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PATRIOT William 'Billy' Vaughan[1, 2, 3]

Male 1769 - 1837  (67 years)


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  • Name William 'Billy' Vaughan 
    Title PATRIOT 
    Born 11 Dec 1769  Charlotte Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 15 Mar 1837  Mangum, Richmond, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I15489  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 20 Jan 2017 

    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 Mary Jackson,   b. Est 1740, Amelia Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F5648  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Elliott,   b. 1745, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. Ermine Elliott Vaughan,   b. 11 Dec 1769, Lunenburg Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1837, Richmond County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    Last Modified 19 Jan 2017 
    Family ID F5436  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    1803 Lunenburg-Personal Personal Property Tax Record-Vaughan
    1803 Lunenburg-Personal Personal Property Tax Record-Vaughan
    1803LunenburgPersonal PTax.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S100] Internet Source, http://lib.jrshelby.com/mcallister-harris.pdf.
      Pensioners Residing in Virginia in 1835 who Received Pensions as Virginia Militiamen
      William Vaughan, Grayson County, age 73

    2. [S84] Rootsweb, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/VAUGHAN/2000-06/0961428321.
      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 Pittsylvania 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)
      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, 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

    3. [S40] Will, James Vaughan of Amelia.
      Will mentions wife Mary and children
      Milton, Legacy from Jeter Grandfather
      Matilda, of age and has legacy from Jeter, her grandfather
      Billy, not of age
      Thomas, not of age