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Maryville Times (Blount Co. TN) Saturday, July 18, 1903:
"The death of Isaac DeVault at his home near Piney Flats, Sullivan County, on last Saturday, removes one of the most interesting pioneer characters of Upper East Tennessee. Mr. DeVault was of German descent, and his grandfather came to Upper East Tennessee from Little York, Pennsylvania., in 1790. The grandfather purchased a section of land in the Watauga Valley. The purchase was made from the noted pioneer, John Bean, and the price paid was 800 English shillings. Originally the family name was DeWald, but as the years rolled on and the family grew in American ideas, the name became DeWalt and finally DeVault. On November 27, 1811, Isaav DeVault was born. He was born a farmer and so lived and died, proving one of the best in this end of the state. In his younger days Mr. DeVault took an absorbing interest in public affairs, and in order to hear Daniel Webster speak on one occasion he road horseback to Winchester, Virginia, then the nearest railroad point, and from there went by rail to Philadelphia."
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