weingartnerDescendants of James Iles and Ellender Knight
James
Iles, b.
He married Ellender Knight, b.
Knight and Ellender
d. c1870, Sale Creek, Hamilton Co., TN.
James died
Creek,
Hamilton Co., TN, buried: Mt Vernon Cemetery,
James Iles is thought to be the son of Rhodam
Iles and Mary "Polly" Iles
and is mentioned in the
will of his grandfather, John Iles
of
ed in open court February 1817.
James Iles first
appears in the 1830
household are his
wife, an older woman( 60-70) and two teen-age girls (10-15), possibly his
Mother," Polly
" and two sisters.
In 1835
Bledsoe
1369 acres in
and Solomon Beason. Recorded
William Anderson and
James Lloyd.
1840
with two small
children, John Iles and Nancy Iles.
1840
and her youngest
son are living not too far from James and his wife. In this same area are
the Bromley (Brumley) and Grigory (Gregory)
families. These families married into
the
Knight family.
James Iles
purchased eighty-eight acres of land on
Courthouse, formerly owned by Eleanor Knight, widow of Jonathan Knight, for 1843
delinquent taxes.
This property had been transferred to Jonathan Knight on
Entry No. 194. The Gazette of Chattanooga advertised the
sale of the properties for delinquent
taxes in their
According to James Iles
great granddaughter, Ida Potter Brackett, the daughter of
Tennessee Iles
and John C. Potter, James Iles drove his cattle
across the mountain
from Pikeville to
Sale Creek where he spent the night going on to the cattle yard at
land in
I have been unable to find a record of the
88 acres of land in Pikeville being sold
back to the Knight
family, but it did revert to a member of the family at some point.
The 1850
Knight Iles along with children, John Iles,
Nancy Iles, William A. Iles
and Jesse Iles.
A daughter, Eleanor J. "Leah" was
born in 1854.
Before the death of David Gray, he worked
up a family tree chart for Michael Iles,
While he was in high school. David Gray lists James Iles
wife as Mary. Because
of the change in
ages recorded in the census and the inability to find the older sister
of Ellender Knight Iles, it could be
possible that Ellender is the second wife of James
Iles and her
older sister, Mary, was his first wife.
1860
William 18, Jesse 16, Leanor
6.
1860
Alexander died in Dec 1861 and is buried at
the Mt Vernon Cemetery in
The will of James Iles
was written on
TN Court at
James Iles is
buried at the Mt Vernon Cemetery in Sale Creek in the old portion of the
cemetery behind the Church down the
hillside. There is a monument marking
his grave
site. The inscription reads "Sleep on dear one
and take thy rest, God called thee home,
he thought it
best". Age 66 yrs and 2 months Born
The mother of Ellender
Knight Iles is also buried at the Mt Vernon Cemetery
site. A
small marker reads
Elner Knight
November 6, 1857.
1870 Census lists, 19/19 Ellen Iles 69 500/377 Born Kentucky with daughter, Leanora
J. Iles 16
years and James Cate, Laborer
Children:
2. i John Iles b. May 24,
1838.
3. ii Nancy Ann Iles b.
iii William A. Iles, b. c1842, Pikeville,
service in the Civil War, Union Co
to capture of location by Confederate soldiers.
iv Jesse Iles, b. c1844, Pikeville,
Hospital, Flat
Lick,
ing up for duty in the Civil
War. Union Co. 1, 2nd Regiment, enrolled
at
Ford,
TN after enlisting at
4. v Eleanor J. Iles b. c 1854.
Second Generation
1. John Iles, (1.James1) b.
1856, in Hamilton Co., TN. (Marriage Records lost
prior to 1857), b.
Hamilton
Co., TN, (daughter of Orson Shipley and Hannah O. Hunt) d. 1918, Sale Creek,
1860
Hamilton Co., TN Census H281-91 John Iles
and wife, Sarah Shipley Iles and children,
John Iles
nickname "Drummie" came from his playing
the drums in the Civil War. He was
a Drummer
Boy. He enlisted at
at Cumberland Ford
along with his two brothers into
became ill from
food poisoning at Flat Lick, KY. Within
two months after mustering in
both of his
brothers were dead.
