Joshua Ragan

Abt 1804 - 1874  (~ 70 years)

• Name	Joshua Ragan
  Born	Abt 1804	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Oct 1874	MaCoupin County, Illinois
  Buried	Huskey Cemetery, Cold Springs Township, Phelps County, Missouri
  Person ID	I3768	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Timothy Reagan,   b. 1750, Anne Arundel County, Maryland ,   d. Abt 1825/1830  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Trigg,   b. 1760, Prince George County, Maryland ,   d. Abt 1825/1830, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 70 years)
  Married	Abt 1775	Prince George County, Maryland
  Family ID	F228	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Jane Huskey,   b. 1806, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. Aug 1857, Phelps County, Missouri  (Age 51 years)
  Married	Abt 1824	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. Catherine Ragan,   b. 6 Jan 1825, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 5 Jul 1911, , Okfuskee, Oklahoma  (Age 86 years)   2. John J. Ragan,   b. 1 Aug 1826, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Jul 1903, Flat, Phelps, Missouri  (Age 76 years) + 3. Richard Robinson Ragan,   b. 3 Sep 1828, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Apr 1916, Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois  (Age 87 years) + 4. Robert Nelson Ragan,   b. 10 Oct 1830, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Mar 1908, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin  (Age 77 years) + 5. Isaac Huskey Ragan,   b. 9 Dec 1832, , Madison, Missouri ,   d. 21 Apr 1909, Gourd Branch, Phelps, Missouri  (Age 76 years)   6. Ragan,   b. Abt 1834, , Madison, Missouri ,   d. Abt 1834, , Madison, Missouri  (Age ~ 0 years) + 7. James Miller "Madison" Ragan,   b. 5 Mar 1837, , MaCoupin, Illinois ,   d. 9 Dec 1924, Flat, Phelps, Missouri  (Age 87 years) + 8. Elizabeth Jane Ragan,   b. 15 Apr 1839, , MaCoupin, Illinois ,   d. 20 Aug 1909, , Texas, Missouri  (Age 70 years) + 9. Francis Marion Ragan,   b. 8 Jan 1842, , MaCoupin, Illinois ,   d. 3 Jan 1890, Pairlie, Hunt, Texas  (Age 47 years) + 10. Martha J. Ragan,   b. 4 Mar 1845, , MaCoupin, Illinois ,   d. 16 Aug 1930, Keplar, Crawford, Kansas  (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F1420	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1804 - Sevier County, Tennessee Married - Abt 1824 - Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Joshua Ragan was born in the Middle Creek community where he lived until his marriage. Joshua entered 50 acres of land on 10 January 1826 at Entry Taker's office for Sevier County, Tennessee. The record reads as follows: [Sevier County, Tennessee ] [Surveyor's Book No. 1, page 182] "State of Tennessee "Sevier County "By virtue of Entry No. 370 made in the Entry Takers office for said County on the 10' day of January 1826 I have Surveyed for Joshua Ragan fifty acres of land on Little Pigeon river "Beginning at a Spruce Pine at the foot of the mountain South one West two poles to a stake, South Eighty Seven and a half East ten poles to a chestnut on a Branch, North Sixty Eight East thirty two poles to a hickory, then down the Branch North four East nine poles to a stake, North Sixty East Eighteen poles to a stake, North twenty West ninety six poles to a Spruce Pine on the Bank of the river, then down the river North thirty three West one hundred and fifty poles crossing the river to a stake, South thirty three West Seventy poles crossing the river to a stake, then with a mountain South fifty four East one hundred thirty poles to a stake, South fifty west forty six poles to the Beginning. "Surveyed 13' February 1826 "Stephen Huskey) " & ) S.C.C "Guilford Cannon "Silas Huskey ) "D. S." The land was granted on 15 August, 1826 by the State of Tennessee. Joshua Ragan and his wife Jane Huskey Ragan were listed in the 1830 Sevier County, Tennessee Federal Census. There were three children in the family: two males and one female age five years and under. They were living in the Gatlinburg area at that time. In 1831, Joshua Reagan and his family migrated to Madison County, Missouri and made their home there until the "Fall of 1835". At that time the family moved to Macoupin County, Illinois. He worked for two months as a wood chopper and rail splitter in St. Clair County, Illinois in early 1836. In June of 1836 he and Jane moved with their children to Macoupin County, Illinois. He bought 40 acres of farm on Hodges Creek in Bird Township of Macoupin County, Illinois. He hastily constructed a log cabin for his family for the coming winter. He farmed here for five years. Joshua and Jane were listed in the 1840 Federal Census of Macoupin County, Illinois. They had eight children at that time in the household: two males age 10 and 15 years; and one female age 15 and 20 years. In 1841 Joshua sold this farm and went to North Palmyra Township in Macoupin County, Illinois. He rented a farm here for three years. Then in 1844 he bought eighty acres of land in the Barr Township of Macoupin County, Illinois. Here he, Jane, and their family resided for several years. Joshua and Jane appeared in the 1850 Federal Census of Macoupin County, Illinois. There were eight children at home. They were: John, age 23; Richard, age 21; Robert, age 19; Isaac H., age 17; James, age 13; Elizabeth J., age 11; Francis M., age 8; and Martha, age 5. Their eldest daughter, Catherine, was already married and lived nearby according to the census record. In September of 1856, Joshua and his wife Jane went with the part of their family to Phelps County, Missouri where Jane died. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he and a few of his children returned to Macoupin County, Illinois. In the 1870 Federal Census of Macoupin County, Illinois, Joshua was listed with his son, James Miller Ragan. They were living in Township 11, Range 8 there at that time. Joshua died at his farm in "Sowest Section 29, Township 11, Range 8". Joshua died intestate according to the existing Macoupin County, Illinois records. His son, Francis Marion Ragan, was appointed as administrator of his father's estate by the Court of Macoupin County, Illinois on 19 November 1874. A final settlement of the estate was ordered and made by the County Court on 1 January 1877. The names of Joshua and Jane Huskey Ragan's children are given in the intestate popers still in existence. In 1836, they moved and stayed a few months in St. Clair County, Illinois. Then in June of 1836 they bought a farm in Bird Township, Macoupin County, Illinois. ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 2a, 48. "The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 367, 368, 369.