Nancy L. Henderson^[1]

1827 - 1897

• Born	13 Dec 1827	Tennessee   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	C08F8FA21893014BBA448333FA9FDB53F216
  Died	30 Nov 1897  [4]
  Buried	McMahan Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [5]
  Person ID	I48398	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	William H. Henderson,   b. 11 Feb 1786, Tennessee ,   d. 26 Jun 1860
  Mother	Mary Catherine Cannon,   b. 9 Feb 1786, Tennessee ,   d. 28 Sep 1872
  Family ID	F17974	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	James Peter McMahan,   b. 22 Aug 1819, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Mar 1870
  Married	Abt 1851
  Children	1. Robert A. McMahan,   b. 12 Dec 1851, Tennessee ,   d. 4 Jan 1873   2. Rebecca A. McMahan,   b. 1853, , Tennessee > 3. William Peter McMahan,   b. 3 Nov 1854, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Mar 1905   4. Mary Elizabeth McMahan,   b. 1857, Tennessee   5. James McMahan,   b. 1859 > 6. Nancy Amanda McMahan,   b. 16 Feb 1863, Tennessee ,   d. 17 Jul 1887   7. Siler P. McMahan,   b. 14 Jan 1868, Tennessee ,   d. 30 Jun 1885   8. M. B. McMahan,   b. Abt 1868, Tennessee   9. Martha V. McMahan,   b. 1869, Tennessee   10. McMahan
  Family ID	F17973	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 13 Dec 1827 - Tennessee Buried - - Mcmahan Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Nancy Henderson Wife of James P. McMahan Born Dec. 13, 1827 Died Nov. 30, 1897 Gone but not forgotten

  
  

• Notes

  Listed in the 1870 Sevier County, Tennessee Census. Katherine Nichols lists burial in Shiloh Cemetery. ---------- Reference: "The Final Irony," Katherine Lane Nichols, 1974, p 193. "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 215, 216.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 339B, 1880. Census Place: Harrisburg, Sevier, Tennessee Source: FHL Film 1255277 National Archives Film T9-1277 Page 339B Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace N. MC MAHAN Self F W W 53 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: VA Eliz MC MAHAN Dau F S W 23 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN M. B. MC MAHAN Dau F S W 12 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN M. V. MC MAHAN Dau F S W 11 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 3669b, 8 Jul 1870. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tn/sevier/census/1870/0369b.gif [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, family 532, page 424a, line 25, 20 Sep 1850. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/census/tn/sevier/1850/pg0421a.txt [S79] Sevier County Tennessee Wills. WILL OF NANCY MCMAHAN I Nancy McMahan of the County of Sevier and State of Tennessee do make and publish this my last will and testament hereby revoking and annulling all wills or testament any dispositions by me at any time heretofore made. I give to each of my grand children the children of my daughter Manda McMahan one bed and the necessary bed clothes and clothing and to my son W.P. McMahan I give four beds and the necessary bed clothes and clothing, as to the rest of my house hold and kitchen furniture it is my will that the same be divided in kind and in value in the same proportion between all of said persons. WILL OF NANCY MCMAHAN, CONTINUED. I have a good mare, 6 hogs, 2 milck cows and some yearlings; also some rent wheat now on hands and some rent corn to become due for the present year: also one old buggy and a wagon all of which I give to my said son W.P. McMahan. 23 IIII All of my notes accounts moneys on hand or in bank and all other personal property of any description I give to my said son W.P. McMahan except five hundred Dollars which I give to my said grand daughter to be equally divided between them. I hereby appoint M B McMahan my Executor to execute the provisions of this my last will and testament. This Oct 15 1896 her Nancy McMahan mark The undersigned being specially requested Thereto by the Testatrix hereby sign our names as witnesses to the foregoing will in the presence of each other and of the testator and she makes her mark to signature in our presence the day and date last above written. P.E. Walker P.J. Gilbert I Nancy McMahan do make and Publish this as a codicil to the foregoing will. I nominate and appoint my son W.P. McMahan sole executor of this my last will this Sept. 24th 1897. her Nancy McMahan mark WILL OF NANCY MCMAHAN, CONTINUED. Signed by mark in our presence and we attest this codicil in the presence of testatrix and of each other being called thereunto by her. Edw. H. Pearce, M.D. Birdie McMahan Admitted to Probate December 3rd 1897 [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 154.