Nannie Jane Marshall

Notes:

Shown as Mollie in the 1870 Census?

She was listed as Nannie Jane Gibson on her death certificate, the wife of J. B. Gibson, and a daughter of Junius F. Marshall and Artemisa Payne of Kentucky. The informant was Margaret Gibson of Irvington, KY.

Notes:

Excerpt of article, transcribed by Ralph Marshall, about Junius Marshall:

To Alexander and Elizabeth Marshall were born twelve children, only four of whom are now living: Edwin, Jane, Emily and Junius S. The last named was born in Breckinridge County April 18, 1834. He was educated in the common schools of the country, which he attended at intervals until his twenty-first year, but by far the greater part of his education has been obtained in later life, as he has always been a ready and practical observer. He took charge of the home place after reaching his majority, looking after his parents' interests in the meantime, and in 1862 purchased the farm of his father, and since resided upon the same. Mr. Marshall's home, which is one of the best in the vicinity of Hardinsburg, consists of 350 acres of good land, one mile and a half south of town, on the Hartford road, and is well improved and under succesful cultivation. Mr. Marshall has been a very successful farmer, and is in every respect a true type of the quiet, law abiding, country gentleman. He married, July 22, 1863, Artemissa, daughter of Robert and Nancy (Scott) Payne. Mrs. Marshall was born in Breckinridge County on December 18, 1844. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall are the parents of the following children: Nannie, Lizzie, Lucy (deceased), Thomas E., Emily F. (deceased), Willie, Samuel, Humphrey, Robert A., Mary, and Idah. Mr. Marshall is a Democrat in politics; belongs to the Masonic fraternity, and is an active member of the Methodist Church. He and his wife belong to the Oakland congregation. Ralph Marshall copied this from an article discovered in the summer of 1980 in the Kansas City, Missouri Public Library from the "History of Kentucky, Illustrated 1887 pps. 1072-1073."


(Research):

Census Listings:

1860 Census
Kentucky, Breckenridge County, PO Hardinsburg KY
Enumerated 17 July 1860
Page 63
473-473
Junius S. Marshall 26 M Farmer $--- $1250 Ky
Alexd. Marshall 70 M Farmer 2000 200 Va
Elizabeth Marshall 67 F Va
474-474
George and Jane Blanford family

1870 Census
Kentucky, Breckenridge, Hardinsburg Pct, PO Coverport KY
Enuermated 18 July 1870
Page 17
126-124
Marshal, J 36 M W Farmer 1200 500 Ky
Marshall, Artamessa 26 F W Keeps House Ky
Marshall, Mollie (Nannie?) 6 F W At Home Ky
Marshall, Lizzie 5 F W At Home Ky
Marshall, Thomas 1 M W Ky

1880 Census
Kentucky, Breckenridge, Hardinsburg District
Enumerated 12 Jun 1880
Page 36D SD 2 ED 19
---/313
Marshall, Junius W M 46 Farmer Ky Va Va
Marshall, Artamisea W F 35 Wf Keeping House Ky Va Ky
Marshall, Nannie (Mollie?) W F 15 Dtr At Home Ky Ky Ky
Marshall, Lizzie W F 14 Dtr At Home Ky Ky Ky
Marshall, Thomas W M 11 Son At Home Ky Ky Ky
Marshall, Willie W M 7 Son At Home Ky Ky Ky
Marshall, Samuel W M 6 Son At Home Ky Ky Ky
Marshall, Humphrey W M 3 Son At Home Ky Ky Ky
Marshall, Robert W M 10/12 Aug Son At Home Ky Ky Ky
Moredock, James B M 19 Works on Farm Ky Ky Ky

Junius married Artemisia Payne. Artemisia was born on 18 Dec 1844 in Kentucky; died on 21 Feb 1913 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953, on Ancestry.com show her as Artinussie Marshall, born in Kentucky on 18 Dec 1844 to Robert Payne (b. Kentucky) and Nancy Scott (b. Kentucky). She was listed as widowed, and was living with her daughter at the time of her death. The informant on the death certificate was Mrs. Nancy Gibson, presumable her daughter. She was buried in the Marshall Cemetery. In 1860, Artemesia was living with her paretns and siblings in Breckenridge County, KY.

