Spouse: Rachael Bertram. Children were: Porter Isbell, June Isbell.

Spouse: Angela Burlene Sparks. Children were: Monte Lynn Isbell, Casandra Dawn Isbell.

Spouse: Willerford Frank Dutton. Children were: Kristina Ann Dutton, Willerford Frank , Jr. Dutton.

Spouse: Karen Lynn Bond.

Spouse: Penny Jo Sparkman. Children were: Clifford DaWayne Isbell, Steven Marcus Isbell, Timmy Eldon Isbell, Darenda Elnora Isbell.

Spouse: Ruby Mae Sheets. Children were: Kenneth Eugene Isbell, Sandra Elnora Isbell, James Lynn Isbell, Roy Alvin Isbell, Jerry Dale Isbell, Bobby Ray Isbell, Cynthia Dawn Isbell.

Spouse: Billy Don Comedy. Children were: Jennifer Donene Comedy, Jessica Diane Comedy.

Spouse: Robert H. Tussing.

Spouse: Brenda Lou Jones. Children were: Elden Scott Isbell, Joseph Dike Isbell, Brienna Louann Isbell.

Spouse: Jackie Wayne Sanders. Children were: Ricky Wayne Sanders, Cody Andrew Sanders, Rex Alan Sanders.

Spouse: Ceva Alexander. Children were: Orville Isenberg, June Isenberg, Joyce Isenberg, James Isenberg.

Spouse: Elva KENNEY. Elva KENNEY and Bertram ISENHOUR were married on 21 February 1903. Children were: Mable Maurine ISENHOUR, Helen Fay ISENHOUR.

Spouse: Goldie STARK.

Spouse: Olive JACKSON.

Spouse: Eliza MARKLAND. Eliza MARKLAND and James ISENHOUR were married on 15 January 1874 in IN-Marion County.¹¹⁴⁷ Children were: Wilber Hollis ISENHOUR, Walter James ISENHOUR, Bertram ISENHOUR, Guy ISENHOUR, Cleveland ISENHOUR, Arbie ISENHOUR, Jonathan ISENHOUR, Frank Glen ISENHOUR.

Spouse: Effie WATTS.

Spouse: Cora FRAZIER.

Spouse: Ronnie Earl Cox. Wendy Isham and Ronnie Earl Cox were married on 2 April 1971 in Comanche, Comanche, Texas. Children were: Misty Michelle Cox.

Spouse: Holland Dwight Wynn. Children were: Madilyn Wynn, Greyson Isaac Wynn.

Spouse: David Peter Sheehan. Children were: Heather Renee Sheehan.

Spouse: Lillie Georgia Garrett. Children were: Unnamed Baby Girl Garrett.

Spouse: Henry Orson Davis.

Spouse: Melody Ailene PUTMAN. Children were: Georgia Ailene IZARD.

Spouse: Mary Smith. Mary Smith and Daniel , Cole J were married on 21 March 1849.⁵⁴ Children were: Barbara A. L. Cole.

Spouse: Hanna E. Monroe. Hanna E. Monroe and Daniel , Cole J were married on 22 October 1865.⁵⁴ Children were: Mary E Cole, Loyal Lincoln Cole, Hanna E Cole, Daniel N. Cole, Ida Gabrielle Cole.

Spouse: William Thornton Crain. Children were: Isabella Crain, Sarah Crain, Zach Crain, Julia Alice Crain.

Spouse: Houston S. Speck. Mary J. and Houston S. Speck were married WFT Est. 1871-1904.⁶⁰

Spouse: James Polk West. Children were: William West, James Andrew West.

Spouse: Tennessee Fanture.

JACK OR JOCK (CATHERINE BRIANT)

Born: CA 1767 in South Carolina, Tenn., Georgia Area

Parents: unknown - Cherokee Indians

Married: Indian wife of Stephen Mayfield.

Children Married to Born Died

James Nancy Gore(Ogletree) CA 1785 after 1837 Elisha Nelly (?) 10-10-1792 before 1830?