John Iles
statement of the incident is recorded in his pension application:
On or about
the regiment being
all the while marching and filing we was out of reach any hospital and
I was treated first at
Surgeon and in August 1862 the federal
General Morgan evacuated the gap and being
unable to march
and no facilities to carry the sick I was left subject to capture. I crept
out of the place
before the Rebels came and slipped through
The fever and exposure settled in my jaw
and took out one half my upper jaw.
He was treated in hospitals as follows: by
hospital seward at
next at
by citizen Dr by
the name of Gooden, who took out my jaw bone upper jaw.
That he has not been employed in the
military or naval service otherwise as stated above
and I was never
able for doing any more during the war and at the time of discharging
was unable to go to
bounty.
This application appears to be in his
handwriting since the signature and the writing
in the statement
look the same.
John Iles tried
from 1879 to 1902 to get his dishonorable discharge corrected. There
are numerous
affidavits in his pension file signed and written by fellow soldiers and
friends.
He signed an affidavit for his brother in
law Martin Van Buren Elsea in
his pension
application made in
1870
1880
1890
1900
P. Iles 18 yrs of
age. Farm schedule # 131 - 11 children 8
living not employed own home
free and clear reads, writes and speaks English.
retarded.
TN, Hamilton Co. Census 1900 VOL 25 ED, 50 Sheet 16
Line 9 11TH District
Children:
5. i
ii Alexander Iles, b. ___ 1859, Sale Creek, Hamilton Co., TN, d.
Sale
Creek,
6. iii Mary Jane Iles b. 1864.
7. iv Martin Van Buren Iles b.
v Ellen Iles, b. 1868, Sale Creek,
8. vi Jesse P.
Iles b.
9. vii Hannah Elizabeth Iles b.
viii Sarah Iles, b. ___ 1864, Sale Creek,
She
married (2) James Asberry Potter, b. DEC 7, 1859, James County, TN, (son of
Andrew
Jackson Potter and Artemesia Cantrell) d.
TN,
buried:
birth. James died
from Smallpox according to his death certificate.
10. ix John
"Pap" Iles b.
x Nancy Perry Iles, b. Feb 1882,
Sale Creek, Hamilton Co., TN, d.
Creek,
Hamilton Co., TN, buried: Sale Creek,
2. Nancy Ann Iles, (1.James1) b.
Van Buren Elsea,
Washington Co., TN, (son of John Elsea and Nancy Cox) d. Sept 26, 1926, Tarrant Co., TX, buried: Lonesome
Dove Cemetery, So.
Martin: 1870 Census Hamilton County H-605
13-6
Precinct 3
Martin and
Nancy left Sale Creek IN 1878 for
Children:
i Nancy
E. Elsea, b. 1866, Sale Creek, Hamilton Co, TN.
ii William A. Elsea, b. 1868, Sale Creek, Hamilton Co., TN.
iii James C. Elsea, b. 1869, Sale Creek, Hamilton Co., TN.
iv Alexander Elsea, b. 1870, Sale Creek, Hamilton Co., TN.
v Elenor A. Elsea, b. 1871, Sale Creek, Hamilton Co., TN.
vi
11. vii Rufus A. Elsea b.
viii Martin V Elsea, b. Nov 1883,
ix Ella D. Elsea, b. Jan 1885,
x Earnest Elsea, b. Jan 1888,
3. Eleanor J. Iles, (1.James1) b. c 1854, Sale Creek.
Durmont McCarroll) d.
James Cate is a farm laborer in the household of Ellender Iles and daughter
Eleanor J. Iles He is
shown as 21 yrs of age.
Eleanor J. Iles Cate died in
cream cone. She was hit by a milk truck.
James and Leah gave each child 200 acres,
mules and hogs. This information was
given by
Meritta Cates granddaughter of Leah Iles
Cate,
.
Children:
i James
A. Cate, b. 1870, TN, d. 1891, Typhoid Fever.
ii John Floyd
Cates, b. 1876, TX.
He married Maud Zenia Thompkins. John died
1952,
died age 76 from cancer.
iii Jessie
Alfred Cates, b.
