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Source: Williamson County, Tennessee court records (TSLA microfilm), via Ancestry.
How it is shown: Complete page as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Confirmed as a Pleas and Quarter estate-division file (not a divorce, as a RootsWeb page labelled it). The files name a son William, a son John and a daughter Lucretia (Mrs. Charles W. Crouch); that this William is Colonel William Nash of Kaufman County, Texas, and this John is John D. "Jack" Nash is Likely (tree and secondary accounts), not proved. Names of the enslaved people are read from handwriting and are uncertain where marked in the private account. Further parties tagged on 4 Oct 2026: Lucrecia Nash (1810–1844); Charles W. Crouch (Lucretia (Mrs Charles W.) Crouch and her husband, named in the jacket, petition, report and decree of the estate file).
Evidence for: Williamson County, Tennessee, Pleas and Quarter Sessions: estate file of Dempsey Nash (jacket 'Children: William Nash, John Nash, Lucretia Crouch (Mrs. Charles W.)'); petition of William, John and Charles W. Crouch with his wife Lucretia; commissioners' report 11 July 1833; decree January 1834
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Source: Williamson County, Tennessee court records (TSLA microfilm), via Ancestry.
How it is shown: Complete page as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: A docket wrapper carrying only a label. The file names a son William, a son John and a daughter Lucretia (Mrs. Charles W. Crouch); that William is Colonel William Nash of Kaufman County, Texas and John is John D. 'Jack' Nash is Likely (tree and secondary accounts), not proved. The file's petition, report and decree list enslaved people by first name and value; those pages are captioned as an estate division.
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Source: Williamson County, Tennessee court records (TSLA microfilm), via Ancestry.
How it is shown: Complete page as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: A docket wrapper carrying only a label. The file names a son William, a son John and a daughter Lucretia (Mrs. Charles W. Crouch); that William is Colonel William Nash of Kaufman County, Texas and John is John D. 'Jack' Nash is Likely (tree and secondary accounts), not proved. The file's petition, report and decree list enslaved people by first name and value; those pages are captioned as an estate division.
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Source: Williamson County, Tennessee court records (TSLA microfilm), via Ancestry.
How it is shown: Complete page as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: A docket wrapper carrying only a label. The file names a son William, a son John and a daughter Lucretia (Mrs. Charles W. Crouch); that William is Colonel William Nash of Kaufman County, Texas and John is John D. 'Jack' Nash is Likely (tree and secondary accounts), not proved. The file's petition, report and decree list enslaved people by first name and value; those pages are captioned as an estate division.
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Source: Williamson County, Tennessee court records (TSLA microfilm), via Ancestry.
How it is shown: Complete page as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: A docket wrapper carrying only a label. The file names a son William, a son John and a daughter Lucretia (Mrs. Charles W. Crouch); that William is Colonel William Nash of Kaufman County, Texas and John is John D. 'Jack' Nash is Likely (tree and secondary accounts), not proved. The file's petition, report and decree list enslaved people by first name and value; those pages are captioned as an estate division.
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Source: Williamson County, Tennessee court records (TSLA microfilm), via Ancestry.
How it is shown: Complete page as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Confirmed as a Pleas and Quarter estate-division file (not a divorce, as a RootsWeb page labelled it). The files name a son William, a son John and a daughter Lucretia (Mrs. Charles W. Crouch); that this William is Colonel William Nash of Kaufman County, Texas, and this John is John D. "Jack" Nash is Likely (tree and secondary accounts), not proved. Names of the enslaved people are read from handwriting and are uncertain where marked in the private account. Further parties tagged on 4 Oct 2026: Lucrecia Nash (1810–1844); Charles W. Crouch (Lucretia (Mrs Charles W.) Crouch and her husband, named in the jacket, petition, report and decree of the estate file).
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Source: Williamson County, Tennessee court records (TSLA microfilm), via Ancestry.
How it is shown: Complete page as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Confirmed as a Pleas and Quarter estate-division file (not a divorce, as a RootsWeb page labelled it). The files name a son William, a son John and a daughter Lucretia (Mrs. Charles W. Crouch); that this William is Colonel William Nash of Kaufman County, Texas, and this John is John D. "Jack" Nash is Likely (tree and secondary accounts), not proved. Names of the enslaved people are read from handwriting and are uncertain where marked in the private account. The page is the end of the petition, with bleed-through.
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Source: Williamson County, Tennessee court records (TSLA microfilm), via Ancestry.
How it is shown: Complete page as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Confirmed as a Pleas and Quarter estate-division file (not a divorce, as a RootsWeb page labelled it). The files name a son William, a son John and a daughter Lucretia (Mrs. Charles W. Crouch); that this William is Colonel William Nash of Kaufman County, Texas, and this John is John D. "Jack" Nash is Likely (tree and secondary accounts), not proved. Names of the enslaved people are read from handwriting and are uncertain where marked in the private account. Further parties tagged on 4 Oct 2026: Lucrecia Nash (1810–1844); Charles W. Crouch (Lucretia (Mrs Charles W.) Crouch and her husband, named in the jacket, petition, report and decree of the estate file).
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Source: Williamson County, Tennessee court records (TSLA microfilm), via Ancestry.
How it is shown: Complete page as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Confirmed as a Pleas and Quarter estate-division file (not a divorce, as a RootsWeb page labelled it). The files name a son William, a son John and a daughter Lucretia (Mrs. Charles W. Crouch); that this William is Colonel William Nash of Kaufman County, Texas, and this John is John D. "Jack" Nash is Likely (tree and secondary accounts), not proved. Names of the enslaved people are read from handwriting and are uncertain where marked in the private account. Further parties tagged on 4 Oct 2026: Lucrecia Nash (1810–1844); Charles W. Crouch (Lucretia (Mrs Charles W.) Crouch and her husband, named in the jacket, petition, report and decree of the estate file).
