John Calvin Reagan

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 50.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 374.

John married Emiline Story 24 Mar 1878, Murryville, Morgan, Illinois. Emiline (daughter of Story) was born 3 Mar 1858, , Morgan, Illinois; died 16 Aug 1893, Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois; was buried Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

1. Lula A. Ragan was born 1 Jan 1879, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died 24 Feb 1879.
2. Olive A. Ragan was born 3 Feb 1880, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died 4 Aug 1896.
3. William Riley Ragan was born 30 Jan 1882, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died 12 Sep 1946, Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois; was buried Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois.
4. Richard Reuben Ragan was born 15 Mar 1884, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died 22 May 1962, Long Beach, California.
5. Rosa B. Ragan was born 27 Feb 1886, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died 29 Jul 1886.
6. Sarah Margaret Ragan was born 9 Jun 1887, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died 7 Jan 1935.
7. Paul Ragan was born 16 Nov 1889, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died Feb 1890.
8. John Albert Ragan was born 27 May 1891, , MaCoupin, Illinois.

John — Christianne Sarah Caldonia(Callie) Bacon. Christianne was born 6 Jan 1859; died 26 Sep 1935, Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois; was buried Greenfield, Green, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

1. Raymond Leo "Raye" Ragan was born 27 Oct 1895, Modesto, MaCoupin, Illinois; died 27 Feb 1985.

John — Lizzie Holiday. [Group Sheet]

John — Mildred Mackrill. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Migrated with his parents to Missouri, then to Illinois. He was teacher,
farmer, and hardware store owner.

Buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery.

From "The Weekly Transcript" April 13, 1918

Palmyra, Macoupin Co. Ill.

Obituary

R. R. Ragan, an old and Honored Citizen, dies.

Richard R. Ragan, son of Joshua and Jane Ragan, was born Septeber the 3rd.
1828 in Sevier Co. Tenn, and departed this life in Palmyra, Ill. April the 8,
1916, age 87 years, 7 months and five days.

He, with his parents, moved to Missouri in 1831. Five years later they moved
to Illinois, settling in St. Clair Co., later in the same year they came to
Macoupin Co., first residing eight miles north of Carlinville and finally
coming to Palmyra.

Mr. Reagan made a profession of religion and accepted his Master as guide at
the age of 14, and united with the Methodist Episcopal church, remaining a very
faithful member the remaining seventy three years of his life. When Mr. Ragan
became of age he entered the profession of teaching school and followed this
vocation for seven years until 1856, at which time he turned his attention to
farming. He kept at this latter occupation until 1871, when after several
winters of teaching, he removed to Palmyra, Ill in the year 1876. Since that
time until a few years ago, Mr. Ragan was a hardware merchant in our vicinity.
He joined the free and accepted order of Masons, and was also a member of the
Grand Army Post number 278, having served in the Union Army during the days of
the Rebellion (Civil War). He was justice of the Peace for fifteen years.

R. R. Reagan was united in marriage to Sarah E. Patterson in 1853, and after
only five years of fellowship together she received the call triumphant in the
year 1857. One son was born to this union, John C. Ragan, now of St. Louis,
Mo. Mr. Ragan was again united in marriage in 1858 to Mrs. Margaret Simpson
Patterson. For 36 years they walked down life's road together in sympathy and
toil, and then God beckoned and she responded. To this union was born one child
Mrs. Rosa Belle Angelo. He was again united in Marriage in the year 1895 to
Mary E. Story, and for the remaining twenty some years of his life she has ever
been his faithful helpmate; with love and tenderness she has stood by his side
in all the trying moments of age and sickness, and today at this sad moment,
she is the chiefest among them who mourn his departure.

The mourners of the late Richard R. Ragan are his widow, Mrs. Mary Ragan; one
son, John C.; one daughter, Rose Angelo; five grandsons, Will, Ray and Albert
Ragan and Percy Angelo of Palmyra; and Reuben of Jacksonville; four grand
daughters, Mrs. Maurice Richie, Miss Una Angelo of Palmyra, and Mrs. Margaret
Fitzgerarld of Jacksonville; five great grand daughters, Irene, Hilda, Mildred
and Olive Ragan, and Margaret Dorks; two great grand sons Donald Ragan, and
Loren Richie, and besides these one brother, several more distant relatives and
a multitude of friends.

