Nancy Rebecca Ashley

Nannie Rebecca Ashley

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	May 1851	NC
Marriage	19 Nov 1866	York County, SC	To Andrew Lindsey Thomas
Death		Fort Mill, York Co., SC	Flint Hill Cemetery (Baptist) Pineville NC

Ancestry chart segment

Generation 3             Generation 4               Generation 5
 
                     +-- Andrew Lindsey Thomas 
                     |   (1847-1905)             
Nancy Grace Thomas --+                          +-- Jordan Ashley      
(1892-1982)          |                          |   (~1820-????)
                     +-- Nancy Rebecca Ashley --+
                         (1851-19??)            |
                                                +-- Sarah Ann [unknown]
                                                    (1820/30-????)

Children

(11 children with Andrew Lindsey Thomas; 9 surviving in 1900)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
William Jordan Thomas	M	6 Dec 1867	York Co., SC	Inez Marie Pope
Laura Elen Thomas	F	21 Sept 1869	York Co., SC	1) Robert D. McKee
Synthia Etta Thomas	F	5 Feb 1872	York Co., SC	Samuel H. Blankenship
Hixie Luxinia Thomas	F	28 Oct. 1874	Mecklenburg Co., NC	Walter S. Hoover
Joseph Lindsey Thomas	M	25 Mar 1877	Mecklenburg Co., NC	Eula Elizabeth Hoover
Sallie Elvie Thomas	F	16 July 1879	Mecklenburg Co., NC	Charles B. Kimbrell
Felix Chrisley Thomas	M	22 Mar 1882	York Co., SC	Beulah Quinn
Charles Lidell Thomas	M	11 June 1884	York Co., SC	Mamie B. Nivens
Moody Archibald Thomas	M	6 June 1887	Mecklenburg County, NC	Elsie M. McDonald
Nancy Grace Thomas	F	15 Mar 1892	Mecklenburg County, NC	Mack Herron King	Direct line

• First child Wm. Jordan Thomas died at age 1. Another child unnamed here was born & died. Nancy Rebecca Ashley possibly appears pregnant in the family photo of about 1896. She would have been about 47 that year, and may have lost the child.

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
York Co., SC	1867 -<1874
Mecklenburg Co., NC	1874 - <1882
York Co., SC	1882 - <1887
Mecklenburg Co., NC	1887 - >1892

Photo Gallery

The Thomas famiy, with Nancy Grace Thomas as an infant, being held, at left. Other members unidentified.

Andrew L. Thomas & Nancy Rebecca Lindsey

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1860 United States Federal Census, Western Division, Mecklenburg Co., NC, Page 9, lines 22-24 lists widow Sarah A. Ashley, 38. She lives with daughter Nancy R. Ashley, 9, and laborer Nancy M. Doury, 26. Sarah is a farmer. Sarah and Nancy Doury were born in NC, Nancy Ashley was born in SC. Nancy Ashley attended school within the census year. This census is dated 8 Jun 1860.
3	1870 United States Federal Census Fort Mill Twp, York Co, SC, page 9. Lines 33-35: E. L. Thomas, 22, farmer, born SC, 900 real,200 personal property, can not read; Nancy, 19, b. SC, can not read; Lorene, 9 months, b. SC. The ages match well, the names are a little mixed but believable and the location is correct. Note that William Jordan has apparently already died.
3	1880 United States Federal Census, Steel Creek Twp., Mecklenburg Co., NC, Enumeration district 120, Page 5, lines 19-24 lists Andy Thomas, 33, married to Nancy Thomas, 29. They live with four children: daughter Laura Thomas, 10; daughter Syntha Thomas, 8; daughter Hixie Thomas, 5; and son Jo Thomas, 3. Andy is a farmer. Andy and his parents were born in SC. Nancy and her parents were born in NC. Laura was born in SC. Syntha, Hixie, and Jo were all born in NC. This census is dated 3 Jun 1880.
4	1900 United States Federal Census, Steel Creek Twp., Mecklenburg Co., NC, Enumeration district 52, Page 12, lines 38-54 lists Andrew Thomas, 53, born Mar 1847, married to Nannie Thomas, 49, born May 1851. They have been married for 34 years. They live with four children: son Felix Thomas, 18, born Mar 1882; son Chas. Thomas, 15, born Jun 1884; son Moody Thomas, 12, born Oct 1887; and daughter Gracie Thomas, 8, born Mar 1872. Nannie has given birth to 11 children, 9 of whom are still living. Everyone seems to have been born in NC except for Andrew, who was born in SC. However, the children are listed as having a father born in NC. Andrew is a farmer. This census is dated 13 Jun 1900.
5	1910 United States Federal Census, District 118, Steel Creek Twp, Mecklenburg Co, NC, page 39. Census dated 4 May 1910. Lines 40-42 have: Nancy R. Thomason, widow, age 59, 9 children, all living, owns farm; Charles L., son, age 25, single, general farming; Nannie Gracie, dau., age 18. All born NC, fathers born SC, mothers NC. The family lives on Wright's Ferry Road. All can read, write and speak English. The ages and other information conform well with Nancy Rebecca AshleyThomas and two of her youngest children, Nancy Grace Thomas and Charles Lidell Thomas. The census taker mis-wrote the last name. There are a number of Thomason families in the township. The number of children born and living for Nancy R. Ashley Thomas does not agree with information from elsewhere
6	Research of Murphy & Robbie King Whisnant, correspondence & interviews of Murphy Whisnant by E. W. Williams, 1990-ongoing.
7	Marriages of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1783-1868, in the chapter "Marriages From the Manuscript Marriage Register in the Register of Deeds Office," page 239, reads, "Andrew L. Thomas to Nancy Ashly, 19 Nov 1866; married by Rev. J. M. Garrison."

Source notes

• Census extracted information sent by Thomas G. Adams to Murphy Whisnant. Also noted that the grave of Nancy Rebecca Ashley has no marker; buried with Andrew L. Thomas at Flint Hill Cemetery, York SC (no source given).

Conjecture

• A Thomas family researcher in correspondence mentioned that it is thought that the mother of Nancy Rebecca Ashley was a Blue descendant. The Blue family is of the Catawba Indian tribe; their chief at present (2007) is from the Blue family, although he was adopted into it. The Catawba lands in South Carolina border the area where the Thomas family lived.

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