Notes and References
1.
1860 U.S. Census, Mortality Schedule, Cherokee County, North Carolina, Where John is
shown to be age 56 at his death in October of 1859, meaning he was born between November 1, 1802 and October 31, 1803., National Archives
Microfilm ( ) Roll ( ) (hereafter cited as 1860 U.S. Census - Mortality,
Cherokee Co., North Carolina); 1850 U.S. Census, Population
Schedule, Burke County, North Carolina, page 375b, dwelling number 596, family number 597, where John was listed as age 47, National
Archives Microfilm M432, Roll 625 (hereafter cited as 1850 U.S. Census,
Burke Co., NC); and 1880 U.S. Census, Population Schedule,
Cherokee County, North Carolina, Hothouse Township, page 288b, dwelling Number 81, family number 83, where John's son Stephen DeKalb list
his father as born in North Carolina, National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 958 (hereafter cited as 1880 U.S. Census,
Cherokee Co.,
NC).
2.
1860 U.S. Census - Mortality,
Cherokee Co., North Carolina.
3.
1860 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, Cherokee County, North Carolina, , National
Archives Microfilm M653 Roll 892 (hereafter cited as 1860 U.S. Census,
Cherokee Co., NC); and 1850 U.S. Census,
Burke Co., NC.
4.
Elizabeth Ballew, Tombstone Inscription, Salem No. 2 Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery,
near Mineral Bluff, Georgia; Read and photographed by Don Barry in 1997 (hereafter cited as Elizabeth Ballew,
Tombstone); and 1860
U.S. Census,
Cherokee Co., NC.
5.
1880 U.S. Census, Mortality Schedule, Cherokee County, North Carolina, , National
Archives Microfilm ( ), Roll ( ) (hereafter cited as 1880 U.S. Census - Mortality,
Cherokee Co., North Carolina); and Elizabeth
Ballew,
Tombstone.
6.
Elizabeth Ballew,
Tombstone.
7.
John Ballew and wife Elizabeth; Jesse R. Hyatt and wife Jane; David N. Cos and wife
Elizabeth to Samuel McNeely, Sale of Land, Deed Book B: pages 349-353. County Clerks Office, Burke County, North Carolina (hereafter cited
as John Ballew etal to McNeely,
Burke Co., NC Deed Bk'/I>).
8. Ibid.
9. 1850 U.S. Census, Burke Co., NC<, Enumerated on 31 AUG 1850 by James M?./I>.
10. George Gordon Ward, A. B.,B.D., official historian of Gilmer County, The Annals of
Upper Georgia, Centered in Gilmer County pages 126-127 (hereafter cited as George Gordon Ward, The Annals of Upper Georgia).
11. L. M. Douthitt to John Ballew, Sale of Land, Deed Book 37: page 593. County Clerks
Office, Cherokee County, North Carolina (hereafter cited as Douthitt to John Ballew, Cherokee Co., NC, Deed Bk'/I>).
12. L. M. Douthitt to John Ballew, Sale of Land, Deed Book 37: pages 593-594. County
Clerks Office, Cherokee County, North Carolina (hereafter cited as Douthitt to John Ballew 2, Cherokee Co., NC Deed Bk'/I>).
13. John Ballew to Stephen Ballew, land sale, Deed book 8: page 705 (707). County Clerk's
Office, Cherokee County, North Carolina (hereafter cited as John Ballew to SDK, Cherokee Co., NC Deed Bk).
14. 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co., NC; and 1850 U.S. Census, Burke Co.,
NC.
15. 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co., NC; and 1850 U.S. Census, Burke Co.,
NC.
16. 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co., NC; and 1850 U.S. Census, Burke Co.,
NC.
17. 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co., NC<, Hot House , England Point P.O., page 186,
dwelling 259, family 259/I>; and 1850 U.S. Census, Burke Co., NC.
18. Viola H. Jones - Indexer., Marriages, Fannin County Georgia 1854 Through 1901.
Recorded in Books A, B, C. (hereafter cited as Viola H. Jones, Fannin Co. Mariages).
19. 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co., NC<, Hot House , England Point P.O., page 186,
dwelling 259, family 259/I>.
