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CC 1850 Census Tipton Deed for a Church Also See  Church Page Witt Shields CCPA LeQuire/Womack Jobes~Olivers~Tiptons Main Genealogy Page Dr. John Calvin Post Russell Gregory~Hill  Membership

Email Charles Gregory  - born May 30, 1823  died May 16, 1900. Celia Carver Gregory  born November 30, 1830   died March 20, 1906. Both buried at the Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove.

I don't have any idea when this picture was done.  It is hand-painted on a piece of tin and is very, very dark.   Submitted by:  Kamy Rayburn Gamble CC Queries

Elmer Paul Tipton

Birth Certificate of William Roy Chambers Photo of Sarah Lequire Anthony 1863-1955 Display at Cades Cove Muesum

Mentioned Midwifes       Submitted by D. Post

Polly Harmon  was one of the more recognized midwives. She came to the Cove as a licensed midwife and brought many babies into the Cove including the most celebrated historian,  Dr. Randolph Shields. Cindy Sparks Cable  was also a noted Cove midwife who often traveled through the fields at night, responding with lantern in hand. Other midwives included Sarah Lequire Anthony Frankie Brown Gregory  Annie Abbott Bessie Shields Myers Sarah Gregg Wilcox Most womenfolk's would help in emergency situations. Accounts of successful deliveries from the hands of  Polly Gregory Shields, Kate Tipton Gregory  and even  Aunt Becky Cable , who never married, are remembered by Cove descendants. 

Elmer Paul Tipton s/o Ollie & Louisa Tipton Submitted by:  Linda

Austin Sparks

Gr Grandson of  Leon  &  Johnnie Bryant Sparks

  Andrew Witt Shields   Family Affairs  1850-1919 Andrew Witt Shields , known by most as “ Witt ”, was among the second generation descending from  Robert  and  Margaret Emert Shields , a pioneer family of Cades Cove. There would have been a Cades Cove without the  Shields , but one can only speculate about the community character without their contributions.  Robert Shields  moved his family into the Cove in the early 1820s to avoid a typhoid epidemic at Chilhowee. Some feel he initially lived near the current Forge Creek and Parsons Branch Road intersection before moving his family to the headwaters of Forge Creek. Here  Shields  established one of the earliest Cove tub mills. He later moved into the Cove proper and sponsored early Cove industries of forging and milling in partnership with  D.D. Foute  and  “Fighting Billie” Tipton . He was active in the Baptist Church and in community service as Justice of the Peace and member of the County Court.  Witt’s  Grandfather apparently was an effective role model as  Witt  later demonstrated similar values and skills.

Among the children of  Robert Shields  were  Frederick,  or “ Fed ”, and  William Henry . Each individually had a profound influence on the Cove and  “anchored” their future families in Cove lore by marrying daughters of  John  and  Lurany Frazier Oliver , recognized as the first permanent white settlers. Fed appears to have aligned with his father in the southwestern area of the Cove and eventually lived in the largest log house of the community just “down the road” from the first Mill Creek crossing on Forge Creek Road. 

Henry  elected to live in the northeastern end of the Cove, establishing his home just west of the current picnic area. He and his wife,  Martha Oliver , lived reasonably close to the cabin of his wife’s family. Like his father and brother, milling was in his genes! The  Henry Shields  Mill was established on Anthony Creek. Remnants of the chimney of the “warming shed” can still be observed.  Henry  and  Martha  had nine children, including  Witt .  Witt’s  brother,  George Washington “Carter” Shields , is remembered by the “ Carter Shields  Cabin” exhibit on the south side of the Cove.

Witt Shields  married  Anna Walker , from Tuckaleechee Cove, in 1878 and established a home place just west of the Carter Shields cabin. They provided eight children to the Cove community, with several marrying familiar surnames including  McCaulley ,  Gregory, Ledbetter ,  Oliver  and Cooper . After the death of   Anna ,  Witt  married  Mary Lawson , widow of  William Lawson , in 1898.  His son,  George Henry Shields , eventually inherited the  Witt Shields  home place and raised his family of four children there. Other sons who lived nearby with their families were  Tyre Houston Shields  and  Andrew Witt Shields Jr . Top

Tipton Deed For The Baptist Church

William "Fighting Billie" Tipton  was the son of  Col. John Tipton  of Carter County, both veterans of the Revolutionary War who acquired considerable recognition for their prowess on the battlefield. Col.  John Tipton  received prominence also for his opposition to  John Sevier  over establishment of the State of Franklin.  William  and another son,  Thomas , were awarded several Tennessee Land Grants for Cades Cove property as early as 1821 with  William  being the dominant land speculator.  William  then enticed several Carter County relatives and neighbors to migrate to Cades Cove with many acquiring property from him. Those early settlers from Carter County included  John Oliver ,  Joshua Jobe , son  Jacob  and others.

