Nancy Moore
1821 - 1895
Nancy Moore was born to William and Nancy Cope Moore in North Carolina. She began a relationship with William Lewis Brown at age 16. Together they had three children: Harriet Moore, Joseph Tipton Moore and Henry Wade Moore. They went by her maiden name, as did all her future children.
In about 1848, she began a relationship with Elijah Washington Naillon, founder of Naillontown. They also had three children: Rosanah Moore, Salina Moore and William Elihu Moore. Though much of their posterity believe they married, they did not. Three present-day relatives still living in Cocke County verify Nancy simply wanted their children to carry her maiden name and did not want to marry Elijah. So far, there is also no record of her marrying or divorcing William Brown.
The 1850 US Census finds Nancy living in Washington County, Tennessee with her unmarried sister, Sarah, 10 years her senior, with all three of the children she had with William Brown and her oldest child with Elijah, Rosanah (1 year old), stating that all or their surnames are Moore. As she has been depicted in a couple of published writings, "she had her reasons for insisting on her children carrying her maiden name at her whim, then changing her mind just as quickly...guess she had her reasons."
In 1855, Elijah married Nancy's oldest daughter, Harriet Moore, his step-daughter (in the sense that he helped raise her). They had 11 children.
Nancy Moore passed away in Cocke County, Tennessee on 4 August 1895* at age seventy-four.
© Bio researched and written by Annie Duckett Hundley, Elijah's 3rd great granddaughter. Sources: Jimmy Morrow, "Handling Serpents", 2005 | Buffie Griesel | Duckett, Christensen and Naillon family histories | Beth Pytel.
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*The attached document regarding the mother's pension Nancy received following the death of her son, Joseph, did indeed continue until 1897. According to three living primary sources, it was taken and spent by family member(s) beyond her passing, until the pension board learned of her death. They also stated, "the unnamed family member(s) were fined handsomely for it!"
1821 - 1895
Nancy Moore was born to William and Nancy Cope Moore in North Carolina. She began a relationship with William Lewis Brown at age 16. Together they had three children: Harriet Moore, Joseph Tipton Moore and Henry Wade Moore. They went by her maiden name, as did all her future children.
In about 1848, she began a relationship with Elijah Washington Naillon, founder of Naillontown. They also had three children: Rosanah Moore, Salina Moore and William Elihu Moore. Though much of their posterity believe they married, they did not. Three present-day relatives still living in Cocke County verify Nancy simply wanted their children to carry her maiden name and did not want to marry Elijah. So far, there is also no record of her marrying or divorcing William Brown.
The 1850 US Census finds Nancy living in Washington County, Tennessee with her unmarried sister, Sarah, 10 years her senior, with all three of the children she had with William Brown and her oldest child with Elijah, Rosanah (1 year old), stating that all or their surnames are Moore. As she has been depicted in a couple of published writings, "she had her reasons for insisting on her children carrying her maiden name at her whim, then changing her mind just as quickly...guess she had her reasons."
In 1855, Elijah married Nancy's oldest daughter, Harriet Moore, his step-daughter (in the sense that he helped raise her). They had 11 children.
Nancy Moore passed away in Cocke County, Tennessee on 4 August 1895* at age seventy-four.
© Bio researched and written by Annie Duckett Hundley, Elijah's 3rd great granddaughter. Sources: Jimmy Morrow, "Handling Serpents", 2005 | Buffie Griesel | Duckett, Christensen and Naillon family histories | Beth Pytel.
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*The attached document regarding the mother's pension Nancy received following the death of her son, Joseph, did indeed continue until 1897. According to three living primary sources, it was taken and spent by family member(s) beyond her passing, until the pension board learned of her death. They also stated, "the unnamed family member(s) were fined handsomely for it!"
Nancy Moore
1821 - 1895
Nancy Moore was born to William and Nancy Cope Moore in North Carolina. She began a relationship with William Lewis Brown at age 16. Together they had three children: Harriet Moore, Joseph Tipton Moore and Henry Wade Moore. They went by her maiden name, as did all her future children.
In about 1848, she began a relationship with Elijah Washington Naillon, founder of Naillontown. They also had three children: Rosanah Moore, Salina Moore and William Elihu Moore. Though much of their posterity believe they married, they did not. Three present-day relatives still living in Cocke County verify Nancy simply wanted their children to carry her maiden name and did not want to marry Elijah. So far, there is also no record of her marrying or divorcing William Brown.
The 1850 US Census finds Nancy living in Washington County, Tennessee with her unmarried sister, Sarah, 10 years her senior, with all three of the children she had with William Brown and her oldest child with Elijah, Rosanah (1 year old), stating that all or their surnames are Moore. As she has been depicted in a couple of published writings, "she had her reasons for insisting on her children carrying her maiden name at her whim, then changing her mind just as quickly...guess she had her reasons."
In 1855, Elijah married Nancy's oldest daughter, Harriet Moore, his step-daughter (in the sense that he helped raise her). They had 11 children.
Nancy Moore passed away in Cocke County, Tennessee on 4 August 1895* at age seventy-four.
© Bio researched and written by Annie Duckett Hundley, Elijah's 3rd great granddaughter. Sources: Jimmy Morrow, "Handling Serpents", 2005 | Buffie Griesel | Duckett, Christensen and Naillon family histories | Beth Pytel.
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*The attached document regarding the mother's pension Nancy received following the death of her son, Joseph, did indeed continue until 1897. According to three living primary sources, it was taken and spent by family member(s) beyond her passing, until the pension board learned of her death. They also stated, "the unnamed family member(s) were fined handsomely for it!"
1821 - 1895
Nancy Moore was born to William and Nancy Cope Moore in North Carolina. She began a relationship with William Lewis Brown at age 16. Together they had three children: Harriet Moore, Joseph Tipton Moore and Henry Wade Moore. They went by her maiden name, as did all her future children.
In about 1848, she began a relationship with Elijah Washington Naillon, founder of Naillontown. They also had three children: Rosanah Moore, Salina Moore and William Elihu Moore. Though much of their posterity believe they married, they did not. Three present-day relatives still living in Cocke County verify Nancy simply wanted their children to carry her maiden name and did not want to marry Elijah. So far, there is also no record of her marrying or divorcing William Brown.
The 1850 US Census finds Nancy living in Washington County, Tennessee with her unmarried sister, Sarah, 10 years her senior, with all three of the children she had with William Brown and her oldest child with Elijah, Rosanah (1 year old), stating that all or their surnames are Moore. As she has been depicted in a couple of published writings, "she had her reasons for insisting on her children carrying her maiden name at her whim, then changing her mind just as quickly...guess she had her reasons."
In 1855, Elijah married Nancy's oldest daughter, Harriet Moore, his step-daughter (in the sense that he helped raise her). They had 11 children.
Nancy Moore passed away in Cocke County, Tennessee on 4 August 1895* at age seventy-four.
© Bio researched and written by Annie Duckett Hundley, Elijah's 3rd great granddaughter. Sources: Jimmy Morrow, "Handling Serpents", 2005 | Buffie Griesel | Duckett, Christensen and Naillon family histories | Beth Pytel.
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*The attached document regarding the mother's pension Nancy received following the death of her son, Joseph, did indeed continue until 1897. According to three living primary sources, it was taken and spent by family member(s) beyond her passing, until the pension board learned of her death. They also stated, "the unnamed family member(s) were fined handsomely for it!"
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