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Butler Families of Johnson County

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Roderick Random Butler was born at Wytheville, Virginia, 8 April 1830. His father died when he was very young. He came to Johnson County, Tennessee at the age of 19. He married Emiline Donnelly in Taylorsville.  Emiline was born in Johnson county, and her death occurred at the age of seventy-five years.  A brother of Mrs. Butler, Captain A. T. Donnelly, served in the Federal army throughout the Civil war.

Roderick studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1853. Elected to the Legislature in 1859 and voted against the secession of the state in 1861. He was arrested by the Confederates three times for treason. In 1863 he became lieutenant-colonel in the Thirteenth Tennessee Cavalry. He served in Congress from 1867 to 1873 and 1887 to 1889. He also served twenty-two years in the State Legislature. He died in 1902 and is buried at Mountain View Cemetery.

Son of Roderick R. Butler: EDWARD E. BUTLER.; Mayor of Mountain City and a member of the law firm of Butler & Grayson. Born in Mountain City, on the 6th of February, 1864. Edward was the tenth of the eleven children of Roderick and Emiline Butler. He was married in Dresden, North Carolina, on the 6th of November, 1892, to Ella M. Baker, a daughter of John Baker of Ashe county, North Carolina.  Their children are : Delilah Emaline (died at the age of 4) ; William Edward, farmer in Johnson county; ;Roderick R., ;and Margaret, wife of Foster C. Brown (they resided in Georgia). ;Edward was the first mayor of Mountain City.; His religious affiliation was Methodist Episcopal.

REECE – Frank Reece and Anna Eggers Family

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Son: John I. Reece(1853-1918/1919) married Sarah E. Maples (b. 1857). John was a farmer. Sarah was descended from Rev. L.L. and Amanda (Brown) Maples. Amanda was a descendent of Colonel Jacob Brown, who founded the Nollichucky Settlement, which was the second settlement in Tennessee. Served as a soldier of the Civil war. They were married in Johnson county in 1875 and had fourteen children; eleven sons and three daughters. One son died in infancy.

Son of John and Sarah: Brazilla Carroll Reece: born on the 22 December 1899, in Johnson County TN. Brazilla resided in Butler, TN. Merchant and lumber dealer. Earned his B.A. in 1914 and was a teacher at New York University. Served in WWI and was a 2nd lieutenant. Honorably discharged in 1919. Elected to Congress upon his return to Butler. He was a Republican and a Baptist.

Joseph I. Reece Son of John and Sarah Reece was born in Johnson county on the 15th of October, 1883. Joseph’s life was devoted to educational work. He received a B.A. in 1908 from Carson and Newman College and earned his masters degree by 1910. He married Bertha Hendricks on the 28th of December, 1908, in South Carolina, daughter of Mathew and Mary (Looper) Hendricks. Mr. Reece was a baptist and a republican. They had at least one son, Josef b. 1921.

James L. Reece: Another son of John and Sarah. Was a teacher and eventually ran one of the largest stores in Butler. He married on the 24th of March, 1912, Elsie Crosswhite, a daughter of Mrs. Kate Crosswhite. He was a republican and a baptist.

1860 Mortality Schedule Index

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Mortality schedules were taken in addition to the census, it recorded any Person that died within the year of when the census was taken.

*Note: The mortality schedules like a lot of information is only as good as the person who gave it. Some households may not have reported family deaths to the census taker.

Legend: MOB = month of birth; POB = place of birth

1891 Male Voters List

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Source: Transcribed by Carol Tuner

1850 Mortality Schedule Index

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Mortality schedules were taken in addition to the census, it recorded any Person that died within the year of when the census was taken.

*Note: The mortality schedules like a lot of information is only as good as the person who gave it. Some households may not have reported family deaths to the census taker.

Legend: MOB = month of birth; POB = place of birth

Johnson County Churches

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The following are churches of Johnson County. This list may not be complete.  

