Thomas Walker Nash – Mary Hill Reade
John Abner Nash – Nancy Jane Nesbitt
.
John Nesbitt Nash — Hannah Harriet Abercrombie
1776 – 1864 1786 – 1840
NC Clayton Co, GA Laurens Co, SC
Colville Abercrombie Nash — Mary Ann Elizabeth Fletcher
1823 – 1883 1826 – 1879
Laurens Co, SC Rapides Parish, LA Henry, GA Woodworth, LA
Daniel Cornelius Warner– Sarah Louise Nash
1861 – 1936 1866 – 1949
Merryville, LA Rapides Parish, LA – Merryville, LA
Wilkerson (Wick) Albert Neely — Nell Warner
1885 – 1957 1899 – 1932
Merryville, LA Merryville, LA
Bruce Douglas Mattson — Mary Lou Neely
1921- 1926-
Lithcfield, MN Merryville, LA
Abner Nash
b. 1685, Tenby, Dyfed, Cymru, d. 1732, Penbrokeshire, Wales; m. 21 Dec 1706, St Mary’s, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Elizabeth Hinton.
Children:
| John Nash | 1706 in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, South Wales | ||
| Thomas Nash | 1710 in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, South Wales |
John Nash
b. 1696, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, d. 29 Nov 1776. Prince Edward, VA; m. 1731, Henrico, VA, Anne Owen (b.1710, Templeton Manor, Prince Edward, VA).
(Anne Owen dtr of Hugh Owen [1612-1698] and Jane Jennie Haskins [b.1725, Wales, m. 1754 …
see for rest of Owens ancestry: http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=34013878&st=1
Children:
| Mary Nash | M | ||
| Francis Nash | F | ||
| Betty Nash | M | ||
| Thomas Nash | M | 1730, Templeton Manor, Prince Edward, VA | |
| Ann Owen Nash | F | 3 Oct 1730, VA | |
| John Nash | M | 1732, Pembroke, Prince Edward, VA | |
| Mary Nash | F | 9 Apr 1733, Henrico, VA | |
| Lucy Nash | F | 1736, Prince Edward, VA | |
| Abner Nash | M | 8 Aug 1740, Farmville, Prince Edward, VA | |
| Betty Nash | F | 1741, Prince Edward, VA | |
| Elizabeth Nash | F | 31 Mar 1743, Prince Edward, VA | |
| Francis Nash | M | 1744, Templeton Manor, Amelia, VA |
Thomas Nash
b. 1730, Templeton Manor, Prince Edward, VA. d. 6 Mar 1769, Edenton, Chowan, NC. m. 1752, Linenburg, VA, Mary Holdcroft (d. 1765, Edenton, Chowan, NC)
Children:
| Mary Holdcroft Nash | F | abt 1756 | |
| Elizabeth Nash | F | abt 1759 | |
| Henry Nash | M | abt 1759 | |
| John Nash | M | 1760, New Kent,, VA |
John Nash
b. 1760, New Kent. VA, d. 1790. Chowan, NC, m. 1785, NC, ??(b.1764, NC).
John Nesbitt Nash is their only child.
John Nesbitt Nash
b. 19 Jan 1786, Anson, NC, d. 22 Mar 1864, Clayton, GA, m. 1804, Greenville, SC, Hannah Harriet Abercrombie (b. 4 Feb 1786, Laurens, SC, d. 2 Mar 1840, Clayton, GA). buried ABERCROMBIE-BABB-CONKLE-WALLACE FAMILY CEMETERY INDEX, Henry County, GA
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/henry/cemeteries/cemetery1/a1620001.txt
Children:
| Mary Jane Nash | F | 9 Oct 1805, Greenville, Greenville, SC, USA | |
| Nancy Nash | F | 8 Aug 1807, Laurens, Laurens, SC, USA | |
| Rebecca Nash | F | 9 Aug 1809, Laurens, Laurens, SC, USA | |
| Thompson Edward Nash | M | 20 Sep 1811, Laurens, Laurens, SC, USA | |
| Elizabeth Nash | F | 16 May 1813, Laurens, Laurens, SC, USA | |
| Elihu C Nash | M | 17 Apr 1817, Laurens, Laurens, SC, USA | |
| Cassie Caroline Nash | F | 21 Jan 1819, Laurens, Laurens, SC, USA | |
| John C Nash | M | 8 May 1821, Laurens, Laurens, SC, USA | |
| Colville Abercrombie Nash | M | 10 May 1823, Laurens, Laurens, SC, USA | |
| Nathan N Nash | M | 2 May 1825, Laurens, Laurens, SC, USA | |
| Harris Benson Nash | M | 8 Aug 1828, Laurens, Laurens, SC, USA |
Colville Abercrombie Nash
born 10 May 1821; died 4 Mar 1883. Named for his maternal grandfather, Colville was referred to by many shorter versions of his surname. The name of Crombie, Calvin, Crum, and others show in early records. His gravestone shows him as Colville C. Nash.
He was married abt 1848 to Mary Ann Elizabeth Fletcher, dtr of James and Elizabeth Stell Fletcher, who was born 23 Sep 1826, Henry Co, GA, and died 22 Nov 1877, near Glenmora, Rapides Parish, LA. They had 8 children. He is buried in Campground Cemetery near McNary, LA. She is buried in Amiable Cemetery [there is a nearby shed builot over the graves of Hadley Dwyer and Hannah Amanda Dwyer], near Amiable Baptist Church, near McNary, LA. He is shown in the 1850 Census of Henry Co, GA near the home of his father, John Nesbitt Nash.
When the C.C. Nash family moved to Bowdon, Carroll Co, GA, is not certain but they were living there when their son Thomas Moore was born. They remained in Bowdon until 1860 when he and his wife, with their family of 6 children transferred their residence to Rapides Parish, LA, where two younger children, Otelia and Louise were, born. They settled in the Spring Creek area where they reared their family and spent the remainder of their lives.
Colville served as a private in Company E, Consolidated Crescent or 24th Regiment, LA Infantry, CSA. His name appears as C.C. Nash on a roll of Prisoners of War surrendered at New Orleans, LA, 26 May 1865, and paroled at Natchitoches, LA, 6 Jun 1865.
Grave markers bear these inscriptions “Mary E. Wife of C.C. Nash, Born Sept 23, 1826, Died Nov 22, 1877”. “Sacred to the memory of Colville C. Nash, Born May 10, 1821, Died March 4, 1882 (Masonic emblem above inscription)”
Children:
- Hannah Amanda Nash, b. 26 May 1849, d. 20 Apr 1918 (m. Hadley Dyer)
- John James Nash, b. 5 Sep 1850, d. 28 Apr 1931, m. Isabelle Phillips
- William Abercrombie Nash, b. 14 Nov 1853, d. 1894, m. Lucinda Calhoun
- Thomas Monroe Nash, b. 20 Feb 1855, d. 19 Nov 1939, m. Nancy C. Pierce
- Mary Frances Nash, b. 1858, m. William Moore
- Robert Malone Nash, b. 27 Sep 1859, d. 23 Jun 1943, m. Mary E. Harris
- Lulu (Lula) Nash, b. abt 1861
- Elizabeth Otelia Nash, b. 15 Jul 1862, d. 10 Jun 1926, m. Edwin C. Moore
- Sara Louise Nash, b. 1 May 1866, d. 23 Feb 1882, m. Daniel C. Warner
[Information provided by Stanton Harris Nash notes, from information provided by Mrs. Wellington Ellery Pitts, author of “The Colville Abercrombie Nash Family” and Thomas Barton Nash.
http://users.legacyfamilytree.com/NorthernEurope/f307.htm
http://genforum.genealogy.com/nash/page4.html
Have info on the descendants of John Nesbitt Nash
and Hannah Harriette Abercrombie to share, hope I can help.
Lida Nash Niesler corgimaniac@hotmail.com
I am working on the descendants of John Nash of Prince Edward County, Virginia (son of Abner of Wales). I am named for John’s father-in-law Sir Hugh Owen, and my line is Abner1(Wales), John2(Prince Edward Count Virginia), Abner3(NC Gov), Frederick4, Henry5, Henry6, etc.
There are three theories about the origin of John Nesbitt Nash:
(1) John Nesbitt Nash’s line is Abner1(Wales), John2(Prince Edward County), Thomas3(m Holdcroft), John4 (prob married Nesbitt), John5 Nesbitt Nash(b 1786 m 1804 Abercrombie).
(2) John Nesbitt Nash’s line is Edward1 (b 1725 Wales), John2 Nash(b 1760 and m Nesbitt), John Nesbitt Nash,
etc.
