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  1. 1.  Leander Columbus "Mack" Whaley was born 13 Dec 1876, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Joseph L. "Joel" Whaley and Margaret W. "Peggy" Huskey); died 5 Jun 1952; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1910, Oconalufty, Swain County, North Carolina
    • Draft Registration: 12 Sep 1918, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1920, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1930, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1940, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 18, 22.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 20.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 146.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 299.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 385, 386.

    Leander married Arra Jane Reagan 18 Jun 1896, Sevier County, Tennessee; divorced Yes, date unknown. Arra (daughter of Richard Reason "Uncle Dick" Reagan and Sarah Caroline Bradley) was born 8 Sep 1881, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 22 May 1952; was buried Elkmont Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Horace M. Whaley was born 11 May 1898, Tennessee; died 29 Mar 1936, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried 30 Mar 1936, Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.

    Leander married Ruth C. Conner 15 May 1905. Ruth (daughter of Dock Franklin "D. F." Conner and Margaret Emeline York) was born 18 Dec 1883, Tennessee; died 16 Nov 1985; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Harold Herbert Whaley was born 12 Mar 1906, Cherokee County, North Carolina; died 15 Jan 1990; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Margaret Whaley died See Notes.
    3. Everett Charles Whaley was born 9 Dec 1908, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Nov 1997; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Frank Whaley was born 17 Aug 1911, Tennessee; died 16 Nov 1967; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Arnold Whaley was born Abt 1915, Tennessee; died Bef 30 Nov 2000.
    6. Eugene "Gene" Whaley was born Abt 1917, Tennessee; died 29 Sep 2012, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 2 Oct 2012, Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Helen Elizabeth Whaley was born 29 Aug 1920, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 25 Apr 2004, Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 28 Apr 2004, Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Nan B. Whaley was born Abt 1924, Tennessee.
    9. Charlotte R. Whaley was born 25 May 1925, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 24 Feb 1988, Grand Terrace, California; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Joseph L. "Joel" WhaleyJoseph L. "Joel" Whaley was born 23 May 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of John H. "Bullhead" Whaley and Mourning Ownbey); died 30 Nov 1933, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1910, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1920, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1930, District 1, Bradley County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Listed in the 1870 and 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 22, 103.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 10, 19, 129.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 295.

    Joseph married Margaret W. "Peggy" Huskey 25 Nov 1868, Sevier County, Tennessee. Margaret (daughter of James Wesley Huskey and Anna Ogle) was born 7 Mar 1851, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Feb 1931, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried 12 Feb 1931, Mulberry Gap Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Margaret W. "Peggy" HuskeyMargaret W. "Peggy" Huskey was born 7 Mar 1851, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of James Wesley Huskey and Anna Ogle); died 10 Feb 1931, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried 12 Feb 1931, Mulberry Gap Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1910, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1920, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1930, District 1, Bradley County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Listed in the 1870 and 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Buried in Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 22, 103.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 10, 20, 129.
    "In the Shadow of the Smokies", Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 696.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 295, 296.

    Children:
    1. Mary Louvisha Whaley was born 29 Jan 1870, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 22 Feb 1940, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried 24 Feb 1940, Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    2. Armintha E. Whaley was born 27 Nov 1872; died 9 Jul 1894; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. 1. Leander Columbus "Mack" Whaley was born 13 Dec 1876, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Jun 1952; was buried Pigeon Forge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Margaret Loucretia Whaley was born 18 Jul 1883, Tennessee; died 5 Feb 1972; was buried Union McMinn Baptist Church Cemetery, McMinn County, Tennessee.
    5. Henry Marshall Whaley was born 12 Aug 1886, Tennessee; died 13 Feb 1966; was buried Hilcrest Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John H. "Bullhead" WhaleyJohn H. "Bullhead" Whaley was born 31 Mar 1817, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of William M. Whaley and Mary Ann Ogle); died 21 Mar 1909; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: B71M-KG
    • Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Listed in 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census as farmer $300 property able to read and write.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 180, 288.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5, 10, 69, 71, 106, 129.
    "Ownby-Watson Family History", Percival David Park, May 1985, p .
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 30, 307.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 186.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 227.

    John married Mourning Ownbey Abt 1834, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mourning (daughter of John Ownby, Jr. and Elizabeth Hill) was born 11 Aug 1817, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 21 Apr 1870, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mourning OwnbeyMourning Ownbey was born 11 Aug 1817, Buncombe County, North Carolina (daughter of John Ownby, Jr. and Elizabeth Hill); died 21 Apr 1870, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: B71M-LM

    Notes:

    Listed in the 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census able to read and write.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 180, 288.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5, 10, 106, 129.
    "Ownby-Watson Family History", Percival David Park, May 1985, p .
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 186.

