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PATRIOT 1st Lt. James Vaughan, Jr.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male 1767 - 1840  (72 years)


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  • Name James Vaughan  [6
    Title PATRIOT 
    Prefix 1st Lt. 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born 27 Sep 1767  Amelia Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 8 Sep 1840  Hawkins Co., Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I70119  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 31 Aug 2016 

    Father James Vaughan,   b. Abt 1738, Amelia Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1803, Amelia Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Mother Nancy Ann Hill,   b. Est 1741, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1783, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 42 years) 
    Family ID F5646  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah 'Sally' LeGrand,   b. Abt 1767, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 15 Dec 1785  Halifax Co., Virginia (MB1/70) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth Winnifred 'Winny' Vaughan,   b. 20 Oct 1791, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 1859, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    +2. James LeGrand Vaughan,   b. Abt 1805, Charlotte County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Craddock Vaughan,   b. Abt 1765, Lunenburg County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1850, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 85 years)
    +4. Ariana Vaughan,   b. Abt 1794, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1850  (Age ~ 57 years)
     5. Charles Milton to Alabama Vaughan,   b. Abt 1808, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1875, Lawrence, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years)
    +6. William LeGrand Vaughan,   b. Est 1788, Lunenburg County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1826, Charlotte County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 38 years)
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2015 
    Family ID F518495648  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    CHARLOTTE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Eighteenth Century Orphans and other Children (with an index to wills) Abstracted and Compiled by Joanne Lovelace Nance
Orphans of John Bibb and Orphan of Joseph Fuqua, Orphans of John Carter
John Foster, Guardian to James Vaughan, orphan of John Vaughan, produced receipt in full from James.  John Bibb's orphans named 3 Aug 1793; Patsey Fuqua, orphan of Joseph; John Bibb, orphan of John Bibb 3 Sep 1798; Index to Wills Pg 33 John Bibb 25May 1790 P/7 Feb 1791;
    CHARLOTTE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Eighteenth Century Orphans and other Children (with an index to wills) Abstracted and Compiled by Joanne Lovelace Nance Orphans of John Bibb and Orphan of Joseph Fuqua, Orphans of John Carter John Foster, Guardian to James Vaughan, orphan of John Vaughan, produced receipt in full from James. John Bibb's orphans named 3 Aug 1793; Patsey Fuqua, orphan of Joseph; John Bibb, orphan of John Bibb 3 Sep 1798; Index to Wills Pg 33 John Bibb 25May 1790 P/7 Feb 1791;
    CharlotteCoVA_orphans.pdf
    1803 Lunenburg-Personal Personal Property Tax Record-Vaughan
    1803 Lunenburg-Personal Personal Property Tax Record-Vaughan
    1803LunenburgPersonal PTax.jpg

  • Notes 
    • Death
      James signed a Deed of Trust 20 January 1823, giving his property on the Dan River, 275 acres, to two of his sons, Craddock and Milton, with a life interest for his wife, Sarah. It was record on 23 Sep 1823, so James may have been deceased by that date. Milton later sold his interest to his brother, Craddock, recorded 24 Dec 1827, so Sarah may have been deceased by that date also.
    • http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/VAUGHAN/2000-06/0961428321


      From: "Eddie Davis"
      Subject: [VAUGHAN-L] James Vaughan of Amelia Co. VA
      Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 10:25:21 -0500

      Recently on the Vaughan Pioneers group, we've been trying to find if John Vaughan, born about 1762 somewhere in VA and maried to Nancy Callicott could have been a son of James Vaughan of Amelia County, VA. Here is the data we have on this family (the Amelia side). The line starts with a Nicholas Vaughan, son of a William Vaughan, the data in red is the branch that we are wondering if it could be John Vaughan's father and mother:

      NICHOLAS VAUGHAN - son of William Vaughan (1625- ca.1693) of Charles City County, Virginia
      Born: bef. 1685, Charles City County, VA
      Died: 1738, Amelia County, VA
      [Richard Hicks appointed guardian of youngest son Abraham Vaughan on 9 Dec 1738.]
      Married: Ann
      His plantation was located on Flatt Creek of present Amelia County, VA. Part of the land, near the present Powhatan County line, was bounded by the Appomattox River. He also owned land on the north side of Hatcher's Run (west of Petersburg, in present Dinwiddie County, VA). His children inherited and divided the land.

      Children: Robert, Isham, Henry, Thomas, Lewis, Abraham, Eliza, and Nicholas Vaughan, Jr.