Jessie died Unknown.
12. iv Iles H.
Cates.
v Charlotta
Cate, d. Age 12 from Typhoid Fever.
vi Dellous Lee Cates, d. unknown, cancer family unknown.
vii Alonzo Doris
Cates. He married Ola Ethel Gammons. Ola: Per Meritta her Mom
had Dorthy listed as wife, her
sister had Dorthy listed as daughter.
Could
Dorthy be a nick name???
His
wife had gray hair by 19.
viii Ira Cates. He married
Sara Cates.
13. ix Carlos Carnelius
Cates. b. 1902, TX
x Homer Cates. He married Eula Cates.
Third Generation
4.
John C. Potter, May 23, 1880, in Sale Creek, Hamilton Co., TN, b.
June 1852, Hamilton Co., TN,
(son of Moses Potter and Ellender Hooten) d.
buried:
#143 #145
John Potter age 26 born TN
John Potter met Tennessee Iles while picking apples at her father's orchard. They were married in
May of 1880. John and
at his death John
Potter continued to buy and sell property in the Sale Creek and Graysville
area.
John Potter had a receding hairline in
early pictures taken with his wife, Tennie and
children, Annie
and James. He always wore a hat in pictures taken later
in life.
News reached here yesterday from Sale Creek
of the death last Friday of John Potter, a prominent
Farmer of that place. He had been ill for some time suffering from
a complication of diseases. He
was buried with
Masonic honors.
After John's death, his brother,
course Grandma
would not let her go.
Children:
14. i Anne Belle Potter b. June 1881.
15. ii James A. Potter b. April 1883.
16. iii William Andrew Potter b.
17. iv Harry Martin Potter b. Jan 1887.
18. v Ida Mae Potter b.
vi Cora Almeda Potter, b.
(1) Charles A. Howard, b.
Cora died
vii Elizabeth M.
Potter, b. July 1896,
Sale Creek, Hamilton Co., TN. She
married
(1) Alfred
Lafayette Jones, b.
Jones and Palestine Elizabeth Howard) d.
Alfred:
Saturday. Surviving
are his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jones
viii Henry Potter, d. At birth
5. Mary Jane Iles, (2.John2, 1.James1) b. 1864,
Sale Creek, Hamilton Co., TN. She
married William
"Bill" Burton, 1883, in
Hamilton
Co., TN, buried:
Children:
i Alice
Burton. She married
John Lindsay.
ii Ella Burton.
iii Clara Burton. She married
Dewey Fox.
19. iv John Burton b.
v Fred Burton. He married
Eunice Elsea. Eunice: Mrs.
Eunice Burton Elsea, 2325
vi Mae Burton. She married
Andy Fox.
vii Virgie Burton, b. C1910, TN.
She married Arthur Morgan, b. C1912, TN, (son of
Alfred John Morgan and Almeda
Price).
viii Walter Burton. He married Ada Cunningham.
6. Martin Van Buren Iles, (2.John2, 1.James1) b.
married Sarah R. Wright,
Creek,
TN.
Census 1900 Vol. 25 Ed 50 Sheet 16 Line 2 11th
District.
Farm Laborer, can read and write Married 11
years, Porter and Alice 3 yrs school.
.
Children:
i Porter
W. Iles, b. Aug 1889, Sale Creek, Hamilton Co., TN.
ii Alice G. Iles, b. June 1892, Sale Creek, Hamilton Co, TN.
iii Nellie J. Iles, b. March 1893, Sale Creek, Hamilton Co., TN.
20. iv
v Sarah M. Iles, b. June 1897, Sale Creek, Hamilton Co., TN.
vi J . L. Iles, b. c1901, Hamilton Co., TN, d.
8. Jesse P. Iles, (2.John2, 1.James1) b.
Martha Thomas, May 30, 1896, in Rhea Co., TN, b. June 1877, Sale
Creek, Hamilton, TN, (daughter
of David Thomas and Martha Burton). Jesse died
1900 Census Monteagle,
TN Meigs Cty VOL 50 ED102
Sheet 9 Line 47 Henry Helton,
servant
Aug 1881 Born:
Children:
21. i Sarah Martha Iles b.
ii Lillie Mae Iles, b.
