Nancy Elizabeth DEWITT

1801 - 1834  (33 years)

• Name	Nancy Elizabeth DEWITT
  Born	1803 OR 1801	West Virginia, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	1838 OR 19 Mar 1834	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried	Muses Bottom Cem - is this Dewitt Cem?
  Notes	Cheryl Gallagher says Nancy was born about 1801 and died 19 Mar 1834, buried Muses Bottom Cem - is this the DeWitt Cem?
  Person ID	I74	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	24 May 2005

  
  

  Father	John DEWITT,   b. 23 Apr 1758,   d. 14 Jan 1820, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Nancy CULBERTSON,   b. 1770,   d. 15 Aug 1841  (Age 71 years)
  Married	Abt 1789	Probably in Westmoreland Co, PA
  Notes	1790 Hempfield, Westmoreland, PA John Dewit 1 free white male 16+ 1 free white female 16+ John Culbertson is listed next Mason Co tax list John Dewitt sr 1811-13-14 1810 Mason, VA John Dewit 1m 10-15 Alexander? 1m 16-25 John? 1m 26-44 John would have been about 51 2f 0-10 1f 10-15 1f 26-44 Nancy should have been about 40 1820 Mason Co, VA Thomas Duett (6 people, 1 in agriculture) Males 0-10: 1; 16-26: 1 Females 0-10: 2; 16-26: 2 John Duett (4 people, 2 in agriculture) Males 16-26: 2 Females 16-26: 2 Nancy Duett (6 people listed, 1 in agriculture) males 10-16: 1, 16-26: 1 ( females 10-16: 1, 16-26: 1, 26-45: 1, 45+: 1 (Charlotte, Lydia, 1830 Mason Co, VA John Duett males 5-10: 1, 10-15: 1, 20-30: 2, 30-40: 1 females 10-15: 1, 30-40: 1 Thomas Duett males 0-5: 2, 5-10: 1, 10-15: 1, 30-40: 1 females 5-10: 1, 10-15: 1, 20-30: 1 Revolutionary War Service; PA Archives Vol 8, pp 380, 421, 426, 435 Buried Dewitt Cemetery, Tombstone destroyed when rocks were quarried out of the bank of the river below the cemetery ~~~ "Jackson County in the Wars" Revolutionary Soldiers John Dewitt. A Revolutionary soldier who was the first settler at Muses Bottom in 1811; believed to have been the first white settler in Grant district. He died in 1810. (Date of settlement was 1807, not 1811. . drh) His son, John Jr, is listed in Mason County Tax Lists for 1811-14 and census for 1820. There seems to have been three John Dewitts in that area of the county at that time. ~~~ This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the Section "Lower Sandy Valley". Dewitt Family The first settler at Muse's Bottom was John DeWitt (some of the old settlers pronounce it Doo-it), who built the first cabin, in 1807. Soon after, Thomas DeWitt, John Powers, Thomas Coleman, Ellis Nesselrode, and John Boso came. It is not at all certain that these parties all came the same year, but they were all among the very early pioneers. Where the DeWitts were from is not given, but the name recurs several times in the early history of Mill creek and Sandy, and parties of the same name are still to be found in Grant District. [1]
  Family ID	F215	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isaac Baldwin SHERMAN,   b. 1800, Massachusetts ,   d. 21 Mar 1852, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 52 years)
  Notes	1830 Mason Co Isaac B. Sherman 2m und. 5 Abel & Henry 1m 30-40 1f 5-10 ?? 1f 20-30 ~~~ 1840 Jackson, VA Isaac B Sherman male 0-5 --1 --- Giles, if this is correct, Nancy did not die in 1834 10-15 --2 Able and Henry 40-50 - 1 female 5-10 -- 3 Sarah, Elizabeth, ? 10-15 --2 Mary Defore and Lucy Stedman 2 slaves - 1 male 10-24, 1f 10-24, total - 11 1850 Jackson VA, pg 109 #774-781 Sherman, Isaac B, 52, farmer, 1800-1852, Massachusetts Mary, 45, VA Giles, 14, Jxn Mary, 6 Amanda, 3 George, 2 Pioneer History of Meigs Co, OH to 1949: Isaac Baldwin Sherman (Feb 6, 1800-1852) m. Nancy Elizabeth (DeWitt). Made his home in Boston, Mass with uncle and aunt until he came to Virginia in 1815. Owned three thousand acres of land in Jackson co, was Sheriff of the county, buried at Muses Bottom, WV. Able Sherman (Feb 16, 1755 - Aug 25, 1822. Born in Rhode Island. Died in Mason Co, Va. Buried in cemetery on Hubert M Price farm, Meigs co, OH. Lived a while on Blenerhassett Island, then moved to Sterling Bottom, OH. (The first Post office in Lebanon twp, Meigs county, was located at Sterling Bottom, about 3/4 mile north of the present village of Portland) Family grown when he came to VA. (I assume this indicates that the author of this article Ernestine Price of Portland, believed Isaac was the son of Abel - bb)
  Children	1. Abel D Sherman,   b. 11 Mar 1824, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia ,   d. Bef 1855  (Age < 30 years)   2. Henry Clay Sherman,   b. 12 Oct 1828, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 9 Aug 1906, Sandoval, ILL  (Age 77 years)   3. Charlotte Sherman,   b. Between 1825 and 1830,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Sarah Baldwin 'Sally' SHERMAN,   b. 25 Aug 1831, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 21 Aug 1910  (Age 78 years)   5. Elizabeth Sherman,   b. 8 Sep 1833,   d. Jul 1914  (Age 80 years)   6. Giles Sherman,   b. Abt 1836, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F137	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S24] Cheryl Gallagher.