Journeys Through Jackson 2013 Vol.23 No.02

• Main Author: Jackson County Genealogical Society (N.C.);
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723; 2013
• Subjects: Jackson County (N.C.) > Genealogy > Periodicals; Registers of births; etc. > North Carolina > Jackson County; Cemeteries > North Carolina > Jackson County; Bible records > North Carolina > Jackson County; Voting registers > North Carolina > Jackson County; Death certificates > North Carolina > Jackson County; Canada; Indian; Hudson; Alabama; Coleman; Blanche; Maurice; Lowe; Hayes; Ida; Burton; Homestead; Beck; Theodore; Payne; Elliott; Evelyn; Nicholson; Hannah; Luke; Morse; Morton; Crawford; Lester; Calvin; Colleen; Weaver; Josephine; Clayton; Cora; Marian; Howell; Mull; Hampton; Augusta; Monroe; Dyer; Bingham; Baxter; Doble; Alf; Bradshaw; Underwood; The Chimney; Vance; The Altar; Lola; Shelton; McCoy; Fairview; Hilton; Fontana; McCall; Henson; Loma; Stacy; Rubin; DeWitt; Cedar Creek; Long Rock; Oliva; Jumper; Melton; Parris; Sisters The; Andrew Jackson; Coley; Moxley; Noland Creek; Hornet; morse
• Online Access: http://cdm16232.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16232coll21/id/58

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. u L . J o u r n e y s T h r o u g h J a c k s o n c 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 I I , No. II S p r i n g 2 0 13 JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC 2013 Officers President Kenneth E. Nicholson Vice Presidents Timothy Osment, William L. Crawford Secretary Karen C. Nicholson Treasurer E. Lawrence Morton Librarian. DorrisD.Beck Office Manager „ Ruth C. Shuler WebMaster. Deahne G. Roles Computer Technician Jason N. Gregory Chair, Publications (Editor) Sanji Talley Watson Journeys Through Jackson is the official publication of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. Members and non-members are invited to submit genealogical materials for publication, with the understanding that the editor reserves the right to edit these materials for genealogical content, clarity, or taste. The Society assumes no responsibility for errors of fact that may be contained in submissions, and except where noted, the opinions expressed are not those of the editor or of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. The Society accepts no advertising for this publication except for notices from other non-profit groups. v J R e m e m b e r 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 S o c i e t y M e e t i n g s a r e h e l d e v e r y s e c o n d T h u r s d a y o f t h e m o n t h . M e e t i n g s s t a r t a t 7 : 0 0 p m I n t h e c o n f e r e n c e r o o m o f t h e L i b r a r y C o m p l e x C o m e a n d j o i n u s f o r a m e e t i n g ! u Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s Table of Contents, Announcements and Expression of Sympathy 49 JCGS Photo Album 50 - 54 Tennessee Civil W a r Questionnaire of David Moss 55 - 60 DNA Exposes Zachary Family Secret 61 - 63 Items for Sale 63 Letter to Family 64 Great Smoky Mountain Bears 65 - 68 1928 Jackson County Death Certificates 69 - 72 John Aiken Family of Caney F o r k 73 - 75 L i b r a r y Acquisitions a n d N o r t h Shore Decoration Dates 76 Franklin Descendants 77 - 80 "Hute" Snider Store Ledger ca. 1915 81 - 85 For Sale Items 86 Descendants of J o h n Thomas T a t h am 87 - 90 Photographs a n d Memorabilia - Gladys DeHart L e o n a r d 91 - 94 Index 95-96 L > We offer our sincere sympathy and condolences to JCGS members Barbara McCall Mathews, Kenneth & Karen Nicholson, Gene McClure, Roy McClure, J im Wheatley and Maurice Moody on the passing of their loved ones. W e a r e s t i l l t a k i n g o r d e r s f o r t h e p r e - s a l e o f J a c k s o n C o u n t y H e r i t a g e , V o l I C o n t a c t t h e J C G S o f f i c e t o r e s e r v e y o u r c o p y t o d a y . 49 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m \ J Many people will recognize Cope's Gulf Service in Sylva. The building to the left is the present-day Coffee Shop. Below is Cope's Gulf Station that was located where Mill and Main Streets diverge. Mill and Main restaurant was located in this location today. Pictures are from a gift by Grayson Cope's daughter, Maureen Wade. ^J KJ 50 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 <_. J C G S P h o t o A l b um This photo was submitted by Annette Moore Shelton. She believes the photo was taken around 1912, at the Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School. If anyone can identify any of the people included in this photo, please let us know. _ . C Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 J C G S P h o t o A l b um v_> [Ed. This photo was submitted by Danny and Pam Hooper.] r*. s m i V t W _ ) p _ t s - s f © w r ) © c i ) ® 0 _ , RICH MOUNTAIN, N. C. J> J- Term, 1911. _* . _* $i. 0 s c c t v ^ftDoocT, 5 " e a e n e r . conniTTBenEN, W. A. Hooper, W. H. Hooper, Jos. Brown. _ P t J L p i l _ S . Brown, Chris. Hooper, Dillard Hooper, George Hooper, Perlie Hooper, Goolie • Hooper, Orie Hooper, Winnie Hooper, G r a de Hooper, Mary Hooper, Vergil Hooper, Deba Hooper, Ada Hooper, Inez Hooper, Loonie Melton, Mark Phillips, Mamie Phillips, Ernest Parker, Vance P a r k e r , Denie P a r k e r , Maudie Robeson, Nancy Robeson, H a t t ie Watson, E t ta Watson, J a ne Zachary, Woodie v -> KJ 52 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 U J C G S P h o t o A l b u m C / The couple above are Andrew Johnson Jones and his wife, Mary Jane Cockerham Jones. The picture was submitted by JCGS member James Monteith, and was shared with him by Mrs. Earl Jones. 53 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 J C G S P h o t o A l b u m v_> ^ The two children above are Wheeler Jones and his sister Dessie Jones. The picture was also submitted by JCGS member, James Monteith, and shared with him by Mrs. Earl Jones. v_> 54 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 T e n n e s s e e C i v i l W a r Q u e s t i o n n a i r e o f D a v i d M o s s [Ed. The Tennessee Civil War Veterans Questionnaires are the titles of projects compiled by Gustavus N. Dyer and John Trotwood Moore (on two different occasions), and sponsored by the state of Tennessee, which showed unusual foresight in compiling such records in 1915. They attempted to reach every Civil War veteran in the state to record their autobiographies, as it were. The purpose was actually to provide historians with material from all social classes, not just the rich and powerful. The rolls of microfilm were then transcribed by Colleen Morse Elliott and Louise Armstrong Moxley and were published by Southern Historical Press in 1985. The hardback series of these questionnaires can be found in the JCGS library. The Moss interview transcription can be found on p. 97 of Volume I. While these questionnaires are a matter of public record, we credit all four of the persons above, as well as JCGS member Carl Stewart, who shared with us the Moss transcription. (Form No. 2) (The respondent was instructed on the procedures for answering the questions.) C ^ 1. State your full name and present post office address: Cedar Creek Tenn 2. State your age now: David Moss 85 years [Ed. The interviews were conducted 1915-1922.