Rachel Pleasant Ogletree 1796 before 1860
Stephen, Jr. 1)Mary Ann (Gipson ?) 1797 1864
2)Mrs. Nancy Griffin Walker

Catherine Nicholas Gunnels 1798 Francis (Frankey) Armsted Walker 1799

Died: unknown - probably about 1800

Buried: place unknown - probably in the area where the Cherokees lived where South Carolina, Tenn. & Georgia come together.

One descendent of Rachel’s shows her name as Rebeca Jack.

Stephen, Jr. shows on the census records that he was born in Tenn. The girls show various places, mostly Virginia, probably because their father was born in Virginia.

Stephen Mayfield apparently was married to Bridgett Gilmore but maintained an Indian wife at the same time. This was not an uncommon practice in those days. In this area where South Carolina, Tenn. & GA come together is where the Cherokee Indians lived about this time and is shown on the 1785 S.C. maps as "Indian Territory' Stephen was a Loyalist and had gone to Florida after the Rev. War in fear of his life, his family is believed to have- stayed in S. C. After about two years there, he came back and lived among the Cherokee Indians. The Indians would not trade with a white man unless he made an alliance with them and one way to make an alliance was to take an Indian wife. Some took Indian wives in order to be able to trade, furs, etc. for provisions. It was probably a day or two journey from where his family lived in Chester County.

It must be remembered that the Indian woman was doing nothing wrong according, to her culture. To her, a marriage was a man and woman sharing each other's life and her arrangement did not have the stigma of the white man's culture.

Stephen Mayfield was hauled into court on May 10, 1790, in Pendleton County, S.C. He and three other men posted bond of one hundred pounds to ensure that the infant bastard child by Catherine Briant would not be burdensome or charitable to the county. Catherine Briant may be the Indian wife of Stephen and this is her English name. Most Indians at that time took English names, especially those who spun linen cloth which the traders picked up on their routes. The bond is for infant child which could be up to 21; the word infant in common law meant anyone under 21.

The child in this Pendleton County document is not named, but is believed to be James, who was probably from 3 to 5 years old. The other children by the Indian wife are believed to be Elisha, born Oct 10, 1792, and Rachel, born in 1796, Catherine b. 1798, and Frances b. 1799 may also be her children. Since he had posted bond once that is probably the reason he was not called into court again. The child is not named in the 1790 document and the bond could probably be provoked on each or all of the children.

There is a question as to which of Stephen's children were the children of the Indian wife. Since the descendants of James have always insisted they were part Indian, it is believed James was the oldest and probably the one mentioned in the Pendleton County document. Elisha’s date of birth is shown in Luke's Bible which indicated he is a half-brother. Rachel’s descendants filed a claim for Indian Lands, claim #40490 of Elvie A. Christian, a granddaughter, in which she indicated that Rachael was a daughter of Stephen and his Indian wife, whose Indian name was jock (Jack). If Catherine is one of Stephen's children she is believed to have taken the name of her mother. A long time researcher in Overton County, Helen Qualls, said the information handed down in Overton County was that all the children that lived in the area were by the Indian wife except one. Mary (Marian) was born to Bridgett after they moved to Overton County and the older children never lived in the area. Stephen did not mention any of his half-breed children in his will.

Stephen left this area of S.C. possibly before 1797 for Stephen, Jr. shows on 1850 and 1860 census that he was born in Tenn. He may have lived in the area of Jefferson/Washington County, Tenn. until late 1799, he would have been 100 to 110 miles (2 to 3 days journey-on a straight line) from where his Indian wife lived and could have still visited her. Even after he moved to Overton County, Tenn. he would have been about 175 miles away.

