Nancy (King) Carroll (1779 - aft. 1850)

Born 8 May 1779 in Ashe, North Carolina, United States

Wife of John Drewry Carroll — married 21 Dec 1797 in Stokes, North Carolina, USA

Descendants

Died after 1850 after age 70 in Tennessee, USA

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Biography

This profile represents the wife of John Drewry Carroll and mother of his children.

Nancy King born on 8 May 1779 at Ashe, North Carolina, United States. ^{[citation needed]}

Nancy King and John Carroll were married on or shortly after 21 Dec 1797 (date of marriage bond) in Stokes County, North Carolina.^[1]

The family had moved to Tennessee by 1825. ^[2]

According to unsourced FamilySearch trees they had several children together:

1. Morton Carroll,
2. Drury, Jr.
3. Sarah Nancy (Carroll) Low,
4. Martha (Carroll) Hembree ^[3]
5. William Carroll
6. Charles Carroll ^[4]

The 1850 U.S. Census lists the couple in Scott County, Tennessee. ^[5]

Drewry passed away on 16 AUG 1852 Campbell County, Tennessee, USA. Nancy died about 1865. ^{[citation needed]}

Research Notes

Disputed Native Origins

A previous version of this profile claimed, without sources, that she was the daughter of Peter Carroll Man Who Tells Stories Smokey Cherokee KING, a Cherokee, and his wife Mother Who Has Empty Heart Cherokee King. ^{[citation needed]}

There is no documentation that names "Nancy King" or "Nancy Carroll" as a Cherokee person. She did not live in the Cherokee Nation. The family does not appear on the 1835 Cherokee census (the area where they lived was outside of the Cherokee Nation. ^[6] Neither she nor any of her descendants appear on any Cherokee rolls or records. She does not appear on the 1848 Mullay, ^[7] the 1851 Siler, ^[8] or the 1852 Chapman ^[9] Rolls of Cherokee east of the Mississippi.

She is not the woman on the 1850 census in Cherokee County, North Carolina. ^[10]

As stated above, Nancy and Drewry were enumerated on the 1850 U.S. Census in Tennessee. ^[5]

The only positive identification of Drewry Carroll's wife is as “Nancy” on the 1850 census (Scott County, Tennessee) which says they were both born in North Carolina.. The years listed in the “marriage” column suggest that they were married in 1794.

Disputed Death Date

A previous version of this profile claimed, without source, that Nancy died 13 Jul 1839 in Campbell Co., Tennessee. Unless Drury Carroll had two wives both born in North Carolina c. 1780, the death date of 1839 must be incorrect since Nancy was alive in 1850.

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMM-W3JT : 28 November 2018), John Carroll and Nancy King, 21 Dec 1797; citing Stokes, Pitt, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
2. ↑ 1825 land record in Anderson County for Drury Carroll:

   Record Date 13 Jan 1826

   Location: Anderson, Tennessee

   Warrant Number: 12389

   Image at Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/20346595?h=e12d8e&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url

3. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G25W-XX3
4. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/L8BY-F9J
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6GKC-QS7?cc=1401638&wc=95RJ-TQQ%3A1031307201%2C1031446501%2C1031933101 : 9 April 2016), Tennessee > Scott > Scott county > image 36 of 45; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ 1835 Cherokee Census. Transcript, Oklahoma Chapter, Trail of Tears Association, Park Hill Oklahoma, 2002. Images of original
7. ↑ Digitized transcript at: Mullay Transcribed at: Blankenship Bob, transcriber. Cherokee Roots, Vol. 1, Eastern Cherokee Rolls. Self-published. Cherokee, N.C. 1992.
8. ↑ Transcripted at Siler
9. ↑ Digitized at FamilySearch at Chapman
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4YB-DMB : Fri Mar 08 00:14:38 UTC 2024), Entry for Nancy Carroll and Mahaly Sweatman, 1850.

See also:

The following need to be checked for complete citation information and specific relevance to this profile.

• Book Named The Lowe's and Carroll's blood ties to Smoky Cherokee article in book about Drewry Carroll and Nancy Carroll who lived in North Carolina, and then in Smokey Junction area in Scott County, TN area with the Lowe's and the Carroll's.
• County Stokes Marriage State North Carolina Source County

*Court Records at Danbury, NC & Family History Household Members

• The following records are for a different person:
  • U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Carroll, James--Carter, Lewis
  • U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 for Nancy Carroll