ANCESTORS OF JUDITH LYNN
SMITH (page 2)
Again, the names in blue, indicate my father's line, and pink indicates my mother's line. If you have a question, please e-mail me.
SIXTH GENERATION
30. William R. PARKER was born about 1855 in Jasper, Marion, Tenn.
31. Mary was born about 1858 in Jasper, Marion, Tenn.
William R. Parker and Mary ?? had the following children:
i. Arthur Greer Parker
32. Dillard Porter MYERS was born on 21 Aug 1832 in Dandridge, Jefferson, Tenn. He died on 10 Oct. 1860. He was married to Nancy Jane MCCORMACK on 9 Dec 1852 in Spencer, Van Buren, Tenn.
33. Nancy Jane MCCORMACK was born about 1834 in Dandridge, Jefferson, Tenn.
Dillard Porter Myers and Nancy Jane McCormack had the following chiildren:
i. Catherine (Kate) Myers
ii. Saraphen Myers was born in 1854 in Spencer, Van Buren TN
iii. Cordelia Myers was born in 1856 in Spencer, Van Buren TN
iv. Frank Dillard Myers was born on 24 Oct 1856 iin Spencer, Van Buren, TN. He died on 22 Mar 1914 in Todd, KY
v. David Myers was born about 1857 in Spencer, Van Buren, TN.
34. Joseph MURPHY was born in 1792 in VA. He died between 1860 and 1870 in Dade Co. GA. (was possibly preacher) (possible 3 marriages) Buried in Murphy Hollow GA.
Tucked away among the hills in a corner of Marion County TN, lies the little community of Whiteside.
Here, Joseph Murphy came and bought land from the Indians, three miiles from what is now Whiteside, at a place that was later called Cole City. This was on Sand Mountain. In payment, he gave the Indians one wagon. He later moved to a farm land that lay in a narrow valley which became known as Murphy's Hollow. Early settlers soon erected a house of worship in a little valley to the right of Murphy's Hollow, which still bears the name of Meeting House Hollow.
Shortly Joseph's wife died, leaving him childless. Not long afterward he married a second time. To this union, two daughters were born. Mary and Betty, later known as Aunt Betty.
He later married Elizabeth Hale McDonald and had 6 children.
35. Elizabeth HALE was born in TN. She died in Dade Co. GA. Buried in Murphy's Hollow. Married first to unknown McDonald.
Elizabeth Hale and Joseph Murphy had the following children.
i. Elijah Murphy
ii. John Murphy
iii. Quillian Murphy
iv. Nancy Murphy
v. Rachael Murphy
vi. Unknown Murphy
36. Isaac DOYLE was born on 2 Jan 1820 in TN. He died in 1899 in Walker Co. GA. He was buried in 1899 in Murphy's Hollow Cemetery, GA. He was born a twin to Jacob Doyle.
Isaac Doyle was captured by the Union Army while serving in the Civil War. At the end of the war, he was given a choice to remain a prisoner, or go to the western plains to guard indians. He chose the western plains, where he remained for four years. His family thought him dead until without warning he came walking in.
37. Mary Pauline (Polly) BRYANT was born in 1823. She died in 1897 and is buried in Murphy's Hollow.
Mary Bryant and Isaac Doyle had the following children:
i. Pleasant Doyle was born in 1855. Married unknown in Arkansas.
ii. Betty Doyle
iii. Cooper Doyle, was born in 1854
iv. William Doyle was born on 10 Dec 1858
v. John H. Doyle was born in 1844. He died in 1917 and is buried in Murphy's Hollow.
vi. Sarah Doyle was born in 1845 in Dade Co. GA
vii. Jacob Doyle was born on 10 Nov 1847. He died on 23 Mar 1931
viii. James Edward Doyle was born on 1 Sept 1847, married in Arkansas
ix. Prudence E. Doyle was born in 1849
x. Henry D. Doyle was born in 1850
xi. Mary M. Doyle was born in 1859
38. Unknown HURST. Unknown Hurst had the following children
i. Campbell Hurst
39.
James H. COMPTON was born in 1821 in Tazewell Co. VA. He died in
Doniphan Co. Kansas. 
