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Nancy SPILLER
(1769 - 1773 - 1835)
Gedcom has a list of 15 children, ranging in year of birth from 1795 to 1822. Am not listing them here. Any after 1809, Nancy would have been over 40 at their birth and there are at least 5 after that. Unlikely she was giving birth regularly until she was 50 and not start having children until she was 26.
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The 1816 trip to Illinois. (Page 2 of Nancy' diary)
These four Spiller brothers, William , Benjamin, Elijah, and Warren, and their two sisters, Nancy, wife of Abraham Tippy, and Lydia, wife of John Duncan, along with a large company of other families, came in a long wagon train to Franklin County (now Williamson County,Illinois) in 1816. They were leaders in this colony. They thought they were coming to the Spanish Territory but this land was not a part of the Louisiana Purchase.
The Story of their trek westward has been handed down in Nancy SPILLER Tippys family as follows; This trip was a great undertaking. There were many preperations for this dangerous trip overland. The women spun and wove and made plenty of clothing. Dried apples and pumpkin ect.
They selected the best seeds, dried venicin and smoked hog meat, best cows who had been trained to pull the lighter covered wagons and in which the women and children slept at night. They were well guarded by the young ladies swearthearts and the husbands of the other women.
In front of them and in back of them were the heavier wagons drawn by large bulls and a few oxen and horses, stalions and mares. The women looked after the extra ammunition and rifles and shotguns. Most of the women could shoot deer, wild turkies and ducks and geese, even bear, wolves, and 'painters' (panthers) or indians.
If they were attacked by indians, these women and girls could load the extra guns and even bring down a 'red skin' if necessary. They had 40 large white dogs trained to give notice if indians were near and would kill an indian by taking him by the throat or the back of the neck.
Nancy SPILLER Tippy was a very successful doctor. She knew all the medicines, herbs and how to use them and how to treat the sick and wounded. Many a pioneer mother owed her life to her.
After this wagon train arrived in what is now Williamson County, they soon entered land and established homes on Phelps Praire. They were all land owners never belonged to the hunter class who never accumulated much property. Their land entries were made in 1818 and 1819.
Elijah Spiller, the Baptist preacher either died or left the country in the 1840s. He married couples in that year. There is on record in Franklin county court house a bill of sale of Elijah Spiller to William Turner made June 1, 1837. This sale wes for household goods and farming implements and stock. Also. he and his wife, Susannah, sold land in West Marion Township adjoining Warrenton K, Spiller in April 1836.
Nancy Spiller Tippy and family lived for a time near what is now Creal Springs. Their land entry however was near the other Spillers on Phelps Prairie.
Warrenton K. Spiller and family lived and died and are buried near what is now the Whiteville school #47 house west of Marion.
Benjamin Spiller and family are buried on their farm North West of Marion. William Spiller and his wife, Winifred, lived three miles west of Marion; his burial place has not been located. His daughted Sally who married John Crain, is buried at the golf club on the West hard road. There are many descandants of these families in Williamson County and all over Southern Illinois and many other states,
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The 1816 trip to Illinois. (Page 2 of Nancy' diary)
These four Spiller brothers, William , Benjamin, Elijah, and Warren, and their two sisters, Nancy, wife of Abraham Tippy, and Lydia, wife of John Duncan, along with a large company of other families, came in a long wagon train to Franklin County (now Williamson County,Illinois) in 1816. They were leaders in this colony. They thought they were coming to the Spanish Territory but this land was not a part of the Louisiana Purchase.
The Story of their trek westward has been handed down in Nancy SPILLER Tippys family as follows; This trip was a great undertaking. There were many preperations for this dangerous trip overland. The women spun and wove and made plenty of clothing. Dried apples and pumpkin ect.
They selected the best seeds, dried venicin and smoked hog meat, best cows who had been trained to pull the lighter covered wagons and in which the women and children slept at night. They were well guarded by the young ladies swearthearts and the husbands of the other women.
In front of them and in back of them were the heavier wagons drawn by large bulls and a few oxen and horses, stalions and mares. The women looked after the extra ammunition and rifles and shotguns. Most of the women could shoot deer, wild turkies and ducks and geese, even bear, wolves, and 'painters' (panthers) or indians.
If they were attacked by indians, these women and girls could load the extra guns and even bring down a 'red skin' if necessary. They had 40 large white dogs trained to give notice if indians were near and would kill an indian by taking him by the throat or the back of the neck.
Nancy SPILLER Tippy was a very successful doctor. She knew all the medicines, herbs and how to use them and how to treat the sick and wounded. Many a pioneer mother owed her life to her.
After this wagon train arrived in what is now Williamson County, they soon entered land and established homes on Phelps Praire. They were all land owners never belonged to the hunter class who never accumulated much property. Their land entries were made in 1818 and 1819.
Elijah Spiller, the Baptist preacher either died or left the country in the 1840s. He married couples in that year. There is on record in Franklin county court house a bill of sale of Elijah Spiller to William Turner made June 1, 1837. This sale wes for household goods and farming implements and stock. Also. he and his wife, Susannah, sold land in West Marion Township adjoining Warrenton K, Spiller in April 1836.
Nancy Spiller Tippy and family lived for a time near what is now Creal Springs. Their land entry however was near the other Spillers on Phelps Prairie.
Warrenton K. Spiller and family lived and died and are buried near what is now the Whiteville school #47 house west of Marion.
Benjamin Spiller and family are buried on their farm North West of Marion. William Spiller and his wife, Winifred, lived three miles west of Marion; his burial place has not been located. His daughted Sally who married John Crain, is buried at the golf club on the West hard road. There are many descandants of these families in Williamson County and all over Southern Illinois and many other states,
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Events
| Birth | 1769 - 1773 | Robertson Co., Tennessee | |||
| Death | 1835 | Bainbridge, Schuyler Co., Illinois | |||
| Burial | Bainbridge Cemetery, Williamson Co., IL | ||||
| Reference No | 7564 |
Families
| Spouse | Abraham TIPPY (1770 - 1835) |
| Child | John J TIPPY (1795 - 1834) |
| Child | Leannah Nicholas TIPPY (1796 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Sally TIPPY (1801 - 1874) |
| Child | James TIPPY (1801 - ) |
| Child | Sarah TIPPY (1802 - ) |
| Child | Abner TIPPY (1805 - 1868) |
| Child | Luranna TIPPY (1807 - ) |
| Child | William TIPPY (1808 - ) |
| Child | Elijah TIPPY (1809 - ) |
| Child | Braxton Lee TIPPY (1811 - 1876) |
| Child | Abraham TIPPY (1816 - ) |
| Child | Edward or Edwin TIPPY (1818 - ) |
| Child | Isaac TIPPY (1820 - ) |
| Child | Nancy Minerva TIPPY (1822 - ) |
| Child | Nicholas TIPPY ( - ) |
| Father | Warrenton King SPILLER (1738 - ) |
| Mother | Leanna NICHOLAS (1740 - ) |
| Sibling | William Jackson SPILLER (1769 - 1851) |
| Sibling | Lydia SPILLER (1771 - 1843) |
| Sibling | Frances SPILLER (1776 - ) |
| Sibling | Warrenton King SPILLER (1779 - 1853) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth SPILLER ( - 1813) |