William Buse (Vance) Harman (1826 - abt. 1865)

Born 24 Jul 1826 in Tazewell Co., VA

Ancestors

Husband of Larinda (Hatch) Harman — married 21 Jul 1846 in Tazewell Co., VA

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Biography

William was born in 1826. He was the son of Mathias Harman and Nancy Vance. He passed away about 1865. ^[1]

From: "Archives of the Pioneers of Tazewell County " by Schreiner-Yantis: To the General Assembly of Virginia: The undersigned petitioner Matthias Harman a citizen of the county of Tazewell would beg leave to respectfully represent to the Legislature of Virginia that in August 1829 he intermarried with a certain Nancy Vance by whom he had three children prior to the marriage, for reasons which is deemed unimportant here to state he had been restricted from marrying said Nancy and that as soon as the restrictions alluded to was removed he done that he had always intended to do. Your petitioner requests that a law may be passed changing the names of his three children born out of wedlock from that of Vance to Harman, the eldest Elias V., the second Daniel H., and the third William Buse, and he also desires that the said three children may be made by law his legal representatives if deemed proper and your petitioner as in duty bound will every pray. Signed: Matthias Harman, November 1832

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