DOUGHERTY, Nancy

The book, History of Watauga County, North Carolina (pg. 318) by John Preston Arthur includes the following details of Nancy Hayes Dougherty who died in Blount County in 1913. She was the daughter of Ransom Hayes of Watauga County who died in 1868.   Ransom was married to Sallie Green (daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Shearer).  Their children were:

  1. Joseph (d. 1911)  – married Eliza Hodges. 
  2. Elizabeth (d. 1875) – married Thomas Storie
  3. Robert – married Rebecca Hately
  4. John – married Eliza Cook
  5. William – married Clorinda Brown
  6. Thomas – never married
  7. Nancy – married Harvey Dougherty of Johnson County, TN. 
  8. Sarah – married W.L. Bryan
  9. George – married Emily Hodges, then married Louisa Bumgarner
  10. Ransom – died in 1910. 
  11. Richard – married Delphia Hayes

More details about the family are provided in the sketch. You may view the full-text of the book online at the Internet Archive.