Patrick Naillon
1769 - abt 1829*
Patrick Naillon was born in County Cork, Ireland, in about 1769. His first marriage was to a woman whose identity is not yet positive to their posterity, but is most likely Nancy Catharine (maiden name possibly Doughty). Together they came to Tennessee, now known as Cocke County. They had six known children together.
There are a few family legends concerning Patrick, which I hesitate to share, as there aren't sources to confirm. I trust the reader will be fair in their own assessment of the truth as he is not here to defend himself! One is that he deserted his first wife. We do know that he married a second time in about 1825, to Frances Russell Southerland, in Greene County, Tennessee. She had previously been married to Preston Southerland. Together, Patrick and Frances had just one child, Elijah Washington Naillon.
Another family legend is that Patrick earned his living traveling back to Ireland to buy livestock and goods for his new American friends and neighbors with money he collected from them prior to each trip. He would then ship the livestock back to America for them. It is said that on his last trip he returned to Tennessee without the livestock, claiming that the ducks and geese drowned and were lost at sea; the chickens and turkeys swam to shore and ran away. Legend also has it that Patrick was known to be a drunk and therefore no one believed him. My problem with this theory/legend is that if he truly was known as a drunk, why would his American neighbors entrust him with their money to purchase the livestock in the first place? So far, there is no evidence of him coming home empty handed on his last trip to Ireland, but some evidence concerning his travels to purchase livestock, on very long and difficult trips at sea.
One more legend regarding Patrick's life: that he was killed on Paint Rock in Madison County, Tennessee, in about 1845*. It is said that Frances had left him and in his travels to "buy" her back with a bag of gold; he was robbed of the gold and killed at Paint Rock. Again, no source of proof, but the story continues to be handed down. The location and date of his final resting place is not known. The last known census record he was included in was 1830. A commemorative marker was created and placed in the Naillon-Moore Cemetery in Cocke County, Tennessee, in his honor (photo provided). Many of those crude handmade markers in Naillon-Moore Cemetery are incorrect in dates, name spelling &/or both.
Much of Patrick's posterity joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated west from Cocke County, Tennessee, specifically Naillontown, named for his son Elijah, its founder. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, they settled in Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and other western states to live among other members. Most of his posterity still reside there. Variations of the original Naillon name are: Nealon, Nealan, Nailon, Nelon, Nalen, Nelan, Neyland, Nailand.
*UPDATED INFO: Patrick had to have been dead prior to 1845, due to the fact that the 1840 US Census shows he is not in the household with Frances, son, Elijah, and daughters, Lydia and Sarah; they are living with her father. Also, due to the letter written by Joseph Naillon to Lydia Margaret Naillon in 1931 (see attached to this memorial), stating that Patrick died when Elijah was three years old. Approximate year, 1829, seems more likely.
© Researched and written by Annie Duckett Hundley, 4th great-granddaughter. Sources: FamilySearch™ Ancestral File v4.19 | Millennium File | 1810, 1820, 1830 US Census | Walter Naillon | Phyllis Cole | Rebekah Dotson | Duckett-Hundley Family Tree | Beth Pytel
1769 - abt 1829*
Patrick Naillon was born in County Cork, Ireland, in about 1769. His first marriage was to a woman whose identity is not yet positive to their posterity, but is most likely Nancy Catharine (maiden name possibly Doughty). Together they came to Tennessee, now known as Cocke County. They had six known children together.
There are a few family legends concerning Patrick, which I hesitate to share, as there aren't sources to confirm. I trust the reader will be fair in their own assessment of the truth as he is not here to defend himself! One is that he deserted his first wife. We do know that he married a second time in about 1825, to Frances Russell Southerland, in Greene County, Tennessee. She had previously been married to Preston Southerland. Together, Patrick and Frances had just one child, Elijah Washington Naillon.