} 3. In what State and county were you born? Cherokee Co NC 4. Were you a Confederate or Federal soldier? Federal Soldier 5. Name of your company? Co. K; 13th Tenn Cav 6. What was the occupation of your father? Farmer 7. Give full name of your father: Jeff Moss born at Buncomb Co North Carolina; He lived at Buncomb North Carolina. Give also any particulars concerning him, as official position, war services, etc.; books written by him, etc.: my father was in War 1812 under Jackson 8. Maiden name in full of your mother: Margret Henderson she was the daughter of: Arch (full name) Henderson and his wife Jinny (full name) Henderson; who lived at neare Asheville North Carolina 9. Remarks on ancestry: Give iiere any and all facts possible in reference to your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc., not included in the foregoing as where they lived, Offices held, Revolutionary or other war service; what country they came from to America; first settled - county and State; always giving full names (if possible), and never referring to an ancestor simply as such without giving the name. It is desirable to give every fact possible, and to that end the full and exact record from old Bibles should be appended on separate sheets of this size, thus preserving the facts from loss. My grandfather William Moss my Grand mother Moss was Hooper from Jermny my grate grand father Hardy Henderson was in the Revolution under Marian my grate grandfather Hooper was under Washington my great grandfather on my mother side was Kild at Bunavista Mexico [Ed. Mr. Moss gave this answer probably to the best of his knowledge. The Hoopers were certainly not German. "Marian" refers to General Francis Marion, "the Swamp Fox." The great grandfather Absolom Hooper did not serve under Washington; his pension papers give his service details. We do not know to whom he refers with Buena Vista. We admire Moss being able to answer this detailed, longwinded question at all.] 55 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 10. If you owned land or other property at the opening of the war, state what kind of property you \^J owned, and state the value of your property as near as you can: oned 150 acres in Cherokee CoNC other property 77HeadHorses 25 Head cattle 11. Did you or your parents own slaves? If so, how many? 13 12. If your parents owned land, state about how many acres: 300 acres in 61 worth 2000 [Ed. Presumably, Moss meant in 1861 when the war began.] 13. State as near as you can the value of all the property owned by your parents, including land, when the war opened: 6000 Land value of slaves 5,000 [Ed. Note that Moss answered part of this question in his response to #12.] 14. What kind of house did your parents occupy? State whether it was a log house or a frame house or built of other material, and state the number of rooms it had: Doble log house 4 rooms Roch chimy 15. As a boy and young man, state what kind of work you did. If you worked on a farm, state to what extent you plowed, worked with a hoe, and did other kinds of similar work. (Certain historians claim that white men would not do work of this sort before the war.} When I was a Boy I Prowed (sic) hode about 15 acres every summer the white men in my country all worked the citizens of my co nearly all lived in log houses 16. State clearly what kind of work your father did, and what the duties of your mother were. State all the kinds of work done in the house as well as you can remember - that is, cooking, spinning, weaving, etc. My father farmed and my mother spun and wove nearly all our clothing She carded and spun the wool for clothing & Blankets and fancy Coverlid oils flax and to [Ed. Dolls?] 17. Did your parents keep any servants? If so, how many? Two some times more 18. How was honest toil - as plowing, hauling and other sorts of honest work of this class - regarded in your community? Was such work considered respectable and honorable? Yes By some it was Bute the big slave holders it was not They would not let a Pore white man eat at their table 19. Did the white men in your community generally engage in such work? As farming gereally 20. To what extent were there white men in your community leading lives of idleness and having others do their work for them? the slave holders Boys generally lived in idleness 21. Did the men who owned slaves mingle freely with those who did not own slaves, or did slaveholders in any way show by their actions that they felt themselves better than respectable, honorable men who did not own slaves? Yes the most slave holders thought they better than men that did not own slaves just so with the Boys and Girls [Ed. Moss came from a slaveholding family, yet \ J ^J 56 Journeys Tlirough Jackson Spring 2013 he implies that his sympathies are with the common man. The populist tone of the questions is very L J interesting.] 22. At the churches, at the schools, at public gatherings in general, did slaveholders and non-slaveholders mingle on a footing of equality? No the was a Difference the slave holders would not mix with the non slaveholders 23. Was there a friendly feeling between slaveholders and nonslaveholders in your community, or were they antagonistic to each other? The slave holders the did not mix the slave holders thought themselves Better 24. In a political contest, in which one candidate owned slaves and the other did not, did the fact that one candidate owned slaves help him any in winning the contest? Yes the slave holder allway had the advantidg He had a little money & always taken the the advantidg 25. Were the opportunities good in your community for a poor young man, honest and industrious, to save up enough to buy a small farm or go in business for himself? No the opportunity for a Pore young man was Hard 26. Were poor, honest, industrious young men, who were ambitious to make something of themselves, encouraged or discouraged by slaveholders? Discouraged some ambitious young men made the slaveholder Had the advantidg and used it [Ed. We believe that Moss is saying that some rose in the social order to become slaveholders.] O 27. What kind of school or schools did you attend? Subscription school about 3 months to year and some had to go about 4 miles 28. About how long did you go to school altogether? 3 months to year [Ed. Moss was misinterpreting the question. He repeats that he attended school 3 months of the year, rather than the total number of years that he attended.] 29. How far was it to the nearest school? 3 to 5 miles 30. What school or schools were in operation in your neighborhood? Spelling Reading & Rithmetic 31. Was the school in your community private or public? Subscription the Parrents paid according to how many children 32. About how many months in the year did it run? 3 33. Did the boys and girls in your community attend school pretty regularly? Yes 34. Was the teacher of the school you attended a man or woman? Man 35. In what year and month and at what place did you enlist in the service of the Confederacy or of the Federal Government? / enlisted in the Aug 63 federal gov 36. After enlistment, where was your Company sent first? From Ky to Knoxville Tenn come in to Tenn in Burnside army 37. How long after enlistment before your Company engaged in battle? About 3 months 57 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 38. What was the first battle you engaged in? Bigcreek Gap Tenn *_/ 39. State in your own way your experience in the War from this time on to its close. State where you went after the first battle - what you did and what other battles you engaged in, how long they lasted, what the results were; state how long you lived in camp, how you were clothed, how you slept, what you had to eat, how you were exposed to cold, hunger and disease. If you were in the hospital or prison, state your experience there: We was egaged in the Big Creek Gap the at Knoxvill then at Morristown Tenn then at Bulls Gap then at Greenville Tenn when the galen [Ed. gallant?] John Morgan was Kild on the 4 morning in Sept 64. I don't know just how many one at Bristol VA Seag of Knoxville one at Bun Station [Ed. Bean Station?] 40. When and where were you discharged? Washington DC 41. Tell something of your trip home: my trip home was very disheartening I some times could get something to eat sometimes nothing 2 days at one time just one small Piece corn bread finding all Burnd houses Deserted & Burned 42. Give a sketch of your life since the Civil War, stating what kind of business you have engaged in, where you have lived, your church relations, etc. If you have held any office or offices, state what it was. You may state here any other facts connected with your life and experience which has not been brought out by the question: farming 43. What kind of work did you take up when you came back home? [Ed. Moss now answers VJ question #42.] / was a farmer in Cherokee Co NC Tenn now in Green Co Tenn I am a Baptis and a Republican. I met Theodore Roosevelt and US Grant & McKinly and House Presidents [Ed. While we doubt the veracity of these responses, we wonder if he meant Rutherford B. Hayes.] General Thomas McCelen & Mead & WoodBurnside at Murphy burrough I've mit both the govners I was wounded at Battle of Morristown Tenn in 3 spaces of the gallant Gen Vaughn this is my handRU at 85 years old I served a while in the ware with Spain in the Battle Santiango I Cuba a little of the Battle ofGreenevill Tenn Left Bulls Gap about 8 o'clock at night marched all night just at daylight we encountered the Confederate Pickets We all in town to gather morgan was Kild Between Daylight and sun up we Tick charge of his Boddy till it was Inteffed [Ed. Interred?] 