    Children:
    1. Whaley was born 1835.
    2. Harkless Whaley was born 10 Feb 1836, Tennessee; died 15 Feb 1926, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 15 Feb 1926, Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Westley O. Whaley was born 21 May 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Mar 1863, Murfreesborough, Tennessee.
    4. Cynthia Jane Whaley was born 1840, Trentville, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died 23 Mar 1888, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. John Brabson Whaley was born 25 Feb 1842, Tennessee; died 5 Sep 1864, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Mary "Polly" Whaley was born 1843, Tennessee; died 1889/1890; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Perry Seehorn Commodore Whaley was born 11 Feb 1846, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Dec 1926, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried 5 Dec 1926, Cedar Springs Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    8. Margaret Whaley was born 1847, Tennessee; died 22 Apr 1878; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Pinkney Henry Toomey Whaley was born 12 Sep 1848, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Oct 1920, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried 3 Oct 1920, Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    10. 2. Joseph L. "Joel" Whaley was born 23 May 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Nov 1933, Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    11. Aaron Jason Whaley was born 1851; died 1868.
    12. Sarah Elizabeth Whaley was born 6 Jun 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Oct 1926; was buried Friendship Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    13. Leander A. Whaley was born 15 Feb 1856, Tennessee; died 6 Jan 1929, Bradley, Tennessee; was buried Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    14. Isaac C. Whaley was born 27 May 1858, Tennessee; died 31 Jan 1925; was buried Bishopville Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee.
    15. Columbus M. Whaley was born 20 Oct 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Dec 1921; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  James Wesley HuskeyJames Wesley Huskey was born 20 Sep 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Stephen "Old Steve" Huskey and Mary Ann "Polly" Ogle); died 12 Oct 1914; was buried Lower Fighting Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 16, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Listed in the 1850 through 1880 and 1900 Federal Census of Sevier County,
    Tennessee. Went to Arkansas and lived in the Fort Smith area for two years in
    the 1850's.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 102, 178-179.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 112.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 193, 278.

    James married Anna Ogle Abt 1849, Sevier County, Tennessee. Anna (daughter of Harkless T. Ogle and Margaret "Peggy" Ownbey) was born 15 Jan 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 15 Mar 1912; was buried Lower Fighting Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Anna OgleAnna Ogle was born 15 Jan 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Harkless T. Ogle and Margaret "Peggy" Ownbey); died 15 Mar 1912; was buried Lower Fighting Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 16, Cocke County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Listed in the 1850 through 1880 and 1900 Federal Census of Sevier County,
    Tennessee. Went to Arkansas and lived in the Fort Smith area for two years in
    the 1850's.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 102.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 112.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 193, 278.

    Children:
    1. 3. Margaret W. "Peggy" Huskey was born 7 Mar 1851, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Feb 1931, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried 12 Feb 1931, Mulberry Gap Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    2. Mary Ann "Polly" Huskey was born 18 Apr 1853, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Dec 1943, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 23 Dec 1943, Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Sarah Huskey was born 6 Jan 1855, Tennessee; died 7 Jan 1918; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Isaac Bradley Huskey was born 22 Feb 1857, Tennessee; died 31 Dec 1940, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 1 Jan 1941, Waldens Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. James Wesley Huskey, Jr. was born 1859; died See Notes.
    6. Zacharias Huskey was born 4 Apr 1861, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Jun 1954; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Isaac Stephen "Little Steve" "Ratty Steve" Huskey was born 8 Mar 1863, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 20 Apr 1949, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Hurst Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Arthur R. "Art" Huskey was born 14 Aug 1865, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 Feb 1943; was buried Headrick Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Sophia Huskey was born 17 Jan 1867, Tennessee; died 29 Feb 1910; was buried Lower Fighting Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Aaron A. Huskey was born 6 Sep 1871, Tennessee; died 31 Dec 1922; was buried Sugarlands Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. John H. Huskey was born 1 Jan 1873, Arkansas; died 9 Dec 1951; was buried Headrick Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. Rhoda Ann Huskey was born Jan 1875, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William M. Whaley was born 15 Aug 1788, South Carolina (son of Alexander Whaley and Unknown, son of Alexander Whaley and Abigail Leverich); died 30 May 1880, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    In the 1880 Mortality Schedule for Sevier County, Tennessee gave the birthplace of William M. Whaley's parents -- father and mother were born in South Carolina.