40 Jamey "Amy" Anna CLAYPOOL was born a twin on 8 July 1821 in Tazewell Co. VA. She died in Doniphan Co. Kansas.
James H. Compton and Jamey "Amy" Anna Claypool had the following children:
i. Charity Compton
ii. Sebina Compton was born 1844
iii. Jeremia G. Compton was born in 1845
iv. Margaret Compton was born in 1847
v. Mary Jane Compton was born in 1848
vi. George W. Compton was born in Feb 1850
vii. William A. Compton was born in 1853
viii. Sarah Ann Compton was born in 1855
ix. Amy S. E. Compton was born in 1858
x. Emma Compton was born in 1863 (twin to Columbus)
xi. Columbus Compton was born in 1863 (twin to Emma)
41.
Reverend William MCCOWN was born in 1817. He died on 28 Jul 1890.He was a preacher at the Greasy Creek Old Regular
Baptist Church. William Mccown was a Primitive and Old Regular
Baptist Minister, with service in many churches in Pike and Floyd
Counties from the late 1830's to at least 1881. He was the
elected moderator of the Long Fork Old Reg. Baptist Church (Long
Fork, Pike Co. KY) when it was formed in 1877, as an arm of 8
original members out of the Mt. Zion Church near Craynor in Floyd
Co. (copy of original records)
There was shortly a dispute over doctrine and Elder Wm. McCown, and his wife Jemima Osborne, left Long Fork and moved back over to Floyd Co, where they are found on the 1880 Floyd Co. census. Elder McCown is recorded in the 1878, 1879 and 1880 Old Reg. Baptist minutes as being associated with the Antioch Church and also the New Salem Assn.
William McCown is buried in the Rob Newsome Cemetery in Floyd Co. Kentucky. He was married to Jemima Osborne in 1839 in Pike Co. KY. He was also listed as illiterate.
42. Jemima OSBORNE was born on 25 Dec 1820 in Pike Co. KY.
Reverend William McCown and Jemima Osborne had the following children:
i. Henry McCown, married Elizabeth E. Kethly, 11 Nov. 1870 in Pike Co. KY
ii. Martha A. Mccown was born in 1842 in KY. Married Leonard Kinney, 17 Sept. 1857 in Pike Co. KY
iii. Louisa J. McCown was born in 1844 in KY. She died on 26 Feb 1913 in Floyd Co. KY. Married Andrew Jackson Caudill about 1866 in Floyd Co. KY, s/o Alfred Caudill and Drucilla Hammonds. Had Children, Martha Caudill, b. abt 1867, died 1929 in Floyd Co. KY; William Albert Caudill, b. abt 1867; Alamander Caudill born abt 1870; Willard Caudill, born 25 March 1873 and died 13 March 1945; James 'Jimbo' Caudill, born about 1873; Mary Caudill, born about 1876; Oda Caudill, born 7 Jan 1884, died 6 Dec 1957. married Garfield Blankenship and then Ritzy Mullins.
iv. James (KP) McCown was born in 1845 in KY
v. Melvina McCown was born in 1846
vi. John Wesley McCown
vii. Steve McCown was born in 1852
viii. Nina McCown married Wes Adkins
ix. Keenis McCown was born 1854 in Pike Co. KY
x. William D. McCown was born in 1856
xi. Reverend Thomas J. McCown was born in 1857.
xii. Mary McCown was born in 1860. Married H.C. Akers, had children, Emmett,b: 1878, and Martha, b: 26 Mar 1889, died 8 Dec. 1970. Married Mark Tackett.
43. William Moses DAMRON was born in 1825. He died in 1891. He was in the 39th regiment in the Civil War.
44. Ruthy POLLY was born in 1812 in Ohio. She died on 11 Jun 1897 in Pike Co KY. She was married first to G.W. Ramsey, and had two sons, John Wesley Ramsey, and George Ramsey.
Moses Damron and Ruthy Polly had the following children:
i. Elizabeth (Betty) Damron
ii. Mary J. Damron was born in 1848. Lived 4 miles up Shelby at Yeager.
iii. James H. Damron was born on 10 Mar 1867. He died on 28 Mar 1891. Was a logger, lived on Shelby Creek.
iv. William Moses Damron, Jr. was born on 9 March 1853. He died on 22 Feb 1923.
