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Below is a family biography included in The History of Lincoln County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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JACOB VANCE is a native of the “Palmetto State,” born in 1814, son of James and Nancy (Hill) Vance, of North Carolina, born in 1786 and died in 1948 and 1857, respectively. Of their six children four are living: Malinda (Mrs. Robert Crutcher, of Texas), Sarah (Mrs. Samuel Jones, of California), Maria (widow of Asbury McWilliams of Giles County) and our subject, Jacob, who was reared and educated in Giles County and resided with his parents until twenty-two years of age. September 24, 1839, he wedded Mary Ann Eddings, daughter of Abraham Eddings. Mrs. Vance was born in October 1821 in Alabama. To them was born one child-W. P. (deceased). In 1849 Mr. Vance purchased 400 acres of land in Giles County, but sold out in the fall of 1850, and the following year came to Lincoln County and purchased 478 acres near Fayetteville, where he is now residing. His farm is highly improved and furnished with good buildings and fences. Mr. Vance is esteemed as an honest and industrious citizen, and in his political views has been a life-long Democrat, casting his first presidential vote for Hugh L. White, in 1836. He is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. His son, W. P. Vance, died at the age of twenty-five years, when all earth’s brightness was promised him. He was respected and loved for his many virtues by all who knew him, and idolized by his parents and relatives. His remains were followed to the tomb by the I. O. O. F. and the members of the Agricultural Association.
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This family biography is one of 137 biographies included in The History of Lincoln County, Tennessee published in 1886. The History of Lincoln County was included within The History of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin & Moore Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin , Moore Counties of Tennessee
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