Theory #1 - Possible father is John Nance (same as #3?)

Theory #2 - Possible parents Allen Nance and Betsy Nance (NOTE: revised 9 May 2009, not likely to be his father unless Allen and Betsy moved from TN to VA and back to TN between 1810 - 1820)
 
Theory #3 - Possible father is John W. Nance son of William Malone Nance and Elizabeth Thornton