Another family legend is that Patrick earned his living traveling back to Ireland to buy livestock and goods for his new American friends and neighbors with money he collected from them prior to each trip. He would then ship the livestock back to America for them. It is said that on his last trip he returned to Tennessee without the livestock, claiming that the ducks and geese drowned and were lost at sea; the chickens and turkeys swam to shore and ran away. Legend also has it that Patrick was known to be a drunk and therefore no one believed him. My problem with this theory/legend is that if he truly was known as a drunk, why would his American neighbors entrust him with their money to purchase the livestock in the first place? So far, there is no evidence of him coming home empty handed on his last trip to Ireland, but some evidence concerning his travels to purchase livestock, on very long and difficult trips at sea.
One more legend regarding Patrick's life: that he was killed on Paint Rock in Madison County, Tennessee, in about 1845*. It is said that Frances had left him and in his travels to "buy" her back with a bag of gold; he was robbed of the gold and killed at Paint Rock. Again, no source of proof, but the story continues to be handed down. The location and date of his final resting place is not known. The last known census record he was included in was 1830. A commemorative marker was created and placed in the Naillon-Moore Cemetery in Cocke County, Tennessee, in his honor (photo provided). Many of those crude handmade markers in Naillon-Moore Cemetery are incorrect in dates, name spelling &/or both.
Much of Patrick's posterity joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated west from Cocke County, Tennessee, specifically Naillontown, named for his son Elijah, its founder. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, they settled in Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and other western states to live among other members. Most of his posterity still reside there. Variations of the original Naillon name are: Nealon, Nealan, Nailon, Nelon, Nalen, Nelan, Neyland, Nailand.
*UPDATED INFO: Patrick had to have been dead prior to 1845, due to the fact that the 1840 US Census shows he is not in the household with Frances, son, Elijah, and daughters, Lydia and Sarah; they are living with her father. Also, due to the letter written by Joseph Naillon to Lydia Margaret Naillon in 1931 (see attached to this memorial), stating that Patrick died when Elijah was three years old. Approximate year, 1829, seems more likely.
© Researched and written by Annie Duckett Hundley, 4th great-granddaughter. Sources: FamilySearch™ Ancestral File v4.19 | Millennium File | 1810, 1820, 1830 US Census | Walter Naillon | Phyllis Cole | Rebekah Dotson | Duckett-Hundley Family Tree | Beth Pytel
Patrick Naillon
1769 - abt 1829*
Patrick Naillon was born in County Cork, Ireland, in about 1769. His first marriage was to a woman whose identity is not yet positive to their posterity, but is most likely Nancy Catharine (maiden name possibly Doughty). Together they came to Tennessee, now known as Cocke County. They had six known children together.
There are a few family legends concerning Patrick, which I hesitate to share, as there aren't sources to confirm. I trust the reader will be fair in their own assessment of the truth as he is not here to defend himself! One is that he deserted his first wife. We do know that he married a second time in about 1825, to Frances Russell Southerland, in Greene County, Tennessee. She had previously been married to Preston Southerland. Together, Patrick and Frances had just one child, Elijah Washington Naillon.
Another family legend is that Patrick earned his living traveling back to Ireland to buy livestock and goods for his new American friends and neighbors with money he collected from them prior to each trip. He would then ship the livestock back to America for them. It is said that on his last trip he returned to Tennessee without the livestock, claiming that the ducks and geese drowned and were lost at sea; the chickens and turkeys swam to shore and ran away. Legend also has it that Patrick was known to be a drunk and therefore no one believed him. My problem with this theory/legend is that if he truly was known as a drunk, why would his American neighbors entrust him with their money to purchase the livestock in the first place? So far, there is no evidence of him coming home empty handed on his last trip to Ireland, but some evidence concerning his travels to purchase livestock, on very long and difficult trips at sea.
One more legend regarding Patrick's life: that he was killed on Paint Rock in Madison County, Tennessee, in about 1845*. It is said that Frances had left him and in his travels to "buy" her back with a bag of gold; he was robbed of the gold and killed at Paint Rock. Again, no source of proof, but the story continues to be handed down. The location and date of his final resting place is not known. The last known census record he was included in was 1830. A commemorative marker was created and placed in the Naillon-Moore Cemetery in Cocke County, Tennessee, in his honor (photo provided). Many of those crude handmade markers in Naillon-Moore Cemetery are incorrect in dates, name spelling &/or both.
