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INDIVIDUAL NOTES:
1830 Macon County, North Carolina census (abstract):
- Page 32
- 1 male 30-40 (Christopher)
- 1 female 30-40 (Susannah)
- 1 female 15-20 (*Anna*)
- 1 female 10-15 (_____)
- 2 males 5-10 (Jacob, David)
- 1 male under 5 (Thomas)
- 1 female under 5 (Martha)
- 0 others Parents: Christopher Augustus SETZER and Susannah BIRD.
Spouse:
John D. HOWARD. John D. HOWARD and Anna
SETZER were married on Apr 27, 1838 in Macon County, North Carolina.
MARRIAGE NOTES:
Macon County, North Carolina Marriages 1829-1939 by James E. Wooley, page 64:
- Date of Marriage was 4-27-1838. Howell, John D. to Ann Setser. Performed or
recorded by Henry I. Garrison
Children were: Amy Marcella HOWARD,
Calvin HOWARD, George HOWARD, John Baxter
HOWARD, Joseph C. HOWARD, Susan HOWARD, William HOWARD,
Martha A. HOWARD, David F. HOWARD.
Anna SETZER was born on Feb 17, 1888. She died about Oct 1968. Her Social Security Number was 239-56-9048. Parents: William Andrew "Andy" SETZER and Christine Elizabeth "Lizzie" CLOER.
Spouse: George W. MCGEE.
George W. MCGEE and Anna SETZER were married on Apr 22, 1916 in Macon County,
North Carolina.
MARRIAGE NOTES:
Macon County, North Carolina Marriages 1829-1939 by James E. Wooley, page 97:
- Date of Marriage was 4-22-1916. McGee, G. W. age 26 to Setser, Anna age 28.
Performed or recorded by D. s. Richardson, M. G.
Children were: Living, Living, Living.
Anna A. SETZER was born about 1859 in Georgia.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES:
1870 Macon County, North Carolina census (microfilm):
- HH # 61, Smith Bridge Twsp
- Age 11, living with parents
- Born in Georgia
- Cannot read or write Parents: David C. SETZER and Sarah Ann DRYMAN.
Anna Dell SETZER was born on Sep 3, 1883. Parents: David Christopher SETZER and Jane DAILY.
Living. Parents: Jacob Edwin SETZER and Beuna DONALDSON.
Spouse: Living. Children were: Living, Living, Living.
Living. Parents: Ellis R. SETZER and Rosa Lee EDWARDS.
Living. Parents: Andrew Bryan SETZER and Estelle JUSTICE.
Spouse: Living. Children were: Living.
Anna Mabel SETZER was born on Feb 25, 1899. She died about Aug 1977 in Catawba County, North Carolina. Her Social Security Number was 240-05-1257.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES:
SSDI:
- Surname was "Sigmon" Parents: Yancey Milton SETZER and Stacie Ann ISAAC.
Spouse: Quince E. SIGMAN.
Anna Ruth SETZER was born on Aug 18, 1914 in Miller County, Missouri. She died on Sep 21, 1995 in Lansing, Michigan. Parents: Felix SETZER and Mary Idona ALBERTSON.
Spouse: Harvey Leslie VAUGHN. Harvey Leslie VAUGHN and Anna Ruth SETZER were married on Apr 4, 1936. Children were: Living.
Living. Parents: Amanda SETZER.
Annie T. SETZER was born on Nov 18, 1879 in Macon County, North Carolina. She lived in Macon County, North Carolina about Feb 1938. She died on Dec 27, 1960.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES:
1880 Macon County, North Carolina census (microfilm):
- HH # 77, Cartoogechaye Twsp
- Age 1/2th, single, living with parents
- Born in North Carolina, father in North Carolina, mother in Georgia
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1900 Macon County, North Carolina census (microfilm):
- HH # 165, Franklin Twsp, Precinct No. 2
- Age 20, single, living with parents
- Born in Nov 1879
- Born in North Carolina, father in North Carolina, mother in Georgia
- Attended school for 2 mos during census year
- Can read, can write, speaks English Parents: Mathias Barringer SETZER and Sarah Jane MCDONNELL.
Spouse:
Lawrence BLAINE. Lawrence BLAINE and
Annie T. SETZER were married on Nov 28, 1908 in Macon County, North Carolina.
