Marty and Karla Grant
The Genealogy of Marty Grant and wife Karla Mangus Grant.
Vance, William
1831 - 1909 (78 years) Has 12 ancestors and 7 descendants in this family tree.-
Name Vance, William Birth 12 Jan 1831 Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) 
Gender Male _UID 5ED0888DD2DAD4118AC444455354000052A5 Death Aug 1909 Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) Burial Daniels Cem, Avery Co, NC Person ID I3945 Marty and Karla Grant Last Modified 21 Jan 2026
Father Vance, John, b. 5 Sep 1796, Greenville Dist, SC d. Bef 11 Jan 1873, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age < 76 years)Mother Davis, Elizabeth, b. 24 Sep 1796, Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 10 Oct 1883, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 87 years)Marriage 1825/1828 Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) _UID BE788F9B7D203843B494A2463FB1907DA5E2 Family ID F835 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 
Franklin, Elizabeth, b. 1829/1830, NC d. 1874, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 44 years)Marriage 1850/1853 Watauga Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) _UID 94DB5288F9351545BAF0C34B95CD5995D916 Children 1. Vance, Cordelia, b. 26 Aug 1852, Watauga Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 9 Jan 1925, Avery Co, NC (Age 72 years)2. Vance, Celia Jane, b. 1854/1855, Watauga Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age > 26 years)3. Vance, Zebulon, b. 1858/1859, Watauga Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age > 22 years)4. Vance, Robert Melvin, b. 15 May 1861, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 14 Apr 1918, Avery Co, NC (Age 56 years)5. Vance, Rebecca, b. 1861/1862, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1870, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age > 9 years)6. Vance, John Wesley, b. 29 Sep 1865, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 10 Jan 1925, Avery Co, NC (Age 59 years)7. Vance, Thomas Melvin, b. 1868/1869, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 2 Jan 1936, Avery Co, NC (Age 67 years)Family ID F2453 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Aug 2026
Family 2 Carpenter, Frances Matilda, b. 9 Dec 1828, Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. 28 Jun 1903, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 74 years)Marriage 15 Apr 1877 Mitchell Co, NC _UID A615E25A4AB6C747923A04C99B473B08C302 Family ID F1600 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Aug 2026
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Notes - !NOTES:Marty Grant's 1st cousin, 5 times removed.;
!NOTES:Marty Grant's 4th Great Grand Uncle, by marriage to Frances Carpenter.;
!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/carpenter/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/davis/
https://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/davis/wnc/davis-elizabeth-vaughn-vance.html
!NOTE:Family data from old document (shared by Joanne Libera, Forest City, NC)
Memorandom (sic) of ages
1. John Vance was born September the 5 day 1796
2. Elisabeth Vaughn his wife was born September 24 day 1796
3. Alfred Vaughn was born October 25 day 1815
4. Frances Vaughn was born January 20 day 1818
5. Eleanor Vaughn was born September 24 day 1823
6. Nancy Vaughn was born June the 12 day 1824
7. Barbary Vance was born January 8 day 1828
8. William Vance was born July the 12 day 1831
9. Thomas Vance was born January the 4 day 1834
10. Flemmon Vance was born August the 12 day 1837
11. John Vance was born December the 5 day 1841
!NOTES:B/D & D/D from T/S. Find-a-grave link:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=vance&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=29&GScnty=1656&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=5466611&df=all&
!CENSUS:1840 Yancey Co., NC p. 269
John Vance age 40-49 (1790/1800)
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My analysis (who each person *might* be)
1m 40-49 (1790/1800) = John Vance (1796)
1m 5-9 (1830/1835) = William Vance (1831) son
1m 0-4 (1835/1840) = Flemmon Vance (1837) son
1f 40-49 (1790/1800) = Elizabeth Davis Vaughn Vance (1796) wife
1f 15-19 (1820/1825) = Nancy Vaughn (1824) step-dau
1f 10-14 (1825/1830) = Barbary Vance (1828) dau;
!CENSUS:1850 Watauga Co., NC Watauga # 474/478
John Vance 54 Farmer $130 NC
Elizabeth 54
William 19
Fleming 14
John 8;
!CENSUS:1860 Watauga Co., NC Mountain Home Dist, Cranberry Forge & Valley Cruces PO # 365/264
William Vance 28 Farmer $500/637 NC
Elizabeth 31
Cordelia 7
Celia J. 5
Zebulon 1;
!CENSUS:1870 Mitchell Co, NC Lynville, Yellow Mountain PO # 45/45
William Vance 36 Farmer $600/300 NC
Elizabeth 35 Keeping House
Cordelia 18 at home
Jane 16 " "
Zebulon 14 Farm Laborer
Melvin 12 " "
Rebeca 11 at home
John 9 " "
Thomas 4 " ";
!MARRIAGE:15 Apr 1877 Mitchell Co., NC
Willian Vance & Matilda Pyatt
by L. D. Vance, JP
from "Mitchell County Marriage Records 1865-1889";
!CENSUS:1880 Mitchell Co., NC Linville # 172/172
William Vance 49 M Farmer NC-SC-NC
Matilda 51 Wife M Keeping House NC-NC-NC
* His children next door.;
!CENSUS:1900 x
- !NOTES:Marty Grant's 1st cousin, 5 times removed.;