      I. ROBERT VAUGHAN
      Born: abt. 1705, Prince George County, VA
      Died: 25 Sept 1779, Amelia County, VA
      Married: Martha - bef. 18 May 1732, Bristol Parish
      Martha died after 25 Sept 1779
      Robert owned 800 acres on Flatt Creek, Amelia County, VA. Part of the land was adj. Mirey Branch, near the present Powhatan County line.
      Children: Phoebe, Nicholas, Robert, Jr., JAMES, Willis, Ann, and (second son James?) Vaughan

      1) Phoebe Vaughan - b. 18 May 1732, m. (Gardner?) Mays

      2) Nicholas Vaughan, Jr. - b. 21 Nov 1734; Amelia County, d. ca. 1803-1804, Amelia County, VA
      [Not named in his father's will, but relationship proved in land records.]
      Robert Vaughan, Sr. deeded to Nicholas part of the tract whereon he then lived, 150 acres, bounded by James Vaughan, Lewis Vaughan, Gardner Mays, & Jesse Lunsford.]
      Married: Elizabeth Williams, daughter of Phillip Williams of Nottoway County, VA
      Children: Willis Vaughan, Polly Meador, Elizabeth Baldwin, Lettice Board (to KY), Martha Beadles (moved from Pitts. County, VA, to KY), Sally Morgan, and John Vaughan (to KY with brother-in-law Stephen Board).
      [See Mary Gregg's records for this family at the Vaughan Resource site.]

      3) Robert Vaughan, Jr. - b. 21 Jan 1736, Amelia County, d. 5 Dec 1805, Nottoway County, VA [Not named in his father's will, but relationship proved in land records.]
      Robert Vaughan, Sr. deeded to Robert Jr. 200 acres on the lower side of Flatt Creek.]
      Married: Elsie Motley - 22 Feb 1759, Amelia County, VA, daughter of Joseph Motley & Elizabeth Forrest
      Sons: Robert, James of Nottoway County, Joseph, John of Charlotte County in 1805, and Asa M. Vaughan [See Mary Gregg's complete records on this family.]

      4) James Vaughan - b. ca. 1738-1741, Amelia County, d. abt. 1803, Amelia County
      Married 1st: Ann (Nancy Ann?) Hill, daughter of James Hill
      [James and wife Ann named in deed record of 25 Feb 1765. Owned land in vicinity of Flatt Creek adj. brother Nicholas Vaughan, Lewis Vaughan, Gardner Mays, and Jesse Lunsford.]
      Married 2nd: Lucy Jeter - bef. 14 Mar 1783, Amelia County, VA, daughter of Thomas Jeter (son Milton Vaughan)
      Married 3rd: Mary Jackson

      According to Ernest E. Shanks, submitter to LDS Ancestral File, the son of James Vaughan and Ann Hill was:
      JAMES VAUGHAN, JR. - b. 27 Sept 1767, Will drawn 8 Sept 1840, HAWKINS COUNTY, TN
      Married: Sally
      Children: 1) William b. 1790, VA, d. 18 May 1874, TN, m. Mary Kincade; 2) John; 3) James; 4) Joseph; 5) Benjamin; 6) Allen - Will pr. 1 Mar 1858, Hawkins County, TN, m. Nelly; 7) Nancy Donnelson; 8) Patsy Rogers; and 9) Elizabeth
      Harrel.
      Daughter of James Vaughan and Ann Hill?
      Obedience Vaughan - m. John A. Mitchell - 30 Jan 1786 (of Floyd County, VA)
      [Ref: Rootsweb query]
      5) Willis Vaughan - married Edith Gunn
      6) Ann Vaughan - married Richard Johnson
      7) James Vaughan? (Patrick Anderson's list adds second son James)
      Children of Nicholas and Ann Vaughan (Cont'd)
      II. ISHAM VAUGHAN
      Born: bef. 1710
      Married: Temperance Jones, daughter of Richard Jones, Jr.
      Lived on Flatt Creek near Tomahawk Creek, adj. Lewis Vaughan. Richard Jones, Jr. deeded Isham 630 acres on both sides south fork of Deep Creek "for love and affection" on 20 July 1750. This land was near the border of Amelia and
      Nottoway counties.
      Known Children:
      1) Wilmot Vaughan - b. 3 March 1733/34
      2) Frederick Vaughan - b. bef. 1746, Amelia County

      III. HENRY VAUGHAN
      Born abt. 1710
      Died: 1755-56, Amelia County
      m. Joannah
      Known Children:
      1) Sally Vaughan - b. bef. 1740; m. George Smith

