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Access Genealogy Library: Some Data, Letters, and Memoranda Collected by FRANKLIN D. LOVE, Relating to the LOVE FAMILY, by Dennis N. Partridge, Volume I, first series.
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his hip, he always walked with a crutch and stick. He lived at three different places in Waynesville; first where Mrs. Willis now lives; then on the lot known as the Temple lot, opposite Hotel Kenmore, and then between Main Street and Swift's Stables. My Mother thought he lived near where Col Skinner now has a very fine residence, next to J.C.L. Gudger's residence and nearly opposite to Cemetery. My understanding is, that he lived at first on Jonathan's Creek, near Cove Creek, and swapped those lands for the Waynesville property with the late Mitchell Davidson, father of the present Col. Allen T. Davidson, ex-member of Confederate States Congress, and now living here at the age of 84 or 85. Col. Davidson told me that his father was in business at Waynesville, and failed, and the Loves got all his property. I know that Mitchell Davidson lived on Jonathan Creek where A.T.D. was born, and as I have stated, I understand that there was an exchange of properties between R.L. and M.D. His store house stood in Waynesville on the site now occupied by a brick building in which Hon. W.T. Crawford, ex-member Congress, has an office. He had branch stores at Qualla, Webster, and Franklin, and maybe at other points, and traded largely with the Cherokees. W.H. Thomas had charge of a store at Qualla. John Bell Love of that at Webster and Dillard Love of that near Franklin-all in N.C. He was quick to note and reward business capacity in young men, and secured their services as clerks and assistants. James W. Terrell of Webster and the late Reuben Deaver were two instances I know of. There is a tradition that he sent to Dr. Ramsey a mass of papers and letters from Sevier, Tipton and Andrew Jackson for a second volume of his Annals of Tennessee, which were destroyed when Ramsey's house was burned just before the Civil War. There is also a tradition that he saved the Life of Sevier; that Tipton and his man had Sevier a prisoner and were about to hang him to a limb, when Robert Love appeared and saved his life. There is also the statement from Col. Davidson made to me that there was a trunk nearly full of letters from Andrew Jackson and other distinguished men to Robert Love, which, he, Davidson, had often seen, and which were lost when Kirk raided Waynesville during the Civil War. Col. Davidson also told me that Robert Love was presidential elector for many years, and that it took him from, six weeks to three months to visit Philadelphia and Washington to attend meetings of Electoral College. Also that when Jackson was President, Robert Love would ride up to the White House and remain there as a guest during his stay at the capital. Also that Robert Love did same when he visited the Hermitage. Also that he and Jackson often occupied the same bed when the taverns happened to be full. Also that they were as intimate as men could be. Also that in one of Jackson's races for the Presidency, Robert Love was so anxious to carry Haywood County for him unanimously, that he persuaded the two most influential Whigs in it, Mitchell Davidson and Joseph Cathey, to refrain from voting, and such was his persuasive powers that no vote was cast against Jackson's electors in Haywood County that election. Col. Davidson boarded with him while he studied law, or while he was clerking in Waynesville, I forget which. He says Robert Love was a very frugal and penurious man, and would pick up an old nail and old horse shoes and save them till he could find a use for them. That he was a man of splendid diplomatic power, and accomplished his ends by persuasion and cajolery. There is a well founded tradition in the family but that for Robert Love there would have been blood-shed between Sevier and Tipton factions in Tennessee, when North Carolina tried to reassert her authority over the independent State of Franklin. You will find some account of this in Ramsey and Haywood; when it appears that Tipton's men and Sevier, Back | Next | Title | Purchase Book |
Access Genealogy Library: Some Data, Letters, and Memoranda Collected by FRANKLIN D. LOVE, Relating to the LOVE FAMILY, by Dennis N. Partridge, Volume I, first series. , Edited by Dennis N. Partridge, Columbus, Georgia, © 2001.
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