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Census Listings:

1860 Census
Kentucky, Breckenridge County, District 1
Enumerated 18 Jun 1860
Page 35
226-221
Robert Payne 45 M Farmer 3000 3000 Va
Nancy Payne 40 F Ky
Samuel Payne 20 M Ky
James Payne 18 M Ky
Thomas Payne 16 M Ky
Artemesia Payne 14 F Ky
Virginia Payne 12 F Ky
Priscilla Payne 10 F Ky
John Payne 7 M Ky
Letitice Payne 3 F Ky
227-222
Wm. and Martha SCOTT (ages 24 and 23)

Notes:

Alexander Marshall, son of the foregoing (Thomas Marshall, a native of Wales) and father of the subject (Junius S. Marshall), was born in Maryland, March 24, 1790. He went with his parents to Virginia when quite young, remaining in that state until about the 1818, at which time he immigrated to Kentucky and located in Hardinsburg, where he engaged in the shoe-making and grocery business. After a few years spent in the town he moved about one mile and a half south to the place where subject (Junius) now lives, on which farm he located, and on which his death occurred January 6, 1867. (Ralph Marshall copied this from an article discovered in the summer of 1980 in the Kansas City, Missouri Public Library from the "History of Kentucky, Illustrated 1887 pps. 1072-1073).

Ralph Marshall writes that eight deeds are recorded for Alexander Marshall between 1816 and 1829. All mention either Goose Creek, Dick's Branch or Amos Branch, a tributary of Goose Creek. Alexander made application in 1819 to erect a saw mill on Amos Branch but the only land purchase shown prior to that year was 30 acres on waters of Goose Creek in 1816. Alexander and Elizabeth purchased 80 acres on Amos Branch in 1821, the year they apparently moved to Breckinridge county, Kentucky, and then sold it for $250 to Thomas Wade in 1829.

At the time of the 1830 Federal Census for Kentucky, the household of Alexander Marshall is listed as follows:

Two males under age 5, one male between the age of 5-10, one male between the age of 10 and 15, and one male between the age of 40 and 50, one female under age 5, 3 females between the ages of 5-10, one female between the age of 10-15, and one female between the age of 30 and 40.

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Kentucky, Breckinridge County, District No. One
Enumerated 12 Aug 1850
Stamped 117
318-319
Alex Marshall 50 M Farmer 1500 Md
Eliz Marshall 51 F Va
Emily Marshall 24 F Ky
George Marshall 22 M Farmer Ky
Julius Marshall 16 M Farmer Ky
Jno Blanford 16 M Farmer Ky
William Blanford 15 M Farmer Ky
David Blanford 11 M Ky

Alexander married Elizabeth "Betsy" Hix on 21 Dec 1810 in Bedford County, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of Jesse Hix and Jane Ferrell) was born on 5 May 1793 in Virginia; died on 30 Jun 1864 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky; was buried in Marshall Cemetery, Breckinridge County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Alexander Marshall's) wife, Elizabeth (Hicks) Marshall, daughter of Jesse Hicks, was born in Virginia on May 5, 1793, and died in Breckinridge County June 30, 1864. Ralph Marshall copied this from an article discovered in the summer of 1980 in the Kansas City, Missouri Public Library from the "History of Kentucky, Illustrated 1887 pps. 1072-1073).

Notes:

Married:
Ancestry.com Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850 shows Betsy Hicks, Female to Alexander Marshall, Male, 21 Dec 1810, Bedford, VA.

James Hix was (the) surety at marriage of Alexander. (Ralph Marshall, p 16).

At the time of the 1860 Federal census, Alexander and Elizabeth were living in a household of three, Junius Marshall listed as head of household, and Alexd. and Elizabeth the only other residents.

After Elizabeth Hicks death, Alexander was said to have married second on 2 November 1865, Nancy J. BROCK.

Notes:

Ralph E. Marshall is the author of the book, DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS MARSHALL BEDFORD CO., VA PLUS HIX-OWEN-NICHOLSON & RELATED FAMILES (Self Published, September 1986), a copy of which can be found in the Breckinridge County Public Library, Hardinsburg, Kentucky 40143. The author describes how he and several other Marshall descendants hired a professional researcher, Thomas E. Marshall (not related) to research land deeds, marriage records and wills related to the Marshalls of Bedford County, Virginia. The researcher issued a nearly 50 page report in January, 1985, which provided the basis for additional research of the Thomas and Nancy Marshall family.

