BIO of NANCY C. MILLER / DOUGHTY by Beth Bradford Pytel edited 2-25-2019
Nancy Catherine Miller or Doughty/Doherty? Surname is in question.
Unmarked Grave and suspected to be buried at the Palmer Chapel Cemetery near her daughter Mary Ann Nailon-Caldwell-Woody as this was her last known residence.
Very little is known about Nancy C. Miller / Doherty. She was the wife of Patrick "Nailan", (b. 1769 in Co. Cork, Ireland); married probably in North Carolina There is no information on how Patrick and Nancy C. met, but they probably became acquainted around 1802 and married in 1803 either in SC or NC (no marriage record found). Her children with Patrick were probably born in Rutherford Co., NC as this was her residence for several decades. The first record we have for Patrick is dated November 3, 1815, Buncombe Co., NC in which a "Patrick Nailen" along with Alexander Penland (son of George Penland 1753-1859) served as chain-bearers for the survey of Rev. War Veteran, Captain George William Penland's 50 Acres at the Head of Paint Fork of Big Ivy in Buncombe Co., NC. This area is near the Paint Fork Gap south of Bernardsville, NC in the Weaverville area.
The next record we have is the 1820 Rutherford Co., NC Census with a "Patrick Nailan" and 8 people living in the HH which accounts for the wife and children. His neighbor was James Largeant / Largent, a Revolutionary War Pensioner. Sometime after 1822, Patrick and Nancy C. split up and he relocated to Warm Springs, Buncombe Co. (now called Hot Springs in Madison Co.) NC and living near the Buncombe Turnpike, the main road to transport goods from Spartanburg, SC up to Greene Co., Tennessee. Their daughter, Catherine, married Jesse Fox of Greene Co., Tennessee in 1825 which tells us that Patrick traveled around enabling his daughter to become acquainted with the Fox Family of Greene Co., TN in the early 1820s. Jesse Fox was 20 years older than Catherine and also a slave owner. His parents, Andrew Fox and Sarah Render, purchased 300 acres of land on the Nolichucky River in Green Co., TN sometime in the mid 1780s from a Joseph Doherty. Joseph Doherty was on the 1783 Greene Co. tax list. I mention this because there could be a connection with Joseph Doherty to Nancy C. Doherty. Patrick most likely worked in some capacity to support the Drover economy which was a mobile occupation. Perhaps he was a blacksmith as well, since three of his sons were noted in records as blacksmiths by trade and sons generally followed their father's footsteps in vocation. Patrick lived next door to the Garretts who operated a Dover Stand outside of Warm Springs (as proven in the 1830 Census). Patrick could have still been married to Nancy C. when he met widow Frances Russell-Sutherland (1785-1866) in 1825 who was living in the Warm Springs area with her children by her first marriage to Preston Sutherland (1775-1821). Patrick and Frances were supposed to have been married in Greene Co., Tennessee per family testimony but I have not been able to find any marriage record so far. It seems plausible for Patrick and Frances to marry in Greene Co., Tennessee because he did not secure a divorce in North Carolina with Nancy C. and this was about the same time his daughter Catherine married Jesse Fox. Frances became pregnant and their only known child, Elijah Washington Naillon, born October 26, 1826, in Warm Springs, NC.
In 1828, Patrick and Nancy's son, Patrick William, enlisted in Rutherford, NC at age 22 with the Federal Army to assist with the Indian Removal west of the Mississippi. He enlisted on September 8, 1828, for a 5 year term under Capt. Pierce M. Butler and moved out to Fort Smith, Arkansas near the Oklahoma border. His occupation on the military record showed "Blacksmith". After his 5 year term, he moved south to Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana where he met the Phillip Frederick family and married Phillip's daughter, Marie Emeline "Meline" Fredrick; they had 4 children. He died in Natchitoches.
