Nannie/Nancy Slaughter Veal

Posted on December 25, 2007
Filed Under Cherokee, Mystery, Slaughter, Veal | |

408Birth: ABT 1857 in TX?
Death: ABT 1885 in TX prob. Limestone Co.

Nannie’s family believe her to be a full-blooded Cherokee Indian, and they said she was adopted by a white family named Slaughter. Her birth date and place have not been proven. In the family story entitled “The Fertile Branch” she was named as the 2nd wife of Asa L.W. Veal, but that story incorrectly stated that she had only one child. On A.E. Veal’s birth certificate, her age was given as 25 making her born about 1857. Beulah Zuspann Veal gave her name as “Nancy” in a letter written in 1967, and her great-grandchildren called her “Nanna.” She gave birth to 4 children, with her last being born in 1884 (source: Birth certificate of Asa Edwin Veal). Since her husband remarried in 1886, it’s possible she died in childbirth. Was she born in Navarro Co. TX? The Slaughter and Veal families had many financial transactions in Texas, so it’s probable that she was of that Slaughter family. One anonymous internet source gives her birthplace as Groesbeck, Limestone Co, TX.

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  1. Mary Ann Slaughter Brunette October 1, 2009 2:30 pm

    My GG-Grandfather married a woman name Mary ??? from TN in Shelby Texas about 1848. In the 1850 Shelby census Nancy was only a few months old. They moved to Personville, Limestone county between 1850-1860. Nancy married Asa Lott Warran Veal. I have his name on papers from the Land Grant that John Slaughter received. The children of John & Mary sold the land and Asa signed for Nancy as her husband. I have all the info on this Slaughter family if you would like to have it.
    Mary

  2. Lee Veal February 26, 2010 8:32 am

    Mary Ann,

    If my niece, Lisa Lines, has not yet contacted you about the information you have on Nannie/Nancy Slaughter, I sure would be interested in that info. Having more information on her and her story would fill a big hole in our genealogy tree.

    I can be reached at lveal [Email address: lveal #AT# prodigy.net.mx - replace #AT# with @ ]

    Thanks,

    Lee Veañ



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