MACON COUNTY, NC - NEWSPAPERS - Franklin Observer Abstracts, 16 Mar 1860 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dawn Watson booleygirl@aol.com ==================================================================== Abstracts of vital and other records from the Franklin Observer, Friday, March 16, 1860 issue Abstracted by Dawn Watson (booleygirl@aol.com) Married on the Raven Fork of Ocanalufta, in Jackson County, on the 17th of February, by Rev. W. W. Smith, John Ool-stoo- ih to Gin-seh, grand-daughter of Standing Wolf. The ceremony was interpreted to the parties by Jefferson Hornbuckle. This marriage may be worthy of note from the fact that it is the first licensed marriage that has ever been solemnized by the Cherokee East... Married on the 11th of March 1860, by M. Rhodes, Esq., Mr. Jackson Frady to Miss Caroline Scroggs of Macon County. Obituary: Departed this mode of existence on Wednesday morning February 20th at the residence of his father, John Wilson, Esq., on Savannah Creek, Jackson County, NC, Mr. Joseph H. Wilson, aged 27 years, 6 months, and 24 days... Died on the 2nd inst., John Wesley Dowdle, infant son of Felix A. and Sallie L. Dowdle, of Macon County, NC, aged two years, one month and two days... Died, of fever, in Jackson Co., NC on the 7th of Feb. ult., in the 13th year of his age, Benjamin B. Allison...was early dedicated by baptism in the M. E. Church, and was a mourner at the altar of prayer at the camp meeting on Scott's Creek, in October last; ...his body rests in that lonely spot, (the grave-yard at Long's Chapel)... Died in Burnsville on the 27th of February Mr. Joseph Shepherd, aged 75 years. He was a useful citizen and a good man. Rev. R. H. Moody will preach at Franklin the last day of this month and the first day of April. He also expects to preach at Cartoogechaye, Coweta, Head of Tennessee and Sugar Fork Churches, and will probably spend several days in the vicinity of each while in the county. The following funerals are expected to be preached on Sunday of the Quarterly Meeting at Long's Chapel, by brothers Hicks and Fanning, to wit: Sarah Davis, Isaac H. Davis, Adalade Davis, Malinda Potts, John B. Allison and Benjamin B. Allison. Notice: This is to forewarn J. D. Franks from paying a certain note given to myself by the said Franks, for one hundred dollars, due the 1st October, 1860, as the said note has been taken from me by C. C. Zachery, and he will likely try to make property of the same. I therefore forbid the said J. D. Franks from paying the same to any other person than myself. G. D. Edwards March 16, 1860 Ten cents Reward: A round, white boy, named Elbert Clarke, absconded from the premises of James Cansler, on the 11th inst., and this is to forwarn all persons from harboring or protecting him in any way, as I will not be bound for any debt, or contract that he may make, and the law will be enforced against any one who harbors him. He is supposed to have been decoyed off by a man named Ragan, as he was last seen in his company. Philip Cansler Macon County, March 16, 1860 Administrator's Sale: By virtue of an order of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, held for Jackson County, December Term, 1859, I (as Administrator of the Estate of John Walker, dec'd) will offer for sale to the highest bidder, on Tuesday, March 20th, 1860, at the Court House door in the town of Webster, the following lands, to wit: 1st. One twenty-fourth of the Weary Hut? Copper Mine Tract, containing about 100 acres, adjoining lands of Hugh Rogers and others. 2nd. One fourteenth part of the James Cooper Cullowhee Mine Tract, containing seventy acres, adjoining lands of E. C. Chastain, Wm. H. Bryson, and others. 3rd. One twentieth part of the Shell Ridge Copper Mine tract, containing about five hundred and fifty acres, adjoining lands of Joseph Buchanan and others. The Weary Hut Mine has been given i* at $30,000 and taxes paid upon that amount. The other two tracts are ra*ing at from $10,000 to $20,000, and interests in them have been selling at about these figures. The purchaser will be required to give note and approved security. Wm. L. Love, Adm'r Feb. 3, 1860 Valuable lands for sale: I want to sell my farm on Iotla, * miles north of Franklin. The farm consists of three tracts- -370 acres, *** acres and 120 acres. The very large amount of Meadow Land; it's ***tiguity to good Merchant Mills and proximity to *** mountain range, renders this a desirable place for farming and stock raising. Those wishing to buy would do well to call on the subscriber. J. T. Siler Franklin, NC, Jan. 13, 1860 State of North Carolina, Macon County, In Equity, Fall Term, 1859. A. W. Bell vs. Joshua King. In this case, it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that the defendant, Joshua King, is a resident of this State, it is thereofre ordered that publication be made in the Franklin Observer commanding the said defendant to be and appear before the Judge of the next Court of Equity, to be held for the county of Macon, at the Court House in Franklin, on the second Monday in March *** then and there to plead, answer or demur to plaintiff's bill of complaint or judgement pro confessor* be taken, and the case heard ex parte. Witness, Jackson Johnston, Clerk and Master, Office in Franklin, the 2nd Monday in Sept. 18**. Issued the 7th of February 1860. J. Johnston, C. M. E. $50 Reward: Ranaway from the residence of Mr. A. P. Mundy, about the first of April, a negro boy named TOM. Tom is about five feet 10 inches high, weighs about 160 or 170 pounds, aged 27 or 28 years, is square built, well proportioned, a slick black round face, quick spoken, shows a good set of white teeth, and has very rough hands--has a heavy beard but usually keeps it shaved pretty close. The above reward will be paid for his delivery to the subscriber, or A. P. Mundy, on Nantahala, or for his confinement in any Jail, so that he can be had. N. S. Jarrett It is supposed that Tom has a pass, and is making his way towards Knoxville or Rockford, Tenn. Oct. 7, 1859 State of North Carolina--Haywood County. Court of Pleas and Quarter Session, December Term 1859. Solomon Rhea, and D. V. McCracken, administrators of John Rhea, dec'd, vs. Robert Rhea, et. al.-- Petition to sell a slave. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that Robert Rhea and the heirs of Mary Hodges are non-residents of the State of North Carolina. It is therefore ordered by Court, that publication is made in the Franklin Observer for six succesive weeks, commanding said non-residents to be and appear at the next term of this Court to be held ** the county of Haywood at the Court House in Waynesville, on the 4th Monday in March next, then and there to plead, answer or demur to said petition, or the same will be heard ex parte ** to them. Witness, W. W. Medford, Clerk of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, at office, the 4th Monday in December, 1859. Certified this 12th Jan. 1860. W. W. Medford, clerk Jan. 27