I was unable to find Nancy Nailon/Miller/Doherty in the 1830 census. She would have been about 40 years old with James (18), John P. (15), Mary Ann "Granny Pop" (13) and Thomas age (12). I believe she was still in Rutherford Co. because her son John Patrick married Mary Dalton on August 22, 1835, in Rutherford Co., NC. Also her other two sons, James and Thomas, married Cochran sisters in Rutherford County: James married Nancy Matilda on January 30, 1838, and Thomas married Elizabeth Harriett Cochran January 1, 1839. Concurrently, Patrick Nailon is noted in the 1830 Census living with his new acquired family with Frances Russell-Sutherland in Warm Springs. Frances had 3 daughters and a son with her 1st husband Preston who died about 1822. Preston had a son from a prior marriage which appears to be living in this household. Thus, there were 9 people in Patrick and Frances' household and I believe Mary Ann (Granny-Pop) was the female noted in the 10-15 age group. It seems plausible for her to move with her father, Patrick, up to Spring Creek to be near her sister, Catherine, who was already married to Jesse Fox with 2 children and another one on the way at this time and they lived nearby per the census. The Colwells also lived nearby and this is most likely how Mary Ann became acquainted with Levi Belese Coldwell, son of James Colwell. Mary Ann and Levi married about 1836 (no marriage record found) and their first child was born June 1837. Patrick and Frances' marriage was short lived as he was robbed in Warm Springs and murdered at Paint Rock sometime in 1833. There is no info about how he was killed, by whom or where his body was dumped. Frances, now a single mother with several children to support, moved back in to her father's household in Cocke Co., Tennessee with some of her small children per the 1840 Census.
In the 1840 Rutherford Co., NC Census, it showed brothers James and Thomas "Nailen" living next door to each other. Their mother, Nancy C., was living in Thomas' household as there was an aged woman noted in the 60-69 age group. The brothers were Blacksmiths. In November 1842, Thomas purchased 71 acres on Mountain Creek in Rutherford Co., NC and Nancy most likely continued living with him until about 1849 at which time he packed up his family and moved south to Dalton, Georgia. James continue living at Mountain Creek working as a Blacksmith and most likely took over the property from his brother.
Nancy C. went missing in records until 1880 where she was noted in the census living in Haywood Co., NC, Cataloochee District, HH#18, listed as "Nancy C Miller" born in SC, age 88 (her father born in GA and mother born in SC), living with her daughter Mary Ann (Granny Pop) and her 2nd husband, Jonathan Huff Woody. Nancy C. could have remarried to acquire the Miller surname and her maiden name would be Doherty/Daughty. Two of Nancy C.'s grandchildren through Mary Ann"Granny Pop" have listed on their death records "Mary Doughty" that their mother's maiden name. Also Granny Pop's step daughter, Susan Adeline Woody's death record states "Mary Miller" as her mother with the assumption that Granny Pop's maiden name was a Miller.
Nancy lived out her latter days at Granny Pop's house on Jonathan's Creek in Cataloochee and is most likely buried at this old cemetery where folks, with marked graves as early as 1856, are interred here.
6 known children of Nancy and Patrick:
1) Catherine "Nailon" (1804 - 1877) md. Jesse Fox; moved to Burnett, TX.
2) Patrick William "Nailan" (1809 - aft 1860) md. Marie Emeline Fredrick; moved to Natchitoches, LA
3) James Robert "Nelon" (1812 - 1890) md. Nancy Matilda Cochran; remained in Chimney Rock area of now Lake Lure, Rutherford Co., NC.
4) John Patrick "Nealon" (1815 - 1876) md. Mary Polly Dalton; moved to Roane Co., TN
5) Mary Ann "Granny Pop" "Nailon" (1817 - 1891) md. 1st Levi Belese Colwell/Caldwell; 2nd Jonathan Huff Woody; moved to Cataloochee, Haywood Co., NC.
