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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Perry Watson was born 1873 (son of John David Watson and Anna Evans).

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 167.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John David WatsonJohn David Watson was born 28 Feb 1849, Tennessee (son of David Corn Watson and Rachel Ogle); died 23 Apr 1934; was buried Gists Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 110.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 166.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 130.

    John married Anna Evans 18 Nov 1872, Sevier County, Tennessee. Anna (daughter of Richard E. "Preacher Dick" Evans, Rev. and Mary Olief "Olive" Ownbey) was born 3 Sep 1851, Tennessee; died 27 Jan 1907; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Anna Evans was born 3 Sep 1851, Tennessee (daughter of Richard E. "Preacher Dick" Evans, Rev. and Mary Olief "Olive" Ownbey); died 27 Jan 1907; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 110.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 166.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 130.

    Children:
    1. 1. Perry Watson was born 1873.
    2. Joseph Lavator Watson was born 6 Aug 1874; died 18 Aug 1881; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Watson was born Abt 1876; died See Notes.
    4. Isham Andrew Watson was born 1 Nov 1877, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Mar 1950; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Richard Evans Watson was born 7 Mar 1881, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Jul 1954; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Rev. Westley Ed Watson was born 30 Apr 1884; died 10 Oct 1956; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. David L. Watson was born Jul 1886.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  David Corn WatsonDavid Corn Watson was born 11 Nov 1825, Haywood County, North Carolina (son of John Watson and Susannah "Susie" Conner); died 29 Jun 1913, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    David C. Watson is listed in the 1850 Federal Census of Haywood County, North Carolina, and in the 1850 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Serving with the Union army during the Civil War, David C. Watson enlisted in 1 October 1861 at Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee in Company H, 9th East Tennessee Cavalry and served as a private.

    David C. Watson fought in a number of battles. He fought at Knoxville, Blue Springs, Morristown, and two battles at Rutledge and Johnson City. He was also in the battles at Bulls Gap, Watagua and Panther Springs. He was wounded by gunshot in the neck at Greeneville. He was discharged 11 September 1865 at Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

    9th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry

    Organized at Knoxville, Tenn., August 13, 1863. Joined DeCourcy at Crab Orchard, Ky., September 24, 1863. Attached to District of North Central Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to November, 1864. District of East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1865. 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, District of East Tennessee, to July, 1865. Cavalry Brigade, District of East Tenneseee, to September, 1865.

    SERVICE.-Duty at Crab Orchard, Ky., till October, 1863. (A Detachment on march to Cumberland Gap September 24-October 3, 1863, and operations about there.) Duty in District of East Tennessee, at Knoxville, Nashville and on line of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, and at Bull's Gap, Tenn., till October, 1864. Rogersville August 21, 1864. Pursuit to Greenville August 21-23. Blue Springs August 23. Operations in East Tennessee August 29-September 4. Park Gap and Greenville September 4. Death of Gen. J. H. Morgan. Gillem's Expedition from East Tennessee toward Southwest Virginia September 20-October 17. Rheatown September 28. Watauga River September 29. Carter's Station September 29-October 1. Operations in East Tennessee October 10-28. Greenville October 12. Bull's Gap October 16. Clinch Mountain October 18. Clinch Valley, near Sneedsville, October 21. Mossy Creek and Panther Gap October 27. Morristown and Russellville October 28. Operations against Breckenridge's advance into East Tennessee November 4-17. Russellville November 11. Bull's Gap November 11-14. Russellville November 14. Strawberry Plains November 16-17. Flat Creek November 17. Stoneman's Expedition to Saltsville, Va., December 10-29. Big Spring, near Rogersville, December 12. Kingsport December 13. Glade Springs December 15. Marion and capture of Wytheville December 16. Mt. Airy December 17. Engagement near Marion December 17-18. Capture and destruction of Saltville December 20-21. Duty in East Tennessee till March, 1865. Stoneman's Raid into Southwest Virginia and Western North Carolina March 21-April 25. Wytheville April 6. Shallow Ford and near Mocksville, N.C., April 11. Salisbury April 12. Catawba River April 17. Swannanoa Gap, N. C., April 20. Near Hendersonville April 23. Duty in East Tennessee till September. Mustered out September 11, 1865.

    On 21 September 1897 the Shady Grove Baptist Church in Sevier County, Tennessee adopted a church house site at the corner of Brother D. C. Watson's fields between the forks of the public road and the graveyard. It was ordered by the church that a committee procure a title for the house site. To which the following deed is recorded, 27 September 1897:

    "We, D. C. Watson and wife Mary Watson have this day bargained and sold and do hearby transfer and convey to the Baptist Church at Shady Grove and their successors in office for the consideration of the love we have for said church. We make this deed as a gift. The following described parcel of land lying in the 13th District of said County (Sevier) and on the waters of Birds Creek -- Also said Church is to have the use of a spring on the South side of said branch"

    On 9 August 1907, David C. Watson made a will to dispose of his property in the 13th Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee. In the will, he gave each one of his children "1/14 interest out of my estate, both real and personal."

    There is a David Watson death cert. #73578.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 263, 285.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 163, 187.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 141.
    "The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 60.
    David C. Watson Civil War pension papers, US National Archives.
    "9th Tennessee Cavalry Reg.", http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/usa9cav.html.

    Civil War Details:

    9th TN Cavalry
    Organized: on 8/13/63
    Mustered Out: 9/11/65


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    Oct '64
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    Military Division of the Mississippi


    Mar '65
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    Gillem's Cav
    District East TN
    Department of Cumberland


    Jul '65
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    District East TN
    Department of Cumberland
    Mustered Out

    9TH TENNESSEE CAVALRY REGIMENT, U.S.A.

    Organization begun in August 1863; 11th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment merged into regiment March 24, 1864; mustered out at Knoxville, September 11, 1865.

    FIELD OFFICERS
    Colonel-Joseph H. Parsons.
    Lieutenant Colonels-John B. Browniow, Pleasant C. Rutherford.
    Majors-Ethelred W. Armstrong, Samuel Hunt, Jr., James H. Hornsby, Pleasant C. Rutherford, Edward Black, John C. Wright, David C. Dossett.

    CAPTAINS-T. Hopkins Bunch, John Haynes, La Fayette Jones, Co. "A". Mustered at Nashville, Tennessee, August 13 1863. Most men from 1st, 3rd and 5th Congressional Districts.


    John A. Thornhill, David M. Caldwell, Co. "B". Mustered at Camp Nelson, Kentucky, August 15, 1863. Men from Union, Jefferson, Knox, Claiborne and Rhea Counties.

    Pleasant C. Rutherford, Rufus McSpadden, Co. "C". Mustered at Camp Nelson, Kentucky, August 15, 1863.

    James S. Fain, John Haines, James W. Bell, Co. "D". Organized at Knoxville, October 11, 1863.

    Robert Cochrane, Henry E. Warren, Co. "E". Organized at Knoxville, October 16, 1863.

    Isaac A. Duncan, James B. Shurp, Co. "F". Organized at Knoxville, October 17, 1863.

    Aaron W. Armstrong, John C. Wright, John W. Harrington, Co. "G". Organized at Knoxville, October 17, 1863.

    William J. Trotter, Andrew L. Scruggs, William C. Peterson, Jacob Fritts, Co. "H". Organized at Knoxville, October 28, 1863.

    E. S. Hollingsworth, David C. Dossett, Co. "I". Organized at Knoxville, October 30, 1863.

    La Fayette Jones, Thomas McDermott, Co. "K". Organized at Knoxville, November 9, 1863. Men from Jefferson, Sevier and Knox Counties.

    Mathew J. Dunford, Benjamin F. Green, Co. "L". Mustered at Nashville, February 29, 1864. Men from Knox, Jefferson, Hancock, Sevier, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Monroe, Sullivan and Grainger Counties.

