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William Irvan Durrance or Durance |
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Parents : William Carter & Peggy Durrance |
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Born: between 1822-1825 |
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Died: Buried |
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Married: Louvina
Prescott in SC |
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Born: about 1820 |
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Died: Buried |
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Children: Eliza,
Jane, Nancy, Rachel, George, Kezirah |
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LAVINA DURRANCE, of San Mateo, whose homesite had been recently vacated by the Indians endured many hardships in her life, among them sleeping under the wagon until her husband, William could cut enough logs to put together a log cabin for shelter, he later built them a nicer home for the family's comfort. The Durrances came to our county about 1854 from
the neighboring William Durrance returned on furlough and had just disembarked at the river when he noticed a yankee sympathizer, he tried to hide from him and hoped that he had not been noticed. After returning home to Lavina, he explained what had happened, and decided to hide out just to be safe. Of course, the northern sympathizer saw and recognized him, and sent the northern troops after him. Lavina would not disclose his whereabouts until they took George and told her if she didn't they would take the boy. She nodded towards the area where William was hiding out, and he was captured and sent to a northern prison. After the war, William would not return to his family, he never forgave Lavina and resided with the Yelvingtons . Supposedly Lavina was aiding the northern troops
while they were in San Mateo, feeding them and, caring for them, when they
started to leave they destroyed crops and took livestock. During the Civil
War, George Durrance, aged 12 and Mateo Solano were
commandeered by the norther troops to drive
confiscated cattle to |
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According to the 1880 Census of Putnam County Lavina and William were living together with their Daughters |
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Contact :Tim Ladd [email protected] Hi, I've been meaning to get back to you. There are a few
mistakes and over-simplifications you have concerning William
Durance: the spelling of his last name on his tombstone is Durance with
one r. I find most of his records spelled the same way. His children and
wife, however, spelled the last name with two r's
on their tombstones. He had six children but you only list five. In order of
birth they were: Eliza, later known as Aunt Sis, George, Jane, Kezirah, Nancy, Rachel. Although he did have a
falling-out with Lavina, he continued to support
his family and came by often to be with his children. I believe he resided
with the Yelvingtons for convenience but mostly to
help tend Gideon Yelvington's sizable herd of livestock.
So the "Lavina-split" had a practical
side. It is interesting to note that his wife, regardless of any
fallout, was buried on William's left side in the Yelvington
village cemetery when she died eight years after him. His daughter Rachel
died trying to birth a baby boy. They are both buried on William's right
side. Jane is buried on her mother's left side. Kezirah
and Eliza are both buried in Hillcrest cemetery in |