6) Thomas "Nailon" (1818 - 1899) md. Elizabeth Harriett Cochran (sister of Nancy); moved to Dalton, GA
Nancy Catherine Miller or Doughty/Doherty? Surname is in question.
Unmarked Grave and suspected to be buried at the Palmer Chapel Cemetery near her daughter Mary Ann Nailon-Caldwell-Woody as this was her last known residence.
Very little is known about Nancy C. Miller / Doherty. She was the wife of Patrick "Nailan", (b. 1769 in Co. Cork, Ireland); married probably in North Carolina There is no information on how Patrick and Nancy C. met, but they probably became acquainted around 1802 and married in 1803 either in SC or NC (no marriage record found). Her children with Patrick were probably born in Rutherford Co., NC as this was her residence for several decades. The first record we have for Patrick is dated November 3, 1815, Buncombe Co., NC in which a "Patrick Nailen" along with Alexander Penland (son of George Penland 1753-1859) served as chain-bearers for the survey of Rev. War Veteran, Captain George William Penland's 50 Acres at the Head of Paint Fork of Big Ivy in Buncombe Co., NC. This area is near the Paint Fork Gap south of Bernardsville, NC in the Weaverville area.
The next record we have is the 1820 Rutherford Co., NC Census with a "Patrick Nailan" and 8 people living in the HH which accounts for the wife and children. His neighbor was James Largeant / Largent, a Revolutionary War Pensioner. Sometime after 1822, Patrick and Nancy C. split up and he relocated to Warm Springs, Buncombe Co. (now called Hot Springs in Madison Co.) NC and living near the Buncombe Turnpike, the main road to transport goods from Spartanburg, SC up to Greene Co., Tennessee. Their daughter, Catherine, married Jesse Fox of Greene Co., Tennessee in 1825 which tells us that Patrick traveled around enabling his daughter to become acquainted with the Fox Family of Greene Co., TN in the early 1820s. Jesse Fox was 20 years older than Catherine and also a slave owner. His parents, Andrew Fox and Sarah Render, purchased 300 acres of land on the Nolichucky River in Green Co., TN sometime in the mid 1780s from a Joseph Doherty. Joseph Doherty was on the 1783 Greene Co. tax list. I mention this because there could be a connection with Joseph Doherty to Nancy C. Doherty. Patrick most likely worked in some capacity to support the Drover economy which was a mobile occupation. Perhaps he was a blacksmith as well, since three of his sons were noted in records as blacksmiths by trade and sons generally followed their father's footsteps in vocation. Patrick lived next door to the Garretts who operated a Dover Stand outside of Warm Springs (as proven in the 1830 Census). Patrick could have still been married to Nancy C. when he met widow Frances Russell-Sutherland (1785-1866) in 1825 who was living in the Warm Springs area with her children by her first marriage to Preston Sutherland (1775-1821). Patrick and Frances were supposed to have been married in Greene Co., Tennessee per family testimony but I have not been able to find any marriage record so far. It seems plausible for Patrick and Frances to marry in Greene Co., Tennessee because he did not secure a divorce in North Carolina with Nancy C. and this was about the same time his daughter Catherine married Jesse Fox. Frances became pregnant and their only known child, Elijah Washington Naillon, born October 26, 1826, in Warm Springs, NC.
In 1828, Patrick and Nancy's son, Patrick William, enlisted in Rutherford, NC at age 22 with the Federal Army to assist with the Indian Removal west of the Mississippi. He enlisted on September 8, 1828, for a 5 year term under Capt. Pierce M. Butler and moved out to Fort Smith, Arkansas near the Oklahoma border. His occupation on the military record showed "Blacksmith". After his 5 year term, he moved south to Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana where he met the Phillip Frederick family and married Phillip's daughter, Marie Emeline "Meline" Fredrick; they had 4 children. He died in Natchitoches.
