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Note: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60934840 Find A Grave Memorial# 60934840 higginsonbooks.com - phone 978.745.7170 FAUBION The Faubions, by Sarah F. Pangle. 82p. 1922. $16.00 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~auntsissie/faubioncem.html http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~auntsissie/yetthome.html REF: FAUBION AND ALLIED FAMILIES PG 417, 420 WEBSITE OF STEVEN C. VERDEN http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/v/e/r/Steven-C-Verden The Following received from Patt Seitas: William Faubion born January 16, 1783 in Faquier County, Virginia, died September 26, 1839 in Cocke County, Tennessee. He built on a tract of land in Cocke County, Tennessee which was known as the "Dave Susong" place. He was a blacksmith, millwright and made wagons. He enlarged the business and employed several men. (Comes from O'Dell Ref: Over the Misty Blue Hills, pg 92.) He married Rosanna Parthenia Ayers. The following information from Patt provided by Dyerman, Wilma, "The French Broad", Holt, Rhinehart and Wilson, page 17: In the early 1800's William built a flatboat rigged with a paddle wheel on the stern. He took along a blind horse to help pull the boat along when the boat was in shallow water or other difficulty. Provisioned with flour, bacon, dried fruit, feathers and farm goods and with some crew members, William made his way down the French Broad River to the Tennessee River, up the Tennessee River to the Ohio River and from there to the Mississippi River and down river to New Orleans. In New Orleans, William and his crew sold the boat as well as the goods and made their way home by land. From Faubion and Allied Families, page 269: William Faubion was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, Januray 16, 1783; died in Cocke County, Tennessee, September 26, 1839, and was buried in the small "burying ground" on his farm. He married in Cocke County, about the year 1802 (he was said to be nineteen), Rosannah Perthenia Ayres who we believe was born in South Carolina. She died in Cocke County, Tennessee, June 3,1851, and is buried alongside William in the family burying ground. William was a blacksmith, wagon maker and millright as was his father. He was eleven years of age when his parents moved the family across the mountains into the territory now known as East Tennessee. Like his brothers, he grew up in the blacksmith shop learning the ancient ironwork craft from his father. Family legend reveals that he was enterprising, energetic, and ambitious. he was married at the age of nineteen with his father's consent, after being reminded that his services still belonged to his father until he reached the age of majority two years hence. From Pangle comes the story of his "Unique Wedding" as written by her brother James Henry Faubion, quoted here in part; About the year eighteen hundred, as well as can be determined now, the United States Government by a treaty with the Cherokee and Choctaw Indians, bought a land reservation which had been set apart to these tribes in Alabama and Georgia, and opened these lands to white settlers at a nominal price, there was a general hegira of the people of the older states east, to what was popularly known as the 'purchase.' Every passing day brought people migrating to the 'purchase' to obtain new homes. One quiet afternoon in the fall of the year, just as the sun was beginning to make the shadows long, and was sinking behind the blue Smoky range of mountains, and Old Neddies' mountain which is only a short distance from the old Faubion home, was assuming the color of mountains peculiar to them, they were covered with pine and maple trees which at this season were taking on the great variety of colors seen in the beautiful Indian Summer time. The catbirds were singing their evening songs, the cows were coming home to be milked, the still air was resounding with the music of the hammers and anvil in the roadside blacksmith shop, as all the farmers utensils used in the surrounding country were made in this little shop by the stalwart old blacksmith and son whose particular pride was their skill in fashioning iron and steel into implements for pioneer husbandmen. After the music of the hammers of these Vulcans of the frontier had ceased for a moment, the younger man (our Grandfather William Faubion) only