In the claim by Rachel’s granddaughter, she states "Stephen stole Rachel away from her mother." The person making this statement did not understand the Cherokee culture for the Cherokee woman was raised to believe that she had no rights to the children, and that the children belonged to the father, even though it was her responsibility to train the children. If a Cherokee father died, it was the responsibility of the mothers brothers to take care of them. Even in cases where Cherokee men left their woman, he took the children. If she was not dead, Catherine or jock may have believed that Stephen could do more for her children since he was a white man. It is not known when Stephen took the children, whether he took them one at a time or took them all at once. He may not have taken them until he was settled in Tenn. with Bridget.

Catherine probably lived on the property shown in Stephen's name in Anderson County (previously in Pendleton Co.). One speculates what Bridgett's reaction was to all this, but in those days a woman hardly ever left a man. One can only speculate as to when she knew of the Indian woman or when she first found out about her. She would definitely have known when he brought these half-breeds home to raise. There were a number of other well-known families where the man had the same kind of arrangements.

Cherokee Indian women wove some of the most beautiful cloth known in that time; it was called 'homespun.' The cloth was exported to England and was highly in demand. It was still being shipped during the Civil War and was the reason for the British to run the Southern blockade. In most cases, the cloth was woven by the woman where she lived and was purchased and picked up by the buyer.

The Cherokee Indians were very beautiful people, not like the Southwest Indians which we are prone to think of when we hear the word "Indian."

This information is compiled by J. Hoyle Mayfield and includes a lot of speculation and conclusions. Conversations with Afton Reintjes, a professional genealogist, and one who has lectured on Indian Genealogy as well as having been involved with extensive Indian research, has influenced many of these decisions. Further research is needed to try to prove if Catherine Briant was the Indian wife and other aspects of this write-up.

He second common-law married JACK CATHERINE Briant*, i POS, AN INDIAN,
MARR. Born in 1767 in S.C. FULL-BLOOD CHEROKEE. CATHERINE TOOK STEPHEN TO
COURT 10 MAY 1790, AND HE WAS ORDERED TO PAY 5 POUNDS STERLING FINE, AND
10 POUNDS STERLING PROCLAMATION MONEY. AND SUFFICIENTLY AND CAREFULLY
PROVIDE FOR HIS INFANT BASTERD CHILD. TILL THE CHILD ATTAIN 10 YEARS. HE
LATTER HAD 5 MORE CHILDREN BY HER.

This last bit of information is from e-mail by Dale Davidson.

Spouse: Stephen Mayfield. Rebeca (Catherine Briant) ? Jack and Stephen Mayfield³⁵² were married in 1784 in VA. INFORMATION ON HIS CHILDREN

Luke - (from Bible Records published in Georgia Genealogical Quarterly, Vol 74 in 1979) born in Camden Dist. S. C. , Married Delila Gore, daughter of Eleazar & Eliz. Gore. on May 10, 1798 and had 13 children: Ennis (1799) ; Manning (1800) ; Polly (1802) ; Frances (1804) - Sinthy (1805) Malinda (1807) ; Stephen Gore (1809) ; Lucinda (1811) ; Artissima (1812) Geo. Wash. (1814) ; Monroe (1815) ; Thos. (1817) ; & Caroline (1818) . He was living in Georgia (obtained a lot in Wilkinson Co. GA in 1806) for a while, moved to Jackson Co., Tenn. where he is shown on 1820 census then moved to Illinois about 1828.

John is listed on 1820 Overton County census (pg. 247A) with wife & son (10-16) and 2 daughters (under 10) . He married Mary Livingston 13 Aug. 1813 in Overton County Tem. and he died 11 Dec. 1826 in Overton County. Mary Mayfield is on 1830 census; she did not remarry. The two daughters are:

Parmelia b. ca 1818, @ ca 1835 to John Alston Winningham, d. ca 1870. She is on the Overton Co. 1850 census (pg. 12) with children, John 12 & Adam 11.