44. On a separate sheet, give the names of some of the great men you have known or met in your time, and tell some of the circumstances of the meeting or incidents in their lives. Also add any further personal reminiscences. (Use all the space you want.) [Ed. This answer is left blank, but Moss had obviously answered in #43 above. We would hope that the men who formulated the questions equated fame and political importance with greatness as Moss did, since a few of these names might have qualified for the former without approaching the latter.] 45. Give the names of all the members of your Company you can remember. (If you know where the roster is to be had, please make special note of this.) JakeKiker if Tenn Cav John K Miller was Col MartKiker 13th Tenn Cav John Bissell W. H. Ingerton St Col Luther Hilton the Bravest of the Brave 58 \ J u Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 John Bageal Stacy was St Col. James Rollins when the Regt ment Henry M. Walker Lieut CoK was Discharged Jno C. Dervan Capt Co K I fought for my govmnt William Spivy and I vote the way I shot Canady foster David Hardigree Gard Wyrick William Dorsett Lee Wyrick Martin Anderson James H. Cox Osker Payne Will Payne Will Spivy Richard Pilsher (Pilther?) Anteney Pilsher (Pllther?) Logan Densley [Ed. If one reads the right-hand column carefully, one can see that Moss left no doubt about his loyalties and political persuasion. Interestingly, in our mountain counties, most of those persuasions stayed consistent until after World War II. Some would argue that in a few cases, they still haven't changed.] . 46. Give the NAME and POST OFFICE ADDRESS of any living veterans of the Civil War, whether of your Company or not; whether Tennesseans or from other states. John Gray if Tenn Cav Greenville Tenn James Marshall nearly all dead [Ed. Carl Stewart also passes along that David Moss is buried in Greeneville, Tennessee, not far from the grave of Andrew Johnson. Additionally, Carl says, Moss was at one time supposedly married to Sally Stewart, daughter of Jacob Stewart. Of any and all comments that we can make on this questionnaire, probably the most unusual answer given was Moss's assertion that he fought at Santiago. If he were answering Form 2, he was responding in 1922 at age 85. That would have placed him at age 61 or so in the Spanish-American War, with this battle in July of 1898. Somehow we rather doubt that Moss was present, but we would welcome your comments.] [Ed. On the following page, see the Tennessee death certificate for David Moss. See also that he enlisted in an Alabama (Federal) Regiment under the alias William C. Ledford. Moss was apparently a bugler in both his Tennessee and Alabama outfits. These final two documents are courtesy Ruth Shuler. Ledford is not too great a stretch, given that Moss was married to Elizabeth Ann Ledford in 1866. She died in 1919 and has a North Carolina death certificate. He married again (at about age 83) in Tennessee in 1920.] 59 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 \^> W KJ 60 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 U D N A E x p o s e s Z a c h a r y F a m i l y S e c r e t u u [Ed. The following is the text of the April 2013 JCGS program presented by genealogist and JCGS member Jane Gibson Nardy. Some paragraphing ours.] Let's travel back in time to June 1851 Cashiers Valley and look at the household of Col. John Alexander Zachary as it appeared on the Macon County, NC census of 1850. You all know Jackson County was not formed until late in the year of 1851. Listed in the census was the head of household, John Zachary, age 72, his wife, Sarah, age 65, son Jonathan Zachary, age 32, daughter Anna, age 26, son MORDECAI ZACHARY, age 27, son Woodford Zachary, age 24, daughter Matilda Zachary, age 19 and grandson Robert Yancey Zachary, age 2. Also living with her parents in Cashiers Valley in June of 1851 was a teenage girl named Mary Ann Passmore, who did day work in Col. John Zachary's home. Her exact position there is unknown, but she was certainly well acquainted with all members of the household, and in the middle of a rhododendron hell or on the side of a swift moving creek, she was impregnated by Mordecai sometime during that June of 1851. Mary Ann's parents sent her away to live with her grandparents until the baby was born. At this same time, Mordecai was putting the finishing building touches on his Greek Revival house which today is known as the Zachary - Tolbert House Museum. On February 18, 1852, Mordecai was married to Elvira Evalina Keener, daughter of Rev. Ulrich Keener, the first Methodist missionary to the Cherokee. Less than a month after Mordecai and Elvira married, Thomas Benton Passmore, Mary Ann Passmore's son by Mordecai, was born March 14,1852. Until very recently, no one in the Zachary family, except Mordecai, ever knew about this child. I've been in touch with many living descendants of Mordecai, and the news of Thomas Benton Passmore has come as a big surprise to them. Here is how the family secret was exposed. In the 1960's, I became addicted to working on family genealogical puzzles. I soon discovered that a large amount of my Zachary family's history was seriously flawed. Since my birth in the 1930's I had attended every year's Zachary Reunion in Cashiers, listening to the same thrilling stories of Col. John A. Zachary conquering a wilderness. The wilderness part was right, but the identity of Col. John's parents and wife and siblings was completely wrong. I sought help from older family cousins whom I only saw once a year at the reunions, and they soon set me on the right path. In the early 1900's, one of my Great - Grandfather Zachary's sisters who had married and moved to South Carolina was invited to join the DAR. She hired a genealogical researcher, name unknown, and he obviously learned that Col. John's father was a Quaker who shunned war, making him ineligible for DAR membership. This unidentified researcher didn't let that fact get in the way of his getting his good-paying client into the DAR. So that researcher perpetrated a fraud and gave Col. John a new Zachary father who had served in the American Revolution and who had a son named John, bom in the same year as our Col. John, and using this erroneous data, my Great Aunt Ellen Zachary Coffee proudly sailed into DAR membership. To make matters worse, this wrong lineage ended up in The Compendium of American Genealogy, Volume VII, 1942, page 528, complete with my Great Aunt's picture. That book will haunt me for the rest of my life. I get several calls or emails each year from new Zachary researchers who believe this garbage, & after I straighten them out, many continue to believe it. It's all over the Internet. Once the wrong information gets in print, it's impossible to get rid of it A couple of years ago, 4 Zachary family researchers, all descended from Cashiers' Col. John A. Zachary, got together, mostly by the Internet, in an attempt to extend Col. John's line which is stuck on Col. John's father, William Zachary, who according to Quaker records, was born in Virginia in 1750. The 4 researchers are Jane Nardy, Cashiers, Tommy Zachary, Atlanta, Matthew Zachary, Illinois, and 61 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 Nancy Flesch, Oregon - all 3rd cousins. During the weekend of the annual Zachary Reunion, we spend a day together at the Cashiers Library, spread out our papers and brainstorm. We review old records, make \^J time lines, identify primary evidence and choose a few Zachary subjects to concentrate on during the next year. Here are some of the new items we have located: 1. Photo made from a tintype of Col. John A. Zachary, who was born in 1779. [Found in the papers of a SC Zachary descendant.] 2. A notarized copy of a transcription of Col. John A. Zachary's Bible [Found in a Zachary family file at the DAR Library in Washington DC] The original Bible was lost in a house fire after it had been transcribed. 