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Thomas John Ogle Sr.

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Thomas John Ogle Sr.

Birth
Wilkes County, Georgia, USA
Death
3 Feb 1862 (aged 77–78)
Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
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Thomas J. Ogle was born 1784 in Wilkes County, Georgia. Thomas was the son of William "Billy" Ogle and Martha Jane Huskey-Ogle. After the death of his father, Thomas came with his mother and family to Sevier County, Tennessee as early as 1805. Thomas Ogle and family were some of the first settlers in Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Thomas married Sophia Bosley ca. 1804.

Thomas and Sophia had 14 children:

1. Easter Ogle
2. Martha Ogle
3. William Thomas Ogle
4. Nancy Ogle
5. Harkless T. Ogle
6. Thomas T. Ogle
7. Mary Ogle
8. Isaac Thomas Ogle
9. Marriah Ogle
10. Eliza Ogle
11. Preston Ogle
12. Levi Ogle,
13. Caleb Ogle, Rev.,
14. Sophia Elvira Ogle

Thomas Ogle records of service in the War of 1812 were found in the National Archives. He served in Captain Andrew Lawson's Company of East Tennessee Drafted Militia Regiment, commanded by Colonel William Johnson, and fought against the Creek Indians. In 1850 and 1855, Thomas received bounty land grants as a result of his service.

In December of 1817 when the White Oak Flats Baptist Church was formed as an arm of the Sevierville church, Thomas and Sophia Ogle were listed as charter members. The first church building was started in 1855 on Thomas Ogle's land. A deed conveying title of the land to the church by Thomas Ogle was executed on 8 April 1861. This is found in Sevier County Courthouse in Deed Book M, page 211.

Thomas Ogle died Feb 3,1862 in Sevier County, Tennessee. He is buried at White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County

Additional info available at www.smokykin.com

Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 47-48.
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 154-155, 211.
Thomas J. Ogle was born 1784 in Wilkes County, Georgia. Thomas was the son of William "Billy" Ogle and Martha Jane Huskey-Ogle. After the death of his father, Thomas came with his mother and family to Sevier County, Tennessee as early as 1805. Thomas Ogle and family were some of the first settlers in Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Thomas married Sophia Bosley ca. 1804.

Thomas and Sophia had 14 children:

1. Easter Ogle
2. Martha Ogle
3. William Thomas Ogle
4. Nancy Ogle
5. Harkless T. Ogle
6. Thomas T. Ogle
7. Mary Ogle
8. Isaac Thomas Ogle
9. Marriah Ogle
10. Eliza Ogle
11. Preston Ogle
12. Levi Ogle,
13. Caleb Ogle, Rev.,
14. Sophia Elvira Ogle

Thomas Ogle records of service in the War of 1812 were found in the National Archives. He served in Captain Andrew Lawson's Company of East Tennessee Drafted Militia Regiment, commanded by Colonel William Johnson, and fought against the Creek Indians. In 1850 and 1855, Thomas received bounty land grants as a result of his service.

In December of 1817 when the White Oak Flats Baptist Church was formed as an arm of the Sevierville church, Thomas and Sophia Ogle were listed as charter members. The first church building was started in 1855 on Thomas Ogle's land. A deed conveying title of the land to the church by Thomas Ogle was executed on 8 April 1861. This is found in Sevier County Courthouse in Deed Book M, page 211.

Thomas Ogle died Feb 3,1862 in Sevier County, Tennessee. He is buried at White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County

Additional info available at www.smokykin.com

Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1974, p 47-48.
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 154-155, 211.

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GG Grandpa of Mrs Wiley Oakley
Pvt East Tenn Militia War of 1812

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