BOOK IV DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM AND ANN NANCE CONTENTS DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM AND ANN NANCE DIVISION I - SARAH "NANCE", WIFE OF JOHN LANIER DIVISION II - ISHAM AND FRANCES NANCE DIVISION III - REUBEN AND AMY "WILLIAMSON" AND NANCY "BROWN" NANCE SECTION A - CAPTAIN BIRD NANCE OF YNQ CHAPTER I - WILLIAM AND MARY NANCE CHAPTER II - JAMES HARVEY AND ANN NANCE CHAPTER III - WILEY BIRD AND MARY NANCE CHAPTER IV - THOMAS CLINTON AND JUDITH NANCE GROUP 1 - LEMUEL JASPER NANCE GROUP 2 - WILLIAM THOMAS NANCE GROUP 3 - ROBERT MACK NANCE GROUP 4 - MARTHA ANN, WIFE OF WILLIAM BENJAMIN JOHNSON SECTION B - JOHN NANCE OF GEORGIA SECTION C - ISAAC NANCE OF TENNESSEE SECTION D - TABITHA NANCE, WIFE OF DANIEL SHAKELFORD OF TENN. & MO. SECTION E - REUBEN NANCE JR. OF TENNESSEE SECTION F - MARY NANCE, WIFE OF JESSE CROUCH OF TENNESSEE CHAPTER V - JONOTHAN MULKEY CROUCH CHAPTER VI - JOSEPH CROUCH CHAPTER VII - SUSAN CROUCH, WIFE OF LLEWALLYN KING CHAPTER VIII - MARTHA CROUCH, WIFE OF WILLIAM KING CHAPTER IX - ELIJAH CROUCH CHAPTER X - JESSIE HITER CROUCH CHAPTER XI - ALLEN CROUCH CHAPTER XII - JOHN CROUCH CHAPTER XIII - MARY "CROUCH", WIFE OF JERIMIAH HALE CHAPTER XIV - ISAAC CROUCH CHAPTER XV - REUBEN CROUCH CHAPTER XVI - SARAH CROUCH, WIFE OF JACOB POLAND CHAPTER XVII - WILLIAM CROUCH SECTION G - WILLIAM NANCE OF TENNESSEE SECTION H - SHORT LINEAGES OF OTHER CHILDREN OF REUBEN NANCE DIVISION IV - DESCENDANTS OF JOHN AND MARY NANCE OF VIRGINIA AND JEFFERSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. SECTION I - FAMILIES OF A) JOHN (JACKIE) NANCE B) BETSY "NANCE", WIFE OF ALLEN NANCE C) ELINOR NANCE, WIFE OF OBEDIAH GARNER SECTION J - DESCENDANTS OF REUBEN AND ROSANNA NANCE CHAPTER XVIII - ANICE "NANCE", WIFE OF STEPHEN MOORE CHAPTER XIX - SQUIRE JOHN NANCE CHAPTER XX - SUSANNAH NANCE, WIFE OF JACOB VINYARD BOOK IV DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM AND ANN NANCE GEN. W.A. IV - WILLIAM NANCE MD. ANN ? OF PRINCE GEORGE AND BRUNSWICK COUNTIES, VIRGINIA. RECORDS: 1) BRISTOL PARISH VESTRY BOOK BY CHAMBERLAYNE WILLIAM AND ANN NANCE, PARENTS OF THOMAS, BORN 29 FEBRUARY 1736, AND SARAH BORN 30 JANUARY 1742/3. 2) BRUNSWICK COUNTY RECORDS. 1741 - JUNE 1 - WILLIAM NANCE PATENTS 129 ACRES BOTH SIDES SHINNING CREEK, BRUNSWICK, COUNTY. PAT. #19, PG. 974. 1743 - JULY 7 - WILLIAM NANCE SELLS 129 ACRES TO JOHN INGRAM, BOTH SIDES SHINNING CREEK, BRUNSWICK COUNTY. PAR. BY SAID WILLIAM JUNE 1, 1741. ANN NANCE, WIFE OF SAID WILLIAM, RELINQUISHES HER DOWER. BK. #2, PG. 235. WIT: DANIEL NANCE, JOHN SPREW, AND WILLIAM WILLIAMS. 1746 - JANUARY 12 - WILLIAM NANCE PATENTS 318 ACRES, SOUTH SIDE OF JENENTO CREEK. PAT. #25, PG. 247, BRUNSWICK COUNTY. 1747 - WILLIAM NANCE PROCESSIONS LAND (VESTRY BOOK OF ST. ANDREWS PARISH). 1748 - WILLIAM NANCE ON POLL TAX LISTS 26 W (1) 62, 64. 1750 - WILLIAM NANCE WITNESS TO DEED OF SALE BY DANIEL NANCE TO JOHN BROWN. SELLING LAND DANIEL PATENTED IN 1746 ON AVENTS CREEK. 1756 - THOMAS NANCE, DECEASED, SON OF WILLIAM NANCE (FROM ORIGINAL NANCE PAPERS, NOW IN POSSESSION OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE HISTORICAL SOCIETY). WILL OF WILLIAM NANCE IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN: NOVEMBER THE 17th 1770. I WILLIAM NANCE OF THE PARISH OF MEHERRIN IN THE COUNTY OF BRUNSWICK, BEING OF SOUND DISPOSING MIND AND MEMORY THANKS BE TO ALMIGHTY GOD FOR THE SAME CALLING TO MIND THE UNCERTAINTY OF CERTAIN DEATH AND THAT ALL MEN MUST YIELD THERETO WHEN BY GOD REQUIRED, DO MAKE AND ORDAIN THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT AS FOLLOWETH TO- WIT: I BEQUEATH MY SOUL TO GOD WHO GAVE, HOPING AND TRUSTING IN THE MERIT AND ADVOCACY OF MY BLESSED LORD AND SAVIOR CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION OF ALL MY FIRST FOLLIES AND OFFENSES, AND MY BODY I COMMIT TO THE EARTH TO BE DECENTLY INTERRED AT THE DISCRETION OF MY EXECUTORS HEREINAFTER MENTIONED, AND AS TOUCHING SUCH WORLDLY ESTATE AS IT HATH PLEASED GOD TO BESTOW ON ME I SHALL DISPOSE IN MANNER FOLLOWING, AFTER ALL MY LAWFUL DEBTS IS PAID. ITEM I GIVE AND BEQUEATH UNTO MY SON ISHAM NANCE AND HIS HEIRS FOREVER TWO HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND LYING IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY ADJACENT TO REUBEN NANCE AND WILLIAM FOX ALSO ONE NEGRO FELLOW NAMED HARRY, ONE POTT, TWO CHAIRS, BED AND FURNITURE, THIRTY POUNDS IN MONEY AND THE THIRD PART OF MY STOCK OF CATTLE. ITEM: I GIVE UNTO MY SON JOHN NANCE AND TO HIS HEIRS FOREVER THE TRACT OF LAND I NOW LIVE ON, ALSO THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY ACRES OF LAND