A Plott Family Genealogy
Entered by: Steve Fielder
3/29/2004 8:54:59 PM
The Plott Family
Reprinted from The Annals of Haywood County, North Carolina by W. C. Allen, published in 1935.
Most of the information in this story of the Plott family has been gotten from a genealogy compiled by Grace Plott, a daughter of the late Robert Henry Plott and a great, great granddaughter of Johannes Plott, the first one of the name to come to America.
The story begins in Heidelburg, Batavia, Germany. During the great migration of German, Scotch-Irish, Moravians, and other people from Europe to America in the eighteenth century, Johannes Plott, a sixteen year old boy, and an older brother, whose name is not given in the records, embarked on a ship from Rotterdam, Holland, for Philadelphia. There were 209 German immigrants on board. The brother died on the trip over and was buried at sea.
Johannes landed at Philadelphia, September 12, 1750. From there he migrated to Newburn, North Carolina, where he found some German settlers. He later located permanently in Cabarrus County, where he married and reared a family of three sons, John, Henry, and Elias. The record of these three boys is quite clear. Our story will go somewhat into those of John and Elias; but Henry, who came to Haywood County, will have our chief attention. A brief summary, however, of the John and Elias branches will be given.
John Plott was born in Cabarrus County, March 19, 1768. So far as the record relates he grew up, lived, and died in that country. He married on March 6, 1799, Sara Gilliam, of the same county. Eleven children were reared. The record of five of them, Thomas, Rhu, John, Pheby, and Sara, is incomplete. Only their names are known. The other six have a family history that is clear.
Hiram Barnard Plott was born in Concord, North Carolina, July 25, 1816, and died at Elersby, Georgia, in 1870. He married Eliza Phillips, of Elersby, who was born in 1822, married in 1840, and died in 1862. Seven children were born, as follows: Georgia Ann, James Iverson, Marcus Wilder, Charlie Jackson, Sallie, Laura, and Barnard Franklin, all of whom lived in Georgia and Alabama with the exception of Marcus Wilder, who migrated to Kansas.
Allison H. Plott married Parabell Leet and reared three children, all of whom lived in Alabama, as follows: Lenna, Mary, and Lonnie. Jack Plott married into the Staugh family of Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and reared three children, as follows: Volen Marcus, a Confederate soldier killed at Gettysburg; Chalmer, also a Confederate soldier, and Martha, who married S.V. Krimminger, of Concord. Robert Gilliam Plott, born 1810, moved to Illinois, married there and reared a family. Henry Plott, a son of John and grandson of Johannes, remained in Cabarrus County, married and reared a family of eleven children.
Henry Plott, second son of Johannes Plott who came from Germany, was born in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, October 10, 1770. When about thirty years of age, he came with Jonathan Osborne, whose sister Lydia he had married, to Haywood County, or what was then Buncombe County and settled on Pigeon river near where Clanton is now situated. There Osborne and Plott seem to have bought a farm in partnership, made one crop, and dissolved the company, or partnership. Osborne went back to Cabarrus, but came again later, and Plott with his wife went farther west, took up a state grant on the waters of Richland and Dick’s Creek, the latter afterwards known as Plott’s creek, and settled down as a permanent home. The exact spot of his location is now the home place of John A. Plott, a great grandson. His death is recorded as November 1, 1839, and his wife’s as November 16, 1857.
Henry Plott became the owner of quite a large boundary of land, most of it in what is now Waynesville township and Pigeon township.
Henry Plott and Lydia Osborne Plott reared a family of eight sons and three daughters, as follows: Osborne Plott, migrated to Alabama, married and left the following children, -- William H., who married Olivia Brunson; Tillman, who married Mary E. Brunson; Martha, and Felix.
Jonathan Plott, the second son of Henry Plott, married Elizabeth Harmon, of Cabarrus County, and moved to the Pigeon Valley. His birth is recorded as January 8, 1805, his death as July 7, 1886. Their children are recorded as Addie Lucretia, who married James R. Welch; Pingree Pressley, who married Charity Haseltine Osborne.
Children of Addie Lucretia Plott Welch and James R. Welch are recorded as follows: Mary, who married Roland E. Osborne; Neta, who married Thomas Singleton; Sallie, who became Mrs. Ledbetter; Willie, who married Sallie Vance and moved to Florida; and Jule, who married and reared a family in Pigeon Valley.
Pingree Pressley Plott and Charity Haseltine Osborne Plott reared the following children: William Pinkney, Annie Haseltine, Joseph Frederick, James Henry, Jonathan Osborne, and Richard Edgar. William Pinkley married Mary Evans and reared four girls, Nettie, Lula, Lelia, and Alta. James Henry married Flora E. Kinsland and the following children were born: Henry, Hubert, Annie Louise, James, Freida Elizabeth, Wayne, Lucy Ellen, Edgar, and Doris Eugenia. Jonathan Osborne married Mayme Penland and reared the following children: Frances, Jonathan, and Virginia. Richard Edgar married Mary M. Hyatt. They have no children.