nineteen years of age, remarked to his father, "a train of movers are in sight coming in on the Warm Springs (North Carolina) road.". . . When young William had completed his inspection of the caravan, and returned to his work, his mind was continually occupied with it, for he was particularly attracted to the person of a young woman who was in his estimation the most interesting part of the make-up of the whole cavalcade. After the shop was closed for the day, and the evening meal was over young William with his thoughts still on the young lady, garbed in a clean homespun shirt, and his Sunday-go-to-meeting pants, hied himself away to the movers camp to get acquainted, especially with the young woman who had so appealed tohis fancy. . . .The next morning at the breakfast table, young William announced to his astonished parents that he was going to be married . . ."This morning, and to Miss Perthenia Ayers. . . . .one of the young ladies down at the movers camp. . . .". . . This was indeed a case of love at first sight, and a long happy and very prosperous life was given this young couple. . . under the law his services were the property of his parents. . . .As a concession to the young man and to permit him to make a support for himself and young wife, he was permitted by his father to have all he could make in the shop after the days work was over. . . But the strangest and most pathetic part is, the parents, brothers and sisters of the young woman so peculiarly married, hitched up their teams and went on their way. . .She never saw any of them again, nether did she hear of them again during her long life. From Faubion and Allied Families,Page 270 & 271 The division of the Estate of William's father, after his death, is unknown, but the legends would indicate that William continued in his father's trade, enlarging the business, and employing a number of men. It has been written that he built the first mill on the French Broad river, known as the Faubion Mill, and also built the first bridge across that river, just above where Bridgeport now stands. Whether or not they were the 'first' may be questioned; the fact that he built them is not. In an article written for the Newport (Tennessee) Plain Talk by grandson James Henry Faubion, used by Pangle in 1922, Ruth Webb O'Dell in 1950, and by Wilma Dykeman in 1955, it is said William built a flatboat in the early 1800s, rigged it with a paddle wheel on the rear end, took along a blind horse which could serve as a sort of land-locked tug when the boat was in shallow water or other difficulty, loaded the boat with flour, bacon, dried fruit, feathers and other farm goods, and took it down the French Broad to the Tennessee river, up the Tennessee to the Ohio, then to the Mississippi, and down the Mississippi to New Orleans where he and his crew sold the boat as well as the cargo and made their way home by land. Recalling stories heard during his childhood, James Henry also related that William had a country store on the Warm Springs road south of Parrotsville, furnished by goods he purchased in Baltimore, Charleston, and Augusta (Georgia), hauled in from those places in his own wagons. In 1839 William had been engaged in work for the Government in connection with the removal of the Indians from that section of the country. He was away from home for a period of nine months, and, exposed to the hazards of wilderness life, contracted typhoid fever from which he died after an illness of only a few weeks. After William's death, Rosannah Perthenia lived with her son Tilghman and his family until her death in 1851. William died without a Will, and on petition of the heirs in Chancery Court of Jefferson County, Tennessee, Dower was assigned and alotted to Rosannah, the widow, equal to one-third of the real estate, and partition was made among the children and legal heirs-at-law: Moses, Jacob, John, Spencer, Henry and Mathias Faubion; Philip Icenhour, husband of Elizabeth Faubion; and Hamilton Yett, the husband of Sarah Ann Faubion. Real estate in the amount of 3,157 acres on the north side of, and on the waters of the French Broad river, encompassing at least a part of Neddies' mountain, valued at over $18,000, was given into the hands of commissioners appointed by the Court to set aside Dower rights and to make partition of the same among the children and heirs at law. After setting aside the Dower rights, the