LYING IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY ADJACENT TO DRURY MALONE AND EDWARD EPPS, ALSO MY NEGRO WENCH WINNEY, A NEGRO GIRL NAMED JUDY, ONE BRASS LOCK GUN, ONE FEATHER BED AND FURNITURE, TWO CHAIRS, ONE CHEST AND THE THIRD PART OF MY STOCK OF CATTLE. ITEM: I GIVE UNTO MY SON REUBEN NANCE AND TO HIS HEIRS FOREVER TWO HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND WHEREON HE NOW LIVES BEING THE UPPER PART ADJACENT TO RICHARD WARTHIN, ALSO MY NEGRO BOY NAMED COOK, A NEGRO GIRL NAMED LUSE, ONE CUBA GUN, A MARE NAMED PIGION, ALSO A NEWMARKET COAT AND THE THIRD PART OF ALL MY STOCK OF CATTLE. ITEM: I GIVE UNTO MY DAUGHTER ELIZABETH GLOVER AND TO HER HEIRS FOREVER ONE NEGRO GIRL NAMED PHILLIS, A WHITE HORSE, A FOURTH PART OF NEGRO GIRL (WHEN SOLD NAMED HANNAH) AND FIVE SHEEP; ITEM: I GIVE UNTO MY DAUGHTER TABITHA NANCE ONE NEGRO FELLOW NAMED FRANK, ONE BED AND FURNITURE, FIVE HEAD OF SHEEP, A MARE NAMED POLL, A FOURTH PART OF WHAT MY NEGRO GIRL SELLS FOR, TO HER AND HER HEIRS FOREVER. ITEM: I GIVE UNTO MY DAUGHTER MARY LANIER AND TO HER HEIRS FOREVER ONE NEGRO BOY NAMED EMMANUEL, FIVE SHEEP, AND THE FOURTH PART OF WHAT MY NEGRO GIRL SELLS FOR, ALSO ELEVEN GEESE. ITEM: I GIVE UNTO MY DAUGHTER SARAH LANIER TWENTY POUNDS MONEY, ONE NEGRO GIRL NAMED DOLL (NOW IN HER POSSESSION) A NEGRO GIRL NAMED SARAH, ALSO FIVE SHEEP, AND A FOURTH PART OF MY NEGRO HANNAH (WHEN SOLD) TO HER AND HER HEIRS FOREVER. ITEM I GIVE MY SAGATHY COAT TO JOHN LANIER. MY WILL AND DESIRE IS THAT MY CROP OF CORN AND TOBACCO BE SOLD TO PAY MY DEBTS, LIKE I DESIRE THAT ALL THE REMAINED OF MY ESTATE (EXCEPT MY HOGGS) THAT I HAVE NOT HERETOFORE MENTIONED BE SOLD, AND AFTER MY DEBTS AND FUNERAL CHARGES IS PAID THAT THE REMAINDER PART BE EQUALLY DIVIDED AMONGST MY THREE SONS ISHAM, JOHN AND REUBEN. ITEM: I GIVE ALL MY STOCK OF HOGGS TO MY SON JOHN NANCE. I DO HEREBY APPOINT MAKE AND ORDAIN MY THREE SONS ISHAM, JOHN AND REUBEN MY SOLE EXECUTORS OF THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND AFFIXED MY SEAL THE DAY AND YEAR ABOVE WRITTEN. his WILLIAM X NANCE (SEAL) mark (SIGNED, SEALED, PUBLISHED AND DECLARED BY THE SAID WILLIAM NANCE AS AND FOR HIS LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, IN THE PRESENCE OF US WHO WERE PRESENT AT THE SIGNING, SEALING AND PUBLISHING THEREOF. JOSEPH FLOYD, JOHN NIPPER, BENJAMIN WALKER.) ----------- AT A COURT HELD FOR BRUNSWICK COUNTY THE 25th DAY OF FEBRUARY 1771. THIS WILL WAS PRESENTED IN COURT BY ISHAM NANCE AND JOHN NANCE TWO OF THE EXECUTORS THEREIN NAMED WHO MADE OATH THERETO ACCORDING TO LAW, AND THE SAME BEING PROVED BY THE OATHS OF JOSEPH FLOYD AND BENJAMIN WALKER TWO OF THE WITNESSES THERETO AND ORDERED TO BE RECORDED. AND ON THE MOTION OF THE SAID EXECUTORS, WHO TOGETHER WITH CHARLES COLLIER, JOSHUA WINFIELD AND JOSIAH FLOYD THEIR SECURITIES ENTERED INTO AND ACKNOWLEDGED THEIR BOND IN THE PENALTY OF THREE THOUSAND POUNDS WITH CONDITION AS THE LAW DIRECTS. CERTIFICATE IS GRANTED THEM FOR OBTAINING A PROBATE THEREOF IN DUE FORM, AND REUBEN NANCE THE OTHER EXECUTOR THEREIN NAMED PERSONALLY IN COURT REFUSED TO TAKE UPON HIMSELF THE BURTHEN OF THE EXECUTION THEREOF OR TO JOIN IN THE PROBATE. TESTE: P. PELHAM JR. CLERK OF COURT. WILL BOOK NO. 4, P. 51. ----------- VOL. 4, WILL BOOK, BRUNSWICK CO., VA., P. 60 - APPRAISAL VALUE OF ESTATE WAS œ560.3.1 APPRAISERS: SILOANUS STOKES, CHARLES COLLIER, AND JAMES HICKS, SR. RECORDED 22 APRIL 1771. ----------- CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND ANN NANCE: 1) THOMAS (B. 29 FEBRUARY 1736 - D. 1756) 2) SARAH (B. 30 JANUARY 1742/43) MD. JOHN LANIER (SEE J.S.L. V) 3) REUBEN MD. 1ST, AMY WILLIAMSON, 2ND MD. NANCY BROWN (SEE R.A. V) 4) ISHAM MD. FRANCIS ? (SEE I.F. V) 5) JOHN MD. MARY (SEE J.M. V) 6) MARY MD. FREDERICK LANIER, MOVED TO NORTH CAROLINA, THEN TO SOUTH CAROLINA. HE WAS A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER. NO FURTHER RECORDS OF CHILDREN. 7) ELIZABETH MD. ? GLOVER. NO FURTHER RECORDS. 8) TABITHA MD. STEPHEN MAYBREY 1775, MECKLENBURG COUNTY. SEC. ISHAM NANCE, BROTHER OF BRIDE. NO FURTHER RECORDS. ----------- GENO. REF. - ? DIVISION I GEN. J.S.L. V - SARAH NANCE (B. 30 JANUARY 1742/43 - D. ?) MD. JOHN LANIER ABOUT 1763/64 (B. 1738 - D. 1804, FRANKLIN COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA) CHILDREN: 1) NANCY (B. 1766 - D. 1820) MD. 1785, JOSEPH BENNETT, REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER. (SEE J.N.B. VI) 2) THOMAS (B. 1769 - D. 1830) MD. 1789, MARY H. JONES (B. 1780) 3) LUCY (B. 1773) MD. 17 DECEMBER 1798, JAMES BYRD. 4) BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (B. 1773), 1812 SOLDIER. 