Frederick Nance - Peters` Heritage

Frederick Nance
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Born: 13 Aug 1770 Amelia, Virginia
Married: Elizabeth Rutherford
Died: 10 Feb 1840 Newberry, South Carolina
Parents: David Nance & Mary Crenshaw
Above information found in the book, “The History of Newberry County, SC , Vol One, by Thomas Pope pg 92
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Lieutenant Governors of SC State
Henry Laurens*
1776-1777
James Parsons*
1777-1779
Thomas Bee
1779-1780
Christopher Gadsen
1780-1782
Richard Hutson
1782-1783
Richard Beresford**
1783
William Moultrie
1784-1785
Charles Drayton
1785-1787
Thomas Gadsen
1787-1789
Alexander Gillon
1789-1791
Isaac Holmes
1791-1792
James Ladson
1792-1794
Lewis Morris
1794-1796
Robert Anderson
1796-1798
John Drayton
1798-1800
Richard Winn
1800-1802
Ezekiel Pickens
1802-1804
Thomas Sumter, Jr.
1804-1806
John Hopkins
1806-1808
*Frederick Nance
1808-1810
http://www.carolana.com/SC/Governors/lt_governors_sc.html
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Oak Grove Hall
Built cir: 1822 Newberry, SC
Plantation home of Frederick Nance
While in the Senate, Frederick Nance was a close associate of Robert Mills, the famous
native-born architect and designer of many of the court houses, public buildings, and a
few residences in South Carolina and elsewhere, including the Washington Monument
and other buildings in the District of Columbia. It is believed that because of this
association and friendship, Major Nance chose Robert Mills to design his plantation
home to be built on the 300 acres. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/onlinearchives/ViewImage.
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Inscription reads: "Sacred to the memory of Frederick Nance A native of Amelia County, Va d.
2/10/1840 aged about 70 years. He came to this State a youth without means or friends, but by a
course of industry and prudence and a correct deportment, among those with who his lot was cast,
he acquired wealth. As a parent he was affectionate, and solicitous for the welfare of his children. As a
Master, humane and liberal. In his intercourse with men he was influenced by the principal that others
had rights as well as himself, and therefore respected them. His children, among the many frailties
incident to human nature, saw his many virtues, and mourned, in him, the loss of a Parent and
Benefactor. Out of the patrimony which he left them, this monument is erected to his memory.
Frederick Nance and his wife Elizabeth Rutherford Nance are buried in the Nance Family Cemetery
in Newberry, SC