She was the daughter of Captain Laughlin Lochlyn Walter Leonard (1748 Orange, Virginia - 18 NOV 1781 Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina) and Mary Frances Golding (1750 Orange, Orange, Virginia - 18 JAN 1837 Milton, Laurens County, South Carolina, USA)

N.P. Whitmire wrote to Harrison D. Floyd, March 9, 1908, stating that "your grandmother and my great Aunt Nancy (nee Andrews) Floyd was a sister to my grandfather Ephraim Andrews. . ... I remember Aunt Nannie well. She was over 90 at death. My Mother and Aunt Betsy Blackburn never failed to visit her once each year - -and almost invariably each one took two of the youngest children."

James Ray Andrews, Sr. researched the ANDREWS family. He claims to have established the fact that Nancy (Ann) Andrews FLOYD and her brother Ephraim ANDREWS were children of William ANDREWS, born 5-13-1726, in Henrico County. Va., and his wife Ann William Andrews died ca 1771-1772 in Mecklenburg Co., Va. He identified Ephraim Andrews as the son of this William Andrews of Mecklenburg County by Court Order, in Book 4, Page 77, 1773, which read: "Ordered that the Church Wardens of St. James Parish do bind out Varney and Ephraim Andrews orphans of William Andrews, according to law."

Nancy Andrews Floyd, wife of Capt. John Floyd, soldier of the Revolution, was born in Lunenburg Co, Va. in 1760. She was married to John Floyd on July 4, 1783. In December of that year they moved to Newberry District, S.C. and settled on Sandy Run, a tributary of Little River, about 11 miles northwest of Newberry Court House, near a place called Belfast. She died in 1857, aged 97 years.

Family of EPHRIAM A. ANDREWS

Ephriam A. Andrews was a brother of Nancy (Andrews) Floyd. He came from Lunenburg Co., Va; he was born in Mecklenburg Co., Va. He was an officer in a Va. regiment during the Rev. War. This regiment was sent to old 96 Fort. This was the way he met his wife, who was Frances Leonard. She lived near Belfast on the old 96 road, the direct way from Va. and the road travelled by emigrants from Maryland and Virginia to Georgia and Alabama. His Revolutionary Service has been verified by the Virginia State Library.

Frances Leonard (1769 - 1814). She was dau. of Williarn Golding Leonard and his wife Peggy.

Children:

1) Dr. Ephraim Andrews

2) William Andrews

3) Elizabeth A. "Betsey" Andrews Blackburn

4) Young Andrews

5) Edny Andrews Whitmire

6) Allan E. Andrews

7) Mary "Polly" Andrews Felts

8) Nancy Andrews Williams

1) Dr. Ephraim Andrews, b. 23 Apr 1801; d. 17 Apr l878;

2) William Andrews, b. 1853. He located in early 19th century near a place called Epworth Community, Greenwood Co., S.C.

(a) William P . Andrews, m. Miss Hamilton

(b) Leonard Andrews

(c) Nancy Andrews, m. Freeman Martin; 3 ch.

(d) Mary Andrews, m. William Caldwell Hunter; 1 ch.

3) Elizabeth A. "Betsey" Andrews; m. James Blackburn (1789-1857); lived in Laurens Co., S.C.

(a) George Whitfield Blackburn, d. 1863.

(b), Stephen H.. Blackburn, twin, b. 1835; died young, after 1855.

(c) James L. Blackburn, twin, b. 1835; d. 1888; Lt. in Confederate Army; m. Mary J. Riser.

(d) Young Andrews Blackburn, b . 1839; killed at Vicksburg,. Miss. 1863.

(e) Dr. Ephraim Allen Blackburn, unmarried; d. ca 1883; lived in Laurens Co., near Newberry.

(f) Elizabeth Blackburn; graduate of Limestone Springs School.

(g) Joseph Whitmire Blackburn.

