B’s

Bailey, Elsie

Elsie

housewife

Flora

Bailey, J. T.

Route 1, Butler; Community: Eastman-Farthing; County: Johnson; lived on property of R. S. Grindstaff just beyond Mr. Grindstaff’s home on Midway Rd.; relocation unknown

J. T. – 51 (1891)

Sawmill and threshing work

Anna (wife) – 50 (1892)

Leland (son) – 23 (1919)

Veteran from US Army, discharged due to break down in Panama

Daughter (unnamed) in Johnson City

Bailey, Walter, Mrs.

Mrs. Walter (no first name given)

housekeeper

Willie

John

Baker, Carl

Carl

farmer

Louise

Barker, R. D. ***

Butler; maintained home in the old depot of the Southern railroad; relocated to Waynesville, Haywood County, NC

R.D. – 63 (1879)

Lena (wife) – 56 (1886)

Son (unnamed) – Waynesville, NC

Son (unnamed) – owner of the old depot and allowed his father to look after the property

Berry, G. P.

Butler; Community: District I, Piercetown; County: Carter; right before the county line to Johnson County and the Cobb Creek community; did not have to move and was only mildly affected by a bridge adjustment near his property

G. P. – 55 (1887)

plant worker

farmer – tobacco main cash crop

Dona (wife) – 50 (1892)

Norma (daughter) – 21 (1921)

Fannie (daughter) – 19 (1923)

W. P. (son) – 13 (1929)

Fred (son) – 11 (1931)

Billy (son) – 2 (1940)

Berry, Griffin

Griffin

Laborer

Fred

W. P.

Berry, Harold

Butler, Route 3; Community: Piercetown; County: Carter; purchased property in Carter County, 23 acres in what was known as Morrell farm and built a home on land

Harold – 34 (1908)

 textile worker

son of James and Viole (Combs) Berry

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fletcher (sister and brother-in-law)

R. G. Berry (half brother)

Emma Oliver (sister) – widowed and lives with their mother Vicie

Clarence Berry (nephew)

(the above named relatives live in the vicinity as well as have been surveyed)

Bessie (wife) – 35 (1907)

formerly Bessie Buckles from Stony Creek

Kenneth (son) – 11 (1931)

Lilly (daughter) – 2 (1940)

family attends church at Fish Springs

Berry, James Clarence (Berry, Harold family)

Butler; relocated to 36 acres he bought from Will Elliott, Lynn Valley, Carter County

James Clarence – 35 (1907)

1926-1928 – Construction worker

1930-1942 – Taxi driver

1928-1942 – General farming

son of R. G. and Frankie Berry

          Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fletcher (uncle and aunt)

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Berry (uncle and aunt)

Emma Oliver (aunt)

Vicie Berry (grandmother)

Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Pierce (sister and brother-in-law)

living with R. G. and Frankie Berry (parents)

Erma (wife) – 30 (1912)

formerly Erma Wilson, daughter of Jim Wilson of Cardens Bluff

Maxine (daughter) – 8 (1944)

Shirley (daughter) – 6 (1946)

Jonny (son) – 5 (1947)

Jack (son) – 4 (1948)

Berry, R. G. (Berry, Harold family; Berry, James Clarence family)

Rt. 3, Butler; Community: Piercetown; County: Carter; bought 26 acres in Carter County in the vicinity of Stony Creek relocated there October, 1947

R. G. – 60 (1882)

1902-1942 Farming

1929-1942 security

son of James Berry and his first wife (daughter of Armistead Pierce)

Harold(half-brother)

Mrs. Emma Oliver (half-sister)

Mrs. Vicie Berry (step-mother)

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fletcher (half sister and husband)

Frankie (wife) – 50 (1892)

formerly Frankie Pierce

Clarence (son)

Woodrow Pierce (son-in-law) – 28 (1914)

Edyth Pierce (daughter) – 22 (1920)

son (unnamed) – US Army

Birchfield, Grant

Farmer

Hope

Black, Geno

Butler; Community: 4th District-Lower Elk; County: Carter; located across Elk River

from the Lower Elk Church on a farm belonging to Clint Sheffield in a house in

front of the Sheffield’s; possible relocation to another rental place

Geno – 21 (1931)

Mae (wife) – 15 (1927)

formerly Mae Vines, daughter of Tom Vines who lives just below the Lower

Elk Church

Stella (daughter) – 10 months

family were members of the Lower Elk Baptist Church

Blackburn, Hill

farmer

Odell (child) – Watauga Academy

Stewart (son) – Midway School

Elmer (son) – Midway School

(states on sheet of paper “N.F.I.”)

