William Thomas Trentham was born March 27, 1793 in Haywood County, North Carolina. William was the son of Robert William Trentham and Lucinda Trentram

William Trentham married Susannah Hicks in Haywood County, North Carolina on Oct 6, 1818. William and Susannah Trentham had the following Children;

1. James Madison Trentham
2. Nancy Ann Trentham

Sometime in the early 1820's, William and his family migrated to Sevier County, Tennessee from Haywood County, North Carolina. They settled in the Two-Mile Branch and Forks of the River area. Williams wife Susannah Hicks-Trentham died June 23, 1826

William Trentham married Easter Ogle in 1826 in Sevier County, Tennessee. Easter Ogle was was born in Sevier County, Tennessee and was the daughter of Thomas J Ogle and Sophia Bosley-Ogle.

William and Easter Trentham had the following Children;

1. Lucinda Trentham
2. Mary Elvira "Polly" Trentham
3. Sophia Trentham
4. Robert Lee "Rob" Trentham
5. Benjamin James Trentham
6. Isaac Newton Trentham
7. Lydia Trentham
8. David McMahan Trentham
9. Caleb L. Trentham
10. Easter Malinda Trentham
11. William McCajah "Cagey" Trentham

William was listed in the 1830 and 1840 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.

William was one of the early school teachers for the White Oak Flats community. William was appointed as the only postmaster for the White Oak Flats community. He also served as the Justice of Peace for the White Oak Flats area.

William Thomas Trentham died in Dec 10, 1848 in Sugarlands, Sevier, Tennessee. William and his wife Easter Trentham are buried at Trentham Family Cemetery, which is now part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
William's Headstone gives 1843 as his date of death.
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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 49.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 164.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 101-102.