Vance, Zebulon Baird. 13 May 1830–14 Apr. 1894. Zebulon Baird Vance, Confederate soldier, governor of North Carolina, congressman, and U.S. senator, was the third child and second son of David and Mira Baird Vance. He was born in the old homestead in Buncombe County, on Reems Creek, about twelve miles north of Asheville.
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On February 16, 1907, the town was officially recognized as Zebulon, North Carolina. The town was named after Zebulon Baird Vance, the Governor of North Carolina during the American Civil War. The first election was held in May 1907, and the first elected mayor was Thomas J. Horton.
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On May 13, 1830 Zebulon Baird Vance was born in the house built by his grandfather, David Vance I, in 1795 on Reems Creek north of Asheville.
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Update from N.C. Government & Heritage Library staff: Zebulon Vance and his first wife, Hattie, actually had 5 sons. The eldest, Robert Espy Vance (b. 1854 d.1855) died as a baby. He is often left out of biographies but is mentioned in letters between Zebulon and Hattie and in their family bible. This update was provided by staff at the Vance Birthplace historic site (North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources).
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Zebulon Baird Vance-Harriette N. Espy Vance Letters, 1851-1878. State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, USA. Zebulon Baird Vance Papers, Southern Historical Collection, Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Zebulon is home to four public schools: Wakelon Elementary School, Zebulon Elementary School, and Zebulon Middle School. High school students attend nearby East Wake High School in Wendell. There is one charter school, East Wake Academy, and one private school, Heritage Christian Academy.
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Zebulon is the easternmost town in Wake County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,433 at the 2010 census. Zebulon is part of the Research Triangle metropolitan region. Five County Stadium, home to the Carolina Mudcats minor league baseball team, is located in the town.
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Vance, Zebulon Baird. by John G. Barrett, 1996. See also: Zebulon Baird Vance, Research Branch, NC Office of Archives and History. Zebulon Baird Vance, Confederate soldier, governor of North Carolina, congressman, and U.S. senator, was the third child and second son of David and Mira Baird Vance.
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Zebulon Vance and his first wife, Hattie, actually had 5 sons. The eldest, Robert Espy Vance (b. 1854 d.1855) died as a baby. He is often left out of biographies but is mentioned in letters between Zebulon and Hattie and in their family bible.
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In 1825 he married Mira Margaret Baird, daughter of Zebulon Baird, at their Beaverdam home. David and Mira Vance lived at the Vance homeplace on Reems Creek with his mother, Priscilla Brank Vance, until her death in 1837, when they bought a stockstand and inn on the Buncombe Turnpike near what is now Marshall.
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Zebulon Vance is the Governor of North Carolina during the American Civil War.