    Guilford C. Duggan (1st Lt.), John Wilson, Richard Ellis, Co. "M". Mustered at Nashville, June 28, 1864. Men from Jefferson, Claiborne, Washington, McMinn, Sevier, Marion, Hamilton, Knox and Hancock Counties.

    Some of the officers shown had served with the 11th Tennessee Cavalry until the merger was effected on March 24, 1865.

    The first mention of this regiment in the Official Records was in a note dated July 25, 1863, to Brigadier General W. S. Rosecrans with regard to a set of plans of the defenses of Mobile drawn up by Captain T. H. Bunch. The note stated that Bunch had been seized in East Tennessee, while trying to reach the Federal lines, and conscripted into an Alabama Confederate regiment which served for a while at Mobile, but was later transferred to General Braxton Bragg's army. When Bragg retreated from Tullahoma, Bunch managed to escape, and promptly raised a company for the 9th Tennessee Cavalry, U. S. A.
    On August 15, 1863, Colonel John F. DeCourcy was ordered to organize a brigade at Camp Nelson, Kentucky, and report to Major General I. G. Parke, Commanding IX Army Corps. Colonel Parsons' 9th East Tennessee Cavalry was assigned to the brigade. On August 24, at Crab Orchard, Kentucky, Colonel DeCourcy reported: "The 9th and 11th Tennessee Cavalry joined today." Colonel DeCourcy was at the time enroute to Cumberland Gap, where he arrived on September 8, and took part in the operation resulting in the capture of Cumberland Gap on September 9, 1863.

    On October 1, 1863, Secretary of War Stanton was advised: "Colonel Parsons' 9th Tennessee Cavalry, 800 strong, at Camp Nelson, has neither arms nor horses, and is ordered forward. General Burnside gave them orders for horses and arms, but they are not here." On October 5, 1863, Colonel W. C. Lemert, at Cumberland Gap, reported: "Colonel Parsons is anxious to move his regiment to East Tennessee to recruit." On November 18, 1863, it was reported: "The Sevierville road is strongly guarded by a detachment of the 9th Tennessee Cavalry about 332' miles from the bridge."

    No further reports on the regiment were found until April 30, 1864, when the 9th, along with the 8th, and 13th Tennessee Cavalry Regiments, were assigned to Colonel John K. Miller's 3rd Brigade, of Brigadier General Alvan C. Gillem's 4th Division, Cavalry Corps, Department of the Cumberland. This brigade was assigned to duty guarding the railroads in the Middle Tennesseee area. On May 31, 1864 it was reported at Gallatin where it remained until August 4, 1864. At that time, General Gillem, with the 9th and 13th regiments, started on a march of 128 miles to Strawberry Plains, in East Tennessee, where they arrived on August 18. The 8th regiment rejoined the brigade in October. General Gillem reported seven companies of the 9th Tennessee, under Lieutenant Colonel Brownlow, took part in a fight at Blue Springs on August 23, 1864, with Confederate General John H. Morgan's old brigade under Colonel Giltner, in which the Confederates were put to flight. He stated: "The 9th and 13th regiments are improving rapidly, and require but little more experience to make them excellent soldiers." On August 31, 1864, the 9th was reported at Bull's Gap, Tennessee.

    For the next several months the regiment, as part of Gillem's Division, took part in the fighting in East Tennessee: on September 4, at Greeneville, where General John Hunt Morgan, C.S.A., was surprised and killed; with Brigadier General I. Ammen on an expedition to Carter's Station on September 27; in a skirmish near Greeneville on October 12, where Brigadier General J. C. Vaughn, C.S.A., reported the capture of a flag of the regiment; in the Clinch Valley at Sneedville on October 21; and around Cumberland Gap, Russelville and Morristown on November 13, when General Gillem reported his forces suffered a terrible reverse. Of this engagement he reported the 9th Tennessee held the enemy in check for over an hour till their ammunition was exhausted. Following this engagement the brigade retreated to Strawberry Plains, and thence to Knoxville, where it went into camp at Love's Station on November 16, 1864.

