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Note: Lewis Stanton, Sr., born 1772 in Virginia, married ElizabethSmith, born 1780 in North Carolina. They were in South Carolinain 1802 as their first child was born there. They were inBlount County, Tennessee, 20 miles east of Maryville on CadesCove Road on Little River in 1811. (Other notes state that theycame with a group of families and settled there). Indiansdrove them from their land for awhile and they started forMissouri. They were near New Madrid, MO when the greatearthquake occurred about 1812. They were so frightened by thetremors they came back to Blount County. They went to someother place, we think they were in Cherokee County, Alabama in1840 where they took yellow fever and we believe that they cameto McMinn County, Tennessee after that. In Deed Book 1, McMinnCounty, TN Courthouse, page 394 , dated 1847, Holloway Power toLewis Stanton, 160 acres. ("The Stanton Story" by Maudie MayStanton Vaughn)___________________________________________________________________ McMINN COUNTY, TENNESSEE AND ITS PEOPLE 1819-1997 1118 LEWIS STANTON PIONEER FAMILY Lewis Stanton (ca 1772) and wife, Elizabeth Smith Stanton (ca1780), were in Guilford County, NC (1800 census), then in SCbefore living in Blount County (1830 census). Family storiestell of them going west, through Cumberland Gap into Kentuckyand then turning back to Blount County. One reason given forturning back was a fever outbreak, another was the fright causedby the great earthquake. Before settling in McMinn County(1844), it seems they lived in Cherokee County, AL, for a shorttime. The census records indicate they died between 1850 and1860. They were buried at the Old Morrision Burial Grounds inthe Clearwater Community of McMinn County (long abandoned).According to the 1830 Blount Co. census, a male older thanLewis, Jr. and a daughter between 10-15 were listed that wecannot account for. Daughters Elizabeth and Celia were marriedand not included in the father's household. Three otherchildren, Lewis, Jr., Eleanor Cynthia, and Henrietta "Retty"were still at home. Their known children were: Elizabeth, Celia,Henrietta, Eleanor and Lewis Jr. Elizabeth (1802 -SC) marriedWilliam Erwin (1821, Blount Co.). The 1850 census lists hismother and the following children at home: Lewis (27), Lucinda(22), William Brownlow (17), Joseph (15), Isaac (13), John (11),twins Andrew and Sarah (8). Henrietta (1811-TN) married(1831-TN) Robertson Snider/Snyder. The 1850 census lists theirchildren: Montgomery (19), George (17), Peter (14), Lewis (12),Mary (10), Sarah (8), Martha (5), Margaret (3). All we know ofCelia is that she married William Stuart (Stewart) March 1822,in Blount County. Eleanor Cynthia (1822-1892) married (1844)John Wesley Knox. Their children and spouses: Phebe Elizabeth(William G. Sliger), Sarah Knox Curtis, James Lewis (SarahSliger), George Montgomery (Sarah Jane Thomas), Robert "Bob"(Sarah Henderson), Newton "Newt" (Amanda Arwine), Emily (first:Frank Edgemon, second: ??), Rose, Eliza (Allen Edgemon), John(Meg??), Fannie (first: Frank Gregory, second: Thomas LeeEdegmon). The Edgemons were brothers. William Sliger and SarahSliger's parents were Christopher and Jane Buttram Sliger. Newtand Amanda's children were: Sam (Lula Monroe), Charlie (first:Callie Wattenbarger, second: "Lizzie" Laycock Queen), Russell(Virgie Palmer), Hattie Knox Ridgeway, Lee (Mae Jenkins), Walter(Hattie Edgewood), Mamie (Clear Wattenberger), Mary Lou (WalterAnderson Burn), Luther (Ella Queen), and John Marshall "Tokie"(Sara "Sally" Starr). The Watenbargers were brother and sister.Many descendants are living at Niota. Lewis Stanton, Jr.(1816-1885 married (ca 1836) Articimea "Artie Power (ca1822-1879), second: Ellen Bales Crush (widow). Lewis and Artie'schildren were: Lucinda Elizabeth, Sitha Ritta "Ritter", WilliamMongomery, Phebe Ellen, James Kelsey, John Franklin, LewisHolloway, Simon, Artesimia "Artie", and George Washington.Lewis and Ellen's children were: Ada, Fannie and Nellie. Lewis,Jr. and Artie are buried at the Old Morrison Burial Grounds withhis parents. William, James, Lewis, Simon and Artie moved toOklahoma and Kansas. The others stayed in McMinn County. Williamand Isaac Large, JR. got through the Confederate lines joinedthe Union Army in Flat Lick, KY. They were in Company D, 3rdReg. Tenn. Inf. After returning home, Isaac married William'swidowed sister, Ritter. Lucinda (ca 1838-1872) married "Alvie"Shoemaker, son of Talton and Elizabeth Looper Shoemaker. Theyhad six children. Said to be buried at Union McMinn ChurchCemetery (no marker). Sitha Ritter (1840-1912) first marriedJudson Lockmiller. The Confederate conscriptors tried to forceJudson to join their forces. He refused and was badly beaten. Hefled to Kentucky to join the Union forces and died there (1863).Their children were: Texas Ann (Jonathan Wattenbarger). She diedin childbirth (1878). She is buried at Thomas Cemetery, RodgersCreek Community. Her child also named Texas Ann lived. JohnMontgomery Lockmiller (1862-1953) married Lucy Lillard. Johnserved in the army (1886-1891). He was in the Battle of WoundedKnee. He lived in Riceville and is buried there. The children ofRitter and Isaac Large were: Lewis Stanton (1871-1950) andLorenzo Alexander "Ranze" (1874-1948). For more information, seeLarge Family). William Mongomery (1843-1938) married SamanthaParalee Monroe in McMinn County. They first went to Holden,Missouri, then to Selma, Kansas. They had two sons, ThomasKesley and Lewis Sherwood. After Samantha's death (1908),William went to Brussett, Montana to live with Thomas. He isburied in Kincaid, KS. Phobe Ellen (1845-1935) married JosephSliger, son of Christoher and Jane Buttram Sliger. They were theparents of ten children. They are buried at Ward Cemetery,McMinn County. James Kelsey (1847-1911) married Mary ElizabethFrye. They lived in Oklahoma, Idaho, Oregon Ferndale, WA. Theyhad nine children. He is buried in Custer County, OK. JohnFranklin (1851-1930) married Mary Ann Wattenbarger. They areburied at Tranquility Church Cemetery, McMinn County. LewisHolloway (ca1855-1937). He married five times and had four sons,two each from two marriages. He is buried at Fairport, KS.Simon (1857) married Virginia Boggess. They left McMinn Countyca 1885 and settled in Putman, Oklahoma where they buried. Theyhad 15 children. Artisimia "Teen" (1859-1953) married BennettBoggess (brother of Simon's wife). They went first to Kansasthen to Taloga, Oklahoma, near Putnam. George Washington(1862-1933) married Emma Lousie Bales. He was a doctor in Athensin the days of the horse and buggy. They are buried at ButtramsChapel Church Cemetery, as are five of their nine children.Family stories tell that the Stantons were Union sympathizersand when George was born during the Civil War, they just calledhim "Little Yank", later called "Yank". When he was about sixyears of age, he named himself. Maudie "Doolie" Stanton Vaughanspent many years working on the Stanton genealogy and we haveher to thank for much of the research. "Doolie" (1916-1985)lived in Athens, was the daughter of Lee A. and Callie May BoydStanton, and granddaughter of John Franklin Stanton. Submittedby: Mrs. Gil Morgan, 1964 Sharp Drive, Lenoir City, TN 37771Reasearch by Gerry Large Amos, 134 Bateman Lane, Loudon, TN37774 (Some related families: Large, Knox, Wattenbarger, Sliger)___________________________________________________________________ (From the archives of Hazel Collins -- collins_hl@juno.com --who lives next door to Fannie Stanton Strader. 1 Feb 2002)Early Court Records of McMinn Co., TN Case #257: Copying fromDollie Vaughn's handwritten letter: Simon M. Boggess vs.Adolphus H. Crow, 5 July 1856. Boggess bought land from Crowand now finds that the spring which Crow asserted was a goodone, is a wet weather spring. Boggess asks for compensation forthe lack of water. Boggess was of Meigs Co, TN, when deed made(the land was known as Goodson Qr., and John H. Crow formerlylived there.) Annis McCuistion (Mrs. Robert) age 46, deposesthat she has known the land for 28 years. That it has been 24years since her father lived and died on the land and the springafforded them good water if they kept it clean out. (Goodsonbought land near Lewis Stanton, from William Hodge who boughtfrom John Kitchen.) Annis says she stayed there with her fatherwhen he lay sick the year the stars fell on 12th of Nov; JohnKitchen is her brother-in-law and died recently in theneighborhood. Witness Robert McCuistion, age 46 (husband ofAnnis) deposes tht he has lived near the land for 27 or 28years; the he was at his father-in-law's (Mr. Lankford's) thenight he died in Nov. and drank water from the spring; the hehas known people living on the land hauling water from Stanton'sor Power's place. Witness David McCuistion, age 43 deposes thatBogges had known the land for a good many years, was partlyraised in a few miles of it, and lived near joining it before hebought of Crow, and the tenant he put on the land was McKehan,who became his father-in-law the next year, and Boggess boardedwith McKehan all the time; the house where McKehan lived is noton the land in dispute but on the other land Boggess bought fromCrow; Old man Lankford lived there and kept spring cleaned out.1857 proceedings: Witness John H. Crow, age 77 lived on land 4or 5 years; Buck West's family lived in one end of the house helived in and West's wife, Aggie and her daughter carried waterfrom the spring; he had a son Jack, and is "called" A.H. Crow'sfather. 