Person:Fountain Vance (1)

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Fountain Jordan Vance
b.1825 Missouri
d.19 May 1886 Plano, Collin Co., Texas
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Charles King Soloman Vance
  2. James Vance
  3. John Vance
  4. Fountain Jordan Vance1825 - 1886
Spouse and Children
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m. 21 Sep 1848
  1. _____ Vance, female infant
  2. _____ Vance, female infant
  3. William Vance
  4. Leonidas Stoner Vance1849 - 1920
  5. Mary Alice Vance1855 -
  6. S B Vance1859 -
  7. Minta Lorena Vance1862 - 1938
  8. Fannie Jordan Vance1864 - 1946
Spouse and Children
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m. 13 Sep 1870
  1. Lottee Vance1872 -
  2. James Fountain Vance1873 - 1933
  3. Lucy Bradley Vance1876 -
  4. Edward Foreman Vance1877 -
  5. Sue Baker Vance1879 - 1918
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Facts and Events
Name Fountain Jordan Vance
Gender Male
Birth? 1825 Missouri
Marriage 21 Sep 1848 Plano, Collin, Texas, United Statesto Louisa Pernina Beverly
Marriage 13 Sep 1870 to Louisa Carpenter
Reference Number 1307
Louisa Carpenter
Death? 19 May 1886 Plano, Collin Co., Texas
Reference Number? 138

The Vans line goes back to Harold de Vesus (Lord of Normandy), whose sons came to England with William The Conqueror in 1066 A.D. The Vance line ties into the line of Robert Bruce (Robert I of Scotland. 1306-1329) about 1500 A.D. when Patrick Vans maried Mary Kennedy. I (Hazel Fullerton Cravens) have not personally proved this line of descent. 

    Sir Patrick Vans married Mary Kennedy
    Sir Alexander Vans married Margaret Kennedy
    Sir John Vans married Janet McCulloch
    Sir Patrick Vans married Catherine Kennedy
    Sir John Vans married Margaret M'Dowell
    Rev. John Vans married Agnes Reiny
    Dr. Launcelor Vans married------
    John Vance of Coagh in Ireland 1735 married_____Williamson
    Andrew Vance I born Ireland came to Virginia. Married Jane___.
    Samuel Vance I born Ireland came to Virginia about 1743 Married                 Sarah Colville
    Lt. Daniel Vance I born 1745 married Priscilla Brank moved Va to NC.
    Patrick Vance married________Harrington. Moved NC to Ky abt 1780
    Thomas Vance Born 1782 Kentucky. Married R. Mount Illinois. In Texas                 in 1845
    Fountain Jordan Vance 1825-1886 married 1) Pernina Beverly 2) Louisa                Carpenter (Beverly) in Texas.
    Minta Lorena Vance 1862-1938 married John Brock Powers. Lived in 
               Northern Texas and Southern Oklahoma.

When "Fount" came to Collin County, he took up 320 acres of land southeast of Plano. He was a member of the Methodist Church and a charter member of the Masonic Lodge. In 1846 he was on the Muster roll of Captain Andrew Stapp's Company, Mounted volunteers, called Texas Raingers by people in Collin Co. He was subject to duty in war with Mexico. He was elected County Surveryer Nov. 4, 1850, County Treasurer Aug. 2, 1852 and served as Chief Justice (County Judge) 1864-1868. He was the only surveyor in the county in his day. He was a private in the Confederate Army in the Civil War. In Aug. 1864, he owned one slave. His father-in-law, William Beverly had four slaves.

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