It is believed she was born in North Carolina.
It is difficult to prove or disprove the accomplishments credited to her, however.
One of those accounts had 5 or 6 Tories coming to her house and demanding that she cook one of her turkeys for them. They placed their guns by the door and sat down and began drinking heavily and eating. While they were distracted, she pushed their guns out a hole and then grabbed one and confronted them.
One came at her and she shot him dead. She grabbed another gun and when a second one came at her, killed him as well. She held the remainder captive until her husband and neighbors arrived. Her husband wanted to kill them on the spot, but Nancy demanded that they be taken outside and hanged. They were hanged.
There are many other stories about her.
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