Aaron Thomas Maples: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1. Aaron Thomas Maples was born 9 Aug 1848 (son of Rev. Gideon M. Maples and Nancy J. Runyan); died 26 May 1862; was buried Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Generation: 2

Rev. Gideon M. Maples was born 8 Jul 1823, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Thomas Maples and Lydia Pauline Atchley); died 1 Oct 1904; was buried Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Gideon and second wife "Malicia C." received compensation from the federal government for damages during the Civil War.----------
Reference:
Joe Chilton GEDCOM, 7 November 1994.

Gideon married Nancy J. Runyan 1847. Nancy (daughter of Aaron Alexander Runyan and Esther Porter) was born 12 Mar 1828, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Nov 1860; was buried Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Nancy J. Runyan was born 12 Mar 1828, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Aaron Alexander Runyan and Esther Porter); died 26 Nov 1860; was buried Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Joe Sharp (former Sevier County historican) transcribed an early Bible record, then in the pocession of R.M. Runyan, in 1951. This has a birth date for Nancy J. born Mar. 12, 1828, daughter of Aaron and Ester Porter RUNYAN. This date of birth differs from the grave marking of 1830. Bible date believed correct.
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Reference:
Joe Chilton GEDCOM, 7 November 1994.

Children:

Elizabeth "Esther" Maples was born 6 May 1849, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 Nov 1915; was buried Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
1. Aaron Thomas Maples was born 9 Aug 1848; died 26 May 1862; was buried Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Sarah Jane Maples was born 11 Oct 1854, Tennessee; died 21 Oct 1927, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Nannie M. Maples was born 29 May 1860; died 28 May 1872; was buried Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Generation: 3

Thomas Maples was born 20 Mar 1790, Virginia (son of Josiah Maples and Ruthea Sweeney); died 15 Mar 1871; was buried Bethel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 215.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 284.
Cliff Manis

Thomas married Lydia Pauline Atchley 6 Dec 1809, Sevier County, Tennessee. Lydia (daughter of Thomas Atchley, I and Lydia Richards) was born 22 Apr 1792, Tennessee; died 11 Feb 1865; was buried Bethel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Lydia Pauline Atchley was born 22 Apr 1792, Tennessee (daughter of Thomas Atchley, I and Lydia Richards); died 11 Feb 1865; was buried Bethel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 215.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 284.
Cliff Manis

Children:

Charlotte Maples was born 1810, Tennessee; died 14 Oct 1880; was buried Bethel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Ephraim Maples was born 1812.
Lydia Maples was born 1814.
Cyril Maples was born 1816.
Mary Elizabeth Maples was born 26 Jul 1816, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Sep 1883, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Tuckaleechee Campground Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
Perry Maples was born 1818.
Guilford Russel "Gil" Maples was born 9 Dec 1818, Tennessee; died 22 Oct 1900, Tennessee; was buried Red Bank Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Rev. Preston William Maples was born 1821, Tennessee.
Thomas Maples, Jr. was born 1823, Tennessee.
2. Rev. Gideon M. Maples was born 8 Jul 1823, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Oct 1904; was buried Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Noah Maples was born 1825.
Louisa Maples was born 25 Sep 1825, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Jul 1913, Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Bethel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Gilbert Maples was born 1826.
Josiah Maples was born 1828.
Thurza Maples was born 27 Mar 1828, Tennessee; died 11 Mar 1915; was buried Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Catherine Maples was born 3 Dec 1838; died 29 May 1894.

Aaron Alexander Runyan was born 1786, Rockingham County, Virginia (son of Barefoot Runyan and Margaret Rambo); died 6 Jun 1869, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Listed in the 1840 Sevier County, Tennessee census.
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Reference:
Joe Chilton Pedigree Chart, 7 November 1994, p 1.
Nancy (Horn) Kirk, 656 Hiwassee College, Madisonville, TN 37354, 3 July 1996.
http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/sevier/census/1840census.txt

Aaron married Esther Porter 1808, Sevier County, Tennessee. Esther (daughter of Mitchell Porter and Penelope West) was born 19 Nov 1791, Virginia; died 31 Jul 1863; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Esther Porter was born 19 Nov 1791, Virginia (daughter of Mitchell Porter and Penelope West); died 31 Jul 1863; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
Joe Chilton Pedigree Chart, 7 November 1994, p 1.