Ralph Marshall also cites a biographical sketch of Junius Marshall, published in 1887, noting that his grandfather, Thomas Marshall was "A native of Wales, settling in Maryland, where he lived several years, afterward moving to Bedford County, Va."

Ralph Marshall further cites the book EMIGRANTS FROM ENGLAND, 1773-1776, which shows two possible candidates:

Thomas Marshall, age 15, Laborer, Bristol, England to Philadelphia, March 14, 1774 (Bristol is directly across the channel from Cardiff, Wales)

William Marshall, age 50, Mariner, wife and 10 (unnamed) children, London to Maryland on the ship "Nancy," January 16, 1774 (The family could well have had a son named Thomas, and may have lived in Wales and later moved to, or simply departed from, London)

Ralph notes that Thomas Marshall lived in Maryland from about 1774 to 1790. There was a Thomas Marshall in Bedford County, who served in the Militia in 1781, but research has shown that this is another Thomas Marshall. There is no current evidence as to whether our Thomas Marshall served in the Revolution.

Ralph Marshall cites the earliest land record as being in 1803 when Thomas Marshall purchased 250 acres from Joseph Wilson. One of his neighbors was a Thomas Welch. In 1808, Thomas Marshall purchased 67 acres from Thomas Welch which was described as being on the head branches of South Fork of Little Otter River. Thomas and Nancy probably did not live on this property as they sold it three years later to Joseph and Eleanor (Marshall) Van Pelt. In 1804, Thomas and Nancy sold 125 acres to Martin Wells on waters of Little Otter River. (Ralph Marshall, p 17).

Thomas Marshall's will, dated October 1819, reads as follows:

I, Thomas Marshall, do hereby make my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say.

First, I desire that all of my live stock (with the exception of two milch cows, and hogs enough for one years' use to my wife and two more hogs for the suceeding year, all of which are to be reserved to and for her use and are to be at her own and proper disposal) should be immediately sold, and such terms as the legatees may agree upon, and the proceeds as soon as realised, I desire to be equally divided amongst all my children, their heirs, Executors, Administrators or assigns, to be held and enjoyed by them forever....Except that a deduction shall be made from the share of my son ALEXANDER of Twenty five dollars...and also a deduction shall be made from the share of my daugher, ELEANOR VAN PELT of the same sum of Twenty five dollars...and if the share to each, of the above proceeds, should be less than twenty five dollars...it is my desire that the above deduction may be made from other divisions...which are hereinafter mentioned

Secondly, I desire that all of my demands whether in bond or account, may be immediately collected, and an equal division thereof made amongst all my children without any deduction from the share of any of them.

Thirdly, I give and bequeth to my youngest daughter BETSEY, one bed complete with bedstead and furniture and one milch cow, which cow is to be expected as further exception from the above sale.

Fourthly, I give to the use of my wife NANCY during her natural life all the rest of my estate, real and personal, to her own proper use for and during that time, without waste; and after her decease I desire that it may be sold on such terms as a majority of the legatees may agree upon, and for the purpose of making a right to my real estate at the time of the above mentioned sale, I do hereby constitute and appoint my son WILLIAM, or in case of his failure, removal, or death, then I constitute and appoint my son SAMUEL to make and execute such right to the purchaser of said real estate, to him, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, to have and to hold forever. The proceeds of such sale, which is above mentioned, I desire to be equally divided amongst my children, or in case of the death of any of them then to their heirs, per stirpes, their executors, Administrators or assigns forever.

Fifthly, I having executed a title bond to CALEB FERGUSON, for and of land therein mentioned and described, and I having received for the said land due consideration, which consideration is hereby acknowledged to have been received, I do hereby declare it as my last will that my executor may forewith confirm a title to the said Ferguson, his heirs, executors, Administrators and assigns forever. Any thing in the within will to the contrary notwithstanding.

And lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint my son SAMUEL, Executor of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all other and former wills or testaments by me heretofore made.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this nineteenth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.

Signed, sealed, published and declared as and for the last will and testament of the above named Thomas Marshall, in presence of BENJAMIN CAMPBELL and CHRISTOPHER PRESTON. Signed, Thomas (x) Marshal (Transcribed by Ralph Marshall, p 20).

