| Summary: | This “History of Mt. Sterling, N.C. and its People” was written by Jacob “Junior” Ball tells the story of the communities of Mount Sterling, Big Bend, and Cataloochee and the families who settled there before the advent of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The 295-page book contains information about lumber companies, churches, cemeteries, and includes many photographs of families and family members. l: l1 u isto u u l l_ ~ l: L L l l l l l l ~ . / / /! . ;;j • .~: > .t . . ~ ~ ·· . . and its People . . . by Junior Ball Dedication I dedicate this book to the memory of my parents, Jake (4-25-1886 ~ 5-24-1970) and Annie (Gunter) Ball (7-12-1891 - . 12-28-1988), they loved these mountains they called home. To # the memory of our ancestors, those and the generations before them who first settled this land, and to their descendants, with the hope that each generation will honor the memories of their heritage. Special Thanks I'd like to thank my wife, .Helenr who worked many long hours helping me gather the information needed in researching and preparing this book. Her help and dedication made it possible for me to complete this project. I Acknowledgments Most of my information and pictures has been gathered from the people who lived in the area and participated in it's settlement. They have preserved the memories of their ancestors, and their own l~ ves, to pass on for future generations. I'm sure I cannot rightfully name all the people to whom I feel indebted ih aiding me in compiling and writing this book about "History of Mt. Sterling 1 ,and Its People." They were most valuable in passing on to me fir~t-hand information. We sat and reminisced for hours on our historical past. Some of the things I knew of and had experienced, others I'd only heard of through stories my parents had told me. I know I've made mistakes and misspelled words, but it was not done intentionally, so please forgive my imperfections and unpolished manner in writing and putting this book together. I pay grateful recognition and owe deep gratitude to these dear friends and family members who were so helpful to me. Reva L. Hannah Gray, Mattie Roberts Alley, Cora Burgess Leatherwood, Bonnie Messer Ball, Beverly Leatherwood, Stevie and Julie Hannah, Delores White, Letha Packett Hicks, Kathleen Phillips Miller, Beatrice Grooms Caldwell, and Alice Phillips. L~ L~ [ [ [ [ [ ~ ( 1 ' u~ ,r . L I' . i ! '. Table of Contents I Maps T & NC Railroad Line 1904 Champion Lumber Company Camps & Site7 1911 -1918 Mount Sterling abt. 1948 · Cataloochee Settlements 1835 - · 1.940 Mount Sterling 1996 II The Development Crestmont, N.C. 1900 Mount Sterling I Crestmont Waterville Dam Tradition Dies Hard Sutton Top Tower, Mt. Sterling, N.C. III Churches and Cemeteries Mount Sterling Baptist Church War Crimes - -Sutt-on Ceme-tery # 1 Sutton Cemetery #2 Hopkins Cemetery John Kouscee Phillips Cemetery Hick's Cemetery Green Corner Cemetery -Little Cataloochee Church Cemetery Hannah Cemetery The McGee's of McGee Branch Cemeteries Bishop Francis Asbury IV Civic Development Doctors Diseases Civilian Conservation Corps V Education Cataloochee School I Mt. sterling School Mt. Sterling ••• Last One Room School Mount Sterling School ~t. Sterling Teens Vm Early Settlers and Their Descendants Mattie (Roberts) Alley "The Fighting Hopkins" Benjamin Parker Hopkins Harriett Hopkins I Woodville Hopkins Lewis E. & Alice (Burns) Phillips Jason & Rilda (Smith) ~hite Ervin Messer Family Lawrence & Beatrice White Mitchell Sutton Family William Rufus & Hester Messer Della Hester Messer Ernest & Annie (Messer) White Ulous (Ulys) Harvey Jonas (Tobe) & Sally (Sutton) Phillips Calloat (Leatherwood) Moore I Charlie Moore James "Jack" Redmond Jenkins & Phillips Bartley R. & Polly Ann Phillips Levi Sutton Ben & Nola Frazier Arthur Phillips Family ~ake & Annie Ball ~artley (Bart) & Dolla (Dolly) McGaha Dunior & Helen (Cody) Ball Hardy & Martha (Ball) Phillips Kathleen (Phillips) Miller Dallas & Eva (Horner) Ball Scott Ball [ [ cc- [~ [~ [j [ j ' UJ r ~ - u r 1-- 1 : I . )_j i ! l - Rufus & Golda (Ball) McGaha I Dan & Bonnie (Frazier) Ball Jimmy & Bethona (Ball) Smith Arvis & Belva (Ball) Carver Cataloochee Families John Jackson Hannah Caldwell I Cook William (Will) G.B. & Rachel (Cook) Messer ,Samuel McGaha Samuel, Robert, & Isaac McGaha Big Bend Bend of the River Oliver & Letha Hicks McGaha Family Warren Gamaliel Leatherwood Ralph & Agnes (Leatherwood) Hannah James (Jim) Samuel Leatherwood III Frank & Etta (Leatherwood) stalhman· _Everett Ray & Vera (Leatherwood) Mull Bud Messer Family Samuel Leatherwood & Tirza Haynes Edward A. Leatherwood Henry & Eliza (Caldwell) Grooms Mail Order Groom Nancy (Harrell) & Edward A. Leatherwood Samuel & Prudence (Sisk) Leatherwood Hiram & Cora Leatherwood Sutton I Leatherwood VIII Natural Resources and Social Development Apples The Cost Of Living "World's Largest Chestnut Tree" Names and Their Origins I Family Names Did You Know? Preserving Our Past This book was researched and written during the months of January 1996 to June J,. 1996. In doing this book T've gather.ed only history about the Mt. Sterling, Big Bend, and Cataloochee areas and the families who settled them. During this time I tried to contact everyone possible to obtain information for this book. I've tried to mention all of the families I could remember or have been told about. I know I've missed some families throughout the area, but it was not done intentionally. L~ [~ [~ L __; [ j 0 rn rn [jJ r uc! L_~ {r. }l. J - I Tcf-NC ' : C L C- C aTd locche.e Lt~IY)her- Co, /9tJ~-l9v4 Tel /'it ·TetJtJessee. ¥ Not,T/1 C.aro/ iH.a , . -- fR L ~- P/c.eo('( R1vflt' LuMber ~o. - · /9fJt/-ICJJI Be~ f3-13oit~4 Bel/ I ,/ I '· \ . ') =:Jl I l ~= l l ._" . ·- ·-, . ---· . Cflfi(I)PION Lll(Y)f3ER. CtJ ft1 PfHV~ 1911- /9/~ \ ( I . ~ · . Jf ~ ~· ' . ·•. · . ·- .\.:. . , I ' . .\ L_ __) ( --- -.) / BENT le,.EE ICIIQ~ CA.TA.LOOCHE:E: SE:TTLe'.MENTS 1835-194.0 Haywood County,N C 0 u u u u ' u c ~ [: ~; ~i r Crestmont, N.C. 1900 Inthe early 1900's Crestmont was .a pretty good sized sawmill town. The town was nestled in <3. little valley surrounded by . th~ mountai ns at Mt. Sterling, N.C. ~-- .,; Crestmont had two hotels, boarding_ houses, a club house, :%; church, school, movie theat~r, a big commissary, a barber - novelty shop, a box factory;; a sawmill, plus the many houses {·_ for the people. The Tennessee- North caroliqa (T & ~C), or peavine railroad as it was called, operated from <;1 small company with two divisions. One was in Tennessee ;it ran ;from Newport to Crestmont and took 8 hours to make the 21 pt;i.le trip, it made· one round trip a day. Another .was in Nor th· -Faro1ina. and :ran from Canton · to Sunburst, which was about a 15.-.mile trip. The T & NC serviced the logg.,i . ng -c.o mmunities in the area • ' , . After the timber was _cut;and remp~y~(} from the. mountains the - . ' --- -- company disbanded in the · late · 1 _ 9~lf1 s . ,. only a few traces such as ~ a.: co·rner stone of a house, or :<'· . ·_ ._ · . • I . :: . < ',.< . · ·. old portion of the foundation of th\9 .railroad bridge, can: · sti l l be found~ This is all that tema:i ris - Of Crestmont, , .which was once . '• . .-·· .· a thriving town, but has long vali;i$hed. ' . ·. ;.-. · . ' . i '. . __ ·~ . . ' '. · . ~ . ' ~· . -. , •. :.-~ L:', ~; : •. .-··. 1st. row- 3rd. person Frank White 4th. Jason White, 5th. Vick Smith Back row 2nd.Burn Leatherwood, 5th. Charlie Hannah, 6th. Wade White Crestmont, North Carolina 1 91 0 ---, I ' , ' --- ' ' Mount Sterling Depot Mount.