Nancy Ann (Selman) Evans (1799 - 1874)

Born 14 Jan 1799 in Elbert County, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Evan Evans — married about 1821 in Franklin County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 3 Jan 1874 at age 74 in Cherokee County, Texas, United States

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Biography

Nancy Selman (b 1800, Elbert Co, GA) was the 7th child of Thomas and Jemimah Greenlee Selman (see Benjamion F. Selman family history). Many families in Cherokee County are descendants of these Selmans. If it is true our ancestors watch over their own through the generations, then it must have pleased Thomas Selman (b. April 27, 1762) five generations and 157 years later when Jim Ted Wood, (b. April 27, 1919), his direct descendant, was born on his birthday. Thomas Selman, b. in Stafford Co., VA., d. in Franklin County, TN, also on April 27, 1816. His wife Jemimah, also b. Feb 11, 1863, also in Stafford Co, VA, moved to Benton County, Alabama (now Calhoun County), with her children, where she died in 1844 and is buried. Thomas and Jemimah Selman had 10 children (see Benjamin F. Selman history). In 1846, Thomas Selman II , Benjamin, Nancy, Dorcas, Willis, Mary (brothers and sisters) Selman came to Cherokee County, Texas in a caravan of 60 wagons. They lived in the Linwood area around Old Palestine Cemetery. In upper South Carolina during and immediately after the Revolutionary War there were several Selman families: Jeremiah, William, John, Thomas, Benjamin (probably brothers). Jeremiah Selman (b. 1741, d. ca 1817 Spartenburg, County, SC) and Thomas Selman lived and attended church in the same community there. Jeremiah was a Revolutionary War soldier in the Battle of King's Mountain, and John was in the Battle of Cowpens. There is information on a Jeremiah and a James Selman in the roster of soldiers compiled by the Tennessee Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (by Whitley). Stafford and Abner Selman were sons of either John or Benjamin Selman. Both were born in Stafford County, VA., ca 1780-81 and lived with their uncle Thomas. This family moved to Spartenburg, SC ca., 1782-88, the year Thomas was a witness in a lawsuit of Charles Moore vs. Benjamin Selman. Family letters of T. L. Selman, a descent of Jeremiah Selman and W. J. Selman, a descendant of Thomas Selman, were used as references.-- Kathryn Hart Wood.

marriage

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

Name: Evan Evans

Gender: Male

Birth Place: SC

Birth Year: 1800

Spouse Name: Ann Selman

Spouse

Birth Place: GA

Spouse Birth Year: 1799

Marriage State: TN

Number Pages: 1

1860 census

1860 United States Federal Census

Name: Nancy Evans

Age: 61

Birth Year: abt 1799

Gender: Female

Birth Place: Georgia

Home in 1860: Beat 1, Cherokee, Texas

Post Office: Rusk

Dwelling Number: 118

Family Number: 118

Occupation: House Keeping

Household Members:

Name Age

Evan Evans 60

Nancy Evans 61

Sources

• Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

• Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.