(3) Same as (2) except Edward is not from Wales, but is somehow descended from John Nash of Prince Edward County, VA.
I love my internet friends (the most unselfish clan in the world), but sometimes internet genealogists don’t document their findings (I’m guilty too). Does anyone have any documentation (i.e. wills, census, etc.) that will clear up the mystery of John Nesbitt Nash?
Hugh O. Nash, Jr hnash@nlbengineering.com
John Nesbitt Nash is the known nephew of Edward Nash (d. Greenville Dist, SC, 1 Dec 1830. JNN was raised by his Aunt Mary and her husband Samuel Nesbitt. I have no proof who JNN’s father was. He had to be the brother of Edward Nash, and his name was likely John. Some genealogists in this family connect Edward Nash to the Prince Edward County, VA family as you state. I have been unable to find any verifiable connection. I believe that Edward Nash was the son of an earlier Edward Nash and Elizabeth Miles. Edward Nash was born in Virginia, not Wales. Have you seen Sara Mary Nash’s book, Ancestors and Descendants? Wouldn’t it be nice to find proof about our Old Edward?
James Nash jasnash@bellsouth.net
“Ancestors and Decendants” by Sara Mary Nash (maybe try someone in Fountain Inn, SC for a clue)
I have over 328 names so far in my tree and I would love to expand it. Look at this link and see if you have a connection and send me your tree and I’ll add it to this one. Please send me corrections to any missing or incorrect data.
I am from GA living in NC. My direct line is from John Nesbit Nash who was raised by Samuel Nesbit and Mary Nash. He was born in NC and moved to GA via SC.
Even if your surname isn’t Nash you might find it here anyway.
Go ahead and look at http://www.ncnash.netfirms.com/nash/surnames.html
Thanks
Alfred Nash [ many abercrombie relatives here ]
I have the book you are referring to. It is “Some Nashes of Virginia – Two hundred years of an American Family 1774 – 1974”, by Claude W. Nash, 1975. When I wrote to Mr. Nash at the Bristol, VA address in December 1986 to order a copy, my letter was forwarded to his daughter in Florida because he was in a nursing home there. Mr. Nash was born in 1904 (info is in his book).
The Washington County (VA) Historical Society apparently has this book for sale. Enter “Some Nashes of Virginia” into the Google search engine, and it will take you to their website plus a few other sites that reference the book.
The book’s Library of Congress Catalog Card Number is 75-5086.
Hope this helps.
Jay Schoonover jayschoonover@earthlink.net
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~johnsonfolks/jnn.htm
John Nesbitt Nash was a farmer born 19 Jan 1776.
Believed to be born in Anson, North Carolina.
John died 22 Mar 1864, Lovejoy, Clayton County, Georgia.
Believed to be orphaned at an early age, he was reared
by his uncle and aunt, Samuel and Mary (Nash) Nesbit.
He married Hannah Abercrombie in 1804, the daughter
of Colville and Mary (Lindley) Abercrombie.
Hannah who was born 4 Feb 1786, Laurens County, South Carolina,
and died 2 Mar 1840, Henry County, Georgia.
The couple had twelve children.
(1) Mary Jane Nash b: 9 Oct 1805 in Greenville County, South Carolina
(2) Nancy Nash b: 8 Aug 1807 in Laurens County, South Carolina
(3) Rebecca Nash b: 9 Aug 1809 in Laurens County, South Carolina
(4) Thompson Edward Nash b: 20 Sep 1811 in Laurens County, South Carolina
(5) Elizabeth Nash b: 16 May 1813 in Laurens County, South Carolina
(6) Marinda Nancy Nash b: 3 Mar 1815 in Laurens County, South Carolina
(7) Elihu C Nash b: 17 Apr 1817 in Laurens County, South Carolina
(8) Cassie Caroline Nash b: 21 Jan 1819 in Laurens County, South Carolina
(9) John C Nash b: 8 May 1821 in Laurens County, South Carolina
(10) Coleville Abercrombie Nash b: 10 May 1823 in Laurens County, South Carolina
(11) Nathan N Nash b: 2 May 1825 in Laurens County, South Carolina
(12) Harris Benson Nash b: 8 Aug 1828 in Laurens County, South Carolina
Louisiana Secretary of State
Confederate Pension Applications Index Database
Selected Name Detailed Data
Reel: CP1.44 — Microdex 3 — Sequence 23
Target card: DYER, HANNAH A. NASH
Applicant Information & Name Variations:
DYER, HANNAH A. (NASH)
Parish: RAPIDES — Pages: 5
Soldier Information & Variations:
DYER, HADLEY
State: LA
Branch: CAVALRY
Company: BENJAMIN’S CO.
