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Hudson H. Nash was born 1808 in GA. He married (1) Mrs. Mariah Nunnelee 22 Dec 1831 in Elbert Co., GA. She was born Abt. 1810 in GA, and died Bef. 1857 in Elbert Co., GA. He married (2) Sarah E. Johnson 01 Jun 1857 in Elbert Co., GA. She was born 1830 in GA.
See Descendant Chart for Children with Sarah E. Johnson.
References:
1860 Elbert Dist., Elbert Co. GA - page 775
1870 Elbert Co., GA Census - 237B 16 July 1870
1880 Elbert Co., GA Census - Mosser Dist 196, 3 June 1880, pg 479 72 yrs,Farmer parents b. GA
(Lists his name as Hutsen)
Elbert Co."40,000 Early Ga. Marriages" by Maddox (Gainesville, FL Library)
Elbert Co. GA White Marriages 1805-1913, Pg. 41 - Bk. 30-5 - 498.
Child of Hudson Nash and Mariah Nunnelee is Junius B. Nash, born Abt. 1832 in SC. It is not known if there were other children.
Junius B. "June" married Sarah Lee Johnson 29 Jan 1850 in Elbert Co., GA, daughter of Unknown Johnson. She was born Abt. 1830 in SC.
The only known children at this time of Junius B. "June" and Sarah Johnson are Susan Nash, born 1853 in Wilkes Co., GA; died 1941 in Duval Co., FL, and Robert Hudson Nash, born 01 Dec 1860 in Elbert Co., Ga.; died 16 Jun 1944 in Suwannee Co., Fl.
References:
1860 GA Census - Elbert District, Elbert Co. page 772
Ref. Marriage & Family CD from IGI - lists a child, M.R.L. Harrolson b. 8 Aug 1869?
Robert Hudson "RH" Nash, was born 01 Dec 1860 in Elbert Co., Ga., and died 16 Jun 1944 in Suwannee Co., FL
Time Line for "RH" Nash:
1860 - Elbert Co., GA - Born
1880 - Wilkes Co., GA - He is listed in the R.H. Johnson family group of the 1880 Wilkes Co., GA Census Pg. 205, Broad River Dist., taken 9 Jun 1880, Robert Nash, nephew, age 19, b. GA, mother & father b. GA This leads the compiler to the conclusion that R.H. Johnson is either the brother of Robert's mother, Sarah Johnson, or the husband of his father's sister.
1882 - Wilkes Co., GA - On 17 Jan 1882 "RH" married Mary Phillura "Lue" Sayer 17 Jan 1882 in Wilkes Co., GA, daughter of John Sayer and Martha James. She was born 11 Jan 1860 in Elbert Co., Ga., and died 18 Jul 1939 in Suwannee Co., FL. Records for her list name as M.F. Sayer (Phillura as F).
See Sayer Surname.
1884 - Elbert Co., GA - Birth of son, James Gordon Nash, born 18 Jun 1884 in Elbert Co., GA
1886 - Elbert Co., GA - Birth of son, Junie Tapley Nash, born 09 Oct 1886 in Elbert Co., GA.
1890 - Rome, GA - Birth of daughter, Rosie May Nash, born 24 Mar 1890 in Rome, Ga.; died in Wichita Falls, TX
1892 - Elbert Co., GA - Birth of daughter, Allie Irene Nash, born 03 Dec 1892 in Elbert Co., GA; died 10 Dec 1988 in Duval Co., FL.
1894 - Wilkes Co., GA - Birth of daughter, Nobie Estell Nash, born 04 Apr 1894 in Wilkes Co., GA; died 08 Oct 1932 in Suwannee Co., FL. She married Cleveland F. Poole 01 Jul 1921 in Suwannee Co., Fl.; born Abt. 1894 in FL
1895-1896 - Ronola Co., TX - Birth of son, Robert Watson (Bob) Nash, born 11 Apr 1896 in Ronolo Co., Texas; died 12 Jan 1932 in Hot Springs, SD. He married Rodie Fennell 04 Aug 1926 in Suwannee Co., Fl.; born 06 Nov 1914 in Fl.; died 14 Jul 1928 in Fl..
