The Ancestors and Cousins of Tracy Lynn DeVault

Elizabeth Dawalt^1,2,3,4,5,6

F, #701, b. 15 March 1809, d. 8 June 1909

Parents

Father	Henry Dawalt (b. 1 January 1774, d. 20 September 1864)
Mother	Elizabeth "Kitty" Gross (b. 10 October 1776, d. 15 November 1851)

Pedigree Link

Family: William Payne (b. 29 February 1804, d. 21 September 1874)

Daughter	Sarah Ellen Payne+ (b. 15 March 1828, d. 15 June 1853)
Daughter	Mary Ann Payne (b. 1 May 1830, d. 7 April 1856)
Son	James Harvy Payne (b. 28 September 1834, d. 24 July 1855)
Daughter	Sina Ann Payne (b. January 1837, d. 18 March 1868)
Son	Henry B. Payne (b. 17 January 1840, d. 14 December 1899)
Son	Richard M. Payne (b. 28 February 1843, d. 30 December 1878)
Daughter	Catherine P. Payne (b. about 1845)
Daughter	Martha Jane Payne+ (b. 21 May 1847, d. 25 September 1928)
Daughter	Harriet M. "Hattie" Payne (b. about 1853, d. 5 April 1879)

BASIC FACTS

Elizabeth Dawalt was born on 15 March 1807 in Salem, Washington Co., Indiana.⁷ She was born on 15 March 1807 in Tennessee.^8,9 She was born on 15 March 1809 in Tennessee.^4,5,10 She and William Payne were married on 27 January 1825 in Washington Co., Indiana.^7,11 She died in 1895, at age ~86.⁸ She died on 8 June 1909, at age 100, in Ellis Co., Texas.^10,12 She was buried in Waxahachie City Cemetery, Waxahachie, Ellis Co., Texas (V.)¹²

Elizabeth Dawalt had reference number 702. She was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Indiana (1850, 1860); Edgar County, Illinois (1870); Ellis County, Texas (1880, 1900.) She resided in Tennessee; Salem, Washington Co., Indiana (1811); Paris, Edgar Co., Illinois (bef 1870); Waxahachie, Ellis Co., Texas (1873.) LETTER

Waxahachie, Ellis Co., Texas --- May the 6
Elizabeth Payne to

Daniel and sary Dawalt – well brother i received a letter from you some time since and was glad that you remembered me once more – well i did not answer it for i have been so porely ever since i have had the neuralga i was sick with it nearly all last summer and winter but i got consideralla better in febuary and march so that i could go a bout the house and help doe the work and i walked out to the neighbors a time or toe but that was not verry fare well i thought i was a getting wel – but now i am a getting wors with that pain in the left side of my fase and head well you nor no bddy has enny idea how i suffer with it for i never saw enny boddy that had it as i had it the doctors said they never met with such a case before and they done all they cold and done no good and quit well if i get bad a gain i cant live through a nother such a spel my face is a paining me now that it most makes me jump but i will write on for if i get worse i cant write at all -- well i think i took a little cold last weeak for i got up a bout midnight to see the south side of the square burn down well it was a terable fire and four weeks a go their was one building burned down on the east side of the square that was the only frame building the the rest was brick and stone just new last november the west side of the square was a … … down they have got it all builded up a gain with stone and they are splendid buildings well the north side of the square was burned when we came hear they had commensed building it up with stone that side was accidently burned – but the west and east and south was set on fire but no boddy knows whooe done it -- well we have got a railroad hear at this town now and it makes business lively hear and the town is improveing rapidly – markit is good hear for most everything for all garden truck cabbage heads from ten to twenty cents young potatoes is high – we have not had enny potatoes yet but i will have in a few days my beans is a blooming – we have not much garden for the chickens eat it up – wee are not making much butter now we sell at twenty cents a pound I sell chickens at 25 eggs 10 well it has been dry all last year so dry that their was not much raise and so dry all winter that the peach treas never putout untill after it rained the last of march and in april then they bloomed but the peaches has nearly all droped of – well when it rained a nough to put water in our sisterns and wels we was glad – well henry build a house on the farm and man payne is a living their he is a running a milk wagggon i think he will doe some better now than what he had been doing they have five children all girls – well i had been thinking the last year past that iff i was wel i wold go back to old indiana and illinois and spend the summer but i don’t feel able to travel and so i gave it up i don’t expect ever to see Indiana a gain – well dickie and hattie and pappy are all dead and none but henry and jane and i and i think i wont bee hear a great while – i and henry is hear by our selvs henry has a hired hand all the time but he stays out on the place all week comes in satturday eavening – his name is judson clark he lived in new philadelpha when he was a boy he has lived with us for two years – well sally i wish you and daniel wold take a wild goose chase and come down and see us and texas to i shold think it wold be a great pleasure to you – i think if i was able to travel i wold bea a great pleasure to me – well tell your frank that i want him to write to old aunt betsy and john and all the rest of them well i want you to …. And often while we are on this earth for the time will soon roal a round that we will bee numberd with the dead and we shold bee readdy and prepared when the time comes well hear comes some children i cant think of what to write – i wold like to hear how fred leathermain is getting a long – well they have been having a big time hear they odfellows had a big selabration last weeak and the Sunday schools had a picnic and the rellles is a going to have a big reunian before long – the Texas people tryes to kepe up with the biges and get a head of the rest This is a beautiful mornind every thing is a groing nice the prairie looks so green and nice since the good rain we like to see it for it was so dry last summer that their was no green grass – well our boys is a going after dew berries next week they are getting ripe now – the mustang grapes is big enough to make pie

Note: This letter was written by Elizabeth (Dawalt) Payne to her brother, Daniel Dawalt, and his wife, Sarah (Tatlock) Dawalt. It was probably written between 1880 and 1882. The letter was found in a collection of Daniel Dawalt’s letters now in the Filson Library in Louisville, Kentucky.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Texas); March 15, 1909; page 4; (GenealogyBank.com)

She is 100 Years Old
Mrs. Elizabeth Payne is Grandmother of Mrs. E. J. Anderson
WAXAHACHIE, Texas, March 15. Mrs. Elizabeth Payne is today celebrating her hundredth birthday anniversary. Mrs. Payne was born in Indiana and came to Waxahachie thirty-five years ago. She is the grandmother of Mrs. S. J. Anderson, wife of Representative Anderson of Ellis county.

OBITUARY

LIVED TO PASS CENTURY MARK
Mrs. Elizabeth Payne Dies at Age of 100 Years and Three Months.
Four years ago when Mrs. Elizabeth Payne of this city celebrated her ninety-sixth birthday she told her relatives and friends that if she could only live to see the hundredth anniversary of her birth she would be perfectly contented to die. On the fifteenth day of last March this wish was gratified and at 12:20 Tuesday morning this aged lady was called to her reward. She had been exceedingly feeble for several days and her death was momentarily expected. She passed away peacefully and with a smile on her lips.
Mrs. Payne was born March 15, 1809, on the banks of the Cumberland river in Tennessee. Her maiden name was Dawault. When she was two years old her parents moved to Indiana, where she was married to William Payne on January 25, 1825. She came with her husband to Texas in 1873 and located in Waxahachie, where she resided continuously until called to her eternal home. Of eleven children born to Mrs. Payne only one survives, Mrs. M. J. Payne, with whom she made her home for several years.
The funeral service over the body was held at the residence on Wilson Street Tuesday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. The interment was made at ...

OBITUARY - Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Texas); June 08, 1909; page 12; (GenealogyBank.com):

CENTENARIAN DIES
Elizabeth Payne Was a Native of Indiana
WAXAHACHIE, Texas, June 8. --- Mrs. Elizabeth Payne, 100 years and 3 months old, died this morning at her home in Waxahachie. Mrs. Payne was a native of Indiana and had been a resident of Waxahachie for thirty-five years.

GRAVE MARKER

ELIZABETH
PAYNE
BORN
MAR. 15, 1809
DIED
JUNE 8, 1909
Aged 100 Yrs
2. Mo. 23 Das. Newland said that he had some trouble reading the 1850 Census. I looked at it and have made several changes to Newland's reading.

The 1870 Census shows two children, Elva (age 19) and Mary (age 1), living with the family of William and Elizabeth (Dawalt) Payne. Elva is their granddaughter, Elva Ann Charles. Mary is their grand-niece. Mary's parents were William Harvey Payne and Harriet Hartley. William and Harriet died young.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S23] 1850 Census, Indiana, Washington County
[S141] 1870 Census, Illinois, Edgar County
[S362] 1880 Census, Texas, Ellis County
[S674] 1900 Census, Texas, Ellis County
[S81] 1860 Census, Indiana, Washington County
[S7033] Genealogy prepared by Randall Tuura (email address), Source Medium: Book
[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S2495] Bible of John Gross Dawalt and Mary (Tatlock) Dawalt in possession of Winsal Earl Dawalt
[S4836] Email from Thomas Roswell Heazeltine dated August 19, 2006
[S7256] Genealogy prepared by Shari Bennett, Source Medium: Book
[S4828] Email from Susie (Ellis County, Texas Genealogical Society) dated August 20, 2006

Family Explorer

John Jackson^1,2,3,4,5

M, #702, b. 28 March 1795, d. 4 June 1872

Parents

Father	William Jackson
Mother	Margaret Unknown

Pedigree Link

Family: Catharine Dawalt (b. 4 July 1798, d. 20 November 1883)

Son	James A. Jackson+ (b. 7 August 1822, d. 18 December 1908)
Son	William M. Jackson (b. 9 January 1824, d. 22 May 1848)
Son	Henry H. Jackson (b. 7 February 1826, d. 5 March 1903)
Son	John Thompson "Tompy" Jackson+ (b. 3 February 1828, d. 29 April 1907)
Daughter	Elizabeth Ann Jackson+ (b. 11 December 1830, d. 9 July 1890)
Son	Daniel Dawalt Jackson (b. 28 January 1833, d. 2 February 1904)
Daughter	Margaret J. Jackson+ (b. 10 April 1835, d. 3 March 1877)
Daughter	Catherine M. Jackson+ (b. 14 June 1838, d. 16 November 1914)
Son	Jeremiah Tyler "Tyler" Jackson+ (b. 27 April 1841, d. 8 March 1925)
Daughter	Mary Ann "Mollie" Jackson+ (b. 1 January 1846, d. 22 April 1908)

BASIC FACTS

John Jackson was born on 28 March 1795 in Kentucky.⁶ He was born on 15 February 1796 in Kentucky.⁷ He and Catharine Dawalt were married on 10 May 1821 in Washington Co., Indiana.^1,8,9 He died on 4 June 1872, at age 77, in Clark Co., Indiana.¹⁰ He was buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Clark Co., Indiana.¹⁰

John Jackson had reference number 703. He was enumerated on the census in Clark County, Indiana (1850 - 1870.) He was a Farmer (1850, 1860); minister (1870.)^3,2,4 Between April of 2009 and January of 2010, I was working with a group that calls themselves the Hempstead Jacksons. Back in April I had no idea as to the identity of the parents of John Jackson. The Hempsted group had seen my Jackson genealogy on the internet and said they would like to establish that the John Jackson (1795/1796 - 1872) in my file was the son of Revolutionary War veteran Samuel Jackson (b. 1756 in Prince William County, Virginia) and his wife, Vashti Grinnan. They had a good bit of circumstantial evidence to show that the John Jackson who had married Catharine Dawalt was a son of said Samuel Jackson.
The group had been using Y-chromosome DNA tests to establish that various Jackson lines were genetically connected. They asked me if I knew of a direct male-line descendant of John Jackson. If I could identify such a person and if he would agree to DNA testing, we could all know for certain if our John Jackson was a son of their Samuel Jackson.
I provided the Hempstead group with contact information for Nathan Kenneth Jackson, son of Carl Warman Jackson. At that time, and to the best of my knowledge, Nathan was the only living direct-male-line descendant of John Jackson. Nathan agreed to provide a DNA sample. However, analysis of Nathan's DNA showed that he was not a descendant Samuel Jackson. The Hempstead group suspected that there had been a "parental event" somewhere in Nathan's paternal up-line and that Nathan's DNA was not representative of John Jackson's male-line DNA. They asked me to provide another candidate for DNA testing.
After looking over my Jackson file, I decided that the only real possibility was that Harold H. Jackson (son of Otto Franklin Jackson) might still be living or might have had a son who was still living. The most recent information I had on Harold was that he was alive in 1940 when his father died. Much time was spent trying to track down information on Harold Jackson. Finally it was learned that he had married Isabelle Rozalia Smith and that they had had a son and two daughters before Harold was killed in a tragic work-related accident. After eight months of searching we learned that Harold's son, Glen Harold Jackson, was alive and living in Lexington, Kentucky. Glen agreed to submit a DNA sample. It turned out that Glen's results exactly matched Nathan Kenneth Jackson's results, pretty much confirming that the John Jackson that married Catherine Dawalt was not a descendant of Samuel and Vashti (Grinnan) Jackson.
However, during my initial contact with Glen Harold Jackson, he said that he had come into possession of a very old Jackson family Bible, with some family information on the beginning pages. He said that this Bible might provide some information on John Jackson's ancestors. The Bible was now in the possession of Glen's sister, Jean (Jackson) Hanz. Jean sent me copies of the Bible pages. They were in terrible shape and the family notations are very hard to read. This is what I was able to glean from the pages.
The Bible is about 3" by 5" and appears to be very old. The date is missing but the Bible was printed in Edinburgh, Scotland by Adrian Watkins, His Majesty's Printer. There are many references to Adrain Watkins Bibles on the internet. They appear to have been printed between 1747 and 1760. (Adrian Watkins held the title "His Majesty's Printer" from 1747 to 1766.) There are several hand-written notations on four pages.

On what appears to be the title page of the Bible
"Andrew Pearsall Jackson was born January the 26th ?? 1828."

