Marjorie Ruth Reagan

Notes:

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Reference:
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 163.

Marjorie married Worley Reaford Clabo Sevier County, Tennessee. Worley (son of Marion Wesley Clabough and Hulda Elizabeth Franklin) was born 6 Apr 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 14 Jul 1991; was buried Beech Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

1. Della Kay Clabo
2. Donna Darlene Clabo
3. David Robert Clabo
4. Worley Clabo, Jr.

Notes:

Given name may be Darrus.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 34.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 153, 163.
Jo Ann Schimmel, SchimmelJo@aol.com, 16 April 2000.

Darris married Bertie Mae Parton 29 Apr 1930, , Virginia. Bertie (daughter of Andrew Daniel "Dan" Parton and Mary "Mollie" Eledge) was born 10 Apr 1913, Tennessee; died 31 Dec 1982; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Given name may be Birdie.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 34.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 153, 163.
Jo Ann Schimmel, SchimmelJo@aol.com, 16 April 2000.

Other Events:

• AFN: 2DDT-SP

Notes:

Daniel was born in Gatlinburg and spent most of his life there. He and his first wife, Elizabeth King, lived in Wears Cove for a few years, returning to Gatlinburg after the Civil War. After Elizabeth's death he spent a brief time in Bollinger County Missouri and Knox County, Tennessee, then returned to Gatlinburg for his remaining years. He was a farmer.

Daniel W. S. (West) served the Union during the Civil War. Enlisting at Camp Lamborn near Pine Knob, Kentucky on 10 May 1862 in Company G, 6th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, he was discharged at Nashville, Tennessee, 17 May 1865. He spent about two weeks at Armory Square General Hospital in Washington, D.C., in February of 1865. His personal description at that time was: 5 feet 9 inches in height, fair complexion, blue eyes and dark hair.

All the children of both marriages and their birth dates were listed in the pension application papers.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 16, 34.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 196, 232, 234, 254.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 151, 152.
Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

Daniel married Marthann Arlena Ogle 11 Mar 1902, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Marthann (daughter of Joel S. "Jobey" Ogle and Dinah "Dicy" King) was born 15 Mar 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 May 1943; was buried Walnut Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 34, 206.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 234, 254.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 152.

Notes:

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Reference:
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 163.
Jo Ann Schimmel, SchimmelJo@aol.com, 16 April 2000.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 304.

Andrew — Mary "Mollie" Eledge. Mary was born Abt 1890, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Donald Reagan lists surname as McCarter.
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Reference:
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 163.
Jo Ann Schimmel, SchimmelJo@aol.com, 16 April 2000.

Other Events:

• AFN: 2DDT-XD

Notes:

Daniel moved with his parents to White Oak Flats (Gatlinburg) when he was about four years old. He lived all of his life here or on various other tracts of land in the area.

Listed as Ragan in 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census as farmer with $1000 property unable to read or write.

An industrious man, Daniel began acquiring land before he married. In theTennessee State Library and Archives there are records of eight entries in his name, dating from 1824 to 1872. The state archivist says this was all purchased land. He is listed in the 1837 tax lists of Sevier County, Tennessee.

An 1859 grant, previously surveyed land, was resurveyed and entered probably because of Gatlin's extensive claim in the area and the Courthouse fire. This 1859 grant was for 600 acres up both sides of the river from Baskins Creek to the Two Mile Branch. In May 1866, he added another 640 acres to this holding. There are also grants for 1,000, 600, and 4,000 acres on Roaring Fork granted in 1839, 1868 and 1872. Most of this land was divided among his children - no will has been found. Daniel moved around and lived on several of his farms - his wife said after his death that she wanted to spend the rest of her years in one spot, she was so tired of moving. She spent her remaining years with her stepdaughter and her husband, Mariah and Thomas H. McCarter.

Daniel was a blacksmith as well as a farmer. Tradition says he built the first wagon in the settlement, making the wheels of one piece of split white oak. His son, Charles C. Reagan, built the first wagon that crossed the Smokies. Although no record has been found to verify it, Daniel probably served as a Justice of Peace. He did keep the community post office. When the settlement officially became Gatlinburg and the post office was established, Daniel and Joel Conner received the contract to carry the mail from Sevierville to Casher's Valley, South Carolina. Daniel's sons, Richard R. and Ephraim Reagan, served as postmaster in the village.