David Plott, the third son of Henry Plott, was born April 28, 1807, and located on Jonathan’s Creek. His death occurred October 15, 1875. He married Sara Turner who was born November 14, 1811. Her death occurred March 7, 1891. Their children were as follows: Celinda, Hebron, Robert Henry, Leander, and Erixna. Celinda married Columbus Rogers and only one descendent is recorded, Jane who married Rufus Haynes. Hebron married Lavada Hall. He died of smallpox during the Civil War and left no children.
Robert Henry Plott, second son of David Plott, married Martha Moody. His home was on the upper waters of Jonathan’s Creek. The place is known now as the Plott place. A post office was maintained there for a number of years under the name of Plott. Eleven children were born, ten of them reaching maturity. One, Gladys Irene, died in infancy.
Lela V. Plott, the oldest one, married Roland E. Osborne, and they are now living in Virginia. Their children are recorded as follows: Mattie K. Osborne, who married Harry Fisher, and lives in Canton; Robert E. Osborne, who lives in Whittier; Thelma C. Osborne, a nurse in Fort Saunders Hospital, Knoxville; Roland Osborne, Jr., living in Whittier; Virginia Osborne; and Dixie Osborne, who lives in Whittier.
Minnie Rae Plott, the second daughter of Robert Henry Plott, now makes her home in Kennedy, Alabama.
David O. Plott married Cora Campbell and lives near Dellwood. They have no children. James Robert Plott married Mabelle Sprinkle. Their children are as follows: James Robert, Jr., Lucile, Gertrude, Marjorie, and Betty. Mattie Lucile Plott, third daughter of Robert Henry Plott, married Walter Miller Brice and their children are as follows: Walter M. Brice, Jr., Robert S. Brice, and Plott Brice. They live in Decatur, Georgia.
Grover C. Plott, third son of Robert Henry Plott, married Pauline McCracken. Their children are the following: Anna Jean, Mary Pauline, Josephine, Robert, Helen and Haywood (twins). Homer Henry Plott, fourth son, married Marie Hulliger. Their children follow: Marie, Carmen, Henry Homer. William Roy married Zelma Lee Browder, and they have one daughter, Martha Elizabeth.
Grace Carmen Plott, fourth daughter, was a nurse in the Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, at the time of her death. For some years, she worked on the genealogy of the Plott family and bout for her untimely death would have had a most complete record of the family.
Herbert Moore Plott, sixth son of Robert Henry Plott, married Nannie Campbell. They have three children, Evelyn Moore, Herbert Moore, and John David.
Leander, third son of David Plott, never married. He was known as “Uncle Dock.” Erixna Plott, known as “Aunt Rix,” married John H. Boyd. She was the second of the daughters of David Plott. Three daughters and one son were reared of this marriage. Elizabeth Boyd married Frank D. Ferguson, and two children have been reared, Hazel, who married John C. Troy, of Durham; and Frank D. Ferguson, Jr., a teacher in the Waynesville Township system of schools. Lillie Boyd married L. E. Perry, of Asheville, and two children were born, Celinda and Margaret. Gay Boyd marred Charles F. Owen, and the following children have been reared: Helen, Robert, Fannie, Charles, Jr., and Boyd.
Amos Plott, the fifth son of Henry Plott and grandson of Johannes, was married twice, first to Frances Gambel, of Black Mountain, and second to Sara Darighty. There were no heirs from the second marriage. Of the first marriage, the following children were born: Marza Ann, Verlin, Milas, and Jane. Marza Ann married William Moody. The following children were reared: Paris, Robert, Sara Jane, Frances, Robena, William, and Theodore. Verlin died during the Civil War unmarried. Milas Plott, the second son of Amos Plott, married Betty Probst, of Catawba County. One daughter was born, Sara, who lived in Catawba County and married there.
Jane Plott, second daughter of Amos Plott, married Wilburn A. Campbell. The following children were reared: Amos L. married Pattie Nelson, Ellen died in infancy, Clarence A. married Maggie Boyd, Robert G. A. married Retta Moody, Sallie married James R. Boyd, Crockett married Hattie Cogdill, Verlin married Hattie Caldwell, William C. married Stella Brown, John B. married Florence Moody.
