A.J Hughes served in the Civil War. He enlisted as a Confederate Soldier 11/10/1862 in the Notla District of Cherokee, N.C. He was discharged as a Sergeant 4/15/1865 Notla District of Cherokee Co, N.C.

A.J. Hughes, Jr. was influential in establishing the Bellview School which was the only school in the area during the late 1800's

Andrew "Jack" Hughes built the Old Hughes/Tate Gristmill located in Section 9, Land Lots 1 & 2 of Union County, Ga. in the Ivy Log Community of Union County on the NC State Line in the late 1800's. The Old Gristmill has been disassembled and relocated to Meeks Park in Blairsville in an effort to help preserve our history.

US Census 1850 shows Andy, age 14 to be in the Household of Andrew J. & Sarah Hill Hughes in Alamance (Now Orange) County, Alamance, N.C. USA

Cherokee County NC shows marriage of Andrew Jackson Hughes and Ruth Elmine Snider in 1858.

US Census 1860 Murphy District, Cherokee, NC, USA shows A.J. Hughes, Head of Household, Age 24, Wife Rutha E. Hughes, Age 20, daugher Sarah age 1 & father Andrew 67.

North Carolina Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865 shows Andrew J. Hughes service from 1861-1863.

Cherokee County Death Records for Ruth Elmine Snider, March 28, 1867 at young age of 27 with three young children. Sarah Jane b.1859, Jefferson"Davis" b. 1861 & Laura b. 1865.

Cherokee County, N.C. Marriage of Andrew Jackson Hughes, Jr. to Elizabeth Elmira Roper on May 7, 1869.

US Census 1870 North Carolina shows Jackson Hughes, 35 with wife Elizabeth, 23 & the three children of Ruth, Sarah, Jefferson & Laura to be in the Household of his father Andrew Hughes, 73.

US Census 1880 Notala District Cherokee County, N.C, USA. shows Andrew Hughes, 46 with wife Elisabeth 34, & children Jefferson 17, Laura 15, Ruby 9, Sam 7, Mariah 5 & Allice 3

US Census 1890 were destroyed by fire.

US Census 1900 Notla Township, Cherokee County, US shows Andrew J. Hughes age 66, wife Elizabeth age 53 & children Alice 21, Daisy 19, Susie 16, Hattie 14, & Nola 9.

US Census 1910 Ivy Log, Union County, GA, USA shows Jackson Hughes, age 75 wife Elizabeth 64 & Daughter Nola 19. Sometime after the 1900 Census Jackson moved his family where the Old Gristmill Stood to his property next to the old mill in Union County, GA. His son Jefferson "Davis" was living in NC across from the mill.

Find A Grave Index: Shows Andrew Jackson Hughes death 30 June 1916 burial in Bellview Methodist Church Cemetery.