Family Tree
Three generations around Sally Ann
This record
Sally Ann Nelson
1784 — 1841
Child
James Rankin
b. 1801
Child
Mary Ann Rankin
b. 1803
Child
Margaret Rankin
b. 1805
Child
John Henry Rankin
b. 1808
Child
Rachel Rankin
1810 — 1847
Child
David Rankin
1812 — 1836
Child
Moses Rankin
1814 — 1838
Child
Robert Rankin
1816 — 1832
Child
Jesse Rankin
b. 1818
Child
William Rankin
1820 — 1877
Child
Polly Jane Rankin
1824 — 1876
Child
Wilson Rankin
1826 — 1893
Vital Events
Dates and Places
- Born31 MAR 1784 · Shenandoah, Virginia
- Died7 MAY 1841 · Hamiton County, IL
- SexFemale
Notes
Research Notes
According to the Job(e) Journal, Volume 3 (1980), Sally Ann Nelson was born 31 Mar 1784 in Shenandoah County, VA a daughter of John Nelson, Jr. and his wife, Bathsheba Hogan. She married in Barren County, KY on 27 Jan 1801 to "John Rankin, Sr. of North Carolina." They lived in Hamilton County, IL where she died on 7 May 1849. The source given in the Job(e) Journal is a "Rankin bible." According to Francis C. Gill, John was born 21 Jan 1775 in Tryon County, NC a son of Robert and Mary Witherow Rankin and died in Hamilton County on 25 Aug 1861.