Elder Abraham Naff

Male 1806 - 1873  (66 years)


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  • Name Abraham Naff  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Title Elder 
    Birth 25 Feb 1806  Franklin County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Male 
    Family Search ID LHTC-YMP 
    Occupation Farmer  [7
    Residence 1850  Franklin County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Burial 1873  Naff Family Cemetery, Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5, 6
    Death 3 Feb 1873  Maggodee, Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5, 6
    Notes 
    • [From Findagrave]
      He is the son of Jacob Naff Jr. & Elizabeth (Stover) Naff. He was a farmer and lived on the same farm that his grandfather Jacob Naff Sr. settled in 1782. Abraham Naff was a well known minister and elder in the Church of the Brethren. He conducted services in his home, performed many marriages and other religous rites. He was the first elder of the Bethlehem Congregation when it was organized in 1870. The gravesite can be located using GPS at N 37/08.731' , W 80/00.913'.
    Person ID I8924  Woodworth Ancestry
    Last Modified 7 Jan 2024 

    Father Jacob Naff,   b. 1769, Frederick County, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 1829, Franklin County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Stover,   b. 30 Dec 1774, Franklin, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 1854, Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 30 Dec 1792 
    Family ID F6158  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah Peters,   b. 5 Sep 1811, Franklin County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1895, Franklin County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 6 Apr 1830  Franklin County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth Naff,   b. 28 May 1831, Franklin County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1915, Bonbrook, Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]
    +2. Joel Naff,   b. 20 May 1833, Franklin County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1885, Franklin County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]
    +3. Susan Naff,   b. 16 Mar 1836, Franklin County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jul 1895, Boones Mill, Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]
     4. Sarah Naff,   b. 3 Mar 1839, Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1868 (Age 29 years)  [Father: natural]
     5. Rebecca Naff,   b. 20 Feb 1842, Franklin County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1861 (Age 19 years)  [Father: natural]
    +6. Jacob P Naff,   b. 24 Mar 1845, Franklin County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Dec 1921 (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]
    +7. Daniel Abraham Naff,   b. 27 Jun 1848, Franklin County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1924, Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F6055  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Jan 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Feb 1806 - Franklin County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 6 Apr 1830 - Franklin County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1850 - Franklin County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1873 - Naff Family Cemetery, Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 3 Feb 1873 - Maggodee, Franklin, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S198] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Elizabeth Naff
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=12526726&indiv=try

    2. [S855] Wingfield, Marshall, Pioneer Families of Franklin County Virginia, (Name: Chesapeake Book Company; Location: Berryville, Virginia, USA; Date: 1964;), Pages 163-168 Naff Family.
      Book found at California Genealogy Society

    3. [S1169] Naff Family Cemetery, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA;), Naff, Abraham (1806-1873) Memorial #41730622 Accessed KRM 27 Mar 2020 9:48am https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41730622/abraham-naff.
      Naff Family Cemetery
      Wades Gap Road
      Naff, Franklin County, Virginia, 24065 USA
      From the intersection of Naff Road and Wades Gap Road, take Wades Gap Road for about 2/10 of a mile to the intersection with Remle Ln. The cemetery is on a small hill surrounded by a small fence and hayfield on the left side of the road, opposite from Remle LN. The cemetery is visible from Wades Gap Road.
      https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2322294/naff-family-cemetery
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41730622/abraham-naff

    4. [S822] Ancestry.com, Franklin County, Virginia, Marriage Bond Index, 1786-1858, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;).
      Record for (Knaff, Nafe, Knafe, Knave), Abraham Naff
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=4004&h=3162&indiv=try

    5. [S358] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for Abram Neff
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2558&h=320758&indiv=try

    6. [S130] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Elder Abraham Naff
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=12528553&indiv=try

    7. [S432] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Franklin, Virginia; Roll: 944; Page: 113b.
      Record for Abraham Nappe
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8054&h=15036238&indiv=try

    8. [S374] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014.
      Record for Elizebeth Naff
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9278&h=47208&indiv=try

    9. [S303] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
      Record for Daniel A. Naff
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60214&h=5873577&indiv=try

    10. [S374] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014.
      Record for Daniel A Naff
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9278&h=766869&indiv=try