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My brick wall is my great-great-great grandmother Britta Ann Green McGuire Flynn. I have been researching people who seem related to her in hopes of identifying her parents.
One such person is Nancy Ellen Green, who married Sanford V. Garrett.
Fact #1:
Ellen Green married SVG on Feb. 24, 1856, in Shelby County, AL.
Fact #2.
In the 1860 US Census for AL, Nancy E. Green is living in Montevallo, Shelby County, AL. She is 27, born GA, keeping house, living with husband S. V. Garrett, a mechanic, and sons James B., 3, and Thomas G., 9/12. Neighbors are Wood, Leach, Knuboue, Rogers, Boothe and Allen.
(Britta Ann and her sister (?) Mary Ann Green McKinney lived in Shelby County, probably Montevallo, in 1850)
Fact #3.
In the 1866 US State Census for AL, Mrs. Ellen Garrett is living in Township 24, Range 12 East in Shelby County. In the household are one male under 10, one female under 10, and one female over 20. She lives a few doors over from Mrs. Brittan McGuire.
After 1866 Nancy Ellen seemed to drop off the face of the earth. Nowhere I looked could I find her until I looked for her children. I found James Garrott living in the household of James Adams in 1870.
Fact #4.
In the 1870 US Census for AL, James Adams is living on Beat 1, Montevallo P.O., Shelby County, AL. He is 45, born TN, a farmer, $4000, $4000. Also in the household are Nancy E. (Green Garrett), 38, keeping house, born GA; James R. (Robert Lee) Adams, 5/12. born Dec. in AL; James Garrott, 13, attending school, born AL; Mary E. Garrott, 10, at home; Willie Purviance, 12, born AL, attended school; all the above people are white. There follow some black people: Henry King, 25, cook, AL; Ben Nelson, 80, VA, austler ??; more whites: Joseph F. Blase (?), coal mine superintendent, 33, $1000, $8000, IL; Babe Smitherman, 27, born AL, at home; Sarah E., 1, born AL; Samuel Byington, farmer, New Jersey ??, 35; Albert Whitfield, 38, Mining Engineer, PA, parents of foreign birth; Thomas Black, at home, $500, $200, IL.
Neighbors include Moses Johnson; Andrew Gentry, Jolly, James Acker, Wilson, Cooper, Nelson, Seal, Woodley, Nelson, Reves (Zoss?), Nabors, Prentice, Arnold, Shortridge, Brasher, Davis.
Please note:
Sanford V. Garrett died in 1862 in Henrico, VA. The 1866 Census conforms to her probable family size, two children and one parent. Son James would be about 6 and Mary E. would be about 3. Thomas has apparently died, as I can find no other evidence of him. Neighbors are McMath, Wells, Holsemback, Allen, Nabors, Mary Large, Goshatt (Cashatt), Woods, T. E. Merony, and significantly, James Adams. Some researchers list S. V. and Nancy Ellen as having a son Josh, but I have never seen any documentary evidence to support this, though it may be true.
Fact #5
In the 1880 US Census for AL, Nancy Adams is living on Beat 4, Village of Montevallo. She is widowed, at home, born GA, father born SC, mother born GA. Also in the household is son Robert Lee, 10. Neighbors: Large, Rhodes, Nelson, Bradford, Shortridge, Dill, Acker, West, Wilson, Carleton (One of Britta’s neighbors in 1866).
I haven't found Nancy Ellen after this time, but her some James Robert Lee Adams eventually moved to Gadsden, Etowah County, and died there.
Questions still to be answered:
How is Nancy Ellen related to Britta Ann? At first I thought she might be a sister, but Nancy's parents were clearly born in SC and GA, while censuses consistently show Britta's parents born in SC or NC. She is clearly related, as she keeps showing up in the same places that Britta does with many of the same names.
Where is Nancy Ellen Green in 1850? Is this the Ellen Green/Gran who is lving with Elizabeth Reeves in the 1850 Census? She is 19, born AL. Also in household are Thomas Reeves, 15, Elizabeth Reeves, 60, $2800, lives next door to Thomas Ray, overseer.
Or is this Nancy Green the daughter of Elijah Green and living in his household in Shelby County? She is 18, born AL, father and mother from TN. Probably not, but it's hard to tell.
Throughout her life Nancy Ellen Green Garrett Adams is surrounded by names associated with Britta Ann Green McGuire Flynn, so they are definitely family. Just how close I have yet to determine, but hopefully this new research can help someone else out there.
Happy hunting!
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