Celia Drusilla Reagan

Other Events:

• AFN: MC7N-3D

Notes:

Buried in Campground Cemetery.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 2a, 68.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 42.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 282.

Celia married Frederick E. Emert, Jr. 5 Nov 1812, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Frederick (son of Frederick Emert and Barbara Ann Neidig) was born 12 Jan 1790, Greene County, North Carolina; died 10 Apr 1871, Townsend, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Tuckaleechee Campground Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

1. Daniel H. Emert was born 15 Oct 1813, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Apr 1885, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Tuckaleechee Campground Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
2. Phillip R. Emert was born 16 Dec 1814, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Jan 1890, Tuckaleechee, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Townsend, Blount County, Tennessee.
3. Abijah W. Emert was born 10 Apr 1816, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 19 Mar 1897, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Blount County, Tennessee.
4. Barbara Emert was born 13 Oct 1817, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 May 1896, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Alonzo Huskey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
5. John N. Emert was born 23 Dec 1818, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Jul 1896, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Townsend, Blount County, Tennessee.
6. Elizabeth Trigg Emert was born 6 Nov 1820, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 May 1898, Wear Valley, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Crowson-Broyles Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
7. Mary C. Emert was born 5 Feb 1822, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 Jun 1906, Murray County, Georgia; was buried Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Murray County, Georgia.
8. Caleb Styres Emert was born 28 Sep 1823, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Feb 1863, Wear Valley, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Crowson-Broyles Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
9. Rhoda A. Emert was born 14 Feb 1825, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Jul 1905, , Blount County, Tennessee; was buried , Blount County, Tennessee.
10. Frederick Styres Emert was born 26 Sep 1826, Blount County, Tennessee; died 29 Apr 1896, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
11. Catherine Emert was born 17 Dec 1827, Blount County, Tennessee; died 17 Dec 1827, Blount County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Timothy Ragan, grandson of Timothy Ragan - Colonial Ancestor was probably born in the Elk Ridge community. His parents have not been identified, but research on this continues.

In his youth, he was probably taught to read and write by his mother, and was taught the art of farming and blacksmithing by his father. So this was one of his lifetime occupations. He was also a carpenter and as most men did in those days, he could do almost any chore needed in daily life.

An early church census verifies their birth years. The census was taken in St. John and Prince George Parishes, Prince George County, Maryland on 31 31 August 1776 and listed; Timothy Ragan, age 26, and Elizabeth Ragan, age 16. No children were listed.

Traditions say that Timothy had four brothers who all served in the Revolutionary War and afterward moved to Tennessee. Other Reagans found in that early period include: Jeremiah in Washington County, Daniel in Greene County, Charles in Blount County, and James in Sevier County and a James in Knox County. These men were all of an age to have been Timothy's brothers but no definite connection to any of them has been made.

Timothy Reagan served in the Revolution with the Continental Troops of Maryland. He was seriously wounded at the Battle of Brandywine and again later in the war. Muster roll records found in the National Archives, Washington, D.C. Show that he served as private with Captain John Eccleston, in the 2nd Regiment of Maryland Troops, commanded by Colonel Thomas Price. The records also show that he was left at a hospital in Chester, Pennsylvania, on 12 September 1777, the day after the Battle of Brandywine. He was reported as still being in the hospital six months later. No records of a pension or bounty land grants were found.

Timothy's name is found on the 1783 tax lists of Pittsylvania County, Virginia with five people in his family at that time. He does not appear on the tax lists for 1785.

His name is found in Caswell County, North Carolina, in the January and April counts of 1786. There were then seven persons in his family: a male age 21-60, 3 males under 21 or over 60, and 3 females.

Two grants of land, located in Caswell County, North Carolina, were recorded for Timothy Reagan. The first was issued in 1791 to Timothy Regan for 200 acres "on the waters of Fish Pond." Disposal of this land was recorded in
Caswell County, North Carolina Deed Book 'H', pages 110/11. The deed says "THIS INDENTURE made the thirteenth day of October and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety two Between Timothy Regan of the County of Caswell, North Carolina of the one part and Solomon Clark of the said County and State of the other part..." The second grant, dated 3 December 1795, was issued to Timothy Ragan and John Grant for 157 acres of land "on waters of Wolf Island." Records of disposal of this land have not been located yet but it is believed that Timothy moved to East Tennessee very soon after this date of 1795.