    On November 18, one battalion of the regiment was ordered to Greeneville, Tennessee. On December 10, 1864, the regiment, with the brigade, left Knoxville on an expedition under Major General George Stoneman into western Virginia, which resulted in the capture and destruction of the Confederate salt works at Saltville, on December 19. The brigade returned to Knoxville December 29, after a march of 461 miles.

    On February 5, 1865, the regiment was reported at Dandridge, Tennessee. On March 17, Colonel Miller's 3rd Brigade, Gillem's Division, Major General George Stoneman's District of East Tennessee, was still reported as consisting of the 8th, 9th, and 13th Tennessee Cavalry Regiments. Although Miller's Brigade went with General Stoneman on his expedition into Virginia and North Carolina from March 21 to April 25, 1865, no record was found of the 9th Tennessee's having gone with the brigade. General Gillem's report of the expedition made frequent mention of the activities of the 8th and 13th Regiments, but none of the 9th.

    On April 19, 1865, the 9th Tennessee, at Boyd's Ferry, was ordered to send a detachment to Greeneville, to hunt down and chastise the guerrilla forces operating in that area. On the 20th it was ordered to send one company to Talbott Station and another to Rutledge, Tennessee. On April 25, the regiment was ordered to move to Rogersville Junction, and make reports to General Stoneman. General Stoneman advised that the 9th Tennessee would be needed for a short time in clearing out the country between the Holston River and the Cumberland Mountains. The instructions issued read in part as follows: in the performance of this duty you are authorized and instructed to use the most vigorous and severe measures. The persons with whom you have to deal are outlaws so long as they are at liberty and should be treated as such. When taken prisoners they must be treated as prisoners, and are entitled to trial, which takes time and entails trouble and expense. Give them to understand that no false mercy will be shown them and no prisoners taken, and that every man found in arms under whatever pretense, and acting without authority from Federal officers or the legally constituted authorities of the State of Tennessee, will be treated as a public enemy and an outlaw and killed like a mad dog by anyone who meets him. See that your command does not interfere in any way, either in their persons or their property, with the peaceably disposed, and with those who stay at home and mind their own business."

    On April 30, J. W. Harrington, Captain Co. "G", in a report to Stoneman of his activities along the Clinch River, explained: "I have endeavoured to carry out your instructions, but it is necessary to explain why I have taken some prisoners. When I found these men, the most of them had hidden or othenvise disposed of their arms, and others came and gave themselves up. I had not sufficient evidence at the time of their being bushwhackers or guerrillas, until they were identified by citizens who knew them to be such." On July 20, 1865, the regiment was placed in Brevet Major General Emory Upton's Cavalry Brigade, District of East Tennessee. It was mustered out of service on September 11, 1865.

    David married Rachel Ogle 24 Dec 1846, Sevier County, Tennessee. Rachel (daughter of William "Black Bill" Ogle and Nancy Bohanon) was born 1828, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Oct 1859; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Rachel Ogle was born 1828, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of William "Black Bill" Ogle and Nancy Bohanon); died 18 Oct 1859; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Rachel and David's family appear in the 1850 Federal Census of Haywood County, North Carolina and 1860 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, 263, 285.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 141.
    David C. Watson Civil War pension papers, US National Archives.