commissioners apparently divided the property into allotments and those heirs who had not already been "advanced" property by Deed of Conveyance or noncupative Will drew for their portion. Rosannah's dower of 300 acres with the erections and improvements thereon lay on the waters of the French Broad and on both sides of the public road leading from Newport to the Warm Springs. Phillip Isenhour, husband of Elizabeth, received land with one corner near the top of Neddy's Mountain and one corner on the banks of the French Broad river below what is called Neddy's Fall, down the meandors of the river (about one & three-fourth miles), then back to the beginning. Mathias Faubion also received land lying on the French Broad river below the Faubion Mills, but including a set of mills and cotton gins as well. The other heirs received land equal in value to the river lands with the mills, gins, and other erections. Source notes for information written above: Sarah Faubion Pangle, The Faubions, (Texas: 1922). Sarah Pangle and her brother, James Henry Faubion were children of Tilghman A. H. Faubion. Ruth Webb O'Dell, Over The Misty Blue Hills, A History of Cocke County, Tennessee, (1950), page 92 & page 204. (To be reprinted by Southern Historical Press Easley, South Carolina, in Fall of 1981. Duay O'Neil and Nan O'Neil, Sacred To The Memory, Cocke County, Tennessee Cemetery Records, 3 Vols. (Stylecraft Printing Company, Newport, Tennessee, (1972) Vol 2, page 25: #147, Faubion Cemetery. Incorrectly listed for William Faubion as b. 6-10-1783; d. 9-25-1839. Rosannah's stone completely sunken. A personal visit to gravesite, chalking the gravestone for clarity, a snapshot taken for record, proven the above reading to be incorrect. Gravestone reads "Bornd January the 16th in The Year of our Lord 1783 Died September 26th In The Year of our Lord 1839" Wilma Dykeman, The French Broad, (Knoxville, The University of Tennessee Press 1955, reprint ed., 1973), VI, pages 57-58. Chancery Court Minutes, Jefferson County, Tennessee, Vol. 1, pages 116-117. Researchers: T. P. Hughes, Jr., Ann Faubion Armstrong, and Laverne Faubion. The following from Faubion and Allied Families, page 420: William and Perthenia Faubion lived between Bridgeport and Parrotsville, on "the road from Newport to the 'Warm Springs'." Some families show place of birth near Bridgeport; others, near Parrottsville. Both are correct. More About William Faubion: Cause of Death: Typhiod Fever Fact 1: Buried on his farm in small "burying ground" Fact 6: occupation: Blacksmith/Wagonmaker/Millwright More About ROSANNAH PERTHENIA AYERS:Event 1: buried on his (husband) farm in small "burying ground"More About WILLIAM FAUBION and ROSANNAH AYERS:Marriage: Abt. 1802 Ref: Cocke Co. Tennessee Entry Taker Book, Pg 82, Wm Forbion, 148 acres State of Tennessee, Cocke County By virtue of an entry made in the entry takers office of the aforesaid County at Newport of No. 105 dated the 23rd of June 1824 I have surveyed for WILLIAM FARBION ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHT acres of land in said County on the NORTH SIDE OF FRENCH BROAD RIVER INCLUDING A FIELD CALLED THE GRASS FIELD. Beginning at four post oaks running thence South thirteen East forty four poles to a stake on a line of a tract of land owned by said FORBION thence with the lines thereof West forty two poles to post oak South forty six poles to a stake thence East seventy three poles to three hickorys then with VACANT LAND south one hundred and fifty poles to a stake West one hundred and twelve poles to a stake North two hundred and forty poles to a stake thence a direct line to the beginning. Having such form as represented by the above platt. Surveyed the 5th July 1824 by JONATHAN WOOD, Principal Surveyor Cocke County Witnesses: SPENCER FAUBION JOHN HEADRICK JOHN HEADRICK 100 ACRES State of Tennessee Cocke County By virtue of an entry made in the entry takers office at Newport of No. 172, dated 5th of July 1824. I have surveyed for JOHN HEADRICK one hundred acres of land in said county on the north side of French Broad River - Beginning at a post oak on the Still house ridge running thence North sixty five East one hundred poles to a stake near two post oaks, North twenty west one hundred and sixty poles to two pines and two post oaks, south sixty five west one hundred poles to a post oak and black oak on a ridge thence south twenty five East one