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Richard Austin Vance 1817–1886 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1817

Birth Location: Dry Creek, Floyd County, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 10 Jun 1886

Death Location: Harts Creek, Lincoln, West Virginia, USA

Father: Richard Vance

Mother: Mary Vance

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The story of Richard Austin Vance began in 1817 in Dry Creek, Floyd County, Kentucky, USA. Richard Austin Vance passed away in 1886 in Harts Creek, Lincoln, West Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Richard Austin Vance began in 1817 in Dry Creek, Floyd County, Kentucky, USA.
  • Richard Austin Vance passed away in 1886 in Harts Creek, Lincoln, West Virginia, USA.

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Richard Vance's Ancestors

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Richard Vance
1817–1886
Birth Place: Dry Creek, Floyd County, Kentucky, USA
Parents
Richard "Dick" David Howard Vance
1792–1850
Vance Bottom, Abingdon, Russell, Washington, Virginia, USA
Mary ("Polly" Ann Roberts Sims) Vance
1792–1860
Twelve Pole Creek, Big Creek, Rich Creek, Magnolia, Logan, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Reverend (Abner Vance) Sr
1760–1819
Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Susannah (Susie Howard Vance) Cherokee
1767–1860
Rowan, Surry County, North Carolina, USA
Captain (James "Jim" Drury Maddox Sims) II
1751–1848
Winchester, Frederick, Colony of Virginia
Mary ("Polly" Anne Roberts) Simms
1775–1853
Jamestown, Surry, Surry, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Ephraim Vance
1718–1760
Theodosia Vance
1715–1760
Abraham Howard
1726–1782
Jane Howard
1729–1805
Elizabeth\Susannah Smith
–1818
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jacob Esq
1681–1757
Dorothy Heulings
1692–1758

Richard Vance's Timeline

2 Records

1817
1817
Birth of Richard Austin Vance in Dry Creek, Floyd County, Kentucky, USA
Dry Creek, Floyd County, Kentucky, USA
1886
10 Jun 1886
Age 69
Death of Richard Austin Vance in Harts Creek, Lincoln, West Virginia, USA
Harts Creek, Lincoln, West Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1817
    Event Place: Dry Creek, Floyd County, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Jun 1886
    Event Place: Harts Creek, Lincoln, West Virginia, USA

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