Here is the VANCE line I am researching. Generation 1 James Wellington Vance married Josiana and they had Elmore Vance, born in Linville Falls, NC, died in Boone, NC. Generation 2 Elmore Vance married Stella Aldridge, daughter of Waitsail and Poppy (Polly?) Vance. They had the following children: Jack A. Vance Hazel H. Aldridge Vance Chloe Vance Ben Vance Buster Vance Ethel J. Vance James W. Vance Leo Vance Polly Vance Richard Vance Bonnie Vance Josephine Anne Vance, b. July 21, 1925 in Crossmore, NC. She married George Douglas, Jr. Hope someone can help with this line or that this info helps someone. Diana

Hello cousins, I went to the Orange Co. Courthouse in Va. today and found a little info. that I thought may be of interest to someone. I would also like to know who these Vance's are? Deed book 5, page 174. 27-May-1742, David Vance was granted a lease. Deed book 5, page 176. 27-May-1742, David Vance was granted a release. Deed book 5, page 254. 24-Jun-1742, James Vance was granted a lease. Deed book 5, page 255. 24-Jun-1742, James Vance was granted a release. Deed book 7, page 46. 26-Nov-1742, James Vance was granted a lease. Deed book 7, page 48. 26-Nov-1742, James Vance was granted a release. Henry Vance b. 6-May-1877, s/o Henry & E.J. Vance, born in Orange Co.Va. Does anyone know who these Vance's are? Tim Vance [email protected]

Hi, I'm newly subscribed to the list so thought I'd introduce myself and include my Vance line. I don't have much yet, but I do know they were in Western North Carolina in the mid to late 1800s. Straley Jason Hughes was my ggrandfather; his mother Eula Vance b. 1870 was my gggrandmother and the first Vance in my line. I've just begun researching this line and I know I need to get back to the census for info on this family, but wanted to go ahead and say hello anyway. I'll happily share any info I have and will collaborate with anyone else researching the Vances of Western North Carolina. Leslie Descendants of Thomas DeKalb Vance 1 Thomas DeKalb Vance b: Abt. 1845 +Elmira Dellinger b: Abt. 1850 ___ 2 [1] Eula Vance b: Abt. 1870 _____ +Augustus Childs b: Abt. 1865 ___ *2nd Husband of [1] Eula Vance: _____ +John Wilson Hughes b: February 25, 1867 Mitchell County, North Carolina ________ 3 Raymond R Hughes b: September 1889 __________ +Debbie Grindstaff b: Abt. 1894 ________ 3 [2] Straley Jason Hughes b: October 14, 1891 Hughes , North Carolina __________ +Vergil Blackburn b: September 29, 1895 Newland, North Carolina ________ *2nd Wife of [2] Straley Jason Hughes: __________ +Marie Cobb b: Abt. 1900 Rockbridge County, Virginia ________ 3 Nola Hughes b: January 11, 1894 __________ +Clarence Pittman b: July 31, 1893 ________ 3 Myra Hughes b: November 10, 1895 __________ +David Pittman b: Abt. 1890 ________ 3 Baxter Vance Hughes b: June 27, 1898 __________ +Lillie Taylor b: Abt. 1903 ________ 3 Lon Hendrix Hughes b: June 23, 1901 __________ +Nell Hicks b: Abt. 1905

Hi, I'm glad this list was created! Here's my VANCEs My greatgrandmother: Jewel Martha Bell VANCE b 12-27-1878 MO m. George Hugh CAIN her parents: William M. VANCE b 1826 VA m. Mary PHEIFER his parents: David VANCE b, abt 1803 VA m. Sarah MINTON If anyone has these folks in their line I'd love to hear from you. Jan Colorado

Benjamin Franklin VANCE was born ca 1827 in Tenn. He married Catherine TANKSLEY in Jan 1850, in Carthage (Hancock) Illinois. Catherine was born in Jackson Co, Tenn. They were married by Solomon PENDARVIS, bought land in Birmingham Twp (Schuyler) Ill from a ROBERTS family. Both of these family's are from the Smith Co area of Tenn, and seem to "somehow" connect to Benjamin's VANCE family back in Tenn. Any suggestion or help will be greatly appreciated! Sherry Morell Shelts [email protected]

Thomas VANCE of Smith Co, Tenn I am one of several researchers, trying to find "anything" that will verify the existence of Thomas VANCE in the Smith Co, Tenn area, from about 1800, until his death in 1830. We know he had a large family of children, need to verify their names, and the names of his wives. Looking for a plat map ca 1820, showing the owners of property in the Snow Creek - Turkey Creek - Cumberland River area of Smith Co, Tenn. Many more "little pieces" to this puzzle, need help putting them together! Sherry Morell Shelts [email protected]