MARRIAGE NOTES:
Macon County, North Carolina Marriages 1829-1939 by James E. Wooley, page 11:
- Date of Marriage was 11-28-1908. Blaine, Lawrence age 22 to Setser, Ann age
22. Performed or recorded by J. C. Shope, J. P.
Children were: Living, Living, Living, Living, Sarah BLAINE,
Living.
Living. Parents: Arthur SETZER and Living.
Arthur SETZER was born after 1879. Parents: David Melvin SETZER and Missouri Jane WEAVER.
Spouse: Living. Children were: Living, Living, Living, Living, Living, Living, Living, Living.
Living. Parents: Adam W. SETZER and Susan "Susie" SHACKLEFORD.
Augusta Mae SETZER was born on May 1, 1887. Parents: David Christopher SETZER and Jane DAILY.
Spouse: James GRANT Sr.. Children were: Living.
Bertha SETZER was born on Apr 2, 1896. Parents: Adam W. SETZER and Susan "Susie" SHACKLEFORD.
Berthene "Tennie" SETZER was born on Jan 31, 1897 in Benton County, Arkansas. She died on Feb 16, 1943. Parents: George Washington SETZER and Martha Easter WEAVER.
Spouse: George CURTIS.
Living. Parents: David Ogden SETZER and Willie M. THOMPSON.
Betty Dean SETZER was born on Aug 14, 1933. She died on Nov 23, 1936. Parents: Chester SETZER and Living.
Living. Parents: Raymond Lee SETZER and Estelle HYDE.
Blanche SETZER was born on Feb 25, 1898. She died on Feb 15, 1907. Parents: Christopher Columbus "Lum" SETZER Sr. and Stella A. MUSICK.
Living. Parents: Raymond Lee SETZER and Estelle HYDE.
Living. Parents: John C. SETZER and Allie J. SETZER.
Spouse: John A. CLINE.
Callie SETZER was born after 1860. Parents: Marcus Napoleon SETZER and Isabella CLEMMONS.
Calvin SETZER was born on Oct 30, 1841. Parents: Male UNKNOWN and Susannah SETZER.
Spouse: Rebecca ABERNATHY. Children were: John William SETZER, Martha SETZER, Emaline SETZER, Edie SETZER, Minnie Belle SETZER, Charlie A. SETZER, Allie J. SETZER, Mary Etta SETZER.
Living. Parents: Christopher Columbus "Lum" SETZER Sr. and Stella A. MUSICK.
Spouse: James Z. SPEARMAN. James Z. SPEARMAN and Camilla Mae SETZER were married on Jun 9, 1920 in Miller County, Missouri.
Living. Parents: Edd SETZER and Eulah COX.
Living. Parents: Frank Alfred SETZER and Pearl BRADLEY.
Carl W. SETZER was born after 1890. Parents: William Thomas SETZER and Lillie M. ROBINSON.
Carl W. SETZER was born on Jun 6, 1894. Parents: Christopher Augustus SETZER and Adelia Pinckney DALRYMPLE.
Carolina A. "Callie" SETZER was born on Mar 20, 1869 in Macon County, North Carolina. She lived in Macon County, North Carolina about Feb 1938. She died on May 14, 1944.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES:
1870 Macon County, North Carolina census (microfilm):
- HH # 132, Franklin Twsp
- Age 1, living with parents
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1880 Macon County, North Carolina census (microfilm):
- HH # 77, Cartoogechaye Twsp
- Age 11, single, living with parents
- Born in North Carolina, father in North Carolina, mother in Georgia
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1900 Macon County, North Carolina census (microfilm):
- HH # 165, Franklin Twsp, Precinct No. 2
- Age 31, single, living with parents
- Born in Mar 1869
- Born in North Carolina, father in North Carolina, mother in Georgia
- Can read, can write, speaks English Parents: Mathias Barringer SETZER and Sarah Jane MCDONNELL.
Caroline Malinda SETZER was born on Sep 26, 1860. Parents: Jacob SETZER and Amy HERMAN.
Living. Parents: Andrew Bryan SETZER and Estelle JUSTICE.
Spouse: Living. Children were: Living.
