Nancy (Watters) King (abt. 1771 - 1814)

Born about 1771 in New Jersey [uncertain]

Wife of Lewis Patrick — married 26 Apr 1802 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia

Wife of John King — married before 15 Jul 1814 in Jackson County, Georgia

Descendants

Died 15 Jul 1814 at about age 43 in Jackson County, Georgia

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Biography

Nancy was perhaps the 36-45 year old female in her brother Sam's household in Captain Watters' District in the 1800 US Census in Oglethorpe County, Georgia (which was next door to Lewis Patrick).^[1]

In November 1800, Nancy and some of her siblings sold (for $100) their interest in their father’s 67 acres on Big Creek to their brothers Sam and John; All agreed their mother could remain until death.^[2] Her mother left for Alabama after 6 Oct 1817 with Nancy's brother Samuel after the deed was recorded.

Her marriage on 26 April 1802 to Lewis Patrick was recorded in Oglethorpe County, Georgia.^[3]

As a widow with a child, she was entitled to draw twice in the 1805 Georgia Land Lottery (for which she would have registered earlier).^[4]

No record of her marriage to John King has been located.

The 1810 Georgia US Census did not survive the War of 1812.

Her death was reported in the local newspaper:^[5]

Death of Nancy Watters Patrick King (1814)

Her son William (orphan of Lewis Patrick) was bound to her widower John King in Sep 1817^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ 1800 US Census, Oglethorpe County, Georgia Census transcribed at http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/oglethorpe/census/1800/warters.txt
2. ↑ Oglethorpe County, Georgia Deed Book I: 369, see image at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4N-8S2V-R?view=fullText&keywords=Oglethorpe&groupId=TH-909-60791-71847-74
3. ↑ Georgia Archives; Morrow, Georgia; County Marriage Records, 1828–1978, image at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/4766/images/40660_307978-00300?pId=20479255
4. ↑ 1805 Georgia Land Lottery, by Virginia S. and Ralph V. Wood. (Cambridge, Mass.: Greenwood Press, 1964), p266
5. ↑ Athens (Georgia) Gazette, July 21, 1814, page 3, image at https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn87091082/1814-07-21/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=07%2F15%2F1814&nottext=&date2=08%2F01%2F1814&words=JOHN+John+King&searchType=advanced&sequence=0&index=0&proxdistance=5&rows=12&ortext=&proxtext=&andtext=%22john+king%22&page=1
6. ↑ Jackson County, Georgia records, see image at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKJ-T3HZ-F?cat=229112