Blades, W. B. K. ***

Butler Village; home belonged to Ada’s mother; Mr. Blades left for California on

June 1, 1948

W. B. K

Ada (wife) – deceased May 20, 1942 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD

formerly Ada Slemp

Martha Slemp (mother)

W. B. K. Jr. (son) – US Army

Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hudson (daughter and son-in-law)

Blevins, C. A. *** (Blevins, Woodrow family)

Rt. 2, Hampton; Community: Cardens Bluff; County:  Mr. Blevins planned to

move the store to a plot at Dividing Ridge, among other ideas; the update of the

family’s plans was cut off, so any known location was not found

C. A. – 64 (1878)

Maud (wife) – 58 (1884)

formerly Maud Smith

Hubert (son) – 39 (1903)

James (son) – 16 (1926)

Woodrow Blevins

Blevins, R. C., Dr.

Butler; County: Johnson; relocated to Mountain City

R. C. – 49 (1893)

Hazel (wife) – 37 (1905)

formerly Hazel Wagner (related to other Wagner’s on the survey list)

R. C. Jr. (son) – 12 (1930)

Jo Ann (daughter) – 11 (1931)

Peggy (daughter) – 5 (1937)

Blevins, Woodrow

Hampton, TN, Rt. 2; Community: District I (Fish Springs); County: Carter; relocated to property bought from Jim Lewis near Hunter

Woodrow – 29 (1913)

plant worker

son of C. A. Blevins

Jannette (wife) – 25 (1918)

daughter of Mack White who runs the store at Fish Springs and Cora Pierce

Jean (daughter) – 7 (1935)

Gary (son) – 1 (1941)

The family attended Fish Springs Baptist Church

Bowman, Anna ***

Butler Village, Johnstown section; relocated to Carderview

Anna – 50 (1892)

widowed for 5 years (as of date of survey)

formerly Anna Moody

Bowman, Dave

Butler; farm is outside city limits but is considered to be in the Upper Watauga community: Rowe House Moving Firm moved the Jimmie McQueen houseabove contour for Mr. Bowman to continue to farm at the location

Dave – 50 (1892)

farmer with principal crop of tobacco, secondary: dairy

Ronie (wife) – 51 (1891)

Coral (son) – 13 (1929)

Leila (daughter) -16 (1926)

Bowman, Lee A. ***

Butler: Community: Cowanstown; County: Johnson; moved to Elizabethton, TN

Lee A. – 32 (1910)

Ida (wife) – 34 (1908)

Virginia (daughter) – 10 (1932)

William (son) – 6 (1936)

Thelma (daughter) – 5 (1937)

Ebard (son) – 1 (1941)

Bowman, Tom ***

Butler; Community: Roan Creek; County: Johnson; lived down from R. S. Grindstaff’s Store in the Midway Community section; bought 20 acres from R. H. Goodwin at Doeville in Johnson County

Tom – 56 (1886)

Mollie (wife) – 57 (1885)

Dennis (son) – 20 (1922)

Beatrice (daughter)

Georgia (daughter) – 16 (1926)

name unrecognizable (son) – 18 (1924)

Earnest (son) – 16 (1926)

Junior (son) – 12 (1930)

Doran (son) – 24 (1918)

Martha (mother) – 76 (1866)

Bowling, Landon

Butler; moved to Cincinnati in 1943; the children have married and moved out. Mr. Bowling returned and was living in Elizabethton at the Southern Hotel

Landon – 52 (1890)

native of Bristol; wife was also native but is passed and buried at the Holstonreservation area