Living. Parents: David C. SETZER and Sarah Ann DRYMAN.
Living. Parents: Male UNKNOWN and Susannah SETZER.
Spouse: Living.
Catherine SETZER was born about 1775 in North Carolina. She died after 1850 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. Parents: Jacob SETZER II and Mariah Elizabeth HILDEBRAND.
Spouse: George NAUGLE. Children were: Living, Barbara NAUGLE, Jacob NAUGLE, David NAUGLE, Polly NAUGLE, William NAUGLE, Sally A. NAUGLE, John S. NAUGLE, Andrew NAUGLE.
Catherine SETZER was born on Apr 13, 1810. She died on Feb 21, 1861. Parents: John SETZER Jr. and Mary Maria WHITENER.
Spouse: Elias LONGCRIER. Elias LONGCRIER and Catherine SETZER were married on Dec 23, 1837.
Catherine "Katie" SETZER was born on Nov 1, 1818 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. She died on Feb 25, 1910 in Macon County, North Carolina. She was buried in Macon County, North Carolina - Holly Springs Baptist Church (Jennings) Cemetery.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES:
1840 Macon County, North Carolina census (microfilm):
- Page 154
- 1 male 20-29 (William)
- 1 female 20-29 (*Catherine*)
- 1 male 0-4 (William)
- 1 female 0-4 (Sarah)
- Occupation was agriculture
- No slaves listed
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1850 Macon County, North Carolina census (microfilm):
- HH # 247
- Age 32, married to William Holbrook
- Born in Lincoln County, North Carolina
- Cannot read and write
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Estate Settlement of William Holbrooks on behalf of spouse Catherine:
State of North Carolina
Macon County
We John Young, Logan Berry and Jas D. Franks having been appointed by the court of pleas and quarters sessions to ___ of an d alot to Catherine Holebrooks, widow of Wm Holebrooks desceased of said county after being duty sworn proceeded to by of and alot to the said petioner the following amount of property for the use of herself and family:
All the house hold and kitchen furniture and all the farming tools with gearing and one side saddle
1 bay mare 6 years old
Standing crop of corn
with the oats and hay on hand 5 _____ _____ ______
18 hind of stock hogs
7 bos stands
7 head of sheep___ and all the poting
4 milk cows
2 yearlings
1 clay bunk filly year old horse
We the under signed jurors met on the farm of Wm Holbrooks, state of Macon County and alotted to the pentioned Catherine Holbrooks, the amount of the above specified given under and hands and seals this 10th day of October 1857
John Young **Mark**
L. Berry **Mark**
J. D. Franks **Mark**
J. M. Keener, J. P. **Mark**
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Catherine Holbrook's personal petition of the court to settle estate William Holbrook:
To the worshipful the court of pleas & quarters sessions of Macon County.
The petition of Catherine Holbrooks humbly shows that her husband Wm Holbrooks late of said county is dead and has left no last will & testament in writing__that your petioner the widow of said estate and uprovided for except by the interference of your worships. She therefore prays your worship to appoint a judicary committee with a justice of the peace to lay off for her a years support of the crop stock provisions & other effects of the said Holbrooks
And your petitioners will be in duty bound over pray so. Sept 16 1857
INDIVIDUAL NOTES:
Catherine Holbrooks
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1860 Macon County, North Carolina census (microfilm):
- HH # 88
- Age 41, head of household (spouse not listed)
- Occupation was farmer
- Value of real estate was $400
- Value of personal estate was $795
- Born in Lincoln County, North Carolina
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1870 Macon County, North Carolina census (microfilm):
- HH # 11, Sugar Fork Twsp
- Age 52, head of household (spouse not listed)
- Occupation was farmer
- Value of real estate was $300
- Value of personal estate was $266
- Born in North Carolina
- Can read, cannot write
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1880 Macon County, North Carolina census (microfilm):
- HH # 17, Sugarfork Twsp
- Age 61, widowed/divorced (spouse not listed)
- Can read, cannot write
- Born in North Carolina, father born in North Carolina, mother born in North Carolina
Note: Living alone, no other persons listed
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1900 Macon County, North Carolina census (microfilm):
- HH # 54, Sugar Fork Twsp
- Given name was "Orpha"
- Age 81, widowed (spouse not listed)
- Born Nov 1818
- Mother of 9 children, 5 living
- Born in North Carolina, father in North Carolina, mother in North Carolina
- Occupation was raising poultry
- Can read, cannot write, speaks English
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Article from The Asheville Citizen-Times, Buncombe County, North Carolina, dated December 28, 1978:
Written by John Parris
Katie Holbrooks Was A Woman Of All Work
KATIE CREEN -- They named this creek in the Macon County hills for Katie Holbrooks, a stout-hearted woman cast in the pioneer mold.
