Display Patriot - P-254790

Henry NAIL

SAR Patriot #: P-254790

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.

State of Service: PA Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A081428

Birth: 1755 / / PA
Death: 1835 Mansfield / Richland / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

Captain Thomas Taylor, Lieutenant Colonel George Pierce, Seventh Battalion, Chester County Militia

Additional References:

Published Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Volume 23, pg 420, 422, 423
Grave Registry form. National Society Sons of the American Revolution (SAR)

Spouse: Mary Tannehill
Children: Henry; Ruth; James; John;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child	View Application Detail
1992-12-16	CA	214101	Shawn William Price (138009)	John
2015-07-22	NM	65105	George Ronald Nail (195599)	James

Burial:

Mansfield (aka Mansfield City, Mansfield Catholic) Cemetery_(C-0374035)

Location:

Mansfield / Richland / OH / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

1977519

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

40.746305 / -82.513159

Find A Grave Memorial #:

82686441

Marker Type:

SAR, DAR, American Legion

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

16 May 2021

Comments:

Image #1 is published with permission of Michael B. Gunn, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR
Image #2 is published with permission from Daniel Matheke, OHSSAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 2

Photo: 2 of 2

Author: Kristen Zeimke

Henry Nail was born in 1755 at Chester County, Pennsylvania, a son of Gottleib Caleb Nagel/Nail and Margaret Barbara Zimmerman, immigrants from Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.

Henry Nail assisted in establishing American Independence as a private in Captain Thomas Taylor’s Company of the Seventh Battalion of the Chester County, Pennsylvania, Militia.

He married Mary Tannehill in 1786 at Pennsylvania. They were the parents of seven children, all born at Somerset County, Pennsylvania: Ruth, Samuel, Mary, Henry Jr., John, James and Elizabeth. By 1810, the family moved from Pennsylvania to Richland County, Ohio, and resided at Madison Township. They were the seventh family to reside at Richland County.

According to George William Hill’s History of Ashland County, Ohio, “In the fall of 1812, the Copus Indian massacre near Greentown occurred. The upper settlement on the Black Fork hastened to the block house on the Clear Fork. Those seeking refuge included Henry Nail and family.”

Mary Tannehill Nail died in 1829 and Henry Nail died in 1835. They were buried at the Nail Cemetery, on Bowman Road near Cairns Road, Madison Township, Richland County, Ohio. In 1862, they were disinterred and moved to family lot 1218, block 8, of the Mansfield Cemetery.

Numerous descendants of Henry Nail have become members of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Sons of the American Revolution.

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