Definitely a Union man but too old to go to service during the Civil War, Daniel served as "muster" officer and drilled the men of the village out in the "Flats". He also served the community as food distributor. Because of his activities and his three oldest sons being in the Union army, he often had to hide out in the mountains to escape the Confederates. The youngest son, Charles C., often told of his father taking him to the woods and showing him the meat and food supplies he had hidden. Daniel didn't think the Rebels would bother the women and children and if he did have to hide out, then Charles must see that food was brought in for the people as it was needed---a big responsibility for a seven year old boy.

A civic minded man, Daniel furnished the meeting house for the village--the five sided building used for the school, church and "voting place". According to one of the land grants, this was located at the "mouth of the lane", now Reagan Lane, near the old River Road. Although he furnished the meeting place for the Baptist Church for many years, Daniel was not found on the membership roll of the church and did not give the land for the present building site, as has been stated by many sources.

Daniel Wesley Reagan did give the land for the oldest part of the White Oak Flats Cemetery (Gatlinburg Cemetery) to the community. This was originally a family plot on the farm of his father, Richard Reagan. The first burial there was a child of Daniel Milsaps, the first school teacher in Gatlinburg.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 6a, 15-16.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 51.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 45.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 37.

Daniel married Nancy Ogle 30 Jan 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley) was born 24 Aug 1810, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Feb 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: 2DDT-ZK

Notes:

Listed in the 1830 and 1840 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 6a, 16, 167.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 51.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 37.

Notes:

Buried in a family cemetery at the head of Baskins Creek in the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 73.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 194.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 252, 254.
"In the Shadow of the Smokies", Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 688.
Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

Joel married Dinah "Dicy" King 24 Mar 1866, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Dinah (daughter of Nathaniel King, Jr. and Sarah "Sally" Ogle) was born Apr 1842, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 14 Jul 1906; was buried Baskins Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Dee Lansford lists birth as January 1842.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 73.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 194.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 252, 253.
Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 288.

Other Events:

• Census: 1880, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Lived on Copeland Creek, Tennessee. Had many twins.

Killed by a train.
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Reference:
Lyn Bordeau, Face5pence@aol.com, 9 December 2000.
Jo Ann Schimmel, SchimmelJo@aol.com, 16 April 2000.

Phillip married Margaret E. Teague 7 Jul 1883. Margaret (daughter of Michael Teague and Mary "Polly" Ridings) was born 13 Jan 1863, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Jul 1949; was buried Rector Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Also Known As: Vance
• Census: 1870, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1930, District 17, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Promised a lifetime stay on her 600 acre homestead by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. She was a petite red head. She raised her large family and kept house until she died.

Surname also listed as Vance.

The following is from a letter written in October 1997 and in the possession of Jay S. Webb, a Parton descendant. "Granny Margaret told me several times (when I was small and in later years) that during the war between the north and the south, there was a young soldier who come from New Jersey who was separated from his unit. Her mother hid him under the house when rebel scouts came looking for him or when neighbors came visiting. You could not trust many people in those times. This went on for months until the young man had a chance to make it back to his own lines. His name was MICHAEL TEAGUE. The couple fell in love, the results of was that Mary "Pop" became pregnant with Granny Margaret. In time the young man left and went back to his own army. Several years later his father and sister came to granny's mother on Copeland Creek, Sevier County and asked her to let Margaret go home with them. They promised the best of schooling, a good home with the best of food and clothing, with lots of love. They were very well off, but granny Mary said she would raise her daughter herself." The letter is signed 'Helen Lucille Parton Phillips' Helen, a great-grandaughter of Mary "Pop", was borm October 15, 1925 and is doing just fine in Cocke County, TN.
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Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 304.
Jo Ann Schimmel, SchimmelJo@aol.com, 16 April 2000.
Lyn Bordeau, Face5pence@aol.com, 4 June 2000, 9 December 2000.