The purpose of this query is to find evidence of the marriage of Nancy Danner born about 1780-1790 and Henry J. Black.

Nancy may have married Henry J. Black in Lincoln County, GA according to one Interenet posting. I have communicated with the historical society there who have access to all exisiting public records for the time period (1800-1804). They can verify no record of a marriage between these individuals. Also tax and census records were checked and no Danners were found before or after the possible marriage time frame, except for one in the 1830 census who is not a match, and way too late to be the parents of the Nancy central to this query.

Since Henry came from VA the Danners may have been there too. I find no other record of the Blacks in GA, but do in AL where Henry J. Black and Nancy Danner settled.

I have never found a marriage for them in AL either. I have not looked in VA yet, as I thus far don't have a clue about the county in which the Blacks may have lived, nor the names Henry J. Black's parents.

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The second purpose of this query is to dentify the parents of the Nancy Danner in question.

I found a 42 page Danner family genelaogy published in 1940 that begins with three brothers who migrated from Germany to PA in 1749. The granddaughter of one is named Betsy Nancy Danner, but she was born too late to have been the Nancy who married William J. Black.

The descendancy from the oldest person in the 1940 Danner genelaogy goes:

Melchior Danner 1723 Germany -1808 PA
Abraham Danner 1765 PA -1815 PA
Betsy Nancy Danner born PA died unknown, no marriage listed

The Nancy Danner above is listed as the 4th born of 6, after a sibling with a birth year of 1804.The only earlier birth year given occured in 1800.

Yes, the order in which these children were listed could be incorrect. Four of them including Betsey Nancy Danner have no birth or death dates. However, from the overall format used by the researcher,there is a pattern of listing undated births in the most logical order based on other types of documents.

Using the information available our Nancy Danners' birth year fell between 1780-1790. Too early to reasonably be a sibling of the children belonging to Abraham listed above.

So next I wondered if perhaps our Nancy was an unidentified daughter of Melchior. but that does not work , as all of his known children were born much too early to be compatible under any stretch of the imagination with our Nancy's birth years.

For Danner and Black researchers of this line, there is evidence found in an old family letter that Henry J. Black's mother's was name was Mary, last name unknown.

If the Danner or Black surnames, their given names, or allied surnames listed here are of interest to you, in VA, AL, or FL (Sumter County), please contact me to compare and share genealogical data, photos, family stories, and SOURCES.

I look forward to learning about your twig of the tree.

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Blessings,
Claudia Newell
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