Missy Tipton , among others, documents the properties of  William Tipton  and the  Tiptons  of Cades Cove in her recently published book " Precious Memories ". The Cades Cove Baptist Church was formally established by 1827, if my memory is correct, probably first meeting in resident cabins and later building a log meeting house which I'm told was just west of the current Primitive Baptist Church House, probably within the confines of the present cemetery. 

Speculation is that  William Tipton , who owned the property provided use  as a community gratuity.  William  has not been identified as a Cades Cove resident per se. One  Butler Tipton , specific relationship to  William Tipton  uncertain, is known to have lived in this vicinity.  Abraham Jobe , son of  Joshua Jobe , references  Butler Tipton  as one of his school teachers in Cades Cove. In October 1836,  William Tipton  deeded one half acre of his property to  John Oliver  and  Peter Cable , both former Carter County neighbors, for specific use of the Cades Cove Baptist Church "for the use of public worship forever". 

The content of this transaction clearly expresses his admiration of  John Oliver  and  Peter Cable  as well as the value he placed on the Cades Cove religious foundation. The transaction also acknowledges the existence of a meeting house already there and the close proximity of  Butler Tipton's  Former home. The original log meeting house was removed and replaced by the current structure which was built in 1887. More than one earlier structure may have existed. The property provided by  William Tipton  also became the burial ground for many deceased Cove residents including many pioneer settlers of Cades Cove.

The writing of the Blount County Warranty Deed is difficult to distinguish and legal terminology has changed significantly in the ensuing 150 years or so, compounding the transcription difficulty. Punctuation is also "at the beauty and interpretation" of the reader! Nevertheless, the intent of  William Tipton's  Deed to the Cades Cove Baptist Church is easily discernible.

Submitted by Dave Post 2-24-05

Also see transcribed deed on the CC Church page

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Jobes~Olivers~Tiptons

If you had positioned an ear against the Carter County cabin door around 1818, you might have heard: " Boys, I guarantee you that there's a better place to raise a family just a little southwest of here in a beautiful valley called Cades Cove. Once the settlement is established, life will be easy for you. What a dream you can live!" Admittedly speculative, these could very well have been the encouragements from William  "Fighting Billy" Tipton  to  John Oliver  and  Joshua Jobe  which enticed them to remove from Carter County to the wilderness in Blount County. 

The principals involved possessed individually distinguishing attributes, motivations and circumstances which made the proposal attractive.  William Tipton  inherently was a born fighter, acquiring this trait from his father,  John Tipton , heroic in the Revolutionary War and a battler with  John Sevier  over State politics.  Fighting Billy  saw speculative land opportunities in the Smoky Mountains and methodically acquired vast property in the Cades Cove area with title to over 1200 acres by 1821. Undoubtedly, the maneuvering for possession initiated several years prior to this time when the land still legally belonged to the Native Americans. Once title was secured,  Fighting Billy  was obviously motivated to promote settlement as this would increase the value of his investments and enable him to exploit the area's natural resources. If  Fighting Billy  could provide an opportunity for associates, friends and family in Carter County simultaneously, so much the better.  John Oliver  and  Joshua Jobe  were excellent candidates to establish the initial foothold in Cades Cove.  John  is reported to have been associated with the Tipton ironworks in Carter County as a collier, one who was skilled in the conversion of coal into fuel for the iron furnace.