Palmyra, Ill. 4/29/1906

I, Richard R. Reagan, was born Sept. 3rd. 1828, in Sevier County East Tenn. My
Father's name was Joshua, Grand Father's name was Timothy and Grand Mother
Reagan's maiden name was Elizabeth Trigg. My Mother's name was Jane Huskey and
Grand Mother Huskey's maiden name was Jane Mill. I went with my parents to
Madison County Missouri, in the fall of 1828, where we resided till late in the
fall of 1835, when I again moved with the family to St. Clair County, Ill.,
where Father got a job of work for a month or two as wood chopper and rail
splitter on the banks of the Mississippi River. Then about June when the
family was again on the move we landed in Macoupin County, Ill., which has been
my home since the summer of 1836. Father bought a small farm on Hodges' Creek,
where he erected a log cabin; where we lived until the Spring of 1838, when we
resided on this place till the spring of 1844, when we emigrated to a farm which
Father bought in what is now Barr township. Here the family resided till Sept.
1856, when Father and Mother and the minor children moved to Phelps County,
Missouri, where after a few years Mother died. After the breaking out of the
war, Father and a few of the Children returned to Ill.

As to my own history, I would state; that I was converted in a Camp Meeting in
the fall of 1842, I think, and united with the M. E. Church in what is now Bird
Township. After some years the Church went down and most of the Class moved
their membership where it was rather inconvenient for me to attend; so I united
with the C. P. Church, it being very convenient for me to attend. After I moved
to Palmyra, I again united with the Methodist Church. I was first married to
Miss Sarah E. Patterson, in Oct. 1853. Of this union 2 children were born, one
of which died in infancy. The other (J. C. Reagan) lives. My wife died in Feb
1857. I was again married to my second wife, Margaret Simpson Patterson in
April, 1858. Of this marriage only one child was born, now Mrs. C. P. Angelo.
My second wife died in Oct. 1894.

I was again married to Miss Mary E. Story, of Queen City, Mo., Sept. 1895. My
wives were all members of the M. E. Church before their marriage. I was made
of Mason in about 1881, and am still a member. I belong to the G. A. Post No.
278, Palmyra, Ill.

I was enlisted in the Union Army, the first of Feb. 1865, and served a little
over 13 months; was discharged at Springfield, March, 3rd, 1866. After the
Pension Law of 1890 was passed, I applied under that Act for a pension and was
allowed a pension of 6 dollars per month. In due time I applied for an
increase of pension and kept it up till I was finally allowed a pension of
Twelve dollars per month, which comes very hand on in 3 months. Uncle Sam, I
think is very generous to his old boys.

Palmyra, Ill. May, 1906

Yesterday and today have been terrible cold for summertime. I do not know what
is to become of me. I must write a letter to Mother Story and also to Sister
Belle.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 48, 49-50.
"Joshua Reagan", Lula F. Shelton, 1982.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 370.

Richard married Sarah E. Patterson 3 Oct 1853. Sarah was born , Morgan, Illinois; died 1857, , MaCoupin, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 50.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 370.

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]

Notes:

Jane Huskey was the first child to be born in Sevier County, Tennessee after the arrival of her parents from Edgfield County, South Carolina.

In 1831, Josua Reagan and Jane, with their family, migrated to Madison County, Missouri and made their home there until the winter of 1835 and 1836. In 1836, they moved and stayed a few months in St. Clair County, Illinois. Then in June of 1836 they bought a land in Bird Township, Macoupin County, Illinois.

Five years later, Joshua Reagan sold the farm which he first took and went to North Palmyra, still in Macoupin County, Illinois. He rented the land for three years and in 1844, he bought eighty acres of land in Barr Township, Macoupin County, Illinois. There he resided with his family until 1856 when they moved to Phelps County, Missouri.