http://www.sec.state.la.us/cgibin/?rqstyp=CPAA&rqsdta=warner
ABERCROMBIE-BABB-CONKLE-WALLACE FAMILY CEMETERY
Henry County, GA
Abercrombie, C. 10/04/1793 08/26/1835
Nash, John N. 1786 1864
1900 Handbook Jamaica
coffee cultivation
Manchester Parish
Virginia – George Nash
http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/handbk2.htm
| nash | |
| 1. S English: topographic name for someone who lived by an ash tree, a var. of Ash by misdivision of ME atten ash ‘at the ash’; cf. Nalder and Noake. 2. Jewish: of unknown origin, possibly an Anglicized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames. | |
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Here is what I have. My ancestors were neighbors and married into the Nash family . . . .
1 11 Feb 2010
Descendants of Thomas Walker Nash, of “Templeton”
1 [5] NASH, Thomas Walker, of “Templeton” Born 1: 1734 in Lunenburg Co., VA Born 2:
Abt. 1730 d: 06 Mar 1769 in Edenton, Chowan Co., NC
.. +READE, Mary Hill “Polly” Born: 1732 in Lunenburg Co., VA Married: Abt. 1752
Lunenburg Co., VA d: 1758 in Lunenburg Co., VA Father: Clement READE, Col., of
“Bushy Forrest” Mother: Mary HILL
….. 2 NASH, Anne Owen “Nancy” Born: Abt. 1755 in Lunenburg Co., VA d: 1823 in
Stagville, NC home of son Judge Duncan Cameron
……… +CAMERON, John, Rev., D.D. Born: in Fairntosh, Argleshire, Scotland Married: 01
Sep 1773 Charlotte Co., VA d: 1815 in Lunenburg Co., VA Father: Duncan CAMERON
Mother: Margaret BAIN
………… 3 CAMERON, Mary Reade Born: in Lunenburg Co., VA
……………. +ANDERSON, Daniel Born: 1748 in Glasgow, Scotland Married: 19 Aug 1797
Lunenburg Co., VA d: 25 Jan 1813 in Petersburg, VA
………………. 4 ANDERSON, William Cameron Born: Jul 1798 in Petersburg, VA d: 10 Jul
1799 in Petersburg, VA
………………. 4 ANDERSON, Duncan Cameron Born: 03 Nov 1799 in Petersburg, VA d: 22
May 1800
………………. 4 ANDERSON, Walker, Chief Justice, FL Supreme Court Born: Jul 1801 in
Petersburg, VA d: Jan 1857 in Pensacola, FL
………………….. +HAWKS, Phoebe Born: 1805 Married: 1822 d: 17 Apr 1881 Father: Francis
HAWKS Mother: Miss STEVENS
………………. 4 ANDERSON, Cameron Born: 15 Sep 1803 in Petersburg, VA d: 24 Sep 1803
………………. 4 ANDERSON, William Edward Born: in Petersburg, VA
………………….. +BURGWIN, Frances Eliza Boush Born: 1808 d: 1839 Father: George
William Boush BURGWIN, of “The Heritage” Mother: Maria NASH
………… 3 CAMERON, Duncan, Judge Born: 1777 in Mecklenburg Co., VA d: 1852 in
Hillsboro, NC
……………. +BENNEHAM, Rebecca Born: 28 Sep 1777 in Orange Co., NC Married: 24 Feb
1803 Orange Co., NC d: 05 Nov 1843 in Raleigh, NC Father: Richard
BENNEHAM Mother: Mary AMIS
2 11 Feb 2010
Descendants of Thomas Walker Nash, of “Templeton”
………………. 4 CAMERON, Paul Carrington, Hon. Born: 25 Sep 1808 d: 1891 in “Fairntosh,”
Hillsboro, NC
………………….. +RUFFIN, Anne Born: 1814 Married: 1832 d: 1897 Father: Thomas Carter
RUFFIN, Chief Justice, NC Mother: Anne KIRKLAND
………………. 4 CAMERON, Thomas Amis d: in D.yng.
………………. 4 CAMERON, Mary Ann d: in unm.
………………. 4 CAMERON, Jean d: in unm.