· Sterling I Crestmont five miles upriver from Hartford, Tennessee is Mt. Sterling, North Carolina (also called -Waterville since Carolina Power and Light Company started operation}. The story about how Mt. Sterling is said to have gotten its name has been .handed down through the generations. Thomas McGaha told how as a boy he'd stand and watch his "Paw" (Wilse McGaha) take an axe and chop out big chunks of lead from a streak of lead, about 2 foot wide, running through a cieek bed. His paw would use this lead to make homemade bullets. Then Thomas would stand and ho~d a light half the night forhis paw to "run bullets". The vein was soft and a faded gray and 'may have . been _thought to be silver, thus the name Mt. Sterling~ In 1903 the Cataloochee Lumber Company finished a village 2 miles beyond the Tennessee - North Carolina line on Big Creek, named it Crestmont and began , ope ~ ations. Living to close to the banks of Big Creek was not a safe thing to do. If there was heavy rains in the mountains Big Creek would go on a rampage and wash away anything in its path, including loosely built building and outhouse~. The railroad, often called the "pea-vine" was building a railroad from Newport, Tenn. to Mt. Sterling, N.C. Not only did rails have to be laid to the village now, but on up into the woods, up a very steep mountain. The little village of Crestmont had a planing mill, box factory, lumber yard, a , hotel, mill, doctors office, a theater, commissary, a depot and post office, and a school and church. The houses were of frame construction and painted with custom made windows and doors. When Crestmont finished its operation, the nice homes were dismantled and sold. The Pigeon River Lumber Company then took . . . . ~-· ) -' over, but did not do much improvement in the Mt. Sterling area. Crestmont as a town no longer exists, but Big Creek still tumbles over the boulders. ~ig Creek is fed by many mountain streams and cold, cold springs, and every once and awhile Big Creek still goes on the rampage. The forest has once again taken its rightful place and only traces of scars andwounds of earlier years of logging remain onwhat is now The Great Smoky Mountains National Park. waterville Dam A very unique dam is located on the Big Pigeon River about 6 to 7 miles above the Tennessee I North Carolina line. From the dam to the t;urbines is a 6mile tunnel, 14 feet wide running through the mou~ta~ns. The water passes through this tunnel with a 861 foot drop, but a 183 foot dam. \ This project was undertaken and completed by Carolina Power and Light Company. The engineer. for this project was Mr. Dow, who died suddeniy from a heart attack just about the time the project was compleijed. Mattie told us that her husband and her had never heard of anyone named Dow before (Dow was his last namet. They liked the name though and when their son was born they decided to name him Dow. Therefore that is how Dow Hill came by his name. Mattie has two other children from her second marriage, Pauline and John Charles. JohnCharles being named after both his grandparents. r 1 u D u u u u UJ [J [ !' I LJ r i ! i L _j - trM1a· r-' 8~ • I q . 10!;1 ~ r ., . p:_.Wl pi Mill at Crestmont , N.C. =· ] • ---,l ____; Village at (Early Crest{Tlont ,_ 1900's) N.C. ' '~ I, \ Loading logs at Philli ps , Jason other 3 Walnut Bottoms are, Authur White, Rubel "Rub" Randfro, men arE; ttoknown. I 1 I I ==:J ===:) c:::J ) ::=:J l f l 1 } l J ) r---·~·., ,. ,. . ' --- ). ). (- ·-- l : J r-J I I --- ' ~ ~ ,_________ _ _; - . ···· Several trains ran away and wrecked on the downgrade from Crestmont, N.C. '. I - '--- Waterville N.C. Power Plant and Community ., u Thursday, February 24, 1972 U Safety Award . Carolina Power & Light Co. has presented Walters Hydroelectric Plant Crew a commendation for 10 years without a personal injury accident. Crew members from left are Euel D. Smith, Plant Superendent Charles Moore, Scott Ball, Lewis Phillips, Joe Parkins, Charles Evans, Kenneth Naillon, Ed Cates, R.D. Webbi Hal Brown, Wilbur Teague, Robert Harer, & Ray McElroy. Not present were James Roberts, James Gates, Lenn Brown, Creed Gates, James Redmond, Clyde Holt, and Hal Price. ll L - L- ~ Carolina Power & Li~ht employees . from left are: Clyde Holt, Robert Harer, Charles B. Ford, Wilbur Teague, Hal Price, Lewis Phillips, Mr. Harkins, A.J. Watts, Charles Evans, Jeff Watts (guest) 1 Tommy Nailon, Charlie Moore (general manager), Ed Cates, Hiram Leatherwood, and Hal Brown. Tradition Dies Hard In the mountains habits change <y ery. slowly and tradition dies hai'd . - Along th·e Tennessee - Nor th carolina line -' lies -- ~ · . ·.'··· , . ~-,. -·, ;. . -- . ' . ., -- little communi ty known as Mt. sterlirtg. L()ng before C a rolina Power and -Light Company built the;.-p.bwer- pla~t or the ~vaterville ·Dam _this group of mountaineers···survi ved.fhe rugged wilderness. Tennessee provided the first · pa-~ed road into the Mt. Sterling area arid most of the residents ofMt~ Sterling worked in · Tenness.ee ~ Because the easier access road was on the Tennessee side the people followed it. They- also traveled to the Tennes-see side to do their shopping and to see a doctor whenever the need might a:~Hse. Int~rstate 40 breached the gap between Mt. Sterling and Waynesville, N.C. At first the people of Mt. Sterling didn't use the newly built interstate that often. '-Being North Carolina residents thougl:l they did make the occa-sional trip to the county seat to pay their taxes and take care of business. The children of Mt. - Sterling had to attend schools in N.C. after the interstate opened and this made for avery long and tiring day for them. Even today a lot of the people still work, do their shopping, and see a doctor in Tennessee. u u 0 D r 1 1 l_j .J [ l __ j I ! [ J I 1 ~ ,' I' ! _) ~arolina Power and Ligh~ Company Darn Mt. Sterling N.C. ·: ·:-· ;:~;~{;-~.::;?~?;·r~:·"'-is· , . ~lr'"''';.'.~·;· ,. ~--. · ---. , · ~ Walter's Hydro-Electric Surge Tank Mt. Sterling N.C~ f . 4 ] Buzzard's Roast .•. Located at first tunnel going up I-40 . . -Sutt6n Top Fire Tower Mt. Sterling, N.C. The Forest - Service had fire towers located on top -of mountains and people had to stay in these towers 24 hours a - day and watch for fires. My sister Goldie 1 s husband Rufus McGaha had a job as a watchman. I got to stay with them a lot of the time at the tower. Bart McGaha and Ernest White also served as watchmen for the fire tower. Su.tton Top Tower was about 40 feet off the ground and surrbunded by mountains. It didn't matter witch way you looked out because it had windows on every side. I can remember when it would come bad storms and the whole tower would shake back and forth from the wind blowing. This was a scary thing at night when it came a bad storm. They tore this tower down in 1993 to put up a cellular phone tower. oooo- ' --- ' o-o ·-. ~ o-- ,.__. 0 o-- ~ o ~ ~ u ~- '--' u- '-' [ l- - . .;,_; -C~ L -.-o u '--- !-~ - ' [ > Head of Swallow Fork and Mouse Creek (Back of the Balsam) Fanny Hannah, Wilse Price, Calloat Leatherwood, Duggan Webb, and Buddy Miller 1- J J. ] l J ] ] ] l ·.: . . · .-,, · : Mount:sterling Bap.tist Church The Mount Sterling Baptis-t Church is .located in .the Sterling - Waterville area of North Carolina. -.When this church was f-irst built it was .a Methodist .Church. rt ·was _soin.etime du:ring the mid-twenties that it became a Baptist Church. : 'the lit-tle, . ' :f\ . .