For those of you who are not aware of it, there is a Vance Family Association, you can find out more information about it and how to join at this url: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/VFA/ You will also find queries from other researchers as well as a wonderfully researched and well documented account of the story of Abner Vance by Grace Dotson. Thank you, Sonya V. Woosley

Sonya, I just wanted to say that I joined the VFA in July of this year, and only wish I had known about it sooner. It is well worth the money if you are really interested in the Vance heritage as well as the heritage of many other surnames. Tim Vance [email protected]

Ok here are my Vance lines, at least all of the direct ones that I know of so far, Grace please correct me if I mess up. My line is: John Vance and Marinda Mckinney Mosely Vance David Vance and Cosby Lester James Wyatt Vance and Rosa Belle Cantrell Daniel Howard Vance and Laura Dicey Payne Herman Lee Vance and Mary Ellen Reaves Sonya Kaye Vance and Kenneth Michael Woosley Also John Vance and Marinda McKinney Mosely Alexander Vance and Elizabeth Harmon Loueasy Luvicey Vance and Wilson H. Cantrell James Wyatt Vance and Rosa Belle Cantrell Daniel Howard Vance and Laura Dicey Payne Herman Lee Vance and Mary Ellen Reaves Sonya Kaye Vance and Kenneth Michael Woosley Also Nancy Vance and Mathias Harman William B. Harmon and Sarinda Hatch Alexander Vance and Elizabeth Harmon Loueasy Luvicey Vance and Wilson H. Cantrell James Wyatt Vance and Rosa Belle Cantrell Daniel Howard Vance and Laura Dicey Payne Herman Lee Vance and Mary Ellen Reaves Sonya Kaye Vance and Kenneth Michael Woosley Thanks, Sonya

Hello cousins, Haven't saw much traffic across the mail yet, here is my line. If you see someone you know let everyone know!! Abner Vance and Susannah (Howard) Vance William Vance and Nancy (Burnsides?) Vance James Harvey Vance and Eliza Jane (Elswick) Vance William H. Vance and Louisa Margaret (Helton) Vance Fields Joshua Vance and Abinda Louise (Smith) Vance William Harley Vance and Dorothy Ellen (White) Vance Timothy G. Vance and 1st Patricia A. (Lester) Vance, 2nd Mary T. (Kennedy) Vance My e-mail address is [email protected] but I would rather you send it to : [email protected] Come on cousins lets get some action going. Tim Vance Orange Co. Va. (Formerly Tazewell Co. Va.)

Welcome everyone! It's nice to have a place for the Vance family to gather and exchange research, hopefully we can fill in some of our blanks and straighten out some of the incorrect information on a few family trees out there. Thanks Grace, for the information on Nancy Vance and Mathias Harman, Jr. Thank you too Kathy for the Riffe information. Sonya Vance Woosley

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_909372141_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hi cousins, I rec'd a McKinney query today. Maybe we can help this gal. Thanks, Grace --part0_909372141_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.hotmail.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-zc05.mx.aol.com (rly-zc05.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.5]) by air-zc04.mail.aol.com (v50.22) with SMTP; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 20:46:13 -0400 Received: from hotmail.com (f137.hotmail.com [207.82.251.16]) by rly-zc05.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with SMTP id UAA05327 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 20:46:12 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 2392 invoked by uid 0); 26 Oct 1998 01:46:11 -0000 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Received: from 206.28.47.244 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 17:46:09 PST X-Originating-IP: [206.28.47.244] From: "MELESIA STREET" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Russell County guest book Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 17:46:09 PST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Grace, I hope you will be able to help me. My ggreatfather is Isaac Lee McKinney he was a Native American. He came to Buchanan County at a early age. A family that lived in the Buchanan County area raised him. He married Ollie Mae Mullins and they had 12 children. I do not know his parents name or his siblings. He was born 15 March, 1865 and died 21 March, 1945 buried at Grizzle Cemetery in Whitewood VA. Melesia Stamper >From [email protected] Sat Oct 24 19:41:24 1998 >Received: from [email protected] > by imo12.mx.aol.com (IMOv16.10) id RDJGa19215 > for <[email protected]>; Sat, 24 Oct 1998 22:40:15 +2000 (EDT) >From: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 22:40:15 EDT >To: [email protected] >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Subject: Russell County guest book >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit >X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 16-bit for Windows sub 40 > >Hi, >Which McKinney do you need information on? >I might be able to help. >Happy Hunting, >Grace Dotson > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --part0_909372141_boundary--