General Information

Birth
31 MAR 1784
Shenandoah, Virginia
Death
7 MAY 1841
Hamiton County, IL

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.

Parents

John Nelson
- Father
Bethsheba Hogan
- Mother
Birth
Shenandoah, VA
Death
7 MAY 1849
Hamilton County, IL

Spouse

John Rankin
- Husband
1775 - 1861
Birth
21 JAN 1775
Tryon County, NC
Married
27 JAN 1801
Barren, Kentucky, USA
Death
22 AUG 1861
Hamilton County, IL

Children

Mary Ann Rankin
- Daughter
Birth
3 AUG 1803
Barren, Kentucky, USA
Robert Rankin
- Son
1816 - 1832
Birth
7 MAY 1816
Sevier County, Tennessee
Death
7 JUL 1832
David Rankin
- Son
1812 - 1836
Birth
22 FEB 1812
Sevier County, Tennessee
Death
20 DEC 1836
Rachel Rankin
- Daughter
1810 - 1847
Birth
12 MAR 1810
Sevier County, Tennessee
Death
21 APR 1847
Moses Rankin
- Son
1814 - 1838
Birth
3 APR 1814
Sevier County, Tennessee
Death
3 MAR 1838
Illinois
John Henry Rankin
- Son
Birth
8 MAR 1808
Barren, Kentucky, USA
Margaret Rankin
- Daughter
Birth
17 APR 1805
Barren, Kentucky, USA
James Rankin
- Son
Birth
28 NOV 1801
Barren, Kentucky, USA
Wilson Rankin
- Son
1826 - 1893
Birth
18 MAR 1826
Monroe, Kentucky
Death
14 JAN 1893
Dexter, Stoddard County, MO
Polly Jane Rankin
- Daughter
1824 - 1876
Birth
24 FEB 1824
Sevier County, Tennessee
Death
23 FEB 1876
Hamilton County, ILlinois
Burial
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Hamilton County, IL
William Rankin
- Son
1820 - 1877
Birth
1 OCT 1820
Jackson County, TN
Death
20 OCT 1877
Hamiton County, IL
Jesse Rankin
- Son
Birth
13 AUG 1818
Sevier County, Tennessee