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From: Nora Cannon <>
Subject: Roll call
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 08:43:30 -0500
A mixed bag of family tradition and verified stuff, from the Book of
Generations, which tells the stories in a narrative fashion.
I am the child of Samuel Milton Tickle and Phyllis Natalie
Alexander. Sam Tickle id the Child of Nora Nannie Witcher Tickle and
John Crockett Tickle. Nora Nannie is the child of Rebecca Caswell
Gammon and William Reuben Witcher. Rebecca is the child of George
Gammon and Barsha Ellen Rutledge. George is the child of Rebecca
Maxwell Anderson ...
7.REBECCA MAXWELL ANDERSON, who was born
at Blountville, Tennessee September 8, 1814. She attended school in
Knoxville. On October 27, 1831 she married William B. Gammon (born in
Sullivan County, Tennessee on November 11, 1807). Their children were:
George (born August 6, 1832); Audley Anderson (born February 27,
1834); Nancy; Sallie J.; Elizabeth; William D.; Frances; Abram Looney;
and Martha Ellen. Rebecca died April 21, 1863. William died June 7, 1874.
They are buried in the Blountville Cemetery.
Rebecca was the daughter of
8.ELIZABETH RHEA, who was born December
28, 1789. Her first husband was Nicholas Fain, by whom she had
children Hiram Fain and Lizzie Fain. On January 30, 1812 she married
Audley Anderson (born on April 11, 1785, son of Colonel Joseph
Anderson and Rebecca Maxwell). Their children were Fannie Rhea
(born 1812), Rebecca Maxwell (born September 8, 1814), Eliza (born
August 1816), and Nancy (born 1818). Elizabeth died in 1853.
Elizabeth was the daughter of
9.JOSEPH RHEA, II, born October 24, 1762 in
Ireland. He migrated to America with his parents in 1769. In 1780, with
his brother, John, he fought at the battle of King's Mountain in the Virginia
regiment of Colonel William Campbell. On March 7, 1789 he married
Frances Braden (born March 17, 1764). Their children were:
Elizabeth (born December 28, 1789);
Margaret (born August 7, 1791);
John (died in infancy);
Samuel (born in 1795);
Eleanor (born April 7, 1797);
Fannie (born in 1799);
Nancy (born in 1801);
Robert P. (born in 1803); and
Sarah (born in 1806).
They built their home, called Old Ireland, in 1800 on Back Creek in Sullivan
County, Tennessee. In 1796 Governor John Sevier commissioned Joseph
a lieutenant in the Tennessee militia. In 1801 he was commissioned a
captain. Joseph died February 24, 1825, and Frances died April 13,
1850. They are both buried in the Weaver Cemetery in Sullivan County,
Tennessee.
Joseph was the son of
10.REV. JOSEPH RHEA, who was born in County
Donegal, Ireland in 1715. In 1742 he graduated with honors from the
University of Glasgow and was ordained a minister of the Presbyterian
Church, pastoring in County Donegal. In 1752 he married Elizabeth
McIlwaine (born 1732, daughter of John McIlwaine and Margaret Scott
Anderson). Their children were: John (born 1753); Matthew IV (born
October 18, 1755); Margaret (born 1757); William (born 1761); Joseph
(born October 24, 1762); Elizabeth (born 1767); Samuel; and James
(born 1774). The Rhea family left Ireland for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
on September 27, 1769, on a brig commanded by a Captain Paul. They
stayed in Philadelphia with family over the winter. In the spring of 1770
they moved to Octorarah, Pennsylvania. In 1771 Joseph became the
pastor of Piney Creek Church, near Taneytown, Maryland. In November
1775 and again in September 1776 he accompanied Virginia troops on
expeditions against the Cherokee nation in western North Carolina (now
East Tennessee). Joseph died September 2, 1777, and is buried at Piney
Creek Church. In the fall of 1778 the rest of his family moved to Beaver
Creek in Sullivan County, North Carolina (now Tennessee). Joseph's son
John became a prominent figure in our history. With his brother, Joseph,