The following sons and daughters of Jane and Wilburn A. Campbell reared families: Clarence A. Campbell and Maggie Boyd Campbell, Henry P., who married Mattie Voxtheimer; Elizabeth, who married Medford Leatherwood, Jack, Neal, and Betty; Robert G. A. Campbell and Retta Moody Campbell, Roy, Venice, and Wilma; Sallie Campbell Boyd and James R. Boyd, Grady, Rebecca, Daisy, Bessie, Maggie, Lou, Lena, Harriet, John, and James Jr.; Crockett and Hattie Cogdill Campbell, Irene, Sallie, Guy, Nell, Fred, Ellen, and Grace Plott; Verlin and Hattie Caldwell Campbell, Elizabeth, Hiram, and Kyle. William C. and Stella Brown Campbell, Hugh, Wilburn; John B. and Florence Moody Campbell, Wilburn, Joseph.
Enos Plott, the fourth son of Henry Plott and Lydia Osborne Plott, was born in 1802 near the present site of the town of Waynesville. He married about 1840, but only the first name of his wife, Elizabeth, has come down to the present generation. He died December, 1874, and she died in October, 1875. Their children are recorded as follows: John, who died during the Civil War; Henry, who also died during the Civil War; Judson, who died young; E. Rowley, who married twice, first to Mary Rich and second Addie Young. Children of the first marriage are named as follows: Sebe, Frank, Lizzie, Robena, Dora, and Ollie. Children of the second marriage, Mary, Ellen, Nina, Lora, Zeb, and Mark. Sebe lives in Canton. Samuel S. Plott, another son of E. Rowley, moved to Oregon, married, but no children.
NOTE: John Plott, seventh son of Henry Plott and Lydia Osborne Plott, was born, June 20, 1813, near Waynesville. He married Louisa Avaline Reeves. He died April 13, 1876. Louisa Avaline Reeves was born January 1, 1820, and died January 14, 1901. Their children were Henry B. Plott, Mary Plott, Julia Ann Plott, and [MONTRAVILLE.]
Henry B. Plott, first son of John and Louisa Avaline Reeves Plott, married Cordelia Fullbright and left the following children: Lawrence, who died at the age of eleven; Horatio, who left no heirs; Selma Rosella, who married Samuel Hooper; Ora Viena, who became Mrs. R.L. Mehaffey; and Edith, who became the wife of Arthur Davis.
Julia Ann Plott, second daughter of John Plott and Louisa Avaline Reeves Plott, married Samuel Hillman Bryson. They have no children.
NOTE: [MONTRAVILLE PLOTT], the last son of John Plott, married Julia Ann McClure. The following children were reared: [JOHN A.] married Harriet Rebecca Winchester and lives at the old Plott home on Plott’s Creek; Laura Emma, who married James Elisha Hyatt and moved to the State of Washington; Lona Lee, who became Mrs. Alfred Felix Roels, of Tampa, Florida; Kowa Waklin, who married J. Lee Medford and moved to Washington State; Una V. who is a teacher at Old Fort; George Fred, who married Jimmie Queen and lives on Fairview road; Robert Ellis, who married Carrie Praytor and moved to Kansas; Ola Frances, who married Romulus Davidson Ingram and lives in Asheville; Samuel Cole, who married Elizabeth Grahl and lives in South Carolina; and [ARTHUR VAUGHN “VON”] who married Fay Snyder and lives on Fairview road.
Henry Plott, sixth son of Henry Plott and grandson of Johannes Plott, married Eliza Allen and moved to Clay County. They reared five children, as follows: William, who married Nan McGhee; the Rev. John Plott, who married Samantha Headen; Louisa, who married Andrew Jackson Lloyd; Toie, who became Mrs. Ben Ledford; and Laura, who married George McClure. All of these live in Clay County.
Celinda Varner Plott, the second daughter of Henry Plott and granddaughter of Johannes Plott, married Elias D. Brendle, of Jackson County. The following children were reared: Margaret Caroline, Mary Malydia, Sarah A., Celinda Josephine, Lucinda Haseltin, and Henry Plott. One of the daughters, Margaret Caroline, was the mother of Elias Milton Ammons, Governor of the State of Colorado.
George Plott, the eighth son of Henry Plott and grandson of Johannes, moved to Georgia, married, and reared a family of ten children. Peggy Plott, sister of George, married Ezekiel Brown and moved to Georgia; Caroline Plott, the youngest daughter of Henry Plott and granddaughter of Johannes, married Hugh Brown and the following children were reared: Killis, Rebecca, Dick, J. Hugh, Frances, and Margaret. This family remained in Haywood County.
Elias Plott, third son of Johannes Plott and brother of John and Henry, did not come to Haywood County but remained in Cabarrus County, or that part of Cabarrus now included in Iredell. He married twice, first Charity Conard, and second Peggy Kelly. Their offspring is quite numerous in the counties in the west central section of North Carolina. For the complete genealogy of this branch of the Plott family, the reader is referred to the records of Cabarrus and Iredell Counties, and the genealogy of the Plott Family by Grace Plott now in the hands of Mrs. Robert Henry Plott of Ivy Hill township.
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