GREENSVILLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA VAUGHAN FAMILY WIKI |
This document provides a summary of selected Vaughan Family Members. The purpose of this file is to (1) summarize family groups when possible; (2) provide insight to help distinguish between family members with the same given name appearing at about the same time as each other; (3) pull together records of family groups that cross county lines; (4) point out where certain family members that changed counties came from or went to; and (5) draw some conclusions, both obvious and non-obvious based upon factual evidence. Speculation and theories will be kept to a minimum to avoid turning today’s speculation into tomorrow’s fact. Should you have comments to add, please submit them to davidhr@hushmail.com. Facts about where these early Vaughan family members moved to after they left Southside Virginia will be particularly welcome. The letters and numbers code after a name is the www.familysearch.org Family Tree ID Number. |
General Note Other than William Vaughan, Priscilla Vaughan and their descendants, there are very few of the Vaughan Family that lived in Greensville Co. Everyone cleared out by 1829. |
Dixon Vaughan, Son of Pearce/Faitha Vaughan - KLLN-SB9 Dixon Vaughan appears in a few records 1788-1806 and then leaves the area. He was m. to Susannah _____. |
Ephraim T. Vaughan, Son of Thomas Vaughan - G99X-GWV Ephraim T. Vaughan appears along with his mother Lucy in a personal tax digest in 1826 and then leaves the area. |
Joel Vaughan, Son of Pearce/Faitha Vaughan - KD3R-TPM Joel Vaughan appears in a few records 1799-1807 and then leaves the area. |
Joshua Pennington Vaughan, Son of Pearce/Faitha Vaughan - KCGY-4JR Joshua Pennington Vaughan appears in a few personal tax digests 1793-1796 and then leaves the area. He appears in DB 18.461, 20.436 & 20.457 in Halifax Co., N.C. from 1799-1806. The Grantee Index shows a deed to him at DB 17.789, but that is not the correct page. He also is in the 1800 Census of Halifax Co., N.C. |
Laudice Vaughan - K4NB-K4W Lovice/Vicy/Louisa/Laudice Vaughan. Pearce Vaughan named a dau. Lovice in his will (VA Greensville WB 01.105). In 1798, William Vaughan, son of Pearce Vaughan named a sister Louisa in his will (VA Greensville WB 01.373). In 1799, Louisa starts paying taxes in Greensville Co. on 133 1/3 acres inherited from her brother William. She later deeds 20 acres to her brother Thomas leaving 113 1/3 acres which she pays taxes on from 1806 to 1811. Then from 1812 to 1826 the taxes are paid by Laudice Vaughan. Louisa Vaughan dies in Brunswick Co. in 1826 leaving all her property to Mary Ann Jones (no relation stated) (VA Brunswick WB 10.251). All of these three names appear to be of one person. Laudice is an extremely uncommon name. It is likely the scriveners and abstracters had a hard time with the name, hence the variations in the records. |
Pearce Vaughan, son of William Vaughan and Priscilla - KZGK-PQR Pearce Vaughan inherited all of his father’s properties when his father d. under the then rules of intestacy of the day. He deeded his fathers 441 acre grant to his two brothers; he sold the excess 202 acres from his father’s 602 acre grant (that included the original 400 acre grant); and he kept the original home place for himself (See Deeds of Brunswick Co.). The home place was just north of Three Creeks about midway as it cross the north end of Greensville Co. Pearce m. Faithy Pennington, dau. of Thomas Pennington of neighboring Sussex Co. (VA Sussex WB B.342). From Pearce’s will, their children were: sons Thomas Vaughan, b. abt. 1771, William Vaughan, b. abt. 1772, Dixon Vaughan, b. abt. 1773, Joshua Vaughan, b. abt. 1775 & Joel Vaughann b. abt. 1778; and daughters Lovice, aka Laudice, aka Louisa Vaughan, b. 7 Dec 1760 (See Albemarle Parish Register - Sussex Co.), Pricilla Vaughan & Rebecca Vaughan. Rebecca d. intestate in 1791 (VA Greensville WB 01.180). There is a Chancery Case about his estate, but it is currently unavailable as the LVA is digitizing it. |