On a blank page
"Garrett was born the ??th December 1782"
"William Jackson, the son of William & Margret Jackson was born October 30 1788"
"Mary Nancy Jackson was born November the 14 1790"
"Ann Jackson was born March the 3 1793"
"John Jackson was born March (?) the 28th 1795"
"James Jackson was born August 7th 1797"

On the bottom of a page that is identified "The End of the Old Testament"
"Jeremiah Jackson, son of Wm Jackson and Margaret his wife was Born on the 5th day of
december in the year of our Lord 1801"

On another blank page
"Haz??? the daughter ..... and Margaret was born the eighth day of February ????"
"Rachel upon the tenth day of December 1781"
"Elizabeth upon the tenth day of July 17??"
"Margaret Pearsall was born January 2, "
"William was born October 30 1788"
"Nancy Jackson was born November the 14 ????"
"Ann was born March the 3 1793"
Note: The information on William, Nancy and Ann appear to be duplicate entries.

In 2001 a fellow by the name of Robert Jennings published a genealogy on RootsWeb that showed that Jeremiah Jackson, born in Louisville, Kentucky on 5 December 1801 had married three times, the first time to Adagale Brown and that Andrew Pearsall Jackson was the first child of Jeremiah and Adagale. The genealogy shows that Jeremiah died in Clark County, Indiana.
I looked at the 1820 and 1830 Census records for Clark County, Indiana. It appears that the family of William and Margaret Jackson were living in Clark County, Indiana by 1820 and possibly as early as 1810.
In the 1820 Census there are three Jackson families living in Wood Twp., Clark Co., Indiana. William Jackson Sr., William Jackson Jr. and Zephaniah Jackson. In William Sr.'s household there are two males under the age of 10, two males between the ages 19 and 25 and one male over 45 years old. The older male is probably William Sr. The two boys between 19 and 25 could be Jeremiah Jackson (age 19 and not yet married).and John Jackson (age 25 and not yet married).
In the 1830 Census for Clark County, Indiana there are three Jackson families living next to each other. They are William Jackson, John Jackson and Jeremiah Jackson. These are almost certainly three of the Jackson siblings mentioned in the Bible. The age of the oldest males in each of these families match with William Jackson Jr. (now age 42), our John Jackson (now age 35) and Jeremiah Jackson (now age 29). There are four male children listed in John Jackson's family: two under 5 years old and two between 5 and 10 years old. The age of these male children match exactly with the information we have on John's family. There are also two females listed in John's family. One is in the correct age range to be his wife, Catharine (Dawalt) Jackson. The other is over 70 years old and probably John's mother. Zephaniah Jackson is still living in Clark Co., Indiana. There are some additional Jacksons living in Clark County, Indiana including a John Jackson Sr. and John Jackson Jr. Neither of these John Jackson families match our John Jackson.
It seems pretty clear that our John Jackson was a son of William and Margaret Jackson and not a son of Samuel and Vasti Jackson as the Hempstead group had supposed.

GRAVE MARKER

JOHN
JACKSON
DIED
JUNE 4, 1872
AGED 76 Y'RS
3 M's 20 D's.

Citations

[S7033] Genealogy prepared by Randall Tuura (email address), Source Medium: Book
[S77] 1860 Census, Indiana, Clark County
[S20] 1850 Census, Indiana, Clark County
[S149] 1870 Census, Indiana, Clark County
[S12380] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S2502] Bible of William and Margaret (Unknown) Jackson
[S8063] Grave Marker - John Jackson
[S7257] Genealogy prepared by Shari Bennett, Source Medium: Book
[S9038] Marriage Records: Indiana, through 1850 (Indiana State Library - Internet)
[S7259] Genealogy prepared by Shari Bennett (email address), Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Elizabeth DeVault^1,2,3,4

F, #703, b. 10 December 1805, d. 14 February 1877

Parents

Father	Valentine "Felty" Davault (b. 1776, d. 10 August 1842)
Mother	Susannah "Susan" Range (b. 16 February 1779, d. 12 August 1842)

Pedigree Link

Family: D.D James Miller (b. 27 March 1798, d. 19 February 1874)

Son	James Valentine Miller (b. 26 July 1828, d. 29 October 1843)
Son	Osborn S. Miller (b. 9 March 1830, d. 10 April 1845)
Son	Oliver P. W. Miller (b. about 1845, d. after 1860)

BASIC FACTS

Elizabeth DeVault was born on 10 December 1805 in DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee.^5,6 She and D.D James Miller were married on 24 March 1827 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^7,6 She died on 14 February 1877, at age 71, in Tennessee.^5,1 She was buried in DeVault Cemetery, DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee (V.)⁵

Elizabeth DeVault had reference number 704. She resided in Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.¹ She was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1830 -1870.) Elizabeth had three sons, all of whom died when young and are buried in the DeVault graveyard at DeVault's Ford.

GRAVE MARKER

HOLY BIBLE
ELIZABETH DeVAULT
MILLER
Consort of
Rev. JAMES MILLER DECD
Died Feb. 14, 1877.
Aged 72 Yrs. 2 mos. 4 dys.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S209] 1870 Census, Tennessee, Washington County, Source Medium: Book
[S128] 1860 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S59] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S3092] Cemetery Records, Washington County, Tennessee Cemeteries by Charles M. Bennett, Source Medium: Book
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Page 158

Family Explorer

Mary Catharine "Polly" DeVault^1,2,3,4,5

F, #704, b. 7 February 1808, d. 12 November 1894

Parents

Father	Valentine "Felty" Davault (b. 1776, d. 10 August 1842)
Mother	Susannah "Susan" Range (b. 16 February 1779, d. 12 August 1842)

Pedigree Link

Family: William Pouder Reeves (b. 15 December 1803, d. 20 August 1885)

Daughter	Adelaide E. Reeves (b. 1832, d. 20 November 1833)
Daughter	Julia Leslie Reeves (b. 9 August 1833, d. 29 August 1878)
Daughter	Susan Day Reeves+ (b. August 1835, d. 8 July 1918)
Son	Rufus Hannibal Reeves+ (b. 6 February 1840, d. 12 August 1930)
Son	Isaac Edward Reeves+ (b. 10 May 1842, d. 31 January 1899)
Daughter	Elizabeth Juan "Lizzie" Reeves+ (b. 13 May 1844, d. 21 February 1921)
Daughter	Mary Iris "Blannie" Reeves (b. 1847, d. 11 April 1928)
Son	William Rollin Reeves+ (b. 20 June 1850, d. 19 May 1930)
Daughter	Alice Reeves (b. after 1850)

BASIC FACTS

Mary Catharine "Polly" DeVault was born on 7 February 1808 in DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,6,7 She and William Pouder Reeves were married on 11 August 1831 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^8,6 She died on 12 November 1894, at age 86, in Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee.^6,7 She was buried in Old Jonesboro Cemetery, Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee (V.)⁶

Mary Catharine "Polly" DeVault had reference number 705. She resided in South Carolina; "Wheatland" farm, Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee; Lived with youngest son, W. R. Reeves after her husband's death.⁶ She was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1850 - 1880.) DEATH NOTICE - The Nashville Christian Advocate, July 11, 1895

Mary C. Reeves, nee Davault, born Washington Co., Tenn., February 7, 1808; died in the place of her birth, November 12, 1894; married William P. Reeves, 1831, nine children.

GRAVE MARKER

Wm. P. Reeves Mary DeVault
BORN wife of
Dec 15, 1803 W. P. Reeves
DIED FEB 7, 1808
Aug 20, 1885 NOV 12, 1894
-----
To the memory of our Father, a
just man whose Faith in God
Never faultered, We raise this stone
in Filial love
REEVES

(front) (left.) During the early years of the marriages of the brothers, William Pouder Reeves and Peter Miller Reeves to the DeVault sisters, both couples, with their families, jointly owned and lived together at "Wheatland."* Eventually Peter built a house on a nearby farm he named "Sinking Spring."** The family moved to "Sinking Spring" about the time of the birth of their fifth child, James Miller Reeves. The Peter Miller Reeves Cemetery, also called the Carr-Reeves Cemetery, is located near the house, behind the barn. It is fenced and kept in better condition than many country family cemeteries are.

* "Wheatland" still stands. It was a beautiful, gracious old house. But is has become so run down that is seems likely it will never be restored or lived in again. It is located on Knob Creek Road. There is a picture of the William P. Reeves farm as it appeared in the early 1900's on Page 192 of "History of Washington County Tennessee - 1988."

** The farm was called "Sinking Spring" because of a spring that came up, ran a short way and then disappeared back into the ground. In the mid 1960's the farm was sold to the Chenouth family and renamed "Landmark Farm." It has been resold several more times and probably has yet another name.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S59] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S128] 1860 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S210] 1870 Census, Tennessee, Washington County, Source Medium: Book
[S359] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S5118] Genealogy prepared by (email address)
[S5836] Genealogy prepared by Douglas DeVault Roseborough (WFT V06T1078), Source Medium: Other

Family Explorer

John Davault^1,2

M, #705, b. 7 February 1808, d. 1 August 1851

Parents

Father	Valentine "Felty" Davault (b. 1776, d. 10 August 1842)
Mother	Susannah "Susan" Range (b. 16 February 1779, d. 12 August 1842)

Pedigree Link

Family: Elizabeth "Betsy" Kitzmiller (b. 24 September 1810, d. 8 October 1890)

Son	Valentine "Volly" DeVault+ (b. 16 March 1835, d. 2 October 1892)
Daughter	Mary Jane DeVault+ (b. 9 April 1840, d. 14 February 1897)
Son	Martin Van Buren DeVault+ (b. 27 November 1842, d. 3 May 1922)
Daughter	Elizabeth "Lizzie" DeVault (b. April 1851)

BASIC FACTS

John Davault was born on 7 February 1808 in DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee.¹ He and Elizabeth "Betsy" Kitzmiller were married on 22 May 1834 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,3 He died on 1 August 1851, at age 43, in Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,4,3 He was buried in DeVault Cemetery, DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee (V) (See note.)^1,5

John Davault had reference number 706. He resided in Farm near Piney Flats, Sullivan Co., Tennessee.¹ At the time of John's death, he and his family were living on a piece of land that is thought to have been north of the original DeVault's Ford Lands. It is not know whether John owned this land or the land was in his father's name. There is some thought that this is the land where Rocky Mount now stands.

Washington County Tombstone Inscriptions by Charles Bennett says that John is buried in the DeVault Cemetery at DeVault's Ford. Newland DeVault reported that the stone had crumbled. John and Elizabeth lived near Piney Flats in Sullivan County on a tract of land that belonged to his father. The land was willed to John when his father died in 1842. They lived on this farm until John's death in 1851, the same year their last child was born. Some time later his widow Elizabeth and her four small children went to live with her parents. They all lived in Stone House "A" on Boon's Creek.

Elizabeth's mother died on June 9, 1856 and in October of that year her father deeded the farm and home to her. Elizabeth died in 1899. She left the old "Kitzmiller" home to her son, Martin. He sold it in 1906.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S8534] I.G.I. Version 4.01, Source Medium: Book
[S5112] Genealogy prepared by Bernie Gray
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S3092] Cemetery Records, Washington County, Tennessee Cemeteries by Charles M. Bennett, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Isaac DeVault^1,2,3,4,5,6

M, #706, b. 27 November 1811, d. 11 July 1903

Parents

Father	Valentine "Felty" Davault (b. 1776, d. 10 August 1842)
Mother	Susannah "Susan" Range (b. 16 February 1779, d. 12 August 1842)

Pedigree Link

Family: Mary Elizabeth "Elizabeth" Hannah (b. 3 August 1827, d. 26 March 1870)

Son	Richard Johnson "Dick or D. J." DeVault+ (b. 7 July 1849, d. 24 April 1891)
Daughter	Julia Francis DeVault+ (b. 29 November 1853, d. 2 April 1946)
Adopted Daughter	Martha Moody (b. about 1856)
Son	James Miller DeVault+ (b. 9 August 1856, d. 9 February 1936)
Daughter	Blanche Hannah "Blannie" DeVault+ (b. 9 January 1859, d. 7 April 1944)
Son	Rufus I. DeVault (b. 7 March 1868, d. 28 October 1892)

BASIC FACTS

Isaac DeVault was born on 27 November 1811 in DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee.¹ He and Mary Elizabeth "Elizabeth" Hannah were married in 1847.^1,7 He died on 11 July 1903, at age 91, in Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,8 He was buried in DeVault Cemetery, DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee (V.)⁹

Isaac DeVault had reference number 707. He was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1850); Sullivan County, Tennessee (1860 - 1880, 1900.) He was a Farmer (1860.)⁵ OBITUARY - July 11, 1903

Mr. DeVault Dead
Saturday morning at 2:30 o'clock surrounded by his living children in his beautiful home two miles west of Piney Flats, Mr. Isaac DeVault in his 92d year, breathed his last. His death was not unexpected, still he had no specific disease. His death was the result of a break in health generally. He was of a healthy, long-lived family of people. His grandfather was foreign born, a German and settled in Little York, Pennsylvania, forth miles North of the city of Baltimore. In 1847 he married Miss Mary Hannah. He was a pioneer in this section and highly thought of as was attested by the large concourse which attended the funeral and burial Sunday morning.

