BRUNSWICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA

VAUGHAN FAMILY

Will Abstracts 1735-1850

County

Book.Page

Dated

Recorded

Testator

Witnesses

Executor(s)

Beneficiaries and Relationship

Comments

Brunswick

WB 01.216

12 May 1735

3 July 1735

Will of James Voughn

Witnesses:

William Maclin

James Mize

William Walters

Executor:

Son James Voughn

Son George Voughn

Wife Ann Voughn

Beneficiaries

Son James Voughn

Son George Voughn

Tabitha Voughn

Winne Curoks(?)

Mary Markdavill

Joshua Winn

Brunswick

WB 02.165

14 Jan 1748

1 June 1749

Will of Richard Vaughan

Witnesses:

Henry Embry, Jr., Daniel Wall, John Wall.

Executor:

Henry Embry, Sr.

Wife Not named and presumed deceased

Of St. Andrews Parish

Beneficiaries

Daughter-in-law Loveday Vaughan

Grandsons Richard Vaughan and Abraham Vaughan;

Dau. Susanna Field

Dau. Martha Wall

Dau. Amey Pain

Son Richard Vaughan

Son Abraham Vaughan

Grandchildren David Pain, Mary Pain.

Brunswick

WB 02.177

22 Oct 1748

2 Mar 1748

Will of Abraham Vaughan

Witnesses:

Ralph Dunkley

Samuel Fowers

Henry Field

Executor:

Loveday Vaughan

Richard Vaughan

Wife Loveday Vaughan

Beneficiaries

Son Richard Vaughan

Son Abraham Vaughan

Dau. Martha Vaughan

Dau. Mary Vaughan

Dau. Anne Vaughan

Dau. Rachel Vaughan

Dau. Sarah Vaughan

Brunswick

WB 07.464

29 Aug 1806

22 July 1811

Will of James [“Buck”] Vaughan

Witnesses:

Thomas Bass

Frederick Maclin

William B. Collier

James Bruce

Green Houze

Executor:

Wife Susanna Vaughan

Son Robert Vaughan

Son James Vaughan

Son Kinchen Vaughan

Son William Vaughan

Wife Susanna Vaughan

Robert and James receive each 1/2 land owned in Fayette Co., Kentucky, near Lexington.

[Per Deed Book 23.457. Tabitha Vaughan was the widow of Kinchen Vaughan, dec’d of Guilford and Rockingham Co., NC. His children were James P. Vaughan, Eliza J. Vaughan, Alvis Vaughan, Dearborn Vaughan, Emily Vaughan. Both Kinchen and Tabitha were deceased by 28 Oct 1817. At least some of the children were minors. ]

See Brunswick County Chancery Case(s) 1812-007, 1817-021, 1824-042 & 1826-042 for more details.

Beneficiaries

Son Robert Vaughan

Son James Vaughan

Son Kinchen Vaughan

Son William Vaughan

Dau. Susanna Vaughan

Dau. Salley Vaughan

Granddaughters Elizabeth M. Bass, Polly Bass.

Brunswick

WB 06.257

11 Oct 1796

25 Feb 1800

Will of William Vaughan

Witnesses:

Frederick Maclin

Frederick Maclin, Jr.

Tabitha Lanier.

Executor:

Son James Vaughan

Wife Not named and presumed deceased

Beneficiaries

Son James Vaughan

Dau. Sinah Vaughan

Brunswick

WB 07.376

17 Oct 1809

25 Dec 1809

Will of [Capt.]William Vaughan

Witnesses:

Richard John ___

Will Rice, Jr.

Executor:

Col. Robert Watson

William Rice

Wife Peggy Vaughan

Of Meherrin Parish

Rebecca Elizabeth Holman Vaughan is later referred to as one of "my children".

[Note: His estate generated many Brunswick Co. Chancery Cases: Case Numbers: 1811.016, 1819.029, 1823.023, 1823.049, 1826.045, 1830.007, 1831.025. many years later his grandson Robert H. Vaughan filed yet another case Dinwiddie County Chancery Case 1847.001.]

[Note: Son is William B. Vaughan, husband of Eliza, of Bedford Co., Va.]

Beneficiaries

Wife’s child called Rebecca Elizabeth Holman Vaughan

“the child she is now pregnant with" [Lucy Vaughan]

Son Robert Vaughan

Dau. Sarah W. Vaughan

Dau. Mary Ammarella Vaughan

Son William Vaughan

Robert Vaughan's children

Brunswick

WB 09.378

8 May 1820

23 Aug 1824

Will of Susanna Vaughan

Witnesses:

George Cain

William L. Bass

Executor:

Robert Vaughan

Husband: already deceased

See James “Buck” Vaughan

Beneficiaries

Granddaughter and sister Elizabeth M. Bass and Mary V. Bass

Son Kinchin Vaughan was deceased but left children.

Brunswick

WB 10.161

30 Jan 1825

28 Mar 1825

Will of William Vaughan

Witnesses:

Will V. Avery

Henry A. Short

William L. Bass

Executor:

Wyatt Adams

Wife Hannah Vaughan

Wyatt Adams refused; administration granted to Hannah Vaughan

Beneficiaries

Eldest son James B. Vaughan not of age

Dau. Susan A. Vaughan

Son Robert H. Vaughan

John W. Vaughan

Brunswick

WB 10.251

7 June 1824

Aug 1826

Will of Louisa Vaughan

Witnesses:

Benjamin Gee

Granderson F. Bowen

Executor:

None named in Will

Husband: NA

Beneficiaries

Mary Ann Jones "for love and affection"

Brunswick

WB 12.288

20 Sept 1834

27 Oct 1834

Will of Irena Vaughan

Witnesses:

Ruffin T. Freeman

Thomas Mangum

Executor:

John Avery

Hiram C. Blick

Husband: NA

Beneficiaries

Nephew John Avery

Niece Polly Wynee

Nephew Raleigh Abernathy Thomas Wynne

John Clayton

Alexander Mallory

Nephew William V. Avery

Eleanor Lanier

Niece Polly Lanier.

Brunswick

WB 12.315

15 Jan 1835

25 May 1835

Will of James Vaughan

Witnesses:

William M. Dugger, Patrick H. Buckley, Thomas H. Kirkland

Executor:

Peter J. Turnbull

Wife Not named and presumed deceased

Beneficiaries

Daughter Hannah Peterson

Granddau. Susanna Peterson

Dau. Betsey Sadler

Son Averett Vaughan

Granddau. Eliza Vaughan

Dau. of Averett Vaughan

Dau. Julia Dunn

Brunswick

WB 14.236

4 April 1837

Nov 1844

Will of Jesse Vaughan

Witnesses:

Julia Ann Lanier

Eleanor M. Lucy

Obedience T. King

Executor:

John M. Vaughan

Wife Not named and presumed deceased

Beneficiaries

Son John M. Vaughan

Dau. Patience Avery

Brunswick

WB 14.413

6 Mar 1846

Nov 1846

Will of Robert Vaughan

Witnesses:

John Field

Thomas E. Hammons Legrand M. Tucker William Hammons

Executor:

Robert W. Vaughan

Wife Not named and presumed deceased

Son Robert Vaughan, land in Dinwiddie Co. where he lives

Beneficiaries

Son Robert Vaughan

Dau. Polly King deceased, wife of Charles R. King and her six children

Dau. Harriet B. Wells living in Tennessee

Son James A. Vaughan.

From: Vaughan-vaughn.org Originally Submitted by David Hoffman

Compiled By: David H. Robertson, 159 Hickory St., Roswell, GA 30075 davidhr@hushmail.com