Laura Virginia Trotter

Notes:

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Reference:
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 278.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 188.

Laura married William Harrison Denton 7 Oct 1885. William (son of James P. Denton and Malvina Walker) was born 14 Feb 1846, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died 26 Oct 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 27 Oct 1920, Eden Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

1. Shelby Wilson Denton was born 14 Jul 1886; died 26 Feb 1951.
2. Nannie Denton was born 18 Jun 1888; died 21 Jun 1907; was buried Eden Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
3. Clarence R. Denton was born 10 Jun 1890; died 29 Jul 1907; was buried Eden Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
4. Elizabeth "Lida" Denton was born 3 Aug 1892; died 4 Sep 1964.
5. Carol Houston "Carl" Denton was born 30 May 1894, Tennessee; died 14 Dec 1975; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
6. Amos McKinley Denton was born 7 Jul 1895, Tennessee; died 1 Jan 1964; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
7. Isaac Ray Denton was born 20 Jun 1898, Tennessee; died 2 Mar 1986; was buried Jones Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
8. Paul Jones Denton was born 25 Aug 1904; died 27 Oct 1973.

Other Events:

• AFN: NG7T-N8

Notes:

Isaac and Mary Angeline Trotter were listed in the 1850 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee. There three children in the household at that time: Sarah, age 5; Amos C., age 3; and Daniel W., age 1. In the 1860 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee there were nine children listed in the household: Sarah, age 14; Amos, age 13; Daniel, age 11; Martha, age 9; Malinda, age 7; Emily, age 5; Henry, age 4; Eliza, age 2; and Mary, age 8/12.

Isaac and Mary were again listed in the 1870 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee. They had eleven children listed at home now. They were: Amos C. F., age 23; Martha N., age 19; Malinda J., age 17; Emily C., age 15; Henry B., age 14; Eliza R., age 12; Mary A., age 10; Laura V., age 9; Isaac W., age 7; Amanda M., age 5; and James C., age 3.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 65.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 43.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 272, 277-278.

Isaac married Mary Angeline "Polly" Emert Abt 1844. Mary (daughter of Daniel George Emert and Sarah Reagan) was born 15 Aug 1824, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 4 Dec 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Mary Angeline was listed as head of household in the 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee. She had six children listed at home with her. They were: (son) A. C., age 33; (dau) M. A., age 21; (dau) L. V., age 19; (son) J. W., age 17; (dau) A. C., age 15; and son J. C., age 13.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 65.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 43.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 272, 277, 278.

Other Events:

• AFN: HS83-C9

Notes:

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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 43.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 363.

John married Asa White 6 Oct 1803, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Asa (daughter of Meady White and Sarah Mara "Mary" Raynor) was born 23 Dec 1782, Bertie, North Carolina; died 24 Dec 1852, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: HS83-RC

Notes:

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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 43.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 277.
Fred E. Clark, Jr., brewglas@netkonnect.net, 19 September 1999.
www.ancestry.com, mbharris@apex.net, 19 September 1999.

Other Events:

• AFN: MC8J-ZF

Notes:

Daniel Emmert was probably born in Greene County, North Carolina which is now
Tennessee. A record dated 1790 places the family there at that time.

He and his wife Sarah spent their lives in the Emert Cove area of Sevier
County, Tennessee. They were listed in the 1830 Federal Census of Sevier
County, Tennessee. There were eight children in the household: one male and
three females age 5 and under; one male and one female age 5-10; and one male
and one female aged 10-15. Also there was an older woman in the age bracket
70-80. Apparently this was the mother of Daniel Emmert.

Daniel Emmert filed eleven entries for land in Sevier County, Tennessee. (1)
entry dated 08 August 1824 for five acres; (2) entry dated 28 August 1829 for
fifty acres; (3) entry dated 27 February 1832 for 100 acres; (4) entries dated
22 November 1836 for 50 and 400 acres; (5) entries dated 23 NOvember 1836 for
30 and 600 acres; (6) entry dated 02 June 1837 for 300 acres; (7) entries dated
23 June 1838 for 100 and 400 acres; and (8) entry dated 17 December 1839 for
150 acres. He had received land grants for all of these entries from the State
of Tennessee ... a total of 2,185 acres of land.

In 1840 Daniel "Emit" and his wife were again listed in the Federal census of Sevier
County, Tennessee. They had eight children in the household still at home:
one male age 5-10; one male and two females age 10-15; two females aged 15-20;
one male and one female age 20-30. Also there was an elderly woman whose age
bracket was 80-90. This was the mother of Daniel Emmert.