      IV. THOMAS VAUGHAN
      Born: bef. 1720, Prince George County, VA
      Died: 1751, Amelia County
      Married: Elizabeth [died aft. 1751]
      Had 400 acres on both sides of Franks Creek of Flatt Creek, Amelia County, VA.
      Children:
      1) Thomas Vaughan, Jr. - b. 12 July 1742; married Mary; moved to Caswell County, North Carolina
      2) Nicholas Vaughan - d. Nottoway County, VA
      3) Bartholomew Vaughan - m. Ann
      4) John Vaughan - Inherited from his father's estate 400 acres on Rice's Fork, Lunenburg County, VA
      5) Elizabeth Vaughan

      V. LEWIS VAUGHAN
      Born: 20 Feb 1719/20, Prince George County, VA
      Lived on head branches of Tomahawk and Franks Creek adj. Robert Vaughan (brothers), in 1755.
      Son: Lewis Vaughan, Jr.?

      VI. ABRAHAM VAUGHAN
      Born: 3 March 1721/22, Prince George County, VA
      Robert Hicks appointed guardian of the minor child Abraham on 9 Dec 1738, after the death of his father, Nicholas. Question: Was Robert Hicks a relative, perhaps uncle?

      VII. ELIZA VAUGHAN
      Born: 18 April 1727, Prince George County, VA

      VIII. NICHOLAS VAUGHAN, JR.
      Born: 20 Feb 1728/29, Prince George County, VA
      Question: Was he the Nicholas who moved to South Carolina?

      The other questions in this data are from Beverly Neises, my fellow researcher. John Vaughan and Nancy Callicott tie into the William and Fereby Vaughan line through intermarriage. John and Nancy's oldest child was named James, and if you'll notice in the above data, 4.) James had a son named James Jr., who lived in Hawkins County, TN, where John and Nancy lived later in life (now it's Hancock County, TN). The Callicotts were living close to the Nicholas Vaughan family in VA. Following this theory, John Vaughan whould probably not have been a brother to William Vaughan. Maybe a cousin, but I suspect the relationship to William (the one who married Fereby Benton) was a 2nd or third cousin, or perhaps none at all, just the same name. Since we've had little luck with William Vaughan, maybe we can pin down John Vaughan.

