Vance, Samuel C., -1830

Samuel C. Vance (d. 1830), a U.S. Army officer in the Northwest Territory, was deputy paymaster at Fort Washington, near Cincinnati (1791-1802). From 1803-1830 he was a merchant and land speculator at Lawrenceburg (Dearborn County, Ind.). Lawrence M. Vance operated a general merchandise store in Indianapolis and was a contractor for the construction of the Lawrenceburg and Upper Mississippi Railroad and other railroad lines. His sons were: Harvey, George, Samuel, and Laddie. Harvey Vance was an officer at the headquarters of the 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee from 1862-1864. George Vance was a sailor on the U.S.S. Peosta in 1863. Samuel and Laddie Vance attended Wabash College. Samuel was also a major in the 70th Indiana Infantry Regiment from 1861-1863.

A native of Pennsylvania, Vance was a surveyor, land speculator, and soldier. He laid out the town of Lawrenceburg, Ind., and served as the Dearborn County (Ind.) clerk, register of the U.S. Land Office at Fort Wayne, and a director of the Indiana Canal Company.