5) SARAH (B. 1778 - D. 1850) NEVER MARRIED 6) TABITHA (B. 1780) MD. AS 2ND WIFE, WILLIAM BENNETT (FROM LANIER BY INGERSOLL. 1965) ----------- GENO. REF. W.A. IV GEN. J.N.B. VI - NANCY LANIER (B. 1766 - D. PRIOR TO 1820, MECKLENBURG, VIRGINIA) MD. 24 MAY 1785, MECKLENBURG, VIRGINIA, JOSEPH BENNETT (D. 1842, RUTHERFORD, TENNESSEE) JOSEPH BENNETT WAS A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER. HE WAS LIVING IN 1840 IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE WITH SON THOMAS, WHEN HE DIED AT AGE 85 IN 1842. CHILDREN: 1) THOMAS (SEE T.U.B. VII) 2) JOHN LANIER BENNETT MD. MARTHA HAMMOND (SEE J.M.B. VII) ----------- GENO. REF. J.S.L. VI GEN. J.M.B. VII - JOHN LANIER BENNETT (B. 1792) MD. ANSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, MARTHA HAMMOND (B. 1800 - D. 1878). SHE DIED IN THE HOME OF SON, GEORGE H. BENNETT, OF INDEPENDENCE, ARKANSAS. CHILDREN: 1) NANCY (B. 1817, ANSON, NORTH CAROLINA) UNMARRIED IN 1850 2) WILLIAM (B. 1827) CONFEDERATE SOLDIER 3) GEORGE H. MD. SARAH (SEE G.S.B. VIII) 4) ARMSTEAD (B. 1832) HAD THREE SONS. WIFE UNKNOWN. 5) BENJAMIN (B. 1834) 6) SARAH (B. 1838 - D. DECEMBER 1870) MD. 25 JANUARY 1870, PATRICK STURDIVANT, SON OF JOHN AND SARAH STURDIVANT ON ANSON, NORTH CAROLINA. 7) TABITHA (B. 1842) MD. J.D. BILLINGSLY, ANSON, SOUTH CAROLINA. 8) ELIZA ANN (B. 1842) MD. WILLIAM BILLINGSLY, ANSON, SOUTH CAROLINA. 9) CAROLINE S. MD. CHARLES HENRY LOCKHART (SEE C.C.L. VIII) ----------- GENO. REF. J.N.B. VI GEN. T.U.B. VII - THOMAS BENNETT (B. 1794 - D. 1850) MD. 1817 ?. MOVED TO RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE. CHILDREN: 1) THOMAS (B. 1822) MD. MARY H. ? (B. 1828) 2) JOHN (B. 1825) MD. ELIZABETH (B. 1830) CHILDREN: A) JOHN P. (B. 1848, TENNESSEE) 3) JOSEPH (B. 1830) 4) EVANS G. (B. 1832) 5) HENRY L. (B. 1836). HAD TWO OTHER SONS AND ONE DAUGHTER. ----------- GENO. REF. J.N.B. VI GEN. G.S.B. VIII - GEORGE H. BENNETT (B. 31 MARCH 1829 - D. 4 MAY 1923, CHUMBY, TEXAS) MD. SARAH (B. 6 FEBRUARY 1842 - D. 18 NOVEMBER 1902) CHILDREN: 1) WILLIAM O. (B. 1860) MD. NANNIE ALLEN, ARKANSAS. 2) LULA E. (B. 25 MARCH 1862 - D. 1936) MD. JAMES PICKENS. 3) JOHN L. (B. 11 MAY 1864 - D. 21 JUNE 1931) MD. ALICE McCORD. 4) BENJAMIN L. (B. 16 JANUARY 1866 - D. 27 FEBRUARY 1908) MD. MAUDE. 5) JAMES L. (B. 27 MARCH 1869) MD. ADDIE SMALLINGS. 6) ALLIS L. (B. 20 JULY 1874 - D. 4 SEPTEMBER 1877) 7) THOMAS H. (B. 20 JULY 1874 - D. 1936) CHICKASAW, OKLAHOMA. 8) HAMPTON V. (B. 14 SEPTEMBER 1876) LIVING 1962. 9) CORA L. (B. 11 JULY 1878 - D. JUNE 1866) ----------- GENO. REF. J.M.B. VII GEN. C.C.B. VIII - CAROLYN S. BENNETT (B. 28 JULY 1843, ANSON, NORTH CAROLINA - D. 15 DECEMBER 1915, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE) MD. ARKANSAS 15 FEBRUARY 1872, CHARLES HENRY LOCKHART (B. 2 JULY 1845, UNION COUNTY, ARKANSAS - D. 31 AUGUST 1922, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE) CHILDREN: 1) ANNA D. (B. 28 AUGUST 1877) MD. 17 OCTOBER 1900, CHARLES D. DAVIS (B. 1870 - D. 1923) CHILDREN: A) ANNA G. (B. 1912) MD. 1930 JOHN L. DEAN (B. 1906) TENNESSEE. ----------- GENO. REF. J.M.B. VII THE LANIER AND BENNETT LINEAGES WAS TAKEN FROM THE LANIER FAMILY BY INGERSOLL. DIVISION II GEN. I.F. V - ISHAM NANCE (B. c1747, BRUNSWICK, VIRGINIA - D. c1818), MD. FRANCIS. ISHAM RECEIVED ABOUT 200 ACRES OF LAND IN HIS FATHER'S WILL IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY. ALL RECORDS PERTAINING TO ISHAM ARE FOUND IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY WHERE HE DIED ABOUT 1818. ACCT. OF ESTATE SETTLEMENT BK. 8, P. 436, JOHN NANCE, ADMINISTRATOR. CHILDREN: 1) JOHN 2) ISHAM JR. 3) THOMAS 4) WILLIAM 5) NANCY 6) FANNY 7) POLLY HARWELL HEIRS 8) ELIZABETH MITCHELL HEIRS FOR RECORDS ON THIS FAMILY SEE MECKLENBURG MARRIAGES AND RECORDS. NO FURTHER FAMILY LINEAGES AVAILABLE. ----------- GENO. REF. W.A. IV DIVISION III GEN. R.A. V - REUBEN NANCE (B. 1745 - D. 1812) MD. 1ST AMY WILLIAMSON, 2ND MD. NANCY BROWN. THIRTEEN CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE, 7 CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE. REUBEN NANCE WAS BORN IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA. MOVED TO HENRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA IN 1773/74. HE RECEIVED A LAND PATENT IN 1780, WAS A SURVEYOR, AN ENSIGN IN THE REVOLUTION, AND A FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR OF PATRICK HENRY. THE TRADITION HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN IN THIS FAMILY THAT PATRICK HENRY SAID TO REUBEN NANCE WHEN HE RETURNED FROM THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION "THE CONSTITUTION WILL PROVE A ROAD OF SAND". FOR