Joseph Colville VANCE^[1]

1759 - 1809  (50 years)

• Name	Joseph Colville VANCE
  Born	24 Mar 1759	Frederick Co., VA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 May 1809	Urbana, Champaign Co., OH
  Buried	Buck Creek Cemetery (Urbana?)
  Notes	father of the 10th Governor of Ohio Occupation was Surveyor, Farmer. Church was Presbyterian. Participated in American Revolution. Member of Captain Saul Vail's Company; Morgan's Rifleman;RevolutionaryWar. See article in Smithsonian. Sold 456 acresto John Lewis in1783(Patterson Creek in Hampshire Co, VA nowWVA. The land had been leftto him by his father in his will.1783 they settled in Washington Co,PA,near his uncle, MajorWilliam Vance. In 1788 the major died and Jos wentto Mason Co,KY via a raft on the Ohio River. They settled at Mays Creek and became a station for the KentuckyRangers,they lived near the salt works in Vanceburg. In 1799, the family moved to Greene Co, OH. and built a cabin onMain andWalnut in what is now Bellebrook, OH. He was asurveyor and platted outXenia, OH. In 1804 they moved to Urbana and he was named the towndirector on 9-26-1805. He was alsoelected the first Clerk of Courts
  Person ID	I2569	Vance family
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2010

  
  

  Father	Judge David VANCE,   b. 1721, Tyrone, Ireland ,   d. 1768, Frederick Co., VA  (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Sarah (Janet) COLVILLE,   b. 1720
  Married	1745	or ca 1741   [2]
  Family ID	F1010	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah WILSON,   b. 1762, Loudon Co, VA ,   d. 1847, Champaign Co., OH  (Age 85 years)
  Married	10 Apr 1781	Loudon Co, VA
  Children	1. John Wilson VANCE,   b. 18 Mar 1782, Champaign Co., OH ,   d. 6 May 1857, Vermilion Co., IL  (Age 75 years)   2. David VANCE,   b. 1783, Washington Co., PA ,   d. 3 Aug 1823, Champaign Co., OH  (Age 40 years)   3. Gov. Joseph Colville VANCE,   b. 21 Mar 1786, Catfish, PA ,   d. 24 Aug 1852, near Urbana, OH  (Age 66 years)   4. Samuel VANCE,   b. 1787, Catfish, Washington Co., PA   5. George VANCE,   b. Abt 1790   6. William VANCE,   b. 20 May 1793, KY. ,   d. 11 Sep 1866, Champaign Co., OH  (Age 73 years)   7. Wilson VANCE,   b. 19 Jan 1796, Mason Co. KY ,   d. 30 Sep 1862, Hancock Co., OH  (Age 66 years)   8. Moses Baird VANCE,   b. 1804, Champaign Co., OH ,   d. 19 Aug 1870, Champaign Co., OH  (Age 66 years)   9. Alexander Franklin VANCE,   b. 25 Aug 1811, Urbana, OH ,   d. 13 Feb 1889, Urbana, OH  (Age 77 years)   10. Jannette VANCE,   b. 25 Mar 1788, Washington Co., PA ,   d. 29 Jan 1869, Champaign Co., OH  (Age 80 years)   11. Bridget VANCE,   b. 18 Apr 1801, prob. Greene Co, OH ,   d. 18 May 1887, Urbana, OH.  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F1018	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S38] Vance Rudenberg, Peter Rudenberg. [S344] Migration, Glenda Vance Stadley.