Henry C. Etter

Henry C. ETTER and Nancy UTT

Henry was born July 25, 1797 in Wythe County, Virginia. Henry is believed to be buried in Russell County, Virginia as he was living with a grandson during the 1880 census.

Henry married Nancy. The date and place of their marriage is unknown at this time. Some believe that Nancy may be his second or third wife and possibly the mother of the last five children, due to the 4 years between the 5th and 6th children. Until it is proven otherwise, I will assume Nancy is the mother of 10 children.

Nancy was born June 3, 1804 in Virginia and she died in Texas on September 10, 1880 and was buried in Jack County, Texas.
Between September 1839 and January 1845, Henry and Nancy left Wythe County, Virginia and moved to Russell County, Virginia. While living in Russell County, their four oldest children married. Then, between 1845 and 1850, they moved to Pike County, Kentucky, leaving the 4 children behind.

In the 1850 and 1860 Pike County, Kentucky censuses, Henry was listed as a blacksmith. The 1870 Logan County, West Virginia census, he is also listed as a blacksmith. Henry was listed as a boarder in Henry J. Robinson's home in the 1880 Russell County, Virginia census.

On all of the censuses, Henry is listed as married, although in the 1870 and 1880 censuses, no wife is listed.
Nancy is living with her son, John Henry, in the 1870 Wise County, Texas census. In the 1880 census, Nancy is still living in Wise County, but with her son, Nathaniel "Nat" R. Both 1870 and 1880 censuses, she is listed as a widow. Between the census taking of 1880 and 10 September 1880, she most likely had gone to live with John Henry again, as she is buried in in the Westbrook Cemetery, Jack County, Texas, near three of John Henry's children.

By 1870, Nancy and Henry have parted ways, Carol said she was told that Nancy wanted to move west and Henry went west to Pike County and refused to move further so Nancy went west to Texas with John Henry and his family.

Their children:

1. Melissa 2. Mary A. 3. Margaret J. 4. Nathaniel R. 5. Sarah F.

6. Elizabeth A. 7. William W. 8. John H. 9. Nancy C. 10. Emory F.

Henry is my great grandfather
and he attended this church!

PIKE COUNTY NEWS, July 8, 1976: Snivley
Chapel, oldest church building in Pike County. The
chapel was one of the early churches founded by the
by the Methodist families of Pike and Floyd Counties.
While living on Johns Creek in Pike County,
Kentucky, Henry and his family attended the Snivley
Chapel. One record, February 1851, of a conference
held in Pikeville, H. C. Etter is listed as being there.
On the next meeting of the church elders on May
31, 1851, H. Etter was present. During that
meeting, H. Etter, M. Lesley, and W. J. Snivley
were appointed a committee to estimate the cost of a
meeting house to be erected in the neighborhood of
M. Lesley.

Her parents From John Henry's Bible Home