OBITUARY - The Comet; Johnson City, Tennessee; July 16, 1903; Image 2 (Website: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov)

MR. ISAAC DeVAULT DEAD.
Aged And Honored Citizen of Sullivan Passes Away.
Piney Flats, Tenn., July 11. -- This morning at 2:30 o'clock, surrounded by his living children in his beautiful home two miles west of here, Mr. Isaac DeVault in his 92nd year, breathed his last. His death was not unexpected, still he had no specific disease. His death was the result of a break in health generally. He was of a healthy, long-lived family of people. His grandfather was foreign born, a German,
and settled in Little York, Pa., forty miles north of the city of Baltimore. After the western settlement of North Carolina he visited this country and purchased a section (1 square mile) of land on the Watauga river from John Bean, the pioneer, paying therefor nine hundred english shillings; the same being the present home of Valentine DeVault the brother of the deceased, and known as the "DeVault Ford Farm on the Watauga River." This farm, DeVault, Sr., gave to Frederick and Valentine, his sons, the latter being the father of the deceased. It may be a matter of interest and information to state in this connection, that the family name was then Dewald and later Dewalt, coming to this country about the same time, (1790) were the Kitzmiller and Keefauver families. Martin Kitzmiller settled on Boone's Creek, in Washington county, Tenn., Nicolas Keefauver on Buffalo Ridge, same county, Frederick DeVault, at Leesburg, same county. Gabriel DeVault in "The Fork" at about what is now known as the "Cross Settlement." On the 27th of November, 1811, Isaac DeVault was born. He was born a farmer and lived and enjoyed a farmer's life. Large in stature, 6 feet 2½ inches high weighing about 200 pounds. He was of perfect physique. He was robust in health and continued so to a very great age. He was of an enquiring mind, above the average, strong in his convictions of right and wrong, and an earnest Christian. His whole life was a high standard of exalted American manhood, worthy of
emulation. He died with a long and useful life to his credit and nothing to his discredit. He took a lively interest in public affairs.
In 1844 he rode on horseback to Winchester, Va., the closest railroad point, and went from there to Philadelphia to hear Daniel Webster speak. He visited the principal eastern cities and Niagara Falls. In 1847 he married Mary E. Hannah, whose home was near Middletown, now Bluff City, building a comfortable home one mile east of the paternal residence. He has been known far and wide as one of the most prosperous and hospitable farmers of East Tennessee. From his marriage with Miss Hannah he was blessed with five children, all of whom grew to man and womanhood: Richard, (now dead), Julia (Mrs. Prather, of Mt. Airy, N. C.,) Jas. M., citizen of Bristol; Blanche, (wife of Charles P. Faw),and Rufus, (now dead).
He was a devoted father, following with a keen interest even to his dying day the well-being and doing of his children. He was a member of the Methodist Church, South. He was broad and charitable in his opinions, and a man of much patience with ignorance. As through advancing years his body continued strong, the acuteness of his mind and memory was wonderful.
For a little while after his children had grown up and left him, he rented his farm and visited with his children but this, while pleasant, was not satisfactory, and ten years ago with his son-in-law, Charlie Faw, he returned to the old home and there, ever cheerful and ever cherished by his daughter and her husband, his life has been one of peace and quiet happiness. His three little grandsons, Isaac, Willie
and Harry Faw, have been a great source of comfort and companionship to him.
Thus has ended a life lived through the most eventful period in modern history. Railroad engines, the electric telegraph and steamboats were unknown when he was born; the great civil war and its preceding political eruptions were current history with him. He had been permitted to see and experience more than most men. His worth of citizenship stands out bright and strong in his own community. Hundreds of times every day for ten days past has the question been asked, "Have you heard from Uncle Ike DeVault today?"
Sunday morning at 9 o'clock funeral services will be held at the house and at ten o'clock the last of Mr. DeVault will be laid to rest beside the ashes of his ancestors and kindred, at the family burying ground on the old home place.
Peace to his ashes and sympathy to his children. -- Bristol Courier

OBITUARY - Johnson City Press, Johnson City, Tennessee; September 25, 2017, reprinted in Bob Cox's Yesteryear

Piney Flats' DeVault died in 1903 at 92
On June 23, 1903, surrounded by his living children in his beautiful home two miles west of Johnson City, 92-year-old Isaac DeVault of Piney Flats, took his final breath.
His death was not unexpected; still, he had no specific disease. His passing was said to be the result of a break in his health. In actuality, he descended from a line of healthy, long-lived family people.
His German-born grandfather settled in Little York, Pennsylvania, 40 miles from Baltimore. After the Western settlement of North Carolina, he visited this country and purchased one square mile of land on the Watauga River, paying 900 English shillings for it.
The same territory contained the present home of Valentine DeVault, the brother of the deceased, and was known as the DeVault Ford Farm on the Watauga River. DeVault Sr. gave this farm to Frederick and Valentine, his sons.
The family name then was DeVault and later Dewalt. Coming to this country about the same time (1790) were the Kitzmiller and Keefauver families.
Martin Kitzmiller settled on Boones Creek in Washington County; Nicholas Keefauver on Buffalo Ridge, same county; and Frederick DeVault at Leesburg, same county. Gabriel DeVault inhabited "The Fork" at about what is now known as the Cross Settlement.
Isaac DeVault came into this world on Nov 27, 1811. He was born a farmer and enjoyed his craft all of his life. The gentleman was large in stature, being 6 foot, 2.5 inches tall and weighing about 200 pounds.
He was robust in health and continued to be so, living to a ripe age of 92. He was of an inquiring mind, above average in intelligence, strong in his convictions of right and wrong and having unwavering Christian principles.
DeVault's entire life was of a high standard of exalted American manhood, worthy of emulation. He died with a long, useful life to his credit and nothing to his discredit. During his years, he developed a lively interest in public affairs.
In 1844, the Piney Flats native rode on horseback to Winchester, Virginia, the closest railroad point, and went from there to Philadelphia to hear Daniel Webster speak. He visited the principal eastern cities and Niagara Falls.
In 1847, he married Mary E. Hannah, whose home was near Middletown, now known as Bluff City, building a comfortable home one mile east of the paternal residence. He had been known far and wide as one of the most prosperous and hospitable farmers of East Tennessee.
From his marriage with Miss Hannah, he was blessed with five children, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood: Richard; Julie (Mrs. Prather of Mt. Airy, NC); James M., citizen of Bristol; Blanche, wife of Charles P. Faw; and Rufus.
Isaac was a devoted father who followed with a keen interest even to his dying day, the well-being and doing of his children. He was a member of the Methodist Church, South. He was broad and charitable in his opinions and a man of much patience with someone of ignorance. As through advancing years, his body continued strong; the acuteness of his mind and memory were superb.
For a little while after his children had grown up and left the nest, he rented his farm and visited with his children. However, this arrangement, while pleasant, was not satisfactory. He and his son-in-law, Charlie Faw, returned to the old house and there, ever cheerful and ever cherished by his daughter and her husband, his life became one of peace and quiet happiness.
His three little grandsons, Isaac, Willie and Harry Faw, were a great source of comfort and companionship to him. It was there that his life ended after having lived through the most eventful time in modern history.
Railroad engines, the electric telegraph and steamboats were unknown when he was born. However, the great Civil War and his preceding political eruptions were current history with him. He was permitted to see and experience more than most men.
Mr. DeVault was laid to rest beside the ashes of his ancestors and kindred at the family burying ground by the old home place. His obituary notice concluded with these pointed words: "Peace to His Ashes and Sympathy to His Children."

OBITUARY - Maryville Times (Blount Co. TN) Saturday, July 18, 1903:

The death of Isaac DeVault at his home near Piney Flats, Sullivan County, on last Saturday, removes one of the most interesting pioneer characters of Upper East Tennessee. Mr. DeVault was of German descent, and his grandfather came to Upper East Tennessee from Little York, Pennsylvania., in 1790. The grandfather purchased a section of land in the Watauga Valley. The purchase was made from the noted pioneer, John Bean, and the price paid was 800 English shillings. Originally the family name was DeWald, but as the years rolled on and the family grew in American ideas, the name became DeWalt and finally DeVault. On November 27, 1811, Isaac DeVault was born. He was born a farmer and so lived and died, proving one of the best in this end of the state. In his younger days Mr. DeVault took an absorbing interest in public affairs, and, in order to hear Daniel Webster speak, on one occasion he road horseback to Winchester, Virginia, then the nearest railroad point, and from there went by rail to Philadelphia.

GRAVE MARKER

ISAAC DeVAULT FATHER & MOTHER MARY ELIZABETH
NOV. 27. 1811: DEVAULT WIFE OF
JULY 11. 1903 ISAAC DeVAULT.
----- AUG. 3. 1827:
I have fought a good fight MAR. 26. 1870.
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Father, into thy hands I
commend my spirit.

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THE ISAAC DEVAULT FARM

The Massengill Tract, as it was often referred to, was a parcel of 400 acres purchased in 1825 by Valentine and Frederick Davault from Henry Massengill Jr.

In 1835, Valentine and Frederick divided up the their real and personal property. At that time the Massengill Track became soley owned by Valentine Davault.

In 1842, Valentine and his wife died suddenly. In the division of the Valentine estate, their son, Isaac DeVault, inherited the Massengill Tract. About 1852, Isaac built a two-story brick house (Greek-revival architecture) on the 400 acre farm inhereted from his father.

At the time of his death (1903), Isaac was living in the old home with his daughter, Blanche, her husband, Charles P. Faw, and their three children. Apparently, before his death, Isaac had deeded the home and land to Blanche's husband. By court order the deed was deemed valid but the Faws were required to pay the other heirs, James Miller DeVault, Julia Francis (DeVault) Prather, and niece, Blanch Emmons DeVault, the sum of $1750.00 each. It appears that Charles and Blanche quickly sold the farm as it is supposed to have passed from the family in 1906.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - The Comet; Johnson City, Tennessee; June 16, 1904; Page 3 (Newspapers.com)

Deed Held to Be Valid
In the chancery court at Blountville in the case of J. M. DeVault and others against Charles P. Faw, the deed made to Charles P. Faw by the late Isaac DeVault, conveying to said defendant a farm of 400 acres, situated in Sullivan County, was held to be valid. Mr. Faw will now have undisputed title to the farm but pays to each of the other heirs $1,750.

A note about the Massengills: Henry Massengill, Jr. had gained possession of the Cobb property from William Cobb, his uncle and father-in-law. The Cobb property, known as Rocky Mount, is located across the road (now the Bristol Highway) from the Isaac DeVault house. Rocky Mount remained in the possession of the Massengill family until 1959 when it was restored as a historic site. The Massengill family regained possession of the Isaac DeVault farm in 1938 when John M. Masengill purchased the house and farm for $19,250.00. When John Masengill died, the property was inherited by his daughter, Sarah Lou "Sally" (Masengill) Bell. Sally undertook a major restoration of the home and farm. Sally Masengill died in 2016 and the property was sold by Sally's heirs to a son of Gary and Virginia Lewis. (The Lewises had earlier purchased the 1840 Valentine Davault home.)

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - Masengill Farm by Sarah Lou Masengill-Bell

More than a year before Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence, Henry Masengill, Sr. and his wife, Mary Cobb, established a farm in what was then a distant part of the British colony of North Carolina. Their acreage was part of the Watauga Purchase, lands bought from the Cherokees in March of 1775. Among the earliest families to settle west of the Appalachian mountains, the Masengills and Cobbs participated in the history of Tennessee from the very beginning. Mary was the sister of William Cobb, whose house, Rocky Mount (ca. 1770), served as the first capitol of the region, known as the southwest territory. The Masengill’s had six children, and their son Henry, Sr. (Hal), who fought in the Revolutionary War, became the next owner of the farm. Henry Masengill was married first to Penelope Cobb with whom he had six children and then to Elizabeth Emmert who gave birth to three children. As local, state, and national history unfolded in the nineteenth century, succeeding generations of Masengills farmed their growing acreage and were active in the political and social life of Sullivan County and beyond.
By the mid-twentieth century, John Michael Masengill, the great great grandson of the founders, and his wife, Annie Lee, were operating a farm of over 700 acres. They raised Polled Herefords, mules, grains, tobacco, and the white plank fences surrounding the farmstead were “a beauty to behold!” writes their daughter and current owner Sara Lou Masengill-Bell. Annie Lee Masengill inherited the property in 1958 after her husband’s death. During her ownership she installed a silo and feeder system to care for the cow and calf operations. In 1959, the Cobb and Masengill descendents agreed to sell a portion of the farm, which included a two-story log house and outbuildings, to the State of Tennessee to operate and interpret as Rocky Mount -- a museum of early settlement, political history, and farm life.
On the Masengill Century Farm, the late eighteenth century brick residence, known as the Davault-Masengill Home, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Mrs. Masengill-Bell is an active manager on the family farm, also known as Mary Lou Farms, which is worked by brothers Osler and J. D. Feathers. Wild turkeys as well as deer are abundant on the farm today just as they were when the first Masengill and Cobb settlers began farming this land that would become part of a new nation in 1776 and a new state in 1796.

Note: Accompaning the article is a photo of the home originally built by Isaac DeVault. Some of the historical facts have been disputed.

THE JOE SIMMS STORY (In 1966 the following article appeared in several papers)

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - Billings Gazette (Billings, Montana); Thursday, February 10, 1966; page 23; column 1; :

118 Years Old, Joe Simms Dies
BRISTOL Tenn. (AP) - Joe Simms, at 118, listed by the federal government as the second oldest man in the nation, was buried in his native Sullivan County Wednesday. Only a handful of persons were on hand to mourn him.
The white-haired Negro died at a nursing home here this week from complications resulting from a two-week bout with pneumonia.
According to Social Security administration records, Simms was the nation's second oldest centenarian. records show that Charlie Smith, age 124, of Polk County, Florida, has outlived Simms.
Simms, a former slave spent his entire life in Sullivan County and had worked as a janitor for a combined 60 years at Speed College at Johnson City and Sullins College in Bristol.
He still had the first dollar he ever earned.
Simms said he was born on April 19, 1847, while his parents were slaves on the farm of Isaac Devault here. He said his family (he had five brothers) was split up when he was about 10 because his mother was traded away by Devault.