      Eddie Davis
      ecdavis@atlascomm.net
      +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
      The Following is related to Robert Vaughan, s/o Nicholas Vaughan.
      http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/VAUGHAN/2000-06/0961428321
      1 William Vaughan b. 1624 d. 1684 Charles City Co, Virginia.
      m. Sarah b. c. 1634
      2 William Vaughan b. bef. 1670
      2 Richard Vaughan b. c. 1670
      2 Samuel Vaughan b. bef. 1675
      2 John Vaughan b. bef. 1680
      2 James Vaughan b. bef. 1680
      2 Nicholas Vaughan b. bef. 1685 Charles City Co., Virginia, d. c. 1738 Amelia Co., Virginia, m. Ann
      3 Robert Vaughan b. C. 1705 Prince George Co., VA
      d. Sep 25 1779 Amelia Co., Virginia
      m. Martha b. c. 1709 Prince Edward Co., Virginia
      d. aft. Sep 1779 Amelia Co., Virginia
      4 Phoebe Vaughan b. May 18 1732 Bristol
      Parish, Prince George Co., Virginia
      m. Male Mayes
      4 Nicholas Vaughan b. Nov 21 1734 Bristol Parish,
      Prince George Co., Virginia
      4 Robert Vaughan b. c. 1735 Glouchester, Amelia Co., Virginia d. Dec 5 1805 Nottoway Co., Virginia
      m. Elise (Else) Motley m Feb 22 1759 Glouchester, Amelia Co., Virginia b. c. 1738 Glouchester, Amelia Co., Virginia
      4 Willis Vaughan b. c. 1735 Amelia Co., Virginia
      m. Edith Gunn m. Feb 7 1778 Amelia Co., VA
      b. c. 1757 Glouchester, Amelia Co., Virginia
      4 James Vaughan b. c. 1740 Amelia Co., Virginia
      d. Jul 28 1803 Amelia Co., Virginia
      m. Ann Hill m. c. 1764 Amelia Co., Virginia
      b. c. 1744 Amelia Co., Virginia
      d. c. 1775 Amelia Co., Virginia
      m. Lucy Jeter m. c. 1787 Amelia Co., Virginia
      d. aft. Mar 1783 Melia Co., Virginia
      m. Mary Jackson bef. Jan 1792 Amelia Co., VA
      b. c. 1756 Amelia Co., Virginia d. Mar 12 1821 Amelia Co., VA
      5 Obedience Vaughan b. c. 1765 Amelia Co., VA
      d. Floyd Co., Virginia
      m. John Mitchell Jan 30 1786 Amelia Co., Virginia
      b. c. 1761 Amelia Co., Virginia
      5 James Vaughan b. Sep 27 1767 Amelia Co., VA
      d. aft. Sep 1840 Hawkins Co., Tennessee
      m. Elizabeth Walker b. Aug 30 1770 Virginia
      6 William Vaughan b. Nov 7 1790 Amelia Co.,
      Va, d. May 18 1874 Rogersville, Hawkins Co.,TN
      m. Mary Kincaid abt. 1825 b. Jun 2 1791 North Carolina
      7 James Monroe Vaughan b. Feb 19 1827
      d. Oct 2 1899 Ladonia, Hunt Co., Texas
      7 Absalom Vaughan b. c. 1830 Hawkins Co.,
      Tennessee
      7 Nancy Vaughan b. c. 1831 Hawkins Co., TN
      m. Male Hillen
      7 William Eldridge Vaughan b. c. 1839 Hawkins Co., TN d. abt. 1900
      m. Senith Manila Davis m. bef. 1861 b. abt. 1843, Tennessee d. abt. 1919
      8 Andrew Allan Vaughan b. Apr 8 1861
      Rogersville, Hawkins Co., Tennessee
      d. May 9 1954 Springfield, Missouri
      m. Dora Alice Blanchard Jul 26 1883 Elwood, Missouri b. Sep 26 1865 Elwood, Missouri
      d. Apr 29 1956 Springfield, Missouri
      9 Earl Irwin Vaughan b. Jul 25 1895
      Springfield, MI d. Dec 15 1980
      Pacific Grove, California
      m. Mary Elizabeth Slagle Mar 11 1917
      Springfield, Missouri, b. 29 Dec 1896
      Bolivar, Missouri d. May 24 1985 Pacific Grove, California
      8 William Eldridge Jr Vaughan b. abt. 1865
      Tennessee d. Jan 6 1936 Springfield, MI
      8 John Vaughan b. abt. 1867 Tennessee
      9 Bess Vaughan
      9 Leonard Vaughan
      9 Roy Vaughan
      8 Bettie Vaughan b. Feb 11 1871TN
      d. Feb 15 1900 Springfield, Missouri
      m. Frank Kynion
      9 William Eldridge Kynion b. abt. 1895
      8 Samuel Vaughan b. abt. 1875 TN
      d. abt. 1950 Shawnee, Oklahoma
      8 Edward Vaughan b. abt. 1877 Tennessee
      d. abt. 1920 Dennison, Texas
      m. Unknown
      9 Clyde Vaughan
      9 Stella Vaughan
      8 Charles H. Vaughan b. Feb 1880 TN
      d. Jul 12 1958 Springfield,Missouri
      m. Female d. abt. 1950
      9 William Eldridge Vaughan b.28 Sep 1900
      Springfield, Missouri d. Feb 2 1982 Tulsa, Ok
      m. Female Dicia d. abt. 1973
      9 Frank Vaughan b. abt. 1902 d. abt. 1954
      Fresno, California
      9 Eugene Vaughan b. abt. 1913, d. ab. 1968
      9 Gladys Vaughan, b. abt. 1916 d. abt. 1943
      Vallejo, California
      6 Thomas Vaughan b. Aug 27 1793 Amelia Co.,
      Virginia d. May 4 1855 McMinn Co., TN
      m. Leah McCarty m. Mar 9 1819 Hawkins Co
      Tennessee b. Nov 29 1793 Hawkins Co TN
      d. Oct 16 1863 Athens, McMinn Co., TN
      6 Allen Vaughan b. Apr 29 1795 Amelia Co., VA
      d. Mar 14 1858 Hawkins Co., Tennessee
      m. Ellen Steele c. 1817 Hawkins Co TN
      b. c. 1800 Tn. d. bef. 1870
      6 Nancy Jane Vaughan b. Aug 6 1797 Scott Co., Virginia d. c. 1888 Texas
      m. James Donaldson c. 1819
      b. c. 1795 Hawkins Co Tennessee
      6 James Vaughan b. May 5 1799 Prince Edward Co., Virginia d. Dec 23 1874 Boones Creek, Washington Co., Tennessee
      m. Matilda Rader c. 1834 b. c. 1811 Tn.
      6 Elizabeth Vaughan b. c. 1802 Hawkins Co., TN d. aft. 1880 m. Jacob Harrel c. 1828 Hawkins Co., TN
      b. Jul 15 1803 Hawkins Co., Tennessee d. Oct 25 1883 Carter's Valley, Hawkins Co., Tennessee
      6 Benjamin Walker Vaughan b. c. 1805 TN
      d. Hawkins Co., Tennessee
      m. Martha Simmons c. 1828 b. Sep 1806 VA
      d. aft. 1860
      6 Martha Vaughan b. c. 1809 Virginia
      m. Dauswell Rogers m. c. 1831 b. c. 1805
      6 Robert Vaughan b. c. 1811 Amelia Co., VA
      d. at early age
      6 John Vaughan b. c. 1815 Tennessee
      m. Malinda Barrett bef. 1840 b. c. 1819 Hawkins Co., Tennessee d. aft. 1860
      5 Francis Vaughan b. c. 1769 Amelia Co., VA
      m. Madgalene Walker m. Nov 27 1794 Amelia
      Co., Virginia b. c. 1773
      5 Nancy Vaughan b. c. 1770 Amelia Co., Virginia
      m. Edward Haskins Nov 27 1794 Amelia Co.,
      Virginia b. c. 1767
      5 Wilkes Vaughan b. c. 1772 Amelia Co., Virginia
      5 Milton Vaughan
      m. Rebecca C. Craddock m. Oct 2 1811
      5 Matilda Vaughan b. __Amelia Co., Virginia
      d. c. 1833
      m. Sovereign Jeter m. c. 1806 Bedford Co.,
      Virginia b. c. 1770 Amelia Co., Virginia
      d. aft. 1850
      4 Ann Vaughan b. c. 1755 Amelia Co., Virginia
      m. Richard Johnson m. c. 1777 Amelia Co., VA
      b. c. 1751 Amelia Co., Virginia
      4 Martha Vaughan b. c. 1759 Amelia Co., Virginia
      m. Thomas Cook m. Dec 30 1784 Amelia Co., VA
      b. c. 1759 Amelia Co., Virginia
      3 Isham Vaughan b. bef. 1710 Prince George Co., VA
      3 Henry Vaughan b. c. 1710 Prince George Co., Virginia
      3 Lewis Vaughan b. Feb 20 1719 Bristol Parish, Prince
      George Co., Virginia
      3 Thomas Vaughan b. bef. 1720 Prince George Co.,
      Virginia
      3 Abraham Vaughan b. Mar 3 1721 Prince George Co.,
      Virginia
      3 Eliza Vaughan b. Apr 18 1727 Prince George Co.,
      Virginia
      3 Nicholas Vaughan b. Feb 20 1728 Prince George Co.,
      Virginia
      2 Daniel Vaughan b. bef. 1690 Charles City Co., Virginia.
      [Our James Vaughan who married Sarah LeGrand is not in this line, but related, I believe - mfe]
    • http://www.vagenweb.org/charlotte/chamisc.htm