· . church is also know-n as The White Church and it came about this name from; 'beicng painted white • . No one· ·i;s xea11y sure just how · · old this little church is. All the old~r people living -in tQe area teii 'me that it's always been there since they can >remember . and most of the.m were born in the late 1800's to -the :early 19oo•s. So I guess the little church. is somewhere around 100 years old. This littl,e church and cemetery sits atop a hillsidein a quiet, peac~ful surrounding~ Those ~uried there had _lived in those mountains most of their lives. The following. names is a l:i,'st to date of those buried there. Riley McGaha 6-9-1893 - 2-24-1929 Anglo son of Riley & Caldonia McGaha 2-19-1916 .,. 2-19-1926 John Gordon ·Infant son of Riley & Caldonia McGaha 4-7-1918 Merrit Columbus Infant son of Riley & Caldonia McGaha 8-20-1925 Rac;,hel Smith McGaha 2-1-1859 - 3-25-1930 Frank White 3-15-1901 - 8-6-1929 Sarah J. White wife of T.H. White 1868- 1934 T.H. White 1857 - 1940 James E. White 11-2-1894 - 4-25-1948 Ernest 0. White 1906 - 1983 Pamela Kay White 5-16-1961 - 11-6-1992 Ben Albert Harvey 4-8-1856 - 10-3-1930 Ulous Harvey . 8-3-1909 - 12-25-1931 Mary Elson Harvey 10-26-1882 - 1-10-1957 L.E. Franklin born 3-8-1908 D.M. Franklin born 8-15-1906 Daniel Franklin 6-9-1900 - 5-3-1929 J.W. Price 1870 - 1948 ··" : . (! . •. ' . ~ Rufus ·L. Price 10-4-1893 - 10-'lo-1954 EstellM. Price 6-1-1899-- 5~7-1977 ! ' Etta Packett Moses· 4-2-1895 .,. 2-24-1988 Milla. ' Pc:ickett ·· 12.-28.:.1909- 12"'"18-196:5 Jake Ball 4-25-1886 .:. 5:_.24-1970 Anrl£ie B!31l 7-12--1891 - 12.:.28-1988 . · Bor\'nie ·k. Ball 10-22-1931 - 4-J-1985 Doliha M. Wiggins 10-3.:1962 - 1-J-1994 Jewel Ahn dau. of Scott & Bonnie Ball 12-25~1947 - 12-26-1947 Wilburn Messer .6-23-1916 - 10-23~1. 993 Su!;;ie 11. Messer 4.;,.17~1917 - Lee Roy Messer 5 . ·11-1909- 10-29:.:.1981 Alma Harvey Messer 4-12-1921 - 6-15~1993 Lewis E. Phillips 6--'22-1927 - l-16-:-1978 Clyde M. Phillips 10 - 16-1898 --: 6-J0-1961 Sarah J. Messer Phillips.· 11--'6-1902- 2-'24-1993 Viola Phillips 10-4-1919 - 11-11-1983 · vJilliam R·. Sutton 4-16-1898 - 7-30-1980 Ja~es Mitchell Sutton 1-2-1874 - 6-5-1957 Mary Eliza White SUtton 3-1-1879 - 4-30.:_1946 Nellie Hicks wife of Samuel Teaster 6-24-1851 - 1-24-1915 Susie H. Teaster 11-13~1851 .: 4-10:.:.1906 Dorothy Caldwell Sutton 1-10-1921 - 12~22-1979 Anderson Pete· 4-16-1941 - 2-3-1977 MCKinley R. Sutton 1920 - 1969 Mack Caldwell 4~10-1886 - 6-28.-1957 Etta Caldwell 11-14-1893 - 3-28-1965 Phyllis E. dau. of Dorothy & Reed Sutton 8-24-1951 - 7~26-1952 Ronnie Ray Caldw~ll 5-16-1949 - 5-16-1949 Amos Stahlman Fra;fik Stahlman 1-25-1916 - 5-25-1918 7-27-1891 - 6-25-1918 Elm~r F.S. Stahlman James M. Caldwell Mona Leatherwood ) 2 . 6-1918 - 6-4-1944 3-29- 1927 - 7-17-1953 1-18-1860 - 8-4-1902 Caroline wife of Jas. Sutton 12-25-1843 - 3-7-1904 Ruben W. Sutton 2-26-1876 - 1-2-1919 [JJ OJ [J [] J fJJ c-J L· L ! I . ]. . ·.· . J. Leatherwood J ~ -c. Kitchen Ralph F. Hannah · .l3oyd R . Hannah· 9 - S- 1JHl9 . 4 - !l- l 9 0 6 4~29-tn3~ - 3~3~190~ 1 0.,-2U-192J .:. /5-19-1970 . 5-24-1919 ' ~ 10~12-1964 . Charles s. llannah Jr . . . . . . Geneva dau ._.of D:urr· & f3urn .Lea tJferwoocl 2-8-.1922' - · 6-23-1923 . . .·. . ·.- ' -~ ·• · -. . ·- ·. '·. :' --. ·. . ' - ~ - . -, _,_ " orvill son of Btitr & Burn Leqtherwood · . ·. H -3-1930' ·~ - .,a,. l2-:-J;9:J.p ,> . . ': . - . . · Fr.anklin son of Burr & Burn Leatherwood 12-9-1932 - 11-·19.:.193;3 . Burnard R~ Leatherwood 3 - 14 - l-8 9 7 ~ 2- 2 2 - 1 9 7 1 . I3urr McGaha Leathervmod . 7.:. 17 - 1 8 9 9 - 1 0 - 2 5- l971 .· . . _· . : . , . . :-· Wanda Gail Martin 4-15-1949 - 4-17-1,94 . ·. · aartley HcGaha . · 2-12-1 ·906.,. 8-31-1962 Dolla Ball McGaha 12.,15-1920 - 8-31-1962 Geraldine dau of Dart & Dolla . McGaha 5-l-1959 , - 8-31-1962 Holace Sutton 2-27-1911. > B-:-31-1957 . Pr;ice . Price 5-15-1356 4 - ·1 3-·1 380 12-15-1§06 . 4-11-19T9 Francis Sircy - Raymond G. White Jason II. ~hite Rilda S. White · 6-'-.19-191 .5 ':;. . 2-6:_1916 . . . . - ·: - : t . -. • -~ ·:. 12-28-1949: - 8-.,23-1993 5-17-1390 . - 7-29-1959 ? - 2-1892 -:- · o ::. l9-1981 · Leitha Stitton 1915 .:: 1930 Caroline Price 10-13:_ 1876· ~ . 12-14-1920' William David Sutton 11-7.:.1882 - 4-20-'1951 ' -~_:.: . " ":" - Della Hae ·sutton 5-lJ-1897 - - 7-16-1919 Lucinda Leatherwood 11-20-1850 - 3-28-1922 .James 0. Leatherwood 9-19-1880 :. 6-25-'1941 Hiram Leatherwood 9-4-:-J 906 ~ .5-6-1977 · . . John N. (Sage) Sutton 3-4~1386 ,_ 8-12-1967 ' . ' . ,.:. . John McKinney son of Johri & Martha Sutton 1-7-1941 - 4-6-1941 · J. Samuel Leatherwood 12-15-1'871 - 5-5-1946 Prudence Leatherwood · 2-14-1372 - 4-4-1959 Lawrence E. ·white 6-8-1917 - 1~21-1993 Beatrice M. White 6-7-1917 - 3-27-1994 W.T. McGaha 2-9~1877 - 6-12-1975 :, ·.·. . ,: .;' . - ·., :- ' ._ . .we're •.• Iiopkins, Leatherwood'S, • , , '. . • ·• '" .! • . -- . • . . . •; : : :.' ~-_\. :: ~_'-.'-~:> . :.: ··- ~- ::·- ~ inc;[udin<;r ¢hildren ).': : ~.l.~:~ng · ;tn· the area ar.ound :th~ · church at this rtime. Rachel .McGaha :and. ,. -: ~: _. ·_ \;~: __ '" . ;·~:~ .·· ' ·.l .' ·.·.~·- • . . . ' - . . • . ·~ - ·:·, ~ ' ·- her husband lived at Mt •. ·~ st>erJ.ing .a·t . the time. - . ·.,.< . --i-~_,;~--~-: ~-~- 'J . . .· ~-.,:· ·· _- ::· • . . :; .-.~ ·' -~_> · w~n the churc:h _ was. 'f -irf?J ,·· q1;ll.l ~ it ;W~$ a -Baptist·. ¢hqrch' - ·• · _,. · . ( acc·ording to-·_ whqt Beatr,i ~,e-'~ wcts .;,.told . l?Y 1her fa-mily) •• ,,S,h-~ - d:t@' t : kno~ wh~n it ~hange(Lovek tb ·_·M~thoclist; . but it was are11ri~ .t9~29 . i t c~nJe:fted b·ack to B~tist : ·. . '! : .~ . . . . .• , . ':",~ . : --~;-. ' · · ., _ . !. .· . Geor'g,e and Martl)a ( Dors¢y) . Grooms wer~ . the grc;tnQpa:t:Emts " "· · · . , ;c . • ·.I . ~.' . · · · . ' ·: · · or; Beatrice -(Grooms). Caldwe,ll •. . · :. -· . :·"' :: • . . _ :,_. . ·'. . · . . ·.< ·, ;· ~·· . .· t} . ,, . . ,__./ .\.: ~. .· . rlJ LJ r ' u ' ('•' t ~ ---' L. [ . f I J J ] 1 1 Mt. Sterling Baptist Church (also known as Whi te Church) . -~ . . .· ·'' :,- ' \ . . . · 'j· . . , . , · y ~ · •• . : . . ! .· ~.:.-~: : .~:::- , . . ·. · :·. ···~ .· ,· ·''. • I • ,_-. . ·- : War Crimes ··' . ;. ' . :.~ ~ . . . He complied by playing his favorite tune, "Bonaparte's Retreat", ·, ·-.: ~:·; ~ ~ ~)·:. /~ •· held his ···cherlshed . t~ddle to .h1.s. hreaso: . f:o·:t::t the.:'Iast.>>. t -:li·tn:e· . >Tb' s . . f•·sweet ·it;~ins~ . were scarc.ely,:·fir{ished ·· w~.~·~·~tr,:i~r:~;sd~:£:~;·,.~:~ .• ···: . :~'-: . . and hi:s ·two companions were· hushed fore.v:er'. :;.!:.: ,;::_:. ~-.'. . ., ·~ ,>,>' " :· , 'All three: bodies .were left iying by: : t~ .•~ . .~ h~.d~:i4~ "d~·J{ifto: ~ f'Pullet-'scared tree. Hours lat~r Eliza :Gr6oms, wife, of Henry, · c.che with · a . few oth~rs' and _:an., ox . hitched .·~].~· ·to · ~:~·l ::i~ ::};>odies '· _.,· bJbk. acr6'ss the mountain to thei~· homes~ i}'~urt~f.· ~iis:·~i~ ::;.th.~·,,.s·tt~'tcir( , cemeterY . , All. three men are •· b.ur ied ;,n fli~i~:!·; .,b~'ll,;,~: ~ ~< •. . . .-·.· . . ·,, r . . , : .":. '~:· . : . . . .f: . :0j [] u·· [ I r I l I l . J J J ] J ] ] SUTTON CEMETERY MT. STERLING, N.C. GEORGE & HENRY GROOMS, MITCHELL CALDWELL GRAVE ,:> . . -.·' Gr /- ·ttY I J George Grooms {5-5-1859 -11-1-1926) Martha (Dorsey) Grooms (9-26-1862 - 6-29-1944) George was the son of Henry and Eliza (Caldwell) Grooms. "0' ' ·- 0 Ll {J "ll -o, lJ fl ' i I L -· ··' · j-j l \ J l ( . J . ·• 1 l '· . . ·. sutton Cemetery ' 111 ·. · . · There· ar.e ' appr'oxim~Eely 53 · graves \~i th ~arke):-s> ir{ this · .· cemetery.Some wl,th marked headstones and ' others · only-> fieldstone .