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![Williamson County, Tennessee: the signature page of the commissioners' report of 11 July 1833 on the estate of Dempsey Nash (signers read as John L. McEwen [?] and William Whitfield [?], among others).](/media/eecd2b332fb50/display.jpg)
Source: Williamson County, Tennessee court records (TSLA microfilm), via Ancestry.
How it is shown: Complete page as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Confirmed as a Pleas and Quarter estate-division file (not a divorce, as a RootsWeb page labelled it). The files name a son William, a son John and a daughter Lucretia (Mrs. Charles W. Crouch); that this William is Colonel William Nash of Kaufman County, Texas, and this John is John D. "Jack" Nash is Likely (tree and secondary accounts), not proved. Names of the enslaved people are read from handwriting and are uncertain where marked in the private account.
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Source: Williamson County, Tennessee court records (TSLA microfilm), via Ancestry.
How it is shown: Complete page as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Confirmed as a Pleas and Quarter estate-division file (not a divorce, as a RootsWeb page labelled it). The files name a son William, a son John and a daughter Lucretia (Mrs. Charles W. Crouch); that this William is Colonel William Nash of Kaufman County, Texas, and this John is John D. "Jack" Nash is Likely (tree and secondary accounts), not proved. Names of the enslaved people are read from handwriting and are uncertain where marked in the private account. This ledger page was not transcribed.
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Source: Williamson County, Tennessee court records (TSLA microfilm), via Ancestry.
How it is shown: Complete page as supplied; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Confirmed as a Pleas and Quarter estate-division file (not a divorce, as a RootsWeb page labelled it). The files name a son William, a son John and a daughter Lucretia (Mrs. Charles W. Crouch); that this William is Colonel William Nash of Kaufman County, Texas, and this John is John D. "Jack" Nash is Likely (tree and secondary accounts), not proved. Names of the enslaved people are read from handwriting and are uncertain where marked in the private account. The day of the decree reads [7th?] January 1834. Further parties tagged on 4 Oct 2026: Lucrecia Nash (1810–1844); Charles W. Crouch (Lucretia (Mrs Charles W.) Crouch and her husband, named in the jacket, petition, report and decree of the estate file).
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Source: Tarlton Law Library, Jamail Center for Legal Research, The University of Texas School of Law (Tarlton Constitutions 1824-1876)
How it is shown: Whole PDF as supplied by the library, including its cover notice; no change. Tarlton's own cover notice says its page images require Tarlton's permission, which has not been obtained.
Keep in mind: Confirmed as the printed lists. The tree's Colonel William Nash (1809-1865, Kaufman County) is identified with the Adjourned Session 'Nash Wm.' as Likely; 'Nash, T. J.' (Thomas Jefferson Nash of Dallas) has no shown link to this line.
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Source: Internet Archive (public-domain scan of a 1912 state publication); journalofsecessi00texa.
How it is shown: Complete page rendered from the scan as a PNG; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Confirmed: a different question from adoption of the Ordinance of Secession. The William Nash of Kaufman County of 1861 is Likely (not proved) to be the tree's Colonel William Nash (b. 1809 Tennessee, d. 1865 Kaufman) per the delegate list and secondary accounts; he is not shown to be the William of the 1833 Tennessee petition. T. J. Nash of Dallas, who also appears in the Journal, is not shown to be in the family.
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Source: Internet Archive (public-domain scan of a 1912 state publication); journalofsecessi00texa.
How it is shown: Complete page rendered from the scan as a PNG; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: The William Nash of Kaufman County of 1861 is Likely (not proved) to be the tree's Colonel William Nash (b. 1809 Tennessee, d. 1865 Kaufman) per the delegate list and secondary accounts; he is not shown to be the William of the 1833 Tennessee petition. T. J. Nash of Dallas, who also appears in the Journal, is not shown to be in the family.
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Source: Internet Archive (public-domain scan of a 1912 state publication); journalofsecessi00texa.
How it is shown: Complete page rendered from the scan as a PNG; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: The footnote says these delegates served only during the adjourned session and signed the ordinance on or after 2 March (Confirmed). The William Nash of Kaufman County of 1861 is Likely (not proved) to be the tree's Colonel William Nash (b. 1809 Tennessee, d. 1865 Kaufman) per the delegate list and secondary accounts; he is not shown to be the William of the 1833 Tennessee petition. T. J. Nash of Dallas, who also appears in the Journal, is not shown to be in the family.
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Source: Internet Archive (public-domain scan of a 1912 state publication); journalofsecessi00texa.
How it is shown: Complete page rendered from the scan as a PNG; no crop, no retouch, no search highlight.
Keep in mind: Confirmed. The William Nash of Kaufman County of 1861 is Likely (not proved) to be the tree's Colonel William Nash (b. 1809 Tennessee, d. 1865 Kaufman) per the delegate list and secondary accounts; he is not shown to be the William of the 1833 Tennessee petition. T. J. Nash of Dallas, who also appears in the Journal, is not shown to be in the family.
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Source: Tarlton Law Library, Jamail Center for Legal Research, The University of Texas School of Law (Tarlton Constitutions 1824-1876).
How it is shown: Whole PDF as supplied by the library, including its cover notice; no change. Tarlton's own cover notice says its page images require Tarlton's permission, which has not been obtained.
Keep in mind: Not found, within this list: an absence in one document, not proof that no Nash served elsewhere (bounded to the materials checked).
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