Nancy (Williams) Bittick (1767 - 1845)

Born 1767 in Wake County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel F Bittick Sr — married 31 Mar 1798 in Orange County, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Apr 1845 at about age 78 in Clark County, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Nancy was born about 1765 in North Carolina. She married Samuel F Bittick in 1798.^[1] They later traveled and lived in Arkansas and Alabama. They had seven (possible) children. Nancy was widowed when she passed away in 1845 in Alabama. According to records and accounts in several books, she was cared for (listed as "insane") by a guardian^[2][3]in her later years^[4]and died as a pauper.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q285-B72S : 28 November 2018), Saml Belick and Nancy Williams, 31 Mar 1798; citing Orange County, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 418,148.
2. ↑ Guardianship Records: Oct 1841 Guardian appointed: Thomas McLaughlin, (for) Nancy Bittick (insane), p32, 42, 47, 69, 76, 94, 113, 133, 140. Security was James L. McLaughlin and Hugh Floyd. [Note: Thomas McLaughlin married Rebecca Bittick who is probably the daughter of Nancy Williams Bittick]
3. ↑ Guardianship Records: July 1844 Joshua or Thomas Elkins (replacing Thos. McLaughlin who has moved out of the county) Nancy Bittick (insane), p 158, 159, 168
4. ↑ Josiah H. Shinn, Pioneers and Makers of Arkansas (1908, reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1967), Chapter XIX: Longevity of the Pioneers; Work of the Half-Century Emigrants, pp. 157, 160.
5. ↑ Tuesday, July 15, 1845:p. 27 Accounts presented: John C. Logan - $10, for making coffine for Nancy Bittick, a pauper. Alexander B. Caruthers - $58.50, for board, nursing, attention and funeral expenses of Nancy Bittick. p. 28 Alexander B. Caruthers was allowed $30.71 for care of Nancy Bittick who died on 6 April 1845. [Note: Alexander Caruthers married Lucinda Bittick who is probably the daughter of Nancy Williams Bittick]

• http://www.showmethebitticks.com/html-r/nti/nti00008.htm
• https://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=vedemarce&id=I084709
• Ancestry.com
• http://www.showmethebitticks.com/html-r/nti/nti00008.htm has several sources.
• "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8YY-YH9 : 14 February 2020), Nancy Williams in entry for Saml Belick, 1798.