Richard D. Vance (abt. 1792 - abt. 1850)

Born about 1792 in Russell, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Sims) Vance — married 25 Mar 1813 in Floyd, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died about 1850 at about age 58 in Breeden, Mingo, Virginia, United States

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Biography

RICHARD VANCE was born about the year 1792 in Russell County, Virginia.

A biographical account of Richard written by H. C. Ragland states that Richard married a Miss Sutherland. Circumstantial evidence suggests a daughter named Rhoda was born from this union, after which we must assume Richard's first wife passed away.

On March 25, 1813, he married Mary Ann Simms in Floyd County, Kentucky. The marriage, if deemed legitimate, was solemnized by the infamous Rev. Matthew Spurlock. Claiming to be a Methodist minister, Rev. Spurlock's credentials were heavily scrutinized, as he was said to be of lowly character, along with being a counterfeiter, a fraud, and an adulterer consorting with drunks and women of ill repute. Legal or not, no further marriage record for Richard and Mary Ann as man and wife has been found yet they lived together faithfully as such.

On July 8, 1825, both Richard "Vants" and Rhody "Vants" served as chainbearers for George M. Pinnell, Deputy Surveyor for Francis R. Pinnell, who surveyed a tract of 84 acres of land on Crawley Creek for Thomas W. Brown. Rhoda, being Richard's eldest child, would have been just 14 years old when she assisted him. The survey for Thomas Brown is noted as bordering Richard Vance's improvement.^[1]

On March 9, 1836, Richard and his son Wesley Vance assisted Crispin S. Stone, assistant for John Lawson, as Stone surveyed a tract of 38 acres for Jeremiah Farmer located on the Cane Patch Fork of Twelvepole Creek.^[2] The following day, Richard and Wesley assisted again as Stone surveyed a tract of 50 acres on Cane Patch Fork for Samuel Damron.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Logan County, West Virginia Surveyors Records Vol. A, pp. 47.
2. ↑ Logan County, West Virginia Surveyors Records Vol. A, pp. 185.
3. ↑ Logan County, West Virginia Surveyors Records Vol. A, pp. 184.

• Floyd County, Kentucky marriages
• Find A Grave: Memorial #151132221
• 1840 Census; Place: Logan, Virginia; Roll: 566; Page: 87; Family History Library Film: 0029689. Lists in census household: Richard Vance (2nd from bottom),

Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Logan, Virginia Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2 Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 Free White Persons - Under 20: 4 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3 Total Free White Persons: 7 Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 7. (END). Next person on census is Meekin Vance's family, son of Richard Vance.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

• 1850 Census; Place: District 32, Logan, Virginia; Roll: 956; Page: 154a. Household (#489/489) lists: Richd Vann (Transcribed as "Vann") 58,

Mary A Vann 58, Polly Vann 32, John W Vann 10, Wm Vann 2, Richd Vann 12, Mary Parting (Partridge) 74. ~Previous household (#488/488) contains their son Paris S. Vance age 24, his wife Nancy Vance age 20, and their first child James A. Vance age 1.

Source Information Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.