Much of Patrick's posterity joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated west from Cocke County, Tennessee, specifically Naillontown, named for his son Elijah, its founder. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, they settled in Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and other western states to live among other members. Most of his posterity still reside there. Variations of the original Naillon name are: Nealon, Nealan, Nailon, Nelon, Nalen, Nelan, Neyland, Nailand.
*UPDATED INFO: Patrick had to have been dead prior to 1845, due to the fact that the 1840 US Census shows he is not in the household with Frances, son, Elijah, and daughters, Lydia and Sarah; they are living with her father. Also, due to the letter written by Joseph Naillon to Lydia Margaret Naillon in 1931 (see attached to this memorial), stating that Patrick died when Elijah was three years old. Approximate year, 1829, seems more likely.
© Researched and written by Annie Duckett Hundley, 4th great-granddaughter. Sources: FamilySearch™ Ancestral File v4.19 | Millennium File | 1810, 1820, 1830 US Census | Walter Naillon | Phyllis Cole | Rebekah Dotson | Duckett-Hundley Family Tree | Beth Pytel
1769 - abt 1829*
Patrick Naillon was born in County Cork, Ireland, in about 1769. His first marriage was to a woman whose identity is not yet positive to their posterity, but is most likely Nancy Catharine (maiden name possibly Doughty). Together they came to Tennessee, now known as Cocke County. They had six known children together.
There are a few family legends concerning Patrick, which I hesitate to share, as there aren't sources to confirm. I trust the reader will be fair in their own assessment of the truth as he is not here to defend himself! One is that he deserted his first wife. We do know that he married a second time in about 1825, to Frances Russell Southerland, in Greene County, Tennessee. She had previously been married to Preston Southerland. Together, Patrick and Frances had just one child, Elijah Washington Naillon.
Another family legend is that Patrick earned his living traveling back to Ireland to buy livestock and goods for his new American friends and neighbors with money he collected from them prior to each trip. He would then ship the livestock back to America for them. It is said that on his last trip he returned to Tennessee without the livestock, claiming that the ducks and geese drowned and were lost at sea; the chickens and turkeys swam to shore and ran away. Legend also has it that Patrick was known to be a drunk and therefore no one believed him. My problem with this theory/legend is that if he truly was known as a drunk, why would his American neighbors entrust him with their money to purchase the livestock in the first place? So far, there is no evidence of him coming home empty handed on his last trip to Ireland, but some evidence concerning his travels to purchase livestock, on very long and difficult trips at sea.
One more legend regarding Patrick's life: that he was killed on Paint Rock in Madison County, Tennessee, in about 1845*. It is said that Frances had left him and in his travels to "buy" her back with a bag of gold; he was robbed of the gold and killed at Paint Rock. Again, no source of proof, but the story continues to be handed down. The location and date of his final resting place is not known. The last known census record he was included in was 1830. A commemorative marker was created and placed in the Naillon-Moore Cemetery in Cocke County, Tennessee, in his honor (photo provided). Many of those crude handmade markers in Naillon-Moore Cemetery are incorrect in dates, name spelling &/or both.
Much of Patrick's posterity joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated west from Cocke County, Tennessee, specifically Naillontown, named for his son Elijah, its founder. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, they settled in Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and other western states to live among other members. Most of his posterity still reside there. Variations of the original Naillon name are: Nealon, Nealan, Nailon, Nelon, Nalen, Nelan, Neyland, Nailand.
*UPDATED INFO: Patrick had to have been dead prior to 1845, due to the fact that the 1840 US Census shows he is not in the household with Frances, son, Elijah, and daughters, Lydia and Sarah; they are living with her father. Also, due to the letter written by Joseph Naillon to Lydia Margaret Naillon in 1931 (see attached to this memorial), stating that Patrick died when Elijah was three years old. Approximate year, 1829, seems more likely.
© Researched and written by Annie Duckett Hundley, 4th great-granddaughter. Sources: FamilySearch™ Ancestral File v4.19 | Millennium File | 1810, 1820, 1830 US Census | Walter Naillon | Phyllis Cole | Rebekah Dotson | Duckett-Hundley Family Tree | Beth Pytel
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