Jane Elizabeth Brickey

Jane married Samuel Jenkins in 1756 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Samuel (son of Jonas Jenkins and Sally) was born in 1735 in Orange County, Virginia; died in 1796 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It is believed that Josiah was the first born in the family of Samual and Jane Jenkins. He most lkely was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia, where he served in the Virginia Militia during the Revolutionary War as did his father, Samuel. The mother's full-name is unknown.

Family/Spouse: Ann. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann married Alex Spaden [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jane married Andrew Watt [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Robert Anderson [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

White settlement in areas lying along the Oconaluftee and Tukaseegee Rivers, within the borders of present Swain County, began soon after the Cherokee Indian cessation of 1798. The remainder of the land now belonging to Swain County was surrendered by the Cherokees in the Treaty of February 27, 1819. However, it was not until the North Carolina General Assembly on March, 1871 was held that an act was passed by the state legislature, ratifying Swain as a new county. Swain was formed from Jackson and Macon Counties. It was named in honor of David L. Swain, Governor of North Carolina and resident of the University of North Carolina. It is the western section of the state and is bounded by the state of Tennessee and Haywood, Jackson, Macon and Graham Counties in North Carolina. The present land area if 525.66 square miles and th 1990 population was 11,268. The first court was ordered to be held at Cold Spring Meeting House. Special commissioners were named to select a site for the courthouse, provided all the commissioners could agree on a certain place. If they could not agree, the county commissioners were to submit the question of selecting a place to the voters. The county commissioners were to lay out a town by the name of Charleston which was to be the county seat. In 1889, the name Charleston was changed to Bryson City in honor of Colonel Thad Dillard Byrson. Bryson City is the current county seat. Swain County, North Carolina was the birth place of my father, William Joseph Welch, October 20, 1883. (from William R. Welch, 9/2002)

BIOGRAPHY: Almost nothing is known of the early life of Jonas except that he was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia of Welsh and Scotch-Irish heritage. Jonas had red hair, blue eyes, and a bad temper. Jonas was married to Polly Williams, but fathered children with Jeannie BRICKEY and her daughter Elizabeth "Betsy" BRICKEY. Jonas ran a legal distillery of whiskey and brandy, and the BRICKEY ladies were employees of his. Betsy died at the birth of her son, Peter, in 1828. The marriage on January 9, 1798 to Polly Ann was signed by Jane Jenkins, Ann's guardian. It may be assumed that her parents were dead by the time of their marriage because the marriage bond names Jane Jenkins as guardian in the place of Ann's parent's name. Upon their union Jonas and Ann migrated to East Tennessee, possibly settling in Cocke County. Shortly after marrying, Jonas and Polly migrated to East Tennessee where remained until after 1810.