      Ashley Vaughan's name appears in a "Yates & Knight's Shop Book" - 1822.
      Blacksmith business located on the S. Meherrin R. (div. line bet. Mecklenburg & Lunenburg Counties, Va.,) where "Yatesville" & "Mill Grove" were on the old maps. VAUGHAN accts. were: Ashley; Willis; and Pleasant. Note: The will of David Vaughan 8-22-1825; 10-10-1825 [Bell, Lunenburg Co. Wills #497] names sons: Willis Vaughan, Baalam Vaughan, Pleasant Vaughan, Robert Vaughan, James Vaughan; daus: Mary Perkins, Elizabeth Elmore [recorded will shows Elizabeth Clark. Lunenburg Land Tax Records show David Vaughan lived South Meherrin River (that would be the SW corner nearest Mecklenburg & Charlotte)[Also Halifax Co. VA]
      +++++++++
      Char. DB 4:78 9 Sep 1778 Nathaniel Page of Charlotte...love & affection to dau. Elizabeth Vaughan, widow of John Vaughan late of co. of Prince Edward, [See Amelia County Wills Bonds 1735-1761] 5 shill., negro wench named Mill.
      Related deed preceding this: DB 2:438 Char. Co., Va.
      Richard CRADDOCK & Elizabeth his wife of Nottoway Parish, Amelia Co. to Nathaniel PAGE of same, 150 pd, 400 a. in Charlotte "(formerly Lunenburg)" part of a larger tract pur. from James EASTER by William FOSTER decd and by sd Foster's will devised to his son James who then sold to said Richard Craddock, adj. lines of Clement Read, Walton & Thomas Read. Wit: Samuel COBBS, Robert VAUGHAN, William Forster Note: Char. Co. DB 2:125 14 Nov 1768/5 Dec. 1768 James FOSTER of Nottoway Par. Amelia sold the 400 a. for 50 pd to Richard Craddock, same description. Wit: James VAUGHAN, Edwd Booker, Samuel Cobbs, John Roberts, Wm. Cross Craddock.
    • Re: Pollards of Amelia Co., Virginia
      By Peyton Carter April 12, 2000 at 03:36:44
      In reply to: Re: Pollards of Amelia Co., Virginia
      Laura Pollard 4/12/00
      David & Laura -

