Elender Nellie Crisp

Brief Life History of Elender Nellie

When Elender Nellie Crisp was born about 1822, in Burke, North Carolina, United States, her father, Micajah Michahak Crisp, was 39 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Sumpter, was 31. She married James Jacob Hollifield before 1841, in Burke, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Caldwell, North Carolina, United States in 1850 and Patterson, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States in 1860.

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Family Time Line

James Jacob Hollifield
1816–
Elender Nellie Crisp
1822–
Joel Alfred Hollifield
1841–1938
Emaline Hollifield
1844–
William Micajah Hollifield
1846–1937
Mary Hollifield
1849–1930
Daniel Hollifield
1851–
Jerry Webb Hollifield
1853–1912
Jacob Christopher Columbus Hollifield
1859–1921

Sources (6)

  • Ealendor Holyfield in household of Jacob Holyfield, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Ellinder Crisp in entry for Jessie Web Hollifield, "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930"
  • Elender Holifield in household of Jacob Holifield, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (8)

1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.

1830 · Trail of Tears

In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.

1853 · First State Fair

The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.

Name Meaning

English: nickname for a man with curly hair, from Middle English crisp, crips, scrip, Old English crisp, cryps (from Latin crispus), reinforced in Middle English by an Old French word also from Latin crispus. In some cases this is possibly a nickname from the personal name Crispin .

Americanized form of German Krisp: nickname from Middle High German krisp, krispel ‘curly-haired man’.

Americanized form of German Krisp: from a short form of the medieval personal name Krispin (see Crispin ).

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

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