Nancy (Miller) Hendrick (1803 - 1881)

Born 18 Jul 1803 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky

Ancestors

Wife of Calvin H. Hendrick — married about 1825 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky

Descendants

Died 8 Apr 1881 at age 77 in New Bethel, Breckinridge, Kentucky

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Biography

Nancy Miller was born on July 18, 1803, in New Bethel, Breckinridge County, Kentucky. The New Bethel Church is just outside of Hardinsburg, on the way to the Ohio port town of Stephensport, Kentucky. Her father was Christoper Lewis Christley Miller and Sarah Jane Jennie Short. Nancy's parents were early Kentucky pioneers, arriving sometime after 1792. Nancy's father is on the tax list the year of her birth, 1803. Both of her parents were born in Virginia. ^[1]

Growing up in the wilderness of Kentucky, during that time, Nancy and her siblings were aware of the dangers that lurked nearby. Indians were a common threat to the settlers and as Nancy grew older there was the War of 1812. Most men of Kentucky took part in this war, including Nancy's father, Christley Miller. Christley was Captain of his own battalion of spies. Five out of every six Kentuckian men took part in the war. ^[2]

Nancy's parents made the journey to the new state of Kentucky sometime after 1792. Her father bought land along Hardins Creek just north of the town of Hardinsburg. Christley Miller's name appears on the 1801 tax lists for the area. Christley's brothers appear as early as 1795. Nancy's place of birth is listed as New Bethel, Breckinridge, just about where the present day church New Bethel Church sits on highway 2779. William Miller, Nancy's brother, owned a farm a few hundred yards from the church. ^[1]

Nancy had three sisters and five brothers. They are all named in a Miller document in Deed Book G. in the Hardinsburg Courthouse. The names are as follows: ^{[3] [1]}

1. Barnett Barney Miller
2. John Miller
3. Polly
4. James
5. Michael Miller
6. Henry Miller
7. Nancy
8. Elizabeth
9. William Billy Miller

When Nancy was twelve, her father passed away. Whether it was military related or not, remains to be seen, since he had just served as an indian scout and spy during the War of 1812. No records of the cause of his death exist. Unfortunately, Nancy's life was disrupted as she was put under the care of John Dejernette, a friend of her father's. Her mother, Jennie, remarried the next year (1816) to a family friend, Jacob Weatherholt. ^[1] Jacob had just recently lost his wife, Catherine Boeshor, that year, in 1816.

In 1824, in Hardinsburg, Kentucky, Nancy married Calvin Hendrick. The Hendrick's farm was not too far from the Miller farm where Nancy lived, just a few miles south, as the crow flies, near what is now the White Stone Quarry. Calvin and Nancy spent the rest of their lives living and working the Hendrick farm. Over the next couple of decades, they had the following children:

1. Robert Hendrick (1825-1891)
2. Luther Calvin Hendrick (1826-1908)
3. America Miller Hendrick Lyons (1829-1917)
4. Christopher Hendrick (1831-1915)
5. Zeno C. Hendrick (1834-1916)
6. Elmina E. Hendrick (1840-1918)
7. Celestine America Hendrick (1843-1879) Died from TB.
8. William Jennings Hendrick (1846-1914)
9. James A. Hendrick (1848-1915)

Two years before Nancy died, Celestine (age36), Nancy's youngest daughter, who was still living at home and single, died of pulmonary tuberculosis. ^[4]

Nancy (age 77) passed away in 1881. She was buried on the Hendrick Farm just outside of Hardinsburg. Resting next to her is her husband, Calvin, daughter Celestine, and grandson Thomas.^[5]

Research Notes

• Nancy was 12 years old when her father died. John Dejernett was appointed her guardian. ^[6]
• 1850 Census
• 1860 Census
• 1870 Census
• 1880 Census

Sources

See also:

• Hendrick Farm location: https://goo.gl/maps/94bRk9UmwYCSvXAG8
• Hendrick Family Cemetery: https://www.google.com/search?q=37.767840%2C+-86.518595&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS534US534&oq=37.767840%2C+-86.518595&aqs=chrome..69i57&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #127798171

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Christopher Miller and Sarah Jane Short; Some Families of Revolutionary War Patriots from VA, MD, PA, SC and KY, by Willa Mac Duncan Coulter; Gateway Press, 1993.
2. ↑ Kentucky in the War of 1812; Wikipedia; Wikipedia contributors, "Kentucky in the War of 1812," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_in_the_War_of_1812&oldid=1015466845 (accessed May 31, 2021).
3. ↑ Miller Document; Deed Book G., pages 92 and 93; Hardinsburg Courthouse, Hardinsburg, Kentucky.
4. ↑ Record of Death for Celestine Hendrick; "Kentucky Deaths and Burials, 1843-1970", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H3FG-4V3Z : 19 February 2021), Selistine Hendrick, 1879. (accessed 31 May 2021)
5. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial; Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/127798171/nancy-hendrick : accessed 29 May 2021), memorial page for Nancy Miller Hendrick (18 Jul 1803–8 Apr 1881), Find a Grave Memorial ID 127798171, citing Hendrick Cemetery, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Perry Ryan (contributor 46614794) .
6. ↑ Christopher "Christley" Miller, Sarah Jane Jenny Short and Jacob Weatherholt; by Linda Sparks Starr, June 1999; CHRISMIL.txt. (accessed 27 May 2021) Ancestry.com.