    Children:
    1. David Joel Watson was born 15 Nov 1847, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 May 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 10 May 1919, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. 2. John David Watson was born 28 Feb 1849, Tennessee; died 23 Apr 1934; was buried Gists Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Sarah Elizabeth Watson was born 15 Oct 1851, Tennessee; died 5 Apr 1931; was buried 6 Apr 1931, Levi Trentham (Elkmont) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. William Brusten "Bert" Watson was born 20 Aug 1853, Tennessee; died 16 Jan 1919; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Andrew E. Watson was born 12 Apr 1855, Tennessee.
    6. Asa Lemons Watson was born 25 Jun 1857, Tennessee.
    7. Nancy Jane Watson was born 20 Jul 1859, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  Richard E. "Preacher Dick" Evans, Rev. was born 4 Jan 1824, Tennessee (son of Jacob Evans and Martha Ogle); died 6 Dec 1901; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Affectionately called "Preacher Dick", he was received into the White Oak Flats Baptist Church in October of 1839 "by experience". In October of 1843, he was granted the right "to exercise a public gift wherever his lot Should be Cast." He was ordained at the church on the 27th of October 1846 "through the assistance of Brothers Isaac Kimbro and Eli Roberts as presbytery..." (Church minutes book of White Oak Flats Baptist Church). This began his long and fruitful service to the Lord and his fellow man.

    Beside the Gatlinburg Church, he served New Salem Church, Lebanon in the Glades, Friendship in Greenbrier, the Hills Creek Church and at both Evan's Chapel No. 1 and 2. He also made visits to the Indians in North Carolina. Dr. Burnett, in his book about pioneer ministers credited Richard Evans with converting more than 10,000 souls to Christ and personally baptizing more than 1,800 persons.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 158.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 106, 130.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 128.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 52.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 126.

    Richard married Mary Olief "Olive" Ownbey 30 Jan 1840, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of John Ownby, Jr. and Elizabeth Hill) was born 11 Jul 1821, , Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 26 Apr 1908, , Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Mary Olief "Olive" Ownbey was born 11 Jul 1821, , Buncombe County, North Carolina (daughter of John Ownby, Jr. and Elizabeth Hill); died 26 Apr 1908, , Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 1TQQ-GG

    Notes:

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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 51.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 106, 130.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 52.

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth "Betty" Evans was born 1840, Tennessee; died 1888; was buried Fighting Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Dialtha Evans was born 1841, Tennessee; died 1873.
    3. Martha Jane Evans was born 1843, Tennessee; died Abt 1882.
    4. Evans was born Abt 1845; died See Notes.
    5. Rhoda Evans was born 1848, Tennessee; died 5 Jan 1868.
    6. 3. Anna Evans was born 3 Sep 1851, Tennessee; died 27 Jan 1907; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Olive Evans was born 1 Feb 1853, Tennessee; died 1 Feb 1913; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Mary Ella "Polly" Evans was born 25 Jan 1855, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Aug 1929; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Sophia Evans was born Aug 1857, Tennessee; died 3 Oct 1931; was buried Beaty Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    10. Elmina Evans was born 22 Nov 1859, Tennessee; died 15 Aug 1885; was buried , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. N. Jennie Evans died 1939.
    12. Evans


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Watson was born 1801, Buncombe County, North Carolina (son of David Watson and Isabelle Hughs); died 1871/1880, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: CFPM-78

    Notes:

    John Watson and his wife Susannah were listed in the 1830 Federal Census of Haywood County, North Carolina. They lived next door to Samuel and Nancy Swearingen Conner.

    On 6 June 1836, the Oconalufty Baptist Church was organized. John Watson and his wife Susannah Conner joined the church as charter members.

    They were also listed in the 1840 Federal Census of Haywood County, North Carolina.

    In 1843, John Watson and his family migrated to Sevier County, Tennessee from Haywood County, North Carolina. They were mentioned in church minutes of the August 1843 meeting of White Oak Flats Baptist Church. They joined the church as members by experience.

    On 26 July 1843, John Watson "of the County of Sevier and State of Tennessee" sold 50 acres of land "lying in the County of Haywood on the waters of Oconalufty River West Fork on a branch formerly called Davidrun branch" to James Holland Bradley "of the County of Haywood, North Carolina" for $75.00.

    John Watson took his family back to the Oconalufty River area in Haywood County, North Carolina for a while. They were listed in the 1850 Federal Census of Haywood County, North Carolina.