In her time, she belted an ax, followed a plow, sheared sheep and carded wool, stood at the spinning wheel and sat at the loom.
She was a shoemaker, a tanner, a cross maker, a miller, a farmer, a herb doctor, a nurse, a quilt-maker, a breeder of horses and cattle, a swapper, or anything else that the occasion might demand.
She came this way when the land was a virgin wilderness and she lived long enough to have her picture taken.
Her wrinkled face looks steadily out at you, from a worn frame -- an old folks' face, by then fierce in it's honesty. The hands, resting at last in the lap, the fingers gnarled and callused from a lifetime's of labor.
The picture, now a treasured possession of her 81 year-old great-grandson Fred Wood, was made shortly before her death in 1910 at the age of 92.
"She was born Catherine Katie Setzer in 1818 in Lincoln County," Wood recalled one day this week. "Her mother died when she was three or four years old and she brought up by her Grandfather and Grandmother Tars.
"In 1828, the year Macon County was created, the family pulled up stakes and came pioneering in the mountain for new land."
"Katie was about 15 years old and she rode horseback all the way to Macon County where Tarr took up a tract of land the and the family camped out while he and the boys felled trees and grooved together a log house."
"In 1834, she married William Holbrooks and they built themselves a log house in the Holly Springs section where she game him nine children."
"She was left a widow in 1857, with several small children to provide for. She moved from Holly Springs to a place on Walnut Creek that became known as Katie Creek."
"She farmed and raised horses and cattle and sheep and hogs to make a living for her children. She worked the fields, planting and raising crops, and spun and wove all their clothes. She even tanned hides and made their shoes."
"She was known as quite a swapper. When the Civil War came on she picked up quite a few fine farmes by swapping horses and wagons to families that were moving out in the mountains to Tennessee to keep from fighting in the war. She made a fortune. She swapped one fellow a team of horses and a wagon for more that 100 acres of land, a house and all the furnishings. Later she sold it for cash."
"In her time she swapped and traded and bought up hundreds of acres of land. But she never would part with her place on Katie Creek."
"She kept as many as a hundred head of hogs and a great number of cows. She milked the cows and churned and made butter and cheese. She rode horseback to sell the butter and cheese at Corundum Hill and in Franklin."
"She wouldn't allow a man to plow her garden until after she was 60 years old. Said she didn't want a man's heavy shoes walking on the ground where she planted her garden."
"She raised everything, corn and every vegetable grown back then. And she had a long row of currant bushes just inside the paling fence around the garden. My father and some of the other grandchildren used to tell how they would sneak out and reach through the fence and pick the rip currants when she wasn't looking."
"She had a section for helps in the garden and she gathered a lot of wild ones to doctor the children and others with. She had the reputation of being a fine herb doctor and was never known to fail to go when somebody was ill or needed help."
"In addition to her own children she helped raise several grandchildren and she also took in an orphan girl and raised her. She had two sons in the Civil War. One was wounded and he died shortly after he came home."
"As long as she lived, she never wore any storebought clothes. She made them out of homespun. And over the many handwoven petticoats she wore a long homespun dress that reached the ground. A long apron was always a part of her dress and nobody ever remembered seeing her without her homespun apron."
"She also wore an old-time cape around her shoulders. And her shoes were homemade. She smoked both corncob and clay pies as long as she lived."
"She had a pipe mold that she made her clay pipes in. She got her clay -- white clay, it was -- from a place near a cave that war off beyond the house. In the wintertime, she would sit before the fire and smoke her pipe. In the summer, she would smoke it out on the porch."
"She slept on a corded poster bed. She used handwoven sheets and blankets and handmade quilts she had turned out herself."
