Re: JESSE & JANE NEWSOM(E)VANCE B:1895,KY
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In reply to:
JESSE & JANE NEWSOM(E)VANCE B:1895,KY
4/12/00
THANKS ONE AND ALL,, I HAVE MY INFORMATION.
MY GRANDFATHER: JESSE JAMES VANCE HIS MOTHER WAS KATE TURNER VANCE-SHE WAS MARRIED TO JOHN WESLEY VANCE BUT JOHN W. VANCE DIED AFTER HAVING TWO SONS BY KATE-KATE THEN HAD 7 MORE CHILDREN FATHERED BY JASPER N. BROWN-STORY GOS THEY DID NOT MARRIED UNTIL SOMETIME AFTER THE LAST CHILD WAS BORN, SO ALL THESE CHILDREN WERE GIVEN KATES' MARRIED NAME AT THE TIME, WHICH WAS "VANCE". THEN KATE AND JASPER DIVORICED OR WENT THEIR OWN WAY AFTER ABOUT A YEAR(NOT SURE HERE)BUT, I DO NOT KNOW WHY THE CHILDREN DID NOT CHANGE THEIR NAME TO BROWN, PROBABLY SOME OF THEM WERE ALREADY USED TO USING "VANCE" AND WERE IN SCHOOL. MANY REASONS COULD BE THOUGHT OF.
SOME SAY JASPER WAS A BAD PERSON WITH THE LAW AFTER HIM, BUT NO PROOF. SO SOME OF US "VANCES'" OUT THERE ARE REALLY "BROWNS'" BY BLOOD.