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Matthew Vance

Matthew Vance

Male 1800 - 1850  (50 years)   Has 4 ancestors and 14 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name Matthew Vance
    Birth 1794/1800  TN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    _UID 54D7888DD2DAD4118AC44445535400004F6E 
    Death 1840/1850  Sevier Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4833  Marty and Karla Grant
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2025

    Father John Vance,   b. 1 May 1753, Augusta Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1830, Burke Co, NC (now Yancey Co, NC) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Mother Margaret Carpenter,   b. 1765/1770   d. Aft 1830, Burke Co, NC (now Yancey Co, NC) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 61 years)
    Marriage Bef 1782  Spartanburg Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 013B606B15726641AD6D87A85E13E400D3A9 
    Family ID F3245  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Grant,   b. 1807/1808, Rutherford Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1870, Sevier Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 63 years)
    Marriage 9 Feb 1821  Rutherford Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 976854A8F3C3A244906B8EB6F66A7F5B10E3 
    Children 
     1. George W Vance,   b. 1828/1829, Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1880, Sevier Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 52 years)
     2. Adaline Vance,   b. 1830/1831, Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1850, Sevier Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 20 years)
     3. Mary Vance,   b. 1834/1835, Macon Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1850, Sevier Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 16 years)
     4. Martha Vance,   b. 1835/1836, Macon Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1870, Sevier Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 35 years)
    Family ID F3244  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2026

  • Notes 
    • !NOTE:Elaine Steele believes that John Vance is father of Matthew (Jr) who married Sally Grant;


      !CENSUS:1800 x
      * Likely in eastern TN which census is lost for 1800;


      !CENSUS:1810 Burke Co., NC p. 321/113
      John Vance age 45+ (bef 1765)
      23201-21010-0-0
      My analysis (who each person *might* be):
      1m 45+ (before 1765) John Vance (before 1765)
      2m 16-25 (1784/1794) 1. Robert Vance (c1783) son > gone by 1820
      .................... 2. William Vance (c1788) son
      3m 10-15 (1794/1800) 1. Son? (1794/1800) > gone by 1820
      .................... 2. Matthew Vance (1790/1800) son
      .................... 3. David Vance (c1798) son
      2m 0-9 (1800/1810).. 1. Alexander Vance (c1801) son
      .................... 2. Samuel Vance (c1802) son
      1f 26-44 (1765/1784) Margaret Carpenter Vance (1765/1775) wife
      1f 10-15 (1794/1800) Daughter? (1794/1800) > gone by 1820
      2f 0-9 (1800/1810).. 1. Daughter? (1800/1810) > gone by 1820
      .................... 2. Daughter? (1804/1810)


      !COURT:Apr 1817 Burke Co., NC
      Ordered by court that William* (*William Marked out) Henry English oversee rode from David Brownings old place to the State line on the topof the yellow mountain with the following hands, to wit,
      Reubin McKiney
      Wilson McKiney
      Evan Hughs
      Jonathan Burlison
      Aron Burlison
      Reubin Young
      Joseph Green
      John Buckhanon
      William Buckhanon
      Arthur Green
      John Collis
      James Burlison
      Thomas Burlison
      Thomas Carver
      Robert Vance
      Arthur Buckhanon Jr
      Strawther Suttles
      Joseph Suttles
      William Vance
      David Vance
      Mathew Vance
      Daniel Caldwell
      George Rowan
      Daniel English
      Daniel Oaks
      Lodowick Oaks
      Henry English
      Thomas Davinport
      Willis Phillips
      William Phillips of Rock Cove Creek
      William English overseer


      !CENSUS:1820 Burke Co., NC p. 61
      John Vance age 45+ (before 1775)
      010311-01001-0-0
      My analysis (who each person *might* be):
      1m 45+ (before 1775) John Vance (before 1765)
      1m 26-44 (1775/1794) William Vance (c1788) son
      3m 16-25 (1794/1804) 1. Matthew Vance (1794/1800) son
      .................... 2. David Vance (c1798) son
      .................... 3. Alexander Vance (c1801) son
      1m 10-15 (1804/1810) Samuel Vance (c1802) son
      1f 45+ (before 1775) Margaret Carpenter Vance (1765/1775) wife
      1f 10-15 (1804/1810) Daughter? (1804/1810)


      !COURT:Jul 1820 Burke Co., NC
      Ordered by court that Charles Hughes oversee the road from Gilbert Whites to the topof the Yellow Mountain with the following hands to work under him, (to wit)
      Lodwick Oaks
      William English Junr
      Leonard Morgan
      John Morgan
      Lorinza? Morgan
      Samuel Branch
      William Vance
      David Vance
      Matthew Vance
      Alexander Vance
      Joseph Green
      Arthur Green
      Morgan Green
      Evan Hughes
      Reuben Young
      Jonathan Burlison
      Willis McKinney
      Wilson McKinney
      John Buckhanon
      James Burlison
      Aaron Burlison
      and keep the same in repair one year;


      !MARRIAGE: 9 Feb 1821 Rutherford Co, NC Matthew VANCE to Sally GRANT, David HILL, bondsman;


      !CENSUS:1830 Burke Co., NC p. 196
      Mathew Vance age 30-39 (1790/1800)
      110001-10001;


      !ROAD WORK-COURT:Jan 1830 Burke Co., NC Court Minutes
      Ordered by the court that James Wiseman oversee the road from Alexander Wiseman from the ford of Toe River on David Tates plantation to James Murphys plantation on Toe River with the following hands to wit:
      Andrew Davis hands
      Matthew Vance
      Houston and hands
      William Davis hands
      Jacob Carpenters hands
      James Moody
      Bedford Wiseman
      Grants hands
      John Ollis
      Johnson Levingen
      Davenports place
      Josiah Wiseman
      and all the hands on the east side of Toe River on D. Tates plantation ...;


      !COURT:Jul 1832 Burke Co., NC
      Ordered by court that Thomas Davenport be overseer of the road in room of L. Phillips from the top of the Blue Ridge to the ford of Toe River on D. Sales (Tates?) plantation with the following hands to wit
      Danl English
      Tho Gilbert
      Daniel Gilbert
      Joshua Gilbert
      Aden Carver
      Jno Jackson
      J. Mathis
      Tho Davenport
      Wm Davinport
      G. Jackson
      W. Dean
      Timothy Burnes
      Thos Vance
      John Blalock Jr
      Jesse Blalock
      F. Vance
      Henry English
      Matthew Vance
      Alex Vance
      John Cale
      Jno Gaddis
      Jacob Tips hands
      L. H. Phillips and keep the same in good repair ...


      !POLL:1835 Macon Co, NC Franklin Precinct, Matthew VANCE;


      !CENSUS:1840 Sevier Co, TN pg 158 Matthew VANCE age 40-49 (1790/1800)
      "0010001-1110001";


      !CENSUS:1850 * Apparently deceased;


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