Nathan Coleman Jolly (1823 - 1889)

Born 14 May 1823 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy Ann Cooper — married 21 Feb 1853 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, USA

Husband of Sarah A (Holland) Jolly — married 1865 in Mississippi, USA

Descendants

Died 25 Oct 1889 at age 66 in Neshoba, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Nathan Coleman Jolly was born May 14, 1823 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama to Bradly and Elizabeth (Eades) Jolly.

Nathan's mother Elizabeth passed away sometime around 1826 in Tuscaloosa. The 1850 U.S. Census shows Nathan at age 24 living in the home of his father and step-mother Cynthia (Syntha) in Lauderdale County, Mississippi.^[1]

The 1850 U.S. Census lists Nathan (Coleman) at the age of 24 with his father, his step-mother and eleven other siblings living on the family farm in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. ^[2]

On February 24, 1853, Nathan married Nancy Ann Cooper in Lauderdale County, Mississippi^[3] and had two children before Cynthia's death in December of 1862.

The children of Nathan and Nancy Ann were Sarah Jane Jolly born February 10, 1854, and John Rice Jolly born October 9, 1856.

On January 17, 1866, Nathan remarried to Sarah Holland Cates in Lauderdale County, Mississippi^[4] and fathered eight more children.

The 1870 U.S. Census has Nathan at the age of 47, with his wife Sarah and five children in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Of the children listed, Sarah and John were from Nathan's first marriage, Benjamin was from Sarah's first marriage, and William and Charles were their's together.^[5]

The 1880 U.S. Census shows Nathan farming in Neshoba County, Mississippi. Living with him at home are his wife Sarah and seven of their children including a 17 year old adopted son, Benjamin.^[6]

Nathan Coleman Jolly died October 25. 1889 and was buried in Black Jack Cemetery, Pearl River, Neshoba County, Mississippi.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LD-QNW : 9 November 2014), Coleman Jolly in household of Bradly Jolly, Lauderdale county, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States; citing family 920, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LD-QNW : 9 November 2014), Coleman Jolly in household of Bradly Jolly, Lauderdale county, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States; citing family 920, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZT-ZV3 : 6 December 2014), Nathan C. Jolly and Nancy Ann Cooper, 24 Feb 1853; citing Lauderdale,Mississippi; FHL microfilm 899,112.
4. ↑ "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZT-ZV7 : 6 December 2014), Nathan C. Jolly and Sarah Cates, 17 Jan 1866; citing Lauderdale,Mississippi; FHL microfilm 899,112.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFSD-K69 : 12 April 2016), Nathan C Jolley, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 51, family 341, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,234.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4GR-N6V : 7 July 2016), Nathan C Jolly, Beat 1 Philadelphia, Neshoba, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 53, sheet 456D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0659; FHL microfilm 1,254,659.
7. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG3-1NVY : 13 December 2015), Nathan C. Jolly, 1889; Burial, Pearl River, Neshoba, Mississippi, United States of America, Black Jack Cemetery; citing record ID 110179705, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

See Also:

• Find A Grave Memorial# 110179705
• William Thomas Jolly, "The Descendants of John Jolly", October 1994, Pg. 27.]