Born about in Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Davidson Lawrence
and Savarah (Smith) Lawrence
Wife of
Thomas Porter
— married
15 Jun 1808 in Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 46
in Kentucky
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Mar 2014
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Biography
Born to the daughter of Sgt. Thomas D. Lawrence of the Revolutionary War (Virginia) and his first wife Savarah Hammond,
NOTE: Please edit this profile to reflect the life of Nancy Lawrence She was incorrectly assumed to be the wife of Pleasant Carver. They were never married. There are currently no records showing who the elder Pleasant Carver (Pleasant Carver Sr.) was married to.
Nancy Lawrence was married to Rev. Thomas Porter.
The person, Nancy Lawrence who was the daughter of Revolutionary War soldier Thomas Lawrence has been documented (with sources) to have married someone other than Pleasant Carver (As of 7/6/2023, this information is being corrected on the Carver side.).
An excerpt from the book, "Our Lawrence Ancestry - The family of Henry Grandison Lawrence - Southern Illinois Pioneer 1850", by Robert Garrett showing the family of Nancy Lawrence is HERE and shows that she married Thomas Porter and not Pleasant Carver, Sr.:
NANCY LAWRENCE, b. Abt. 1783, Louisa Co., KY; d. December 12, 1831, Logan or Hopkins Co, KY; m. THOMAS PORTER, June 15, 1808, Logan Co., KY; b. May 12, 1788, Prince Edward Co., VA; d. May 20, 1839, Todd Co., KY.
After Nancy's death in 1831, her husband Rev. Thomas Porter Find A Grave: Memorial #23019855 married her sister Jane Lawrence in 1838. His Find A Grave memorial page shows a link to the real Nancy Lawrence with a notation that her burial site has not been found.
Research
Please feel free to edit the profile and delete any information previously showing the incorrect marriage to Pleasant Carver. A new Nancy UNKNOWN Carver page will be created to reflect the wife of Pleasant Carver. 7/6/2023
7/3/2023 Patti See also the research notes for Pleasant Carver Sr..
Pleasant Carver did not marry Nancy Lawrence
- Any surname Carver profiles linked to this information should delete the links showing Nancy Lawrence Carver. She was incorrectly shown to be the wife of Pleasant Carver Sr.
- A Find A Grave: Memorial #116782194 page for a Nancy Carver married to Pleasant Carver currently reflects the name "Nancy Lawrence Carver" and will be corrected. I have contacted the person maintaining the page about the contradictory information surrounding the memorial for Nancy "Lawrence" Carver (which is also linked to three of the children of Pleasant Carver. It will be changed to Nancy (UNKNOWN) Carver. We agree that the memorial page is in error and will be fixed. The maiden name "Lawrence" will be removed. The biography that refers to her as being Nancy Lawrence, daughter of a Revolutionary War vet will be deleted. The rightful memorial page for Nancy Lawrence, daughter of the Revolutionary War veteran is Find A Grave: Memorial #214926669 and is linked to her husband's memorial page.
Also Pertaining to the FindAGrave memorial:
The Works Project Administration recorded that the gravesite details for the person currently showing as Nancy Lawrence Carver was actually for "Nancy Carver" (no maiden name). They reported she was born December 17, 1790, died December 17 1853, was buried in Union Mills Cemetery, Union, Mahaska Co., Iowa. There is no link to Pleasant Carver Sr. on her memorial page but three of Pleasant Carver's children are linked on that memorial page and so someone assumes this is Pleasant's wife. Whether this is truly Pleasant's wife, is yet to be uncovered. However Nancy's memorial page does show that the readable parts of her tombstone inscription are: "Nancy Wife of P. Carver, Died ?????????, Aged 63 Years." The date of birth and date of death shown may or may not be correct for Nancy Unknown who married Pleasant Carver. No records have been shown for a marriage of Pleasant Carver Sr. to Nancy.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nancy by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nancy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nancy by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nancy:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
David Shannon 
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A966466 [compare], Ancestry member DAVID_EDWARD_SHANNON
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Rejected matches › Ann (Lawrence) Rodis (1784-)
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P.S. The Works Project Administration (https://iowawpagraves.org/view.php?id=320692) recorded the grave inscription for the alleged Nancy Lawrence Carver (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116782194/nancy-carver) to be only "Nancy Carver" (no maiden name) and with different birth/death years that what is currently reported on memorial page for her FAG. It is a possibility this could be the Nancy Carver who was married to Pleasant Carver (d. 1829), but unless a source is found, to tie that Nancy Carver to Nancy Lawrence, daughter of Revolutionary War soldier Thomas Lawrence, it seems a big stretch. I have requested any information that can show the Nancy Carver memorial information is correct in showing her as the Nancy who was the daughter of the Revolutionary War soldier Thomas D. Lawrence. 7/2/2023.
edited by Patti (Stanton) Richey