Quoted from Southern Pioneer Families by JCF Herrell, B.L."To the North lived Old Bill Aultom who could keep a young bunch of Neighbors full of laughter for hours by his stories, wit and humor,though he did not know a from z. At 90 he could center a turkey's head 100 yards off."
No marriage date has been discovered at this time and family legend has it that there was never a marriage between the two. If there was a marriage it was probably around 1822.
Family legend also suggests that Nancy was a full blooded Cherokee Indian.
William and Nancy had 7 children: Jackson "Jack" , Nathan, Charles, Charlotte "Charity", James, William Daniel, and Lavina "Vina" Aulton.
This family is listed in the 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 Anderson County Tennessee Census Records. The 1830 Anderson County TN census records state these statistics: 2 male children under five, one male child 5-10 years, one male 20-30 (himself) and one female 20-30 years(Nancy).
William and Nancy and many of their descendants remained in Anderson County, Tennessee throughout their lives.
William died 22 May 1892 in Anderson County Tennessee at the age of 88, his obituary claims he was about 90. OBIT: Local: Died: At his home, five miles above Clinton, on Saturday July 23rd, William Altum, aged about 90 years. Nancy died 23 August 1880 in Anderson County Tennessee at the age of 81.
William and Nancy, along with several of their children, are buried in a little cemetery on East Wolf Valley Road, in Heiskell, Tennessee. Both stones have been engraved with the spelling ALLTUM. I have pictures of their tombstones. The cemetery sits on a knoll in the center of a pasture, with 4 or 5 cedar trees that help mark its location. I was told by some of the local residents that many years ago that little hill was called "Jack Aulton Hill". The cemetery is surrounded by a barbed wire fence.
