John Maxwell and Martha Hackett Nesbitt
Martha K. Hackett born Feb 2, 1840 died Jan 17 1886 and husband John Maxwell Nesbitt
born Feb 12, 1829 died Apr 13, 1891. John served in the 23rd Inf. CSA
John Maxwell Nesbitt was married lst. to Melvina Glover on December 22, 1852
They had one child;
1. Mary Jane Nesbitt born 1848.
She married Joseph (Little John) Woodard born 1848. They married
July 25, 1872. (not sure when Melvina died)
John Maxwell Nesbitt married 2nd. Martha K. Hackett. Their Children:
1. Marion Wilburn (Pete) Nesbitt born January 10, 1857 and died January 3, 1928.
He married lst. Harriet Craighead. Marion Wilburn married 2nd. Lottie Angel
daughter of Madison Angel and Martha Charlotta Smith.
2. Elnora Nesbitt born April 18, 1861 died July 12, 1948.
She married January 1, 1880 to John A. Anderson born November 3, 1860 and
died October 6, 1937 son of Burton and Louisiana Anderson.
3. Anna Catherine Nesbitt born February 12, 1864 died November 26, 1946.
She married Powhatton C. (Pow) Halliburton on January 27, 1881.
4. Elijah Franklin Nesbitt born 1865 date of death unknown.
He married Margaret Elizabeth (Betty) Reece (sister to Newell Prim Reece).
5. John Harrison Nesbitt born June 17, 1869 died December 6, 1945.
He married Etta Angel born March 3, 1873 died June 6, 1949. They had no children,
but reared Bessie Stevenson daughter of Mary Kemp and Joseph Stevenson.
6. Molly (Polly) Nesbitt born January 17, 1878 died February 8, 1966.
She married Henry Drury West born September 3, 1875, died October 26, 1949
7. Elizabeth F. (Lizzie) Nesbitt born 1869 died 1897.
She married John Pinkney (Pink) Anderson son of Lafayette (Lee)
Anderson. Pinkney born February 16, 1866 died February 1917.
8. Agnes Lee Nesbitt born September 2, 1871 died December 28, 1956.
She married Alfred Bailey Smith born March 15, 1870, died November 18, 1943
9. Robert King Nesbitt born July 29, 1874, died August 23, 1949.
He married Eliza Willie Woodard, born February 11, 1876 died May 7, 1905. Married
December 8, 1895. Robert King Nesbitt married 2nd. Lillie Belfrey Dillehay on
March 17, 1907. Belfrey was born September 26, 1889, died September 23, 1979.
10. Martha Elizabeth (Betty) Nesbitt born December 12, 1879, died July 9, 1966.
She married December 30, 1894 to Newell Prim Reece born August 29, 1876, died April 15, 1956
John and Martha Nesbitt are buried in Hackett Cemetery at the end of Nixon Hollow Road.