William Walter Reagan

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, District 17, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

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Reference:
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 164.

William — Sarah Elizaqbeth "Sallie" Loveday. Sarah (daughter of Perry C. Loveday and Josephine Lindsey) was born 18 Dec 1890, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Aug 1954; was buried Kear-Loveday Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

1. James Orville Reagan was born 1 Oct 1910, Tennessee; died 7 May 1975; was buried Kear-Loveday Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
2. Arlie Garfield Reagan was born 12 Jul 1913, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 7 Nov 1992; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
3. Iva Reagan was born 10 Apr 1916, Tennessee; died 7 Dec 1982; was buried Kear-Loveday Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
4. Betty Reagan
5. Robert Leonard "Tom" Reagan was born 22 Apr 1919, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 21 Mar 1997; was buried Walnut Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
6. Earnest C. Reagan was born 5 Jul 1923; died 2 Jan 2000; was buried Kear-Loveday Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

William — Ruby L. Ogle. Ruby (daughter of Freeman Walter Ogle and Clercy Ellen Clabo) was born Abt 1932, Tennessee; died Bef 24 May 2014. [Group Sheet]

1. Bonnie Reagan
2. Barbara Reagan
3. Walter "Bobby Joe" Reagan

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, Duke Township, Greer County, Oklahoma
• Census: 1910, Elkins, Chaves County, New Mexico

Notes:

Moved with wife to Jackson County, Oklahoma.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 17, 18.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 76.

Tilman married Barbara Ridings 10 Aug 1878. Barbara (daughter of James Dennis Ridings and Minerva Moore) was born Sep 1863, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 Mar 1933, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 12 Mar 1933, Kear-Loveday Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, District 17, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1910, District 11, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1920, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1930, District 13, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Moved to Jackson County, Oklahoma with husband.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 17, 18.

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1DDV-7W

Notes:

Listed in 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census as farmer.

Richard Reason lived all his life in the Gatlinburg area. Some time after the Civil War he moved his home and store to the Sugarlands.

R. R. Reagan served the district for many years as a Justice of the Peace and as a tax collector. He was the county sheriff from 1870 to 1874. When the Gatlinburg Post Office was established in 1856 by the U. S. Postal Department, Richard served from 12 December 1871 to 10 July 1883 as postmaster, but not the first.

Serving the Union during the Civil War, R. R. Reagan enlisted 16 Sep 1862 in Company E, 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry. A commissary sergeant, he was discharged 5 July 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee. His personal description at that time was: 5' 9" in height, dark hair, dark complexion and yellow eyes.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 16, 17.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 144, 171.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 141, 146.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 8.

Richard married Martha Hurst 12 Jul 1856, Sevier County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of James Hurst and Sarah Jones) was born 2 Aug 1834, Tennessee; died 17 Mar 1878; was buried Ownby Addition Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 17.

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, District 2, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Listed in 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee census with parents.

Died without will; Administrator appointed, J. S. Springs, 24 April 1907 in Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 88, 89.
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 18.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 7.

James — Minerva Moore. Minerva (daughter of Willis Moore and Lidda M) was born Abt 1840, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 18.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 7.

Other Events:

• AFN: 2DDT-XD

Notes:

Daniel moved with his parents to White Oak Flats (Gatlinburg) when he was about four years old. He lived all of his life here or on various other tracts of land in the area.

Listed as Ragan in 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census as farmer with $1000 property unable to read or write.

An industrious man, Daniel began acquiring land before he married. In theTennessee State Library and Archives there are records of eight entries in his name, dating from 1824 to 1872. The state archivist says this was all purchased land. He is listed in the 1837 tax lists of Sevier County, Tennessee.

An 1859 grant, previously surveyed land, was resurveyed and entered probably because of Gatlin's extensive claim in the area and the Courthouse fire. This 1859 grant was for 600 acres up both sides of the river from Baskins Creek to the Two Mile Branch. In May 1866, he added another 640 acres to this holding. There are also grants for 1,000, 600, and 4,000 acres on Roaring Fork granted in 1839, 1868 and 1872. Most of this land was divided among his children - no will has been found. Daniel moved around and lived on several of his farms - his wife said after his death that she wanted to spend the rest of her years in one spot, she was so tired of moving. She spent her remaining years with her stepdaughter and her husband, Mariah and Thomas H. McCarter.

Daniel was a blacksmith as well as a farmer. Tradition says he built the first wagon in the settlement, making the wheels of one piece of split white oak. His son, Charles C. Reagan, built the first wagon that crossed the Smokies. Although no record has been found to verify it, Daniel probably served as a Justice of Peace. He did keep the community post office. When the settlement officially became Gatlinburg and the post office was established, Daniel and Joel Conner received the contract to carry the mail from Sevierville to Casher's Valley, South Carolina. Daniel's sons, Richard R. and Ephraim Reagan, served as postmaster in the village.

Definitely a Union man but too old to go to service during the Civil War, Daniel served as "muster" officer and drilled the men of the village out in the "Flats". He also served the community as food distributor. Because of his activities and his three oldest sons being in the Union army, he often had to hide out in the mountains to escape the Confederates. The youngest son, Charles C., often told of his father taking him to the woods and showing him the meat and food supplies he had hidden. Daniel didn't think the Rebels would bother the women and children and if he did have to hide out, then Charles must see that food was brought in for the people as it was needed---a big responsibility for a seven year old boy.

A civic minded man, Daniel furnished the meeting house for the village--the five sided building used for the school, church and "voting place". According to one of the land grants, this was located at the "mouth of the lane", now Reagan Lane, near the old River Road. Although he furnished the meeting place for the Baptist Church for many years, Daniel was not found on the membership roll of the church and did not give the land for the present building site, as has been stated by many sources.

Daniel Wesley Reagan did give the land for the oldest part of the White Oak Flats Cemetery (Gatlinburg Cemetery) to the community. This was originally a family plot on the farm of his father, Richard Reagan. The first burial there was a child of Daniel Milsaps, the first school teacher in Gatlinburg.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 6a, 15-16.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 51.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 45.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 37.

Daniel married Nancy Ogle 30 Jan 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of Thomas J. Ogle and Sophia Bosley) was born 24 Aug 1810, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 18 Feb 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: 2DDT-ZK

Notes:

Listed in the 1830 and 1840 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 6a, 16, 167.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 51.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 37.

Notes:

Rosa Downey lists given name as John.
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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 120.

James married Sarah Jones 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee. Sarah was born Abt 1816, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aft 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Listed in 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee census as Wag Maker value of land $100.

Justice of Peace in 1867, 1868 and 1870 within the boundary of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 88, 89.

Willis — Lidda M. Lidda was born Abt 1818, South Carolina. [Group Sheet]