John Bolin NASH (1807-1880)

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John Bolin NASH (1807–1880) & Jane FERGUSON (1808–1876)

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John Bolin NASH (1807–1880) & Jane FERGUSON (1808–1876)

American Patriot

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John Bolin NASH (1807-1880) was a real American Patriot starting out as a drummer boy serving in the War of 1812; Sargent Texas Revolution of 1835 – 1836; Captain in the Texas Rangers; Mexican War 1847 – 1849; Civil War 1861 – 1865.

John Bolin NASH (1807–1880) & Jane FERGUSON (1808–1876) were the great-grandparents of Jeff Augustus “Gus” BIRD (1893-1954) and the 2^nd great-grandparents of Evelyn Virginia BIRD Linton (1922-2012). Also, the cousin of Kirk Louis LINTON (1914-1987).

John Bolin NASH (1807–1880) was the son of Thomas Columbus NASH (1775–1828) & Hannah WEST (1775–1871). John was born on January 14, 1807, in Rutherford, Gibson County, Tennessee and died on November 26, 1880, in Brazos, McLennan County, Texas. He was buried on November 29, 1880, in the Shiloh Cemetery, Wheelock, Robertson County, Texas.

On February 2, 1828, John married Jane FERGUSON (1808–1876) in Rutherford, Gibson County, Tennessee. Jane was the daughter of James FERGUSON (1770–1813) & Elizabeth PORTER (1771–1852) Jane died on July 31, 1876, in Brazos, McLennan County, Texas. Jane was buried in the Shiloh Cemetery, Wheelock, Robertson County, Texas.

John & Jane had ten known children:

Elizabeth Pinckney NASH (1828–1915); Rowland Bolin NASH (1830–1904); Rowland Ferguson NASH (1835–1904); Hannah Virginia NASH (1837–1880); Sarah "Sally" A. NASH (1839–1880); George Washington NASH (1841–1865); Mary Jane NASH (1843–1920); Amanda Matilda NASH (1846–1922); William Payton NASH (1851–1939); Sciota Tennessee NASH (1853–1869).

John & Jane’s daughter Amanda Matilda NASH (1846-1922) married George Augustus "Gus" GAY (1840–1879).

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Chronology

Early 1800s

On May 25, 1809, the birth of John’s brother William West NASH (1809–1846). In 1811 the birth of sister Mary Ann NASH (1811–1860). On June 19, 1814, the birth of brother George Washington NASH (1814–1880) all in Rutherford, Gibson County, Tennessee.

War of 1812

In the War of 1812 with England, John’s father Thomas Columbus NASH (1775–1828) enlisted in Coffee's Regiment Calvary West Tennessee Volunteers from 1814 to 1815 bring with him his son John as a drummer boy serving with the regiment.

Brief History of the regiment

“Designation: Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry

Dates: December 1812 - April 1813

Men Mostly From: Rutherford, Davidson, Dickson, Robertson, Smith, Sumner, Williamson, and Wilson Counties

CAPTAINS: John Baskerville, Thomas Bradley, John W. Byrn, Blackman Coleman, Robert Jetton, Charles Kavanaugh, Alexander McKeen, Michael Molton, David Smith, Frederick Stump, James Terrill

This regiment of cavalry joined Jackson's forces at Natchez in early 1813. The strength of the regiment was approximately 600 men. While the bulk of Jackson's troops traveled by boat to Natchez, Coffee's mounted men went overland after rendezvousing near Franklin, Tennessee in mid-January 1813. The officers of this regiment were considered to be the elite citizens of their counties.

Many of the men in this regiment later became part of the unit led by Colonels Alcorn and Dyer during Jackson's first campaign into the Creek territory in the fall of 1813. John Coffee was a wealthy landowner in Rutherford County and a one-time business partner of Andrew Jackson. Coffee was married to Rachel Jackson's niece, Mary Donelson (they named two of their children Andrew and Rachel)”.

