Person:Matthew Vaughn (3)

Records in Virginia

• Will of John Martin of Coochland County, Virginia, gave 15 April 1787 as the date of probate and read, in part, as follows: "...and to my daughter, MARY VAUGHN, 1/3 part of said estate...also two beds and furniture now at Mr. MATTHEW VAUGHN's and what other things there...I constitute and appoint my son Hudson Martin and my son-in-law Mr. MATTHEW VAUGHN, executors." MATTHEW VAUGHN was described as "an officer in the Revolution." [William & Mary Quarterly," Volume 10, Series 2, pgs. 318-321].Rootsweb Message Boards

• p. 86 - Other Montgomery County Entries include records of sizeable land grants to MATHEW VAUGHAN and JAMES VAUGHAN: "Mathew Vaughan, treasury warrant, 4,967 acres adjoining and below the last mentioned entry of Nicholas Meriwether for 400 acres. And, "James Vaughan, treasury warrant, 1,400 acres to begin at the last mentioned entry of Mathew Vaughan and on the lower end and to extend down the creekon both sides until it intersects with the upper line of an entry made by John Madison for Samuel Hannawa at the mouth of the sd. creek." Both of these entries are of interest because they follow entries pertianing to land warrants in the name of Nicholas Meriwether [not given in book], to wit: "Nicholas Meriwether, exchange preemption warrant, 400 acres adjoining and below the last mentioned entry." [Early Adventures On The Western Waters, Volume II, The New River of Virginia in Pioneer Days 1745-1800," by Mary B. Kegley, 1982, Green Publishers, Inc., Orange, Virginia].

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley's:

• Vol. 2 - Morris vs. Hepburn--O. S. 224; N. S. 79--Bill, 1812. Orator is Edmund Morris of Cabell County. On 7th September, 1782, William Morris and Joseph Childers made an entry in Montgomery County for 400 acres and obtained patent 23d March, 1792. William Morris died testate, devising the land to be sold to pay debts and surplus to be divided between children, viz: William Morris, Carrol Morris, John Morris, Jane Hansford, Catherine Venable, wife of Charles Venable, Cynthia, wife of Isaac Noyes. Childers conveyed to Morris's children and they conveyed the whole to orator. On 9th June, 1807, orator and Zackariah F. Estill made entry in Kenawha, one for 50 acres and one for 360 acres on Mud River; received patents. William Hepburn and John Dundres of Alexandria have set up title to the tracts of land under a patent to Mathew Vaughn. Answer by James Hepburn Dundas; Newton Keene and Nancy Moore, his wife; Thomas Peyton and Sophia Matilde, his wife; Eliza Dundas, William Hepburn Dundas, John Dundas, Thomas Dundas, and Henry Thompson Dundas, heirs and representatives of John Dundas, deceased, the three last by Agness Dundas, their mother. Sworn to in Alexandria, 1814. Answer states the lands are included in a patent to Mathew Vaughn, 27th November, 1787, and conveyed to defendants. Deed 13th June, 1809, by William Morris and Polly, his wife; Carrol Morris and Frances, his wife; John Morris and Polly, his wife; John Hansford and Jane, his wife; Charles Venable and Catherine, his wife; Isaac Noyce and Cynthia, his wife; heirs and legatees of William Morris, deceased, all of Kenawha County, to William McComas of Cabell County, 400 acres at second falls of Mud River in Cabell County, patented to Wm. Morris and Joseph Childers, 23d March, 1792. Recorded in Kenawha, 13th June, 1809. Deed 14th April, 1803, by Fleming Cobbs of County Kenawha, attorney for Joseph Childers of Albemarle County to William Morris et als., heirs of William Morris, deceased. Undivided half of 400 acres above. Will of William Morris of Kenawha County dated 22d October, 1802. Wife, Catharine; daughter, Jane Hansford; Catharine Morris, daughter of son William; son, John Carroll; legatees, John Hansford and Charles Venable; daughter, Cynthia; legatees, Job. Martin. Recorded in Kenawha, April, 1803. Survey of 4,967 acres for Mathew Vaughn. Deed 15th January, 1810, by William McComas and Dicey, his wife, of Cabell County to Edmund Morris, 400 acres above. Recorded in Cabell, 16th January, 1810. Jeremiah Ward, aged 92, deposes in Cabell County, 2d December, 1811. Deed 15th October, 1793, by Mathew Vaughn and Mary, his wife, of Goochland to Hepburn and Dundas, 4,967 acres above. Recorded General Court, 18th November, 1793.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   http://person.ancestry.com/tree/10750394/person/6085948043/facts

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   Baptism Record: St Peter Parish, New Kent, Virginia, United States
   1739
   Matthew - son of William and Elizabeth Vaughan, b. Sept. 13, bapt. Oct. 28.