Draft:Abner Vance
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Abner Vance (-Jul 1818)
He was hung for killing Horton.{{Sfn|Swain|1927|p=75}}
He was the grandfather to Devil Anse’s mom and Jim Vance.{{Sfn|Waller|2012|p=20}}
After his death a folk song was made about him.{{cite web |title=The Vance Song by Abner Vance |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H02IGi2KBis&ab_channel=BellaVance |date=21 April 2011}}
He was an Indian fighter and saved men from Indian attacks.{{Sfn|Swain|1927|p=21-23}}(Source says more, just throwing stuff in here. Currently editing on phone.)
Life
He was born in North Carolina.{{Sfn|Swain|1927|p=75}}
After he served in the American Revolutionary War he moved to Russell County, Virginia where he married Miss Susannah Howard. They produced eight children.{{Sfn|Swain|1927|p=75}}
In 1792, he pushed Mingo people out of Guyandotte river.{{Sfn|Hatfield|1974|p=18}}
Murder
Trial
Execution
He was executed on July 16, 1818 in Washington County, Virginia.{{Cite book |last=Hearn |first=Daniel Allen |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Legal_Executions_in_Delaware_the_Distric/9kgjCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=abner+vance&pg=PA201&printsec=frontcover |title=Legal Executions in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia: A Comprehensive Registry, 1866-1962 |date=2015-07-13 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-9540-5 |pages=201 |language=en}}
Aftermath
After Vance's execution
Vance song (pending title)
A song called Vance Song has been sung about the murder.{{Cite book |last=Cohen |first=Norman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0xbOEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA188&dq=Abner+Vance&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiiz6LCs6aNAxUClYkEHRVIHxI4ChDoAXoECAsQAw#v=onepage&q=Abner%20Vance&f=false |title=American Folk Songs: A Regional Encyclopedia [2 volumes] |date=2008-09-30 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-0-313-08810-0 |pages=187-189 |language=en}}(The book says more about this)
Stuff
In June 1818, Abner applied for a coram nobis.
The application was approved.
A new trial was awarded.{{Cite book |last=Appeals |first=Virginia Supreme Court of |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Cases_Decided_in_the_Supreme_Court_of_Ap/n5UtAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=abner+vance&pg=PA131&printsec=frontcover |title=Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia |date=1826 |publisher=Department of Purchase and Supply |language=en}}{{Rp|pages=132-133}} (Havent added everything in this book yet.)
References
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= Bibliography =
- {{Cite book |last=Hatfield |first=George Elliott |url=https://archive.org/search?query=external-identifier%3A%22urn%3Alcp%3Ahatfields0000elli%3Aepub%3A6c835d8d-2110-4bfe-afcc-fbfd09691b76%22 |title=The Hatfields |publisher=Big Sandy Valley Historical Society |year=1974 |archive-url=urn:lcp:hatfields0000elli:lcpdf:0d22f3f0-2f3f-493b-88e3-e0408127e452 |archive-date=2022-07-15}}
- {{Cite book |last=Sellards |first=Harry Leon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vqJRAAAAMAAJ |title=Hatfield Family History |year=1995|publisher=H.L. Sellards, Jr. }}
- {{Cite book |last=Sellards |first=Harry Leon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QqFRAAAAMAAJ |title=Hatfield and Phillips Families of Eastern Kentucky and Southwestern West Virginia |date=1993|publisher=H.L. Sellards, Jr. }}
- {{Cite book |last=Rice |first=Otis K. |author-link=Otis K. Rice |title=The Hatfields and the McCoys |date=December 31, 1982 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=9780813114590}}
- {{cite book |last=Waller |first=Altina L. |title=Feud: Hatfields, McCoys, and Social Change in Appalachia, 1860–1900 |publisher=University of North Carolina Press |year=2012 |isbn=9781469609713 |location=Chapel Hill}}
- {{Cite book |last=King |first=Dean |author-link=Dean King |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9IO8J2m3S2wC |title=The Feud:The Hatfields and McCoys: The True Story |date=May 14, 2013 |publisher=Little, Brown |isbn=9780316224789}}
- {{Cite book |last=Alther |first=Lisa |author-link=Lisa Alther |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rV1BBAAAQBAJ |title=Blood Feud:The Hatfields and the McCoys: The Epic Story of Murder and Vengeance |date=February 5, 2013 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0762779185}}
- {{Cite book |last=Johnston |first=David |author-link=David Emmons Johnston |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HT4VAAAAYAAJ&q=Hatfield&pg=PA62 |title=A History of Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous Territory |orig-year=1906 |publisher=Standard Ptg. & Publishing Company |isbn=9781789875317}}
- {{Cite book |last=Swain |first=George |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xDYTAAAAYAAJ&dq=Abner+Vance+history&pg=PA75 |title=History of Logan County, West Virginia |year=1927 |publisher=G. T. Swain |isbn=9780598483393}}
External links
- {{cite web |title=Abner Vance (1760-1819) - Find a Grave Memorial |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91114519/abner-vance |website=www.findagrave.com |language=en}}
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