Sampson County NcArchives Biographies.....Vann, Daniel And Miriam Lee ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kitty B. Hoffman lollygagkitty@gmail.com November 15, 2021, 1:08 pm Source: Personal information Author: Self Family of Daniel Lee Vann and Miriam Lee Lee of Sampson, NC Daniel Lee Vann, s/o Thomas and Judith Vann was b. in 1815, Sampson, NC. He was b. in Sampson, NC in 1815 and died 14 Jun 1875, Sampson, NC [FAG ID: # 74125179] Daniel married Miriam Lee Lee, 5 Oct 1863, in New Hanover, NC [Marriage Bond #: 89003 issued: 30 Sept 1863; Marriage Date: 15 Oct 1863, New Hanover County, NC; md. by Lewis Highsmith, JP; Wit: Sam; R. Bunting]. Miriam Lee Lee was d/o Jesse Lee (1782-1870) and Dorcas Miriam Highsmith (1793-1881). Miriam was b. 9 Oct 1832, NC; d. 12 Aug 1899 (age 66). Burial was in the Vann Family Cemetery, Delway, Sampson, NC. [FAG ID: # 74125380] The 1860 Fed Census- So, District, Sampson Co., NC; Taylors Bridge, Sampson, NC listed: (Relationships not stated) Head: Daniel Vann, age 48, b. 1812 James T. Vann, age 6, b. 1854 Charity Vann, age 50 Thomas Rackley, age 21, a hireling. The 1870 Fed. Census - Lisbon TWP, Sampson, NC; Post Office: Clinton, Lists the following household members: (relationships not stated Head: Daniel Vann, age 55, b. 1815, NC Mariam Vann, age 36, b. 1834, NC Laura Vann, age 3, b. 1867, NC James Vann, age 16, b. 1854, NC George Moore, age 22, b. 1848, NC; works on farm Sister: Charity Vann, age 67, b. 1803, NC Black Female: Celey Spearman, age 16, b. 1844, NC It maybe, given his age (42 yrs.) at James's birth that Daniel Vann was married prior to his marriage to Miriam Lee Lee and has son, James Thomas Vann. Charity Vann, Daniel's spinster sister, also resided with him, but no indication has been found that she could have been the mother of James T. Vann. Children of Daniel Lee Vann and Miriam Lee (Lee) Vann Five children have been identified though Census records for Daniel and Miriam (Lee) Vann (1.) JAMES THOMAS VANN James Thomas Vann, b. 15 May 1854, Sampson, NC; d. 30 Jun 1912, Duplin, NC; FAG ID: # 74125179; md: Kizzie Jane Balkcum, b. 17 Dec 1860, Sampson, NC; d. 1 Mar 1931, Nash, NC; Burial: Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe, NC. Sec. 24: FAG #: 91378823; Parents: John Balkcum (1816-1898) & Molcey Lee Balkcum (1820-1889) Siblings: Annie Eliza (Balkcum) Sellars; Mary Susan (Balkcum) Carter; John Albert Balkcum; William Francis Balkcum; Mosley Alice Balkcum Issue: (1.) Hattie Jane Vann, b. 28 Oct 1885, Sampson, NC; d. 30 May 1952, Nash; FAG: # 91380837; md: 26 Nov 1905, Duplin, NC, John Reddick Parker, s/o David Frank Parker & Susan Caroline Morris; b. 6 Jul 1884, Duplin, NC; d. 30 Nov 1944, Nash, NC; FAG: #111371954 (2.) Hanson Avery Vann, b. 1 Oct 1887, Sampson, NC; d. 3 May 1925, Nash, NC; FAG #: 111763725; Never Married; (3.) Oscar Claudious Vann, b. 29 Oct 1889, Sampson, NC; d. 17 Mar 1948, Sampson, NC; FAG #: 91380946; md: Daisy Bell Morris, d/o Benjamin Barton Morris & Minnie Carroll; b. 7 Jan 1891, Duplin, NC; d. 5 Apr 1971, Edgecombe, NC; FAG #: 91381037 (4.) Walter Albert Vann, b. 25 May 1895, NC; d. 15 Jul 1930, Edgecombe, NC; FAG #: 91378646; md: Thelma Annette Bass, d/o Ephraim Bass & Antoinette Lamm; b. 11 Feb 1903, NC; d. 7 Apr 1995, Nash, NC; FAG #: 91378588. (2) LAURA VANN Laura Vann, b. 1867. [Note: a Laura V. Vann is buried in the Vann Family Cemetery, Delway, Sampson, NC; No dates or bio age given. FAG ID: # 74125234. (3) DANIEL LEE VANN, JR. Daniel Lee, Vann, Jr was b. 7 July 1871, Sampson, NC; d. 2 Feb 1952, Franklin, Sampson, NC; FAG ID: # 59275934. Daniel, Jr md. Margie Missouri Fellows, d/o John Fellows (1858-1929) & Julia Ann Hall; b. 8 Jan 1882, NC; d 15 May 1968, Harrells, Sampson Co., NC; FAG # 592-75946; Siblings: Oscar Fellows, b. 1880; Grover C. Fellows (1884-1906); John Benjamin Fellows (1893-1906) Issue: 1. Laura Lee Vann, b. 13 Dec 1907, Sampson, NC; d. 16 Nov 2003, Clinton, NC; FAG: #: 153195683; md: William Olen Horrell, s/o M. C. & Maggie Horrell; b. 22 Nov 1905, Bladen, NC: d. 9 Dec 1972, New Hanover, NC; FAG: #: 59269207 2. Annie Miriam Vann, b. 19 Apr 1910, Harrells, Sampson, NC: d. 27 Nov 2004, NC; FAG: # 144919016; md: Ernest Ray Brownie, s/o Albert Cicero Brownie & Mary Etta Turner; b. 24 Aug 1901, NC; d. 25 Nov 1972, New Hanover, NC; FAG: # 100912510. 3. Ruby Elizabeth Vann, b. 7 Feb 1917, Sampson, NC; d. 7 Jul 1975, Wilmington, NC; FAG: # 59275503 1917; md: Giles R. Pope, s/o William. (4.) DAVID VANN, B. 1871 (5) LELA E. VANN Lela E. Vann, b. 4 Sept 1871, Lisbon, Sampson, NC; d. 26 Apr 1962, Clinton, NC; [NC Death Certificate: # 12903: Lela Vann Bullard, widowed; b. 4 Sept 1874; d. Clinton, Sampson, NC on 26 Sep 1962: COD: Arteriosclerosis -Congestive Heart Failure; Father: Daniel L Vann; Mother: Miriam Lee; Informant: Franklin Bullard, Rt. 1, Rose Hill, NC. Burial: Bullard Family Cemetery, Rose Hill, NC.]; FAG ID: #7412534 Lela D. Vann, md: 23 Dec 1902, Sampson Co., NC, to Lewis Walter Bullard; s/o John Bullard (1833-1879) & Zilpha Anne Highsmith (1834-1880); b. 24 Jan 1864; McDaniel's, Sampson, NC; d. 11 Mar 1936 (age 72). FAG ID:# 74125036 Bullard Siblings: Marcus M. Bullard (1856-1916); Virginia Bullard (1857-); John Bullard (1859-1870); Irene Bullard (1861-); Thomas Bullard (1868-19260; Ann Cora Bullard (1870-1924); Hettie Caroline Bullard (1872-1920) Issue with Lela E. Van: Daniel Franklin Bullard (1906- 1975) FAG ID: # 74124728; md. 1956, Katie Woodall (1920-1992); d/o William Merritt Woodall (1882-1953) & Bethany Lee (1879-1950) Lewis Walter Bullard had evidently been married prior to his marriage with Lela Vann based on the ages of his children as shown below. Marriage: Lewis Walter Bullard (1864-1936) & Ella Johnson 1859-1899), d/o Robert Calvin Johnson (1826-1884) Issue of Lewis Walter & Ella (Johnson) Bullard: (1.) John Robert Bullard (1895-1976 ) FAG ID: # 125448940; md: Clyda Corrin Carter (1891-1981); d/o Robert Tate Carter (1859-1901) and Laura Ann Merritt (1863-1933) (2). Ella E Bullard (b. 12 Sept 1979, Sampson, NC; d. 22 Nov 1979-1979, Sampson, NC File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/sampson/bios/vann63nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 6.7 Kb