………………. 4 CAMERON, Rebecca d: in unm.
………………. 4 CAMERON, Anne Owen d: in unm.
………………. 4 CAMERON, Mildred Coles d: in unm.
………………. 4 CAMERON, Margaret
………………….. +MORDECAI, George W. Father: Moses MORDECAI
………… 3 [1] CAMERON, John Adams, Hon. Born: 1788 in Mecklenburg Co., VA d: 14 Jan
1839 in on board steamer “Pulaski” en route from Savannah to Charleston
……………. +ADAMS, Eliza d: in Greenock, Scotland
………………. 4 CAMERON, Mary Read d: in D.yng., of tuberculosis
………………….. +JONES, Pride, MD Born: Abt. 1782 Father: Cadwallader JONES, of “Monte
Calloux” Mother: Mary PRIDE
………… *2nd Wife of [1] CAMERON, John Adams, Hon.:
……………. +MCQUEEN, Katherine Father: Murdoch MCQUEEN
………………. 4 CAMERON, John Donald
………………….. +WADDELL, Rebecca Born: 1826 d: 1861 Father: Alfred Moore WADDELL,
Congressman Mother: Julia SAVAGE
………………. 4 CAMERON, Anna Nash
………………….. +BUXTON, Jarvis, Rev. d: in Fayetteville, NC
………………. 4 CAMERON, Catherine LaFayette Born: 08 Mar 1825
3 11 Feb 2010
Descendants of Thomas Walker Nash, of “Templeton”
………………….. +SHIPP, William, Judge
………………. 4 CAMERON, Duncan William d: in unm.
………………. 4 CAMERON, Eliza Adams d: in unm.
………… 3 CAMERON, Jean Born: in Lunenburg Co., VA d: Apr 1846 in Petersburg, VA
……………. +SYME, Andrew, D.D. Born: 1755 in Lanarkshire, Scotland d: 26 Oct 1845 in
Petersburg, VA
………………. 4 SYME, Clementina d: in D.yng.
………………. 4 SYME, John William
………………….. +MADDEN, Mary C. Father: Michael MADDEN Mother: Elizabeth BATTE,
of Prince George’s Co., VA
………… 3 CAMERON, William Ewan, Hon., of “Ellerslie”
……………. +CALL, Anne Married: 1813 Father: Daniel CALL, Judge, of Petersburg, VA
Mother: Lucy Nelson AMBLER
………………. 4 [2] CAMERON, John Adams II
………………….. +HAWKS, Frances Stephens Father: Francis HAWKS Mother: Miss
STEVENS
………………. *2nd Wife of [2] CAMERON, John Adams II:
………………….. +LEGRANDE, Miss
………………. 4 CAMERON, William, MD
………………….. +MOORE, Emma St. Clair Born: Bef. 1816 Father: Alfred MOORE, Speaker
of the House, NC Mother: Rebecca Christina “Rebecca” WILLIAMS
………………. 4 CAMERON, Anna MacKenzie
………………….. +KIRKLAND, Alexander
………………. 4 CAMERON, Mary
………………….. +EDMUNDS, William Livingston Father: Benjamin EDMUNDS, of Halifax
Co., NC Mother: Anne CARTER
4 11 Feb 2010
Descendants of Thomas Walker Nash, of “Templeton”
………………. 4 CAMERON, Eliza
………………….. +WITHERSPOON, Henry
………………. 4 CAMERON, Walker Anderson
………………….. +WALKER, Elizabeth Harrison Father: WALKER Mother: Abby HARRISON
………………. 4 CAMERON, Rebecca
………………….. +EDMUNDS, Benjamin Carter, MD
………………. 4 CAMERON, Jean d: in D.yng.
………… 3 CAMERON, Anna MacKenzie Born: 09 Apr 1787 d: 21 Jul 1810 in unm.
………… 3 [4] CAMERON, Thomas Nash, MD Born: 16 Jan 1793 in Petersburg, VA d: Bef.
1860
……………. +WILDER, Jean, of Petersburg
………………. 4 CAMERON, Mary Read
………………….. +GALES, Seaton, Maj.
………………. 4 [3] CAMERON, John Wilder, Maj., CSA
………………….. +GALES, Altona d: Bef. 14 Jan 1863
………………. *2nd Wife of [3] CAMERON, John Wilder, Maj., CSA:
………………….. +BRADLEY, Amoret Grant Married: 14 Jan 1863 Father: Richard BRADLEY
………… *2nd Wife of [4] CAMERON, Thomas Nash, MD:
……………. +WILKINS, Isabella
………………. 4 CAMERON, Kate Anderson
………………….. +ANDERSON, Walker, Capt. d: in in battle in GA, during the Civil War
Father: Walker ANDERSON, Chief Justice, FL Supreme Court Mother: Phoebe
HAWKS
….. 2 NASH, Clement Reade, Maj. Born: Abt. 1758 d: Oct 1781 in Revolutionary War, at
Yorktown, VA
*2nd Wife of [5] NASH, Thomas Walker, of “Templeton”:
5 11 Feb 2010
Descendants of Thomas Walker Nash, of “Templeton”
.. +HOLDCROFT, Mary Married: 1758 New Kent County, NC
….. 2 NASH, Mary Holdcroft Born: Abt. 1758
……… +MOORE, Roger Married: 1775 New Berne, NC at home of her uncle Gov. Abner Nash
….. 2 NASH, Elizabeth
….. 2 NASH, Henry
….. 2 NASH, John Abner “John Basket” Born: 1765 in New Kent Co., VA d: 1790 in Chowan
Co., NC
……… +NESBITT, Nancy Jane Born: Abt. 1764 in NC Married: Abt. 1785 NC d: 20 Jan 1786
in Anson Co., NC Father: Samuel NESBITT, Sr. Mother: VIRGINIA
………… 3 [6] NASH, John Nesbitt Born: 19 Jan 1786 in Anson Co., NC d: 22 Mar 1864 in
Henry Co., GA
……………. +ABERCROMBIE, Hannah Harriet Born: 04 Feb 1786 in Laurens Co., SC Married:
1804 Laurens Co., SC d: 02 Mar 1840 in Clayton, Henry Co., GA Father: Colville
ABERCROMBIE Mother: Mary LINDLEY
………………. 4 NASH, Mary Jane (Polly) Born: 09 Oct 1805 in Greenville, SC
………………. 4 NASH, Nancy Born: 08 Aug 1807 in Laurens, SC
………………. 4 NASH, Rebecca Born: 09 Aug 1809 in Laurens, SC
………………. 4 NASH, Thompson Edward Born: 20 Sep 1811 in Laurens, SC
………………. 4 NASH, Elizabeth Born: 16 May 1813 in Laurens, SC
………………. 4 NASH, Miranda Nancy Born: 03 Mar 1815 in Laurens, SC
………………. 4 NASH, Elihu C. Born: 17 Apr 1817 in Laurens, SC
………………. 4 NASH, Cassie Caroline Born: 21 Jan 1819 in Laurens, SC
………………. 4 NASH, John Calhoun Born: 08 May 1824 in Laurens, SC
………………. 4 NASH, Coleville Abercrombie Born: 10 May 1823 in Laurens, SC
………………. 4 NASH, Nathan N. Born: 02 May 1825 in Laurens, SC
6 11 Feb 2010
Descendants of Thomas Walker Nash, of “Templeton”
Prepared by Carol Rumburg Clemmer, 9200 48th Place,
College Park, MD 20740
………………….. +CAMPBELL, Ruth
………………. 4 NASH, Harris Benson Born: 08 Aug 1828 in Laurens, SC
………… *2nd Wife of [6] NASH, John Nesbitt:
……………. +BOLD, Mary Married: 07 Jul 1840 Henry Co., GA
………………. 4 NASH, James Nesbitt Born: 16 Jul 1841 d: 1865
….. 2 NASH, Justina
wife of John Abner Nash …
The information I have is that she was the daughter of Samuel & Virginia Nesbitt, was born about 1764 in NC and d. Jan 20, 1786 in Anson Co., NC. I hope this is helpful to you
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The two “Edward Nash” entries are quite different. The first (on the left of the table above [the first list]) shows two Nash brothers — John and Edward serving relatively continuously from June 1780 until December 1782 (two and half years). Their service in the 96th district militias (first the Spartanburg Militia, then the Little River Militia) indicates that they were from the Spartanburg area where Edward Nash obtained land in 1775. The last entry that shows two refugees in Charleston in August 1782: Mrs. Elizabeth Nash and Elizabeth Mills (“widow” — more on this later). Item #9 shows that Elizabeth Nash received the pay of here two sick sons: John and Edward in 1782. I would infer from these entries that these are the sons of Edward Nash and Elizabeth Miles and do not represent Edward Nash (Senior’s) service.
