A Historical Column From The Fayette County Historical Commission
John Winfield Scott Dancy By Kathy Carter
John Winfield Scott Dancy was born Sept. 3, 1810 in Virginia. He grew up in Alabama and attended college in Tennessee. He married in 1835 but his young wife died the following year.
On Nov. 21, 1836, John Dancy bid farewell to his family in Decatur, Alabama and started for Texas. He traveled ov…