Nancy Pullen

Brief Life History of Nancy

When Nancy Pullen was born on 9 November 1783, in Louisa, Virginia, United States, her father, William E. Pullen Sr., was 26 and her mother, Martha Patsy Pettitt, was 26. She married P. William Baird in March 1800, in Ashe, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Hickman, Tennessee, United States in 1850. She died on 9 April 1859, in Trigg, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Jacksboro, Campbell, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

P. William Baird
1784–1837
Nancy Pullen
1783–1859
Marriage: March 1800
Washington Baird
1802–
Zebulon Baird
1805–
Sarah Baird
1806–1881
Myra Louise Baird
1808–1880
Zebulon Baird
1809–1880
Baird
1810–1820
King Hiram Baird
1811–1897
Susan Baird
1813–1897
Mary Ann Baird
1815–1895
Ezekiel A Baird
1817–1848
Eliza Baird
1819–
Elizabeth Baird
1821–
William Baird
1822–1825
Benjamin Franklin Baird
1824–
Volney Baird
1831–1897

Sources (11)

  • Nancy Baird, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Nancy J. Pullum Baird, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Minutes and enrollment books, 1854-1895

World Events (8)

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

1788 · Becomes the 10th state

On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state. 

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English polein, Old French poulain, Anglo-Norman French pulein ‘foal, colt’.

English: variant of Pullum .

Dutch and German: patronymic from Pul, a variant of Pol 2.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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