| Summary: | Journeys Through Jackson is the official journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, Inc. The journal began as a monthly publication in July 1991, was published bimonthly from 1994 to 2003, and continues today as a quarterly publication. The journal issues in this digital collection are presented as annual compilations. c J o u r n e y s _ - T h r o u g h J a c k s o n T h e Official Journal of t h e J a c k s o n C o u n t y G e n e a l o g i c a l Society, Inc. Vol. X X I , No. IV Fall 2 0 11 V ^ JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. 2011 Officers u President James E. Monteith Vice Presidents B.B. Cantrell, Kenneth Nicholson Secretary Marilyn G.Morton Treasurer E. Lawrence Morton Librarian Dorris D. Beck Office Manager Ruth C. Shuler Computer Coordinator. Deanne G. Roles Chair, Publications (Editor) Robert L. Crawford From the Editor There is little doubt that 2011 has been the most eventful year in the 21-year history of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. In February we moved out of the office that we had occupied for some thirteen years, and we placed almost all of the Society's possessions in one type of storage or another. In June we started the process of moving in to the old courthouse in Sylva, into offices on the first floor, and we became one of the partners in the Jackson County library complex. The county commissioners voted to allow space to the Jackson County Historical Association and to the Jackson County Arts Council, as well as our group. Quite simply, we doubt if we could ever have found ourselves in a better location. The magnificent j building is an attraction for local persons and tourists alike, and we make every effort to be open the same hours as the library itself. We have seen literally hundreds of people come through our new offices, some with serious genealogical interest, some with exclamations about the view, some who are old acquaintances and friends who have dropped by, and some who need building permits or driver's licenses. AH have been welcome in a place that we believe offers an important service to the people of Jackson County and indeed to persons from anywhere. In early November, the lease agreement was finalized by the county. Our "space utilization fee," as they euphemistically state it, will be some $338 per month. It is retroactive to June. This will amount to a little over $4000 per year that we will need to raise. We have no doubts that our organization will be able to do just that. Over the last twenty-one years, we have yet to face a challenge that we could not meet, and while we may be misunderstood in some quarters (and certainly underappreciated), we are still upright, we are still helping persons who need to find out their family backgrounds, and we are still working here every day. This final issue of 2011 will be sent to 240 of the finest folks in the country. It has been our great pleasure to meet and talk with many of them, and we look forward to 2012 as another great year. In this issue, see the contributions of Nelma Bryson, Jason Gregory, Ruth Crawford Shuler, Jean Hooper Scott, Mack Sutton, Bill Crawford, Deanne Gibson Roles, Betty Queen Monteith, Larry C. Farley, Dorris Dills Beck, and of course the official records gathered by the editor. We wish all of you the finest holiday season. Come back to see us. ^y Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s Expressions of Sympathy a n d Announcements 145 JCGS Photo A l b um 146 - 1 5 0 The Christys of B a l s am 151 - 1 5 4 Jackson County 1880 Census 155 - 1 5 8 Mack Sutton Reminiscences 159 - 1 6 2 Wood Chapel Cemetery 163 - 1 6 4 Samuel Gibson W a r of 1812 Pension Application 165 - 1 6 8 Descendants of Thomas F r a n k l i n 169 - 1 7 2 The William M. Wilson Family 173 - 1 7 6 1922 Jackson County Death Certificates 177 - 1 8 0 Descendants of William H. Farley 181 - 1 8 4 JCGS L i b r a r y Acquisitions 185 - 1 8 6 JCGS Items F o r Sale 186 New Members of J C G S for 2011. 187-189 Where J C G S Members Live 190 Index 191-192 With Sympathy We express our sympathy to the family of JCGS life member Sara Medford Phillips, who died in September. We also express our sympathy to JCGS member Nita Moses Broom in her recent loss. SARNews Two local Sons of the American Revolution chapters are interested in expanding their memberships. Lambert Hooper brought by a flyer from the Silas McDowell Chapter, and Charles Miller called with information for a Haywood County group. We don't have a number for the second group, but the first may be reached by calling Kenton W. David, President at 828-526-3374 or e-mail Kentonw@hcexpress.net New Book JCGS member Nelma Bryson is compiling information to be used in a written history of Balsam. Of particular interest are the first families of Balsam, information regarding buildings, and photographs you would like to share. Contact Nelma: 828-631-2395 or nelmaj b@earthlink.net or mail at 86 Mayflower Lane Sylva NC 28779. Nelma emphasizes that this is an individual effort, not affiliated with any business or organization. 145 Journeys Through Jacksbn Fall 2011 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m U u The beautiful portrait above is a photograph of Sallie Battle. Picture is shared with us by JCGS member Nelma Bryson. u 146 Journeys Tltrough Jackson FaU 2011 C J C G S P h o t o A l b u m t * L , Above, one of Jackson County's Hooper families. The picture shows John Anzle Hooper Jr. (17 Nov 1860 - 13 Jun 1946), his wife Mary Wike Hooper (9 J a n 1865 - 1 Sep 1918). We assume that these would be their four oldest children.only the two little girls a r e actually identified on the picture. Their children were Vernon V. Hooper (20 Nov 1885 - 11 May 1948), who married Gratia Bryson; Lymon (1888), Ora Hooper (20 Jun 1895 - 23 Aug 1976), who married Albert Edwin Brown, and Edith (3 Sep 1897 - 28 Mar 1971), who married Curtis Wood. Considering those birth dates, if Edith is the smallest child in the picture, then the photograph would have been made about 1899, three or four years prior to the birth of Brittle Lee, who married Charles Nelson Price. The picture was shared by Emma Jo Brown Robinson, one of Ora's daughters, with JCGS member Jason Gregory. 147 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m v_J >_> The picture above is a photograph of James Henry Robinson, his wife Sallie Franklin Robinson, and their son James Oscar Robinson. Sallie was earlier married to John Baxter Ensley. Sallie (13 Mar 1852 - 18 J a n 1924) was the youngest child in the Franklin family which we have been spotlighting in these pages. James Henry (2 Mar 1858 - 29 Apr 1930) was one of the sons of Washington Alexander Robinson and Mahala Bumgarner. James Oscar Robinson (2 Jan 1895 - 18 Jun 1936) was their youngest child. We would estimate that this picture was made about 1905. Photograph shared with JCGS by Jason Gregory, who copied the picture from the Robert Carnes family. ^J 148 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 C J C G S P h o t o A l b u m C L , The photograph above is of Cynthia Hall Beck (4 Jun 1867 - 4 Feb 1953), wife of Rev. Alden L. Beck and daughter of Anzel Jemison Hall and Elizabeth Catherine Ensley. In our Summer 2010, Fall 2010, and Winter 2011 issues, we focused on Cynthia's brother William Elbert Hall and his (mostly) Transylvania County family. Cynthia's own family is described in Jackson County Heritage, Volume 1(Article #189). 