This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rdgibbs Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/1891.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This is what I know about Nancy: Probably about 1823 (another estimation that comes from the 1824 birth date of their first child) Isaac RICHARDSON was married to Nancy WILLIAMS, daughter of Joseph and Sara (WILLIAMS) WILLIAMS. The DAR records of Wanda (KIRKBRIDE) FARR, National #207562, and those of Cora (RICHARDSON) SPRIGGS, National #73578, give Nancy's year of birth as 1809. In the 1850 Brooke County, Virginia federal census enumerated in August she gave her age as 41. If she had been born in 1809 she would have married at about the age of fourteen and become a mother at fifteen. Her son William said that she was born in West Virginia in the 1880 census, and in the same census Belinda said she was born in Ohio. Samuel gave Pennsylvania as the birthplace of his mother in the 1880, 1890, 1900 and1910 censuses and in 1880 Mary Jane agreed that her mother was born in Pennsylvania. Joseph, however, gave Nancy's birthplace as Virginia in the 1880 census. Elizabeth consistently said that her mother's ! birthplace was Pennsylvania in the 1880, 1900 and 1910 censuses. Nancy gave her own birthplace as Ohio in the 1850 census when she was living alone with her minor children as noted above. The marriage records of Brooke County on page 10 read: "This certifies that the rites of matrimony between the following persons were duly solemnized by me: John Miller & Nancy Richardson on 7th March 1852. . . [signed] H. Snyder." From the Wellsburg Weekly Herald of 19 March 18526 came the following: "Marriages . . . On the 7th inst., by the same {Rev. B. Snyder] Maj. JNO MILLER, to Mrs. NANCY RICHARDSON, both of Wellsburg, Va." In the Wellsburg Weekly Herald of 29 December 18547 reads: "Survivors . . . of the War of 1812 met . . . in Wellsburg at the Court House on Saturday the 23rd day of Dec. 1854." Maj. John MILLER was one of four appointed as delegates to the convention of the soldiers of the War of 1812 to meet in Washington on 8 January 1855. The Wellsburg Weekly Herald ! announced MILLER's candidacy for Commissioner of the Revenue i! n the Ma y 1856 election8. In the 1860 federal census for Wellsburg, Brooke County, Virginia John MILLER, aged 70, house carpenter, was enumerated with his wife Nancy MILLER, 52, and her children Sarah A. RICHARDSON, 19, and Elizabeth P. RICHARDSON, 14. Nancy probably died before the 20 July 1870 Wellsburg federal census10 when John MILLER, 83, retired carpenter, was living in the home of Amelia CARLE, 67, widow. There were no known children of Nancy (WILLIAMS) (RICHARDSON) MILLER's second marriage. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.