John Nerren (abt. 1803 - 1852)

Born about 1803 in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Mooney) Nerren — married before 1824 in Tennessee [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 1852 at about age 49 in Marion's Ferry, Angelina Co., Texas

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Biography

John Nerren was murdered at Marion's Ferry about 1852, shortly after he arrived in the late 1840's. The man who murdered him was found hung the following day. John and his wife, Elizabeth Mooney had 11 children, only two were born in Texas.

All of the Nerrens in Angelina County are descendants of John and Elizabeth Mooney Nerren. Their children were: William C. Nerren b. 1824 in Tennessee; John M. Nerren b. 1827 in Tennessee; Sarah Nerren b. in 1829 in Tennessee m. Thomas Hubbard on 30 Dec 1850;Lorenzo Dow Nerren b. 1832 in Tennessee d. in 1915 in Angelina County, Texas; James Bolden Nerren b. 1835 in Miss. d. 1892 in Brookland, Texas; Benjamin Franklin Nerren b. in 1839 in Mississippi, d. in Lufkin, Texas in 1930; Eliza Jane Nerren b. 1842 in Mississippi, d. ca 1878 in Angelina County, m. Oliver Perry Reynolds; George Washington Nerren b. 1844 in Mississippi d. bef. 1900, probably in Angelina County, Texas; Mary A. Nerren b. 1847 in Texas, and sister S. Margaret Nerren b. 1849 in Texas, both married Hosea Penn Traweek. ^[1]

Birth

1803

Abbeville Co, North Carolina, USA

ABT 1800

Abbeville Co., South Carolina

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 1803

Death

bet 1850-1860

Mississippi / Texas

Imported only 1850 from Death Date and marked as uncertain.

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Note

Notes: birthplace Tennesse / Abbeville Co, South Carolina

Notes: deathplace: Angelina Co, Texas / Panola Co, Mississippi

source: OneGreatFamily.com: deathdate 1850 Panola Co, MS

source: 1830 Hardeman County Tennessee Census page 379

John Nerin 12001000000001000100000000= 3 boys, 1 daughter and 2 adults

source:1840 Yalobusha County Mississippi Census

Roll: M704_219; Page 297; Image: 273

John Nearing males- 221101; females- 001001

(notes: Mooney family is also inthe county)

source: 1850 Angelina Co, TX Tax assessments names: Jno Nearen and Jno M. Nearen

source: 1850 Panola County Mississippi

Dist 13, page 320, dwellings 172-172

John Nearen, 50, M, W, farmer, SC

Elizabeth Nearen, 45, F, W, Tenn

Sarah Nearen, 21, F, W, Miss

James Nearen, 13, M, W, Miss

Benjamin Nearen, 11, M, W, Miss

Eliza Nearen, 9, F, W, Miss

George Nearen, M, W, Miss

next door dwellings 173-173 brother of Elizabeth

Alexander G. Mooney, 31, M, W, farmer, VA

Frances J. Mooney, 33, F, W, NC

Louis F. Mooney, 9, M, W, NC

Mary J. Mooney, 7, F, W, Ala

6 houses down dwellings 179=179 father of Elizabeth

William Mooney, 65, M, W, Farmer, 500, VA

Catherine Mooney, 45, F, W, GA

James, Mooney, 7, M, W, Miss

Rufus Mooney, 4, M, W, Miss

Emaline Purnell, 19, F, W, GA

George Purnell, 18, M, W, GA

Mary Dooo, 29, F, W, GA

Richard Purnell, 4, M, W, Miss

source: 1860 Angelina County, Texas Census. Homer comn.

book page 84, dwellings 653-625

Elizabeth Nerren, 50, F, 2000, MS

Eliza, 19, F, MS

James, 27, M, farmer, MS

Benjamin, 21, M, MS

George, 17, M, MS

Mary A., 13, F, TX

Margaret, 11, F, TX

NOTES: SEE WIFE FOR STORY

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Abbeville Co, South Carolina.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 119507058 [1]

• Source: S-2125746050 Title: 1830 US Census Note: 1 PLAC Hardeman Co., Tennessee CONT 1 LOCA Ancestry.com
• Source: S-2125746051 Title: 1850 US Census Note: 1 PLAC Dist 23, Panola Co., Mississippi CONT 1 LOCA Ancestry.com
• Ancestry.com [2]
• Jo Ledbetter
• Kimberly Willis

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Stephanie Ross for creating WikiTree profile Nerren-14 through the import of Ledbetter01.ged on Jun 8, 2013.