Nancy (Brinson) Grimball (1825 - 1891)

Born 27 Aug 1825 in Screven, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Francis Grimball — married 3 Feb 1848 in Screven, Georgia, United States [uncertain]

Died 9 Jul 1891 at age 65 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Birth

Nancy "Anna" was born on 27 Aug 1825 in Screven County, GA to Adam Brinson and Elizabeth Murphree Brinson.^[1]

Marriage

She and Francis Grimball were married on 3 Feb 1848, likely in Screven County, GA, by the Rev. James R. Miller.^[2]

Deeds

• 9 Jun 1842 – Screven County, GA – Adam Brinson, Sr. to his daughter Nancy Brinson and the lawful heirs of her body, for natural love and affection, a 1/7 part of the land which he now lives on, reserving the right thereof to his wife Elizabeth Brinson during her life or widowhood, also, one negro boy named David about nine years of age, a 1/9 part of the remainder of his estate, one feather bead and bedstid and furniture, two cows and calves, two washing tubs, one water pail, one dining table, one cook pot, one oven, one frying pan, one tea kittle, one set dinner plates, one set of cups and sauces, one set of knives and forks, one coffee pot, one set of teaspoons, three geese, and six chickens. Wit: Simeon Brinson, Abram Belcher, Julan Wallace, John F. Davis, J.P.^[3]

Death & Burial

Nancy died on 9 Jul 1891 in Savannah, GA^[4], and was buried there in Laurel Grove Cemetery, North.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Family Bible of Adam & Elizabeth Murphree Brinson, The New Testament, of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Translated out of the Original Greek: And with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, Unknown edition (Boston: Langdon Coffin, 31 Washington Street, 1831), Family Record, Births, Jane & Nancy Brinson entry, 27 Aug 1825, images of bible obtained from the Brinson family folder, Genealogy Room, Statesboro Regional Library, Statesboro, GA.
2. ↑ Savannah Daily Republican, February 9, 1848, p. 2, https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82015878/1848-02-09/ed-1/seq-2/. Presented online by the Digital Library of Georgia.
3. ↑ "General index to deeds and mortgages, [1794-1906]; deeds and mortgages, 1794-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLX-NSYW-K?i=138&cat=202955), Adam Brinson, Sr. to Nancy Brinson, 9 Jun 1842 > microfilm 222,474 > image 139 of 495; citing Clerk of the Superior Court of Screven County, Screven County Courthouse, Sylvania, GA.
4. ↑ Family Bible of Adam & Elizabeth Murphree Brinson, The New Testament, of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Translated out of the Original Greek: And with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, Unknown edition (Boston: Langdon Coffin, 31 Washington Street, 1831), Family Record, Births, Marian Brinson entry, 8 Jul 1868, images of bible obtained from the Brinson family folder, Genealogy Room, Statesboro Regional Library, Statesboro, GA.
5. ↑ Laurel Grove Cemetery, North (Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, 802 W Anderson Street), grave marker, photographed by Kenneth D. Dixon, 18 Jun 2019.