Individual Details
Nancy Jane Harris
(Abt, 1775 - Aft 1850)
"I have a copy of a 1902 application to the Mississippi Choctaw tribe completed by Lola Hanson Coppedge where she is supposed to be 1/8th Indian. I also received copies of Elizabeth Hanson Howell's transcript. In Lola's transcript they asked about her Indian lineage and she claims it thru her father, Pinkney Hanson, thru his mother, Martha Dunn Hanson, and thru Martha's mother, Jane Harris. It is the first time I have seen the name Jane Harris! I have seen Nancy (?) listed before. The second child of John Dunn you have listed as Harris Dunn. That would fit in if the mom's last name was Harris. It seems like they were denied application in to the Dawes rolls as they could not prove that their ancestors were not granted land from the Dancing Rabbit Treaty of 1830." (Mary Wade, email: mawade@southwind.net>, 2003.)
(NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: Recent findings show that the Hansons must have had Mississippi Choctaw blood. At least Pinkney and his sister Elizabeth, and several others of their descendants tried to claim tribal enrollment in the final rolls, but for some unknown reason were rejected. This doesn't mean they weren't of Indian blood, just could not prove the kinship by government specs. One of the requirements for enrollment was that they had to be living in the Indian territory of their tribe. The application shows the full blood Mississippi Choctaw being their grandmother, mother of their mother, Martha "Patsey" Dunn Hanson, the one called "Whistling Bee." The application gives the grandmother's name as Jane Harris. The 1850 census shows John Dunn's wife to be named Nancy, so she could have been named Nancy Jane Harris.
The following is from the Dawes cards:
"tribe","type","last","first","middle","age","sex","blood","card", "field","misc"
"CHOC","P","Hanson","Pinkney",,,"M",,"MCR5145",,
"CHOC","P","Hanson","Frances",,,"F",,"MCR5145",,
"CHOC","MCR","Cerley","Martha",,24,"F","1/8","MCR5145",,"HEWITT"
"CHOC","P","Cerley","Wilson",,,"M",,"MCR5145",,
"CHOC","MCR","Cerley","Maudie",,4,"F","1/16","MCR5145",,"HEWITT"
"CHOC","MCR","Coppedge","Lola",,28,"F","1/8","MCR5145",,"FOSTER"
"CHOC","P","Coppedge","Wallace",,,"M",,"MCR5145",,
"CHOC","MCR","Coppedge","Charlie",,10,"M","1/16","MCR5145",,"FOSTER"
"CHOC","MCR","Coppedge","Emmit",,7,"M","1/16","MCR5145",,"FOSTER"
(This is the card of Pinkney Hanson and wife, and his daughters and families Martha and Lola.)
"CHOC","MCR","Howell","Elizabeth",,57,"F","1/4","MCR1382",,
"CHOC","P","Howell","William",,,"M",,"MCR1382",,
"CHOC","MCR","Howell","Ada",,16,"F","1/8","MCR1382",,
"CHOC","MCR","Howell","Ida",,16,"F","1/8","MCR1382",,
"CHOC","MCR","Howell","Dora",,12,"F","1/8","MCR1382",,
(This is the card of Elizabeth Hanson Howell, her husband, and her three youngest children.)
We have always thought they came from Cherokee blood, but don't see how it can be both, unless it does back to earlier generations on this line.)
(NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: Recent findings show that the Hansons must have had Mississippi Choctaw blood. At least Pinkney and his sister Elizabeth, and several others of their descendants tried to claim tribal enrollment in the final rolls, but for some unknown reason were rejected. This doesn't mean they weren't of Indian blood, just could not prove the kinship by government specs. One of the requirements for enrollment was that they had to be living in the Indian territory of their tribe. The application shows the full blood Mississippi Choctaw being their grandmother, mother of their mother, Martha "Patsey" Dunn Hanson, the one called "Whistling Bee." The application gives the grandmother's name as Jane Harris. The 1850 census shows John Dunn's wife to be named Nancy, so she could have been named Nancy Jane Harris.
The following is from the Dawes cards:
"tribe","type","last","first","middle","age","sex","blood","card", "field","misc"
"CHOC","P","Hanson","Pinkney",,,"M",,"MCR5145",,
"CHOC","P","Hanson","Frances",,,"F",,"MCR5145",,
"CHOC","MCR","Cerley","Martha",,24,"F","1/8","MCR5145",,"HEWITT"
"CHOC","P","Cerley","Wilson",,,"M",,"MCR5145",,
"CHOC","MCR","Cerley","Maudie",,4,"F","1/16","MCR5145",,"HEWITT"
"CHOC","MCR","Coppedge","Lola",,28,"F","1/8","MCR5145",,"FOSTER"
"CHOC","P","Coppedge","Wallace",,,"M",,"MCR5145",,
"CHOC","MCR","Coppedge","Charlie",,10,"M","1/16","MCR5145",,"FOSTER"
"CHOC","MCR","Coppedge","Emmit",,7,"M","1/16","MCR5145",,"FOSTER"
(This is the card of Pinkney Hanson and wife, and his daughters and families Martha and Lola.)
"CHOC","MCR","Howell","Elizabeth",,57,"F","1/4","MCR1382",,
"CHOC","P","Howell","William",,,"M",,"MCR1382",,
"CHOC","MCR","Howell","Ada",,16,"F","1/8","MCR1382",,
"CHOC","MCR","Howell","Ida",,16,"F","1/8","MCR1382",,
"CHOC","MCR","Howell","Dora",,12,"F","1/8","MCR1382",,
(This is the card of Elizabeth Hanson Howell, her husband, and her three youngest children.)
We have always thought they came from Cherokee blood, but don't see how it can be both, unless it does back to earlier generations on this line.)
Events
| Birth | Abt, 1775 | North Carolina | |||
| Marriage | December 6, 1796 | Oglethorpe County, Georgia - John Michael Dunn | |||
| Death | Aft 1850 |
Families
| Spouse | John Michael Dunn (1772 - 1850) |
| Child | Matthew Dunn (1796 - ) |
| Child | Harris Dunn (1797 - 1860) |
| Child | John Dunn Jr. (1800 - 1860) |
| Child | William Dunn Sr. (1802 - ) |
| Child | Silas Dunn (1808 - 1870) |
| Child | Martha "Patsey" Dunn (1811 - 1885) |