he served during the revolution in the Virginia regiment of Colonel William
Campbell. John was a color bearer at the battle of Brandywine on
September 11, 1777, and fought at the battle of King's Mountain October
7, 1780. (The sword he carried at King's Mountain is on display in the
Tennessee State Museum, Nashville.) In July 1788 served as a delegate
to the North Carolina Convention called to consider ratification of the
United States Constitution. The North Carolina convention refused to
ratify the constitution before a bill of rights was added; so North Carolina
was independent of the United States once they were organized under
the new constitution until the convention finally ratified the constitution as
amended by the bill of rights in November 1789. In 1789 John was
elected to the North Carolina House of Commons. He was a delegate to
the 1796 Constitutional Convention in Knoxville and a signatory of the
original Constitution of the State of Tennessee. He represented
Tennessee's 1st Congressional District in the federal congress from
1803 to 1815, and again from 1817 to 1823. (The chest used to hold the
ration of liquor allotted each congressman during a term at the time is on
display in the Tennessee State Museum, Nashville.) Rhea County,
Tennessee is named for him, as well as the Tennessee towns of
Rheatown (Greene County) and Rhea Springs.
Rev. Joseph Rhea was the son of
11.MATTHEW RHEA, II, who was born in Ireland
circa 1689. Matthew was married twice, the name of his first wife is
unknown, but by her he had four sons: Samuel, William, Isaac, and
Matthew III. His second wife was Elizabeth McClain. Their children were:
Abraham; James; Margaret; Agnes; and Joseph.
Matthew was the son of
12.MATTHEW CAMPBELL (LATER RHEA), who was
born in Scotland (probably Argyll), and was a descendant of Marjorie
Bruce, sister of Robert the Bruce (King of the Scots from 1306 to 1329).
Matthew Campbell was a cousin of Archibald Campbell, the 9th earl of
Argyll. When the Duke of Monmouth, bastard son of Charles II, invaded
England in 1685 in an attempt to wrest the crown from James II, Argyll
joined the rebellion and attempted to raise an army in Scotland. He was
joined by his cousin Matthew, but their efforts failed, and their small band
was surrounded and captured. Argyll was beheaded and Matthew was
given a life sentence and imprisoned at Castle Peel on the Isle of Man. He
escaped by bribing his jailer, and fled to Fahan, Ireland, where he
changed his name to Reah (later Rhea). On April 27, 1687 he married
Janet Baxter. Their children were William (born 1687), Archibald, and
Matthew II (born circa 1689). Matthew was part of a protestant army that
fought against James II in Ireland from April 19 to July 30, 1689.
Matthew was the son of
13.? CAMPBELL
who was the son of
14.SIR COLIN CAMPBELL OF LUNDIE.
Sir Colin was the son of
15.COLIN CAMPBELL, SIXTH EARL OF ARGYLL,
and his second wife, Agnes, daughters of William Keith, earl Marishal.
Earl Colin died in 1584.
Earl Colin was the son of
16.ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, FOURTH EARL OF
ARGYLL, who was lord chancellor of Scotland. He was the first
Scottish earl to become a protestant. His first wife was Helen, daughter
of James Hamilton, the first earl of Hamilton, who became the mother of
Archibald, the fifth earl of Argyll. His second wife was Mary, daughter of
William Graham, earl of Menteith, their children being Sir Colin Campbell of
Buchan, Margaret, and Janet. Archibald died in 1558.
Archibald was the son of
17.COLIN CAMPBELL, THIRD EARL OF ARGYLL,
who was one of the council of King James V. King James made him lord
lieutenant of the borders, warden of the marches, heretable sheriff of
Argyllshire, justice general of Scotland, and master of the king's
household. His wife was Lady Janet Gordon, daughter of Alexander,
earl of Huntley. Their children were Archibald, John, Alexander, and
Margaret. Colin died in 1542.
