Nall Family Bible

Typed by Gay Mathis (lgm2002@bellsouth.net) 4/23/2003
This data below was taken from typed pages that were in the Nall Family Bible.

The following is transcribed from a Bible given to Mary Ann Nall (nee Unthank) & formerly Tippett) by her husband, Robert C. Nall, on March 7, 1860. At the time, Mr. & Mrs. Nall were residents of Lake Co, Tennessee. Mary Ann Nall (nee Unthank) had as her first husband the Rev. Hillary H. Tippett, who died in 1857. Robert C. Nall’s first wife was Polly Ann Easterwood, who died in 1856. Robert C. Nall’s second wife was Drusilla Almiranda Whitaker. They married in 1857. Robert C. Nall’s third wife was Mary Ann Tippett. They married in 1859. There are no children listed from Nall’s second & third marriages. (Note: they had 1 child, Mesna Nall)

When Mary Ann Nall died in 1878 at age 59, the Bible was passed on to her daughter, Sarah (Sallie) Ellen Tippett Meriwether, who made the entries after her mother’s death. Sallie & her husband, William Winston Meriwether, moved to Paragould, Arkansas in 1883 with their two children, Robert & Ida. When Sallie Meriwether died in 1897, the Bible was kept by her daughter, Ida Meriwether Bandy, in Paragould until her death in 1962. It is now (1996) in the possession of Mary Ann Unthank Tippett Nall’s great-grandson, Robert W. Meriwether of Conway, Arkansas (Now given to the Lake Co, TN Historical Society).. This family data below was taken from typed pages that were in the Nall Bible.

Marriages

• Robert Nall was married to Mary Franklin 2/12/1776 (typewritten), but other data online shows 2/12/1794
• Jonathan Unthank was married to Sarah P. Franklin
• Hillary H. Tippett was married to Mary Ann Unthank in Surry Co, NC on 4/12/1838
• Robert C. Nall was married to Polly Ann Easterwood at Little Prairie, MO on 7/14/1842
• Robert C. Nall was married to Drusilla Almiranda Whitaker in Obion Co, TN on 9/8/1857
• Robert C. Nall was married to Mary Ann Tippett in Memphis on 8/25/1859
• W. W. Meriwether was married to Sarah Ellen Tippett near Silver Top, TN (then Obion Co now Lake Co, TN) 5/2/1861
• Albert Nall was married to Elizabeth Frances Harper in Lake Co, TN on 9/12/1871
• Mary Nall was married to Lauchlan Dinaldson in Lake Co, TN on 12/23/1873
• Mesna D. Nall was married to J. W. Drake in Lake Co, TN on 2/26/1878
• Robert W. Meriwether & Kate B. Hays were married in Paragould, AR on 11/27/1890
• W. W. Bandy & Ida Meriwether were married in Paragould, AR 12/19/1893

Births

• Robert C. Nall, son of Robert & Mary Nall, was born in Hawkins Co, TN 7/12/1812
• Mary Ann Unthank, daughter of Jonathan & Sarah P. Unthank, was born in Surry Co, NC on 9/29/1819
• Wiliam Winston Meriwether was born 4/13/1833
• Sarah Ellen Tippett, daughter of H. H. & Mary Ann Tippett, was born in Surry Co, NC 6/23/1839
• Ruth A. Tippett, daughter of H. H. & Mary Ann Tippett, was born in Surry Co, NC 8/28/1841
• J. H. Tippett son of H. H. & Mary Ann Tippett, was born in Surry Co, NC on 8/6/1843
• Francis Nall, daughter of Robert C. & Polly Ann Nall, was born in Obion Co, TN 12/8/1843
• Evline Nall, daughter of Robert C. & Polly Ann Nall, was born in Little Prairie, MO on 4/20/1844
• Benjamin Nall Tippett, son of H. H. & Mary Ann Tippet, was born in Newbern, VA on 10/12/1846. ( If the name of this child is correct, it indicates ties between the Nalls & Tippett families “back east”)
• Mary Nall, daughter of Robert C. & Polly Ann Nall, was born in Obion Co, TN 12/11/1847
• Albert Nall, son of Robert C. & Polly Ann Nall, was born in Obion Co, TN 10/23/1849
• Willie H. Tippett, son of H. H. & Mary Ann Tippett, was born in Desoto Co, MS 8/12/1850
• Batter Nall, son of Robert C. & Polly Ann Nall, was born in Obion Co, TN 5/1/1852
• Mesna Nall, daughter of Robert C. & Drusilla A. Nall, was born in Madrid Bend, TN 7/27/1858
• Robert Winston Meriwether, son of W. W. & Sarah Meriwether, was born in St, Francis Co, AR on 11/17/1862
• Iday May Meriwether, daughter of W. W. & Sarah meriwether, was born in Madrid Bend, TN 5/30/1866
• Batter Nall, son of Albert & E. F. Nall, was born in Lake Co, TN on 7/2/1872
• Albert Nall, son of Albert & E. F. Nall, was born in Lake Co, TN on 8/26/1874
• Robert Cleveland Donaldson, first son of Lauchlan & Mary Donaldson, was born in Tiptonville, TN on 1/2/1877
• Elizabeth Meriwether Donaldson, first daughter of Lauchlan & Mary Donaldson, was born at Tiptonville, TN on 10/31/1874
• Lilbourn Hays Meriwether, son of W. W. & Kate Hays Meriwether, was born in Paragould, AR 3/28/1892

Deaths

• Mary Nall died on 2/7/1836
• Jonathan Unthank died Randolph Co, NC on 5/28/1836
• Sarah P. Unthank died in Surry Co, NC on 1/15/1845
• ?. A. Tippett died in Surry Co, NC on 7/22/1842
• Evline Nall died Little Prairie, MO on 5/1/1846
• Polly Ann Nall died Madrid Bend, TN on 1/11/1856
• H. H. Tippett died Memphis, TN on 4/17/1857
• Benjamin Tippett died Memphis, TN on 12/4/1857
• Willie Tippett died Memphis, TN on 12/5/1857
• James Tippett died Memphis, TN on 12/25/1857
• Batter Nall died Madrid Bend, TN on 3/22/1858
• D. A. Nall died Madrid Bend, TN on 1/27/1859
• Robert Nall died Madrid Bend, TN on 2/3/1859 (Age 89 yrs, 4 months & 10 days)
• Albert Nall died Lake Co, TN 8/15/1874
• Mary Ann Nall, first daughter of Jonathan & Sarah P. Unthank, died in Lake Co, TN on 10/7/1878
• Albert Nall Drake, first son of J. W. & Mesna Nall Drake, was born & died Lake Co, TN on 12/20/1878
• W. W. Meriwether died in Paragould, AR on 3/31/1893