Catherine Emert

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 68.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 283.

Other Events:

• AFN: MC7N-L0

Notes:

Frederick Emmert Jr. was born in what is now Tennessee. He was drafted on 10 January 1814 as a private in Captain Isaac Williams' Company, part of Colonel Samuel Bunch's Regiment during the War of 1812 and was discharged on 14 May 1814.

Frederick Jr. and his wife Celia Drusilla lived in the Emert Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee area before moving to Tuckaleechee Cove, Blount County, Tennessee about 1826. Frederick Jr. was a Methodist minister there. They were listed in the 1830 Federal Census of Blount County, Tennessee. There were ten children inthe household: one male age 5 and under; one male and three females age 5-10; two males and one female age 10-15; and two males age 15-20.

They were also listed in the 1840 Federal Census of Blount County, Tennessee. There were now eight children at home: one male and one female age 10-15; one male and three females age 15-20; and two males age 20-30.

In 1850 they were still listed in the Federal Census of Blount County, Tennessee. All the children had married and left home except one son, Frederick S., age 24. They also were listed in the 1860 Federal Census of Blount County, Tennessee. There were no children in the household at this time.

Frederick Emmert Jr. was listed alone in the 1870 Federal Census of Blount County, Tennessee. He was buried beside his wife in the Campground Cemetery.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 2a, 68.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 42.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 282.

Frederick married Celia Drusilla Reagan 5 Nov 1812, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Celia (daughter of Timothy Reagan and Elizabeth Trigg) was born 15 Feb 1792, Caswell County, North Carolina; died 29 Aug 1869, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Tuckaleechee Campground Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: MC7N-3D

Notes:

Buried in Campground Cemetery.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 2a, 68.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 42.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 282.

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.

Other Events:

• AFN: MC7N-NB

Notes:

The name Emmert/Emert is of German origin. This family came from Germany, but the specific locality has not been found.

Philip Emert went to Rotterdam, Holland from his homeplace in Germany and boarded the ship "Alexander and Ann" for the trip to America by the way of Cowes, England. On 5 September 1730, he arrived in the town of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Philip Emmert and his wife settled in the Uppler Hanover Township, Philadelphia County (now Montgomery County), Pennsylvania. He was listed as the sixth person on the "List of Heads of Families Belonging to the Congregation of New Goshenhoppen Reformed Church" and was "eleted to the duties of office" at the same church on 1 January 1738.

The Parliament of Great Britain passed an act to allow foreign protestants in the British Colonies in America to become naturalized citizens during the reign of King George II. On 16 August 1741 Philip Emmert took the oath of allegiance to Great Britain and the province of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

In late August of 1741, he and his brother-in-law George Pfaltgraff made an overseas trip to visit Germany for their father-in-law Caspar Kamm for an unknown reason. They came home on the ship "St. Mark" on 26 September 1741 from Rotterdam, Holland by the way of Cowes, England.
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Reference:
"The Book of Regan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 413.

Johan married Maria Catharina Kamm Abt 1731, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Maria (daughter of Caspar Kamm and Anna Catherina Franck) was christened 23 Dec 1713, Eppingen, Germany. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: MC7N-PH

Notes:

On 28 May 1762 in Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania Maria Catherina Kamm Emmert was appointed as administratix of her husband's estate.

Sevier County Heritage lists surname as Gaff
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Reference:
"The Book of Regan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 413.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 169.

Other Events:

• AFN: 23C4-K4P

Notes:

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Reference:
"The Book of Regan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 414.

Daniel married Anna Margaretha Abt 1748, Pennsylvania. Anna was born Abt 1727; died Aft 1790, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: 23C4-K5W

Notes:

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Reference:
"The Book of Regan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 414.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 1-3.
"Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 9.

Timothy married Rachael Nelson 1749, , Maryland. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 9.

Notes:

Clement Trigg Jr. was born in Queen Ann's Parish where he lived until his marriage.

Clement Trigg Jr. and his wife Mary Ann were living on 75 acres of the land known as "Gloven Hall" that he and his brother Jeremiah Trigg had purchased in 1763. They sold it to William Perkins for seventy-eight pounds one shilling currency in Prince Georges County, Maryland in 1778. Also in this deed, his wife Mary Ann relinquished her right of dower.

Clement Trigg Jr. and his wife Mary Ann were listed in the 1776 Church Census for St. John's and Prince George's Parishes, Prince George's County, Maryland. There were three sons, namely, William, Joshua and Simeon, and four daughters, namely, Margaret Rhoda, Drusilla and Jemima in the household. One daughter, Elizabeth, was already married to Timothy Ragan at that time.

In 1778 he his wife Mary Ann were listed in the State Census of Prince George's County, Maryland with three sons and four daughters at home.

In late 1778, Clement Jr., Mary Ann, and their family moved to Caswell County, North Carolina from Prince Georges County, Maryland. They lived in the upper northwest corner of Caswell District in Caswell County.

Clement Trigg Jr. made an entry for 1640 acres of land "on the waters of Fish Pond" in Caswell County, North Carolina on Monday, 1 February 1779. The State of North Carlina issued a warrant for the survey on the same tract of land to Mary Trigg, "behalf of Clement Trigg, dec'd" on Thursday, 21 October 1779. For an unknown reason, the State of North Carolina crossed out "Mary Trigg, behalf of" and inserted the name of "Clement Trigg" on Monday, 13 October 1783. The chain carriers for this warrant of survey were Richard Gibson and Timothy
Ragan.
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Reference:
"Joshua Reagan", Lula F. Shelton, 1982, p 1.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 394, 395.

Clemant married Mary Ann Fouracres Abt 1757, , Queen Anne, Maryland. Mary (daughter of John Fouracres and Sarah Eleanor Halts) was born Abt 1738, St. Lukes Parish, Queen Anne, Maryland; died Abt 1796, , Caswell, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Family tradition handed down for generations tells the story of Mary Ann Foreacres' near escape with a panther when she was a 12 year old girl. The story reads as follows:

"When Mary Foreacres was about twelve years old, the lady with whom she lived sent her to the nearest neighbor's, a distance of about three miles. The road led through heavy timber and across a creek. As Mary was returning home, she heard the cry of a panther in the direction from which she was coming and seemingly on the road she had just passed over. Recognizing the sharp, shrill scream to be that of the beast she so much feared, she ran as fast as she could. The oft repeated cry, louder, showed that the panther was gaining on her. Seeing that it would be impossible for her to reach home before being overtaken by the animal, when she came to the creek she waded into the water and down the stream some distance to a tree which was near or in the edge of the water. She climbed the tree and sat in the thickest part of the boughs.

Soon she saw the panther come down the road to the creek and cross over. Failing to find her trail on the other side of the creek, he searched in all directions, at the time uttering those fearful, piercing cries. Mary was so situated that she could see his every move. The wind was blowing down the stream and he failed to get the scent. Finally he gave up the search and wandered slowly up the valley, and when his cries were heard of safe distance, Mary climbed down the tree and went home."

Mary Ann Foreacres Trigg-Hatsfield was listed as head of the household in the 1786 State Census of Caswell County, North Carolina. There were three sons and one daughter still at home. What had happened to Thomas Hatsfield is not known.

January 1796 in Caswell District of Caswell County, North Carolina, William Trigg acted as the administrator of his mother's estate.

The location of Mary Ann Foreacres' birth and marriage is not confirmed.
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Reference:
"Joshua Reagan", Lula F. Shelton, 1982, p 1.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 395, 396, 397, 398.