Brief Life History of Nancy
When Nancy Dyer was born on 18 October 1775, in Cherokee Indian Reservation, Jackson, North Carolina, United States, her father, John William Dyer, was 17 and her mother, Marian Culp, was 16. She had at least 7 sons and 5 daughters with Robert Lee Phariss. She died on 9 September 1844, in Rhea, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Rhea, Tennessee, United States.
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
North Carolina is the 12th state.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a dyer of cloth, from Middle English deier, degher ‘dyer’ (Old English dēag ‘dye’; the verb is a back-formation from the agent noun). Compare Dexter . The name is typical of southern England. In the Midlands Dexter is the more common equivalent and in northern England Lister .
Irish (Sligo and Antrim): variant of Dwyer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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