The Joseph Drury Family

There is one marriage that no one seems to acknowledge or know any thing about that I wish to bring to the fore front here.  It is the marriage of Nancy Drury dtr, of Joseph and Sybil Wigginton who married an unknown FOSTER.  Also, the Drury's were interconnected with the Wiggintons and traveled along the migration routes with the Fosters.  The Link to where more information on this family can be found.   The John Dorris  family, another PDF version (our favorite)
                           Descendants of Joseph Drury
 
1 Joseph Drury 1751 - 1806  b: 1751 in Maryland (?)
   +Libby Wiggington 1751 - 1838  b: 1751
    .2  Isaac Drury  1777 - b: 1777
    .2  Rebecca 1779 - 1855  b: September 11, 1779
        +Sanders Brown
    .2  John Drury  1781 - 1858   b: January 05, 1781 in Virginia
        +Rachel Dorris  1792 - 1858  b: 1792 in North Carolina
        ..3  Polly Drury  1811 - b: July 04, 1811
        ..3  William Drury  1813 - 1870 b: July 18, 1813
             +Caroline Johnson  1820 - 1902  b: May 1820
        ..3  Elizabeth Drury  1817 - b: May 26, 1817
        ..3  Lucinda Drury  1819 - b: March 30, 1819
        ..3  Delila Drury 1821 - b: June 08, 1821
        ..3  Stephen Drury  1823 - b: October 01, 1823
        ..3  George Riley Drury 1827 - 1885 b: 1827 on Drury's Ridge, Macon Co., TN
             +Lucinda Meador - 1860
            ...4  Louisa Delila Drury  1855 - 1924   b: 1855
            ...4  Rachael Bell Drury  1859 - b: 1859
            ...4  John D. Drury

.2  Sallie Drury  1782 - b: 1782
         +Elijah Russell
    .2  George Drury  1783 - b: 1783
    .2  Betsy Drury  1785 - b: 1785
         +Easley
    .2  Jimmy (James) Drury  1787 - b: 1787
         +Nancy Oteth     .2  Nancy Drury  1789 - b: 1789
         +Foster     .2  Fannie Drury  1791 - b: 1791
         +Fielden Hankins
    .2  Martha (Patsy) Drury  1794 - 1883 b: January 03, 1794 in Bedford County, Virginia
         +Wade Hampton Davis     .2  Lucy Drury 1796 - 1889 b: November 08, 1796
         +Josiah Dorris 1796 - 1868 b: 1796

From Dorris-Net March 31, 1997 Volume 3 issue 1

"Several of John Dorris the Elder's sons did not move to Sumner County in May 1817.

but stayed behind in Smith County where they developed close ties with the Drury

and Davis families. John's son Josiah Dorris 1798-1871) married Lucy Drury in SmithCounty in May 1816.

Drury family historian Steven Drier records that Lucy

had a brother, John Drury, who married Josiah's sister, Rachel Dorris. Lucy also

had a sister named Patsy who married Wade Davis in Sumner County on May 23,1813. Wade Davis , so the

Davis family researches claim, as a close friend of

Josiah Dorris, and the two of them migrated north briefly to Breckenridge County,

Kentucky shortly after their marriage to the two Drury sister.

The excursion north to Kentucky was only a brief one: and Josiah returned to Smith

County in the early 1820's where he was often linked with his brother James Dorris

(1800-1858)

Josiah and James joined their father John Dorris in his migration to Marion County,

Illinois in the late 1820's . Josiah and James Dorris appereared in the 1830 Marion

County Illinois Census near their father. Josiah and another brother, Thomas

Dorris (1808-1886) then moved to Fulton County, Illinois in 1831.

During their brief stay in Fulton County both Josiah and Thomas were active

politically in the county , running for public office in 1831. Josiah won the position

of Justice of the Peace but his brother Thomas lost his bid to be Otter Township

Sheriff to Wade Davis.

John Dorris left Smith County in 1817 and moved to the Caney Branch of Drake

Creek on the Sumner County side of the line. According to Drury family tradition,

John's wife, Angel Mace Dorris, died prior to his removal to Sumner County in 1817.

Her death, Drury tradition claims was a contributing factor to his departure.

Supporting this tradition is the fact that John Dorris appeared in the 1820 Sumner Co.

Tenn. Census without a spouse.

From the writings of Gene Dorris, Dorris-Net Volume 3 Issue 1, March 31,1997

For Johns other children the public record is richer with data. John Dorris the Elder's son William Dorris (1789-) appears to have been the oldest of John and Angel Mace Dorris' children, being born around 1789 in North Carolina. the few records we have on this William Dorris first show him in Smith County,

Tenn. in August 1817, where the Smith County court listed him as guarantor in a land case. (

See Smith Coutny Court

Minutes VII 344.) In November 1819, the Smith County Court appointed him guardian for the children of Davis Foster. His father, John Dorris and George Denny served as securitors.(

See Smith County Court

Minutes VIII 62.) 

SO COULD DAVIS FOSTER BE A SON OF ABNER??? Could he be the one WHO MARRIED NANCY DRURY???

Could this Nancy be the same Nancy in the 1840 census of Gallintin Co, Illinois, and living in the household with Abner Foster in Allen co KY, and Henderson Co, Tn??  

   We find no other record of a Davis Foster, but the Wiggintons,  Drurys, and Fosters  all moved from Pittsylvania Co, to Smith, Sumner, tn, Warren County KY/Allen Co KY about the same time and mostly together they traveled.   Many stayed in the area for their lifetime while others moved on to Illinois and other areas.  (NEED TO LOOK UP DAVIS FOSTER IN THE

SMITH COUNTY COURT

RECORDS)

1840 census of Gallatin Co. as an 81 year old veteran of the Revolutionary War.  The only other persons listed in his household were three females, two from 20-29 and one from 50-59, presumably his wife, Judy, and two unmarried daughters.  The 1840 federal census shows that Abner, John, Thomas and Nancy Foster were heads of household in the Cane Creek Precinct of Gallatin Co.  The 1840 census indicates that she was 30-39 years old.  Also in her household were one female under 5, two females 5-9, one male 10-14 and one male 15-19.  Abner’s household in 1830 had included two females in the 20-29 age bracket and one male in the under 5 age bracket as well as one 5-9, so Nancy and her sons were probably living in Abner’s household while in Henderson Co., TN.