Ancestor	Nathaniel Vess	Spouse	Clarinda Bellew
DNA	Distant Autosomal DNA matches Y-DNA Data Not Available	DNA	Not Available
Birth	1794 South Carolina	Birth	Between 1805-1807 South Carolina
Death	Dec 1879 Sevier, Tennessee	Death	Unknown
Burial	Unknown	Burial	Unknown
Parents	Unknown	Parents	John Bellew and Clarinda Gosnell
Marriage	Unknown	Marriage	Unknown
Occupation	Farmer	Occupation	Housewife
Military	War of 1812 Capt. John Gofney Co. South Carolina Mil.	Military	n/a
Church	Unknown	Church	Unknown
Land	1860 Haywood County NC (2857) 100 acres located on Hurricane Creek & waters of Pigeon River.  1860 Haywood County, NC (2858) 100 acres on the east side of Pigeon River with John L. Smith.	Land	n/a
Comments		Comments

Census

Year	Name	Location
1830	Nathan Vess (Gess)	Rutherford County, North Carolina (listed next to John & William Bellew)
1840	Nath Vess	Buncombe County, North Carolina
1850	N Vess	Buncombe County, North Carolina
1860	Nathaniel Vess (Vert)	Haywood County, North Carolina
1870	Vess Nathaniel	Sevier County, Tennessee
1880	Clerinda Vess	Seiver County, Tennessee

Children

Children	Birth	Death	Spouse: Marriage
Andrew Jackson Vess	23 Jul 1819 North Carolina	30 Mar 1901 Spokane, Washington	Ruth Palmer 25 Aug 1850 Haywood, NC Mary Sarah Davis 1 Jun 1862
George Washington Vess	1828 North Carolina		Mary Allison 9 Jan 1857 Haywood , NC
Abraham Vess	1833 North Carolina		Melissa McAbee 8 Mar 1856 Haywood, NC 1856 Bastardy Bond Caroline Mathis
James Mannon Vess	1835 North Carolina		Francis Keerly 14 Jun 1857 Haywood NC
David Manley Vess	10 Jun 1835 North Carolina	11 Aug 1910 Spokane, Washington	Mintha McAbee 5 Apr 1856 Haywood, NC
Elizabeth Vess	10 Mar 1836 North Carolina	02 Oct 1915 Spokane, Washington	Asa Chambers 28 Aug 1852 Haywood, NC Newton Franklin Hyatt 2 Dc 1855 Haywood, NC
Mary Jane Vess	1841 North Carolina		Phillip Davis 31 May 1863 Haywood, NC
Francis Alexander Vess	Jan 1842
Margaret Ann Vess	16 Sept 1852 North Carolina	26 Apr 1921 South Carolina	Henry Brown 7 Jun 1862 Haywood, NC
Hannah Catherine Vess	1848 North Carolina
Sheldon Sullivan Vess	25 Oct 1846 North Carolina	14 Jun 1910 Knox Co. TN	Sarah Keeler 13 Jan 1878 Knox, Tennessee

Oral Traditions

It is strongly believed that Nathaniel Vess is the son of Jonathan William Vess and Elizabeth Heron of Texas.

History 

Nathaniel Vess was born 1794 in South Carolina. He married Clarinda BELLEW, daughter of John BELLEW and Clarinda GOSNELL. Nathaniel and Clarinda had 11 children: Andrew, George, Abraham, James, David, Elizabeth, Mary, Francis, Margaret, Hannah, and Sheldon.

I strongly believe Nathaniel VESS came from Glassy Mountain, Greenville, South Carolina, where the BELLEW and GOSNELL families settled during the early 1800’s. It was known as the Dark Corners.

In 1830, Nathaniel Vess is in Rutherford County, North Carolina with his father-in-law, John BELLEW.

In 1840 and 1850, Nathaniel and his family are in Buncombe County, North Carolina.

In 1860, Nathaniel and his family are in Haywood County, North Carolina. They likely moved to Haywood County, shortly after 1850, as majority of his children are shown to have gotten married in Haywood County.

In 1870, Nathaniel and his family are living in Seiver County, Tennessee.

Dec. 1879, Nathaniel Vess dies of consumption in Seiver County, Tennessee. According to the Mortality Schedule, it was reported that Nathaniel had been living in Seiver Co. TN since 1864 and that both Nathaniel’s parents were born in South Carolina.

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Sources

Year: 1830; Census Place: Rutherford, North Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 124; Page: 524; Family History Library Film: 0018090

Year: 1840; Census Place: Sourthern Division, Buncombe, North Carolina; Roll: 354; Page: 160; Family History Library Film: 0018092

The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Buncombe, North Carolina; Roll: 622; Page: 258a

The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Division 37, Haywood, North Carolina; Roll: M653_901; Page: 611; Family History Library Film: 803901

Year: 1870; Census Place: District 3, Sevier, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1559; Page: 355A

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880, and Related Indexes, 1850-1880; Archive Collection: T655; Archive Roll Number: 30; Census Year: 1879; Census Place: District 9, Sevier, Tennessee; Page: 371

Year: 1880; Census Place: Trundles Cross Roads, Sevier, Tennessee; Roll: 1278; Page: 434A; Enumeration District: 186

Index to War of 1812 Pension Application Files, 1960 – 1960. Microfilm publication M313, 102 rolls. NAID: 563315. Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 – 2007, Record Group Number 15. National Archives at Washington, D.C.

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