This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2R.2ADE/1329.1.1.1 Message Board Post: There is a R.W. NANCE LISTED ON THE ROSTER OF THE 1ST Alabama Infantry Company C. Could he be buried in this Cemetery? Patentee: RICHARD W. NANCE State: Alabama Acres: 40.09 Issue Date: 10/1/1845 Land Office: Lebanon Cancelled: No Mineral Reservations: No Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566 Document Nr: 8229 Accession/Serial Nr: AL3130_126 BLM Serial Nr: AL NO S/N A.P: Sect: TS: Range: Land Office: County: SWSW 19/ 21-S 8-E Huntsville AL Clay Patentee: SAMUEL A. NANCE State: Alabama Acres: 80.25 Issue Date: 9/1/1891 Land Office: Montgomery Cancelled: No Mineral Reservations: No Authority: 1862 Homestead Act Document Nr: 8022 Accession/Serial Nr: AL4770_121 BLM Serial Nr: AL NO S/N A.P: Sect: TS: Range: Land Office: County: E1/2NE 24/ 21-S 7-E Huntsville AL Clay Both of these patents are in Township 21, but the older patent is in Range 7, and the 1891 patent is in Range 8, there are 340 acres in a section and 36 sections in a Range, so these two lots of land are miles apart, but I would bet the cemetery is in one of them. Linda