Pearce Vaughan, Son of Thomas Vaughan - KZGK-PQR Pearce Vaughan appears in tax digests 1812-1824. He d. intestate in late 1824 or early 1825. |
Randolph Vaughan, aka Randall Vaughan - LKZM-BBX Randolph Vaughan was in Amelia Co. 1766-1771 and 1782-1785; Brunswick Co. 1786-1787; Greensville Co. 1788-1797; and Halifax Co. 1803-1817 and 1824-1838. |
Robert Vaughan Robert Vaughan appears in a personal tax digests 1806-1813. The 1810 census shows he was b. 1765-1784. Nothing is known about where he came from or moved to. |
Thomas Vaughan, Son of Pearce/Faitha Vaughan - KCLS-K3X Thomas Vaughan m. Lucy Harris in 1789 and was still m. to her when he d. in 1821 (VA Greensville W.B. 03.345, 03.434 & 03.436). They had known children: Nancy H. Vaughan, Pearce Vaughan, Betsy P. Vaughan, William Vaughan, Sally P. Vaughan & Ephraim T. Vaughan (VA Greensville DB 04.419). |
Thomas R. Vaughan - LDMH-565 Thomas R. Vaughan was m. to Sally F. Andrews Cain in 1822. He appears in a few personal tax digests 1826-1829 and then leaves the area. He was the son of Stephen Vaughan and Susan Rideout of Brunswick Co. |
William Vaughan m. Priscilla _____ - KLLN-SQN William Vaughan. William Vaughan first appears in the Bristol Parish records of Prince George Co. (Later Dinwiddie Co.). He d. intestate in Brunswick County. When Greensville Co. was formed his home place, then owned by his son Pearce, fell into Greensville County. Another 441 acres he had owned, then owned by his son William remained in Brunswick Co. The history of the 441 acre tract is quite interesting and informative. See Brunswick County Vaughan Family Wiki for more details. We know from the Bristol Parish Registry that William & Priscilla had the following children: Pearce, b. 15 Mar 1722; William, b. 05 Aug 1724; James, b. 06 Mar 1725; Susannah, b. 25 Dec 1727; and Mary, b. 12 Nov 1732. William and James lived on the Brunswick County side of the Greensville-Brunswick border. Three Vaughan Women Three Vaughan women appear in one document in Greensville County. Sinah Vaughan and Irene Vaughan witnessed the will of William Vaughan [son of Pearce Vaughan] who d. in Greensville Co. in 1798, unmarried and without any issue (VA Greensville WB 01.373). His first cousins Irene & Sinah Vaughan witnessed the will. We know from his will that Louisa Vaughan was his sister and Thomas Vaughan was his brother. See Brunswick County Vaughan Family Wiki for more details. |
William Vaughan, Son of Pearce/Faitha Vaughan - LZ23-28M William Vaughan appears in a few personal and land tax digests 1788-1797. He d. testate in early 1798. |
William Vaughan, Son of Thomas Vaughan = G99X-PCQ William Vaughan appears in a few personal tax digests 1820-1826 and then leaves the area. |
William Vaughan William Vaughan appears in a personal tax digests 1782-1792. In 1789 he deeded a slave to his son John Vaughan then living in Halifax Co., Va. Nothing is known about where he came from or moved to. |
William Vaughan William Vaughan of Little Cr. was originally from Southampton Co. in 1760. John Willis (likely a relative) deeded him 300 acres in 1760 (VA Brunswick DB 06.630). The land was cut into Greensville Co. when it was formed. He sold the land and left the area in 1788 (VA Greensville DB 01.440). From deed records, he was married to Sarah in 1774 and 1788. Nothing more is known about him. |
Compiled By: David H. Robertson, 159 Hickory St., Roswell, GA 30075 davidhr@hushmail.com; and Chuck Vaughan, hobby1964pw@yahoo.com |