Sevier County, Tennessee Compiled Genealogies

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Message boards and online family trees can help you learn if someone is actively researching your ancestors. More than 50 books or articles have been published about Sevier County's families. Descendants of some historic residents have had their DNA tested.

Main article: Sevier County, Tennessee

General

Gordon Aronhime (1911-1983) collected information on hundreds of Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee pioneers. His note cards, which reference more than 4,000 early settlers of the Holston-Clinch River area and East Tennessee (1770s-1790s), are held at the Library of Virginia. The cards have been digitized and made available online.

As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Sevier (County), Tennessee at World Connect, results in more than 135,000 entries!

For early settlers (pre-1796), start with:

• East Tennessee Historical Society. First Families of Tennessee: A Register of Early Settlers and Their Present-day Descendants. Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 2000. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 H2ff.

Books that discuss local families include:

• Karr, Beulah. The History and Folks of English Mountain: Sevier County, Tennessee. 2004. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8893 D2k.
• Reagan, Donald B. Smoky Mountain Clans. 3 vols. Knoxville, Tenn.: D.B. Reagan, 1978-1983. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273R22b 1978. [Discusses the Bradley, Conner, Emert, Huskey, McCarter, Reagan, Shultz, Trentham, Watson, and Whaley families.]
• Russell, Gladys Trentham. Call Me Hillbilly: A Personal Account of Growing Up in the Smokies near Gatlinburg. Alcoa, Tenn.: Russell Pub., [1988]. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8893 D2r.
• Russell, Gladys Trentham. Smoky Mountain Family Album. Alcoa, Tenn.: Russell Pub., 1984. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.889 D2r.
• Sevier County Heritage Book Committee. Sevier County, Tennessee, and Its Heritage. [Waynesville, N.C.]: Walsworth Pub. Co., 1994. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8893 H2s.

Bibliography

It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:

• Locate publications about direct ancestors
• Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
• Identify publications about an ancestor's "FAN Club" (Friends, Associates, and Neighbors)