I was unable to find Nancy Nailon/Miller/Doherty in the 1830 census. She would have been about 40 years old with James (18), John P. (15), Mary Ann "Granny Pop" (13) and Thomas age (12). I believe she was still in Rutherford Co. because her son John Patrick married Mary Dalton on August 22, 1835, in Rutherford Co., NC. Also her other two sons, James and Thomas, married Cochran sisters in Rutherford County: James married Nancy Matilda on January 30, 1838, and Thomas married Elizabeth Harriett Cochran January 1, 1839. Concurrently, Patrick Nailon is noted in the 1830 Census living with his new acquired family with Frances Russell-Sutherland in Warm Springs. Frances had 3 daughters and a son with her 1st husband Preston who died about 1822. Preston had a son from a prior marriage which appears to be living in this household. Thus, there were 9 people in Patrick and Frances' household and I believe Mary Ann (Granny-Pop) was the female noted in the 10-15 age group. It seems plausible for her to move with her father, Patrick, up to Spring Creek to be near her sister, Catherine, who was already married to Jesse Fox with 2 children and another one on the way at this time and they lived nearby per the census. The Colwells also lived nearby and this is most likely how Mary Ann became acquainted with Levi Belese Coldwell, son of James Colwell. Mary Ann and Levi married about 1836 (no marriage record found) and their first child was born June 1837. Patrick and Frances' marriage was short lived as he was robbed in Warm Springs and murdered at Paint Rock sometime in 1833. There is no info about how he was killed, by whom or where his body was dumped. Frances, now a single mother with several children to support, moved back in to her father's household in Cocke Co., Tennessee with some of her small children per the 1840 Census.
In the 1840 Rutherford Co., NC Census, it showed brothers James and Thomas "Nailen" living next door to each other. Their mother, Nancy C., was living in Thomas' household as there was an aged woman noted in the 60-69 age group. The brothers were Blacksmiths. In November 1842, Thomas purchased 71 acres on Mountain Creek in Rutherford Co., NC and Nancy most likely continued living with him until about 1849 at which time he packed up his family and moved south to Dalton, Georgia. James continue living at Mountain Creek working as a Blacksmith and most likely took over the property from his brother.
Nancy C. went missing in records until 1880 where she was noted in the census living in Haywood Co., NC, Cataloochee District, HH#18, listed as "Nancy C Miller" born in SC, age 88 (her father born in GA and mother born in SC), living with her daughter Mary Ann (Granny Pop) and her 2nd husband, Jonathan Huff Woody. Nancy C. could have remarried to acquire the Miller surname and her maiden name would be Doherty/Daughty. Two of Nancy C.'s grandchildren through Mary Ann"Granny Pop" have listed on their death records "Mary Doughty" that their mother's maiden name. Also Granny Pop's step daughter, Susan Adeline Woody's death record states "Mary Miller" as her mother with the assumption that Granny Pop's maiden name was a Miller.
Nancy lived out her latter days at Granny Pop's house on Jonathan's Creek in Cataloochee and is most likely buried at this old cemetery where folks, with marked graves as early as 1856, are interred here.
6 known children of Nancy and Patrick:
1) Catherine "Nailon" (1804 - 1877) md. Jesse Fox; moved to Burnett, TX.
2) Patrick William "Nailan" (1809 - aft 1860) md. Marie Emeline Fredrick; moved to Natchitoches, LA
3) James Robert "Nelon" (1812 - 1890) md. Nancy Matilda Cochran; remained in Chimney Rock area of now Lake Lure, Rutherford Co., NC.
4) John Patrick "Nealon" (1815 - 1876) md. Mary Polly Dalton; moved to Roane Co., TN
5) Mary Ann "Granny Pop" "Nailon" (1817 - 1891) md. 1st Levi Belese Colwell/Caldwell; 2nd Jonathan Huff Woody; moved to Cataloochee, Haywood Co., NC.
