Nancy Elizabeth (Hancock) Corn (1763 - 1848)

Born 17 Feb 1763 in Cunningham, Fluvanna, Virginia

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Died 17 Jun 1848 at age 85 in Winchester, Franklin, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

NANCY ELIZABETH HANCOCK was born January 17, 1763, Fluvanna County, Virginia.

1780 Marriage

Nancy Corn said in 1841 that she had married Jesse Corn in Albemarle County, Virginia in February 1780. The wedding was celebrated by Charles Clay, a minister of the high church of England. In 1849, her brother Major Hancock recollected Jesse Corn coming to see his sister Nancy before the war. He said he did not see their marriage but "saw them ride off with several other persons and when they returned they had been married ..." ^[1] A bond was signed in Fluvanna County VA on 25 Feb 1780 by Jesse Corn and Benjamin Hancock for the marriage of Corn to Nancy Hancock.^[2]

1809 Widowed

According to Nancy, Jesse died on 5th day of March 1809 in Patrick County, Virginia.^[3]

She died June 17, 1848, the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Sharp in Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee. Burial: Sharp Springs Cem, Franklin Co, TN.

Family relationships

The family register on back of the title page of a small New Testament was in the handwriting of Jesse Corn: Jesse Corn Sr. was born Oct 31, 1753. Nancy Corn was born Feb 17, 176[?].^[4][5]

Children
Death date estimates made from statement after Nancy's death in 1848 of which children survived her.

• Eisebeth Corn was born Dec 4, 1780 [Married Richard Sharp, Sr., died after 1848]
• John Adam was born January 26, 1783 [Died after 1848]
• Wm Corn was born Jan17, 178[?] [Died before 1848]
• Jesse Corn Jr. was born March 11, 1787 [Died before 1848]
• Mary Corn was born August 8, 1789 [Married James Sharp (Sharp died before 1850), Mary died after 1848]
• Samuel Corn was born April 10, 1792 [Died after 1848]
• Suckey Corn was born December 16, 1794 [Died before 1848]
• Nancy Corn was born April 1, 1797 [Married George McCutchen, died after 1848]
• George Corn was born Sept 30, 1799 [Died before 1848]
• Dicea Corn was born Jan’y 11, 1803 [Died before 1848]^[6]

1848 Death

Nancy Corn’s pension certificate says her payments ended June 17, 1848, when she died. The final payment was to surviving children: Elizabeth Sharp, Mary Sharp, Nancy McCutchen, John Corn, and Samuel Corn. Nancy Corn had lived with her daughter Mary Sharp for about 30 years.^[7] Find A Grave tells us that Nancy Elizabeth Hancock Corn is buried in Sharp Springs Cemetery, Franklin County, Tennessee. The record agrees that her birth date was Feb. 17, 1763, and that she was born in Cunningham, Fluvanna County, Virginia. Her death date was June 17, 1848, in Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee. Parents of this Nancy Hancock Corn were John D Hancock (1733 - 1802), Elizabeth Maddox Hancock (1732 - 1805), her spouse was Jesse Corn (1753 - 1809). ^[8]

Sources

• Source: S-1760869497, Repository: #R-1788806777, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
• Source: S-1760923602, Repository: #R-1788806777, Ancestry Family Trees, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=46505842&pid=356

1. ↑ Pension Application of Jesse Corn W909, compiled 1841-1850). Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris, Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters, http://revwarapps.org/w909.pdf, accessed May 26, 2015 by Karen Wilhelm.
2. ↑ A copy of the bond was found in the Pension Application file of Jesse Corn W909, compiled 1841-1850). Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris, Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters, http://revwarapps.org/w909.pdf, accessed May 26, 2015 by Karen Wilhelm.
3. ↑ Pension Application of Jesse Corn W909, compiled 1841-1850). Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris, Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters, http://revwarapps.org/w909.pdf, accessed May 26, 2015 by Karen Wilhelm.
4. ↑ On 26 June 1841 James Sharp Esq. of Franklin County TN deposed that the family register was in the handwriting of Jesse Corn
5. ↑ Pension Application file of Jesse Corn W909, compiled 1841-1850). Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris, Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters, http://revwarapps.org/w909.pdf, accessed May 26, 2015 by Karen Wilhelm.
6. ↑ McCutchen, Sharp, Corn, Pension Application file of Jesse Corn W909, compiled 1841-1850). Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris, Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters, http://revwarapps.org/w909.pdf, accessed May 26, 2015 by Karen Wilhelm.
7. ↑ Pension Application file of Jesse Corn W909, compiled 1841-1850). Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris, Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters, http://revwarapps.org/w909.pdf, accessed May 26, 2015 by Karen Wilhelm.
8. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 83978610, Find A Grave, added by James R. Sharp, Jan 25, 2012. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83978610

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