3. A 1917 newspaper article about the speech given by one of Col. John's grandsons at that year's Zachary reunion, which detailed the exact reasons Col. John had left Surry Co., NC in the early 1830's and moved south to what would become Cashiers Valley. 4. Photos of several of the 14 children of Col. John. [Brought to the reunion after a plea to the crowd the prior year, to look for old family pictures] 5. The Bible of the Mordecai Zachary family. [Given to the Cashiers Historical Society by the then current owner of the Bible. It had been passed down for several generations by the descendants of one of the children of Mordecai. Other Zacharys did not know this Bible existed.] 6. Tommy Zachary discovered a book written during the last decade by two Zachary sisters. The book's title is The Zachary Family Westward from 1680 - 2000. I'm always skeptical about the value of a book like this one, but when Tommy mailed me a copy of the book, I found a complete name index and vV each entry with a source cited. The authors of the book wrote primarily about their own Zachary lineage which showed no connection to our Western North Carolina Zacharys, BUT, in their last chapter, titled "Unconnected Zachary Descendants" are more than 20 pages of our own Zachary family. The sisters comment, "The family of William and Jemima Zachary [parents of Col. John] has stumped many researchers including myself." Less than 2 years ago, our research group decided to have some DNA testing done. This job fell to cousins Matthew Zachary and Tommy Zachary and they worked through Family Tree DNA. Several of our Zachary men sent in cheek swabs and we waited for news. Finally the DNA folks contacted Matthew with a match and a phone number of a woman named Karen. Matthew phoned Karen and quickly became aware that this match had nothing to do with finding the names of Col. John's paternal grandparents but it was all about proving that Thomas Benton Passmore, bom 1852, was the child of Mordecai Zachary. Descendants of Thomas Benton Passmore had always known that they were actually descended from Mordecai - some were curious enough to want to find out the truth and others just wanted everyone to keep their mouths shut. In 2011, Karen's uncle, Thomas Dewitt Passmore, Jr., who was ill and not expecting to live much longer, sent in his cheek swab, along with about $150, to Family Tree DNA, hoping to prove once and for all if he was or was not kin to the Zachary family. He asked his niece, Karen, to be his contact person with Family Tree DNA. It was around that same time that my Zachary cousins sent in their DNA to the same company. Cousin Matthew Zachary, being a direct descendant of Mordecai and Elvira, was the closest match to to the Passmore surname, so he's the one who got the phone call from Karen. She told him details of the Passmore's story, including things like Mordecai had acknowledged he was the father of Thomas B. 62 v_> Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 Passmore, had deeded some Jackson Co. land to the boy and his mother; had paid for the boy's education, including college courses in Greek and Latin. Via the Internet, we found a lot of information about T.B. Passmore, easily proving right the old Passmore story. When Thomas B. died in 1932 in Hayesville, NC, his amazing obituary described a life well lived. His profession was that of a teacher and he plied that vocation in many southern states. His photographs show a handsome man, strong and healthy. He had a wife and quite a few children and grandchildren. When he died, he was working on a translation of Greek into English, a student until the end. At last year's Zachary Reunion in Cashiers, several Thomas Passmore descendants attended, coming from Hayesville and from Knoxville. They were welcomed into the Zachary family with applause from the large reunion crowd. They had returned to the place where, over 160 years ago their ancestors, Mordecai and Mary Ann, surrendered to passion. Alas, our Zachary DNA match had not extended our lineage, but we were rewarded with a whole lot of new cousins and won't quit the DNA search. No telling what may pop up in the future. Jane Nardy - April 2013 I t e m s f o r S a le u Short-sleeve T-shirts: Kelly Green "We Climb Trees" Sizes L and XL $15.00 Long-sleeved T-shirts: Augusta Green "We Climb Trees" Sizes XL 18.00 Caps: One size fits all 12.00 1951 Jackson County 1951 Centennial DVD: Temporarily out of stock 10.00 C - 63 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 L e t t e r t o F a m i l y [Ed: We received a copy of this letter from a member of JCGS. It gives us a glimpse into the life of a minister, with its ups and downs. It shows us that they are human too. We could not resist sharing this with everyone.] V_> Dear Family, My study is a wreck, my room is a wreck and I am a wreck. It is Saturday night instead of Sunday and I am not feeling up to doing anything that calls for brain strain. I started the day with a breakfast meeting at seven; then there was an ordination of my neighbor Lutheran pastor at ten. It was very well done but it took two hours. Then I had a wedding to end all weddings at two. There was a young woman we have been trying to reach and she talked me into marrying her brother whom I have never met until last night. The counseling and rehearsal left much to be desired. I figured the wedding had to get better, but I was wrong. I have never seen so many off the shoulder and one strap dresses. It was pretty obvious why. They all wanted their tattoos to show. They were expecting 80 and had about 20. The bride was 10 minutes late with the groom, best man and I cooling our heels. She finally arrived with her two year old and four year old in tow along with the maid of honor and the groom's two year old. It was quite obvious that the bride will have another blessed event in about three months. Hopefully, the man I married her to is the father. The three little ones were to be flower girls, but they were really the sound system. I did half of the service trying to talk louder than a high note a two year old could howl. They were all over the altar and up and down the aisle. I thought sure that some relative would make an attempt at corralling them. But no one ever did. I did about a third of the service with a two year old at my side holding on to my preaching \_J robe. All of the music was on a CD and once in a while the girl operating it got it right. The ceremony took about twenty minutes and they spent another forty taking pictures. I left the church at close to four feeling like I had been rode hard and put up wet. Hopefully, I will recover by tomorrow morning. Love to all, Dad P.S. I'm sure not in this for the money. Not surprisingly there was none. I'm sure not holding a hot potato, looking for a check in the mail. KJ 64 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 ^ | Great S m o k y M o u n t a i n B e a r s [Ed: The following article is one of several donated to the Society by JCGS member Charles K. Wike. We hope to use more of his materials in subsequent issues] In the very early 1930's, the federal government took control of the area now known as The Great Smoky Mountain National Park. The land lies about equally between North Carolina and Tennessee. I was just a small child at this time, but I can remember visiting the park when I was about four years old. I can remember the road was only finished to about where the Chimney picnic area is now located. The rest of the road was gravel and dirt on into Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and it wound round through the Sugarland area where the Ranger Station is now. People still lived in this area, and they sold honey by the side of the road. The tunnels were in the process of being built and the road was routed around the sides of the mountains. On the North Carolina side of the mountain, at Smokemont, a large store building was in operation. At that time it was being used to sell souvenirs, some picnic supplies, and gasoline. It had been the commissary for a lumber company that had been operating there for years. Around 1940, the business was razed and the place was turned back into wilderness. After becoming park, the CCC's set up a camp where the Smokemont campground is now. There were other camps scattered throughout the park. The workers built trails, set