County History: VanceRegion: Piedmont Quick Facts County seat: Henderson, NCPopulation: ~44,535 (2019 estimate)Vance county website People and Biographies Notable individuals from nursing history. Mary Lewis Wyche (1858-1936): The "Florence Nightingale" of North Carolina, Wyche was born in Vance County. Resources Additional resources for further research. Health Care Institutions Jubilee Hospital Articles and Publications Vann, A. (2000). Vance County. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishers. This book has some photographs of African American nurses in Vance County. Newspaper Clippings 1907, Sep 12. [Elizabeth V. Spruill] Offers Services as Trained Nurse. Henderson Gold Leaf, p.3. Henderson, North Carolina. AttachmentSize McNair, Lula Cowan autobiographical sketch from "Voices" by Evelyn Wicker (2013)23.66 KB Compiled by: Phoebe Pollitt