1857 Witness: Wm. Shook, age 35 lived on land in 1853for about 6 weeks and Wattenbarger lived there before. 1857Witness: John N. Crow, age 27 is brother to A.H. Crow. 11 Mar1857: Witness John Kitchen age 79 has known the land that SipySowel now lives on, known as the old John Crow place ever sincethe county was settled. 1857 Witness: Wm. G. West, age 47 livedon land in 1837 or 1838 and again in 1847. 1857 Witness: SipySowell, age 51 Witness: Samuel McKeehan, age 52 Witness:Thomas Wattenbarger, age 25 Witness: Alvy Shoemaker PeterWattenbarger, age 60 deposes tht old man Lankford lived on theland the summer before the stars shot and said Lankford diedthere the same night the stars shot; that Potter's spring is nowknown as Stanton's Spring; that Annis McCuistion is daughter ofLankford, deceased; Mrs. Agnes West, age 47 wife of Wm. G. iswitness. Lewis Stanton (my grandfather :Doolie writes) age 41,has lived where he now lives 9 years, since he moved there thelast time, and lived there 2 years or more before. 1857Witnesses: Wm. Brotherton, age 55. Polly Maxey, age 60. Mrs.Ann Brotherton (wife of Wm.) age 45. Noah Shoemaker, age 24.Franklin Shoemaker, age 30. Arty Stanton (wife of Lewis) age 38,deposes it has been 36 years or more since her father moved tothe head of Spring Creek (Her father was Holloway Power: Doolieexplains) which would be 1821. She has been living on thequarter adjoining the land in dispute where Sipy Sowell lives,and it hs been 19 years since she first lived where she nowlives. Signed: Articemea (Doolie explains that it looks like a"d" but must be an "a." Answer of A.H. Crow; Samuel McKeehan isfather-in-law of complainant Boggess. (Land location: N.W. Qr.Sec. 31, Township 3, Range 1 West.) (No date on AnnisMcCuistion's testimony, but is after John Kitchen died and hegave testimony, 11 Mar 1857. (Doolie explains) This placesyour David (McCuistion) in our county in 1856-57. HollowayPower is her 1821. She goes on .... Dad said his g grandfathersettled head of Spring Creek, but I thought he meant LewisStanton, Sr. (Hazel's note: Apparently, he meant HollowayPower) Besides the farm on head of Spring Creek, Hollowaybought 160 acres from Solomon Potter in 1831. This was whereArticimea and Lewis lived for 2 years. Then they were gone fromTenn. a while, then, in 1847, Lewis bought this same 160 acresfrom his father-in-law, Holloway Power. Doolie sent me someother court cases that I will be glad to copy and send you ifthey are not found in her papers. One other thing: Dooliewrote in one of her letters to me that before she saw thistestimony, she thought Ann McCuistion was another daughter ofHolloway Power. She writes in the margin of her letter: "Anniswas Annis Lankford before marriage."_____________________________________________________________________ Another version of the Lewis, Sr. history as written byAunt Doolie a "Clara", the descendant of Simon or Artisimia (m.Bennett Boggess) Stanton, children of Lewis, Jr.: LewisStanton, Sr., parents unknown, was born in Virginia about 1772,according to the 1850 census records of McMinn County,Tennessee. He was listed as being 78 years old at that date.His wife, Elisebeth, said to have been Elisebeth Smith beforeher marriage, was listed in the same census as being 70 yearsold and birthplace listed as North Carolina. At that date,1850, Lewis Sr. and Elisebeth were living in the ClearwaterCommunity in a two story log house. Their son, Lewis, Jr., andhis wife, Artisemma, and their children were living there too.At one time this farm belonged to John Franklin Stanton'sdaughter and her husband (e.g. John and Julia Stanton Bohannon).This was in the early 1900's. For a long time it was known asthe John Bohannon farm. After Uncle John Bohannon died, theplace was sold and Alley Liles lives in the house John and Juliabuilt near the site of the old Lewis Stanton house. This housewas once a two-story frame house but the Liles have removed theupper story and done some renovating. The large spring near thehouse is said to be the head of Spring Creek. There are manystories as to where Lewis Stanton, Sr. lived from the time ofhis marriage to the time of his death. One story, told by myfather, Lee A. Stanton, was that his great grandfather