out trees, built retaining walls, roads, bridges, and turned the land back into a wilderness. The road wound up the mountain straight from Smokemont to Newfound Gap, rather than switching back at Collins Creek and going up the ridge and following the ridge as it does now. Many people, not used to the steep curvy road, burned out the brakes of their cars. The odor of burning brakes was a very common thing. Newfound Gap was not finished, and workers were drilling and blasting rock to make the parking area and a place for the dedication memorial. It was at the memorial where President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the park to the people of the United States in 1936. Picnic tables and "pull out" areas were common throughout the park. Of course, trash cans were also provided by each table. The trash cans drew the bears, and, in turn, the bears drew the crowds of people. Several times each summer we would drive up there just to watch t i e bears. One trip, Dad said he would ride a bear if he had a rattlesnake for a whip. We hadn't got very far up the mountain before we saw a bear. He said he couldn't ride it because he didn't have a snake. We went around the curve and there was a big rattlesnake in the middle of the road. Although the "garbage can" bears were wild, they seemed to be tame, and too many people would feed them, often holding the food in their hands. Many people were hurt by the bears when they ran out of food. I ha,ve seen bears of all sizes and bears with cubs, from as many as one to two, three, and even four. One day, when I took my own children there, we saw a bear with three young cubs and two one year old yearlings. When Charles [ED: his son] and I were camping at Mt. LeConte, we saw a mother bear with four cubs that were no bigger than a sack of sugar. We were inside the shelter making noodles for our supper. We had seen a heavy chain by the door and plenty of bear sign on the trail. Putting two and two together, we secured the door with the chain. Charles saw the bear first and said "look". I hit the shelter chain link screen wire and told the bear to get away from there. She backed up about five feet, reared up on her hind feet, and made a lunge at the screen. She grabbed the wire and shook it as hard as she could. Her claws were a good four inches long. We saw three of the cubs with her, and when she left, there was another cub that had been out of sight. 65 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 Another time, while hiking on the Alum Cave trail, we walked around a large boulder and a huge bear was in the trail. The husband of the family we were hiking with made a picture of the bear and then K^J allowed me to get in front to make a picture. Just as I was snapping the picture, the bear growled and made a lunge toward us. I have a very fuzzy picture to prove it. I asked; 'Where do you think the Rangers want a new trail down the mountain?" Charles and I were camping at Smokemont one weekend. We caught a mess of fish for supper, and settled down for the night in our two man tent. I was asleep and Charles woke me up. He said, "Daddy, there is a bear outside." I told him to just be quiet and the bear wouldn't bother us. Our tent was next to our neighbor's table. The bear knocked all their pots and pans off the table. You could hear the bear going through the campground knocking things off tables. Another night, Dot and I were camping there in our "pop-up" camper. We had been to the ranger presentation and were getting ready to pop corn when we saw a bear walking in front of the camper. Right behind it were at least twenty people following after it. At Newfound Gap, a long rock wall was built along the North Carolina side to make parking space which overlooks a beautiful view toward Cherokee. A steep bank falls off from the wall to the forest below. One particular Sunday, we were there watching the cars and people when we saw a bear with three yearling cubs down on the slope below the wall foraging for berries on the vines. In the meantime, two large buses arrived and parked along the memorial wall. They were full of men, women, and children. While some were setting out a picnic dinner which included everything from fried chicken to ice cream, others were visiting the rest room located down a trail along the ravine where the bears were. The mother bear smelled the food and stepped into the trail just behind one of the picnickers who weighed at least three hundred pounds. She waddled as fast as she could when she saw the bear just behind her. A ranger had come to protect the people by this time, and he would not let the bears near the food. The bears went .^ up to the second level and tried their best to get to the food. In the meantime, all the onlookers gathered ^j around and watched the show. Some, who had cameras, went up on the second tier to take pictures. One man's film ran out, and he started down the steps while rewinding his film. He would take one step, the bear would take a step. He happened to look back and see the bear, and ran down the steps. The "eaters" didn't enjoy their food too much, I don't believe, but they did give everybody a real show. The ranger finally ran the bears off down the Tennessee side of the mountain. It was really a once in a lifetime experience. Years later, picnic areas were built, bear proof garbage cans were supplied, feeding bears was prohibited, the main road was changed on the North Carolina side, and other improvements were made to keep bears and people apart. You seldom see a bear anymore, but rangers say there are more bears now than ever. Animal life is varied throughout the park. Besides bears, Red Wolves were introduced in the Cades Cove area, and elk have been introduced in the Cataloochee Valley. Wild pigs escaped from a hunting preserve near Robbinsville, and they have rooted up many of the plants that flourish in the park. Much damage has been caused by them. White tailed deer are abundant throughout the park, but they are most prevalent in Cades Cove. We went around the loop road early one morning and saw at least 150. The Cades Cove valley, as well as the Cataloochee Valley were isolated, thriving conamunities when the park was formed. The people had to move to other places. The only difference is that most of the homesteads were destroyed in Catalooche and most of them were preserved in Cades Cove. The fields in Cades Cove are leased to farmers for hay harvesting only. No ground is tilled. Cataloochee fields are kept up by the Forest Service. Fish thrive in the streams that course through the park. They are mostly Brown and Rainbow Trout in the big waters and Speckled Trout in the smaller streams. Wild Turkeys have been in the Cades Cove area for many years. With the open area caused by roads that course through the park, Ground Hogs have migrated into the higher elevations. Bird life is abundant. Many varieties find their homes there. Ravens are one of the most prominent. The Carolina Junco is plentiful. It is also unique \ 66 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 since it does not migrate south for the winters; instead, it migrated down the mountain to lower S^j elevations. It builds its nests on the ground. Museums depicting early life of the pioneers are located at Ravensford ranger station and at the Sugarland ranger station. Cades Cove has all the pioneer homes and the old water wheel mill open for visitors to see. Bicycling is a favorite sport there. Hundreds of miles of hiking trails criss-cross the mountains. Deep Creek, near Bryson City, is famous for tubing. May activities are available for recreation. The Great Smoky Mountain National Park is the most visited park in the system. Faculties and funds are stretched to the limit, but it remains the most beautiful place I know of. Acid rain and smog have damaged the park, as well as the aphids which have damaged the fir tree population. The fern and moss bogs which were once plentiful are now rare. The spur road and trail to Clingman's Dome is worth the trip. At certain times of the year you can watch the sun set in the West and, at the same time, see the moon rising from the East. The view from there is spectacular, looking West toward Fontana Lake and the Snowbird Mountains. You can easily see why so many people are loving the park to death. April 20,2003 Charles K. Wike NZyOi-PAWKINK SKACt AIUK NtWCOUnU bflr MtbMWAT.bKt.Al iKUM MUUNIAINS N A IIUN AL KARK. g l l l j i ^ ^ L / 45741 This is a postcard from the 1940's of Newfound Gap parking lot. It was in materials donated to the Society by Margaret J. Bradbnrn. 