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