FURTHER RECORDS ON REUBEN NANCE SEE HENRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA RECORDS. THERE IS NO FOUNDATION FOR SEVERAL OF THE STATEMENTS IN NM REGARDING REUBEN NANCE AND FAMILY. THE STORY OF THE 28 CHILDREN WAS GIVEN TO GEORGE NANCE BY JEFFERSON AMZI NANCE, A GREAT-GRANDSON OF REUBEN NANCE, WHO WAS QUITE OLD AND FEEBLE WHEN HE WROTE THIS LETTER. THE CAPTAIN BIRD MENTIONED WAS NOT THE SON OF REUBEN BUT WAS HIS GRANDSON, WHOSE PARENTS WERE REUBEN NANCE JR. AND FRANCIS "INGRAM" NANCE. HENRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA REUBEN NANCE'S WILL IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. THE 10th DAY OF JANUARY 1812. I REUBIN NANCE OF THE COUNTY OF HENRY AND THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, BEING VERY WEAK IN BODY BUT IN PERFECT SOUND MEMORY BUT CALLING TO MIND THE MORTALITY OF THE BODY AND IT IS ONCE APPOINTED FOR ALL MEN TO DIE, AS FOR MY BODY I LEAVE IT TO BE BURIED IN A CHRISTIAN LIKE AND DECENT MANNER AT THE DISCRETION OF MY EXECUTORS AND MY SOUL TO RETURN TO GOD THAT FIRST GAVE IT, NOT DOUBTING BUT AT THE GENERAL RESURRECTION I SHALL RECEIVE THE SAME AGAIN BY THE MIGHTY POWER OF GOD AND AS TOUCHING MY WORLDLY ESTATE WHICH I NOW HAVE AND WHICH IT MAY BE PLEASED GOD --- TO BLESS ME WITH I MEAN TO TO DEVISE AND DISPOSE OF IN FORM AND MANNER AS FOLLOWS, VIZ, FIRST OF ALL I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY BELOVED WIFE, NANCY NANCE ONE NEGRO MAN SLAVE NAMED BENN, ONE COW AND CALF, AND ONE FEATHER BED AND FURNITURE FOREVER TO DISPOSE OF AT HER OWN DISCRETION. SECONDLY, I FURTHER GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY BELOVED NANCY ONE NEGRO NAMED ISAAC AND NEGROE WOMAN NAMED DYAN ONE NEGROE BOY NAMED WILL, ONE NEGROE GIRL NAMED HESTER, ONE NEGROE BOY NAMED PERRY, ONE NEGROE BOY NAMED , ONE NEGROE BOY NAMED SIMON, ONE NEGROE BOY NAMED JOE, THE FAMILY OF THE SAID ISAAC, ONE NEGROE WOMAN NAMED JANEY WITH ALL THEIR INCREASE IN HER NATURAL LIFE OR WIDOWHOOD. THIRDLY I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY BELOVED WIFE NANCY NANCE ONE WAGON AND TEAM, ONE STILL, WITH ALL PLANTATION UNTENSILS NECESSARY FOR HER USE, AND TWENTY HEAD OF MEAT CATTLE, DURING HER LIFE OR WIDOWHOOD, ALSO MY BLACK-SMITHS TOOLS, AND ALL MY FLOCK OF HOGS IN LIKE MANNER, FOURTHLY, MY LAND AND PLANTATION HOUSE AND HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, MY MILL AND THAT LAND WHEREON THE MILL STANDS I GIVE TO MY BELOVED WIFE IN THE MANNER ABOVE MENTIONED. FIFTHLY, MY DESIRE IS THAT MY OLD STOCK OF NEGROES SHOULD BE DIVIDED BETWEEN MY OLDEST FAMILY OF CHILDREN I HAD BY MY FIRST WIFE, VIZ, TO MY BELOVED SON WILLIAM NANCE ONLY A DEDUCTION OF ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY DOLLARS I HAVE ALREADY PAID TO HIM INTO HIS PART OF THE LEGACY, TO HIM HIS HEIRS AND ASSIGNS FOREVER, SECONDLY TO MY SON BIRD NANCE, MY SON ALLEN NANCE, MY SON CLEMENT NANCE, MY SON JOSEPH NANCE, THEIR HEIRS AND ASSIGNS FOREVER, ALSO TO MY DAUGHTER, MARY CROUCH, SUSANNAH McCULOUGH, AND TABITHA SHACKELFORD, VIZ, BESS'S CHILDREN ONE NEGROE MAN NAMED GEORGE, ONE NEGROE NAMED PETER, ONE NEGROE MAN NAMED MOSES, ONE NEGROE MAN NAMED ROBB, ONE NEGROE WOMAN NAMED RACHAEL, ONE NEGROE GIRL NAMED JINCY, ONE NEGROE BOY NAMED FILL, WITH AL THEIR INCREASE THE SAME NEGROES TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED AMONGST THE WITHIN AND ABOVE MENTIONED CHILDREN THEIR HEIRS AND ASSIGNS FOREVER, AS TO MY SON ISAAC NANCE, MY SON JOHN NANCE, MY SON REUBIN NANCE, MY SON ISHAM NANCE AND MY DAUGHTER SARAH SANFORD, I HAVE GIVEN EACH OF THEM THEIR PROPORTIONABLE PARTS OF MY ESTATE AS LEGATEES AS FOLLOWS, VIZ, MY SON ISAAC NANCE HAS RECEIVED ONE HUNDRED POUNDS IN FULL FOR HIS PART, MY SON ISHAM NANCE HAS RECEIVED ONE HUNDRED POUNDS IN FULL, MY SON JOHN HAS RECEIVED ONE NEGROE GIRL NAMED ANNY IN FULL, MY DAUGHTER SARAH SANDFORD HAS RECEIVED ONE NEGROE GIRL NAMED LIZA (IN FULL), MY SON REUBIN NANCE HAS RECEIVED ONE NEGROE GIRL NAMED LUCY IN FULL, MY DESIRE IS THAT ALL THE WITHIN MENTIONED NEGROES EXCEPT BENN AND THE WITHIN MENTIONED PROPERTY EXCEPT ONE COW AND CALF AND ONE FEATHER BED AND FURNITURE THAT I GAVE TO HER, NANCY MY WIFE FOR HER TO DISPOSE OF AT HER OWN DISCRETION SHOULD BE EQUALLY DIVIDED AMONGST MY LAST CHILDREN, FIRST MY SON STEPHEN AND PEYTON NANCE, AND SARAH PHILPOTT AND EDMUND NANCE, AND LESSENBY NANCE AND NANCY NANCE AND REUBEN SAUNDERS NANCE, THEIR HEIRS AND ASSIGNS FOREVER. LASTLY I NOMINATE AND APPOINT MY BELOVED FRIEND BENJAMIN JONES TO BE MY SOUL EXECUTOR AND THOMAS STARLING. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND SEAL THIS DAY AND DATE WITHIN MENTIONED. REUBIN NANCE (L S) SIGNED AND SEALED IN THE PRESENCE OF: JOHN CONNOWAY EDWARD RICHARDSON JOHN LOVELL PROBATED 9 MARCH 1812 WILL BOOK 2, PAGES 163-165 --------------------------------------------------- CHILDREN OF REUBEN NANCE AND AMY WILLIAMSON NANCE: 1) SALLY (B. 14 JULY 1767) MD. JAMES SANFORD. MOVED TO RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE. IN WILLIAMSON CO. CENSUS. (ACTIVE IN ESTATE OF BIRD AND ISAAC NANCE) 2) WILLIAM (B. 24 DECEMBER 1768). NAME OF WIFE UNKNOWN (SEE W.U. VI) 3) MARY MD. JESSE CROUCH (SEE J.M.C. VI) 4) BIRD (B. 24 JULY 1772) MD. POLLY HANNAH, 2ND MD. SARAH L. MACK (SEE B.P. VI) 5) ISAAC (B. 13 FEBRUARY 1774) MD. JANE SMITH (SEE I.J. VI) 6) ALLEN MD. BETSY NANCE (SEE A.B. VI) 7) ISHAM, WIFE UNKNOWN (SEE I.U. VI) 8) JOHN MD. CHRISTINA RYAN (SEE J.C. VI) 9) SUSSANA (B. 10 AUGUST 1781) MD. ALEXANDER McCULLOCK. MOVED TO RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE. IN 1820 CENSUS LIVING NEXT DOOR TO ALLEN NANCE. 10) TABITHA MD. DANIEL SHAKELFORD (SEE D.T.S. VI) 11) REUBEN JR. MD. FRANCIS INGRAM (SEE R.F. VI) 12) CLEMENT (B. 30 SEPTEMBER 1878) MD. POLLY HAIL MAY 14, 1813. 13) JOSEPH MD. POLLY PHILPOTT (SEE J.P. VI) CHILDREN OF REUBEN NANCE AND NANCY BROWN: 14) SALLY (B. 2 NOVEMBER 1791) MD. DAVID PHILLPOT, 1826, HENRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 15) STEPHEN MD. SARAH W. HUGHES (SEE S.S. VI) 16) PEYTON S. 1ST MD. POLLY KING, 2ND MD. ELINOR SIMMS (SEE P.P. VI) 17) EDMUND MD. ANNA SIMMS (SEE E.A. VI) 18) LESSENBY MD. ONEY SIMMS (SEE L.O. VI) 19) NANCY (B. 22 MARCH 1804) MD. BENJAMIN MARSHALL, 1826, IN HENRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 20) REUBEN SANDERS (B. 28 MAY 1808) MD. SARAH H. ? (SEE R.S. VI) ----------- GENO. REF. W.A. V SECTION A GEN. B.P. VI - BIRD NANCE (B. 24 JULY 1772 - D. 15 APRIL 1815) MD. 17 SEPTEMBER 1794 POLLY HANNAH OF PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. MOVED TO RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE IN 1796/97. 2ND MD. 25 JUNE 1808 SARAH LOUISE MACK, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE. APPOINTED ENSIGN IN TENNESSEE MILITIA 15 AUGUST 1797. RECEIVED CAPTAIN'S COMMISSION 21 FEBRUARY 1811. WAS IN THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS WITH ANDREW JACKSON, DIED ON ROUTE HOME NEAR NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI OF "SWAMP FEVER". SEE 1810 RUTHERFORD COUNTY CENSUS. (INFORMATION FROM WAR RECORDS AND WILL 1815). BIRD NANCE'S WILL - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN, I, BIRD NANCE, OF THE COUNTY OF RUTHERFORD, STATE OF TENNESSEE, BEING OF PERFECT MIND AND MEMORY, THANKS TO GOD FOR THE SAME, DO MAKE THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT IN MANNER AND FORM FOLLOWING, (VIZ) FIRST OF ALL, I DO GIVE AND BEQUEATH UNTO MY SON, JOHN NANCE, A HORSE TP BE WORTH FIFTY DOLLARS, FEATHER BED, 1 COW AND CALF - ALSO I GIVE AND BEQUEATH UNTO MY DAUGHTER ELIZABETH NANCE, ONE HORSE WORTH FIFTY DOLLARS, SADDLE, FEATHERBED, COW & CALF, I ALSO GIVE AND BEQUEATH UNTO MY SON WILLIAM NANCE ONE HORSE WORTH FIFTY DOLLARS, SADDLE, FEATHER BED, COW AND CALF, AND I ALSO GIVE AND BEQUEATH UNTO MY DAUGHTER SALLY NANCE ONE HORSE WORTH FORTY DOLLARS, WITH SADDLE, FEATHER BED, COW AND CALF - I FURTHER DESIRE THAT A CERTAIN NEGRO WOMAN BY THE NAME OF LIEU AND ALL HER INCREASE BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN LUCY GAMBRILL, JOHN NANCE, ELIZABETH NANCE, WILLIAM AND SALLY NANCE, TO BE TO THEM DURING THEIR LIFE AND THEN TO THE HEIRS OF THEIR BODY, IF ANY, AND FURTHER I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY BELOVED WIFE LOUISE, THE PLANTATION WHEREON I NOW LIVE, WITH ALL THE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURES, FARMING UTENSILS, BLACKSMITH'S TOOLS, A WAGON, AND A CERTAIN NEGRO NAMED PETER AND ALL MY STOCK OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, DURING HER LIFE OR WIDOWHOOD, AND AFTER HER DEATH OR MARRIAGE TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN JAMES H. NANCE AND POLLY I. NANCE AND THOMAS NANCE, AND WILLY B. NANCE, AND IT IS MY DESIRE THAT MY WIFE SELL THE SMITH TOOLS AND OTHER PROPERTY AS SHE CAN BEST SPARE TOGETHER WITH MY WAGES THAT MAY BE COMING TO ME FROM THE UNITED STATES AND THEREBY BUY A NEGRO WOMAN AND THAT NEGRO WOMAN IF BOUGHT, AND HER INCREASE, IF ANY, TO BELONG TO HER DURING HER LIFE OR WIDOWHOOD, AND AFTER HER DEATH OR MARRIAGE TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN JAMES H. NANCE, POLLY L. NANCE, THOMAS NANCE AND WILLY B. NANCE - THEN I DO CONSTITUTE AND APPOINT MY WORTHY FRIENDS ALLEN NANCE AND JAMES STANFORD SEN. EXECUTORS OF