A. C. Vance was the son of William Houston Vance, and Elizabeth (Campbell) VANCE.
His father/mother m. in TN in 1809, moved soon to Madison Co. AL where Wm. acquired land, and raised a family. By 1840, they had removed to Miss. Territory, where land was open from Chickasaw cessions.
In 1853, A.C. married a widow, Minerva (Sinclair) McNutt, in Lafayette Co. MS. She had 3 living McNutt children, one having died young. She and A.C. had four children: John F, b. 1854; Hester 1856; Laura A. 1859, and Archie Houston, 1861.
The Civil War began and he, with his Sinclair brothers-in-law, Anderson & Jefferson Sinclair, enlisted in the 22nd MS Inf., Co. K, Pegues Defenders, 1861. They trained at Iuka, in NE MS. Forces from both sides gathered near Corinth, MS where strategic railroads crossed, in preparation of battle. The Battle of Shiloh commenced Apr. 6, 1862, in which A.C. was engaged; his military record shows he died May 6, 1862, a month later. Some military records just show "Unaccounted for."
Surviving in his widow's trunk, was part of an old letter signed, Cornelia Warfield, of Columbia, TN, wife of Maj. Amos Warfield, CSA, describing the burial, and green plantings around it, and said, "if you should ever pass through Columbia you can visit his grave and not find it entirely neglected."
After we went there, and inquired further, it was discovered some graves were in back of the Warfield plantation house. Maj. Amos Warfield was a staunch southerner, as was his wife, Cornelia, who helped with sick soldiers and burials, per library books and sources in Columbia Library. It is possible he is bur. in that plot of old graves there. The discoverer said they were obviously old graves, covered with leaves, silt, etc, some having fallen down (small stones). Note: There is a Historical marker on the Hwy 31 in Columbia, TN for the "Beechlawn Plantation Home of Maj. Amos and Cornelia Warfield." (It is about a mile south of Columbia). The person who found the old graves which before was unknown to him, stated he did not see a "Vance" stone, but there were at least 20 graves, most of which were covered up. He suggested we come and search it ourselves to be sure. I believe he is probably there.
Minerva Vance, widow, applied for his back-pay in Mississippi, stating he d. May 6, 1862.
In the 1870's she and her Sinclair family moved to Arkansas, Grant Co., where she sold the land in MS. Then the family moved farther west to Yell Co. AR, her youngest son, A.H. Vance, 18y, living with her in 1880 AR census. (he was less than 2yrs when his father died). They settled around Red Oak, Latimer Co. OK, and her McNutt descendants said that she d. in 1896, the date from an old family Bible, which would agree with oral info that A. H., son, had lived with her until her death before he married...which was in Nov. 1899. Latimer Co. OK (or then it was Indian Territory.)
His father/mother m. in TN in 1809, moved soon to Madison Co. AL where Wm. acquired land, and raised a family. By 1840, they had removed to Miss. Territory, where land was open from Chickasaw cessions.
In 1853, A.C. married a widow, Minerva (Sinclair) McNutt, in Lafayette Co. MS. She had 3 living McNutt children, one having died young. She and A.C. had four children: John F, b. 1854; Hester 1856; Laura A. 1859, and Archie Houston, 1861.
The Civil War began and he, with his Sinclair brothers-in-law, Anderson & Jefferson Sinclair, enlisted in the 22nd MS Inf., Co. K, Pegues Defenders, 1861. They trained at Iuka, in NE MS. Forces from both sides gathered near Corinth, MS where strategic railroads crossed, in preparation of battle. The Battle of Shiloh commenced Apr. 6, 1862, in which A.C. was engaged; his military record shows he died May 6, 1862, a month later. Some military records just show "Unaccounted for."
Surviving in his widow's trunk, was part of an old letter signed, Cornelia Warfield, of Columbia, TN, wife of Maj. Amos Warfield, CSA, describing the burial, and green plantings around it, and said, "if you should ever pass through Columbia you can visit his grave and not find it entirely neglected."
After we went there, and inquired further, it was discovered some graves were in back of the Warfield plantation house. Maj. Amos Warfield was a staunch southerner, as was his wife, Cornelia, who helped with sick soldiers and burials, per library books and sources in Columbia Library. It is possible he is bur. in that plot of old graves there. The discoverer said they were obviously old graves, covered with leaves, silt, etc, some having fallen down (small stones). Note: There is a Historical marker on the Hwy 31 in Columbia, TN for the "Beechlawn Plantation Home of Maj. Amos and Cornelia Warfield." (It is about a mile south of Columbia). The person who found the old graves which before was unknown to him, stated he did not see a "Vance" stone, but there were at least 20 graves, most of which were covered up. He suggested we come and search it ourselves to be sure. I believe he is probably there.
Minerva Vance, widow, applied for his back-pay in Mississippi, stating he d. May 6, 1862.
In the 1870's she and her Sinclair family moved to Arkansas, Grant Co., where she sold the land in MS. Then the family moved farther west to Yell Co. AR, her youngest son, A.H. Vance, 18y, living with her in 1880 AR census. (he was less than 2yrs when his father died). They settled around Red Oak, Latimer Co. OK, and her McNutt descendants said that she d. in 1896, the date from an old family Bible, which would agree with oral info that A. H., son, had lived with her until her death before he married...which was in Nov. 1899. Latimer Co. OK (or then it was Indian Territory.)