45. William (Billy) BLAIR was born in 1811. He died in 1869 or 1870. Buried at Sookies Creek. Married Francis "Frankie" COMPTON in 1835. They lived in Russell Co. VA and then moved to Pike Co. KY. Stayed in Pike Co. KY until 1857 and then moved back to Russell Co. VA. They were in Pike co KY at the time of the 1870 census, Francis was with four of her children, and William was not listed.
46. Francis "Frankie" COMPTON was born in 1814. She died in 1897 in NC. Buried on Sookies Creek.
William (Billy) Blair and Francis (Frankie) Compton had the following children:
i. Newton Blair
ii. Jacob F. Blair was born in 9 June 1835 in Pike Co. KY. He died before 23 Mar 1878 in Denton Co. TX. Jacob and Louisa lived in Wise Co. VA until 1864 and left early spring with many others from SW VA, and KY. to Meeker Co. MN. Jacob and family took trip to TX in 1877. He died in 1878, and his family returned to Meeker Co. MN Family began to move out to Lewis Co. Washington in late 1800 and early 1900's.
iii. Caroline Mathilda Blair was born between Jan and Feb 1836 in Russell Co. VA. She died on 13 July 1919 in Pike Co. KY
iv. Nancy Ann Blair was born in Sept 1837 in Russell Co VA. She died on 21 Apr 1929 in Pike Co. KY
v. John Wallace Blair was born on 26 Apr. 1840 in Russell Co VA. He died on 26 Jun 1925 in Pike Co KY
vi. Isaiah Blair was born on 4 Jun 1843 in Russell Co VA. He died on 5 Feb 1929 in Pike Co KY. He served in the 39th KY Mounted Infantry during the Civil War.
vii. Meridith "Merdie" Blair was born in Feb 1845 in Russell Co VA. He died on 22 Feb 1929 in Pike Co KY.
viii. William Thomas Blair was born in Jul 1848 in Russell Co VA. He died on 15 Mar 1930 in Pike Co. KY. William and Mary Frances were living in Pike Co. KY at the time of the 1870 census. He was living in Pike Co. with wife, Nancy in the 1900 census.
ix. Celia Blair was born in 1849 in Russell Co. VA. She died on 17 Apr 1931 in Pike Co KY
x. Margaret A. Blair was born Jan 1851 in Russell Co VA. She died between 1940 and 1948 in Pike Co KY. Margaret was living alone with her daughter Synthia in 1900 in Pike Co. KY census.
xi. Jasper Blair was born 6 May 1853 in Russell Co VA. He died on 17 Jan 1939 in Pike Co. KY (twin to Newton).
Jasper Blair
xii. Henry Whetzel Blair was born on 26 Feb 1857. in Pike Co. KY. He died on 3 Feb 1948 in Floyd Co. KY.
Henry Whetzel Blair
47. Samuel Alexander ROBINSON was born in 1796 in Big LaLinto PA. Minister in Greasy Creek Baptist Church. Married Matilda HOPKINS in 1821 in VA.
48. Matilda HOPKINS was born in 1821 in Big LaLinto PA.
Samuel Robinson and Matilda Hopkins had the following children:
i. George Walter Robinson was born in Feb 1847. George was a prominent Baptist minister near Greasy Creek, KY.
ii. John L. Robinson was born in 1849
iii. Dorcas Robinson was born in 1850
iv. Melviney Jane Robinson
v. James P. Robinson was born in 1856
vi. Samuel A. Robinson, JR was born in 1868
SEVENTH GENERATION
49. James Blackburn MYERS was born 22 Feb 1803 in White Pine, Jefferson TN. He died on 10 Mar 1893 in Bledsoe, Cumberland, TN. He was married to Cynthia Carson on 1 Sept 1824 in Dandridge, Jefferson TN.
50. Cynthia CARSON was born on 8 May 1805 in White Pine, Jefferson, TN. She died on 10 June 1852 in Spencer, Van Buren TN.
