Joseph Forbes

Register for Joseph FORBES

First Generation

1. Joseph FORBES was born on 14 Feb 1820 in , Mitchell, North Carolina. He died on 18 Jun 1897 in , Mitchell, North Carolina, USA. He was buried in Family plot, Mitchell, North Carolina, USA.

Birth and death date from his tombstone in a small cemetery 2.3 mi NE of
Buladean, North Carolina. Birth place from 1850 Census of Yancy, N. C. It gives his age
as 35. His age was given as 44 in Yancey County 1860 census. They lived in Yancey County in the area which became Mitchell County.

Joseph married Sarah "Sallie" GARLAND daughter of Guthridge "Fishtrap Gutch" GARLAND and Frances MCKINNEY about 1845 in , Mitchell, North Carolina. Sarah was born on 8 Oct 1826 in ,, North Carolina, USA. She died on 4 Jan 1887 in , Mitchell, North Carolina, USA. She was buried in Family cemetery, Mitchell, North Carolina, USA.

Birth and Death dates from her tombstone in family cemetery, 2.3 miles NE of
Buladean, N.C. The 1860 Yancey, N.C. census gives her age as 37.


Joseph and Sarah had the following children:

2 F i. Frances J. "Fannie" FORBES was born on 2 Jan 1849 in ,, North Carolina, USA. She died on 10 Jun 1942 in Buladean, Harrell Township, Mitchell, North Carolina, USA. She was buried in Forbes Cemetery, Red Hill, Mitchell, North Carolina, USA.

Birth and Death dates are from her death certificate except I changed the
birth date year from 1844 to 1849 since the 1850 Census gave her age as 1. The
1850 census gave her name as Frances J. but both her tombstone and death
certificate give her name as Fannie. She is buried in the Forbes Cemetery on
a hilltop above Big Rock creek in Mitchell County, N.C. near the swinging
bridge and the old Forbes homeplace.

Frances married Unknown .

3 M ii. Clarissa Margaret FORBES was born in 1851 in North Carolina. He died after 1860.

Birth date from the 1860 Yancey County, N.C. census. She was listed as 9
years old and her name was listed as Clarissa M. Betty Forbes Maskewitz's
parents' list called her Margaret.

4 M iii. Gutridge M "Gutch" FORBES was born on 6 Oct 1856 in , Yancey, North Carolina, USA. He died on 2 Oct 1945 in Fall Branch, Washington, Tennessee, USA. He was buried on 4 Oct 1945 in Kingsport City Cemetery, Kingsport,, Tennessee, USA.

Birth information from the 1860 Yancey County Census. The month and day of birth
from Betty Maskewitz. Marriage date from 1900 census. It said they had been married 24 years. Death information from Debra Bortner.

Gutridge married Rebecca Ann JARRET daughter of Eli JARRET and Catherine YELTON in 1876. Rebecca was born in Jun 1857 in North Carolina. She died on 15 Jul 1928 in Kingsport , Sullivan, Tennessee, USA.

Birth from 1860 and 1880 censuses. She is 2 years old in the 1860 and 22 in the 1880
census. Death from Deb Bortner. Parents names and cause of death from Deb Bortner.
Cause of death was Pulmonary tuberculosis.

5 M iv. David FORBES was born on 11 Nov 1859 in , Yancey, North Carolina, USA. He died on 19 Sep 1930 in , Mitchell, North Carolina, USA. He was buried in Forbes Cemetery, Red Hill, Mitchell, North Carolina, USA.

Birth date is from tombstone, but the year is from the census. In the 1860
census he was one year old and in the 1870 census he was 11. The tombstone
gave his birth year as 1853. The 1900 census gives his birth as Nov 1853

Death date is from his tombstone in the Forbes Cemetery in Red Hill, Mitchell
County, North Carolina near the swinging bridge.

David married Jane CHAMBERS daughter of John CHAMBERS and Mary WHITEHEAD on 2 Aug 1877 in Carter, Tennessee, USA. Jane was born in 1843 in ,,, Tennessee, USA. She died on 18 Jan 1929 in , Red Hill, Mitchell, North Carolina, USA. She was buried in Forbes Cemetery, Red Hill, Mitchell, North Carolina, USA.

6 M v. Charles W. FORBES was born on 14 Jul 1862 in , Yancey, North Carolina, USA. He died on 6 Sep 1956 in Spruce Pine, Grass Creek, Mitchell, North Carolina, USA. He was buried in Forbes Cemetery, Red Hill, Mitchell, North Carolina, USA.

Birth from Betty Maskewitz's list. This agrees with him being 8
years old in the 1870 census. ( His death certificate says his date of birth was
July 4, 1885 and that he was 101 years old!) His tombstone gives July 4, 1855 as his
birth date. Death date is from his death certificate and his tombstone.

Charles married Mary Louise ROMINGER . Mary was born on 6 Jan 1861. She died on 23 Jun 1945. She was buried in Forbes Cemetery, Red Hill, Mitchell, North Carolina, USA.

7 M vi. Simon Fannings FORBES was born on 9 Aug 1867 in , Mitchell, North Carolina, USA. He died on 10 Jan 1962 in Kingsport,, Tennessee. He was buried in Oak HillCemetery, Kingsport, Tennessee, USA.

Birth and death dates and places from daughter, Betty Maskewitz. The birth
year is consistent with the 1870 census that gives his age as 3.


Simon married (1) Martha "Tish" MOFFITT daughter of Fields Brantley MOFFITT and Cynthia GARDNER on 20 Sep 1888 in Mitchell, North Carolina, USA. Martha was born on 14 Feb 1870 in ,,, North Carolina, USA. She died on 18 Sep 1898 in , Herrell, Mitchell, North Carolina, USA. She was buried in Forbes Cemetery, Herrell, Mitchell, North Carolina, USA.

Birth and death information from her tombstone in the small Forbes Cemetery
2.3 miles from Buladean. Her name was spelled "Martishey" on the tombstone. She
was 12 in the 1880 census of Mitchell County.

Simon married (2) Aualiza "Eliza" CROWDER on 28 Nov 1898 in Carter, Tennessee, USA. Aualiza was born in Oct 1867 in ,,, North Carolina, USA.

Marriage from Carter County, Tennessee marriage records.

Simon married (3) Margaret "Maggie" Ellen MORGAN . Margaret was born on 8 Jul 1886 in , Carter, Tennessee, USA.

8 M vii. William Henry Harrison FORBES was born in Apr 1873 in ,, Mitchell, North Carolina, USA. He died on 24 Feb 1920. He was buried in Pyle Cemetery, Kingsport, Tennessee, USA.

Birth and death information from Betty Maskewitz. Also death from death records in
Sullivan County, Tennessee.

William married Josephine GREER daughter of James GREER on 24 Jan 1896 in , Herrell Twp., Mitchell, North Carolina, USA. Josephine was born on 20 May 1880 in , Carter, Tennessee, USA. She died on 3 Jun 1949. She was buried in Pyle Cemetery, Kingsport,, Tennessee, USA.