THIS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT - IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND SEAL THIS EIGHTEENTH DAY OF NOV. IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FOURTEEN. BIRD NANCE (SEAL) SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED IN THE PRESENCE OF, FITZHUGH D. MURRY & JOHN SMITH CHILDREN BY BIRD NANCE AND POLLY HANNAH NANCE 1) LUCY MD. ? GAMBRILL 2) ELIZABETH MD. 27 AUGUST 1816, BURREL WARREN 3) JOHN MD. 18 MARCH 1818 ANN GAMBRILL 4) WILLIAM MD. MARY (SEE W.M. VII) 5) SALLY MD. EVERETT HAINES, 20 NOVEMBER 1823 CHILDREN BY REUBEN AND SARAH LOUISE "MACK" NANCE: 6) JAMES HARVEY MD. ANN M. BROWN (SEE J.A. VII) 7) POLLY L. MD. JESSE BROWN 8) WILEY BIRD MD. MARY T. POPE (SEE W.M. VII) 9) THOMAS CLINTON MD. JUDITH EMILY POPE (SEE T.J. VII) ----------- GENO. REF. R.A. V CHAPTER I GEN. W.M. VII - WILLIAM NANCE MD. MARY (BELIEVE BOWLIN?) MOVED FROM TENNESSEE TO TIPPIAH COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. CENSUS (DIED FROM 1840-1850) CHILDREN: AGES FROM CENSUS (1850) 1) BIRD, AGE 24, MD. TO CATHERINE 2) WILLIAM, AGE 21 3) JOHN M., AGE 19 4) CORDELLIA, AGE 15. ALL 1ST FOUR BORN TENNESSEE. 5) THOMAS H., AGE 13 6) MARTHA A., AGE 11 7) NICHOLAS, AGE 8 8) ELVIRA, AGE 8. LAST FOUR BORN MISSISSIPPI. ----------- GENO. REF. B.P. GEN. J.A. VII - JAMES HARVEY NANCE MD. 17 DECEMBER 1837, ANN M. BROWN. MOVED FROM TENNESSEE TO TIPPIAH COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI 1839. ARE IN 1840 AND 1850 CENSUS OF TIPPIAH COUNTY. CHILDREN FROM 1850 CENSUS: 1) SARAH, AGE 16, BORN TENNESSEE 2) MARY A., AGE 12, BORN TENNESSEE 3) FRANCIS, AGE 7, BORN MISSISSIPPI 4) JAMES H., AGE 8, BORN MISSISSIPPI 5) CONSTANTINE, AGE 5, BORN MISSISSIPPI 6) RUFFIN, AGE 3, BORN MISSISSIPPI 7) ROBERT A., AGE 1, BORN MISSISSIPPI ----------- GENO. REF. B.P. VI GEN. W.M. VII - WILEY BIRD NANCE MD. MARY POPE (SISTER TO JUDITH), MOVED TO TIPPIAH COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI 1837. LATER MOVED TO ARKANSAS. CHILDRENS' AGES FROM 1850 CENSUS: (ALL BUT ONE BORN MISSISSIPPI) 1) MARY A., BORN TENNESSEE 2) SARAH E., AGE 14 3) CARY B., AGE 11 4) MARTHA, AGE 9 5) HENRY C., AGE 7 6) WILEY M 7) GUSTAVIUS, AGE 4 8) ROBERT A., AGE 1 ----------- GENO. REF. B.P. VI CHAPTER IV GEN. T.J. VII - THOMAS CLINTON NANCE (B. 11 SEPTEMBER 1812, RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE - D. 30 DECEMBER 1856, TIPPIAH COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI) MD. 3 MARCH 1838 TO JUDITH EMILY POPE (B. 11 SEPTEMBER 1820, WAYNE COUNTY, TENNESSEE - D. 7 OCTOBER 1874) JUDITH MARRIED MR. MONROE AFTER THE DEATH OF THOMAS (SEE POPE IN ALLIED FAMILIES FOR ANCESTRAL LINE). CHILDREN: 1) MARTHA ANN MD. WILLIAM JOHNSON (SEE W.M.J. VIII) 2) MARY JANE (B. 8 APRIL 1840), DIED YOUNG 3) CAREY DEWITT (B. 16 FEBRUARY 1842), KILLED CIVIL WAR 4) THOMAS L. (B. 3 JANUARY 1844), DIED DURING CIVIL WAR 5) LOUISA PALMIRA (B. 18 JANUARY 1846), DIED YOUNG 6) LEMUEL JASPER MD. CORDELLIA GARRETT (SEE L.C. VIII) 7) WILLIAM THOMAS MD. JOHN ELLA REEVES (SEE W.J. VIII) 8) ROBERT MACK MD. MATTIE MATHIS (SEE R.M. VIII) 9) SARAH F. (B. 17 OCTOBER 1852), DIED YOUNG 10) JOHN WESLEY (B. 8 APRIL 1857) MD. LUCY SYDLE APRIL 1879. (ALL DATES FROM THOMAS CLINTON NANCE BIBLE) ----------- GENO. REF. B.P. VI GROUP 1 GEN. L.C. VIII - LEMUEL JASPER NANCE (B. 22 JANUARY 1848 - D. 8 FEBRUARY 1885) MD. 4 NOVEMBER 1868, HANNA CORDELIA GARRETT (B. 4 FEBRUARY 1852 - D. 11 SEPTEMBER 1938). LEMUEL WAS A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER. AFTER HIS DEATH, HIS WIDOW MOVED TO RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS, IN A COVERED WAGON. CHILDREN: 1) ELIZABETH MD. HULETT ROGERS (SEE H.E.R. IX) 2) MAUD MD. EDWARD SHOFFNER (SEE E.M.S. IX) 3) JIMMIE (B. 4 OCTOBER 1881) MD. DELLA BLOODWORTH 4) BONNER (B. 16 FEBRUARY 1883) MD. 7 DECEMBER 1921, ORA GRAY ----------- GENO. REF. T.J. VII GEN. H.E.R. IX - ELIZABETH NANCE (B. 24 DECEMBER 1875) MD. 11 OCTOBER 1899, HULETT ROGERS (B. 29 SEPTEMBER 1874). LIVED RED RIVER COUNTY. NOW LIVING OLNEY, TEXAS. CHILDREN: JOHNNIE (B. 6 FEBRUARY 1902) MD. 5 AUGUST 1951, MR. W.L. LONGAN, RES: ARIZONIA. ----------- GENO. REF. L.C. VIII GEN. E.M.S. IX - MAUD NANCE (B. 19 JUNE 1878 - D. 13 AUGUST 1961) MD. 10 JANUARY 1901, EDWARD SHOFFNER (D. 3 FEBRUARY 1913) CHILDREN: 1) AMMA C. (B. 9 JUNE 1902) MD. 29 AUGUST 1939, GEORGE WONER 2) ELBERT RAY (B. 13 JULY 1904 - D. 26 DECEMBER 1957) MD. 30 MAY 1936, MARY ELLA ALLEN ----------- GENO. REF. L.C. VII THESE ARE Z LAST LINING DESCENDANTS OF LEMUEL JASPER NANCE (1966). --------------------------------------------------- GROUP 2 GEN. W.J. - WILLIAM THOMAS NANCE (B. 5 OCTOBER 