Nancy
Best
Born in Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Thomas Grimes
— married
4 Aug 1835 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 58
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Mar 2021
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Biography
Nancy was born in 1808. She passed away in 1866. She was the daughter of Thomas Best, Jr. and Penelope Edmundson.
Sources
- Martin County Heritage, The Martin County Historical Society, Williamston, NC 1980.
- "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8YH-XY3 : 14 February 2020), Nancy Best in entry for Thomas Grimes, 1835.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4B9-CGX : 23 December 2020), Nancy Grimes in household of Thomas Ward, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD6W-XSP : 18 February 2021), Nancey Grimes in entry for Thomas Grimes, 1860.
- "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3C9-J59 : 20 February 2021), Nancy Best in entry for Thomas Grimes, 03 Apr 1917; citing Bethel, Pitt, North Carolina, reference fn 248 cn 293, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,892,186.
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