BIOGRAPHY: After the War of 1812, Jonas returned with his family to Shenandoah County and remained until 1821. Within this year they again journeyed south and settled this time on the other side of the Great Smoky Mountains in Haywood County, North Carolina. He purchased in 1821, l50 acres on Shoal Creek, a tributary of Soco Creek. His tracts, on the Indian line, was in the realm relinquished by the Cherokee government two years earlier in the Treaty of 1819. Jonas was situated as a neighbor among the Indians who chose to remain in the valley rather than remove to the receded Cherokee territory. Jonas Jenkins, Sr. first appears in Haywood County, North Carolina about 1823 and was settled in Soco Valley by 1828. In that year, he bought a one-hundred acre track of land on the north side of Soco Creek. Later in 1828, he bought several tracks of land on the south side of the creek from Abraham Enloe, the man some historians claim is the actual father of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States. Jonas and his three sons owned over a thousand acres of land along Soco Creek. Over one-hundred and fifty years later, the area north of the creek is still recorded on the U.S. Geological Survey maps as Jenkins Ridge. In 1830, Jonas Jenkins was granted by patent 100 acres on Soco Creek and soon after followed additional grants of land on both sides of Soco. His sons, Nathan, Jonas Jr. and John, purchased adjoining tracts until their farms together exceeded a thousand acres. Over one hundred and seventy years later the area north of the creek is still recorded on U. S. Geological Survey maps as Jenkins Ridge. In 1838, Jonas Jenkins sold his remaining tracts on Soco Creek to William H. Thomas, agent for the Qualla Cherokees, who supposedly was buying land for the Indians allowed to remain during the 1838 removal of the Cherokee Nation. The family's farms, two miles west of Quallatown, eventually reverted back to the Cherokees after 1870, with the establishment of the Qualla Boundary. Their former holdings left a legacy on the land with Jenkins Creek, Jenkins Divide (or ridge), and Jonas' Fields. Moving a few miles west in 1838, Jonas and his sons settled on the Tuckasegee River at the present Jenkins Branch, one mile west of what is now Bryson City. In 1840, Jonas entered a grant for one hundred acres on the south bank of the river along the boundary of the former Big Bear Reservation in Macon (now Swain) County. In time he accumulated about five hundred acres in this vicinity. Jonas Jenkins remained on record until 1856 when he sold some of his tracts to his sons, Charles and Thomas. He died in that year or shortly afterwards, about the age of 84. It is believed he and his wife Polly are buried in the Henry Jenkins Cemetery located on a hilltop west of Jenkins Branch on the north side of Highway 19.

BIOGRAPHY: Jonas was active in the county's civic concerns, being summoned numerous times through the years to serve jury duty at Waynesville; and to aid in the surveying and opening of roads. One of many such court assignments appears to be work on what is now Highway 19.

BIOGRAPHY: Ordered by court that Jonas Jenkins be overseer of the public road Top of the mountain from the Soco Creek to Jonas Jenkins' and that all the working hands who live on Soco Creek and its waters from the mouth of Swearing Jim Mill Creek including both forks and all their waters work under said overseer. 5th October 1826. --Minutes of Haywood County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Book 3, p. 110.

BIOGRAPHY: A peculiar domestic situation developed with Jonas while living in Soco Valley. Having received a licence from the county to sell Spiritous Liquors at his dwelling house, he allowed a woman by the name of Jane or Jennie Brickey to live at his still house and work for him. By her he bore two sons; and sired one son by her daughter, Elizabeth (Betsy). Elizabeth Brickey died after delivering her child. Jane Brickey took charge of him with her own two sons until in a matter of years an apparent confrontation drove her away. Her eldest son, Thomas, is reported to have related in late age how his mother told him she was going to hunt the cows on the mountain when she was last seen. He said she was wiping her eyes with her apron as she went and she repeatedly turned and looked back on them.

MILITARY: During the War of 1812, Jonas Jenkins enlisted in James Allen's Company, Col. Bunch's Regiment of the East Tennessee Militia. He was mustered into service at Knoxville on January 10, 1814, however on the 27th of the month he was furloughed due to sickness and did not return to duty.

RECORDS: B.M. Ashby, "Shenandoah County Virginia Marriage Bonds"; military service per N/A M602 Roll 110; Confederate service per N/A Record Group 109;

RECORDS: JENKINS- Gary Claude Jenkins, l983 Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 82-094133 The above is attributed to the great research of Gary Jenkins of Ft. Oglethorpe, GA.

CENSUS: 1820 US Federal Census Shenandoah Co, VVA, p. 28

CENSUS: 1830 Haywood Co,NC p.380

CENSUS: 1840 Macon Co. p. 156;

CENSUS: 1850 US Federal Census
Name: Jonas Jenkins Age: 78 Estimated birth year: abt 1772 Birth place: Virginia Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Not Stated, Macon, North Carolina Page: 349 Roll: M432_636


MILITARY: North Carolina Volunteers participating in the Indian Removal: Thomas Angel Company - Jonas Jenkins

Jonas married Mary Ann Williams on 9 Jan 1795. Mary (daughter of Samuel John Williams and Susanna Ligon) was born on 17 Jul 1774 in Westmoreland County, Virginia; died in 1851 in Macon County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonas married Jane Brickey in NOT MARRIED. Jane was born in 1772. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonas married Mary Elizabeth Brickey before 9 Jan 1798 in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia. Mary was born on 17 Jul 1774 in Bortetourt County, Virginia; died on 31 Jan 1828. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Elizabeth Parks [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas served in the Civil was in the Confederate Army with Company A, Walker's Battalion, Thomas Legion. Settled at Jenkins Branch.

