Vance Cemetery is a cemetery at the end of Vance Cemetery Road in

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. The cemetery opened in 1813 when the namesake David Vance, Sr. was buried.Jesse Marcel Wilinski,''David Vance Sr.'', February 9, 2008. His will stated that he was to be buried above his peach orchard. David Vance, Sr. was the grandfather of

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. The cemetery is still functioning today. There are a large number of children buried in the cemetery, victims of the

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{{Reflist Cemeteries in North Carolina Cemeteries established in the 1810s 1813 establishments in the United States Buildings and structures in Buncombe County, North Carolina