Soloman Blankenship and Eliza Vance
Submitted by :Walter Clinton Blankenship,Jr. and Herb Blankenship
| Wish's , do sometimes come thru,I have been
posting message's on the Blankenship Forum
,Vance Forum and any where else I could find
trying to locate a picture of my Great Grandfather
Soloman Blankenship ,since I was given a
picture of his wife Eliza Vance I knew there
had to be one out there somewhere. It sure was my lucky day when Herb Blankenship found my site and with the help of his brother Walter have send me many photo's . Needless to say I was overjoyed ,and especially so when I opened my E-Mail to find this most coveted picture of Soloman and Eliza .. |
Eliza Vance,Great Granddaughter of Abner
Vance,born abt.1759
| Abner WAS AN INDIAN SCOUT AND SPY ON THE
FRONTIER,WHO WAS WITH THE MEN WHO DROVE THE
MINGO INDIANS FROM THE GUYANDOTTE VALLEY
IN 1792.VANCE WAS AN EARLY PIONEER OF LOGAN
COUNTY.HIS GRANDDAUGHTER NANCY MARRIED EPHRAIM
HATFIELD (NANCY IS THE SISTER OF RICHARD
VANCE , THEIR MOTHER WAS ELIZABETH VANCE,SHE
WAS THE DAUGHTER OF ABNER ..ABNER SHOT AND
KILLED THE MAN THAT RUINED HER REPUTATION.AND
WAS HANGED FOR HIS DEATH ,RICHARD'S DAUGHTER,ELIZA
VANCE MARRIED SOLOMAN BLANKENSHIP,THESE WERE
THE PARENTS OF MY GRANDMOTHER PIETY BLANKENSHIP
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HERE IS ONE VERSION OF THE DEATH OF ABNER VANCE ,MANY STORIES HAVE BEEN TOLD,THIS IS ONLY ONE. ELIZABETH RAN OFF WITH A MAN NAMED DR. LEWIS HORTON.AFTER A FEW MONTHS LEWIS HORTON BROUGHT THE GIRL BACK AND DROPPED HER OFF AT ABNER'S HOME. ABNER AND HIS WIFE SUSANNAH PLEADED WITH MR. HORTON TO MARRY ELIZABETH, OF WHICH HE REFUSED. AS HORTON WAS RIDING AWAY. ABNER WENT INTO HIS HOUSE AND RETURNED WITH HIS GUN AND SHOT LEWIS HORTON ,WHICH RESULTED IN HIS DEATH.ABNER VANCE BECAME A FUGITIVE OF THE LAW, HE LEFT RUSSELL COUNTY RIGHT THEN, WHICH WAS SEPT. 17, 1817.HE SPENT THE NEXT TWO YEARS ALONG THE GUYANDOTTE AND TUG RIVER. IN 1819 HIS FAMILY CONVINCED HIM TO RETURN TO RUSSELL COUNTY TO STAND TRAIL FOR THE KILLING OF LEWIS HORTON !EVERY ONE IN THE AREA FELT THAT HE WOULD BE ACQUITTED OF THE KILLING. UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCE.WHEN HE RETURNED TO RUSSELL COUNTY HE WAS ARRESTED AND PUT IN JAIL WITHOUT BAIL.THE FIRST TRAIL Ended IN A HUNG JURY, SO THE TRAIL WAS MOVED TO ANOTHER COUNTY ,THE COUNTY WAS WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA. THE WASHINGTON COUNTY JURY FOUND HIM QUILTY OF THE MURDER OF LEWIS HORTON AND SENTENCED HIM TO HANG BY THE NECK UNTIL DEAD. THE CASE WAS TAKEN TO THE COURT OF APPEALS, BUT THE LOWER COURTS DECISION WAS UPHELD.A petition ION FOR THE RELEASE OF ABNER VANCE ,FOR MANY FELT THE SHOOTING OF LEWIS HORTON WAS JUSTIFIED WAS