Thomas married Margaret Finley [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Thomas McGraw [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Enoch married Lucy Cave [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a school teacher. They settled on Deep Creek at Jenkins Place, Swain County, North Carolina.

Nathan is listed in the Federal Census of September 13, 1850 as 51 years old and a teacher. No wife was listed (she may have been dead), but six children were listed: John, age 25; Silas, age 19; Jonas, age 16; Jane, age 15; Nancy, age 12; William, age 8; and Thomas, age 6. The first three children were listed as born in Haywood County, North Carolina and the last three were born in Macon County, North Carolina.

CENSUS: 1850 US Federal Census
Name: Nathan Jenkins Age: 51 Estimated birth year: abt 1799 Birth place: Tennessee Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Not Stated, Macon, North Carolina Page: 348 Roll: M432_636

CENSUS: 1860 US Federal Census
Name: N Jenkins Age in 1860: 60 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1860: Not Stated, Jackson, North Carolina Gender: Male Post Office: Webster Roll: M653_903 Page: 312 Year: 1860 Head of Household: N Jenkins

Nathan married Mary Nancy Abbott on 1 Feb 1824 in Haywood County, North Carolina. Mary was born in in North Carolina; died in in Macon County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sutton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jonas Jenkins, son of Jonas and Polly Ann (Williams) Jenkins, was born in 1803 in East Tennessee. Near 1820 his parents returned to the Shenandoah County, Virginia where Jonas married on July 27, 1821, Juliet Burkholder, daughter of Fredric Burkholder. Within the year, Jonas and Juliet Jenkins migrated with his father's family to Haywood County, North Carolina and settled at Soco Creek.
In 1832 Jonas, Jr. was granted by patent 25 acres on Soco Creek, and another 50 on its tributary, Swearing Jim Mill Creek (now Jenkins Creek). Afterwards he purchased an additional 100 acre tract on the latter creek, which was bounded on one side by the Indian line, and situated two miles west of Quallatown, where remained scores of Cherokee families.
After the 1835 Treaty of New Echota was made to remove the Cherokee Nation three years later to Arkansas, Jonas Jr. sold his lands on Soco Creek to William H. Thomas for the Qualla Cherokees. After selling his tracts in 1837 and 1838, he removed with his father and brothers to settle along the south bank of the Tuckasegee River at the present Jenkins Banch.
During the Cherokee removal, the state raised a militia to assist the federal army, and Jonas Jenkins enlisted in Captain Angel's Company, 3rd Regiment, North Carolina Militia. He was mustered in to service at Franklin on May 1, 1838; and upon virtual completion of removal within the state, was mustered out of service with the discharge of all militia volunteers on the following July 16. On November 1 of that year, Tsali (who has since become legendary) and his fugitive band, attacked a detachment of soldiers who had apprehended them. On November 15, Jonas was engaged to participate in the band's capture. Five years later he testified he had been an eyewitness to Tsali's execution, and left in the form of a deposition, and informative account of what has become a dramatized incident.
Julie Burkholder Jenkins died in the summer of 1840 after delivering the last child Isaac. The boy was adopted by Isaac and Jane Sellers and reared in Gilmer County, Georgia. On October 9 1840, in Macon County, North Carolina, Jonas married Rachel Hyde, a woman said to be compassionate and industrious.
In 1844, Jonas Jenkins and his family resettled on the frontier lost by the Cherokee Nation and established a farm on a 100 acre tract granted him in Cherokee (now Graham County, NC) County near the Little Tennessee River at Tuskeegee. Like his Scotch-Irish father, Jonas was red-haired and blue eyed, and is said to have had a volatile temper. He died on April 17, 1871 at age 67, and is buried at the Guge Cemetery. "To die is gain" was engraved on his stone. (from a file by Shirley Rogers that was placed on World Connect, and from a book "Appalachian Pioneers" by Gary Claude Jenkins, 1983)