James Blackburn Myers and Cynthia Carson had the following children:
i. William Anderson Myers was born on 17 Sept 1825 in Dandridge, Jefferson, TN. He died on 8 July 1902 in Spencer, Van Buren, TN.
ii. Mary Ann Myers was born on 26 Apr 1828 in Dandridge, Jefferson, TN
iii. Landsen Edwin Myers was born on 22 Apr 1830 in White Pine, Jefferson, TN. He died on 1 Sept. 1896 in Spencer, Van Buren TN.
iv. Dillard Porter Myers
v. Maranda Jane Myers was born on 19 Jun 1834 in Dandridge, Jefferson, TN.
vi. Elvira Clandstine Myers was born on 12 Feb 1836 in Dandridge, Jefferson, TN. She died on 12 Feb 1896.
vii. James Harvey Myers was born on 9 July 1839 in Dandridge, Jefferson, TN.
viii. John Alford Myers was born on 6 May 1842 in Dandridge, Jefferson, TN
ix. Cynthia Angeles Myers was born on 9 Dec 1844 in Dandridge, Jefferson TN.
x. Scirischa Paranzena Myers was born on 24 Sept 1848 in Spencer, Van Buren, TN
51. John HALE
52. Anna TITTLE was born in VA.
John Hale and Anna Tittle had the following children:
i. Elizabeth Hale
ii. Robert Hale was born on 4 Jul 1818 in AL or TN. He died in 1884 in Houston Co. TX. Robert moved to Houston TX, where he died in 1884.
iii. Sarah A. Hale
iv. Shadrack C. Hale
53. James DOYLE was born on 9 Feb 1784 in Maryland. He died on 23 Aug 1851 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC. assmed to be the first born of John Doyle. It is also assumed that his middle name was Stafford, but there is no proof. James served three times in the War of 1812 for a few months each time, one of them being for someone else. In 1851 he was in Salisbury NC and applied for a land grant based on his service. He died four days later. Not known where he is buried and have no exact record of his death except for statements later.
Ten years before the Civil War, James' nephew, James Pleasant Doyle, moved his wife and 6 kids from TN to KS to get a fresh start and leave the conflict of the South and a few months later John Brown decided to make an example of the slaveowners in KS and that fateful night started with the house of James Doyle, and killed the father and two oldest sons, William (22) and Drury (20). They were never slaveowners. The 17 year old son, John C. Doyle buried the father and brothers and packed the family and moved back to TN where he did fight for the south and is buried with honors in Knoxville. He was married to Sarah Sally Raper on 5 Nov 1805 in Knox TN. It is believed that there was a set of twins born to this family. It is thought to be Isaac and Jacob.
54. Sarah Sally RAPER was born on 15 Feb 1789 in Guilford Co. NC. She died on 16 Oct 1872 in Strawberry, Lawrence AK. was in Knoxville with her son James and his wife Prudy at the time of her husbands death. James and Prudy had just lost a one month old girl and it was near the end of 1851. The gold rush was still news in CA and Sarah at age 62 got her son James, Prudy and their children on a wagon train headed for CA. It bogged down due west in Lawrence Co. AK, due to winter and illness.
In the spring, it went on, and the Doyles stayed. That established the Doyles in Strawberry, Lawrence Co. AK. Old John had 7 children, and son James and Sarah had 7 and only James and Prudy moved to AK. that leaves quite a group begatting in the TN area.
Some of the boys had gone to GA to work on the railroad and into FL and AL. Although some made it into local politics, most were hard working farmers and some who went to AL, got into coal mining etc. They were not noted for being a monied crowd.
The men were all in the major conflicts and wars and in the Civil War most were on the side of the south, even though they were not known to be slave owners.
Sarah Raper's family was quite well to do in England and high in the Church of England as well as lawyers and local politics. Sarah's grandfather immigrated to NC about 1750 when her father Jacob was a tot. Jacob later moved to TN before it was a state and therefor qualifies as First Families of Tennessee.
Raper, in England, translate to Rope Maker....French was Rapier, or swordmaker.
Her grandfather William, born 1725, came to the Guilford Co. Highpoint area and started a church there as well as being an importer in the Revolutionary War, ran supplies with his boats.
Later, Sarah would sit i the Chimney corner smoking her corn cob pipe and tell tales of being a witch and flying in and out of keyholes and doing what witches do. She is buried in the Ward Cemetery, just outside Strawberry, Arkansas. She died at age 83. After she got to Arkansas, she re filed for the land grant her husband James was doing when he died. It took her 5 years, but she got it.