Note: Although this is an interesting article, it appears to be a hoax. Joe Sims/Simms did live and work for the Isaac DeVault family for awhile. He is listed as living with the family in the 1880 Census. His age is given as nine years old. That would make him born about 1871, well after the end of the Civil War. He is not shown as one of Isaac's slaves in the 1860 Slave Schedule nor is he living with the Isaac DeVault family in the 1870 Census. The Social Security Death Index lists the birth date of the Joe Sims that died in February of 1966 as April 1, 1859. The Hannah family lived originally at Roanoke, Virginia, on a farm where the city is now located. They decided to sell out and move west. The story is told that they were traveling west in a big covered wagon when they came to DeVault's Ford in the late afternoon, where they decided to pitch camp for the night before crossing the river. My great-grandmother, Susan (Range) Davault, lived on high ground, back from the ford near where the large brick house now stands. My great-grandmother sent word down to the Hannah wagon for the mother and the two little girls to come up to the house and sleep that night. The next morning my great-grandmother was teasing the little Hannah girls that she would let them marry her two sons, Valentine, Jr. and Isaac. As it happened the Hannah family located in that neighborhood rather than going west. Afterwards the two sons married the two Hannah sisters. Great-grandmother Hannah was born 1808, died 1904 and is buried at DeVault's Ford graveyard, as were her two daughters, Edna and Mary Elizabeth, and another daughter, Nancy."

Story told by Harry Faw, Johnson City, Tennessee.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S208] 1870 Census, Tennessee, Sullivan County, Source Medium: Book
[S358] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Sullivan County
[S59] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S126] 1860 Census, Tennessee, Sullivan County
[S666] 1900 Census, Tennessee, Sullivan County
[S10512] Obituary - Isaac DeVault
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S3092] Cemetery Records, Washington County, Tennessee Cemeteries by Charles M. Bennett, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Matilda "Mattie" DeVault^1,2,3

F, #707, b. 19 December 1814, d. 1 July 1896

Parents

Father	Valentine "Felty" Davault (b. 1776, d. 10 August 1842)
Mother	Susannah "Susan" Range (b. 16 February 1779, d. 12 August 1842)

Pedigree Link

Family: Peter Miller Reeves (b. 16 January 1807, d. 21 September 1891)

Son	William Catlett Reeves (b. 1 April 1837, d. 1 October 1837)
Son	John DeVault Reeves+ (b. 25 March 1839, d. 2 June 1915)
Son	Elbert Clay "Eb" Reeves+ (b. 2 March 1841, d. 24 September 1929)
Daughter	Mary Susan "Sue" Reeves+ (b. 17 June 1843, d. 16 December 1924)
Son	James Miller Reeves+ (b. 10 July 1845, d. 25 October 1927)
Child	Child #6 Reeves (b. 1847, d. 1847)
Child	Child #7 Reeves (b. 1849, d. 1849)
Daughter	Adelaide Elizabeth "Lizzie or Addie" Reeves+ (b. 13 June 1852, d. 5 April 1896)
Son	George Alexander "Fred" Reeves+ (b. 13 June 1852, d. 23 October 1922)

BASIC FACTS

Matilda "Mattie" DeVault was born on 9 December 1814 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^4,5 She was born on 19 December 1814 in DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,6,7 She and Peter Miller Reeves were married on 10 March 1836 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^6,5 She died on 1 July 1896, at age 81, in Vineland Farm, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁸ She was buried in Peter Miller Reeves Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee (V.)⁴

Matilda "Mattie" DeVault was also known as Martha DeVault.⁴ She had reference number 708. She resided in Washington Co., Tennessee (1814-1837); Wheatland Farm, Washington Co., Tennessee (1838 - 1845); Sinking Spring Farm, Washington Co., Tennessee (1846 - 1896.)⁷ She was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1880.) OBITUARY - (from Willie Reeves (Hardin) Bivins' collection of East Tennessee Letters)

MRS. MATILDA REEVES
Died on the 1st inst. at Vineland, at the residence of Judge N. A. Patterson, Mrs. Matilda reeves, wife of the late Peter M. Reeves. She was the youngest daughter of Valentine DeVault, one of the pioneer settlers of upper East Tennessee. His homestead farm on the north bank of the Watauga River embraced the old Beane place, and one of the outbuildings now in use embrace the logs of the old Beene cabin, the first house built by a white man in Tennessee. Mrs. reeves was in her 65th year; and thus is broken one of the few links that bind our present to the generation that formed the first inhabitants of the State.

BIOGRAPHY - written by her granddaughter, Myra Gaines Reeves Hardin.

Matilda DeVault married Peter Miller Reeves and was my father's mother.
That she was a good woman I have always known, the proof being that her four daughters-in-law all loved her. If she had any bad in her disposition I never heard of it. She seemed to have been a mild mannered woman, one who managed well her large household. Grandfather bought for her the first cook stove and the first sewing machine in that part of the country.
I remember her as a kindly woman, rather large, who had to sit most of the time, and who visited us. I remember saving for her a small pie that I thought would please her.
She evidently kept from her husband some things that would have irritated him, for when one of her babies got mad at her and bit her in the night, she said nothing and never let Grandfather know it, as she knew he would spank the offender.
Grandmother had one odd trait, evidently hardly realized by herself. When at home she never sweetened her coffee, but when she went visiting she did. And speaking of coffee makes me remember that a preacher and his wife were visiting there, and the coffee was not what it should have been, and so the preacher's wife said SHE could make good coffee in that pot. So she took the coffee pot and gave it a thorough scrubbing and did have good coffee, but Grandmother never liked her any more!
When Grandfather asked her father for her, the old fellow exclaimed, "Why Pether, you disprise me!" (He was German.)
My father used to say that at Christmas time she would stay up most of the night after the children were all in bed, making fancy cookies for their Santa Clause. They would each have a drawer, instead of hanging up their stockings, and on Christmas morning they would tear out to see what they had, and there would be the fancy cookies and some apples. It would seem like very little to children now, but they were perfectly happy with what they found.
(Matilda DeVault, daughter of Valentine DeVault and Susan Range, was born 19 Dec 1814 in her parents home at DeVault's Ford, Washington County, Tennessee. She died 1 July 1896 at "Vineland", the home of her daughter, Mary Susan (Reeves) Patterson near Jonesboro, TN.)

GRAVE MARKER

R
PETER MILLER REEVES
JAN. 16, 1807 -- SEPT. 21, 1891
AND WIFE
MATILDA DeVAULT REEVES
DEC. 19, 1814 -- JULY 1, 1896
M.D.R. P.M.R. Peter and Matilda's farm was called "Sinking Spring" and is now located within the city limits of Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee. In the 1960's the farm was sold to the Chinouth family and was renamed "Landmark Farm."

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S2797] Book: Ancestral Sketches by Col. LeRoy Reeves
[S359] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S7048] Genealogy prepared by Reb Edward Bennett
[S5118] Genealogy prepared by (email address)
[S5880] Genealogy prepared by Edward Earl Reeves-Graybill
[S6011] Genealogy prepared by George E. Newport (WFT V17T1718)

Family Explorer

Jacob DeVault^1,2,3

M, #708, b. 16 May 1817, d. 15 October 1878

Parents

Father	Valentine "Felty" Davault (b. 1776, d. 10 August 1842)
Mother	Susannah "Susan" Range (b. 16 February 1779, d. 12 August 1842)

Pedigree Link

Family: Elizabeth Jane Clark (b. 15 April 1826, d. 4 October 1879)

Son	William Valentine DeVault+ (b. 21 November 1846, d. 12 September 1916)

BASIC FACTS

Jacob DeVault was born on 16 May 1817 in DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,4 He and Elizabeth Jane Clark were married on 9 May 1844 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,4 He died on 15 October 1878, at age 61, in Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,4 He was buried in DeVault Cemetery, DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee (V.)⁵

Jacob DeVault had reference number 709. He resided in Lived on the farm he inherited from his parents for the rest of his life.¹ He was enumerated on the census in Tennessee, Washington County, 4th Subdivision (1850.) GRAVE MARKER

JACOB ELIZABETH J.
DEVAULT wife of
BORN Jacob DeVault
MAY 16, 1817 BORN
DIED APRIL 15, 1826
OCT. 15, 1875 DIED
DEVAULT OCT. 4, 1879

(front) (back.) Marriage performed by James Miller, Jacob's brother-in-law.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S209] 1870 Census, Tennessee, Washington County, Source Medium: Book
[S59] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S3092] Cemetery Records, Washington County, Tennessee Cemeteries by Charles M. Bennett, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Valentine "Volly" DeVault, Jr.^1,2,3,4,5

M, #709, b. 16 February 1822, d. 9 January 1906

Parents

Father	Valentine "Felty" Davault (b. 1776, d. 10 August 1842)
Mother	Susannah "Susan" Range (b. 16 February 1779, d. 12 August 1842)

Pedigree Link

Family: Edna Anne Hannah (b. 22 February 1830, d. 20 October 1918)

Son	John Calhoun DeVault (b. 23 September 1858, d. 1 June 1863)
Son	George Valentine DeVault (b. 23 February 1862, d. 23 March 1951)
Son	William Weldon "Weldon" DeVault+ (b. 3 October 1865, d. 29 March 1910)
Son	Robert Drew DeVault+ (b. 9 May 1869, d. 2 March 1947)

BASIC FACTS

Valentine "Volly" DeVault, Jr., was born on 16 February 1822 in DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee.^6,7 He and Edna Anne Hannah were married on 17 November 1857 in Greene Co., Tennessee.^1,8 He died on 9 January 1906, at age 83, in Washington Co., Tennessee.^6,7 He was buried in DeVault Cemetery, DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee (V.)⁶

Valentine "Volly" DeVault, Jr., had reference number 710. He was a Farmer (1864); farmer (1880, 1900); farmed 350 acres in Tennessee and had an orange grove in Florida; school commissioner for 6 years.^7,9,4,5 He was affiliated with Methodist.⁷ He resided in Valentine "Felty" Davault home on the Watauga River at DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee.^10,9 He was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1850, 1870, 1880, 1900.) Civil War, Confederate Army, enlisted 30 Apr 1864 (age 40), Crews Battalion, Tennessee Infantry and Conscripts and Engineering Corps.⁹ Valentine “Volly” DeVault, Jr. was born on February 16, 1822 on the DeVault’s Ford Plantation. In 1842, when his parents died, the DeVault’s Ford Plantation, then constituting about 1100 acres, was divided up among Valentine’s and Susan’s four sons. (Valentine’s and Susan’s daughters, all then married, received cash.) John, the eldest son, who at the time was also married and had three children, was to receive the land on which he was living, this land being in Sullivan County; Isaac got the Massengill tract of 385 acres; Jacob got the “Big Island” and adjacent lands on the far side of the Watauga River and Valentine Jr., the youngest son, got the home place and about 350 acres of surrounding lands.
At the time of Valentine Jr.'s parents' death, the new brick house that was under construction, was only partially completed. The three unmarried sons finished the home and continued to live there. Jacob was the first to marry (1844) and he brought his wife to live in the Valentine home. Isaac was the second to marry (1848) and he also brought his wife to live in the Valentine home. The 1850 Census shows Isaac Davault, his wife and son Richard; Jacob Davault, his wife and son William and Valentine Jr., all living in the DeVault’s Ford house. Isaac built his home on the Massingill tract about 1852. Jacob is thought to have moved his family to his land across the Watauga River about the same time. It appears that Valentine Jr. lived alone in the large house until his marriage to Edna A. Hannah in 1857.

There is a story about how the DeVault and Hannah families first met. This version was told by Isaac DeVault’s grandson, Harry Faw.

“The Hannah family lived originally in Roanoke, Virginia, on a farm where the city is now located. They decided to sell out and move west. The story is told that they were traveling west in a big covered wagon when they came to DeVault’s Ford in the late afternoon, where they decided to pitch camp for the night before crossing the river. My Great-Grandparents [Valentine and Susan Davault] lived on high ground, back from the Ford, near where the large brick house now stands. My Great-Grandmother, Susan, sent word down to the Hannah wagon for the mother and the two little girls to come up to the house and sleep that night. The next morning my Great-Grandmother was teasing the little Hannah girls that she would let them marry her two sons, Valentine Jr. and Isaac. As it happened the Hannah family located in that neighborhood (1) rather than going west. Afterwards [years later] the two sons married the two Hannah sisters. Great-Grandmother Hannah lived to be about 100 years old.”

Harry Faw did not give the date the Hannah family crossed the river at DeVault’s Ford, but Hannah family history says they made the move in September of 1841. That would make Elizabeth about fourteen years old and Edna would have been about eleven years old. Valentine Jr.'s mother, Susan (Range) Davault, died the following year so she did not live to see her prophecy come true.

Newland DeVault visited the Valentine home in 1946, 1949 and 1969. On his 1969 visit, Adelaide “Addie” (Gresham) DeVault (2) related the following story. It takes place around 1860, a few years after the marriage of Valentine Jr. to Edna Hannah.

“This large home was not built for the convenience of the housewives as they are today, for they had slaves to do the work. The kitchen, as in most homes of that period, was not directly connected with the dining room. One had to go through several rooms from the kitchen to the dining room. Edna, Valentine Jr.’s wife, pleaded with her husband to cut a door through the dining room so she could go directly to the kitchen. He said, “No,” in no uncertain words. He had helped in the construction of the house after his father’s death in 1842 – it was his pride and joy and he refused saying that “he would rather have his heart cut out” than to make the change. Sometime later, when he was away from home for several days on a business trip, he came home and found the door cut through.” Newland speculated that, “It would be interesting to know what Valentine Jr. had to say when he came home and found the door cut through.”