1910-1940 – locomotive engineer

1940-1942 – warehouse manager

Margaret (daughter) – 26 (1916)

Mearry (daughter) – 18 (1924)

(lived in Bristol)

Edwin (son) – 15 (1927)

lived in Bristol

Bradley, Cyrus ***

Butler; relocated to Carter County and indications shows he is living with one of his children

Cyrus – 80 (1862)

wife had passed a few weeks before the survey

Bradley, Ketha

Ketha

laborer

Jack

Bradley, Wylie

Wylie

farmer

Rosalie (daughter)

Bristol, Jack (incomplete survey papers)

Elk Mills; relocated to stay with relatives with a Hampton address

Jack – passed away a few months before survey

Mrs. Bristol (no first name given)

Brown, Ree ***

Butler; Community: Eastman-Farthington

Ree – 31 (1911)

farmer

self employed as a trucker to help haul for people in area

Mrs. Ree (wife-no first name given) – 31 (1911)

teacher

Broyles, Albert

Butler; Community: District I; County: Carter

Albert – 55 (1887)

Ruby (wife) – 30 (1912)

Betty (daughter) – 4 (1938)

A. (son) – 2 (1940)

Broyles, Victor

Butler; Community: Piercetown; County: Carter; near Cobb Creek School; moved their dwelling intact above the contour of their land which is next to the Carderviewdevelopment

Victor – 37 (1905)

1941-1942 – mechanic at hosiery mill

Wanda (wife) – 36 (1906)

Ethel (daughter) – 13 (1929)

Corine (daughter) – 9 (1933)

Evelyn (daughter) – 11 (1931)

Ralph (son) – 7 (1935)

Earl (son) – 2 (1940)

Buckles, Callie

Butler; Community: District I (Piercetown); County: Carter; up from the saw mill site; family not paying rent, but assuming the role of caretaker for the old Morley home place; relocated to vicinity of Stony Creek

Mr. Buckles – passed earlier in 1942

Callie – 35 (1907)

Floyd (son) – in Army

Horace (son) – 14 (1928)

Leo (son) – 12 (1930)

Wanda (daughter) – 10 (1932)

Thomas (son) – 8 (1934)

Lena (daughter) – 6 (1936)

Ted (step-son) – assists Mrs. Butler

Bunting, Dora ***

Rt. 1, Butler; Community: Cowanstown; County: Johnson; relocated to the same household as Manly Cowan.

Dora – 66 (1876)

married twice with both husbands passed

Mrs. Nannie Mock (daughter) – 26 (1916)

Johnnie Mock (grandson) – 1 ½ (1941)

Annie Lee Cowan (granddaughter) – 17 (1925)

Bunton, Alex

Butler; Community: Gregg; County: Johnson; above Sugar Grove Church; rented from Haggard Wagner; relocated to Jefferson County with mother-in-law for summer of 1948; relocated again on Labor Day to Johnson County in the community of Dry Run at the edge of the reservoir

Alex – 67 (1875)

previously married with children

Mary (wife) – 39 (1903)

one child born to the couple passed in its infancy in 1941

Bunton, Sam

Elk Mills

Sam

farmer

Minnie

Bunton, Scott

Gregg

farmer

Buntop, Andy

Gregg

Andy

laborer

Arvis

Burton, Ella

Butler; Community: Butler; County: Johnson; relocation to Carderview

Ella – 43 (1899)

Widowed for several years, had a large family

Lois (daughter) – Butler Academy

Burton, Scott ***

Butler; Community: Cowanstown; County: Johnson; built a new house above contour and moved his barn, granary and small out buildings intact

Scott – 60 (1882)

Rebecca (wife) – 62 (1880)

Dave (daughter) – 24 (1918)

(note: this is the name given)

Elisa (mother in law) – 80 (1860)

? (unreadable) (granddaughter) – 3 (1939)

Butler, Donnelly ***

Butler; Community: Butler; County: Johnson; bought a house and a lot from Joe Blackford in Mountain City

Donnelly – 59 (1883)

retired mail carrier

Gail (wife) – 50 (1890)

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hazelwood

 

 Old Butler Surnames – C’s