• [Barnes] See Longley.
• [Biard] Smith, Maud Biard. The Biard Family. Paris, Texas: M.B. Smith, 1954. FS Library US/CAN Film 1033942 Item 8; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• [Burchfield] Finks, Betty Lou. The Descendants of the Moore Family. n.p.: B.L. Finks, 1995. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 M787f.
• [Cantrell] See Longley.
• [Cates] Dawson, Aurelia Cate. Our East Tennessee Kinsmen: Cate, Henry and related families. Seaford, DE: Unknown, 1962. Available at FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 C282d; for an index see FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 C282d index or FS Library US/CAN Film 874417 Item 7; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).
• [Chandler] Chandler, Annamae Barber, Philip A. Gowan and John R. Rossell. Discovering Chandler Lines, 1474-1996, in Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1944. Seattle, Wash.: AB Chandler, 1996. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 C361ch.
• [Curd] See Longley.
• [Dagley] Waterfield, Marjorie Featheringill. Dagley Family Group Sheets, 1700-1900. Bowling Green, Ohio: M. Waterfield, 19--. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 D133w.
• [Gaut] McWilliam, Judly L. and Roberta B. Pierson. Jones/Gaut: James & Jerusha: Arno, Wayland, Weber, Mabel. Sacramento, Calif.: J.L. McWilliams, 1987. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 J71mp.
• [Gist] Dorsey, Jean Muir. Christopher Gist of Maryland and Some of His Descendants, 1679-1957, Chicago, IL: J.S. Swift Co., 1958. Digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).
• [Green] Green, William. Life and Papers of A.L.P.Green, D.D.. Nashville, Tennessee: Southern Methodist Pulblishing House, 1877. Free digital copy, courtesy: Internet Archive.
• [Hatcher] Edwards, Olga Jones. The Hatcher Papers, 1793-1898. Typescript, FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 504.
• [Henry] Dawson, Aurelia Cate. Our East Tennessee Kinsmen: Cate, Henry and related families. Seaford, DE: Unknown, 1962. Available at FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 C282d; for an index see FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 C282d index or FS Library US/CAN Film 874417 Item 7; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).
• [Hurst] Littell, Noble K. The Hurst Family: from the Archives. Newsclipping from the Gazette, September 6, 1972, Morgan County Public Library, Martinsville, Ind. FS Library US/CAN Film 1502553 Item 51.
• [Jones] Jones--Sams--Scott Family Bible Records, 1833-1960, and Jones--Scott and Allied Families Records, ca. 1615-1959. Typecript, microfilmed in 1960. FS Library US/CAN Film 219477 Item 14.
• [King] King, Robert R. Wiley King and Margaret Adair King of Little Greenbrier Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee. McLean, Va.: American Society for Genealogy and Family History, 1997. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 K58kr.
• [Langley] See Longley.
• [Lawson] Lawson, Fred Raulston. The Lawsons of East Tennessee. Decatur, Ga.: Looking Glass Books, 1999. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 L444Lf.
• [Link] Link, Paxson. The Link Family: Antecedents and Descendants of John Jacob Link, 1417-1951. Paris, IL?: Unknown, 1951. Available at FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 L648L; FS Library US/CAN Film 1036535 Item 1; digital version at Ancestry ($); and Heritage Quest Online ($). For the 1988 supplement to this book see FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 L648d.
• [Locke] Broyles, Bettye J. Locke Family History: Descendants of Thomas and Susanna (Henry) Locke. Chattanooga, Tenn.: B.J. Broyles, 1995. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 L795b.
• [Longley] Matthews, Addah Longley. Genealogy, Curd-Longley, Cantrell-Barnes. North Newton, KS: Mennonite Press, 1966. Online at FamilySearch Digital Library; Heritage Quest Online ($).
• [Lowe] Reed, Kenneth Charles. The Lowe Family: Ancestors and Descendants of William Albert Lowe and Fannie Harriet Turner: Ancestral Lines: Witcher, Keen, Blair, Turner and Lowe: Descendant Lines: Perry, Douglass, Lowe and Reed. 1984; reprint, Houston, Texas: K.C. Reed, 1997. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 L951r.
• [McGaughey] Sutton, Polly Rachel McGaughey. Descendants of William and Margaret McGaughey (Settled in York County, Pa. 1740). Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Quintella Printing, 1984. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 M128s.
• [McGaughey] Sutton, Polly Rachel McGaughey. Descendants of William and Margaret McGaughey - Settled in York County, Pa., 1740s: Supplement 1991. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: P.R.M. Sutton, 1991. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 M128s supp. 1991.
• [McGaughey] Sutton, Polly Rachel McGaughey. Addendum to Descendants of William and Margaret McGaughy/ey: William and Elizabeth (Lackey) McGaughy/ey Line. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: P.R.M. Sutton, [1995?]. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 M128s supp. 1995.
• [McGhee] McGhee Family. Taken from Notable Southern Families. Microfilmed in 1989. FS Library US/CAN Film 1638488 Item 15.
• [Maples] Southworth, Mary Ford. A Maples Leaf. Orange, Calif.: M.F. Southworth, 1968. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 M321s.