hundred and sixty poles to the beginning. Having such form as represented by the above platt. Surveyed the 6th of July 1824 WM. FAUBION ) by Jonathan Wood JACOB HUFMAN) C.C. Principal Surveyor of Cocke County 165 ALIZABETH CARUTHUS 75 ACRES State of Tennessee Cocke County By Virtue of an entry made in the entry takers office for the county aforesaid at Newport No. 309 dated 29th December 1824 I have surveyed for ELIZABETH CARUTHUS seventy five acres of land on the north side of French Broad river Beginning at a post Oak corner to JOHN HEADRICK running thence south forty seven degrees West sixty poles to a stake on WILLIAM FAUBIONS line then with same North twenty seven and a half West five poles to a pine south wighty west one hundred poles to a white Oak on the side of a rocky ridge Northten West eighty six poles to a stake six poles from a marked post OakNorth eighty east one hundred and thirty five poles to a stake on JOHN HEADRICKS line then with the same a direct line to the beginning. Having such form as is represented by the above platt. surveyed the 2nd day of June 1825 JOHN HEADRICK ) Jonathan Wood JAMES WILLIAMS) C.C. surveyor of Cocke County 212 JOHN HEADRICK 100 ACRES State of Tennessee Cocke County By Virtue of an entry Made in the entry takers office for said county at Newport of No. 385. I have surveyed for JOHN HEADRICK one hundred acres of land in said county on the North side of French ______ river. Beginning at a stake the south East corner of a tract of land owned by said HEADRICK runing thence with his own line North twenty four deg. West fourteen poles to a stake HUFFMAN corner with his line North thirty five and an half East seventy eight poles to a black Oak his corner the same course with vacant land in all one hundred and six poles to a black Oak south fifty four and an half East one hundred and one poles to a white Oak south eleven and an half East sixty five poles crossing the spur of a ridge to a chestnut south thirty five and an half West eighty six poles to a chestnut thence a direct line to the beginning, having such form as is repre- sented by the above Platt. surveyed the 18th day of April 1827. JOHN BLANCHARD) Jonathan Wood WM FAUBION ) C.C. surveyor of Cocke County 217 JAMES ERWINE 70 ACRES State of Tennessee Cocke County By Virtue of an entry Made in the entry takers office for said county at Newport of No. [blank] dated 3rd day of November 1825. I have surveyed for JAMES ERVINE seventy acres of land in said county on the waters of long Creek. Beginning at a stake the second corner of a tract of land entered in the name of JOSEPH BLACK runing thence along the Mountain south fifty three West one hundred and eighty one poles to a stake North thirty West one hundred and Ninety one poles to a stake on the line of the land on which WM FAUBION now lives then with ditto East one hundred and six poles to a stake near a spanish Oak and dogwood on the line of said ERVINE seventy acre tract then with ditto south forty six and one fourth poles to a small hickory East one hundred and thirty three poles to a black Oak on the line of JOSEPH BLACKS then with ditto south seven poles to the beginning. Having such form as is represented by the above Platt. Surveyed the 16th day of May 1827. WM ANDERSON) Jonathan Wood JNO. EBBS ) C.C. surveyor of Cocke County 247 James Ervin 70 ACRES State of Tennessee Cocke County By virtue of an entry made in the entry takers office for said county at Newport of NO 350 dated the 3rd day of Nov. 1825. I have surveyed for JAMES ERVIN sixty acres of land on the north side of French Broad River on the waters of Long Creek beginning at a stake corner to a tract of land formerly belonging to JESSIE MCPIKE running thence with his lines north sixty and an half west one hundred and forty nine poles crossing the road leading from Warm Springs by Hollands to Newport to a stake to Wm. Faubions oats patch below his blacksmith shop south twenty eight and an half west four poles and nine links to a stake on the line of the tract of land on which William Faubion now lives. Then with the same east eight poles to a stake in the south side of said road south seventy six and an poles to his corner the same course continued in all one hundred and twenty three poles to a small hickory east one hundred and twenty five poles to a chestnut oak on the side of a ridge then a direct line to the beginning. Having such form