Searching for the past of Samuel Vallance who arrived in Greenup, Kentucky in 1811. He was born b. 1781 in Long Island, New York. Samuel Valance fought in the War of 1812. Capt. Joseph C. Belts Company-US Infantry. Enlisted 1-1-1814, commanded by Thomas Deye Owings. Samuel Valance is thought to have lived in Philadelphia County, PA in Lower Dublin township , as early as 1810 and located near the Delaware River. Source provided by: David Spurlock of Batavia, Ohio. David believes he lived there several years before arriving in KY in 1814. Source 2: Greenup Kentucky Library Archives. He was a cooper by trade. Categories: Saml Valance b. 1781 in NY 1810 Census Records of SAM VALANCE living in Lower Dublin, PA shows he has 2 sons under the age of 10, himself at age 29, an older male 26-44 and wife 16-25. Living near Sam Wells at the time. Seems Samuel Valance fought in the War of 1812. Enlisted 1-1-1814. He was released 4-30-1814 and son Harvey is born in 1815. Saml Valance is living in Greenup, Kentucky in 1814 because Cindy Wedding, our cousin found the source where he was a jury member in 1814. (Age 34) Safe to say Saml Valance and Deliah Horsley married in 1814. Source of Deliah Horsley researched and found by Wanda J. Bledsaw. (A 30 year search). Have her line from Va to Greenup, Kentucky with many thanks to Beverly Turnmire, our Horsley Distant Cousin and Betty Vallance-Hunt. 1820 Census Records of SAML VALANCE living in Greenup, Kentucky shows he is now 39 years old. (Age is correct). Shows he has two sons under 10, being Harvey b. 1815 and Carter b. 1820. Shows Saml himself age 39 (b.1781) and 1 daughter under 10 (Mary D. b. 1818) 2 unknown female women between the ages of 16-26 (could have been nanny's) and Deliah age 26 (b.1794). Also shows he has 10 slaves on the property. In 1830 Census SAMUEL VALLANCE has no slaves. Census records and research provided by Wanda Axline-Bledsaw. In the county of Greenup, Kentucky is Vallance Street and source is found from US Census Tiger Files. Additional sources provided by the census records, and original research provided by Jim Vallance and Tracy Vallance and Cindy Wedding including his Grandson, Alexander Vallance who m. Mary Bowling (I think it's Mary from pure memory) I have a picture of them and they owned a store in Ashland, Kentucky. Would anyone know anything else about Samuel Vallance b. NY in 1781 and how he ended up in Greenup, Kentucky? Siblings? New York Parents? Who he may have traveled with? Any Vallance relationships of Kentucky and Ohio or anywhere else in the 1700's would be greatly appreciated. [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> I love reading all the incoming stories and sources of Eastern Kentucky roots.com and also enjoy the monthly Kentucky Explorer. You're the best! Merry Christmas.

I found this Kentucky Geological Survey map of Morgan and Johnson counties and parts of Magoffin, Floyd and Martin in the Library of Congress web site. It has names & locations of residents. You can download the map but you may need a special viewer for it. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3953m.la000240

Doug thank you very much.... Annette DeCourcy Towler Home page for DeCourcy & Pack http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~decourcy/ Family, Maternal, Researching in SE KY PACK, CHANDLER, WHEELER, FAIRCHILD,LeMASTERS, RAMEY,MILLER/MILAM/MILLAM, JAYNE, McSPADDEN; NE KY, Paternal, DeCOURCY, ELLIS, BALL, MAINS, LEWIS, EVANS, SPILMAN, HUTCHINS, HAMILTON; Researching in PA, IL Wessling, Somers, Schuler, Plagee/Plaggee, DeCourcy, Brownback, Pollock -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Douglas Lyon Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 9:27 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: [EASTERNKENTUCKY] 1880 Johnson Co. Map With Names I found this Kentucky Geological Survey map of Morgan and Johnson counties and parts of Magoffin, Floyd and Martin in the Library of Congress web site. It has names & locations of residents. You can download the map but you may need a special viewer for it. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3953m.la000240 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message