Nancy Watson (Ward) Leftwich (1803 - 1857)

Born 10 Apr 1803 in Wythe, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Isaac Jefferson Leftwich — married 17 Nov 1825 in Wythe, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Oct 1857 at age 54 in Wytheville, Wythe, Virginia, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Nancy W was born in 1803. She was the daughter of John Ward and Jane H Davis. She passed away in 1857. ^[1]

Nancy was the first of six known children born to John and Jane Ward. She was probably born in Wythe County Virginia 10 April 1803. She married Col. Isaac Leftwich. She passed 20 October 1857. ^[2]

Marriage
Husband: Isaac J Leftwich
Wife: Nancy Ward
17 Nov 1825
Wythe, Virginia, United States ^[3]

Census 1840
Isaac J Leftwich was living in Wythe, Virginia, United States with his wife Nancy, three daughters, and many slaves. His immediate household consisted of the following:
1 male between 40 and 50
1 girl under 5
1 girl between 5 and 10
1 girl between 10 and 15
1 woman between 30 and 40. ^[4]

Death
Oct 1857
Wythe, Virginia, United States
Name: Nancy Ward Leftwich
Father's Name: John Ward
Mother's Name: Jane Ward
Spouse's Name: I. J. Leftwich ^[5]

Burial
Saint Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery Sauers, Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia, USA^[6]

Reference Notes

There is no source for Nancy having the middle name Watson. This may have been entered by Mills.

Nancy Ward, wife of Isaac J Leftwich, estimated birth 1803-estimated death 1857; daughter of John Ward and Jennie Loavis of Virginia. Gravesite Details Note: Leftwich gated family plot: Isaac Jefferson Leftwich, wife, Nancy W. Ward Leftwich, daughters, Louisa Emily Leftwich Johnston, and Frances Ann Leftwich Taliaferro.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Marie Mills, Feb 2, 2012
2. ↑ Ward Family History page 16.
3. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRM8-G89 : 29 January 2020), Nancy Ward in entry for Isaac J Leftwich, 1825.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR1-CZZ : 3 December 2020), Isaac J Leftwich, Wythe, Virginia, United States; citing p. 79, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
5. ↑ "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HJR8-HLPZ : 29 January 2020), Nancy Ward Leftwich, 1857.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 05 December 2020), memorial page for Nancy Ward Leftwich (1803–1857), Find A Grave: Memorial #190712104, citing Saint Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery Sauers, Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Deborah Shelton Wood (contributor 46940039) .