Anderson Cemetery,
Chester County,
South Carolina
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Nancy Green was the daughter of Robert Stephenson, a Scotsman, commonly known as Stinson. Nancy was born 1750 in the Parish of Oxnam, Scotland. The family moved to the Parish of Ballymoney, Antrim County, Ireland when Nancy was young.
She married William Anderson in 1772. They emigrated later that year along with the Presbyterian congregation that followed the Reverend William Martin to America, and settled on a grant of land on the banks of Rocky Creek near the falls on the Catawba River, Chester District, South Carolina. William Anderson became a prosperous farmer in South Carolina. By the beginning of the Revolutionary War, through diligent efforts, the Andersons and their three children had become people of substance. Mary was able to recite the catechism; Robert could read the Bible; and little William was just learning to walk. |
In 1780, when the Revolutionary War turned toward the South, Reverend Martin arose and spoke thus: "We must fight!," and then cited the many troubles between Scotland and England and the treatment of the English toward the Colonies.1 The next day William Anderson rode off to a militia meeting. William joined forces at Fort Sumter on the east side of the Catawba River under Captain John Steel, and was killed in 1780. He left behind his wife Nancy and their three children.
Daniel Green, a native of New Jersey, enlisted in the Marines. He was taken prisoner in 1780, and after a year of captivity, he escaped from a prison boat in Charleston Harbor. In April 1781, a poorly dressed man came through the area where Nancy was living. He was running from the British. Within a few weeks of their meeting, Nancy and Daniel were married.
Nancy Stinson Anderson Green died in June 1827. Daniel survived her only by a few weeks. Her final resting place is in the Anderson Cemetery near Rossville, Chester District, South Carolina. On either side of her lay the remains of her two husbands and at her feet her son, Col. William Anderson, and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Around the family burial plot is a granite wall which is a monument to the public spirit of her family.
Daniel Green, a native of New Jersey, enlisted in the Marines. He was taken prisoner in 1780, and after a year of captivity, he escaped from a prison boat in Charleston Harbor. In April 1781, a poorly dressed man came through the area where Nancy was living. He was running from the British. Within a few weeks of their meeting, Nancy and Daniel were married.
Nancy Stinson Anderson Green died in June 1827. Daniel survived her only by a few weeks. Her final resting place is in the Anderson Cemetery near Rossville, Chester District, South Carolina. On either side of her lay the remains of her two husbands and at her feet her son, Col. William Anderson, and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Around the family burial plot is a granite wall which is a monument to the public spirit of her family.
1. The Great Awakening and Southern Backcountry Revolutionaries By Richard J. Chacon, Michael Charles Scoggins
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