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Dempsey Daugharty (grandfather of Nancy Daugharty Fouracker), bom in M il
in South Carolina, and an early settler of Wiregrass Georgia was commissioned a Captain
of the Militia in the 58th District, Bullock County, 27 June 1804 and again in 1809. He
was commissioned a Justice of the Peace in Pulaskie County in 1811. He later moved to
Appling County which was out into Ware County which is now Clinch and Echols
County, Georgia, and served as Justice of the Peace. Dempsey married Mary Pollie
Pearce. They had two sons, James, bom in 1795 and William, bom 1814. The 1820
Census indicates another son, but his name has not been learned. They moved to Florida
about 1840 and their last years were spent in Hamilton and Columbia County Florida.

James Daugharty 1795-1878, born in Effingham County Georgia was the father
of Nancy. James and Nancy Basset Daugharty's had the following children:

John B: 1827 William B: 1836
Elizabeth B: 1828 Nancy B: 1837 M: Ichabod Fouraker in the year 1852
Francis B: 1830 Penelope B: 1838
James B: 1833 Martha B: 1843

James Daugharty, father of Nancy, enlisted in the Ware County Militia in Captain
David Johnson's Company November 1, 1839 to fight the Seminole Indians.

Nancy Daugharty was bom in Ware County Georgia, the 12th District, Lot
Number 437 on Suwannoochee Creek. This location is now located in clinch County
Georgia. Her mother was Nancy Bassett, daughter of Eli or Elias Bassett, whose father
was William Bassett from Barnwell district, South Carolina. The Bassett family moved to
Georgia in 1819 The family appears in the 1820 census of Appling county Georgia.

Nancy and Ichabod Fouraker were married in 1852 in Columbia County Florida.
Nancy bore 15 children of which 11 grew to adulthood. After Ichabods death, Nancy
was left with the 11 children to rear and to manage 1,200 acres of land.

With the help of her oldest son, Nathan, she managed to feed, cloth and educate
them. The Bible was her principle source of guidance and instruction to the children. All
indications point to Nancy being a very forceful woman. She ruled with an iron hand. On
one occasion she secured a Washington D C. lawyer, William B. King to represent her to
obtain a pension from her husband's war service. She was successful receiving a monthly
pension of $12.00 . Through the years this amount was increased to $36.00. This was
the amount of the last one which was returned to the Treasury Department in Washington
after her death.

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