John came from a respected, but not a wealthy family, and had recently married  Lurany Frazier , a bound girl. Both probably wished for a secure life with opportunities so far not afforded them. John's military record and  Lurany's  maturity were indications that they possessed the courage and inner strength to provide a realistic probability of survival.  Joshua Jobe  chose  Ruth Tipton , niece of  Fighting Billy , as his wife, or vice-versa.  Joshua  was a Deputy Sheriff in Carter County and though slight of stature, backed down to no one. The social relationships between the principals, in terms of timing, nature and frequency is unestablished. It is documented that  Joshua  directly convinced  John  and  Lurany  to make a home in the Cove, perhaps relocating with them, or perhaps assisting their relocation, joining them later.  Joshua  bought 426 acres from  Fighting Billy  in late 1821.  John  was his "next door neighbor" living just to the north on adjoining property. They provided each other with the moral and physical support required to tame the wilderness and "point the way" for many others to follow. Among those who followed were sons of  Fighting Billy  who initiated a  Tipton  presence in the Cove community.  Fighting Billy  later contributed to the Cove survival with forging and milling operations.  Joshua Jobe  physically left  John Oliver  after ten years, going to "greener pastures" in Georgia.  William Tipton ,  Joshua Jobe  and  John Oliver  were truly the foundation stones of Cades Cove, encouraging and establishing a thriving community which  initially was their dream but eventually became shared with other settlers. Among the three,   John  uniquely maintained the dream as a lifelong Cove resident. Although removed,  Joshua  and  Fighting Billy  lived to see the dream become a reality! 

Today, countless Cove descendants and visitors can only attempt to visualize the former community where  Joshua Jobe ,  John Oliver  and  William Tipton  showed the way for many others to establish home places and build families based on faith, love and their shared dream. What a dream it was!  Dave Post January 19, 2002 John LeQuire  b. abt. 1758-1760 in France, came to Tyson county N.C. ( now Ruterford county) and fought in the Revolutionary War. One of his grandsons  Joseph LeQuire  & wife  Martha Womack , along with two brothers and one sisters came to Cades Cove during the Civil War. Their son  Grayson  was my grandfather, they are buried at the Cades Cove Methodist Church.  Grayson LeQuire  married  Dan Lawson 's daughter  Martha Lawson . Their son  Milton Lequire  married  Ruby Thompson . Notes from Gene LeQuire given to Gloria Motter 2002

Russell Gregory  : Cades Cove Pioneer

Perhaps the initial “mountain top herder”,  Russell Gregory  enjoyed a majestic vigil of Cades Cove from his “summer home” on the grassy bald south of the Cove.  His home was located on the North Carolina side of the State Line near the Gant Lot at Rich Gap. This bald became known as Gregory Bald to eulogize the contributions of a pioneer who sacrificed his life for the community. He also maintained a home in the northwestern area of Cades Cove.  Russell was born in Georgia in 1795, the son of  John Gregory . Family history relates that he met his wife,  Susan Hill , in North Carolina while traveling with his father on a trading mission. The “Hill connection” was strong, resulting in a relocation of the Gregorys along with her “kinfolk”,  Elizabeth Hill  and husband  Robert Burchfield , (Susan & Elizabeth's father  Green Hill  and other relatives to the Cades Cove area in the early 1830s.  Russell Gregory  is included in the 1840 census as residing west of the Cove proper, perhaps in the Chestnut Flats area. Prior to this time, he preferred a nomadic behavior,  moving between North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee. In 1838, he was established as supervisor for construction of the road, now known as the Parsons Branch Road, connecting Cades Cove with the Parsons Turnpike, to provide access to major markets.  In 1853, along with  Daniel D. Foute  and others, he purchased significant North Carolina property, including the Gregory Bald area.  Due to the loss of a hand from infection, Russell was unable to serve militarily in the Civil War. However, using his rifle “Old Long Tom”, he aggressively defended his beloved Cove from renegade forces by organizing a home guard. Frustrated in one foray, the marauders extracted revenge by murdering their nemesis in 1864. The biggest contributions of  Russell  and  Susan Hill Gregory  to the community were their eight children who married and populated the Cove with their offspring who provided notable civic and religious services to the community. The Gregory family remained a major influence throughout the history of the Cove.  The beautiful flaming azaleas of Gregory Bald are a “fitting memorial” to the man who gave so much.  Russell  and  Susan Hill Gregory  are buried in the Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.

Russell Gregory and Drury Gregory Lease Agreement

In December 1857,  Russell Gregory  and his first born son  Drury , sometimes spelled  Druary , or  “Drew” Gregory  executed a lease agreement for the Gregory farm. This agreement provided lifetime protection for  Russell  and  Susan Hill Gregory , who were then in their early sixties, as well as transfer of the farm to Drury upon death of his parents. The property was located just south of the current Cades Cove Loop Road near the home place and Post Office of  Murray Boring  and the home place of  Golman Myers  and others.