James Doyle and Sarah Sally Raper had the following children:
i. Isaac Doyle (twin)
ii. John Doyle was born on 18 Aut 1805
iii. Elizabeth Doyle was born in Dec 1807.
iv. Sarah Jane Doyle was born in 1817.
v. Jacob Doyle (twin to Isaac) was born on 2 Jan 1820.
vi. James Stafford Doyle, JR. was born on 27 Jul 1823 in TN. He died on 9 Aug 1898 in Strawberry, Lawrence, Arkansas. Nickname "Old Uncle Jim"
vii. Pleasant Doyle was born on 9 Feb 1827. Moved to Kansas in Oct 1855, in Franklin Co. arriving in Nov 1855.
In spring of 1856, after the crops were planted, on the night of May 24th, John Brown, with about 25 men, came to the house and demanded admittance. When Pleasant Doyle refused admittance, they set fire to the house with torches made of pararie grass. To keep everyone from being burned to death, Pleasant opened the door. They came in the house and handcuffed Pleasant Doyle and his two oldest sons and started to take John C. Doyle, the youngest son, but his mother begged then to leave him alone as he was the only protection she would have....Brown told her they were going to take Pleasant and the boys to the army, and left the house with them. They took them about 300 yards from the house and murdered them. Pleasant was shot in the head, and the boys cut to pieces. They left them all dead in a heap. They then went two miles further to Patawatma River and killed two more men by the names of Wilkerson and Sherman. After they had killed Pleasant and his sons, some of Brown's men came back to the house to get the horses, but failed to find them, because they were staked out on the prarie to graze. After daylight, the youngest son went to some neighbors house and got them to come and help bury his father and brothers. they then loaded up the wagon and moved to Case Co. MO.
There they remained until September, then moved back to Chattanooga, TN to live. In Nov 1859, when John Brown was hanged at Charleston WV, the young son of Pleasant Doyle had permission fromGovornor Wise to do the hanging, but failed to get there in time, because of a landslide between Morristown and Bristol. Brown stated that he murdered the Doyles on account of them being slave holders, but Pleasant Doyle had never owned a negro and had never quite expected to. They were murdered simply because they were from the south.
55. Moses BRYANT was born in 1796. He died in Mar 1869 in Winston Co. AL. He was married to Nancy GINN on 19 Jan 1817 in Elbert Co. GA.
56. Nancy GINN was born about 1800. She died about 1835.
Moses Bryant and Nancy Ginn had the following children:
i. Mary Pauline (Polly) Bryant
ii. Elizabeth Bryant was born in 1820.
iii. Alice Bryant was born in 1822.
iv. Gilbert Bryant was born in 1824
v. Mathilda Bryant was born on 10 Nov 1822
vi. Prudence Jane Bryant was born on 7 Dec 1827 in TN. She died on 17 FEb 1907 in Strawberry, Lawrence, AK.
vii. Henry Dock Bryant was born in 1830
viii. Susannah Bryant was born in 1832
57. Jeremiah CLAYPOOL was born on 24 Oct 1769. He died in 1846.
58. Charity Miller VAN DYKE was born in 1791 in Tazewell County VA. She died on 30 Dec 1855. Died from dropsy.
Jeremiah Claypool and Charity Miller VanDyke had the following children:
i. Elizabeth Claypool was born on 25 Sept 1811
ii. Miles Claypool was born on 16 Dec 1812. Many of his children joined the Mormon Church and some ended in Salt Lake City.
iii. Harvey Claypool was born on 27 Jul 1815.
iv. Oliver C. Claypool was born on 26 Feb 1818.
v. Ephrean Claypool was born in 1819.
vi. James Claypool (twin to Jamey) was born on 8 Jul 1821
vii. Jamey "Amy" Anna Claypool (twin to James)
viii. John Wesley Claypool was born on 20 Jul 1823. He died on 3 Jan 1895. became a Baptist minister.
ix. Jeremiah B. Claypool was born on 17 Apr 1827.
x. Cosbie Jame Claypool was born on 2 Apr 1831.
xi. Ehere Claypool (twin to Elen)
xii. Elen Claypool (twin to Ehere)
59. Sherwood OSBORNE was born in 1788. He died in 1837 in Pike Co. KY. He married Louisa Levisa COLLIER on 28 Apr 1814 in Floyd Co. KY.