6) Thomas "Nailon" (1818 - 1899) md. Elizabeth Harriett Cochran (sister of Nancy); moved to Dalton, GA
BIO of NANCY C. MILLER / DOUGHTY by Beth Bradford Pytel edited 2-25-2019
Nancy Catherine Miller or Doughty/Doherty? Surname is in question.
Unmarked Grave and suspected to be buried at the Palmer Chapel Cemetery near her daughter Mary Ann Nailon-Caldwell-Woody as this was her last known residence.
Very little is known about Nancy C. Miller / Doherty. She was the wife of Patrick "Nailan", (b. 1769 in Co. Cork, Ireland); married probably in North Carolina There is no information on how Patrick and Nancy C. met, but they probably became acquainted around 1802 and married in 1803 either in SC or NC (no marriage record found). Her children with Patrick were probably born in Rutherford Co., NC as this was her residence for several decades. The first record we have for Patrick is dated November 3, 1815, Buncombe Co., NC in which a "Patrick Nailen" along with Alexander Penland (son of George Penland 1753-1859) served as chain-bearers for the survey of Rev. War Veteran, Captain George William Penland's 50 Acres at the Head of Paint Fork of Big Ivy in Buncombe Co., NC. This area is near the Paint Fork Gap south of Bernardsville, NC in the Weaverville area.
The next record we have is the 1820 Rutherford Co., NC Census with a "Patrick Nailan" and 8 people living in the HH which accounts for the wife and children. His neighbor was James Largeant / Largent, a Revolutionary War Pensioner. Sometime after 1822, Patrick and Nancy C. split up and he relocated to Warm Springs, Buncombe Co. (now called Hot Springs in Madison Co.) NC and living near the Buncombe Turnpike, the main road to transport goods from Spartanburg, SC up to Greene Co., Tennessee. Their daughter, Catherine, married Jesse Fox of Greene Co., Tennessee in 1825 which tells us that Patrick traveled around enabling his daughter to become acquainted with the Fox Family of Greene Co., TN in the early 1820s. Jesse Fox was 20 years older than Catherine and also a slave owner. His parents, Andrew Fox and Sarah Render, purchased 300 acres of land on the Nolichucky River in Green Co., TN sometime in the mid 1780s from a Joseph Doherty. Joseph Doherty was on the 1783 Greene Co. tax list. I mention this because there could be a connection with Joseph Doherty to Nancy C. Doherty. Patrick most likely worked in some capacity to support the Drover economy which was a mobile occupation. Perhaps he was a blacksmith as well, since three of his sons were noted in records as blacksmiths by trade and sons generally followed their father's footsteps in vocation. Patrick lived next door to the Garretts who operated a Dover Stand outside of Warm Springs (as proven in the 1830 Census). Patrick could have still been married to Nancy C. when he met widow Frances Russell-Sutherland (1785-1866) in 1825 who was living in the Warm Springs area with her children by her first marriage to Preston Sutherland (1775-1821). Patrick and Frances were supposed to have been married in Greene Co., Tennessee per family testimony but I have not been able to find any marriage record so far. It seems plausible for Patrick and Frances to marry in Greene Co., Tennessee because he did not secure a divorce in North Carolina with Nancy C. and this was about the same time his daughter Catherine married Jesse Fox. Frances became pregnant and their only known child, Elijah Washington Naillon, born October 26, 1826, in Warm Springs, NC.
In 1828, Patrick and Nancy's son, Patrick William, enlisted in Rutherford, NC at age 22 with the Federal Army to assist with the Indian Removal west of the Mississippi. He enlisted on September 8, 1828, for a 5 year term under Capt. Pierce M. Butler and moved out to Fort Smith, Arkansas near the Oklahoma border. His occupation on the military record showed "Blacksmith". After his 5 year term, he moved south to Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana where he met the Phillip Frederick family and married Phillip's daughter, Marie Emeline "Meline" Fredrick; they had 4 children. He died in Natchitoches.
