Person

Samuel Vance (Mercer County, KY, farmer)

b. 1824 d. 1905-05-15

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Newton Vance in Mercer County, Kentucky, on October 31, 1855. Father of Martha Vance and Margaret Vance. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860. Farmer in Mercer County in 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, p. 729.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jessamine County, District 6, p. 106B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film 000191862, p. 19.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Mercer County, KY, June-July 1863, p. 15.

Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 7007130, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 5.

Citation

Vance, Samuel. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281305 (November 12, 2026).

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