The second entry shows a Sgt. Edward Nash in the loyalist Prince of Wales American Regiment — aka PWAR (see this) from 1781 until 1783. He is always listed as a prisoner with the rebels. His service overlaps the Edward Nash service dates shown in column 1 (i.e., they could not be the same person). This regiment was NOT raised in South Carolina. The Governor of the Bahamas, Monfort Browne, was arrested by the Amerian Navy in 1776 and Browne was placed under house arrest in Connecticut. Here he became acquainted with many loyalists and proposed to raise a brigade of 4,000 men [a difficult task while under house arrest]. His proposal came to the attention of British General Howe and as a result Browne was exchanged in August 1776. He was commissioned a brigadier general in 1777. By April the regiment numbered 520 troops recruited from New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. After service in New England (losing 200 men), the Prince of Wales American regiment’s 443 soldiers left in 1778 for Rhode Island where it remained for a year. They returned to New York and in March 1780, 292 soldiers left for the campaign in South Carolina. The unit participated in the siege of Charleston (March 29-May 12 1780). The unit was decimated at the battle of Hanging Rock, South Carolina in August 1780. The unit fought at the Battle of Camden in August 1780 and then garrisoned in Charleston. By May of 1781, the unit reported: “Prisoners with the Enemy, taken since the Siege of Charlestown: 6 sergeants, 3 corporals, 26 privates” — one of which must be the Sgt. Edward Nash listed above. Some of the soldiers had been detailed to Banastre Tarlton’s unit and were at the Battle of Cowpens (Jan 17, 1781) where many prisoners were taken.
What conclusion can be made from these two sets of military records? First I think it unlikely that the Sgt. Edward Nash in the Prince of Wales American regiment is the Edward Nash who married Elizabeth Miles and lived in Spartanburg SC. If he was married in 1758 in Pennsylvania he must have been born no later than 1740 making him at least 40 by the 1780 time frame. Further, how likely was a landowner in the South Carolina up country to become a sergeant in a New England Loyalist unit that arrived in South Carolina in early 1780? His age and geography make his service in the PWAR a slim possibility. I also think the two loyalist soldiers shown above in the loyalist 96th Militias are his sons.
What happened to Edward Nash at the end of the war?
Phil Norfleet’s website Whig Militia Commanders’ Enemies Lists of 1783 discusses the retribution exacted on the loyalist of the South Carolina up-country at the end of the revolution:
“…the South Carolina Fifth General Assembly passed Ordinance No. 1189 entitled Disposing Of The Estates Of Certain Persons, Subjects And Adherents Of The British Government; And For Other Purposes Therein Mentioned.
According to this ordinance, the real and personal property of former citizens who had chosen to join the British were vested in the Commissioners of Forfeited Estates. It was a comprehensive act, but had no lists of names. The commanding officers of the State’s militia regiments ware instructed, when asked by the commissioners, to make lists of those men who had joined the British. Men so identified had six months from the end of the legislative session to return to the State for trial. Ten (10) militia commanders made returns, resulting in a total of 689 names. These returns constitute the largest listing of Loyalists/Tories ever promulgated by the Whig Government of South Carolina…
A total of 689 names were provided in the returns, that were received from the ten (10) militia commanders as follows:…
6. Colonel Benjamin Roebuck – 94 Names…
Nash, Edward…”
Sara Mary Nash’s version of this story is more detailed. She says:
“In the South Carolina Department of Archives, among other such reports to Governor John Rutledge is that of Col. Benjamin Roebuck, dated May 22, 1783, ‘A List of those men who adhered to the British Government to wit those who are now acting with them as also those who died in there service belonging to the Spartanburg regiment. Commanded by Col. Benjamin Roebuck.’ The name of Edward Nash appears therein, first as ‘living’ (25 names), then crossed off and entered as ‘dead’ (48 names). On the back of the document is noted: ‘Return of Persons former citizens of this state Spartan district who has adhered to the British Government and gone off with the enemy or died in their service’.” (see Sara Mary Nash, pg 101)
The central conclusion here is that Edward Nash is dead by 1783.
The details are not known but one may surmise that like many loyalists he suffered the wrath of the patriots — losing both his land and his life. His son Miles Nash will at least recover the land (see below) in 1792.