Stephen Reagan

Notes:

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Reference:
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 312.

Notes:

Although the event is not recorded in the church records, he and Winnifred must
have joined the White Oak Flats Baptist Church by experience. The church
granted him and his wife Winnifred a "letter of dismissal" at the October 1846
meeting. This seems to have been the time of their move from Tennessee to
Georgia.

Then they moved to Bartow County, Georgia prior to 1850. He and Winnifred were
listed in the 1850 Federal Census of Cass (later Bartow) County, Georgia.
There they had five children in the household. They were: William, age 8;
James, age 6; Albert, age 4; Sarah C., age 3; and Mary, age 10 months.

Again in the 1860 Federal Census of Cass (later Bartow) County, Georgia, he and
his wife Winnifred were listed with nine children at home. They were:
William, age 18; James, age 16; Albert, age 14; Sarah, age 12; Mary, age 10;
Reubin, age 7; Henry, age 5; John G., age 4; and Zachariah, age 2.

It has been stated that John D. and his wife Winnifred were also listed in the
1870 and 1880 Federal Census of Bartow County, Georgia.

Family tradition says that his second wife's family did not favor their
marriage. As it has been stated in the family tradition, he "was sent to the
town of Little Rock, Arkansas by his children. He died and was buried there."
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 71.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 311, 312.

John married Winnifred Winkle 1840, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Winnifred was born Abt 1822, , North Carolina; died Aft 1880, Bartow County, Georgia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried in the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Cemetery.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 71.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 311, 312.

Notes:

Jeremiah Ragan was born in the Middle Creek community where he grew up during the turbulent last days of the Indian troubles on the frontier and the early development days of Sevier County.

Jeremiah and his wife Mary were listed in the 1830 and 1840 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

There are five land entries recorded for Jeremiah. The first entry [#46] dated 1 May 1824 was for 25 acres on the waters of the West Fork of Little Pigeon River. The second entry [#207] dated 21 August 1824 was for 50 acres in the White Oak Flats and the third entry [#1093] dated 7 December 1835 was for 125 acres on the West Fork of Little Pigeon River in the Sugar Lands. The fourth entry [#1238] dated 6 February 1837 was for 180 acres on the water of the West Fork of Little Pigeon River and the fifth entry [#1412] dated 4 November 1838 was for 133 acres on the right-hand prong of the West Fork of Little Pigeon River. All of these land entries were located in Sevier County, Tennessee. He received grants for all from the State of Tennessee. There is a deed for part of the dispsal of it.

Jeremiah Reagan joined the White Oak Flats Baptist Church an arm of "Forks of Little Pigeon" Baptist Church in Sevierville, at October 1833 meeting "by experience." This church was the origin of Gatlinburg's First Baptist Church.

He served as the church clerk for the White Oak Flats Baptist Church from November 1833 to April 1840. As the church clerk, he recopied all the first loose minute records into the first church minutes book ... in his own handwriting at the discretion of the church elders. He had beautiful handwriting, good spelling, grammar, etc., which indicates he had good teachers in those early days.

Also from the church minutes we learn that the church voted to exclude Jeremiah "for suing David L. Reagan without first bringing him to church and disobey call of church" on 26 Sep 1840. But the church restored him to full fellowship in December 1844 and granted "Jeremiah Reagan and his wife Mary" a letter of dismissal.

There is one deed recorded at the Register of Deeds office at Sevier County Courthouse for Jeremiah Reagan that gives clues to his leaving the Gatlinburg area. A partial excerpt from Deed Book 'K', page 324 shows ... "This Indenture made this twenty sixth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty four between JEREMIAH REAGAN of the County of Cherokee and State of North Carolina of the one part and Stephen Huskey of the County of Sevier and State of Tennessee of the other part..."

This seems to have been the time of their move from Tennessee to North Carolina. He and his wife Mary lived in Cherokee County, North Carolina for a brief time.

Then they moved to Gordon County, Georgia prior to 1850. He and Mary were listed in the 1850 and 1860 Federal Census of Gordon County, Georgia. There were no children in the household for both years. They were living alone in the Fairmont District of the said county.

Sometime during the 1860's, Jeremiah and Mary moved to Bartow County, Georgia. They were listed in the 1870 Federal Census of Bartow County with, still, no children in the household.

In 1880 Jeremiah and his second wife Eliza were listed in the Federal Census of Bartow County, Georgia. Jeremiah was 81 years old and was born in the State of Tennessee. His parents were listed as born in Maryland.

The family tradition states that "he was buried in the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Cemetery."
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 2a, 71, 75.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 310-311.

Jeremiah married Mary Huskey Abt 1820, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Isaac Huskey and Jane Miller) was born 1799, South Carolina; died Abt 1870/1880; was buried Bartow County, Georgia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Mary lived with Jeremiah in the Sugarlands where the Chimney picnic area is now
part of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Mary Huskey Ragan was "buried in the garden, in what was later called the
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Cemetery. It has been stated that this was the
"first grave there."
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 2a, 71, 75, 97.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 310.

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.