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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: abt 1755 / Lunenburg / VA Death: bef 08 Jan 1816 prob / Charlotte / VA
Qualifying Service Description:
Paid Supply Tax, Charlotte County, Virginia
Additional References:
Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Volume 35, No. 3, pg 202
Charlotte County, Virginia, Personal Property Tax 1783, Library of Virginia Reel 80, pg 23
Spouse: Elizabeth XX; Children: Susanna/Susan R Nance;
There was no entry found at Find-a-Grave as of April 2020
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Author: Dr. William Christian Sizemore
Hood Nance was born about 1755 at Virginia. The 1776 Lunenburg County List of Tithes lists Hood as an overseer of a Virginia plantation. The same year, he married Elizabeth, whose family name is not known.
Hood’s signature is found on an important petition known as the Ten Thousand Name Petition. This petition, presented to the General Assembly of Virginia in 1775, advocated for religious freedom, protested worship restrictions and practices, including taxation, imposed by the Church of England. This petition had been circulated in churches throughout Virginia, and was signed by 10,000 Baptists and other Protestant dissenters – all men.
Hood Nance also paid tax property at Charlotte County in 1783. A portion of this tax was designated for the support of the Continental Army, which is considered Patriotic Service.
By 1783, Hood was the owner of a small self-sustaining farm at Charlotte County, Virginia. He was the father of two children, and the owner of two horses, but no slaves. By the year 1800, Hood and Elizabeth had 12 children, one horse, and operated the farm without slaves.
Life was hard, but so was Hood, a rough man surviving in turbulent times. The Charlotte County Court Orders of 1803 reveal that neighbor William Slaughter produced a witness who testified in court that “…the right ear of William Slaughter was bit off in a fight between the said Slaughter and Hood Nance.”
In 1809-1810, Hood appears in the records of Cumberland County, Kentucky, with his brother James and nephew James, Jr. Hood soon returned to his family at Virginia, having failed to establish a permanent residence at Kentucky. He died at Charlotte County shortly before 6 June 1816. His wife Elizabeth was living in December 1821, when Hood’s property was distributed to his heirs.
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