came witha group of families from North Carolina starting to Missouri.Lewis Sr. settled on Green River, and his family took YellowFever and they started back, to where I do not know, unless itwas back to Blount County, Tennessee. Another story told by MissFannie Spiggle's grandmother, Martha Foster, a granddaughter ofLewis, Sr., was that Lewis, Sr. had brought a friendly Indianwith him from North Carolina. After settling at TuckaleecheeCove at the foot of the Smokey Mountains on Little River, theyheard war drums one day. Becoming uneasy, Lewis sent the Indianto see what the matter was. The Indian came back and toldLewis, "They mad, no want white men on their land". This iswhen Lewis, Sr. packed up his family and left there going toWest Tennessee. This was about 1812, as that was the year ofthe great earthquake that formed Reelfoot Lake. Frightened ofthe tremors they came back. They could have been in any part ofWest Tennessee as the quake was felt for many miles. As for theGreen River story, there is a Green River in Wayne County,Tennessee. I wrote the Wayne County Historical Society and theyhave no record of a Lewis Stanton having lived there. Unless hebought land or was in that county when the census was taken,there would be no record of him. The other Green River is inKentucky, running down close to Tennessee and Missouri. Thestory of their having yellow fever could well be true, as thereis a great gap between the children's ages and some of themcould have died from this disease. Women almost always had achild every two years in the old days, and Lewis and Elisebeth'schildren that we have record of are born, at least some of them,quite a few years apart. In the 1830 census of EastTennessee, only the name of the head of household was given andonly approximate ages were given. We find Lewis Stanton, Sr. inBlount County, Tennessee 50 - 60 years of age. His wife was 40- 50 years of age. No males under 5 years of age. One male 15- 20 years old (Lewis, Jr.). One male 20 - 30 years old (?). Nofemales under 5 years. One female 5 - 10 years (Eleanor), onefemale 10 - 15 years (?), one female 15 - 20 years (Henrietta).Now we know that Lewis Sr's oldest daughter, probably his firstchild, Elizebeth, was born 1802 in South Carolina and married inBlount County, Tennessee 11 Jan 1821 to William Erwin, so shewould not have been listed in the above census. Celia A.,another daughter, married William Stuart in Blount County 28 Mar1822and should not have been listed with the above. WilliamStuart was listed in the same census living near Lewis Stanton.William is 20 - 30 years old. His wife is 20 - 30 years old,and their children are two males 5 to 10, and one female under 5years of age. The other children of Lewis, Sr. are Henrietta,born 1811in Tennessee (according to the census), married inBlount County on 23 Mar 1831to Robinson Snyder. Lewis, Jr.,born 1816 in Tennessee, would have had to married about 1836 or7 going by the ages of his children. Eleanor Cynthia was born12 April 1822, married in McMinn County on 2 Nov 1844 to JohnWestly or Wesley Knox. So we have Lewis in SC in 1802, BlountCounty Tennessee in 1821-2 and 1831, then in McMinn County in1844. Reba Bayless Boyer, a descendant of Elizebeth StantonErwin, says that Lewis Stanton, Sr. was not in McMinn Countyfrom 1836 to 1840. I suppose she bases this on tax records. Ifound a deed in McMinn County wehre Lewis Stanton bought someland from Holloway Power in 1847, whether this was Lewis, Sr. orJr, I do not know. Lewis Sr. and Elisebeth died btween 1850 and1860 and are buried in an old abandoned cemetery just back ofCreed Bohannon's farm, that was called the old Morrison burialgrounds. Foster Bohannon and Alley Bohannon went to thiscemetery recently to look for markers but did not find anyStantons, but did find Morrisons. If there were ever anymarkers on the Stanton graves they have been destroyed or buriedunder the dense growth of vines and shrubs. A Mrs. TedClifton of Indiana is doing research on her Stanton ancestorsand she thinks our Stantons may have been of the Quaker faithand were perhaps turned out of meeting for bearing arms ormarrying out of the faith. Elisebeth Smith Stantons mother wassupposed to have been a Hiett, Hyatt, Hiatt or Hite. Mrs.Clifton found many Hietts and Stantons in the Quaker records.If the 1830 census of Blount County, Tennessee is correct, wehave one male and one female of the Lewis, Sr. family thatcannot be accounted for. If they did not die during the movingaround of the family, there are some more of Lewis, Sr'sdescendants somewhere. When Solomon