4th Board Claim 251, RG 75:
Record of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
National Archives

State of North Carolina} This day personally came before me, Joseph Welch, one of the acting
Macon County } Justices of the peace in and for said county, Jonas Jenkins, aged forty one years, a
respectable citizen of said county who, after sworn according to law, deposeth and saith as follows:
That about the fifteenth of November 1838, he was employed to accompany Euchella and about forty Cherokee warriors that had been employed by Colonel Foster of the United States Army to aid in capturing Charley and three other Cherokee Indians that had as he was informed murdered two soldiers by the names of Perry and Martin belonging to the 4th Infantry a short time previous to the time he entered the service. After the Cherokee company and the few white hunters that accompanied them captured three of the murderers, deponent aided to guard them to where Colonel Foster was, then stationed with the United States troops near the mouth of the Tuckasegee River on the Little Tennessee River in the above mentioned county. A few days afterwards the murderers were tried by the Cherokees, found guilty (as deponent as informed) and deponent was present when they were shot by a guard of the Cherokees under the direction of Euchella in the presence of Colonel Foster and the United States Army which was drawn up on the bank of the Little Tennessee River to see them executed. Euchella and the chiefs and warriors that composed the company were directed to assemble at Colonel Foster's tent to hold a talk. Colonel Foster when they were assembled informed them that they had seen in the punishment of those murderers the consequence resulting from an attack on the United States Army and murdering citizens. He stated that he was aware of the important services they had rendered the United States in capturing and executing those murderers and that only one by the name of Charley remained to be captured and executed, he would leave them to perform that part of the duty and would immediately march his army out of the country and in consequence of the meritorious services rendered the United States by the Cherokee chiefs and warriors in performing the services he would close the emigration and permit Euchella and his band as well as all the Cherokees reeemaining in the country (except old Charley's family) to settle in and unite with the Cherokees at Qualla Town that had been citizenized. He advised them to send runners to bring in their friends that had been lying out in the mountains to avoid being taken to Arkansas to inform them of the permission granted them to settle at Qualla Town and become citizens of the state, advised them to say to their friends not to lie out in the mountains any longer suffering with hunger but to take his advise and settle at Qualla Town and not scatter off among the whites, to live in friendship with their white neighbors and make good citizens and he assured them that they would never be molested by the United States. Euchella replied before they were made citizens of the United States. that they had aided the white people in their war against the Creek Indians and now since the government of the United States had been so kind to them as to permit the Cherokees remaining to remain citizens of the state of North Carolina, they would always be found ready as American citizens to render their adoptedd country all the aid in their power against her enemies. Euchella and the other chiefs and warriors belonging to the company took leave of Colonel Foster and Euchella, informed him when his warriors had captured Charley that he should be dealt with as the chiefs had promised and though he might be in a foreign country when he heard from them, he should have no reason to accuse them for not performing on their part in good faith all they had promised him. The Cherokee company then marched up the Tuckasegee River towards Qualla Town and the American Army started towards Tennessee as deponent was informed, he did not wait to see them on their march but they were preparing to march when he left with the Cherokee company. The next day Wachucha and some other Cherokees met the Cherokee company with old Charley who they had captured on Nantahala and the next day afterwards Euchella and the chiefs tried him, he acknowledged he had killed the soldier and that he expected to die for it when he done the act. Euchella after the decision was made informed Charley that he would be shot at twelve o'clock. A short time before twelve he told Euchella to hunt up his children that had been left in the mountains when he was taken first to be emigrated, to be a father to them talk good to them, give them good advise, to tell them what had become of their father and that it was his request that they should die in that country and never go to Arkansas. He told them he was a brave man and not afraid to die and when he was chained to the tree to be shot he showed no symptom of fear. Euchella promised him what he requested in relation to his children should be performed, a bandage was place over his eyes and three of the warriors were selected to execute the sentence and at a signal given by Euchella with his hand, the three selected fired, one ball passed into his brain and two balls into his breast, deponent aided in digging his grave and burying him on the bank of the Tuckasegee River. The Cherokee company immediately marched on towards Qualla Town. A few days afterwards deponent was at that town and saw about thirty of the outlying Cherokees includinng men, women, and children almost naked move into the town to settle there in pursuance of the instructions given by Colonel Foster in permitting those Cherokee Indians to remain with the best arrangement that could have been made, that the interest of the government of the Cherokees and the white citizens were promoted thereby. Colonel Foster's whole regiment unaided by the Indians could not in his opinion have captured those murderers against this time. The large beds of laurel in which they had secreted themselves rendered it impossible for him to have taken them with his troops, deponent further saith, as sworn to and subscribed before me August 16, 1843.