"She had white curtains around the bed that reached the floor. Apples were scarce in the winter back when I was coming on and she kept her apples under the bed. I remember when I was eight or nine years old, me and another great-grandchild crawled under the bed and founded ourselves on apples. She discovered us and came after us with her walking stick and run us out."
"She never owned a cookstove. She cooked on the hearthfire until she was 91. She kept her iron pots and pans hanging by the fireplace."
"She kept her flax wheel, reel, spinning wheel, wheel cards, flax hackle, winding blades, warping bars, and loom as long as she kept house and used them all until just a few years before her death."
"She made all her soap, lard, vinegar, and candles. She dried and pickled her food for winter. She bought few things at the store. But one thing she did buy regularly and that was brown sugar. She bought a lot of it and she saved the lumps in it to give to the grandchildren and great-grandchildren."
"Always when I would gather dry brush for her to kindle her fire with, she would give me some lumps of brown sugar. It was better than getting a stick of peppermint candy."
"From the time she came to the mountains until she died, she never lived in anything except a log house."
Fred Wood sat a moment looking at the picture of his great-grandmother, "You know," he said, "they don't make 'em like her any more."
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Photograph of headstone by Christopher E. Schultheis, August 1998:
- Surname was "Holbrooks" Parents: John SETZER and Catherine TARR.
Spouse:
William Talifero HOLBROOK. William Talifero
HOLBROOK and Catherine "Katie" SETZER were married on Dec 6, 1836 in Macon County,
North Carolina.
MARRIAGE NOTES:
North Carolina Marriage Bond:
- Holbrook, William to Setser, Catherine, applied 6 Dec 1836, rec # 061-01-006
(Macon County), bondsman David Passmore, witness Ulrich Keener, bond No 000077438
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General Index and Revised Marriage Register for Macon County, North Carolina,
From 1828 thru 1942 "Man", page 167, located at the Macon County Courthouse:
- Date of Marriage was 12-6-1836. Holbrooks, William to Setser, Catharine.
Performed or recorded by Ul. Keener, Clerk
Children were: William Alexander "Alex"
HOLBROOK, Sarah Elizabeth HOLBROOK,
Mary Catherine "Katie" HOLBROOK,
John Calvin HOLBROOK, Emanuel Washington HOLBROOK, Larkin
Canaday HOLBROOK, Martha Jane HOLBROOK,
Ruah Vian HOLBROOK, Filmore Harding HOLBROOK.
Catherine SETZER was born about 1834. Parents: Jacob SETZER III and Mary TREFFELSTET.
Spouse: John E. WATSON.
Catherine SETZER was born about 1835. Parents: George Walter SETZER Sr. and Elizabeth Ann WARD.
Living. Parents: Edd SETZER and Eulah COX.
Living. Parents: Edd SETZER and Eulah COX.
Living. Parents: David Ogden SETZER and Willie M. THOMPSON.
Living. Parents: William Lawrence SETZER Sr. and Pearl GIBSON.
Charles Dea SETZER was born on Jul 16, 1901 in Benton County, Arkansas. He died on Jan 18, 1962. Parents: George Washington SETZER and Martha Easter WEAVER.
Spouse: Vierra Jane ROSS. Charles Dea SETZER and Vierra Jane ROSS were married on Dec 30, 1921.
Charles Jacob SETZER was born on Apr 14, 1887. Parents: Amos Verline SETZER and Sarah LOWE.
Spouse: Nora Lee WOOD. Children were: Living, Living, Living, Living, Living, Living, Living, Living.
Charles Wesley SETZER was born after 1890. Parents: William Thomas SETZER and Lillie M. ROBINSON.
Charlie SETZER was born after 1891. Parents: Daniel Monroe SETZER and Ruth Ellen "Ella" FOSTER.
Charlie A. SETZER was born on Feb 2, 1875. Parents: Calvin SETZER and Rebecca ABERNATHY.
Chester SETZER was born on Mar 27, 1906. He died on Nov 27, 1944. Parents: Adam W. SETZER and Susan "Susie" SHACKLEFORD.
Spouse: Living. Chester SETZER and Mona FLAUGHER were married on Dec 25, 1928 in Miller County, Missouri. Children were: Living, Living, Betty Dean SETZER, Living.
