Footnotes To History Make Interesting Trips In Cherokee County
JAMES-WIIE SALINA WILSON LOVIN i
FIRST UNION MAN KILLED IN CHEROKEE CO.
OCT. 13.1863 B> CONFEDERATE HOME
CUARD.HE WAS ACUSTOM BLACKSMITH
andstone mason.buildinc HIMSELF
THE FIRST BRICK HOUSE IN THE CO.AND
THE SAWED SOAP STONE CHIMNEYS AT
~ coi
THE BUCKCOLVARD PLACE.TOMOTLA
SIDING. HE WAS THE FATHEROF SAMJOE
WILL LOVIN GRAHAM CO. HIS OLDEST
SON JOHN DIED IN THE UNION ARMY.
JAMES LOV1N, the tirsi Union soldier to be killed in C herokee Countv during the Civil
War, is buried in this graveyard just otf rural road i31S near Hiv*assee Dam.
Clay Farms
Now Total 507
Atotal of 507 farms was
counted in Clay County dur
ing the 1964 Census of Ag
riculture. the U.S. Uep
artmciu ol Commerce's Bur
eau of the Census reports.
In the last previous Cen
sus of Agriculture (1959) the
total counted in the county was
629 farms.
The 1964 total is publised
in a preliminary report on the
county just issued. The report
also shows that the average
farm size in the county was
74.7 acres and that the av
erage value of the county's
farms (land and buildings) in
13B4 was $14,959.
Other important county st
atistics in the report a re:
1. Value of all farmpro
ducts sold by farms in the
county in 1964 $2,713,355; in
1959 $1,710,320.
2. Value of all crops sold
by county f arms i n 1 964
$197,535; in 1959 $191,655.
3. Value of all livestock
and livestock products sold
TOWNSON FUNERAL HOME
MUBPHY BOBBINS Vlllf
Dear I r lends ,
The so It' c t ion of the final
j rest nit; place is of primary im
portance and should be done well
Jin advance of need to avoid
fregrets from a hasty decision.
| The family may own a ceme
?tery plot, yet the amount of
space available and the legal
right of burial may be in doubt.J
four funeral director can assist!
'on to learn the status of a
amily plot or in securing a
cw one.
Respectfully,
/
by county farms in 1964,
J2.512.843; in 1359 J1.S18.665.
Information obtained for the
first time in an agricultural
census included the amount of
income received by the
county's farmers J2,977.from
recreational services as well
as data on the use of pest
control chemicals in the
county in 1964.
A Census of Agriculture is
taken every 5 years in years
ending in "4" and "9" to
gather information on the
nation's agricultural re
sources and production. The
data are needed to make dec
isions affecting many
segments of the L'.S. econo
my. The 1964 farm census
was the 18th in a series that
began in 1840.
The preliminary report for
the county contains more than
500 facts about agriculture in
the nty. Among a ddittonal
fact: :ontains are the num
ber oi tarms by size, type and
economic cUss; the nurrber
of farm erators by method
of tenure, ge, color, off
farm work, and number of sch
ool years completed;land in
MISS GERTRUDE hERBERT
HAYESVILLE-Services for
Miss Gertrude Herbert, 58,
of Hayes ville, who died Mon
day, July 4, will be held at
3 p.m. Thursday (today) in
Fort Hembree Baptist Church.
The Rev. G.L. Conley and
the Rev. Mr. Bailey will off
iciate and burial will be in
Herbert Cemetery.
Surviving are two sisters,
Mrs. Minnie Maloneof DeKalb
111., and Mrs. Lily Mauldin of
Asheville; three brothers,
James, Frank and Everett
Herbert, all of Hayesville.
The body will remain at the
farms by use and by land
use practices; data on equip
ment and facilities; farm ex
penditures; number of hired
workers; and number of farms
reporting poultry and live
stock production and hose
reporting crop production by
acres and quantities as well
as sales.
