Harry Dixon: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1.	Harry Dixon was born Abt 1909, Tennessee (son of William Dixon and Molly E. Patty). Other Events: Census: 1910, District 16, Sevier County, Tennessee Census: 1920, District 15, Blount County, Tennessee

Generation: 2

William Dixon was born Abt 1874, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1910, District 16, Sevier County, Tennessee

William married Molly E. Patty 12 Apr 1910, Sevier County, Tennessee. Molly (daughter of David Washington Patty and Mary E. Melton) was born 8 Sep 1882, Tennessee; died 28 Apr 1945; was buried Dotson Memorial Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Molly E. Patty was born 8 Sep 1882, Tennessee (daughter of David Washington Patty and Mary E. Melton); died 28 Apr 1945; was buried Dotson Memorial Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

First Communion: 1910, District 16, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1920, District 15, Blount County, Tennessee

Children:

Fred Dixon was born Abt 1907, Tennessee.
1. Harry Dixon was born Abt 1909, Tennessee.
Odis J. Dixon was born 1 Aug 1910, Tennessee; died 17 Feb 1972; was buried Dotson Memorial Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Bulah Dixon was born Abt 1913, Tennessee.
Dewy Dixon was born Abt 1915, Tennessee.

Generation: 3

David Washington Patty was born 25 Jul 1843, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Joshua Patty and Nancy Walker); died 17 Oct 1926, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Brickey Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Reference Number: 20

Notes:

Dave and first wife Mary were married by James Jackson "Clerk". Dave and his second wife Martha were married by W.H. Oliver. He was 58 when he married Martha.

There is a William Patty age 6 months that died in Jan of 1880 with croup, born in North Carolina, father from Tennessee, mother from North Carolina. This was about the time Dave moved back to Tennessee.

Log Patty, was 11 years old when the family moved to Tennessee. On the way over the mountains, they had stopped at a small store, he had seen a small jug, and asked for it. He had cried for it after they left, and his father, Dave rode back and got it for him. One of his granddaughter's,
Ruby, still has it.

Dave served in the Civil War for the Union, as a Pvt., in Company D., 2nd Tennessee Cav.. He enrolled September 1, 1862, and was mustered out July 1, 1865 in Nashville Tennessee. He later received a pension for his service.

Dave was working in Polk County, North Carolina, when he met and married his first wife, Mary Melton. They moved to Madison County, North Carolina, then he moved his family back to Blount County, Tennessee.

P and D Publications,
288 Auriga Drive, Orange Park Florida, 32073, has a Family History on the Patty Family.
----------
Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 260.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 59.
Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 214.

David — Mary E. Melton. Mary (daughter of Drury Melton and Mary Parris) was born 21 Jan 1851, North Carolina; died 21 Oct 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 23 Oct 1919, Chinquapin Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Mary E. Melton was born 21 Jan 1851, North Carolina (daughter of Drury Melton and Mary Parris); died 21 Oct 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 23 Oct 1919, Chinquapin Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1910, District 16, Sevier County, Tennessee

Children:

Sarah Jane Patty was born 17 May 1872, North Carolina; died 11 May 1963; was buried Headrick Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
George Lewis Patty was born 13 Nov 1876, North Carolina; died 11 Aug 1943, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 13 Aug 1943, Chinquapin Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Levi W. Patty was born 5 Aug 1878, North Carolina; died 28 Dec 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 30 Dec 1919, Chinquapin Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Dewey Patty
3. Molly E. Patty was born 8 Sep 1882, Tennessee; died 28 Apr 1945; was buried Dotson Memorial Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee.
Elijah Alexander "Lige" Patty was born 9 Jun 1884, Tennessee; died 16 Sep 1961; was buried Chinquapin Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Perry Patty was born 12 Jan 1886; died 16 Apr 1955; was buried Harness Cemetery, Campbell County, Tennessee.

Generation: 4

12.	Joshua Patty was born Abt 1790, South Carolina. Notes: ---------- Reference: "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 214. Joshua — Nancy Walker. Nancy was born Abt 1800, Polk County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

13.

Nancy Walker was born Abt 1800, Polk County, North Carolina.

Notes:

----------
Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 214.

Children:

Isabella Patty was born Abt 1827, Tennessee.
Joshua Patty was born Abt 1829, Tennessee.
Nancy Patty was born Abt 1832, Tennessee.
William M. Patty was born 22 Mar 1834, Tennessee; died 16 Jul 1915; was buried Prospect Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Charles Patty was born Abt 1836, Tennessee.
Joseph Patty was born Abt 1838, Tennessee.
Clementine Narcissus Patty was born 3 Jan 1842, Tennessee; died 6 Jul 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 7 Jul 1919, Laurel Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
6. David Washington Patty was born 25 Jul 1843, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Oct 1926, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Brickey Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Soloman Patty was born Abt 1845, Tennessee.

14. Drury Melton was born 1806.
Drury — Mary Parris. Mary (daughter of John Parris and Jemima Turner) was born 1805. [Group Sheet]

15.

Mary Parris was born 1805 (daughter of John Parris and Jemima Turner).

Children:

7. Mary E. Melton was born 21 Jan 1851, North Carolina; died 21 Oct 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 23 Oct 1919, Chinquapin Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.