Rebecca Stinnett

Notes:

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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Rebecca — John Howard. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Religion: Baptist

Jackson was a farmer and a school teacher. He lived on the Stinnett farm all his life.

Donald B. Reagan lists death as 1937.
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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 13, 14.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 252, 253.
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

Jackson married Mary Ann Large 13 Jan 1867, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Samuel Large and Sarah Annie "Sally" McMahan) was born 12 Aug 1840, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 8 Dec 1910, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Stinnett Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Baptist.

Bonita Rough lists birth as 1842.
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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 13, 14.
"In the Shadow of the Smokies", Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 475.
"Joab and Anna (McMahan) Rolen Family", Bonita McMahan Rough, March 1995, p 6.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 253.
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Notes:

Alexander was eleven or twelve years old at the time of his mother's second marriage. He was his mother's favorite child and when she gave him the family farm it caused an uproar in the rest of the Stinnett family. The other children later caused trouble over this and it must have gone on for quite a while. There are court records where they paid monetary sums to several of his children to cover their inheritance from John. As late as 1874, Elizabeth appeared in court and swore she had made and signed a deed for fifty acres of land to Alexander in 1866.

From the Minutes of the New Salem Baptist Church:
"...Took up a case against Brother Alexander Stinnett for fornication and finding no proof he was acquitted for the same."

Baptist farmer.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 148.

Alexander married Elmina Ball Mar 1830, Cocke County, Tennessee. Elmina (daughter of Ausburn Ball and Martha "Patsey" Thomason) was born 31 Oct 1812, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 19 Jun 1893, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Stinnett Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Donald B. Reagan lists name as Elmira McKissick.

Religion: Baptist.

Elmina's birth place is not confirmed. She is said to be a Native American. She lived the rest of her life on the Stinnet farm.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 148.

Notes:

John Radford and Rosa Lee Downey lists death as 22 February 1892.

John Radford lists parents as Samuel and Sallie (Gilliam) Large.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 25.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 13, 14.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 170.
"Joab and Anna (McMahan) Rolen Family", Bonita McMahan Rough, March 1995, p 6.
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
John D. Radford Pedigree Charts, 1995, p 10.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 325.

Samuel — Sarah Annie "Sally" McMahan. Sarah (daughter of James Balford "Jim Bally" McMahan and Mary Ann "Polly" Wilson, "Granny Mack") was born 20 Mar 1825, Tennessee; died 16 Mar 1845; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 13.
"Joab and Anna (McMahan) Rolen Family", Bonita McMahan Rough, March 1995, p 6.
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 325.

Notes:

It is beleived McKissick was killed in the Indian wars about 1812 while his wife
was expecting.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

— Elizabeth Wilkerson. Elizabeth was born 1794, South Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Housewife
Baptist
Buried in Henry Cemetery.

It was said that "Old Betts" as she was called, was ruler of the roost and a hellcat on wheels. It is believed that Betts was married first to a McKissick and he was killed in the Indian wars about 1812. She was expecting a child at that time. Alexander was eleven or twelve at the time of his mother's marriage to John Stinnett.

From the minutes of the New Salem Baptist Church On the fourth Saturday in April 1863; The New Salem Baptist Church of Jones Cove met in business session and brought a charge of fornication against Elizabeth Stinnett, and cited her to the next business meeting to defend herself against the charge. In the next meeting she had a witness that testified for her and she was cleared of the charge by a vote of the body present and restored to full fellowship. There was no mention who the third party was. It probably was Thomas Stinnett, a son of John by a previous marriage. He came to Tennessee and lived for a while. He was listed in the 1860 census as living in the Stinnett household. He either died or moved before the next census. There is a Thomas Stinnett buried in the Number one Henry Cemetery in Old Henry Town.

