Individual Details
Nancy Brown (Orr or Smith)
(Bef 1769 - Aft Oct 1826)
Events
| Birth | Bef 1769 | ||||
| Marriage | 3 Jan 1790 | Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States - Peter Price DeWitt |  |  | |
| Death | Aft Oct 1826 | | |
Families
| Spouse | Peter Price DeWitt (1769 - 1840) |
| Child | Price DeWitt (1798 - 1854) |
| Child | Mary "Polly" DeWitt (1800 - 1835) |
| Child | Sarah C. "Sally" DeWitt (1801 - 1840) |
| Child | Nancy DeWitt (1806 - 1860) |
| Father | Samuel Orr (1737 - 1767) |
| Mother | Mary Peyton (1737 - 1795) |
| Sibling | Samuel Orr (1759 - 1817) |
| Sibling | Hannah Orr (1767 - ) |
| Sibling | Susannah Orr ( - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Orr ( - ) |
Notes
Marriage
Dewit Peter & Nancy Brown 3 Jany 1790 married by Jno Whitaker(A Mary Smith signed consent; no relationship shown, says Nancy Brown is of age).
Nelson Co Ky Marriages, NCGR
Peter Dewitt & Nancy Brown
Bond: 30 Dec 1789 M: 1 Jan 1789
William Smith signed bond
Mary Smith, mother of Nancy, consent w/bond
also states that Nancy is of age
W: Price Devore (Price Devore is Nancy's brother-in-law)
Married by John Whittaker, minister return
Know all men by these presents, that we Peter Dewitt, William Smith are held and firmly -- unto the Commonwealth of Virginia in the sum of fifty pounds to be paid to the said Common wealth, ---- well and truely -- --- , we bond our ---of --- by these presents. --- with my --- and dated the 29 of Dec 1789.
Whereas a marriage --- intended to be solemnized between the above bound Peter and Nancy Brown of these
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Peter Dewitt
Will Smith
Teste
James Allen
Death
Nelson Co Ky Marriages, NCGRBenjamin Masden & Nancy Dewitt
Bond: 30 Oct 1826 M: 31 Oct 1826
Price Dewitt signed bond
Nancy Dewitt, mother of Nancy, filed consent w/bond
W: Price Dewitt
Married by Daniel Walker, minister return
Endnotes
1. Kentucky Marriage Records - from the register of the Kentucky Historical Society with an Index by Eleanor Antoniak. - Hardin County, KY, Marriages, 1792-1825. Copied from the original records in the office of the County Court Clerk by Miss Hattie M. Scott and Miss Nina Visscher. - Nelson County Marriage Records. Compiled by W. J. Dalmazzo Deputy Co. Clerk of Nelson County. -Nelson County Marriage Records. Compiled by W.J. Dalmazzo, Deputy Co. Clerk of Nelson County. List of marriages taken from the old marriages register in the Nelson County clerks's office, beginning in the year 1785 and including the year 1815, (Baltimore. Genealogical publishing Co., Inc. 1983), page 626.
2. Quick Notes on early Central KY Families. Bullitt Co. Ky Genweb Online [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kybullit/bcqnmain.htm], accessed Aug 2009.
3. Hoover, Lillian Pierson., DeWitt History. (From Lillian Pierson Hoover, Rt.1 Box 69, Huntsville IL. 62244 shared by James R. Carr
4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1820 census does not have a wife..