The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
Private Daniel Nance (Nantz) III was born 6 Feb 1744 in Giles County, Virginia. About 1760, he married Patience Wynn (b. 1746; d. 1802). According to his will signed 14 May 1802 in Bladen Co., NC and witnessed by Joseph Carroll & Winney Powers (Will Bk I pg. 436-437) he left three children: son, Wynne Nance, son Joseph Nance and daughter, Elizabeth Cook. He also named a granddaughter: Sally Mercer. To son Joseph, Daniel Nance/Nantz willed 200 acres on the Great Swamp joining Jonathan Singletary's line...and 100 acres purchased from William Singletary.
In c. 1833 Jonathan Singletary's son, Roland, would marry Joseph Nance's daughter, Mary Winn Nance, all of that area of Bladen Co., NC.
Daniel Nance is an established DAR line (Ancestor #A081454) through his son, Joseph Nance. Service record: Haun, NC Rev Army Accts, Vol V Book 180, part 4 p 464. Bladen Co. Militia, Wilmington, NC Dist.
Daniel Nance/Nantz was most likely buried in the Great Swamp area near Butters, NC where his farm was located. Nance descendants are requested to add genealogical information to this memorial.
He died about 14 May 1802 in Bladen County, NC
Other Nance family members are buried in the Singletary Cemetery in Bladensboro, Bladen County, NC; however, there is no grave marker for Daniel Nance/Nantz.
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