Born in Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Needham Whitfield
and Miriam R. (Neville) Whitfield
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 63
in Lauderdale, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Feb 2013
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Biography
Sarah was born in 1809.
Parents: Needham Whitfield 1776 - 1859 and Miriam Richardson (Neville) Whitfield 1778 - 1852.
Spouse: Richard Williams Nixon 1799 - 1871. They were married in 1826 in Wayne, North Carolina. He was a Baptist Minister.
Sources
- Sarah Collier (Whitfield) Nixon: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LC3S-MJT
- 1850 Census: S C Nixon. Age: 41. Married, white, female. Home in 1850: Montgomery, Tennessee. Birthdate/place: 1809 in Tennessee. Household members: Nixon, 52. S C Nixon, 41. J R Nixon, 24. M L Nixon, 14. J B Nixon, 12. S C Nixon, 9. W C Nixon, 7. M E Nixon, 5.
- 1860 Census: Sarah C. Nixon. Age: 54. Married. Home in 1860: 10th Civil District, Lauderdale, Tennessee. Birthdate/place: 1806 in Tennessee. Household members: R W Nixon, 61 (NC). Sarah C. Nixon, 54 (TN). James B. Nixon, 21. Sarah C. Nixon, 18. William C. Nixon, 16. Mary E. Nixon, 13. Note: Children all born in TN.
- 1870 Census: Sarah Nixon. Age: 65. Home in 1870: District 10, Lauderdale, Tennessee. Birthdate/place: 1805 in Tennessee. Occupation: keeping house. Inferred spouse: Richard Nixon. Household members: Richard Nixon, 71. Sarah Nixon, 65. Charles Bagby, 27.
- Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779 - 2008. S C Nixon. Probate date/place: 10/8/1872 in Lauderdale, Tennessee. Inferred death year: abt. 1872 in Tennessee.
- History of Whitfield Bryan Smith and Related Families, Volume 1. By Emma Morehead Whitfield. Page 89: Sarah, her parents, siblings. Page 130: spouse, children. "By him, Sallie had 15 children of which 6 survived". http://www.bmgen.com/document/pdf/History_Whitfield_Bryan_Smith_Vol_I.pdf
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Sarah:
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~1.56%
Kathy (Whitfield) Stepp
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Dennis Whitfield :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Savannah Stepp :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Philip Wortman :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Penny (Fischer) Short :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member pennyshort
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~0.39%
M (Allen) Braslavsky :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A210064 [compare], Ancestry member tlwlpilot
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