(Old)  Aquone NC

    (Now covered by Nantahala Lake)

Front row: Unknow

2nd:Joan Nelson, (??),(??),Lenora Wright,(??), Trillba Wright,(??)

Back Row: (??) Lawton Coleman, (others Unknown)

Circa:1939

Aquone School house

Circa 1930

Aquone Baptist Church

Circa 1940

School Teacher and Students

Circa.1926

Wooden Bridge Across Nantahala River

                            Iron Bridge

Replaced Wooden Bridge that washed away

by ice jam..

  When Nantahala Dam was built Bridge was moved to Appletree place.(Junaluska rd).Later moved to Sandy Davis Dr. (on Wayah Rd.)

Circa 1940

Dave Howard's Store & Post Office..People unkown..

  ( Post Office Bulletin Board on Porch)

Nantahala River..(Beside the Church)

Moving Cemetery

Men in picture,L_R: Craig Step,France Roper

unkown,unkown, Authur Woods..

Building Nantahala Dam

Charlie Evans

Garcie Wood Roper

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Ed Howard,  Carl Nelson, Ted Nelson

               1942

Javeen,Lillie & Jerlivee Allison

                       1942  

Jerlivee Allison Peyton, Lillie Evans Allison & Rosa Lee Medlin Daughter of Bonnie Evans Medlin.

              1941           

  Jerlivee Allison Peyton

  Going Black Berry Picking

  Now covered by Nantahala Lake

       (Below Lakes End)

Drill Sharpening department;Man on left is Arthur Howard Cross

Blasting for the Spillway

Looking towards Todd's & Lake's End. Jane Hawks house on right.

That is the old gravel road.

Bryant

     Nora, Horace

       Jim,  Paul

  Mark, Burdell, Elda

     Gene,  Charlie

Dave Howard's Mill

Photo courtesy of

Burdell Bryant Church

Photos courtesy of

Burdell Bryant Church

Mary Ella Deweese Roper                          Robert S.(Sim) Roper

Photos Courtesy of

Gary Roper  (son of France)

Circa 1906

Roper

Ella, Golman, "Sim", "Blackeye", France, Gracie, Quentin, June (the little girl)

Roper

William  and  Rose Deweese Children; Floyd and Hazel 

Dallas Solesbee, Floyd Deweese, Edgar Allison

Moore Family

Here are the names I know of the people. Seated are John L. Moore

and Artie Lukinza Howard Neal Moore. Standing by the post is my grandmother,

Artie Elmira Moore aged 18. The man on the left is Captain William Moore who

was called "Irish Bill" Moore but no relation to John L. Moore. This from

his grandson who married into the Neal family.

The picture was taken in 1893 on the front porch of the Moore house in

Aquone, NC. They had moved there in 1873 or so from Blount Co. TN.

  Russell E. Cable

Photo Courtsey of

Russell Cable

Allison Family

Families of Old Aquone

   John and Lillie Allison  

This photo was taken on their

wedding day,April 2 1919

  Photos courtesy of

Jerlivee Allson Peyton

Odeen Allison

1922 - 1978

            Aquone 1943

Jerlivee Allson Peyton,holding Suzie Parker daughter of Oderay Allison Parker

This picture was made after the Nantahala Dam was finished and was filling up.This is the same area as the picture on the left.

Circa 1911

Ghormley

Ferdinand   23 years old  

Ferdinand     17 years old   

Born in Aquone NC in1902  died 1981

Father; Dexter Ghormley, Mother; Lula Jane Solesbee,                       Grandfather; Rev.Michael Ghormley, Grandmother; Mary A Ghormley

Photo courtsey of

Blaine Ghormley

(Son of Ferdinand)

Hi Jim. I would like to relate to a couple of articles that Mr. Stepp had written. My father Ferdinand Ghormley, was at both of these placeswhen these events took place. I guess you could call it the shootout,

between Oz Wright, and Harley Baldwin. My dad was playing poker with these two men, and another man at the time. Harley Baldwin accused Oz Wright of cheating. Oz Wright pulled his gun from a shoulder holster and shot Harley Baldwin. Then Oz Wright ran. Immediately Harley Baldwin pulled his gun, and resting the pistol across his left arm, shot and killed Oz Wright. In the meantime my father dove behind a tree, hoping a wild bullet would not hit him. Fortunately it did not.

This is the story my father had told me, fifty to sixty years ago. There were also some stories of bootlegging that had taken place there. Now I'am trying to find some information, about my Great Grandmother, Mary A. Ghormley. She died in Burnington, in 1935.She was married to Rev. Michael Ghormley. She raised my father in Old Aquone, up into the early twenties. I would certainly appreciate any information.        Blaine Ghormley

This article was sent to us by Blaine Ghormley from Metlakatla, Alaska.

Pictures courtesy of Wilma L. Thornton

Lester and Nola Shields Owenby

Lester and Nola Shields Owenby

with their Children and Nola's mother Lu

A.R. Munday lived 1/2 miles from the Moore's D.N. Kilpatrick lived 3/4 mile from the Moore's

Dr. A.N. Wood lived 1 to 1 1/2 miles from them. He treated John L. Moore as his Dr.

Berry Roper lived nearby.J.T. Taylor lived nearby,  John Allison was a neighbor

G. W. Gregory was a neighbor.

Sent to me by; Wilma L. Thornton

Neighbors of John L. Moore

Lonnie Evans,Walter Evans, Joe Neal, Jewel Haney

Marylin Evans, Javeen Allison and wife Ann

Javeen Allison and Cousin Lois Campbell Lathrop

Marylin,Robert, Javeen, Bonnie Kay, and Lois.

Marylin Evans, Richard Evans and Lois.