    Some researchers say he was born in Orangeburg District, South Carolina but have not provided the source.

    Family traditions say William M. Whaley, his two brothers, John and Middleton, and a sister, Delania, came to Sevier County, Tennessee from South Carolina.

    Records of William M. Whaley's military service in the War of 1812 were found in the National Archives, Washington, D.C. He enlisted on 13 November 1814 as a fifer in Captain John Porter's Company, Colonel Edwin E. Booth's Regiment, East Tennessee Drafted Militia and was discharged on 20 May 1815 at Mobile, Alabama.

    On 4 November 1850 (aged 62 years) and 2 April 1855 (aged 66 years), William M. Whaley filed applications and received bounty land grants as a result of his service in the War of 1812.

    William M. Whaley filed for pension for his War of 1812 service in the East Tennessee Militia. His pension papers give a detailed story of his military service in the War of 1812. It is given below:

    "State of Tennessee)
    Sevier County SS. On this 22nd day of May A.S. one
    thousand eight hundred and Seventy one, personally appeared before me W. H.
    Duggan, Clerk of County Court, a court of record within and for the County and
    State aforesaid, William Whaley, aged Eighty two years, a resident of 2nd
    district, County of Sevier, State of Tennessee who being duly Sworn according
    to law declares that he is married that his wifes name was Mary Ogle to whom he
    was married in Sevier County, State of Tennessee on the 26th day of December
    1811 that he served the full term of Sixty days in the military Service of the
    United States in the War of 1812. That he is the identical William Whaley who
    was drafted in Captain Wilson Maples Company, Col Booths Regiment -- Brigade --
    Division at Sevier County, State of Tennessee on or about the day of November
    1814 and was honorably discharged at Mobile, Alabama on or about the day of
    March 1815 that he does not recollect the Numbers of the Regiment or Brigade,
    that Captain Maples resigned and the Company was then Commanded by Captain John
    W. Porter that he at no time during the late rebellion against the authority of
    the United States adhered to the Cause of the enemies of the Government giveing
    them aid or comfort or exercised the functions of any office whatever under any
    authority or pretend authority in hostility to the United States and that he
    will support the Constitution of the United States, that he is not in receipt
    of a pension under any previous act, that he makes this declaration for the
    purpose of being placed on the pension roll of the United States under the
    provision of the act approved February 14, 1871 and he hearby constitutes and
    appoints with full power of Substitution and revocation M.W. McCown of
    Sevierville, Tennessee his true and lawful attorney to prosecute his claim and
    obtain the pension certificate that may be issued. And that his post office is
    at Sevierville, Sevier County, State of Tennessee and that his domicile or
    place of abode is on the big East fork of Little Pigeon river in Greenbyor
    Cove"

    "Attest His
    Jeremiah Chamberlain William X Whaley
    John W. Huskey Mark

    Applicant

    "Also personally appeared Jeremiah Chamberlain residing in 2nd district, County
    of Sevier & John W. Huskey residing in 2nd district, County of Sevier persons
    whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being by me
    duly Sworn Say, They were present and Saw William Whaley, the claiment make his
    mark to the foregoing declaration, that they have every reason to believe from
    the appearance of Said claiment and their acquaintance with him that he is the
    identical person he represents himself to be, and that at no time during the
    late rebellion against the authority of the United States did he adhere to the
    cause of the enemies of the Government giving them aid or comfort, and they
    have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.

    Jeremiah Chamberlain
    John W. Huskey

    "Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 22nd day of May 1871 and I hearby
    Certify that the Contents of the foregoing declaration & c were fully made
    Known and explained to the applicant and witnesses before Swearing and that I
    have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim

    "Given under my hand and Seal of office at office in
    Sevierville this 22nd day of May 1871

    "W. H. H. Duggan, Clear"

    In December 1817 when the White Oak Flats Baptist Church was formed as an arm of the Fork of Little Pigeon Baptist Church in Sevierville, William Whaley and his wife were listed as charter members.

    At the July 1833 meeting of the Church, William M. Whaley said, "he had been led to think it (is) his duty to Execrcise a public gift where upon the Church grants to him the privileges of Exercising where in the County as duty may call him". At this meeting William M. Whaley was ordained as moderator.

    It is not known just when William M. and Mary Ann Ogle Whaley moved to Big Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee (now part of Great Smoky Mountain National Park), but they were well settled between 1830 and 1840.