Children:

Deborah Runyan was born 21 May 1809, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Barefoot W. Runyan was born 25 Nov 1810, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Mitchell P. Runyan was born 4 Oct 1815; died Aft 6 Jul 1875.
Penelope E. Runyan was born 12 Sep 1818; died Bef Jan 1870.
Aaron Alexander Runyan, Jr. was born 28 Nov 1822, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 8 Nov 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Sarah M. "Mollie" Runyan was born 28 Dec 1823, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 Mar 1865; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Dr. James McKinery Runyan was born 9 Jan 1826, Tennessee; died 8 Nov 1862, , Arkansas.
3. Nancy J. Runyan was born 12 Mar 1828, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Nov 1860; was buried Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
John Harry Runyan was born 5 Feb 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Nov 1881, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Mary Mac Runyan was born 21 Sep 1833, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Nov 1918, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Generation: 4

8.	Josiah Maples was born Abt 1746; died 12 Nov 1820; was buried Murphy Chapel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. Notes: ---------- Reference: Charles Maples Josiah — Ruthea Sweeney. Ruthea (daughter of Moses Sweeney and Ann Seymour) was born 1749; died 1830. [Group Sheet]

Ruthea Sweeney was born 1749 (daughter of Moses Sweeney and Ann Seymour); died 1830.

Notes:

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Reference:
Charles Maples

Children:

Elijah Maples was born Abt 1783, Virginia.
James Maples was born 1772; died 1840.
4. Thomas Maples was born 20 Mar 1790, Virginia; died 15 Mar 1871; was buried Bethel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

10.

Thomas Atchley, I was born 3 May 1755, Middlesex County, New Jersey (son of Joshuia Atchley); died 11 Oct 1836, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Served as Private in Major John Dunn's Regiment Middlesex County, Virginia during Revolutionary War.

One of the founders of the Alder Branch Baptist Church organized in his dwelling house in 1830.
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Reference:
"The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 51.

Thomas married Lydia Richards 1780, , London, Virginia. Lydia was born 18 Aug 1762, Virginia; died 31 Aug 1850; was buried Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

11.

Lydia Richards was born 18 Aug 1762, Virginia; died 31 Aug 1850; was buried Alder Branch Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
"The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 51.

Children:

Hanna Atchley was born 23 Feb 1782, Botetourt County, Virginia; died Aft 1850.
Mary Atchley was born 13 Nov 1783, Botetourt County, Virginia; died 1851, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Sarah Atchley was born 28 Nov 1785, Botetourt County, Virginia; died 1850.
Isaac Atchley, I was born 9 Dec 1787, Virginia; died 19 Aug 1854; was buried Atchley Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Benjamin Atchley was born 24 Jan 1790, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1872, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Long Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Joshua Atchley was born 26 Feb 1792, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Feb 1872, Sevier County, Tennessee.
5. Lydia Pauline Atchley was born 22 Apr 1792, Tennessee; died 11 Feb 1865; was buried Bethel Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Thomas Atchley was born 10 Apr 1796, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aft 1850.
Elizabeth Atchley was born 14 Oct 1800, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1889.
Noah Atchley was born 19 Jan 1807, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aft 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee.

12.

Barefoot Runyan was born Abt 1757 (son of John Runyon and Anna Barefoot); died Abt 1875, Talladega, Alabama; was buried Alabama.

Notes:

"Barefoot Runyan, Revolutionary soldier, witnessed the will of his neighbor,
Marshall Lovelady, in 1792. Barefoot Runyan's land was located between lands
belonging to John Moore on the north and John Fryer on the south. The present
Old Mill is on the site of a 151 acre grant to Mordecia Lewis; his land joined
the land of Isaac Runyan, son of Barefoot, and the land of Richard Fanshire.
The plat shows a road to Lewis Mill". [Reunion at the River, Homecoming 1986,
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee - September 13, 1986, author Beulah D.Lynn (current
Sevier County Historican)]. Isaac as son of Barefoot is believed in error.
Barefoot Runyan was granted 168 acres of land on the West Fork of the Little
Pigeon River on 27 July 1808 No 332, surveyed 27 Jan 1807. Survey plot shows
Mill Creek in plat.Isaac Runyan was granted 151 acres on the Pigeon River on 5
August 1812, No.2544, and surveyed 10 Jan 1807. Survey has with Mullendores
line on the North. Isaac's grant was under the Act of Assembly on Nov. 23,
1809.
Marie Runyan Wright published book "Descendants of Isaac Barefoot Runyan -
Tracking Barefoot Runyan" in 1980. Mrs. Wright in error with photographs as
being Barefoot's land. The "old rock chimney" and "dam" over river, are near or
on land of Aaron Runyan Sr. just south of Sevierville. Barefoot's land was
further south in now Pigeon Forge.
Transcript of Marshall Lovelady will dated 10 April 1792 is published in the
SMHS Newsletter, Vol XVI, No.2, Winter 1990, page 86. Barefoot Runyan, Joseph
Lovelady, and John Mahon were witness.
"Barefoot RUNION listed in Colonel Doherty's Regiment of Militia, Territory
South of the Ohio, 1793-94" (Ref: SMHS NL 1988, Vol XIV, No 4, page 124).
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Reference:
Joe Chilton Pedigree Chart, 7 November 1994, p 1.

