Nance, Allen Q.

Born: 1813 Kentucky

Flourished: 1834-1837 Sangamon County, Illinois

Nance lived in Sangamon County from at least 1834 to 1837. In 1841, he married Elizabeth Dearen in Cass County, Illinois, and they settled there. In 1850, Nance was a farmer in Cass County, and he owned $4,000 in real estate.

Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, Cass County, 68:189, 70:2, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Petition of John Hines and Others to the Sangamon County Commissioners’ Court; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Cass County, 11 January 1841, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Cass County, IL, 8.