Individual Details
(Abt, 1794 - Abt, 1863)
Name Prefix:<NPFX> Dr. Cause of Death:<CAUS> hanging Census: 1 820 Monroe Coun ty, Indiana. He is listed on page 118, with his fathe r and brothers. BIOGRA PHY: John was a Physician and Minister of th e Old School Baptist Church, and wa s probably a veteran of the War o f 1812. He patented land from the Federal Gov ernment on 25 August 18 23 in Clay County, Indiana. John Chance was in the 1850 and 1860 Va n Buren County, Arkansas Censuses. John's wife, Anna, was born abo u t 1791 or 1792 in North Carolina. He remarried later in Conway Coun ty, Arkansa s, in 1862 or 1863. A Union sympathizer, he was hanged i n about 1863 by Confed erate General Joseph Shelby's men for apparentl y leading raids against pro-Conf ederate families' farms and plantatio ns. Source: rlivingston@@orbitworld.net, J uly 1, 2000.
Events
| Birth | Abt, 1794 | North Carolina | | | |
| Marriage | Abt, 1835 | | | | |
| Death | Abt, 1863 | | | | |
Families