·· for. markers, some readable others not '~ i.rhe few graves ·we ~could identify are listed below. · ' R.L . . Whi_te· Erastus White :t.J. White T.B~ Grooms George Grooms Martha Grooms Viney Grooms M.A. Grooms 2-3.:1884 9-3-1886 2-15-1887 . 7-29-1901 died 9-29-1902 5-5-1859 - 11~1-1926 9-Z6-1862 - 6-29-19.44 died 12-21-1864 died 10-9-1892 Mitchell Caldwell "Murdered'' 4.;1 0-1865 Henry Grooms ."Mul!deredn 4-1 0-1 865 _, ,, George Grooms "Murdered" 4-10-18·65 ··· ,, _ Edward A. Leatherwood 3-14-1847 - 8-10-1924 · . }lge 77 Yeal;'s ·c' I Eliza c. Grooms Leatherwood l-16'-1841 - 2-4-1908 Age 67;, Years . J.C. Harrell 3-26-1~67- 3-16~1887 Frank Sutton 10-19~1884 - 6-8-1885 · Nancy sutton died 3-9-1866 c. s. sutton died· 9'-9'-1858 Russell Sutton · died 1888 E.M. Harrell 8~14-1807 - 3-23-1915 Enos Johnson M.R. Harrell J .E. • . Harrell James Ball 1884 - 1886 11-1-1.885', - 4-18-1900 p.;.J0-.'1,8!68 - 5-6-1868 1861 - · 8-1889 ' , . i '· . . ~1 Sutton Cemetery: #2 ,)Th'is little cemetery is located on a small . knoll just a shQ::S.t '; piece from Sutton Cemete~y #1. It is ~urrounded by several tr~f_s ., and shrubbery. •· ~t was fenced in at one time.~ but the fenc_e has;~;·now fallen down. There are six graves here marked by fieldstone. ·we- was able to identify only one grave and that was the following. :- Louis A. Sutton 12-14-1853 - 11-3-1904 We have been tol~ that the others buried here are ~ relatives~ the list is as .follows. . ~ . f' Ke-nneth Sutton Delia Leatherwood Sutton (Wife of Kenneth Sutton) Polly Ann Su~top Eveline Sutto~ (Mother of Kenneth Sutton) Ance Sutton (Fat,t:l.E?r of Kenneth Sutton) Mother and Father of Ance Sutton Sutton Cemetery #2 Louis A. Sutton Grave ,, .: }._ ~-- . ~--. \ ( . > · Hop~ins Cemetery There are approximately 7? graves in _this· cemetery that still have markers, some readable, some _ unreadabl~e, and some . . marked only by field rock. There's also several places that -have no markers' but are sunk in 'and show tra'ces of •. graves long forgotten. Mattie Roberts told us that Will ' and Flore~ce White and their son Pless was buried here without markers. Will ·' s mom and dad are also buried here . without ~markers. Although we found ·a marker for Tirzah Leatherwood we could find no marker for ~her husband Samuel Leatherwood born 5-14-1811, ~. and according to record~ is also buried her~. Their daughter Aveline Leatherwood born 1845, died 1882 and thre-e of her four children, Martha A. Leatherwood born 18 72, Albert born 187 4, · .and Enoch A. Harrell born Jan. 1879 are also buried here. Ezekiel Tilson Harrell (9-21-1882 - 1l4-1928) is buried in New Jersey. Arthur, Bruce, and Essie Phillips died in a measles epid~niic during 1918. They were the children of Jonah B. Phillips and Margaret Sutton Phillips . .r1iley and Sar.;tll J,ane Phillips. we1='e . also chi;I.di~n of Jq;~h ~nd 'M;(garet. A~:x:~.9t~ ·,buried ·here ·.~xcept Jonah; .h·e t .s buried ~t Pb•J.l-llps:· Cemete~y; ·._ ,,?:.· .·· · . The fol,lowing .is i} iList (to dat·eJ of· ttl(\)s~ buried :he-re • . '.,j · ·- Essie Phillips ·.z.-27-1909 ·10-4-1918 e/,, .Bruce Phillips 2-'-.+-19i)s, - 9-9.,.l9l8 l< ·- Arthur _Phil}tp$ 2-1,5) 2'1"~6? - 8""2.0-lQt:.~':f/· . . , . Miley (.-M -~c.J· j)hi,tlips _·. ··-·t2 •<ro 1a~ ·· · 3' ·3· i ~o1· ) <- ·. ~ . --~ Sa r <>h J.a rre PM ilft.ps · ,{?6 ,' = . j 91~ ~3'.J;;~,~J< . · . Margaret Sutton Phil11 . ps 3-22-1877 - 2.:.t7 l.~29· .• ·'. _. ~-. ·' - - ' .- •, .; . ., ' . - ~ Martha Fraz'~er Hopkins .' 5~27 -191 a• - .; .:1{2:~;2s;4:1·9tf6' Mark .Hop~ins _> .•. l'-3:_1904 . 11-7-19:81 <'·. :'· > .· ··: _. . Rebecca J. Sutton ( wif~ of Lewis A . . ·Hbpk:~n,:$J; :• 18tH .·1925 · . •· Hugh L. cates (~on ofRuffusand Ida .Cate's.) · 1917- 1919 James White 8-22-1883 - 2-29-1916 . Tirzah Leatherwood 1-1-1822 - 1~22-1893 Cole 1 0-2-J 871 charlie, Leathenvood 4-7-1903- 6-11-1903 . __ . ' _.-··. . t Leathenvood Isaac LeathenJood ~; . l 0 ~ 1 9- 1 8 93 . - 6-' 21 - 191 1 Carley Lea thenmod x?· . -·: A-1-1903 - 6- l-1903 Roy Leatherwood died J984 John Carver Jessey Stone Norrnel Stone .-. " . 1889 - 1-10~1905 12-25-1913 - l0-27-1915 .,. . - -_,_._, . -' < :·. 7-30-1912 - Katherine Lea ther<~jood 1873 - 1936 Israel Horace Hppkin~ 6-24-1883 - A.\V . . Hppkins 7-28-~848 - 2-7-1923 Elizabeth Hopkins 5-30-1849 Maria Hopkins ~obe~ts 3-23-1881 - 7-15-1954 Charles (soil. of \'J.G. and Ida B. Jenkins) 5-27-1922 - . Mabel J. Hopkins John Crosier Hopkins 12-10-1906 - ~2-B-1976 ·. . ~ 3-3-1886 - 9-18-1969 .• -u u u [J [J [ i I I u ·. r· .- .{ '· . . -~,- . · . ---' f I . \ __ _ r L _.[ J Hopkin's Cemetery at Mt. Sterling, N.C. ] J 1 Hopkins Cemetery Mt. Sterling, N.C. 1] u f( LJ n i I LJ ,- -- \ I I l .\ •. . J f 1 t._j · ~ i l _' _J Cemetery Ezekiel and Nancy (Leatherwood) . ~". . ·-.-~ Jo:bn '. Kouscee -·~: . ':" · ' -~--- • ·:.: '1: \~1tt"i~ai~:f~f~:t.~w;~h~ti~,~=?&~;{~'ii~;:~ci~b&~;; -::- ?· < frOf" another· cou-ntry. No -one, ',_except . T'homas; j--r:d Haselti~e ;:-- cou-ld · ./> :; . ·-F .-_rea ~ y·:· un:der~tan~ -~ fm·:· and - q~unic:::~t~ - .w~t:h ?i.f!J.:-: He u~-ucfl,ly ·-~st~·yed -.; . . . ··. r 'r •·b~oat-c{_k'trbeye.s•. ·e_ h;_,.nfafda:tah•e.•. e:.~:d.;emioo kkir•-•·:-.·\;~!~i::~:~;:y~·t~!~t1':~=~,s;;·; . ___ .; . . -,_ ' --, ' _;_./;f .,, . ' ' ,, _.::' i;· - . ·.-,_ . '--:-_;_· <.\t . · ·.J.~-·: .'_:>' ~-~ _i ,-. · - " " . . . ·: -~. -· ' ·:·; . . _,,- . Thomas M9Uld;, tiak"e ars.enic. of -~lead,, .'and :,mix . in h~'. d' s'oakhis \ corn-> irt . i;t: :Jb.ecause -~the birds, squirrels, et;c. :::J:t!::~;~dr~s~::~ ~ ~;~:;::~{"'~a ·ke~c.· ch~ 'J.r'* Thomas had ~ixed up .· a- half~::gallo~ .of arsenic of lea~ ~nd . - .-. - - .·::: . -- ·:: _· ·. •set the jar up in the shed out'Ciof.-the- way'. ·when this is ~: rni}ced _1,1p in water it has a mf.Iky ,coi or. ·John :found the half'· g~llon of arsenic hid back on a self in the shed and ·he thought it ~- was home brewed beer so he drunk some of it. Arsenic is ·highly poisonous and. there wasn • t anything they could do -for him. They put him upstairs in the attic,: where . _ · 'he slept, and -tried -to make him as . comfortable as poss ible ~ · He laid there and moaned and groaned till he _finally died-. · ·- . . Thomas buried hirn just outside the -fence at Harreli: 'Cemetery where Ezeki~l T. - Harrell (5-26-184Y- 4-8~917) and wife ' ~ancy (Leatherwood) Harrell (11-16-1839- ?) are buried. We could find no marker of any ~ind for John. Ezekiel and Nancy ~re the _only -two people buried -inside this little cemetery overlooking their old home plac~. · ~ ---·!., -:-1 ! ,_•. ·_-f c~ I . • ~- .: . ;:._ . • .: . 0 -- -, _ .'. ,o·.~-- - ''/ - ·_ 'M·· . ;•· . -, . · [} ' . •• 0 u.-' . 'i.•_. : . ",___,! '{J ! ·--. { •. i . _j ' [l ~ I :' -- l i ~ -~ · ~ : -_Phillips Cemetery "· ' This cemetery _-:_~& located. in Cocke County, - near . the and _ North c~roiina state lin~. Many of the pe-ople rq.i$ed in M't. :sterling have family members buried. in · this cemetery. Ther~ are several unreadabl~ markersr. andmarkers without names. Some of the graves ha~e. onlysmalT field , ro<::k markin~r th~m. The following is a list to date of , people buried t}1ere~ - Ella Phillips Browh 11-24.:.1893 - 7-1897 · Fred V. Phillips PFCU.S. Army WW II 3-13-1913- 9-5-1981 Cora Phillips died 2-'-2-1987 ,-_65 yrs. 5 mos. 28 days . . Hilda Marie Messer 1-26-1930 12-25-1934 Hester Brown Me~ser 10-6-18.95 12-31-1983 Calvin "Chief" Messer Jr. 4-5-1945 - 1 2-26-1995- Julia Barnes Mes~er Calvin "Cal" Messer Sr. Ralph Lane Messer Frank Brown age 85 10-28-1917 - 6-5-1986 2.,.2-1898 - 10-15-1974 '12-8-1923 9-12-1975 5-5-1883 - 6-9 - 1968 Terry Dwayne Brown 1-1-1964 - 2-9 - 1964 Flora Butler age 65 died 2-23-1896 Glenn Son of W.A. & R.P. Butle~ 5-1-1896 7-27-1896 Catherine Craig 6-15-1810 - 9-2-1892 ? Craig 11-1812 - 12-17-1897 James Craig 10-1834 - 9-19-1899 Louisa Craig · 11-12-1835 - 12-30-1891 - George Fish ND Margaret Fish ND Milburn Infant Son of Sidney & Elizabeth Fish died 3~28-1911 Elizabeth Brown Fish 1-13-1882 - 1964 Sidney Fish ~ied 1-4-1935 William Charles Fish 1903 - ND Sue Fish died 1-24-1882 William Bogard Fish Theodosha Butler 6-8-1861 - 6 ~ 30-1895 10-11-1865 - 10-4-1932 Mary Gates 4-22-1896 - 6-12-1896 i ' ·,,;,& . ·_, 7~i8-1892 ~ t1~5-1 . . ~ )~ Jacoh Gates :·2-26-1 90'2 ,. ''•' Kitty Gates ·:-~o · . ~ .: ,. . . . . ' Lloyd Gate·s '' -~11-.:.2J-19l2 - 10~10,.1.941 ~:·: . McK! nney ~ates · · t ND n ., . · . . ~ . ~--·> ':;:· . · •· . . . Pol~ y An11 Gates·;.