Catherine Mahan

Notes:

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Reference:
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 243.

Catherine married Thomas E. Maroney 1 Mar 1835, Bibb County, Alabama. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Edward Mahan's place of birth is not confirmed.

This family was a next door neighbor to Timothy Ragan's family and the John Marshall's family in the Middle Creek area of Sevier County, Tennessee in late 1790's and early 1800's according to the land records of the county.

All, Timothy Reagain, John and Edward Mahan, and John Marshall signed together on the 1813 petition to Tennessee General Assembly from the "South of French Broad and Holston" country. The signatures appeared to have been signed by the individuals themselves. This petition asked for redress on land titles there.

Land records in Sevier County, Tennessee also show that Edward Mahan owned land by right of occupancy. He received land grants for two entries, (1) 21 acres, 1 rod, 9 chains, and (2) 22 acres, 3 rods, 5 chains on 15 May 1810. These both were on the watershed of Middle Creek.

Edward Mahan enlisted on Thursday, 23 September 1813 for three months service as a private in Captain Simeon Perry's Company, a part of Colonel Samuel Wear's Regiment in the War of 1812. This regiment originally was recruited from Sevier County, Tennessee. Edward was discharged at Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee on Tuesday, 28 December 1813.

After the U.S. Congress established the Alabama Territory in 1817 from Creek Indians land, Rachel and Edward Mahan migrated to Bibb County, Alabama from Sevier County, Tennessee. They lived on the Watershed of Mahan's Creek for the remainder of their lives.

Edward Mahan was listed as the head of household in the 1830, 1840, and 1850 Federal Census of Bibb County, Alabama.

Edward Mahan was buried in the Smith-Mahan Cemetery on Mahan's Creek.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 2a.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 242, 409.

Edward married Rachel Reagan Abt 1798, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Rachel (daughter of Timothy Reagan and Elizabeth Trigg) was born Abt 1781, , Pittsylvania, Virginia; died Bef 6 Nov 1826, Bibb County, Alabama; was buried Bibb County, Alabama. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Rachel Reatan came with her parents as a young girl to Sevier County, Tennessee
in late 1795.

Rachel is believed to be buried in the Smith-Mahan Cemetery on Mahan's Creek.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 2a."The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 242.

Notes:

The name Mahan is of Irish origin. They descended from one of the earliest
Munster's families in Ireland.

John Mahan lived in Frederick County, Virginia and worked with his parents
until his marriage.

Family traditions say that John Mahan served as an officer in the Revolutionary
War. We find that he was listed as a Lietenant in the 13th Virginia Regiment
of the Continental Line in 1777. He served as Lieutenant from Wednesday, 1
January 1777 to Wednesday, 23 September 1778. It is also indicated that "there
is no proof of his title to bounty land." Evidently he didn't apply for bounty
land at the close of Revolutionary War. That he was in Greene County, North
Carolina (now Tennessee) very early may be the reason.

Sometime before 1783, John Mahan and his family migrated from Virginia to
Greene County, North Carolina (now Tennessee).

On Thursday, 20 September 1787, he was issued a grant for 300 acres of land in
Greene County, North Carolina (now Tennessee). This land was located on "both
sides of Lick Creek in Green County."

John Mahan served as a Captain from Greene County in the Military campaign
against Chickamauga Indians in 1788. On Friday, 28 May 1790, the State of
North Carolina paid him for this service.

On Wednesday, 8 February 1792, he sold 300 acres of land to James Gray "of
Green County and Territory of the United States of America South of the River
Ohio" for 200 Pounds. This was the 300 acres of land granted in 1787.

Sometime during the period of 1792, John Mahan and his family moved to
Jefferson County (now Sevier County) in aforesaid territory from Greene County.
They settled in the area of the West Fork of Little Pigeon River, just three or
four miles south of Sevierville, the county seat of Sevier County, Tennessee.
Their land joined Alexander Montgomery, Flayl Nicholas, Samuel Wear and vacant
lands.

