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Martha Oakley

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Martha OakleyMartha Oakley was born 2 Jul 1911 (daughter of Wiley Manson Oakley and Rebecca Ann Ogle); died 29 Oct 2011, Sevier County Health Care Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 2 Nov 2011, Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 233.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 295.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and its Heritage", 1994, p 284.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 134.

    Martha — Rush Hudson Rawlings. Rush (son of Milton Rush Rawlings and Sarah S. Painter) was born 20 Oct 1908, Tennessee; died 18 Feb 1973; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Johnny Rawlings was born 12 Oct 1937.
    2. Jerry Rawlings

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Wiley Manson OakleyWiley Manson Oakley was born 12 Sep 1885, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Henry Coleman Oakley and Nancy Elmina Conner); died 18 Nov 1954; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Known as the "Roamin' Man of the Mountains", Wiley Manson Oakley was a noted Smoky Mountain guide and entertainer (storyteller) in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 219.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 152, 199, 233.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 295, 299.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and its Heritage", 1994, p 43, 253, 284.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 35, 49, 62, 135, 142, 183, 268.

    Wiley married Rebecca Ann Ogle 19 Jan 1906. Rebecca (daughter of Noah Wilson "Bud" Ogle and Lucinda C. Bradley) was born 25 Dec 1890, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 31 Oct 1980; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Rebecca Ann OgleRebecca Ann Ogle was born 25 Dec 1890, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Noah Wilson "Bud" Ogle and Lucinda C. Bradley); died 31 Oct 1980; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1910, District 10, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 152, 199, 233.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 295, 299.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and its Heritage", 1994, p 43, 253, 284.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 35, 142, 268.

    Children:
    1. Elmer Oakley was born 3 Nov 1906; died Bef 25 Oct 2000.
    2. Lucinda Oakley was born 9 Jun 1909, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Dec 2003; was buried 3 Jan 2004, Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. 1. Martha Oakley was born 2 Jul 1911; died 29 Oct 2011, Sevier County Health Care Center, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 2 Nov 2011, Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Woodrow Wilson Oakley was born 14 Aug 1913, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Oct 2008.
    5. Orville M. Oakley was born 2 Jun 1915; died Bef 6 Feb 2007.
    6. Harvey Joseph Oakley was born 6 Jan 1918, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Feb 2007; was buried 9 Feb 2007, Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Katherine Oakley was born 2 Sep 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 Oct 2000, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 25 Oct 2000, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Charles Henry Oakley was born 24 Mar 1923, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Oct 1994; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Rueben Cates Oakley was born 9 Jul 1924; died 9 Jul 1924; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. David Chapman Oakley was born 17 Mar 1926; died 16 Nov 2010, Parkwest Medical Center, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 19 Nov 2010, Tennessee State Veterans’ Cemetery.
    11. Clara Jane Oakley was born 18 Jul 1927; died 18 Jul 1927; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. Wiley "Casey" Oakley, Jr. was born 8 Jul 1930.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Henry Coleman Oakley was born Dec 1850, Washington County, Tennessee (son of Leonard Henderson Oakley and Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead); died 1920, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    They were listed in the 1870 and 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 80.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 199, 227, 232.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 253, 284.

    Henry married Nancy Elmina Conner 30 Jun 1867, Sevier County, Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of Andrew J. "Andy" Conner and Sophia Elvira Ogle) was born 3 Nov 1851; died 2 Jun 1894; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Nancy Elmina ConnerNancy Elmina Conner was born 3 Nov 1851 (daughter of Andrew J. "Andy" Conner and Sophia Elvira Ogle); died 2 Jun 1894; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    SMHS lists birth as 3 November 1850.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 80.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 199, 227, 232.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 253, 284.

