Nancy Coffey was born on January 1, 1816, in Burke County, North Carolina, USA; she passed away in 1887, in Caldwell County, North Carolina, USA .[1][2][3]
On 23 May 1853 Nancy Gragg, 40, of Burke County, applied for a pension stating that she married William Gragg on or about 4 July 1837, and he died on 20 Oct 1847. On 7 Nov 1854 Tilman Gragg stated that he was present at the marriage of his father, William Gragg, and Nancy Coffey in Burke County. Nancy Gragg was a resident of Caldwell County NC on 26 March 1855 when she applied for bounty land.[4]
On 7 Sep 1866 Nancy Gragg, about 55, applied for restoration of her pension which was suspended during the Civil War, during which time she subsisted “by the Cultivation of a little farm, assisted by her children.” She stated that her pension certificate was destroyed with other records in the office of the pension agent by troops under Gen. George Stoneman. On 7 Dec 1868 Nancy Gragg applied for an increase in pension, stating that she was 57 and a resident in Caldwell County, but giving her mailing address as Morganton in Burke County[5]
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Source: S204766721 1850 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Record Collection 8054
Source: S204804851 1860 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Record Collection 7667
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