David Mason Dancy (1810 - 1853)

Born 1810 in Greensville County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Jane Elizabeth (Mason) Dancy — married 12 Mar 1833 in Madison County, Alabama

Died 28 Apr 1853 at about age 43 in Lawrence County, Alabama

Biography

• Married Jane E. Mason on 12 Mar 1833 in Madison, Alabama.

Children

1. George William Dancy (23 Nov 1836)
2. Priscilla J. Dancy Stephenson (1838–1892)
3. Charles Albert Dancy (1838–1913)
4. David Mason Dancy (1841–1915)
5. Infant Daughter Dancy (1843–1843)

Letters

The Moody Letters (1829 - 1877). 64 letters retained by Martha William (Wright) Moody and passed down through family until donated to Library of Virginia in 2004. Captain William Moody is the father of Martha William Wright Moody's husband, John Mason Moody

The letter below was written by Rev. David M Dancy to his uncle, Capt William Moody. Captain Moody's first wife, Mary Mason Dancy, has died. She was half sister to Rev. Dancy's father, William Dancy.

David M. Dancy, Decatur, Alabama, to William Moody, Raleigh, North Carolina, 7 December 1836

Notes on The Moody Papers

The letters were sent to and retained by Martha William (Wright) Moody (1816-1885) spanning much of her life beginning in 1829 when she goes to school and ending in 1881 about four years before her death.

The letters describe southern plantation life during the period of western migration in the southern states, illness and death of family members, crop production, slaves, fashion, and religion.

This prominent planter family resided in Brunswick, Greensville, and Southampton Counties and Petersburg, Virginia; and, Northampton County, North Carolina, Mississippi and Tennessee. Surnames include Wright, Moody, Dancy, Leigh, Patterson, Crump, Lockhart, Charlton, Rhodes, Sykes and Mason.

See the full collection here.

See a full list of persons mentioned in the letters here.

Research Notes

• 1850 Census record finds David M Dancy (40), born in Virginia, methodist clergyman, living in Lawrence, Alabama with Jane E Dancy (38), born in Virginia, George W Dancy (14), born in Alabama, Charles A Dancy (12), born in Alabama, Priscilla J Dancy (10), born in Alabama, David M Dancy (7), born in Alabama.
• 1840 Census record finds David M Daney, living in Morgan, Alabama with 1 male under 5, 1 male 5 thru 9, 1 male 20 thru 29, 1 female under 5, 2 females 20 thru 29, and 15 enslaved persons.

Sources

• Alabama, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1814-1935
• Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M840691, Volume: Daney - Dannelly
• Year: 1840; Census Place: Regiment 39, Morgan, Alabama; Roll: 13; Page: 37
• Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Lawrence, Alabama; Roll: 8; Page: 404a
• Guide to the Moody Family Papers 1750-1881, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. Accession number 40535