  • Ackerson Creek Christian Church – in Mountain City
  • Ackerson Creek Church Of Christ – in Mountain City
  • Antioch Baptist Church – in Mountain City
  • Atchison Church – in Laurel Bloomery
  • Baker Gap Baptist Church – in Mountain City
  • Berea Church – in Mountain City
  • Bethany Baptist Church – in Mountain City
  • Bethel Baptist Church – in Mountain City
  • Bethel Church Grayson – (historical)
  • Butler Baptist Church – in Watauga Dam/Mountain City
  • Calvary Baptist Church – in Mountain City
  • Center View Church – in Sherwood
  • Central Church – in Shady Valley (historical)
  • Clinton Presbyterian Church – in Mountain City
  • Cobbs Creek Baptist Church – in Butler
  • Community Church – in Mountain City (Non-Denominational)
  • Corinth Baptist Church – in Laurel Bloomery
  • Crandull Church of Christ – in Shady Valley
  • Damascus – in Doe
  • Dewey Christian Church – in Mountain City
  • Doe Valley Church – in Doe
  • Dowe Chapel – in Laurel Bloomery
  • Dyson Grove Church – in Butler (I have also listed this as Doe.)
  • Earls Chapel – in Mountain City
  • Evergreen Church – in Mountain City/Trade?
  • Faith Gospel Baptist Church – in Laurel Bloomery
  • First Assembly of God – in Mountain City
  • First Baptist Church – in Mountain City Oldest (congregation in Johnson County), Tennessee. Founded on April 20, 1794.
  • First Christian Church – in Mountain City
  • First Free Will Baptist Church – in Mountain City
  • First Methodist Church – in Mountain City. Established about 1818.
  • Fish Springs Baptist Church – Old Butler
  • Gods Country Church – in Mountain City (Non-Denominational)
  • Gospel Way Missionary Baptist Church – in Butler
  • Hammons Chapel – in Baldwin Gap /Mountain City?
  • Harmon Chapel Christian Church – in Shady Valley
  • Heavenly Light Baptist Church – in Mountain City
  • Johnson Chapel – in Mountain City
  • Johnson County Fundamental Baptist – in Mountain City
  • Laurel Springs Community Church – in Baldwin Gap/Mountain City? Non-Denominational.
  • Liberty Church – in Mountain City
  • Little Doe – in Doe/Butler?
  • Locust Gap Freewill Baptist Church – in Mountain City
  • Meadow View Church – in Butler
  • Midway Missionary Baptist Church – in Elk Mills/Butler ?
  • Mount Carmel Church – in Doe
  • Mount Vernon Church – in Mountain City (historical)
  • Mountain City Church Of Christ – in Mountain City
  • Mountain City First Baptist Church – in Mountain City
  • Mountain City Presbyterian Church – in Mountain City
  • Mountain City United Methodist-Circuit – in Mountain City
  • Mountain View Church – in Butler
  • Nelsons Chapel Baptist Church – in Mountain City
  • New Creations Church – in Mountain City (Non-Denominational)
  • New Hope Baptist Church – in Mountain City
  • Open Door Baptist Church – in Mountain City
  • Pine Grove Church – in Mountain City
  • Pleasant Grove Church – in Mountain City
  • Pleasant Hill Church – in Baldwin Gap
  • Pleasant Home Church – in Laurel Bloomery
  • Pleasant View Church – in Mountain City
  • Rainbow Baptist Church – in Mountian City
  • Roan Creek Church – in Mountain City
  • Rock Church – in Shady Valley
  • Rock Springs Baptist – in Church Butler
  • Saw Mill Creek Church of Christ – in Mountain City
  • Seventh Day Adventist Church – in Mountain City
  • Shady Valley Church of Christ – in Shady Valley
  • Shady Valley Presbyterian Church – in Shady Valley
  • Shouns United Methodist Church – in Mountain City
  • Sink Valley Church – in Elk Mills/Butler?
  • Snyder Chapel – in Baldwin Gap (historical)
  • Son Shine Church of Christ – in Butler
  • St. Anthony’s Catholic Church – in Mountain City
  • St. John United Methodist Church – in Laurel Bloomery
  • State Line Church – in Grayson/Laurel Bloomery?
  • Sugar Grove Church – in Elk Mills/Butler?
  • Sutherland Community Baptist Church – in Shady Valley
  • Valley View Church – in Mountain City
  • Vaughts Gap Baptist Church – in Mountain City
  • Walnut Grove Baptist Church – in Mountain City
  • Wesley Chapel – in Laurel Bloomery
  • Woods Hill Church – in Mountain City

 

Ironville Post Office

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1888-1903

The Ironville Post Office was one of the “nostalgic” post offices in Johnson County from 1888-1903. It was located in the home of Jacob F. and Mary Brown Dugger in the Dry Hill community (10th District). After Jacob’s death in 1888, their daughter, Nancy Jane Dugger Walker (John Walker) cared for Mary. In 1890 Nancy Jane inherited the land with the home on it.

Mail was received at the home where neighbors came to pick up their mail. The house with its mail slot in the door was still standing in the late 1970s.

Nancy Jane married 2) Charles Hamby Morris on 20 Dec 1891. In 1903 they moved to the New Victory community in lower Washington County, TN and the post office closed.

From “The Dugger Family” by Frances Dugger Rowan, Overmountain Press 1995, p. 209.

Johnson County Folks Buried in Wheeler County, Oregon

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Submitted by Pat Helyer
pathelyer@home.com

Spray Cemetery

  • Shoun Adolf A. 1868 – 1950
  • Ray Butler 10 Nov 1886 – 12 July 1960
  • B.M. 7 Jan 1874 – 24 Feb 1924
  • Wilson Zoa Marie 8 Sept 1919 – 16 Sept 1919
  • Alice Viola 1915 – 1928

Mitchell Cemetery

  • Jenkins, Infant daughter of R.A. and Ada 7 mos 3 days (no dates)
  • Mary Ella 1871 – 1954
  • Wilson Sarah C. 1877 -1940
  • Everett O. 1903 – 1949
  • Walter R. 1906 – 1962

Richmond Cemetery

  • Shown – Joseph C. 26 Nov 1861-13 March 1885 Son of I.F. & M.J.
  • Dora R. 5 May 1899 – 2 August 1901 Child of F.G. & M.E.
  • Flora E. 27 March 1900 – 1 August 1901 Child of F.G. & M.E.
  • Infant daughter born & died 1 April 1902 child of N.D. & E.J.
  • Mary E. 13 Jan. 1922 – 1909
  • Son of M.E. and P.C. died Sept 1911
  • Finley G. 1870 – 1926
  • Isaac F. 10 May 1835 – 17 May 1923
  • Mary I. 14 August 1841 – 10 Feb 1910 wife of I.F.