CIRCULATED, BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE GOVERNOR WOULD NOT INTERFERE, AND ON JULY 16, 1918 IN ABINGTON VIRGINIA ABNER VANCE WAS HANGED .THE STORY IS THAT SHORTLY AFTER THE HANGING A COURIER ARRIVED WITH A PARDON FROM THE GOVERNOR ,BUT NO PARDON RECORD HAS BEEN FOUND AND THERE IS NO RECORD OF IT .HIS WIFE SUSANNAH HOWARD VANCE LEFT RUSSELL COUNTY VIRGINIA AND WENT TO THE GUYANDOTTE,TUG, AND BIG SANDY RIVER VALLEYS TO LIVE .ELIZABETH HIS DAUGHTER WENT ON TO HAVE 7 CHILDREN, BUT NEVER MARRIED.THE FATHERS NAMES OF THESE CHILDREN ARE NOT KNOWN. ABNER VANCE IS ONE OF THE MOST LEGENDARY CHARACTERS IN LOGAN COUNTY HISTORY.HE WAS A REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA, AN INDIAN SCOUT, AND A SURVEYOR.NO PROOF OF HIS SERVICE IN THE MILITARY HAS BEEN FOUND.HE WAS ALSO A BAPTIST MINISTER.ABNER SPENT MANY YEARS TRAVELING THE COUNTRYSIDE SPREADING THE BAPTIST FAITH. HE LOVED TO SING THE EARLY MOUNTAIN BALLADS AND HYMNS. |
| Story of Elizabeth Vance |
| Story Of Elizabeth Vance Great-Great-grandmother of Pittie Blankenship,My Grandmother ELIZABETH FELL IN LOVE WITH A MAN THAT DID NOT HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS TOWARD HER ,HE RUINED HER REPUTATION.HER PARENTS ABNER VANCE AND SUSANNAH TRIED TO GET THE MAN TO MARRY HER ,BUT HE REFUSED .AFTER A BRIEF ARGUMENT HER FATHER ,ABNER SHOT AND KILLED THE MAN.HE WAS EXECUTED FOR THE DEATH OF DR. LEWIS HORTON .ELIZABETH NEVER MARRIED ..ALTHOUGHT ELIZABETH NEVER MARRIED SHE HAD 7 CHILDREN THEY ARE(1) MARY VANCE B. 1831 (2. NANCY A. VANCE B. 1813 ,(3) JAMES " BAD Jim " VANCE B. 1832, (4) RICHARD VANCE B. 1822 ,(5) ZEB VANCE, (6) PHOEBE VANCE . (7) SARAH VANCE B. 1815 .APPARENTLY THE HONOR OF ELIZABETH VANCE WAS WHAT EVENTUALLY LEAD TO THE HANGING OF HER FATHER ABNER VANCE ON 16-JULY-1819 |
| Elizabeth Vance is the Great Great Grandmother
of Piety Blankenship,Elizabeth's son ,Richard
Vance was Piety's Sloan's grandfather ,Richard's
daughter ,Eliza Vance was Piety's mother,eliza
Vance married Soloman Blankenship |
| Nancy Vance ,sister to Richard Vance Nancy A. VANCE b. 1813 |
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(3) Nancy A. VANCE (Elizabeth 2) (Abner 1) was born 1813. She married Ephraim "Big Eaf" HATFIELD 28-Aug-1828 in Pike Co. Ky. Children of Nancy A. VANCE and Ephraim "Big Eaf" HATFIELD: (4) William Anderson "Devil Anse" HATFIELD b. 1839. (4) Ellison HATFIELD b. 1841 (4) Valentine HATFIELD b. 1834 (4) Elizabeth HATFIELD b. 1836 (4) Martha Matilda HATFIELD b. 1838 (4) Elias HATFIELD b. 1845 (4) Emma HATFIELD b. 1847 (4) Biddy HATFIELD b. 1849 (4) Smith HATFIELD b. 1854 (4) Patterson HATFIELD b. 1854 ______________________________________________________________________________ |
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