Joseph Welch JP his
Jonas X Jenkins
mark

CENSUS: 1860 US Federal Censu
Name: Jonas Jenkins Age in 1860: 60 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1860: Stecoah, Cherokee, North Carolina Gender: Male Post Office: Stecoah Roll: M653_892 Page: 230 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Jonas Jenkins

Jonas married Juliet Burkholder on 27 Jul 1821. Juliet (daughter of Fredric Burkholder and Unknown Unknown) was born on 27 Jul 1821 in Shenandoah County, Virginia; died in 1839 in Haywood County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonas married Rachel Hyde on 19 Oct 1840 in Macon County, North Carolina. Rachel (daughter of Benjamin Hyde and Elizabeth Leatherwood) was born on 14 Feb 1814 in Haywood County, North Carolina; died on 7 Dec 1896 in Graham County, North Carolina; was buried in Jenkins/Santeetlah Cemetery, Graham County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He and his family lived on the Tuskegee River near Jenkins Branch.

John married Mary Crisp Nations on 30 Mar 1825 in Haywood County, North Carolina. Mary (daughter of John Jeremiah Nations and Nancy Halk) was born in 1807 in South Carolina; died in 1874 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Nancy was mentally retarded

Family/Spouse: Alexander Nichols. Alexander was born in 1803 in Swain County, North Carolina; died in 1840 in Towns County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Messer. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War in Company A, Walker's Battalion, Thomas Legion. He settled at Jenkins Branch.

