Individual Details

John said to have married Rebecca Branson, 4 Mar 1837, in Jefferson Co TN.

Found on the 1850 census for that county:
Household 1512
John Vance, age 44, b. TN. Rebecca, age 44, b. NC.
Children born in TN; Emily 16, Sarah 14, David 12, Eli 10, Lucy 8, and Catharine A. age 4.

1860 Census. Jefferson Co, TN.
Household 1680
John Vance, age 54, b. TN. R. [female] age 43, b. NC
Born in TN. D. [male] age 22. Eli age 19. R. [female] age 17. C. [female] age 14, Wm. age 10.
D. C. Williams, [male], age 21, working as a laborer.

1870 Census. Jefferson Co., TN; Strawberry Plains P.O.
Household 60
John Vance, age 63, b. TN, farmer
Rebecca, age 64, b. NC
David, age 31, b. TN. William, age 19, b. TN
Emily L. McBright, age 13, b. Missouri
Sarah Underwood, age 27, b. TN
Martha Vance, age 26, b. North Carolina [David's Wife?]
Mary E., age 10/12, b. Aug., NC


The 1880 Census was the first to indicate relationships to the head of the household. There were a total of 105 Vances living in Jefferson Co in this census. Most of them no doubt related in some way.
1880 Census. Jefferson Co., TN, 6th Civil District
Household 87
David Vance, age 41, farmer, b. TN, father b. TN, mother b. NC
Martha, wife, age 36, born NC as were her parents.
Mary, daughter, age 11, b. NC [All the children are marked as born in North Carolina - I think that's an error and they were born right there in Jefferson Co, Tennessee]
Lella, daughter, age 9. John, son, age 6. Nettie, daughter, age 5.
Josepheus, age 11/12, born July, son.
Rebecca, age 74, mother, b. NC, father born England, mother b. NC

Birth	1806	Jefferson County, Tennessee
Death	13 Dec 1871	Jefferson County, Tennessee

Father	DAVID Vance (1771 - 1840)
Mother	RHUE Taylor ( - 1822)
Sibling	ANDREW Vance (1805 - 1857)
Sibling	James Vance (1812 - )