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32. Nancy5Sims (William4, Bruster3, Edward2, William1), was born 22 January 1785, Hanover County, Virginia, died after 1860, Dallas County, Texas. She married after her father’s 14 March 1812 will in Maury County, Tennessee, to Jehu “Jerry” Harlan.[243] His first name is family tradition. No documentation has been found to prove his name.

Nancy Harlan lived with her nephew, Francis Asbury Winn, in Dallas County, Texas, in 1850[244] and 1860.[245] She was age 68 (born circa 1782), born in Virginia, in 1850, and age 74 (born circa 1786), born Virginia, in 1860. In 1860, she lived in Farmers Branch, Dallas County. Nancy Harlan is buried in the Daniel Family Cemetery in University Park (Dallas), Texas. There are no dates on her tombstone.

[243] Viola Winn Hunt, Sims Family History, 11 April 1913, 5 pages.

[244] 1850 U.S. Census, Dallas County, Texas, p. 98, #375/387. Winn, Francis A., age 35, male, farmer, $3000, born Tenn.; Avarilla, age 37, born Tenn.; Sophrona J., age 12, born Ala.; William M., age 10, born Ala.; Martha E., age 4, born Ala.; Francis A. Winn, age 11/12, male, born Texas; and Nancy Harlan, age 68, female, born Va.

[245] 1860 U.S. Census, Dallas County, Texas, p. 336, #533/533, P.O. Farmers Branch. Winn, F. A., age 45, male, farmer, $6211/13,214, born Tenn.; A. H., age 47, female, born Tenn.; William A., age 20, born Ala.; Martha E., age 14, born Ala.; Francis A. Winn, age 10, male, born Texas; Nancy Harlan, age 74, female, born Va.; Emmaretta Winn, age 17, female, /$5,800, born Tenn.; Gus H. Winn, age 12, male, born Tenn.

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