    Children:
    1. Harvey Henderson Oakley was born 9 Apr 1869, Tennessee; died 28 Nov 1963; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Samuel Joseph Oakley, Rev. was born 5 Jan 1872, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1920; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Lavator H. Oakley was born 7 Dec 1873.
    4. Elizabeth Oakley was born 1876; died Abt 1892.
    5. Marshall Oakley was born 1878; died 1886.
    6. Dow Oakley was born 1883.
    7. 2. Wiley Manson Oakley was born 12 Sep 1885, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Nov 1954; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Nancy Florence Oakley was born 11 May 1889.
    9. Valerie Oakley was born 9 Oct 1890; died 1957; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Mahue Oakley was born 2 Jun 1894; died 2 Jun 1894; was buried Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  Noah Wilson "Bud" Ogle was born 16 Jul 1863, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Caleb Ogle, Rev. and Lydia Huff); died 16 Nov 1913; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Residence: 1885/1895, Noah "Bud" Ogle Place, Sevier County, Tennessee; Homestead built
    • Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1910, District 10, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Their home, "Junglebrook" is in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the Cherokee-Roaring Fork Motor Trail.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 218.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 105, 152.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 299.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and its Heritage", 1994, p 253, 284.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 61.

    Noah married Lucinda C. Bradley 6 Feb 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee. Lucinda (daughter of Andrew Jackson Bradley and Mary Elvira "Polly" Trentham) was born 22 Nov 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Aug 1938, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 31 Aug 1938, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Lucinda C. Bradley was born 22 Nov 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Andrew Jackson Bradley and Mary Elvira "Polly" Trentham); died 30 Aug 1938, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 31 Aug 1938, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
    • Census: 1910, District 10, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Twin. Her home, "Junglebrook" is in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the Motor Trail.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 79.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 105, 152.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 248, 299.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 61.

    Children:
    1. Frances "Frankie" Ogle was born 25 Jan 1883, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Nov 1968; was buried Little Cove Baptist Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Leonard Ogle was born 10 May 1886, Tennessee; died 23 Apr 1972; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Madison Ogle was born 4 Feb 1889, Tennessee; died 7 Jun 1941, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 9 Jun 1941, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. 3. Rebecca Ann Ogle was born 25 Dec 1890, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 31 Oct 1980; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Ogle was born Abt 1892; died See Notes.
    6. Isaac Newton Ogle was born 22 Jan 1894, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Oct 1953, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried 14 Oct 1953, Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Robert Wilson Ogle was born 30 Apr 1896, Tennessee; died 22 Sep 1962; was buried Herman Carr Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Winnie Lucinda Ogle was born 12 Apr 1898, Tennessee; died 6 Sep 1969; was buried Proffitt Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Mary E. "Polly" Ogle was born 9 Jun 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Oct 1988, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Leonard Henderson Oakley was born 1804, Person County, North Carolina (son of Thomas Oakley and Parthenia Van Hook); died 27 Jun 1874, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Leonard Henderson Oakley lived with his parents in the watershed of Little Panther Creek until his marriage. He and his wife Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead were listed in the 1830 and 1840 Federal Census of Person County, North Carolina.

    Circa 1845, Leonard Henderson Oakley and his family migrated to Knox County, Tennessee. Family tradition indicated that this Oakley family came by covered wagon to "Big Spring" (now Fountain City - part of Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee) area in Tennessee from North Carolina. Some of the older children of Leonard Henderson and Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead Oakley married and settled along migration route from the state of North Carolina.

    Leonard Henderson and Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead Oakley were listed in the 1850 Federal Census of Washington County, Tennessee.

    Circa 1857/58, Leonard Henderson Oakley and the remainder of his family migrated to the White Oak Flats community (now Gatlinburg), Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Leonard Henderson and Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead Oakley were listed in the 1860 and 1870 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 199, 224, 226.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and its Heritage", 1994, p 253, 284.

    Leonard — Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead. Elizabeth was born 12 Aug 1810, Person County, North Carolina; died 4 Jul 1895, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Pethindy GrindsteadElizabeth Pethindy Grindstead was born 12 Aug 1810, Person County, North Carolina; died 4 Jul 1895, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead, widow of Leonard Henderson Oakley, lived with
    her son, Henry Coleman Oakley until her death.

    SMHS lists surname as Guenston and birth as 12 August 1812.
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    Reference
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 224, 226.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and its Heritage", 1994, p 253, 284.