Daniel and his wife Sarah gave the lands for the Emert Cove Methodist Episcopal
Church and the Emert Cove Cemetery in the Emert Cove of Sevier County,
Tennessee. He mad a deed on 13 April 1846 to "Trustees of Emert Cove Methodist
Episcopal Church, South." This deed was recorded on Wednesday, 15 April 1846
in Sevier County Deed Book 'H', pages 56-57. A copy of this deed is as
follows:

"This Indenture made and entered into this 13th day of April in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six between Daniel Emmitt of the
County of Sevier and State of Tennessee of the first part and Phillip Shults,
F. L. Emmett, Daniel Emmett, Mitchell Broiles and Pleasant Shults, Trustees intrust for the Methodist Episcopal Church South all fo the County and State
aforesaid of the other part

"Witnessed that the said Daniel Emmet doth give grant and convey unto the above
named Trustees in trust and their Successors in office for the purposes therein
after mentioned a tract or parcel of land situated in the County of Sevier in
Emmetts Cove on the big East fork of little Pegeon river adjoining the land of
said Daniel Emmet and bounded as follows.

"Beginning on a beech on the bank of the river North 69 East seven poles and
fifteen links to a rock and apple tree, North 24.5 West sixteen poles and
thirteen links to a white oak, South 66 West eight poles to a rock & sycamore
on the bank of the river, then up the river a direct line to the beginning
including grave yard containing one acre more or less.

"To have and to hold the above described land with all and singular the
appertainenances and privileges thereto belonging unto them the above named
Trustees and their Successors forever in trust for the use of the members of
said Methodist Episcopal Church South as a place for the worship of Almighty
God and said Trustees and their Successors Shall forever permit such ministers
or preachers as may be appointed or sent by the Conferences of said Church and
all other regular appointed ministers of said Church to preach and expound the
Holy Scriptures and administer the Sacrament and all the other Holy ordinances
at the said place of worship.

"And the said Daniel Emmet doth forever warrant and defend the title to the
said land and every part thereof to the said Trustees and their Successors in
office against the lawful claims of all persons whatever.

"In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 13th day of April
1846.

"Test:
"George McCown "Daniel Emert [Seal]
"M. W. McCown

"State of Tennessee)
"Sevier County )

"Personally appeared before me, Wm. S. J. Ford, Clerk of the County Court of
said County, Daniel Emerty the Bargainer to the foregoing deed with whom I am
personally acquainted and who acknowledged that he made and executed the same
for the purposes therein contained

"Witness my hand at office in Sevierville the 13th day of April 1846.

"Wm. S. J. Ford, Clk,

"Recd the foregoing deed into office for registration on the 15th day of April
1846 at 10 o'clock and 20 minutes AM, Book 1st, page 13th.

"Registered this 15th day of April 1846

"M. W. McCown, Regr of Sevier County"

Daniel and his wife Sarah were listed in the 1850 Federal Census of Sevier
County, Tennessee. There were two of their children, four grandchildren plus a
great niece and nephew-in-law in their household: Sarah [Emert McMahan], age
27; Angeline [Ragan] Ogle, age 20; Cleson Ogle, age 20; John Emert, age 17;
David [McMahan], age 11; Albert [McMahan], age 9; Elizabeth [McMahan], age 7;
and Redman [McMahan], age 5.

SMHS list birth as 15 June 1793.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 2a, 65.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 42.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 270-272.
http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/sevier/census/1840census.txt

Daniel married Sarah Reagan 1816, Sevier County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of Timothy Reagan and Elizabeth Trigg) was born 16 Oct 1787, Caswell County, North Carolina; died 6 Jun 1855, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Pittman Center, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: MC8K-0K

Notes:

Sarah Ragan came with her parents to Sevier County, Tennessee in late 1795. She spent her early life before marriage near Shield's Fort on the Middle Creek farm of her father.

Sarah later lived with her husband Daniel Emmert in Emert's Cove which was opened up and first settled by Frederick Emmert, his father. They are listed in the 1830 through 1850 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 2a, 65.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 42.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 270-272.

Other Events:

• AFN: HS83-7L

William — Margaret Keller. Margaret was born Abt 1752; died Aft 1792, Bourban, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
www.ancestry.com, mbharris@apex.net, 19 September 1999.

Other Events:

• AFN: HS83-LH

Notes:

Given name may be Meedy.

Lived in North Carolina.
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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 65.
Fred E. Clark, Jr., brewglas@netkonnect.net, 19 September 1999.

Meady — Sarah Mara "Mary" Raynor. Sarah was born Abt 1754. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: HS83-MN

Notes:

Surname may be Rainor.

Lived in North Carolina.
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Reference:
Fred E. Clark, Jr., brewglas@netkonnect.net, 19 September 1999.

Other Events:

• AFN: MC7N-RT

Notes:

Pennsylvania private Continental Line; Revolutionary War.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 65, 67, 68.
"The Book of Regan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 414-416.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 42.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 196, 332.

Frederick married Barbara Ann Neidig 1772, Pennsylvania. Barbara (daughter of Daniel Neidig and Anna Margaretha) was born 6 May 1755, Pennsylvania; died 7 Jul 1842, Tennessee; was buried Emerts Cove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: MC7N-9F

Notes:

Name also known as Anna Barbara Neidig.

Listed with son Daniel in 1840 Sevier County, Tennessee census.

Buried in family graveyard which later became Emert Cove Cemetery.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 65, 67, 68.
"The Book of Regan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 414-416.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 42.
http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/sevier/census/1840census.txt

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.