1898 - Ronola Co., TX - Birth of son, Barney Lee Nash, born 18 Oct 1898 in Ronolo Co., Texas.
1901 - Denton Co., TX - Birth of son, Anthony Boyd Nash, born 24 Jun 1901 in Denton Co., Tx.; died 16 Sep 1933 in Suwannee Co., Fl..
1912 - Suwannee Co., FL - Drove a herd of Cattle from TX to FL.
1930 - Suwannee County Court records - 11 Apr 1930, R.H. Nash indicted: With a deadly weapon, to wit: a pistol which he, the said R.H. Nash then and there hand and held in his hands, in and upon one Fred Bailey, not having a premediated design and intent him, the said Fred Bailey then and there to kill and murder, did then and there make an assault upon him the said Fred Bailey; Contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the State of Florida. $500 bond (Compiler note: No further documents were found.)
1942 - Suwannee Co., FL - Death Certificate dated 16 Jun 1944, signed by Dr. Price, Live Oak, FL
"Allie Irene NASH, b. 3 Dec 1892 Wilkes Co., Ga., was the daughter of Robert Hudson NASH (b. 1 Dec. 1860, Wilkes Co., Ga. - d. 16 Jun 1944, Suwannee Co., Fl.) and Mary Lue SAYER (b. 11 Jan 1860 Wilkes Co., Ga. - d. 18 Jul 1939 Suwannee Co., Fl.) She had two older brothers, both born in Elbert Co., GA, James Gordon (1884-1943) m. Arline ? - known children: Travis, Arline, Grace, Laura;, Junie (Junius?) Tapley (1886-?); & an older sister, Rosie May (1890-?) born in Rome, GA m. Ed. Bryant (8 children) lived in TX. A younger sister, Nobie Estell (1894GA -1932FL) was also born in Wilkes Co., GA. Nobie m. 1921 FL Cleveland Poole.
"Irene" spent her first 3 years in Ga., moving to TX about 1895. It is not known what other Nash or Sayer family members moved with them, but it is surmised by the family that this was a GA to TX cattle drive.
While in TX, there were 3 more members added to Irene's family; Robert Watson "Bob" (1896 Ronola Co., TX - 1932 Vet. hosp in Dakotas) m. 1926 Rodie Fennel in FL (she d.1928); Barney Lee (1898 Ronolo Co., TX-?) m. ? known children, Andrew & Marvin; Anthony Boyd (1901 Denton Co., TX - 1933FL)- unmarried ? Either Gordon or Barney (or both) lived in AR.
In 1912, the Nash family (it is unknown if there were other Nash or Sayer family members with them) drove a heard of cattle into Suwannee Co., FL from TX. Irene was 16 years old at this time & an experienced horsewoman. The family settled on property just east of Live Oak, FL, where they continued ranching & farming. When Irene was 23 years old, she met ("it was love at first sight") James Newton (Jim) Mims at a "party one summer night", and they were married the following 15 November 1916.
Irene was an expert horsewoman, & mean with cow-whip antics. She helped her husband clear & farm land on two separate farms that they purchased in Suwannee Co., FL. She was just as at home on a tractor as she was on a horse. She was very intelligent & educated. In her last years, she tended a back-yard garden & furnished hand-made quilts to the "old folks home" in Dowling Park, Suwannee Co., FL.
After the death of her husband in 1969, Irene remained on her "small farm" just down the road from her beloved Clayland Baptist Church. She truly had a "green thumb" & was happiest with a hoe in hand working in her garden. Her health failing, she spent the last year or two of her life with her daughter Cecial Ellen Mims-Brim in Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL, dying in Cecial's home 10 December 1988.
See Mims Surname History Ref. 1: Family Bible page & Photos Ref. 2: Land Records Ref. 3: Trial Transcript Ref. 4: Death Certificate Ref. 5. Census Records
As with most life histories, genealogy is a twisting, winding, never ending road for researchers.
I hope to add more to these families in the near future. Help on discovering more about this Nash ancestry is greatly appreciated.