I was unable to find Nancy Nailon/Miller/Doherty in the 1830 census. She would have been about 40 years old with James (18), John P. (15), Mary Ann "Granny Pop" (13) and Thomas age (12). I believe she was still in Rutherford Co. because her son John Patrick married Mary Dalton on August 22, 1835, in Rutherford Co., NC. Also her other two sons, James and Thomas, married Cochran sisters in Rutherford County: James married Nancy Matilda on January 30, 1838, and Thomas married Elizabeth Harriett Cochran January 1, 1839. Concurrently, Patrick Nailon is noted in the 1830 Census living with his new acquired family with Frances Russell-Sutherland in Warm Springs. Frances had 3 daughters and a son with her 1st husband Preston who died about 1822. Preston had a son from a prior marriage which appears to be living in this household. Thus, there were 9 people in Patrick and Frances' household and I believe Mary Ann (Granny-Pop) was the female noted in the 10-15 age group. It seems plausible for her to move with her father, Patrick, up to Spring Creek to be near her sister, Catherine, who was already married to Jesse Fox with 2 children and another one on the way at this time and they lived nearby per the census. The Colwells also lived nearby and this is most likely how Mary Ann became acquainted with Levi Belese Coldwell, son of James Colwell. Mary Ann and Levi married about 1836 (no marriage record found) and their first child was born June 1837. Patrick and Frances' marriage was short lived as he was robbed in Warm Springs and murdered at Paint Rock sometime in 1833. There is no info about how he was killed, by whom or where his body was dumped. Frances, now a single mother with several children to support, moved back in to her father's household in Cocke Co., Tennessee with some of her small children per the 1840 Census.
In the 1840 Rutherford Co., NC Census, it showed brothers James and Thomas "Nailen" living next door to each other. Their mother, Nancy C., was living in Thomas' household as there was an aged woman noted in the 60-69 age group. The brothers were Blacksmiths. In November 1842, Thomas purchased 71 acres on Mountain Creek in Rutherford Co., NC and Nancy most likely continued living with him until about 1849 at which time he packed up his family and moved south to Dalton, Georgia. James continue living at Mountain Creek working as a Blacksmith and most likely took over the property from his brother.
Nancy C. went missing in records until 1880 where she was noted in the census living in Haywood Co., NC, Cataloochee District, HH#18, listed as "Nancy C Miller" born in SC, age 88 (her father born in GA and mother born in SC), living with her daughter Mary Ann (Granny Pop) and her 2nd husband, Jonathan Huff Woody. Nancy C. could have remarried to acquire the Miller surname and her maiden name would be Doherty/Daughty. Two of Nancy C.'s grandchildren through Mary Ann"Granny Pop" have listed on their death records "Mary Doughty" that their mother's maiden name. Also Granny Pop's step daughter, Susan Adeline Woody's death record states "Mary Miller" as her mother with the assumption that Granny Pop's maiden name was a Miller.
Nancy lived out her latter days at Granny Pop's house on Jonathan's Creek in Cataloochee and is most likely buried at this old cemetery where folks, with marked graves as early as 1856, are interred here.
6 known children of Nancy and Patrick:
1) Catherine "Nailon" (1804 - 1877) md. Jesse Fox; moved to Burnett, TX.
2) Patrick William "Nailan" (1809 - aft 1860) md. Marie Emeline Fredrick; moved to Natchitoches, LA
3) James Robert "Nelon" (1812 - 1890) md. Nancy Matilda Cochran; remained in Chimney Rock area of now Lake Lure, Rutherford Co., NC.
4) John Patrick "Nealon" (1815 - 1876) md. Mary Polly Dalton; moved to Roane Co., TN
5) Mary Ann "Granny Pop" "Nailon" (1817 - 1891) md. 1st Levi Belese Colwell/Caldwell; 2nd Jonathan Huff Woody; moved to Cataloochee, Haywood Co., NC.