·· . i,died · 8-19.-189·4 _ · . , Pheoba ·Gates ' · 1·:y_:: ,_t85'a - 2,.;.7~1943 Arlie Gate,s Pvt. u.s. Army ww IT . 9-4-1915- 2 . .,.11--1994 Creed Gates 11-10,-1918. - 12-1995 Rachel Octavia: "Tav~" · Phillips Gates 5-2-1892 Sa llie Fish 11-18-1875- 3-13-1963 · John Fish 6-9~1.872 - 3,.28,.19,46 Elimina Hall ·· age 86 died 3-24-1952 Robert Hill~rd Jr. · die~ 6-10-1968 Betty Messer, ND Boone Messer 5-26-1907- lt,-26-1908 , · 8-2-1969 Clayton Messer f>FC 3 Inf . . ·ni v. WW II 7-13 ~ 1920 - 9,.;.15 - 1944 Daniel Messer 2-1-1872 : - 11-9-1899 David M. Messer 7-19~tb 24 - 6-7-1927 G.B. Messer , 1~12-. t~a2 - 12-2-19~7 - Infant Son of A11e'n & Nell ie Messer 4-,7-1914 - 4-7~191-4 Kaywood Messer Tenn. Pvt. 2 Co. WW I 4-8'-1895 - 5-5-1966 Rebecca P. Messer 4-24-1888 - 3 - 13-19~3 Western Stanley _Messer TN. PFC WW !I 11-28~1912- 1-30-1963 W. Rufu~ Messer 10-8~1880 - 2~2-1951 W. Tosk Messer age 88 died 1-13-1949 Bartley R. Phillips 1892 - 1957 Billy Phillips · . NO Effi e M. Phillips 1-11-1911 2-27-1940 .· Fanrty Phillips age 86 died 6-21-1958 George Washington Phillips 5-20-1885 - 8- 30-1963 . Lucille Dau. of Hardy & Martha Phillips 9-10-1934 - 9-11-1934 Grace oau. of Hardy & Martha Phillips 1~21-1936 - 1-21-1936 Hilda F. Dau. of Hardy & Martha Phillips , 3-10 - 1950 - 8-20-1950 Harrison Phillips 3-24-1898 - 1-18~1964 o- 0 ·o- 0 o-~ o-o lJ l fJI LJ I{ ,' ~ I '\; . : J J ] ] 1 J l · Cissie F. Philli~s 1900 - 1954 ,• . - , J.l?. Phillips · · 1-10--1852 -:- 11-16-1922 . ·· James P11i11ips 11.;.15-1888 - 4-10-:-1941 _James Garfield Phillips 4-7-:1900 - 6.,.26--1954 .JamesWillie Phillips 9-17-1877 - -6-10-1929 Sarah -Sallie Phillips Jobe Phillips _ND 1870 - 3-19-1960 · Joe Phillips ·. · John J>hillips age 40 died 1.;.if~1g34 6-9-1872 - 3-28-1946 Sallie Fish Phillips Jonah B. Phillips 11-18-1875 .;. 3-13-1963 1-25~1872 - 4~8-1948 · . Charlie Son of Walter .& Ola Phillips ' 1 0-15-1 951 - 1 0-22-1951 Howard Wade Messer · 10-20-1938 - 7-19-1993 Winnie Styles Phillips 6-28-186B - 6-30-1939 Corneileous "Neil" Phillips S.M. Fish Pvt. U.S. Army WW II 6_;ll-f867- - 6-11-1939 1901 - 1977 .George :Phillips Rebecca S.h elton 7-14-1885 - 1963 2-28-1867 - 3-9~1920 Bernice B. Phillips 7-14-1920 - 3-15-1984 Flint Phillips 11-11-1911 ~ 12-11-1984 Charles Lewis Phillips 10-24-f95~ ~ 4~1~1$74 . . Margarette E. Philld,ps -' .2-19-1919 _>4.:.13-1967 · Mary Polly :Phillips 1901 - 1985 · Woodrow ,.fl. Phillips 11-22-1909 - 11.:·t4-f979- Mary Francis Caldwe.lf N:D · , Glen Caldwell 1914 1.977 ' Mitchell Phillips Navy WW II 1~14-1924 Burl Phillips ·' 9.i22-1925 - 7-16-1992 ·Fred Phillips .12-12-1902 - 7-l-1977 Rachel Phillips Williamson 1887 .;. 1929 Jon~s Phillips ND M.j. Phillips ND · Margaret Phillips Margaret Phillips Maude Phillips Mildred Phillips 12-7-1846 - 1-15~1912 age 46 died 4-12-1957 died 1932 10-18-1927 - 10-1-1928 3-22--19T/ : . ,- . ' . . ~: •, . , · . . : ' ·, . . Phillips Nola. Phillips Roger W. Phillips . \· .=·: . s.v. Phillips · sam;*1·;. 1 el Phillips Wallter Phillips 12-15-1904 ' f0-16-1906 ND . _, 1-31~1~45 - 10-15~1~5 ND died 9.,. 7-1941 Wi:!;jarc1_ S. Phillips • . ·'1y ', ·. . 8-29-1911 l 6~11-1967 11-15-:-1941 "'7 .· 11,-19-194__1 James R. Shultz ~N. Pvt. ww rr 5-5~1925- 10-10~1944 G. Westley Sutton 11-20-1900-J-~7-1961 ? whaley 1-14-1898 - 1898 Note: Buried here without 1Ilarke,rs are the following: Dock .Messer and wife Elizabeth Phillips Messer; John Phillips and wife . Matilda Brown Phillips and 3 of- their children, Paul, Martha, and "Etta Bee" Phillips; Laura Styles Phillips; Eula Phillips; - ' . Neal Phillips and wife; and Betty Styles Phillips. (This note was taken from Cocke County Cemetery i Phillips Cemetery I I j J J 1 Hicks Cemetery The Bend of the Ri ve r Ike and Jane (Yarborough) McGaha ?l:~;~fi1t""·- • J,.w.rLi;~;._- . -·-· . . ·,;:· I /:i: ~- -~ - L-· .• ::'.;+·~r~ <-'-~:~ -~ · f:\o~e~c~<nr AC'MAt~.~N'=- . · · . · 02 ~- nrtrMaiR 20 ms,.d 7~-. r~ .,.~ • - •, < ••· •• :.__ . , : / Mora (Packett) McMahan . ~·· Hicks Cemetery \ '·· · UicJc 's Cemetery . . Locat'ed in .a sect'ion . known.' as The Bend of the River this c~,e~ery ·._._is·. near •. the Hicff~ ,,-~(?1,-(J .· hom~P,l;.Cice.;;:T.~ere, · is -g/h.~t>ly _ cltse ,to 50 mounds . here; · some mar)<~d h:Y, .head,st<;)nes· bthet s marked· . ·,:- . . . . . . . . . ' ~ . .• . . - .· . f . bl').~Y. by. field_ rock. ·. · . ·•· .· .· -~. ··:. ~ According t6 Letha. (Packet-t) Hicks the m9j o'rity ~-.f : t hese peo;le were "laid away'.' without -services wh~tsoe~er •. ~$arly . :· . . . . _. ~- - t ' _: ."· _: _ · : · _ ·. ' . . -.'" . · __ . . "-:-· ~-:-:: -: __ -·: . 1. -·_ . _·.·. , everyone buried here . was born and : rai~ed in· Big Bend.--. Th~ following names }s a . list .· ( t~ .d(;lte) 'i:6f those :~Jt-ied ·' . : .· . . . ,. .,~- ·. ._ . .:.· ,,· .:·_; . . _, . , . ~ "'· here ••. .·_ " ·. ' \~. · . : '; ' . . . '\-, ' - ~ . T.E. McGaha (son) . l1.:.t2-.l9ll _/ Mary L. McGaha * J. Ike McGaha * Jane y. · McGaha ( 12 years old) 7-28-1906 1812 - 1919 1814 1908 Margaret. Packett Josep~ Packett ·· Mora Packett McMahan Elmer Sim McMahan David Luther Henry Obid Oliver Hicks 6-10-1869 1-1p-1942 8-21-1854 - 12-23-1935 4-15-1902 · - . 12-20-1975· died :7-JS~J995 ' ' age ·- ~\ · ;~r· . - 10 10~19-1930- 11~24- + ~6~- 9-1.7-1 '910 - 2-1·9- 19613 ;: Nancy J. Hicks 2-20-1866 - 2-20-1939 Merit L. Hicks 5-8-1861 - 7-13-1915 · Roxie Hicks R~ines 5-25-1903 - 11--2-1976 John R •. Hicks 2-2-1900 ~ 1-3-1928 Georgia Susanna McGaha 10-27-1885 - J0-27-1885 Clifford McGaha 12-19"-1924 - 7-14-1979 . ·< .- Da. (t-win sons of Oliver) 12-25- '1933 ,1-3-1934 > ~ Oa ~l (and L.etha Hicks) 12-25-1933 - · 12-25:.1933' · ·. HoJard (son of Oliver and Let:hp Hic-ks) 6-·25;.1 '9J6 - 7~:ill~36 Thelma (dau. of Oliverand L.etha Hicks) 12-lJ-1941 - -12.,'13.,1941 Erma (dau. of Oliver and Letha Hicks) 3-22 - 1939 - 1-10-1940 * According to records J. Ike McGaha was born abt. 4-1833 and died 1919. Jane Y. McGaha was born abt. 5-1833 and died 1908. • . ',.·;·_, 0 . U 0 0 Leitha Hicks home in The Bend of the River " u l l lJ u· fl f ·i , __ r I i ~- ~ I i ' I ''' ' i .i i Leitha Hicks and Junior Ball ( 1987) r.· l I Green Corner Cemetery Take waterville exit off I-40 from Newport~ Goback up and under interstate and straight up gravel road for about 2 miles. There is a sign on the right hand side of the road sayirig cemetery and pavilion. Follow this flittle road around the side of the hill to the cemetery: ·The following is a list of those buried here to date. Wilma Jean oau. of Marshall & Rebecca McGaha 11-15-1948 Rebecca Hall McGaha . 