Isaac Neely
(March 24, 1759 - July 12, 1792)
Nancy Ann Coppedge
(1760 - March 5, 1856)
(March 24, 1759 - July 12, 1792)
Nancy Ann Coppedge
(1760 - March 5, 1856)
Isaac was born on March 24, 1759. His parents were William Neely and Margaret Patterson. Isaac married Nancy Ann Coppedge on December 6, 1784 in Neely's Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky. Nancy was born in 1760 in Broomfield, Culpepper County, Virginia. Her parents were Moses Coppedge and Jane Catlett.
After moving from Virginia to Fort Nashborough with Col. Donelson's flotilla with his mother and 9 siblings. Isaac founded Neely's Gap in Lincoln County, Kentucky. The exact date of Isaac’s move to Kentucky is not known but he is shown to have paid taxes on May 13, 1790 in Lincoln County, Kentucky which also served as the 1790 census record.
Isaac passed away on July 12, 1792 and Ann passed on March 5, 1856 in Neely's Gap.
You may read about Isaac and his family's terrifying journey from Fort Patrick Henry to Fort Nashborough by reading his father, WIlliam's page. Click here Their journey is also the basis for the book by P. M. Terrell "River Passage". In the book Isaac is named "Ike" and is the one listed in Col. John Donelson's diary for the family. (Also see William's page). P. M. Terrell is also a descendant of William and Margaret Patterson Neely.
Isaac and Nancy's children were:
1. Nancy Ann Neely, b. 1780; m. Alfred John Brown
2. William Neely
After moving from Virginia to Fort Nashborough with Col. Donelson's flotilla with his mother and 9 siblings. Isaac founded Neely's Gap in Lincoln County, Kentucky. The exact date of Isaac’s move to Kentucky is not known but he is shown to have paid taxes on May 13, 1790 in Lincoln County, Kentucky which also served as the 1790 census record.
Isaac passed away on July 12, 1792 and Ann passed on March 5, 1856 in Neely's Gap.
You may read about Isaac and his family's terrifying journey from Fort Patrick Henry to Fort Nashborough by reading his father, WIlliam's page. Click here Their journey is also the basis for the book by P. M. Terrell "River Passage". In the book Isaac is named "Ike" and is the one listed in Col. John Donelson's diary for the family. (Also see William's page). P. M. Terrell is also a descendant of William and Margaret Patterson Neely.
Isaac and Nancy's children were:
1. Nancy Ann Neely, b. 1780; m. Alfred John Brown
2. William Neely
Marriage Record, Line 6; Source: "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BK-BSZZ-3?cc=1804888 : 29
November 2018), > image 1 of 1; citing multiple county clerks, county courts, and historical societies, Kentucky
"Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9P3V-QK1?cc=1875188&wc=37R5-
6TL%3A173455601%2C173724501 : 20 May 2014), Lincoln > Will records, Index,
1791-1804, Vol. B > image 50 of 233; county courthouses, Kentucky
"Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990," database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9P3V-QK1?cc=1875188&wc=37R5-
6TL%3A173455601%2C173724501 : 20 May 2014), Lincoln > Will records, Index,
1791-1804, Vol. B > image 51 of 233; county courthouses, Kentucky
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