(Photo of the Clinch River, near Abingdon, VA, where Abner Vance was hanged.) I. The Things That Aren’t True Let me tell you a story. It's a story of betrayal and revenge, a tragedy that claimed the lives of two men and destroyed the lives of many others. I am going to tell you the legend of Abner Vance, which begins in 1817 near Abingdon, Virginia.
Interested to learn of the mother and father of Abner Vance, and children of.