{"id":382,"date":"2017-02-11T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-11T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=859"},"modified":"2022-05-20T15:32:42","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T19:32:42","slug":"the-stories-of-abner-vance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=382","title":{"rendered":"The Stories of Abner Vance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in early 1800\u2019s Abingdon, Virginia, lived a Baptist minister named Abner Vance, who had a daughter named Betty. Betty was done wrong romantically by a local doctor, and Vance took a shot at him, accidentally killing the doctor\u2019s brother. <\/p>\n<p>Today we tell what happened to Mr. Vance, along with why he is more important to Appalachian history than you might think.<\/p>\n<p>You can subscribe to the Stories podcast at Apple Podcasts, Audacy, Stitcher, Spotify, RadioPublic, IHeart Radio, TuneIn, or on your favorite podcast app.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1623\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-382-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746859\/download.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746859\/download.mp3\">https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746859\/download.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746859\/download.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?powerpress_pinw=382-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746859\/download.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"download.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in early 1800\u2019s Abingdon, Virginia, lived a Baptist minister named Abner Vance, who had a daughter named Betty. Betty was done wrong romantically by a local doctor, and Vance took a shot at him, accidentally killing the doctor\u2019s brother. 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