    Then about 1852, John Watson and his family came again to Sevier County, Tennessee this time for a permanent stay. They lived in 2nd, 11th, and 13th Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee according to 1860 and 1870 Federal Census. The 1870 Census indicates he was born in South Carolina.

    John Watson died between 1871 and 1880 probably in 2nd Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee. The place of his burial is not known.

    The LDS Ancestral File lists John's parents as David and Isabelle (Hughes) Watson.
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    Reference:
    "Ownby-Watson Family History", Percival David Park, May 1985, p 66.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 161, 187.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, 214, 302.

    John — Susannah "Susie" Conner. Susannah (daughter of Samuel Conner and Nancy Swearingen) was born 1810, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 11 Feb 1871; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Susannah "Susie" Conner was born 1810, Buncombe County, North Carolina (daughter of Samuel Conner and Nancy Swearingen); died 11 Feb 1871; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: CFPM-8F

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Ownby-Watson Family History", Percival David Park, May 1985, p 66.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 187, 214, 217.

    Children:
    1. 4. David Corn Watson was born 11 Nov 1825, Haywood County, North Carolina; died 29 Jun 1913, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Nancy J. Watson was born 1827.
    3. Martha Jane Watson was born 1830, North Carolina; died Aft 1870.
    4. Samuel P. Watson was born 1832, North Carolina; died 14 May 1875; was buried P. A. Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. George W. Watson was born 12 May 1834, North Carolina; died 28 Jan 1898; was buried Boogertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Rosanna C. Watson was born 7 Sep 1836, Swain County, North Carolina; died 26 Jun 1927, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. John W. Watson was born Oct 1838, Haywood County, North Carolina; was buried Boogertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Susan M. C. Watson was born 7 Apr 1841, North Carolina; died 27 Apr 1900; was buried Red Bank Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Jemima Narcissus "Nurses" Watson was born 10 Mar 1843, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 29 Dec 1919; was buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Henry E. Watson was born 14 Feb 1843, North Carolina; died 7 Aug 1924; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. William Watson was born 1846, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. Watson was born Abt 1848; died See Notes.
    13. Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Watson was born 8 May 1850, Tennessee; died 23 Mar 1913; was buried Walnut Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    14. James Robert Watson was born May 1852, North Carolina; died 1936; was buried Boogertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    15. Margaret K. Watson was born 1854, North Carolina.

  3. 10.  William "Black Bill" Ogle was born 1790, Edgefield County, South Carolina (son of William "Billy" Ogle and Martha Jane Huskey); died 25 Aug 1855, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Cole Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    William came with his mother and the family to Sevier County, Tennessee as early as 1805, soon after the death of his father.

    From RECORD OF COMMISSIONS OF OFFICERS IN THE TENNESSEE MILITIA 1796-1811, compiled by Mrs. John Trotwood Moore, William Ogle was commissioned as a Lieutenant of the 11th Regiment of Sevier County, Tennessee on 14 Februeary 1811 by the governor of the State of Tennessee.

    William Ogle was one of the first settlers in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. No land records prior to 1824 were found for William Ogle, but it is shown by Richard Reagan's early grants that William Ogle and his brother, Isaac Ogle, entered land adjoining the Richard Reagan's land on Mill Creek. This ran from Mill Creek upward to the area below the Cherokee Orchard, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. As his sons and daughters became of age, he gave them these lands. He moved to the Sugarlands area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

    William Ogle is listed on the 1837 Tax List of Sevier County, Tennessee.

    He and Nancy were members of the White Oak Flats Baptist Church.

    William Ogle was appointed as one of nine commissioners of the Sevier County Turnpike Company in 1841. It was "for the purpose of receiving subscription to the amount of twenty five thousand dollars to be applied to the purpose of making a turnpike road from the northern termination of the Smoky Mountain Turnpike road in Sevier County, Tennessee to some point on the most practical leading routes."