Susannah b. 1820 m. Henry Brandford Winningham. They are on the 1850 census in Overton Co. with children: Emaline 14; Sibly 12; Hardin 8; John 6; Washington 4; and Caroline 2/12. Living with them is Polly (Mary) age 52, her mother.
Alexander Mayfield, on 1830 Jackson County Tenn. census may have been his son. Because of his age Mary would not be his mother. An Alexander Mayfield died in McDonough Co. Ill in 1835 and is believed to be the same Alexander,- he owned land near Macomb, ILL was John Mayfield. His two children are living with John Mayfield, my ancestor, on the 1840 census in McDnough Co., Ill.
John sold land in 1821 on the waters of the Roaring River, near that of Stephen.

James - see separate page.

Elisha is listed in Luke' s Bible Records and it states he is a half brother and was believed to have moved to Texas. He is not on the only Texas census index of 1850. One source said he moved back but evidently not to Overton County. It is odd that Luke would list Elisha and not any of the other half-brothers and sisters, it may be that Luke was closer to Elisha than any of the others. The Nelly Mayfield listed on 1820 census next to Luke may be his widow; at any rate, Elisha seems to disappear completely. Nellie is shown in the 1820 census with three males under 10; this may be the Mayfield' s around Brown and Adams Counties, ILL. They may have gone to Ill. at the same time Luke and his family did.

Rachael married Pleasant Ogletree and had several children. She is on the 1820 census in Overton Co., TN. 1--l-; 41-1, pg. 254. She shows on the 1850 census that she was born in Va., but if she was taken from her mother as a child, she probably didn't know where she was born - just that her father was from Virginia. Children were 3 daughters (names unknown); Serena (Sena) b. ca 1818; Reason (Reese) b. Sept. 14, 1820 m. Ingobar Masters; William; Malissa (m. William Gunnels); Lettie b. ca 1825; John A. b. 1827; Dulcie b. ca 1830; Rosco b. ca 1833; and Burrel b. ca 1835. Dulcie had an illegitimate child by her cousin John Mayfield the son of Stephen, Jr. ; he was born 1849 and went by the name of Thomas B. Ogletree (per application he made for Eastern Cherokee lands) . Dulcie had a 2nd illegitimate son by John Mayfield, William Campbell Ogletree. Sena had an illegitimate daughter Victoria Ogletree. There is a claim No. 40490 of Elvie A. Christian, a granddaughter of Rachael Ogletree, for Indian Lands in which she claims Stephen Mayfield' s wife was an Eastern Cherokee woman whose Indian name was Jack.

Stephen (Jr) was born in 1797 and was married twice. His first wife was 14ary Ann (Gipson ?). He is on 1820 Overton Co. census, pg. 255, 1--l--; 1--l. He is shown on 1830 Overton County census with two sons (one under 10 - John b. 1823) (one over 10 - William listed in his grandfather's will b. 1817 ?) and one daughter born before 1820. She is believed to be Ann the wife of O. H. P. Harris (Oliver Harris) . They are shown on the 1850 Overton County census ' pg. 5, with children: Maryann 11; Julianna 7; Joseph 5 & William 2. Ann Harris is shown on the 1860 census in Overton Co., age 41. Stephen & Mary evidently were divorced; Mary did
not remarry. She is shown on 1850 census of Overton County, living with her is son John. She is also listed in Overton Co. in 1860 with son John and his wife Lucinda (it appears he may have married his step-sister Lucinda Walker) & 3 sons, Stephen (5 born in MO), William (3 born in Ark), & John (4/12 born in Term.) . Can find no trace of William unless he is the William Harrison Mayfield on the 1860 Jackson County, TN. census, he had previously lived in Ky. Stephen's second wife was Mrs. Nancy Griffin Walker. She had 3 children listed on the 1850 census in Newton County Mo. ; Jordon, Jackson & Lucinda. Stephen & Nancy had Sarah (Barker) b. 1845 in @10, & Stephen b. 1848 d. Aug. 7, 1926 in Milan Co. Texas s. Stephen & Nancy are buried at the Baynham Cemetery west of Diamond, Mo. (Newton County), the same cemetery where George Washington Carver is buried. Stephen died in 1864, killed by bushwackers as he sat on his front porch. Stephen, Jr. inherited his father I s land (per Stephen Sr. will) . The description was 'on the waters of Roaring River on the road from Sparta to Monroe. I He is involved in a lot of land transactions in the mid 1830's to 1840 in Overton County.

