Isaac Neely
(24 Mar 1759 - 12 Jul 1792)
Nancy Ann Coppedge
(1760 - 05 Mar 1856)
(24 Mar 1759 - 12 Jul 1792)
Nancy Ann Coppedge
(1760 - 05 Mar 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.
After moving from Virginia to Fort Nashborough with Col. Donelson's flotilla with his mother and 9 siblings. Isaac founded Neely's Gap in Kentucky where he passed away on July 12, 1792.
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. Clicker 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 Kentucky where he passed away on July 12, 1792.
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. Clicker 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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