149 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m \ J Relatively speaking, the pictures on this page are not very old photographs, but are interesting nonetheless. Above shows Tom J. Ledbetter and his wife Sarah Hensley Ledbetter with their grandson Tom. The picture would have been made in the late 1930's. The couple above made their home in Swain County and are buried there in Ledbetter Cemetery. Tom (11 Feb 1876 - 24 Sep 1973) and Sarah (12 Dec 1877 - 9 Oct 1946). Sarah was a daughter of Jeremiah "Jerry" and Ingabo Quilliams Hensley of Dillsboro. Photograph shared by JCGS member Ruth Shuler. Below, Gypsy Elizabeth Hensley, a grand - niece of Sarah above. Photograph shared by JCGS member Jean Hooper Scott, a daughter of Gypsy Elizabeth. K^ V > 150 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 C T h e C h r i s t y F a m i l y o f B a l s a m [Ed. The following is the work of JCGS member Nelma Jean Bryson, who is a lineal descendant in this family.] Walter S. Christy, M i n n i e K e n n e y Christy, J u l i a C h r i s t y B r y s o n , S a l l i e C h r i s ty c _ Walter Scott Christy (1858 - 1923) was born in Athens, GA, the son of John Harrison Christy (1820 - 1877) and Ann Aurelia Roberts (1824 - 1894). He married Minnie Weil Belle Kenney (1869 - 1951), daughter of Isaac Massillon Kenney (1820 - 1884) and Candas Anna Ross (1835 - 1901). John Harrison Christy walked across the mountains from Jonesborough, TN to Asheville, NC in 1839 - 1840. A printer by trade, he partnered with Joshua Roberts, a lawyer from Cleveland County, NC, to begin one of the first newspapers in Western North Carolina: The Highland Messenger. Roberts became his father - in - law. Christy's wife, Ann Aurelia, had a sister and brother - in - law living in Athens, GA. In the mid 1840's, John H. and Ann Aurelia Christy moved to Athens and began their family of nine children: six sons and three daughters. We have confirmation of at least four of the sons becoming newspapermen, including Walter Scott. 151 KJ Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 Isaac M. Kenney was born in the Edgefield District of South Carolina and at some point in his childhood, the family moved to Athens, GA. He was widowed and the father of six children when he married his second wife, Candas Anna Ross of Columbia County, GA. Together they added nine more children to the family. Minnie Weil Belle was the baby of the family. Isaac was a Methodist minister, a scholar, a probate judge, an official of the Confederacy, and a merchant. Isaac Kenney's store was very near the newspaper offices of John H. Christy, and it is believed by family anecdotal history that the nearness of the two businesses may have fostered the courtship and marriage of Walter and Minnie. Family anecdotal history also dictates that John H. Christy was a contemporary of Andrew Johnson, former president of the United States, while Johnson was a young tailor in Jonesborough, TN. Their friendship was said to have been close. So close in fact, that John H. Christy's wedding suit was tailored by Andrew Johnson. Walter and Minnie Christy began their family in Athens, GA. Their first four children were born there: Anna (1889-1889) Norman Roberts (1890 -1962) married Dolly Mae Queen Julia Belle (1892 -1967) married John Refsahl Edith Elizabeth (1893 -1983) Around 1894, Walter visited Andrews, NC where his brother Thomas Jackson Christy was editor of The Andrews Sun. Thomas had previously lived in Franklin, NC, where he was the editor of The Franklin Press and where he married Cora Bryson. As they toured the countryside that visit, Walter is said to have declared his desire to live at Balsam. This was a few short years after the railroad had been completed through Balsam Gap extending the line from Asheville all the way to Murphy. Walter moved his family from Athens, GA by train to Balsam, NC and their family continued to grow. Six more children were born at Balsam: Walter Edwin (1896 -1950) married Nannie Robinson Harriet Salina (1898 -1953) married Finley Carson Ethel Alice (1900 -1990) married George Robert Bryson Lucy Marion (twin) (1903 -1904) Lydia Mae (twin) (1903 -1989) married Roy Duncan Thomas Henry (1905 -1991) married Carrie (Peggy) Corpening The Christys lived first near the newly completed railroad tracks. They built a resort hotel and "eatery" for folks from South Carolina and Georgia who liked to spend their summers in the coolness of the mountains. Family anecdotal history dictates the name of this establishment as the Christy House. Because the Christy family were all Methodist, and the Balsam community and surrounding area were predominantly Baptist, the Christys felt the need for a Methodist church at Balsam. They sent back to Athens, GA for pulpit furniture and built a church. A Methodist minister would come from Sylva by train one Sunday a month to hold services. Walter's maiden sister, Mary Lucinda Christy, 1848 - 1919, who was fondly called Mamie, . j played the organ. The congregation was made up of the Christys, Kenneys, and Knights. 152 Kj Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 When the Methodist church at Balsam was closed many years later, the membership merged with Faith Methodist Church of Hazelwood. Minnie's brother, Joseph Key Kenney (1856 - 1940), had been buying land in the Balsam area since the Civil War as he would bring horses from Athens, GA to the mountains for sale to those in the timber business. He built some cabins to rent to summer guests. In the very early 1900's, Joe moved his family to Balsam and bought more land. At this time, he and his brother - in - law Walter were making plans to build a large hotel. Their rental cabins and the small hotel Walter owned were overflowing with guests. The hotel they built with some financial backing from a Mrs. Wiggs of Atlanta, who was a frequent summer guest, was the Balsam Springs Hotel. Now, over a hundred years later, it is known as the Balsam Mountain Inn. The Christy House burned before the new hotel was completed. One part of it that was not burned later became the bowling alley for the new hotel. There was also at the new hotel a dance pavilion, a riding stable, and an area designated for lawn tennis. Walter and Minnie's daughter Ethel Alice, who married George Robert Bryson, is my grandmother. George's father, Hebron Lee Bryson, was one of the original workmen who built the hotel. Hebron is credited with being one of the men who laid the concrete pillars upon which the hotel rests. George was also a carpenter and helped with the building of the hotel. Later in life he did additional work and maintenance to the structure. My personal anecdotal history suggests that the building of the hotel may have helped George and Ethel in their courtship and consequent marriage. Wa' WaHW|iBeaBaMBiUUUBaTa^ .v., ^ __ < .'_? The Walter S. Christy family in front o f T h e ^ S ^ H o u ^ D r r S o S 153 v_> Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 The next generation: Julia Belle Christy m. John T. Refshal Camilla Refshal Ross (1921 - 2005) Rolf David Refshal (ca. 1924 - ) Janice Refshal (ca. 1926 - ) Walter Edwin "Tub" Christy m. Nannie "Bird" Robinson Charles Christy (1935 - ) Frances Anne Christy Ethel Alice Christy m. George R. Bryson Katherine Elizabeth Bryson (1920 -1920) George Robert Bryson Jr. (1921 -1974) Richard Harrison Bryson (1922 -1995) Dorothy Marguerite Bryson (1924 - 2006) Juanita Christy Bryson (1930 - ) Lydia Mae Christy m. Roy Duncan Ralph Baker Duncan (1928 -1983) Ann Jacqueline Duncan (1930 - ) Robert Scott Duncan (1934-2011) ^ Marian Christy Duncan (1935 - ) v—^ David Lee Duncan (1944 - ) Thomas Henry Christy m. Carrie (Peggy) Corpening Beverly M. Christy (1932 - ) Brandon Christy (1936 - ) Edith H. Christy (1939 -1988) 154 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 1 8 8 0 J a c k s o n C o u n t y C e n s u s [Ed. We continue in mis issue with the 1880 census enumeration. This installment continues with the Qualla township. Remember that the house number will be followed by the family number, the names, ages, occupations, and the states of birth of the individual, the father of the individual, and the mother of the individual. From microfilm in the JCGS office.] L , 54-63 55-64 56-65 56-66 57-67 58-68 Abram Jenkins 26 Sarah J. 19 Jonas M. 4 MaryE. 2 PerlyJ. 1 Frank Conner 25 Caroline A. 22 Cilvestus 1 Thomas R. Welch 54 MaryC. 48 Thomas R. 12 Elizabeth A. 11 John Pannel 18 Elizabeth Murry 40 William 18 Mary 12 Rebecca J . 8 DellerM. 5 Sally J . 2 (Indian) ErvanB. Hyatt 53 Darky J . 38 ThadiusR. 13 Laura M. 9 Leander J . 16 James V. 7 William A. 5 Ora Willis 3 Sousia C. 4/12 Mary M. Monteith 30 Jim Sampson 25 (Indian) Sally 22 (Indian) John F. Night 61 Emma Elizer 68 (64?) ^MaryE. 