Catherine, the wife of Nicholas Gunnels, is believed also to be a daughter of Stephen Mayfield's as one daughter is reported to have married a Gunnels. They had several children. She, like Rachel, shows on the 1850 census that she was born in Va. However, Rachael I s daughter Melissa married Wm.,- Gunnels and this may be the Gunnels' relationship; of course in those days they could also have married cousins. Note: Per Pendleton Co. S.C. court record of May 10, 1790, Stephen Mayfield had to post bond to insure that his bastard child by Catherine Briant will not become a ward of the court. It has been conjectured that Catherine Briant is the English name of the Cherokee Indian that he had as a wife.

Frances (Franky) is listed on the 1820 census as Franky Mayfield with a daughter (under 10) . There is a petition for divorce by Armsted Walker from Franky Walker in the court session of Sept. 1820. He claims she committed adultery. She does not appear on the 1830 Overton County census. Her daughter is believed to be Eliza A. Andrews on 1860 census in Overton Co., TN., with her husband Henry Andrews. Thomas Bailey) Ogletree (illegitamate son of John Mayfield) is living in household with her, reportedly a relative. In 1834, Frankey was deeded 80 acres of land from Jonathan Mayfield (believed to be John the son of James & Nancy)--the same land that Ambrose Gore had deeded to Nancy Mayfield in 1828. In 1835, she sold the land and is shown as Frankey Mayfield alis Frankey Walker. She cannot be found on the Overton County census after this and it has not been determined where she may have moved, or if she had died.

Mary (b. 1806 per 1850 census & 1804 per 1860 census) It is believed that Brigett is her mother for she was born after the family moved to Overton County, Tenn. She married Josiah Copeland (b 10 Aug. 1799 & d. 9 May 1878). Josiah built the courthouse in Overton County. He was probably the grandson-of the first Josiah (born 1734) who is buried in Overton Co. Mary had a daughter before she was married, but it was believed to be the child of Josiah. Josiah was called 'Little Joel because 'Big Joe" weighed almost 400 lbs. In 1841 (1831 per History of Overton County, evidently in error), Mary killed Ruth Dougherty with a knife - her husband' s girl friend. She mounted her horse and went to relatives in Illinois, with the Ogletree boys (her nephews) helping her cross the river at Cincinnati. She was brought back (or returned on her own) for trial and pleaded self-defense. She was convicted of 2nd murder but her case was appealed and went all the way to the State Supreme Court and they demanded a new trial. AT the second trial she was acquitted. She and Josiah are reported to have lived together again afterwards, and are listed on the 1850 Overton County Census on pg. 48. Their only daughter was named Mahala b. 1 June 1818, d. 20 Sept. 1904, r% George W. Camack, and they are buried at Cash Cemetery outside Livingston, TN. Mary & Josiah are buried on Tarheel Mountain (now called Tower Hill) near Livingston, Tem. There is no inscription on Mary's headstone.

Children were: James Mayfield, Rachel Mayfield, Elisha Mayfield, Stephen Mayfield Jr., Catherine Mayfield, Frances (Frankey) Mayfield.

Spouse: Frank Blaine Brindle.

Spouse: Mildred Butram.

Spouse: Joel Hubert Bertram. Arrie Jackson and Joel Hubert Bertram were married on 25 June 1922.²¹ Children were: Mattie Frances Bertram, Larry Hardie Bertram, Ruth Bertram, Norma Jean Bertram, Dixie Nell Bertram, Charlie Fox Bertram, Donald David Bertram, Nancy Carolyn Bertram, Peggy Ann Bertram, Shirley Faye Bertram.