20. Ibid., Hot House District, England Point P.O., page 186, dwelling 259, family 259.
21. Stephen D. K. Ballew and Rosanna Ballew, and Mahala Johnson and D. M. Johnson, and
Elizabeth Mosely and T. B. Mosley to J. R. Hyatt, Sale of Land, Deed Book 12: Page 189. County Clerk's Office, Cherokee County, North
Carolina (hereafter cited as SDK etal to JR Hyatt, Cherokee Co., NC Deed Book).
22. Ibid.
23. 1850 U.S. Census, Burke Co., NC.
24. SDK etal to JR Hyatt, Cherokee Co., NC Deed Book.
25. Ibid.
26. Ibid.
27. Ruth Hicks to Gertrude Retta Ballew. letter dated July 27, 1972 at address unknown.
photocopy in possession of Donald Joseph Barry, Jr., 4907 Hawk Trail, Marietta, Georgia 30066 (1998). (hereafter cited as R Hicks to G
Ballew, Letter, 27 JUL 1972).
28. 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co., NC; and 1850 U.S. Census, Burke Co.,
NC.
29. Lydia Newman Kilpatrick, "Kilpatrick Family," The Heritage of Polk County,
Tennessee 1839-1997, Polk County Historical and Genealogical Society. (Walsworth Publishing Co., 1997), Family History No. 493, pgs
213-215 (hereafter cited as Lydia Newman Kilpatrick, Kilpatrick Family).
30. Ibid.
31. Ibid.
32. 1870 U. S. Census, Population Schedule, Cherokee County, North Carolina, , National
Archives Microfilm M593, Roll 1130 (hereafter cited as 1870 U.S. Census, Cherokee, Co. NC); and 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co.,
NC.
33. 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co., NC; and 1850 U.S. Census, Burke Co.,
NC.
34. 1870 U.S. Census, Cherokee, Co. NC<, Hot House Township, Wolf Creek P. O., page
279, lines 21 through26, dwelling 22, family 22, enumerated 24 June, 1870./I>.
35. Ibid.
36. R Hicks to G Ballew, Letter, 27 JUL 1972.
37. 1850 U.S. Census, Burke Co., NC.
38. 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co., NC; and Stephen DeKalb Ballew, tombstone
inscription, Sugar Creek Cemetery, Fannin County, Georgia; Read and photographed by Don Barry, 1997 (hereafter cited as Stephen DeKalb
Ballew, Tombstone).
39. Stephen DeKalb Ballew, Tombstone.
40. 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co., NC; and Rosana Robertson, tombstone
inscription, Sugar Creek Cemetery, Fannin County, Georgia; read and photographed by Don Barry, 1997 (hereafter cited as Rosana Robertson,
Tombstone).
41. R Hicks to G Ballew, Letter, 27 JUL 1972.
42. SDK etal to JR Hyatt, Cherokee Co., NC Deed Book.
43. S. D. K. Ballew and wife R. Ballew to Jack Simonds and D. M. Stewart and S. D. H.
Ballew Chairmen Public School Committee of District No. 3 in Hot house Township Cherokee County, North Carolina, donation of land, Deed Book
18: pages 163-164. County Clerk's Office, Cherokee County, North Carolina (hereafter cited as SDK-Rosannna to School, Cherokee, NC Deed
Book).
44. Rosanna Ballew as Administratrix for Stephen D. K. Ballew to W. D. Joknson, Sale of
Land, Deed Book 43: 195. County Clerk's Office, Cherokee County, North Carolina (hereafter cited as R. Ballew Admx-Johnson, Cherokee Co.,
NC Deed Bk).
45. John Ballew to SDK, Cherokee Co., NC Deed Bk.
46. SDK etal to JR Hyatt, Cherokee Co., NC Deed Book.
47. SDK-Rosannna to School, Cherokee, NC Deed Book.
48. R Hicks to G Ballew, Letter, 27 JUL 1972.
49. Ibid.
50. Council on Finance and Promotion of the Northern Baptist Convention, Under the Big
Top (The American Baptist Home Mission Society), page 8, back cover and page 2 footnote (hereafter cited as Baptist Miss. Soc., Under
the Big Top).
51. R Hicks to G Ballew, Letter, 27 JUL 1972.
52. Ibid.
53. Ibid.
54. Baptist Miss. Soc., Under the Big Top<, page 8, back cover and page 2 footnote/I>.
55. R Hicks to G Ballew, Letter, 27 JUL 1972.
56. Susan Amerlyn Ballew, Death Certificate Registration No. 736, 28 FEB 1933, Clerk of
Court, Fannin County, Georgia (hereafter cited as Susan Amerlyn Ballew, Death Certificate).