22 Marcus E. 19 William Raifield 16 Farmer Wife - keeping house Son Daughter Daughter Farmer Wife - keeping house Son Physician Wife - keeping house Son - works on farm Daughter - at home Servant Servant - works on farm << « «c a « a a ft' Farmer Wife - keeping house Son - w o r k s on farm Daughter Stepson — works on farm Son Son Son Daughter - born January Sister - in - law Teacher Servant-works on farm <c « a a Farmer Wife - keeping house Daughter - At home Son - works on farm Servant - works on farm NC NC NC it « a C( « « « a « a a tt NC NC NC <( (C « (C <C (( NC NC NC <« u tt « « « «< a tt a « tt SC NC NC " SC SC « u « NC NC SC « tt tt u « <( NC NC NC « « a « <C it it tt It ii ii It it « «( « ii tt tt It tt ft (( ii it CC (( « « tt tt tt tt SC SC SC « « « «< <( i( « « (( NC NC NC 155 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 58-69 59-70 60-71 61-72 62-73 62-74 63-75 63-76 64-77 Jacob Fullbright 57 JohnB. 24 William W. 16 Augustus M. 13 Edward G. Hyatt 63 Eliza N. 56 Edward G. 19 James B. 17 MaryC. 13 Amanda Gipson 19 Laura Bolden 31 Celie Rhifield 56 Silas Teague 24 Mary J . 20 AnnaE. 2 James W. 1 Willie Terrell 15 Charles A. Bird 26 Sarah E. 18 Minnie M. 1 Joel K. Terrell 11 HaryL. Moody 41 Cordelia 32 Laura A. 10 Lilly R. 8 Charley W. 5 GracyJ. 2 Scrupe Enloe 80 MaryH. 60 Jane Ridge 50 Pole C. Ashe 30 (widowed) William C. 5 John Hornbuckle 12 (Indian) James Bolden 10 Hester 7 Josiah 1 James M. McKinie 32 Sisco 23 Vinnie 6 David 4 Fanny A. 2 Wheelwright - widowed Son - Shoemaker Son - Student Son - Student Dry goods merchant Wife - keeping house Son - works on farm Son - works on farm Daughter - at home Servant - housekeeper Servant - works on farm Servant - housekeeper Farmer Wife - keeping house Daughter Son B r o t h e r - i n - l a w servant Farmer Wife - keeping house Daughter B - in - law Works on farm Farmer Wife - keeping house Daughter Daughter Son Daughter Farmer Wife - keeping house Servant- housekeeper Servant - works on farm Nephew Servant - works on farm Servant - works on farm Servant Servant Farmer Wife - keeping house Daughter Son Daughter NC NC NC « u it M M « M it tt NC NC NC a tt u a u u tt it « «( (( K ft it « it it « SC SC SC NC NC NC if it M it Ct K a « (c a tt tt NC NC NC a ti tt ft tt tt it a u NC NC NC « « « a u tt tt a « « « « « « u NC NC NC tt « cc TN TN TN NC NC NC a « « (( « « NC NC NC U (( M « tt (C NC NC NC « a u « .( « « « « « M <( yj Kj v_> 156 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 65-78 66-79 67-80 68-81 69-82 70-83 71-84 Polly Enloe 26 John B. Gipson 50 MaryM. 49 Thomas W. 21 Polly M. 19 Margaret A. 17 JosuayF. 16 ElmiraD. 13 AlpheusM. 10 Laura D. 5 William H. Enloe 34 MarthyL.(?) 21(?) Edgar A. 5 Charles R. 2 Samnel J. Queen 21 Ambrose B. Gipson 19 (mu) Anaville 22 Lou 1 (mu) Casper C. Martin 27 Tildy Gipson 23 (mn) William M. (mu) Jusuay H. Gibbs 38 Sarah M. 33 JohnH. 14 Mag A. 12 William E. 10 Joseph J. 9 AlcyJ. 8 Sarah M. 7 James M. 5 AddyR. 2 Arthur H. 1 Joseph B. Keener 29 VerlinchaC. 25 Hester Ann 6 George 4 Sarah J. 2 Margaret 4/12 Sarah E. Raby 38 Margaret J. 12 Robert B.11 JohnB. 9 Servant - housekeeper Farmer Wife - keeping house Son - works on farm Daughter - housekeeper Daughter - housekeeper Son - works on farm Daughter - housekeeper _, Son Daughter Farmer Wife - keeping house Son. Son Servant - works on farm Farmer Wife - keeping house Daughter Farmer Servant - works on farm Blacksmith Wife - keeper of house Son - works on farm Daughter at home Son - works on farm Son Daughter Daughter Son Daughter Son Farmer Wife - keeping house Daughter Son Daughter Daughter. 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Beginning with the next page, the census enumerator omitted a number for the first family, then numbered two consecutive pages in opposite order. We will keep his numbers here, because we believe this represents the order in which he visited the homes.] No.? 80-98 81-99 82-100 Scroop S. Enloe 36 Sallie E. 26 Sallie M. 11/12 Carroll C. Martin 32 Eliza Ann 25 James R. 7 Julius Lee 3 Charles V. 2 Biny Enloe 27 Elmina C. 24 Robert Lee 6 Sallie M. 4 Leonidas P. 2 AUiceE. 7/12 Mary Sherrill 64 William B. 32 Joseph B. 24 George C. 21 Lou Gipson 16 (mu) Farmer Wife - keeping house Daughter - born July Farmer Wife - keeping house Son Son Son Farmer Wife - keeping house Son Daughter Son Daughter Widow - keeping house Son - works on farm Son -works on farm Son - works on farm Servant - works on farm NC NC NC cc cc cc cc cc cc NC TN TN NC NC NC cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc NC NC NC cc cc cc cc cc cc CC CC cc cc cc cc cc cc cc NC NC NC cc <c cc cc cc cc cc cc << cc cc cc KJ Ky 158 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 M y L i f e A s I R e m e m b e r It ( R e m i n i s c e n c e s o f C l i f f o r d M c L e a n S u t t o n) ^ My Dad would not cut walnut trees. There were walnut trees in the hollow and on the sides of the hills, and in a good year they would fall off the tree and roll into the hollow. I have seen them 3 feet thick for 2 or 3 hundred feet down that hollow. We couldn't sell them, so they would just lie there and rot. Then one time it snowed a lot; I don't know how much, but the wind blew that snow into the hollow about twenty feet deep. Our old cow slid into it and couldn't get out. We had to shovel and tromp down that snow so she could walk out. We all like to have froze, the cow too. We made ourselves wooden wagons, the wheels made out of black gum, the axles out of dogwood, with a board on the front axle to the back axle with a bolt in the middle so we could guide i t Sometimes we would have a rope tied on each side of the front axle, and some boys would use their feet. A lot of times our dads wouldn't let us use axle grease, so we went out into the pasture and got cow manure. It was slick. It was a sight to see those wagons coming down the hill and that cow manure flying. Going back to when I was a small boy 4 or 5 years old, I remember men cradling wheat on the side of a hill. This was at my grandfather's house on Dicks Creek. They would shock the wheat, and later when Kansas Howell would bring his threshing machine around, they would haul the wheat out of the fields to the spot where they would thresh it Other people would bring their wheat there too. They would put the wheat in big white sacks, and my granddad would fill the wagon full with those sacks and take it to the mill on Shoal Creek at Olivet Road. It is still standing today. He would unload the wheat, then go to Kansas Howell's farm (he was his brother - in - law), and work on his farm till the wheat was all ground. He would bring that wheat back to a room where they kept it all winter and till the next fall when they would thresh wheat again. At breakfast, to get one of those big yellow cathead biscuits with real butter and honey was a real t r e a t I never saw sacks of flour till about 1937 or 1938. My dad would buy it in a paper poke about ten pounds at a time, then all the people began to buy flour in 24-pound sacks. By 1940 the threshing machine was gone. You could go out in the country after they began to buy these sacks of flour and see those bloomers hanging on the line. "Martha White," "Yukon's Best," "Red Band." You could not get the name out of the cloth and the girls wore them. Most of these people I write about are dead now. I skip back and forth from a little boy to a man. I go back as they come to mind. At Barker's Creek I will tell how things looked when I was a boy. It was a 2-lane highway. At the old steel bridge that is there now just above the cement bridge, there was a small store just before the highway. A number of people owned it. Between the store and the bridge" was the Barkers Creek church house, a big white building with a belfry with a big bell in i t Across the road where the Barkers Creek Trading Post is now was a corn field. On the other side of the river was a good-size store, and up the railroad about a hundred feet was the depot, a big shed with a flag pole to stop the train. Out to the right 159 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 was a real old store that was used as a warehouse and back behind it was a sawmill. Up the Barkers Creek Road about V* of a mile was the Barkers Creek school house. In the evening ( j I would come from school and sit down on the bank of the road and watch them saw lumber. This was the old steam sawmill, and when they hit a hard log, fire would come out of the smokestack. Down the road where the big red barn is (it wasn't red then) was Dewey Beck's house, and across the road where Uncle Bill's Flea Market is now was a field where Dewey would plant watermelons next to the river. When we were about 14 or 15 years old, we would walk down the railroad, pull our clothes off, swim the river, go up the bank and sldnny on our bellies so nobody would see us, and find us a watermelon. We would roll it back down the bank of the river, and if it would float it was a ripe melon, and if it didn't float, we would turn it loose and go back for another one. We could hold onto the melon and kick with our feet and the melon would hold us up. Kicking would push us across the river, where we could bust it and eat a good melon. Getting back to the sawmill.one time they were sawing big hickory logs, and the fireman that fired the boiler couldn't keep the steam up, so at lunch time he quit. Kelly Bradley owned the mill, and Frank Sutton owned the store at the highway. Frank was Kelly's son-in-law, so Kelly went to get Frank to fire the boiler for that evening. Frank told him to go get Hayes Sutton to run the store, so he could fire the sawmill. He started firing it at lunchtime when the mill hands were eating lunch, and by the time they came back to work, he had the governor or pop-off valve letting off steam. When they went to work, he tied the pop-off valve down and told the sawyer to saw. He started putting the wood to the boiler, the boiler got cherry red, the sawyer would cram that saw into a big hickory log, it ^ would go through the log and never slack a bit. One of the cut-off men ran, it looked like it . J was going to blow up. They sawed a heck of a lot of lumber that evening. At quitting time the sawyer quit, so Kelly had to hunt him a sawyer and a fireman for the next day. In August 1940 we had the big flood. It had rained for two weeks and the river got real high. I saw boys and men swimming from the railroad to the sawmill and back It rained hard for 2 days and nights, and the river woke us up way before daylight, and when it came daylight we could see that it was way high. We had never seen it that high before. There were big trees going down. I was standing on the porch and a big hemlock tree came down the river root end first. It hit the bridge in the center, one part went to the left and one part to the right. I ran in and told Dad that if he was going to go to work, he would have to swim for the bridge was gone. He said Oh My God. I saw houses, dead hogs and chickens going down the river, and a big rooster sitting on a little house crowing. In our front yard water was shooting out of the ground about 3 or 4 feet high. After the water started going back down, I saw men trying to catch a big fish in between the railroad tracks. At Kelly Bradley's sawmill, he lost a lot of logs and lumber that floated down the river. To drive across the river to the other side was to go down Thomas Valley to Whittier, then take the old Bryson City road to the Governor's Island bridge and cross it to get on the highway. People said that at that bridge, the water got up over it before the big timber came down and went over top of it. Every steel bridge from the head of the river to there was busted through. About a week after the river had gone back to normal, they built a boat and stretched a wire across the river and put a chain from the wire to the boat so people could go across and catch a bus to town. 160 Cw o Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 If you are at Uncle Bill's Flea Market looking across the river at that mountain, it used to have porcelain clay mines in it. There are small tunnels all in that mountain, and the inside of them is white from that porcelain. Most of them are about 50 or 100 feet long. We boys on some Sundays When we couldn't find much to do would go in them and sometimes run the foxes out We would catch bats and rub their noses together to make them mad. Good sport. One time Jewel Revis and I were standing in his yard looking across the river to the highway, and was coming up the highway riding a white mule, swaying back and forth drunk. They got about halfway across the bridge and fell off. He was holding onto the reins, but was too drunk to get up. Finally the mule lay down and crawled on, then the mule stood up with him on i t That was a smart mule. Along about Thanksgiving my Dad would kill two big fat hogs. He would get two men to help slaughter them and 'way before daylight we would have a fire going with a big 120 gallon steel barrel with boiling water to dunk the hogs in to loosen the hair. These men would scrape the hair off and hoist them up till the ends of their hoses would clear the ground. After they slit the belly open, Perry and I would feel around in the tub until we found the bladder. We would cut it loose, blow it full of air, tie it off so it wouldn't leak, hang it on a limb for 4 or 5 days, then we'would have a football. It would last until spring. At one time my grandfather had mules named Jack and Doud. Jack was white and Doud was black. Doud was the one I rode to the mill and back when I was about four years old. I have heard people say that my granddad would haul half a cord of acid wood on the wagon with the mules. They said he was in Dillsboro (that is where he took the wood to sell it), when Doud acted up on him and embarrassed him. He told Doud he would give him a whipping when they got home. A man told me when he unharnessed the mules, he got the whip and wore Doud out with it Sometimes the most embarrassing things can happen to a person like me. There was a Saturday night meeting at Rockdale Baptist Church and I was taking a girl home. We were walking, and she lived 2 miles up Lick Creek, the middle prong of Barkers Creek She lived at the last house up there, the last half-mile was a trail. We were going along smooching, got her up to the door of the house, ldssed her goodnight and left. Walked out about 20 feet from the steps, real dark night, no moon, and walked off a 10 foot rock wall right into a briar patch. It is a wonder I didn't break my leg, scratched all over, turned my ankle, couldn't find the trail, fell into a ditch. Half an hour later found the trail, had to walk 2 miles down Lick Creek, then 2 more miles to the mouth of Barkers Creek. My ankle swelled up. What a night. When I was a boy I started school in 1934 at 6 years old. I went 2 years and the third year I started into third grade, Mary Sue Revis was a year behind me in age, and Stella Mae was just 5 years old and I had to lead them to and from school. I didn't want to do it for all the boys would laugh at me, but Gertie, Jewel's wife, got with my mother and mother told me to lead Mary Sue and Stella Mae to school or else, so up and down the road I went with two little girls, one in each hand. I got laughed at too. Where people lived when I was a boy: Jewel Revis lived in the first house above the bridge, and we lived just about one hundred yards up the railroad from him, the coldest place this side of the North Pole. The sun was up about 8 a.m. and down by 9 a.m. We 161 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 could see the sun on the other side of the river. On up the railroad Jim Pangle and Fannie lived, up the hollow above them was Oscar Estes and Rhoda, then above Jim's was Jasper \ Dills and Prudie, then on up a ways by the railroad was a house where Harley Nations lived. ^—^ Later on Jim Pangle lived there, then Jim moved to Sylva and Will Gregory and Mary lived in it. Now going up the creek, Baxter and Sallie Nations and their son DeForest lived there, then out a little ways was Vivian and Birdie Nations. Then just past Vivian's there was a hollow where Jack and Lillie Sutton lived. Then on around the hill that used to be Nations Creek Road (now Thomas Valley Road) was Tommie Nations, then Jewel Nations' house. Back down close to the bridge on the left of the road Lonza Sutton and Lizzie