Nancy
H
Porterfield
formerly Dixon aka Dickson
Born in Tennessee, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Charles Lockhart Porterfield
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth J (Porterfield) Robbins, Frances J (Porterfield) Franks, Martha A Porterfield, John Alexander Porterfield, Sarah E Porterfield, Nancy (Porterfield) Hilhem, Septima Eleanor (Porterfield) Bussell, Charles L D Porterfield, William Zaccheus Porterfield and Mary Alice (Porterfield) Evans
Died before
before age 51
in Hardin, Tennessee
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Sep 2018
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Biography
Mary was born about 1804 or 1809.[1] She passed away in 1854.[2]
Research Notes
In The Porterfields (1947), Charles Lockhart Porterfield's is listed as Mary Jane Dixon (1809-1857).[2] In the 1850 US Census she appears as Nancy H.,born about 1804 (age 36). These are presumed to be the same person with a name of Nancy H.[1]
Other researchers (Family Search) report her last name as Dickson.
Sources
- 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census"
The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 6, Hardin, Tennessee; Roll: 882; Page: 201b; Line Number: 11
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #6202260 (accessed 7 January 2023)
Nancy H Porterfield (36) in District 6, Hardin, Tennessee, USA. Born in Tennessee.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDN-NMT : 23 December 2020), Nancy H Porterfield in household of Charles L Porterfield, Hardin, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frank Burke Porterfield, The Porterfields (Roanoke, Virginia: Multiprint Inc, 1947), pp. 124, digital images, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066246737;view=1up;seq=132. Hathi Trust Digital Library (https://babel.hathitrust.org: accessed 7 September 2018).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nancy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nancy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nancy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nancy:
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~3.12%
Donald Porterfield
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Rejected matches › Mary Ann (Dixon) North (1809-1876)
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