Vance Cemetery is a cemetery at the end of Vance Cemetery Road in Weaverville, North Carolina

Weaverville, North Carolina

Weaverville is a town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,646 in 2007. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Weaverville is located at ....

. The cemetery opened in 1813 when the namesake David Vance, Sr. was buried. His will stated that he was to be buried above his peach orchard. David Vance, Sr. was the grandfather of Zebulon Baird Vance

Zebulon Baird Vance

Zebulon Baird Vance was a Confederate military officer in the American Civil War, the 37th and 43rd Governor of North Carolina, and U.S. Senator...

, the Civil War

American Civil War

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 Governor

Governor

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 of North Carolina

North Carolina

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

Spanish flu

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