William married Elizabeth Cline on 9 Dec 1845 in Macon County, North Carolina. Elizabeth was born on 28 Oct 1824 in Haywood County, North Carolina; died on 25 Apr 1910 in Graham County, North Carolina; was buried in Jenkins Branch Cemetery, Swain County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dock served during the Civil War in the Confederate Army, joining in 1861, Sgt. Company F, 29th Regiment, North Carolina. He enlisted August 31, 1861 at the age of 41. He was wounded in an unspecified battle. (Information from Confederate military records per National Archives Record Group 109, Conf. book-volume VIII., Jonas and Ann's ages and birthplace per 1850 Macon County, NC census p. 348)
The original marriage bond for Dock and Mary (Polly Mae) is on file in the Macon County Courthouse and is an interesting document. For example, the bond was for "five hundred pounds current money of the State" and Mary's surname is spelled NICHELS. The bondsman was a Michael Jenkins. Ordinarily Jonas would have been the bondsman, but since he opposed the marriage, soneone else had to sigh the bond. As bondsmen usually were close relatives, it is possible this Michael Jenkins may have been one of the unidentified sons of Jonas and Ann Williams Jenkins, a half-brother to Charles, but it is just speculation, nothing proved yet.
The story goes that Jonas was very upset about the pending marriage and moved into North Georgia for a while. According to the booklet written, the reason Jonas so upset was because Polly Mae was the daughter of Charles' half sister - Nancy Jenkins - who was married to Alexander Nichols. Jonas apparently got over his "fit" because the September 13, 1850 census for Macon County, NC - Smokey Mountain Township shows Charles and Mary, Jonas and Polly living in the same house.
The Arlington Church Cemetery was originally the Charles "Dock" Jenkins Family Cemetery. The land is part of an original grant made to Jonas Jenkins when he first settled in the Jenkins Branch area. After Jonas' death the land passed to Dock. He set aside the land by deed for the continued use as a cemetery by all the members of his family before his own death in 1915. Dock took great care in the layout of his cemetery. He established a very orderly pattern with straight rows and uniform spacing between the graves. He took extra care to mark the exact location of each grave. Until the latter half of the twentieth century, the majority of the burials in this cemetery were of people directly descended from Dock and Polly Jenkins.
The earliest tombstone erected in the cemetery is a dual stone for Silas and Eliza Jenkins. The stone was erected after May 1857.
Sadly, only Nancy Jane and Sarah Josephine outlived their parents. Birth dates and names per 1880, Swain County, North Carolina Census - also Dock, Polly, Thomas, Robert, Charles, Caladona and her husband. Nancy Jane and her husband, & Silas and Eliza are buried at the Arlington Cemetery. The stones and inscriptions on all but Silas and Eliza were personally verified by Joan Gillett.
Census for 1850 in Macon County, North Carlolina shows Jonas & Polly as parents.

Charles married Mary Jane Nichols on 19 May 1850 in Macon County, North Carolina. Mary was born on 2 May 1834 in Macon County, North Carolina; died on 8 Dec 1909 in Swain County, North Carolina; was buried in Arlington Cemetery, Bryson City, Swain County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Cornelius S. Sutton in 1819 in Tennessee. Cornelius was born on 10 Feb 1801 in Scott County, Virginia; died in 1876 in Cataloochee, Haywood County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Peter Jenkins, age 33, was a farmer and Head of the Household in Jackson County, North Carolina in 1860 Census. Witness of the Marriage contract for Peter and Judity was William C. Nicholes.

Peter married Judith Anna Brendle on 9 Dec 1845. Judith (daughter of John David Brendle and Charlotte Williams) was born on 20 Mar 1830 in Haywood County, North Carolina; died on 29 Apr 1924 in Swain County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth S.. Elizabeth was born in 1830 in Macon County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Winnie married in unmarried. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Thad Hall in unmarried. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Elisha Gibby on 5 Jan 1859 in Macon County, North Carolina. Elisha was born on 16 Nov 1826 in Haywood County, North Carolina; died in in Macon County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Garrett. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

CENSUS: 1860 US Federal Census
Name: W Jenkins Age in 1860: 18 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1860: Not Stated, Jackson, North Carolina Gender: Male Post Office: Webster Roll: M653_903 Page: 312 Year: 1860 Head of Household: N Jenkins

Family/Spouse: XX. XX was born on 2 Mar 1847; died on 10 Mar 1929; was buried in Jenkins Cemetery, Bryson City, Swain County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

CENSUS: 1860 US Federal Census
Name: Thos Jenkins Age in 1860: 16 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1860: Not Stated, Jackson, North Carolina Gender: Male Post Office: Webster Roll: M653_903 Page: 312 Year: 1860 Head of Household: N Jenkins

