TX Family Groupsheet: Family of Jeremiah O. Nabours Contributor: Michele H. Mills mailto: HUSBAND: Jeremiah O. Nabours Birth date: 1 Oct 1810 Birth place: Newberry County, South Carolina Death date: 2 Nov 1876 Death place: Milam County, Texas Burial place: Salem-Wilson Cemetery, Milam County, Texas Father: ? Mother: ? WIFE: Mary Etta Stewart Birth date: 23 Feb 1816 Birth place: Virginia Death date: 20 Mar 1900 Death place: Milam County, Texas Burial place: Salem-Wilson Cemetery, Milam County, Texas Father: Charles Stewart Mother: Nancy ? Marriage date: 5 Nov 1833 Marriage place: Pickens County, Alabama CHILD 1: Sarah Ann Nabours Birth date: 26 Aug 1834 Birth place: Pickens County, Alabama Death date: 12 Jun 1900 Death place: Spouse: William Washington Rogers Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 2: Benjamin F. Nabours Birth date: 20 May 1836 Birth place: Pickens County, Alabama Death date: 13 Jan 1862 Death place: Army hospital, Camp Neabsco, Dumpries, Virginia Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 3: William Ashford Nabours Birth date: 30 Jan 1839 Birth place: Itawamba County, Mississippi Death date: 22 Aug 1922 Death place: Temple, Bell County, Texas Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 4: John Milton Nabours Birth date: 4 Nov 1840 Birth place: Itawamba County, Mississippi Death date: 21 Nov 1840 Death place: Itawamba County, Mississippi Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 5: Permelia Nabours Birth date: 21 Dec 1841 Birth place: Itawamba County, Mississippi Death date: 30 Mar 1934 Death place: Hawley, ?, Texas Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 6: Nancy Nabours Birth date: 6 Feb 1844 Birth place: Mississippi Death date: 20 Aug 1872 Death place: Milam County, Texas Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 7: Elizabeth "Bettie" Nabours Birth date: 16 Aug 1846 Birth place: Itawamba County, Mississippi Death date: 20 Feb 1922 Death place: Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 8: Martha Parolee Nabours Birth date: 28 Oct 1848 Birth place: Itawamba County, Mississippi Death date: 29 Aug 1874 Death place: Milam County, Texas Spouse: John David Letcher Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 9: George H Nabours Birth date: 27 Nov 1850 Birth place: Death date: 7 Sep 1855 Death place: Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 10: James Oliphant Nabours Birth date: 17 Jul 1853 Birth place: Death date: 23 Dec 1934 Death place: Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 11: Robert Alexander Nabours Birth date: 17 Sep 1856 Birth place: Death date: 28 Feb 1878 Death place: Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 12: Mary Etta Nabours Birth date: 19 Dec 1860 Birth place: Death date: 27 Dec 1911 Death place: Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: SOURCES: 1. 1860 and 1870 Milam County Census records. 2. Register of State and County Officers, 1836-1945. Austin, TX: Office of the Secretary of State, Milam County, Texas - Public Officials - Tax Assessors and Collectors, (http://www.geocities.com/milamco/milam-305.htm. 3. Salem-Wilson Cemetery, Milam County. 4. William A. Nabours family bible. 5. West, C. A. ed., Texas Conference Methodism on the march... 1814-1960, (1960. The Parthenon Press, Nashville, Tennessee), p. 142. NOTES: Jeremiah and his family moved from Pickens County, Alabama to Itawamba County, Mississippi in 1838. In 1849 they moved to Bell County, Texas. In 1850 they moved to Washington County, Texas, before settling in Milam County, Texas in 1850 or 1851. Jeremiah Nabours was a circuit riding minister for the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Jeremiah served as Tax Assessor and Collector and District Clerk for Milam County.