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About Nancy Standifer
Benjamin Standifer married (2) NANCY JONES ECHOLS December 29, 1802 in Oglethorpe Co, GA, daughter of THOMAS JONES and MARY. She was born 1782 in SC, and died February 28, 1864 in Hamilton Co, TN.
Soon after the death of Rachel, Benjamin met Nancy Jones Echols. Harry Standefer gives a romantic account story of Nancy following Benjamin to Georgia. Here is his account, and even though some researchers believe it to be untrue, I am giving it anyway:
- 'While in Tennessee, Benjamin met a young widow, Nancy Jones Echols, whose husband had died a year before in a smallpox epidemic. They became engaged and Benjamin returned to Georgia to dispose of his property in a plan to return to Tennessee and marry Mrs. Echols. Benjamin had accumulated a sizeable acreage of land and slaves and since there were millions of acres of land to have for almost nothing, Benjamin found it difficult to dispose of his holdings. Time was wasting back in Tennessee for Nancy Jones Echols. Communication was practically non-existent and Nancy grew anxious and apprehensive. She prepared a bed roll, packed some rations, saddled a horse and started out and wind her way through the forests and Indian infested mountains, determined to find Benjamin in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. She was successful and they were married December 28, 1802. This was Pioneer Romance." In Georgia, Benjamin accumulated 2,500 acres of land and 60 slaves. He had a very difficult time in selling his land as many land grants were being given at that time.
- It is believed that Nancy Jones Echols is the sister of Jemima Jones Standifer, and daughter of Thomas and Mary Jones. In Marion Co, TN records we find that Mary Jones of Bledsoe Co, TN gave her daughter, Jemima Standifer, wife of William, a slave named Becky in 1824. Becky is named in William's will in 1826. Mary Jones appears frequently in Bledsoe Co, TN court records. In 1817 she sold to Amos Griffith a Negro boy for $300. In 1825 she purchased land from James Standifer and turned around and sold the same land to Joseph Jones. Mary Jones does not appear in the 1830 census of Bledsoe Co, TN
- According to Robert A. Standifer, some time after the death of her mother, Benjamin and Nancy moved to Bledsoe Co, TN. Apparently much of the land that Benjamin and Nancy owned in Bledsoe Co was inherited or bought from her mother, Mary Jones. On August 15, 1832 in Bledsoe Co, he applied for a Revolutionary War pension. He died there May 5, 1839 and is said to be buried in an unmarked grave near Pikeville. His widow, Nancy Echols Standifer applied for a widow's pension in Hamilton Co, TN on 5 May 1853.
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Nancy Standifer's Timeline
| 1782 |
1782
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South Carolina, United States
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| 1812 |
July 2, 1812
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Oglethorpe, GA, United States
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1814
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Oglethorpe, Macon County, Georgia, United States
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| 1864 |
February 28, 1864
Age 82
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Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
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