lived. Then on up the road was where Burt Sutton and Veda and Granny Sutton lived. The old house is still there now. On up the road on the left was a house where Ira Jones lived. I think Grady Ward lived in it before Ira. Then on the same side and up a small road was General Jones's house, and across the creek from Ira's house was Hobert Gibson's house. Then on up the road a little ways was Kelly Bradley's house on the left of the road, and on the right of the road and up a little ways Frank Sutton built a house. He married Mary Alice Bradley. Up the road above Frank's was where Jim and Arty Gibson lived. At Jim's house I remember they were going to have a funeral for . He had died on Piney Mountain and Daddy built the coffin there. He told me to come there about 1 o'clock and take him to Jim's. I went over there about that time on a muddy road axle deep, rutted out. I had that old 1940 Chevy pickup. We had taken the steel bed off and made a wooden bed for it. We put the box in, then carried the coffin out Daddy nailed the lid on the box and we went up the road easing along. Daddy said, "Is this as fast as this truck can run?" I said ," might turn over in his coffin." He said "So what.he is dead." I got sort of mad and went off a reeling and rocldng. We got up to Jim's house, Hobert Gibson helped Daddy take the coffin out of the box, they opened the lid, and he had turned over face down. They turned him back over and had the funeral. I was at Jim Gibson's corn mill, and he showed me where my grandfather Dan Sutton made his whiskey. When my grandfather owned the mill, there was a flue that went up inside the mill and had a little wood stove to keep warm by. On the other side he had a little still and a place to hook up the furnace in the same flue. He would build a fire in both sides so that smoke coming out the top would look as if the stove in front was being used to warm by. He made the corn whiskey from the corn toll he got from the people he ground corn for. Jim said that Dan ran a little store in the bottom just like he did. Frank said that one time and came to the store one Saturday evening to get lamp oil and coffee. They lived in Big Laurel, and he begged his Dad to go home with them for the weekend. They got there just before dark, and supper was about ready, so they went to the creek and washed, and back to the house for supper. What they had was corn bread, boiled cabbage and opossum. wife had cooked it whole from the end of its tail to its nose, and it was lying in the platter grinning at them. He said he ate corn bread and cabbage but no possum. Got up the next morning, went to the creek and washed, came back to the house to breakfast and that possum was still grinning, they hadn't eaten all of it for supper. He said he went back to Barkers Creek. To be continued 162 V^> KJ Journeys Tltrough Jackson Fall 2011 W o o d C h a p e l C e m e t e r y [Ed. The following is an update of a cemetery that is found in the volume Transylvania County N.C Cemetery Survey (Compiled by Mrs. Frankie Monteith, who also published, 1985). JCGS member Bill Crawford, visiting with one of the local Wagon Train groups, decided to record the stones he found in this cemetery, which has near proximity to Jackson County, thus connections to Jackson County families.] Directions: From Tuckasegee turn left on NC 281 and follow this highway to Tanasee Lake, then turn left on the Wolf Mountain Road. Go 1 mile, turn right on Tanasee Gap Road, go through the gap into Transylvania County. Proceed one mile, rum left, and go lA mile to Wood Chapel Cemetery. Consider Row 1 as nearest the entrance. Census done 3 Jul 2011. O Lr Row 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 Name Rev. Truett C. Owen Aileen G. Owen Julian W. Johnson Nancy L. Johnson Gary Tall Sheila K. Tall James W. Branks Cynthia A. Branks Derrell W. Smith Geraldine P. Smith Jimmy Dean Broom Willie Owen Alvin B. Owen Edward Elmer Buckner David A. West Madlene H. West Emma M. Owen Henry Hermon Owen Ratchel Owen Homer Owen Porter Lee Owen Little Baby Owen Curtis Owen Frances Burrell Owen A.L. Owen John Thomas Owen Doyle D. Queen Myrtle G. Queen Owens Baby Laura M. Owen Ephriam M. Owen Elva May Owen Ella Owen Frank Owen Bessie G. Owen Ervin West Caknlous C. West Edith Wood Green DOB 14 Feb 1934 10 Jul 1934 14 Nov 193-1 26 Apr 1938 23 Mar 1956 22 Dec 1964 7 Jan 1952 22 Jan 1958 29 Sep 1939 18 Aug 1932 9 Jul 1963 10 May 1916 25 Dec 1945 20 Feb 1959 21 Mar 1912 26 Jun 1930 1 Apr 1900 14 Jan 1880 5 Feb 1922 2 May 1924 27 Feb 1937 no dates 25 Apr 1943 25 Feb 1942 27 May 1930 30 Mar 2002 9 May 1931 5 Mar 1936 no dates 27 Sep 1882 8 May 1882 21 Oct 1907 Jul 1909 29 Jul 1923 14 Apr 1925 8 Sep 1877 9 May 1885 18 Jan 1927 DOD 25 Aug 2003 20 May 1997 28 Aug 1994 28 Sep 1981 24 Apr 1959 6 Feb 1974 18 Nov 1981 14 Aug 1960 5 Feb 1922 2 May 1924 29 May 1937 15 May 2002 30 Jun 2001 6 Sep 1999 8 May 2002 3 Oct 2009 28 Jun 1963 25 Mar 1949 20 Mar 1926 Dec 1915 16 May 2005 29 Mar 1957 12 Apr 1966 10 Jul 2010 Comment m. 8 May 1981 m. 9 Nov 2001 m. 22 Apr 1995 s/o Henry, Emma Owen s/o Henry, Emma Owen i/o Claude,Annie Owens d/o E.M., Laura Owen 163 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Journeys Through Jackson Lucille W.Wood Rums S. Wood Harold Bradley John Bracken Frances Buckner William Herman Buckner Asberrie Oscar Buckner Elmer S. Buckner Esby Buckner Sr. Beulah G. Buckner B. June Parker Owen James Lewis Owen Lonie L. Owens Bessie Woods Smith Pauline Woods Willia Mae Woods James C. Wood Leon Wood Delia L. Wood Bell Wood T.J. Wood J.M. Wood Hattie F. McCall Jay B. McCall Mary Q. Woods Carl R. Woods Wood Ellen Wood Syntha Wood Rachel B.Wood Cametta W. Owen Ralph M. Owen Alma G. Owen Autumn Galloway Patricia Foxx Norton 1 unmarked Omie W. Wood Henry Newton Wood Infant Wood Infant Wood 1 unmarked Richard Wood 16 Apr 1905 30 Nov 1903 1937 7 Jun 1937 15 Feb 1944 12 Apr 1945 14 Jun 1935 7 Apr 1904 8 Jun 1909 1 Apr 1934 11 Mar 1933 29 Aug 1910 24 Mar 1906 no dates no dates 19 Aug 1895 10 Sep 1929 1 Jul 1896 4 Mar 1877 11 Apr 1872 4 Nov 1871 21 Jul 1917 13 Jun 1915 4 Mar 1882 4 Aug 1879 15 Apr 1911 28 Jun 1861 1859 27 Sep 1834 24 Jul 1884 7 Aug 1916 31 Jul 1921 Fall 2011 11 Apr 1979 7 Feb 1986 1939 1896 7 Jun 1937 19 Feb 1944 28 May 1945 18 Sep 1982 19 Sep 1982 29 Mar 2002 6 Jul 1994 24 Mar 1933 17 Feb 2000 22 Aug 1895 14 Sep 1929 19 Apr 1929 15 May 1937 8 Aug 1948 29 Apr 1953 7 Oct 2007 23 Nov 1981 13 Apr 1978 17 Apr 1911 2 Feb 1890 1898 13 Jun 1910 26 Mar 1977 13 Mar 2000 10 Apr 1997 15 Oct 1985 7 Dec 1953 27 Dec 1905 1 Jul 1898 26 Dec 2007 7 Feb 1995 4 Apr 1989 22 Nov 1928 15 Oct 1936 31 Jan 1904 13 Sep 1991 s/o Mrs. Othia Morris age 60 d/o Bessie Woods d/o Bessie Woods s/o T.J., Bell Wood s/o Rufus, Celia Wood d/o T.J., Bell Wood s/o M/M Carl Wood w/o Phillip, m/o Autun s/o M/M Henry Wood s/o M/M Henry Wood KJ ^ v_> 164 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 O L / W a r o f 1 8 1 2 P e n s i o n A p p l i c a t i o n o f S a m u e l G i b s on [Ed. The following excerpts from the official record of the title are submitted by JCGS member Deanne Gibson Roles, who is a lineal descendant of the applicant Deanne also requests that we credit Linda Brooks Banwarth, who sent along a copy of the pension application.] (Words on preprinted forms are reproduced here in italics.) State of North Carolina County of Haywood On this 11th day of January A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally, appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid Samuel Gibson aged fifty five years a resident of said county & state Who being duly sworn according to law declares that he is the identical Samuel Gibson who was Fifer in the company commanded by Captain Robert Love in the 43rd regiment of North Carolina Infantry commanded by Col. Nicholas Long in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18* day of June 1812 that he enlisted on or about the 1st day of March 1814 for the t e rm of during the war and continued in actual service in said war for the term of fifteen months and was honorably discharged [next several words illegible] on or about the 22nd day of May 1815 as will appear by the muster rolls