67 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 fee-- • N : . ' - , \ - 7 •• ^ These pictures were donated also by Margaret J. Bradburn. The post card below shows the Newfound Gap road looking from the Chimneys Tops Area of the park. j i,>4i/i«**tt4i(M> Afuwwiui rant ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ r ^ ^ ^ ^ , ^ - ^ ^ s ^ ^ » ^ P . •;\.i-^ -./ . . . . . . . . " - -. ' i-W-CiP ' *•" *****- 4 * •'"• * • • * " " " • - . ' ' . _> 5*- v ^ (Ct C—T**k> * M CS. v^> 68 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 1 9 2 8 J a c k s o n C o u n t y D e a t h C e r t i f i c a t e s o f P e r s o n s B o r n 1 9 0 0 - 1 9 3 0 U [Key to reading the following: Name of deceased; Date of birth; Place of birth; 1928 date of death; Father's name; Father's place of birth; Mother's name; Mother's place of birth; Informant's name; Informant's address; Cemetery. Abstracted by Sanji Talley Watson in the Jackson County Register of Deeds Office 2013.] Barker's Creek Bradley, Glen H.; 10 May 1927; NC; 22 Feb; Walter Bradley; NC; Margaret Messer; NC; Walter Bradley; Whittier; Wilmot. No name; stillborn; ng; 21 Apr (buried); ng;ng;ng;ng; Candler Evans; Whittier; Dix Creek Jones, Irene; 9 May 1928; NC; 31 May; Ben D. Jones; NC; Gottie Brown: NC; Ben Jones; Whittier; Barkers Creek Wykle, Ida Conard; 21 yrs; NC; 15 Jul; Joe Conard; NC; Lottie Smith; NC; J. J. Wykle; ng; Barkers Creek Gibson, Infant Boy; 15 Nov 1928; Dix Creek; 15 Nov; Frank Gibson; NC; Pearly Elders; NC; Frank Gibson; Dillsboro; Bee Knob Canada Owen, Infant Boy; 12 Mar 1928; ng; 12 Mar; Eliga Owen; NC; Jerda Galloway; NC; Eliga Owen; Wolf Mtn.; Wolf Creek Galloway, Cannon; 2 yrs; ng; 25 Mar; Rosco Galloway; NC; Lara Owen; NC; Wed Galloway; Wolf Mtn.; Macedonia Broom, Gladys; 4 May 1928; ng; 4 May; ng; ng; ng; ng; Fred Broom, ng; Broom Ashe, Infant Boy; 22 Jul 1928; NC; 22 Jul; Ralph Ashe; NC; Essie Alexander; ng; Curt Smith; Argura; Sols Creek Galloway, Lance; 20 yrs; Jackson Co.; 4 Aug; Rosco Galloway, ng; Laura Owen; ng; E. C. Galloway; ng; Macedonia Shook, Millie; 20 yrs; ng; 12 Aug; John Lee Shook; ng; Lizzie Galloway; NC; W. D. Shook; Hornet; Canada Graveyard Galloway, Martha C; 1 hour; ng; 7 Sep (buried); Milas Galloway; NC; Oliva Bowen; ng; Milas Galloway; Wolf Mtn.; Wolf Mtn McCall, Walker; 5 m 13 d; ng; 11 Nov; Looney McCall; Jackson Co.; Dora McCall; NC; ng; ng; Shole Creek Harris, Larner; 2 yr, 10 m, 16 d; Jackson Co.; 8 Dec; John Harris; Jackson Co.; Nora Owen; Jackson Co.; M. M. Hoxit; Argura; Harris Mathis, Willie; 3 d; ng; 23 Dec; Anzel Mathis; Jackson Co.; Mary Melton; ng; Anzel Mathis; Argura; Sols Creek Caney Fork Holcome, Bonnie Lon; 10 m 10 d; East La Porte; 26 Feb; Greely Holcome; Pickens, SC; Charlotte Stephens; East La Porte, NC; Tildon Stephens; East La Porte; East La Porte McClure, Tommy Lester; 1928; Cowarts; 2 Apr, William M. McClure; Prentiss, NC; Katie C. Mitchell; Clayton, GA; Spurgeon Brown; Cowarts; Coward Aiken, Eugen; Rich Mtn; 4 Apr; Perry Aiken; Rich Mtn, NC; Ada RogersjWaynesville, NC; Perry Aiken; Rich Mtn; Rich Mtn Aiken, Emanuel; 1 yr 8 m; Rich Mtn, NC; 25 Jun; C. L. Aiken; Rich Mtn, NC; Ada Watson; Rich Mtn, NC; War Aiken; Rich Mtn; Rich Mtn 69 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 Ennman, Jessi Marie; 13 May 1928; Rich Mtn; 18 May; Rich Ennman, Haywood Co., NC; Irene Williams; Haywood Co., NC; Alf Williams; ng; Rich Mtn \_> Edwards, No name Boy; 1 yr 3 m; Rich Mtn; 29 Jun; Lattie Edwards; Yancey Co., NC; M. Edwards; Yancey Co., NC; Gilbert Wilson; Rich Mtn; Rich Mtn Smith, Ollie; 24 yrs 2 m 5d; Bryson City, NC; 19 May; Thomas Jenkins; Bryson City, NC; Sarah Raby; Bryson City, NC; Vemie Smith; Rich Mtn; Rich Mtn Wood, Genoa; Aug 1914; Rich Mtn; 28 Mar; Early Wood, Rich Mtn, NC; Polly Nicholson; Cowarts, NC; Early Wood; Rich Mtn; Rich Mtn Wilson, J. Hough; 1 yr 7 m; Rich Mtn; 3 Jul; Gilbert Wilson; Yancey Co, NC; Ethel Edwards; Yancey Co, NC; Holmes Parker; Rich Mtn, NC; Rich Mtn Aiken, Ewona; 4 m; Easley, SC; 28 Jul; Ves Aiken; Jackson Co, NC; Lula West; SC; Gustas Aikins; Rich Mtn; Rich Mtn Hensley, Luke; 2 m 8 d; ng; 23 Oct (buried); Dan Hensley; Yancey Co, NC; Mary J. Mathis; Rich Mtn, NC; Dan Hensley; Rich Mtn, NC; Rich Mtn Kikpatrick, Glenn; 2 yrs; Cowarts; 7 Nov; Will Kirkpatrick; ng; Cansadia Watson; Cowarts, NC; Ben Cook; Cowarts; Rich Mtn Cashiers Rice, Robert Lee; 2 Sep 1927; Cashiers; 18 Oct 1927; J. F. Rice; Jackson Co, NC; Effie Rice; Oconee Co, SC; J. F. Rice; Cashiers; Cashiers Allen, Infant Girl; 3 Feb 1928; Cashiers; 3 Feb; Frank Allen; Oconee Co, SC; Marjorie Bumger; Cashiers; Frank Allen; ng; Cashiers Bumgarner, Jennie Sue; 10 Dec 1919; Cashiers; 9 May; K. E. Bumgarner; Cashiers; Etrula Zachary; Cashiers; K. E. Bumgarner; Cashiers; Cashiers Bumgarner, James Douglas; 15 Nov 1927; Cashiers; 22 Sep; Jess Bumgarner; Cashiers; Hattie -^ Heinscaup; Oconee Co, SC; Jess Bumgarner; Cashiers; Wahalla, SC yj Deal, Edward; 13 Oct 1925; Tamassee, SC; 1 Oct; G. W. Deal; Wahalla, SC; Cora Orr; Mtn Rest, SC: G. W. Deal; Cashiers; Mtn Rest, SC Cullowhee Keener, Ruth Mildred; 7 Jan 1928; Cullowhee, NC; 14 Jan; Arthur Keener; NC; Lucy Whitehead; GA; Arthur Keener; Cullowhee; Cullowhee Cemetery Fox, Fay; 31 Jan 1928; NC; 31 Jan; Robert Fox; NC; Alice Gregory; NC; Robert Fox; ng; Balsam Grove Dills, Louise Pauline; 12 May 1924; NC; 31 Jan; Jesse Dills; NC; Gracie Green; NC; Jesse Dills; Cullowhee, NC; Greens Creek Schuler, Infant Girl; 5 Feb 1928; ng; 5 Feb; Jeff Schuler; NC; Potts; NC; Jeff Schuler; ng; Cullowhee Holden, Elsie Lee; 12 Oct 1921; Speedwell; 10 Mar; Taylor Holden; NC; Taylor, NC; Taylor Holden; Speedwell; Speedwell Crawford, Mable Evelyn; ng; Cullowhee; 1 Apr; Wiley Crawford; Cullowhee; Irene Shepherd; Franklin, NC; Wiley Crawford; Cullowhee; Cullowhee Deitz, Lou Etta; 22 yrs 1 m 24 d; NC; 18 Apr; Wm. Deitz; NC; Melvina Styles; NC; J. H. Painter; Cullowhee; Greens Creek Hooper, Samuel Frady, 9 Mar 1928; Speedwell, NC; 28 Jun; Corsey Hooper; NC; _ _ Frady; NC; Corsey Hooper; Speedwell; Speedwell Ashe, Robert; 12 Feb 1916; NC; 17 Jul; Garland Ashe; NC; Hooper; NC; Robt. Knight; Speedwell; Speedwell Nicholson, Clifton; 15 Aug 1928; ng; 15 Aug; Fred Nicholson; Cullowhee; Margaret Price; Speedwell; James Price; Speedwell; Speedwell ' > 70 ^^/ ^ Journeys Tltrough Jackson Spring 2013 Frady, Wandy; 4 d; Cullowhee; 8 Nov; Kelly Frady; NC; Blanche Buchanan; NC; Fannie Buchanan; Cullowhee; Cullowhee Dillsboro Shuler, Thad; 27 Nov 1903; Jackson Co, NC; 31 Jun; James Shuler; NC; Ellen Mills; NC; Alma Lewis; ng; Parris Hensley, William John; 10 Dec 1928; Dillsboro; 10 Dec; Ollie Hensley; NC; John Hensley; ng; Locust Field Biddix, William Joseph; 2 Dec 1928; Dillsboro; 10 Dc; William W. Biddix; TN; Effie Lula Banther; NC; W. W. Biddix; ng; Franklin Mashburn, Infant; 11 Apr 1928; Jackson Co, NC; 11 Apr, Weaver Mashburn; NC; Delia Messer, NC; Cole Messer; ng; Parris Greens Creek Morgan, Helen George; 1 yr 3 mo 24 d; ng; 8 Jan; Leamon Morgan; NC; Lydill Brooks: NC; Leamon Morgan; Greens Creek; Savannah Buchanan, Infant Girl; 2 Jun 1928; NC; 2 Jun: Bragg Buchanan; NC; Ginnie McMahan; NC; L. C. Buchanan; Greens Creek; Greens Creek Mountain Moody, Willa Belle; 12 June 1928; NC; 12 Jun; Henry Marion Moody; NC; Mannie Stewart; NC; Marion Moody; ng; Double Springs Qualla Bigmeat, Lucinda; 25 Nov 1927; NC; 22 Feb; Robert Bigmeat; NC; Charlotte Welch; NC; John Gloyne; Cherokee; Wright's Creek Hornbnckle, Lloyd Jackson; 16 Mar 1928; Jackson Co, NC; Will Hornbuckle; NC; Mary Maney; NC; Will Hornbuckle; Cherokee; Wright's Creek Shook, Callie; 10 May 1928; Cherokee; 8 Jun; Henry Shook; NC; Ida Murphy; NC; Sam Owle; Cherokee; Birdtown Shook, Sallie; 10 May 1928; Cherokee; 15 Jun; Henry Shook; NC; Ida Murphy; NC; Sam Owle; ng; Birdtown Crowe, Maggie; 11 Aug 1905; NC; 4 Nov; Will Hornbuckle; NC; Teresa Maney; NC; Albert Crowe; Cherokee; Wright's Creek Jumper, Mary; 29 Dec 1927; Indian Reservation, NC; 8 Feb; Edward Jumper; Indian Reservation, NC; Nancy Wilnoty; Indian Reservation, NC; Edward Jumper, ng; Soco