No mention of his name has been found in early records of the counties of Washington, Sullivan, Hawkins, Greene, or Jefferson. He is said to have joined a group of pioneers who pushed farther into the Indians' lands and built the settlement around the Shield's Fort, later Lawson's Fort, in Sevier County Tennessee. The late Joe A. Sharp, County Historian, believed this fort was located on Middle Creek. The date was probably a little later than the
settlement of Sevierville.

The State of Tennessee began issuing land grants in 1806 and the earliest found for Timothy Reagan was surveyed in 1807. According to the State Archivist, both land grants still in existence for Timothy were for purchased land, not bounty land. The first grant was surveyed 26 February 1807 and was granted 22 May 1810:

"... a certain tract or parcel of land containing fifty acres and one hundred and sixteen poles lying in the County of Sevier in the District South of French Broad and Holston on the waters of Middle Creek there being due and chargeable on said land the sum of fifty dollars and seventy-three cents with interest thereon..."

This tract joined the lands of Jennett (Shields) Tipton, widow of Joshua Tipton and the land of John Marshall. The second grant was entered 13 May 1824 and granted on 6 August 1824. This land joined a corner of Nancy Robinson's land:

"... or parcel of land containing twenty-five acres, lying in the County aforesaid. Beginning at a white oak on a line of said Reagan's old survey..."

Since this tract joined the old survey it is believed that this is where Timothy lived until his death, or until he went to live with his son, Richard, who had settled in White Oak Flats now Gatlinburg.

His great grandson, John H. Reagan, described Timothy as a tall, fine looking man, strong and having great vitality even in his older years. He was loved and respected by people and was fun-loving and witty. Being an Irishman, he enjoyed a practical joke now and then. A story handed down through the years tells that although he had built the stocks for the jail in Sevierville, he pretended that he did not know how they operated and persuaded the sheriff to sit in them to demonstrate for him. When the sheriff did he promptly locked them and enjoyed the fun at the sheriff's expense. (Wonder what happened when the sheriff did get out!)

We don't know the exact date of Timothy or Elizabeth's death. That he was living in 1824 is indicated by the entry of the land record above. Neither of them appear on the 1830 census of Sevier County so it is assumed their deaths
occurred before that date.

Family traditions say that Timothy Reagan was buried in an unmarked grave at White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Tennessee near where the first person buried, in the lower left hand corner of the old part of the cemetery, looking up the Graveyard hill from the gate.

Timothy and Elizabeth Reagan had a large family, some say ten sons and one daughter. The North Carolina census indicates there were three females in the family in 1786 so there may have been more daughters in the family. Most of these children moved from Sevier County farther to the West and South. The oldest son, Richard, remained and was one of the first settlers of White Oak Flats, now Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 1-3.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 396.

Timothy married Elizabeth Trigg Abt 1775, Prince George County, Maryland. Elizabeth (daughter of Clemant Trigg and Mary Ann Fouracres) was born 1760, Prince George County, Maryland; died Abt 1825/1830, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 1-3.
"The book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 396.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 1-3.
"Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 9.

Timothy married Rachael Nelson 1749, , Maryland. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 9.

Notes:

Clement Trigg Jr. was born in Queen Ann's Parish where he lived until his marriage.

Clement Trigg Jr. and his wife Mary Ann were living on 75 acres of the land known as "Gloven Hall" that he and his brother Jeremiah Trigg had purchased in 1763. They sold it to William Perkins for seventy-eight pounds one shilling currency in Prince Georges County, Maryland in 1778. Also in this deed, his wife Mary Ann relinquished her right of dower.

Clement Trigg Jr. and his wife Mary Ann were listed in the 1776 Church Census for St. John's and Prince George's Parishes, Prince George's County, Maryland. There were three sons, namely, William, Joshua and Simeon, and four daughters, namely, Margaret Rhoda, Drusilla and Jemima in the household. One daughter, Elizabeth, was already married to Timothy Ragan at that time.