The following biography of Valentine Jr. was printed in Goodspeed's History of Tennessee (Washington County), 1887:

"Valentine DeVault, farmer, was born February 16, 1822, in Washington County, on the Watauga River. He began as a farmer when twenty years old, and now owns a farm on 350 acres, where he lives, and an orange grove in Florida. November 17, 1857, he married Edna, a daughter of George and Elizabeth Hannah, natives of Roanoke County, Va. Their children are: John C. (deceased), George V., William W. and Robert D. Both are Methodists, and he is a Democrat. He has been a school commissioner six years. His parents were Valentine, Sr., and Susannah (Range) De Vault, natives of York County, Pa., and this county respectively, and were successful in their farm life. The father was an able business man, and a member of the Lutheran Church. Henry and Catharine M. (Graves) De Vault, natives of France (3) and Germany respectively, who after their marriage came to America, and settled in York, Penn., where they reared a large family. Some remained in Pennsylvania, some went to Indiana, and some to Tennessee, but all are now deceased. The mother was a daughter of Peter Range, one of the earliest settlers of this county."

The following are parts of two letters Newland DeVault received from David Sullins DeVault. (4)

Letter from 1951
“I appreciate your letters and the picture of Valentine’s old home. The memories of my childhood are very vivid. When I was a young lad, between the ages of eight and twelve [between 1884 and 1889] my father would hire a hack [from Bristol] and pack some trunks and his family in it and start during the early morning for the DeVault farm, arriving there in late afternoon. We usually spent a month there during the month of July. I remember Valentine II, whom I called “Volly” and also remember Uncle Jake. During those days the farms largest crop was watermelons and cantaloupes on the bottom lands near the river edge. Uncle “Volly” was a very large man, over six feet tall. He used to carry me on his shoulders. He taught me to swim. My memory is rather vague about the house, except that is was brick. The picture of the front door looks familiar. I remember there were two Negroes, "Uncle Tom" and "Aunt Rebecca," who were once slaves of Valentine Sr., both very old and loveable. Tom worked around the barn, and Rebecca in the kitchen ------ People traveling through would stop overnight on their way from Tennessee to North Carolina or opposite. The farm down the river, next to Valentine's was owned by George DeVault (5) -- we would often spend the day there. George sold his farm and later went to Florida.

Letter from 1953
"I remember Valentine Jr. -- he was a very large man, 6 feet 3 inches tall, well proportioned and full of fun, always in good humor. We often called him "Uncle Volly." When he laughed, which was often, he could be heard a mile. My father used to take his family to the farm during the summer. He loved to hunt and fish. During those days the Watauga was full of large-mouth bass. The fields abounded with quail and pheasants. The house was a two and a half [story], red brick structure. As I remember it had 14 rooms. The third floor had a hall from front to rear. I think there were four or six rooms in it that were used for travelers who stopped over night going or coming from North Carolina. I remember one night four men stopped at the house. They must have been well supplied with whiskey for they got drunk and started to fight. Valentine, William (6) and my father had to stop the fight and throw them out. I remember "Aunt Rebecca" a guinea Negro slave who was the cook. She had blue eyes. In her old age she visited all the folks and nearby relatives. She visited us in Bristol, where she saw electric lights -- there were two other negroes -- Zeke and Manual (7) , who attended the stables, field and melon patches."

The following is an excerpt from "On Horseback: A Tour of Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee," by Charles Dudley Warner, 1889.

"A ride of twenty miles next day carried us to Union (8). Before noon we forded the Watauga, a stream not so large as the Nolichucky, and were entertained at the big brick house of Mr. Devault, a prosperous and hospitable farmer. This is a rich country. We had met in the morning wagon-loads of watermelons and muskmelons, on the way to Jonesboro, and Mr. Devault set abundance of these refreshing fruits before us as we lounged on the porch before dinner.
It was here that we made the acquaintance of a colored woman, a withered, bent old pensioner of the house, whose industry (she excelled any modern patent apple-parer) was unabated, although she was by her own confession (a woman, we believe, never owns her age till she has passed this point) and the testimony of others a hundred years old. But age had not impaired the brightness of her eyes, nor the limberness of her tongue, nor her shrewd good sense. She talked freely about the want of decency and morality in the young colored folks of the present day. It wasn't so when she was a girl. Long, long time ago, she and her husband had been sold at sheriff's sale and separated, and she never had another husband. Not that she blamed her master so much he couldn't help it; he got in debt. And she expounded her philosophy about the rich, and the danger they are in. The great trouble is that when a person is rich, he can borrow money so easy, and he keeps drawin' it out of the bank and pilin' up the debt, like rails on top of one another, till it needs a ladder to get on to the pile, and then it all comes down in a heap, and the man has to begin on the bottom rail again. If she'd to live her life over again, she'd lay up money; never cared much about it till now. The thrifty, shrewd old woman still walked about a good deal, and kept her eye on the neighborhood. Going out that morning she had seen some fence up the road that needed mending, and she told Mr. Devault that she didn't like such shiftlessness; she didn't know as white folks was much better than colored folks. Slavery? Yes, slavery was pretty bad—she had seen five hundred niggers in handcuffs, all together in a field, sold to be sent South.
About six miles from here is a beech grove of historical interest, worth a visit if we could have spared the time. In it is the large beech (six and a half feet around six feet from the ground) on which Daniel Boone shot a bear, when he was a rover in this region. He himself cut an inscription on the tree recording his prowess, and it is still distinctly legible:

D. BOONE CILT A BAR ON THIS TREE, 1760.

This tree is a place of pilgrimage, and names of people from all parts of the country are cut on it, until there is scarcely room for any more records of such devotion. The grove is ancient looking, the trees are gnarled and moss-grown. Hundreds of people go there, and the trees are carved all over with their immortal names."

When I, Tracy DeVault, visited the home in 2001, I saw the carved bed headboard. It was engraved with the following: “V 1877 D” – referring to the date the bed was made and the initials of Valentine DeVault, Jr.

GRAVE MARKER

VALENTINE
DeVAULT
BORN
FEB. 16, 1822
DIED
JAN 9, 1906
The upright shall dwell in Thy
presence
DEVAULT

Footnotes:
1) The Hannah family actually settled in Greene County, Tennessee.
2) Adelaide (Gresham) DeVault (1878 – 1979) was then the widow of Valentine Jr.’s son, William Weldon “Weldon” DeVault.
3) The statement that Henry Dewald was born in France is hotly disputed by family historians. Where he was born is not as important as his nationality. Newland DeVault (and I) believe he was German.
4) David Sullins DeVault (1876 – 1963), son of Milton Tucker DeVault and Timmy Eugenia Cardwell. David was a descendant of Valentine Sr.’s brother, Jacob Davault.
5) George Valentine DeVault (1862 - 1951), son of Valentine DeVault, Jr. and Edna A. Hannah. George became the first mayor of Umatilla, Lake County, Florida.
6) William Weldon DeVault (1865 - 1910), son of Valentine DeVault, Jr. and Edna A. Hannah.
7) In the 1870 Census there is listed near Piney Flats a Negro man, Emanuel Davault, wife and children, he then being 62 years old. In 1884, about the time when David Sullins DeVault visited the Valentine home, Emanuel would have been 76 years old and might have been the Manuel that worked for Valentine Jr.
8) Union was a small community north and a little east of DeVault's Ford. It was originally called Zollicoffer. During the Civil War the name was changed to "Union Depot" or just "Union." Today the community is called Bluff City. POEM - Valentine DeVault, II to Edna Anne Hannah, Druid's Oak April 1857

A Lover’s Entreaty

Come, chosen bride; and let us dwell
Amid some sweet sequestered grove,
Where lofty elms and clambering vines
Do thickly twine their arms above.

Beside your river’s silver wave
Our cottage smoke shall sweetly rise;
Where none but pure and loving sounds
Shall roll across those lovely skies.

Oh! There shall love find happiness,
And joy, to wake the hallowed tear
While still the freighted bark of time
Floats down through many a future year.

My chosen bride; then come, oh come
And dwell with happiness and me;
Where yon proud vessel’s snowy sails
Slide downward to the waiting sea.
Druid’s Oak April 1857

POEM by Valentine DeVault, II to Edna Anne Hannah

I send this to one made up
Of loveliness alone
A woman of her gentle sex
The seeming paragon
To whom the better elements
And kindly stars have given
A form so fair that like the air
Tis less of earth than heaven

LETTER - Valentine DeVault, II to Edna Anna Hannah, April 1857

Watauga River, April 1857
My Dear Edney,
I take this opportunity of sending you a line or two. hoping it will be acceptable from your unchangeable friend & believing it will be some satisfaction to you to hear from Watauga. The morning I left your house I felt sad & lonesome because that friend of mine was left behind. but I was relieved to some extent in thinking of the future. that we will not be absent long if life is spared. I had a severe time in getting home, the road was muddy & it was so cold that I like to froze. had I have known it would have been so bad I would not left that day. I have been labouring under a severe cold nearly ever since but have nearly recovered from the attack. I would be happy yes thrice happy to see my Dear Edney but as I am deprived of that pleasure at present. I do sincerely hope she is enjoying good health and spirits. the promise I made you is not forgotten. believe me my Edney I am sincere you will not be disappointed. how much better we would enjoy life together in the World of cares & trouble.
I have nothing of interest to write you at present of our neighborhood. Isaac & family are all well. When I came back little Sister inquired for aunt Edney. wanted to know where she was. it made me think of the past. Pardon me for not writing more & I remain your affectionate Volly. you may expect me on Horse Creek 8th or 9th of May.

LETTER - Valentine DeVault, II to Edna Anna Hannah, June 1857

Watauga River, June 1857
My Dear,
I take this opportunity of sending you a line or two, to relieve me to some extent of the sad hours I have spent since I came home. this World has but few pleasures & enjoyments for me in your absence. I may be in the company of others or in a distant land, but the great absorbing thought is placed upon one who of hope has ever been true to me. My dear, after having declared our attachment for each other it grieves me to think you are so fond of the company of another gentleman it makes me think you disregard the Sacred Vow we made & to trifle with that promise which is to be as lasting as life. I hope there will never be any just cause that I may treat you with indifference but treat you with that respect & affection I have ever wished to & that you have deserved from me? oft and again have I declared my love and affection for you it is the sentiments of my heart. oh; how can I conceal within my bosom the enjoyment & pleasure we have had together in days past. I can never forget no never, and may God, give us a greater enjoyment in the future.
When the mist of trouble encircle me & all is dark at times the thought of our happy union revives my drooping soul. to think I am to be united to that one who is dearer to me than all others, I cannot express my feeling.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S209] 1870 Census, Tennessee, Washington County, Source Medium: Book
[S59] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S669] 1900 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S359] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S3092] Cemetery Records, Washington County, Tennessee Cemeteries by Charles M. Bennett, Source Medium: Book
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S9063] Marriage Records: Tennessee, Greene County
[S4820] Email from Stevie Hughes dated July 17, 2014
[S5651] Genealogy prepared by Dan DeVault, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

D.D James Miller^1,2,3,4

M, #710, b. 27 March 1798, d. 19 February 1874

Pedigree Link

Family: Elizabeth DeVault (b. 10 December 1805, d. 14 February 1877)

Son	James Valentine Miller (b. 26 July 1828, d. 29 October 1843)
Son	Osborn S. Miller (b. 9 March 1830, d. 10 April 1845)
Son	Oliver P. W. Miller (b. about 1845, d. after 1860)

BASIC FACTS

D.D James Miller was born on 27 March 1798 in Maine.^5,2 He and Elizabeth DeVault were married on 24 March 1827 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^6,7 He died on 19 February 1874, at age 75, in Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.^5,1,8 He was buried in DeVault Cemetery, DeVault's Ford, Washington Co., Tennessee (V.)⁵

D.D James Miller had reference number 711. He held the title Rev. He was a Reverend (1830); Baptist Clergy (1850); Minister - Christian Church (1860); well known Methodist Minister of Eastern Tennessee who performed many Kitzmiller and DeVault marriages.^1,3,4,8 He was educated Doctor of Divinity.⁹ He was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1830 - 1870.) Slave owner (1830,1840, 1860 Census, Washington County, Tennessee)

DEATH NOTICE - Herald and Tribune, Jonesboro, Tennessee; February 26, 1874, Image 3; (Newspapers.com):

Died: ---
At Johnson City, on the 19th inst., JAMES A. MILLER. Mr. Miller was for many years an Elder of the Christian Church.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - Press and Messenger (Knoxville, Tennessee); Wednesday, March 4, 1874; Page: 7; column 2 page 7; (GenealogyBank.com):

Jonesboro, Feb. 26, 1874 (extraction)
MESSRS. EDITORS -- After an absence of two weeks, I find our village devoid of any news of any special interest. There seems to have been a remarkable mortality among the old men of this county in the last few months. Mr. G. Boring, father of the Rev. John Boring, died some weeks since. Recently, the Rev. James Miller, of the Cambellite Church, died at his residence in Johnson City. He was an old man and for many years prominent in his church. Henry Johnson, of the same place, and the man from whom it has taken its name, has been lying at death's door for several days and no hope is given for his recovery. The Rev. Samuel Sparks, of Pennsylvania, died at the residence ........?............ yesterday. He was a prominent minister in the Presbyterian Church. He died at the age of sixty-six after a life of usefulness in the ministry. Several other deaths of old men have occurred in the country recently. No two of them perhaps have died with the same disease and the county is not unusually sickly.
.....................
Yours Truly, Felix

GRAVE MARKER

REV. JAS. MILLER
BORN
MARCH 27, 1798,
DIED
FEB. 19, 1874.
-----
Blessed are the dead who die in the
Lord from hence forth: you saith
the spirit: that they may rest from
their labors and their works do
follow them

Note: James' sister, Mary Miller, is also buried in the Valentine DeVault Cemetery.