1850 - D. 24 FEBRUARY 1933) MD. 25 JANUARY 1877, JOHN ELLA REEVES (B. 22 DECEMBER 1857 - D. 19 JUNE 1913). HE AND YOUNGER BROTHER, ROBERT MACK LIVED IN TIPPIAH COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI WHEN THE AREA WAS INVADED BY YANKEE TROOPS DURING THE CIVIL WAR. MANY A HAIR-RAISING TALE HAS BEEN OF HOW THEY USED TO SLIP FOOD TO A HANDFULL OF STRANDED CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS DURING THIS OCCUPATION. HE LIVED NEAR CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI AND MOVED WITH HIS YOUNG FAMILY TO RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS. SETTLED NEAR CLARKSVILLE IN 1886. CHILDREN: 1) VAN MANNING MD. EMMA BRANDON (SEE V.E. IX) 2) ILA BELL MD. WALTER GIBBONS (SEE W.I.G. IX) 3) CARL M. MD. GEORGE WHITEMAN (SEE G.C.W. IX) 4) FRONNA GRACE MD. ALVIE ANDERSON (SEE A.F.A. IX) 5) ROY MD. LUCY DUNCAN (SEE R.L. IX) 6) HELEN J. MD. ROYACE NOTTAGE (SEE R.H.N. IX) 7) WILLIE O. (B. 22 FEBRUARY 1898) MD. 10 MAY 1930, CLAUDE F. McLIN (B. 6 DECEMBER 1898) ----------- GENO. REF. T.J. VII 1881). CHILDREN: 1) VAN RUSSELL (B. 4 FEBRUARY 1911) MD. 1936 RUBY GOODNIGHT CHILDREN: A) LARRY B) VANDA SUE 2) AILEEN (B. 9 JANUARY 1914) MD. 1942 KENNETH FARLEY CHILDREN: A) CYLINDA B) NANCY ----------- GENO. REF. W.J. VIII GEN. G.C.W. IX - CARL M. NANCE (B. 21 DECEMBER 1879 - D. 2 DECEMBER 1908) MD. 19 FEBRUARY 1903, GEORGE WHITEMAN. CHILDREN: 1) GEORGE ROSS, 1ST MD. KATIE, 2ND MD. FRANCES CHILDREN BY FIRST WIFE: A) DAVID ROSS B) BILLIE GLENN ----------- GENO. REF. W.J. VIII GEN. W.I.G. IX - ILA BELL NANCE (B. 15 FEBRUARY 1882 - D. 12 OCTOBER 1957) MD. 14 SEPTEMBER 1902, WALTER GIBBONS. CHILDREN: 1) W.T. GIBBONS JR (B. 22 DECEMBER 1911), NO CHILDREN 2) WILMA GRACE (B. 18 AUGUST 1904) MD. MR. RICHARDSON CHILDREN: A) MAURICE B) SARAH GRACE C) HENRY ----------- GENO. REF. W.J. VIII GEN. A.F.A. - FRONNA GRACE NANCE (B. 16 JULY 1886) MD. 19 FEBRUARY 1909, ALVIE ANDERSON. CHILDREN: 1) BUICK (B. 17 OCTOBER 1911) MD. 24 JUNE 1934, WILLIAM GIST CHILDREN: A) JANIS MARILIN GIST ----------- GENO. REF. W.J. VIII GEN. R.L. IX - ROY NANCE (B. 2 APRIL 1892) MD. 3 MAY 1922, LUCY DUNCAN (B. 3 DECEMBER 1898). CHILDREN: 1) ROY C. (B. 11 DECEMBER 1923) MD. 4 NOVEMBER 1951, BOBBYE CLEMMONS. CHILDREN: A) CRAIG ----------- GENO. REF. W.J. VIII GEN. R.H.N. IX - HELEN J. NANCE (B. 10 JUNE 1895) MD. 1 OCTOBER 1920, ROYCE NOTTAGE. CHILDREN: 1) JEWEL (B. 3 AUGUST 1922) MD. 7 FEBRUARY 1943, BYNUM BLOCKMAN CHILDREN: A) CHESTER B) BESSIE 2) JEAN N. (B. 23 SEPTEMBER 1923) MD. 31 DECEMBER 1945, DOYLE WILSON. CHILDREN: A) MIKE B) SUSAN 3) JAQULINE (B. 30 AUGUST 1925) MD. 11 OCTOBER 1946, VIRGIL HUDSON. CHILDREN: A) SANDRA B) GARRY ----------- GENO. REF. W.J. VIII 1963 - GROUP 2 HAS INCLUDED ALL KNOWN DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM THOMAS NANCE. --------------------------------------------------- GROUP 3 GEN. R.M. VIII - ROBERT MACK NANCE (B. 25 OCTOBER 1854 - D. 26 DECEMBER 1922) 28 DECEMBER 1903). MOVED FROM TIPPIAH COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI IN DECEMBER 1885 WITH FOUR OLDER CHILDREN SETTLING IN RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS, NEAR CLARKSVILLE IN THE CHERRY COMMUNITY, WHERE HE FARMED UNTIL HIS DEATH IN DALLAS, TEXAS. CHILDREN: 1) MARTIN LUTHER (B. 12 SEPTEMBER 1876 - D. 2 NOVEMBER 1946) MD. FLORENCE ELIZABETH SMITH (SEE M.F. IX) 2) THOMAS ARTHUR MD. ADDIE FARMER (SEE T.A. IX) 3) KELCIE MD. MARY BRYARLY (SEE K.M. IX) 4) JASPER D. MD. 1ST SARAH LOUISE WOOSLEY, 2ND MD. MARY ETTA BEWLY (SEE J.S. IX) 5) GERTHIE MD. L.M. WHITEMAN (SEE L.G.W. IX) 6) ROBERT LEE MD. NELL WADDELL (SEE R.N. IX) 7) DELLA MAE MD. PERRY GARTEN (SEE P.D.G. IX) 8) V. OLA MD. PERCY PORTER (SEE P.V.P. IX) 9) MARTHA MD. NORRIS BUSBY (SEE N.M.B. IX) 10) 1 FEMALE DIED IN INFANCY, TIPPIAH COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. ----------- GENO. REF. T.J. VII GEN. M.F. IX - MARTIN LUTHER NANCE (B. 12 SEPTEMBER 1876 - D. 2 NOVEMBER 1946) MD. 24 MAY 1899, FLORENCE ELIZABETH SMITH (B. 24 OCTOBER 1879 - D. 27 OCTOBER 1960), DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM DOUGLAS AND MARY "KILLINGSWORTH" SMITH (SEE ALLIED FAMILIES FOR HER LINEAGE). MARRIED IN RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS, MOVED TO SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA IN 1914. HE WAS A TRAVELING SALESMAN AND WAS WELL ACQUAINTED WITH HIS MANY DISTANT COUSINS IN MISSISSIPPI, TENNESSEE, ARKANSAS, AND TEXAS. HE AND MY MOTHER WERE RAISED IN RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS AND WERE CLOSE FRIENDS OF JOHN NANCE GARNER. PRIOR TO HIS ENTERING POLITICS, THEY RECOGNIZED THEIR RELATIONSHIP THROUGH THE TENNESSEE NANCE FAMILIES AND ADDRESSED EACH OTHER AS COUSINS. (TILL THIS DAY THE WRITER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE THE EXACT CONNECTION OF THE NANCES AND GARNERS). CHILDREN: 1) AMANDA GAFFNEY (B. 1 APRIL 1900) MD. 26 JULY 1926, BERT EDWARD NETTLES (B. 19 SEPTEMBER 1891 - D. 4 JANUARY 1966) (SEE B.A.N. X). 