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Williamson County, Tennessee, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, estate file jacket: "NASH, Dempsey - 1833. Children: William Nash, John Nash, Lucretia Crouch (Mrs. Charles W.). PLEAS & QUARTER: William Nash, et al. Exparte. Petition-1833. Report-1833. Decree-1834. Settlement-1834." — Williamson County, Tennessee, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, estate file jacket: "NASH, Dempsey - 1833. Children: William Nash, John Nash, Lucretia Crouch (Mrs. Charles W.). PLEAS & QUARTER: William Nash, et al. Exparte. Petition-1833. Report-1833. Decree-1834. Settlement-1834." 1833-1834 · frame 01922 (jacket)
Source: Williamson County, Tennessee court records (TSLA microfilm), via Ancestry.
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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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Williamson County, Tennessee: the 1833 petition of William Nash, John Nash (by his guardian Thomas B. Garrett) and Charles W. Crouch and his wife Lucretia, stating that "sometime about the first of January 1833 Dempsey Nash departed this life intestate, leaving your petitioners William, John & Lucretia .. his only children & heirs," and listing ten enslaved people for distribution. — Williamson County, Tennessee: the 1833 petition of William Nash, John Nash (by his guardian Thomas B. Garrett) and Charles W. Crouch and his wife Lucretia, stating that "sometime about the first of January 1833 Dempsey Nash departed this life intestate, leaving your petitioners William, John & Lucretia .. his only children & heirs," and listing ten enslaved people for distribution. 1833 · frame 01932 (petition, first page)
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 first page of the commissioners' report of 11 July 1833 on the division of the estate of Dempsey Nash among William Nash, John Nash and Charles W. and Lucretia Crouch, beginning with John's allotment. — Williamson County, Tennessee: the first page of the commissioners' report of 11 July 1833 on the division of the estate of Dempsey Nash among William Nash, John Nash and Charles W. and Lucretia Crouch, beginning with John's allotment. 11 July 1833 · frame 01928
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 second page of the commissioners' report of 11 July 1833, with the allotments to William Nash and to Charles W. and Lucretia Crouch, each share about $945, and the date. — Williamson County, Tennessee: the second page of the commissioners' report of 11 July 1833, with the allotments to William Nash and to Charles W. and Lucretia Crouch, each share about $945, and the date. 11 July 1833 · frame 01929
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 decree of January 1834 in William Nash et al. Exparte, confirming the commissioners' report on the division of the estate of Dempsey Nash. — Williamson County, Tennessee: the decree of January 1834 in William Nash et al. Exparte, confirming the commissioners' report on the division of the estate of Dempsey Nash. January 1834 · frame 01926
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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