      Thank you for your e-mail. As you know, I too am trying to research the Pollards of Amelia County, Virginia. Unfortunately, I have not been able to make any real connections to date. Here is what I have. I hope it rings
      some bells with you.

      Oney Pollard (1790 - between 1853 and 1860) married John Carter in Amelia in 1821. I am beginning to believe that Oney was either born Oney Chapman and married a Pollard and then married John Carter, or she was born Oney Pollard, married a Chpman and then married John Carter.
      Mary Elizabeth Pollard (1829 - 1878) was the daughter of Nancy (maiden name thought to be Foster). Her father is unknown. Mary married William R. Carter (the son of John Carter, above) in Amelia in 1846. Nancy had to give
      her permission to the marriage, due to Mary's age. (Note: her father did not give the permission, which leads me to believe that he was already dead.) They made their home at a plantation known as Mulberry Grove on Stocks Creek, near Paineville and the Cumberland Co. border. Mary was left
      a very large piece of land by Joseph Haskew, the county attorney, who was married to a Miss Foster. William R. Carter had many dealings with a William H. Pollard. (One of William Pollard's day books was later taken over by William Carter to keep track of his own transactions and the book
      is in the possession of my cousin in Richmond, VA.) I suspect that William H. Pollard was Mary Elizabeth's brother. I found a will for a William H. Pollard in Amelia, but I cannot be sure it is the one I am seeking.

      February Court 1863
      Wm. H. Pollard's Will

      I William H. Pollard of the County of Amelia do make and declare this as and for my last will and testament as follows to wit.
      1st. I desire all my just debts paid.
      2nd. I desire and bequeath unto my wife during her life or until she marries all my estate of every kind and description upon condition that she pay to my daughter Sarah L. Blanton during the life or widowhood of my wife
      the sum of Four Hundred dollars annually for the sole + exclusive use of my said daughter free from the debt or contract of her present or any future husband, and should my said daughter die leaving children during the life
      or widowhood of my wife, then the said sum of $400 annually is to be paid equally to and among the children of my said daughter for their education and support.
      3rd. At the death or marriage of my wife I devise[&] bequeath all my estate of every kind and description to my daughter Isabella, and during her life for her sole and exclusive use, free from the debts or contracts of any
      husband she may marry, and at her death to be equally divided among her children living at her death + the issue of any of her children who may have died leaving issue alive at her death. Such issue to take the share which the deceased parent or parents would have taken if alive. But should the said Isabella die without issue of her body living at her death, then I devise and bequeath all the estate given her by this item of my will to my daughter Sarah during her life, for her sole + exclusive use free from the debts + contracts of her present or any future husband, and at her death to be equally divided among her children living at her death + the issue of such as may have died leaving issue alive at her death, such issue to take the share of their deceased parent or parents.
      4th. At the death or marriage of my wife I give to my daughter Sarah for her life for her sole + exclusive use free from the debts or contract of her present or any future husband the sum of Ten Thousand dollars the payment of which I charge upon the property devised and bequeathed to my daughter Isabella by the 3rd item of this my will and which sum so to be paid by my daughter Isabella out of the property given to her. I wish safely loaned out or invested in property and the annual interest or profits only to be paid to my daughter for her sole + exclusive use as aforesaid during her life and at her death I give the said sum of $10,000 to be equally divided among the children of my daughter Sarah living at her death and the issue of such as may have died leaving issue alive at her death such issues to take the share of their deceased parent or parents. But should the said Sarah die without issue of her body living at her death then the said sum of $10,000 to revert to my daughter Isabella + pass in all respects as if the said sum constituted part of the estate given her by
      the 3rd Item of my will.
      I hereby constitute and appoint my wife executrix of this my last will hereby expressly revoking all wills by me heretofore made + I request that she shall be permitted to qualify as Executrix without giving security. But upon her marriage her powers are to cease and upon the death or marriage of my wife I [?] {appoint} H. Barnes Executor of this my will. In witness whereof I have hereto subscribed my name this 8th day of January 1863.
      Wm. H. Pollard

      Signed + acknowledged by Wm. H. Pollard as and for his last will and testament in our presence + we have at his request and in his presence + in the presence of each other subscribed our names thereto as witnesses.
      L. Masters
      Jos. B. Anderson
      Edwd. Green
      R. W. Boisseau
      Virginia: In Amelia County Court 26th day of February 1863
      This the last will and testament of Wm. H. Pollard decd. Was proved in open court by Edwd. Green and R. W. Boisseau two subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded on motion of Elizabeth F. Pollard the executrix
      named in said will she is permitted to qualify.

