Kenneth Vance: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1. Kenneth Vance (son of Andrew Aden Vance); died Bef 8 Sep 2012.

Generation: 2

Andrew Aden Vance was born 17 Mar 1908, North Carolina (son of James Robert "Bob" Vance and Julia Carver); died 22 Aug 1977, Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina; was buried Kear-Loveday Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 68.

Children:

1. Kenneth Vance died Bef 8 Sep 2012.

Generation: 3

James Robert "Bob" Vance was born 9 Apr 1873, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Andrew "Andy" Vance and Mary "Polly" Ridings); died 30 May 1953; was buried Walnut Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Notes:

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Reference:
Lyn Bordeau, Face5pence@aol.com, 4 June 2000.

James married Julia Carver 6 Jun 1896, Sevier County, Tennessee. Julia (daughter of Aiden A. Carver and Martha Roberts) was born 2 Nov 1878, Swain County, North Carolina; died 2 Nov 1926, Ocona Lufty Township, Swain County, North Carolina; was buried 2 Nov 1926, Lufty Cemetery. [Group Sheet]

Julia Carver was born 2 Nov 1878, Swain County, North Carolina (daughter of Aiden A. Carver and Martha Roberts); died 2 Nov 1926, Ocona Lufty Township, Swain County, North Carolina; was buried 2 Nov 1926, Lufty Cemetery.

Children:

Nora Ellen Vance was born 11 Apr 1898, Swain County, North Carolina; died 24 Sep 1967; was buried Kear-Loveday Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Martha M. Vance was born Abt 1901, North Carolina.
Alice Vance was born Abt 1903, North Carolina.
Flora Vance was born Abt 1905, North Carolina.
2. Andrew Aden Vance was born 17 Mar 1908, North Carolina; died 22 Aug 1977, Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina; was buried Kear-Loveday Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Generation: 4

8.	Andrew "Andy" Vance was born Abt 1830, Tennessee. Notes: ---------- Reference: Lyn Bordeau, Face5pence@aol.com, 4 June 2000. Andrew — Mary "Polly" Ridings. Mary (daughter of William "Willis" Ridings) was born 1838/1840, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Mary "Polly" Ridings was born 1838/1840, Tennessee (daughter of William "Willis" Ridings).

Notes:

Listed in 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee Census with parents as Polly.

Single in 1894.

Known as Aunt Pop.
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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 88, 89.
Lyn Bordeau, Face5pence@aol.com, 4 June 2000.

Children:

Andrew D. "Andy" Vance was born 25 Sep 1869, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 6 Aug 1954, Knox County, Tennessee; was buried Rector Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
4. James Robert "Bob" Vance was born 9 Apr 1873, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 May 1953; was buried Walnut Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Sarah Vance was born Abt 1877, Tennessee.

10.

Aiden A. Carver was born Apr 1850, North Carolina (son of Israel Carver and Mary Bradley).

Notes:

Well known mountaineer. Of Oconaluftee, North Carolina helped build the Mingus Mill in the 1870's and helped restore it in the 1940's. He later moved to the Boogertown community in Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 155.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 268, 273.

Aiden — Martha Roberts. Martha (daughter of Aaron Roberts and Anne McKinley) was born 30 Jul 1846, Tennessee; died 6 Jan 1932, Smokemont, Swain County, North Carolina; was buried 7 Jan 1932, Carver Cemetery. [Group Sheet]

11.

Martha Roberts was born 30 Jul 1846, Tennessee (daughter of Aaron Roberts and Anne McKinley); died 6 Jan 1932, Smokemont, Swain County, North Carolina; was buried 7 Jan 1932, Carver Cemetery.

Notes:

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Reference:
Christine Small, csmall3@cfl.rr.com, 21 February 1999.

Children:

Dewitt Carver was born 1870.
Sarah Ann Carver was born 1873, North Carolina.
Jane Dock Carver was born 28 Feb 1875, Tennessee; died 28 Nov 1966; was buried Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Harriett Carver was born 1876.
Julius H. Carver was born 1878, Tennessee.
5. Julia Carver was born 2 Nov 1878, Swain County, North Carolina; died 2 Nov 1926, Ocona Lufty Township, Swain County, North Carolina; was buried 2 Nov 1926, Lufty Cemetery.
Viola Carver was born 1880.
Alice Carver was born 1883.
Mack Carver was born 1885.
George Aden Carver was born 15 Mar 1889, Swain County, North Carolina; died 9 Aug 1970; was buried Green Hill Cemetery, Haywood County, North Carolina.
Fred Carver was born 1895.