1 -19-19'1 8 - 6-2 4-19 6 6 Harrison Hall Rebecca G. Hall 1-17-1893 - 1-14-1959 9-3-1896 L 1~2-1980 Robert Green 11-10-1900 - 12-11-1947 Joe Smith 1880 -1963 Martha Smith 1883 - 1961 Marie Smith 6-21-1911 6-28-1940 Bertie Smith 1-5-1915- 11-26-1945 Judy G. Price 8~7-1888 - 8-20-1923 Annie Ha"ll Loner Price Huford Green Rebecca Green ND 9-13-1891 1-25-1907 1 .,.18-1929 9-25-1909 2-18-1884 - 5-27-1928 W.M. Green 7-4-1851 - 6-8-1920 10-15-1944 - Buffer 11Jim" James Shelton N.C. Mounted Inf. 1822 -!· .1 902 Lura Belle Wife of Jas. W. Shelton 9-25-1905 - J-23-1921 George "Paw" Wesley Gates 4-17-1896 - 2.:.13-1963 Wilson Henry Gates TN. Pvt. U.S. Army WWII 4-29-1901 - 3-;23 . 1964 James Gates 12-12-1849 - 4~21-l92J Andrew J. Gates 1892 - i948 Theadore Wilson 9-28-1891 - 8-28-19~1 Pearly Mae Lunsford age 1 yr. 6 mo. Rebecca Wilson (Mother of Pearly) 9-12-1886 - 3-31 - 1935 Tommie F. McGaha 9-10-1862 - 7-22-1949 Elizabeth Kilby 2-22-1873 - 7-19-1944 Nancy Shelton · 1905 - 1937 J.D. Nelson Infant Son of Sidney & Orna Nelson , · Myrtle Sutton Marie Sutton Loyed c. sutton 1~22-1926~ 5-3-i929 5-6-1928- 5-4-1929 11-5-1892 - 5-21-1956 Rob~rta Lindsey 3-23-1924 - 2-3-1926 5-12-1936 • • Edwine S. Son of J.H. & Delia Raines 6-15-1909 - 6-1~-~909 ;i: A.Jr· Son of Mr. & Mrs. A.J. Sumner 6'"-21-1914 - 10'-23-1915 Aldeen sumner Dau. Of Mr. & Mrs. A.J. Sumner 2-l0"'-1921 Lydia Green 2-15-1858- 11- 7-1916 Also buried here is Wilse McGaha, son of Ike and Jane McGaha. There are 3 graves in a row, marked only by field rock. According to Letha (Packett) Hicks, and Reva L. (Hannah) Gray, one of these 3 graves is Wilse McGaha's grave. Green Corner Cemetery r I u 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [J .[J [_J u r ! ~ --' Ca(aloochee Church .· . : ~ . ' ,, . ,. ~-· .·.: . i /· ·. 1--: . , . , .,_ - .-. -·-·-- .• Little Cataloochee Church .1! .- Hannah Graveyard located in .Little Cataloochee J J J Little Cataloochee Church Cemetery Little Cataloochee Baptist Church was constructed in 1889. It sits atop a hill, nestled deep in the woods. The cemetery is located just below the church. There. is approximately ,6·8 graves, the following is a list of those buried here. Kenneth P. Gardner 12-1 0-1942 - 8-3-1 966 Zola oau. of Geo. & Mary Bennett 4-24-1913 - 9-23-1927 , Noel Conard Age 64 Died 12-4-192'1 Sichie .Jane Wife o"f Jonah Brown 9-16-1886 - 1-1-1920 David Coggins 1845 - 1916 William J. Bennett 5-10-1857 - 6-15-1899 Carmel L. Son of W.J. & Laura Bennett 1-26-1899 : ~ 12-26-1899 Lawrence A. Son of W.J. & Laura Bennett 5-1-1897 - 1-14-1898 Effie Dau. of M.N. & Alice~all 1-25-1903- 10-16-1905 Loretta Wife of Claude Vale,ntine 1-28-1897 - 3-9-1'920 Ollie Dau~ of W.G. & RachelMesser 3-6-1904 . 2-28-1920 Viena Vanalee Dau. of W.G. & Rachel Messer 11-15-1917 . 8-28·- .1918 E.A. Messer 3-27-1836 - 7-30-1910 , D.J. Cook 4-21-1834 - 1-17-1908 Harriett E. Cook 6-11-1837 - 10-25-1903 Stephen J. Woody 2-26-1882- 3-17-1905 Matilda Woody 8-12-1837 - 3-17-1896 Jonathan H. Woody Age 82y. 8m. 21d. Inas A. Woody 3-8-1897 - 9-13-1898 Jackson Woody 1-11-1856 - 7-2-1901 3-9-1812 . 11-3@-1894 Rebecca E. Woody 1-9-1859 - 6-18-1909 Thurman Woody 10-31-1891 - 6-3-1910 Major J. Woody 12-24-1883 - 10-23- 1938 John M. Son of J.A. & M. Hannah 1895 - 1895 Milia E. oau. of J.A. & M. Hannah 1901-1901 Melissa c. Hannah 1877 - 1942 Marshall Allen Cole 7-19-1904 - 3-17-1935 Mary Ewart & Fred 0. Ewart 10-16-1915 - 12-10-1915 Willie C.L. Nelson 1925 - 1926 ·: ' . · .Martha M.- Nelson Annie E • . Nelson.· 1917 - J917. Hardy E. · Nei~op. . 1903. - ,.1906 ~' . Nan; Woody · ,, , D•:i:ed . ,3-1 5-,1 g,31 . , . " q · Ma:;¥ Jenkins pieq 1928 J. 'i{" Woody 2 . 14~ 1844 - 3-·26-1926 Rufus L • . ·. Son of. J.W • . · & H~B~ Burgess 4•1.-1904 - l-"15-:-1905 Reuben Son of J.W. & H.B •. surgess. . · 11-25-.1905- 7:-.4-1906 Owen Son of; J ~.\11. ·.· & H.B .• Burgess .•. 9.-20-:-1907 . ·- 5:.9-1911 .~ . . • ,'· Lennis Mae Dau. of C.L. & Flora Mor.row 12-19-1921 Leola oau. of .W.M. & Myrtl~ M~sser 11-12-192& ' Mildred Norma Dau. o. f V .J. & Ola Palmer ' ' ' Dau. of v;J. & Ola Palmer 12-13-1928 4-23-1931 John w. Hall 12 . 4-1834 - 10-23-1926 ' 4-15 . 1930 . 4-23-1931 The following. is. a list ot persons believed _to be buried at the numbered stones in ~he · cemetery. 1-Amanda Hall Lockman Dau.,. of John Hall - .Wife of Jess Lockman 2-HomerLockll}an Son of Jess &. Amanda Lockman 3-Unknown 4-Child .of Weaver Bennett S-Child of Weaver Bennett · 6-Burgess Baby · 7-Wife of J.H. Conard 8-Child ·of Ra.ndolph Hall · 9-Lillie Conard 10-Lloyd Conard 11-Manson Conard 12-Unknown .1';; 13l.!.?.Z ona Hall Dau. of Lizzie Noland Hall 14'1Dau. of George c. Bennett Sr. (Oldest grave in this cemetery) 15-Unknown -Man ~ho died while passing thru the area. 16 & 17-Unknown 18-19-20-21-C~nard Family 22-Cook Baby 23-Baby of Molli~ Teague ,. :'' ""'" ' 0 o- '- o- L urJ [] u- - '- [ - f· Hannah Cemete:qt (Located. in Little Cataloochee) _There is approximately 54 graves in this cemete.ry, ·the following is a list of those buried here. " · ~ . Fannie Hannah Jenkins 4-1 5-18$1 - 1-3-1961 John A. benton 8-9-1822 - 5-23-18.:9.6 : John A. son of A.:T. & Sarah Hannah ·9-2-ta78 - 10.:_22-1878 Lucy Ellen Dau. of A.T. & Sarah Hannah 11-2-1879 - 4.-23-1880 ' Mattie E. Hannah 12-21-1882- 8-7-1886 George H. Hannah 6-14-1887 - 11-22-1917 Rebecca Hoyle 3-15-1842 - 4-18-1919 Mack W. Hailnah 1859 - 1942 Fannie I. Hannah 1867 - 1944 Flbria Bell woody 10-15-1888 - 8-15-1889 Zora M. Caldwell 8-27-1914 - 9-3-1933 Janes. Calawell 4-16-1850 - 5--18-1933 J.O. Smith L.E. Smith 9-29-1881 - 6-2-1929 2-3-1912 - 12-26-(?) John v. Smith Pvt. Spanish American War 6-25-l881 - 6-4-1958 Orvil V.J. Smith N.C. Pvt. WWII 6-25:-1918 - 9-3-1960 Martha· E. Dau. of A.R~ & Mary Hannah 8-24-1905 - 7-3-1906 E.M~ Smith 9-14-1927 - 9-21-1927 W.R. Johnson (Baby) ND William Cleveland Hannah 1-7-1885 - 6-16-1930 Nick W. Hannah 12-4-1889 - 3-10-1937 William Monroe Hoyle 4-3-1875 - 8-29-1939 John T. Hannah Sr. N.C. PFC. WWII 3-13-1921 - 5-6-1969 James Blaine Hannah 2-2-1892 - 2-18-1953 Edward L. Son of J.B. & Dora Hannah 11-24-1922 - 12-26-1929 Charles s. Hannah 3-12-1890 - 7-18-1929 Franklin Carl Hannah 1-3-1900- 11-9-1908 Martin Luther Hannah 4-3-1883 - 5-12-1902 Thomas F. Son of A.T. & Sarah Hannah 9-10-1896 - 2-7-1897 Sarah Wife of A.T. Hannah 9-14-1859 - 10-30-1896 Thomas Hannah 7-6-1~57 : Jackson L. ND ·. -· :·. Harley Son of W.T. & Lula Seay 6-3-1903 - 6-J-1903 James A. Hannah . 6-22-1871 -:- 8-.25-1946 Joh!} Jackson Hannah · 7-28-1831 ·"- 10-14~1909 8-~0-1833 - 1-10-1920 10-25-1864 . - 5-3.0-193 7 Martha Ann Hannah Mr~ Tint woody MileiWoody valentine 9-16-1898 ' - 2-20--1961 Eddie Vinoent <wooqy 12-.24.-1898 . .; J0-29-1966 Hufford .R. Hannal1 6-9.,.1923 . - 4-14i 1927 Logan Harmah 7-4-:1839 - 9-15-1927 Elizabeth Hannah ·1835 - 1915 . William cordell Smith Died J-17-1975 The following is a list of persons believed to be buried at the numbered stones in the cemetery. 1-Frank Son. of Harve & Laura Jenkins Messer 11-11-1895 - 1905 2~Walter Son of Harve & Laura J. W;!sser 2'.,-3-1900 1905 3-Lloyd . Son of Harve & Laura J. Messer 2-21-1.902 - 1905 4-Laura Hannah Dunn Dau. of J.A. & Melissa Hannah 5-Baby of Lark Jackson 6-Baby of J .M .• Conard· 7--Baby of J.M. Conard ·• -:~ . · ---. - 8-Uriknown 9-Baby of Ollie Manor - 10-Unknown 11-Unknown 12-Son of Smith & valentine . ' . ' · -:~' "" u u u 0 0 D u 0 u u u u u ( l :.·:. l i [j ! ! ,, The McGee Cemetery is located near McGee Branch about 300 yards from Jessie McGee's old horne. There are about 12 graves here including those of Jessie and ~ucinda McGee and their daughter Lonesome. In 1989, the descendants of Jessie McGee, spearheaded by William R McMahan, had a bronze military marker placed at Jessie's grave to commemorate his service in the Confederate Army. THE McGEE'S OF McG.EE BRANCH JESSIE McGEE was born 31. May 1823- in . :- _.