John Later reached the rank of Sargent in the Tennessee Militia Regiment after the war was over. Much later, a family member applied for and received a War of 1812 Marker from the U.S. Veterans Gravesites Administration. [i]

John Bolin NASH (1807-1880) was a real American Patriot serving in the War of 1812; Texas Revolution of 1835 – 1836; Mexican War 1847 – 1849; Civil War 1861 – 1865. John was the second great-grandfather of Evelyn Virginia BIRD Linton (1922-2012)

1816 - 1825

John’s brother Thomas Milton NASH (1816–1864) was born on November 28, 1816. His sister Nancy NASH (1818–1860) was born on December 30, 1818. His brother Franklin Wiley NASH (1821–1880) was born in 182

1. His brother Payton Smith NASH (1822–?) was born in 1822. His sister Amanda M. NASH (1825–1893) was born in 1825 all in Rutherford, Gibson County, Tennessee. [ii]

Marriage 1828

Death of father 1828

John’s father Thomas Columbus NASH (1775–1828) who was born in 1775 in Davidson County, North Carolina (now Tennessee) died on May 1, 1828, in Rutherford, Davidson County, Tennessee, leaving him a portion of this plantation.

1830 Census

The 1830 United States Federal Census:

Name Jno Nash

Home in 1830 Rutherford, Tennessee

Free White Persons - Males - Under 5 1

Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29 1

Free White Persons - Females - Under 5 1

Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29 1

Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23 1

Free White Persons - Under 20 2

Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 2

Total Free White Persons 4

Total Slaves 1

Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored) 5 [iii]

“Remember The Alamo” John’s brother James H. NASH (1810-1836) of the Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company was killed defending the Alamo. John’s and his brother Jesse E. NASH (1805-1839) both fought in the Army of the Republic of Texas under General Sam HUSTON (1793-1863) at the Battle of San Jacinto, fought forty-six days after the fall of the Alamo on April 21, 1836, in present-day La Porte and Pasadena, Texas. “Remember The Alamo”.

Texas 1833

In 1833, John, while still owning his father’s estate plantation in Rutherford, Gibson County, Tennessee, established a home on the Brazos River, Brazos, McLennan County, Texas.

1836

“Remember The Alamo”

John’s brother James H. NASH (1810-1836) of the Gonzales Mounted Ranger Company was killed defending the Alamo. John’s and his brother Jesse E. NASH (1805-1839) both fought in the Army of the Republic of Texas under General Sam HUSTON (1793-1863) at the Battle of San Jacinto, fought forty-six days after the fall of the Alamo on April 21, 1836, in present-day La Porte and Pasadena, Texas. “Remember The Alamo”.

1839

Bird's Creek Indian Fight

John’s brother older brother Jesse E. NASH (1805–1839) who was born in 1805 in Davidson County, Tennessee was killed on May 26, 1839 at Bird Creek, Temple, Republic of Texas.

Jesse had enlisted in the Texas Rangers on April 24, 1839, as a privet and discharged on July 24, 1839, from the pay roll. Jessie was under the command of his cousin Caption John Bird (1795-1839) born in Lobelville, Perry County, Tennessee and captain N. Brookshire.

John’s cousin Thomas Jefferson GAY (1774–1839) born on January 22, 1774 in Franklin, Heard County, Georgia and was killed on May 26, 1839, at Birds Creek, Temple, Bell County, Texas.

“Bird's Creek Indian Fight. The Bird's Creek Indian Fight occurred on May 26, 1839, near the site of present Temple, when a ranger force of thirty-four men under the command of Capt. John Bird came in contact with more than 200 Caddo, Kickapoo, and Comanche Indians. The Texans were victorious but suffered several casualties, including Captain Bird. A Comanche chief was killed in the fight. The creek on which the battle was fought became known as Bird's Creek. Two markers near Temple commemorate the event”.

Bird's Creek

"Letters from Central Texas" September 28, 2005, column

“ Part of Bell County history and mythology centers on John Bird who was felled by an arrow fired from 200 yards away at the Battle of Bird's Creek in what is now the middle of Temple. The creek - really a ravine - where the battle happened was named in Bird's honor, posthumously. If the Indians had won, the creek probably would have been named for the archer”.

