Individual Details

Marriage 1 Joanna Riggans [This marriage is shown as Joanna Ricket in the Tennesse Marriages online]
Married: 22 Jan 1822 in , Jefferson Co, Tennessee

Marriage 2 Abigail Jones, b: Abt 1892 in , , North Carolina
Married: 3 Feb 1825 in , Jefferson Co, Tennessee

Death: Bef 17 Apr 1872 in , McMinn Co, Tennessee

1850 Census. McMinn Co, Tennessee, p.236
Household 254
Robert Vance, age 66, b. Pennsylvania. Abigail, age 58, b. North Carolina.

1860 Census. McMinn Co, Tennessee, Calhoun P.O.
Household 66
Robert Vance, age 75, b. PA, pauper
Abigail 67, b. NC, Blind inflammation of the eyes
They were counted next to a John Vance, age 37, and his family - likely a son.

There was no Robert Vance of anywhere near Robert's age in the Tennessee census, 1870. Nor Abigail. I suspected they had already died.

Birth	28 Dec 1786	Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Death	Bef Apr 1872	McMinn County, Tennessee

Father	PATRICK Vance (1745 - 1803)
Mother	Elizabeth Houston/Huston (1750 - 1840)
Sibling	Patrick Vance (1779 - )
Sibling	Agnes Vance (1781 - 1782)
Sibling	William Houston Vance (1787 - 1860)
Sibling	Aaron Vance (1787 - 1791)
Sibling	Mary Vance (1787 - 1856)
Sibling	Samuel Vance (1792 - 1840)
Sibling	Joseph Vance (1794 - 1863)
Sibling	Jane Vance (1794 - )