GRAVE MARKER

MARY MILLER
DIED
June 30, 1874
AGED
About 85 years.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S209] 1870 Census, Tennessee, Washington County, Source Medium: Book
[S128] 1860 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S59] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S3092] Cemetery Records, Washington County, Tennessee Cemeteries by Charles M. Bennett, Source Medium: Book
[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Page 158
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S5463] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook (Elizabeth Davault file 2016-05-17)
[S6555] Genealogy prepared by Lawrence G. Hardin (WFT V11T1543)

Family Explorer

William Pouder Reeves^1,2,3,4,5,6

M, #711, b. 15 December 1803, d. 20 August 1885

Parents

Father	Edward Prothero Reeves (b. 7 August 1777, d. 6 May 1841)
Mother	Mary Miller (b. 1778, d. 23 January 1807)

Pedigree Link

Family: Mary Catharine "Polly" DeVault (b. 7 February 1808, d. 12 November 1894)

Daughter	Adelaide E. Reeves (b. 1832, d. 20 November 1833)
Daughter	Julia Leslie Reeves (b. 9 August 1833, d. 29 August 1878)
Daughter	Susan Day Reeves+ (b. August 1835, d. 8 July 1918)
Son	Rufus Hannibal Reeves+ (b. 6 February 1840, d. 12 August 1930)
Son	Isaac Edward Reeves+ (b. 10 May 1842, d. 31 January 1899)
Daughter	Elizabeth Juan "Lizzie" Reeves+ (b. 13 May 1844, d. 21 February 1921)
Daughter	Mary Iris "Blannie" Reeves (b. 1847, d. 11 April 1928)
Son	William Rollin Reeves+ (b. 20 June 1850, d. 19 May 1930)
Daughter	Alice Reeves (b. after 1850)

BASIC FACTS

William Pouder Reeves was born on 15 December 1803 in Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,7,8 He was born on 15 December 1803 in Sullivan Co., Tennessee.² He and Mary Catharine "Polly" DeVault were married on 11 August 1831 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^9,10 He died on 20 August 1885, at age 81, in Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,10,7 He was buried in Old Jonesboro Cemetery, Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee (V.)¹⁰

William Pouder Reeves had reference number 712. He was a Farmer (1850 - 1880); building contractor, built the Limestone Hotel of 100 rooms in South Carolina; organized (1852) and later a director for the East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad.^{10,1,3,4,11,6} He was affiliated with Methodist.¹⁰ He was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1850 - 1880.) OBITUARY - Jonesboro Herald Tribune

William P. Reeves, longtime member of the M.E. Church, South, died at his home, Wheatland, near this place, on the 20th inst., in the 83rd year of his age. One of his sons, Col. E.E. Reeves, is a prominent lawyer of Jonesboro: another son is Dr. R.H. Reeves, leading dentist of Ashville, N. C. One of his daughters married Rev. Dr. D.R. McAnally, Editor of the St. Louis Christian Advocate, another married Dr. E.E. Wiley, former President of Emory and Henry College, VA, now President of Martha Washington College.

GRAVE MARKER

Wm. P. Reeves Mary DeVault
BORN wife of
Dec 15, 1803 W. P. Reeves
DIED FEB 7, 1808
Aug 20, 1885 NOV 12, 1894
-----
To the memory of our Father, a
just man whose Faith in God
Never faltered, We raise this stone
in Filial love
REEVES

(front) (left.) During the early years of the marriages of the brothers, William Pouder Reeves and Peter Miller Reeves to the DeVault sisters, both couples, with their families, jointly owned and lived together at "Wheatland."* Eventually Peter built a house on a nearby farm he named "Sinking Spring."** The family moved to "Sinking Spring" about the time of the birth of their fifth child, James Miller Reeves. The Peter Miller Reeves Cemetery, also called the Carr-Reeves Cemetery, is located near the house, behind the barn. It is fenced and kept in better condition than many country family cemeteries are.

* "Wheatland" still stands. It was a beautiful, gracious old house. But is has become so run down that is seems likely it will never be restored or lived in again. It is located on Knob Creek Road. There is a picture of the William P. Reeves farm as it appeared in the early 1900's on Page 192 of "History of Washington County Tennessee - 1988."

** The farm was called "Sinking Spring" because of a spring that came up, ran a short way and then disappeared back into the ground. In the mid 1960's the farm was sold to the Chenouth family and renamed "Landmark Farm." It has been resold several more times and probably has yet another name.

Citations

[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S6555] Genealogy prepared by Lawrence G. Hardin (WFT V11T1543)
[S59] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S128] 1860 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S209] 1870 Census, Tennessee, Washington County, Source Medium: Book
[S359] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S5118] Genealogy prepared by (email address)
[S2798] Book: Ancestral Sketches by LeRoy Reeves and the Family of Edward Reeves and Jane Melvin by Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins, Page 13
[S5836] Genealogy prepared by Douglas DeVault Roseborough (WFT V06T1078), Source Medium: Other
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S210] 1870 Census, Tennessee, Washington County, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Julia Leslie Reeves^1,2,3,4,5

F, #712, b. 9 August 1833, d. 29 August 1878

Parents

Father	William Pouder Reeves (b. 15 December 1803, d. 20 August 1885)
Mother	Mary Catharine "Polly" DeVault (b. 7 February 1808, d. 12 November 1894)

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Julia Leslie Reeves was born on 9 August 1833 in South Carolina.^2,6 She was born about 1834 in Tennessee.³ She and D.D David Rice McAnally were married in October 1871 in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri.^7,8 She died on 29 August 1878, at age 45, in St. Louis, St Louis Co., Missouri.^9,10,11,12 She died on 29 August 1879, at age 46, in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri.^6,13 She was buried in Old Jonesboro Cemetery, Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁶

Julia Leslie Reeves was also known as Julia Lyle Reeves.¹¹ She had reference number 713. She was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1850 - 1870.) Julia was a cultured and intellectual woman.

GRAVE MARKER

Julia,
Daughter of
W. P. & M. C.
Reeves
And wife of
Rev. D. R. McAnally D.D.
BORN
Aug 9 1833
Died in Saint Louis
Aug 29 1878.

Citations

[S5836] Genealogy prepared by Douglas DeVault Roseborough (WFT V06T1078), Source Medium: Other
[S5329] Genealogy prepared by Bitsy (McLellan) McFarland, Source Medium: Book
[S59] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S128] 1860 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S210] 1870 Census, Tennessee, Washington County, Source Medium: Book
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S6689] Genealogy prepared by Marie A. Kitzmiller
[S2792] Book: "Stepping Stones to Glory," by Frances McAnally Blackburn Hilliard
[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S5118] Genealogy prepared by (email address)
[S6555] Genealogy prepared by Lawrence G. Hardin (WFT V11T1543)
[S2845] Book: Washington County, Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions, by Charles M. Bennett, Source Medium: Book
[S2798] Book: Ancestral Sketches by LeRoy Reeves and the Family of Edward Reeves and Jane Melvin by Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins, Page 224

Family Explorer

D.D David Rice McAnally^1,2,3,4,5

M, #713, b. 17 February 1810, d. 11 July 1895

Parents

Father	Charles McAnally (b. 11 November 1775)
Mother	Elizabeth Moore

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

D.D David Rice McAnally was born on 17 February 1810 in Grainger Co., Tennessee.⁵ He was born on 17 February 1810 in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri.^6,5 He and Julia Leslie Reeves were married in October 1871 in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri.^2,7 He died on 11 July 1895, at age 85, in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri.^8,5 He was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Saint Louis City Co., Missouri.⁹

D.D David Rice McAnally was also known as D. E. McAnally.⁸ He was also known as D. R. McAnarynof.⁶ He was also known as D. E. McNally.¹⁰ He was also known as D. R. McAnary.¹ He had reference number 714. He held the title Rev. He was an Editor of the "St. Louis Christian Advocate."³ Dr. David Rice McAnally D. D. (1810-1895) was a prominent Minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South. In his early years he served as a circuit rider visiting churches in Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee. In 1843 he became President/Principal of the Knoxville Female Academy. (In 1946 the academy's name was changed to the "East Tennessee Female Institute.") In 1851 he moved to St. Louis, Missouri and became editor of the “St. Louis Christian Advocate.” Except for a few years during and after the Civil War, he held that position until his death. In 1856, he founded Carondelet Methodist Episcopal Church South. Dr. McAnnally was a strong supporter of higher education. In the Central Methodist College, on the ground floor of Bannock Hall is a plaque that reads:

To the Memory of David Rice McAnally
Preacher Educator
Editor Author
Curator Staunch Friend of Central College

Prior to his marriage to Julia Reeves, David was married to Mary Ann Patton Thompson. They had three children that died in infancy and three that lived to maturity.
In 1975 his great-granddaughter, Frances McAnally Blackburn Hilliard, published a biography of David Rice McAnally titled, "Stepping Stones to Glory, From Circuit Rider to Editor and the Years in Between, Life of David Rice McAnally D. D., 1810 - 1895."
Dr. McAnally's private papers are located in the Missouri Historical Society in St. Louis.

The following is a portion a a paper titled "Family Reminisences," by Reverend David Rice McAnally dated: 08 November 1837. The original is in the Missouri State Historical Society Archives

Family Reminisences
My Great, Great, Grandfather McAnally was kidnapped near the mouth of the Fourth in Scotland and brought to America and set down to shift for himself near Philadelphia on the American coast at eight years of age. His account of this matter was in substence as follows - He was playing with some nabor [neighbor] boys on the banks of the above mentioned River where they discovered a large earthen pot filled with money. The father of the boys sent him to his fathers who lived at some distance with directions to tell his father to come and assist in the division of the money. On his way he was over taken by a man on horseback who enquired of him where he was going and upon bing informed proposed that he should ride behind him he accordingly mounted but instead of alighting at his fathers he was put on board of vessel just ready to sail for America and was soon after landed near Philadelphia. Here he remained untill he came of Mans estate when he married a woman by the name of Houston and settled on the Susquehannah river near the mouth of Sweet Arrow Creek, in Lancester county Pennsylvania. He was never able to assign any probable cause for his being kidnapped - except that the individual near whose house the treasure was found might possess himself of it entire. The only data we now have as to the time of his arrival in America is as follows - The family account says - that his son John, My Great Grandfather - was born in the 28th year of his fathers age, and he died in 1796 aged 83. As his father came at 8 years old, he was here 20 years before his sons birth and 103 before his death. One hundred and three years taken from 1796 the year in which John died leaves 1693 which must have been the year of his arrival.
On the Susquehannah where he first settled he raised his family consisting of three children John Charles and Mary - After his death these children all of whom had previously married removed to Virginia then Armherst county. The daughter Mary married a Mr. Shannon who after living awhile in Virginia removed to North Carolina - and that is the last authentic account of them which I have ever been able to obtain. In 1757 Charles removed his family to Dan River in North Carolina where some of his decendents still remain. John my great grandfather remarried in Virginia untill 1792 - when he followed his son David My Grandfather who the year previously had removed to Hawkins County C-Tenn. Here he and his wife who was originally a Houston both died - the former in May 1796 - They both now lie in an old burying ground in the north side of Holston River near the road now leading form Rogersville to Kingsport in the naborhood of what is call McPheeters bend. My grandfather was born in Armherst Co- Va in August 1748. In March 1768 he Marrid Martha Pannell daughter of Thomas & Kesiah Pannell. He who was of English decent on her fathers side her mother was a quartroon of the Shawnee tribe. He was born in 1748 and died in 1789 leaving nine children one an infant. In 1790 my grandfather married a second time. In 1791 he removed from Va to Hawkins Co. Tenn - In 1796 he removed from this to Grainger Co - near the mouth of German Creek - In 1803 he removed from this to the waters of Indian creek in the same Co. where he died 24 of Dec 1834 aged 86 years. He was far near forty years or upwards before his death = an acceptable member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and left hehind him a lasting testimony of the truth and efficacy of the religion of Christ, of its supporting influence in death and of the hope of a blessed immortality with which it inspires the soul.
In the struggles for American Liberty he bore an active part serving thru campaigns in the capacity of a Captain.
My Father Charles McAnally was the third son of David and Martha McAnally and was born in Armherst county, Va in the 11th of Nov 1775. Accompanyed his father to Tennessee in 1791- In 1798 he married a Miss Molly Shelton - Dec 25. In March 1800 he removed to the waters of Indian creek where he has since remained wer since - In May 1807 His wife died leaving three small daughters. In 1809 He married my Mother Elizabeth Moore daughter of Rev. Rice & Elizabeth Moore by this marriage he has five children, four sons and one daughter. Of the sons I am of dist- He joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in June 1803 - In the latter part of 1809 he was licenced to exhort in sd church. In 1811 he was licenced as a local preacher. In 1818 he was ordained Deacon by Bishop McKendree. In 1822 he was ordained Elder by Bishop George. Besides his ministrial labors he has far a number of years served his fellow men in several capacities. for twelve years successively he performed the duties of high sheriff of Graniger county- for almost twice that number he acted as justice of the Peace in the same Co- and hundreds can bear testimony to his attentions as a physician. He has lived to see most of his children grow up around him and has the satisfaction of remembering that though poor - they are all of irreproachable moral charracter. He is now (Nov. 8th 1837) living where he formerly has for many years and in the enjoyment of peace and competence.
Of my mothers family I never learned much - her mother was a Madison first cousin to James Madison President of the U.S. a family well known in Virginia.

GRAVE MARKER

McANALLY IN MEMORIAM
DAVID RICE, D.D. DAVID RUSSELL MARY A. P. WIFE OF
FEB. 17, 1810 NOV. 21, 1847 DAVID RICE McANALLY
JULY 11, 1895 FEB. 16, 1909 APR. 19, 1808
APR. 25, 1861
BURIED WESLEYAN CEMETERY

(front) (back)

Note: David Russell McAnally is the son of Rev. David Rice McAnally.

Citations

[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S6689] Genealogy prepared by Marie A. Kitzmiller
[S2798] Book: Ancestral Sketches by LeRoy Reeves and the Family of Edward Reeves and Jane Melvin by Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins
[S4973] Family Reminisences by Reverend David Rice McAnally dated: 08 November 1837
[S6380] Genealogy prepared by Judith A. Trolinger
[S5836] Genealogy prepared by Douglas DeVault Roseborough (WFT V06T1078), Source Medium: Other
[S2792] Book: "Stepping Stones to Glory," by Frances McAnally Blackburn Hilliard
[S6555] Genealogy prepared by Lawrence G. Hardin (WFT V11T1543)
[S4047] Death Records, Missouri, City of St. Louis, Register of Deaths
[S5329] Genealogy prepared by Bitsy (McLellan) McFarland, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Susan Day Reeves¹

F, #714, b. August 1835, d. 8 July 1918

Parents

Father	William Pouder Reeves (b. 15 December 1803, d. 20 August 1885)
Mother	Mary Catharine "Polly" DeVault (b. 7 February 1808, d. 12 November 1894)

Pedigree Link

Family: Leonidas Franklin "Leon" Sensabaugh, M.D., (b. 16 July 1836, d. 27 May 1869)

Daughter

Mary Leon Sensabaugh (b. 19 August 1869, d. 7 November 1902)

BASIC FACTS

Susan Day Reeves was born in August 1835 in North Carolina.^2,3,4,5 She was born about 1836 in Tennessee.⁶ She was born in August 1836 in North Carolina.⁷ She and Leonidas Franklin "Leon" Sensabaugh, M.D., were married on 10 October 1867 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,8 She died on 8 July 1918, at age 82, in Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee.^2,9 She was buried in Old Jonesboro Cemetery, Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee.³

Susan Day Reeves was also known as Susan DeVault Reeves.^{3,10,6,11,12,7,13} She had reference number 715. She was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1850 - 1880); Greene County, Tennessee (1900); Washington County, Tennessee (1910.) She was a Matron - home (1900.)⁷ GRAVE MARKER

Sue D. Reeves
Wife of
Dr. Leon Sensabaugh
1835 - 1918.

Citations

[S12359] Recollections of Rev. Oscar F. Sensabaugh
[S5329] Genealogy prepared by Bitsy (McLellan) McFarland, Source Medium: Book
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S2798] Book: Ancestral Sketches by LeRoy Reeves and the Family of Edward Reeves and Jane Melvin by Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S59] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S658] 1900 Census, Tennessee, Greene County
[S5497] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook (Susan Day Reeves File)
[S4021] Death Records - Tennessee "Tennessee, Death Records, 1914 - 1955" (LDS)
[S5118] Genealogy prepared by (email address)
[S128] 1860 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S210] 1870 Census, Tennessee, Washington County, Source Medium: Book
[S359] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Washington County

Family Explorer

Leonidas Franklin "Leon" Sensabaugh, M.D.^1,2,3,4,5,6

M, #715, b. 16 July 1836, d. 27 May 1869

Parents

Father	Joseph Rogers Sensabaugh (b. 1802)
Mother	Caroline Elizabeth Wells (b. 1819)

Pedigree Link

Family: Susan Day Reeves (b. August 1835, d. 8 July 1918)

Daughter

Mary Leon Sensabaugh (b. 19 August 1869, d. 7 November 1902)

BASIC FACTS

Leonidas Franklin "Leon" Sensabaugh, M.D., was born on 16 July 1836 in North Carolina.^4,6 He and Susan Day Reeves were married on 10 October 1867 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^7,8 He died on 27 May 1869, at age 32, in Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee.^4,6 He was buried in Old Jonesboro Cemetery, Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁴

Leonidas Franklin "Leon" Sensabaugh, M.D., was also known as L. F. Senabaug.⁹ He was also known as L. F. Senasbaugh.¹⁰ He was also known as L. P. Senebaugh.^11,12 He had reference number 716. He held the title Dr. He was a Physician; druggist.¹³ Civil War, Confederate Army, 6th North Carolina Cavalry, 65th Regiment, promoted to Full Surgeon on 28 Apr 1863 (Pension Request W3454.)^5,6,8 He was educated Leon was trained as a medical doctor at the University of Pennsylvania.⁶ He resided in Franklin, Macon Co., North Carolina; Waynesville, Haywood Co., North Carolina; Webster, Jackson Co., North Carolina (1869.)^6,8 From "The Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions of North Carolina
(Sixty-fifth Regiment, page 683)

The Assistant Surgeon was Dr. Leon F. Sensabaugh, a talented gentleman, who died soon after the war. His home was Franklin, Macon county, N.C.

From Haywood County Heritage North Carolina Vol. I, 1994 pg 78, 79
(From sketch #204 Sarah Starr and Samuel Fitzgerald......)

"In his "Recollections," the Rev. Oscar F. Sensabaugh, son of Leonidas Franklin Sensabaugh and his first wife, Mary Caroline Fitzgerald, recalled that as a child he often visited Grandfather Fitzgerald's home. The families were close. Mary Caroline (Fitsgerald) Sensabaugh died 7/30/1860 when he was one year, 20 days old. He and his father lived with Grandmother Sensabaugh (widow of the Rev. Joseph R. Sensabaugh) on her farm east of Waynesville.
His father met Susan Day Reeves in Jonesboro, TN, while serving in the Confederate army. They were married 10/10/1867 and had one child, Mary Leon. He came home sick, never really regained his health, but resumed his medical practice in Waynesville, then moved to Webster in Jackson County.
"Mother Sudie" visited her father in Jonesboro while he was building their house and drugstore in Webster. When he came for her and the baby, he became violently ill (Bright's Disease) and died 5/27/1869. Grandfather Fitzgerald took Oscar to his father's deathbed. L. F. was buried at Jonesboro (his first wife, Mary Caroline's grave is in Waynesville's Green Hill Cemetery.)
Oscar lived with Grandmother Sensabaugh until she died, then boarded with the family that took over her house. He was about 14 when he became a member of "Uncle Long's" family in the Long home and attended Richland Institute. Following in the footsteps of Grandfather Sensabaugh and Uncle (J. R.) Long, Oscar became a highly respected Methodist minister." submitted by Adam Henley, Macon, GA.
1910 Eastland County, Texas Census shows he's been married twice, currently married for 20 years.

GRAVE MARKER

My Husband
L. F. Sensabaugh
M.D.
Born
July 16, 1836
Died
May 27, 1869

Precious the memory and
Sweet the slumber of him who
awaketh the bright morning
here.

Note: Newland DeVault reported that Leon was a school teacher. I have found no evidance of that occupation.

Citations

[S6689] Genealogy prepared by Marie A. Kitzmiller
[S6555] Genealogy prepared by Lawrence G. Hardin (WFT V11T1543)
[S2798] Book: Ancestral Sketches by LeRoy Reeves and the Family of Edward Reeves and Jane Melvin by Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins
[S2845] Book: Washington County, Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions, by Charles M. Bennett, Source Medium: Book
[S3166] Civil War Confederate Pension Request Records, Washington Co., Tennessee (http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/pen306.htm)
[S5366] Genealogy prepared by Brandi (email address)
[S12359] Recollections of Rev. Oscar F. Sensabaugh
[S5497] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook (Susan Day Reeves File)
[S5836] Genealogy prepared by Douglas DeVault Roseborough (WFT V06T1078), Source Medium: Other
[S5118] Genealogy prepared by (email address)
[S5329] Genealogy prepared by Bitsy (McLellan) McFarland, Source Medium: Book
[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Rufus Hannibal Reeves^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}

M, #716, b. 6 February 1840, d. 12 August 1930

Parents

Father	William Pouder Reeves (b. 15 December 1803, d. 20 August 1885)
Mother	Mary Catharine "Polly" DeVault (b. 7 February 1808, d. 12 November 1894)

Pedigree Link

Family: Georgia Temperance Broyles (b. 28 March 1849, d. 12 December 1928)

Daughter	Mable Reeves+ (b. 17 August 1873, d. 8 October 1965)
Daughter	Bessie Reeves (b. 10 September 1877, d. 18 September 1978)
Daughter	Barbara Reeves (b. 10 September 1877, d. 12 February 1932)
Daughter	Ethel Reeves (b. July 1881, d. 3 February 1971)
Daughter	Georgia Reeves (b. July 1884, d. 1904)

BASIC FACTS

Rufus Hannibal Reeves was born on 6 February 1840 in Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,9,10,11 He and Georgia Temperance Broyles were married in Tennessee.⁹ He died on 12 August 1930, at age 90, in Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina.^1,12,10 He was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncomb Co., North Carolina.

Rufus Hannibal Reeves had reference number 717. Civil War, Confederate Army, Company G, 29th Tennessee Infantry, wounded at the battle of Murfreesboro, December 31, 1862 and probably never returned to duty.^9,3 He was a Dentist (1880, 1900); dental surgeon.^13,3,5,7 He resided in Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina.¹³ He was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1850, 1860); Greene County, Tennessee (1880); Buncombe County, North Carolina (1900, 1930.) Wounded in the Civil War at Murfreesboro.² GRAVE MARKER

RUFUS H. REEVES
Feb. 6, 1840 - Aug. 9, 1930
Confederate Soldier
Wounded at Battle
of Murfreesboro.

Citations

[S5329] Genealogy prepared by Bitsy (McLellan) McFarland, Source Medium: Book
[S5118] Genealogy prepared by (email address)
[S2798] Book: Ancestral Sketches by LeRoy Reeves and the Family of Edward Reeves and Jane Melvin by Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins
[S59] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S354] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Greene County
[S128] 1860 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S601] 1900 Census, North Carolina, Buncombe County
[S1832] 1930 Census, North Carolina, Buncombe County
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S6011] Genealogy prepared by George E. Newport (WFT V17T1718)
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S6555] Genealogy prepared by Lawrence G. Hardin (WFT V11T1543)
[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Georgia Temperance Broyles^1,2,3,4,5,6

F, #717, b. 28 March 1849, d. 12 December 1928

Parents

Father	James Franklin Broyles (b. 24 December 1801, d. 31 August 1884)
Mother	Temperance Wasdon Broyles (b. 1803, d. 1876)

Pedigree Link

Family: Rufus Hannibal Reeves (b. 6 February 1840, d. 12 August 1930)

Daughter	Mable Reeves+ (b. 17 August 1873, d. 8 October 1965)
Daughter	Bessie Reeves (b. 10 September 1877, d. 18 September 1978)
Daughter	Barbara Reeves (b. 10 September 1877, d. 12 February 1932)
Daughter	Ethel Reeves (b. July 1881, d. 3 February 1971)
Daughter	Georgia Reeves (b. July 1884, d. 1904)

BASIC FACTS

Georgia Temperance Broyles was born on 26 March 1849.⁷ She was born on 28 March 1849 in Greeneville, Greene Co., Tennessee.^3,8,5 She and Rufus Hannibal Reeves were married in Tennessee.⁹ She died on 12 December 1928, at age 79, in Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina.^10,5 She was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncomb Co., North Carolina.⁵

Georgia Temperance Broyles was also known as Georgia Bayless.¹¹ She had reference number 718. She was enumerated on the census in Greene County, Tennessee (1880); Buncombe County, North Carolina (1900.) GRAVE MARKER

GEORGIA Wife of
RUFUS H. REEVES
Mar 28, 1849 + Dec. 12, 1928.

Citations

[S5329] Genealogy prepared by Bitsy (McLellan) McFarland, Source Medium: Book
[S5118] Genealogy prepared by (email address)
[S6011] Genealogy prepared by George E. Newport (WFT V17T1718)
[S354] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Greene County
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S601] 1900 Census, North Carolina, Buncombe County
[S3465] Death Certificate - Georgia Temperance (Broyles) Reeves
[S2798] Book: Ancestral Sketches by LeRoy Reeves and the Family of Edward Reeves and Jane Melvin by Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book
[S6555] Genealogy prepared by Lawrence G. Hardin (WFT V11T1543)
[S4174] DeVault Genealogy prepared prior to 1933 and supplied by Evelyn (Bayna) Read

Family Explorer

Mable Reeves^1,2,3,4

F, #718, b. 17 August 1873, d. 8 October 1965

Parents

Father	Rufus Hannibal Reeves (b. 6 February 1840, d. 12 August 1930)
Mother	Georgia Temperance Broyles (b. 28 March 1849, d. 12 December 1928)

Pedigree Link

Family: Frederick Rutledge (b. 10 February 1867, d. 5 October 1958)

Son	Frederick Reeves Rutledge+ (b. 17 November 1894, d. 17 December 1978)
Son	John Reeves Rutledge (b. April 1899, d. June 1900)
Son	Reginald Edmund Rutledge+ (b. 22 November 1901, d. 3 February 1996)

BASIC FACTS

Mable Reeves was born in August 1873 in North Carolina.⁵ She was born in August 1873 in Tennessee.² She was born on 17 August 1873 in California.^6,3,7 She died on 8 October 1965, at age 92, in Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina.⁷ She was buried in Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery, Fletcher, Henderson Co., North Carolina.⁷

Mable Reeves had reference number 719. She was enumerated on the census in Greene County, Tennessee (1880); Buncombe County, North Carolina (1900, 1940.) Several census records show that Mable was born in California. It would be very interesting to learn how this happened.

GRAVE MARKER

MABEL REEVES
WIFE OF
FREDERICK RUTLEDGE
AUG. 17, 1873 - OCT. 8, 1965
SHE RESTS HERE WITH
THOSE THAT LOVED HER.

