Nancy Coker 1766-1823

4th Great Grandmother - Paternal Side

Nancy Coker was born January of 1766 in Brunswick, Virginia to Joseph Coker and Mary Nellie Aldridge. It is unclear as to how many siblings she had due to only 4 brothers being named in her father's will. The family moved from Virginia to South Carolina around 1780 when her father was granted land for his service in the Revolutionary War.

While living in South Carolina, Nancy met a Revolutionary War Veteran, Frederick Thompson. They were married in Surry County, NC on 24 December 1784.

The couple lived in North Carolina for a few years until land opened up in Georgia around 1787. Together they had 9 children:
1. James Fredrick (1785-1856); married Frances Ellen Austin
2. David (1787-1857); married Dancella Camp
3. Nancy (1788-1823); married Robert Allison
4. John (1790-1850); married Mary Lake
5. Lucy (1792-1883); married Paul Patrick
6. Alexander (1794-1824); married Nancy Luck
7. Charolette (1796-1876); married Eldon Mitchell
8. Elizabeth (1798-1852); married William Kilgore
9. Martha Faithy (1802-1835); married Hiram Casey

Nancy died on June 5, 1823 and was laid to rest in the family plot on the farm but her remains were later removed to be by her husband's side in the Bethlehem United Methodist Church Cemetery in Bethlehem, Georgia.

Sources:
1. Ancestry.com
2. Find-a-grave.com
3. Georgia Settlers, Vol. 9, No. 3, August 2008; East Georgia Genealogical Society
4. Marriage Record was given to me by Nancy Panagoulias