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a, (now sue Virginia) In 1810, a wealthy farmer named Lewis Hor-
ton seduced Vance's youngest Aiea and when her pregnancy became
known, Vance went to Horton and asked him to marry the ‘gitle Horton
not only refused, he did so in very insulting terms. the enraged
minister shot and killed him on the spot. He then fled the country
and evaded capture for several years. After a one hurdred dollar
reward was posted for his capture, he had his own son turn him in so
that his family might refeive the reward, At his trial, Vance felt
certain of an acauittal because several years earlier he had been a
member of the perae jury that had tried the son of one of his own
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jur ors for murder. Vance's vote had hanged the jury, a mistrial was
lech edit and the youhg man was acauitted at his trial. Vance felt
i at the boy's father Me return the favor and hold out for his
own acquittal, but he was > di.sa ppointed as he was convicted and sen-
tenced to hang. He wrote a SXXXAHA ballad about his crime which he
sang from the gallows and then he preachedhis own sermon prior to
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