57. Ibid.
58. Ibid.
59. Viola H. Jones, Fannin Co. Mariages.
60. 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co., NC; 1850 U.S. Census, Burke Co., NC;
and John R. Ballew Family Bible, in possession of Grace Vivian Ballew Meredith, Roswell, New Mexico, (1997) (hereafter cited as John R.
Ballew, Family Bible).
61. John R. Ballew, Family Bible.
62. John Robert Ballew and 1) Fanny Davis 2) Mary Elizabeth Cash family group sheet,
supplied 1997 by Grace Vivian Ballew Meredith, 1115 South Kentucky, Roswell, NM 88201-4349. This sheet does not cite documentation for
information therein. (hereafter cited as John R. Ballew b.1829, Family Group Sheet).
63. Viola H. Jones, Fannin Co. Mariages.
64. 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co., NC<, Hot House, England Point P.O., page 186,
dwelling 264, family 264, 29 JUN 1860/I>.
65. John R. Ballew, Family Bible.
66. Ibid.
67. John R. Ballew b.1829, Family Group Sheet.
68. John R. Ballew, Family Bible.
69. Ibid.
70. John R. Ballew b.1829, Family Group Sheet.
71. 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co., NC.
72. John R. Ballew to John B. Fain, Sale of Land, Deed Book 11: 203. County Clerk's
Office, Cherokee County, North Carolina (hereafter cited as J. R. Ballew to Fain, Cherokee NC Deed Bk'/I>).
73. John R. Ballew b.1829, Family Group Sheet.
74. 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co., NC.
75. John R. Ballew, Family Bible.
76. John R. Ballew b.1829, Family Group Sheet.
77. John R. Ballew, Family Bible.
78. John R. Ballew b.1829, Family Group Sheet.
79. John R. Ballew, Family Bible.
80. Ibid.
81. Ibid.
82. John R. Ballew b.1829, Family Group Sheet.
83. John R. Ballew, Family Bible.
84. Ibid.
85. Ibid.
86. Ibid.
87. Ibid.
88. John R. Ballew b.1829, Family Group Sheet.
89. John R. Ballew, Family Bible.
90. Ibid.
91. Ibid.
92. Ibid.
93. Ibid.
94. Ibid.
95. Ibid.
96. Ibid.
97. Ibid.
98. Ibid.
99. Ibid.
100. Ibid.
101. Ibid.
102. Ibid.
103. Ibid.
104. John R. Ballew b.1829, Family Group Sheet.
105. John R. Ballew, Family Bible.
106. John R. Ballew b.1829, Family Group Sheet.
107. John R. Ballew, Family Bible.
108. Ibid.
109. William J. Barry & Mary A. Sheehan, Marriage Certificate, 2/15/1905, No. 096481:
City Registrar's Office, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts (hereafter cited as Barry-Sheehan, Marriage Certificate).
110. Ibid.
111. Ibid.
112. Ibid.
113. Ibid.
114. Barry-Sheehan, Marriage Certificate. Barry-Sheehan, Marriage
Certificate.
115. Barry-Sheehan, Marriage Certificate.
116. 1920 U. S. Census, Population Schedule, Wellesley Hills, Precinct 3, Norlfolk
County, Massachusetts, , National Archives Microfilm M??, Roll ??? (hereafter cited as 1920 U.S. Census, Norfolk Co., MA).
117. Barry-Sheehan, Marriage Certificate.
118. Ibid.
119. 1920 U.S. Census, Norfolk Co., MA.
120. Ibid.
121. Ibid.
122. A Monthly Work sheet for the Isabella Smelt on display at the Copper Basin Mining
Museum in Ducktown, Polk County, Tennessee in 1997. (hereafter cited as Isabella Smelt, Monthly Work Report).
123. R Hicks to G Ballew, Letter, 27 JUL 1972.
124. Norman Augustus Bell, Death Certificate blank, 11/1/1988, County Clerks Office,
Lumpkin County, Georgia (hereafter cited as Norman Bell, Death Certificate).
