Nancy (Taylor) Beal (1764 - 1844)

Born 1764 in Chatham, North Carolina

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Died 14 Aug 1844 at about age 80 in Greene, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Nancy Taylor, daughter of Thomas Taylor and Eleanor Dodson, was born in Chatham County, North Carolina, in 1764. Nancy married Benjamin Beal in Chatham County, NC, about 1781. According to a joint death notice in the Springfield Advertiser newspaper (Springfield, Greene County, Missouri), Benjamin Beal, “aged 80 years,” died 13 August 1844, and Mrs. Nancy Beal, “aged 80 years, consort of Benj. Beal,” died 14 August 1844.^[1]

Documented siblings of Nancy Taylor: Billington Taylor, Judith Taylor, Greenham Taylor, Tabitha Taylor, Luraney Taylor

In November 1797, Eleazar Andrews appeared before the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in Chatham County, North Carolina, on behalf of Greenham Taylor, Nancy (Taylor) Beal, Raney (Taylor) McDaniel, and Tabitha (Taylor) Johnson, all identified as surviving children of Thomas Taylor. Andrews presented and proved Power of Attorney instruments signed by Greenham Taylor, Benjamin Beal (in right of his wife Nancy), Linvill McDaniel (in right of his wife Raney), and William Johnson (in right of his wife Tabitha) that authorized “Our Brother Billington” to act in their interests for the purpose of obtaining their portions of the estate of their sibling Judith Taylor (and daughter of Thomas Taylor), deceased.^[2]

Nancy (Taylor) Beal migrated from North Carolina to Tennessee.

Kinship migration of Beal, Dodson, Taylor families and relatives: Benjamin and Nancy (Taylor) Beal and their family joined several relatives’ families in a kinship migration from Chatham County, North Carolina, to Williamson, Maury, and Giles Counties that began about 1805. Benjamin and Nancy left North Carolina

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1. ↑ Dates and locations of birth and death given in newspaper obituary are supported by primary source documentation such as legal instruments and census records. Death notice, Springfield Advertiser, Springfield, Missouri, on Tuesday, August 20, 1844, page 3, digitized image in the Missouri Digital Newspaper Project presented by The State Historical Society of Missouri in Missouri Digital Newspaper Project. https://shsmo.org/collections/newspapers/mdnp
2. ↑ Chatham County, North Carolina, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, unlabeled volume for years 1795 - 1799, pages 106-107, in NC State Archives "Record of Estates," digitized images in FamilySearch database > North Carolina > Chatham County > “Record of estates, inventories, and sales, 1782-1868,” Record of estates 1782-1799, Film # 007640357, images 339-340. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9GC-69NF-6

“United States Census, 1790,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKB-TB6 ), Benjn Beal (Benjamin Beal), Chatham County, North Carolina, United States; citing page 8, NARA microfilm publication M637, Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 005157139.

“United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR7-GM8 ), Bingh Beel (Benjamin Beal), Hillsborough District, Chatham, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 178, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 31; FHL microfilm 337,907.

“United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH26-JWQ ), Benj Beel (Benjamin Beal) Chatham, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 197, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 39; FHL microfilm 337,912.

“United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLR-BKM : accessed 17 May 2022), Benjamin Bsale (Benjamin Beal), Pulaski, Giles, Tennessee, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 005156987.

“United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYL-61W ), B Beal, Giles, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 131, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 005154900.

Acknowledgements

Taylor-18390 was created by Skip McDonald through the import of McDonald_Compton Family Tree.ged on Mar 18, 2014.