Nancy Elizabeth (Dewitt) Sherman (abt. 1801 - 1834)

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Died 19 Mar 1834 at about age 33 in West Virginia, United States

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Biography

Birth

The date and location of Nancy's birth is a mystery for the family. She did not live long enough to be listed in a census such as the 1850 census so there is very little documentation for Nancy. Three children lived until the 1880 census in which parent birth locations were asked: Their claims for their mother: Henry: Massachusetts; Sarah: West Virginia and Elizabeth: no answer. This does not help much.
Ref 1: 1880 census ^[1]

There is a suggestion, in John House's book: "Pioneers of Wood County", that her family lived in Wood county at Belleville during the first few years of the 1800s. Belleville is about 10 miles north of Muses Bottom where they showed up in 1807.

In fact... John Dewitt was assessed property taxes in Wood County, Virginia from 1804-1807 so we know they lived in Virginia by at least 1804.
It should be noted that Wood county was created in 1798.

Ref 2: 1804-1807 Wood County Personal Property Taxes ^[2]

There is no evidence where the entire family lived in 1798 to 1803 so there is no documentation for her first day of life. Her brother Alexander was born in 1803 because he was age 20 when he died in February of 1823 according to his grave marker. That suggests Nancy birthdate was in 1801-1802.

Her birth location could have been:
- back in Pennsylvania before the family left Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County,
- along their journey from Pennsylvania to Virginia along the Ohio River, or
- in Virginia.

Ref 3: John House: Pioneers of Jackson County ^[3]

Marriage

On 10 Jul 1823 in Mason County, Virginia Nancy married Isaac Baldwin Sherman (1800–1852).

Their children were:

Abel D. (DeWitt?) Sherman

1824–1852

Henry Clay Sherman MD

1828–1906

Charlotte Sherman

1830–

Sarah Baldwin Sherman

1831–1910

Elizabeth Sherman

1833–1914

Giles Sherman

1834–1850

Death

Whether her death was associated with the birth of their last child Giles is not clear.

Nancy was mentioned on a memorial in DeWitt Cemetery, Murraysville, Jackson County, West Virginia, United States with a death date of 19 March 1834.
Ref 4: Nancy's FindAGrave Memorial: ^[4]

In 1839 Isaac Sherman married his second wife Samary Mary McClanathan (1805-1898) on Nov 3rd In Meigs Co, OH. They moved to Illinois and produced four more children.

Sources

1. ↑ 1880 census records for children
   Henry: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4240541-00523?pId=21470739
   Sarah: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4244689-00639?pId=14659489
   Elizabeth: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4244689-00638?pId=9077406
   
2. ↑ See image 1 showing list for 1805.
   And see Wood Co History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason_County,_West_Virginia
   And see:
   1804, personal property taxes for John Dewitt in Wood County https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ2-M986-V?cat=777222 1805, personal property taxes for John Dewitt in Wood County https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ2-M9ZR-T?cat=777222 1806, personal property taxes for John Dewitt in Wood County https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ2-M9ZL-T?cat=777222 1807, personal property taxes for John Dewitt in Wood County https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ2-M9ZY-X?cat=777222 1807, personal property taxes for John Dewitt in Wood County https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ2-M9ZP-5?cat=777222.
   It is not clear why there were two entries for 1807. Also, Virginia did not collect these taxes in 1808.
   
3. ↑ John House, 1906 "Pioneers of Jackson County, West Virginia": See Carney family on page 59: "Miriam Carney, married Arle Dewitt, a son of one of the pioneers of Belleville." (Arie was another name for Alexander DeWitt, son of Thomas Dewitt who was the first son of John Dewitt.] Belleville was first organized in 1785. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville,_West_Virginia
4. ↑ Nancy's FindAGrave Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35206918/nancy-elizabeth-sherman

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Dewitt-182 created through the import of pshinn geneology 2011-6-7.ged on Jun 11, 2011 by Paul Shinn.