by Toni | Aug 21, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research
We have been studying the whereabouts of the enslaver, James Kincaid Vance (1818-1897) in Abbeville County, South Carolina. We have followed him and his family from the 1850 and 1860. We found his son, James Wistar Vance (1845-1887), living next to Beverly Vance...
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by Toni | Aug 14, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research, Research Problem Solving
In African American: Finding Out a Little More about the Enslaver, we found James K. Vance in 1850 and 1860 on the census. By the time 1870 came around Beverly Vance (1832-1899) was no longer enslaved and was named in the census. He is at home with his wife and...
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by Toni | Aug 7, 2019 | Blog, Family History Research
Year: 1850; Census Place: Saluda Regiment, Abbeville, South Carolina; Roll: M432_848; Page: 155A; Image: 316 Why would you want to trace the person back in time who enslaved your family? Because if you know he was the...
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by Toni | Apr 26, 2018 | Blog, Family History Research, Let's Talk Records
If you have never searched tax records when looking for an ancestor, it is a great place to start when trying to fill in details about your ancestor. The census tracks a person every ten years from 1790 to 1940 with the exception of the 1890 US Census which was almost...
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by Toni | Jan 29, 2018 | Blog, Family History Research
Rev. Lafayette Franklin Vance (1861-1952), born to Beverly and Matilda Dunlap Vance in Abbeville County, South Carolina, is my great grandfather. I have been trying to document him. I did not realize I would finding an article still mentioning him in 1979: ...
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