Blount County Warranty Deed Book B-B Pages 286-287

Agreement between  Russell Gregory  &  Drury Gregory , both of Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee. Witnesseth: The said  Russell Gregory  leases to  Drury Gregory  the place on which they now live in Cades Cove, on the following terms and conditions, to wit: Said  Russell Gregory  reserves to himself & wife a house & home on the place, while they live &  Drury Gregory  is to manage the farm & pay said  Russell Gregory  or his widow, if she survives him, the one third of grain raised on the place, delivered at the crib & barn, & the one half of the hay made also. And it is further agreed & understood that at the death of  Russell Gregory  & his wife, the said  Drury Gregory , his heirs or assigns, are to have the said plantation, in fee simple, by paying to  John Gregory ,  Elizabeth Gregory ,  Charles Gregory ,  Margaret (Gregory) Burchfield ,  Catherine (Gregory) Greer  &  Walter Gregory , children & heirs of the said  Russell Gregory , their heirs or assigns, seventy one dollars & forty three cents each, which is to be paid to  John Gregory  his share one year after the death of said  Russell Gregory , & to  Elizabeth Gregory  two years after, & to  Charles Gregory  three years, to  Margaret Burchfield  four years after, to  Catherine Greer  five years after & to  Walter Gregory , six years after the death of said  Russell Gregory . It is further agreed & understood that if  John Gregory  wishes to have one half of the farm & join said  Drury Gregory  in owning the place, he shall have the right to do so by paying the one half of the aforesaid amounts to the other children as above set forth. It is further agreed & understood that if at any time before the death of said  Russell Gregory , either of the parties wish to change the foregoing agreement, they shall have the right to do so on the said  Russell Gregory  paying to the said  Drury Gregory , his heirs or assigns, executors or administrators for any & all permanent improvements he may have made on said place. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands & seals to duplicates this 25th day of December 1857. R. Gregory      his DruryXGregory     mark

Witnesses present Daniel D. Foute as to Russell Gregory O.B. Foute

W.D. McGinley as to Drury Gregory William A. Walker

Note Russell Gregory , leader of the Cades Cove Home Guard, was killed during the Civil War at his home in Cades Cove in 1864 by “North Carolina Rebels”. The lease agreement above was registered with the Blount County Register of Deeds on December 31, 1866.  Susan Hill Gregory  survived her husband sixteen years, dying in 1880.    Submitted by Dave Post Top

 Dr. John Calvin Post  Cades Cove Entrepreneur  Introduction by Cherel Henderson

Cades Cove is one of the most popular tourist spots in the great Smoky Mountains National Park. Visitors drive an eleven-mile loop and see a splendidly beaultiful land of pastures and forests.The lucky ones may spot a deer or come upon a “bear jam” (definition: stand-still traffic caused by sighting of a bear). A few empty houses and cabins, a church, a mill, give testament to the community that once thrived here and remind us the dozens of families who left their mountain homes so that it now belongs to the nation.  Dave Post  here tells the story of his ancestor, Dr.  John Calvin Post , his family, and their life in Cades Cove. The great-great grandson of  Dr. John Calvin Post , the author of this article,  Dave Pos t, recently sponsored a grave marker dedication ceremony for his ancestor at New Providence Burial Ground, Maryville, Tennessee.

IN MEMORIAM DR.  JOHN CALVIN POST  MARCH 21, 1803 - January 12, 1873  by  David Post On March 21, 1803, in the State of New York,  John Calvin Post  was born of  Jacobus (James) and Rachael Alyea Post . Calvin was the ninth child born to the couple whose ancestors migrated from the Netherlands to the New World in the 17th Century. He was named for  John Calvin , leader of the Protestant Reformation in Europe, and adhered to the tenets of Calvinism throughout his life. Although scarce knowledge exists of Calvin’s life in the New England States, Post family lore is that Calvin was educated as both a medical doctor and as a mineralogist or geologist, perhaps in Europe, indicating his immediate family was reasonably wealthy. Calvin became acquainted with many learned individuals and successful businessmen as a result of his academic background and social status(1).

