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From: "Ellen Howell" <>
Subject: Re: [FLOYD] Fw: Nancy C. Floyd
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:03:31 -0700
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Betty, we have chatted some time ago about Benjamin Wofford who's niece
Sarah Wofford married Samuel Floyd son of Enoch and Margaret Floyd. That
Samuel being brother to my Jonathan. You can email me off the list if you
like. Families stuck together like glue back then marrying each other etc so
think there is a connect somewhere. Ellen at
----- Original Message -----
From: "Betty Stokes" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [FLOYD] Fw: Nancy C. Floyd


>I have been working on finding William before 1790. There were 3 other
> William Floyds in South Carolina at the time and it was a bit hard to
> separate them at first. There are still some records I haven't been able
> to
> separate. David was the youngest son and I have him tracked pretty well. I
> have William as being born about 1748. You probably heard of Isaac
> Muckleroy
> from me. William's daughter Sarah married him.
>
> Once upon a time I had William for a DAR ancestor. The DAR accepted him at
> first, but later decided his service was for someone else.
>
> I found a William Floyd in Wake Co., NC in an area that was previously
> Orange County. Unfortunately, someone else claimed this William Floyd and
> also a nearby family. I haven't given up on him completely but I have
> serious doubt. Enoch was in the general area and I have wondered about
> him.
> My William lived around One Mile off the Keowee River. He ended up in
> Grundy
> Co., TN (made from Coffee and Franklin Co.)
>
> I enjoy working with others. I would like to know more about Enoch.
>
> Betty
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [mailto:] On
> Behalf Of Ellen Howell
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 1:46 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [FLOYD] Fw: Nancy C. Floyd
>
> Betty, have we chatted before as your Floyd's come from the same neck of
> the
>
> woods as mine, Old Pendleton dist and Spartanburg, SC. We also have a
> David
> that went to Bedford Co TN first son of Enoch. Just wonder if your old Wm
> b
> abt 1748 could be a brother to Enoch Sr born abt 1737 maybe NC. Isaac
> Muckleroy's name rings a bell with me but can't remember in what context I
> read or saw it. Do you know anymore about old Wm or where he was born?
> Best
> regards. Ellen
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Betty Stokes" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 11:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [FLOYD] Fw: Nancy C. Floyd
>
>
>> This message is not for me, but I'm from the Floyds from Coffee Co., TN.
>> I
>> don't see your Nancy C. Floyd or Newton Rush on my database. I do have
>> one
>> Nancy I do not have a spouse for. She is the daughter of William H.
>> Floyd.
>
>> I
>> don't think the time frame works.
>>
>> These Floyds are descendants of William Floyd (b. abt 1748) and his sons,
>> Alexander (b. 1770, Elisha b. 1774/1784, William b. abt 1774, and David
>> b.
>> 1789.
>>
>> I have a good many of the descendants from there, but I either do not
>> have
>> or have not followed all of the other descendants. I'm from one of their
>> sisters, Sarah Floyd who married Isaac Muckleroy. Descendants of son,
>> David
>> moved to Texas. Other sisters married Tubb, Hargis, Moore. They came from
>> Pendleton District, South Carolina to Franklin Co., Tennessee. They had a
>> stop over in a neighboring county in Kentucky for a brief time before
>> moving
>> to Franklin Co., Tennessee, a portion of which became Coffee and Grundy
>> Counties. William Floyd lived in Burrows Cove around the time he died. He
>> left a will naming his children. Son Elisha had a son named William H.,
>> but
>> he is not the right age I'm pretty sure. William and Nancy were names
>> that
>> repeat in the family, but I have not seen a Stephen. That doesn't mean
>> there
>> wasn't a Stephen. My center of interest in these families was pretty well
>> moved on to Alabama and Texas by 1850.
>>
>> Betty in Houston, Texas
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [mailto:] On
>> Behalf Of Denise
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 12:23 PM
>> To:
>> Subject: Re: [FLOYD] Fw: Nancy C. Floyd
>>
>> Ellen,
>>
>> Thank you for responding.
>>
>> We will search the Stephen from Knox County. Do you have any information
>> on
>>
>> the Floyds from Coffee County Tennessee? That is where our Nancy C Floyd
>> married Newton Rush in 1885.
>>
>> I am looking for any of the Floyds in that bunch. Nancy C was my great
>> grandmother.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Denise
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ellen Howell" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 11:10 AM
>> Subject: Re: [FLOYD] Fw: Nancy C. Floyd
>>
>>
>>> Denise,
>>> There is a Stephen Floyd age 15 born TN in household of Wm and Nancy
>>> Floyd
>>> ages 49 & 44 from NC in 1850 census of 1850 Knox Co TN. I see in 1870
>>> Stephen A Floyd is 35 b TN and wife Nancy C born TN age 31 with children
>>> you
>>> mentioned in Gainesboro, Jackson Co TN and in 1880 they are in Clay Co
>>> TN.
>>> Stephen states his parents are from NC. This Stephen A seems a fit for
>>> son
>>> of Wm and Nancy.
>>> There is also a Stephen Floyd in KY but he doesn't match up with your
>>> Stephen that I can see. Who exactly are you trying to find information
>>> on?
>>> Ellen another Floyd researcher SC/KY
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Denise" <>
>>> To: <>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 9:37 AM
>>> Subject: [FLOYD] Fw: Nancy C. Floyd
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Denise
>>>> To:
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 10:35 AM
>>>> Subject: Nancy C. Floyd
>>>> Just added a bit more information.
>>>>
>>>> Hello. I am trying to find information on my great grandmother Nancy
>>>> C.
>>>> Floyd Rush. She was born in 1867 in
>>>> Kentucky. Her father was Stephen Floyd, 1836 in Tennessee. His wife
>>>> was
>>>> Nancy born in 1840 in Tennessee.
>>>>
>>>> Her brothers and sisters were:
>>>> William H 1866 Tennessee
>>>> Benjamin 1869 Tennessee
>>>> Mary M. 1873 Tennessee
>>>> Thomas A. 1875 Tennessee
>>>> Stephen A. 1878 Tennessee
>>>>
>>>> We at a total loss at finding her family. Any help would be
>>>> appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Denise Rush
>>>>
>>>>
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