· . ·. · . ·:-- - in 1902 in Haywood ··Go <NC. Hi s parents ' were JOHN (One ·: arm'ed John) McGEE born 20 Feb ·- 17{31 in VA, died 6 c'May 1857 in Haywo::o(.f Co NC and ELIZABETH "BETSEX" SMITH-· b. 4 June 178&~ d{ ed 20 Nov 1844 in Anderson Go TN, Bet~ey .wasthe <widow of .are unsure .of her maiden :natnce. . JOHN ·Mc:GEE- was mar.ried: 3 times (1) . . . ~. . . . . . -,·· . , • HARY MUNDAY .(2) ELIZABETH . $MITH ·oq -2 Sept 1818 Wilkes Go NC (3) DEBORAH MlLI,ICAN. ' JESSIE McGEE marr.ied LUCINDA A DUNCAN 18 Oct 1844 in Haywood Co NC. LUCINDA A DUNCAN born ca 1825 at Frost Bottom, Anderson Co- TN. d. between 1880 and . 1900 in Haywood Co NC. Her mothe-r was JUDA DUNCAN b ca 1788 Wilkes Co NC, died 4 June 1861 Anderson Co TN. The name of Lucirl'da's father is not known. Juda' s fathef was Revolu .:. tionary soldier BENJAMIN DUNCAN b. ca 1752 in VA. died 9 Jan 1803 Yellow Creek KY and MARY DAVIS b. ca 1756 in NC died 1842-43 iri. Anderson Co TN. The date of their marriage was Dec 1776 in Wilkes Co NC. Jessie and Lucin_da raised a large family on their mountain farm. Jessie ran a grain mill powered by the waters of McGee Bran.ch . . and also made fine ~ furnitur~ u~ing a ~ater powered lathe~ 1he Jimmy »ellinger family has a trunk he made 'alterriating s~ri~s of poplar and black walnut. It's been almost a 100 years sin~e Jessie and Lucinda live~ i n the mountains of Western NC. Artd jet today their descendants can walk up McGee Trail along McGee Branch in the shadow of Jessie's Ridge and see the remains of the old homestead _with it's fruit .trees and flowering shrubs; hear the singjng of Mc~ee Branch and see th~ millstones it once turned to grind corn for the familJ's bread; and to pause for a moment of solitudeat · th.e McGee cemetary where Jessie and Lucinda are laid to rest. u~ u ' . D 0 0 0 0 0 [1 f l 1 ' · L~ [J u u, I r : u '' ' \\" ' ", . . . t\0 • • ' ::, ·i ' . ( . . • I .ij ' , '. ' .' t '. ' . ~ . · ·~t· .~.~. ,,:·. ' ' .-_. . ·•·, - '~tt.,.;.·.·:! r,.;.). '. .'. .:. .' . ," 'j. . ,._t ~ ' . J , · . It. , ( , . ~ ' . r. ,- ~ . . f., t / Ji . ·\ i - r'Ji;,.~ ' ' , ,.y~ .- ' , I• .' · , William P. McMah~n (with the cap on) pnd Eddie· McGee with the mill-ston~s from Jessie's Mill. Many thanks tb William- for these pictures and the vast amountof research he has done . on the McGee Family. . ' . . . · Much -of our hiS'tor~ . l'~es in- ;the cemeteries thro.ughout our 1a~dr they are ari __ j_mportant part· 'of: q,ur past. They- tEdl of the _ .· ' ' ' ' . ,_· .:·.~· . :.: . ' -_· --__ , .·_ "·: _- _· ·:-·:.···:·- ' .· ' < ' ''•' . :"_ . ' . ·. . -- . ·,_.:;: . j?_'.-_> hardships and pai r:i o£_ the{ people who _.first pioneered and settl:lfd · the ·land. · Those ;.J~opfe ·.whq- b\lil t ~'their homes, churches, · . and _ j s-chools, raised L' - remains -of a rol).bery and -tnur·de.r. ''vl'9:~im-••• 11M¢Mahan's Grave·". -·. In cataloochee there is ' ai so a .pl({f'; containing --the gra-ves of. 7 slaves and 1 ~hite man • . i he wh~te man was _ pasSing through the area and unkrtown to . the people in the valley. Infant deaths took its-. toll. _-Oliver and Letha Hicks · 3 infant sons and.- 2 infarit daughters. The mortality rate was very high for i nfants and· children and many families 'suffered .;·:,.·_· the loss of more thari 1 chi.ld i-Q t!Ie family. -Many _ of our cemeteries- l i e ~_n. A::he national park boundaries -.- ·-- - > ~--- _:__ __~ :t_ .:·s. :~··\.' ,. - , Some near churches, or where a church bnce stood, some are community cemeteries, anB; o:the£§ ·::~f.~ family cemeteries. Most of them ar€ atop a hil1siq'e, "st)~'~:tt:nde-d by trees and the ' . - -· - ·. . _ __ . . _. __ . · .--. stil l ness of natute. Indi;~fi> - ~1l~i~l:.,~:g1('0unds are also located ' . ':: 'c." • : ·' .· . ~-->~.< .•._-:)i:,i~;- ~-. . in various plac.es ,throughql\t _ th;~::f · ~t;e:a. Many graves are markeci · o~J_~.) ki·'1 ~f±'eldstone, but some have better markers than other s". ·- ~ozrt~·?:!l'aJ~ simple headstones, while others are more elegant. s·oine 'h;e(lds:f:'ones, are homemade, but have had a lot of work, love, and tf~e ,'~tit into making them. Some of the inscriptions ar.e _hand chiseled on the slate rocks while others have no insciiptions;_ at al_} . -In Cataloochee, in_a famil ,~, cemetery, the graves of D<;.> c Caldwell, · his wife Sarah, and 2 -~; . of their ~hildren are all marked by white marble headstones. ~ No matter how s i mple, or how elegant each of these headstones may be 1 each holds an important part of our past. Sometime you might want to take a quiet walk thr6ugh some of the old cemeteries, read the inscriptions on the headstones, and relive a little bit of past histor y . ./ . 0 ·-_o · 0 -- --o , ·· :.0 - ~ - }0 0 o· ·[' '·_.·-J ·oi· ··. l ·--~---L- ~. ·. " ·. ~ . . - :·r - ' ·.:· ·J ·r [' th~ lorig : l.ist. of circuit rid~r~- :whos¢' l:i-f'e Methodist· m~vement·, the name Fran.t::{~ AsburY staii~s' a-t Asbury was an . Irish 'immigrant.- who c'ame ·to the N~w Worlq in to be an' assistant· to John\ Wesley on the . big circv.i t syst.~m and keep preacher·~ on the ~ave · teaching· the . Methodist fai,th. ' . Bishop Asbury is .circuit riding .'efforts · soon:got him the · name ·.· of 11P.rophet of the Long Road.'·' _In the year 1810 Bishop Francis Asbury (the first bishop of the Methodist Church in Ame-rica) traveled the circuit between:_. Holston County, up the French Broad from Tennessee, down through :., . Cataloochee, into Buncombe .County, North Carolina. The trail . , · into Cataloochee was an extremely rough passage and Bishop _Asbury had enormous difficulties when crossing into Cataloochee. There . ' . is a trail in -.ci:italoochee · knowri · as.: HThe As}?ury· TraJ.l ", named after Bishop-cAsl:>ury. ' . . · ' The Fi'rst .se.ss.ion of the Tennessee Conf-erence of· the · ' ·- Methodist chur,ch, . was held .,in ·J'81.2 '·. ~t :Fountain Head; ·in Sulfinl¢1t . ' ' ' · ·~ . county, Bishop Asbury and :SishdpJ witllia~ McKendree · traveled .·· the circuit through Tenness~e, :_c~talooChee ~rea,:<"Haywoocf 6ourtty, . . . . ~ . .· ' Ashville tl)~yuscaled South Carolina. 2- •· The Shook house in Clyde, N.C. (built about 1795) is the oldest building still standing :in Haywood county~ . Bishop Asbury has spent the ·night in this house~ . · and has preached in the· a,:ttic of the house. Jacob Shook became . converted to Methodism aftet: . · . _i ·• ·· this and establi;s-hed a campground on his land where·,. every year, camp meetings were held and ,people from all over ·the county · :' and surrounding areas atte:nded. They'd .spend anywhere from a week to a month, worshipping, preaching, socializing and singing~- The Mt. Sterling Baptist Church (White Church) was a Met_hodist Church to begin with. No one I've talked to, seems to know just how old the church might be. Sometime around 1929 the Mt. Sterling Methodist Church was "re-dedicated" and changed from the Methodist faith.to Baptist. Since then it has been I I . ·; . kn<;>wri , as the Mt. sterling Baptist Church • . I can't help but wonder if the little chuich might been one of · the . Methodist churches that Bishop Asbury's fo:powers, might .have organized back in the mid to late 1800's. Bi,§hop Frar1cis Asbury. died on March ·181 6, but by then he had · ~ . . - .· es ~ ablished a z:iding cir~uit which included Tennessee,. N<)rth carolina'. South 'Carolina, Kent~cky, Virginia, and · a .