Stanton of Greenville,Tennessee moved here to Athens, about 1916, Dr. GeorgeWashington Stanton attended him in his final illness. Theydiscussed the fact that they might be kin, as Dr. Stanton toldthat one of his father's brothers was lost to the family. Thiswould seem to prove that Lewis, Jr. had a brother. From aMrs. Bruce Plumlee who lives in Farmington, New Mexico, LouisStanton (could be a different spelling of Lewis) lived inMissouri. She does not have any dates. Married Mary Perkinsfrom Ireland. They had William H., who married Lucinda Shipman.William H. and Lucinda had John B., George Washington, JacksonC., Franklin, James, Sadie, Ellen, Grace, Belle, and Mary. I'mwondering if this Louis could have been a grandson of Lewis, Sr.and who's father could have married when Lewis, Sr. was in thatvicinity. In other words, was this Louis Stanton's father abrother to our Lewis, Jr.? I hope to pursue this line furtheras there may be some leads there. August, 1976 -- I wrote toMrs. Plumlee and my letter was returned, address unknown.Signed: Doolie A further note is included after the above:Clara, I'm sorry you didn't have time when you were here to goout to the place where the Stantons lived. The first LewisStanton bought a 160 acre farm. I don't know if he built theold home or if it was there when he bought the land. It was atwo-storied log house with a kitchen and porch built on. I amtold that the top story was removed from this old house and thatit was moved to the west of where it stood originally. The logswere covered with some kind of siding and it is still lived in.I hage searched for a picture of the house as it was when Lewisand family lived there, but cannot find one. Lewis Sr. and Jr.bought some more small farms joining the first 160 acres and atone time the Stantons owned aa lot of land in a sort of valley.The farm where Nellie Hughes lived came off the Stanton farm.Creed Bohannon's farm and grandpa's farm came off of it. Therewas once some small log houses scattered around on this place.When Ritter Stanton married, she and her children lived in onewhen her husband, Judson Lockmiller, went away to join the UnionArmy. James Kelsey Stanton came over from Rhea County justbefore he went West and he and his family lived in one of thesmall houses until he could dispose of household goods, thenthey moved in with Grandpa Stanton (John Franklin Stanton) for ashort while before starting west. The E. K. Baker ElementarySchool is built on what was once Stanton land. (Maudie May"Doolie" Stanton Vaughn)._____________________________________________________________________ Notes in family history records of the abovementioned"Clara" regarding Lewis Sr. -- originated from correspondenceand visit with Maudie May "Doolie" Stanton Vaughn: Lewis andElizebeth started to Missouri and settled on Green River in theearly 1800's. They had at least one of their children at thistime. Green River is in the corner of Kentucky adjoiningMissouri. The family took Yellow Fever and started back (towhere we do not know). They settled for awhile in BlountCounty, Tennessee. There Lewis bought 800 acres of farm landfrom Benedict Plank. They settled in McMinn County and built alog house near two springs in a valley in the Clearwatercommunity. The house had two large rooms with an openingbetween and a chimney on each end. There was an attic over headwith a ladder leading to it and that is where Lewis, Jr. slept.The house is still standing although someone has removed the topstoryand covered the entire house with shingles. (Note -- asa child I was always told that the top story of Lewis, Sr.'shome had been removed because it was haunted. Vanessa Butler).Census Records: 1820 -- Lewis Sr. and family lived 20 mileeast of Maryville, TN on Cades Cove Road on Little River. 1830-- Blount County, Tennessee 1840 -- can't find them in census1850 -- McMinn County, Tennessee____________________________________________________________________ At the September Court, 1787, of Charlotte County,VA--Richard Martin was appointed guardian to Lewis Stanton,orphan of John Stanton, dec'd on his giving Security, where uponhe with Hezakiah [Turpine], his security, entered into andacknowledged their hand for that purpose. *Unsure of the surnameof Hezakiah. Could be Furpine or Purpine. (Gail Garwood)____________________________________________________________________ 6 January 1794--indenture between Lewis Staunton of thecounty of Franklin, NC and Joseph Wyatt of Charlotte County, VAfor 200 acres of land on Wallace Creek.
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