Comment found on ancestry.com: "Supposedly a full blood Choctaw, as related in a letter from Lee Byrd to Don Byrd, Nov. 1971."

She was NOT born in New Jersey. This is a misreading of the 1870 census in which Nancy's NC and her son-in-law William Stalls's TN right below it overlap and look like NJ. Her place of birth is listed as NC in both the 1860 and 1850 censuses.

Parental Research

Joiner Families in 1820 Census in Nash, NC and surrounding counties with at least 1 0-16 yr old female

• John Joiner of Johnston Co., NC
• Merritt Joiner of Edgecombe, NC -- Not this one, his daughter Nancy marred William G. Joyner.
• Robert Joiner of Edgecombe, NC
• Wright Joiner of Edgecombe, NC -- Not this one, his daughter Nancy was born in 1849.
• Drewery Joiner of Nash, NC
• Elisha Joiner of Nash, NC
• William Joiner of Nash, NC
• Drewery Joiner of Nash, NC
• Guilford Joiner of Nash, NC
• Lewis Joiner of Nash, NC
• Hardy Joiner of Nash, NC
• Henry Joiner of Nash, NC
• Jones Joiner of Nash, NC
• Jordan Joiner of Nash, NC
• Nathan Joiner of Nash, NC
• Moses Joiner of Nash, NC
• Nathan Joiner of Nash, NC
• Willie Joiner of Nash, NC
• Blunt Joiner of Halifax
• Wiley Joiner of Warren, NC

Joiner families near Stewart County, TN in 1850

• Joshua Joiner of Henry, TN
• Matthew Joiner of Henry, TN
• Thomas Joiner of Christian, KY