Lewis Shuffel Vance

1844 - 1929  (85 years)   Has 12 ancestors and 6 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Lewis Shuffel Vance
  Birth	Jul 1844	Yancey Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
  Gender	Male
  _UID	66DF888DD2DAD4118AC44445535400006906
  Death	26 Nov 1929	Avery Co, NC
  Burial	Pittman Cem, Avery Co, NC
  Person ID	I5866	Marty and Karla Grant
  Last Modified	28 Dec 2012

  
  

  Father	Lewis Vance,   b. 1802/1803, Greenville Dist, SC d. 10 Mar 1883, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Isabell Davis,   b. 1811/1812, Iredell Co, NC d. 1860/1869, Watauga Co, NC (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	25 Mar 1828	Burke Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
  _UID	E75DF28D52C3E146834CCD93E2E936D5041E
  Family ID	F2627	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	N Jane McCurry,   b. 5 Jun 1852, NC d. 25 Mar 1886, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	28 Mar 1876	Mitchell Co, NC
  _UID	F5F0F38A5DE5D0458C33F01686800C61F150
  Children	1. Roena C Vance,   b. 1870/1871, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age > 10 years)   2. Minnie E Vance,   b. 1874/1875, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age > 6 years)   3. Elmina V Vance,   b. 1876/1877, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age > 4 years)   4. Lourana Vance,   b. 1878/1879, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age > 2 years)   5. Harriet L Vance,   b. Sep 1881, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1900, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) (Age > 20 years)
  Family ID	F3920	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Cordelia Rebecca,   b. Apr 1859, NC d. Aft 1930, Avery Co, NC (Age > 72 years)
  Marriage	1892/1893	Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC)
  _UID	657928BD4817754C9DD5E7B4C9A652D28300
  Children	1. James Justice,   b. 1907/1908, Mitchell Co, NC (now Avery Co, NC) d. Aft 1930, Avery Co, NC (Age > 23 years)  [Father: Adopted]  [Mother: Adopted]
  Family ID	F5270	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2026

  
  

• Notes

  !NOTES:I (Marty Grant) am not related to this person as far as I know. However, I am interested in all Davis families in western North Carolina to some extent. * I am interested in Yancey County Davis families through 1900. * I am interested in Mitchell County Davis families through 1900. * Mother is a Davis.; !REFERENCE: http://www.martygrant.com/ http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/davis/ !NOTES:B/D 1844 & D/D 1929 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&GSsr=121&GRid=65192197&df=all& !CENSUS:1850 Yancey Co., NC # 541/568 Lewis Vance, 47, Farmer $75 SC Thomas, 16 Laborer NC Andrew, 14 Lewis S. 7 Taylor A. 2 Isabel 35 Sarah E. 12 Isabel L. E. 3 Mary S. 7/12; !CENSUS:1860 Watauga Co., NC Mountain Home District, Valley Cruses PO # 397/272 Lewis Vance 58 Farmer $50/175 NC Issabel 48 Lewis S. 16 Lurany E. 14 Taylor A. 12 Susan 9 Martha J. 7 Laura E. 6 Hulda E. 4; !CENSUS:1870 Mitchell Co., NC Toe River, Joneses Ridge PO # 38/38 Lewis Vance 22 Farmer $-/- NC; !MARRIAGE:28 Mar 1876 Mitchell Co., NC L. S. Vance & N. G. McCury by Len Buchanan, Min from "Mitchell County Marriage Records 1865-1889"; !CENSUS:1880 Mitchell Co., NC Toe River # 79/85 L. S. Vance 35 M Farmer NC-SC-NC Jane 26 wife Keeping House NC-NC-NC Roena C. 9 dau Minie E. 5 dau Elminer V. 3 dau Lourana 1 dau; !CENSUS:1900 Mitchell Co., NC Toe River # 180/183 Lewis S. Vance head Jul 1844 55 M 7 NC-SC-NC Farmer Rebecca C. wife Apr 1859 41 M 7 1-0 NC-NC-NC Harriet L. dau Sep 1881 18; !CENSUS:1910 Mitchell Co., NC Toe River # 94/101 Louis S. Vance head 65 M2 17 NC-SC-NC Farmer Cordelia R. wief 40 M2 17 1-0 NC-NC-NC Farm Laborer; !CENSUS:1920 Avery Co., NC Toe River # 121/121 Shuffel Vance head 74 M NC-SC-NC Farming Rebeca C. wife 54 M NC-NC-NC;