125. Ibid.
126. Ibid.
127. Mildred Bell, Birth Certificate Certificate No. 55532, 11 OCT 1928, Health
Department, Middlesboro, Bell County, Kentucky (hereafter cited as Mildred Bell Birth Certificate, Middlesboro, Bell Co., Kentucky).
128. R Hicks to G Ballew, Letter, 27 JUL 1972.
129. Ibid.
130. Ibid.
131. Baptist Miss. Soc., Under the Big Top<, page 8, back cover and page 2
footnote/I>.
132. R Hicks to G Ballew, Letter, 27 JUL 1972.
133. Baptist Miss. Soc., Under the Big Top<, page 8, back cover and page 2
footnote/I>.
134. R Hicks to G Ballew, Letter, 27 JUL 1972.
135. Ibid.
136. 1870 U.S. Census, Cherokee, Co. NC<, Hot House Township, Wolf Creek P. O., page
279, lines 21 through26, dwelling 22, family 22, enumerated 24 June, 1870./I>.
137. 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co., NC; and 1850 U.S. Census, Burke Co.,
NC.
138. 1870 U.S. Census, Cherokee, Co. NC; and 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co.,
NC.
139. R Hicks to G Ballew, Letter, 27 JUL 1972.
140. 1870 U.S. Census, Cherokee, Co. NC.
141. Ibid.
142. Ibid.
143. Ibid.
144. Ibid.
145. Ibid.
146. Ibid.
147. John R. Ballew, Family Bible.
148. Ibid.
149. John R. Ballew b.1829, Family Group Sheet.
150. 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co., NC<, Hot House , England Point P.O., page 186,
dwelling 259, family 259/I>.
151. Viola H. Jones, Fannin Co. Mariages.
152. 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co., NC<, Hot House , England Point P.O., page 186,
dwelling 259, family 259/I>; and 1850 U.S. Census, Burke Co., NC.
153. SDK etal to JR Hyatt, Cherokee Co., NC Deed Book.
154. 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co., NC<, Hot House District, England Point P.O.,
page 186, dwelling 259, family 259/I>.
155. SDK etal to JR Hyatt, Cherokee Co., NC Deed Book.
156. 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co., NC.
157. Ibid., Hot House , England Point P.O., page 186, dwelling 259, family 259.
158. Lydia Newman Kilpatrick, Kilpatrick Family.
159. Ibid.
160. 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co., NC; and 1850 U.S. Census, Burke Co.,
NC.
161. Lydia Newman Kilpatrick, Kilpatrick Family.
162. John R. Ballew, Family Bible.
163. 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co., NC.
164. John R. Ballew, Family Bible.
165. John R. Ballew b.1829, Family Group Sheet.
166. Ibid.
167. John R. Ballew, Family Bible.
168. Ibid.
169. 1850 U.S. Census, Burke Co., NC.
170. Elizabeth Ballew, Tombstone; and 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co., NC.
171. 1880 U.S. Census - Mortality, Cherokee Co., North Carolina; and Elizabeth
Ballew, Tombstone.
172. Elizabeth Ballew, Tombstone.
173. 1860 U.S. Census, Cherokee Co., NC; and 1850 U.S. Census, Burke Co.,
NC.
174. 1860 U.S. Census - Mortality, Cherokee Co., North Carolina<, Where John is
shown to be age 56 at his death in October of 1859, meaning he was born between November 1, 1802 and October 31, 1803./I>; 1850 U.S. Census,
Burke Co., NC<, page 375b, dwelling number 596, family number 597, where John was listed as age 47/I>; and 1880 U.S. Census, Cherokee
Co., NC<, Hothouse Township, page 288b, dwelling Number 81, family number 83, where John's son Stephen DeKalb list his father as born in
North Carolina/I>.
175. 1860 U.S. Census - Mortality, Cherokee Co., North Carolina.
176. John Ballew etal to McNeely, Burke Co., NC Deed Bk..
177. 1850 U.S. Census, Burke Co., NC<, Enumerated on 31 AUG 1850 by James M?./I>.
178. George Gordon Ward, The Annals of Upper Georgia<, pages 126-127/I>.
179. Douthitt to John Ballew, Cherokee Co., NC, Deed Bk..
180. Douthitt to John Ballew 2, Cherokee Co., NC Deed Bk..
181. John Ballew to SDK, Cherokee Co., NC Deed Bk.
182. John Ballew etal to McNeely, Burke Co., NC Deed Bk..
183. Isabella Smelt, Monthly Work Report.
184. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Saint Clair County, Alabama, District 40,
page 106, dwelling __, family 52, which listed Hilliard Trammell as age 38 and birthplace Georgia., National Archives Microfilm M432, Roll
14 (hereafter cited as 1850 US Census, Saint Clair County, Alabama).
185. J. Hilyard Tramel, Death Certificate No. 43, 27 May 1886, Clerk of Court, Saint
Clair County, Alabama (hereafter cited as J. Hilyard Tramel, Death Certificate).
186. J. Hilyard Tramel, tombstone inscription, Dearman Chapel Cemetery, Steele, Saint
Clair County, Alabama; read and photographed by Don Barry, 1996 (hereafter cited as J. Hilyard Tramel, Tombstone).
187. Barry-Sheehan, Marriage Certificate.
188. Ibid.
189. Ibid.
190. Ibid.
191. Ibid.
192. Ibid.
193. Ibid.
194. 1920 U.S. Census, Norfolk Co., MA.
195. Ibid.
196. Barry-Sheehan, Marriage Certificate. Barry-Sheehan, Marriage
Certificate.
197. Barry-Sheehan, Marriage Certificate.
198. 1920 U.S. Census, Norfolk Co., MA.
199. 1850 US Census, Saint Clair County, Alabama<, District 40, page 103, dwelling
number 6, family number 6, enumerated 09 NOV 1850, where John is listed as age 66 with his birthplace listed as South Carolina./I>; and
William C. Stewart., Gone to Georgia - Jackson and Gwinnett Counties and their Neighbors in the Western Migration (National
Genealogical Society), Pages 313-314, where it refers to John (born in South Carolina 1784) (hereafter cited as William C. Stewart, Gone
to Georgia).
200. 1850 US Census, Saint Clair County, Alabama<, District 40, page 103, dwelling
number 6, family number 6, enumerated 09 NOV 1850, where John Trammell, age 66, and Elizabeth Trammell, age 58, are living in the same
household as apparent husband and wife./I>.
201. Ibid., District 40, page 103, dwelling 6, family 6, where Elizabeth is listed as
being age 58 and being born in Virginia.
202. 1860 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, Saint Clair County, Alabama, District 40,
page 97, dwelling 5, family 5, where Elizabeth is living with son Dennis and is listed as age 65 with birthplace of North Carolina.,
National Archives Microfilm M653, Roll 23 (hereafter cited as 1860 U.S. Census, Saint Clair Co., Alabama).
203. 1870 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, Saint Clair County, Alabama, P.O. Box
Ashville, page 88, dwelling 36, family , where Elizabeth is living with son Dennis, and is listed as age 72, and born in South Carolina.,
National Archives Microfilm M593, Roll 40 (hereafter cited as 1870 U.S. Census, Saint Clair Co., Alabama).
204. John Trammel To William J. Whisenant, Sale of Land, Deed Book __: page 270. County
Clerk's Office, Saint Clair County, Alabama (hereafter cited as JnTrammel To Wm J. Whisenant, Saint Clair Co. Deed Book).
205. 1850 US Census, Saint Clair County, Alabama<, District 40, page 103, dwelling
7, family 7, where Tilmam Trammell is listed as age 32 and born in Georgia./I>.
206. Tillmon Trammel & Adaline Davis, Marriage Return, 28 December 1845, Marriage Book
__: page __, County Clerk's Office, Saint Clair County, Alabama (hereafter cited as Tillmon Trammel - Adaline Davis, Marriage Book
__); and Rubye Sisson, compiler., Saint Clair County Marriages, 1818-1899 ((Publisher ?)), page 167. (hereafter cited as Rubye
Sisson, Saint Clair Co. Marriages).
207. 1850 US Census, Saint Clair County, Alabama<, District 40, page 106, dwelling
__, family 52, which listed Hilliard Trammell as age 38 and birthplace Georgia./I>.
208. J. Hilyard Tramel, Death Certificate.
209. J. Hilyard Tramel, Tombstone.
210. Norman Bell, Death Certificate.
211. Ibid.
212. Ibid.
213. John R. Ballew, Family Bible.
214. Ibid.
215. Ibid.
216. Ibid.
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