In 1778 he his wife Mary Ann were listed in the State Census of Prince George's County, Maryland with three sons and four daughters at home.

In late 1778, Clement Jr., Mary Ann, and their family moved to Caswell County, North Carolina from Prince Georges County, Maryland. They lived in the upper northwest corner of Caswell District in Caswell County.

Clement Trigg Jr. made an entry for 1640 acres of land "on the waters of Fish Pond" in Caswell County, North Carolina on Monday, 1 February 1779. The State of North Carlina issued a warrant for the survey on the same tract of land to Mary Trigg, "behalf of Clement Trigg, dec'd" on Thursday, 21 October 1779. For an unknown reason, the State of North Carolina crossed out "Mary Trigg, behalf of" and inserted the name of "Clement Trigg" on Monday, 13 October 1783. The chain carriers for this warrant of survey were Richard Gibson and Timothy
Ragan.
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Reference:
"Joshua Reagan", Lula F. Shelton, 1982, p 1.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 394, 395.

Clemant married Mary Ann Fouracres Abt 1757, , Queen Anne, Maryland. Mary (daughter of John Fouracres and Sarah Eleanor Halts) was born Abt 1738, St. Lukes Parish, Queen Anne, Maryland; died Abt 1796, , Caswell, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Family tradition handed down for generations tells the story of Mary Ann Foreacres' near escape with a panther when she was a 12 year old girl. The story reads as follows:

"When Mary Foreacres was about twelve years old, the lady with whom she lived sent her to the nearest neighbor's, a distance of about three miles. The road led through heavy timber and across a creek. As Mary was returning home, she heard the cry of a panther in the direction from which she was coming and seemingly on the road she had just passed over. Recognizing the sharp, shrill scream to be that of the beast she so much feared, she ran as fast as she could. The oft repeated cry, louder, showed that the panther was gaining on her. Seeing that it would be impossible for her to reach home before being overtaken by the animal, when she came to the creek she waded into the water and down the stream some distance to a tree which was near or in the edge of the water. She climbed the tree and sat in the thickest part of the boughs.

Soon she saw the panther come down the road to the creek and cross over. Failing to find her trail on the other side of the creek, he searched in all directions, at the time uttering those fearful, piercing cries. Mary was so situated that she could see his every move. The wind was blowing down the stream and he failed to get the scent. Finally he gave up the search and wandered slowly up the valley, and when his cries were heard of safe distance, Mary climbed down the tree and went home."

Mary Ann Foreacres Trigg-Hatsfield was listed as head of the household in the 1786 State Census of Caswell County, North Carolina. There were three sons and one daughter still at home. What had happened to Thomas Hatsfield is not known.

January 1796 in Caswell District of Caswell County, North Carolina, William Trigg acted as the administrator of his mother's estate.

The location of Mary Ann Foreacres' birth and marriage is not confirmed.
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Reference:
"Joshua Reagan", Lula F. Shelton, 1982, p 1.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 395, 396, 397, 398.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 7.

Timothy married Mary Lary 24 Nov 1703, St. Margaret's Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Mary was born Abt 1686; died 23 Jan 1764, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Probably born in Ireland.

In the Name of God Amen I Mary Ragan of Arnl County in the province of Maryland being weak in Body but of sound Memory like food to God do Nineteenth day of December in the year of Our Lord God One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Two years and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner of allowing that is
to say

Item I give my son John Ragen One Shilling

Item I give my son Timothy Ragen One Shilling

Item I give my son Rezin Ragen One Shilling

Item I give my son Cornelius Ragen cargo chest

Item I give my daughter Eloanor Ragen all my pewter and all my iron potts and all Bed and Furniture that I Lye on and one Cow and Calf

Item I give all the remainder of my estate after my just Debts is paid to my son Cornelius Ragen and my Daughter Elenor Ragen to be equally divided.

