Thomas Vance

1800 - 1851  (50 years)   Has 4 ancestors and 21 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Thomas Vance
  Birth	11 Nov 1800	Greenville Dist, SC
  Gender	Male
  _UID	68C763ABF80FDA119534000D87575B2866F8
  Death	15 Aug 1851	Yancey Co, NC
  Person ID	I53946	Marty and Karla Grant
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Matthew Vance,   b. 1760/1765, SC d. 1830/1840, Yancey Co, NC (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Barbara McVeigh,   b. 1769/1770, VA d. Aft 1850, Yancey Co, NC (Age > 81 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1790	Greenville Dist, SC
  _UID	97392C0BCF54924BA31E71ECF11DAA785578
  Family ID	F2637	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Blalock,   b. 1806/1807, NC d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (Age > 74 years)
  Marriage	27 Jan 1828	Burke Co, NC (now Yancey Co, NC)
  _UID	1C120030D7154A4C8C9F59ED5E5DB8F9BD31
  Children	1. Tilmon Vance,   b. 1830/1835, Burke Co, NC (now Yancey Co, NC) d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (Age > 46 years)   2. Samuel Carson Vance,   b. 20 Apr 1832, Burke Co, NC (now Yancey Co, NC) d. 8 Mar 1891, Mitchell Co, NC (Age 58 years)   3. Isaac A Vance,   b. 29 Oct 1835, Yancey Co, NC d. 11 Jan 1916, Webster Co, MO (Age 80 years)   4. Alney B Vance,   b. 1836/1837, Yancey Co, NC d. Aft 1850, Yancey Co, NC (Age > 14 years)   5. Melinda Vance,   b. 1838/1839, Yancey Co, NC d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age > 42 years)   6. Preston Vance,   b. 1839/1840, Yancey Co, NC d. Aft 1850, Yancey Co, NC (Age > 11 years)   7. Charles Gaston Vance,   b. 11 Dec 1843, Yancey Co, NC d. 27 Feb 1933, Washington Co, AR (Age 89 years)   8. Myra Vance,   b. 20 May 1846, Yancey Co, NC d. 30 Nov 1919, Franklin Co, OH (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F18207	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2026

  
  

• Notes

  !NOTES:I'm not related to this person as far as I know. However, I'm interested in all Vance families in the old Yancey region to some extent; !NOTES:Maybe a son of Matthew and Barbary? He did name a daughter Barbary; !CENSUS:1810 Greenville Dist., SC p. 499/101 Mathew Vance age 45+ (before 1765) 32201-12110-0-0 My analysis (who each person *might* be): 1m 45+ (before 1765) Matthew Vance (1760/1765) 2m 16-25 (1784/1794) 1. Son? (1784/1790) > gone by 1820 .................... 2. Son? (1790/1794) > gone by 1820 2m 10-15 (1794/1800) 1. John Vance (1796) son .................... 2. Thomas Vance (1800) son <--- 3m 0-9 (1800/1810).. 1. Lewis Vance (c1803) son .................... 2. Son? (1804/1810) .................... 3. Son? (1804/1810) 1f 26-44 (1765/1784) Barbary McVeigh Vance (c1770) wife 1f 16-25 (1784/1794) Daughter? (1790/1794) > gone by 1820 2f 10-15 (1794/1800) 1. Daughter? (1794/1800) .................... 2. Daughter? (1794/1800) 1f 0-9 (1800/1810).. Daughter? (1804/1810) !CENSUS:1820 Greenville Dist., SC (listd twice with slightly different numbers): p. 23/97 Mathew Vance age 45+ (before 1775) 120201-31111-0-0 My analysis (who each person *might* be): 1m 45+ (before 1775) Matthew Vance (1760/1765) 2m 16-25 (1794/1804) 1. John Vance (1796) son .................... 2. Thomas Vance (1800) son 2m 10-15 (1804/1810) 1. Lewis Vance (c1803) son .................... 2. Son? (1804/1810) 1m 0-9 (1810/1820).. Flemming Vance (c1811) son 1f 45+ (before 1775) Barbary McVeigh Vance (c1770) wife 1f 26-44 (1775/1794) Daughter? (1790/1794) 1f 16-25 (1794/1804) Daughter? (1794/1800) 1f 10-15 (1804/1810) Daughter? (1804/1810) 3f 0-9 (1810/1820).. 1. Lurany Vance (c1816) daughter .................... 2. Daughter? (1810/1820) > gone by 1830 .................... 3. Daughter? (1810/1820) > gone by 1830 -AND- p. 38/112 Mathew Vance age 45+ (before 1775) 110301-31301-0-0 My analysis (who each person *might* be): 1m 45+ (before 1775) Matthew Vance (1760/1765) 3m 16-25 (1794/1804) 1. John Vance (1796) son .................... 2. Thomas Vance (1800) son .................... 3. Lewis Vance (c1803) son 1m 10-15 (1804/1810) Son? (1804/1810) 1m 0-9 (1810/1820).. Flemming Vance (c1811) son 1f 45+ (before 1775) Barbary McVeigh Vance (c1770) wife 3f 16-25 (1794/1804) 1. Daughter? (1794/1800) .................... 2. Daughter? (1794/1800) > gone by 1830 .................... 3. Daughter? (1794/1800) * Not in 1810 unless c1784/94 then. > gone by 1830 1f 10-15 (1804/1810) Daughter? (1804/1810) 3f 0-9 (1810/1820).. 1. Lurany Vance (c1816) daughter .................... 2. Daughter? (1810/1820) > gone by 1830 .................... 3. Daughter? (1810/1820) > gone by 1830 * I think this entry is the more accurate, but I could be wrong. !CENSUS:1830 Burke Co., NC p. 195 Thomas Vance age 20-29 (1800/1810) 00001-10001; !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 ... !CENSUS:1840 Yancey Co., NC p. 274 Thos Vance age 30-39 (1800/1810) 220001-10101; !CENSUS:1850 Yancey Co, NC # 557/586 Thomas Vance, 49, Farmer $450 SC Tilmon, 21 Laborer NC Carson, 18 Laborer Isaac A. 15 Alney B. 13 m Preston 10 Gaston 7 Elizabeth, 43 Melinda, 11 Myra 4; !WILL:1851 YANCEY COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Thomas Vance, 9 Aug 1851 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Sandra Allen Fender fender@hci.net ==================================================================== Yancey County Record of Wills Volume # 1, page 63 Microfilm # C.107.80001 Last Will and Testament of THOMAS VANCE In the Name of God Amen. I THOMAS VANCE is sick & weak & low and is in his right mind. I THOMAS VANCE do will all my property to my wife, all my lands, horses and cattle and sheep and hogs, after pay all last debts. Also about Twelve Hundred Dollars in money, this 9th day of August 1851. THOMAS VANCE Test R. N. PENLAND (Jurat) CARSON VANCE The above was admitted to Probate upon the oath of R. N. Penland a subscribing witness thereto and ordered to be copied and filed and letters Testamentary Issued at Fall Term 1851.