    William Ogle and his family appeared in the 1830 through 1850 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

    An affidavit found in the Sevier County Courthouse, by R. R. Reagan and Mark Roberts, states that William Ogle left a will but that it was destroyed in the courthouse fire of 1856. The affidavit stated that his wife, Nancy be supported and have the use of both real and personal property during her lifetime. At her death, the lands "should be equally divided between his sons, James, Henry, and William Ogle; personal property is to be equally divided between all his sons and daughters with the exception of Thomas I. Ogle, husband of his daughter, Sarah Ogle of twelve and half dollars which was to be deducted from his and her share."

    In the GUARDIANS, EXECUTORS and ADMINISTRATORS Settlement Book for Sevier County, Tennessee, there is a record for the estate of William Ogle. This gives a list of the living heirs of William Ogle. Quoted from the aforesaid book, "the above statement shows that there is in the hand of the Executor, the sum of $88.06/100 dollars to be divided among eleven heirs, to wit, William, James, Henry, & Thomas Ogle, Robert Conner & wife Milly, Samuel Watson & wife Martha, David Reagan & wife Jane, the heirs of Joseph Anderson & wife Mary, John Huskey and wife Elizabeth, the heirs of Aaron Ogle, and the heirs of David Watson & wife Rachel. So that Thomas Ogle may receive eleven & 25/100 dollars less than either of the other heirs.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 140, 262-263.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 141.

    William married Nancy Bohanon Abt 1810, Sevier County, Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of Henry Bohanon and Amillia Shotwell) was born 1795, Virginia; died 3 Jun 1869; was buried Cole Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Nancy Bohanon was born 1795, Virginia (daughter of Henry Bohanon and Amillia Shotwell); died 3 Jun 1869; was buried Cole Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Nancy was living with a son, William (Ned) Ogle in 1860. It is said that she was buried with her husband in a very old cemetery near Huskey Gap in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. This must be the Cole Cemetery.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 140, 262-263.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 139, 141.

    Children:
    1. James Ogle was born 1812, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1858/1860.
    2. William W. "Ned" Ogle was born 7 Jan 1814, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Aug 1874; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Sarah "Sally" Ogle was born Aug 1816, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 31 May 1901; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Jane "Jennie" Ogle was born 1818, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 3 Sep 1879; was buried Bales Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Mary Ogle was born 1820, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Aaron Ogle was born 1822, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Abt 1849/1850, Gilmer County, Georgia.
    7. Henry Ogle was born Mar 1824, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 May 1904; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Elizabeth Ogle was born 1827, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. 5. Rachel Ogle was born 1828, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Oct 1859; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Amillia "Milly" Ogle was born 1 Apr 1831, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 May 1909; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Martha "Patsy" Ogle was born 1833, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Jun 1902; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  5. 12.  Jacob Evans was born 1797, South Carolina (son of William Evans); died Abt Mar 1878; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Martha and Jacob gave the land for the Lebanon Baptist Church in the Glades. They left a joint will which is recorded in Will Book I, page 247, Sevier County Courthouse. Their daughter, Sophia Ownby, and her son, Samuel, are mentioned in it. The will was probated in April 1878.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 158.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 52, 298.

    Jacob married Martha Ogle Abt 1823, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley) was born 1807, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1885; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Martha Ogle was born 1807, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley); died 1885; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Martha and Jacob gave the land for the Lebanon Baptist Church in the Glades. They left a joint will which is recorded in Will Book I, page 247, Sevier County Courthouse. Their daughter, Sophia Ownby, and her son, Samuel, are mentioned in it. The will was probated in April 1878.

    Samuel Ownby told of his grandmother's love of the mountains. His parents, James and Sophia Evans Ownby along with his grandparents, Martha and Jacob Evans had moved to Copperhill, Tennessee. Martha yearned for the mountains so much, she started walking home. Jacob and James rode after her and finally persuaded her to stay until they made their harvest that year. She held them to their promise and they returned that fall to the Smokies.

