Joseph
Newton
Nation
Born in Murray County, Georgia, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Israel Nations
and Virginia Jane (Connelly) Nations
Brother of
Elizabeth (Nations) Elledge, Nathaniel Nations, William Earl Nations and Thomas Jefferson Nations Jr
Husband of
Louisa Jane (Hays) Nation
— married
19 Aug 1863 in Murray, Georgia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Georgia Ann (Nation) Bayless, Emma Frances (Nation) Gist, Thomas Jefferson Nation, John N. Nation Sr., Nancy Caroline (Nation) Chrane, Lela (Nation) Reed, William Newton Nation, Cordelia (Nation) Faulkner, Lillian (Nation) Cleckler and Joseph Madison Nation Sr.
Died
at age 77
in Zephyr, Brown, Texas, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Jul 2016
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Biography
Joseph Nation was born in Appalachia, in Georgia.
Son of Israel & Virginia Jane Connally Nation - Married Louisa Jane Hay(e)s in Murray, GA 19 Aug 1863 - Served in the Civil War (his brother, John, was killed at the Battle of Champion Hill, also known as Baker's Creek) - Joseph moved to Zephyr, TX about 1890 - Southern Cross of Honor presented to him by the Daughters of the Confederacy at Camp Stonewall Jackson, Brownwood, TX Oct 1912 - Buried in Zephyr Cemetery, Zephyr, Brown, Texas.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 August 2019), memorial page for Joseph Newton Nation (8 Aug 1843–27 May 1921), Find A Grave: Memorial #6668950, citing Zephyr Cemetery, Zephyr, Brown County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by C.R. Reed (contributor 46922241).
- Civil War Pension papers held at TX State Archives, Austin, TX - GA Property Tax Digests - 1850-1910 US Federal Censuses - TX Death Index -Findagrave # 6668950
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
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~1.56%
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Dean Anderson
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I am member of the Texas Cemeteries Team and have been working on creating the Cemetery Categories for those cemeteries in Brown County. I just added the one for Zephyr Cemetery, and updated this profile.
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