Elias Wills Napier

1783 - 1848

• Born	05 Mar 1783  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	07 Aug 1848	Dickson County, Tennessee   [1]
  Person ID	I125	Nashville
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2008

  
  

  Father	Richard Napier,   b. 12 Sep 1747, Albemarle County, Virginia ,   d. 24 Mar 1823, Dickson County, Tennessee
  Mother	Mary Wills,   b. 23 Feb 1757, Albemarle County, Virginia ,   d. 13 Jul 1810, Dickson County, Tennessee
  Married	22 Oct 1772	Goochland County, Virginia
  Family ID	F57	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Judy,   b. abt. 1800, Tennessee ,   d. abt. 1895  [3, 4]
  Married	Type: never married
  Notes	Judy was his slave seamstrees whom he emancipated in his will. Judy had five children. It is documented that William Carroll was his son, so it's likely that her other kids may have been his as well. Judy and her family moved to Ohio in 1949. [5]
  Children	> 1. William Carroll Napier,   b. 24 Sep 1824, Tennessee ,   d. 05 Jan 1896 > 2. Fanny Napier,   b. abt. 1823, Tennessee > 3. James Monroe Napier,   b. abt. 1825, Tennessee   4. Thomas Benton Napier,   b. abt. 1830, Tennessee   5. Andrew Jackson Napier,   b. abt. 1830, Tennessee
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2008
  Family ID	F43	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Miss Williams
  Married	Y  [6]
  Divorced	Y  [7]
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2008
  Family ID	F104	Group Sheet

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		1820 TN Census: Elias W. Napier Source Citation: Year: 1820; Census Place: , Dickson County, Tennessee; Roll: M33_123; Page: 10; Image: 6. Elias W. Napier 1 male age 26-45 - Elias himself 5 female slaves < 14 3 female slaves between 14-26 Link to full image.
  		1830 AL Census: Elias Napier Source Citation: Year: 1830; Census Place: , Franklin County, Alabama; Roll: 1; Page: 74. Elias Napier 1 male between 20-30 - unknown? 1 male between 40-50 - Elias himself Link to full image.
  		1840 TN Census: Elias W. Napier Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: , Dickson County, Tennessee; Roll: 520; Page: 222. Elias W. Napier 1 male between 20-30 years old - unknown 1 male between 60-70 years old - Elias himself Link to full image.
  		Death Notice: Elias W. Napier Published in the 14 Sep 1848 issue of the Daily Evening Transcript of Boston, Mass.

  
  

  Histories

  Will: Elias W. Napier

  
  

• Notes

  Was charged with rape by the state of TN in 1814 and in July 1819 charged with fathering a child with Betsy Shelton of Dickson County, Tennessee. [6]

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] James Carroll Napier (1845 - 1940): From Plantation to the City, Lovett, Bobby L., (The Southern Elite and Social Change, University of Arkansas Press, 2002), 74. [S53] Dorman, John F., and Claiborne T. Smith. Claiborne of Virginia : descendants of Colonel William Claiborne : the first eight generations. Baltimore: Gateway P, 1995., 527. [S39] Dickson County, Tennessee, Will Book, Volume 2, (Simmons Historical Society), WorldVitalRecords.com.. [S48] African-American business leaders : a biographical dictionary, John N. Ingham, (Greenwood Press, ©1994). [S47] James Carroll Napier (1845 - 1940): From Plantation to the City, Lovett, Bobby L., (The Southern Elite and Social Change, University of Arkansas Press, 2002), 75. [S53] Dorman, John F., and Claiborne T. Smith. Claiborne of Virginia : descendants of Colonel William Claiborne : the first eight generations. Baltimore: Gateway P, 1995., 528. [S53] Dorman, John F., and Claiborne T. Smith. Claiborne of Virginia : descendants of Colonel William Claiborne : the first eight generations. Baltimore: Gateway P, 1995., 528. They separated after a few months.