2) ROBERT DAVIS NANCE (B. 26 AUGUST 1903) MD. 25 NOVEMBER 1923, 1ST MARY PONDER (B. 22 FEBRUARY 1907), 2ND MD. MARCELL CALLIHAN 1945 (SEE GEN. R.M. X). 3) DOUGLAS SMITH NANCE (B. 27 JULY 1907) MD. 11 JUNE 1932 KATHERINE HERRIN (B. 23 MAY 1910 - D. 27 AUGUST 1962) (SEE D.K. X) 4) RUSSELL SHULL (B. 22 JULY 1910) MD. 30 JUNE 1944, DOROTHY RICHERT (B. 13 SEPTEMBER 1923) (SEE R.D. X) 5) MARTIN L. "PETE" NANCE JR. (B. 22 SEPTEMBER 1913) MD. 22 JANUARY 1937, ELIZABETH ANN HOFFMAN (B. 26 NOVEMBER 1915) (SEE M.E. X). 6) BABY ELIZABETH (DIED IN INFANCY IN 1902) ----------- GENO. REF. R.M. VIII GEN. B.A.N. X - AMANDA GAFFNEY NANCE (B. 1 APRIL 1900, CLARKSVILLE, TEXAS) MD. 26 JULY 1926, BERT EDWARD NETTLES (B. 1891 - D. 1966). NO CHILDREN. AMANDA IS CALLED "SISTER" BY ALL OF THE FAMILY AND LOVED BY ALL FOR HER KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY TO ALL HER NIECES AND NEPHEWS. HER HUSBAND. BERT E. NETTLES, PASSED ON DURING THE ASSEMBLY OF THIS BOOK. WORDS BEST DESCRIBE BERT NETTLES IN THIS EDITORIAL PUBLISHED IN THE SHREVEPORT JOURNAL, JANUARY 7, 1966: BERT NETTLES THE DEATH OF BERT NETTLES MEANS A PERSONAL LOSS TO MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE ASSOCIATED WITH HIM IN NEWSPAPER WORK IN SHREVEPORT DURING THE PAST 46 YEARS. FROM 1953 WHEN THE SHREVEPORT JOURNAL AND THE SHREVEPORT TIMES FORMED THE NEWSPAPER PRODUCTION CO., UNTIL 1964 WHEN HE RETIRED, MR. NETTLES WAS THE BELOVED SUPERINTENDENT OF THE COMPOSING ROOM OF THESE PAPERS. FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS OF HIS CAREER HE ALSO HELD THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT PRODUCTION SUPERINTENDENT. HIS ABILITY AND HIS PERSONAL QUALITIES WERE WIDELY RECOGNIZED. THE SOUTHERN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION HONORED HIM BY ELECTING HIM TO SEVERAL OFFICES. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE SOUTHERN NEWSPAPER MECHANICAL CONFERENCE. HIS MEMBERSHIP IN THE TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION EXTENDED OVER ALMOST A HALF-CENTURY. MR. NETTLES WAS BORN AND EDUCATED ALABAMA. IN TYPICAL SOUTHERN FASHION, HE ENJOYED GOOD COMPANY AND HE WAS FOND OF FISHING AND HUNTING. AFTER HIS RETIREMENT HE SPENT MUCH OF HIS TIME AT HIS CAMP ON LAKE BISTINEAU. HE WAS FIRM YET EMINENTLY FAIR IN ALL MATTERS CONCERNING THE COMPOSING ROOM. NEVER DID HE CRITICIZE ANYONE'S WORK IN PUBLIC; WHEN HE HAD TO REPRIMAND SOMEBODY HE DID IT PRIVATELY AND IN A GENTLEMANLY MANNER, SHOWING THAT HE RESPECTED THE OTHER PERSON. INVARIABLY WHEN CONTRIBUTIONS WERE TAKEN FOR SOME WORTHY CAUSE HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST IF NOT THE VERY FIRST IN HIS DEPARTMENT TO DONATE, AND CUSTOMARILY HE GAVE THE LARGEST AMOUNT. NEEDY CASES IMMEDIATELY TOUCHED HIS HEART, AND HE LET THEM HAVE MONEY OR LOOKED FOR JOBS FOR THEM. THE JOURNAL IS GRATEFUL FOR THE EXCELLENT SERVICE WHICH MR. NETTLES RENDERED. WE WISH TO EXPRESS OUR SYMPATHY TO HIS WIDOW, MRS. AMANDA NANCE NETTLES. ----------- RESIDENCE: 454 COLUMBIA, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA. ----------- GENO. REF. M.F. IX GEN. R.M. X - ROBERT DAVIS NANCE (B. 26 AUGUST 1903, CLARKSVILLE, TEXAS) MD. 1ST 25 NOVEMBER 1923, MARY PONDER, 2ND MD. 1945, MARCILLE CALLIHAN. CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE: 1) NANCY ELIZABETH MD. MARION SEAMON (SEE M.N.S. XI) 2) BARBARA ANN MD. CHARLES OFFERMAN (SEE C.B.O. XI) CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE: 3) MICHAEL, LIVING IN SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA. ----------- GENO. REF. M.F. IX GEN. D.K. X - DOUGLAS SMITH NANCE (B. 27 JULY 1907, CLARKSVILLE, TEXAS) MD. 11 JUNE 1932, KATHERINE HERRING (B. 23 MAY 1910 - D. 27 AUGUST 1962). MOVED TO MONROE, LOUISIANA IN 1930, LATER MOVED TO SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA, PRESENT RESIDENCE. NO CHILDREN. ----------- GENO. REF. M.F. IX GEN. R.D. X - RUSSELL SHULL NANCE (B. 22 JULY 1910, HUGO, OKLAHOMA) MD. 30 JUNE 1944, DOROTHY RICHERT (B. 13 SEPTEMBER 1923, PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA) RUSSELL SERVED IN WORLD WAR II AND THE KOREAN CONFLICT. HE RETIRED AFTER 33 YEARS SERVICE IN 1960. RANK - COMMANDER. CHILDREN: 1) RUSSELL RICHERT (B. 14 FEBRUARY 1945, BALBOA, PANAMA CANAL ZONE). ----------- GENO. REF. M.F. IX