b. 22 March 1786, d. 12 July 1837
Birth | 22 Mar 1786 | Nancy Craig was born on 22 Mar 1786 in Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia.4 |
Name Other | | Her "proper" name was Ann, however she used the common nickname Nancy most of her life. |
Marriage | 26 Jul 1808 | Nancy married first John Mitchell, son of (?) Mitchell, on 26 Jul 1808.1 |
| | John was a widower with 4 children. His first wife, Elizabeth King, died in 1806. Elizabeth was the sister of William King, an extensive landowner in southwest Virginia. John and Elizabeth had named their first son William in his honor but the infant died young. In 1809 John and Nancy named their first son William King Mitchell. They named their second son after Nancy's father Robert Craig. |
Widowed | 15 Aug 1821 | John died in August 1821. Elizabeth had given birth to the couple's 7th child less then 2 months earlier. |
Marriage | 20 Oct 1824 | She married second Rev. Stephen Bovell on 20 Oct 1824 in Washington County, Virginia. Rev. Bovell was also widowed.5 |
| | They may have had one child together, a daughter named Juliann or Margaret, who married but died young.6 |
Migration | 26 Sep 1836 | On Monday, Sept. 26, 1836, Nancy and Stephen, accompanied by other family members, left Clover Hill near Abingdon for Missouri.7 |
| | The trip took two months. They traveled by wagon, covering about 20 miles a day, depending on the condition of the roads. Nancy kept a journal of the trip, noting every town along the way, the weather, and the hospitality of the inn keepers where they stopped for the night. |
| | The family eventually settled in Randolph Co. (near Huntsville), however when they initially arrived in Missouri they continued farther north, visiting Nancy's daughter Sarah Davis and her husband John.7 |
Death | 12 Jul 1837 | Nancy died on 12 Jul 1837 in Randolph County, Missouri, at age 51. She had called Missouri home less than a year.3 |