    Census records verify the story above mentioned. They are listed in the 1850 Federal Census of Gilmer County, Georgia, right near the state line of Tennessee and Georgia.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 158.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 52, 298.

    Children:
    1. 6. Richard E. "Preacher Dick" Evans, Rev. was born 4 Jan 1824, Tennessee; died 6 Dec 1901; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Mary Evans was born 1825, Tennessee.
    3. Sophia Evans was born 15 Feb 1826, Tennessee; died 2 Mar 1910; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  7. 14.  John Ownby, Jr. was born 11 Jul 1781, Amherst County, North Carolina (son of John "Johny" Ownbey and Nancy Ann "Nannie" Porter); died 5 Sep 1869, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Plemons Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 1TQP-13

    Notes:

    John Ownby Jr. served in the War of 1812 with the North Carolina malitia. Records from the National Archives show John Ownby as a private in Captain Bradly's Company of North Carolina militia for six months but was not called out until February and continued in actual service for over fourteen days. He was discharged in Rutherford County, North Carolina on 6 March 1815. In 1858 John Ownby applied for a bounty land grant on the basis of his military service. He received a grant of 158 acres in Sevier County, Tennessee.

    In 1816, just after the War of 1812 was over, John Ownby Jr. and his family moved from Rutherford County, North Carolina to Sevier County, Tennessee. This Ownby family was the only one listed in the 1830 Federal Census of East Tennessee.

    On 4 February 1858, John Ownby Jr. made a will to dispose of his property. In his will, he said, "I give and bequeath to my son John H. Ownby all my property both real and personal consisting of one hundred and twenty five acres of Land, Cattle, Hogs, Horses, household furniture, etc. I have given and bequeath all my property to said son John in consequence of his kindness in taking care of myself and wife in our age and during our infirmity."
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    Reference:
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 13.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 64, 105.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 203.

    John married Elizabeth Hill 14 Mar 1803, Rutherford County, North Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of John Hill) was born 6 Nov 1784, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 24 Aug 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Elizabeth Hill was born 6 Nov 1784, Buncombe County, North Carolina (daughter of John Hill); died 24 Aug 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 1TQP-28

    Notes:

    Donald B. Reagan has birth date as 6 November 1786.
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    Reference:
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
    13.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 64, 105.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 203.

    Notes:

    Bride: Elizabeth Hill
    Groom: John Ownby
    Bond Date: 11 Mar 1805
    County: Rutherford
    Record #: 01 245
    Bondsman: Arthur Ownby
    Witness: R Lewis, Clerk of Court
    Bond #: 000135548

    North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868

    Children:
    1. Amos Ownbey was born 22 Dec 1807, , Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 8 Sep 1894, , Reynolds, Missouri.
    2. Margaret "Peggy" Ownbey was born 20 Mar 1810, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 6 Feb 1849, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Westly Ownbey was born 6 Apr 1812, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died Nov 1869, Wayne County, Missouri; was buried New Prospect Cemetery, Wayne County, Missouri.
    4. Harrison Ownbey was born 22 Jan 1814, , Buncombe County, North Carolina.
    5. Aaron Ownbey was born 26 Oct 1815, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 29 Oct 1897, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 1898, Aaron Ownby Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Mourning Ownbey was born 11 Aug 1817, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 21 Apr 1870, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Rhoda Ownbey was born 17 Aug 1819, , Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 26 Aug 1827, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. 7. Mary Olief "Olive" Ownbey was born 11 Jul 1821, , Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 26 Apr 1908, , Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. James Ownbey was born 17 Jun 1823, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 27 Aug 1827, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Ann Ownbey was born 9 Dec 1825, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 31 Aug 1827, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. John H. "Humpy John" Ownbey was born 27 Oct 1827, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Dec 1875; was buried Big Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. Martha Ownbey was born 1829, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    13. Son Ownbey was born 1831, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died See Notes.