Born 1793 in South Carolina, United States

Wife of Nathaniel Nations — married 1809 in Tennessee

Descendants

Died Feb 1876 at about age 83 in Hempstead, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth Brown was born 1793, in South Carolina, the daughter of **Grace and **Daniel. She married **Nathaniel Nations on September 7, 1809, in Lincoln, Tennessee. They had 13 children in 27 years. She died in February 1876 having lived a long life of 82 years, and was buried in Hempstead, Arkansas.

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• Family moves from SC to TN/AL state line and then Birmingham

Marriage is proof of family moves before 1809 from South Carolina to state lines near Lincoln, TN and Bedford, AL. Brown and Nations families were in Maury Co TN--probably before it w as split into Lincoln and Giles counties. Some have that Abraham Sr. died in 1794. However, a letter held at Samford University has Alabama and Rebecca joining Canaan Baptist Church in Bessemer, AL in 1831. About 1827-8 they moved to Jefferson County, Birmingham, Alabama possibly with James Massey and Mary Nations Massey. Abraham and Rebecca remain until their deaths. This is the birth year of Joshua Massey 08 June 1829 -- same year Mary's brother, Nathaniel, moved his family to the same locale; proof of which is found in the 1830 Census. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/a/r/Susan-M-Martin/GENE1-0036.html

Maury County was formed in 1807 from Williamson County and Indian lands. The Cherokee Indian title was bought at Washington, D.C., on January 7, 1806, for $10,000 and $100 per year annuity paid to "Old Black Fox," who surrendered all claims to lands stretching from Duck River to Alabama. (What is now Maury had been part of that Middle Basin land that the Cherokees, Chickasaws, and sometimes Shawnees and Northern tribes, claimed as their own preserve, defended against trespass by all others). On November 24, 1807, an Act passed at Knoxville created Maury County from Williamson. Maury originally comprised all of Giles, most of Lewis and Marshall, and portions of Bedford, Hickman and Lawrence Counties. Maury County was named in honor of Maj. Abram P. Maury of Williamson County, who was a member of the Tennessee legislature and an officer under General Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812. Maj. Maury was the uncle of Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury. http://www.tngenweb.org/maury/history/historyindex.htm

NATHANIEL NATIONS (b. c1788 SC, d. 1857 AR, bur. Hall Cemetery, Columbia Co. AR) m. 9/7/1809 Lincoln Co. TN to ELIZABETH BROWN (b. c1793 SC, d. 2/1876 AR, bur. Hall Cemetery). Children: Levi, W illis, William , Anna, Frances, Phoebe, Althaniel, Jemima, Jessie, Daniel. See Chapter 11 "The Family of NATHANIEL NATIONS and EL IZABETH (BROWN) NA TION S."

Research Notes

Several Nation/Nations families are listed in the 1830 and 1840 Alabama Census. I have not yet checked into them or for wills, etc. The 1840 Census will list children's names. 1830: Nation, Christopher Pickens Co. Nation, Edward * Blount Co. Nation, Richard Fayette Co. Nations, Abraham * Walker Co. Nations, Baylis Jefferson Co. Nations, Daniel Walker Co. Natio ns, E li * Lauderdale Co. Nations, Issac Jefferson Co. Nations, John Walker Co. Nations, Joseph #1 Walker Co. Nations, Joseph #2 Walker Co. Nations, Nathaniel Walker Co. Nations, Thomas * Blount Co. Nations, Thomas Jefferson Co.

1840:

Nation, Absolom Blount Co. Nation, Avertie Wilcox Co. Nation, David Blount Co. Nation, Edward * Blount Co. Nation, Eli * Lauderdale Co. Nation, J. Blount Co. Nation, Thomas * Blount Co. Nations, Abraham * Walker Co. Nations, Abraham Jefferson Co. Nations, E. DeKalb Co. Nations, John St. Clair Co. Natron, William Blount Co.

• Appears in both the 1830 and 1840 Census

Possibilities:

I also have a note that Nathaniel "seems to be related to" Eli, James, and Bayles. This is probably the thoughts or hopes of a researcher. Abraham, Daniel, John, Joseph and Joseph all "seem" to me to be connected, since they all lived in Walker Co. AL. Source: The Family of George Lawson McRoy and Betha Cornelia (Oliver) McRoy Chapter 22, page 87 in http://www.dannyastewart.com/mcroy/files/McRoy.pdf

Abraham and Rebecca Nations were not members at the beginning of Canaan Baptist Church in 1818. They had not yet moved to Alabama. We believe they came with James and Mary Massey 1827-28. They were both received by letter to Canaan in 1831. This record is stored at Samford University, but the book has pages in the back copied from these records, handwritten script and all. Because of the way it is listed and the order, this appears to be Abraham. Massey tree c/o crushing5th @ ancestry.com

That these Nations' appear in different counties over a decade does not necessarily mean that the families moved. It is important to observe the naming and creation of counties as they changed rapidly in the early 1800's. However those in Blount at that time may be one group of related Nations and those in Walker and Jefferson are another group as Mr. Stewart suggests. It is likely that although the county names changed these later Nations' remained near Elyton/Bessemer, AL

JEFFERSON created from BLOUNT, ST. CLAIR, and SHELBY. Effective date: 12/13/1819 (Ala. Rpts., 215:640; Ala. Acts 1819, 1st sess., sec. 9/p. 52)

WALKER created from JEFFERSON, MARION, and TUSCALOOSA. Effective date: 12/26/1823 (Ala. Acts 1823, 5th sess., sec. 1/p. 82)

JEFFERSON exchanged with TUSCALOOSA. Effective date: 12/31/1827 (Ala. Acts 1827, 9th sess., p. 99)

Sources

https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8054

https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7667

https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7163

https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7836

https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60525

https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=70054