Creek Allison, Mary Josephine; 1 Jan 1917; Jackson Co, NC; 10 Apr, J. D. Allison; Haywood Co, NC; Mary Howell; Haywood Co, NC; Mrs. J. D. Allison; Whittier; Olivet Cemetery Anderson, Oliver Huih; 29 Sep 1928; Jackson Co, NC; 8 Dec; William Anderson; ng; Selma Trantham; NC; Selma Trantham; Whittier; Sherrill River Young, Willard Lee; 6 May 1928; ng; 20 May; Herbert Young; NC; Nora Mae Queen; NC; Farrell Queen; ng; Shook Wood. Lawrence; 9 Jun 1928; ng; 9 Jun; Will Wood; Tuckasegee; Hulda Shook; Tuckasegee; Will Wood; ng; ng [Shook] 71 Journeys Tlirough Jackson Spring 2013 Luker, Earl; 29 Apr 1927; Sylva; 31 May; William Grunart; TN; Gertie Luker; Tuckasegee; Bane Brown; ng; Shook 'x_> Young, Dillard; 6 May 1928; Tuckasegee; 14 Oct; Herbert Young; NC; Nora Mae Queen; NC; Herbert Young; ng; ng [Shook] Savannah Passmore, Infant Boy; 26 Apr 1928; Jackson Co, NC; 26 Apr; William J. Passmore; Jackson Co, NC: Docia Trantham; NC; W. J. Passmore; Gay, NC; New Savannah Price, Charles Edwin; 27 May 1928; Jackson Co., NC; 16 Jul; Raymond Price; GA; Lora Lee Cabe; NC: Horace Cabe; Gay, NC; Wesleyanna Mashburn, Monroe J.; 3 Jun 1928; Jackson Co., NC; 3 Aug; Jackson Mashburn; NC; Florence Jacobs: NC; Jackson Mashburn; ng; Zion Hill Franks, Bingham Ray; 8 days; Jackson Co., NC; Robert Franks, Jackson Co., NC; Lou Woodard Jackson Co., NC; Rubin Bishop; Gay, NC; Zion Hill Deitz, Vertie Mae; 2 weeks; Jackson Co., NC; 12 Aug; Jake Deitz; Jackson Co., NC; Sallie Long: Jackson Co., NC; Horace Deitz; ng; East Fork Potts, Mable; 25y, lm, 26d; Balsam, NC; 4 Jan; Franc Potts, Balsam, NC; Hannah Fisher; Balsam, NC Roy Potts; Balsam, NC; Balsam Moore, James Jerome; ng;ng; 24 Jan; Joseph Moore; ng; Emma Hoyle; Willets; Ed Moore; Willets Whittier Fisher, Mildred; 12 y, 8 m, 11 d; ng; 8 Apr; Charlie Fisher; N; Fannie Bryson; N; Charlie Fisher, Willets, NC; Willets Henson, Robert Allen; 21 Apr 1928; ng; 7 May; Erastus Henson; NC; Berdell Styles; NC; ng; Addie Hoyle, Jaunita; 26 Oct 1923; NC; 25 May; Hillard Hoyle; NC; Bertha Mull; NC; Hillard Hoyle; Willets, NC; Willets Lowe, Andrew Jackson; 12 May 1928; ng; 13 Jun; Steve Lowe; NC; Zonie Blanton; NC; Steve Lowe; Willets, NC; Willets Litrel, Effie; 21 y, 1 m, 23 d; Jackson Co., NC; 8 May; Manuel Parris; NC; Lettie Bryson; NC; Cora Blanton; Addie; Addie Cogdell, Mary Evelyn; 2 y, 2 m, 2 d; NC; 6 Jul; Sam Cogdell; NC; Nettie Mathis; NC; Sam Cogdell; Willets; Addie Cogdell, Nettie May; 6 Jul 1928; NC; 6 Jul; Sam Cogdell; NC; Nettie Mathis; NC; Sam Cogdell; ng: Addie Buchanan, Eva Dana; 3 y; NC; 9 Aug; Tom Buchanan; NC; Mary Bumgarner; NC; Tom Buchanan; Sylva, NC; Old Savannah Sims, Lora; 18 y, 7 m; NC; 9 May; Cleveland Wiggins; ng; Laura Pannel; NC; Walter Sims;' ng; Addie Middleton, Jesse Agnes; 5 y, 9 m, 6 d; NC; 14 Oct; Ed Middleton; NC; Laura Bryson; NC; Ed Middleton; Balsam, NC; Balsam Ensley, Edwin; 7 y, 4 m, 22d; NC; 31 Oct; Henry Ensley; NC; Mary Jones; NC; Mrs. Henry Emsley; ng; Balsam Pannel, Charles; ng; ng; 20 May; ng; ng; ng; ng; ng; ng; Addie Beck, James Oxner; 12 d; ng; 12 Nov; Bryson Beck; ng; Mamie Queen; NC; Bryson Beck; ng; Balsam- Continued in next issue of Journeys. v_> v _ / 72 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 t | John A i k e n F a m i l y o f C a n e y F o r k [Ed: This article is submitted by JCGS member Daniel Johnson.] John H. Aiken, son of Thomas (1825- cal900) and Rebecca (Hoxit) Aiken (1831-1912)1 was born January 8, 1955 in Cherryfield, Henderson County, North Carolina, the fifth of what would be eight children. His father left the family sometime between 1860 and 1870. By 1870, the family was living in Jackson County, North Carolina2 where they would live out the rest of their lives on Caney Fork. Nancy Coward, daughter of Benjamin and Nellie (Fisher) Coward had caught the fancy of young John, and they were married on September 8,1880 in Cowarts.3 One factor that made this marriage a little remarkable is that Nancy was already the mother of two daughters4, Arzela (bom in 1873) and Maggie Viola "Meg" (bom January 19,1877).5 Worth Hooper6 was sued by Nancy Coward through a Bastardy Bond in the fall of 1876,7 and Tom Hooper8 is listed as Meg's father. (Both Worth and Tom had served North Carolina in the Confederacy.)9 It is significant that John didn't seem to bat an eye at this added responsibility right from the start, and it couldn't have been easy trying to be a father to two little girls who had never known one. But their family was instant, and began to grow immediately: Benjamin Coleman 'Coley', born in June of 1881 Perry, born in September of 1883 Cicero Loftis, bom March 12,1884 Minnie, born in January of 1885 Florence, born in June of 1887 Flora Viola, bom October 18,1890 Ellen, bom April 4,1891 Jesse, bom December 8,1892 Eula Hudson, bom February 8> 1894 Mary, bom in January of 1896 Shiriey, bom in January of 1898 Johnny, bom February 5,1900 John Sr., like almost every other Caney Fork man, was quite like the 'rounder' in his early life. Caney Fork seems to have been the 'wild west' of western North Carolina where lawlessness prevailed and weak men didn't survive long. Tall and lanky, he was arrested for affray in 1895, a 19th century legal term for fighting.10 But somewhere before 1901, John had an encounter with Jesus Christ that hanged his life, and transformed him into a life-long, deeply committed churchman. Several times between 1901 and bis tragic death in 1939, he was appointed and sent as a delegate from the Balsam Grove Baptist Church to the Tuckaseigee Baptist Association Convnetions, as .well as the frequent 'union' meetings that were celebrated locally.11 Death became a frequent visitor to the Aiken homestead; n between 1900 and 1910 four of their daughters died: Florence, Mary, Shirley, and Minnie, who had married Vaughn Rogers. She died in 1909 at the age of 24, after having lost their only child.13 Nancy died July 9m 1929, M leaving John at home with spinsters El and Jess, and the youngest, Johnny. For John Sr. the next ten years were filled with church activities and the never-ending farming that kept food on the table. Daughter Flora, and sons Cole and Eula, and their families had moved out to Washington state. One November Sunday as John walked the mile-or-so route to church that was so familiar to him, tragedy struck. His son-in-law's 23 year old nephew came around that tight curve above 73 L / Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 the church in a car, and struck him. After struggling for almost a week, John's earthly life came to an end on November 10,193 9,15 and his obituary reads as follows:16 K^J "Man Killed on Way to Church" Funeral services for John Aiken, 80 year old Cowarts resident who died in the C J Harris community hospital here Friday morning of injuries received last Sunday when struck by an automobile, were held Saturday morning at the Balsam Grove Baptist Church near Cowarts. The Rev. Calvin Massingale, assisted by the Rev. Ben Cook, officiated. Burial as in the church cemetery. Mr. Aiken was the third victim of an automobile in Jackson County in less than two weeks. He was on his way to church when hit by a car which was said to have been driven by Ethan Hooper, also of Cowarts, in what witnesses said was an unavoidable accident. Surviving are five sons: Cole of Sedro Woolley, Wash., Perry of Charlotte, Cicero of Cowarts, Enloe of Darrington, Wash., and Johnnie of Cowarts; three daughters, Mrs. Flora Cook of Darrington, Wash., and Ella and Jessie of Cowarts; one brother, Jackson Aiken of Easley, SC and several grandchildren. Considering the inter-relatedness of the families involved and the intensity of the emotions and respect so many felt for John, this tragic incident could have easily escalated into a Hatfield/McCoy type feud to last for generations. However, nothing could be further from the truth, and it is a testimony to the faith, strength, love and convictions of the Aiken family that their grief was quickly overcome with no guilt attributed. In fact, Ethan Hooper, the unfortunate driver of the car involved, and his wife Hazel, upon moving to Washington state, became very close to John's daughter Flora, visiting her regularly and having her over to spend the night frequently. This close and long-lasting relationship continued on up until Flora's death in 1974.17 Endnotes: 1. See: Journeys through Jackson, The Witch of Caney Fork: Granny Beck Aiken, vol. XII, no. 1-2, Jan-Feb 2002. 