VAUGHAN, ETC N EW S L E T T ER
January 1986
EDITOR: Verna Baker Banes
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THOMAS MOTLEY FREEMAN. P.O. Box 708, Valley Forge, ?A 19481 has compiled three
generations of VAUGHAN/VAUGHN - MOTLEY families. T^.ese begin with; ROBERT VAUGHAN/VAUGHN b 1736 ra ELSIE (Else/Eli5e) MOTLEY 1759 before migrating iron
Gloucester to Amelia Co VA in 1737. Their children were: ROBERT JR who m a widow
SARAH CRADDOCK (for-.erly SARAH TRULY, d/0 JOHN TRULY S JANE HATCHET").
MARTHA who n THOMAS COOK.
ASA who m JANE TRULY, a sister of Sarah Truly.
MARY—no documentation.
JOSEPH, alleged to have moved westward.
ANN m a Mr. WRIGHT.
JAMES m JAME HATCHELL CRADDOCK (d/0 SARAH CRADDOCK VAUGHAN).
JOHN MILTON who m twice—first name unknown. M2 MARY REBECCA
WIMBUSH. ELIZABETH m a Mr. HUNDLEY.
Children of ASA VAUGHAN (b 1777) S JAME TRULY: SARAH/SALLY m MABTIN VAUGHAN.
MARY ti double first cousin JAMES AKMSTEAD VAUGHAN (s/o Robert & Sarah Truly).ASA, JR m first cousin/once removed (a cousin of his mother) JULIA ANN WALTHALL.MARTHA
ELIZABETH n double first cousin ALBERT GALLETIN VAUGHAN.JUDITH FRANCES, twin of ELSIE AMANDA who m. BENJAMIN BOISSEAU.HENDERSON first cousin/once removed MARY WALTHALL. SIDNEY and JAMES PARHAM.
Children of ROBERT JR and SARAH TRULY/CRADDOCK: ALBERT GAlLA(e)TIN m double first cousin MARTHA ELIZABETH VAUGHAN. AUGUSTUS m MARY SPENCER FARMER. JAMES ARMSTEAD ml double first cousin MARY VAUGHAN. m2 FANNIE BASS.
BASKERVILLE m Miss WILLIAMS. BENJAMIN RUCH—no records.
ASA m Miss WALTHALL. ROBERT TRULY-—no records.
He sent more data on most of these people and their children which I will copy and send you if you are interested. Send a SASE to me for information. THOMAS MOTLEY-FREEMAN, who is President of The American Motley Association, is a good "genie" friend of VAUGHN MOTLEY BRYANT. Rt 19, Box 253. Hot Springs National Park, AR 71913, who has contributed much material to the VAUGHAN NEWSLETTER and was responsible for sharing the above material from Thomas. Thanks.
THIS WILL DIDN'T LEAVE OUT ANYBODY!
WILL OF HERMAN OBELWE1SS
An Actual Will Filed For Probate in Andergon County, Texas I am writing of mv will mineselluf that dam lawyer want he should have too much money, he asked to many answers about familv. first thing i want i dont want mv brother oscar have a dam ting what i got. he done me out of tony dollars fourteen years since.;
I warn it that hilda my sister she gets the north sixtie akers of at where i am homing ;; now. i bcl she dont get that loafer husband of hers to broke twenty akers next plowing time.- she cant have it rf she lets oscar live on it i want it i should have it back if she does.
Tell mamma that six hundred dollars she btffl looking for (or twenty years is berried from the backhouse behind about ten feet down. she better let little frederick do the digging and count it when he comes up.
Pastor luckniti can have three hundred dollars if he kiss the book be wont preach no more dumhcad polotiks- he should have a roof put on the meetinghouse with (it) and the elders should the bills look at.
Momma the rest should get but i want it that adolph sbud tell her what not she do so no more slick irishers sell her vokum cleaners dy noise like hell arid a broom dont cost so much.I want it that mine brother »dolph should be my cxcrter and i want it that the jedje make adolph plenty bond put up and watch him like hell.
Adolnh is a good business man but only a dumkoph would trust him with a busted pfenning, i want daw sure that Bchlemic oscar doni nothing gel. tell adolph he can have a hundred dollars ri'he prove to Jedje Oscar dont ret nothing, that dam sure lix osc-if. (Signed) Herman Obclweiss.
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