Barefoot married Margaret Rambo 19 May 1777, , Rockingham, Virginia. Margaret (daughter of Jacob Rambo and Deborah Allen) was born Abt 1755, , Virginia; died Abt 1802, , Tennessee; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

13.

Margaret Rambo was born Abt 1755, , Virginia (daughter of Jacob Rambo and Deborah Allen); died Abt 1802, , Tennessee; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Book "The Rambo Family Tree, Beverly Nelson Rambo, 1986; has Margaret married Issac Barefoot Runyan (Ref: Wright, Marie Runyan - DESCENDENTS OF ISAAC BAREFOOT RUNYAN, 1980.
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Reference:
Joe Chilton Pedigree Chart, 7 November 1994, p 1.

Children:

John Wesley Runyan was born 1778, , Shenandoah, Virginia; died 23 Nov 1851, , Hamilton, Tennessee; was buried , Tennessee.
6. Aaron Alexander Runyan was born 1786, Rockingham County, Virginia; died 6 Jun 1869, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Tavenor Runyan was born Abt 1787; died 1802, , Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried , Tennessee.
Ware Runyan was born Abt 1791, , Jefferson, Tennessee; died 23 Oct 1837, , Alabama.
Isaac Runyan, II was born 17 Mar 1793, , Jefferson, Tennessee; died 13 Aug 1873, , Clark, Arkansas; was buried Amity, Arkansas.
Loami Wesley Runyan was born Abt 1802, , Sevier County, Tennessee.

14.

Mitchell Porter was born 7 Apr 1759, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died 3 Apr 1836, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Mitchell Porter was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylavania, April 7, 1759. While living at Winchester, Virginia, in 1777, he served three months and two weeks in Captain Thurston's Virginia Company and fought in a skirmish at Quibbletown, New Jersey. He moved to Botetourt, Virginia, in 1780 and in that year he served three months in Captain William Handley's Company under Major Campbell and was in a skirmish near Salisbury, North Carolina. He later served two months in Captain Arbuckle's company against the Indians at Point Plesant, but the dates of this service are unknown. He was granted a pension for this war [Revolutionary] service in 1832. Mitchell Porter was a devout Methodist, and Bishop Asbury tells in his journals of stopping at the Porter home in 1802, 1808, and 1810. It is noteworthy that all deceased persons in this direct line back to the revolutionary War soldier are buried in Shiloh Cemetery in Sevier County, Tennessee. Spencer Clack Chapter DAR erected a monument here to Mitchell Porter. (Ref: DAR Application Grace Runyan McCall and Blanche Runyan Chilton).
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Reference:
Joe Chilton GEDCOM, 7 November 1994.

Mitchell married Penelope West 25 Jan 1785, Greenbrier County, Virginia. Penelope was born Abt 1765, Augusta County, Virginia; died Aft 1839, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

15.

Penelope West was born Abt 1765, Augusta County, Virginia; died Aft 1839, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
Joe Chilton GEDCOM, 7 November 1994.

Children:

Alexander Porter was born 25 Jan 1786, Botetourt County, Virginia; died Abt 1867, Talladega County, Alabama.
William Porter was born 12 Sep 1787, Virginia.
Elizabeth Porter was born 18 Mar 1790.
7. Esther Porter was born 19 Nov 1791, Virginia; died 31 Jul 1863; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
John W. Porter was born 29 Oct 1793.
Mary Caroline "Polly" Porter was born 11 Dec 1795, Botetourt County, Virginia; died 25 Sep 1837; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Mitchell A. Porter was born 29 Nov 1797.
Joshua Mc. Porter was born 29 Nov 1797; died 20 Jun 1803.
Nancy L. Porter was born 24 Dec 1799, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Jul 1889; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Sarah R. "Sally" Porter was born 14 Dec 1802, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 27 Dec 1884; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
James Douthitt Porter was born 21 Apr 1805.
McKindra B. Porter was born 9 Feb 1807.