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Nancy Swiger (Backus)

Also Known As: "Baccus"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Westmoreland County, Province of Pennsylvania
Death: 1833 (57-58)
Clay District, Harrison County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Backus and Mary Backus
Wife of Jacob Swiger
Mother of Mary Ann Bennett (Swiger); Sarah Hall (Swiger); Jeriah Swiger; John Swiger, Jr.; Christopher Columbus Stuffield Swiger and 6 others
Sister of Eleanor Swiger (Backus); Sanford Backues; Thomas Bachus; William Riley Baccus, Jr.; Seary Backus and 2 others
Half sister of Private and Private

Managed by: John Bryan Knapp
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About Nancy Swiger (Backus)

Nancy Backus Swiger
BIRTH
1778
Charles City County, Virginia, USA
DEATH
1833 (aged 54–55)
Harrison County, West Virginia, USA
BURIAL
Ash Cemetery
Harrison County, West Virginia,

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47842298/nancy-swiger

German descent, 1st wife of Jacob Swiger-

Jacob Swiger married (1) NANCY (BACKUS) August 06, 1793 in Harrison Co., (W.) Va.39, daughter of WILLIAM BAEKUSS and MARY (________). She was born Abt. 1775 in Pennsylvania, and died Bef. 1833 in Harrison Co., (W.) Va.

Children of JACOB SWIGER and NANCY (BACKUS) are:

1.) JERIAH SWIGER, b. June 04, 1794, Eagle District, Harrison Co., W. Va.; d. 1874, Lamberts Run, Eagle District, Harrison Co., W. Va.

2.) MARY ANN (SWIGER), b. February 11, 1796, Eagle District, Harrison Co., (W.) Va.; d. March 11, 1883, Wallace, Sardis District, Harrison Co., W. Va.

3.) SARAH (SWIGER), b. May 02, 1798, Eagle District, Harrison Co., (W.) Va.; d. October 16, 1871, Rosebud, Eagle District, Harrison Co., W. Va.

4.) JOHN SWIGER, 2ND, b. July 25, 1800, Eagle District, Harrison Co., (W.) Va.; d. April 10, 1870, Little Tenmile Creek, Harrison Co., (W.) Va.

5.) CHRISTOPHER C. "STUFFIELD" SWIGER, b. September 04, 1804, Eagle District, Harrison Co., (W.) Va.; d. August 22, 1882.

6.) SANFORD SWIGER, b. April 02, 1805, Eagle District, Harrison Co., (W.) Va.; d. August 23, 1885, Jackson Co., Illinois.

7.) REUBEN SWIGER, b. July 11, 1811, Eagle District, Harrison Co., (W.) Va.; d. December 09, 1891, Big Rock Camp, Olive, Harrison Co., W. Va.

8.) NANCY (SWIGER), b. May 13, 1812, Eagle District, Harrison Co., (W.) Va.; d. December 05, 1872, Harrison Co., W. Va.

9.) JACOB SWIGER, JR., b. July 05, 1814, Eagle District, Harrison Co., (W.) Va.; d. July 1869, Lewis Co., W. Va. . 10.) ELENDER MALCENA "CENA" (SWIGER), b. August 10, 1816, Eagle District, Harrison Co., (W.) Va.; d. 1896, Sardis District, Harrison Co., W. Va.

11.) AUSTIN SWIGER, b. October 28, 1818, Eagle District, Harrison Co., (W.) Va.; d. January 03, 1897, Eagle District, Harrison Co., (W.) Va..



Listed as Nancy Swiger wife of Jacob Swiger Sr. as well.

Was married to her brother-in-laws brother.



Nancy Backus Swiger BIRTH 1778 Charles City County, Virginia, USA DEATH 1833 (aged 54–55) Harrison County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Ash Cemetery Harrison County, West Virginia,

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47842298

Children Photo

Mary Ann Swiger Bennett 1796–1883

Sarah Swiger Hall 1798–1871

Jeriah Swiger 1799–1874

Christopher Columbus Stuffield Swiger 1804–1882

Reuben S. Swiger 1811–1891


Possibly duplicate of Nancy Swiger (Backus) or Nancy Ann Richardson

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Nancy Swiger (Backus)'s Timeline

1775
1775
Westmoreland County, Province of Pennsylvania
1796
February 11, 1796
Eagle district, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), United States
1798
May 2, 1798
Eagle district, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), United States
1799
June 4, 1799
Gregory's Run, Eagle Magesterial District, Harrison County, Virginia, United States
1800
July 25, 1800
Gregory's Run, Eagle District, Harrison Co., Virginia (now West Virginia), United States
1804
September 4, 1804
Gregory's Run, Eagle Magesterial District, Harrison County, Virginia, United States
1805
April 2, 1805
Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), United States
1811
July 11, 1811
Eagle district, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), United States
1812
May 13, 1812
Eagle district, Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), United States