Single copies are avail
able for 10 cents fromthe
Bureau of the Census, Wash
ington, D.C. or from any
field office of theDepartrrst
of Commerce. These are loc
ated in major cities.
Townson Funeral Home in
Murphy until placed in the ch
urch for services.
JOHN SUDDERTH
MURPHY -- JohnSudderth,
SI, died Monday, July 4th, in a
local hospital after a long ill
ness.
He was a native of Cherokee
County and a son of the late
Fate and Lance Sudderth. He
was a deacon of Mt. ZionBap
tist Churchfor many years.
Survivors include two dau
ghters, Mrs. Emma J. Cline
of the home and Mrs. Warren
Nicely of Kingston, Tenn; one
sister, Mrs. Mary Jackson of
Garey, Ind.: one grandchild
and two great-grandchildren,
several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at
12:30 p.m. Thursday (today)
in ML Zion Baptist Church.
Rev. Harry KincaidandRev.
W.M. Hamilton vill off
icate and burial will be in
the church cemetery. Deacons
will be pallearers.
The family has asked in lieu
of flowers that donations be
made to the building fund of Mt
Zion Baptist Church.
Townson Funeral Home will
be in charge.
By Dave Bruce
Mention the Civil Vsar and
thoughts are bound to pop up
about Gettsyburg, Atlanta,
Vicksburg or Appomattox,
actually, the war was bigger
than all ol those places and
just as Americans a re now
engaged in little battles in the
Jungles of Viet Nam, much of
the action was in out ol the
way places with few persons
involved. Such was the case
right here in Cherokee County.
Last week 1 visited Raven
Rock which is almost in sight
of Hiwassee Dam. This was a
place that didn't make the
history books but the story
behind it is interesting.
Emma Jean Walls, who
lives nearby, and her sister
Mollle Bee, took me to see
this place where a rebel by
the name of Ruff half hid
supplies for Confederate sol
diers.
To get to Raven Rock, you
must park near where the
paved road drops down to
Hiwassee Dam. There is a
path that goes down a sleep
hillside to Raven Rock.
The rock itself is artuoUy
a large cave in the hiU.ide
and if the path isn't followed
you'd be on top of the cave
without knowing it.
The legend the Walls girls
told me is that Tall hid supp
lies for the Confederates here
and a group of Federals came
through and knew that supplies
were being hidden somewhere
in the area.
They chanced to meet Palf's
wife and by giving her meat
and other food, persuaded her
to reveal her husband's hiding
place.
The soldiers went over the
top of the cave and wailed
wntle Mrs. Talf called her
husband out. When he came
out, shooting slar'ed and Talf
was last seen running down
the steep bank toward the
Hiwassee River. Nooneknows
what ever happened to hitn.
The Walls girls also took
me to a graveyard in which
the iirst Union soldier to be
killed in Cherokee County is
burled.
This graveyard, which is
on a small hill off rural road
1315, was recently cleaned
off by the girl's father, Ed
win Walls.
The soldier was James
Loviu. His wife, Salina Wil
son Lovin is buried with him.
Lovin was a custom black
smith and stone mason and
the inscription on the tomb
stone says he built the first
brick house in Cherokee Co
unty. He also sawed soap
chimneys at the Buck Colvard
place at Tomotla siding. Lovin
was killed on October 13,1863.
His oldest son, John also died
in the Union army.
Next to the Lovin grave is
the grave of J.G. Mashburn.
The stone says he was a mem
ber of Company F of the 10th
Tennessee Cavalry. There is
another unmarkedgraveonthe
other side of Mashburn's.
1 found this trip most int
eresting and I hope that almost
forgotten footnotes to history
like Raven Rock and the cem
etery 1 visited will not ever
be entirely forgotten. They'd
make an interesting Sunday
afternoon trip for anyone and
the two places are right here
in Cherokee County.
CUFF BLUE ...