    William Sr. is listed in the 1840 Sevier County, Tennessee census 2 males 0-5, 3 males 5-10, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 50-60, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 20-30 and 1 female 40-50

    William M. Whaley died from "abcess of side" and was buried beside his wife Mary Ann.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 143, 288.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 3-5.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 45, 186, 214.
    Wanda Schomp, wjcrafter@email.msn.com, 17 May 1999.

    William married Mary Ann Ogle 26 Dec 1811, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of William "Billy" Ogle and Martha Jane Huskey) was born 1793, Edgefield County, South Carolina; died 1872/1880, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Mary Ann Ogle was born 1793, Edgefield County, South Carolina (daughter of William "Billy" Ogle and Martha Jane Huskey); died 1872/1880, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Mary moved with the family to Sevier County, Tennessee as early as 1805, soonafter the death of her father.

    Verification of her marriage is from William M. Whaley's War of 1812 papers inthe National Archives, Washington, D. C.

    Mary and William were members of the White Oak Flats Baptist Church. Theirfamily appears in Sevier County, Tennessee Federal Census Records, 1830 through 1880.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 143, 288.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 5.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 186, 214.

    Children:
    1. Alexander Whaley was born 1812, Tennessee; died Aft 1880.
    2. William M. Whaley, Jr. was born 1 Jan 1815, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Apr 1877; was buried New Hope Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee.
    3. 4. John H. "Bullhead" Whaley was born 31 Mar 1817, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Mar 1909; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Nancy Whaley was born 1823.
    5. Elizabeth Whaley was born 1825, Tennessee.
    6. William Isaac Whaley was born Aug 1826, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aft 1910; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Henry A. Whaley was born 1826, Rhea County, Tennessee; died Bef 1881.
    8. Jane "Jennie" Whaley was born 1827, Tennessee; died 10 Feb 1883; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Perry Commodore Whaley was born 19 Mar 1828, Tennessee; died 14 Feb 1911, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Martha Adeline Whaley was born 1829, Tennessee; died 19 Nov 1873, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Rector Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Ira Whaley was born Apr 1831, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1908; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. Rebecca Whaley was born 1833, Tennessee.
    13. Colonel Preston Whaley was born Apr 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aft 1900.
    14. Rev. George Bradford Whaley was born Feb 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Oct 1914, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 13 Oct 1914, Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    15. Elijah Whaley was born 6 Jun 1840, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Jul 1926, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Elijah Whaley Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  John Ownby, Jr. was born 11 Jul 1781, Amherst County, North Carolina (son of John "Johny" Ownbey and Nancy Ann "Nannie" Porter); died 5 Sep 1869, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 1TQP-13

    Notes:

    John Ownby Jr. served in the War of 1812 with the North Carolina malitia. Records from the National Archives show John Ownby as a private in Captain Bradly's Company of North Carolina militia for six months but was not called out until February and continued in actual service for over fourteen days. He was discharged in Rutherford County, North Carolina on 6 March 1815. In 1858 John Ownby applied for a bounty land grant on the basis of his military service. He received a grant of 158 acres in Sevier County, Tennessee.

    In 1816, just after the War of 1812 was over, John Ownby Jr. and his family moved from Rutherford County, North Carolina to Sevier County, Tennessee. This Ownby family was the only one listed in the 1830 Federal Census of East Tennessee.

    On 4 February 1858, John Ownby Jr. made a will to dispose of his property. In his will, he said, "I give and bequeath to my son John H. Ownby all my property both real and personal consisting of one hundred and twenty five acres of Land, Cattle, Hogs, Horses, household furniture, etc. I have given and bequeath all my property to said son John in consequence of his kindness in taking care of myself and wife in our age and during our infirmity."
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    Reference:
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 13.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 64, 105.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 203.

    John married Elizabeth Hill 14 Mar 1803, Rutherford County, North Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of John Hill) was born 6 Nov 1784, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 24 Aug 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth Hill was born 6 Nov 1784, Buncombe County, North Carolina (daughter of John Hill); died 24 Aug 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 1TQP-28

    Notes:

    Donald B. Reagan has birth date as 6 November 1786.
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    Reference:
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
    13.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 64, 105.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 203.

