Nancy Moore (1821 - 1895)

Descendants

Biography

Moore-22445 was created by Randy Wilds through the import of Wild Wilde Wilds Family Tree IT.ged on Jul 13, 2015.

A bio written by Annie Duckett Hundley, Elijah's GGG Granddaughter citing -- Sources: Jimmy Morrow, 'Handling Serpents,' 2005; Buffie Griesel; Duckett, Christensen and Naillon family histories states

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Nancy Moore was born to William and Nancy Cope Moore in North Carolina. She began a relationship with William Lewis Brown at age 16. Together they had three children; Harriet Moore, Joseph Tipton Moore and Henry Wade Moore. They went by her maiden name, as did all her future children.

In about 1848 she began a relationship with Elijah Washington Naillon, founder of Naillontown. They also had three children; Rosanah Moore, Salina Moore and William Elihu Moore; though much of their heritage believe they married; they did not. Three present day relatives still living in Cocke County verify Nancy simply wanted their children to carry her maiden name and did not want to marry Elijah. So far, there is also no record of her marrying or divorcing William Brown.

The 1850 US Census finds Nancy living in Washington County, Tennessee with her unmarried sister Sarah, 10 years her senior, with all three of the children she had with William Brown and her oldest child with Elijah, Rosanah (1 year old), stating that all or their surnames are Moore. As she has been depicted in a couple of published writings, "she had her reasons for insisting on her children carrying her maiden name at her whim, then changing her mind just as quickly...guess she had her reasons."

In 1855, Elijah married Nancy's oldest daughter, Harriet Moore, his step-daughter (in the sense that he helped raise her). They had 11 children.

Nancy Moore passed away in Cocke County, Tennessee on 4 August 1895 at age seventy-four.

Sources

• US Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Subdivision 4, Washington, Tennessee; Roll: M432_898; Page: 196A; Image: 397 www.ancestry.com

• US Census Year: 1860; Census Place: District 18, Washington, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1277; Page: 208; Image: 423; Family History Library Film: 805277 www.ancestry.com

• US Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Upper Cosby, Cocke, Tennessee; Roll: 1248; Family History Film: 1255248; Page: 445D; Enumeration District: 067 www.ancestry.com

• Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1777-2012, Find A Grave Memorial# 70824865, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=MOOR&GSfn=N&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=45&GScntry=4&GSsr=1&GRid=70824865&