tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591218908346224982.post5498466488053392394..comments2024-02-27T05:42:03.370-08:00Comments on Reflections of Olde Swain: Departed this Life (October 1915)Olde Swainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08907065516770688746noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591218908346224982.post-21407882359904250682016-01-25T12:11:02.323-08:002016-01-25T12:11:02.323-08:00I sent you a reply with pictures of the maps I use...I sent you a reply with pictures of the maps I used and the coordinates. I don't think it is going to go through. The coordinates are approximately 35.449516, -83.382561Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591218908346224982.post-90769911414111136252016-01-25T06:29:28.000-08:002016-01-25T06:29:28.000-08:00That's great, Ed - can you perhaps get the coo...That's great, Ed - can you perhaps get the coordinates? I'm trying to get the coordinates of all these cemeteries into a spreadsheet (and hope to upload to findagrave) so they aren't lost forever.Olde Swainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08907065516770688746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591218908346224982.post-71676789633246938002015-12-27T15:55:39.190-08:002015-12-27T15:55:39.190-08:00I think I have found the location of the McHan Cem...I think I have found the location of the McHan Cemetery. It is in Ela across US19 and up on the hill from Ela Campground. It is .13 acres surrounded by the property of John Vernon McHan Jr. and wife Jane. It looks like it is located behind a house owned by Jonathan and Rebekah Woodard who, I think, own the campground. I found this using Swain County GIS maps and Google Maps. Ed Ammonshttp://www.needmorenc.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591218908346224982.post-57166205009180323202015-12-08T18:39:16.177-08:002015-12-08T18:39:16.177-08:00How very interesting! Thank you for sharing this i...How very interesting! Thank you for sharing this information and your enthusiasm for these types of posts. I greatly appreciate readers such as yourself.Olde Swainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08907065516770688746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591218908346224982.post-33963146168267039422015-12-07T16:47:28.389-08:002015-12-07T16:47:28.389-08:00I enjoy seeing this type of posts--please continue...I enjoy seeing this type of posts--please continue! William Franklin Garrett was the 1st cousin 4x removed of my husband. His grandmother Elizabeth Harrison was the descendant of one of the signers of the Declaration of Indepence, and was a close relative of the Harrisons who were Presidents of the USA.NannyFran44https://www.blogger.com/profile/01106382577731652076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591218908346224982.post-51472207791458262162015-10-17T07:10:17.815-07:002015-10-17T07:10:17.815-07:00Ed, I think you're correct about that location...Ed, I think you're correct about that location....that's a virtual certainty.<br /><br />Interestingly, when I was a young child, we lived for a time in a small house in which David Siler Lindsay's son Ernest raised his children.<br /><br />Olde Swainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08907065516770688746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591218908346224982.post-20913115009909855592015-10-13T22:10:38.300-07:002015-10-13T22:10:38.300-07:00That view of the Little Tennessee looks to me like...That view of the Little Tennessee looks to me like the Horseshoe Bend near the mouth on Sawmill Creek above the swinging bridge. In the upper right of the picture would be lower Sawmill Creek. Off to the lower left and up river a ways on the west side would be Tarkiln Branch. There are a lot of Horseshoe bends in the Little Tennessee but this picture reminds me of the view from the overlook way up on #28. If this is the case then the property in the scene would likely be owned by the descendants of Timothy Lindsay at the time the picture was taken. Most likely it was David Siler Lindsay or one of his children.<br />Timothy Lindsay was the first husband of Mary Ann Boyd, my great great grandmother. When my Great Great grandfather Harley A Cunningham returned from his service in the Civil War he married the widow of Timothy Lindsay and helped raise her five Lindsay children . Together they created three more children, one of which was my great grandfather Julius Ervin Cunningham.<br />Timothy Lindsay, his son David Siler Lindsay and Harley A Cunningham who adopted the Lindsay children were all Baptist Ministers Ed Ammonshttp://www.needmorenc.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591218908346224982.post-88491639540093041042015-10-05T18:15:09.461-07:002015-10-05T18:15:09.461-07:00Ahhh....now that makes sense - thanks, Ed.Ahhh....now that makes sense - thanks, Ed.Olde Swainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08907065516770688746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591218908346224982.post-18830059483846014852015-10-05T18:14:13.219-07:002015-10-05T18:14:13.219-07:00Hi Paula - thanks so much for dropping by the site...Hi Paula - thanks so much for dropping by the site and being a reader. I'm very glad that you are enjoying the blog - it matters not where you are from! (Hint - I'm not from here either....I moved to Swain County as a small child in 1974.).Olde Swainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08907065516770688746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591218908346224982.post-79431847095475805802015-10-05T04:53:48.514-07:002015-10-05T04:53:48.514-07:00I find this site very interesting. Though I am no...I find this site very interesting. Though I am not from Swain County I love history, especially local history and Haywood County is not that far away. I noticed one of the people mentioned was born and lived for awhile in Haywood County. Please keep up the good work! Paula Rhodarmerpaularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16867723795638151897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591218908346224982.post-18297732034860074012015-10-04T17:28:25.200-07:002015-10-04T17:28:25.200-07:00I think James Mont Cunningham might have been buri...I think James Mont Cunningham might have been buried at the McHan Cemetery years earlier and she was taken to Ela to be be buried beside him. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591218908346224982.post-34668134698608859592015-10-04T15:56:38.285-07:002015-10-04T15:56:38.285-07:00Of course you can disagree, Ed! I want my readers...Of course you can disagree, Ed! I want my readers to clarify and correct as often as necessary. I have made the changes to the text - thank you! Nancy's place of burial is given as Ela on her death certificate. It makes little sense to me, unless she had a child living in the area. Nancy is not on Findagrave, and I looked at every Cunningham in the 'Cemeteries of Swain County' book with no luck - my supposition is that she must be buried in an unmarked grave.Olde Swainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08907065516770688746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591218908346224982.post-81075916645834570552015-10-04T12:42:07.626-07:002015-10-04T12:42:07.626-07:00This is the kind of stuff that keeps me going. Thi...This is the kind of stuff that keeps me going. This is what I've been hoping for! These are my people.<br /><br />If I might be allowed to disagree on a few points; Charles Cunningham's middle name should be Thaddeus, Jeff and Robert Jefferson Cunningham are one and the same, Nancy Angel Cunningham was living with her daughter in the 1910 census and is shown as the mother 4 living children.<br /><br />I think Nancy might have been buried at McHan Cemetery but don't have any documentation to prove it. I also don't know where. Find A Grave has it listed but has no map or directions. There are only three graves listed there. Someone with a Swain County Cemetery could probably find more.<br /><br />Thanks Again! Ed Ammonshttp://www.needmorenc.comnoreply@blogger.com