I left off with Henry T. Isom on my last write-up. I need to note that the name Isom may be incorrect. All of my life, I have heard people call the man "Judge Isom," but I am inclined to think that all of these years, perhaps we all knew the man as "Judge Isom" however I have been able to find that he signed his name as "T.H. Ison" many times on many different documents. I am sincerely inclined to believe that we have mispronounced the name for the past years.

I always knew the small man with a slight hump in his shoulders. He was a blacksmith and no doubt did professional work at this trade as well as being "Judge Ison," the Notary public that we all knew him by. Perhaps, I need to hear from others to ensure that I am not making a mistake now.

Any ways, after Mrs. Allen left the so written home of the Isoms and proceeded to the next neighbor’s house on Live Oak street, she went to Dolly M. West’s home. She lived in a rent house and was 26 years old. She was married at the age of 16 and was born in Texas. Her mother was born in Alabama and her father was born in Missouri. Her family of three sons and a daughter were all born in Texas. Mrs. West’s occupation was a laborer at odd jobs. Her children are as follows: Jack W., age 8; Haskell, age 6; Howard, age 4; and Mildred F., 2 years and 4 months old.

The next home Live Oak Street was the home of Herman Housden and his wife Helen L. They lived in a rent house and paid $5 a month for rent. Herman’s father was born in Missouri and his mother was born in Alabama. Herman’s occupation was a delivery man and he did odd jobs. The couple at this time had one daughter named Imogene who was 2 years and 3 months old.

The next home on the census taker’s list was the home of Annie Mullins. Annie’s house was valued at $350 and she owned it. Annie was 26 years old and lived by herself. Her father was born in Texas and her mother was born in Tennessee. She was a practical nurse and was a nurse for private families.

In that same neighborhood lived Leon Peterman and his wife Eunice A. They rented their home and had a son named Richard, age sixteen, and daughter named Carol F, age twelve. Mr. Peterman’s parents were born in Tennessee.

Close by was the Henderson home of Penman I. and Mattie B. He was 61 years old and she was 57. Their fathers were born in Texas and their mothers were born in Missouri. He was listed with the occupation of a farmer.

Another rent house in that neighborhood was the home of Preston Simmons and his wife, Alberta. He was 28 years old and she was 25. His occupation was a laborer.

Going west lived Mr. and Mrs. Acquililus I. Mustain and his wife Bertha F. and their son Rhoades. Mr. Mustain was 53 and Mrs. Mustain was 43 and Rhoades was 15. They owned their own home and were married when he was 35 and she was 25. Mr. Mustain was born in West Virginia; his father was born in Virginia and his mother was born in West Virginia. Mrs. Mustain was born in Texas; her father was born in Tennessee and her mother was born in Texas. Mr. Mustain was a general practicing attorney and Mrs. Mustain was a teacher in the public school.

The next house going west from the Mustain home was the Bonar’s home. Mr. John E. Bonar and his wife Mamie E. owned their home. They had a radio. His parents were born in Kentucky. Mr. Bonar was a poultry farmer and Mrs. Bonar was a postmistress at the local Post Office. He was 50 years old and she was 52. They married when he was 26 and she was 28. Their 20 year old son, Robert E. lived with them.

Across the street from the Bonars on the west of Highway 10 was the home of Mrs. Malinda J. Wilcox. She was 70 years old and owned her home. Her father was born in Missouri and her mother was born in Tennessee. Mrs. Wilcox occupation was a farmer. Mrs. Wilcox was 70 years old in 1930 and was born in Texas. She is an example of an early day Cherokee. Her family originally purchased a huge amount of land that was nothing but farmland in the vast wilderness that was unexplored and was the early village of what we refer to as Onega.

Mrs. Wilcox home was a beautiful two story Victorian home that few of us remember. I remember it was an extra large old house with an almost full length two-floored porch with bannisters and railings and all of the gingerbread trim. When I was about 10 years old, I remember that old large home set on the north side of the highway. I don’t remember Mrs. Wilcox.

Mrs. Wilcox could have told us many of the facts about our Cherokee ancestors in this town. She was 27 years older than Bertha Mustain. We have heard Mrs. Mustain proudly mention that she was Black Dutch.

As a close friend of Mrs. Mustain, I have spent many happy hours listening to her play the piano in her house, which at the time I was the music director of the Baptist church some 50 years ago. Mrs. Mustain was an intelligent historian as well as a music teacher of my young daughters, beginning when they were four and five years old. Mrs. Mustain was interested in teaching me history of this town. I recorded our conversations on a tape recorder, which I value very much today.

Since Mrs. Mustain and Mrs. Wilcox lived so close together, I am at a loss to comprehend the vast amount of history that went undocumented.

The Wilcox family was in the Sunday school class that organized in the Methodist church in 1858. They organized the class in a log house that was constructed where the Key Settlement Cemetery was established. This Methodist church was the only place for worship until the Baptist organized in 1875 and built the old building that sits on Main Street today.