Nancy Jane “Lizzie” <I>Copeland</I> Davis

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Nancy Jane “Lizzie” Copeland Davis

Birth
Waynesboro, Wayne County, Tennessee, USA
Death
31 Oct 1906 (aged 57)
Waynesboro, Wayne County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Waynesboro, Wayne County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Nancy Jane Copeland was the third child and oldest daughter of Joseph Matthew and Sarah Wade Cypert Copeland.

There is a very interesting Civil War story about Nancy Jane Copeland found in "The Pariss Sims Family and Related Families 1765-1965." On page 60 the author, A.J. Sims, begins, "The Thompson-Copeland home place, originally a part of the Cypert Grant was owned by my father. An interesting incident of Civil War days took place there. My grandmother, Nancy Jane Copeland, had a very fine horse her father had given her. Confederate soldiers, forraging in the valley, came by the farm and took the horse away with them. My grandmother followed them, keeping out of sight in the woods. When the soldiers went into a pasture on another farm to round up some horses, she rescued her horse, jumped on it and dashed away into the hills."

Nancy Jane Copeland married Joseph Noah (J.N.) Davis on 27 Jan 1867, in Wayne Co., Tn. Their eleven children were:
- Elihu G.
- Joseph James Harrison
- Camilla Ellender
- Thomas Riley
- Alice Rebecca
- John Franklin "Frank"
- Harvey Wade - unmarried
- Matilda Elizabeth "Lizzie" - unmarried
- Mary Belle
- Walter
- Ella - died as infant

Nancy Jane Copeland Davis can be found in the following US Federal Census records:
- 1860 for Wayne Co., Tn with her parents and five siblings
- 1870 for Wayne Co., Tn with her spouse and one son
- 1880 for Wayne Co., Tn with her spouse and five children
- 1900 for Wayne Co., Tn with her spouse and seven children

- compiled by Gaynelle Hobt Morton
- revised Nov., 2017
- revised May 2019
Nancy Jane Copeland was the third child and oldest daughter of Joseph Matthew and Sarah Wade Cypert Copeland.

There is a very interesting Civil War story about Nancy Jane Copeland found in "The Pariss Sims Family and Related Families 1765-1965." On page 60 the author, A.J. Sims, begins, "The Thompson-Copeland home place, originally a part of the Cypert Grant was owned by my father. An interesting incident of Civil War days took place there. My grandmother, Nancy Jane Copeland, had a very fine horse her father had given her. Confederate soldiers, forraging in the valley, came by the farm and took the horse away with them. My grandmother followed them, keeping out of sight in the woods. When the soldiers went into a pasture on another farm to round up some horses, she rescued her horse, jumped on it and dashed away into the hills."

Nancy Jane Copeland married Joseph Noah (J.N.) Davis on 27 Jan 1867, in Wayne Co., Tn. Their eleven children were:
- Elihu G.
- Joseph James Harrison
- Camilla Ellender
- Thomas Riley
- Alice Rebecca
- John Franklin "Frank"
- Harvey Wade - unmarried
- Matilda Elizabeth "Lizzie" - unmarried
- Mary Belle
- Walter
- Ella - died as infant

Nancy Jane Copeland Davis can be found in the following US Federal Census records:
- 1860 for Wayne Co., Tn with her parents and five siblings
- 1870 for Wayne Co., Tn with her spouse and one son
- 1880 for Wayne Co., Tn with her spouse and five children
- 1900 for Wayne Co., Tn with her spouse and seven children

- compiled by Gaynelle Hobt Morton
- revised Nov., 2017
- revised May 2019

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