Martha "Mattie" Messer: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

Martha "Mattie" Messer was born 28 Feb 1921, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of William Messer and Anna Mae Parton); died 1 Mar 2014; was buried 5 Mar 2014, Marion Ownby Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1930, District 17, Sevier County, Tennessee

Martha married Cletis O. Ownby 11 Jun 1938. Cletis (son of John Walker Ownby and Phynethy Ann Roberts) was born 20 Jun 1915, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Aug 2005; was buried 15 Aug 2005, Marion Ownby Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Generation: 2

William Messer was born Abt 1871, Tennessee; died Bef 1 Mar 2014.

Other Events:

Census: 1920, District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1930, District 17, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 167.

William — Anna Mae Parton. Anna (daughter of Billy M. Parton and Sarah L. Parton) was born 6 Jul 1897, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Jul 1945; was buried Gists Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Anna Mae Parton was born 6 Jul 1897, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Billy M. Parton and Sarah L. Parton); died 13 Jul 1945; was buried Gists Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1920, District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1930, District 17, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 167.

Children:

1. Martha "Mattie" Messer was born 28 Feb 1921, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Mar 2014; was buried 5 Mar 2014, Marion Ownby Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Generation: 3

6.	Billy M. Parton was born Sevier County, Tennessee. Billy — Sarah L. Parton. Sarah (daughter of Martin Franklin "Moses" Parton and Nancy E. Pate) was born 12 May 1864, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Mar 1948; was buried Gists Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Sarah L. Parton was born 12 May 1864, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Martin Franklin "Moses" Parton and Nancy E. Pate); died 1 Mar 1948; was buried Gists Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1920, District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee
Census: 1930, District 17, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Sarah knit lots of knee-high wool socks to give to Dr. Thomas of
Pitman-Greenbrier area to wear with his knee-high boots.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 167.

Children:

Mary Rebecca "Becky" Parton was born 2 Jun 1892, Tennessee; died 19 Apr 1977, Geneva, Seminole County, Florida; was buried Brickey Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
3. Anna Mae Parton was born 6 Jul 1897, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Jul 1945; was buried Gists Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
J. E. Parton

Generation: 4

14.

Martin Franklin "Moses" Parton was born Abt 1841, Greene County, Tennessee (son of Benjamin Parton and Hannah L. Cole).

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 24.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 304.

Martin married Nancy E. Pate 4 May 1863, Sevier County, Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of Tennessee Pate and Elizabeth Whaley) was born 1842, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 May 1863. [Group Sheet]

15.

Nancy E. Pate was born 1842, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Tennessee Pate and Elizabeth Whaley); died 4 May 1863.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 24.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 304.

Children:

7. Sarah L. Parton was born 12 May 1864, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Mar 1948; was buried Gists Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.