crawford, Kansas.
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