Citations

[S5836] Genealogy prepared by Douglas DeVault Roseborough (WFT V06T1078), Source Medium: Other
[S354] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Greene County
[S601] 1900 Census, North Carolina, Buncombe County
[S2248] 1940 Census, North Caroline, Buncombe County
[S6011] Genealogy prepared by George E. Newport (WFT V17T1718)
[S1832] 1930 Census, North Carolina, Buncombe County
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Frederick Rutledge^1,2,3,4

M, #719, b. 10 February 1867, d. 5 October 1958

Parents

Father	Henry Middleton Rutledge (b. 5 August 1839)
Mother	Anna Maria Blake

Pedigree Link

Family: Mable Reeves (b. 17 August 1873, d. 8 October 1965)

Son	Frederick Reeves Rutledge+ (b. 17 November 1894, d. 17 December 1978)
Son	John Reeves Rutledge (b. April 1899, d. June 1900)
Son	Reginald Edmund Rutledge+ (b. 22 November 1901, d. 3 February 1996)

BASIC FACTS

Frederick Rutledge was born in South Carolina.¹ He was born on 10 February 1867 in North Carolina.⁵ He was born on 10 February 1869 in North Carolina.^6,7,3,5 He died on 5 October 1958, at age 91, in Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina.⁵ He was buried in Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery, Fletcher, Henderson Co., North Carolina.⁵

Frederick Rutledge had reference number 720. He was enumerated on the census in Buncombe County, North Carolina (1900, 1940.) He was an Insurance agent (1900); agent - general insurance (1940); insurance (death certificate.)^3,5,4 Mexican War (I'm thinking this should be the Spanish-American War.)⁵ GRAVE MARKER

FREDERICK RUTLEDGE
FEB. 1867 - OCT. 1958
HE RESTS
IN HIS FAIR FIELDS OF MEMORY.

Citations

[S5836] Genealogy prepared by Douglas DeVault Roseborough (WFT V06T1078), Source Medium: Other
[S5329] Genealogy prepared by Bitsy (McLellan) McFarland, Source Medium: Book
[S601] 1900 Census, North Carolina, Buncombe County
[S2248] 1940 Census, North Caroline, Buncombe County
[S3449] Death Certificate - Frederick Rutledge
[S6011] Genealogy prepared by George E. Newport (WFT V17T1718)
[S2798] Book: Ancestral Sketches by LeRoy Reeves and the Family of Edward Reeves and Jane Melvin by Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins

Family Explorer

Bessie Reeves^1,2,3,4

F, #720, b. 10 September 1877, d. 18 September 1978

Parents

Father	Rufus Hannibal Reeves (b. 6 February 1840, d. 12 August 1930)
Mother	Georgia Temperance Broyles (b. 28 March 1849, d. 12 December 1928)

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Bessie Reeves was born on 10 September 1877 in Tennessee.^5,2,6 She was born on 10 September 1879 in Tennessee.⁷ She died on 18 September 1978, at age 101, in Buncombe Co., North Carolina.⁸ She was buried in Probably Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncomb Co., North Carolina.⁸

Bessie Reeves had reference number 721. She was enumerated on the census in Greene County, Tennessee (1880); Buncombe County, North Carolina (1900, 1930.) Her Social Security Number was 244-72-6622, issued: North Carolina, last residence: Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina.⁷ She was a Saleslady - gift shop (1930.)⁴ One of these twins was sometimes called Bonnie.

Bessie was the last one to die and there was probably no one or no money to provide her with a stone.

Citations

[S5836] Genealogy prepared by Douglas DeVault Roseborough (WFT V06T1078), Source Medium: Other
[S354] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Greene County
[S601] 1900 Census, North Carolina, Buncombe County
[S1832] 1930 Census, North Carolina, Buncombe County
[S6011] Genealogy prepared by George E. Newport (WFT V17T1718)
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S12399] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book
[S4010] Death Records - North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908 - 2004" (Ancestry.com)

Family Explorer

Barbara Reeves^1,2,3

F, #721, b. 10 September 1877, d. 12 February 1932

Parents

Father	Rufus Hannibal Reeves (b. 6 February 1840, d. 12 August 1930)
Mother	Georgia Temperance Broyles (b. 28 March 1849, d. 12 December 1928)

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Barbara Reeves was born on 10 September 1877 in Tennessee.^4,5,1 She died on 12 February 1932, at age 54, in Ashville, Buncomb Co., North Carolina.¹ She was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncomb Co., North Carolina.¹

Barbara Reeves was also known as Bessie Reeves.^6,5 She had reference number 722. She was enumerated on the census in Greene County, Tennessee (1880); Buncombe County, North Carolina (1900, 1930.) One of these twins was sometimes called Bonnie.

GRAVE MARKER

BARBARA Daughter of
RUFUS H. & GEORGIA
REEVES
Sept. 10, 1877 + Feb. 12, 1932.

Citations

[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S601] 1900 Census, North Carolina, Buncombe County
[S1832] 1930 Census, North Carolina, Buncombe County
[S6011] Genealogy prepared by George E. Newport (WFT V17T1718)
[S354] 1880 Census, Tennessee, Greene County
[S5836] Genealogy prepared by Douglas DeVault Roseborough (WFT V06T1078), Source Medium: Other

Family Explorer

Ethel Reeves^1,2,3,4,5

F, #722, b. July 1881, d. 3 February 1971

Parents

Father	Rufus Hannibal Reeves (b. 6 February 1840, d. 12 August 1930)
Mother	Georgia Temperance Broyles (b. 28 March 1849, d. 12 December 1928)

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Ethel Reeves was born in July 1881 in North Carolina.^2,4 She was born on 3 July 1882 in North Carolina.⁶ She died on 3 February 1971, at age 89, in Ashville, Buncomb Co., North Carolina.⁶ She was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Ashville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina.⁶

Ethel Reeves was also known as Esther Reeves.⁷ She had reference number 723. She was enumerated on the census in Buncombe County, North Carolina (1900.) She was a Saleslady - gift shop (1930); Never worked (death certificate.)^6,5

Citations

[S6689] Genealogy prepared by Marie A. Kitzmiller
[S6011] Genealogy prepared by George E. Newport (WFT V17T1718)
[S2798] Book: Ancestral Sketches by LeRoy Reeves and the Family of Edward Reeves and Jane Melvin by Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins
[S601] 1900 Census, North Carolina, Buncombe County
[S1832] 1930 Census, North Carolina, Buncombe County
[S3463] Death Certificate - Georgia NMN Reeves
[S5329] Genealogy prepared by Bitsy (McLellan) McFarland, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Georgia Reeves^1,2

F, #723, b. July 1884, d. 1904

Parents

Father	Rufus Hannibal Reeves (b. 6 February 1840, d. 12 August 1930)
Mother	Georgia Temperance Broyles (b. 28 March 1849, d. 12 December 1928)

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Georgia Reeves was born in July 1884 in North Carolina.³ She died in 1904, at age ~20.⁴ She was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncomb Co., North Carolina.⁴

Georgia Reeves was also known as George Reeves.^5,6 She had reference number 724. She was enumerated on the census in Buncombe County, North Carolina (1900.) GRAVE MARKER

GEORGIA
DAUGHTER OF
RUFUS H. AND
GEORGIA T.
REEVES
1884 -- 1904.

Citations

[S5329] Genealogy prepared by Bitsy (McLellan) McFarland, Source Medium: Book
[S601] 1900 Census, North Carolina, Buncombe County
[S6011] Genealogy prepared by George E. Newport (WFT V17T1718)
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S5836] Genealogy prepared by Douglas DeVault Roseborough (WFT V06T1078), Source Medium: Other
[S5651] Genealogy prepared by Dan DeVault, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Isaac Edward Reeves^1,2,3,4

M, #724, b. 10 May 1842, d. 31 January 1899

Parents

Father	William Pouder Reeves (b. 15 December 1803, d. 20 August 1885)
Mother	Mary Catharine "Polly" DeVault (b. 7 February 1808, d. 12 November 1894)

Pedigree Link

Family: Mary Malinda Dosser (b. 6 October 1849, d. 12 September 1931)

Daughter	Caroline Leslie "Carrie" Reeves+ (b. 3 February 1872, d. 31 January 1901)
Daughter	Elizabeth Wiley "Lizzie" Reeves+ (b. 25 January 1874, d. 2 July 1957)
Son	William Prentice Reeves+ (b. 19 April 1876, d. 8 December 1942)
Daughter	Kathleen Reeves+ (b. 11 August 1878, d. 4 October 1960)
Daughter	Anna Claire Reeves (b. 23 April 1881, d. 27 December 1975)
Daughter	Frances Nell "Fran" Reeves+ (b. 30 May 1883, d. 14 May 1975)
Daughter	Mary Lois "Lois" Reeves (b. March 1886, d. 16 October 1911)
Child	Child #8 Reeves (b. 13 September 1891, d. 13 September 1891)

BASIC FACTS

Isaac Edward Reeves was born on 10 March 1842 in Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,5 He was born on 10 May 1842 in Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁶ He and Mary Malinda Dosser were married on 4 April 1871 in Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁷ He died on 21 January 1899, at age 56, in Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina.⁸ He died on 31 January 1899, at age 56, in Asheville, Buncombe Co., North Carolina.⁹ He died on 31 January 1899, at age 56, in Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee.^1,7 He was buried in Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee.¹⁰ He was buried in Old Jonesboro Cemetery, Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee.¹¹

Wounded in the Civil War.² OBITUARY - The Nashville Christian Advocate, March 29, 1899

ISAAC EDWARD REEVES born May 10, 1842; died Jan. 21, 1899 at residence of oldest brother, Dr. R. H. Reeves, Asheville, N.C.; served in Co. G, 29 Tenn. Inf., CSA (captain); graduate, Cumberland Law School, 1869; married Mary M. Dosser, 1871. He was a son of W. P. and Mary Devault Reeves of "Wheatland," Washington Co., Tenn.; [W. P. and Mary] had seven children: Julia, wife of Rev. D. R. McAnally; Susan D., wife of Dr. Leon Sensabaugh; Rufus H.; Isaac E.; Elizabeth J.,wife of Rev. E. E. Wiley; Mary I.; W. R. of "Wheatland."

GRAVE MARKER

ISAAC EDWARD
REEVES
MAY 10 1842
JAN. 21 1899. Isaac Edward Reeves was educated Emory and Henry College and Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee (1869.)^7,9 He was enumerated on the census in Washington County, Tennessee (1850, 1860.) He was a Lawyer in Jonesborough, Tennessee (1898.)^11,2,7 Civil War, Confederate Army, Company G, 29th Tennessee Infantry, Captain, severly wounded in June, 1864, probably did not return to duty. (Pension Request W3427.)^11,7 He had reference number 725. He resided in Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee.¹¹

Citations

[S5329] Genealogy prepared by Bitsy (McLellan) McFarland, Source Medium: Book
[S5118] Genealogy prepared by (email address)
[S59] 1850 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S128] 1860 Census, Tennessee, Washington County
[S6555] Genealogy prepared by Lawrence G. Hardin (WFT V11T1543)
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S2798] Book: Ancestral Sketches by LeRoy Reeves and the Family of Edward Reeves and Jane Melvin by Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins
[S3209] DAR Application - Kathleen Reeves (Haws) Hodges (DAR Number 485138)
[S10513] Obituary - Isaac Edward Reeves
[S6689] Genealogy prepared by Marie A. Kitzmiller
[S5443] Genealogy prepared by Cathy (Crabtree) Cook, Source Medium: Book

Family Explorer

Mary Malinda Dosser^1,2

F, #725, b. 6 October 1849, d. 12 September 1931

Parents

Father	James Harrison Dosser (b. 1823, d. 1891)
Mother	Caroline Tempura Wilhite (b. 1826, d. 1853)

Pedigree Link

Family: Isaac Edward Reeves (b. 10 May 1842, d. 31 January 1899)

Daughter	Caroline Leslie "Carrie" Reeves+ (b. 3 February 1872, d. 31 January 1901)
Daughter	Elizabeth Wiley "Lizzie" Reeves+ (b. 25 January 1874, d. 2 July 1957)
Son	William Prentice Reeves+ (b. 19 April 1876, d. 8 December 1942)
Daughter	Kathleen Reeves+ (b. 11 August 1878, d. 4 October 1960)
Daughter	Anna Claire Reeves (b. 23 April 1881, d. 27 December 1975)
Daughter	Frances Nell "Fran" Reeves+ (b. 30 May 1883, d. 14 May 1975)
Daughter	Mary Lois "Lois" Reeves (b. March 1886, d. 16 October 1911)
Child	Child #8 Reeves (b. 13 September 1891, d. 13 September 1891)

BASIC FACTS

Mary Malinda Dosser was born on 6 October 1849 in Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee.^3,4 She was born in 1850.⁵ She and Isaac Edward Reeves were married on 4 April 1871 in Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee.³ She died in Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁶ She died on 12 September 1931, at age 81, in Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee.^1,3,4 She was buried in Old Jonesboro Cemetery, Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee.⁷ She was buried in Knoxville, Tennessee.¹

Mary Malinda Dosser was also known as Mary A. Dosser.⁵ She had reference number 726. GRAVE MARKER

MARY DOSSER REEVES
OCT. 6, 1849 + SEP 12, 1931.

Citations

[S6689] Genealogy prepared by Marie A. Kitzmiller
[S6555] Genealogy prepared by Lawrence G. Hardin (WFT V11T1543)
[S2798] Book: Ancestral Sketches by LeRoy Reeves and the Family of Edward Reeves and Jane Melvin by Willie Reeves Hardin Bivins
[S3209] DAR Application - Kathleen Reeves (Haws) Hodges (DAR Number 485138)
[S12379] Report on Henry Dewald and Family by Newland DeVault dated 1975, Source Medium: Book
[S5836] Genealogy prepared by Douglas DeVault Roseborough (WFT V06T1078), Source Medium: Other
[S3012] Cemetery Records, Old Jonesboro Cemetery, Jonesborough, Washington Co., Tennessee