He signed his name as witness to the will of Marshall Lovelady on Tuesday, 10
April 1792 in Jefferson County (now Sevier County) in the aforesaid territory.
This will is on file at the County Clerk's office in Dandridge, Jefferson
County, Tennessee.

During the month of August 1793, John Mahan had attended the sale for the
estate of Joshua Tipton. It is noted that he purchased one particular item...
"clothes" from this estate and paid two Pounds, two Shillings for them. This
intestate record for Joshua Tipton's estate is also on file at the County
Clerk's office in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee.

On Thursday, 4 April 1799, Governor John Sevier appointed John Mahan as a
Captain of Sevier County regiment during his good behavior. Then, on Saturday,
3 May 1800, Governor Sevier promoted him to 2nd Major of aforesaid regiment
during his good behavior.

Land records in Sevier County, Tennessee show that he owned lands by right of
occupancy. He received a land grant for 344 acres, 40 poles on Thursday, 1
February 1810 from the State of Tennessee.

John Mahan signed the 1813 sundry petition to Tennessee General Assembly form
"South of French Broad and Holston" country. This petition asked for redress
on the land titles there.

Although he was too old to serve in the War of 1812, all his sons, Edward
Mahan, John Mahan Jr., and Archimedes Mahan served from Sevier County,
Tennessee.

After U.S. Congress established the Alabama Territory in 1816 from Creek Indian
lands, John Mahan and his wife Mary Scott migrated for the last time to Cahaba
County (now Bibb County), Alabama. They settled near their children and there
they lived the remainder of their days.

John Mahan died without a will. The Orphans Court for Cahaba County appointed
Edward and Archimedes Mahan as the administrators of their father's estate on
Monday, 26 June 1820. The account of settlement on the estate of John Mahan
listed the heirs, "Mary Mahan, widow of deceased in lieu of dower; James Mahan,
one fo the heirs at law; Obed Lovelady, one of the heirs at law in right of his
wife Christian; Elijhah Thomas, one of the heirs at law in right of his wife
polly; Edward Mahan; and Archimedes Mahan."

John Mahan was burid in the Smith-Mahan Cemetery.
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Reference:
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 242, 408-409.

John — Mary Scott. Mary (daughter of Henry Scott) was born Abt 1754, , Frederick, Virginia; died Jun 1823, Bibb County, Alabama; was buried Bibb County, Alabama. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Mary Scott Mahan made her last Will and Testament on Friday, 4 August 1820 to
divide the personal and real estate to her children, Edward, James, Christian,
John Polly and Archimedes. She appointed her youngest son, Archimedes Mahan as
her executor. It was submitted for probate on Thursday, 26 June 1823.

She is buried with her husband in the Smith-Mahan Cemetery.
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Reference:
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 242, 408, 409.

Notes:

Timothy Ragan, grandson of Timothy Ragan - Colonial Ancestor was probably born in the Elk Ridge community. His parents have not been identified, but research on this continues.

In his youth, he was probably taught to read and write by his mother, and was taught the art of farming and blacksmithing by his father. So this was one of his lifetime occupations. He was also a carpenter and as most men did in those days, he could do almost any chore needed in daily life.

An early church census verifies their birth years. The census was taken in St. John and Prince George Parishes, Prince George County, Maryland on 31 31 August 1776 and listed; Timothy Ragan, age 26, and Elizabeth Ragan, age 16. No children were listed.

Traditions say that Timothy had four brothers who all served in the Revolutionary War and afterward moved to Tennessee. Other Reagans found in that early period include: Jeremiah in Washington County, Daniel in Greene County, Charles in Blount County, and James in Sevier County and a James in Knox County. These men were all of an age to have been Timothy's brothers but no definite connection to any of them has been made.

Timothy Reagan served in the Revolution with the Continental Troops of Maryland. He was seriously wounded at the Battle of Brandywine and again later in the war. Muster roll records found in the National Archives, Washington, D.C. Show that he served as private with Captain John Eccleston, in the 2nd Regiment of Maryland Troops, commanded by Colonel Thomas Price. The records also show that he was left at a hospital in Chester, Pennsylvania, on 12 September 1777, the day after the Battle of Brandywine. He was reported as still being in the hospital six months later. No records of a pension or bounty land grants were found.