At a court held for Bedford County at the Courthouse the 25th day of October 1819, This Last Will and Testament of Thomas Marshal, dec'd. was exhibited in Court and proven by the oath of Benjamin Campbell and Christopher Preston, two subscribing witnesses, and ordered to be Recorded. And on the motion of Samuel Martin (Marshall), the executor therein named, who made oath and gave bond and security according to the law, Certificate is granted him for claiming a probate thereof in due form. (Will Book 5, page 120).

Two family trees posted on the RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project show a different ancestry for Thomas Marshall. They show him instead as a descendant of William MARSHALL Born: ABT 1650 in Lancashire, England Death: MAY 1686 in Cox's Choice, Calvert Co, Maryland and his wife Elizabeth COX b: ABT 1650. This is supposedly detailed in the book published by Friends of the Union Church "The Descendants of William Marshall (1650-1686) & Elizabeth Cox (1650-1717)." (One of the trees (mckinziemelanie) with this alternative lineage was submitted to WorldConnect by Melanie McKinzie (McKinzie@bluebon.net).

Thomas married Nancy Ann Oliver about 1777 in Maryland. Nancy was born about 1758 in Maryland; died on 26 May 1841 in Bedford County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to be the daughter of William and Martha Oliver (Draper/Marshall of Botetourt and Bedford Counties, Virginia).

(Notes below transcribed by Sheila Schmutz from Heritage Online)
William Oliver MD File 87280
Series M805, Roll 622, Image 368
William Oliver of Bedford in VA
Company of Captain Claxton in the Regiment of Colonel Griffin n Maryland for 8 months
May 11, 1833 Bedford Co, VA
Affadavit by his sister Ann Marshall, about 74
Says they were born about 25 miles from Annapolis, MD
Says she was married and had 3 children before the war broke
That her brother moved to VA about 50 years ago and she moved about 2 yrs later
A clergyman William Seftavich and Thomas Phelps also testified that William Oliver was 76 and served in the Revolution as a soldier.

Others refer to her as Nancy Ann Oliver on RootsWeb.

Notes:

Married:
"Thomas was most likely born in the late 1750's and probably married in Maryland in the late 1770's. Son William appears to have been born by at least the early part of 1780. Nancy is named as wife of Thomas in his will and they are mentioned in an 1804 land transaction. However, no marriage record has been located yet for Thomas in either Maryland or Virginia to prove whether Nancy was the mother of all of his children. The fact that the first two known children of Thomas were named William and Nancy gives some credence to the idea that his father was named William and his wife was Nancy. Woodson Marshall (a grandson) state that the maiden name of Riley (his father's) mother was Oliver, and that his oldest sister, Harriet Oliver Marshall was named for her. It could be interpreted to mean that Riley's mother was actually named Harriet Oliver, in which case Thomas would have married Nancy after Riley's birth in 1797 but before 1804. Am inclined to think that Thomas only had one wife, and her name was Nancy Oliver.

Based on the bits of available information, would guess Nancy was born about 1759 and was at least 81 years old when she died in 1841. Although probably cared for most by the youngest daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth and George Pollard, the 1840 census shows she COULD have been living with Nancy and Joseph Eubank. This Nancy was the daughter of William Marshall and probably the oldest grandchild of Thomas. If Nancy Marshall was living with the Eubank's then it woudl be another indication that she was the only wife of Thomas."

Marshall, Ralph E. DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS MARSHALL BEDFORD CO., VA PLUS HIX-OWEN-NICHOLSON & RELATED FAMILES (Self Published, September 1986), p 15.

Notes:

Jesse Hicks came to Breckinridge as early as 1810 (sic--actually came between 1817 & 1820), and made a settlement near the present site of Clifton Mills on Sinking Creek, where he opened a blacksmith shop, being one of the first mechanics in that section of the county. He died about 1836(sic). (Ralph Marshall, p 48).

Jesse married Jane Ferrell. Jane was born before 1775; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Land deeds for Jesse and Jane Hix most frequently mention Stony Fork of Goose Creek and Jumping Run. The map shows Stony Creek north of Liberty but it runs into Big Otter Creek. The 554 acres Jane and Jesse sold in 1791 on Stony Fork undoubtedly had to do with her inheritance from William and Martha Ferrell. The will of William Ferrell in 1780 mentions 2,200 acres on Goose Creek, 548 acres on Bever Creek and land on Archer's Creek. (Ralph Marshall, p 17).