Nancy was born in 1849 in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Her father is unknown. She was about 13 when her mother married James Smith. She passed away in 1926.
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1860 United States Federal Census Author Ancestry.com Publisher Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Repository Information Name Ancestry.com Address http://www.Ancestry.com
1870 United States Federal Census Author Ancestry.com Publisher Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Record Repository Information Name Ancestry.com Address http://www.Ancestry.com
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCPV-C5Y : 16 July 2017), Nany J Franklin in household of John Franklin, Millboro, Bath, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 29, sheet 473D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1355; FHL microfilm 1,255,355.
1900 United States Federal Census Author Ancestry.com Publisher Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18 Repository Information Name Ancestry.com Address http://www.Ancestry.com
1910 United States Federal Census Author Ancestry.com Publisher Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Repository Information Name Ancestry.com Address http://www.Ancestry.com
1920 United States Federal Census Author Ancestry.com Publisher Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Repository Information Name Ancestry.com Address http://www.Ancestry.com
Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 Author Ancestry.com Note Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc Publisher Date 2014 Publisher Location Provo, UT, USA Repository Information No repository specified for this source
U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 Author Ancestry.com Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Publisher Date 2010 Publisher Location Provo, UT, USA Repository Information Name Ancestry.com Address http://www.Ancestry.com
Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014 Author Ancestry.com Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Publisher Date 2015 Publisher Location Provo, UT, USA Repository Information Name Ancestry.com Address http://www.Ancestry.com
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Author Ancestry.com Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Publisher Date 2012 Publisher Location Provo, UT, USA Repository Information Name Ancestry.com Address http://www.Ancestry.comhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88542673
NOTE: According to the 1870 census she was 16 at that time. Her father was not James Smith. He was her stepfather.
Sydney Ailstock-Smith Will 4 May 1903 • Warm Springs, Bath County, Virginia, USA. Will recorded by the Circuit Court of Bath County in November 1903. Sidney's name on will is "Sidney M. Smith." Will names James H. Smith, W.T. Layton as her sons and Nancy J. Franklin as her daughter. Names Malcom Layton as her grandson.
"Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5F6-1Q3 : 9 March 2018), Nannie J Franklin in entry for Sarah E Franklin, 19 May 1894; citing Fourth District, Bath, Virginia, reference p 128; FHL microfilm 2,046,915.
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