6) Thomas "Nailon" (1818 - 1899) md. Elizabeth Harriett Cochran (sister of Nancy); moved to Dalton, GA
Nancy Catherine Miller or Doughty/Doherty? Surname is in question.
Unmarked Grave and suspected to be buried at the Palmer Chapel Cemetery near her daughter Mary Ann Nailon-Caldwell-Woody as this was her last known residence.
Very little is known about Nancy C. Miller / Doherty. She was the wife of Patrick "Nailan", (b. 1769 in Co. Cork, Ireland); married probably in North Carolina There is no information on how Patrick and Nancy C. met, but they probably became acquainted around 1802 and married in 1803 either in SC or NC (no marriage record found). Her children with Patrick were probably born in Rutherford Co., NC as this was her residence for several decades. The first record we have for Patrick is dated November 3, 1815, Buncombe Co., NC in which a "Patrick Nailen" along with Alexander Penland (son of George Penland 1753-1859) served as chain-bearers for the survey of Rev. War Veteran, Captain George William Penland's 50 Acres at the Head of Paint Fork of Big Ivy in Buncombe Co., NC. This area is near the Paint Fork Gap south of Bernardsville, NC in the Weaverville area.
The next record we have is the 1820 Rutherford Co., NC Census with a "Patrick Nailan" and 8 people living in the HH which accounts for the wife and children. His neighbor was James Largeant / Largent, a Revolutionary War Pensioner. Sometime after 1822, Patrick and Nancy C. split up and he relocated to Warm Springs, Buncombe Co. (now called Hot Springs in Madison Co.) NC and living near the Buncombe Turnpike, the main road to transport goods from Spartanburg, SC up to Greene Co., Tennessee. Their daughter, Catherine, married Jesse Fox of Greene Co., Tennessee in 1825 which tells us that Patrick traveled around enabling his daughter to become acquainted with the Fox Family of Greene Co., TN in the early 1820s. Jesse Fox was 20 years older than Catherine and also a slave owner. His parents, Andrew Fox and Sarah Render, purchased 300 acres of land on the Nolichucky River in Green Co., TN sometime in the mid 1780s from a Joseph Doherty. Joseph Doherty was on the 1783 Greene Co. tax list. I mention this because there could be a connection with Joseph Doherty to Nancy C. Doherty. Patrick most likely worked in some capacity to support the Drover economy which was a mobile occupation. Perhaps he was a blacksmith as well, since three of his sons were noted in records as blacksmiths by trade and sons generally followed their father's footsteps in vocation. Patrick lived next door to the Garretts who operated a Dover Stand outside of Warm Springs (as proven in the 1830 Census). Patrick could have still been married to Nancy C. when he met widow Frances Russell-Sutherland (1785-1866) in 1825 who was living in the Warm Springs area with her children by her first marriage to Preston Sutherland (1775-1821). Patrick and Frances were supposed to have been married in Greene Co., Tennessee per family testimony but I have not been able to find any marriage record so far. It seems plausible for Patrick and Frances to marry in Greene Co., Tennessee because he did not secure a divorce in North Carolina with Nancy C. and this was about the same time his daughter Catherine married Jesse Fox. Frances became pregnant and their only known child, Elijah Washington Naillon, born October 26, 1826, in Warm Springs, NC.
In 1828, Patrick and Nancy's son, Patrick William, enlisted in Rutherford, NC at age 22 with the Federal Army to assist with the Indian Removal west of the Mississippi. He enlisted on September 8, 1828, for a 5 year term under Capt. Pierce M. Butler and moved out to Fort Smith, Arkansas near the Oklahoma border. His occupation on the military record showed "Blacksmith". After his 5 year term, he moved south to Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana where he met the Phillip Frederick family and married Phillip's daughter, Marie Emeline "Meline" Fredrick; they had 4 children. He died in Natchitoches.
