The Vance-Howell Family

Children:

1. Thomas Vance
   b. abt 1846
   
   

2. James C. Vance (m. Mary Permelia Joiner)
   b. abt 1848
   
   

3. Joseph W. Vance (m. Zilpha Azalene Blaylock)
   b. abt Dec 1849
   d. 20 Feb 1881, Montgomery Co, MS
   
   

4. Rhoda Elizabeth "Betty" Vance (m. Alexander Washington Blaylock)
   b. abt 1854
   d. bef. 1879, Montgomery Co, MS
   
   

5. William McKnight Vance
   b. abt 1855
   
   

6. Hugh H. Cairo Vance (m. Ida L. Rodgers, daughter of Allen Rodgers & Nancy Abigail Chatham)
   b. abt 1857-1858
   d. 1 Jan 1900, Montgomery Co, MS
   
   

7. Mary C. Vance
   b. abt 1859

Chronological Timeline:

The 1850 federal census shows Hiram Howell residing in District 2 of Tippah County, Mississippi. The household was enumerated on 30 Oct 1850 and consisted of the following:

Hyram Howel 60 Male Farmer $310 [real estate] South Carolina
Rachael 66 Female Georgia
Joel Howel 22 Male Farmer Alabama
Martha Slawter 13 Female Tennessee Attended School Within Year

Two households below appears Hiram Howell and Rachael Young's daughter Temperance (Howell) Vance:

George Vance 24 Male Farmer $300 [real estate] Tennessee
Tempa 29 Female Alabama
Thomas 4 Male Mississippi
James 2 Male Mississippi
Joseph 10/12 Male Mississippi

The 1850 federal slave schedule, enumerated on 31 Oct 1850, shows Hiram Howel owning two slaves:

21 Female Black
4 Male Black

NOTE: The female slave aged 21 years (born about 1829) aligns with the previous estimated date of birth 1816-1830 from the 1840 federal census. The four year old boy is likely her child. Martha Slawter would be Martha Slaughter, their granddaughter through their daughter Bathsheba (Howell) Slaughter.

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6SK3-3JF
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XXX6-73

The 1855 and 1856 county tax rolls for Carroll County, Mississippi, each shows G. W. Vance or Geo. Vance being taxed on one clock and 1 free white poll.

SOURCE [1855]: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R32-S3XR
SOURCE [1856]: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R32-S4PG

On 4 Mar 1858 in Sumner County, Tennessee, the heirs and children of the late Philip Vance (Martin Stewart and wife Mary, M. M. Murchison and wife Rhoda, Thomas Vance and Catherine Vance) sold their share of the estate to S. B. Tinsly for $1,056. The property was described as being 52 3/4 acres, part of a 66 acre tract of land willed by the late Philip Vance to his children. It states "George Vance's interest in said land is not sold by us," which likely reflects the remaining 13 1/4 acres of land.

NOTE: When was George Vance's share of the land sold? He died around this time.

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C39N-3S3L-W

The 1860 federal census has Temperance Vance enumerated on 23 Aug 1860 in the 5th Police District of Carroll County, Mississippi. The household immediately below hers was that of Jerry [Jeremiah] Howell; their households consisted of the following:

Temperance Vance 35 F W House Keeper MS
Thomas 13 M W MS
James 12 M W MS
Joe 8 M W MS
Elizabeth 6 F W MS
William 5 M W MS
Cairo 3 M W MS
Mary 2 F W MS

Jerry Howell 52 M W Farmer $2800 real estate $10,500 personal estate TN
Luvenia 51 M W GA
Jephtha 24 M W MS
John 22 M W MS
Rachel 20 F W MS
Percilla 16 F W MS
Louis 11 M W MS

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BS3-GNQ

On 20 Jul 1868 in Carroll County, Mississippi, Mrs. Temperance Vance was granted letters of guardianship over her own children and heirs of the late George Vance: "James, Joseph, Hugh, Rachel, William and Mary Vance." The securities for the $450 bond were J[eremiah] Howel and W. A. Ray.

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QC-HQ3M