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth H. Oakley was born 1827, , Person, North Carolina; died Aft 1880.
    2. William E. Oakley was born 1829, , Person, North Carolina.
    3. Orion Oakley was born 1832, , Person, North Carolina.
    4. Solomon Oakley was born 1834, , Person, North Carolina.
    5. Louisa Oakley was born 1837, , Person, North Carolina.
    6. Leonard Henderson Oakley, Jr. was born 1840, , Person, North Carolina.
    7. Mary C. Oakley was born 1842, , Person, North Carolina.
    8. James Knox Polk Oakley was born 1845, , Person, North Carolina.
    9. Addison J. Oakley was born 1847, Knox County, Tennessee; died Aft 1880.
    10. 4. Henry Coleman Oakley was born Dec 1850, Washington County, Tennessee; died 1920, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Lucretia Annie Oakley was born 25 Nov 1852, Washington County, Tennessee; died 1 Jan 1945; was buried Blue Springs Cemetery, Bradley County, Tennessee.
    12. Rebecca Jane Oakley was born 1855, Washington County, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  Andrew J. "Andy" Conner was born Nov 1832, Haywood County, North Carolina (son of Samuel Conner and Nancy Swearingen); died 25 Nov 1887; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Listed in the 1860 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee and
    1900 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 221.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 199, 218.

    Andrew married Sophia Elvira Ogle Abt 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee. Sophia (daughter of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley) was born 1833, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Aug 1897; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Sophia Elvira OgleSophia Elvira Ogle was born 1833, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley); died 30 Aug 1897; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 221.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 199.

    Children:
    1. 5. Nancy Elmina Conner was born 3 Nov 1851; died 2 Jun 1894; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Eliza Conner was born 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Clarinda Conner was born 1856, Tennessee.
    4. Sophia Conner was born Jun 1860, Tennessee; died Aft 1900.
    5. Caldonia Conner was born 18 Apr 1860, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 May 1941; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Conner was born Abt 1865; died See Notes.
    7. Andrew Johnson Conner was born 1865, Tennessee; died 25 Nov 1887; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Elizabeth Conner was born 13 Nov 1866, Tennessee; died 20 Jun 1929; was buried Trentham Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  5. 12.  Caleb Ogle, Rev. was born 4 Apr 1831, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley); died 1 Dec 1893; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    Caleb Ogle left a will in which he mentions his wife, Lydia and his only daughter, Mary and her husband, Stephen Huskey. His will was dated 2 Nov 1889 and was probated 1 Jan 1894.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 214.

    Caleb married Lydia Huff Abt 1848, Sevier County, Tennessee. Lydia (daughter of Leonard Huff and Nancy) was born 30 Dec 1826, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Dec 1916; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Lydia Huff was born 30 Dec 1826, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Leonard Huff and Nancy); died 10 Dec 1916; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee

    Notes:

    SMHS lists birth as 1831.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 77.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 193.

    Children:
    1. Pinkney Madison Ogle was born 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 31 Aug 1881, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Joseph Harrison Ogle was born 17 Jan 1853, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 25 Feb 1904; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Thomas H. Ogle was born 17 Nov 1855; died 1 Aug 1912; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. William E. Ogle was born Oct 1857, Tennessee.
    5. George A. Ogle was born 12 Jan 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 24 Aug 1945; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Mary C. Ogle was born 19 Mar 1861, Tennessee; died 23 Oct 1914; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. 6. Noah Wilson "Bud" Ogle was born 16 Jul 1863, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 16 Nov 1913; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  7. 14.  Andrew Jackson BradleyAndrew Jackson Bradley was born 28 Dec 1817, Burke County, North Carolina (son of Isaac Bradley and Sarah Coxey); died 6 Feb 1891, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Trentham Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Andrew Jackson Bradley enlisted on 30 April 1838 at Valley River, Cherokee County, North Carolina as a private in Captain Thomas Angel's Company, 3rd Regiment of North Carolina Militia for six months duty. He participated in rounding up the Cherokee Indians and starting them on the westward journey to a new reservation in Oklahoma. This was the "Cherokee Trail of Tears." He was discharged on 6 July 1838 at Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina. His personal description at enlistment was: 5 feet 8 inches in height, grey eyes, auburn hair, and fair complexion.

    Andrew Jackson Bradly was married to Mary Elvira Trentham by Reverend Richard Evans.

    Prior to 26 December 1850, Andrew Jackson Bradley bought 100 acres of land from Solomon & Peter Milsaps. This land was located "on the right hand fork of the west fork of Little Pigeon River, it being part of an Entry made by David Millsaps including the land where Solomon & Peter Millsaps formerly lived..." Then on 26 December 1850, Andrew Jackson Bradley sold this tract of land to James Wesley Huskey.

