Person:Abner Vance (5)

Possible Parentage

Some researchers believe that Abner Vance MAY be a son of Ephraim Vance who died in Russell County, Virginia in abt. 1790. Ephraim Vance settled and lived in Augusta County, Virginia until about 1760, when he appears to have relocated to the area that is now Russell County.

Records in Russell County, VA

• Page 49. - Abner and Susannah Vance sold land 22 Oct 1799. [Russell County, Virginia Deed Book 3]

• April 3rd 1806: Abner Vance enters 25 arces of land by virtue of part of a Land Office Treasury Warrant #1855 dated the 18th day of March 1796 lying in Russell County (VA) on both sides of the Lavisa Fork of the Sandy river beginning on the bank of the river about a quarter of a mile above the 12 mile tree andrunning down the river including the house and improvement where the said Vance Lately lived and to include all or so much of the good land as the quantity will admit.

• January 31st 1816: Wiliam Ratliff, Sen Enters one hundred acres of land by part of a Land Office (Exchange) treasury Warrant #1978 dated December 10th 1808 lying in Russell County on both sides of Lovisa fork of the Sand river to begin at the ford of the river first below where John Vance now lives and to run up the river on both sides to incldue all of the good land and the plantation where John Vance now lives and to run up what is called big Prater creek to indlude the good land on it.

• February 3rd 1816: Francis Browning (married to Tabitha daughter of Abner Vance of Sandy enters thirty acres of land by part of a Land Office Tresury Warrant No 1078 dated December th 10th 1808 lying in Russell County on each sie of the Levisa fork of he Sandy river beginning at the upper end of the bottom at the 22 mile tree and running down the river and binding on the rive and the hills to include the bottom and all of the good land where the said Browning now lives.

• abt. 3 Feb 1816: Richard Vance enters twenty two acres of land by part of a Land Office Treasury Warrant No. 4829 dated Feb 3rd, 1812 lying in Russell County on the North East side of the Lovisa fork of Sandy river and a little above the 18 mile tree to begin at the upper end of the bottom where the said Vance now lives

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Ancestry.com - OneWorldTree (discontinued in 2013): - extremely unreliable source.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Abner Vance, in Find A Grave.

   http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91114519

3.   [1] abnervance.com Abner Vance, The True Story by Grace Dotson
4.   WDC GenWeb - Descendants of Abner Vance
5. ↑ McDowell and Wyoming Co, WV Families and Individuals
   
   They had the following children:
   
   M i John "Jake" Vance was born in 1780/1781.
   F ii Tabitha "Tabby" Vance was born in 1782. She died on 29 Dec 1858.
   F iii Mary Amelia "Milly" Vance was born in 1796. She died after 1870.
   M iv William Vance was born in 1789. He died in 1853.
   M v Richard Vance was born in 1792. He died in 1850/1860.
   F vi Elizabeth Vance was born in 1794.
   F vii Nancy Vance was born in 1796.
   M viii Elijah Vance was born in 1803. He died on 25 Sep 1875.
   F ix Minerva Vance was born in 1811.
   F x Sarah "Sally" Vance was born in 1811.
   F xi Isabell "Tabby" Vance was born in 1815. She died after 1860.
6.   http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/975423/person/-2018651195/story/e7bf24c6-8bb2-4b1d-b97d-2d2ea5bc0853?src=search
   Note: this citation places Abner Vance's place of birth in Augusta County, Virginia, perhaps more likely than in North Carolina as he married and died in Virginia. Additional research needed to prove his place of birth.
7. ↑ Lynchburg Virginia Press July 27, 1819:
   
   "On Friday the 16th instant, Abner Vance was executed at Abingdon, in pursuance of his sentence for the murder of Lewis Horton. He addressed about four thousand, for an hour and a half, with considerable ability; and died with the most perfect composure and heroic fortitude. He accused some persons of giving false evidence against him; and said that if he obtained a fair trial, and nothing but truth had been sworn against him, he thought the penitentiary would have been the proper punishment for his offense."