as is represented by the above platt. Surveyed the 16th day of May 1827. Wm. Anderson) Jonathan Wood John Ebbs ) C.C. Surveyor of Cocke County JOHN BLANCHARD 20 ACRES State of Tennessee Cocke County. By virtue of an entry made in the entry takers office of said county at Newport of NO 623 dated -- of April 1827. I have surveyed for JOHN BLANCHARD twenty acres of land on the north side of French Broad River. Beginning at a spotted oak corner to William Faubion near JAMES JENNINGS line running thence with the old line of said Faubions mill place south thirty four and one fourth degrees east one hundred and two poles to a stake corner to William Forbes and HENDERSONS line then with the same north sixty and an half east thirty four poles to stake corner to said Blanchard fifty acre tract then with ditto thirty four and one fourth west one hundred and twelve poles to a stake on Jennings line two poles from a marked black oak then with Jennings line a direct line to the beginning. Having such form as represented by the above platt. Surveyed the 21st of April 1827 John Headrick ) Jonathan Wood George Hutchinson) C.C. Surveyor of Cocke County 271 JOHN EBBS 80 A. State of Tennessee Cocke County. By virtue of an entry made in the entry takers office for said county at Newport of No. 608 dated the 7th day of March 1826. I have surveyed for JOHN EBBS eighty acres of land on the waters of Long Creek. Beginning at a white oak near three springs on or near JOHN SHOLDS and Faubions line running thence along a rocky ridge south twenty nine est thirty five poles to two hornbeans south fifty eight east one hundred and forty poles to a stake thence across a mountain south seventy five east one hundred and ten poles to a stake in the edge of an old field Faubions line north crossing the Bull Spring Branch twenty eight poles to a small walnut north sixty east thirty eight poles to a chestnut and white oak on Faubions lines south four poles to a hickory east forty six poles to a stake then a direct line to the beginning. Having such form as is represented by the above platt. Surveyed the 15th day of May 1827. Wm. Ebbs ) Jonathan Wood George Ebbs) C.C. Surveyor of Cocke County 285 WM. FAUBION SIXTY ACRES State of Tennessee Cocke County. By virtue of an entry made in the entry takers office for said county at Newport of No. 256 dated the 7th day of August 1824. I have surveyed for WM. FAUBION sixty acres of land in said county on the north side of French Broad river. Beginning at a stake corner to said Faubion on the north side of the road leading from Newport to the Warm springs near to where WM. HELTON formerly lived running thence with his old line west fifty seven and one half poles to a stake on MOSES FAUBION line then with the same north eighty six poles to a white oak north thirty five east fifty four poles to a stake near three black oaks and a hickory on said Faubions line then with the same a direct line to the beginning. Having such form as is represented by the above platt. Surveyed the 9th day of April 1827. John Headrick) Jonathan Wood David Baley ) C.C. Surveyor of Cocke County 365 JOSEPH BLACK 50 Acres State of Tennessee Cocke County. By virtue of an entry made in the entry takers office at Newport of No 684 dated the 3rd day of March 1828. I have surveyed for JOSEPH BLACK fifty acres of land in said county on the East side of French Broad River on the ridge known by the name of Widows ridge. Beginning on a black oak marked near DOCTOR FOWLERS black oak corner running thence south six west fifty eight poles to a stake on an old line to three black oaks marked WILLIAM FAUBIONS corner then with the same East one hundred and four poles to a stake on the same north one hundred three and one half poles to a stake on DALTON FOWLERS line joining WILLIAM FOWLERS line joining WILLIAM FAUBIONS dry land tract thence a direct line to the beginning. Having such form as is represented by the above platt. Surveyed the 16th of October 1830. JOHN BLANCHARD) John Mullendone NOAH H. JOHN ) C.C. Dep. surveyor of Cocke County. REF: FAUBION FAMILY CEMETERY RECORDS, COCKE CO. TN PG 147 BY DUAY O'NEIL -NOTE THESE DATES ARE INCORRECT LISTS BIRTH AND DEATH AS B.10 JUN 1783 DEATH 25 SEP 1839 IT IS STATED IN THE CEMETERY RECORDS THAT THERE IS AN IDENTICAL STONE NEXT TO WILLIAM'S THAT IS ILLEGIBLE, AND IS PROBABLY THE STONE OF HIS WIFE
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