    There is a family story of the Civil War days. Uncle Isaac (Ike) Bradley often told the narrative as it is given below.

    "Way back in times of Civil War - that was before my days - in time of the Civil War they drove them out of here. The Rebels, you know they drove the Rebels out, and they got so hard on my mind they wouldn't let them make nothing. They moved them to North Carolina. They got started across there and they aimed to go thru on the second day out but they got water-bound and they couldn't get to them. They had to stay there about five days.

    "Five days. They lived on three pounds of sheep's tallow. Mutton tallow, they called it. They ate that mutton tallow and kept alive, five days until the water runned out.

    "I can't dispute it because my mammy's told it, my brothers have told it and my brother's fussin' got to 'em when the river got out.

    "My daddy owned, in time of Civil War, he owned Trentham property over by the forks of the river. He owned two or three hundred acres there, but they run him out. He was in the Rebel army and they runned him out. He owned all that. He got it to take care of his mammy-in-law, my grandmother, and when they runned him out he gave it to his other brother-in-laws - Uncle Robert and Uncle Isaac Trentham. He gave it to them to take care of their own, so he just turned it over to them."

    After his Confederate service in Civil War, Andrew Jackson Bradley received a grant of 100 acres of Colonel William Thomas. The land was located in the area of Tow String Creek, Swain County, North Carolina (now Great Smoky Mountains National Park). The original hand-written document by Colonel William Thomas is still in existence and in possession of one of Andrew Jackson Bradley's descendants.

    Andrew Jackon Bradley was listed in the 1850 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 16, 21, 77.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 102, 105, 139, 150.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 248.
    "Smoky Mountain Historical Society Journal", Summer 1995, Vol XXI, No. 2, p 31.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 162.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 50.

    Andrew married Mary Elvira "Polly" Trentham Oct 1847, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of William Thomas Trentham and Easter Ogle) was born 20 Jul 1829, Tennessee; died 2 Nov 1907; was buried Ownby Addition Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Mary Elvira "Polly" TrenthamMary Elvira "Polly" Trentham was born 20 Jul 1829, Tennessee (daughter of William Thomas Trentham and Easter Ogle); died 2 Nov 1907; was buried Ownby Addition Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Married by Rev. Richard Evans.

    Listed in the 1850 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Mary Elvira Trentham Bradley, widow of Andrew Jackson, filed for a pension on Andrew Jackson Bradley's Indian Wars military service. She stated that they lived 20 years at Ocona Lufty, North Carlolina, and 25 years in Sevier County, Tennessee. A pension was granted at the rate of eight dollars per month.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 16, 21, 77.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 102, 105, 139, 150.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 245, 248.
    "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 162.
    "Mountain Ways", Gene Aiken, 1983, p 50.

    Children:
    1. William B. Bradley was born 1848, Tennessee.
    2. Andrew Jackson Bradley, Jr. was born 1850, Tennessee.
    3. Mary Polly Bradley was born Nov 1851, Tennessee; died 30 Jul 1910.
    4. Martha Bradley was born 19 Jun 1854, North Carolina; died 15 Jul 1893; was buried Sugarlands Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. James Madison "Matt" Bradley was born Dec 1856, Tennessee; died 2 May 1938; was buried Beech Grove Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Woodley D. Bradley was born 26 Jan 1858, Tennessee; died 25 Aug 1923; was buried Bishopville Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee.
    7. Sarah C. Bradley was born 3 Jun 1859, Tennessee; died 20 Mar 1920; was buried Tudor Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Bradley was born 22 Nov 1862; died See Notes.
    9. 7. Lucinda C. Bradley was born 22 Nov 1862, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Aug 1938, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 31 Aug 1938, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Robert Lee Bradley was born 28 Nov 1865, North Carolina; died 9 Apr 1919; was buried Sugarlands Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    11. Nancy Elmina "Callie" Bradley was born 10 Sep 1867, North Carolina; died 4 Apr 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 5 Apr 1919, White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    12. Columbus Bradley was born 1868, North Carolina.
    13. Isaac Newton Bradley was born 18 Mar 1872, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Dec 1959; was buried Pigeon Forge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.


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