Every indication is that Dr. Post’s passion was aligned with geology and he was specifically attracted to the prospects of discovery of precious metals. He, like many entrepreneurs of his generation, may have been influenced by the perception of vast mineral resources hidden in the lands of the Native Americans who were displaced from the Southeast by treaties in the early 19th Century. Dr. Post integrated his technical abilities, his spirit of adventure and the support of business associates to initiate mineral explorations in the Southeast in the early 1840s. Among his acquaintances was  Dr.Gerald Troost , who served as Tennessee State Geologist from 1831 to 1850. As was documented in the Knoxville Register in February 1846, Dr. Post had established a mining partnership with  General James Gamble  and  Thomas H. Calloway  in the Pond Creek Community of Roane County prior to 1845. While residing in Roane County, Dr. Post became acquainted with  Dr. Isaac Anderson , leading Presbyterian Evangelist and Founder of Maryville College, who had established an early church in Kingston and shared Dr. Post’s interests in the exploitation of mineral resources. Based on family history, Dr. Post occasionally journeyed back to New England to attend to family affairs. When returning to Roane County via steamboat on one such visit, a boiler explosion resulted in major injuries to Dr. Post which impaired his physical abilities for life.Tragically, a brother who was accompanying him lost his life in the accident. Another brother, William, also began the journey but disembarked earlier in Illinois escaping injury. Undoubtedly relying on his friend and spiritual advisor,  Dr. Anderson , Dr. Post was directed to the home of  William Thompson , near Maryville College, to recover from his injuries. At this time, Mr. Thompson was mourning the death of his wife,  Rebecca Wallace , the granddaughter of William Wallace and daughter of Jesse Wallace, both Revolutionary War soldiers.  William Wallace  was among the founding fathers of Blount County(2). There at the Thompson home, now preserved as the Thompson-Brown House, Dr. Post was introduced to Martha, William’s daughter who was twenty years younger than he. Romance blossomed resulting in their marriage in 1846 with Dr. Anderson officiating.

During his recovery, Dr. Post elected to abandon his interests in the Pond Creek mine, becoming attracted to mineral resources in the Smoky Mountains where Dr. Anderson and his relatives in the  McCampbell  family were directed. In partnership with the McCampbells, Dr. Post initiated development of the Eldorado Mines on Rich Mountain near the headwaters of Hesse Creek in 1846(3). He established a cabin home for Martha in this vicinity, obviously a much more austere environment than that which she enjoyed in Maryville. Remnants of chimney rocks, an ore smelter and several mine shafts are testaments to that venture. In 1847, the Post’s first child,  John Calvin Post II,  or Junior, was born at Eldorado.

Apparently disappointed in his results at Eldorado, but remaining optimistic, Dr. Post relocated his family to the Southwestern region of the Cades Cove pioneer community in 1847, still following the same mineral vein which initially attracted him to the Smokies. There, near the intersection of the Parsons Branch and Forge Creek Roads, Dr. Post established his cabin home place known as Laurel Springs. Dr. Post’s holdings there, totaling 10,000 acres, were acquired from  Thomas H. Calloway , partner in the Pond Creek mine and administrator of the estate of his father, Joseph Calloway, surveyor of the Hiwassee District. Dr. Post is said to have developed extensive gardens, orchards and vineyards, corresponding with leading nurserymen in the optimization of his efforts. The East Tennessean, published at Maryville in 1858, included identification of Dr. Post as both an “M.D.” and as a “Nurseryman”. Due to the absence of a Presbyterian body in Cades Cove, Dr. Post preferred to observe family devotional services at home, often shared with Native Americans standing in silence at the cabin door and windows.

Six additional children were born to the Posts at Laurel Springs, five daughters and a son.  James William , or  J.W ., was the last born in 1860. Two of the girls suffered deaths while young and were buried at the Post family cemetery near the cabin site. In 1864, one of the surviving daughters,  Mary Florence , planted a holly tree near the Post’s spring in memory of her deceased sisters. The tree grew and prospered for many years. Dr. Post treasured his property and annually would lead the children around the boundaries to assure their appreciation of the holdings.

Although he was physically challenged, Dr. Post managed to establish mineral lease agreements with property owners ranging from Tuckaleechee Cove to Hazel Creek during his years at Laurel Springs. He also corresponded with influential businessmen in the Northeast, hoping to entice investments promoting exploitation of the mountain mineral resources.  Ezekial Birdseye , an associate from Connecticut, was his primary agent for communicating such interests. Dr. Post also managed to pursue several business ventures and promoted patentable ideas during this period(4).

