This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.vance/1948.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: John Hill didn't come from Scotland. He was born in NC, in 1837. We do have a history of Jon vance from England. There is a book about the Vances by Vance Voss Smith. *The Vance Family of Piedmont NC.*