A. C. Vance was the son of William Houston Vance, and Elizabeth (Campbell) VANCE.
His father/mother m. in TN in 1809, moved soon to Madison Co. AL where Wm. acquired land, and raised a family. By 1840, they had removed to Miss. Territory, where land was open from Chickasaw cessions.
In 1853, A.C. married a widow, Minerva (Sinclair) McNutt, in Lafayette Co. MS. She had 3 living McNutt children, one having died young. She and A.C. had four children: John F, b. 1854; Hester 1856; Laura A. 1859, and Archie Houston, 1861.
The Civil War began and he, with his Sinclair brothers-in-law, Anderson & Jefferson Sinclair, enlisted in the 22nd MS Inf., Co. K, Pegues Defenders, 1861. They trained at Iuka, in NE MS. Forces from both sides gathered near Corinth, MS where strategic railroads crossed, in preparation of battle. The Battle of Shiloh commenced Apr. 6, 1862, in which A.C. was engaged; his military record shows he died May 6, 1862, a month later. Some military records just show "Unaccounted for."
Surviving in his widow's trunk, was part of an old letter signed, Cornelia Warfield, of Columbia, TN, wife of Maj. Amos Warfield, CSA, describing the burial, and green plantings around it, and said, "if you should ever pass through Columbia you can visit his grave and not find it entirely neglected."
After we went there, and inquired further, it was discovered some graves were in back of the Warfield plantation house. Maj. Amos Warfield was a staunch southerner, as was his wife, Cornelia, who helped with sick soldiers and burials, per library books and sources in Columbia Library. It is possible he is bur. in that plot of old graves there. The discoverer said they were obviously old graves, covered with leaves, silt, etc, some having fallen down (small stones). Note: There is a Historical marker on the Hwy 31 in Columbia, TN for the "Beechlawn Plantation Home of Maj. Amos and Cornelia Warfield." (It is about a mile south of Columbia). The person who found the old graves which before was unknown to him, stated he did not see a "Vance" stone, but there were at least 20 graves, most of which were covered up. He suggested we come and search it ourselves to be sure. I believe he is probably there.
Minerva Vance, widow, applied for his back-pay in Mississippi, stating he d. May 6, 1862.
In the 1870's she and her Sinclair family moved to Arkansas, Grant Co., where she sold the land in MS. Then the family moved farther west to Yell Co. AR, her youngest son, A.H. Vance, 18y, living with her in 1880 AR census. (he was less than 2yrs when his father died). They settled around Red Oak, Latimer Co. OK, and her McNutt descendants said that she d. in 1896, the date from an old family Bible, which would agree with oral info that A. H., son, had lived with her until her death before he married...which was in Nov. 1899. Latimer Co. OK (or then it was Indian Territory.)
His father/mother m. in TN in 1809, moved soon to Madison Co. AL where Wm. acquired land, and raised a family. By 1840, they had removed to Miss. Territory, where land was open from Chickasaw cessions.
In 1853, A.C. married a widow, Minerva (Sinclair) McNutt, in Lafayette Co. MS. She had 3 living McNutt children, one having died young. She and A.C. had four children: John F, b. 1854; Hester 1856; Laura A. 1859, and Archie Houston, 1861.
The Civil War began and he, with his Sinclair brothers-in-law, Anderson & Jefferson Sinclair, enlisted in the 22nd MS Inf., Co. K, Pegues Defenders, 1861. They trained at Iuka, in NE MS. Forces from both sides gathered near Corinth, MS where strategic railroads crossed, in preparation of battle. The Battle of Shiloh commenced Apr. 6, 1862, in which A.C. was engaged; his military record shows he died May 6, 1862, a month later. Some military records just show "Unaccounted for."
Surviving in his widow's trunk, was part of an old letter signed, Cornelia Warfield, of Columbia, TN, wife of Maj. Amos Warfield, CSA, describing the burial, and green plantings around it, and said, "if you should ever pass through Columbia you can visit his grave and not find it entirely neglected."
After we went there, and inquired further, it was discovered some graves were in back of the Warfield plantation house. Maj. Amos Warfield was a staunch southerner, as was his wife, Cornelia, who helped with sick soldiers and burials, per library books and sources in Columbia Library. It is possible he is bur. in that plot of old graves there. The discoverer said they were obviously old graves, covered with leaves, silt, etc, some having fallen down (small stones). Note: There is a Historical marker on the Hwy 31 in Columbia, TN for the "Beechlawn Plantation Home of Maj. Amos and Cornelia Warfield." (It is about a mile south of Columbia). The person who found the old graves which before was unknown to him, stated he did not see a "Vance" stone, but there were at least 20 graves, most of which were covered up. He suggested we come and search it ourselves to be sure. I believe he is probably there.
Minerva Vance, widow, applied for his back-pay in Mississippi, stating he d. May 6, 1862.
In the 1870's she and her Sinclair family moved to Arkansas, Grant Co., where she sold the land in MS. Then the family moved farther west to Yell Co. AR, her youngest son, A.H. Vance, 18y, living with her in 1880 AR census. (he was less than 2yrs when his father died). They settled around Red Oak, Latimer Co. OK, and her McNutt descendants said that she d. in 1896, the date from an old family Bible, which would agree with oral info that A. H., son, had lived with her until her death before he married...which was in Nov. 1899. Latimer Co. OK (or then it was Indian Territory.)
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