60. Louisa Vevisa COLLIER was born in 1798 in TN. She died in 1855 in Letcher Co. or Pike Co. KY.
Sherwood Osborne and Louisa Collier had the following children:
i. Jeremia Osborne was born on 1 Mar 1814
ii. Rodisa Louisa/Levisa/Peggy/ Dicey Osborne was born in 1816
iii. Stephen Osborne was born in 1818. He died in 1888.
iv. Jemima Osborne
v. Hannah Osborne was born in 1822.
vi. John Wesley (JW) Osborne was born in 1824.
vii. Mary Osborne was born in 1825.
viii. Shadrack Shade Osborne was born in 1826. He died in 1899.
ix. Candice Osborne was born in 1827. She died in 1853.
x. Cornilius Neal Osborne was born on 27 Dec 1828 in Pike Co KY. HE died on 9 Aug. 1909.
xi. Sarah "Sally" Osborne was born in 1830. She died in 1909.
xii. Delila Osborne was born in 1833.
61. Richard DAMRON, Sr. was born in 1771 in VA. He died in 1828 in Pike Co. KY. Received a land grant on Shelby Creek on May 18, 1808, Floyd Co. KY. 260 acres, where his decendants still live.
62. Elizabeth Beavers
Richard Damron and Elizabeth Beavers had the following children:
i. Richard Damron, Jr. was born in 1802 in KY
ii. Spurlock Damron was bon in 1813.
iii. Moses Damron
iv. William Moses Damron
v. Elisha Damron was born in 1800. Lived on Robinson Creek at Virgie, KY. Will of Elisha Damron in Book B, page 93, Pike Co KY wills "gave to wife Sally, all real estate and personal property and at death it was to be divided among lawful heirs. Son, W.G. Damron was executor.
Pike Co Marriages also shows in 1845, the mariage of E. Elisha Damron to Sarah Elswick, 1845, Jan 29, by W.M. Tackett.
vi. John Damron.
vii. Solomon King Damron
viii. Abraham Damron
63. Jacob II BLAIR was born in 1765 in Big LaLinto PA. He died in 1862 in Buchanon Co. VA. In Jacob and Margarets last years, they were living with Jacob and Anna Hutchins Chaney, according to the 1860 Buchanan County Census. Their ages were listed as 96 and 91. Jacob II would have passed away before his granson Jacob Chaney went to Minnesota, about 1864.
64. Margaret WALKER was born in 1757 in Russell Co VA. She died in 1868 in Caney Ridge VA. Is reported to be a Cherokee Indian from North Carolina/
These people are in black, because as you will see below, both lines decend from Jacob Blair, II.
Jacob II Blair and Margaret Walker had the following children:
i. William (Billy) Blair
ii. Margaret Lydia (Peggy) Blair was born in 1808 in NC. She died on 7 May 1890.
iii. Jake Walker III Blair
iv. Elizabeth (Betsie) Blair was born in 1800 in NC. SHe died on 25 Feb 1878 in MN.
v. Benjamin Blair was born in 1812 in Russell Co VA.
vi. Sarah Jane Blair was born in 1814 in Russell Co VA. She died in 1912 in Russell Co VA.
vii. Nancy Blair was born after 1814 in Russell Co VA.
65. John III COMPTON was born in 1787 in VA. Possibly John Allen Compton III. Was married to Rebecca Polly WALLACE on 5 Mar 1807 in Tazewell Co. VA.
66. Rebecca Polly WALLACE was born in VA.
John III Compton and Rebecca Polly Wallace had the following children:
i. John Allen IV Compton was born on 29 Jan 1813. He died on 10 Aug 1894.
ii. Francis "Frankie" Compton
iii. Sarah Compton was born in 1815 in Tazewell Co VA.
iv. Nancy Compton was born in 1816 in Pike Co. KY. She died in 1929.
v. Leander Lee Compton was born on 18 Jun 1817 in Tazewell Co. VA. He died in 1898.
Leander Lee Compton and Alcie Damron
vi. Elizabeth "Betsy" Compton was born in 1820
vii. Benjamin Wallace Compton was born on 18 Aug 1821 in Tazewell Co VA. He died on 18 Sep 1893 in Grundy, Buchanon Co VA.
viii. William Witten Compton was born in 1825.
ix. William Jeff Compton was born in 1826.
x. William Fuller Compton was born on 15 Nov 1827 in Russell Co VA. He died on 3 Mar 1904 in Collinwood, Meeker, Co. MN.