• [Maples] Farny, Anne Marie. A Maples Leaf,: and Pedigree of Anne Marie Martin. El Monte, Calif.: A.M. Martin, 198-?. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 M363mf.
• [Massey] Goddard, Mrs. E.E. Family Reunion at the Home of Dr. John and Mrs. Massey, Atlantic City, New Jersey, September 20, 1925. 1925. FS Library US/CAN Film 1036213 Item 22.
• [Mattox] Lawson, Fred Raulston. The Lawsons of East Tennessee. Decatur, Ga.: Looking Glass Books, 1999. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 L444Lf.
• [Montgomery] Edwards, Olga Jones. The Montgomery Papers, 1817-1913. Tacoma, Wash.: O.J. Edwards, 1964. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 M766e.
• [Moore] Finks, Betty Lou. The Descendants of the Moore Family. n.p.: B.L. Finks, 1995. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 M787f.
• [Nation] Nation, Carole Clawson. James Anderson Nation and Myrtle Della Sands, Their Ancestors, Descendents & Related Families. Rio Linda, Calif.: C.C. Nation, 1986. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 N213nc.
• [Ottinger] Ottinger, Charles Love and Marie Matthews Ottinger. From Affoltern to Atlanta: The Story of One Branch of the Ottinger Family Tree. [Tenn.: C.L. Ottinger], 1992. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 Ot8oc.
• [Ownby] Park, Percival David. Ownby--Watson Family History: With Information on the Bradley, Cardwell, Wilson and Other Allied Families of Sevier County, Tennessee. Atlanta, Ga.: P.D. Park, 1983. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 Ow4p.
• [Parsons] Bishop, Rachel Parsons Flynn. The Parsons Family of Natural Bridge, Virginia. Moneta, Va.: R.P. Bishop, 1987. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 P251b.
• [Porter] Barnett, Bobby D. Descendants of Mitchell Porter: Revolutionary War Soldier. [South Pasadena, Fla.]: B.D. Barnett, 2000. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 P834bb.
• [Reagan] Shelton, Lula F. Joshua Reagan, Son of Timothy Reagan & Elizabeth Trigg. Phoenix, Ariz.: L.F. Shelton, 1982. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 R228s.
• [Reagan] Reagan, Donald B. The Book of Ragan/Reagan. Knoxville, Tenn.: D.R. Reagan, 1993. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 R126rd.
• [Reyer] Broadway, Mavene et al. Der Reiher: Journal of the Reyer Family. Ardmore, Tenn.: Reyer Family in America, 1979-1982. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 R33r.
• [Roberts] Hays, Maud Callaway. Hays Records and Roberts and Allied Families. n.p.: Hays, 1952. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 H333h.
• [Robertson] Robertson, Rhonda. William Robertson of England and His Descendants: (A Partial Genealogy). n.p.: Rhonda Robertson, 1978. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 R545rr.
• [Robertson] Roberson, Rhonda S. "Genealogical Sketches of Revolutionary War Soldiers: William Robertson," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr. 1978):55-78. FS Library Book 975.57 D25s v. 1 (1978).
• [Routh] Routh, Ross H. Stephen Routh (1797-1871) and Some Descendants: A Genealogy. El Paso, Texas: R.H. Routh, 1980. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 R765sr.
• [Shields] Shields, John Arthur. The Shields Family: Particularly the Oldest and Most Numerous Branch of that Family in Our America; an Account of the Ancestor and Descendents [sic] of the Ten Brothers of Sevier County, in Tennessee (1917). Internet Archive.
• [Shields] Coleman, Mary O. Derrick, Rebecca S. Hardin, and Fulton County Historical Society (Indiana). Shields Genealogy. Rochester, Ind.: Fulton County Historical Society (Indiana), 1979. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 2951.
• [Shields] Shields, A. Randolph. The Descendants of Robert and Margaret Emmert Shields of Cades Cove, Tennessee. Maryville, Tenn.: A.R. Shields, 1986. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sh61sa.
• [Shultz] Schultz, Earl K. An Early American Family. n.p.: n.p., n.d. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 1198.
• [Shultz] Reagan, Donald B. Early History of Doctor Martin Shultz and Julianna Stentz. Knoxville, Tenn.: D.B. Reagan, 1989. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sh92r.
• [Thomas] Wynn, C.B. Isaac Thomas of Sevierville, Tennessee: and a Few of His Many Descendants, with Allied Families. Gatlinburg, Tenn.: Buckhorn Press, 1980. FS Library FAM HIST Book 921.73 T363w.
• [Thomas] Lethco, Sue Eledge and Herbert E. Sharp. The William Carroll Thomas Progeny. Sevierville, Tenn.: S.E. Lethco and H.E. Sharp, 1994. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 T368L.
• [Trentham] Trentham, Jo An. Trentham Heritage. n.p.: J. Trentham, [2007?]. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 T723tj.
• [Watson] Park, Percival David. Ownby--Watson Family History: With Information on the Bradley, Cardwell, Wilson and Other Allied Families of Sevier County, Tennessee. Atlanta, Ga.: P.D. Park, 1983. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 Ow4p.
• [Wear] Armstrong, Zella. Notable Southern Families. Chattanooga, Tenn.: Lookout Publishing Company, 1922. Vol. 2. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• [Wear] Col. Samuel Wear's Bible [Records, 1780-1870]. Tacoma, Wash.: Tacoma Genealogical Society, 1963. FS Library US/CAN Book 979.7 D2t.

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