of said company but his original discharge has been lost or accidentally destroyed. He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States, passed Sept 18,1850 /s/ Samuel Gibson Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written and I further certify that I believe the said Samuel Gibson to be the identical man who served as aforesaid and that he is of the age above stated /s/ illegible War of 1812 Declaration of Soldier for Pension [to be executed before judge or clerk ofcourtj State ©/"North Carolina County of Jackson On this 27<h day of April, A.D., one thousand eight hundred and seventy one, personally appeared before me, E.D. Davis Clerk Superior (Court) Jackson County N.C, a Court of Record within and for the county and State aforesaid Samuel Gibson, aged seventy six years, a resident of County of Macon State of North Carolina, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is married; that his wife's name was Charity White, to whom he was married at the residence of Jas Bryson Macon Co NC on the day of December 1866; that he served the full period of sixty days in the (1) military service of thye 165 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 United States in the War of 1812; that he is the identical Samuel Gibson (a fifer), who (2) enlisted in Captain Robert Love's company, 43rd regiment brigade division, at ^j Waynesville Haywood Co N.C, on the ninth day of December 1813, and was honorably discharged at camp near Wilmington N .C on the ( 22) twenty second day of May 1815; that (3) Guarding the sea-coast below Wilmington N .C at the inlet of Cape Fear River namely Fort Johnson and Federal Point.Discharge is on file in the Pension Office where it was sent to obtain a land warrant under former laws of Congress That he, at no time during the late rebellion against the authority of the United States, adhered to the cause of the enemies of tlte Government, giving them aid or comfort, or exercised the functions of any office whatever under any authority, or pretended authority, in hostility to the United States; and that he will support the Constitution of the United States; that he is not in receipt of a pension under any previous act; that he makes this declaration for the purpose of being placed on tlte pension roll of the United States, under the provision of the act approved February 14,1871, and he hereby constitutes and appoints, with full power of substitution and revocation R.W. Walker of Washington DC his true [page cut here, but Walker would have been his legal agent] Office of the Register of Deeds Macon Co. N.C. Feby 4th, 1879 -•> I, J.G. Crawford Register of Deeds of the County of Macon and State of North \^_y Carolina, do certify that that the following is a true copy from the "Marriage Record Book" on file in this office, on page 110 "I certify that I celebrated the rights (sic) of matrimony between Samuel Gibson and Charity White on the 18th day of December, 1866 and joined them together as man and wife according to the within license. /s/T.J.Kimzey,J.P." I further certify that after due serch (sic) the license refered (sic) to in the above certificate cannot be found in this office Given under my hand the day and year first above written /s/ J.G. Crawford Register of Deeds KJ 166 c u Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 War of 1812 Claim of Widow for Service Pension Under the provisions of Sections 1736 to 1740 (inclusive) Revised Statutes, and the Act of March 9th, 1878 State ©/North Carolina County of 'Macon On this 29th day of October, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight, personally appeared before me, W.N. Allman Clerk Superior Court the same being a court of record within and for the county and State aforesaid, (1) Charity Gibson aged 19years, a resident of'Macon Co., in the State of North Carolina, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of (2) Samuel Gibson, deceased, who was the identical (3) Samuel Gibson, who served under the name of (4) Samuel Gibson as a (5) Musician in the company commanded by Captain Robert Love, in the . Regiment of. commanded by , in the war of 1812; that her said husband ^Enlisted at Waynesville N .C on or about the .day of., A.D. 1813, for the term of the War, and continued in actual service in said war for the term of (7) eighteen months, and whose service terminated, by reason of (8) Honorable Discharge, at ., on the . day of ., A.D. She further states that the following is a full description of her said husband at the time of his enlistment, viz: (9) Age 18 Occupation farmer Born Iredell Co. NC Height 6 ft Dark hair Blue Eyes and Fair complexion She further states thai she was married to the said Samuel Gibson, at the city (or town) of. in the county of 'Macon, and in tlte State ©/"North Carolina, on the 18th day ©/December, A.D. 1866 by one (10) Thomas J. Kimzey, who was a (11) Justice of the Peace; and that her name before her said marriage was Charity White; and she further states that (12) her said husband was first married to Jane Black about the year 1818 who died in Macon Co. NC about the 17fh April 1866; and that her said husband (13) Samuel Gibson, died in Macon Co., in the State of North Carolina, on the 16th day ©/June, A.D. 1878 and that she has not again married; and she further declares that that the following have been the places of residence of herself and her said husband since the date of his discharge from the Army, viz: (14) Since their intermarriage, Viz Macon Co N.C. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the pension to which she may be entitled under Sections 4376 to 4740, (inclusive) Revised Statutes, and tlte Act of March 9th 1878, and hereby appoints Robt B. Vance, of Asheville N.Cher true and lawful attorney, to prosecute her claim; and she further declares that she has heretofore made no application for (15) Bounty land or Pension North Carolina Macon County Affidavit Personally appeared before the undersigned Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County the same being a court of record A.P. Brown and J.W. Sheffield, both of whom are well known to the Court and credible witnesses and after being duly sworn each says for himself that he knew the late Samuel Gibson who was the husband of one Charity Gibson, now an applicant for pension by virtue of her intermarriage with the said Samuel Gibson. 167 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 These affiants further depose each for himself that the said Samuel Gibson late of said County of Macon is dead, that he died on the sixteenth day of June A.D. 1878, and each j for himself further swears that he saw the said [copy is missing from bottom of page] the grave and the grave filled with earth. > /s/ A JP. Brown J.W. X Sheffield (his mark) Sworn to and subscribed before me by A.P. Brown writing his own name and J.W. Sheffield making his mark as above. This the 6ft day of March 1879 /s/W.N. Allman Judge Probate Court Macon County N.C. The following excerpts are taken from Jackson County Heritage, Vol H, article #360, submitted by Deanne Gibson Roles. "Samuel and Jane had one son.John Stewart Gibson, who married Martha Carroll in 1839." Children of John and Martha: ^ Betsy Jane Gibson (1840 -1938) m. William Grant Samuel Beniah Gibson (1841 - ) m. Sarah Earls Eliza Ann Gibson (1842 -1934) m. Joseph DeHart Pattie Ellis Gibson (1845 - ) m. Narcissa Cochran Happuch Matilda Gibson (1847 -1890) m. John Smiley Martha Palestine Gibson (1850 -1931) m. Zachariah Leatherman James Thomas Gibson (1851 -1936) m. Narcissus Shepherd Margaret Arminda Gibson (1842 -1943) m. Edward Carter John Lafayette Gibson (1854 -1920) m. Sarah Raby Joseph Carroll Gibson (1856 -1928) m. Mary Ab/era Allen George Hayes Gibson (1857 -1930) m. Emma Owens Sarah Minerva Gibson (1859 -1862) W.A. "Mann" Gibson (1860 -1918) m. Pallie Owens Fannie Telitha Gibson (1862 -1948) m. A.G. Dillard Nancy Elvira Gibson (1864 -1965) m. John Carden V > 168 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 C D e s c e n d a n t s o f T h o m a s F r a n k l in L / t w [We continue in this issue with the work of JCGS member Betty Queen Monteith.] 