Sale
Creek, Hamilton Co., TN.
iii Maudie Iles, b.
d.
behind the church.
iv Marie Iles, b.
Blake, (son of W. C. Lum Blake and Sarah Francisco)
Lived
22. v William A. "Bill" Iles b.
vi Birdie Mae Iles, b.
Long.
23. vii Dora Ann "Dorie"
Iles b.
viii David Addison
Iles, b.
1912, Sale Creek, Hamilton Co., TN.
24. ix James Emerson "Jack" Iles b.
25. x John
Marshall Iles b.
xi Mary Alice Iles, b.
(1)
Tom Cordell. She married
(2) Wesley B. Swallows.
26. xii Jesse P. Iles, Jr b.
9. Hannah Elizabeth Iles, (2.John2, 1.James1) b.
married James Asberry Potter,
James County,TN, (son of Andrew Jackson
Potter and Artemesia Cantrell) d.
Creek,
Hamilton Co., TN, buried:
Sale Creek, Hamilton Co., TN. Hannah married James Asberry
Potter after the death of her sister in childbirth. James: died Small Pox according to death
certificate.
Children:
27. i Sarah Sophrone"Sally"
Potter b.
ii Lena Ellen
Potter, b.
28. iii Jesse James Potter b.
iv Dewey Etna "Etta" Potter, b.
Dewey
buried: Crescent,OR.
v Cluett Arthur Potter, b.
TN.
vi Bertha
Beatrice Potter, b.
vii Etha Elizabeth Potter, b.
"Jack"
Guthrie. She married
(2) Earl Bishop. Etha died 1988.
10. John "Pap" Iles, (2.John2, 1.James1) b.
Nora Estella Graves, b. JUNE
1881, Hamilton Co., TN, (daughter of John Graves and Rachel
Jones). John died
11TH DISTRICT
VOL 25 ED
50 SHEET 16 LINE 66.
Children:
i Tootsie
Iles.
29. ii Maude Palestine Iles b.
30. iii Blanche R. Iles b.
31. iv Mary Ellen Iles b.
32. v William H. "Bill" Iles b.
33. vi Coy
34. vii Roy B. Iles b.
35. viii
36. ix Alpha Iles b.
x Bertha Marie Iles, b. ___ 1919, Sale Creek, Hamilton Co., TN, d.
Sale
Creek, Hamilton Co., TN.
11. Rufus A. Elsea, (3.Nancy2, 1.James1) b.
He married
Louisa Smith,
Nancy A. Smith) d.
Children:
37. i Nancy Florence Elsea b.
ii John Louis Marrian Elsea, b.
Clay
Co. TX.
12. Iles H. Cates, (4.Eleanor2, 1.James1). He
married Bertha Curtis, b. 1893, d. 1928,
this could be Homer Need to
clarify with Meritta....
Children:
i Eules Ray Cates, b. June 19. 1915, TX, d.
ii James Curtis
Cates, b.
iii Totsy Cates, b. July 30. 1916, TX, d.
13. Carlos Carnelius Cates, (4.Eleanor2, 1.James1). He
married (1) Gertrude Mundy/Munday. He
married (2) Susie Emma Pace,
Carlos
died 1962, TX.
Children
by Gertrude Mundy/Munday:
i
ii Geraldine
Cates. Called Jerri/Jerry? Lives in Ft Worth TX.
Children
by Susie Emma Pace:
iii Z. Dean
Cates. b.
iv A. Cornelia
(Connie) Cates. b.
v Lois LaVaughn Cates. b.
vi Melba D. Cates. b.
vii Betty Francis
Cates. b.
viii Meritta Fay Cates. b.
ix Shirley Ruth
Cates. b.
Fourth Generation
14. Anne Belle Potter, (5.Tennessee3, 2.John2,
1.James1) b. June 1881, Sale Creek, Hamilton Co., TN.
She married James Luther Crawley. Anne died
Children:
38. i Ulysses
15. James A. Potter, (5.Tennessee3, 2.John2,
1.James1) b. April 1883, Sale Creek, Hamilton Co., TN.