Colin was the son of
18.ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, SECOND EARL OF
ARGYLL, who was made chancellor and chamberlain of Scotland and
master of the king's household by King James IV. His wife was Elizabeth,
daughter of John Stewart, earl of Lenox. Their children were Margaret,
Isabel, Mary, Jane, Anne, Colin, Archibald, Sir John Campbell of Calder,
and Donald. The earl died on September 9, 1513, while commanding the
van of the Scots army at the battle of Floddon.
Archibald was the son of
19.COLIN CAMPBELL, FIRST EARL OF ARGYLL,
who was granted that title by King James II in 1457. Under King James III
he held the offices of lord privy seal, master of the household, and lord
high chancellor. His wife was Isabel, daughter of coheir of John Stewart
lord Lorn. Their children were Archibald, Thomas, Margaret, Isabel,
Helen, Mary, Catherine, and two other daughters whose names are not
known. Colin died in 1493.
Colin was the son of
19.ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL. Archibald was married
to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Somerville of Carnwath. He
predeceased his father.
Archibald was the son of
20.SIR DUNCAN CAMPBELL, who served as his
majesty's justice general, one of his privy counsel, and lieutenant with
the shire of Argyll during the reigns of James I and James II. By the latter
he was made high chancellor of Scotland, and in 1445 he was
summoned to parliament by the title lord Campbell. His first wife was the
lady Margaret, daughter of Robert, duke of Albany, governor of Scotland.
Their children were Celestine (who died young), Archibald, and Sir Colin
Campbell. His second wife, also named Margaret, was daughter of Sir
John Stewart of Blackhill. Their sons were Duncan, Neil, and Arthur.
Duncan was the son of
21.SIR COLIN CAMPBELL, who was married to
Margaret, daughter of Sir John Drummond of Stobhall. Their children
were Duncan, Colin, and Donald. Sir Colin was employed by King Robert
II in restraining the incursions of the Highlanders in the western parts of
Scotland, which occupation he accomplished to the king's satisfaction.
Colin was the son of
22.SIR ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, who was married
to Mary, daughter of Sir John Laumont.
Archibald was the son of
23.SIR COLIN CAMPBELL, who was married
to a daughter of the family of Lennox. Their sons were John, Dougal, and
Archibald. Sir Colin eccompanied King Edward Bruce of Ireland (brother
of King Robert Bruce of Scotland) on his ill-fated campaign to drive the
English from Ireland. As a result of his gallantry King Robert Bruce
rewarded him with grants of land in Argyll. In the minority of King David
Bruce he raised an army of 400 men, with which he took the castle of
Dunoon from the English. He died in 1340.
Colin was the son of
24.SIR NEIL CAMPBELL, who was knighted by
King Alexander III, and assisted at the coronation of King Robert Bruce in
1306. In 1315 he was one of the barons in the parliament held at Air
which elected Robert Bruce to the throne. His wife was the lady Mary
Bruce, sister of King Robert Bruce, by whom he had sons Colin and
John. He died in 1316.
Neil was the son of
25.SIR COLIN-MORE CAMPBELL, who was one of
the men summoned to Berwick in August 1292 by Robert Bruce, when
the English king Edward I came there to decide the dispute between
Bruce and John Baliol for the crown of Scotland. His wife was a lady of
the family of Sinclair, by whom he had two sons: Sir Donald Campbell
and Sir Neil Campbell.
Colin-More was the son of
26.SIR GILESPICK CAMPBELL, knight and lord of
Lochow,
who was the son of
27.DUNCAN CAMPBELL,
who was the son of
28.ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL,
who was the son of
29.COLIN CAMPBELL,
who was the son of
30.DUNCAN CAMPBELL,
who was the son of
31.GILESPICK CAMPBELL (FORMERLY O DUBHIN),
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