3. Mary Jane Queen (b.27 Jun 1863-Haywood Co.,NC;d.26 May 1904-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: John L.G. Harris (b.8 Oct 1847-Haywood Co.,NC;m.9 Nov 1879;d.23 Jun 1924-Jackson Co.,NC) - 4. Shuford Harris (b.1 Oct 1880-Haywood Co.,NC;d.7 Jul 1961-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Sadie Cordelia Hoxit (b.20 Jan 1884-Jackson Co.,NC;m.19 Sep 1899;d.7 Feb 1948-Transyivania Co.NC) - 5. Mary Harris (b.10 Aug 1900-Jackson Co.,NC;d.Jan 1901-Jackson Co.,NC) 5. John H. Hams (b.3 Dec 1901-Jackson Co.,NC;d.10 Aug 1996-Longview,WA) 1 sp: Nora Lucinda Owen (b.19 Mar 1901-Jackson Co.,NC;d.10 Oct 1980-Longview,WA) - 5. Laura Harris (b.29 Jan 1903-Jackson Co.,NC;d.Jun 1986-Oconee Co.,SC) 1 sp: Laughton Manuel McCall (b.1890-Jackson Co.,NC;m.Abt 1920;d.1949-Oconee Co.,SC) - 5. Charles Oscar Harris (b.15 Mar 1906-Jackson Co.,NC;d.21 Dec 1983-Transylvania Co.,NC) sp: Maudie Queen (b.13 Oct 1910-Jackson Co.,NC;d.24 Aug 1983-Henderson Co.,NG) - 5. William Henry "Coot" Harris (b.21 Mar 1910-Jackson Co.,NC;d.Feb 1976-Brevard.Transylvania Co.,NC) sp: Pearly McCall (b.2 Aug 1915-Jackson Co.,NC;m.22 Nov 1938;d.2 Jan 1986-Transylvania Co.,NC) - 5. Sadie Harris (b.6 Aug 1911-Jackson Co.,NC;d.9 Apr 2001-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Early Roger Burrell (b.21 Jun 1908-Jackson Co.,NC;m.(Div);d.23 Apr 1996-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Alexander Robinson (m.1941) sp: Floyd I. Brooks (b.25 Jul 1900-JackSon Co.,NC;m.1974;d.29 Aug 1981-Jackson Co.,NC) - 5. Allie Harris (b.6 Jan 1914-Jackson Co.,NC;d.21 Jul 1917-Jackson Co.,NC) 5. Unnamed Harris (b.26 Jan 1915-Jackson Co.,NC) - 5. Gemes Carr Harris (b.11 Aug 1917-Jackson Co.,NC;d.31 Dec 1997-Pickens.Pickens Co.,SC) sp: Luellen Watkins (b.15 Nov 1918-Jackson Co.,NC;d.21 Jul 1983-Pickens Co.,SC) - 5. Leva Harris (b.31 Jan 1920-Jackson Co.,NC;d.22 Oct 1999-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: George Hershel, Sr. Frady (b.17 Jun 1908-Jackson Co.,NC;m.22 Sep 1935;d.4 Aug 1963-Jackson Co.,NC) - 5. Warren Ham's (b.16 Mar 1922-Jackson Co.,NC;d.23 Jul 1976-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Julia Watkins (b.27 Dec 1927-Oconee Co.,SC;m.1949;d.22 Dec 1991-Oconee Co.,SC) 5. Mandy Harris (b.18 Apr 1925-Jackson Co.,NC;d.18 Apr 1925-Jackson Co.,NC) 5. James A. Harris (b.22 Feb 1927-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Frances Marie Talley (b.24 Sep 1930-Brevard,TC,NC;m.20 Apr 1948;d.9 Oct 1985-Transytvania Co.,NC) sp: Alice Fowler (b.Abt 1882-NC;m.Abt 1945) sp: Tiney McFalls (b.5 May 1889-Georgia;m.Abt 1951;d.27 Jun 1972-Sylva,Jackson Co.,NC) 4. Andrew Jackson "Andy" Harris (b.22 Jul 1883-Haywood Co.,NC,d.1 Jul 1943-Rutherford Co.,NC) i sp: Essie Hester Gibson (b.12 Jul 1884-Haywood Co.,NC;m.Abt 1902;d.11 Jul 1967-Gastonia.Gaston Co.,NC) - 5. J. P. Harris (b.17 Apr 1904-Jackson Co.,NC;d.30 Sep 1971-Kings Mtn.,Cleveland Co.,NC) sp: Mamie Williams (bAbt 1906-North Carolina;mAbt 1925;dAbt 1938-Cteveland Co.,NC) sp: Pearlie Willard (b.27 Oct 1926-LoweII.Gaston Co.,NC;m.19 Dec 1940) 5. Dovie Carolina Harris (b.7 Jan 1906-Jackson Co.,NC;d.1 Jan 1991-Gaston Co.,NC) sp: Marshall Columbus Hampton (b.25 Jun 1883<:herokee Co.SC;m.Abt 1923;d.27 Feb 1958-Gaston Co.,NC) - 5. Hattie May Harris (b.6 Mar 1908-Jackson Co.NC;d.21 Jan 1983-Fleteher,Henderson Co.,NC) sp: Walter Ernest Carswell (b.19 Nov 1900-North Carolina;m.1926;d.3 Sep 1968-Uncoln Co.NC) 169 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 - 5. Claude Columbus Harris (b.24 Feb 1910-Jackson Co.,NC;d.3 Jun 1994-Shelby.Cleveland Co.,NC) sp: Ruth Ann Williams (b.29 Jan 1918-Gastonia,GC,NC;m.7 Nov 1938;d.30 Dec 2000-Gaston Co.,NC) 5. Andrew David Harris (b.10 Nov 1912-Jackson Co.,NC;d.10 Aug 1978-LJncolnton.Lincoln Co.,NC) \_y sp: llouann Costner (b.22 Sep 1915-Cleveland Co.,NC;m.Abt 1935;d.7 Sep 1994-Spindale.Rutherford Co.,NC) - 5. Maggie M. Harris (b.25 Oct 1913-Jackson Co.,NC;d.18 Apr 1935-Mt. Holly.Gaston Co.,NC) sp: Carroll Hait Beach (b.Oct 1913;m.1933) 5. Unnamed Harris (p.7 Oct 1914-Jackson Co.,NC) - 5. William Arthur Harris (b.26 Oct 1917-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Nora Ava Wilson (b.6 Apr 1922-Rutherford Co.,NC;m. 18 Nov 1939) 5. Julius Harris (b.6 Jan 1919-Ranlo,Gaston Co.,NC;d. 1 May 1992-Clover,SC) sp: Bertha Alice McNeely (b.16 May 1926-Cleveland Co.,NC;m.2 Mar 1940) - 5. John Henry Ham's (b.8 May 1922-Gaston Co.,NC) sp: Zula Harris (m.Jul 1943) i sp: Betty Volb (m.Jun 1978) 5. Jerman Harris (b.8 Mar 1923-Gaston Co.,NC) - 5. Clyde Harris (b.15 May 1924-Gaston Co.,NC) i ! sp: Sally Kathleen Pritchard (b.21 May 1923-Rutherford Co.,NC;m.5 Jan 1946) i 5. Margaret Harris (b.27 May 1927-Gaston Co.,NC;d.11 May 1997-Hendersonville.Henderson Co.,NC) sp: William Clyde Arrowood (b.30 Jan 1923-Rutherford Co.,NC;m.1 Sep 1943;d.22 Jul 1998-Rutherford Co.,NC) 4. Ruby Lee Harris (b.13 Mar 1884-Haywood Co.,NC;d.21 Mar 1957-Jackson Co.,NC) . - sp: Madison Monroe Hoxit (b.18 Feb 1887-Jackson Co.,NC;d.15 Feb 1973-Transylvania Co.,NC) v- f< 5. Mary Jane Hoxit (b.5 Aug 1906-Jackson Co.,NC;d.13 Aug 2004-Transylvania Co.,NC) sp: Samuel Dee Reece (b.23 Feb 1904) sp: Norman Moore 5. F.Eugene Hoxit (b.29 Dec 1907-Jackson Co.,NC;d.21 Nov 1992-Transylvania,Co.,NC) sp: Bonnie B. Owen (b.7 Jul 1905-Jackson Co.,NC;d.7 Apr 1983-Transylvania,Co.,NC) 5. Letha Hoxit (b.19 Feb 1910-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Eula Cook (m.9 Sep 1933) - 5. Thomas Mitchell Hoxit (b.22 Feb 1912-Jackson Co.,NC;d.18 Apr 1976-Transylvania Co.,NC) sp: Helen Mathis - 5. Anna Mae Hoxit (b.16 Dec 1914-Jackson Co.,NC;d.10 Apr 1944-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Kunie Webb (m.Not married) 5. Bertie Lou Hoxit (b.3 Apr 1916-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: unknown (m.Not married) sp: Frank Parker - 5. James Vergil "Jim" Hoxit (b.22 Dec 1918-Jackson Co.,NC;d.9 Apr 1995-Transylvania Co.,NC) sp: Dollie McCall (b.3 Jul 1922-Jackson Co.,NC;d.17 Dec 2001-Transylvania Co.,NC) 5. William Jule Hoxit (b.20 Jun 1921-Jackson Co.,NC;d.15 Feb 2009-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Lula Edna Mathis (b.24 Sep 1924-Jackson Co.,NC;d.15 Mar 1983-Jackson Co.,NC) \ 5. Wiley Edwin Hoxit (b.1 Jun 1923-Jackson Co.,NC;d.15 Jan 1997-Transylvania,Co.,NC) 5. Conrad Lewis Hoxit (b.6 Nov 1927^Jackson Co.,NC;d.21 Jun 1929-Jackson Co.,NC) 170 c Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 - 4. Marvin Mills Harris (b.22 Sep 1885-Haywood Co.NC;d.20 Jul 1940-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Alesta Cordelia Reece (b.1 Nov 1880-Haywood Co.,NC;m.7 May 1911;d.25 Sep 1956-Jackson Co.,NC) - 5. Verlin Mont Harris (b.1912-Jackson Co.,NC;d.1969-WA) - 5. Selma Elsie Harris (b.16 Nov 1913-Jackson Co.,NC;d.14 Feb 1992-Pickens.SC) sp: Jess Clingman Owen (b.17 Jul 1907-Jackson Co.,NC;m.21 Jul 1934;d.19 Dec 1980-Jackson Co.,NC) - 5. Nellie Marie Harris (b.14 Jun 1915-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Kimsey (m.Abt 1934) sp: James "Jim" Morgan 5. Clyde Vernon Harris (b.4 Sep 1916-Jackson Co.,NC;d.26 Jul 2004-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Bemice Ward (b.8 Mar 1934-Henderson Co.,NC;m.1 Nov 1957;d.7 Dec 2003-Jackson Co.,NC) 5. Wade Clarence Harris (b.9 Jul 1920-Jackson Co.,NC;d.24 Mar 1997-Asheville,Buncombe Co.,NC) sp: Margaret Louise Harris (b.17 Sep 1923-Jackson Co.,NC) 5. Duckie Waie Harris (b.10 Sep 1923-Jackson Co.,NC;d.12 Dec 1997-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Lewis W. Massingale (b.1 Jun 1929-Jackson Co.NC;d.25 Jun 1996-Jackson Co.,NC) —• 5. Janie Harris i sp: Arrington - 4. Abraham Lincoln Harris (b.18 Jun 1887-Haywood Co.,NC;d.2 Jun 1949-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Delora Alice Reece (b.12 Jan 1877-Haywood Co.,NO;m.24 Jun 1912;d.18 Sep 1951^Jackson Co.,NC) - 5. Frank Ulyses Harris (b.Abt 1912;d.1 Mar 1994-Lewis Co.WA) sp: Dora Fay Pruitt - 5. Robert L"Bob" Harris (b.24 Jun 1914-Jackson Co.,NC;d.31 Dec 1951-Washington) sp: Lonnie Brown (b.13 May 1917-Jackson Co.,NC;m.1934;d.24 Dec 1948-Washington) - 5. James Calvin Harris (b.29 May 1915-Jackson Co.,NC;d.5 Nov 1999-Lewis Co.,WA) sp: Zora Pineter Galloway (b.15 Feb 1914-Jackson Co.,NC;d.23 Aug 1973-ChehaHs,Lewis