    Notes:

    Bride: Elizabeth Hill
    Groom: John Ownby
    Bond Date: 11 Mar 1805
    County: Rutherford
    Record #: 01 245
    Bondsman: Arthur Ownby
    Witness: R Lewis, Clerk of Court
    Bond #: 000135548

    North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868

    Children:
    1. Amos Ownbey was born 22 Dec 1807, , Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 8 Sep 1894, , Reynolds, Missouri.
    2. Margaret "Peggy" Ownbey was born 20 Mar 1810, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 6 Feb 1849, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Westly Ownbey was born 6 Apr 1812, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died Nov 1869, Wayne County, Missouri; was buried New Prospect Cemetery, Wayne County, Missouri.
    4. Harrison Ownbey was born 22 Jan 1814, , Buncombe County, North Carolina.
    5. Aaron Ownbey was born 26 Oct 1815, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 29 Oct 1897, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 1898, Aaron Ownby Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. 5. Mourning Ownbey was born 11 Aug 1817, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 21 Apr 1870, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Rhoda Ownbey was born 17 Aug 1819, , Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 26 Aug 1827, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Mary Olief "Olive" Ownbey was born 11 Jul 1821, , Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 26 Apr 1908, , Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. James Ownbey was born 17 Jun 1823, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 27 Aug 1827, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Ann Ownbey was born 9 Dec 1825, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 31 Aug 1827, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. John H. "Humpy John" Ownbey was born 27 Oct 1827, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Dec 1875; was buried Big Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. Martha Ownbey was born 1829, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    13. Son Ownbey was born 1831, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died See Notes.

  5. 12.  Stephen "Old Steve" HuskeyStephen "Old Steve" Huskey was born 8 Mar 1808, South Carolina (son of Isaac Huskey and Jane Miller); died 17 Jun 1887; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 45, 47.

    Stephen married Mary Ann "Polly" Ogle Abt 1827/1828, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Hercules "Hike" Ogle and Elizabeth Haggard) was born Abt 1808, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Bef Dec 1848; was buried Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Mary Ann "Polly" Ogle was born Abt 1808, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Hercules "Hike" Ogle and Elizabeth Haggard); died Bef Dec 1848; was buried Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Polly Ann appears in the 1830 and 1840 census of Sevier County. A mention of Polly Ann's death is made in the church minute book of the White Oak Flats Church at the December 1848 meeting. Mary Ann is believed to be buried in the White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 101, 151.

    Children:
    1. Sarah Huskey was born 1829, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Jun 1863; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 6. James Wesley Huskey was born 20 Sep 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Oct 1914; was buried Lower Fighting Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Isaac Huskey was born 17 Jun 1833, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Aug 1904; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Albert Huskey was born 23 Mar 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 31 Aug 1885; was buried Huskey Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Jane Huskey was born 29 Jan 1837, Tennessee; died 27 Apr 1880; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  7. 14.  Harkless T. Ogle was born 1811, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley); died 21 Mar 1892; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Harkless T. was born and lived all his life in Sevier County, mostly in Gatlinburg. He appears in the census records for the county from 1830 through 1880. His name is also recorded in the church minute books for the White Oak Flats Baptist Church. Death dates are given there for him and his second wife.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 94, 168.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 112.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 286.

    Harkless married Margaret "Peggy" Ownbey Abt 1828, Sevier County, Tennessee. Margaret (daughter of John Ownby, Jr. and Elizabeth Hill) was born 20 Mar 1810, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 6 Feb 1849, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Margaret "Peggy" Ownbey was born 20 Mar 1810, Rutherford County, North Carolina (daughter of John Ownby, Jr. and Elizabeth Hill); died 6 Feb 1849, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

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    Notes:

    Margaret came to Sevier County with her family about 1816.

    Appeared in the 1840 and 1840 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 168
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 105, 112.
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 13.

    Children:
    1. Rhoda Ogle was born 16 Oct 1829, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Jan 1919, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 14 Jan 1919, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Beda Ogle was born 18 Feb 1831, Tennessee; died 18 Feb 1878; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Noah Ogle was born 1833, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Feb 1897, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. 7. Anna Ogle was born 15 Jan 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 15 Mar 1912; was buried Lower Fighting Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Elizabeth Ogle was born 26 Oct 1837, Tennessee; died 23 Jun 1908; was buried Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery, Cohutta, Whitfield County, Georgia.
    6. Eli Thomas Ogle, Rev. was born 1839, Tennessee; died 24 Apr 1867; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Arthur Ogle was born 18 May 1841, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Feb 1889; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Sophia Ogle was born 1 Jan 1843, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Apr 1928, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 8 Apr 1928, Catons Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. John W. Ogle was born 7 Apr 1844, Tennessee; died 27 Feb 1927.
    10. Westley Ogle was born 24 Mar 1848, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Mar 1927.


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