Nancy Ann (Burgess) Stewart (abt. 1775 - 1852)

Born about 1775 in Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of James Elliott Stewart — married 7 Jun 1798 in Montgomery County, Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died 1 Jan 1852 at about age 77 in Lawrence, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Nancy Burgess was born in 1775 to Edward Burgess and Nancy Ann Francis in the British Colony of Virginia on the eve of the Revolutionary War^[1]. She married James Elliott Stewart in Montgomery County, Virginia on June 7, 1798^[2]. They moved to the state of Kentucky with their family where they were listed as living in Lawrence County^[3]. She was widowed in 1835. I could not find her in the 1840 census, but I did in the 1850 census.^[4]. Nancy died on January 1, 1852 in Lawrence County, and is buried in the Buchanan Chapel Cemetery in Zelda, Lawrence County, Kentucky, USA^[5].

Sources

1. ↑ Find-A-Grave
2. ↑ Dodd
3. ↑ 1830
4. ↑ 1850
5. ↑ Find-A-Grave

• Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Virginia Marriages to 1800. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Virginia. Ancestry.com database.
• 1830 US Census, Kentucky: Lawrence, KY; Series: M19; Roll: 38; Page: 272; FHL Film: 0007817, Bur Census, NARA. Ancestry.com database.
• 1850 US Census, Kentucky: Lawrence, KY; Roll: M432_209; Page: 112A; Image: 508, Bur Census, NARA. Ancestry.com database.
• Nancy Ann BURGESS’s record (ID: I13308) as listed on RootsWeb.com on Outlaws- Inlaws and Everyone in Between. [1].
• Find A Grave Memorial# 20208640. [2].

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Marie Mills for creating this profile Saturday, June 7, 2014. First-hand information as remembered by Marie Mills, Saturday, June 7, 2014. Dave McNally for adding sources to this profile Monday November 28, 2016. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Marie, Dave and others.