Nathan Nall (1799 - 1891)

Born 25 Jan 1799 in Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Ragland) Nall — married 1860 in Meriwether, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 29 Apr 1891 at age 92 in Meriwether, Georgia, United States

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Biography

• Nathan Nall was born in Oglethorpe, County, Georgia, in 1799. He lived in Oglethorpe (1799-1805).

• When he was about 6 years old he moved with his parents to Clarke, County, Georgia (1805-1813).

• As an adult, he became a volunteer in Clarke, County, Georgia, (1820) fighting the Seminole Indians in Florida.

• Mr. John Burkes and his wife, and a negro woman, were murdered by Cherokee Indians, (1836). The murderers were caught and hung by civil authorities in Walker County, Georgia.

• Nathan Nall married the daughter of Mr. John Burkes, Lucretia Burks, (1818)

• Mr. Nall moved from Clarke, County, Georgia to Newton County, Georgia, then to Henry County, Georgia (soon after his marriage) (1818-1834). They joined the Primitive Baptist Church at Lebanon in 1825.

• In 1834 he moved to Meriwether, Georgia and made his first crop. This location was within two miles of where he died in 1891^[1]

• In 1860, two years after the death of his first wife, Lucretia, Nathan Nall married Elizabeth Ragland.

Richard Nathan Nall was born in 1799. He passed away in 1891.

In 1850, the Nall family lived in Meriwether county, Georgia. All members of the household were born in Georgia. All over the age of 21 could read and write. The household included Nathan Nall, 57, a farmer, with $4875 in real estate; his wife Lucretia, 50; and their eight children, all sons, except as noted: E. F., 23, farmer; William R., 20, farmer; L. A., 18, farmer; M. E., 16, daughter; H. M., 14, in school; James M., 12, in school; G. W., 10, in school; and E. C., 6, daughter. ^[2]

• Mr. Nathan NALL, (Uncle Nathan), died April 29th, 1891 near Luthersville; he was 93 years old, perhaps the oldest resident in the county, and had joined the Baptist church in 1826, before the division, and was a Primitive Baptist for over half a century having his membership at Providence church;

The Meriwether County Vindicator Vol. 19, No. 28, June 5, 1891

• Mr. Nall was born in Oglethorpe county, January 25th, 1799; when he was about 6 years old he moved with his parents to Clarke county, where he grew to manhood; he was a volunteer from Clarke in 1813, fighting the Seminole Indians in Florida; on his return he married the daughter of John Burkes, Mr. Burkes along with his wife and negro woman being murdered in 1836 by Cherokee Indians, the murderers being the first ever hung by the civil authorities in Walker county; Mr. Nall moved from Clarke to Newton county and thence to Henry soon after his marriage and joined the Primitive Baptist at Lebanon in 1825; in 1834 he moved to Meriwether and made his first crop within two miles of where he died; he raised eleven children who lived to be grown, only four of whom are living, the oldest, the youngest, the 4th and 5th; obit, citing the The Meriwether County Vindicator

Sources

1. ↑ https://findagrave.com/memorial/44759077
2. ↑ 1850 US Census, Merriwether county, Georgia (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZY4-FYL)

• Source: S54 Sally Nall Dolphin and Charles Fuller Nall Nall Families of America
• Find A Grave: Memorial #44759077