Abraham Nation, Jr.

Some researchers show Abraham (b 1738) & Abraham (b 1760-1770) as the same person.

http://www.megjohn.info/genealogy/Henry_Nation_Descendants.pdf

Gen. 7. Abraham Nation, b. bet. 1760-1780 per 1840 census Jefferson Co., AL, married Rebecca, reported to be a Cherokee Indian, date unknown. This couple moved to SC (1810-1820 censuses) where daughter Mary Nation married James Massey as both couples moved from the part of Old Pendleton District, SC to Jefferson Co., AL which is now Oconee Co., SC, both couples were admitted by letters to Old Canaan Baptist Church of Elyton, Jefferson Co., AL (now moved to Bessemer, AL) but still active.

See church records of Canaan Baptist Church, Bessemer, AL; 1840 census of Jeff.County, AL
More About ABRAHAM NATION:
Date born 2: Bet. 1760 - 1770, Rowan County, North Carolina31,32,33 Burial: Old Pioneer Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama Census 1: 1820, South Carolina
Census 2: 1810, South Carolina
Census 3: 1840, Jefferson County, Alabama

Notes for REBECCA CHEROKEE INDIAN:

Cherokee Indian

More About REBECCA CHEROKEE INDIAN:
Burial: Old Pioneer Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama34 Christening: Full blood Cherokee Indian

Children of ABRAHAM NATION and REBECCA CHEROKEE INDIAN are:

• NATHANIEL7 NATION, b. Abt. 1788, South Carolina; d. 15 May 1858, Magnolia County, Arkansas.
• JAMES NATION, b. Abt. 1789, Tennessee.
• JOHN NATION, b. Abt. 1790.
• MARY NATION, b. 01 May 1794, Guilford County (Old Rowan County), North Carolina; d. 10 Jan 1875, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.

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Ancestral File Number: 1X0H-4BR

A great grandson of Joshua Josias Massey and his second wife, Parthenie Caldwell, Mr. Robert C. Curren of Hueytown, Ala., who personally knew some of the older generation and has done considerable research on the Massey-Nations family, asserts unequivocally that the parents of Mary Nations Massey were Abraham and Rebecca Nations; that Rebecca was a "full-blooded" Cherokee. pp 104 According to the description of Mary Nations Massey passed by her descendants in the Birmingham area, Mary looked the part herself. The step-daughter of Joshua Massey, Mrs. Fannie McFall, b. ca. 1862, d. ca. 1950-51 who knew Mary Massey until her death and attended her funeral described Mary as having dark skin, jet black hair, and black eyes. A detailed physical description of her son, David M. Massey, which was part of this (Confederate) Civil War record is vividly descriptive of a person with Indian ancestry. He was described as having "high dark complexion, black eyes, black hair." p 101 Our Colonial Ancestors by James Dewey O'Brien, J.D., 1988.

References

• http://www.nationstudy.com/getperson.php?personID=I6492&tree=Nation...
• http://www.nationstudy.com/getperson.php?personID=I10960&tree=Natio...
• http://www.megjohn.info/genealogy/Henry_Nation_Descendants.pdf