And Lastly I Constituts and ordain my son Cornelius Ragen and my Daughter Eleanor Ragen to be my whole and sole executor and letter of this my Last Will and Testament In Will for where of Mothered Mary Ragen have to this my last Will and Testament this my hand and soul first above Written

Signed Sealed and Published|
tho proved of us who were | her
present at the Signing and | Mary O Ragan [Seal]
sealing thereof | Mark
Brice Worthington|
Celeb Dorsey Jr. |

On the 23rd Day of January 1764 Came Mr. Brice Thomas Boals Worthington One of the Subscribing Witnesses to the written Will who being duly and solomnly sworn any Holy Evangelist of Almighty God that he did see the Testama sign and Seal the written Will and board him to publish pronounced and declared the name to be her last Will and Testament and that at the time of her so doing she wants the cash of his appraisal of a sound and displaying mind and memory and that so did subscribing his name as a witness to the subwill in the province of this
said testama and that he did also see Caleb Dorsey jr. and the other subscribing witness to the said will subscribe his name as a witness to the said will also in the prosoned of the said testama.

Said before,

Gen. Dairge Dy Croning AA County
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Reference:
"Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 7.
Maryland Wills 764, Book 6, p 101.

Robert — Eleanor Hanks. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The name Trygge/Trigg is of Norwegian origin and represents a Scandinavian strain in southwestern England. This name is not very common there today.

The family name Trygge appeared in early Norse sagas and was most common in the northern regions where it was held in the tenth century by Olaf Tryggvanson, son of Trygge, King of Norway. Trygge converted his people to Christianity. He was the best King Norway ever had up to that time.

The original spelling for the English branch of the family was Trygge. It was later changed to Trigg.

On Saturday, 25 March 1741, Clement Trigg bought 150 acres of land known as "Gloven Hall" from Joseph Chaplin in Prince George's County, Maryland. Apparently he was heavily in debt to the merchants of Liverpool, England. A document shows that "sum of fifty three pounds currency" owed to the said Christopher Lounders, John Hardman & William Whaley. He "privately did remove and abscond from the place of abode." This land was taken, appraised and condemned by the County Court of Prince George's County to satisfy the debts of the Liverpool merchants.

Two of his sons, Jeremiah and Clement Trigg Jr., bought back the same tract of land in Prince George's County, Maryland from the Liverpool merchants for forty pounds currency on Friday, 1 July 1763. This tract was divided between Clement Trigg Jr. and his brother Samuel Trigg probably as their inheritance from their parents.

Clement Trigg's place of birth, death and burial has not been confirmed.
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Reference:
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 394.

Clement married Sarah Bullett Abt 1726, , Prince George, Maryland. Sarah was born Abt 1710/1715, , Maryland. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Sarah's birth and marriage place has not been confirmed.
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Reference:
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 394.

Notes:

The name Foreacres/Fouracres is probably of Swedish or Dutch origin. This family originally settled in the State of Delaware.

John Foreacres' place of birth is not confirmed but he lived in Delaware until his marriage.

In May/June 1740, he bought 100 acres of land known as "Tolis Lott" from Darby Ryon in Queen Anne's County, Maryland. From this deed, he was a planter by occupation.

A record shows that John Foreacres was serving as a private in the colonial militia which was commanded by Captin James Brown of Queen Anne's County, Maryland on Thursday, 22 February 1748/1749.

John Foreacres wrote his last Will and Testament on 13 Friday 1756 disposing of his personal and real estate to his wife and children. This last Will and
Testament was proven in open court for Queen Anne's County, Maryland on Thursday, 24 March 1757 by two of the subscribing witnesses, namely, James Lane and John Burk.
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Reference:
"Joshua Reagan", Lula F. Shelton, 1982, p 1.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 397

John married Sarah Eleanor Halts 13 Jul 1735, , Queen Anne, Maryland. Sarah was born Abt 1715/1720, , Queen Anne, Maryland; was buried St. Lukes Parish, Queen Anne, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Surname may be Halls. Birth and death place not confirmed.
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Reference:
"Joshua Reagan", Lula F. Shelton, 1982, p 1.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 397