Elizabeth is not listed in the 1870 census of Sevier County, but in 1874 she made an appearance at the County Court Clerk's Office at Sevierville, Tennessee and gave a sworn statement to the clerk that she had made and signed a deed for fifty acres of land to Alexander Stinnett in 1866. She is next found living with her daughter, Margaret and Thomas Wilkerson in Wear's Valley, District No. 6, Sevier County, Tennessee. She is ninety years of age and she probably died there. No one knows where she is buried, possibly in Wear's Valley or maybe in the Stinnett Cemetery. Alexander was the favorite child and she gave or sold him the farm that belonged to John. It must have caused trouble with their other children and there was a court action over this.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Other Events:

• Also Known As: Osborne Ball

Notes:

Misty Spinelli lists given name as Asborn.

On the GRS CD ROM # CD 229 Marriage Records for the Southern States an Osbourne Ball married Patsey Thomason on 26 September 1803 in Grainger County, Tennessee.

1830 Cocke County, Tennessee Census lists Asbern Ball next to Royal Ball.

1850 Cocke County, Tennessee Census lists given name as Osborne, age as 71, occupation as Farmer and value of land $200.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
Misty Spinelli
http://www.liberty.com/home/hannibal/censusb.txt.

Ausburn married Martha "Patsey" Thomason 26 Sep 1803, Grainger County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of George Thomason and Rachel Hudspeth) was born 18 Apr 1785, Virginia; died 1860, Taylorsburg, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Ball Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Misty Spinelli lists surname as Thompson.

1850 Cocke County Census lists age as 64 unable to read or write.
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Reference:
Misty Spinelli
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Joab and Anna (McMahan) Rolen Family", Bonita McMahan Rough, March 1995, p 2.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 20.
John D. Radford Pedigree Charts, 1995, p 10.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 261.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 9.

John — Elizabeth Webb. Elizabeth (daughter of Jesse Owen Webb and Anna McMurty) was born 4 Nov 1792, Chestnut Hill, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died 11 Dec 1872; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Joab and Anna (McMahan) Rolen Family", Bonita McMahan Rough, March 1995, p 2.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 20.
John D. Radford Pedigree Charts, 1995, p 10.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 261.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 July 1983, p 9.

Other Events:

• AFN: BGW1-D9

Notes:

James Balford "Jim Bally" McMahan went from Sevier County, Tennessee to Greenville, South Carolina via Yancy County, North Carolina to help his father, Archibald McMahan II, taking a drove of mules to market. In Yancy County, North Carolina Ned Wilson, father of Polly Ann, had a "stop" (a place for drovers to bed down, and a pen to keep the livestock). Jim Bally and his father stopped at Wilson's. Polly Ann helped serve breakfast the next morning. Jim Bally liked her looks so much that when his father paid him for his work, he bought himself a fine suit of clothes and came back to Wilson's, as Granny Mc said, "this time he came a-courting." Later they were married and he took his bride to Sevier County, Tennessee to live.

Jim Bally McMahan was at the home of McNulty McMahan, Richardson Cove, Tennessee when he took sick and died (according to what Mrs. Lillie Templin told Fred O. McMahan).

He was buried in a little cemetery at the top of a hill in Richardson Cove near his brother, David. A native slate stone marks his grave with no inscription.
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Reference:
"McMahan Family Tree", Glenn F. McMahan, 10 March 1932, p 1.
T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 63.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 8, 13, 147."Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 143.
"In the Shadow of the Smokies", Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 426.
Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.

James married Mary Ann "Polly" Wilson, "Granny Mack" Yancey County, North Carolina. Mary (daughter of Ned Wilson and Mary Ann Gilbert) was born 24 Nov 1796, Yancey County, North Carolina; died 25 Mar 1894; was buried Aaron Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: BGW1-FG

Notes:

Born on Black Cane River and died of pneumonia.

Rosa Lee Downey states that Granny Mc's parents came from Ireland, via England, when she was six years of age, and that one of her sisters was buried at sea. She was past 97 when she passed away.
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Reference:
T. D. W McMahan records, Johnny Scott Large, p 63.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 8, 13, 147.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 143.
Proffitt GEDCOM, Joe Payne, 14 December 1995.
"Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 195.