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth T. Sawyer on 30 Sep 1847 in Blount County, Tennessee. Elizabeth was born in 0Jul 1829 in North Carolina; died in in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Dinges. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: James Tazewell Housden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Sarah Jane Lovin in 1856 in Cherokee County, North Carolina. Sarah (daughter of William B. Lovin and Nancy Crisp) was born in 1837 in Rutherford County, North Carolina; died on 30 Sep 1925 in Graham County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Samuel Lawrence Cable. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rachel married Joseph Briton Medlin in 1843 in North Carolina. Joseph was born on 21 Jul 1804 in Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina; died on 14 Jan 1900 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonas married Susannah Dunn on 26 Mar 1850 in Blount County, Tennessee. Susannah was born on 26 Jul 1832 in Tuckaleechee, Blount County, Tennessee; died on 15 Oct 1894 in Tuckaleechee, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried in Bethel Baptist Cemetery, Townsend, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Lucinda Watkins [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

CENSUS: 1850 US Federal Census
listed as being idiotic

Nancy married John T. Ford [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nancy T. Rogers. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Emaline McMiller. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Melvinia Hyde. Melvinia was born on 19 Mar 1840 in Macon County, North Carolina; died on 29 Mar 1859 in Macon County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jeremiah married Mary Ann Mickey on 19 Jul 1868 in Knox County, Indiana. Mary (daughter of Joseph Mickey and Nancy Ruth Catterton) was born on 30 Sep 1844; died on 26 Jan 1924 in Fontana, Swain County, North Carolina; was buried in Orr Cemetery, Swain County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Military Service:
He served in the Confederate Army in Levi's Light Artillery Battery, Thomas Legion

John married Elizabeth Baines on 16 Mar 1856 in Macon County, North Carolina. Elizabeth was born in 1838 in Orange County, North Carolina; died in in Swain County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Noah Jackson Howard on 4 Nov 1855 in Macon County, North Carolina. Noah was born on 13 Apr 1835 in Sevier County, Tennessee; died on 5 Apr 1908 in Swain County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

JENKINS, William T., Pvt., Co. K, 9th Regt. NC State Troops (1st Regt. NC Cavalry), CSA

CENSUS: 1870 US Federal Census
Name: William T Jenkins Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843 Age in 1870: 27 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1870: Deep Creek, Jackson, North Carolina Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Big Spring Roll: M593_1144 Page: 250 Image: 506 Year: 1870

Family/Spouse: Julia Ann Millsaps. Julia was born in Jun 1843 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

MILITARY: JENKINS, F. M., Pvt., Co. K, 9th Regt. NC State Troops (1st Regt. NC Cavalry), CSA

MILITARY: Civil War Solidiers and Sailors System
F.M. Jenkins (First_Last) Regiment Name 1 North Carolina Cavalry Side Confederate Company K Soldier's Rank_In Private Soldier's Rank_Out Private Alternate Name Notes Film Number M230 roll 20

Francis married Ruth Evelyn Avaline Hyde on 6 May 1866 in Macon County, North Carolina. Ruth was born on 31 Mar 1848 in North Carolina; died on 27 May 1924 in Reliance, Polk County, Tennessee; was buried in Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, Linsdale, Polk County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 5 Jan 1920, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee; According to the 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Samuel Washington Jenkins and his family were living in a house that he owned free and clear at 703 Dodson Avenue, Chattanooga.

Notes:

MILITARY: Enlisted 20 April 1864 at Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee and served in Company L, 3rd Tennessee Union Calvary. He was captured at Sulpher Trestle, Alabama on 25 Sept 1864 and sent with 300 members of the 3rd Tennessee Union Calvary to the Confederate prison, Castle Morgan, in Cahaba, Alabama. He boarded the Sultana on 26 April 1865 at Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Sultana's boilers exploded at 1.00 a.m. on 27 April 1865. He was rescued and taken to Adams Hospital in Memphis where he was treated for a fever. He survived the disaster, but sustained a hernia as a result. He was discharged from the US Army on 10 June 1865 in Nashville.

MILITARY: Samuel W. Jenkins
Company: L
Unit: 3 Tennessee Cavalry.
Rank - Discharge: Corporal
Allegiance: Union
Source Citation: Box: 392; Extraction: 8; Record: 327

BIOGRAPHY: On 18 Dec 1874, J. A. Thompson and wife N. A. Thompson sold Daniel E. Evans 100 acres of land on "Flat Branch" for $125. Witnessed by Samuel W. Jenkins. (Swain Co, NC Deed Book 1 page 307)

Samuel married Elizabeth Jane Rose on 6 May 1866 in Macon County, North Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of Enoch Rose and Mary Matilda Crisp) was born on 24 Jan 1846 in North Carolina; died on 6 Dec 1899 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Hotwater Cemetery, Mowbray Mountain, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Sarah Ann Good on 25 Jul 1901 in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Sarah (daughter of John Ewing Good and Martha Frances Davis) was born on 19 Jul 1882 in Coulterville, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 27 Jun 1924 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried on 29 Jun 1924 in Varner Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elias married Laura Palestine Jenkins on 2 Mar 1881 in Swain County, North Carolina. Laura (daughter of Charles Jonas Jenkins and Mary Jane Nichols) was born on 4 Feb 1861 in Jackson County, North Carolina; died on 8 Jul 1907 in Judson, Swain County, North Carolina; was buried in Ash Cemetery, Jackson County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret Elizabeth Sawyer. Margaret was born on 17 Mar 1872 in Swain County, North Carolina; died on 27 Feb 1942 in Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret Maranda Seay. Margaret was born in 1850 in Haywood County, North Carolina; died in 1931 in Haywood County, North Carolina; was buried in Jenkins Family Cemetery, Cove Creek, Haywood County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ida Nannette Hogg. Ida was born on 22 Oct 1856 in Ireland; died on 31 Oct 1933 in Haywood County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nancy Styles. Nancy was born on 16 Aug 1879 in North Carolina; died on 15 May 1971 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; was buried in Forest Lawn West Cemetery, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: R. Wesley Elliott. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Alexander Burchfield. William was born on 24 Mar 1850 in Mitchell County, North Carolina; died on 24 Apr 1927 in Bryson City, Swain County, North Carolina; was buried in Arlington Cemetery, Bryson City, Swain County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Pinkerton Lafayette Shook. William was born on 16 Oct 1860 in Haywood County, North Carolina; died on 21 Feb 1936 in Swain County, North Carolina; was buried in Arlington Cemetery, Bryson City, Swain County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Laura married Elias Brindle Jenkins on 2 Mar 1881 in Swain County, North Carolina. Elias (son of John Samuel Jenkins and Mary Crisp Nations) was born on 16 Jan 1860 in Judson, Swain County, North Carolina; died on 8 Feb 1924 in Nantahala, Swain County, North Carolina; was buried in Ash Cemetery, Jackson County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Mary Lamant Cunningham [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George Ellis Mashburn. George was born on 17 Feb 1875; died on 6 Mar 1958; was buried in Lauada Cemetery, Bryson City, Swain County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Josephine Nations. Josephine was born in 1863. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Nancy Louise Burns on 13 Dec 1881 in Charleston, Swain County, North Carolina. Nancy (daughter of Uriah Charles Burns and Sarah Louise Burchfield) was born on 5 Jul 1851 in Jackson County, North Carolina; died on 25 Oct 1950 in Bryson City, Swain County, North Carolina; was buried in Jenkins Cemetery, Bryson City, Swain County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Henry Franklin. William was born on 27 Dec 1857; died on 13 Apr 1943 in Swain County, North Carolina; was buried in Jenkins Cemetery, Bryson City, Swain County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Sarah Jane Cline Raby on 19 Nov 1889. Sarah was born on 14 Jun 1858 in Cowee, Macon County, North Carolina; died on 18 Apr 1937 in Bryson City, Swain County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Mary Burns [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Cora Lee Shuler on 17 Aug 1902 in Swain County, North Carolina. Cora (daughter of Thomas Daniel Shuler and Susanna Josephine Hyde) was born on 4 Apr 1883 in Swain County, North Carolina; died on 27 Aug 1963 in Bryson City, Swain County, North Carolina; was buried in Thomas Chapel Cemetery, Swain County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]