“Bird and about 50 men left Fort Milam, near present-day Marlin, escorting about half a dozen soldiers to Bastrop to face court martial charges. They arrived at Fort Little River, which was abandoned at that time, and Bird turned the prisoners over to Lt. James Irvin and a dozen men for the trip to Bastrop.

Bird and his second-in-command, Nathan Brookshire, escorted the men a few miles, then turned back for the fort. On the way, they spooked three Indians skinning a buffalo on the prairie. Bird and Brookshire confiscated the meat, returned to Little River, and saddled up the next day in search of the Indians. Unfortunately, they found them.

Bird and his men faced a small force, roughly equal to the rangers' manpower, and chased them smack dab into a trap, where Bird's men found themselves outnumbered about 20-1 by a force comprised of Caddos, Kickapoos and Comanches.

The incident took place near where General Bruce Drive Temple is now. At the time of the battle, it was all open prairie and it belonged to the Indians; not a single white person lived in the county at the time. Bird's men were able to make it to a ravine, where they made their stand. John Henry Brown, a participant in the battle, wrote about it 20 years later. He described the place where the rangers hunkered down:

The ravine was in an open prairie with a ridge gradually ascending from its head and on either side, reaching the principal elevation at from 200 to 250 yards. For about 80 yards the ravine had washed out into a channel and then expanded into a flat surface. Such localities are common on the rolling prairies of Texas."

The Indians must have liked their chances at this point. A cocky chief sauntered his pony to within earshot of the trapped Rangers and asked in impeccable English, "How do you do?" He rode back and forth in front of the Rangers and repeated his question twice more: "How do you do?" This was the frontier equivalent of trash talking.

Maj. Brown related the second most famous incident, behind Bird's unlikely death, of the battle. "William Winkler, a Dutchman, presented his rifle with as much self-composure as if he had been shooting a beef, at the same time responding: 'I dosh tolerably well. How dosh you do (expletive deleted,)'" Then he shot the cheif off his horse and hollered at the fallen chief, 'Now how tosh you do, you tam red rascal!"

Chief Buffalo Hump - so named because he wore buffalo horns on his headdress -ordered the assembled Indians to charge, and they did so, twice. The Rangers repelled both charges.

After the Indians had dropped back a second time, Captain Bird mounted the creek bank to encourage his men, only to be struck in the heart by an arrow that Brown said was fired from 200 yards away.

Brown, quoted in George Tyler's "History of Bell County," said of the shot that it was "the best shot known in the annals of Indian warfare, and one that would seem incredible to those who are not familiar with their skill in shooting by elevation."

The Indians lost somewhere between 30 and 100 Indians in the battle. Bird and four of his men were killed.

Bird Creek Indian Battle Marker Title: Bird Creek Indian Battle in Temple, Bell County, Texas. Marker Erected: 1936. Marker Location: At the 2000 blk. of Nugent (inside of road), west of I-35 and just east of Bird Creek. Marker Text: May 26, 1839, This marker commemorates the death of captain John Bird Sergeant William Weaver Jesse E. Nash H. M. C. Hall Thomas Gay and the heroic and successful battle of a Ranger force of 34 against 240 Indians.

1840s

The 1840 census states that there are now a total seven free white Persons and four Slaves with three Persons employed in Agriculture on the farm in Rutherford, Gibson County, Tennessee. [iv]

John & Jane’s son George Washington NASH (1841–1865) was born in 1841 and their daughter Mary Jane NASH (1843–1920) was born 1843 in Rutherford, Gibson County, Tennessee.

On August 23, 1846, the birth of John & Jane’s daughter Amanda Matilda NASH (1846–1922) occurred in Rutherford, Gibson County, Tennessee.

John’s younger brother, William West NASH (1809–1846) died on August 25, 1846, in Potontoc, Potontoc County, Mississippi. [v]

Mexican War 1847 - 1849

John fought in the Mexican War reaching the rank of Sargent, according to the U.S., Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 (no detail record of his service was on record). The war lasted from January 1847 to June 1849. In 1847 The United Sates wins the Battle of Buena Vista, the Battle of Cerro Gordo and the Battle of Mexico City.

1850s

According to the 1850 Census, Name, John B. Nash; Gender, Male; Race, White; Age, 44; Birth Year about 1806; Birthplace, Tennessee; Home in 1850, McCrackins, Rutherford, Tennessee; Occupation, Farmer; Industry, Agriculture; Line Number, 17; Dwelling Number, 29; Family Number, 29; Household Members, John B Nash age 44; Jone Nash age 43; Thomas Nash age 20; Bolin Nash age 15; Hannah Nash age 13; Solly Nash age 11; George Nash age 9; Mary Nash age 7; Amanda Nash age 3. [vi]

John & Jane’s son William Payton NASH (1851–1939) was born on June 27, 1851, in Rutherford, Gibson County, Tennessee.

John & Jane’s daughter Sciota Tennessee NASH (1853–1869) was born in 1853 in Rutherford, Gibson County, Tennessee.

John was appointed Postmaster on May 3, 1859, at the Post Office located at the Rutherford Depot, Gibson County, Tennessee. [vii]

1860s

Early in 1860, John & Jane sold their farm in Tennessee and bought a large farm in Boonville, Texas. Boonville was the first county seat of Brazos County, Texas, now a ghost town. Boonville was the county seat in Brazos County (formerly known as Navasota County) from the 1840s to the 1860s. Boonville was named in honor of Mordecai Boon, Sr., nephew of Daniel Boone. When the Houston and Texas Central Railway was extended from Millican to Bryan in 1866, Bryan was made the county seat. [viii]

According to the 1860 Census dated July 26, 1860: Name, John B Nash age 54; Birth Year, 1806; Gender, Male; Race, White; Birth Place, Tennessee; Home in 1860, Precinct 3, Brazos, Texas; Post Office Boonville; Dwelling Number, 513; Family Number, 513; Occupation, Farmer; Real Estate Value, $1,905; Personal Estate Value, $14,595; Household members, John B Nash age 54; Jane Nash age 52; Geo W Nash age 19; Amanda M Nash age 14; William P Nash age 9; Sciota S Nash age 7. [ix]

According to U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Agriculture Production Schedules, 1850-1880 Enumeration Date, July 20, 1850 [1860 September 17], John B. Nash owned 45 acres of improved land and 336 acres of unimproved land in Precinct 1, Boonville, Brazos, Texas. The cash value of land was $1,965. The cash value of farm equipment was $75. There were two houses on land. There were 5 work asses and 5 mules, cash value of livestock $356.There was 35 bushels of wheat, 10 bushels of rye, 406 bushels of Indian corn, 20 bushels of cotton.

Living on the same farm was Thomas B. Nash. Thomas had one house with cash value of $65 in livestock, $15 in farm equipment and 360 bushels of Indian corn. [x]

John loses two of his younger sisters in 1860, Mary Ann NASH (1811–1860) and Nancy NASH (1818–1860)

Civil War 1861 - 1865

John B. NASH at age 54, enlistment as a private, in the 5^th Texas Cavalry Regiment also known as the 5^th Texas Mounted Rifles Confederate States of America. The unit was organized at San Antonio in August 1861, for the purpose of invading New Mexico Territory. Tom Green was the regiment's first colonel. Later, Private Nash was transferred or reorganized to the 21^st Regiment Texas Cavalry (1st Texas Lancers) Company E.