· portipn of Ohio. 'f1any of his · fellow bishops would travel the circuit through this ·rugged wilderness trying to convert all theycou!d to the Methodist faith. This little c~rch, would have b~en along the route they took. Palmer Chapel (located tn Cataloochee) The land for the Methodist Church was deeded by Mary Ann Palmer in 1898, and the church was built in the same year. Most of the preachers were circuit riders supplied by the Western North Carolina Conference and would visit about once a month. A reunion is still held here eath year at the church and family and friends clean the cemeteries, have singing and services, and have a dinner. ·. · . :· ·: . l l [ [ ·{ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ J I l _. Doctors Doctor John Walter McMaham. ( 1876 . - 1935) fondly known as 11Dr. · Mac", was a doctor, surgeon, .and dentist·: . It was the early . ·. 1900's when Dr. Mac. came to .wo.rk , for Cres.tmont as a physician < . and surg.eon for- ·the Champion Lumber Company . and for the Tennessee: "- North Carolina ,Railroad., The railr.oad, . also known as the: -> "p.ea.-vine11 , was a vital part · of the community of Crestmont· be_catise .i. t became their one contact with the outside world~ The logging camp and · bunk houses were -located 7 miles up from the town of Crestmont in an area known as Walnut Bottqms. once a we.ek Dr. Mac would catch the train up the mountain to Walnut Bottoms to check on ·the men workin~there and tend to their needs. If he was needed before his weekly trip they'd. send someone down the mountain to bring him up. The mill at Crestmont had a whistle and it .was used as a signal. Anytime the doctor was needed the mill whistle would signal oub 4 quick blasts. People would a~ways gather when they ~ d hear the 4 blasts to see who had been hurt. In June of 1911 a groupo~ convicts were working on the railroad above Crestmont and they lived in little shanty houses and a railroad boxcar. When a violent thunder.storm came up their · shanty houses was demolished. Five men were killed and twenty three were injured in this accident. Qne of the most terrible accidents to happen though was on the mountain where six men were killed by a dynamite explosion. When the road was being constructed -at Walntit Bottoms, six men were drilling holes and setting dynamite in them to blast away the rock cliffs. One of the men thrust a stick of dynamite into the hole that had been drilled, but it didn't go all the w_ay down. Another man took a crowbar. and tried to push the dynamite on down into the hole, but it exploded killing all six men. Dr. Mac and some of the men from Crestmont s~ent the rest of the day gathering up the body parts of these six men and preparing them for burial. This was an awful experience for ,. - ,,:, these men' to endure. -~--- Dr._ Mac tend~d many art accident sick person, · deli v~red mc:t'ny })abies ' duringhf~ ~(~ars'· at;- :Crestmont which w,a's arourrd ~, 902 _.,. 1'915. 'During _this 'time h'e ' Was· not only a doctor' to these· people,: but-·a ''good: .and helpful friend. -'?f When · 'or~ Mac. left crestmont Dr. :John Alvin Paul (J~A.P.) -~Shields \ (1869 ;;. J 939) became the doctor for the Crestmont ar~ Dr. Shields worked at ·cres-tmonf with . the Sull.crest Lumbe-r 'Company in 191'6 '. He moved from C:testmont to Hartford, . TN~ in 1919 and; worked for the -Boice -Hardware Comp.iny ,: but sti'll made 'his trips to cresf1Tront. .· . . -· In 1'927-he -returned to his ·private :practice and worked at this for '-the remainder of his l.i:fe. ·-He _ was an outgoingo-man and enjoyed cci' good book as well _as a good<joke, :he also enjoy'ed ' - his cig~r· s _ . HiS friends kllew ·hi-in · ·as,;·:a :;:ma:n: ·qf i ·ntegr-i t -l/>-an·d ·--. - loyalty;- and welcomed anyone into his home. or·. Shields died suddenly Jan. '17, 1939 _at Hartford, TN~ and is buried at Union ~ ' Cemetery in Newport, TN. Charlie Roscoe "Doc" Fish (1888 - 1978) was twenty four when he first got a job working with the livestock at BOice Hardware Company in Hartford. He 1 d saddle the horses for the company doctor, Dr. J~A.P. Shields. Dr. Shields was the one who encouraged Roscoe to study medicine '· and ·helped him. Roscoe had a "natural ability" when caring, and .dealing with animals. Roscoe trained with Dr. Shields and as the years passed Roscoe delivered many, many babies in the mountainous area of Ea~t Tenne~see and Western North Carolina. He would refer to it as "catchin' - babies". Roscoe was not a lic~nsed doctor and he refused to be cal1ed Q <.t.~t P':t doctor, but he did eJ ·. c.c.c. Fonn No. 2 • April &, um • Jn.~t . DaDJe • ., . 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'0 ·.-.,-._.· _· . · ' · -· -.,. , ' '!;"" 0 0 0 c ~--. James Riley McGaha and Son, Anglo ' McGaha An~lo (2-19-1916 - 2-19-1926) An g 1 o was drag to death by a horse . I. ·Killed. IJt Belgium ] . i PFC. HILLIARD McGAHA, 24, so1;1 of Mrs. Caldonia Hannah, of Dellwood, who was . killed in ac- . tion in Belgium on · September 5, . 1944, according to a message re-, ceived by his mother. He volun- . teered in the service on October 3, 1944, and had visited . his family only once since he had been in the service. He had served overseas for three years, and was a gunner on a tank. (. This cabin was built by Ike McGaha when he first came to The Bend. Th.e pictures are the front and backside of the cabin. Thomas and Haseltine McGaha, Estelle (McGaha) Price Steve, Julie (Phillips) Hannah, Children Stanley & Nita Mae McGaha Family Wilse McGaha (son of Ike and Jane McGaha) married (1) Harriet Rathbone, (2) Rachel Smith. Children 9£ Wilse and Rachel are: William Thomas ( 2-9-1880 - 6-12-1 975) ·married Nancy Hasel_tine Wilson, Adam (Add) (7-15-1885 - 7~7-1950) married Sarah Elizabeth Roberts; Victoria (born abt. 1887- 1963) marri~d (1) Walter Grooms~ (2) Leonard Groomsf James Riley (6-9-1893 - 2-9-1929) married Caledonia Ba~nes Sutton. William Thomas McGaha and Nancy Haseltine Wilson (1-1-1878 - 2 - 19-1960), were married in 1898. Children from this marriage were: Estella (6-1-1899 - 5-7-191.7) married Rufus Price, Mabel Burr (7-17-1900- 1025-1971) married Burnard Roe Leatherwood, Arthur (born abt. 1904), Bartley (2-12-1906 - 8-31-1962) married Dolla Ball, Rufus (10-17-1922 - 3-19-1980) married Golda Ball. (I) Estella married (1) Rufus Price (10-4-1893- 10-10-1954) (2) Zemary McElroy. No Children (II) Burr McGaha and Burnard Roe Leatherwood (3-14~1897 - 2-22- 1971) was married 4-10-1920, they had '12 children. (1) Reva Lucilla (1-8-1921) married (1) Boyd Russell Hannah (5-24-1919 - 10-12-1964) (2) Olsie Glenn Gray. Children of Reva and Boyd are: Robert Boyd, and Steven Bernard. (2) Geneva (2-8-1922 - 6-23-1923) (3) Agnes (6-3-1923) married (1) Ralph Ford Hannah (10-20-1923 - 5-19-1970) (2) James L. Sisk. Children of Agnes and Ralph are: Ralph F. Jr., Linda, Elizabeth, and Debr_a Ann. (4) Vera (7-19-1926) married E. Ray Mull (1-9-1926) Children: Randall Ray, Wanda Gail, Ricky Lamar, and Ronnie Darrell. (5) James Samuel (10-13-1928 - 12-20-1983) married Mary A. Alfonso (11-7-1933). Children: James Samuel Jr., Michael Joseph, David Brain, and John Anthony Boyd Hannah and Agnes Leatherwood l l _ i i i . J ·--- ---·- ./ \ Reva Leatherwood, Velma Hannah,_ & Agnes Leatherwood u_ u_ u_ u_ [J_ U~ U~ u_j u L~ L~ L f- I I'- J (6) Orville (8-3-1930 - 8-12-1930) (7) Warren G. (8-20-1931) m~rried Gladys Kathryn Knorr (12-14- 1932) •, Children: Kathryn, Franklin, and Daniel. '
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