Nancy (Roberts) Perry (abt. 1799 - aft. 1880)

Born about 1799 in North Carolina, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of James Perry — married 1828 in North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died after 1880 after about age 81 in Ballard, Kentucky, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Nancy Roberts was born in 1799. She was the daughter of Reuben Derrith Roberts and Mary Millie Asher. She passed away after 1880.

Nancy Roberts married James Perry about 1828. No marriage record has yet been found, however their oldest son, John Perry, was born in 1829 in North Carolina.^[1]

They had the following children -

1. John M. Perry
2. Joel Perry
3. Mary A. Perry
4. Susan Perry
5. Absalom Perry
6. Jane Perry

Nancy Roberts Perry passed away after 1880 in Arlington, Ballard County, Kentucky. She is last found in records on the 1880 Census in Ballard County living with her son Alden (Allen) Perry.^[2]

Burial - There is a headstone for a Nancy Roberts with a birth date of 1799 in the Asbury Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee. It is unsure if this is the headstone for this Nancy Roberts because it does not include the married name Perry.

Research Notes

NOTES from The Generations of Reuben

Nancy Roberts left no graphic records of herself until after she was married. In making application for the recovery of his relapsed Revolutionary War pension on October 8, 1820, Reuben Roberts Sr stated that he had two single daughters, one age 22 and another age 21. The youngest daughter, though not named by Reuben, was Nancy. Among other things stated by Reuben was that his youngest daughter (Nancy) was suffering with a prolonged leg injury, which prevented her from being able to work. Nothing more is known of her until she married in 1828.

Nancy attended the public sale of her deceased father's personal property on October 4, 1841. She purchased articles in the amount of five dollars and seventy cents. Nancy was one of Reuben's six children who inherited one sixth of two hundred acres of his land on August 30, 1842.

Her FamilySearch profile includes the middle name Merideth - no sources https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/vitals/L851-T7C

Contribution by ????

Nancy was born in 1799 in what is now Warren County Tennesee^[3]. It was either Sumner or Smith County at the time she was born.

Nancy was born about 1799 in Tennessee. Some records say North Carolina, which it was a few years before her birth.^[4] She is the daughter of Reuben Roberts and Mary Ashor.

1850 US Census - Tennessee, Warren County, District 11

James Perry, age 53, male, labourer, birthplace NC

Nancy Perry, age 48, female, birthplace NC

John M Perry, age 21, male, labourer, birthplace NC

Joel Perry, age 18, male, labourer, birthplace NC

Mary A Perry, age 16, female, birthplace NC

Susan Perry, age 13, female, birthplace NC

Alson Perry, age 11, male, birthplace NC

Jane Perry, age 8, female, birthplace NC

1860 US Census - Tennessee, Warren County, Post Office McMinneville

James Perry, age 64, male, Far, birthplace NC

Nancy Perry, age 60, female, HK, birthplace NC

Joel Perry, age 26, male, L, birthplace NC

Susan Perry, age 23, female, L, birthplace NC

Absalon Perry, age 21, male, L, birthplace NC

Jane Perry, age 19, female, student?, birthplace NC

Research Notes Regarding Husbands

Nancy Roberts did not marry Julius Webb. The information in this first paragraph is incorrect.

When Nancy Roberts was born in 1799 in Warren, Tennessee, her father, Reuben, was 48, and her mother, Mary, was 40. She married Julius Webb and they had one daughter together. She then married James Perry in 1828. She died in 1850 at the age of 51. (Information entered by Judyann Kelley Townsend when profile created - no sources provided.)

Nancy did not marry Julius Webb. There are two family trees on ancestry.com that state Julius Webb married Nancy Roberts about 1816 prior to her marriage to James Perry in 1828. This information is incorrect. At that time, Julius was still married to his wife, Hannah Watkins. He remained married to Hannah until his death in 1834. I really don't think Julius was married to two women at the same time. There is also no evidence for said marriage or for an extramarital relationship that produced a child. Julius Webb is being removed as husband of Nancy Roberts. Strutton-11 16:52, 20 July 2018 (UTC) And now I have had to remove him again. Please do not add Julius Webb as husband of Nancy Roberts. Shirley Dalton 15:44, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 Census
2. ↑ 1880 Census
3. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 October 2018), memorial page for Nancy Roberts (1799–1850), Find A Grave: Memorial #31399276, citing Asbury Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Theron Dowell (contributor 25215792).
4. ↑ 1850 Census

See also:

• Laney James Roberts, “The Generations of Reuben”, College Press 1977, page 2, pages 213-214

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6S-HYM : 12 April 2016), Nancy Perry in household of James Perry, Warren county, Warren, Tennessee, United States; citing family 864, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TT-K3B : 12 December 2017), Nancy Perry in entry for James Perry, McMinville, Warren, Tennessee, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX7J-WWF : 12 April 2016), James Perry, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 30, family 213, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,944.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCH1-ZG7 : 29 August 2017), Nancey Pery, Arlington, Ballard, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 67, sheet 493A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0401; FHL microfilm 1,254,401.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #31399276, citing Asbury Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee