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George William Reagan

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  George William Reagan was born 10 Sep 1898 (son of Fletcher Luther Reagan and Nancy Melita Roberts).

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 19.

    George — Mattie Hodge. [Group Sheet]

    George — Margaret Alice. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Fletcher Luther Reagan was born 30 Jan 1859, Tennessee (son of Richard Reason "Uncle Dick" Reagan and Martha Hurst); died 21 Jan 1934; was buried Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Fletcher Luther and his wife taught school in the mountain area before moving
    to Knoxville, Tennessee where Fletcher was engaged in the grocery business.
    They are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Knoxville.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 17, 18, 19.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 175.

    Fletcher married Nancy Melita Roberts 8 May 1888. Nancy (daughter of Levi S. Roberts and Catherine Seaton) was born Abt 1862, Tennessee; was buried Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Nancy Melita Roberts was born Abt 1862, Tennessee (daughter of Levi S. Roberts and Catherine Seaton); was buried Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Taught school in the mountain area before moving to Knoxville, Tennessee
    where Fletcher was engaged in the grocery business. Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery
    in Knoxville.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 17, 18, 19.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 175.

    Children:
    1. Cora Reagan was born 4 Oct 1889; died 6 Jul 1890; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Flora Reagan was born 5 May 1891.
    3. Mamie Reagan was born 23 Sep 1892.
    4. Ollie Reagan was born 13 Dec 1893.
    5. Frank G. Reagan was born 2 Aug 1895.
    6. 1. George William Reagan was born 10 Sep 1898.
    7. Bessie Reagan was born 23 Sep 1900.
    8. Evelyn L. Reagan was born 12 Oct 1904; died 24 Nov 2002.
    9. Charles Reagan was born 27 Apr 1907.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Richard Reason "Uncle Dick" ReaganRichard Reason "Uncle Dick" Reagan was born 12 Nov 1830, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Daniel Wesley Reagan and Nancy Ogle); died 17 Apr 1912; was buried Ownby Addition Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 1DDV-7W

    Notes:

    Listed in 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census as farmer.

    Richard Reason lived all his life in the Gatlinburg area. Some time after the Civil War he moved his home and store to the Sugarlands.

    R. R. Reagan served the district for many years as a Justice of the Peace and as a tax collector. He was the county sheriff from 1870 to 1874. When the Gatlinburg Post Office was established in 1856 by the U. S. Postal Department, Richard served from 12 December 1871 to 10 July 1883 as postmaster, but not the first.

    Serving the Union during the Civil War, R. R. Reagan enlisted 16 Sep 1862 in Company E, 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry. A commissary sergeant, he was discharged 5 July 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee. His personal description at that time was: 5' 9" in height, dark hair, dark complexion and yellow eyes.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 16, 17.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 144, 171.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 141, 146.
    "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 8.

    Richard married Martha Hurst 12 Jul 1856, Sevier County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of James Hurst and Sarah Jones) was born 2 Aug 1834, Tennessee; died 17 Mar 1878; was buried Ownby Addition Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Martha HurstMartha Hurst was born 2 Aug 1834, Tennessee (daughter of James Hurst and Sarah Jones); died 17 Mar 1878; was buried Ownby Addition Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 17.

    Children:
    1. Tilman L. Reagan was born 24 Apr 1857, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 13 Aug 1913.
    2. 2. Fletcher Luther Reagan was born 30 Jan 1859, Tennessee; died 21 Jan 1934; was buried Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    3. Daniel Wesley Everett Reagan was born 20 Dec 1860; died 12 Oct 1861; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Martha Ellen Reagan was born 4 Dec 1862, Tennessee; died 16 Jun 1888; was buried Forks of the River Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Richard R. Reagan was born 2 Jun 1866; died 30 Jul 1867; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Louis A. Reagan was born 2 Sep 1868, Tennessee; died 22 Jun 1900; was buried Ownby Addition Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Rhoda Malinda Reagan was born 5 Apr 1870, Tennessee; died 2 Nov 1943; was buried Modesto, Stanislaus, California.
    8. Charetza Hammer "Kay" Reagan was born 11 Oct 1873, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Oct 1957; was buried Ownby Addition Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  Levi S. Roberts was born 22 Jul 1830, Tennessee; died 16 May 1905; was buried 17 May 1905, Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Blacksmith Co. M 2 Tn. Cav. Civil War.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 18.

    Levi — Catherine Seaton. Catherine was born 11 Jan 1835, Tennessee; died 14 May 1910; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Catherine Seaton was born 11 Jan 1835, Tennessee; died 14 May 1910; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 18.

    Children:
    1. Melina Ellen Roberts was born 6 Jan 1856, Tennessee; died 25 Sep 1939; was buried Shiloh Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Mary J. Roberts was born Abt 1858, Tennessee.
    3. Margaret E. Roberts was born Abt 1860, Tennessee.
    4. 3. Nancy Melita Roberts was born Abt 1862, Tennessee; was buried Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
    5. Martha Malinda Roberts was born Abt 1862, Tennessee.
    6. Nancy M. Roberts was born Abt 1866, Tennessee.
    7. Catharine Roberts was born Abt 1867, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Daniel Wesley ReaganDaniel Wesley Reagan was born 15 Oct 1802, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Richard Reagan and Julia Ann Shults); died 25 Jan 1892, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 2DDT-XD

    Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


  2. 9.  Nancy OgleNancy Ogle was born 24 Aug 1810, Sevier County, Tennessee (daughter of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley); died 18 Feb 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 2DDT-ZK

    Notes:

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

    Children:
    1. 4. Richard Reason "Uncle Dick" Reagan was born 12 Nov 1830, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 17 Apr 1912; was buried Ownby Addition Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Robert N. A. Reagan was born 2 Apr 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Sep 1832; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Ephraim "Uncle Ephraim" Reagan was born 24 Aug 1833, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 23 Jan 1924, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Martha "Aunt Patty" Reagan was born 24 Apr 1835, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Feb 1864.
    5. Elizabeth Margaret Reagan was born 8 Jun 1837, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 28 Mar 1912; was buried Bales Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Julia Ann Reagan was born 12 Dec 1838, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 12 Apr 1890, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Bales Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Sophia Reagan was born 12 Dec 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Oct 1887, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. Daniel Wesley Stephen Reagan was born 11 Sep 1840, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Feb 1914, Tennessee; was buried Baskins Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Marriah Reagan was born 7 Apr 1842, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 9 Feb 1923, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  James Hurst was born Abt 1805, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of George Hurst and Martha "Patty" Breeding); died 1884, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Rosa Downey lists given name as John.
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    Reference:
    Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 120.

    James married Sarah Jones 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee. Sarah was born Abt 1816, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aft 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Sarah Jones was born Abt 1816, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aft 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. 5. Martha Hurst was born 2 Aug 1834, Tennessee; died 17 Mar 1878; was buried Ownby Addition Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Vincent Hurst was born Abt 1836, Tennessee.
    3. Pleasant Hurst was born 10 Apr 1842, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Feb 1912; was buried Hurst Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Margret M. Hurst was born 20 Oct 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 8 Jul 1915; was buried Williamsburg Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. John Hurst was born Abt 1847, Tennessee.
    6. S. Russell Hurst was born Apr 1853, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aft 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee.