Daisey Opal Owens

Daisey Opal Owens

Female 1917 - 2001  (84 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Daisey Opal Owens was born on 13 Dec 1917 in Back Valley, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States (daughter of James Lillard "Lil" Owens, Rev. and Merle Loutish McGlothin); died on 22 Dec 2001 in Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.

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    • _UID: AE3955CA11BE47ACAF204420710C6C391D70

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    OWENS, DAISY OPAL, age 84, of Eaton, OH and formerly of Dayton, OH,died Saturday, December 22, 2001 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton.Born on December 13, 1917 in Morgan County, TN, she was the daughterof the late James L. & Merle Loutish (M(McGlothin) Owens. She retired in1975 after 20 years with Inland Division of General Motors in Dayton.Preceded in death by a daughter: Jimmie Lou Singleton in 1979. GreatGrandson: Jerry Singleton.Brothers: Charles & Paul Owens. Sisters:Dixie Colole & Nancy East. Survived by daughters and sons-in-law:Katherine A. & Martin E. Hill of Cape Coral, Fla, Virginia D. & ThomasE. Welch of Lewisburg, OH, Donna R. & B. Terry Rice of Oliver Springs,TN and Nita S. & Nolan Bedford of Spring, TX. Nine Grandchildren andSeven Great Grandchildren. Funeral service will be held on Friday,December 28, 2001 - 1:00 P.M. at Oliver Springs Mortuary in OliverSpring, TN. Interment will be in Davis Cemetery in Coalfield, TN.Family will receive friends o on Friday, December 28, 2001 from 11:00A.M. - 1:00 P.M. at the funeral home in Oliver Springs, TN. Localarrangements by the Barnes Funeral Home in Eaton, OH. Condolences maybe sent to the family via E-Mail to info@barnesfuneralhome.com.(Source: Dayton Daily News; Dayton, Montgomery County, OH; 24 December2001)

    Family/Spouse: Paul Allen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Daisey married Raymond Smith on 28 Aug 1937 in Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States. Raymond (son of Fred Lee Smith and Mary Elizabeth Brummett) was born on 2 Oct 1916 in Clinton, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; died on 28 Aug 1986 in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Jimmie Lou Smith was born on 31 Oct 1940; died in 1979 in Oak Ridge Hospital, Oak Ridge, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Oak Ridge Memorial Park, Oak Ridge, Anderson, Tennessee, United States.
    2. Kathryn Anna Smith
    3. Virginia D Smith
    4. Donna R Smith
    5. Nita Sue Smith

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Lillard "Lil" Owens, Rev.James Lillard "Lil" Owens, Rev. was born on 13 Jun 1882 in Rose Hill, Albemarle, Virginia, United States (son of Charles Lyde Owens, Sr. and Nancy Elizabeth Van Huss); died on 17 Dec 1969 in Oak Ridge Hospital, Oak Ridge, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.

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    • _UID: 5C731F331ACA4AA39F95B48D4E23736CB742

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    OWENS, REV. JAMES LILBURN, born June 13, 1882, died Wednesday, Dec 17,1969, at Oak Ridge Hospital. Mr. Owens' early child hood home was in Rose Hill. Va.The family moved to Rockwood Landing in a covered wagon. The three boys, Lil, Ola, and Stewart, went to work at an early age to support their widowed mother and a sister, Molly, all preceding him in death. Lil worked the riverboats for a while and then went to work in the coal mines. Lil was the first ordained deacon in Middle Creek Baptist Church and later gave up his deaconship to become an ordained minister by Middle Creek Baptist Church. He pastored churches for 55years in Morgan, Roane and Anderson Co. He preached in Kentucky,Virginia, and Illinois. The last church he paastored was Middle Creek,He was united in marriage to Merle McGlothin in a double ceremony with her brother, Harvey McGlothin and Maud Hines on Sept. 9, 1906, This was the first marriage ceremony in the second building of the Middle Creek Church. To this union was born six children: Eleanor, who preceded him in death. Charles Owens, Chevrolet Ky, Opal Smith, Dayton, Ohio, Paul Owens, Nancy East and Dixie Cole of Oliver Springs, Mr and Mrs Owens were the grandparents of five granddaughtters. Jimmie Lou Singleton, Katherine Hill, Virginia Welch, Donna Rice and Nita Sue Smith of Dayton, Ohio. Mrs. Owens preceded him in death, December 1959. He was the great grandfather of four great-grandsons and one great-granddaughter. Funeral services were held at 2pm Friday Dec.19,1969 at Middle creek Baptist Church, with Rev. Lloyd Napier and Rev Homer C. Hooks officiating Pall bearers were W.I., Jackie, and Billy Jackson, Otto and Glen McGlothin and Fred Hamby. Sharps Funeral Home was in charge of the sevices. (Submitted by D. Rice)Middle name may have been Lilburn instead of Lillard.
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    Uncle Lil, as he was called, was a pastor of Middle Creek Baptist Church. He was also a deacon of the church according to church records.

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    James married Merle Loutish McGlothin on 9 Sep 1906 in Middle Creek Baptist Church, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States. Merle (daughter of William Wesley McGlothin and Martha Jane Walls) was born on 22 Nov 1888 in Queener Mine Camp, Oliver Springs, Roane, Tennessee, United States; died on 28 Dec 1959 in Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; was buried on 28 Dec 1959 in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Merle Loutish McGlothinMerle Loutish McGlothin was born on 22 Nov 1888 in Queener Mine Camp, Oliver Springs, Roane, Tennessee, United States (daughter of William Wesley McGlothin and Martha Jane Walls); died on 28 Dec 1959 in Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; was buried on 28 Dec 1959 in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.

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    • _UID: E2EB8FEDF57C464D9327D3DBCD4E2D403D9B

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    OWENS, MERL LUTISH (McGLOTHIN) 71 of Oliver Springs Route 1,(Coalfield Community) died suddenly at home Wednesday of a heartattack Survivors Husband, Rev. J.L. Owens. Three daughters, Mrs. A,V.East, Mrs Dan Cole of Oliver Springs and Daisy Opal Smith of DaytonOhio . Two sons, Paul Owens of Oliver Springs and Charles (Sock) Owensof Chevrolet Ky. Sister, Fannie Jackson, Oliver Springs., fourbrothers, Dennis and Harvey McGlothin of Oliver Springs , SamMcGlothin of Fountain City, Lee McGlothin of Harlan Ky. Five grandchildren. Funeral 2pm Saturday.,Middle Creek Baptist Church.Rev.McMurray Robertsofficiating. Burrial in Davis Cemetary. Body will liein state at the family resident untill time for services. SharpsFuneral home in charge. (Submitted by D.Rice)

    OWENS, MERL LUTISH (McGLOTHIN) 71 of Oliver Springs Route 1,(Coalfield Community) died suddenly at home Wednesday of a heartattack Survivors Husband, Rev. J.L. Owens. Three daughters, Mrs. A,V.East, Mrs Dan Cole of Oliver Springs and Daisy Opal Smith of DaytonOhio . Two sons, Paul Owens of Oliver Springs and Charles (Sock) Owensof Chevrolet Ky. Sister, Fannie Jackson, Oliver Springs., fourbrothers, Dennis and Harvey McGlothin of Oliver Springs , SamMcGlothin of Fountain City, Lee McGlothin of Harlan Ky. Five grandchildren. Funeral 2pm Saturday.,Middle Creek Baptist Church.Rev.McMurray Robertsofficiating. Burrial in Davis Cemetary. Body will liein state at the family resident untill time for services. SharpsFuneral home in charge. (Submitted by D.Rice)

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    Married:
    55 OWENS, Lil McGLOTHIN, Myrle 3 Sept 1906 / 9Sept 1906

    Children:
    1. Nancy (Nannie) Jane Owens was born on 11 Jul 1907; died on 7 Sep 1982 in Back Valley, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Andersonville, Anderson, Tennessee, United States.
    2. Charlie Wesley Owens was born on 12 Jun 1908; died on 9 May 1985; was buried in Chevrolet, Harlan, Kentucky, United States.
    3. Dixle Lee Owens was born on 13 Jun 1910; died on 19 Sep 1971 in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
    4. Paul Owens was born on 24 Nov 1913; died on 21 Apr 1983 in Oak Ridge Hospital, Oak Ridge, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
    5. Dixle Lee Owens was born in 1914; died on 23 Sep 1971 in Ohio, United States.
    6. 1. Daisey Opal Owens was born on 13 Dec 1917 in Back Valley, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; died on 22 Dec 2001 in Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
    7. Catherine Elenora Owens was born on 28 Mar 1928; died on 22 Sep 1928.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Charles Lyde Owens, Sr. was born on 4 Feb 1861; died on 22 Dec 1890 in Lee, Virginia, United States.

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    • _UID: 28883AD046B242BE94FDCA16A4B955996E17

    Notes:

    Charles Lidy Owens was murdered according to family members. Genealogist Mily Piros posted this message in 2003 in an attempt to find more information on Owens' murder:

    From: MPiros1120@aol.com
    Subject: [TNHANCOC] CHARLES L OWENS
    Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 08:32:47 EDT

    Hello List,

    My gr-grandfather CHARLES LIDY OWENS was born 1861 in TN , moved to Rose
    Hill, Lee County VA and died 12-22-1890 possibly in Hancock Co Tn. He was shot and
    killed maybe on Wallen's Ridge. He was killed supposedly over a horse. I have
    been trying to find out WHO killed him. The only record of his death is in
    Lee Co ..says he was shot. No other info. Now my question...Is there anyone, any
    place, any old court records , any old newspapers of that era..1890-1891 in
    Hancock Co.

    Also Below are some articles in a book Hancock Co and it's people.......Does
    anyone know who JAMES or JOE OWENS was?
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    Hancock County
    Wednesday March 11 1891
    Another Hancock homicide JAMES WRIGHT shot and killed JOE OWENS at Kyle's
    Ford Hancock County on Saturday, February 28th. The killing was the sequel of an
    old grudge.
    Morristown Gazette
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    A MURDERER ESCAPED JAIL DECEMBER 16 1891
    JAMES WRIGHT whose arrest in Missouri and returned to Hancock County Jail at
    Sneedville we noticed in these columns a few months since escaped from that
    prison on the evening of December 3rd. It is said that WRIGHT had been confined
    in shackles to with in a few days of the escape., when the jailer was
    persuaded to remove them. WRIGHT was charged the murder of a man named OWENS in
    Hancock County. A negro prisoner escaped jail at the same time.
    ======================================================LIFE SENTENCE AFFIRMED
    WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 23 1892
    JAMES WRIGHT who was sentenced by the Circuit Court of Hancock County to the
    penitentiary for life, for murdering of one OWENS at Kyle's Ford and who
    appealed his case to the Supreme Court had a hearing by that body last week and the
    sentence of the lower court was affirmed.
    ======================================================
    HANCOCK
    WED MARCH 23 1892
    JIM WRIGHT again escapes. News comes of a bloody fight in the third district
    of Hawkins County, On the morning of March 18th, in which JAMES WRIGHT wanted
    for the murder of JAMES OWENS, of Hawkins County, figured. It seems that the
    sheriff of Hancock County with a posse had traced WRIGHT to the house of
    kinsman AARON TEMPLETON where they came upon him at day break. A deputy knocked for
    admittance at the front door and when it opened by TEMPLETON walked in and
    demanded the surrender of WRIGHT, saying he knew he was there and that they had
    come for him and were going to have him before they left. TEMPLETON grew
    furious, telling the deputy he would die before he would allow them to take WRIGHT,
    at the same time impending the progress of the progress of the deputies.
    Shooting soon began and when the smoke cleared away it was found TEMPLETON had
    been shot, the bullet going through his body, and fatally wounding one of the
    officers. While the shooting was going on WRIGHT who had been sleeping upstairs,
    let himself down from the window of his room by means of a rope ladder and
    made good his escape.
    Morristown Gazette


    Milly WARD Piros
    List Rootsweb Administrator for Anderson Co Tn~Campbell Co Tn and Fentress Co
    Tn

    According to his death record, Charles Lidy Owens was born in Virginia in 1866 and died 22 Dec 1890 at age 24. Family members believe he was born in Tennessee, possibly Hancock County and may have been murdered there.

    The 1880 census in Ancestry.com shows two results--one with a birthplace for Charles as VA and one with TN as his birthplace. As of 1/19/2016, Ancestry has not responded to a question of which is accurate.

    A death certificate for one of his children also lists his birthplace as Virginia.

    Mily Piros and one other person (see other notes) have his birthplace as Tennessee with no supporting information.





    Charles married Nancy Elizabeth Van Huss on 25 Oct 1876 in Lee, Virginia, United States. Nancy (daughter of John M Van Huss and Rebecca J Van Huss) was born in 1859 in Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, United States; died in in Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Nancy Elizabeth Van Huss was born in 1859 in Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, United States (daughter of John M Van Huss and Rebecca J Van Huss); died in in Tennessee, United States.

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    • _UID: E3A09084F56E4FF2BACF11E3299B6BFDE488

    Notes:

    Per the 1900 US Census, Nancy E or Nancy L VanHuss Owens was born in Virginia in 1865. The census lists her as Nancy E but a researcher has suggested a change to Nancy L. Both her parents were born in Virginia. Nancy was a mother to 8 children, 4 of whom were living in 1900. (This indicates that four of her children died prior to 1900.) Her living children in 1900 were:

    John S, 20
    James L, 17
    Olden C, 15
    Mary M, 13




    Nancy VanHuss is listed in the 1860 census as a 1-year-old child of William and Rebecca Van Huss, living in the household with William's mother, Elizabeth Van Huss. Also in the household is Elizabeth Trent (34), a widow and presumably also a daughter of Elizabeth VanHuss, and her children:


    Finally, the household contains 12-year-old XXXXX, presumably the son of Elizabeth VanHuss.


    A second Nancy VanHuss is living in Rose Hill, Lee County, Virginia, which is confusing to researchers. Details on this Nancy VanHuss are as follows:

    In 1870, Nancy is 7 years old and living at home with her parents in Rose Hill, Lee County, Virginia. Their post office is listed as Jonesville. Her parents are William and Sarah VanHuss and there are six children in the household:
    Mary M (16)
    David (14)
    Martha (13)
    Rhoda (11)
    Nancy (7)
    William (2)
    In this census, the senior William VanHuss gives his birthplace as Washington Co. VA. Sarah gives her birthplace as Smith Co., VA. All of the children were born in Lee County, VA. The census taker has made checks and "x" in some of the boxes under cannot read and write, etc. while leaving other boxes blank. It cannot be determined whether the VanHuss family is able to read or write, but none attended school.

    Family trees on Ancestry.com show this Nancy VanHuss as married to an Eldridge and her mother's maiden name as Thomas

    In 1880, Nancy VanHuss is 17, living with her parents in Rose Hill, Lee County, Virginia. Siblings still at home are Rhoda (19) and William (12). Parents William and Sarah are 50 and 52 respectively. The census shows William as "Working on Farm"m", his wife as housekeeper, daughter Rhoda "at home", and Nancy and her younger brother William as laborers. William's father was born in North Carolina, according to the census, and his mother in Virginia. Both of Sarah's parents were born in Virginia. Their three children were born in Virginia. Note the discrepancy in Rhoda's age in 1880 vs 1870.

    No additional details will be included about this Nancy VanHuss, who is likely a cousin to our Nancy VanHuss since both live in Rosehill, Lee County, VA.



    In 1880, Charles and Nancy VanHuss Owens are living in Rose Hill, Lee County, Virginia. They have been married four years and the census list two children as Sarah (2) and John (1 month). In the same neighborhood is Andrew VanHuss, his wife Martha and two children (Martin and Jasper). His birthdate is listed in 1862 and is most likely a brother or cousin of Nancy VanHuss.
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    Notes:

    Married:
    Source of this information is Mrs. Dortha Owens Byrde and daughter Barbara Byrd Cannon.

    Children:
    1. Sarah Owens was born about 1878 in Virginia, United States; and died.
    2. John Steward Owens was born on 10 May 1880 in Lee, Virginia, United States; died on 9 Jan 1947 in Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
    3. 2. James Lillard "Lil" Owens, Rev. was born on 13 Jun 1882 in Rose Hill, Albemarle, Virginia, United States; died on 17 Dec 1969 in Oak Ridge Hospital, Oak Ridge, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
    4. Olden "Ola" Clay Owens was born in 1884 in Rose Hill, Albemarle, Virginia, United States; died on 9 Nov 1937; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
    5. Mary Owens was born about 1885; and died.

  3. 6.  William Wesley McGlothin was born in 1848 in Virginia, United States (son of John Lewis McGlothin and Mary Chenualt); died on 18 Sep 1894; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.

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    • _UID: 3508214902A34042A1911DCA535D22BA7336

    Notes:

    died in a mining accident.

    Household 1880 census
    Name RelationMarital StatusGenderRaceAgeBirthplaceOccupationFather'sBirthplaceMother's Birthplace
    Wesly MC GLOTHIN Self M Male W 33 VA Farming IRE VA
    Marthy J. MC GLOTHIN Wife M Female W 21 TN Keeping House TN TN
    Fanny J. MC GLOTHIN Dau S Female W 2 TN TN TN
    Charly MC GLOTHIN Son S Male W 1 TN TN TN
    Carnelious MC GLOTHEN Brother S Male W 34 VA Farm Work IRE VA
    Catheran MC GLOTHEN Sister S Female W 25 VA IRE VA
    Caldona MC GLOTHEN SisterL M Female W 28 TN VA VA
    Marthy MC GLOTHEN Niece S Female W 14 TN VA VA
    Mary MC GLOTHEN Niece S Female W 11 TN VA VA
    Catherin MC GLOTHEN Niece S Female W 6 TN VA VA
    Willia MC GLOTHEN Niece S Female W 4 TN VA VA

    Denny, Wesley's son, sold a watch that belonged to Wesley to Abraham.
    This note is per May McGlothin, who didn't identify Abraham.

    May McGlothin believed the McGlothins in Coalfield followed the Fagansto this area. The Fagans are found in the 1930 census in the Camparea of coalfield, north of Highway 62 but earlier in the Coalhillarea. No other evidence supports this.

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    Wesley McGlothin was working in the mines on September 18, 1894 when awall of slate flell on him. Witnesses helped lift some of the slateoff of him and said he was working in the door to his room. The slatewas said to be "rotten". The death was ruled an accident by aninvestigation. Documentation in binders from the Bureau of Minesinvestigations. 06-03-07

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    William Wesley (Wesley) McGlothin was born in Virginia in 1847 anddied in a coal mining accident in 1894 while living in Coalfield. Heattended school in Virginia and is listed with the family on the 1860census in Blount County, Tennessee. He m married Martha Jane Walls inMorgan County March 4, 1877 per Morgan County marriage records Theirchildren were Fanny, Charlie, Wesley, Samuel James, Robert Harvey,Fanny, Etta, Dennie, Merle Loutish, Algie Lee, and Mattie. Charlie andMattie died in childhood. Several of Wesley?s brothers and sistersmade their home with Wesley at different times according to census andfamily records.

    Jos. Richards, Jr., Supt. Oliver Coal Co., Oliver Springs, Tenn.

    Dear Sir : As soon as you get the Felker entry through to the prop, make it a permanent air-course ; also put up a good furnace, one that will give a sufficient quantity of air for the men on the inside; and be very careful to examine the loose slate on the cross entries and haulways. As soon as you have complied with these changes you will greatly oblige me by notifying this office.

    Yours very respectfully,
    Jno. E. Lloyd, Com. of Labor $ Ins. of Mines.

    Wesley McLaughlin was killed by turning a room on Ivey Entry, September 18th, by a fall of slate; cause, as proven by the evidence of those present, that as the rules are of this company in turning these rooms from the entry are 6 feet wide and this was 10 feet wide, thus giving room for the draw slate in the neck of the room to draw and give, so as to give chance to the entry top, which is full of slants, as a general thing, to give way also, and as common. He intended to stand a prop as soon as he could get the car loaded and take some of the draw slate down in the face of his room.

    Testimony of A.R.Wall: I was working in about 12 feet of deceased when the slate fell on him and killed him. He was on the entry near the mouth of his room. I helped take some of the slate off him. He was loading a car when it happened. The fall was rotten slate. I think there was two or three tons. I was the first man to him.

    Testimony of W.H. Jackson: I worked in Richards Mine today. I know that Wesley McGlothin was killed there. He was killed by a fall of rotten slate. There were three or four tons of it. He was loading a car in the entry near the mouth of his room when it occurred. Roe Wall told me that he told McGlothin that the top was "drummy". It should have been timbered.

    The verdict of the jury was that he came to his death by falling slate.

    Source: Annual Report of the Bureau of Labor, Statistics and Mines:1894 Volume 4 pages 85&86

    Died:
    Killed in a mining cavein in 1894

    William married Martha Jane Walls on 4 Mar 1877. Martha (daughter of William G. Walls and Edith Ann Williams) was born on 4 Mar 1858 in Morgan, Georgia, United States; died on 22 Jul 1935 in Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Davis Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Martha Jane Walls was born on 4 Mar 1858 in Morgan, Georgia, United States (daughter of William G. Walls and Edith Ann Williams); died on 22 Jul 1935 in Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Davis Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.

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    • _UID: A3F91C590F3A430DBC42BA9EB9A713FE7136

    Notes:

    My date conflicts with that of Sammy Carson. He shows she was born03/04/1858 and died on 07/22/1935 and buried 07/24/1935 in DavisCemetery, Coalfield, Morgan Co. TN

    McGLOTHIN, MARTHA JANE, {grandma McGlothin} died July 21, 1935 inCoalfield, age 76 years, 4 months and 19 days. Survivors: daughters,Mrs. W. H. Jackson, Mrs. Fannie Jackson, Mrs. J. L. Owens; Sons, S.J. McGlothin, Harvey McGlothin, Dennis McGlothin and Lee McGlothin, 31grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, one brother, Andy Walls, andsister, Mrs. Mary Byrd. Preceded by 2 children, 3 grandchildren andone great-grandchild. [Morgan County News dated 7/25/1935]

    1900 census transcription by Morgan Co Historical Society lists her asMcGalkin. They also list her as a widow and uncle Neal (Cornelius)living with her. He was born in 1845 per the census, no month; he isshown as single. The census transcription incorrectly lists herchildren Esther and Myra but correctly lists Samuel, Harvey and Denny.Charlie is deceased by the 1900 census.

    Died:
    McGLOTHIN, MARTHA JANE, {grandma McGlothin} died July 21, 1935 in Coalfield, age 76 years, 4 months and 19 days. Survivors: daughters, Mrs. W. H. Jackson, Mrs. Fannie Jackson, Mrs. J. L. Owens; Sons, S. J. McGlothin, Harvey McGlothin, Dennis McGlothin and Lee McGlothin, 31 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, one brother, Andy Walls, and sister, Mrs. Mary Byrd. Preceded by 2 children, 3 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. [Morgan County News dated 7/25/1935]

    Notes:

    Married:
    What is the source of this info?

    Children:
    1. Fannie Jane McGlothin was born on 15 Apr 1878 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States; died on 14 Sep 1961 in Tennessee, United States; was buried in Davis Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
    2. Charlie Wesley McGlothin was born in 1879; died on 15 Jul 1883; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
    3. Samuel James McGlothin was born in Feb 1881; died on 27 Aug 1970 in Oak Ridge Hospital, Oak Ridge, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Andersonville, Anderson, Tennessee, United States.
    4. Robert Harvey McGlothin was born on 11 Sep 1883 in Oliver Springs, Roane, Tennessee, United States; died on 2 Aug 1960 in Middlesboro, Bell, Kentucky, United States; was buried in Anderson, Tennessee, United States.
    5. Mary Lou Etta McGlothin was born on 14 Apr 1885 in Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; died on 21 Jun 1957 in Lake City, Anderson, Tennessee, United States.
    6. Rev. Dennie McGlothin was born on 26 Sep 1886 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States; died on 19 Aug 1963 in Oak Ridge Hospital, Oak Ridge, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
    7. 3. Merle Loutish McGlothin was born on 22 Nov 1888 in Queener Mine Camp, Oliver Springs, Roane, Tennessee, United States; died on 28 Dec 1959 in Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; was buried on 28 Dec 1959 in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
    8. Alzie Lee McGlothin was born on 12 Apr 1891 in Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; died on 11 Feb 1964 in Fayette, Kentucky, United States; was buried in Davis Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
    9. Mattie McGlothin was born on 13 Aug 1893 in Oliver Springs, Roane, Tennessee, United States; died on 4 Feb 1895.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  John M Van Huss was born on 19 Aug 1832 in Washington, Virginia, United States; died on 8 Feb 1865 in Camp Chase Union Prison, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States.

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    • _UID: E617651169934B33A4C5B0400979409CA4A0

    Notes:

    In 1860 John M VanHuss and his wife, Rebecca, are living in the household of Elizabeth VanHuss, age 67. John and his family may have been living there since their marriage or they may very well have joined the household because of the pending war. John entered the war, was captured, and died while a prisoner of war.

    Birth:
    Source of birthdate is family records.


    Died:
    Source of death date:
    1) Family Records

    John married Rebecca J Van Huss. Rebecca was born about 1840 in Virginia, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Rebecca J Van Huss was born about 1840 in Virginia, United States; and died.

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    • _UID: EFDC9707D3F24D5BAB164D509463DDB6BE29

    Notes:

    Rebecca's maiden name was VanHuss per their marriage record. But she has also been recorded as Rebecca Minton and Rebecca Cole.

    In the 1870 Census, Rebecca VanHuss is living with her two daughters, Mary (8) and Nancy (11), in Rosehill, Lee County, Virginia, where she and her daughters are born. A husband is not mentioned in the census and neither does it indicate if she is a widow. Her occupation is listed as Keeping House. Daughter Nancy is listed as no income and there is nothing listed next to Mary under occupation.

    This Rebecca VanHuss is not found again in census records. A Rebecca VanHuss is found living later in Brown Co., Texas, where she died. Also in Brown Co., is Mary M VanHuss Lambert, believed to be the younger daughter of Rebecca and John VanHuss. A Rebecca V VanHuss and John VanHuss are living in Tennessee in the early 1900s where they both died. Both were born in Virginia, but their birthdates do not line up with the correct Rebecca J. VanHuss, not to mention that John Michael VanHuss died years earlier.

    Rebecca's age has varied between the two census years she is found in while living in her native Virginia. In the 1860 census, she is listed as 27 while in the 1870 census she is shown as 30 years old.

    When Mary VanHuss Lambert died, her death certificate listed her mother's maiden name as Minton. Her husband was the person providing the information for the death certificate and, therefore, provided the name of Minton.

    Children:
    1. 5. Nancy Elizabeth Van Huss was born in 1859 in Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, United States; died in in Tennessee, United States.
    2. Mary N Van Huss was born in 1866 in Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, United States; and died.

  3. 12.  John Lewis McGlothinJohn Lewis McGlothin was born about 1812 in Ireland; died between 1870 and 1880; was buried in Ritter Cemetery, Coal Hill, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.

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    • _UID: 02AACD37D81B4A17970B8BFD6AE4CE226C5D

    Notes:

    John L. McGlothin is publicized on one family tree as being born in Mooreland, Ireland. However, this same tree shows him married to Dolly Queener so this is not a source that can be relied upon.

    The first McGlothin in Morgan County was John McGlothin, who immigrated to the U.S. from Ireland in the early 19th century.

    John?s first proven appearance in the U.S. was in Amherst, VA, where he married Mary Chenault October 29, 1839. Mary was the daughter of Caleb Chenault, who signed his daughter?s marriage bond. It was witnessed by Mary?s brother, Caleb Chenault, Jr.

    John is next found in Wythe County, VA. The 1850 census lists John and Mary and their children along with some of Mary?s family in the household. John is 38 years old and was born in Ireland, per the census. This would make his birthdate about 1812. Therefore, his immigration to the U.S. was between 1812 and 1839.

    John and Mary?s children in 1850 were:
    John, 11
    Elizabeth, 9
    Cornelius, 7
    Wesley, 5
    Charles, 3

    Also in the household were Mary?s father, Caleb, who was 84,Elizabeth, Rosannah, and Mary Chenault. The relationship of the Chenault women to Mary is not clear, but is presumed to be sisters and nieces. Several boarders were in the home. Among them was John Eakin or Aiken, who would become a business partner of John McGlothin. McGlothin and Aiken signed a two-year-note for $450.00, pledging their household goods as collateral in 1851.

    In 1852, John?s children were in school in Wythe Co., Virginia. In 1853 his daughter Margaret C (Catherine or Katie) was born while the family was still in Virginia.

    By 1860, John had moved to Blount Co., TN, in the Louisville community. Daughter Elizabeth was no longer with the family in 1860.She may have married while in Virginia or while in Blount County or she may have died.

    John McGlothin could not read or write. Therefore the spelling of his last name was at the mercy of the person recording the name on a document. Some of the variations of the name that were recorded in association with John McGlothin were:
    McClocton
    McGlaulon
    McGlothlin
    McLaughlin

    Mary Chenault McGlothin apparently died sometime between 1860 and 1863. In early 1863 John married Margaret Patrick Tuck in Knox County, Tennessee, according to Knox County marriage records. Census records show she was born about 1827-28 and would have been about 36 years old when they married. John would have been about 49.

    Margaret had been married previously according to family information. She had a son named Leander who, according to May McGlothin, died young. He reportedly died at about age 14. His grave and details of his death have not yet been found,but he was living in the household of John McGlothin. Margaret was born in North Carolina according to census records of 1870. This may have led to the family legend that John McGlothin lived for a time in North Carolina although there is no evidence to support this story. In 1860 Margaret was living in Blount County in the household of Rachel Caton. There was no mention of Leander, but given that he was 11 years old in 1870, it is quite possible he was born after the census was taken or that he was at another home. Margaret may simply have been visiting Rachel when the census taker came by the Caton home in Friendsville. It should be noted here that Friendsville and Louisville are nearby communities in Blount County and that much of the early Louisville is now under water. The information on Margaret prior to her marriage to John McGlothin is based on assumptions made with sketchy facts and should be researched furthe rbefore citing as fact....by Judy Solis

    By 1870, John and Margaret were in Morgan County, TN. It is believed that they lived in what is now the Coal Hill area, not too far from Coal Hill Baptist Church. Their neighbors were the Walls and Fagans.

    We do not know why John chose Morgan County. May McGlothin, wife of R.H. McGlothin (son of Wesley, who was the son of John) speculated that John may have known the Fagans in Ireland and followed them to Morgan County. The Fagans and McGlothins were neighbors in the area of Coal Hill, near the Roane County line. There were also Fagans in Amherst VA, who came from Ireland, but there were none listed in Wythe County, VA, during the time John lived in that area. There is no evidence to tie the Fagans to the McGlothins other than being neighbors and having origins in Ireland.

    John and Margaret had three children: James, Richard, and Tennessee Belle. John died prior to 1880 since Margaret is listed as a widow in the 1880 census. In this census she says she was born in Virginia and that her father was born in Ireland. This is different than what was reported in earlier census records.
    John McGlothin is believed to be buried in the Ritter Cemetery in Coal Hill. However, there is no marker in the cemetery bearing his name.By May Sexton McGlothin, date unknown:
    "The migration of Irish to Amerca began 1845 when Potato crops failed.It may have been near this time that great-grandpa and a brother came to America from Ireland. Grandpa John McGlothin came to Tennessee.The brother stayed in Virginia. Grandpa built a log house near where Brenda and Charles (Bit) Jackson's house sits. They used water from the old spring. Harvey did not know his grandmother's name nor where she was buried. Grandpa John married the 2nd time to a Mrs. Tuck at Serville. She had one child by the former marriage. He died when young, maybe 13 or 14 years old. Her name was Margaret. Harvey called her Aunt Mary. She had 3 children. Uncle Jim , who lived in Back Valley, Uncle Richard, called Uncle Dick, and Aunt Belle, who married a Roberts who lived at Jefferson City. She had 2 sons, but she and her husband separated. When she came back here, after Harvey and I were married, she came from Idaho. Uncle Dick was Mayme, Meg,Sadie. Elsie, Martha, Dave, Henry, George and Ezra's father. (Ezra changed his name to Pat McGlothin to play professional baseball.) That made Mayme and Meg Harvey's 1st cousins. Alex's father, Uncle Sam,and Rob's Father, Uncle Andy Walls, were Grandma's brother's. John McGlothin and a brother brought all their belongings in a hand-madewooden chest. Grandma had a cupboard made out of the wood. Uncle Denny gave it to Merle. Donna, Opal's daughter, has it. So the cupboard is made out of lumber that came from Ireland." (Merle's daughter was Opal, whose daughter was Donna Rice of Coalfield.)

    Per Sammy Carson: "John L. Mclaughlin (as it was spelled in those days) and a brother came from Ireland to the US about 1835. The brother settled in Virginia and John L. settled in East Tennessee on Little River. He later moved to the Back Valley Community of Morgan County, TN."

    Note from Judy Kesterson: Little River is in Blount County, TN. See also Sam Kesterson father of Jesse Kesterson who unsuccessfully attempted to recover property inherited by his mother also on the Little River.

    Morgan Co. TN 1870 Census McGLOTHIN
    John, 56, Farmer, born Ireland $300, $200
    Margaret, 45, housekeeper, born NC
    John, 26, Farm Labor, born VA
    Cornelius, 23, Farm Labor, born VA
    William, 22, Farm Labor, born VA
    Catherine, 16, occupation =at home, born TN, which puts the family inTN in 1856.
    Leander, 10, Farm labor, botn TN
    James, 6, farm labor, born TN
    Richard, 4, born tn
    Tennessee, 2, born TN
    Edward 16, born GA, BLACK

    They were household No. 10; William Wall, whose daughter would become Martha McGlothin, was household no. 48 in the First District(Coalfield).

    1850 Census Dwelling 1200; family 1200, Wythe, Virginia, census taken the 6th day of September 1850
    John McGlothin, 38, Labourer, born in Ireland, cannot read or write
    Mary McGlothin, 35, born Virginia, cannot read or write
    John, 11, born VA
    Elizabeth, 9 "
    Cornelius, 7 "
    Wesley, 5 "
    Charles, 3 "
    Calilif Chinalt, 89, (Male) cannot read or write [Caleb]
    Elizabeth Chinalt, 40, cannot read or write
    Rozannah Chinalt, 35, cannot read of write
    Mary Chinalt, 14,
    Edward Wright, 33, Labourer, b VA
    Samuel Wright, 21, Labourer, b VA
    John Stoncifer, 14, Labourer, b VA
    John Eakin, 19 M Labourer, b VA

    Per May McGlothin to granddaughter Judy Kesterson: "I feel like the Fagans knew the McGlothins before they came to Coalfield because both came from Ireland and both settled in this area. The Fagans were stone cutters. Many cemeteries have markers made by them. They worked with native stone and marble. One of the boys had a business in Knoxville and he took the orders and the other boys made the markers. Uncle Sim's (Sexton) stone in the Potter Cemetery was made by them."
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    John McGlothin lived in Amherst VA and in Wythe County, VA.Documentation in binders. J. Solis
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    Per Donna Owens, John L. McGlothin has a shrine built in his memory down a dirt road off of Kring Hollow, which is off of Coal Hill Road in Coalfield, TN. There is a concrete pad where a church once stood there also. 06-02-07.

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    Per Johnny Tanner, John L. McGlothin's middle name may have been Lincoln, according to what he had heard. (I tend to think it was more likely to be Lewis.) 06-02-07.

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    John McGlothin had as a boarder and business partner a man whose last name was Akien while he was in Wythe, VA. Information on the Aikens per the internet is as follows:

    rdrdbrdrw10 rdrdbrdrw10 ntblClan Akins
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    ntblAlthough of remote origin and no longer in possession of any great estates, the Clan Akins represents a significant portion of what has grown into a worldwide Scottish community. Whether in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the United States, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, wherever the Scots have settled, there can be found descendants of our ancient Scottish Clan. Rooted among the common folk, heirs of the early Picts and Scots who first inhabited Scotland during the time of the Roman Empire, of of the Nordic invaders who came there in the Middle Ages, the earliest origins of the Clan Akins belong to the era of the Viking rulers who controlled the isles off Scotland's coast. from Shetland to the Isle of Man. First ococcuring as a place-name, Akin is found in the west coast of Scotland on the Hebridean Isle of Skye. There in the 13th century, the Viking leader King Hakon IV of Norway swept with his invading army in a fleet of longboats on his way to the finaal defeat of the Norsemen at the hands of Alexander III, King of Scots, at the battle of Largs in 1263 AD.To commemorate his passage through this region, the narrow strait between the Isle of Skye and the Scottish mainland was afterwards known as Kyle Akin, from the Gaelic Caol Acain meaning "the Strait of Hakon" in the native Celtic language of the Scottish people. This area is home to the Skye village of Kyleakin, named for the strait on which it is located. Begun as a planned community in 1811, the area is also the site of Dun Akin castle, an 11th century fortress, now in ruins, long held by the Mackinnon Clan through the marriage of their ancestral chief, Findanus, to a Norse princess known as "Saucy Mary," daughter of Kiing Hakon I of Norway. As a surname, the first recorded appearance of its use occurs in the year 1405 in the court records of a Scottish sea merchant named "John of Akyne" who sought restitution for having been kidnapped by Laurence Tuttebury oof Hull, England, who pirated his ship and goods. Other instances of its use occur in the early records of Scotland where the surname is seen to have undergone a variety of transformations in spelling, accounting for the many variant forms of the name still seen today. Among these early records we find mention of William Ackin, who was a witness in the parish of Brechin in the year 1476. John Eckin was a tenant under the Bishop of Aberdeen in 1511. John Ackyne served as bailie of Stirling in 1520. Robert Aykkyne was admitted to the burgess of Aberdeen in 1529. Bessie Aiken of Leith was found guilty of Witchcraft in 1597, narrowly escaping execution. David Akin of Aberdeen was an early passenger to America, settling in Newport, Rhode Island with his wife and family before 1664. A John Aiken was among those who fought under the banner of the Covenant at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge in 1679. Alexander Aiken of Bo'ness, West Lothian, was among the Scots colonists who took part in the ill-fated Darien expedition in 1699. In 1609 Ireland's northern province of Ulster was opened up for colonization as part of an enterprising scheme by two opportunistic businessmen from Ayrshire, Scotland, by the names of Montgomery and Hamilton. They successfully petitioned King James VI & I for the release of an imprisoned Ulster chieftain, Con O'Niell, in exchange for thousands of acres of land in northern Ireland. These were cleared of the former landlord's native tennants in order to make way for settlement by Protestant colonists from Scotland. Members of the Clan Akins were among the thousands of Scots who settled in that troubled region during that period. With the revolt against the Stuart King, Charles I, during the English civil war, much of the historical information of the Clan Akins was lost when Oliver Cromwell's ships carrying records of all the clans as spoils of war sank off the coast of Berwick on Tweed. After Charles II was restorored to the throne, he instituted a public regifter of all the clans between 1672 and 1676. However the then chief of the Clan Akins having emigrated to Ulster as an exiled supporter of Charles I and later having settled in the American colony of Maryland where he died in 1669, he failed to re-establish his right to the Name and Arms of Akins and as a result the chiefship fell into a period of dormancy lasting for more than three hundred years. In Ireland the name is common only in Ulster, where the Scottish immigrants settled in the 17th century; but here new variations in spelling began to be seen. Aikins in Co. Armagh; Akins in Co. Monaghan; Eaken in Co. Tyrone; Eakin in Counties Derry and Down; Eakins in Co. Cavan; Ekin in Co. Donegal; and Ekins in Co. Sligo. In Co. Antrim where the name was most common, it was found to be most concentrated in the area northwest of Ballymena in the mid 19th century. Dr. Joseph Aiken published a poetic work in 1699 entitled "Londonderias, Or a Narrative of the Siege of Londonderry." The Clan name under its various spellings continued to be prevalent in Scotland, being among the 100 most frequently encountered surnames in 19th century records; ranking 90th in order of ooccurance, with a per capita ratio of 20 individuals per 10,000 bearing the surname, mostly in Lanarkshire and the surrounding counties, totaling an estomated 5,592 Scots bearing the name in one of its many forms. Variations of the name were said to have been common in the parish of Ballantrae, as well as in the counties of Aberdeen, Fife, Lanark, Perth, Angus, Renfrew, Ayr, Dumbarton, Stirling and the Lothians. Among the many friends of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns, was an A Ayrshire gentleman by the name of Robert Aiken, who Burns mentioned in a number of his works, including the prelude to "The Cottar's Saturday Night," and "Holy Willie's Prayer," as well as his "Epitaph for Robert Aiken, Esq." and "The Farewell." When the British government began to oppress the Scots colonists who had settled in Northern Ireland with heavy taxes and religious persecution, many of them left fleeing to North America as a safe haven where they might start new lives for themselves. It was in this way that many members of the Clan Akins came to America. Between 1717 and 1776, some 250,000 Ulster Scots left Northern Ireland mainly for the United States. In the year 1729 more than 6,000 arrived at the port of Philadadelphia alone. 100,000 more came to America in the two decades following the Revolutionary War. Thus with a total of some 11 million citizens of Scottish and Ulster Scots descent, the United States can claim to have the largest portion of the 28 million Scots worldwide, over twice as many as in Scotland itself, which has a total population of only five and a half million; and it is in the United States that the Clan Akins is its strongest. According to recently gathered statistics frorom the Social Security Administration, the total number of individuals bearing the Clan name in its three most common forms accounts forsome 53,650 persons. The spelling of Akins being the most usual, with a count of 23,586 individuals, followed by Aiken, with 17,924 persons, and Akin with 12,140 people bearing that form of the name.

    Article by Judy Kesterson Spradlin in "Generations" regarding the McGlothins. ----To Be Added---



    Per May McGlothin as told to Judy Kesterson Spradlin:

    "Harvey said that on Sunday mornings Grandpa would get up and get dressed in his good clothes (Sunday clothes) and then would sit in his chair."

    The implication was that he was possibly a catholic and could not or would not attend the protestant church his family may have attended. One could also get the impression that he was protestant and could or would not attend the catholic church this his first wife, Mary Chenault, possibly attended. Mary, of French descent, may have been Catholic or Hugenot as the Chenaults fled France when the Catholics attempted to purge the country of anyone who was NOT a catholic.

    In a small homage to the St. Patrick's Day holiday, this week we [WBIR TV] traveled to Cocke County to explore the history of a small community on the eastern edge of Newport known as Irish Cut.

    The neighborhood is almost entirely residential with the exception of a small church. In the middle of the 20th century, the community's identity was tied strongly with the local grocery store and school that are no longer in operation.

    "I went to Irish Cut School from the first grade through the eighth grade," said Jim Shelton, a lifelong resident of Irish Cut. "This was just a three-room school and it did not have any water when it was originally built by the WPA in the 1940s. We had to carry buckets of water about half a mile from a nearby sawmill to the school. Then we put a well in front of the school to get water."

    The Irish Cut School shut down almost 50 years ago when small schools consolidated, but its brightly-colored stone walls still stand strong today.

    "This is made of sandstone from a quarry about two miles from here," said Shelton. "There are several quarries around this area."

    "The limestone and other rock can still be seen in walls around the county," said Duay O'Neil, a retired teacher and historical collector who writes for The Newport Plain Talk newspaper. "My father had a great uncle who was one of the Irish stonecutters shortly after the Civil War. Many of our early settlers here in Cocke County came from Ireland and Scotland."

    O'Neil said the first wave of Irish settlers arrived shortly after the Revolutionary War, lured by land grants offered to military veterans. Another sizeable contingent of Irish came to East Tennessee in the years following the Civil War.

    "I think part of the attraction for the early settlers is our land is so much like what they were accustomed to in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Many Irish settled on a place called Irish Bottom where the Pigeon River and the French Broad River meet. We also have Dutch Bottoms along the river, too."

    While Irish settlers cut a foundation in Cocke County, those early residents have nothing to do with the name of the community Irish Cut. The community's name is also unrelated to the nearby stonecutting operations, according to Shelton.

    "The word 'cut' is a railroad term. When the railroad tracks have to be dug out below the surface, they call that a cut. You would cut a path for the tracks on top of hills so that the grade wouldn't be so steep," said Shelton. "On the edge oof our community is s a railroad cut that runs about a mile long. It became known as the Irish Cut because it was Irish laborers who moved the soil and moved the rock. They were brought in here from somewhere else and I don't know of anyone who stayed here who worked on that cut."

    There are now around 90 families who live along Irish Cutt Road. Before the road dead ends, you can still see the old Irish Cutt Grocery store building and the Irish Cut School.

    "The community is spelled C-U-T. The word 'Cutt' is a misspelling by a guy from California that stuck for the name of the road. The store used the same spelling as the name of the road it was on, but the community itself is spelled Irish Cut," said Shelton. "When I was growing up this was an extremely tight-knit community. There isn't a house on this road that I have not been in as a child. The grocery store was the center of activity around here where everyone met with each other."

    "Many of the families in Irish Cut have lived there for several generations," said O'Neil. "There is always that connection for a lot of them that no matter where you go in this world, it's 'Well, I'm from Irish Cut.' It is a unique name."

    "It is just a modest community, but there are a lot of fine people. And watching the sun race up and down that hill, it's just a beautiful picture," said Shelton. "Like any small community, there are some folks who grow up here who can't wait to leave and others who want to stay here forever. I love it here and wouldn't want to live anywhere else."

    Send your Namesake suggestions

    If there is a place or landmark with a name you would like us to research, send your suggestions to 10News reporter Jim Matheny using the "Namesake Suggestions" form on this page. Be sure to include your name and a note on how to pronounce it in case we use your suggestion on-air. Likewise, please let us know if you do not want us to use your name on-air.

    WBIR TV 2012 Knoxville, TN

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    John McLaughlin/McGlothin is reported to have followed the railroad from Virginia to Tennessee. There is no evidence that he worked at Irish Cut, but this story supports an Irish community that worked for the railroad.

    Why did brothers John and James McLaughlin/McGlothin leave Ireland? There appears from records to have been a potato famine prior to the famous mid-nineteenth century potato famine. From an article on http://www.irishancestors.ie/?page_id=7289

    "...When old enough to find work, he would have spent his days labouring for the local Protestant landlord. During the early nineteenth century, from about 1816 to 1819, the Province of Connaught suffered from widespread potato crop failures, caused by heavy flooding of the River?s Shannon and Suck. Small pox and typhus fever also became rampant causing many deaths among the poor. In 1822 Ireland suffered a famine caused by a potato blight, followed by a typhus epidemic, which resultted in much poverty, starvation and death. Many fled to the towns in search of food, whilst others...made their way to coastal ports hoping to obtain passage to another country. As was the custom of the labouring classes at this time, [he] would have walked the almost 100 miles from Roscommon to Dublin from where he would have sought passage on a cargo boat sailing for England..."

    John would have been approximately 12-14 years old in 1825. The article is not about John McGlothin but may partially explain their exedous from Ireland. 06/23/2016

    In Wytheville, Virginia, John Aiken, a boarder in the house with John Lewis McGlothin, appears to be more than just an acquaintence since the two of them interfered in a situation (JUDY DESCRIBE THIS HERE). They were both in Wytheville VA and John Aiken is shown as a boarder in the McGlothin Household. The spelling of John Aiken's name has been changed variously to Eaiken and other similar names, but he appears to have stayed with John and it is possible that he was with John in Ireland as they came to America. I have not researched the Aiken name.

    A second person boarded with the McGlothins but his name does not appear but one time in the scant history of the McGlothins, unlike John Aiken, whose name appears several times connected him to John McGlothin.

    More research is needed in this area.

    J Spradlin 4/18/2019

    The question of why John McGlothin left Ireland has been speculated but me er resolved. One of the best rationing is from a Facebook post.


    I would say that the main reasons for emigration before the Famine were firstly the expiration of leases in Ulster (the landlords wanted to raise rents too much) and secondly the many minor famines that occurred before the 1840s. The people defeated in 1798, if not killed or captured, would quietly go home; but if they thought somebody would come after them they would emigrate, there was nothing to stop them.
    Author: John Goodwillie
    Facebook post in Irish Genealogy group, 05/18/2020

    John married Mary Chenualt on 28 Oct 1839 in Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States. Mary (daughter of Caleb Chenault, Sr and Rachel Bonds) was born about 1815 in Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Mary ChenualtMary Chenualt was born about 1815 in Virginia, United States (daughter of Caleb Chenault, Sr and Rachel Bonds).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 4BA630D8E55744559007C2B6D9B70635A8B5

    Notes:

    Believed to be living in her father's household in 1830 census inAmherst, VA. Father was Caleb Chenault Sr.
    per 1830 census
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    Believed to be living in he father's household in 1840 along with herhusband, John L. McGlothin, and daughter Elizabeth. Census lists sexand ages consistent with this fact.
    per 1840 census
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    Birth date based on 1830 and 1840 census records which put her agegroup as 15-20 and 20-40 respectively.

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    Died:
    Death date and place unknown; burial unknown 08-2009

    Notes:

    Married:
    Judy

    McGolthan, John and Chenault, Mary 28 October 1839, bond given byCaleb Chenault.

    I can photograph the record next week, but on weekends the courthouseis closed.

    Hope this helps! and yes any donations to the Museum are welcome!

    Holly

    Holly Mills, MA, MLS
    Amherst County Museum & Historical Society
    Post Office Box 741
    Amherst, VA 24521
    Phone: (434) 946-9068
    EMAIL dated 07-14-2007

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth McGlothin was born in in Virginia, United States.
    2. William Wesley McGlothin was born in 1839 in Virginia, United States; died before 1894.
    3. Cornelius McGlothin was born between 1843 and 1845 in Virginia, United States; died in in Tennessee, United States.
    4. Charlie McGlothin was born in 1844 in Virginia, United States; and died.
    5. John Lewis McGlothin, II was born in 1845 in Virginia, United States; died between 1888 and 1891.
    6. 6. William Wesley McGlothin was born in 1848 in Virginia, United States; died on 18 Sep 1894; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
    7. Charlie McGlothin was born on 25 Dec 1848 in Virginia, United States; died on 16 Feb 1895.
    8. Margaret Catherine McGlothin was born in 1855 in Wythe, Virginia, United States; died on 22 Nov 1922 in Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Davis Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.

  5. 14.  William G. Walls was born on 1 Jan 1830 in North Carolina, United States (son of John D B Walls and Jane Annie Wolf); died on 29 Jul 1882; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 7E569FB342A542BE8E2C1D35C406E0F9BC5A

    Notes:

    1860 Morgan County Census, District 1, page 15
    WALLS, Wm.30MWFarmerTenn
    Edy Ann29FWDomesticNC
    David8MWTenn
    Henry T.5MWTenn
    John J.4MWTenn
    Robert F.2MWTenn
    Martha J.1FWTenn

    1880 Morgan County Census
    WALLS, Wm.52MWFarmerTenn
    Edy Ann49FWKeep HouNC
    William18MWFarmWorTenn
    James16MWTenn
    Sarah14FWHou WorTenn
    Mary L.12FWHou WorTenn
    Andrew10MWFar WorTenn
    David G.29MWCoal MinTenn
    William Gson6MWMO
    CharleyGson3MWMONOTE 1:
    Family Bible History: Deacon William G. Walls: and his wfie, EdieAnn, were received by the Sulphur Springs Church by letters on thefirst Saturday in March 1855. On the first Saturday of February 1867,William Walls and Andy McCamey were "set apart" forordination as Deacons. The ordinations were "administered on theSabbath (next day); clothing said Deacons with official power andauthority to execute and perform all duties of the office of Deaconsin the Church. "William G Walls served faithfully not only as aDeacon in the Sulphyr Springs Church, but he and Edit Ann were chartermemb ers of the Middle Creek Baptist Churck which was constgitutedOctober 10, 1886, in which William G. served as Deacon.

    William G. Walls was born January 1, 1830, probably in North Carolina.He was the son of John B. Walls (1785-1886) and Annie Wolfe Walls(1799-1875) who are buried in the Ritter Cemetery near Coalfield, TN.{Morgan County}. William G. married first ______ Williams, by whom hehad one son, David. He married, secondly, Edith Ann Williams(1830-1912) who was a sister to his first wife. They establishedtheir home on a farm on Back Valley Road about one-half mile from thepreswent-day Middle Creek Baptiswt Church, which is located on HIghway#62. William G. died January 29, 1887, and Edie Ann died March 1,1912. They are buried in Davis Cemetery.

    William and Edie Ann were the parents of ten children.

    From Snyder Roberts history of the First Baptist Church of OliverSprings, TN. pages 23-24.
    http://www.roanetn.com/walls.htm
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    More About EDITH ANN WILLIAMS:

    Fact 1: sister to first wife

    Child of WILLIAM WALLS and MISS WILLIAMS is:

    i. DAVID3 WALLS.

    Children of WILLIAM WALLS and EDITH WILLIAMS are:

    ii. JOHN J.3 WALLS, b. 1856

    John J. Walls married Rosely T. Hudson (1856-1940) and is buried atFairview. They had seven children.

    iii. ROBERT P. WALLS, b. 1857.

    Married first, Mariah E. Underwood. They were the parents of JABE,CHARLIE, FRANK, ALGIE, LAURA, and LULA WALLS

    Married secondly Mary Simpson (1853-1944)

    iv. MARTHA JANE WALLS, b. 1858; d. 1935; m. WILLIAM WESLEY MCGLOTHIN;b. 1844; d. 1894. 12 children

    v. SUZANNE WALLS, b. 1860; d. 1924, Roane Co,TN Davis Cem; m. WILLIAMJUSTICE; b. 1853; d. 10 May 1947, Roane Co,TN Davis Cem..

    Parents of CORNELIA (Byrd), BERT, MARY (Martin), MYRTLE (Brashears),WILLIAM , ANDY, EDIE (Adams), WALTER, and JOHN W. WALLS

    vi. JAMES SAMUEL WALLS, b. 1865; d. 1929, Roane Co,TN Davis Cem; m.PHILOBENIA GEISE; b. 1856; d. 1921, Roane Co,TN Davis Cem..

    Parents of ALEX, ISAAC, PARLENA, OLLIE, KATHLEEN, LIZZIE WALLS

    vii. MARY ELIZABETH WALLS, b. 1868; d. 1951, Roane Co,TN OliverSprings Cem; m. JOHN GARNER BYRD; b. 1859; d. 1926, Roane Co. TN,Oliver Springs Cem..

    Parents of JOHN, ARTHUR, TINA, ANNA BYRD

    viii. ANDREW REID WALLS, b. 1870; d. 1945, Roane Co.TN, Estes Cem.; m.MARTHA ANN JUSTICE; b. 1871; d. 1956, Roane Co. TN, Estes Cemetery.Thirteen children

    ix. THOMAS WALLS, d. Alabama; m. MISS RODDY.

    x. CATHERINE "CALLIE" WALLS, d. young girl.

    xi. WILLIAM WALLS, d. age 19.

    Endnotes

    1. Origin of First Baptist Church of Oliver Springs, by Snyder E.Roberts, p23-24.

    The following provides proof of William's first marriage
    TENNESSEE STATE MARRIAGES, 1780-2002
    Name: William G Wall
    Gender: Male
    Marriage Date: 26 Oct 1850
    Marriage Place: Knox, Tennessee, USA
    Spouse: Martha Williams

    William married Edith Ann Williams before 1855. Edith was born on 14 Jul 1830 in North Carolina, United States; died on 1 Mar 1912; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Edith Ann Williams was born on 14 Jul 1830 in North Carolina, United States; died on 1 Mar 1912; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

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    Children:
    1. Catherine "Callie" Walls
    2. Thomas Henry Walls died in in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States.
    3. Robert P Walls was born about 1855; died on 14 Jun 1921.
    4. John J. Walls was born about 1856; died in in Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
    5. 7. Martha Jane Walls was born on 4 Mar 1858 in Morgan, Georgia, United States; died on 22 Jul 1935 in Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Davis Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
    6. Mary Susannah Walls was born on 24 Dec 1861; died on 6 Jan 1924 in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
    7. William Walls was born in 1863; died in 1882.
    8. James Samuel Walls was born on 17 Feb 1865; died on 7 Mar 1929; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.
    9. Mary Elizabeth Walls was born in 1868; died in 1951 in Oliver Springs, Roane, Tennessee, United States.
    10. Andrew Reid Walls was born on 19 Jul 1870; died on 1 Jul 1945 in Kingston, Roane, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Estes Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States.