h/o Mary Nantz, 46 yrs, 3 mos, 12 days, Killed in Rebel raid at Marvin, Indiana.
The first of three children born to James Reed Nance and his first wife, Mary McNary, Georia was born in Harrison County near Marengo. His father lived in Floyd, Crawford, and Harrison counties between 1815 and 1849 and for most of that time was a farmer. Later, he purchased a tannery at Laconia which he operated along with Georia and his younger sons. His father changed the spelling of the family surname to Nantz.
Georia married Mary Inman on 10 May 1843 in Harrison County. They were the parents of one child, Althea, who died in infancy.During the Civil War Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and his guerilla raiders crossed the Ohio River from Kentucky and swept into the Indiana. Georia was a captain of the Home Guard and with his company attempted to prevent the raiders from making their crossing. He was killed when struck by a cannon ball during a skirmish at Morvin Landing on the Indiana side of the Ohio. He was the first person north of the Ohio River to die at the hands of the raiders. Known as the Battle of Corydon, the skirmish was the only major battle fought during Gen. Morgan’s long raid which began here and continued through Indiana and Ohio. The only other Civil War battle fought north of the Mason-Dixon Line was the Battle of Gettysburg. A monument to the dead and wounded was later erected at the Battle of Corydon park. On one side are inscribed the names of the Confederates who died; on the other side are inscribed the names of the Home Guard soldiers and citizens who died in or as a result of the conflict. Georia’s name is inscribed as Jeremiah Nance rather than Georia Nantz.After her husband’s death, Mary Inman Nantz removed to West Point, Kentucky. (Information compiled from “The Nance Memorial: A History of the Nance Family,” available free online; and from the book “The Longest Raid” by L. V. Horwitz which details the scope of Morgan’s entire assault in both Indiana and Ohio; census, marriage, and other available vital records.)
The first of three children born to James Reed Nance and his first wife, Mary McNary, Georia was born in Harrison County near Marengo. His father lived in Floyd, Crawford, and Harrison counties between 1815 and 1849 and for most of that time was a farmer. Later, he purchased a tannery at Laconia which he operated along with Georia and his younger sons. His father changed the spelling of the family surname to Nantz.
Georia married Mary Inman on 10 May 1843 in Harrison County. They were the parents of one child, Althea, who died in infancy.During the Civil War Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and his guerilla raiders crossed the Ohio River from Kentucky and swept into the Indiana. Georia was a captain of the Home Guard and with his company attempted to prevent the raiders from making their crossing. He was killed when struck by a cannon ball during a skirmish at Morvin Landing on the Indiana side of the Ohio. He was the first person north of the Ohio River to die at the hands of the raiders. Known as the Battle of Corydon, the skirmish was the only major battle fought during Gen. Morgan’s long raid which began here and continued through Indiana and Ohio. The only other Civil War battle fought north of the Mason-Dixon Line was the Battle of Gettysburg. A monument to the dead and wounded was later erected at the Battle of Corydon park. On one side are inscribed the names of the Confederates who died; on the other side are inscribed the names of the Home Guard soldiers and citizens who died in or as a result of the conflict. Georia’s name is inscribed as Jeremiah Nance rather than Georia Nantz.After her husband’s death, Mary Inman Nantz removed to West Point, Kentucky. (Information compiled from “The Nance Memorial: A History of the Nance Family,” available free online; and from the book “The Longest Raid” by L. V. Horwitz which details the scope of Morgan’s entire assault in both Indiana and Ohio; census, marriage, and other available vital records.)
h/o Mary Nantz, 46 yrs, 3 mos, 12 days, Killed in Rebel raid at Marvin, Indiana.
The first of three children born to James Reed Nance and his first wife, Mary McNary, Georia was born in Harrison County near Marengo. His father lived in Floyd, Crawford, and Harrison counties between 1815 and 1849 and for most of that time was a farmer. Later, he purchased a tannery at Laconia which he operated along with Georia and his younger sons. His father changed the spelling of the family surname to Nantz.
Georia married Mary Inman on 10 May 1843 in Harrison County. They were the parents of one child, Althea, who died in infancy.During the Civil War Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and his guerilla raiders crossed the Ohio River from Kentucky and swept into the Indiana. Georia was a captain of the Home Guard and with his company attempted to prevent the raiders from making their crossing. He was killed when struck by a cannon ball during a skirmish at Morvin Landing on the Indiana side of the Ohio. He was the first person north of the Ohio River to die at the hands of the raiders. Known as the Battle of Corydon, the skirmish was the only major battle fought during Gen. Morgan’s long raid which began here and continued through Indiana and Ohio. The only other Civil War battle fought north of the Mason-Dixon Line was the Battle of Gettysburg. A monument to the dead and wounded was later erected at the Battle of Corydon park. On one side are inscribed the names of the Confederates who died; on the other side are inscribed the names of the Home Guard soldiers and citizens who died in or as a result of the conflict. Georia’s name is inscribed as Jeremiah Nance rather than Georia Nantz.After her husband’s death, Mary Inman Nantz removed to West Point, Kentucky. (Information compiled from “The Nance Memorial: A History of the Nance Family,” available free online; and from the book “The Longest Raid” by L. V. Horwitz which details the scope of Morgan’s entire assault in both Indiana and Ohio; census, marriage, and other available vital records.)
The first of three children born to James Reed Nance and his first wife, Mary McNary, Georia was born in Harrison County near Marengo. His father lived in Floyd, Crawford, and Harrison counties between 1815 and 1849 and for most of that time was a farmer. Later, he purchased a tannery at Laconia which he operated along with Georia and his younger sons. His father changed the spelling of the family surname to Nantz.
Georia married Mary Inman on 10 May 1843 in Harrison County. They were the parents of one child, Althea, who died in infancy.During the Civil War Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and his guerilla raiders crossed the Ohio River from Kentucky and swept into the Indiana. Georia was a captain of the Home Guard and with his company attempted to prevent the raiders from making their crossing. He was killed when struck by a cannon ball during a skirmish at Morvin Landing on the Indiana side of the Ohio. He was the first person north of the Ohio River to die at the hands of the raiders. Known as the Battle of Corydon, the skirmish was the only major battle fought during Gen. Morgan’s long raid which began here and continued through Indiana and Ohio. The only other Civil War battle fought north of the Mason-Dixon Line was the Battle of Gettysburg. A monument to the dead and wounded was later erected at the Battle of Corydon park. On one side are inscribed the names of the Confederates who died; on the other side are inscribed the names of the Home Guard soldiers and citizens who died in or as a result of the conflict. Georia’s name is inscribed as Jeremiah Nance rather than Georia Nantz.After her husband’s death, Mary Inman Nantz removed to West Point, Kentucky. (Information compiled from “The Nance Memorial: A History of the Nance Family,” available free online; and from the book “The Longest Raid” by L. V. Horwitz which details the scope of Morgan’s entire assault in both Indiana and Ohio; census, marriage, and other available vital records.)
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