(h) Frances Ann Blackburn. b. 20 Oct 1829; d. 22 Oct 1918; buried Springwood Cem., Greenville,. S. C.; m. Dr. Samuel Alexander Mims. He was b. ca 1825; d. Jan 1864, Shreveport, La.

(aa) Frances Olivia Mims. b. 7 May 1859; d. 25 Mar 1940, unmarried.

(bb) Mary Columbia "Minnie" Mims; b. 6 June 1860; d. 9 May 1954; unmarried.

(cc) Catherine "Kate" Mims, b. 22 Nov 1862; d. 11 May 1954; m. Richard Harrison ca 1885; 8, ch.

(dd) Samuel E. Alexander Mims. b. 5 Jan 1864; d. 14 Apr 1948; m. Margaret Elinor "Ella" Ligon; 11 ch.

4) Young Andrews

5) Edna "Edny" Andrews, b. 1803; m Nathan Whitrnire (b. 1800). He was grandson of George Fredrick Whitmire, native of Stuthgart, Germany; he and his wife Phoebe Hagood founded the S.C. family of Whitmires. Nathan Whitmire built a home near Whitmire, S.C.

(a) Sarah E. Whitmire, b. 1837; m. ______ East.

(b) William Henry Whitmire, b . 1839; m. Fannie Hamby; they lived in the old home; their first 6 ch. were born there.

(aa) Nathan Whitmire

(bb) Susan Edna Whitmire; m. Paul C. Parkins; lived in Greenville, s.C.

(aaa) James Whitmire Parkins, b. 1893; d. 10 Sept 1972.

(bbb) Paul Cureton Parkins, b. 1895; d. 1958.

(ccc) Frances Hamby Parkins, b. 12 Jan l897; d. 15 Apr 1973; m. David Stewart.

(ddd) William Henry Parkins. b. 5 Jan 1899; d. 1962.

(eee) Charles Allen Parkins, b. 31 Dec 1900; d. 21 Jan 1942.

(fff) Mary Henrietta Parkins, b. 2 July 1904; m. Murray Maurice Rogers (b. 19 Mar 1903); res: Rt. 4, Shadow Wood Lake, Marshall, Texas.

(aaaa) Sallie Anne Rogers, b. 29 Sept 1935; m. Jerry C. Gullion (b. 19 Dec 1934). She attended Rice University, where she met her husband. He is an M.D. practicing Internist of Medicine and she helps him at the clinic; res: Marshall, Texas; Children: Guy Rogers and Laura Michel.

(ggg) Susan Edna Parkins, b . 22 June 1907; m. Roy E. Sessoms; res: 2224 Falmouth Road, Charlotte, N.C.

(hhh) Mark Dunklin Parkins. b. 16 Jan 1909.

(ee) Sallie Whitmire.

(dd) William Whitmire.

(ee) Frances "Fannie" Whitmire; res: Union, S.C.

(ff) Annie Whitmire.

(c) Nathan Whitmire, b. 1841.

(d) Frances E. "Fannie" Whitmire Harris.

6) Allan E. Andrews, d.ca 1851; m Sarah "Sallie" Wallace; lived in Newberry and/or Laurens Co.

(a) Frances Andrews Adams.

(b) Henry Andrews.

(c) Martha Andrews Wallace.

(d) John K. Andrews. unmarried.

(e) Walter L. Andrews, m. Lucia Penn.

(f) Nannie Andrews, m. Miller Andrews Wilson; 2 ch.

(g) Tabitha E. Andrews.

7) Mary "Polly" Andrews; m. John Felts.

8) Nancy Andrews; m. Davis Williams.

Settlement on the Estate of Frances Andrews, Allen Andrews, Adm.

Legatees:

1. William Andrews

2. John Felts and Wife

3. Allen Andrews

4. Davis Williams & Wife

5. James Blackburn & Wife

6. Ephraim Andrews

7. Edney Andrews

8. Young Andrews.

8 April 1828