I was unable to find Nancy Nailon/Miller/Doherty in the 1830 census. She would have been about 40 years old with James (18), John P. (15), Mary Ann "Granny Pop" (13) and Thomas age (12). I believe she was still in Rutherford Co. because her son John Patrick married Mary Dalton on August 22, 1835, in Rutherford Co., NC. Also her other two sons, James and Thomas, married Cochran sisters in Rutherford County: James married Nancy Matilda on January 30, 1838, and Thomas married Elizabeth Harriett Cochran January 1, 1839. Concurrently, Patrick Nailon is noted in the 1830 Census living with his new acquired family with Frances Russell-Sutherland in Warm Springs. Frances had 3 daughters and a son with her 1st husband Preston who died about 1822. Preston had a son from a prior marriage which appears to be living in this household. Thus, there were 9 people in Patrick and Frances' household and I believe Mary Ann (Granny-Pop) was the female noted in the 10-15 age group. It seems plausible for her to move with her father, Patrick, up to Spring Creek to be near her sister, Catherine, who was already married to Jesse Fox with 2 children and another one on the way at this time and they lived nearby per the census. The Colwells also lived nearby and this is most likely how Mary Ann became acquainted with Levi Belese Coldwell, son of James Colwell. Mary Ann and Levi married about 1836 (no marriage record found) and their first child was born June 1837. Patrick and Frances' marriage was short lived as he was robbed in Warm Springs and murdered at Paint Rock sometime in 1833. There is no info about how he was killed, by whom or where his body was dumped. Frances, now a single mother with several children to support, moved back in to her father's household in Cocke Co., Tennessee with some of her small children per the 1840 Census.
In the 1840 Rutherford Co., NC Census, it showed brothers James and Thomas "Nailen" living next door to each other. Their mother, Nancy C., was living in Thomas' household as there was an aged woman noted in the 60-69 age group. The brothers were Blacksmiths. In November 1842, Thomas purchased 71 acres on Mountain Creek in Rutherford Co., NC and Nancy most likely continued living with him until about 1849 at which time he packed up his family and moved south to Dalton, Georgia. James continue living at Mountain Creek working as a Blacksmith and most likely took over the property from his brother.
Nancy C. went missing in records until 1880 where she was noted in the census living in Haywood Co., NC, Cataloochee District, HH#18, listed as "Nancy C Miller" born in SC, age 88 (her father born in GA and mother born in SC), living with her daughter Mary Ann (Granny Pop) and her 2nd husband, Jonathan Huff Woody. Nancy C. could have remarried to acquire the Miller surname and her maiden name would be Doherty/Daughty. Two of Nancy C.'s grandchildren through Mary Ann"Granny Pop" have listed on their death records "Mary Doughty" that their mother's maiden name. Also Granny Pop's step daughter, Susan Adeline Woody's death record states "Mary Miller" as her mother with the assumption that Granny Pop's maiden name was a Miller.
Nancy lived out her latter days at Granny Pop's house on Jonathan's Creek in Cataloochee and is most likely buried at this old cemetery where folks, with marked graves as early as 1856, are interred here.
6 known children of Nancy and Patrick:
1) Catherine "Nailon" (1804 - 1877) md. Jesse Fox; moved to Burnett, TX.
2) Patrick William "Nailan" (1809 - aft 1860) md. Marie Emeline Fredrick; moved to Natchitoches, LA
3) James Robert "Nelon" (1812 - 1890) md. Nancy Matilda Cochran; remained in Chimney Rock area of now Lake Lure, Rutherford Co., NC.
4) John Patrick "Nealon" (1815 - 1876) md. Mary Polly Dalton; moved to Roane Co., TN
5) Mary Ann "Granny Pop" "Nailon" (1817 - 1891) md. 1st Levi Belese Colwell/Caldwell; 2nd Jonathan Huff Woody; moved to Cataloochee, Haywood Co., NC.
6) Thomas "Nailon" (1818 - 1899) md. Elizabeth Harriett Cochran (sister of Nancy); moved to Dalton, GA
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