      I look forward to working with you on this. This has stumped me for years.

      Peyton Carter
      NTUCK@worldnet.att.net

  • Sources 
    1. [S46] Marriage Record/Certificate.
      James Vaughan is the Bondsman and f/o Ariana VAUGHAN, upon her marriage

    2. [S62] Janis Knox-KnoxColorado.com, http://knoxcolorado.com/b846.html#P13545.
      James VAUGHAN was born about 1764 in VA. He died before 22 September 1823 at the age of 59 in ,Halifax, VA. James signed a Deed of Trust 20 January 1823, giving his property on the Dan River, 275 acres, to two of his sons, Craddock and Milton, with a life interest for his wife, Sarah. It was record on 23 Sep 1823, so James may have been deceased by that date. Milton later sold his interest to his brother, Craddock, recorded 24 Dec 1827, so Sarah may have been deceased by that date also. Parents: Craddock VAUGHAN and Parthenia JETER.

      Spouse: Sarah LEGRAND. Sarah LEGRAND and James VAUGHAN were married on 15 December 1785 in ,Halifax, VA. Children were: James L. VAUGHAN, Elizabeth W. VAUGHAN, Ariana VAUGHAN, Craddock VAUGHAN, Mary Ellis VAUGHAN, Dr. Milton VAUGHAN.

    3. [S100] Internet Source, http://www.vaughan-vaughn.org/vamarmg.htm#J.
      James Vaughan/Vaughn m. Sarah Legrand, Halifax Co., Dec. 15, 1785.
      B/M: John Williams. Wit: William P. Martin. Married by Rev. Thomas Johnson
      William Vaughan/Vaughn m. Lucy Legrand, Halifax Co., Dec. 20, 1791.
      B/M: James Vaughan, Lucy is d/o James Legrand. Wit: John Dickie [William's will is in Halifax WB 14:74. /s/ Mar. 1826. Lucy was still alive; children mentioned were Banister W,, William, and Tilman G. Vaughan.] [Martha, d/o Craddock Vaughan, married a John Dickie. He probably was John Dickie, Jr., s/o John Dickie, Sr.

    4. [S158] CHARLOTTE COUNTY, VIRGINIA EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ORPAHNS AND OTHER CHILDREN ABSTRACTED AND COMPILED BY JOANNE LOVELACE NANCE; The N. W. Lapin Press Charlottesville, Virginia 1989.
      Charlotte County, Virginia Eighteenth Century Orpahns and other Children with an indes to Wills. James Vaughan, orphan of John Vaughan produced receipt in full from James, to Guardian John Foster.
      See attached Documents, pg 22

    5. [S178] The Virginia Genealogist, http://www.vaughan-vaughn.org/miscvagenealogist.htm.
      "The Virginia Genealogist" (Index - 20 volumes)
      Compiled by: Dorman [my notes-double check] Volume 1
      p. 75 James Vaughan
      p. 79 William Vaughan
      p. 127 James Vaughan
      p. 130 Alice Vaughan, Richard Vaughan
      Volume 2
      p. 37 Anne, George, James, & Tabither Voughn
      p. 95 John, Vincent, & William Vaughan
      p. 125 George & James Vaughan
      Volume 3
      p. 21 Reuben Vaughan
      p. 65 William Vaugh [??]
      p. 94 Mary (Malone) Vaughan
      p. 99 Peter & Russell Vaughan
      p. 100 George William & Harriot(Bryan) Vaughan
      p. 108 Richard Vaughan
      p. 110 Almond Vaughan/Vaughn
      Volume 4
      p. 93 Anne (Williams) Vaughan, James, & William
      Willis Vaughan
      Volume 5
      p. 25 James, John, & Lewis Vaughan
      p. 26 Nicholas, Patrick, Robert, & Willis
      Vaughan
      p. 129 George & William Vaughan
      p. 142 Anne, Dorothy, Dorothy (Jones) [d. c1796 Sussex Co.,VA],Elizabeth, Fielding, Judith, Lucy, Martha, Thomas [d. c1788 Sussex Co., VA], &
      William Vaughan
      p. 180 Cornelius & Henry Vaughan
      p. 181 Elsie (Motley) Vaughan
      Volume 6
      p. 26 Willis Vaughan
      p. 29 John Vaughan
      p. 90 Frances (Barbour) & Jeremiah [d. 1792 Mechlenburg Co., VA] Vaughan p. 105 William Vaughan
      p. 107 Charles & Uriah Vaughn
      p. 108 James, Matthew [d. 1793 Goochland Co. VA], & Thomas Vaughn
      p. 172 Asa Vaughan - Vaughan Family Cem,
      Lawrence Co., AL
      p. 173 Baskerville, Catherine G., & Julia A. (Walthall) Vaughan
      Volume 7
      p. 37 Vaughan Family
      p. 74 Shadrach Vaughan
      p. 122 Benjamin & William Vaughan
      p. 182 Faitha [d. 1797 Greenville Co., VA], Pierce [d. 1786 Greenville Co.,VA], Priscilla, Susannah, & William Vaughan
      Volume 8
      p. 31 Henry Vaughan & Co.
      Volume 9
      p. 116 Leroy Vaughan
      p. 130 Abraham, Andrew, & Richard Vaughn
      p. 135 Dinah Vaughn
      p. 169 Chaye (Breont) & Lauson Vaughn

