This website is a part of the Genealogy Trails History Group.  Contributors submit information to the Trails family for the public to research their ancestral heritage, free of charge.  If you have a contribution for Vance County genealogy, please contact Tina Oneyear for submission.  All contributors will receive credit for their submissions.

Hello and welcome.  My name is Tina Oneyear and I am the coordinator for the Vance County, North Carolina Genealogy Trails website.  I am very happy to submit all information that I can, so that you can use it for free.  I've been working genealogy for years and I know that it can be costly, whether you travel to the area of research or you pay for someone to look up the records for you.  I am here to help you out.  In return, you can help me out, to let us use your data that you have accumulated.  I will state the credit that you deserve in the data that you submit to this site.

I thank you for your help and support, as you have mine on this website.  Even if you do not have something to contribute, please feel free to use any of the transcriptions for your own use.  In any case, I would love to hear if this site has helped you in any way.

Happy researching,

Tina

A Piece Of Vance County History

Vance County was formed out of three other counties of northern North Carolina because of political reasons.  Warren County was mainly Republican and predominately African-American. Granville and Franklin Counties were split votes for Republicans and Democrats.  The state legislature formed Vance County after Zebulon Vance, former favorite governor, in 1881, to help with the Democratic votes.  

Vance County owns about one third of the man-made Kerr Lake.  The lake is a big revenue for the County as in tourism and fishing tournaments.  Kerr Lake, pronounced 'car', was formed out of  farm and plantation lands from 1946 thru 1953.

Populated Places of Vance County:
Adcock Crossroads, Bear Pond, Bobbitt, Brookston, Bullocksville, Cokesbury, Dabney, Drewry, Epsom, Faulkner Crossroads, Flat Rock, Floytan Crossroads, Gill, Gillburg, Greystone, Hargrove Estates, Harris Crossroads, 
Henderson - County Seat
Hicks Crossroads, Island Creek Estates, Jacksontown, Kelly's Crossroads, Kittrell, Knotts Crossroads, Middleburg, Townsville, Tungsten, Watkins, Weldons Mill, Williamsboro, Woodworth

Townships of Census
Dabney, Henderson, Kittrell, Middleburg, Sandy Creek, Townsville, Watkins, Williamsboro

H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library
205 Breckenridge St.
Henderson, NC  27537
252-438-3316
http://www.perrylibrary.org

 Vance County of Courts
156 Church St
Henderson, NC 27536

Vance County Historical Society
P.O. Box 1533
Henderson, NC 27536

North Carolina Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 1492
Raleigh, NC 27602-1492
http://www.ncgenealogy.org/

Surrounding Counties:

Granville - west
Warren - east
Franklin - south
State of Virginia - north

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