In 1862, the unit participated in the ultimately unsuccessful New Mexico Campaign. In 1863, the regiment fought engagements at Battle of Valverde (1862); Battle of Glorieta Pass (1862); Battle of Albuquerque (1862); Battle of Peralta (1862); Battle of Galveston (1863); Battle of Fort Bisland (1863); Battle of Irish Bend (1863); 2^nd Battle of Donaldsonville (1863); Battle of Stirling's Plantation (1863); Battle of Mansfield (1864); Battle of Pleasant Hill (1864) and the Battle of Blair's Landing (1864)

In 1864, the unit was in action during the Red River Campaign. After being withdrawn to Texas, the regiment disbanded by June 1865. [xi]

Editor Note: Work-in-progress, Some of John’s sons also fought in the Civil War.

John Bolin NASH (1807-1880) was a real American Patriot serving in the War of 1812; Texas Revolution of 1835 – 1836; Mexican War 1847 – 1849; Civil War 1861 – 1865. John was the second great-grandfather of Evelyn Virginia BIRD Linton (1922-2012)

1870s

According to the June 1, 1870, Census, J. B. Nash lived at Post Office Bryan, Brazos County, Texas on Farm number 3; Dwelling number one; Age: 64; Farmer; Real estate value $1,000; personal estate value $1,200; Occupation, Farmer; Male Citizen Over 21, Yes; Household members, J. B. Nash age 64; J. Nash age 61; W. Nash age 18. [xii]

John’s mother, Hannah passed away on April 1, 1871, in Middleton District, Rutherford, Gibson County, Tennessee, at the age of 95.

On July 31, 1876, John’s wife Jane FERGUSON (1808–1876) dies in Brazos, McLennan County, Texas. Jane was buried in the Shiloh Cemetery, Wheelock, Robertson County, Texas. [xiii]

1880s

On September 13, 1880, John’s brother George Washington NASH (1814–1880) dies in Obion County, Tennessee.

According to the 1880 Census: Residence in 1880 in Precinct 6, Brazos County, Texas; J. B. Nash was a widower and head of the house age 74; Birth Date. About 1806; Birthplace, Tennessee; House Number, 1; Dwelling Number, 70; Race, White; Gender, male; Father's Birthplace, North Carolina; Mother's Birthplace, North Carolina; Occupation, no occupation; Household Members, J.B. Nash age 74, Self (Head); William Nash age 28, Son; Sarah E. Nash age 22, daughter-in-law; J. William Nash age 5, grandson; James F. Nash age 2, grandson. [xiv]

John died on November 26, 1880, in Brazos, McLennan County, Texas. He was buried on November 29, 1880, in the Shiloh Cemetery, Wheelock, Robertson County, Texas. [xv]

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[iii] 1830 United States Federal Census; 1830; Census Place: Rutherford, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 179; Page: 319; Family History Library Film: 0024537; Publisher, Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Gr;

[iv] 1840 United States Federal Census: Place: Rutherford, Tennessee; Roll: 533; Page: 102; Image, 211; Family History Library Film: 0024549; Publisher, Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record G;

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[vi] 1850 United States Federal Census: 1850 Census Place: McCrackins, Rutherford, Tennessee; Roll: M432_894; Page: 251A; Image: 494; Publisher Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census;

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[ix] 1860 United States Federal Census: Census Place: Precinct 3, Brazos, Texas; Roll: M653_1289; Page: 95; Image: 194; Family History Library Film: 805289; Publisher, Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records;

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[xiv] 1880 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Precinct 6, Brazos, Texas; Roll: 1292; Family History Film: 1255292; Page: 226C; Enumeration District: 015; Author Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Publisher, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited; Repository Ancestry.com Address http://www.Ancestry.com

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Direct ancestral linage:

John Bolin NASH (1807-1880) & Jane FERGUSON (1808–1876)

Amanda Matilda NASH (1846-1922) & George Augustus "Gus" GAY (1840–1879)

Drusilla GAY (1868-1948) & Thomas Jefferson BIRD (1861–1931)

Jeff Augustus "Gus" BIRD (1893-1954) & Clara Myrtle GRAY-SADLER (1900–1988)

Evelyn Virginia BIRD (1922-2012) & Kirk Louis LINTON (1914-1987)

3^rd great-grandparents of Kenneth “Ken” Edward LINTON & Terry Louis LINTON

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