2. 1870 NC Federal Census, Jackson County, Caney Fork Township, p. 224. 3. Marriage Register (1872-1901), Jackson County Courthouse, Sylva, NC. 4. There is a bit of a question about the date of Cole's birth as well. His delayed birth certificate (with information provided by his father) gives his birth year as 1878, two years before his parents were married. However, he does not appear in the 1880 Census in the household of his grandfather Coward, whereas his mother, Arzela and Mag are present. In addition, in the 1900 Census, his birth date is listed as June of 1881, so this author has concluded that the date of his birth record is mistaken. 5. 1880 NC Federal Census, Jackson County, Caney Fork Township, p. 306. Microfilm 341c, Reel 20. Ben Coward is listed as head of household, with (among others) daughter Nancy, 24, and granddaughters Arzela, 7, and Maggie V., 3. 6. It is believed that this was William Worth Hooper. 7. Docket Book Jackson County Superior Court 1866-1896. Compiled by Rick Frizzell, p. 24, line 19. • 8. North Carolina State Board of Health Death Certificate #42, September 5, 1959: Meg Green. Father Tom Hooper, mother, Nancy Coward. There were at least two Tom Hoopers on Caney Fork at this time, one being "Cotton Tom" Hooper; but Meg's father, Thomas Hilman Hooper, accepted the fact that he was her father and apparently never denied it. 9. See: www.icngs.com/civilwar/alpha.htm. W. W. Hooper served with Co B, 25th N Inf and 'Cotton Tom' Hooper served with Co G, 62n NC Inf. But as yet, no record of Thomas Hilton Hooper's service in the Civil War has been located. \ J V_> 74 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 10. Docket Book Jackson County Superior Court 1866-1896. Compiled by Rick Frizzell, p. 97, line 53: Cj "The State vs John Aiken et al: Affray: Aiken called and failed, judgement NiSi, Instanter Capias trial guilty, judgement suspended on payment of cost." 11. Balsam Grove Baptist Church Record - Minutes, 7 September 1912 - 31 October 1936; lso Minutes of the Tuckasegee Baptist Association, WCU, Hunter Library, microfilm. 12. Located at the end of Sugar Creek Road off Caney Fork. 13. Gravestone at Lower Coward Cemetery; also personal interview with L. G. Queen, 15 Jury 2003. 14. North Carolina State Board of Health - Death Certificate. 15. North Carolina State Board of Health - Death Certificate #38, vol. 25-27 16. Jackson County Journal. 16 November 1939. WCU, Hunter Library, microfilm, Cullowhee, NC. 17. Personal interview with Hazel Hooper, August 2002. U Ca. Summer 1915, family homestead, Sugar Creek Road, off Caney Fork, Jackson County, NC. From left to right: Front row: Bertha "Betty" (Aiken) Hollifield, Emma (Aiken) Parker (in her mother's arms), Ada (Rogers) Aiken, Perry R. Aiken, Norman R. Aiken (in his grandmother's arms), Nancy (Coward) Aiken, John H. Aiken, Johnny Aiken. Back row: Jesse Aiken, El Aiken, Cicero Aiken, Flora (Aiken) Cook, Eula Aiken. Note that both Nancy and John each have their respective photographs as young people in front of them. 75 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 J C G S L i b r a r y A c q u i s i t i o ns Call No. 975.6 975.6 010 974.7 286 975.6 975.8 060 974.8 976.8 974.7 917.56 Author Rebok, Barbara McKee, Becky Howells, Cyndi Coan, Peter M. Underwood, Jinsie Scott, Robin L. Chicora Foundation Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr. Irwin, John Rice Rice, Shirley A. McCarter, William W. Title History of Jackson, Macon & Swain Counties High Hampton Inn Cyndi's list: A Comprehensive List of 40,000 Genealogy Sites on the Internet Ellis Island: Interviews Catherine's Chapel This is Madison County Rome, Georgia in Vintage Postcards Recording Historic Cemeteries Early Life of the Pennsylvania Germans The Arnwine Cabin Community: Birthplace of Popular Consent Our Smokies Heritage Donor Bill Crawford Becky McKee Pat McMillan Larry Crawford Danny & Pam Hooper Larry Crawford 2 0 1 3 N o r t h S h o r e C e m e t e r y D e c o r a t i o n D a y s [Ed: After a discussion on Decorations, we thought we would lead off with this listing. A future issue will include Decorations for cemeteries in Jackson Co. If you know of any dates for them, please feel free to let us know, so that they can be included.] Date May- 1st Sunday May-2n d Sunday May - 3rd Sunday June - 1st Sunday June-2n d Sunday June - 4th Sunday July-1s t Sunday July-3r d Sunday Aug- 1st Sunday Aug-3r d Sunday Sept-1s t Sunday Sept-3r d Sunday Sept-4t h Saturday Oct - 2 n d Sunday Cemetery Woody & Hoyle Payne & Orr Cable Pilkey & Posey Calhoun, Walker & Wike Conner & Stiles Bone Valley 8c Hall Proctor & Bradshaw Fairview & Cook Cable Branch Higdon & McCampbell Gap Welch & McClure Hazel Creek - Fontana Reunion Deep Creek Campground Michell Wiggins (Noland Creek) Branton & Lower Noland Departure Place Wilderness Marina Cross Dam, Old 288 Cable Cove Cable Cove Cable Cove Road to Nowhere Cable Cove Cable Cove Cable Cove Cable Cove Cable Cove Cable Cove Bryson City, NC Cable Cove Parking Area - Noland Creek Parking Area - Noland Creek Time 9:30 am 10 am 9:30 am 9:30 am 9:30 am 2:00 pm 9:30 am 9:30 am 9:30 am . 9:30 am 9:30 am 9:30 am 9:30 am 9:30 am 10:00 am 76 Journeys Through Jackson Spring 2013 ^ 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 i n [Ed. We continue in this issue with the fine work of JCGS member Betty Queen Monteith.] t : sp: Lola Pongte (b.9 Oct 1832-Jadtspn Cb,,NC?n.17 Dec i912;<L21 Jar) 1668-Oackson Co^NC) - 4. MaQdeLee SOtton (b.1 pec 1913-KteboroJackson Co.,NC;d25 Nov 1999-SyrvayJacteon Co.,NO sp: HlA—d Jordan Swkik (b.15 May 1903-BuncombeC6.NC;rrt,12 Opt 1940;d\23. Feb 1981-Swain CO.NC) - 5. Nancy Efla Swb« (bJ5 Od.:l941^acksbn;Ca.NC) sp: Norman Dupont (b.20 Dec 1943) - 5. Joel Westey Swir* (b.2Q Dec 1943rJackson Co.,NC) sp: Carol Lynn Monteith (b.22 Peb 194$-J3ckson Co.,NC;m^6 Dec 1964) - 5.»6ten HEtiard Swink (K16Jan 1950-JacksonCo,NC) *p: Harold Eugene Srtoh:(b.2 Aug 194g-Jackson CO:.NC;m.9Octi970;A30dct2dd4^actecmCo.J<C) - 4.GeorgeRichardSutton(b/< Mar'191&Ja«*sonCo.,NC;d.17 Mar 1983-Jackson Co.,NC) sp: Lob Jacqueline Robinson (b.20 May 1938-Jacksoh Co.,NC^m^6 AUg 1965;d> Sep 2008-Jackson. C6.NC)" i- 5. George Baxter Sutton (b.16 Aug 1966>tecksonCo.J»ic) *— 5. John Ramsey Sutton (b.1 Apr 1970-Jackson Co.,NC) so: Angela Allen (b.1 Jan 1969-NC;m.26 Sep! 1988) 4. John Ramsey Svtton (b.2 Aug 1918-JacKson Co.,NCtpl2 Dec 1950Koma) - 4. Thomas Hilllard Sutton (b.9 Aug 1920JacfcsonCa.NC) *rfc Mary Alee Bated (b.20 Aug 19297tt23 Now 1946) 5. Dennis Lee Sutton (b.5 Apr 1§47) 5. Margaret Ann Sutton (b.16 Fab 1949) ep: UNKNOWN - 4. Charles MarshaH "Burf* Sutton (b.31 Oct 1922-Jackson Ca,NC;d.10 Jan 2009-Jacteon CO.NC). sp: Ethel Nabnil Hensley (b.9 Jan 1922-JsckSdri Co^NC;ra30 Aug 1943tf .13 Jen 2005-JadcsonCo.^C) ^- 5i.' Charles Burton Sutton (b.25 Feb i946-Jackson Co.MO sp: Martha Stevens (M$ Nov 1952.m27 Nov 1976) - 4. Dorothy. Sutton (b.1 Jan 1925-Ja£Jcsori Co.NC> ep: Charles Snow McCture (b.19 Sep 1917TSwa!n Co.J4Cprk27 Aug.1946;&8 Sep 1995-Gastonla.Gaston Co.,NC) - 5. JohnrryBaxJer McClure (b.11Mov 1947) sp: Margaret Ksdwood (rn.26 May ig6$d29 May 1975) sp: Shlrlay Mee-Hamby (m.23 dec 1975) - 5. James Ramsey titeClure (b28 Oct 1953-Qsston Co.,NC) Sp: SandraCarol Drumm (1x29 Aug 1955-G'aston Ca,NC;rru2 Dec 1971) u 5. Btzabsth Ann McClure (b£ Oct 1960-Gsston Co.,NC) - 4. Mary Elizabeth Sutton (b.8 Sep 1928-Jackson Ca.NC) ep: boyte rlVrard (b.4 Jun 1926-Jackson Co.,NC;m.8 Jan i948#.31 Aug 1997-Jscio»n Co^NC): - 5. Sandra Ward (b.15 Oct 1948-Jadcson Ca.NC) sp: Joseph Garcia tb.21 May 1947;rrfc2 Jan 1969) - „Cteuae Herbert Wanj (b.15 Jun 1957-Jackson Co:,NC) *- «. PhyBte Arm Ward (b.25 Jim i958-JackSoh'Co.,NC) sp: Rickey Lee GurrtSr(rji30 Jun 1979) - 4. Erwin Wilson SuHon (b.25 May. 1931-Jackson Cajtorth Carolina) - 4. Fred Baxter Sutter) (b.24 Jun 1935-Jackson Ca.,NC;cL30 Jun 1935-Jacteon Cb.,NC) L 4.CteudeLendonSutton (bi6Aug 1936\)aeksOTra»^C;dJJMar19^«Bsb^ 3. George W. Sutton (b.19 Feb 1892-Jackaon Co,NC;cUun 1971-Loma Mar,San Mateo Co:,CA) 77 Journeys Ttirough Jackson Spring 2013 t 2. Amanda E. FranWin (b.28 Feb 1850-Haywood Co.,NC;d.11 Aug 1859-Haywood Co.,NC) 2. Sarah Jemtna Franklin (b.13 Mar 1852-Haywood Co.