Nancy Peggs was born in Kentucky in 1808. According to the LDS IGI listing she was born in Henry County Kentucky. Her parents were Joseph Peggs and Nancy Cunningham. She married Joseph H. Greenwood about 1829.in Trimble County Kentucky. They had at least five children. This information came from a document written by Ernest Greenwood Maddox about 1920 as a personal memoir of the Maddox family. He listed the known children of Joseph & Nancy Greenwood to be:
1. Susan Jane, who married John W. Maddox.
2. Ruth,
3. William H, who died in 1861.
4. Jennie,
5. John W who died after 1919.

On the 1850 Trimble County Kentucky census Nancy is listed as 42 years old, born in Kentucky as was her husband Joseph H. Greenwood, farmer. The children living at home were:
1. Susan J. age 18 born in Kentucky
2. Ruthe A. age 15 born in Indiana
3. William H. age 12 born in Indiana
4. Jn W. age 6 born in Kentucky

Jennie is missing from this list. Is it possible that Jennie and Susan Jane are the same person?

Nancy is not on the 1870 census. Joseph is then married to Catherine.

The family had started in Kentucky, moved to Indiana between 1832/35. There was a Joseph Greenwood on the 1840 Trimble County Ky census that fits the family structure. I believe they had returned by that time

I also believe there were Peggs, Greenwood and Maddox families that moved together to Jennings County, Indiana. Some of the family stayed there, such as Nancy's older brothers, and Daniel Maddox while other families returned to Kentucky.

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