NameNancy Ann ELLISON
Birth1776, , Guilford, North Carolina
Death1849, Quicksand, Breathitt, Kentucky
BurialQuicksand, Breathitt, Kentucky (John Bach Cemetery)
Misc. Notes
Married in Guilford County, North Carolina, was of Welsh parentage, “a faithful, caring wife and mother”.
Spouses
1Daniel DUFF, Step GGGG Grandfather
Birth1773, , Beaufort, North Carolina
Birth MemoDeath Register says 82yrs
Death15 Aug 1855, Little Sinking, Carter, Kentucky
OccupationBaptist Minister; Farmer
Cause of deathDyspepsia(Form Of Indigestion)
FatherShadrach DUFF (-1781)
Misc. Notes
Father=Shadrack;mother=Deborah Dixon Duff(Notes:Originally from Scotland )

Henry DUFF, b. 08 Nov 1859, d. 4 Aug 1915, s/o Daniel DUFF & Martha DICKERSON [Dickenson/Dickinson] (Extracted from microfilm at the Virginia State Archives by Jack Hockett.)(Must not be our Daniel as he died Aug1855!!)

In the spring of 1787, Elizabeth would have been 13 years old and was bonded until she was 18. Daniel was 11 years old that spring and was bonded until he was 21 (Court Records: Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Guilford County, North Carolina, November 20, 1786; page 232).

Monument to Morgan CO. Pioneers and Preachers-just off Ky Route 191 at Caney in Memory Hill Park. Info from internet post in Carter Co. website. Parents of Daniel were Shadrack Duff and Deborah Dixon from Scotland. Rev. Duff lived with hi s daughter Druscilla Duff Gilbert after his 1st wife died. (http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdonohew&id=I2579) (John Donohew)

Helped organize Oven Fork and Quicksand churches - honored on monument in Morgan County just off Ky.l9l at Caney - Memory Hill Park (Thu Jul 11 12:39:46 2002Contact: Jerry H Collins)

Originally of Presbyterian faith, active in Primitive Baptist churches of the Indian Bottom Assoc. In 1815, returning from VA, he was accompanied by two ministers, Wm Wells and John Flannery, pastor of the Deep Spring Church in Lee County, Virginia.
Marriage, , North Carolina
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