Life in Cades Cove may have always been challenging for the Post family but the hardships presented by the Civil War brought economic disaster. Dr. Post was aligned politically and emotionally with the Union to the extent that he is rumored to have supported the “underground railroad”(5) and was required to hide in the mountains to avoid capture. This position is quite plausible due to his prior associations with  Dr. Anderson  and  Ezekial Birdseye , both strong abolitionists(5)(6).  Undoubtedly his business interests and estate suffered under such circumstances. Although fragmentary correspondence reveals Dr. Post emerged from the conflict with significant disillusionment, he still maintained stature as a community leader, serving on the Cades Cove School Board in 1868(2), and continued to pursue new business partnerships with mountain neighbors.

In 1871,  John Calvin Post II  married a neighbor,  Mary Catherine “Caty” Cable , daughter of  John P . and  Elizabeth Whitehead  Cable(8). They soon were eagerly awaiting their first child who was born later in the year but tragically died shortly thereafter. Calvin and Caty elected to erase some of their heartache by relocating to the “new frontier” of Kansas where they joined the families of two of Caty’s aunts. There they experienced the births of three children with one again succumbing to death shortly after birth. In 1878, Calvin became ill and died with burial in the Lone Elm Cemetery. Caty heroically returned her two young children,  John Calvin Post III  and  Letitia , to the sheltering arms of Cades Cove and the love of her family. The children were raised in Cades Cove and eventually married with descendants of  Russell Gregory  for whom Gregory Bald is named.

When Calvin Jr. moved to Kansas, he left an aged father of questionable health, his mother, three sisters and a young brother. Dr. Post’s family struggled financially and physically to maintain Laurel Springs and ultimately elected to move to Maryville in the latter portion of 1872.  Dr. Post’s health and spirit were irrevocably broken resulting in his death a few months later. Dr. Post was buried at the New Providence Burial Ground which then included the remains of his friend and business associate Dr. Isaac Anderson and many of his wife’s relatives, including those of her mother, Rebecca Wallace Thompson, grandfather, Jesse Wallace and great grandfather, William Wallace. Unfortunately, due to several years of neglect and apathy, Dr.  Post’s grave site, like that of many others, has been lost. Dr. Post’s widow and four surviving children eventually became residents of Chattanooga in Hamilton County, living in close proximity even after the marriages of the daughters. Dr. Post’s youngest son, J.W., returned to Blount County in the early 1900s, became a successful businessman and managed a significant portion of Dr. Post’s property in Cades Cove. He later sold the property to Morton Butler and established himself as an agent for Morton Butler’s interests. Martha 

On March 27, 2004, the descendants of Dr. John Calvin Post and their friends honored his memory by placing and dedicating a marker commemorating his final resting place in the New Providence Burial Ground. We are fortunate that sufficient records have been preserved to provide his descendants a glimpse of this highly intelligent, educated and visionary pioneer of the Southern Appalachians. He was truly one of the entrepreneurs of the Smoky Mountains who encouraged others to explore the potential of his adopted environment while maintaining social and spiritual values critical to the development of his family and community. There’s much we don’t know about Dr. Post. What we do know encourages us to keep turning over still another rock....perhaps we’ll discover the secrets of the mountains yet!

Tell ye your children of it and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. Joel 1:3

Rest in peace Dr. John Calvin Post.....we are comforted that you are mining the Heavens where the imagined riches of Eldorado pale in comparison and that your earthly remains no longer reside in anonymity.

 Remove not the ancient landmarks which thy fathers have set. Proverbs 22:28

 References

1.  Turner, Jesse E. Dr. Calvin Post  (Unpublished sketch).  Ms. Turner  was the daughter of  Eugenia Raynor Fitzgerald Post  who married  William Francis Elwood Turner  and granddaughter of  Dr. Calvin Post . This reference provides the basis for multiple facts included in this sketch. 2.  Burns, Inez E . History of Blount County Tennessee, From War Trails to Landing Strip, 1795-1955. Nashville, Tenn. 1957. 3. Records of Dr. Calvin Post in possession of author. 4. Records of Dr. Calvin Post in possession of author. 5.  Dunn, Durwood . Cades Cove, The Life and Death of a Southern Appalachian Community, 1819-1937. Knoxville, Tenn. 1988. 6.  Dunn, Durwood . An Abolitionist in the Appalachian South. The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tenn. 1997. 7.  Shields, A. Randolph . The Families of Cades Cove, 1821-1936. Maryville, Tenn. 1981.

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