      Volume 10
      p. 16 Joseph Vaughn
      p. 75 Virginia Vaughn

      Volume 11
      p. 35 A. Vaughan
      p. 44 Edy (Matlock), John, Nancy (Matlock), & William Vaughn
      p. 101 Elizabeth Vaughan
      p. 116 Abram [d.1785 Amelia Co., VA], George [d. 1771 Amelia Co., VA], Herod, Irene, James [d. 1776 Amelia Co., VA], & Stephen Vaughan
      p. 177 Robert, Thomas, & William Vaughan
      p. 190 Martha Vaughan
      Volume 12
      p. 45 Lumega Vaughan
      Volume 13 - NONE
      Volume 14
      p. 159 Beverly, Bland, Caty, Chaney, John, &
      Meriday Vaughn
      p. 180 James Vaughan
      Volume 15
      p. 47 Sarah Vaughan
      p. 106 James Vaughan
      p. 116 Boling, David, John, Lewis, & William
      Vaughan
      p. 147 Cornelius Vaughn
      p. 172 William, & Zedekiah Vaughan
      p. 318 Elizabeth Vaughan
      Volume 16
      p. 105 Thomas Vaughan
      p. 106 James Vaughan
      p. 115 Barthelomew, Elizabeth, Elizabeth __Vaughn, John, Lewis, Nicholas, Robert, & Thomas
      Vaughn
      p. 117 Elizabeth Vaughan
      p. 170 Peter Vaughan
      p. 279 Russell, Thomas, & William Vaughan
      p. 283 Thomas Vaughan
      p. 284 Nicholas Vaughan
      p. 318 Balam, David, Elizabeth, James, Mary, Mary Catherine (Anderson), Pleasant, Robert, & Willis Vaughan
      Volume 17
      p. 442-144 Henry, Joannah, & Sally Vaughan
      p. 188-189 Cornelius & Leroy Vaughan
      p. 251 Francis Vaughan
      p. 274 Edward Vaughan
      Volume 18
      p. 20 Vaughan's Creek, Amelia Co., VA
      p. 95 Freman, Nelson, Samuel, Tatilope, Trent,
      & Willis Vaughan
      p. 146 Capt. Joseph Vaughan
      p. 254-255 Absalom, Drury, Enoch, Ephram, Henry,
      Herbert, James, Jesse, Joshua, Mary, Peter,
      Peterson, & William Vaughan
      p. 289 James Vaughan
      Volume 19
      p. 36 Isham Vaughan
      p. 77 Daniel & Rebecca (Coleman) Vaughn
      p. 122 James Vaughan
      p. 124-125 James Vaughan
      p. 172 Craddock Vaughan
      Volume 20
      p. 11 Mary Vaughan
      p. 33 William Vaughan
      p. 77 Daniel & Rebecca Vaughn
      p. 167 James Vaughan
      p. 203 Barthalomew & Willis Vaughan
      p. 204 Stephen Vaughan [d.c1776 Amelia Co., VA]
      Any questions, suggestions, corrections, and/or additional information contact me, Linda CONAWAY Welden at: Linda_Welden@vaughan-vaughn.org

    6. [S3] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, http://lib.jrshelby.com/mcallister-harris.pdf.
      Amelia Co., VA
      James Vaughan 1st Lt Nom Oct 26, 1780