 

Individual Cemetery Listing

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The following cemeteries are located in Johnson County.  This may not be a complete list.

  • Acre Lawn Cemetery – Laurel Bloomery on Star Gap Rd.
  • Adams Cemetery – in Doe Valley
  • Andrews-Tester Cemetery – in Buntontown
  • Arnold Cemetery – in Trade, TN. Contains Some of the Madron Family.
  • Ashley Cemetery 
  • Bakers Gap Cemetery – in Dry Run
  • Baker Cemetery – in Elk Mills
  • Blackburn Cemetery – in Butler
  • Blevins Cemetery – in Shady Valley
  • Brookshire Cemetery
  • Brown Cemetery – in Baldwin Gap
  • Buchanan Cemetery – in Doe on Cross Roads Mountain
  • Bunton Cemetery – in Elk Mills
  • Burton Cemetery
  • Butler Cemetery – in Watauga Dam
  • Cable Cemetery – in Elk Mills
  • Campbell Cemetery – in Lower Doe Valley on Dugger Hollow Rd
  • Carriger Cemetery – in Butler
  • Chappell Cemetery – near Mountain City
  • Clark Cemetery – in Butler
  • Cochran Cemetery – in Watuaga Dam
  • Cole Cemetery – in Shady Valley near Shady Valley Baptist Church
  • “Colored” Cemetery – in Forge Creek
  • County Home Cemetery – next to the Johnson County Hospital
  • Cowan Cemetery – in Cowantown on Cowan Rd.
  • Cress Cemetery – in Iron Mountain on Hwy 421
  • Crosswhite Cemetery – in Elk Mills
  • Davis Cemetery – on Hwy 421
  • DeLoach Family Cemetery – in Cambpell Hollow or Bee Hollow
  • Dowell Cemetery – in Baldwin Gap
  • Dry Hill Cemetery – in Elk Mills
  • Dugger Cemetery – in Elk Mills
  • Dunn Cemetery – in Baldwin Gap
  • Dyson Grove Baptist Church Cemetery – in Butler
  • Eggers-Grayson Cemetery – in Laurel Bloomery
  • Eldreth Cemetery – in Forge Creek
  • Fletcher Cemetery – in Elk Mills
  • Ford Cemetery – in Sherwood
  • Forrester Cemetery – in Baldwin Gap
  • Gentry Cemetery
  • Greenwell Cemetery – in Elk Mills on Dry Hill Rd.
  • Greer Cemetery
  • Grindstaff Cemetery – in Elk Mills
  • Hammons Cemetery – in Baldwin Gap
  • Hampton Cemetery – in Baldwin Gap
  • Hawkins Cemetery – in Cracker’s Neck
  • Heaberlin Cemetery – in Shady Valley
  • Holy Hill Cemetery (African-American)
  • Hutchinson Cemetery  – in Shady Valley
  • Keys Cemetery – in Laurel Bloomery
  • Laws Cemetery – in Elk Mills
  • Matherly Cemetery – in Watauga Dam
  • Matron Cemetery – in Laural Bloomery
  • McEwen Cemetery
  • McQueen Cemetery – in Shady Valley
  • Meadows Cemetery – in Elk Mills
  • Morley Cemetery – in Watauga Dam
  • Nave Cemetery – in Doe
  • Old Mountain View Cemetery – in Elk Mills
  • Payne Cemetery – in Baldwin Gap & Forge Creek
  • Phillips Cemetery – in Mountain City, Sink Valley & Shady Valley
  • Proffitt Cemetery – in Elk Mills
  • Reece Cemetery – in Zionville
  • Rock Springs Cemetery – in Butler besides Rock Springs Baptist Church
  • Rupard Cemetery – in Laurel Bloomery on Waters Branch Rd
  • Scott Cemetery – in Shady Valley
  • Shull Cemetery – in Dry Run on Avery Branch Rd.
  • Smith Cemetery – in Baldwin Gap
  • Snyder Cemetery
  • Spray Cemetery 
  • Stansberry Cemetery – in Elks Gap
  • Stout Cemetery – in Elks Gap
  • Sunset Memorial Park – in Mountain City
  • Sutherland Cemetery – in Grayson
  • Wagner Cemetery
  • Wallace Cemetery – in Baldwin Gap
  • Wills Cemetery – in Laurel Bloomery
  • Wilson Cemetery – in Mountain City
  • Wolfe Cemetery – in Elks Mill
  • Wood Cemetery – in Shady Valley

Bibliography

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Remember not everything is online! Check these sources for more information about Johnson County.  If the title is a link, then you will be taken to WorldCat and you can see a list of libraries that have the book in their collection.  If you have questions, you may wish to try contacting a library that holds it and finding out their policies on lookups.

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