Nancy Conner

Nancy Swearingen Conner, born 1792 in Burke, North Carolina and died Jan. 1854 in Sevier, Tn., widow of Samuel Conner, and her two sons, Robert and Andrew, received their letters of dismission from the Oconalufty Baptist Church in March 1847 meeting. Shortly after March 1847, Nancy Swearingen Conner and her two sons migrated to Sevier County, Tennessee. The rest of Samuel Conner's family was already married and lived in Sevier County, Tennessee except Joel S. Conner who remained in Swain County, North Carolina. Nancy Swearingen Conner was listed in the 1850 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee as the head of household with her son Andrew at home. Nancy Swearingen was buried in White Oak Flats Cemetery. The SMHS lists birth date as 1790 Source: 'Ownby-Watson Family History', Percival David Park, May 1985, p 66, 67. 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2', 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 184, 217. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 572. 'Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage', 1994, p 285.