Co.,WA) 5. Tolvin E. Harris (b.21 Jun 1918-Jackson Co.,NC;d.15 Apr 1982-Washington) sp: Dessie 4. Delia Harris (b.10 Apr 1889-Haywood Co.,NC) sp: Parker Clause sp: John Berry 4. Benjamin Hanis (b.1 Apr 1891^Jackson Co.,NC;d.7 Dec 1970Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Jane Humphry (m.25 Feb 1917) sp: Lantie Broom (b.2 May 1900;mAbt 1929,d.10 Mar 1970-Jackson Co.,NC) - 4. Mary Harris (b.19 May 1893-Jackson Co.,NC;d.14 Oct 1982-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Wedia "Ned" Galloway (b.14 Jul 1887-Jackson Co.,NC;m.22 Nov 1911;d.7 Nov 1966-Transylvania Co.) - 5. OIlie Mae Galloway (b.5 Jul 1912-Jackson Co.,NC;d.5 Jan 2005-Pickens Co.,SC) sp: Vesse S. Hoxit (b.24 Nov 1905-Jackson Co.,NC;m.15 Sep 1927;d.25 Mar 1983-Jackson Co.,NC) - 5. Zora Pineter Galloway (b.15 Feb 1914-Jackson Co.,NC;d.23 Aug 1973-Chehalis,Lewis Co.,WA) sp: James Calvin Harris (b.29 May 1915-Jackson Co.,NC;d.5 Nov 1999-Lewis Co.,WA) - 5. Chester Galloway (b.11 Apr 1916-Jackson Co.,NC;d.Abt 1945-Missing in action-WWII) 5. Ellis P. Galloway (b.19 Sep 1918-Jackson Co.,NC;d.5 Mar 20OS<3reenvine,SC) sp: Cornelia "Nelia" Hall (m.5 Dec 1945) - 5. Florence Pauline Galloway (b.16 Mar 1921-Jackson Co.,NC;d.24 Jun 2006-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Jesse Lee Hoxit (b.21 Jul 1907-Jackson Co.,NC;d.26 Jun 1970-Jackson Co.,NC) 171 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 5. Dealous Galloway (b.8 Nov 1922-Jackson Co.,NC:d.18 Apr 2001-Transylvania,Co.,NC) 5. Bessie Jane Galloway (b.20 Nov 1924-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Arline \_J 5. Earl Galloway (b.18 Feb 1927-Jackson Co.,NC) 5. Birtha Mandy Galloway (b.16 May 1929-Jackson Co.,NC;d.Bef 2005) 5. Clyde Galloway (b.1 Oct 1931-Jackson Co.,NC;d.8 Mar 1933-Jackson Co.,NC) 5. Kenneth Galloway (b.13 Jul 1934-Jackson Co.,NC;d.28 Jun 2004-Cherokee Co.,NC) i sp: Vivian Joyce Nicholson (b.8 Apr 1938-Transylvania,Co.,NC;d.16 Jan 2003-Transylvania,Co.,NC) 5. Betty Dean Galloway (b.24 Jul 1936-Jackson Co.,NC) i sp: Turbyfill 4. Margaret Harris (b.1 Apr 1895^Jackson Co.,NC;d.21 Aug 1983-Clyde.Haywood Co.,NC) I sp: Harley Victor Hoxit (b.26 Aug 1891-Jackson Co.,NC;m.31 Dec1911;d.11 Feb1946-TransylvaniaCo.,NC) 5. James Wilkie Hoxit (b.9 Sep 1913-Jackson Co.,NC;d.16 Sep 1982^Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Myrtle Galloway (b.14 Jul 1912-Jackson Co.,NC;m.Abt 1931;d.29 Oct 1935-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Margie Quilliams - 5. Ulyss Hoxit (b.4 Feb 1917^Jackson Co.,NC;d.9 Jun 1946-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Viola Shelton (m.17 Jul 1938) 5. John Seldon Hoxit (b.29 Sep 1919-Jackson Co.,NC;d.9 Jul 1983-Transylvania Co.,NC) sp: Ruby Owenby 5. Len Nelson Hoxit (b.20 Aug 1923-Jackson Co.,NC;d.15 Nov 2003-Buncombe Co.,NC) sp: Lessie Owen (b.1 Jun 1918-Penrose,NC;d.28 Jan 2001-Transylvania,Co.,NC) \j 5. William Floyd Hoxit 0x18 Apr 1927-Jackson Co.,NC;d.10 Nov 1996-Henderson Co.,NC) sp: Grace Owen 4. James Monroe Harris (b.3 Mar 1897-Jackson Co.,NC;d.23 Sep 1986-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Lizzie Katie Reece (b.8 Aug 1902-Haywood Co.,NC;m.27 Apr 1917;d.14 Sep 1987-Jackson Co.,NC) - 5. Stella Harris (b.4 Feb 1919-Jackson Co.,NC;d.3 Mar 1919-Jackson Co.,NC) 5. Mary Jane Harris (b.8 Jun 1920-Jackson Co.,NC) 5. James Ralph, Sr. Harris (b.6 Nov 1922-Rosman.Transylvania Co.,lnc.) sp: Mildred Louise Hinton (d.1954) 5. John Samuel Harris (b.11 Oct 1924-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Callie Pittman (b.4 Jul 1928-Greenville Co.,SC) - 5. Lloyd Harris (b.18 Apr 1927-Jackson Co.,NC) - 5; Herbert Hoover Harris (b.2 Feb 1929-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Martha Hall (b.25 Jan 1936-Greenville Co.,SC;m.1965) - 5. Curtis Harris (b.1 Dec 1932-Jackson Co.,NC;d.1964-Travlers Rest,SC) 5. George L. Harris (b.12 Oct 1936-Jackson Co.,NC) - 5. Paul Harris (b.11 Mar 1938-Jackson Co.,NC) 5. Wendell David Harris (b.5 Jun 1940-Macon County.NC) sp: Mary Case (b.2 Feb 1940-Greenville Co.,SC) 172 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 ^ T h e W i l l i a m M . W i l s o n F a m i l y [The following is the work of JCGS member Ruth C. Shuler, who submits it for publication.] William M. Wilson, second oldest child of Manson and Zilpha Brunetta Cockerham Wilson, was bom 24 Jul 1852 in the family home in the Savannah area of Jackson County. William and Sarah Elizabeth Collins, daughter of Daniel and Salina Collins, were married 9 Nov 1873 in Jackson County. In June of 1880 when the Census was taken, William and Sarah had three children: Alice Josephine (1875), Columbus A. (1877), and Chilo B. (1879). In later years this third child would be known as Lola (in 1900 she was called Sallie). One wonders if the name was supposed to be Shiloh B. In the early 1890's William had moved to Union County, Georgia. By the time of the 1900 census, Alice was married, Columbus was no longer living in his father's home, and five additional children were listed in William's family: Manson F r a n k (1883), Laura (1885), Gracie Victoria (1891), and Georgia M. (1895), the only one born in Georgia. Sarah Elizabeth died in 1895 and was buried in the Old Brasstown Cemetery, Young Harris, Georgia. _ • C The picture above shows the William M. Wilson family. The little girl on the left is Laura, William is holding Grace, Frank, Sarah Elizabeth is holding Georgia, CA. is on the right, and Alice and Lola are standing in the rear. Picture is courtesy of Melanie Chomko, g r e a t - great granddaughter of Columbus Wilson. 173 Journeys Through Jackson Fall 2011 William Wilson married a second time to Mary Catherine Owenby Galloway, and the 1910 Census reports two children, Ada and Rush. Mary died 9 Sep 1904 (she had been bom 19 Jul 1865), followed by William 14 Sep 1908. They are buried at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery in Union County, Georgia. In the 1910 Census, Ada and Rush were in the home of Elisha T. Galloway and wife Margaret, listed as niece and nephew. After William Wilson's death, his older children, with the exception of Alice Josephine who had married Thomas Loranzie Deitz, moved to Colorado. The Deitz family lived in Clay County, North Carolina, just across the state line from where William had lived in Towns County, Georgia. Some of the Deitz family returned to Jackson County in later years and reared their families here. Descendants of this family include Boyce Deitz, legendary Swain County High School football coach who is now the district representative for Congressman Heath Shuler, and Loy Vaughn Deitz, who worked for the Jackson County schools for many years. The Alice and Loranzie Deitz family story was included in Jackson County Heritage, Volume I, and the transcript of their family Bible was published in Winter 2011 "Journeys Through Jackson." Columbus A. Wilson has been elusive in Census records. I have not been able to locate him in 1900, 1910, or 1920. In 1930 he appears in the Weld County, Colorado, Census as a widower with a son Frank H., 13 years old. A land patent for a Columbus Wilson was filed in Weld County on 29 Jul 1914; whether this is the Columbus Wilson from North Carolina has not been verified. Columbus filed his World War I draft registration on 12 Sep 1918, in Weld County, listing Leah Wilson (his wife, formerly Mary Leah Ingram) as his next of kin and his occupation as farmer. His physical description was given as tall, slender, with blue eyes and dark hair. \ J The late Daniel Deitz, whose mother Emary Wilson Deitz was a sister to William Marion Wilson, provided the information that Columbus was killed in a bicycle accident. While this fact has not been verified, the Social Security Death Index gives his date of death as 30 Aug 1940 in Greeley, Colorado. A photograph of his grave stone (see below) appears on the Gereke Family Tree on Ancestry.com Public Member Trees, and gives a specific location of his grave in Eaton, Colorado. There is some question about Columbus's middle name: I have found Algiers, Allen, and Alen. One wonders if it might have been Algerine, named in memory of
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