People & Issues
EARLY START. . . . Some
of the 1966 candidates, who
lost out this time appear to be
making early starts toward
running again in 1966.
State Senator Jennings King
of Scotland County who lost out
in the run-off to Jeff Allen of
Montogomery County stated
last week that he definitely
planned to run again in 1968.
Reports are that Johr. W. Cov
ington.Jr. of Richmond Coun
ty who lost out in the first
primary for one of the Senate
seats in the 19th district is
planning to run again in 1968.
FIFTH DISTRICT. . . Com
menting on the Fifth District
Congressional race. The
Chapel Hill Weekly has this to
say editorially:
"There are as many politi
cal styles as there are candi
dates and each season seen?
to bring something new? or , if
not new, at least variations and
refinements. What the voters
ct the Fifth Congressional
District in North Carolina are
witnessing this week, how
ever, is as far as we know
completely without precedent.
"It used to be that as soon
as the votes were inandcoun
ted, both winner and loser
would disappear frompublie
view, to wallow privately in
success or lick the wounds,
as the case might be.
"Nick Galifiankis and Smith
Bagley, ttie contenders in the
Fifth, are something else.
"On the morning after his
pulsating victory, at a time
when most candidate; would
have been nursing a grand
daddy of a hangover, Nick
Galifianakis was in the mid
dle of a noisy rally at the
Winston-Salem airport.
"All of this week both Gali
fianakis and Bagley are tour
ing all of the counties in the
EMMA JEAN WALLS shows her sister, Moliie Bee, the way Rebel Ruff Talf fled when'
Yankees attacked Raven Rock where he had supplies hid. The 'iris are standing Inside the
cave formed by Raven Rock.
District, thanking the voters
for their support. Instead of
the aftermath of a bone
wearying campaign, you would
think it was the beginning.
"What this will do in the
long run to the style of North
Carolina politics is hard to
say. But the effect >t i? hav
ing on the voter, w' ? tug ago
was convinced it la t I. >.c.
the forgotten man as soe
his vote was cast, is delight
fully refreshing."
LlQl'OR. ... We do not
expect the 1967 General
Assembly to approve open
bars or liquor-by-the-drink
on a state-wide basis, but we
do feel that there i s better
than a 50-50 chance that 11
will grant local option on it
to counties requesting it in the
same manner that the ABC
stores got started in North
Carolina.
Lt. Gov. Bob Scott says
that he does not believe that
the people of North Carolina
are ready for approval of
liquor-by-the-drink. The
Charlotte Observer In an edi
torial lakes issue with Scott,
saying: "Scott, as an aspirant
for the governorship, will have
to take a position on that vot
ing privilege at one time or
another. He won't be able to
get by with a generalization
t:._t he doesn't believe 'the
? pie of North Carolina' are
r ujj for the practice."
. jcal, and not state-wide
option will be the big liquor
issue before the 1967 General
Assembly.
TAX ISSUE. . . When Gov
ernor Terry Sanford secired
the passage of the sales tax
on food in 1961 many people
in state government felt that a
broad tax base had been es
tablished which would bring in
sufficient revenue to take care
of the needs of a progressive
and growing state fornany
years to come Well, the 1967
General Assembly will be
faced by many requests,which
if granted, will necessitate
more tax revenue.
This shows how fast condi- .
tions change. What looked !
solid and sufficient five years
ago appears to be insufficient
and lacking today.
You would think that with
the Great Society program
pouring so much r? ney into
programs designed to help the ,
people along that the State and
County governments would not'
be so pressed for additional
revenue. But such is not the'
case. Most of the Federal ]
programs are based on State
and Local matching funds on
a percentage basis.
WOODROW JONES. . . Des-.
pite the opposition raised by
Tar Heel Negroes to there
commendation of former Con
gressman Woodrow W. Jones'
as a Federal District Judge^
by Senators Ervin and Jor
dan, Jones is expected to geti
the appointment without diffi-/
culty.
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