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