He married Mary Cephronia
Howard,
1886, Rhea
Co., TN, (daughter of Charles Pinckney Howard and Millie Jane Jordan)
Sale Creek,
TN.
Hamilton
Co., TN, buried:
to James as JIM COOLEY.
Mary Howard Potter and James Potter
resided at Sale Creek and MT Airy, Sequatchie Co.,TN
while James
"Jim" worked in the mines. After
his death she married W. T. Voiles, They lived at
Moccasin
After Bill’s death Mary with the help of
her brother, Thomas Howard and her brother in law,
Och Howard built the first house on
Obituary. Turner, Mrs. Mary Voiles, 78 of
hospital Friday
afternoon. A native of
for the past 50
years. Mrs. Turner had been a member of
the North Chattanooga Church of God
for many
years. Her survivors include three sons,
W. T., C. O. and Frank Voiles, all of Chatta-
nooga;
four daughters, Mrs. T. R. Smith, Mrs. James Benton, Mrs. Erma Johnson, and
Mrs. Joe
Workman, all of
and 11 great
grandchildren also survive. Funeral
services will be held Sunday afternoon at
Stallings officiating. Interment will be in the
Turner Funeral Home.
Children:
39. i Erma Bethel Potter b. 1909.
40. ii Roma Mae Potter b. 1912.
41. iii Oma
Deane Potter b.
16. William Andrew Potter, (5.Tennessee3, 2.John2,
1.James1) b.
Sale Creek, Hamilton Co.,
TN, (daughter of John Thomas Brackett and Samantha Catherine Pierce)
d.
cemetery ,
Children:
i Nyla Potter, b.
42. ii Halsie
Bernard Potter b.
43. iii James Henry Potter b.
44. iv Dollie
Mae Potter b.
45. v Mabel Elizabeth Potter b.
46. vi Gladys Geraldine Potter b.
17. Harry Martin Potter, (5.Tennessee3, 2.John2,
1.James1) b. Jan 1887, Sale Creek, Hamilton Co.,
TN. He married
(1) Gertrude Reynolds, d. July 1915, Sale Creek, Hamilton Co., TN. He
married (2) Lizzie Mae Pierce, (daughter of Bob Pierce and Unknown Pierce). Harry died
Children
by Gertrude Reynolds:
47. i Edwina Potter b. 1913.
ii John W.
Potter, b.
by lightning
lived about one hr, d.
buried: June 1934,
18. Ida Mae Potter, (5.Tennessee3, 2.John2,
1.James1) b.
TN. She married
Chester A.
Brackett, b. MAY 1891,
TN, (son of John Thomas Brackett and
Samantha Catherine Pierce) d.
Brackett, Ida Potter 100, of Sale Creek,
died Saturday at the home of her
daughter, Lyda Smith. A
lifelong resident of Sale Creek, she was the oldest
member of Mt
Vernon Baptist Church and was preceded in death by her
parents John and
Tennie Potter, pioneer settlers of
County; and her husband Chester A.
Brackett. Survivors include two
daughters, Doris
Pickett and Lyda Smith; son, John C. Brackett; four
grand
children,
Carolyn Smith, Deborah Pickett, Martha Cunningham, and Steve
Brackett; three great grandchildren, Anna, Anita and Stephen Brackett, Jr.;
all of Sale
Creek; several nieces and nephews.
Services will be at
Tuesday in the funeral home chapel with
the Rev. Charles Robinson
officiating. Burial will be in
Arrangements by
Williamson and Sons Funeral Home, Soddy Daisy.
Children:
48. i John Bud Brackett b.
49. ii Doris Brackett b.
iii Lyda Grey Brackett, b.
She
married Ester Smith.
19. John Burton, (6.Mary3, 2.John2, 1.James1)
b.
1912, in
d. APRIL 1963, Sale Creek, Hamilton Co., TN,
buried:
died
Children:
i
50. ii Addison William (Buck)
51. iii Albert Alvin Burton b.
iv Claude Burton. He married Marie Manis.
v Juanita Burton. She married O.l. Brownie Holloway.
vi Ruth Burton. She married
Earl Harris.
vii John Burton,
Jr. He married
June Carson.
viii Martha Burton. She married
Jesse James.
ix Blake Burton. He married
Elizabeth Prince.
