Nancy Adeline (Spencer) McCraw (1830 - 1902)

Born 1 Jan 1830 in Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Jacob Warren McCraw — married 21 May 1851 in Surry County, NC

Descendants

Died 12 Feb 1902 at age 72 in North Carolina

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Biography

Nancy's parentage is uncertain. She was most likely the daughter of Samuel and Nancy Spencer of Carroll County, VA.^[1] Samuel & Nancy Spencer lived in the 11th District of Carroll County, VA, as did the parents of Jacob Warren. On the 1850 Census in Surry County, NC, there is another Nancy Spencer, aged 21, living with her widowed mother, Martha.^[2] Surry County, North Carolina was adjacent to Carroll County, Virginia, so either Nancy could have known Jake McCraw. Another clue toward our Nancy being the daughter of Samuel Spencer is that his daughter, Sarah, married Francis McCraw in 1862. Did Sarah marry the grandfather of her sister's husband? It is likely, as Jacob W. McCraw was surety on their marriage bond. Finally, since the daughter of Samuel & Nancy Spencer was 20 on the 1850 census, which would have been the correct age for our Nancy at that time, let's go with her being the daughter of Samuel & Nancy Spencer for now. A copy of Samuel Spencer's will would confirm once and for all, but I think we can be confident that the parent's of Nancy Adeline Spencer McCraw were Samuel and Nancy Spencer of Carroll County, VA.

Jacob Warren McCraw obtained a marriage bond in Surry County, NC, on May 21, 1851 to wed Nancy with Francis McCraw as surety. Their children were:

1. Sabrina Elizabeth
2. Mordecai
3. Sarah Ann "Sally"
4. William Riley
5. Samuel Jefferson "Sam", b 26 May 1858
6. Nancy Jane "Sis"
7. Mary Alice
8. Jacob Warren "Bonus"
9. Martha Frances "Fannie"

On the 1900 US Census, Nancy is living in the Stewart's Creek District of Surry County with her son, Samuel, and two grandchildren: Nancy & Mary Eads(?). The census records that she bore 9 children and 8 of them were living in 1900.

Nancy died on February 12, 1902.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M88T-YMG : 9 November 2014), Samuel Sh*, Carroll county, part of, Carroll, Virginia, United States; citing family 531, 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:M4BV-TTX : 9 November 2014), Nancy C Spencer in household of Martha Spencer, Surry county, part of, Surry, North Carolina, United States; citing family 470, 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:MD6C-JCP : 30 December 2015), Nancy Mc Craw in entry for Jacob W Mc Craw, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDS-JDV : 17 October 2014), Nancy Mccraw in household of J W Mccraw, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 2, family 11, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,660.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCXR-QC2 : 11 August 2016), Jacob Mccraw, Stewarts Creek, Surry, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 175, sheet 79C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0983; FHL microfilm 1,254,983.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS17-R4X : accessed 22 January 2017), Nancy A Mc Craw, Stewart Creek Township, Surry, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 118, sheet 9A, family 153, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,219.
• Carol Joyce McCune McCraw, It Is McCraw, Not McGraw, Woodland, CA: C.J.M. McCraw; 3rd Edition (1998), p. 391.
• 1851 Surry County NC Marriage Bond