Timothy's name is found on the 1783 tax lists of Pittsylvania County, Virginia with five people in his family at that time. He does not appear on the tax lists for 1785.

His name is found in Caswell County, North Carolina, in the January and April counts of 1786. There were then seven persons in his family: a male age 21-60, 3 males under 21 or over 60, and 3 females.

Two grants of land, located in Caswell County, North Carolina, were recorded for Timothy Reagan. The first was issued in 1791 to Timothy Regan for 200 acres "on the waters of Fish Pond." Disposal of this land was recorded in
Caswell County, North Carolina Deed Book 'H', pages 110/11. The deed says "THIS INDENTURE made the thirteenth day of October and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety two Between Timothy Regan of the County of Caswell, North Carolina of the one part and Solomon Clark of the said County and State of the other part..." The second grant, dated 3 December 1795, was issued to Timothy Ragan and John Grant for 157 acres of land "on waters of Wolf Island." Records of disposal of this land have not been located yet but it is believed that Timothy moved to East Tennessee very soon after this date of 1795.

No mention of his name has been found in early records of the counties of Washington, Sullivan, Hawkins, Greene, or Jefferson. He is said to have joined a group of pioneers who pushed farther into the Indians' lands and built the settlement around the Shield's Fort, later Lawson's Fort, in Sevier County Tennessee. The late Joe A. Sharp, County Historian, believed this fort was located on Middle Creek. The date was probably a little later than the
settlement of Sevierville.

The State of Tennessee began issuing land grants in 1806 and the earliest found for Timothy Reagan was surveyed in 1807. According to the State Archivist, both land grants still in existence for Timothy were for purchased land, not bounty land. The first grant was surveyed 26 February 1807 and was granted 22 May 1810:

"... a certain tract or parcel of land containing fifty acres and one hundred and sixteen poles lying in the County of Sevier in the District South of French Broad and Holston on the waters of Middle Creek there being due and chargeable on said land the sum of fifty dollars and seventy-three cents with interest thereon..."

This tract joined the lands of Jennett (Shields) Tipton, widow of Joshua Tipton and the land of John Marshall. The second grant was entered 13 May 1824 and granted on 6 August 1824. This land joined a corner of Nancy Robinson's land:

"... or parcel of land containing twenty-five acres, lying in the County aforesaid. Beginning at a white oak on a line of said Reagan's old survey..."

Since this tract joined the old survey it is believed that this is where Timothy lived until his death, or until he went to live with his son, Richard, who had settled in White Oak Flats now Gatlinburg.

His great grandson, John H. Reagan, described Timothy as a tall, fine looking man, strong and having great vitality even in his older years. He was loved and respected by people and was fun-loving and witty. Being an Irishman, he enjoyed a practical joke now and then. A story handed down through the years tells that although he had built the stocks for the jail in Sevierville, he pretended that he did not know how they operated and persuaded the sheriff to sit in them to demonstrate for him. When the sheriff did he promptly locked them and enjoyed the fun at the sheriff's expense. (Wonder what happened when the sheriff did get out!)

We don't know the exact date of Timothy or Elizabeth's death. That he was living in 1824 is indicated by the entry of the land record above. Neither of them appear on the 1830 census of Sevier County so it is assumed their deaths
occurred before that date.

Family traditions say that Timothy Reagan was buried in an unmarked grave at White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Tennessee near where the first person buried, in the lower left hand corner of the old part of the cemetery, looking up the Graveyard hill from the gate.

Timothy and Elizabeth Reagan had a large family, some say ten sons and one daughter. The North Carolina census indicates there were three females in the family in 1786 so there may have been more daughters in the family. Most of these children moved from Sevier County farther to the West and South. The oldest son, Richard, remained and was one of the first settlers of White Oak Flats, now Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 1-3.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 396.

Timothy married Elizabeth Trigg Abt 1775, Prince George County, Maryland. Elizabeth (daughter of Clemant Trigg and Mary Ann Fouracres) was born 1760, Prince George County, Maryland; died Abt 1825/1830, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 1-3.
"The book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 396.

Notes:

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Reference:
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 408.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 1-3.
"Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 9.

Timothy married Rachael Nelson 1749, , Maryland. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 9.

Notes:

Clement Trigg Jr. was born in Queen Ann's Parish where he lived until his marriage.

Clement Trigg Jr. and his wife Mary Ann were living on 75 acres of the land known as "Gloven Hall" that he and his brother Jeremiah Trigg had purchased in 1763. They sold it to William Perkins for seventy-eight pounds one shilling currency in Prince Georges County, Maryland in 1778. Also in this deed, his wife Mary Ann relinquished her right of dower.

Clement Trigg Jr. and his wife Mary Ann were listed in the 1776 Church Census for St. John's and Prince George's Parishes, Prince George's County, Maryland. There were three sons, namely, William, Joshua and Simeon, and four daughters, namely, Margaret Rhoda, Drusilla and Jemima in the household. One daughter, Elizabeth, was already married to Timothy Ragan at that time.

In 1778 he his wife Mary Ann were listed in the State Census of Prince George's County, Maryland with three sons and four daughters at home.

In late 1778, Clement Jr., Mary Ann, and their family moved to Caswell County, North Carolina from Prince Georges County, Maryland. They lived in the upper northwest corner of Caswell District in Caswell County.

Clement Trigg Jr. made an entry for 1640 acres of land "on the waters of Fish Pond" in Caswell County, North Carolina on Monday, 1 February 1779. The State of North Carlina issued a warrant for the survey on the same tract of land to Mary Trigg, "behalf of Clement Trigg, dec'd" on Thursday, 21 October 1779. For an unknown reason, the State of North Carolina crossed out "Mary Trigg, behalf of" and inserted the name of "Clement Trigg" on Monday, 13 October 1783. The chain carriers for this warrant of survey were Richard Gibson and Timothy
Ragan.
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Reference:
"Joshua Reagan", Lula F. Shelton, 1982, p 1.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 394, 395.

Clemant married Mary Ann Fouracres Abt 1757, , Queen Anne, Maryland. Mary (daughter of John Fouracres and Sarah Eleanor Halts) was born Abt 1738, St. Lukes Parish, Queen Anne, Maryland; died Abt 1796, , Caswell, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Family tradition handed down for generations tells the story of Mary Ann Foreacres' near escape with a panther when she was a 12 year old girl. The story reads as follows:

"When Mary Foreacres was about twelve years old, the lady with whom she lived sent her to the nearest neighbor's, a distance of about three miles. The road led through heavy timber and across a creek. As Mary was returning home, she heard the cry of a panther in the direction from which she was coming and seemingly on the road she had just passed over. Recognizing the sharp, shrill scream to be that of the beast she so much feared, she ran as fast as she could. The oft repeated cry, louder, showed that the panther was gaining on her. Seeing that it would be impossible for her to reach home before being overtaken by the animal, when she came to the creek she waded into the water and down the stream some distance to a tree which was near or in the edge of the water. She climbed the tree and sat in the thickest part of the boughs.

Soon she saw the panther come down the road to the creek and cross over. Failing to find her trail on the other side of the creek, he searched in all directions, at the time uttering those fearful, piercing cries. Mary was so situated that she could see his every move. The wind was blowing down the stream and he failed to get the scent. Finally he gave up the search and wandered slowly up the valley, and when his cries were heard of safe distance, Mary climbed down the tree and went home."

Mary Ann Foreacres Trigg-Hatsfield was listed as head of the household in the 1786 State Census of Caswell County, North Carolina. There were three sons and one daughter still at home. What had happened to Thomas Hatsfield is not known.

January 1796 in Caswell District of Caswell County, North Carolina, William Trigg acted as the administrator of his mother's estate.

The location of Mary Ann Foreacres' birth and marriage is not confirmed.
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Reference:
"Joshua Reagan", Lula F. Shelton, 1982, p 1.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 395, 396, 397, 398.