On May 13, 1830, Zebulon Baird Vance was born in the Reems Creek area of Buncombe County. Raised in Asheville, Vance studied at the University of North Carolina.
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Gov. McCrory and Sec. Kluttz with Buncombe County Commissioners David King and Joe Belcher and state Rep. Michele Presnell