In Phelps County, Missouri, Joshua Reagan and his wife, Jane Huskey, lived until their deaths.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 2a, 48, 122.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 367, 368, 369.

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:

Isaac Huskey went with his parents to Wilkes County, Georgia and later to Ninety Six District, Edgefield County, South Carolina.

Isaac Huskey and his wife Jane Miller are listed in the 1790 Federal Census of Edgefield County, South Carolina.

On 5 Dec 1796 Isaac Huskey bought 257 acres of land from the state of South Carolina. It was located in the "District of Ninety Six in Edgefield County on the waters of Steven's Creek, waters of Savannah River." It joined the lands of Obediah Henerson, William Anderson, William Rowens and ________ Mundays.

On 27 July 1798 Isaac Huskey bought 100 acres of land from Moses Brafford of Edgefield District, South Carolina. This land was situated on "Rockey Creek, waters of Savannah River" and joined the lands of Jonathan Huskey, Joseph Able, and Wyatt Morris.

On 6 Dec 1798 Isaac Huskey sold 140 acres of the original 257 acres of land, which he received from the state of South Carolina in 1796, to James Smith of Edgefield District, South Carolina.

On 15 Nov 1800 Isaac Huskey sold 50 acres of land to Wyatt Morris. This land joined the lands of Peter Huskey, Wyatt Morris, and Jonathan Huskey.

No record of the remaining 167 acres has been found, but it is believed that Isaac Huskey sold this land before leaving in 1804. In 1804 he came with the Huskey and the Ogle clans from Edgefield District, South Carolina To settle in the Walden's Creek and Wear's Valley area of Sevier County, Tennessee.

There are numerous land grants for Isaac Huskey in Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

One early grant was surveyed 24 July 1806 and granted 12 June 1810:
"...a certain tract or parcel of land containing Twenty five acres and two
Roods lying in the County of Sevier in the District South of French Broad
and Holsont on the water of the west fork of Little Pigeon River there being
due and chargeable on said land the sum of Twenty five Dollars and fifty
Cents with the Interest due thereon."

It joined vacant land and Richard McBryant's land in the Wear's Valley of Sevier County, Tennessee.

Isaac Huskey made seven land entries dated from 1 May 1824 through 3 Apr 1835 in the Surveyor's Book N. 1 of Sevier County, Tennessee (Register of Deeds Office). These land entries by Isaac Huskey were located in the area where the Twins Creek picnic area is now, and a part of the Cherokee Orchard and the Sugarlands (all now a part of Great Smoky Mountains National Park). This was the homeplace where Isaac and his wife Jane Miller lived until their death.

In 1813 Isaac Huskey and his eldest son, James Huskey, signed a petition to the General Assemby of Tennessee from the French Broad and Holston Country. (The original petition is in Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN.)

Isaac Huskey and his wife, Jane Miller, appeared in the 1830 and 1840 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

From the GUARDIANS, EXECUTORS & ADMINISTRATORS Settlement Book for Sevier County, Tennessee, there is a record of settlement of the estate of Isaac Huskey. Evidently William Huskey was appointed as administrator by County Court in late 1840's. He continued to handle the affairs of his father's estate until 28 Feb 1860, last recorded entry before William Huskey's death in 1861. From the aforesaid book, there is a list of the heirs of Isaac Huskey who had not received their shares from the estate. They are listed in this order: "Peter Huskey's Share, James Huskey's Share, Isaac Huskey's Share, Joshua Reagan's Share, and Silas Huskey's Share." They were living out west (Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas) at that time.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 48, 71, 74-75.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 423.
"Huskey Family Group Sheets," Beverly G. Martin, 1994, 4HUSp2.

Isaac married Jane Miller Abt 1788/1789, South Carolina. Jane (daughter of Samuel Miller and Mary) was born Abt 1772; died Abt 1840/1846; was buried Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Probably born in North Carolina. It is believed Jane is buried in White Oak Flats Cemetery.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 48, 71, 74-75.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 423.
"Huskey Family Group Sheets," Beverly G. Martin, 1994, 4HUSp2.