Person:Mary Caldwell (35)

Notes: Some sources claim that Mary Caldwell's father was Thomas, others claim it may be a John Caldwell from Augusta County, VA

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From: finleyc@sonoma.edu Subject: Caldwell of Vaughn's Creek, Prince Edward County, VA Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 19:31:31 -0700 (PDT)

Is anyone on this list interested in the Caldwells who lived on Vaughn?s Creek in Prince Edward County, Virginia in the mid- to late- 1700s? I am searching for a connection between them and John Finley, who lived in Augusta County from the late 1730s until about 1765, when he moved to Prince Edward County.

I have done extensive research on this John Finley and he was married first to ____ Thomson, daughter of Rev. John Thomson; they had at least six children. John married a second time Mary (presumably Caldwell) before 1750, and they had at least three children. John and Mary Finley moved to Prince Edward County and bought property on Vaughn?s Creek from Jacob Garrett 15 June 1765. His son, William, also bought property near Vaughn?s Creek from a John Caldwell on 19 August 1765. Another son, George, was given 200 acres on branches of Vaughn?s Creek by his father-in-law, Thomas Fulton, on 28 April 1769. Coincidentally, a John Caldwell, who had been living on Vaughn?s Creek in Prince Edward County went to live with his son, David, in 1766. David also lived on Vaughn?s Creek. This is documented in a lengthy Augusta County Chancery case, Watson vs. Caldwell, that spanned the years 1785 to 1804. On 25 March 1796 David Caldwell stated that his father lived with him from about 1766 until his death about August 1789, at the age of 94 year 6 months. The elder John Caldwell?s birth year is, therefore, estimated as 1695.

Is this elder John Caldwell the father of Mary who married John Finley?

Carmen Finley