20.
TN. He married
Minnie Jane Morgan,
TN.
Children:
i Annie
Lorrine Iles, b.
(1) Howard Burdette, DEC 21, 1939, in TN, b. C1920, TN. She married
(2) Willie Higdon,
ii Raymond Elmore Iles, b. DEC 5, 1921, Hamilton Co., TN. He married
Louise Roberts,
iii Cecelia
Leona (Seely) Iles, b.
iv Gladys Levida Iles, b.
v Delma Arthur Iles, b.
Oletta Dyer,
vi Dorman Leon Iles, b.
vii Ruby Jane Iles, b.
Condra Dyer, b. C1930, TN, d.
viii Porter Alfred
Iles, b.
ix Dora Mae Iles, b.
b.
C1932, TN.
21. Sarah Martha Iles, (8.Jesse3, 2.John2, 1.James1)
b.
TN. She married Carl Franklin Francisco,
of
John T. Francisco and Almeda Elizabeth
Shipley). Sarah died
Children:
i Willie
May Francisco, b.
1920, Sale Creek, Hamilton Co., TN.
52. ii Allene
Francisco b.
53. iii Grady Levoy
Francisco b.
iv Alice Martha
Francisco, b.
v Almeda Elizabeth Francisco, b.
54. vi Betty Marcena
Francisco b.
55. vii Margie Dean Francisco b.
22. William A. "Bill" Iles, (8.Jesse3, 2.John2, 1.James1)
b.
TN. He married
Carrie Ella Russell, b. 1903,
MS,
buried:
Children:
i Frances
Hazel Iles.
ii Bradford R. Iles.
iii William
James Iles.
iv Monnie Lon Iles. She married Unkown
Reynolds,
23. Dora Ann "Dorie" Iles, (8.Jesse3, 2.John2, 1.James1)
b.
TN. She married
Arvin Allen Varner.
Children:
56. i A. C. Varner.
57. ii Jessie Allen Varner.
58. iii Robbie Dean
Varner.
59. iv Ruby Varner.
24. James Emerson "Jack" Iles, (8.Jesse3, 2.John2, 1.James1)
b.
Hamilton Co., TN.
He married Alberta Varner (Marler)(Wilson), (daughter of W. D. Varner
and
May Capps). James died
Children:
i Geraldine
Iles.
ii Janice Iles.
iii Jackie Iles.
iv Jesse Lee Iles.
v William V. Iles.
vi James
"Jimmy" Iles.
vii Nancy Iles.
viii Kenneth Iles.
ix Brenda Iles.
x Carolyn Iles.
25. John Marshall Iles, (8.Jesse3, 2.John2, 1.James1)
b.
TN. He married
Robbie Dean Francisco, (daughter of Ralph Francisco and Mary Hodge).
Children:
60. i Marshall Iles.
61. ii Wanda Iles.
26. Jesse P. Iles, Jr, (8.Jesse3, 2.John2, 1.James1)
b.
He married Gladys Inez Francisco, b. C1915, TN, (daughter of John T. Francisco and Flora M.
Shipley). Jesse died
Children:
62. i Jesse P. Iles,
III.
27. Sarah Sophrone"Sally"
Potter, (9.Hannah3, 2.John2, 1.James1)
b.
TN. She married
Halsey G. Bussing, b.
Children:
63. i Sarah Elizabeth Orvilla
Bussing b.
28. Jesse James Potter, (9.Hannah3, 2.John2, 1.James1)
b. DEC 9, 1897, Hamilton Co., TN.
He married Nellie Bell Massengale. Jesse died
buried:
Children:
i Nellie
Mae Potter. She
married Haithcock.
ii Irene Potter.
iii J. Ralph
Potter, b. 1927.
iv Barbara Potter.
v Robert L.
(Pete) Potter.
vi Jesse Allen
Potter.
vii John Henry
Potter.
29. Maude Palestine Iles, (10.John3, 2.John2, 1.James1)
b.